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His father was a farmer of limited means, to which he added the bus iness of shoemaking. He gave his eldest son, John, a classical educa tion at Harvard College. John graduated in 1755, and at once took charge of the school in Worcester, Mass. This he found but a 'school of affliction," from which he endeavored to gain relief by devoting himself, in addition, to the study of law. For this purpose he placed himself under the tuition of the only lawyer in the town. He had thought seriously of the clerical profession but seems to have been turned from this by what he termed " the frightful engines of ecclesiastical coun cils, of diabolical malice, and Calvanistic good nature,'' of the operations of which he had been a witness in his native town. He was well fitted for the legal profession, possessing a clear, sonorous voice, being ready and fluent of speech, and having quick percep tive powers. He gradually gained practice, and in 1764 married Abigail Smith, a daughter of a minister, and a lady of superior intelligence. Shortly after his marriage, (1765), the attempt of Parliamentary taxa tion turned him from law to politics. He took initial steps toward holdir. - a town meeting, and the resolu tions he offered on the subject became very popular throughout the Province, and were adopted word for word by over forty different towns. He moved to Bos- ton in 1768, and became one of the most courageous and prominent advocatesof the popular cause, and was chosen a member of the General Court (the Leg- lislature) in 1770. Mr. Adams was chosen one of the first delegates from Massachusetts to. the first Continental Congress, which met in 1774. Here he distinguished himselt by his capacity for business and for debate, and ad vocated the movement for independence against the majority of the members. In May, 1776, he moved and carried'a resolution in Congress that the Colonies should assume the duties of self-government. He was a prominent member of the committee of ave appointed June 11, to prepare a declaration of inde pendence. This article was drawn by Jefferson, but on Adams devolved the task of battling it through Congress in a three days debate. On the day after the Declaration of Independence was passed, while his soul was yet warm with th2 glow of excited feeling, he wrote a letter to his wife which, as we read it now, seems to have been dictated by the spirit of prophecy. "Yesterday," he says, "the greatest question was decided that ever was debated in America; and greater, perhaps, never was or wiL be decided among men. A resolution was passed without one dissenting colony, ' that these United States are, and of right ought to be, free and inde* pendent states.' The day is passed. The fourth of July, 1776, will be a memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe it will be celebrated by succeeding generations, as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to Almighty God. It ought to be solemnized with pomp, shows. 24 JOHN ADAMS. games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations from one end of the continent to the other, from this time forward for ever. You will think me transported with enthusiasm, but I am not. I am well aware of the toil, and blood and treasure, that it will cost to maintain this declaration, and support and defend these States; yet, through all the gloom, I can see the rays of light and glory. I can see that the end is worth more than all the means; and that posterity will triumph, although you and I may rue, which I hope we shall not." In November, 1777, Mr. Adams was appointed a delegate to France^ and to co-operate with Bemjamin Franklin and Arthur Lee, who were then in Paris, in the endeavor to obtain assistance in arms and money from the French Government. This was a severe trial to his patriotism, as it separated him from his home, compelled him to cross the ocean in winter, and ex posed him to great peril of capture by the British cruis ers, who were seeking him. He left France June 17, 1779. In September of the same year he was again chosen to go to Paris, and there hold himself, in readi ness to negotiate a treaty of peace and of commerce with Great Britian, as soon as the British Cabinet might be found willing to listen to such proposels. He sailed for France in November, from there he went to Holland, where he negotiated important loans and formed important commercial treaties Finally a treaty of peace with England was signed Jan. 21, 1783. The re-action from the excitement, toil and anxiety through which Mr. Adams had passed threw him into a fever. After suffering from a con tinued fever and becoming feeble and emaciated he was advised to go to England to drink' the waters of Bath. While in England, still drooping and despond ing, he received dispatches from his own government urging the necessity of his going to Amsterdam to negotiate another loan. It was winter, his health was delicate, yet he immediately set out, and through storm, on sea, on horseback and foot,he made the trip. February 24, 1785, Congress appointed Mr. Adams envoy to the Court of St. James. Here he met face to face the King of England, who had so long re garded him as a traitor. As England did not condescend to appoint a minister to the United States, and as Mr. Adams felt that he was accom plishing but little, he sought permission to return to his own country, where he arrived in June, 1788. When Washington was first chosen President, John Adams, rendered illustiious by his signal services at home and abroad, was chosen Vice President. Again at the second election of Washington as President, Adams was chosen Vice President. In 1796, Wash ington retired from public life, and Mr. Adams was elected President,though not without much opposition. Serving in this office four years,he was succeeded by Mr. Jefferson, his opponent in politics. While Mr. Adams was Vice President the great French Revolution shook the continent of Europe, and it was upon this point which he was at issue with the majority of his countrymen led by Mr. Jefferson. Mr. Adams felt no sympathy with the French people in their struggle, for he had no confidence in their power of self-government, and he utterly abhored the class of atheist philosophers who he claimed caused it. On the other hand Jefferson's sympathies were strongly enlisted in behalf of the French people. Hence or iginated the alienation between these distinguished men, and two powerful parties were thus soon organ ized, Adams at the head of the one whose sympathies were with England and Jefferson led the other in sympathy with France. The world has seldom seen a spectacle of more moral beauty and grandeur, than was presented by the old age of Mr. Adams. The violence of party feeling ,had died away, and he had begun to receive that just appreciation which, to most men, is not accorded till after death. No one could look upon his venerable form, and think of what he had done and suffered, and how he had given up all the prime and strength of his life to the public good, without the deepest emotion of gratitude and respect. It was his peculiar good fortune to witness the complete success of the institution which he had been so active in creating and supporting. In 1824, his cup of happiness was filled to the brim, by seeing his son elevated to the highest station in the gift ofthe people. The fourth of July, 1826, which completed the half century since the signing of the Declaration of Inde pendence, arrived, and there were but three of tbe signers of that immortal instrument left upon the earth to hail its morning light. And, as it is well known, on that day two of these finished their earthly pilgrimage, a coincidence so remarkable as to seem miraculous. For a few days before Mr. Adams had been rapidly failing, and on the morning of the fourth he found himself too weak to rise from his bed. On being requested to name a toast for the customary celebration of the day, he exclaimed " In dependence forever." When the day was ushered in, by the ringing of bells and the firing of cannons, he was asked by one of his attendants if he knew what day it was? He replied, "O yes; it is the glor ious fourth of July — God bless it — God bless you all." In the course of the day he said, " It is a great and glorious day." The last words he uttered were, "'Jefferson survives." But he had, at one o'clock, re signed his spirit into the hands of his God. The personal appearance and manners of Mr. Adams were not particularly prepossessing. His face, as his portrait manifests,was intellectual ard expres sive, but his figure was low and ungraceful, and his manners were frequently abrupt and uncourteous. He had neither the lofty dignity of Washington, nor the engaging elegance and gracefulness which marked the manners and address of Jefferson. liliilissi THIRD PRESIDENT. 27 HOMAS JEFFERSON was born April 2, 1743, at Shad- jpwell, Albermarle county, Va. His parents were Peter and Jane (Randolph) Jefferson, the former a native of Wales, and the latter born in Lon don. To them were born six daughters and two sons, of whom Thomas was the elder. When 14 years of age his father died. He received a most liberal education, hav ing been kept diligently at school from the time he was five years of age. In 1760 he entered William £.nd Mary College. Williamsburg was then the seat of the Colonial Court, and it was the obodeof fashion and splendor. Young Jefferson, who was then 17 years old, lived somewhat expensively, keeping fine horses, and much caressed by gay society, yet he was earnestly devoted to his studies, and irreproacha- able in his morals. It is strange, however, under such influences, that he was not ruined. In the sec ond year of his college course, moved by some un explained inward impulse, he discarded his horses, society, and even his favorite violin, to which he had previously given much time. He often devoted fifteen hours a day to hard study, allowing himself for ex ercise only a run in the evening twilight of a mile out of the city and back again. He thus attained very high intellectual culture, alike excellence in philoso phy and the languages. The most difficult Latin and Greek authors he read with facility. A more finished scholar has seldom gone forth from college halls; and there was not to be found, perhaps, in all Virginia, a more pureminded, upright, gentlemanly young man. Immediately upon leaving college he began the study of law. For the short time he continued in the practice of his profession he rose rapidly and distin guished himself by his energy and accuteness as a lawyer. But the times called for greater action. The policy of England had awakened the spirit of resistance of the American Colonies, and the enlarged views which Jefferson had ever entertained, soon led him into active political life. In 1769 he was chosen a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. In 1772 he married Mrs. Martha Skelton, a very beauti ful, wealthy and highly accomplished young widow Upon Mr. Jefferson's large estate at Shadwell, th^re was a majestic swell of land, called Monticello, which commanded a prospect of wonderful extent and beauty. This spot Mr. Jefferson selected for his new home; and here he reared a mansion of modest ye*" elegant architecture, which, next to Mount Vernon became the most distinguished resort in our land. In 1775 he was sent to the Cclonial Congress where, though a silent member, his abilities as a writer and a reasoner soon become known, and h:: was placed upon a number of important committees, and was chairman of the one appointed for the draw ing .up of a declaration of independence. This com mittee consisted of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston. Jefferson, as chairman, was appointed to draw up the paper. Franklin and Adams suggested a few verbal changes before it was submitted to Con gress. On June 28, a few slight changes were made in it by Congress, and it was passed and signed July 4, 1776, What must have been the feelings of that 28 THOMAS JEFFERSON. than — what the emotions that swelled his breast — Who was charged with the preparation of that Dec laration, which, while it made known the wrongs of America, was also to publish her to the world, free, yoverign and independent. It is one of the most re markable papers ever written ; and did no other effort iT the mind of its author exist, that alone would be sufficient to stamp his name with immortality. In 1779 Mr. Jefferson was elected successor to Patrick Henry, e.s Governor of Virginia. At one time the British officer, Tarleton, sent a secret expedition to Monticello, to capture the Governor. Scarcely five minutes elapsed after the hurried escape of Mr. Jef ferson and his family, ere his mansion was in posses sion of the British troops. His wife's health, never very good, was much injured by this excitement, and in the summer of 1782 she died. Mr. Jefferson* was elected to Congress in 1783. Two years later he was appointed Minister Plenipo tentiary to France. Returning to the United States in September, 1789, he became Secretary of State in Washington's cabinet. This position he resigned Jan. t, 1794. In 1797, he was chosen Vice Presi dent, and four years later was elected President over Mr. Adams, with Aaron Burr as Vice President. In 1804 he was re-elected with wonderful unanimity, and George Clinton, Vice President. The early part of Mr. Jefferson's second adminstra- tion was disturbed by an event which threatened the tranquility and peace of the Union; this was the con spiracy of Aaron Burr. Defeated in the late election to the Vice Presidency, and led on by an unprincipled ambition, this extraordinary man formed the plan of a military expedition into the Spanish territories on our southwestern frontier, for the purpose of forming there a new republic. This has been generally supposed was a mere pretext ; and although it has not been generally known what his real plans were, there is no doubt that they were of a far more dangerous character. In 1809, at the expiration of the second term for which Mr. Jefferson had been elected, he determined to retire from political life. For a period of nearly forty years, he had been continually before the pub- .ic, and all that time had been employed in offices of the greatest trust and responsibility. Having thus de voted the best part of his life to the service of his country, he now felt desirous of that rest which his declining years required, and upon the organization of the new administration, in March, 1809, he bid fare well forever to public life, and retired to Monticello. Mr. Jefferson was profuse in his hospitality. Whole families. came in their coaches with their horses, — fathers and mothers, boys and girls, babies and nurses, — and remained three and even six months. Life at Monticello, for years, resembled that at a fashionable watering-place. The fourth of July, 1826, being the fiftieth anniver sary of the Declaration of American Independence; great preparations were made in every part of th; Union for its celebration, as the nation's jubilee, and the citizens of Washington, to add to the solemnity of the occasion, invited Mr. Jefferson, as the framer and one ofthe few surviving signers of the Declara tion, to participate in their festivities. But an ill ness, which had been of several weeks duration, and had been continually increasing, compelled him to decline the invitation. On the second of July, the disease under which he was laboring left him, but in such a reduced state that his medical attendants, entertained nc hope of his recovery. From this time he was perfectly sensible that his last hour was at hand. On the next day, which was Monday, he asked of those around him, the day of the month, and on being told it was the third of July, he expressed the earnest wish tha'; he might be permitted to breathe the air of the fiftieth anniversary. His prayer was heard — that day, whose dawn was hailed with such rapture through our land, burst upon his eyes, and then they were closed for ever. And what a noble consummation of a noble life ! To die on that day, — the birthday of a nation,- - the day which his own name and his own act had rendered glorious; to die amidst the rejoicings and festivities of a whole nation, who looked up to him, as the author, under God, of their greatest blessings, t was all that was wanting to fill up the record his life. Almost at the same hour of his death, the kin dred spirit of the venerable Adams, as if to bear him company, left the scene of his earthly honors. Hand in hand they had stood forth, the champions of freedom ; hand in hand, during the dark and desper ate struggle of the Revolution, they had cheered and animated their desponding countrymen; for half a century they had labored together for the good of the country; and now hand in hand they depart. In their lives they had been united in the same great cause of liberty, and in their deaths they were not divided. In person Mr. Jefferson was tall and thin, rather above six feet in height, but well formed; his eyes were light, his hair originally red, in after life became white and silvery ; his complexion was fair, his fore • 'head broad, and his whole countenance intelligent and thoughtful. He possessed great fortitude of mind as well as personal courage ; and his command of tem per was such that his oldest and most intimate friends never recollected to have seen him in a passion. His manners, though dignified, were simple and un affected, and his hospitality was so unbounded that all found at his house a ready welcome. In conver sation he was fluent, eloquent and enthusiastic ; and his language was remarkably pure and correct. He was a finished classical scholar, and in his writings is discernable the care with which he formed his style upon the best models of antiquity. A&YA-1"-'' ' fcTA^s^ ^yCC ctLM^H 0^ FOURTH PRESIDENT. JlM AMES MADISON, "Father of the-Constitution," and fourth jtllf President of the United States, ,-, , .. was born March 16, 1757, and died at his home in Virginia, June 28, 1836. The name of James Madison is inseparably con nected with most of the important events in that heroic period of our country during which the founda tions of this great republic were laid. He was the last of the founders of the Constitution of the United States to be called to his eternal reward. The Madison family were among the early emigrants to the New World, landing upon the shores of the Chesa peake but 15 years after the settle ment of Jamestown. The father of James Madison was an opulent planter, residing upon a very fine es tate called " Montpelier," Orange Co., Va. The mansion was situated in the midst of scenery highly pictur esque and romantic, on the west side of South-west Mountain, at the foot of It was but 25 miles from the home of Jefferson at Monticello. The closest personal and political attachment existed between these illustrious men, from their early youth until death. The early education of Mr. Madison was conducted mostly at home under a private tutor. At the age of 18 he was sent to Princeton College, in New Jersey. Here he applied himself to study with the most im- Blue Ridge. prudent zeal; allowing himself, for months, but three hours' sleep out of the 24. His health thus became so seriously impaired that he never recovered any vigor of constitution. He graduated in 177 1, with a feeble body,, with a character of utmost purity, and with a mind highly disciplined and richly stored with learning which embellished and gave proficiency to his subsf " quent career. Returning to Virginia, he commenced the study of law and a course of extensive and systematic reading. This educational course, the spirit of the times in which he lived, and the society with which he asso ciated, all combined to inspire him with a strong love of liberty, and to train him for his life-work of a statesman. Being naturally of a religious turn of mind, and his frail health leading him to think that his life was not to be long, he directed especial atten tion to theological studies. Endowed with a mind singularly free from passion and prejudice, and with almost unequalled powers of reasoning, he weighed all the arguments for and against revealed religion, until his faith became so established as never to be shaken. In the spring of 1776, when 26 years of age, he was elected a member of the Virginia Convention, to frame the constitution of the State. The next year (1777), he was a candidate for the General Assembly. He refused to treat the whisky-lovir.g voters, and consequently lost his election ; but those who had witnessed the talent, energy and public spirit of the modest young man, enlisted themselves in his behalf, and he was appointed to the Executive Council. Both Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson were Governors of Virginia while Mr. Madison remained member of the Council ; and their appreciation of his 32 JAMES MADISON. intellectual, social and moral worth, contributed not a little to his subsequent eminence. In the year 1780, he was elected a member of the Continental Congress. Here he met the most illustrious men in our land, and he was immediately assigned to one of the most conspicuous positions among them. For three years Mr. Madison continued in Con gress, one of its most active and influential members. In the year 1784, his term having expired, he was elected a member of the Virginia Legislature. No man felt more deeply than Mr. Madison the utter inefficiency of the old confederacy, with no na tional government, with no power to form treaties which would be binding, or to enforce law. There was not any State more prominent than Virginia in the declaration, that an efficient national government must be formed. In January, 1786, Mr. Madison carried a resolution through the General Assembly of Virginia, inviting the other States to appoint commis sioners to meet in convention at Annapolis to discuss this subject. Five States only were represented. The convention, however, issued another call, drawn up by Mr. Madison, urging all the States to send their delegates to Philadelphia, in May, 1787, to draft a Constitution for the United States, to take the place of that Confederate League. The delegates met at the time, appointed. Every State but Rhode Island was represented. George Washington was chosen president of the convention ; and the present Consti tution ofthe United States was then and there formed. There was, perhaps, no mind and no pen more ac tive in framing this immortal document than the mind and the pen of James Madison. The Constitution, adopted by a vote 81 to 79, was to be presented to the several States for acceptance. But grave solicitude was felt. Should it be rejected we should be left but a conglomeration of independent States, with but little power at home and little respect abroad. Mr. Madison was selected by the conven tion to draw up an address to the people of the United States, expounding the principles ofthe Constitution, and urging its adoption. There was great opposition to it at first, but it at length triumphed over all, and went into effect in 1789. Mr. Madison was elected to the House of Repre sentatives in the first Congress, and soon became the avowed leader of the Republican party. While in New York attending Congress, he met Mrs. Todd, a young widow of remarkable power of fascination, whom he married. She was in person and character queenly, and probably no lady has thus far occupied so prominent a position in the very peculiar society which has constituted our republican court as Mrs. Madison. Mr. Madison served as Secretary of State under Jefferson, and at the close of his administration was chosen President. At this time the encroach ments of England had brought us to the verge of war. , British orders in council destioyed our commerce, and our flag was exposed to constant insult. Mr. Madison was a man of peace. Scholarly in his taste, retiring in his disposition, war had no charms for him. But the meekest spirit can be roused. It makes one's blood boil, even now, to think of an American ship brought to, upon the ocean, by the guns of an English cruiser. A young lieutenant steps on board and orders the crew to be paraded before him. With great nonchal ance he selects any number whom he may please to designate as British subjects ; orders them down the ship's side into his boat ; and places them on the gun- deck of his man-of-war, to fight, by compulsion, the battles of England. This right of search and im pressment, no efforts of our Government could induce the British cabinet to relinquish. On the 18th of June, 1812, President Madison gave his approval to an act of Congress declaring war against Great Britain. Notwithstanding the bitter hostility of the Federal party to the war, the country in general approved; and Mr. Madison, on the 4th of March, i8i3> was re-elected by a large majority, and entered upon his second term of office. This is not the place to describe the various adventures of this war on the land and on the water. Our infan'. navy then laid the foundations of its renown in grap pling with the most formidable power which ever swept the seas. The contest commenced in earnest by the appearance of a British fleet, early in February, 1813, in Chesapeake Bay, declaring nearly the whole coast of the United States under blockade. The Emperor of Russia offered his services as me ditator. America accepted ; England refused. A Brit ish force of five thousand men landed on the banks of the Patuxet River, near its entrance into Chesa peake Bay, and marched rapidly, by way of Bladens- burg, upon Washington. The straggling little city of Washington was thrown into consternation. The cannon of the brief conflict at Bladensburg echoed through the streets of the metropolis. The whole population fled from the city. The President, leaving Mrs. Madison in the White House, with her carriage drawn up at the door tc await his speedy return, hurried to meet the officers in a council of war. He met our troops utterly routed, and he could not go back without danger of being captured. But few hours elapsed ere the Presidential Mansion, the Capitol, and all the public buildings in Washington were in flames. The war closed after two years of fighting, and or. Feb. 13, 1815, the treaty of peace was signed at Ghent. On the 4th of March, 1817, his second term of office expired, and he resigned the Presidential chair to his friend, James Monroe. He retired to his beau tiful home at Montpelier, and there passed the re mainder of his days. On June 28, 1836, then at the age of 85 years, he fell asleep in death. Mrs. Madi son died July 12, 1849. FIFTH PRESIDENT. 35 MES npftOE. AMES MONROE, the fifth .Presidentof The United States, was born in Westmoreland Co., Va., April 28, 1758. His early life was passed at the place of nativity. His ancestor? had for many years resided in the prov ince in which he was born. When, at 17 years of age, in the process of completing his education at William and Mary College, the Co lonial Congress assembled at Phila delphia to deliberate upon the un just and manifold oppressions of Great Britian, declared the separa tion of the Colonies, and promul gated the" Declaration of Indepen dence. Had he been born ten years before it is highly probable that he. would have been one of the signers of that celebrated instrument. At this time he left school and enlisted among the patriots. He joined the army when everything looked hope less and gloomy. The number of deserters increased from day to day. The invading armies came pouring in ; and the tories not only favored the cause of the mother country, but disheartened the new recruits, who were sufficiently terrified at the prospect of con tending with an enemy whom they had been taught to deem invincible. To such brave spirits as James Monroe, who went right onward, undismayed through difficulty and danger, the United States owe their political emancipation. The young cadet joined the ranks, and espoused the cause of his injured country, with a firm determination to live or die with her strife for liberty. Firmly yet sadly he shared in the mel ancholy retreat from Harleam Heights and White Plains, and accompanied the dispirited army as it fled before its foes through New Jersey. In four months after the Declaration of Independence, the patriots had been beaten in seven battles. At the battle of Trenton he led the vanguard, and, in the act of charg ing upon the enemy he received a wound in the left; shoulder. As a reward for his bravery, Mr. Monroe was pro moted a captain of infantry ; and, having recovered from his wound, he rejoined the army. He, however, receded from the line of promotion, by becoming an officer in the staff of Lord Sterling. During the cam paigns of 1777 and 1778, in the actions of Brandy wine, Germantown and Monmouth, he continued aid-de-camp ; but becoming desirous to regain his position in the army, he exerted himself to collect a regiment for the Virginia line. This scheme failed owing to the exhausted condition of the State. Upon this failure he entered the office of Mr. Jefferson, at that period Governor, and pursued, with considerable ardor, the study of common law. He did not, however, entirely lay aside the knapsack for the green bag ; but on the invasions ofthe enemy, served as a volun teer, during the two years of his legal pursuits. In 17S2, he was elected from King George county, a member of the Leglislature of Virginia, and by that body he was elevated to a seat in the Executive Council. He was thus honored with the confidence of his fellow citizens at 23 years of age ; and having at this early period displayed some of that ability and aptitude for legislation, which were afterwards employed with unremitting energy for the public good, 36 JAMES MONROE. he was in the succeeding year chosen a member of the Congress of the United States. Deeply as Mr. Monroe felt the imperfections of the old Confederacy, he was opposed to the new Constitution, thinking, with many others of the Republican party, that it gave too much power to the Central Government, and not enough to the individual States. Still he re tained the esteem of his friends who were its warm supporters, and who, notwithstanding his opposition secured its adoption. In 1789, he became a member of the United States Senate ; which office he held for four years. Every month the line of distinction be tween the two great parties which divided the nation, the Federal and the Republican, was growing more distinct. The two prominent ideas which now sep arated them were, that the Republican party was in sympathy with France, and also in -favor of such a strict construction of the Constitution as to give the Central Government as little power, and the State Governments as much power, as the Constitution would warrant. The Federalists sympathized with England, and were in favor of a liberal construction of the Con stitution, which would give as much power to the Central Government as that document could possibly authorize. The leading Federalists and Republicans were alike noble men, consecrating all their energies to the good of the nation. Two more honest men or more pure patriots than John Adams the Federalist, and James Monroe the Republican, never breathed. In building up this majestic nation, which is destined to eclipse all Grecian and Assyrian greatness, the com bination of their antagonism was needed to create the tight equilibrium. And yet each in his day was de nounced as almost a demon. Washington was then President. England had es poused the cause of the Bourbons against the princi ples of the French Revolution. All Europe was drawn into the conflict. We were feeble and far away. Washington issued a proclamation of neutrality be tween these contending powers. France had helped us in the struggle for our liberties. All the despotisms of Europe were now combined to prevent the French from escaping from a tyranny a thousand-fold worse than that which we had endured. Col. Monroe, more magnanimous than prudent, was anxious that, at whatever hazard, we should help our old allies in their extremity. It was the impulse of a generous and noble nature. He violently opposed the_ Pres ident's proclamation as ungrateful and 'wanting in magnanimity. Washington, who could appreciate such a character, developed his calm, serene, almost divine greatness, by appointing that very James Monroe, who was _ de nouncing the policy ofthe Government, as the minister of that Government to the Republic of' France. Mr. Monroe was welcomed by the National Convention in France with the most enthusiastic demonstrations. Shortly after his return to this country, Mr. Mon roe was elected Governor of Virginia, and held the' office for three yeais. He was again sent to France to co-operate with Chancellor Livingston in obtaining the vast territory then known as the Province of Louisiana, which France had but shortly before ob tained from Spain. Their united efforts were sue • cessful. For the comparatively small sum of fifteen millions of dollars, the entire territory of Orleans and district of Louisiana were added to the United States. This was probably the largest transfer of real estate _ which was ever made in all the history of the world. From France Mr. Monroe went to England to ob tain from that country some recognition of our rights as neutrals, and to remonstrate against those odious impressments of our seamen. But Eng land was unrelenting. He again returned to Eng land on the same mission, but could receive no redress. He returned to his home and was again chosen Governor of Virginia. This he soon resigned to accept the position of Secretary of State under Madison. While in this office war with England was declared, the Secretary of War resigned, and during these trying times, the duties of the War Department were also^put upon him. He was truly the armor- bearer of President Madison, and the most efficient business man in his cabinet. Upon the return oi peace he resigned the Department of War, but con tinued in the office of Secretary of State until the ex piration of Mr. Madison's adminstration. At the elec tion held the previous autumn Mr. Monroe himself had been chosen President with but little opposition, and upon March 4, 18 17, was inaugurated. Four years later he was elected for a second term. Among the important measures of his Presidency were the cession of Florida to the United States ; the Missouri Compromise, and the " Monroe doctrine.'1 This famous doctrine, sinCe known *as the "Monroe doctrine," was enunciated by him in 1823. At that time the United States had recognized the independ ence of the South American states, and did not -wish to have European powers longer attempting to sub due portions of the American Continent. The doctrine is as follows: "That we should consider any attempt on the part of European powers to extend their sys tem to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace arid safety," and "that we could not view any interposition for the purpose of, oppressing or controlling American governments or provinces in any other light than as a manifestation by European powers of an unfriendly disposition toward the United States." This doctrine immediately affected the course of foreign governments, and has become the approved sentiment of the United States. At the end of his second term Mr. Monroe retired to his home in Virginia, where he lived unlil 1830, when he went to New York lo live with his son-in- law. In that city he died,on the 4th of July, 1831 /'¦' :¦-.-¦:¦ ¦ 3, 2, At OJTt\£ SIXTH PRESIDENT. 31 l ">!^.^lft. -V^ .ffo **! gor?i] Qnii]6Y prills. I ¦f^ tftv >»«*• tft^ v-jo- tffa -?;<-. j^ -W-rffc *^!'t-*-tfI>i S5M&«a sMSs ^ -S!<'* '*- -^ ~^,a* -"* •^'¦^ -**- *¦*¦'¦*¦¦ ¦>»- OHN QUINCY ADAMS, the , sixth President of the United pStates, was born in the rural home of his honored father, John Adams, in Quincy, Mass., on the nth cf July, 1767. His mother, a woman of exalted worth, watched over his childhood during the almost constant ab sence of his father. When but eight years of age, he stood with his mother on an eminence, listen ing to the booming of the great bat tle on Blinker's Hill, and gazing on upon the smoke and flames billow ing up from the conflagration of Charlestown. When but eleven years old he took a tearful adieu of his mother, to sail with his father for Europe, through a fleet ot hostile British cruisers. The bright, animated boy spent a year and a half in Paris, where his father was associated with Franklin and Lee as minister plenipotentiary. His intelligence attracted the notice of these distinguished men, and he received from them flattering marks of attention. Mr. John Adams had scarcely returned to this country, in 1779, ere he was again sent abroad. Again '/oh a Quincy accompanied his father. At Paris he applied himself with great diligence, for six months, to jtudy; then accompained his father to Holland, where he entered, first a school in Amsterdam, then the University at Leyden. About a year from this time, in 1781, when the manly boy was but fourteen yea^s of age, he was selected by Mr. Dana, our min ister to the Russian court, as his private secretary. In this school of incessant labor and of enobling culture he spent fourteen months, and then returned to Holland through Sweden, Denmark, Hamburg and Bremen. This long journey he took alone, in the winter, when in his sixteenth year. Again he resumed his studies, under a private tutor, at Hague. Thence, in the spring of 1782, he accompanied his father tc Paris, traveling leisurely, and forming acquaintance with the most distinguished men on the Comment- examining architectural remains, galleries of paintings and all renowned works of art. At Paris he again became associated with the most illustrious men of all lands in the contemplations of the loftiest temporal themes which can engross the human mind. Aftj' a short visit to England he returned to Paris, ano consecrated all his energies to study until May, 1785, when he returned to America. To a brilliant young man of eighteen, who had seen much of the world, and who was familiar with the etiquette of courts, a residence with his father in London, under such ch cumstances, must have been extremely attractive but with judgment very rare in one of his age, he pre ferred to return to America to complete his education in an American college. He wished then to study law, that with an honorable profession, he might be able to obtain an independent support. Upon leaving Harvard College, at the age of twenty he studied law for three years. In June, 1794, be ing then but' twenty-seven years of age, he was ap pointed by Washington, resident minister at the Netherlands. Sailing from Boston in July, he reached London in October, where he was immediately admit ted to the deliberations of Messrs. Jay and Pinckney, assisting them in negotiating a commercial treaty with Great Britian. After thus spending a fortnight ir, London, he proceeded to the Hague. In July, 1797, he left the Hague to go to Portugal a,; minister plenipotentiary. On his way to Portugal, upon arriving in London, he met with despatches directing him to the court of Beiiin, but requestirg him to remain in London until he should receive his instructions. While waiting he was married to a?. American lady to whom he had been previously en gaged, — Miss Louisa Catherine Johnson, daughte" of Mr. Joshua Johnson, American consul in London; a lady endownd with that beauty and those accom plishment which eminently fitted her to move in tiie elevated sphere for which she was destined. 4° JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. He reached Berlin with his wife in November, 1797 ; where he remained until July, 1799, when, having ful filled all the purposes of his mission, he solicited his recall. Soon after his return, in 1802, he was chosen to the Senate of Massachusetts, from Boston, and then was elected Senator of the United States for six years, from the 4th of March, 1804. His reputation, his ability and his experience, placed him immediately among the most prominent and influential members of that body. Especially did he sustain the Govern ment in its measures of resistance to the encroach ments of England, destroying our commerce and in sulting our flag. There was no man in America more familiar with the arrogance of the British court upon these points, and no one more resolved to present a firm resistance. In 1809, Madison succeeded Jefferson in the Pres idential chair, and he immediately nominated John Quincy Adams minister to St. Petersburg. -Resign ing his professorship in Harvard College, he embarked at Boston, in August, 1809. While in Russia, Mr. Adams was an intense stu dent. He devoted his attention to the language and history of Russia; to the Chinese trade; to the European system of weights, measures, and coins ; to the climate and astronomical observations ; while he kept up a familiar acquaintance with the Greek and Latin classics. In all the universities of Europe, a more accomplished scholar could scarcely be found. All through life the Bible constituted an important part of his studies. It was his rule to read five chapters every day. On the 4th of March, 1817, Mr. Monroe took the Presidential chair, and immediately appointed Mr. Adams Secretary of State. Taking leave of his num erous friends in public and private life in Europe, he sailed in June, 1819, for the United States. On the 1 8th of August, he again crossed the threshold of his home in Quincy. During the eight years of Mr. Mon roe's administration, Mr. Adams continued Secretary of State. Some time before the close of Mr. Monroe's second term of office, new candidates began to be presented for the Presidency. The friends of Mr. Adams brought forward his name. It was an exciting campaign. Party spirit was never more bitter. Two hundred and sixty electoral votes were cast. Andrew Jackson re ceived ninety-nine; John Quincy Adams, eighty-four; William H. Crawford, forty-one ; Henry Clay, thirty- se/en. As there was no choice by the people, the question went to the House of Representatives. Mr. Clay gave the vote of Kentucky to Mr. Adams, and he was elected. The friends of all the disappointed candidates now combined in a venomous and persistent assault upon Mr. Adams. There is nothing more disgraceful in *-he past history of our country than the abuse which was poured in one uninterrupted stream, upon this high-minded, upright, patriotic man. There never was an administration more pure in principles, more con scientiously devoted to the best interests of the coun try, than that of John Quincy Adams ; and never, per haps, was there an administration more unscrupu- lously and outrageously assailed. Mr. Adams was, to a very remarkable degree, ab stemious and temperate in his habits; always rising early, and taking much exercise. When at his home in Quincy, he has been known to walk, before breakfast. seven miles to Boston. In Washington, it was said that he was the first man up in the city, lighting his own fire and applying himself to work in his library often long before dawn. On the 4th of March, 1829, Mr. Adams retired from the Presidency, and was succeeded by Andrew- Jackson. John C. Calhoun was elected Vice Presi dent. The slavery question now began to assume portentous magnitude. Mr. Adams returned to Quincy and to his studies, which he pursued with un abated zeal. But he was not long permitted to re main in retirement. In November, 1830, he was elected representative to Congress. For seventeen years, until his death, he occupied the post as repre sentative, towering above all his peers, ever ready to do brave battle' for freedom, and winning the title of " the old man eloquent." Upon taking his seat in the House, he announced that he should hold him self bound to no party. Probably there never was a member more devoted to his duties. He was usually the first in his place in the morning, and the last to leave his seat in the evening. Not a measure could be brought forward and escape his scrutiny. The battle which Mr. Adams fought, almost singly, against the proslavery party in the Government, was sublime in its moral daring and heroism. For persisting in presenting petitions for the abolition of" slavery, he was threatened with indictment by the grand jury, with expulsion from the House, with assassination ; but no threats could intimidate him, and his final triumph was complete. It has been said of President Adams, that when his body was bent and his hair silvered by the lapse of fourscore years, yielding to the simple faith of a little child, he was accustomed to repeat every night, before he slept,- the prayer which his mother taught him in his infant years. On the 2istof February, 1848, he rose on the floor of Congress, with a paper in his hand, to address the speaker. Suddenly he fell, again stricken by paraly sis, and was caught in the arms of those around him. For a time he was senseless, as he was conveyed to the sofa in the rotunda. With reviving conscious ness, he opened his eyes, looked calmly around and said " This is the end of earth /'then after a moment's pause he added, " I am content" These were the last words of the grand " Old Man Eloquent," SEVENTH PRESIDENT. ^3 NDREW JACKSON, the seventh President of the ..5 H^United States, was born in Waxhaw settlement, N. C, March 15, 1767, a few days after his father's death. His parents were poor emigrants from Ireland, and took up their abode in Waxhaw set tlement, where they lived in deepest poverty. Andrew, or Andy, as he was universally called, grew up a very rough, rude, turbulent boy. His features were coarse, his form un gainly; and there was but very tittle in his character, made visible, which was at tractive. When only thirteen years old he joined the volun teers of Carolina against the British invasion. In 1781, he and his brother Robert were captured and imprisoned for a time at Camden. A British officer ordered him to brush his mud-spattered boots. " I am a prisoner of war, not your servant," was the reply of the dauntless boy. The brute drew his sword, and aimed a desperate plow at the head of the helpless young prisoner. Andrew raised his hand, and thus received two fear ful gashes, — one on the hand and the other upon the head. The officer then turned to his brother Robert with the same demand. He also refused, and re ceived a blow from the keen-edged sabre, which quite disabled him, and which probably soon after caused his death. They suffered much other ill-treatment, and were finally stricken with the small-pox. Their mother was successful in obtaining their exchange, and took her sick boys home. After a long illnjss Andrew recovered, and the death of his mother -oon left him entirely friendless. Andrew supported himself in various ways,s 1-.i1 as working at the saddler's trade, teaching school and clerking in a general store, until 1784, when he entered a law office at Salisbury, N. C. He, however, gave more attention to the wild amusements of the times than to his studies. In 1788, he was appointed solicitor for the western district of North Carolina, of which Tennessee was then a part. This involved many long and tedious journeys amid dangers of every kind, but Andrew Jackson never knew fear, and the Indians had no desire to repeat a skirmish with the Sharp Knife. In 1791, Mr. Jackson was married to a woman who supposed herself divorced from her former husband. Great was the surprise of both parties, two years later, to find that the conditions of the divorce had just been definitely settled by the first husband. The marriage ceremony was performed a second time, but the occur rence was often used by his enemies to bring Mr. Jackson into disfavor. During these years he worked hard at his profes sion, and frequently had one or more duels on hand, one of which, when he killed Dickenson, was espec ially disgraceful. In January, 1796, the Territory of Tennessee then containing nearly eighty thousand inhabitants, the people met in convention at Knoxville to frame a con stitution. Five were sent from each of the eleven counties. Andrew Jackson was one of the delegates. The new State was entitled to but one member in the National House of Representatives. Andrew Jack-] son was chosen that member. Mounting his horse he rode to Philedelphia, where Congress then held its 44 ANDRE IV JACKSON. sessions, — a distance of about eight hundred miles. Jackson was an earnest advocate of the Demo cratic party. Jefferson was his idol. He admired Bonaparte, loved France and hated England. As Mr. Jackson took his seat, Gen. Washington, whose second term of office was then expiring, delivered his last speech to Congress. A committee drew up a complimentary address in reply. Andrew Jackson did not approve of the address, and was one of the twelve who voted against it. He was not willing to say that Gen. Washington's adminstration had been " wise, firm and patriotic." Mr. Jackson was elected to the United States Senate in 1797, but soon resigned and returned home. Soon after he was chosen Judge of the Supreme Court of his State, which position he held for six years. When the war of 18 12 with Great Britian com menced, Madison occupied the Presidential chair. Aaron Burr sent word to the President that there was an unknown man in the West, Andrew Jackson, who v ould do credit to a commission if one were con ferred upon him. Just at that time Gen. Jackson offered his services and those of twenty-five hundred volunteers. His offer was accepted, and the troops were assembled at Nashville. As the British were hourly expected to make an at tack upon New Orleans, where Gen. Wilkinson was in command, he was ordered to descend the river with fifteen hundred troops to aid Wilkinson. The expedition reached Natchez; and after a delay of sev eral weeks there, without accomplishing anything, the men were ordered back to their homes. But the energy Gen. Jackson had displayed, and his entire devotion to the comrfort of his soldiers, won him golden opinions ; and he became the most popular man in the State. It was in this expedition that his toughness gave him the nickname of " Old Hickory." Soon after this, while attempting to horsewhip Col. Thomas H. Benton, for a remark that gentleman made about his taking a part as second in a duel, in which a younger brother of Benton's was engaged, he received two severe pistol wounds. While he was lingering upon a bed of suffering news came that the Indians, who had combined under Tecumseh from Florida to the Lakes, to exterminate the white set tlers, were committing the most awful ravages. De cisive action became necessary. Gen. Jackson, with his fractured bone just beginning to heal, his arm in a sling, and unable to mount his horse without assis tance, gave his amazing energies to the raising of an army to rendezvous at Fayettesville, Alabama. The Creek Indians had established a strong forton one of the bends of the Tallapoosa River, near the cen ter of Alabama, about fifty miles below Fort Strother. With an army of two thousand men, Gen. Jackson traversed the pathless wilderness in a march of eleven days. He reached their fort, called Tohopeka or Horse-shoe, on th- 27th of March. 1814. The bend of the river enclosed nearly one hundred acres of tangled forest and wild ravine. Across the narrow neck the Indians had constructed a formidable breast work of logs and brush. Here nine hundred warriors, with an ample suplyof arms were assembled. The fort was stormed. The fight was utterly des perate. Not an Indian would accept of quarter. When bleeding and dying, they would fight those who en deavored to spare their lives. From ten in the morn ing until dark, the battle raged. The carnage was awful and revolting. Some threw themselves into the river ; but the unerring bullet struck their heads as they swam. Nearly everyone of the nine hundred war- rios were killed A few probably, in the night, swam the river and escaped. This ended the war. The power of the Creeks was broken forever. This bold plunge into the wilderness, with itsterriffic slaughter, so appalled the savages, that the haggard remnants of the bands came to the camp, begging for peace. This closing of the Creek war enabled us to con centrate all our militia upon the British, who were the allies of the Indians No man of less resolute wiU than Gen. Jackson could have conducted this Indian campaign to so successful an issue Immediately he was appointed major-general. Late in August, with an army of two thousand men, on a rushing march, Gen. Jackson came to Mobile. A British fleet came from Pensacola, landed a force upon the beach, anchored near the little fort, and from both ship and shore commenced a furious assault. The battle was long and doubtful. At length one bf the ships was blown up and the rest retired. Garrisoning Mobile, where he had taken his little army, he moved his troops to New Orleans, And the battle of New Orleans which soon ensued, was in reality a very arduous campaign. This won for Gen. Jackson an imperishable name. Here his troops, which numbered about four thousand men, won a signal victory over the British army of about nine thousand. His loss was but thirteen, while the loss ofthe British was two thousand six hundred. The name of Gen. Jackson soon began to be men tioned in connection with the Presidency, but, in T824, he was defeated by Mr. Adams. He was, however, successful in the election of 1828, and was re-elected for a second term in 1832. In 1829, just before he assumed the reins of the government, he met with the most terrible affliction of his life in the death of his wife, whom he had loved with a devotion which has perhaps never been surpassed. From the shock of her death he never recovered. His administration was one of the most memorable in the annals of our country; applauded by one party, condemned by the other. No man had more bitter enemies or warmer friends. At the expiration of his two terms of office he retired to the Hermitage, where he died June 8, 1845. The last years of Mr. Jack son's life were that of a devoted Christian man. -iff O > J^et t^/lu^c^^ EIGHTH PRESIDENT. 47 II$TO OT BUP5. ARTIN VAN BUREN, the eighth President of the United States, was born at Kinderhook, N. Y., Dec. 5, 1782. He died at the same place, July 24, 1862. His body rests in the cemetery at Kinderhook. Above it is a plain granite shaft fifteen feet high, bearing a simple inscription about half way up on one face. The lot is unfenced, unbordered or unbounded by shrub or flower. There is but* little in the life of Martin Van Buren of romantic interest. He fought no battles, engaged in no wild adventures. Though his life was stormy in political and intellectual conflicts, and he gained many signal victories, his days passed uneventful in those incidents which give zest to biography. His an cestors, as his name indicates, were of Dutch origin, and were among the earliest emigrants from Holland to the hanks of the Hudson. His father was a farmer, residing in the old town of Kinderhook. His mother, also of Dutch lineage, was a woman of superior intel ligence and exemplary piety. He was decidedly a precocious boy, developing un usual activity, vigor and strength of mind. At the age of fourteen, he had finished his academic studies in his native village, and commenced the study of law. As he had not a collegiate education, seven years of study in a law-office were required of him before he could be admitted to the bar. Inspired with a lofty ambition, and conscious of his powers, he pur sued his studies with indefatigable industry. After spending six years in an office in Hs native village, he went to the city of New York, and prosecuted his studies for the seventh year. In 1803, Mr. Van Buren, then twenty-one years of age, commenced the practice of law in his native vil lage. The great conflict between the Federal and Republican party was then at its height. Mr. Van Buren was from the beginning a politician. He had, perhaps, imbibed that spirit while listening to the many discussions which had been carried on in his father's hotel. He was in cordial sympathy with Jefferson, and earnestly and eloquently espoused the cause of State Rights ; though at that time the Fed eral party held the supremacy both in his town and State. His success and increasing ruputation led him after six years of practice, to remove to Hudson, thu: county seat of his county. Here he spent seven years constantly gaining strength by contending in the. courts with some of the ablest men who have adorned the bar of his State. Just before leaving Kinderhook for Hudson, Mi. Van Buren married a lady alike distinguished for beauty and accomplishments. After twelve short years she sank into the grave, the victim of consump tion, leaving her husband and four sons to weep over her loss. For twenty-five years, Mr. Van Buren was an earnest, successful, assiduous lawyer. The record of those years is barren in items of public interest. In t8i 2, when thirty years of age, he was chosen to the State Senate, and gave his strenuous support to Mr. Madison's adminstration. In 1815, he was ap pointed Attorney-General, and the next year moved to Albany, the capital of the State. While he was acknowledged as one of the most piominent leaders of the Democratic party, he had *s MARTIN VAN BUREN. the moral courage to avow that true democracy did not require that " universal suffrage" which admits the vile, the degraded, the ignorant, to the right of governing the State. In true consistency with his democratic principles, he contended that, while the path leading to the privilege of voting should be open to every man without distinction, no one should be invested with that sacred prerogative, unless he were in some degree qualified for it by intelligence, virtue and some property interests in the welfare of the State. In 182 1 he was elected a member of the United States Senate; and in the same year, he took a seat in the convention to revise the constitution of his native State. His course in this convention secured the approval of men of all parties. No one could doubt the singleness of his endeavors to promote the interests of all classes in the community. In the Senate of the United States, he rose at once to a conspicuous position as an active and useful legislator. In 1827, John Quincy Adams being then in the Presidential chair, Mr. Van Buren was re-elected to ihc Senate. He had been from the beginning a de termined opposer of the Administration, adopting the ¦'State Rights" view in opposition to what was deemed the Federal proclivities of Mr. Adams. Soon after this, in 1828, he was chosen Governorof the State of New York, and accordingly resigned his seat in the Senate. Probably no one in the United States contributed so much towards ejecting John Q. Adams from the Presidential chair, and placing in it Andrew Jackson, as did Martin Van Buren. Whether entitled to the reputation or not, he certainly was re garded throughout the United States as one of the most skillful, sagacious and cunning of politicians. Zx. was supposed that no one knew so well as he how to touch the secret springs of action; how to pull all Ihe wires to put his machinery in motion ; and how to organize a political army which would, secredy and stealthily accomplish the most gigantic results. By these powers it is said that he outwitted Mr. Adams, Mr. Clay, Mr. Webster, and secured results which few thought then could be accomplished. When Andrew Jackson was elected President he appointed Mr. Van Buren Secretary of State. This position he resigned in 1831, and was immediately appointed Minister to England, where he went the same autumn. The Senate, however, when it met, refused to ratify the nomination, and he returned home, apparently untroubled ; was nominated Vice President in the place of Calhoun, at the re-election of President Jackson ; and with smiles for all and fiowns for none, he took his place at the head of that Senate which had refused to confirm his nomination as ambassador. His rejection by the Senate roused all the zeal of President Jackson in behalf of his repudiated favor ite; and this, probably more than any other cause, secured his elevation to the chair of the Chief Execu tive. On the 20th of May, 1836, Mr. Van Buren re ceived the Democratic nomination to succeed Gen. Jackson as President of the United States. He was elected by a handsome majority, to the delight of the retiring President. " Leaving New York out of the canvass," says Mr. Parton, "the election of Mr. Van Buren to the Presidency was as much the act of Gen. Jackson as though the Constitution had conferred upon him the power to appoint a successor." His administration was filled with exciting events. The insurrection in Canada, which threatened to in volve this country in war with England, the agitation of the slavery question, and finally the great commer cial panic which spread over the country, all were trials to his wisdom. The financial distress was at tributed to the management ofthe Democratic party, and brought the President into such disfavor that he failed of re-election. With the exception of being nominated for the Presidency by the "Free Soil" Democrats, in 1848, Mr. Van Buren lived quietly upon his estate until his death. He had ever been a prudent man, of frugal habits. and living within his income, had now fortunately a competence for his declining years. His unblemished character, his commanding abilities, his unquestioned patriotism, and the distinguished positions which he had occupied in the government of our country, se cured to him not only the homage of his party, but the respect ot the whole community. It was on the 4th of March, 1841, that Mr. Van Buren retired from the presidency. From his fine estate at Lindenwald he still exerted a powerful influence upon the politics of the country. From this time until his death, on the 24th of July, 1862, at the age of eighty years, he resided at Lindenwald, a gentleman of leisure, of culture and of wealth; enjoying in a healthy old age, probably far more happiness than he had before experienced amid the stormy scenes of his active life- pmm '''H''m/i>M- IIP m. 4U?. /fr ^TG^yt^rri^^ NINTH PRESIDENT. s- ILLIAM HENRY HARRI SON, the ninth President of the United States, was born at Berkeley, Va., Feb. 9, 1773. His father, Benjamin Harri son, was in comparatively op ulent circumstances, and was one of the most distinguished men- of his day. He was an intimate friend of George Washington, w as early elected a member of the Continental Congress, and was conspicuous among the patriots of Virginia in resisting the encroachments of the British crown. In the celebrated Congress of 1775, Benjamin Har rison and John Hancock were both candidates for the office of speaker. Mr Harrison was subsequently chosen Governor of Virginia, and was twice re-elected. His son, William Henry, of course enjoyed in childhood all the advantages which wealth and intellectual and cultivated society could give. ^ Hav ing received a thorough common-school education, he entered Hampden Sidney College, where he graduated with honor soon after the death. of his father. He chen repaired to Philadelphia to study medicine under the instructions of Dr. Rush and the guardianship pf Robert Morris, both of whom were, with his father, signers of the Declaration of Independence. Upon the outbreak of the Indian troubles, and not withstanding the remonstrances of his friends, he abandoned his medical studies and entered the army, having obtained a commission of Ensign from Presi dent Washington. He was then but ig years old. From that time he passed gradually upward in rank until he became aid to General Wayne, after whose death he resigned his commission. He was then ap pointed Secretary of the North-western Territory. This Territory was then entitled to but one member in Congress and Capt. Harrison was chosen to fill that position. In the spring of 1800 the North-western Territory was divided by Congress into two portions. The eastern portion, comprising the region now embraced in the State of Ohio, was called " The Territory north-west of the Ohio." The western portion, which included what is now called Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin, was called the "Indiana Territory." Wil liam Henry Harrison, then 27 years of age, was ap pointed by John Adams, Governor of the Indiana Territory, and immediately after, also Governor of Upper Louisiana. He was thus ruler over almost as extensive a realm as any sovereign upon the globe. He was Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and was in vested with powers nearly dictatorial over the now rapidly increasing white population. The ability and fidelity with which he discharged these responsible duties may be inferred from the fact that he was four times appointed to this office — first by John Adams, twice by Thomas Jefferson and afterwards by Presi dent Madison. When he began his adminstration there were but three white settlements in that almost boundless region, now crowded with cities and resounding with all the tumult of wealth and traffic. One of these settlements was on the Ohio, nearly opposite Louisville ; one at Vincennes, on the Wabash, and the third a French settlement. The vast wilderness over which Gov. Harrisou reigned was filled with many tribes of Indians. Abou* WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON. the year 1806, two extraordinary men, twin brothers, of the Shawnese tribe, rose among them. One of these was called Tecumseh, or " The Crouching Panther;" the other, Olliwacheca, or "The Prophet." Tecumseh was not only an Indian warrior, but a man of great sagacity, far-reaching foresight and indomit able perseverance in any enterprise in which he might engage. He was inspired with the highest enthusiasm, and had long regarded with dread and with hatred the encroachment of the whites upon the hunting- grounds of his fathers. His brother, the Prophet, was an orator, who could sway the feelings ofthe untutored Indian as the gale tossed the tree-tops beneath which they dwelt. But the Prophet was not merely an orator: he was, i.i the superstitious minds of the Indians, invested with the superhuman dignity of a medicine-man or a magician. With an enthusiasm unsurpassed by Peter the Hermit rousing Europe to the crusades, he went from tribe to tribe, assuming that he was specially sent by the Great Spirit. Gov. Harrison made many attempts to conciliate the Indians, but at last the war came, and" at Tippe canoe the Indians were routed with great slaughter. October 28, 1812, his army began its march. When near the Prophet's town three Indians of rank made their appearance and inquired why Gov. Harriaon was approaching them in so hostile an attitude. After a short conference, arrangements were made for a meet ing the next day, to agree upon terms of peace. But Gov. Harrison was too well acquainted with the Indian character to be deceived by sucfh protes tations. Selecting a favorable spot for his night's en campment, he took every precaution against surprise. His troops were posted in a hollow square, and slept upon their arms. The troops threw themselves upon the ground for rest; but every man had his accourtrements on, his loaded musket by his side, and his bayonet fixed. The wakeful Governor, between three and four o'clock in the morning, had risen, and was sitting in conversa tion with his aids by the embers of a waning fire. It was a chill, cloudy morning with a drizzling rain. In the darkness, the Indians had crept as near as possi ble, and just then, with a savage yell, rushed, with all the desperation which superstition and passion most highly inflamed could give, upon the left flank of the little army. The savages had been amply provided with guns and ammunition by the English. Their war-whoop was accompained by a shower of bullets. The camp-fires were instantly extinguished, as the light aided the Indians in their aim. With hide- Dus yells, the Indian bands rushed on, not doubting a speedy and an entire victory. But Gen. Harrison's troops stood as immovable as the rocks around them until day dawned : they then made a simultaneous charge with the bayonet, and swept every thing be fore them, and completely routing the foe. Gov. Harrison now had all his energies tasked to the utmost. The British descending from the Can - adas, were of themselves a very formidable force ; but with their savage allies, rushing like wolves from the forest, searching out every remote farm-house, burn ing, plundering, scalping, torturing, the wide frontier was plunged into a state of consternation which even the most vivid imagination can but faintly conceive. The war-whoop was resounding everywhere in the forest. The horizon was illuminated with the conflagra tion of the cabins of the settlers. Gen Hull had made the ignominious surrender of his forces at Detroit. Under these despairing circumstances, Gov. Harrison was appointed by President Madison commander-in- chief of the North-western army, with orders to retake Detroit, and to protect the frontiers. It would be difficult to place a man in a situation demanding more energy, sagacity and courage; but General Harrison was found equal to the position, and nobly and triumphantly did he meet all the re sponsibilities. He won the love of his soldiers by always sharing with them their fatigue. His whole baggage, while- pursuing the foe up the Thames, was carried in a valise ; and his bedding consisted of a single blanket lashed over his saddle. Thirty-five British officers, his prisoners of war, supped with him after the battle. The only fare he could give them was beef roasted before the fire, without bread or salt. In 1816, Gen. Harrison was chosen a member of the National House of Representatives, to represent the District of Ohio. In Congress he proved an active member; and whenever he spoke, it was with force of reason and power of eloquence, which arrested the attention of all the members. In 18 19, Harrison was elected to the Senate of Ohio; and in 1824, as one of the presidential electors of that State, he gave his vote for Henry Clay. The same year he was chosen fo the United States Senate. In 1836, the friends of Gen. Harrison brought him forward as "a candidate for the Presidency against Van Buren, but he was defeated. At the close of Mr. Van Buren's term, he was re-nominated by his party, and Mr. Harrison was unanimously nominated by the Whigs, with John Tyler for the Vice Presidency. The contest was very animated. Gen. Jackson gave all his influence to prevent Harrison's election ; but his triumph was signal. The cabinet which he formed, with Daniel Webster at its head as Secretary of State, was one of the most brilliant with which any President had ever been surrounded. Never were the prospects of an admin istration more flattering, or the hopes of the country more sanguine. In the midst of these bright and joyous prospects, Gen. Harrison was seized by a pleurisy-fever and after a few days of violent sick ness, died on the 4th of April; just one month after his inauguration as President of the United States. m w^«? TENTH PRESIDENT. 55 OHN TYLER, the tenth ^ Presidentof the United States. He was born in Charles-city Co., Va., March 29, 1790. He was the favored child of af fluence and high social po sition. At the early age of twelve, John entered William and Mary College and grad uated with much honor when but seventeen years old. After graduating, he devoted him self with great assiduity to the study of law, partly with his father and partly with Edmund Randolph, one of the most distin guished lawyers of Virginia. At nineteen years of age, he II , commenced the practice of law. His success was rapid and aston ishing. It is said that three months had not elapsed ere there ^ was scarcely a case on the dock- i et of the court in which he was not retained. When but twenty-one years of age, he was almost unanimously elected to a seat in the State Legislature. He connected himself with the Demo cratic party, and warmly advocated the measures of Jefferson and Madison. For five successive years he was elected to the Legislature, receiving nearly the unanimous vote or his county. When but twenty-six years of age, he was elected a member of Congress. Here he acted earnestly and ably with the Democratic party, opposing a national bank, internal improvements by the General Govern ment, a protective tariff, and advocating a strict con struction of the Constitution, and the most careful vigilance over State rights. His labors in Congress were so arduous that before the close of his second term hi found it necessary to resign and retire to his estate in Charles-cify Co., to recruit his health. He, however, soon after consented to take his seat in the State Legislature, where his influence was powerful in promoting public works of great utility. With a reputation thus canstantly increasing, he was chosen by a very large majority of votes, Governor of his native State. His administration was signally a suc cessful one. His popularity secured his re-election. John Randolph, a brilliant, erratic, half-crazed man, then represented Virginia in the Senate of the United States. A portion of the Democratic party was displeased with Mr. Randolph's wayward course, and brought forward John Tyler as his opponent, considering him the only man in Virginia of sufficient popularity to succeed against the renowned orator of Roanoke. Mr. Tyler was the victor. In accordance with his professions, upon taking his seat in the Senate, he joined the ranks of the opposi tion. He opposed the tariff; he spoke against and voted against the bank as unconstitutional ; he stren uously opposed all restrictions upon slavery, resist ing all projects of internal improvements by the Gen eral Government, and avowed his sympathy with Mr. Calhoun's view of nullification ; he declared that Gen. Jackson, by his opposition to the nullifiers, had abandoned the principles of the Democratic party. Such was Mr. Tyler's record in Congress, — a record in perfect accordance with the principles which he had always avowed. Returning to Virginia, he resumed the practice of his profession. There was a cplit in the Democratic 56 JOHN TYLER. party. His friends still regarded him as a true Jef- fersonian, gave him a dinner, and showered compli ments upon him. He had now attained the age of forty-six. His career had been very brilliant. In con-" sequence of his devotion to public business, his pri vate affairs had fallen into some disorder; audit was not without satisfaction that he resumed the practice of law, and devoted himself to the culture of his plan tation. Soon after this he removed to Williamsburg, for the better education of his children ; and he again took his seat in the Legislature of Virginia. By the Southern Whigs, he was sent to the national convention at Harrisburg to nominate a President in 1839. The majority of votes were given to Gen. Har rison, a genuine Whig, much to the disappointment of the South, who wished for Henry Clay. To concili ate the Southern Whigs and to secure their vote, the convention then nominated John Tyler for Vice Pres ident. It was well known that he was not in sympa thy with the Whig party in the North : but the Vice President has but very little power in the Govern ment, his main and almost only duty being to pre side over the meetings of the Senate. Thus it hap pened that a Whig President, and, in reality, a Democratic Vice President were chosen. In 1 841, Mr. Tyler was inaugurated Vice Presi dent ofthe United States. In one short month from that time, President Harrison died, and Mr. Tyler thus -cund himself, to his own surprise and that of the whole Nation, an occupant of the Presidential chair. This was a new test of the stability of our institutions, as it was the first time in the history of our country that such an event had occured. Mr. Tyler was at home in Williamsburg when he received the unexpected tidings of the death of President Harri son. He hastened to Washington, and on the 6th of April was inaugurated to the high and responsible office. He was placed in a position of exceeding delicacy and difficulty. All his longlife he had been opposed to the main principles of the party which had brought him into power. He had ever been a con sistent, honest man, with an unblemished record. Gen. Harrison had selected a Whig cabinet. Should he retain them, and thus surround himself with coun sellors whose views were antagonistic to his own ? or, on the other hand, should he turn against the party which had elected him and select a cabinet in har mony with himself, and which would oppose all those views which the Whigs deemed essential to the pub lic welfare? This was his fearful dilemma._ He in vited the cabinet which President Harrison had selected to retain their seats. He reccommended a day of fasting and prayer, that God would guide and bless us. The Whigs carried through Congress a bill for the incorporation of a fiscal bank of the United States. The President, after ten days' delay, returned it with his veto. He suggested, however, that he would approve of a bill drawn up upon such a plan as he proposed. Such a bill was accordingly prepared, and privately submitted to him. He gave it his approval. It was passed without alteration, and he sent it back with his veto. Here commenced the open rupture. It is said that Mr. Tyler was provoked to this meas ure by a published letter from the Hon. John M. Botts, a distinguished Virginia Whig, who severely touched- the pride of the President. The opposition now exultingly received the Presi dent into their arms. The party which elected him denounced him bitterly. All the members of his cabinet, excepting Mr. Webster, resigned. The Whigs of Congress, both the Senate and the House, held a meeting and issued an address to the people of the United States, proclaiming that all political alliance between the Whigs and President Tyler were at an end. Still the President attempted to conciliate. He appointed a new cabinet of distinguished Whigs and Conservatives, carefully leaving out all strong party men. Mr. Webster soon found it necessary to resign, forced out by the pressure of his Whig friends. Thus the four years of Mr. Tyler's unfortunate administra tion passed sadly away. No one was satisfied. The land was filled with murmurs and vituperation. Whigs and Democrats alike assailed him. More and more, however, he brought himself into sympathy with his old friends, the Democrats, until atthe close of his term, he gave his whole influence to the support of Mr. Polk, the Democratic candidate for his successor. On the 4th of March, 1845, he retired from the harassments of office, to the regret of neither party, and probably to his own unspeakable relief. His first wife, Miss Letitia Christian, died in Washington, in 1842 ; and in June, 1844, President Tyler was again married, at New York, to Miss Julia Gardiner, a young ladvof many personal and intellectual accomplishments. The remainder of his days Mr. Tyler passed mainly in retirement at his beautiful home, — Sherwood For est, Charles -city Co., Va. A polished gentleman in his manners, richly furnished with information from books and experience in the world, and possessing brilliant powers of conversation, his family circle was the scene of unusual attractions. With sufficient means for the exercise of a generous hospitality, he might have enjoyed a serene old age with the few friends who gathered around him, were it not for the storms of civil war which his own principles and policy had helped to introduce. _ When the great Rebellion rose, which the State- rights and nullifying doctrines of Mr. John G Cal houn had inaugurated, President Tyler renounced his allegiance to the United States, and joined the Confed erates. He was chosen a member of their Congress; and while engaged in active measures to destroy, b" force of arms, the Government over which he had once presided, he was taken sick and soon died. (S/Ct-^s-eS*. 0~*^C. ,g=»— ~„ ELEVENTH PRESIDENT. 59 AMES K. POLK, the eleventh ^President ofthe United States, was born in Mecklenburg Co., N. C.,Nov. 2, 1795. His par ents were Samuel and Jane (Knox) Polk, the former a son of Col. Thomas Polk, who located at the above place, as one of the first pioneers, in 1735. In the year 1006, with his wife and children, and soon after fol lowed by most of the members of the Polk farnly, Samuel Polk emi grated some two or three hundred miles farther west, to the rich valley ofthe Duck River. Here in the midst of the wilderness, in a region which was subsequently called Mau ry Co., they reared their log huts, and established their homes. In the hard toil of a new farm in the wil derness, James K. Polk spent the early years of his childhood and youth. His father, adding the pur suit of a surveyor to that of a farmer, gradually increased in wealth until he became one of the leading men of the region. His mother was a superior woman, of strong common sense and earnest piety. Very early in life, James developed a taste for reading and expressed the strongest desire to obtain a liberal education. His mother's training had made him methodical in his habits, had taught him punct uality and industry, and had inspired him with lofty principles of morality. His health was frail ; and his father, fearing that he might not be able to endure a sedentary life, got a situation for him behind the counter, hoping to fit him for commercial pursuits. This was to James a bitter disappointment. He had no taste for these duties, and his daily tasks were irksome in the extreme. He remained in this uncongenial occupation but a few weeks, when at his earnest solicitation his father removed him, and made arrangements for him to prosecute his studies. Soon after he sent him to Murfreesboro Academy. With ardor which could scarcely be surpassed, he pressed forward in his studies, and in less than two and a half years, in the autumn of 1815, entered the sophomore class in the University of North Carolina, at Chapel Hill. Here he was one of the most exemplary of scholars, punctual in every exercise, never allowing himself to be absent from a recitation or a religious service. He graduated in 1818, with the highest honors, be« ing deemed the best scholar of his class, both in mathematics and the classics. He was then twenty- three years of age. Mr. Polk's health was at this time much impaired by the assiduity with which he had prosecuted his studies. After a short season of relaxation he went to Nashville, and entered the office of Felix Grundy, to study law. Here Mr. Polk renewed his acquaintance with Andrew Jackson, who resided on his plantation, the Hermitage, but a few- miles from Nashville. They had probably beeii slightly acquainted before. Mr. Polk's father was- a Jeffersonian Republican., and James K. Polk ever adhered to the same politi cal faith. He was a popular public speaker, and was constantly called upon to address the meetings of his party friends. His skill as a speaker was such that he was popularly called the Napoleon of the stump. He was a man of unblemished morals, genial ard 6o JAMES K. POLK. Murterus in his bearing, and with that sympathetic nature in the joj s and griefs of others which ever gave him troops of friends. In 1823, Mr. Polk was elected to the Legislature of Tennessee. Here he gave his strong influence towards the election of his friend, Mr. Jackson, to the Presidency ofthe United States. In January, 1824, Mr. Polk married Miss Sarah Childress, of Rutherford Co., Tenn. His bride was altogether worthy of him, — a lady of beauty and cul ture. In the fall of 1825, Mr. Polk was chosen a member of Congress. The satisfaction which he gave to his constituents may be inferred from the fact, that for fourteen successive years, until 1839, he was con tinued in that office. He then voluntarily withdrew, only that he might accept the Gubernatorial chair of 1 ^nnessee. In Congress he was a laborious member, a frequent and a popular speaker. He was alwrys in his seat, always courteous ; and whenever he spoke it was always to the point, and without any ambitious rhetorical display. During five sessions of Congress, Mr. Polk was Speaker of the House Strong passions were roused, and stormy scenes were witnessed ; but Mr. Polk per formed his arduous duties to a very general satisfac tion, and a unanimous vote of thanks to him was passed by the House as he withdrew on the 4th of March, 1839. In accordance with Southern usage, Mr. Polk, as a candidate for Governor, canvassed the State. He was elected by a large majority, and on the 14th of Octo ber, 1839, took the oath of office at Nashville. In 1841, his term of office expired, and he was again the can didate of the Democratic party, but was defeated. On the 4th of March, 1845, Mr. Polk was inaugur ated President of the United States. The verdict of the countryin favor ofthe annexation of Texas, exerted its influence upon Congress ; and the last act of the administration of President Tyler was to affix his sig nature to a joint resolution of Congress, passed on the 3d of March, approving of the annexation of Texas to the American Union. As Mexico still claimed Texas as one of her provinces, the Mexican minister, Almonte, immediately demanded his passports and left the country, declaring the act of the annexation to be an act hostile to Mexico. In his first message, President Polk urged that Texas should immediately, by act of Congress, be re ceived into the Union on the same footing with the other States. In the meantime, Gen. Taylor was sent with an army into Texas to hold the country. He was sent first to Nueces, which the Mexicans said was the western boundary of Texas. Then he was sent jiearly two hundred miles further west, to the Rio Grande, where he erected batteries which commanded the Mexican city of Matamoras, which was situated on the western banks. The anticipated -collision soon took place, and wai was declared against Mexico by President Polk. The war was pushed forward by Mr. Polk's administration with great vigor. Gen. Taylor, whose army was first called one of " observation," then of " occupation,' then of " invasion, "was sent forward to Monterey. The feeble Mexicans, in every encounter, were hopelessly and awfully slaughtered. The day of judgement alone can reveal the misery which this war caused. It was by the ingenuity of Mr. Polk's administration that the war was brought on. 'To the victors belong the spoils." Mexico was prostrate before us. Her capital was in our hands We now consented to peace upon the condition that Mexico should surrender to us, in addition to Texas, all of New Mexico, and all of Upper and Lower Cal ifornia. This new demand embraced, exclusive of Texas, eight hundred thousand square miles. This was an extent of territory equal to nine States of the size of New York. Thus slavery was securing eighteen majestic States to be added to the Union. There were some Americans who thought it all right : there were others who thought it all wrong. In the prosecution of this war, we expended twenty thousand lives and more than a hundred million of dollars. Of this money fifteen millions were paid to Mexico. On the 3d of March, 1849, Mr. Polk retired from office, having served one term. The next day was Sunday. On the 5th, Gen. Taylor was inaugurated as his successor. Mr. Polk rode to the Capitol in the same carriage with Gen. Taylor; and the same even ing, with Mrs. Polk, he commenced his return to Tennessee. He was then but fifty-four years of age. He had ever been strictly temperate in all his habits, and his health was good. With an ample fortune, a choice library, a cultivated mind, and domestic ties of the dearest nature, it seemed as though long years of tranquility and happiness were before him. But the cholera — that fearful scourge— was then sweeping up the Valley of the Mississippi. This he contracted, and died on the 15th of June, 1849, in the fifty-fourth year of his age, greatly mourned by his countrymen. ^CX^t^k^yyyy^x^y^ TWELFTH PRESIDENT. 63 ACHARY TAYLOR, twelfth President of the United States, IfVas born on the 24th of Nov., 1784, in Orange Co., Va. His 1 |g5gagjggjggss3<9 father, Colonel Taylor, was a Virginian of note, and a dis tinguished patriot and soldier of the Revolution. When Zachary was an infant, his father with his wife and two children, emigrated to Kentucky, where he settled in the pathless wilderness, a few miles from Louisville. In this front ier home, away from civilization and all its refinements, young Zachary could enjoy but few social and educational advan tages. When six years of age he attended a common school, and was then regarded as a bright, active boy, rather remarkable for bluntness and decision of char acter He was strong, feailess and self-reliant, and manifested a strong desire to enter the army to fight die Indians who were ravaging the frontiers. There is little to be recorded of the uneventful years of his childhood on his father's large but lonely plantation. In 1808, his father succeeded in obtaining for him the commission of lieutenant in the United States army ; and he joined the troops which were stationed at New Orleans under Gen. Wilkinson. Soon after this he married Miss Margaret Smith, a young lady from one of the first families of Maryland. Immediately after the declaration of war with Eng land, in 1812, Capt. Taylor (for he had then been promoted to that rank) was put in command of Fort Harrison, on the Wabash, about fifty miles above Vincennes. This fort had been built in the wilder ness by Gen. Harrison,on his march to Tippecanoe. It was one of the first points of attack by the Indians, led by Tecumseh. Its garrison consisted of a broken company of infantry numbering fifty men, many of whom were sick. Early in the autumn of 181 2, the Indians, stealthily, and in large numbers, moved upon the fort. Thc.r approach was first indicated by the murder of two soldiers just outside of the stockade. Capt. Taylur made every possible preparation to meet the antici pated assault. On the 4th of September, a band of forty painted and plumed savages came to the fort, , waving a white flag, and informed Capt. Taylor that in the morning their chief would come to have a talk with him. It was evident that their object was merely to ascertain the state of things at the fort, and Capt. Taylor, well versed in the wiles of the savages, kept them at a distance. The sun went down ; the savages disappeared, the garrison slept upon their arms. One hour before midnight the war whoop burst from a thousand lips in the forest around, followed by the discharge of musketry, and the rush ofthe foe. Every man, sick and well, sprang to his post. Every man knew that defeat was not merely death, but in the case of cap ture, death by the most agonizing and prolonged tor ture. No pen can describe, no immagination can conceive the scenes which ensued. The savages suc ceeded in setting lire to one of the block-houses- Until six o'clock in the morning, this awful conflict continued. The savages then, baffled at every point, and gnashing their teeth with rage, retired. Capt. Taylor, for this gallant defence, was promoted to the rank of major by brevet. Until the close ofthe war, Major Taylor was placed in such situations that he saw but little more of active service. He was sent far away into the depths of the wilderness, to Fort Crawford, on Fox River, which empties into Green Bay. Here there was but little to be done but to wear away the tedious hours as one best could. There were no books, no society, no in- 64 ZACHARY TAYLOR. tellectual stimulus. Thus with him the uneventful years rolled on Gradually he rose to the rank of colonel. In the Black Hawk war, which resulted in the capture of that renowned chieftain, Col Taylor took a subordinate but a brave and efficient part. For twenty-four years Col. Taylor was engaged in the defence of the frontiers, in scenes so remote, and in employments so obscure, that his name was unknown beyond the limits of his own immediate acquaintance. In the year 1836, he was sent to Florida to compel the Seminole Indians to vacate that region and re tire beyond the Mississippi, as their chiefs by treaty, hs.C promised they should do. The services rendered he;e secured for Col. Taylor the high appreciation of the. Government; and as a reward, he was elevated tc .he rank of brigadier-general by brevet ; and soon after, in May, 1838, was appointed to the chief com mand of the United States troops in Florida. After two years of such wearisome employment amidst the everglades of the peninsula, Gen. Taylor obtained, at his own request, a change of command, f-nd was stationed over the Department of the South west. This field embraced Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. Establishing his headquarters at Fort Jessup, in Louisiana, he removed his family to a plantation which he purchased, near Baton Rogue. Here he remained for five years, buried, as it were, from the world, but faithfully discharging every duty imposed upon him. In 1846, Gen. Taylor was sent to guard the land between the Nueces and Rio Grande, the latter river being the boundary of Texas, which was then claimed by the United States. Soon the war with Mexico was brought on, and at Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, Gen. Taylor won brilliant victories over the Mexicans. The rank of major-general by brevet was then conferred upon Gen. Taylor, and his name was received with enthusiasm almost everywhere in the Nation. Then came the battles of Monterey and Buena Vista in which he won signal victories over forces much larger than he commanded. His careless habits of dress and his unaffected simplicity, secured for Gen. Taylor among his troops, the 'sobriquet of "Old Rough and Ready.' Tne tidings ofthe brilliant victory of Buena Vista ;pread the wildest enthusiasm over the country. The name of Gen. Taylor was on every one's lips. The Whig party decided to take advantage of this wonder ful popularity in bringing forward the unpolished, un lettered, honest soldier as their candidate for the Presidency. Gen. Taylor was astonished at the an nouncement, and for a time would not listen to it; de claring that he was not at all qualified for such an office. So little interest had he taken in politics that, .¦"or forty years, he had not cast a vote. It was not without chagrin that several distinguished statesmen who had been long years in the public service found A-ir claims set aside in behalf of one whose name had never been heard of, save in connection with Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterey and Buena Vista. It is said that Daniel Webster, in his haste re marked, " It is a nomination not fit to be made." Gen. Taylor was not an eloquent speaker nor a fine writer His friends took possession of him, and pre pared such few communications as it was needful should be presented to the public. The popularity of the successful warrior swept the land. He was tri umphantly elected over two opposing candidates, — Gen. Cass and Ex-President Martin Van Buren. Though he selected an excellent cabinet, the good old man found himself in a very uncongenial position, and was, at times, sorely perplexed and harassed. His mental sufferings were very severe, and probably tended to hasten his death. The pro-slavery party was pushing its claims with tireless energy , expedi tions were fitting out to capture Cuba ; California was pleading for admission to the Union, while slavery stood at the door to bar her out. Gen. Taylor found the political conflicts in Washington to be far more trying to the nerves than battles with Mexicans or Indians. In the midst of all these troubles, Gen. Tajtfbr, after he had" occupied the Presidential chair but little over a year, took cold, and after a brief sickness bf but little over five days, died on the 9th of July, 1850. His last words were, "I am not afraid to die. I am ready. I have endeavored to do my duty." He died universally respected and beloved. An honest, un pretending man, he had been steadily growing in the affections of the people ; and the Nation bitterly la mented his death. Gen. Scott, who was thoroughly acquainted with Gen. Taylor, gave the following graphic and truthful description of his character: — " With a good store of common sense, Gen. Taylor's mind had not been en larged and refreshed by reading, or much converse with the world. Rigidity of ideas was the conse- qufnce. The frontiers and small military posts had been his home. Hence he was quite ignorant for his rank, and quite bigoted in his ignorance. His sim plicity was child-like, and with innumerable preju dices, amusing and incorrigible, well suited to the tender age. Thus, if a man, however respectable, chanced to wear a coat of an unusual color, or his hat a little on one side of his head ; or an officer to leave a corner of his handkerchief dangling from an out side pocket, — in any such case, this critic held the offender to be a coxcomb (perhaps something worse), whom he would not, to use his oft repeated phrase, ' touch with a pair of tongs.' "Any allusion to literature beyond good old Dil- worth's spelling-book, on the part of one wearing a sword, was evidence, with the same judge, of utter unfitness for heavy marchings and combats. In short, few men have ever had a more comfortable, labor- saving contempt for learning of every kind," THIRTEENTH PRESIDENT. 67 ^ iS- ^MILLAR! FILLfflflHE, **¦ ILLARD FILLMORE, thir teenth President of the United States, was born at Summer Hill, Cayuga Co., N. Y ., on the 7th of January, 1800. His father was a farmer, and ow ing to misfortune, in humble cir cumstances. Of his mother, the daughter of Dr. Abiathar Millard, of Pittsfield, Mass., it has been said that she possessed an intellect of very high order, united with much personal loveliness, sweetness of dis position, graceful manners and ex quisite sensibilities. She died in 1 83 1 ; having lived to see her son a young man of distinguished prom ise, though she was not permitted to witness the high dignity which he finally attained. In consequence of the secluded home and limited means of his father, Millard enjoyed but slender ad vantages for education in his early years. The com mon schools, which he occasionally attended were very imperfect institutions; and books were scarce £nd expensive. There was nothing then in his char acter to indicate the brilliant career upon which he was about to enter. He was a plain farmer's boy ; intelligent, good-looking, kind-hearted. The sacred influences of home had taught him to revere the Bible, and had laid the foundations of an upright character. When fourteen years of age, his father sent him some hundred miles from home, to the then wilds of Livingston County, to learn the trade of a clothier. Near the mill there was a small villiage, where some enterprising man had commenced the collection of a village library. This proved an inestimable blessing to young Fillmore. His evenings were spent in read ing. Soon every leisure moment was occupied with books. His thirst for knowledge became insatiate and the selections which he made were continually more elevating and instructive. He read history, biography, oratory, and thus gradually there was en kindled in his heart a desire to be something more than a mere worker with his hands; and he was be coming, almost unknown to himself, a well-informed, educated man. The young clothier had now attained the age of nineteen years, and was of fine personal appearance and of gentlemanly demeanor. It so happened tha'. there was a gentleman in the neighborhood of ample pecuniary means and of benevolence, — Judge Walter Wood, — who was struck with the prepossessing ap pearance of young Fillmore. He made his acquaint ance, and was so much impressed with his ability an J attainments that he advised him to abandon his trade and devote himself to the study of the law. The young man replied, that he had no means of his own, no friends to help him and that his previous educa tion had been very imperfect. But Judge Wood had so much confidence in him that he kindly offered to take him into his own office, and to loan him _such money as he needed. Most gratefully the generous offer was accepted. There is in many minds a strange delusion about a collegiate education. A young man is supposed to be liberally educated if he has graduated at some col lege. But many a boy loiters through university halls *nd then enters a law office, who is by no meaa» as 08 MILLARD FILLMORE. well prepared to prosecute his legal studies as was Millard Fillmore when he graduated at the clothing- mill at the end of four years of manual labor, during which every leisure moment had been devoted to in tense mental culture. In 1823, when twenty-three years of age, he was admitted to the Court of Common Pleas. He then went to the village of Aurora, and commenced the practice of law. In this secluded, peaceful region, his practice of course was limited, and there was no opportunity for a sudden rise in fortune or in fame. Here, in the year 1826, he married a lady of great moral worth, and one capable of adorning any station she might be called to fill, — Miss' Abigail Powers. His elevation of character, his untiring industry, his legal acquirements, and his skill as an advocate, gradually attracted attention ; and he was invited to enter into partnership under highly advantageous circumstances, with an elder member of the bar in Buffalo. Just before removing to Buffalo, in 1829, he took his seat in the House of Assembly, of the State of New York, as a representative . from Erie County. Though he had never taken a very active part in politics, his vote and his sympathies were with the Whig party. The State was then Democratic, and he found himself in a helpless minority in the Legislature , still the testimony comes from all parties, that his courtesy, ability and integrity, won, to a very unusual degree the respect of his associates. In the autumn of 1832, he was elected to a seat in the United States Congress. He entered that troubled arena in some of the most tumultuous hours of our national history. The great conflict respecting the national bank and the removal of the deposits, was then raging. His term of two years closed ; and he returned to his profession, which he pursued with increasing rep utation and success. After a lapse of two years he again became a candidate for Congress ; was re elected, and took his seat in 1837. His past expe rience as a representative gave him stiength and confidence. The first term of service in Congress to any man can be but little more than an introduction. He was now prepared for active duty. All his ener gies were brought to bear upon the public good. Every measure received his impress. Mr. Fillmore was now a man of wide repute, and his popularity filled the State, and in the year 1847, he was elected Comptroller of the State. Mr. Fillmore had attained the age of forty-seven years. His labors at the bar, in the Legislature, in Congress and as Comptroller, had given him very con siderable fame. The Whigs were casting about to find suitable candidates for President and Vice-Presi dent at the approaching election. Far away, on the waters of the Rio Grande, there was a rough old soldier, who had fought one or two successful battles with the Mexicans, which had caused his name to be proclaimed in trumpet-tones all over the land. But it was necessary to associate with him on the same ticket some man of reputation as a statesman. Under the influence of these considerations, the' names of Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore became the rallying-cry of the Whigs, as their candidates for President and Vice-Peesident. The Whig ticket was signally triumphant. On the 4th of March, 1849, Gen. Taylor was inaugurated President, and Millard Fillmore Vice-President, of the United States. On the 9th of July, 1850, President Taylor, but about one year and four months after his inaugura tion, was suddenly taken sick and died. By the Con stitution, Vice-President Fillmore thus became Presi dent. He appointed a very able cabinet, of which the illustrious Daniel Webster was Secretary of State. Mr. Fillmore had very serious difficulties to contend with, since the opposition had a majority in both Houses. He did everything in his power to conciliate the South; but the pro-slavery party in the South felt the inadequacy of all measures of transient conciliation. The population of the free States was so rapidly in creasing over that of the slave States»that it was in evitable that the power of the Government should soon pass into the hands of the free States. The famous compromise measures were adopted under Mr. Fillmore's adminstration, and the Japan Expedition was sent out. On the 4th of March, 1853, Mr. Fill more, having served one term, retired. In 1856, Mr. Fillmore was nominated for the Pres idency by the " Know Nothing " party, but was beaten by Mr. Buchanan. After that Mr. Fillmore lived in retirement. During the terrible conflict of civil war, he was mostly silent. It was generally supposed that his sympathies were rather with those who were en deavoring to overthrow our institutions. President Fillmore kept aloof from the conflict, without any cordial words of cheer to the one party or the other. He was thus forgotten by both. He lived to a ripe old age, and died in Buffalo. N. Y., March 8, 1874. FOURTEENTH PRESIDENT. 7' **FKMKLIH FIERCE.** iiSM RANKLIN PIERCE, the fourteenth President of the H* United States, was born in Hillsborough, N. H., Nov. 23, 1804. His father was a Revolutionary soldier, who, witli his own strong arm, hewed out a home in the wilderness. He was a man of inflexible integrity; of strong, though uncultivated mind, and an uncompromis ing Democrat. The mother of Franklin Pierce was all that a son could desire,— an intelligent, pru dent, affectionate, Christian wom an. Franklin was the sixth of eight children. Franklin was a very bright and handsome boy, gen erous, warm-hearted and brave. He won alike the love of old and young. The boys on the play ground loved him. His teachers loved him. The neighbors looked upon him with pride and affection. He was by instinct a gentleman; always speaking kind words, doing kind deeds, with a peculiar unstudied tact which taught him what was agreeable. Without de veloping any precocity of genius, or any unnatural devotion to books, he was a good scholar; in body, in mind, in affections, a finely-developed boy. When sixteen years of age, in the year 1820, he entered Bowdoin College, at Brunswick, Me He was one of the most popular young men in the college. The purity of his moral character, the unvarying courtesy of his demeanor, his rank as a scholar, and genial nature, rendered him a universal favorite. There was something very peculiarly winning in his address, and it was evidently not in the slightest de gree studied : it was the simple outgushing of his own magnanimous and loving nature. Upon graduating, in the year 1824, Franklin Pierce commenced the study of law in the office of Jud^e Woodbury, one of the most distinguished lawyers of the State, and a man of great private worth. Tin; eminent social qualities of the young lawyer, his father's prominence as a public man, and the brilliant political career into which Judge Woodbury was en tering, all tended to entice Mr. Pierce into the faci natingyet perilous path of political life. With all the ardor of his nature he espoused the cause of Gen. Jackson for the Presidency. He commenced tlie practice of law in Hillsborough, and was soon elected to represent the town in the State Legislature. Here he served for four years. The last two years he was chosen speaker of the house' by a very large vote. In 1833, at the age of twenty-nine, he was elected a member of Congress. Without taking an active part in debates, he was faithful and laborious in duty, and ever rising in the estimation of those with whom he was associatad. In 1837, being then but thirty-three years of age, he was elected to the Senate of the United States; taking his seat just as Mr. Van Buren commenced his administration. He was the youngest member in the Senate. In the year 1834, he married Miss Jane Means Appleton, a lady of rare beauty and accom plishments, and one admirably fitted to adorn every station .with which her husband was honoied. Of the 72 FRANKLIN PIERCE. three sons who were born to them, all now sleep with their parents in the grave. In the year 1838, Mr. Pierce, with growing fame and increasing business as a lawyer, took up his residence in Concord, the capital of New Hampshire. President Polk, upon his accession to office, appointed Mr. Pierce attorney-general of the United States ; but the offer was declined, in consequence of numerous professional engagements at home, and the precariuos state of Mrs. Pierce's health. Pie also, about the same time declined the nomination for governor by the Democratic party. The war with Mexico called Mr. Pierce in the army. Receiving the appointment of brigadier-general, he embarked, with a portion of his troops, at Newport, R. I., on the 27th of May, 1847. He took an important part in this war, proving him self a brave and true soldier. When Gen. Pierce reached his home in his native State, he was received enthusiastically by the advo cates of the Mexican war, and coldly by his oppo nents. He resumed the practice of his profession, very frequently taking an active part in political ques tions, giving his cordial support to the pro-slavery wing of the Democratic party. The compromise measures met cordially with his approval ; and he strenuously advocated the enforcement of the infa mous fugitive-slave law, which so shocked the religious sensibilities ofthe North. He thus became distin guished as a "Northern man with Southern principles.'' The strong partisans of slavery in the South conse quently regarded him as a man whom they could safely trust in office to carry out their plans. On the 12th of June, 1852, the Democratic conven tion met in Baltimore to nominate a candidate for the Presidency. For four days they continued in session, and in thirty-five ballotings no one had obtained a two-thirds vote. Not a vote thus far had been thrown for Gen. Pierce. Then the Virginia delegation brought forward his ¦ name. There were fourteen more ballotings, during which Gen. Pierce constantly gained strength, until, at the forty-ninth ballot, he received two hundred and eighty-two votes, and all other candidates eleven. Gen. Winfield Scott was the Whig candidate. Gen. Pierce was chosen with great unanimity. Only four States — Vermont, Mas sachusetts, Kentucky and Tennessee — cast their electoral votes against him Gen. Franklin Pierce was therefore inaugurated President of the United States on the 4th of March, 1853. His administration proved one of the most stormy our country had ever experienced. The controversy be tween slavery and freedom was then approaching its culminating point. It became evident that there was an " irrepressible conflict " between them, and that this Nation could not long exist " half slave and half free." President Pierce, during the whole of his ad ministration, did every thing he could to conciliate the South ; but it was all in vain. The conflict every year grew more violent, and threats of the dissolution ofthe Union were borne to the North on every South ern breeze. Such was the condition of affairs when President Pierce approached the close of his four-years' term of office. The North had become thoroughly alien ated from him. The anti-slavery sentiment, goaded by great outrages, had been rapidly increasing; all the intellectual ability and social worth of President Pierce were forgotten in deep reprehension of his ad ministrative acts. The slaveholders of the South, also, unmindful of the fidelity with which he had advo cated those measures of Government which they ap proved, and perhaps, also, feeling that he had rendered himself so unpopular as no longer to be able acceptably to serve them, ungratefully dropped him, and nominated James Buchanan to succeed him. On the 4th of March, 1857, President Pierce re tired to his home in Concord. Of three children, two had died, and his only surviving child had been killed before his eyes by a railroad accident ; and his wife, one ofthe most estimable and accomplished of ladies, was rapidly sinking in consumption. The hour of dreadful gloom soon came, and he was left alone in the world, without wife or child. When the terrible Rebellion burst forth, which di vided our country into two parties, and two only, Mr. Pierce remained steadfast in the principles which he had always cherished, and gave his sympathies to that pro-slavery party with which he had ever been allied. He declined to do anything, either by voice or pen, to strengthen the hand of the National Gov ernment. He continued to reside in Concord until the time of his death, which occurred in October, 1869. He was one of the most genial and social of men, an honored communicant of the Episcopal Church, and one of the kindest of neighbors. Gen erous to a fault, he contributed liberally for the al leviation of suffering and want, and many of his towns people were often gladened by his material bounty. Zl/sruuJ uty, FIFTEENTH PRESIDENT 75 AMES BUCHANAN, the fif teenth President of the United States, was born in a small frontier town, at the foot of the eastern ridge of. the Allegha nies, in Franklin Co., Penn., on the 23d of April, 1791. The place where the humble cabin of his father stood was called Stony Batter. It was a wild and ro mantic spot in a gorge of the moun tains, with towering summits rising grandly all around.. His father was a native of the north of Ireland ; a poor man, who had emigrated in 1783, with little property save his own strong arms. Five years afterwards he married Elizabeth Spear, the daughter of a respectable farmer, and, with his young bride, plunged into the wilder ness, staked his claim, reared his log-hut, opened a clearing with his axe, and settled down there to per form his obscure part in the drama of life. In this se cluded home, where James was born, he remained for eight years, enjoying but few social or intellectual advantages. When James was eight years of age, his father removed to the village of Mercersburg, where his son was placed at school, and commenced a course of study in English, Latin and Greek. His progress was rapid, and at the age of fourteen, he entered Dickinson College, at Carlisle. Here he de veloped remarkable talent, and took his stand among the first scholars in the institution. His application to study was intense, and yet his native powers en abled him to master the most abstruse subjects with facility. In the year 1809, he graduated with the highest honors of his class. He was then eighteen years ol age; tall and graceful, vigorous in health, fond of athletic sport, an unerring shot, and enlivened with an exuberant flow of animal spirits. He immediately commenced the study of law in the city of Lancaster, and was admitted to the bar in 1812, when he was but twenty-one years of age. Very rapidly he rose in his profession, and at once took undisputed stand with the ablest lawyers of the State. When but twenty-six years of age, unaided by counsel, he suc cessfully defended before the State Senate ore of the judges of the State, who was .tried upon articles of impeachment-. At the age of thirty it was generally admitted that he stood at the head of the bar; and there was no lawyer in the State who had a more lu crative practice. In 1820, he reluctantly consented to run as a candidate for Congress. He was elected, and for len years he remained a member of the Lower House. During the vacations of Congress, he occasionally tried some important case. In 1831, he retired altogether from the toils of his profession, having ac quired an ample fortune. Gen. Jackson, upon his elevation to the Presidency, appointed Mr. Buchanan minister to Russia. The duties of his mission he performed with ability, which gave satisfaction to all parties. Upon his return, in 1833, he was elected to a seat in the United States Senate. He there met, as his associates, Webster, Clay, Wright and Calhoun. He advocated the meas ures proposed by President Jackson, of mak hig repri- 70 JAMES BUCHANAN. sals against France, to enforce the payment of our claims against that country; and defended the course of the President in his unprecedented and wholesale removal from office of those who were not the sup porters of his administration. Upon this question he was brought into direct collision with Henry Clay. He also, with voice and vote, advocated expunging from the journal of the Senate the vote of censure against Gen. Jackson for removing the deposits. Earnestly he opposed the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, and urged the prohibition ofthe circulation of anti-slavery documents by the United States mails. As to petitions on the subject of slavery, he advo cated that they should be respectfully received; and that the reply should be returned, that Congress had no power to legislate upon the subject. '' Congress," said he, " might as well undertake to interfere with slavery under a foreign government as in any of the States where it now exists." Upon Mr. Polk's accession to the Presidency, Mr. Buchanan became Secretary of State, and as such, took his share of the responsibility in the conduct of the Mexican War. Mr. Polk assumed that crossing the Nueces by the American troops into the disputed territory was not wrong, but for the Mexicans to cross the Rio Grande into that territory was a declaration of war. No candid man can read with pleasure the account ofthe course our Government pursued in that movement Mr. Buchanan identified himself thoroughly with the party devoted to the perpetuation and extension of slavery, and brought all the energies of his mind to bear against the. Wilmot Proviso. He gave his cordial approval to the compromise measures of 1850, which included the fugitive-slave law. Mr. Pierce, upon his election to the Presidency, honored Mr. Buchanan with the mission to England. In the year 1856, a national Democratic conven tion nominated Mr. Buchanan for the Presidency. The political conflict was one ofthe most severe in which our country has ever engaged. All the friends of slavery were on one side ; all the advocates of its re striction and final abolition, on the other. Mr. Fre mont, the candidate of the enemies of slavery, re- reived 114 electoral votes. Mr. Buchanan received 174, and was elected. The popular vote stood 1,340,618, for Fremont, 1,224,750 for Buchanan. On March 4th. 1857, Mr. Buchanan was inaugurated. Mr. Buchanan was far advanced in life. Only four vears were wanting to fill up his threescore years and ten. His own friends, those with whom he had been allied in political principles and action for years, were seeking the destruction of the Government, that they might rear upon the ruins of our free institutions a nation whose corner-stone should be human slavery. In this emergency, Mr. Buchanan was hopelessly be wildered He could not, with his long-avowed prin ciples, consistently oppose the State-rights party in their assumptions. As President of the United States, bound by his oath faithfully to administer the laws, he could not, without perjury of the grossest kind, unite with those endeavoring to overthrow the repub lic. He therefore did nothing. The opponents of Mr. Buchanan's administration nominated Abraham Lincoln as their standard bearer in the next Presidential canvass. The pro-slavery party declared, that if he were elected, and the con trol of the Government were thus taken from, their hands, they would secede from the Union, taking with them, as they retired, the National Capitol at Washington, and the lion's share of the territory of the United States. Mr. Buchanan's sympathy with the pro-slavery party was such, that he had been willing to offerthem far more than they had ventured to claim. All the South had professed to ask of the North was non intervention upon the subject of slavery. Mr. Bu chanan had been ready to offer them the active co operation of the Government to defend and extend the institution. As the storm increased in violence, the slaveholders claiming the right to secede, and Mr. Buchanan avow ing that Congress had no power to prevent it, one of the most pitiable exhibitions of governmental im becility was exhibited the world has ever seen. He declared that Congress had no power to enforce its laws in any State which had withdrawn, or which was attempting to withdraw from the Union. This was not the doctrine of Andrew Jackson, when, with his hand upon his sword-hilt, he exclaimed, " The Union must and shall be preserved ! " South Carolina seceded in December, i860; nearly three months before the inauguration of President Lincoln. Mr. Buchanan looked on in listless despair. The rebel flag was raised in Charleston : Fort Sumpter was besieged; our forts, navy-yards and arsenals were seized ; our depots of military stores were plun dered ; and our custom-houses and post-offices were appropriated by the rebels. The energy of the rebels, and the imbecility of our Executive, were alike marvelous. The Nation looked on in agony, waiting for the slow weeks to glide away, and close the administration, so terrible in its weak ness At length the long-looked-for hour of deliver ance came, when Abraham Lincoln was to receive the scepter. The administration of President Buchanan was certainly the most calamitous our country has ex perienced. His best friends cannot recall it with pleasure. And still more deplorable it is for his fame, that in that dreadful conflict: which rolled its billows of flame and blood over our whole land, no word came from his lips to indicate his wish that our country's banner should triumph over the flag of the rebellion. He died at his Wheatland retreat, June 1, 1868. ^ e/^^c^ SIXTEENTH PRESIDENT. 79 mmmmmmmm j ABRAHAM > " 4 LINCOLN. > 1 BRAHAM LINCOLN, the sixteenth President of the P>United States, was born in Hardin Co., Ky., Feb. 12, 1809. About the year 1780, a I man by the name of Abraham Lincoln left Virginia with his family and moved into the then wilds of Kentucky. Only two years after this emigration, still a young man, while working one day in a field, was stealthily approached by an Indian and shot dead. His widow was left in extreme poverty with five little children, three boys and two girls. Thomas, the youngest of the boys, was four years of age at his father's death. This Thomas was the father of Abraham Lincoln, the President of the United States whose name must henceforth forever be enrolled with the most prominent in the annals of our world. Of course no record has been kept of the life of one so lowly as Thomas Lincoln. He was among the poorest of the poor. His home was a wretched log-cabin; his food the coarsest and the meanest. Education he had none; he could never either read or write. As soon as he was able to do anything for himself, he was compelled to leave the cabin of his starving mother, and push out into the world, a friend- .ess, wandering boy, seeking work. He hired him self out, and thus spent the whole of his youth as a laborer in the fields of others. When twenty-eight years of age he built a log- cabin of his own, and married Nancy Hanks, the daughter of another family of poor Kentucky emi grants, who had also come from Virginia. Then- second child was Abraham Lincoln, the subject of this sketch. The mother of Abraham was a noble woman, gentle, loving, pensive, created to adorn a palace, doomed to toil and pine, and die in a hovel. "All that I am, or hope to be," exclaims the grate ful son "I owe to my angel-mother. " When he was eight years of age, his father sold his cabin and small farm, and moved to Indiana. Where two years later his mother died. Abraham soon became the scribe of the uneducated community around hini. He could not have had a better school than this to teach him to put thoughts into words. He also became an eager reader. The books he could obtain were few ; but these he read and re-read until they were almost committed to memory. As the years rolled on, the lot of this lowly family- was the usual lot of humanity. There were joys and griefs, weddings and funerals. Abraham's sister Sarah, to whom he was tenderly attached, was mar ried when a child of but fourteen years of age, and soon died. The family was gradually scattered. Mr. Thomas Lincoln sold out his squatter's claim in 1830, and emigrated to Macon Co., 111. Abraham Lincoln was then twenty-one years of age. With vigorous hands he aided his father in rearing another log-cabin. Abraham worked diligently at this until he saw the family comfortably settled, and their small lot of enclosed prairie planted with corn, when he announced to his father his intention to leave home, and to go out into the world and seek his for tune. Little did he or his friends imagine how bril liant that fortune was to be. He saw the value of education and was intensely earnest to improve his mind to the utmost of his power. He saw the ruin which aident spirits were causing, and became strictly temperate; refusing to allow a drop of intoxi cating liquor to pass his lips. And he had read in God's word, "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain ;" and a profane expression he was never heard to utter. Religion he revered. His morals were pure, and he was uncontaminated by a single vice. Young Abraham worked for a time as a hired laborer among the farmers. Then he went to Springfield, where hewas employed in building a large flat-boat. In this he took a herd of swine, floated them down the Sangamon to the Illinois, and thence by the Mis sissippi to New Orleans. Whatever Abraham Lin coln undertook, he performed so faithfully as to give great satisfaction to his employers. In this advcn- 8o ABRAHAM LINCOLN. ture his employers were so well pleased, that upon his return tney placed a store and mill under his care. In 1832, at the outbreak ofthe Black Hawk war, he enlisted and was chosen captain of a company. He returned to Sangamon County, and although only 23 years of age, was a candidate for the Legislature, but was defeated. He soon after received from Andrew Jackson the appointment of Postmaster of New Salem, His only post-office was his hat. All the letters he received he carried there ready to deliver to those he chanced to meet. He studied surveying, and soon made this his business. In 1834 he again became a candidate for the Legislature, and was elected Mr. Stuart, of Springfield, advised him to study law. He walked from New Salem to Springfield, borrowed of Mr. Stuart a load of books, carried them back and began his legal studies. When the Legislature as sembled he trudged on foot with his pack on his back one hundred miles to Vandalia, then the capital. In 1836 he was re-elected to the Legislature. Here it was he first met Stephen A. Douglas. In 1839 he re moved to Springfield and- began the practice of law. His success with the jury was so great that he was soon engaged in almost every noted case in the circuit. In 1854 the great discussion began between Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Douglas, on the slavery question. In the organization of the Republican party in Illinois, in 1856, he took an active part, and at once became one of the leaders in that party. Mr. Lincoln's speeches in opposition to Senator Douglas in the con test in 1858 for a seat in the Senate, form a most notable part of his history. The issue was on the slavery question, and he took the broad ground of :he Declaration of Independence, that all men are created equal. Mr. Lincoln was defeated in this con test, but won a far higher prize. The great Republican Convention met at Chicago on the 1 6th of June, i860. The delegates and strangers who crowded the city amounted to twenty- five thousand. An immense building called "The Wigwam," was reared to accommodate the Conven tion. There were eleven candidates for whom votes were thrown. William H. Seward, a man whose fame as a statesman had long filled the land, was the most prominent. It was generally supposed he would be the nominee, Abraham Lincoln, however, received the nomination on the third ballot. Little did he then dream of the weary years of toil and care, and the bloody death, to which that nomination doomed him : and as little did he dream that he was to render services to his country, which would fix upon him the eyes of the whole civilized world, and which would give him a place in the affections of his countrymen, second only, if second, to that of Washington. Election day came and Mr. Lincoln received 180 electoral votes out of 203 cast, and was, therefore, constitutionally elected President ofthe United States. The tirade of abuse that was poured upon this good and merciful man, especially by the slaveholders, was greater than upon any other man ever elected to this high position. In February, 186 1, Mr. Lincoln started for Washington, stopping in all the large cities on his way making speeches. The whole journey was frought with much danger. Many of the Southern States had already seceded, and several attempts at assassination were afterwards brought to light. A gang in Balti more had arranged, upon his arrival to" get up a row," and in the confusion to make sure of his death with revolvers and hand-grenades. A detective unravelled the plot. A secret and special train was provided to take him from Harrisburg, through Baltimore, at an unexpected hour of the night. The train started at half-past ten ; and to prevent any possible communi cation on the part ot the Secessionists with their Con federate gang in Baltimore, as soon as the train had started the telegraph-wires were cut. Mr. Lincoln reached Washington in safety and was inaugurated, although great anxiety was felt by all loyal people. In the selection of his cabinet Mr. Lincoln gave to Mr. Seward the Department of State, and to other prominent opponents before the convention he gave important positions. During no other administration have the duties devolving upon the President been so manifold, and the responsibilities so great, as those which fell to the lot of President Lincoln. Knowing this, and feeling his own weakness and inability to meet, and in his own strength to cope with, the difficulties, he learned early to seek Divine wisdom and guidance in determining his plans, and Divine comfort in all his trials, both personal and national. Contrary to his own estimate of himself, Mr. Lincoln was one of the most courageous of men. He went directly into the rebel capital just as the retreating foe was leaving, with no guard but a few sailors. From the time he had left Springfield, in 1861, however, plans had been made for his assassination,and he at last fell a victim to one of them. April 14, 1865, he, with Gen. Grant, was urgently invited to attend Fords' Theater. It was announced that they would be present. Gen. Grant, however, left the city. President Lincoln, feel ing, with his characteristic kindliness of heart, that it would be a disappointment if he should fail them, very reluctantly consented to go. While listening to the play an actor by the name of John Wilkes Booth entered the box where the President and family were seated, and fired a bullet into his brains. He died the next morning at seven o'clock. Never before, in the history of the world was a nation plunged into such deep grief by the death of its. ruler. Strong men met in the streets and wept in speechless anguish. It is not too much lo say that a nation was in tears. His was a life which will fitly become a model. His name as the savior of his country v'-.]\ live with that of Washington's, its father; his country men being unable to decide which is tKe greater. ^^^Zi^^y SEVENTEENTH PRESIDENT. 83 NDREW JOHNSON, seven teenth President of the United States. The early life of Andrew Johnson contains but the record of poverty, destitu tion and friendlessness. He was born December 29, 1808, in Raleigh, N. C. His parents, belonging to the class of the "poor whites " of the South, -were in such circumstances, that they could not confer even the slight est advantages of education upon their child. When Andrew was five years of age, his father accidentally lost his life while herorically endeavoring to save a friend from drowning. Until ten years of age, Andrew was a ragged boy about the streets, supported by the labor of his mother, who obtained her living with her own hands. He then, having never attended a school one day, and being unable either to read or write, was ap prenticed to a tailor in his native town. A gentleman was in the habit of going to the tailor's shop occasion ally, and reading to the boys at work there. He often read from the speeches of distinguished British states men. Andrew, who was endowed with a mind of more than ordinary native ability, became much interested in these speeches ; his ambition was roused, and he was inspired with a strong desire to learn to read. He accordingly applied himself to the alphabet, and with the assistance of some of his fellow-workmen, learned his letters. He then called upon the gentle man to borrow tht book of speeches. The owner, pleased with his zeal, not only gave him the boot but assisted him in learning to combine the letters into words. Under such difficulties he pressed o.- ward laboriously, spending usually ten or twelve hours at work in the shop, and then robbing himself of rest and recreation to devote such time as he could to reading. He went to Tennessee in 1826, and located at Greenville, where he married a young lady who pus sessed some education. Under her instructions he learned to write and cipher. He became prominent in the village debating society, and a favorite with the students of Greenville College. In 1828, he or ganized a working man's party, which elected him alderman, and in 1830 elected him mayor, which position he held three years. He now began to take a lively interest in political affairs ; identifying himself with the working-classes, to which he belonged. In 1835, he was elected a member of the House of Representatives of Tennes see. He was then just twenty-seven years of age. He became a very active member of the legislature, gave his adhesion to the Democratic party, and in 1840 " stumped the State," advocating Martin Van Buren's claims to the Presidency, in opposition to thos,. of Gen. Harrison. In this campaign he acquired mucli readiness as a speaker, and extended and increased his reputation. In 1 841, he was elected State Senator; in 1843, he was elected a member of Congress; and by successive elections, held that important post for ten years. In 1853, he was elected Governor of Tennessee, and was re-elected in 1855. In all these res]>onsible posi tions, he discharged his duties with distinguished abf. 84 ANDRE W JOHNSON. ity, and proved himself the warm friend of the work ing classes. In 1857, Mr. Johnson was elected United States Senator. Years before, in 1845, he had warmly advocated the annexation of Texas, stating however, as his reason, that he thought this annexation would prob ably prove " to be the gateway out of which the sable sons of Africa are to pass from bondage to freedom, and become merged in a population congenial to themselves." In 1850, he also supported the com promise measures, the two essential features of which were, that the white people ofthe Territories should be permitted to decide for themselves whether they would enslave the colored people or not, and that the ^ree States of the North should return to the South persons who attempted to escape from slavery. Mr. Johnson was never ashamed of his lowly origin: on the contrary, he often took pride in avowing that he owed his distinction to his own exertions. "Sir," said he on the floor of the Senate, " I do not forget that I am a mechanic ; neither do I forget that Adam was a tailor and sewed fig-leaves, and that our Sav ior was the son of a carpenter." In the Charleston- Baltimore convention of i8uj, he was the choice of the Tennessee Democrats for the Presidency. In 1861, when the purpose ofthe South- irn Democracy became apparent, he took a decided stand in favor of the Union, and held that " slavery must be held subordinate to the Union at whatever cost." He returned to Tennessee, and repeatedly imperiled his own life to protect the Unionists of Tennesee. Tennessee having seceded from the Union, President Lincoln, on March 4th, 1862, ap pointed him Military Governor of the State, and he established the most stringent military rule. His numerous proclamations attracted wide attention. In 1864, he was elected Vice-President of the United States, and upon the death of Mr. Lincoln, April 15, 1865, became President. In a speech two days later he said, " The American people must be taught, if Jhey do not already feel, that treason is a crime and must be punished ; that the Government will not always bear with its enemies ; that it is strong not only to protect, but to punish. * * The people must understand that it (treason) is the blackest of crimes, and will surely be punished." Yet his whole administration, the history of which is so well known, was in utter inconsistency with, and the most violent opposition to. the principles laid down in that speech. In his loose policy of reconstruction and general amnesty, he was opposed by Congress ; and he char acterized Congress as a new rebellion, and lawlessly defied it, in everything possible, to the utmost. In the beginning of 1868, on account of "high crimes and misdemeanors,'' the principal of which was the removal of Secretary Stanton, in violation of the Ten ure of Office Act, articles of impeachment were p*e- ferred against him, and the trial began March 23. It was very tedious, continuing for nearly three months. A test article of the impeachment was at length submitted to the court for its action. It was certain that as the court voted upon that article so would it vote upon all. Thirty-four voices pronounced the President guilty. As "a two-thirds vote was neces sary to his condemnation, he was pronounced ac quitted, notwithstanding the great majority against him. The change of one vote from the not guilty side would have sustained the impeachment. The President, for the remainder of his term, was but little regarded. He continued, though impotent'--, his conflict with Congress. His own party did not think it expedient to renominate him for the Presi dency. The Nation rallied, with enthusiasm unpar alleled since the days of Washington, around the name of Gen. Grant. Andrew Johnson was forgotten. The bullet of the assassin introduced him to the President's chair. Notwithstanding this, never was there presented to a man a better opportunity to im mortalize his name, and to win the gratitude of a nation. He failed utterly. He retired to his home in Greenville, Tenn., taking no very active part in politics until 1875. On Jan. 26, after an exciting struggle, he was chosen by the Legislature of Ten nessee, United States Senator in the forty-fourth Con gress, and took his seat in that body, at the special session convened by President Grant, on the 5th of March. On the 27th of July, 1875, the ex-President made a visit to his daughter's home, near Carter Station, Tenn. When he started on his journey, he was apparently in his usual vigorous health, but on reach ing the residence of his child the following day, was stricken with paralysis, rendering him unconscious. He rallied occasionally, but finally passed away at 2 a.m., July 31, aged sixty-seven years. His fun eral was attended at Geenville, on the 3d of August, with every demonstration of respect tZ^-^/C- EIGHTEENTH PRESIDENT. »7 I LYSSES S. GRANT, the eighteenth President of the ^United States, was born on the 29th ,of April, 1822, of Christian parents, in a humble home, at Point Pleasant, on the banks of the Ohio. Shortly after his father moved to George town, Brown Co., O. In this re mote frontier hamlet, Ulysses received a common-school edu cation. At the age of seven teen, in the year 1839, he entered the Military Academy at West Point. Here he was regarded as a solid, sensible young man of fair abilities, and of sturdy, honest character. He took respectable rank as a scholar. In June, 1843, he graduated, about the middle in his class, and was sent as lieutenant of in fantry to one of the distant military posts In the Mis souri Territory. Two years he past in these dreary solitudes, watching the vagabond and exasperating Indians. The war with Mexico came. Lieut. Grant was sent with his regiment to Corpus Christi. His first battle was at Palo Alto. There was no chance here for the exhibition of either skill or heroism, nor at Resaca de la Palma, his second battle. At the battle of Monterey, his third engagement, it is said that he performed a signal service of daring and skillful horsemanship. His brigade had exhausted its am munition. A messenger must be sent for more, along a route exposed to the bullets of the foe. Lieut. Grant, adopting an expedient learned of the Indians, grasped the mane of his horse, and hanging upon one side of the anipwd, ran the gauntlet iri entire safety. From Monterey he was sent, with the fourth infantry, to aid Gen. Scott, at the siege of Vera Cruz. In preparation for the march to the city of Mexico, he was appointed quartermaster of his regiment. At the battle of Molino del Rey, he was promoted to a first lieutenancy, and was brevetted captain at Cha- pultepec. At the close of the Mexican War, Capt. Grant re turned with his regiment to New York, and was again sent to one of the military posts on the frontier. The discovery of gold in California causing an immense tide of emigration to flow to the Pacific shores, Capt. Grant was sent with a battalion to Fort Dallas, in Oregon, for the protection of the interests of the im migrants. Life was wearisome in those wilds. Capt. Grant resigned his commission and returned to the States ; and having married, entered upon the cultiva tion of a small farm near St. Louis, Mo. He had but little skill as a farmer. Finding his toil not re munerative, he turned to mercantile life, entering into the leather business, with a younger brother, at Ga lena, 111. This was in the year i860. As the tidings of the rebels firing on Fort Sumpter reached the ears of Capt. Grant in his counting-room, he said, — "Uncle Sam has educated me for the army; though I have served him through one war, I do not feel that I have yet repaid the debt. I am still ready to discharge my obligations. I shall therefore buckle on my sword and see Uncle Sam through this war too." He went into the streets, raised a company of vol unteers, and led them as their captain to Springfield, the capital of the State, where their services were offered to Gov. Yates. The Governor, impressed by the zeal and straightforward executive ability of Capt. Grant, gave him a desk in his office, to assist in the volunteer organization that was being formed in the State in behalf of the Government. On the 15th of ULYSSES S. GRANT. June, t86i, Capt. Grant received a commission as Colonel of the Twenty-first Regiment of Illinois Vol unteers. His merits as a West Point graduate, who had served for 15 years in the regular army, were such that he was soon promoted to the rank of Brigadier- General and was placed in command at Cairo. The rebels raised their banner at Paducah, near the mouth of the Tennessee River. Scarcely had its folds ap peared in the breeze ere Gen. Grant was there. The rebels fled. Their banner fell, and the star and stripes were unfurled in its stead. He entered the service with great determination and immediately began active duty. This was the be ginning, and until the surrender of Lee at Richmond he was ever pushing the enemy with great vigor and effectiveness. At Belmont, a few days later, he sur prised and routed the rebels, then at Fort Henry won another victory. Then came the brilliant fight at Fort Donelson. The nation was electrified by the victory, and the brave leader of the boys in blue was immediately made a Major-General, and the military district of Tennessee was assigned to him. Like all great captains, Gen. Grant knew well how to secure the results of victory. He immediately pushed on to the enemies' lines. Then came the terrible battles of Pittsburg Landing, Corinth, and the siege of Vicksburg, where Gen. Pemberton made an unconditional surrender of the city with over thirty thousand men and one-hundred and seventy-two can non. The fall of Vicksburg was by far the most severe blow which the rebels had thus far encountered, and opened up the Mississippi from Cairo to the Gulf. Gen. Grant was next ordered to co-operate with Gen. Banks in a movement upon Texas, and pro ceeded to New Orleans, where he was thrown from his horse, and received severe injuries, from which he was laid up for months. He then rushed to the aid of Gens. Rosecrans and Thomas at Chattanooga, and by a wonderful series of strategic and technical meas ures put the Union Army in fighting condition. Then followed the bloody battles at Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, in which the rebels were routed with great loss. This won for him un bounded praise in the North. On the 4th of Febru ary, 1864, Congress revived the grade of lieutenant- general, and the rank was conferred on Gen. Grant. He repaired to Washington to receive his credentials and enter upon the duties of his new office. Gen. Grant decided as soon as he took charge of ihe army to concentrate the widely-dispersed National troops for an attack upon Richmond, the nominal capital of the Rebellion, and endeavor there to de stroy the rebel armies which would be promptly as sembled from all quarters for its defence. The whole continent seemed to tremble under the tramp of these majestic armies, rushing to the decisive battle field. Steamers were crowded with troops. Railway trains were burdened with closely packed thousands. His plans were comprehensive and involved a series of campaigns, which were executed with remarkable en ergy and ability, and were consummated at the sur render of Lee, April 9, 1865. The war was ended. The Union was saved. The almost unanimous voice ofthe Nation declared Gen. Grant to be the most prominent instrument in its sal vation. The eminent services he had thus rendered the country brought him conspicuously forward as the Republican candidate for the Presidential chair. At the Republican Convention held at Chicago. May 21, 1868, he was unanimously nominated for the Presidency, and at the autumn election received a majority of the popular vote, and 214 out of 294 electoral votes. The National Convention of the Republican party which met at Philadelphia on the 5th of June, 1872, placed Gen. Grant in nomination for a second term by a unanimous vote. The selection was emphati cally indorsed by the people five months later, 292 electoral votes being cast for him. Soon after the close of his second term, Gen. Grant started upon his famous trip around the world. He visited almost every country of the civilized world, and was everywhere received with such ovations and demonstrations of respect and honor, private as well as public and official, as were never before bestowed upon any citizen of the United States. He was the most prominent candidate before the Republican National Convention in "1880 for a re- nomination for President. He went to New York and embarked in the brokerage business under the firm nameof Grant & Ward. The latter proved a villain, wrecked Grant's fortune, and for larceny was sent to the penitentiary. The General was attacked with cancer in the throat, but suffered in his stoic-like manner, never complaining. He was re-instated as General of the Army and retired by Congress. The cancer soon finished its deadly work, and July 23, 1885, the nation went in mourning over the death of the illustrious General. Aa a HI* NINETEENTH PRESIDENT. 91 m m- D M17!TBSltI,,OItI> 8* S&TSS* | -•^s UTHERFORD B. HAYES, the nineteenth President of the United States, was born in Delaware, O., Oct. 4, 1822, al most three months after the death of his father, Rutherford Hayes. His ancestry on both the paternal and maternal sides, was of the most honorable char acter. It can be traced, it is said, as far back as 1280, when Hayes and Rutherford were two Scottish chief tains, fighting side by side with Baliol, William Wallace and Robert Bruce. Both families belonged to the nobility, owned extensive estates, and had a large following. Misfor tune ovt-r taking the family, George Hayes left Scot land in 1680, and settled in Windsor, Conn. His son George way born in Windsor, and remained there during his life. Daniel Hayes, son of the latter, mar ried Sarah Lee, and lived from the time of his mar riage until his death in Simsbury, Conn. Ezekiel, son of Daniel, was born in 1724, and was a manufac turer of scythes) at Bradford, Conn. Rutherford Hayes, son of Ezekiel and grandfather of President Hayes, was born in New Haven, in August, 1756. He was a farmer, blacksmith and tavern-keeper. He emigrated to Vermont at an unknown date, settling in Brattleboro, where he established a hotel. Here his son Ruth erford Hayes the father of President Hayes, was born. He was married, in September, 18 13, to Sophia Birchard, of Wilmington, Vt., whose ancestors emi grated thither from Connecticut, they having been among the wealthiest and best famlies of Norwich. Her ancestry on the male side are traced back to 1635, to John Birchard, one ofthe principal founders of Norwich. Both of her grandfathers were soldiers in the Revolutionary War. The father of President Hayes was an industrious, frugal and opened-hearted man. He was of a me chanical turn, and could mend a plow, knit a stock ing, or do almost anything else that he choose to undertake. He was a member of the Church, active in all the benevolent enterprises of the town, and con ducted his business on Christian principles. After the close ofthe war of 1812, for reasons inexplicable to his neighbors, he resolved to emigrate to Ohio. The journey from Vermont fo Ohio in that day. when there were no canals, steamers, nor railways, was a very serious affair. A tour of inspection was first made, occupying four months. Mr. Hayes deter mined to move to Delaware, where the family arrived in 1817. He died July 22, 1822, a victim of malarial fever, less than three months before the birth of the son, of whom we now write. Mrs. Hayes, in her sore be reavement, found the support she so much needed in her brother Sardis, who had been a member of the household from the day of its departure from Ver mont, and in an orphan girl whom she had adopted some time before as an act of charity. Mrs. Hayes at this period was very weak, and the 9* RUTHERFORD B. RAYESi subject of this sketch was so feeble at birth that he was not expected to live beyond a month or two at most. As the months went by he grew weaker and weaker, so that the neighbors were in the habit of in quiring from time to time " if Mrs. Hayes' baby died last night." On one occasion a neighbor, who was on familiar terms with the family, after alluding to the boy's big head, and the mother's assiduous care of nim, said in a bantering way, " That's right ! Stick to him. You have got him along so far, and I shouldn't wonder if he would really come to something yet." " You need not laugh," said Mrs. Hayes. " You ivait and see. You can't tell but I shall make him President of the United States yet." The boy lived, in spite of the universal predictions of his speedy death; and when, in 1825, his older brother was drowned, he became, -if possibly still dearer to his mother. The boy was seven years old before he w^nt to school. His education, however, was not neglected. He probably learned as much from his mother and sister as he would have done at school. His sports were almost wholly within doors, his playmates being his sister and her associates. These circumstances tended, no doubt, to foster that gentleness of dispo sition, and that delicate consideration for the feelings of others, which are marked traits of his character. His uncle Sardis Birchard took the deepest interest in his education ; and as the boy's health had im proved, and he was making good progress in his studies, he proposed to send him to college. His pre paration commenced with a tutor at home; but he was afterwards sent for one year to a professor in the Wesleyan University, in Middletown, Conn. He en tered Kenyon College in 1838, at the age of sixteen, and was graduated at the head of his class in 1842. Immediately after his graduation he began the study of law in the office of Thomas Sparrow, Esq., in Columbus. Finding his opportunities for study in Columbus somewhat limited, he determined to enter the Law School at Cambridge, Mass., where he re mained two years. • In 1845, after graduating at the Law School, he was admitted to the bar at Marietta, Ohio, and shortly afterward went into practice as an attorney-at-law with Ralph P. Buckland, of Fremont. Here he re mained three years, acquiring but a limited practice, and apparently unambitious of distinction in his pro fession. In 1849 he moved to Cincinnati, where his ambi tion found a new stimulus. For several years,_ how ever, his progress was slow. Two events^ occurring at this period, had a powerful influence upon his subse quent life. One of these was his marrage with Miss Lucy Ware Webb, daughter of Dr. James Webb, of Chilicothe; the other was his introduction to the Cin cinnati Literary Club, a body embracing among its members such men as^hief Justice Salmon P. Chase, Gen. John Pope, Gov. Edward F. Noyes, and many others hardly less distinguished in after life. The marriage was a fortunate one in every respect, as everybody knows. Not one of all the wives of our Presidents was more universally admired, reverenced and beloved than was Mrs. Hayes, and no one did more than she to reflect honor upon American woman. hood. The Literary Cluu brought Mr. Hayes into constant association with young men of high char acter and noble aims, and lured him to display the qualities so long hidden by his bashfulness and modesty. In 1856 he was nominated to the office of Judge of the Court of Common Pleas ; but he declined to ac cept the nomination. Two years later, the office of city solicitor becoming vacant, the City * Council elected him for the unexpired term. In 1 861, when the Rebellion broke out, he was at the zenith of his professional life. His rank at the bar was among the the first. But the news of the attack on Fort Sumpter found him eager to take un arms for the defense of his country. His military record was bright and illustrious. In October, 186 1, he was made Lieutenant-Colonel, and in August, 1862, promoted Colonel of the 79th Ohio regiment, but he refused to leave his old comrades and go among strangers. Subsequently, however, he was made Colonel of his old regiment. At the battle of South Mountain he received a wound, and while faint and bleeding displayed courage and fortitude that won admiration from all. Col. Hayes was detached from his regiment, after his recovery, to act as Brigadier-General, and placed in command of the celebrated Kanawha division, and for gallant and meritorious services in the battles of Winchester, Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek, he was promoted Brigadier-General. He was also brevetted Major-General, "forgallant and distinguished services during the campaigns of 1864, in West Virginia." In the course of his arduous services, four horses were shot from under him, and he was wounded four times. In 1864, Gen. Hayes was elected to Congress, from the Second Ohio District, which had long been Dem ocratic. He was not present during the campaign, and after his election was importuned to resign his commission in the army ; but he finally declared, " I shall never come to Washington until I can come by the way of Richmond." He was re-elected in 1866. In 1867, Gen Hayes was elected Governor of Ohio, over Hon. Allen G. Thurman, a popular Democrat. In 1869 was re-elected over George H. Pendleton. He was elected Governor for the third term in 1875. In 1876 he was the standard bearer ofthe Repub lican Party in the Presidential contest, and after a hard long contest was chosen President, and was in augurated Monday, March 5, 1875. He served his full term, not, hcwever, with satisfaction to his party. but his administration was an average on; TWENTIETH PRESIDENT. 95 I m^S5>^p-^iy& •a='s§ "eraaraEsja: m"^i"Sf ^»» v &i I AMES A. GARFIELD, twen tieth President of the United States, was born Nov. 19, 1831, in the woods of Orange, Cuyahoga Co., O His par ents were Abram and Eliza (Ballou) Garfield, both of New England ancestry and from fami lies well known in the early his- '\ tory of that section of our coun try, but had moved to the Western Reserve, in Ohio, early in its settle ment. *^ The house in which James A. was born was not unlike the houses of poor Ohio farmers of that day. It *as about 20x30 feet, built of logs, with the spaces be tween the logs filled with clay. His father was a .iard working farmer, and he .soon had his fields ".leared, an orchard planted, and a log barn built. The household comprised the father and mother and :heir four children — Mehetabel, Thomas, Mary and Tames. In May, i82 3v the father, from a cold con tacted in helping to put out a forest fire, died. At this time James was about eighteen months old, and Thomas about ten years old. No one, perhaps, can tell how much James was indebted to his brother's coil and self-sacrifice during the twenty years suc ceeding his father's death, but undoubtedly very much. He now lives in Michigan, and th ^two sis ters live in Solon, O., near their birthplace. The early educational advantages young Garfield enjoyed were very limited, yet he made the most of them. He labored at farm work for others, did car penter work, chopped wood, or did anything that would bring in a few dollars to aid his widowed mother in he' struggles to keep the little family to gether. Nor was Gen. Garfield ever ashamed of his origin, and he never forgot the friends of his strug gling childhood, youth and manhood, neither did they ever forget him. When in the highest seats of honor. the humblest friend of his boyhood was as kindly greeted as ever. The poorest laborer was sure of the sympathy of one who had known all the bitterness of want and the sweetness of bread earned by the sweat of the brow. He was ever the simple, plain, modest gentleman. The highest ambition of young Garfield until hi was about sixteen years old was to be a captain of a vessel on Lake Erie. He was anxious to go aboard a vessel, which his mother strongly opposed. She finally consented to his going to Cleveland, with the understanding, however, that he should try to obtair some other kind of employment. He walked all the way to Cleveland. This was his first visit to the city. After making many applications for work, and trying to get aboard a lake vessel, and not meeting with success, he engaged as a driver for his cousin, Amos Letcher, on the Ohio & Pennsylvania Canal. He re mained at this work' but a short time when he wen'; home, and attended the seminary at Chester for about three years, when he entered Hiram and the Eclectic Institute, teaching a few terms of school in the meantime, and doing other work. This school was started by the Disciples of Christ in 1850, of which church he was then a member. He became janitor and bell-ringer in order to help pay his way. He then became both teacher and pupil. He soon " exhausted Hiram " and needed more ; hence, in the fall of 1854, he entered Williams College, from which he graduated in 1856, taking one of the highest hon ors of his class. He afterwards returned to Hiram College as its President. As above stated, he early united with the Christian or Diciples Church at Hiram, and was ever after a devoted, zealous mem ber, often preaching in its pulpit and places where he happened to be. Dr. Noah Porter, President of Yale College, says of him in reference to his religion : go JAMES A. GARFIELD. " President Garfield was more than a man of strong moral and religious convictions. His whole history, from boyhood to the last, shows that duty to man and to God, and devotion to Christ and life and faith and spiritual commission were controlling springs of his being, and to a more than usual degree. In my judgment there is no more interesting feature of his character than his loyal allegiance lo the body of Christians in which he was trained, and the fervent sympathy which he ever showed in their Christian communion. Not many of the few 'wise and mighty and noble who are called' show a similar loyalty to the less stately and cultured Christian communions in which they have been reared. Too often it is true that as they step upward in social and political sig nificance they step upward from one degree to another in some of the many types of fashionable Christianity. President Garfield adhered to the church of his mother, the church in which he was trained, and in which he served as a pillar and an evangelist, and yet with the largest and most unsec- tarian charity for all 'who love our Lord in sincerity.'" Mr. Garfield was united in marriage with Miss Lucretia Rudolph, Nov. 1 1, 1858, who proved herself worthy as the wife of one whom all the world loved and mourned. To them were born seven children, five of whom are still living, four boys and one girl. Mr. Garfield made his first political speeches in 1856, in Hiram and the neighboring villages, and three years later he began to speak at county mass-meet ings, and became the favorite speaker wherever he was. During this year he was elected to the Ohio Senate. He also began to study law at Cleveland, and in 1861 was admitted to the bar. The great Rebellion broke out in the early part of this year, and Mr. Garfield at once resolved to fight as he had talked, and enlisted to defend the old flag. He re ceived his commission as Lieut.-Colonel of the Forty- second Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Aug. 14, 1861. He was immediately put into active ser vice, and before he had ever seen a gun fired in action, was placed in command of four regiments of infantry and eight companies of cavalry, charged with the work of driving Out of his native State the officer (Humphrey Marshall) reputed to be the ablest of those, not educated to war whom Kentucky had given to the Rebellion. This work was bravely and speed ily accomplished, although against great odds. Pres ident Lincoln, on his success commissioned him Brigadier-General, Jan. 10, 1862; and as "he had been the youngest man in the Ohio Senate two years before, so now he was the youngest General in the army." He was with Gen. Buell's army at Shiloh, in its operations around Corinth and its march through Alabama. He was then detailed as a member of the General Court-Martial for the trial of Gen. Fitz-John Porter. He was then ordered to report to Gen. Rose- crans, and was assigned to the "Chief of Staff." The military history of Gen. Garfield closed with his brilliant services at Chickamauga, where he won the stars of the Major-General. Without an effort on his part Gei? Garfield wa» elected to Congress in the fall of 1862 from the Nineteenth District of Ohio. This section of Ohio had been represented in Congress for sixty years mainly by two men — Elisha Whittlesey and Joshua R. Giddings. It was not without a struggle that he resigned his place in the army. «At the time he en tered Congress he was the youngest member in that body. There he remained by successive re- elections until he was elected President in 1880. Of his labors in Congress Senator Hoar says : " Since the year 1864 you cannot think of a question which has been debated in Congress, or discussed before a tribunel of the American people, in regard to whici* you will not find, if you wish instruction, the argu ment on one side stated, in almost every instance better than by anybody else, in some speech made in the House of Representatives or on the hustings by Mr. Garfield." Upon Jan. 14, 1880, Gen. Garfield was elected to the U. S. Senate, and on the eighth of June, of the same year, was nominated as the candidate of his party for President at the great Chicago Convention. He was elected in the following November, and on March 4, 1881, was inaugurated. Probably no ad ministration ever opened its existence under brighter auspices than that of President Garfield, and every day it grew in favor with the people, and by the first of July he had completed all the initiatory and pre liminary work of his administration and was prepar ing to leave the city to meet his friends at Williams College. While on his way and at the depot, in com pany with Secretary Blaine, a man stepped behind him, drew a revolver, and fired directly at his back. The President tottered and fell, and as he did so the assassin fired a second shot, the bullet cutting the left coat sleeve of his victim, but inflicting no further injury. It has been very truthfully said that this was " the shot that was- heard round the world " Never before in the history of the Nation had anything oc curred which so nearly froze the blood of the peop!e for the moment, as this awful deed. He was smit ten on the brightest, gladdest day of all his life, and was at the summit of his power and hope. For eighty days, all during the hot months of July and August, he lingered and suffered. He, however, remained master of himself till the last, and by his magnificent bearing was teaching the country and the world the noblest of human lessons — how to live grandly in the very clutch of death. Great in life, he was surpass ingly great in death. He passed serenely away Sept. 19, 1883, at Elberon, N. J., on the very bank of the ocean, where he had been taken shortly previous. The world wept at his death, as it never had done on the death of any other man who had ever lived upon it. The murderer was duly tried, found guilty and exe cuted, in one year after he committed the foul deed. TWENTY-FIRST PRESIDENT. 99 HESTER A. ARTHUR, twenty-first Presi^m of the United States, was born in Franklin Cour.ty, Vermont, on the fifth of October, 1830, andis the oldest of a family of two sons and five . daughters. His father was the Rev. Dr. William Arthur, aBaptistd',rgyman,who emigrated to tb'.s country from the county Antrim, Ireland, in his 1 8th year, and died in 1875, in Newtonville, neai Albany, after a long and successful ministry. Young Arthur was educated at Uniori College, S< henectady, where he excelled in all his studies. Af ter his graduation he taught school in Vermont for- two years, and at the expiration of that time came to New York, with $500 in his pocket, and entered the office of ex- Judge E. D. Culver as student. After being admitted to the bar he formed a partnership with his intimate friend and room-mate, Henry D. Gardiner, with the intention of practicing in the West, and for three months they roamed about in the Western States in search of an eligible site, but in the end returned to New York, where they hung out their shingle, and entered upon a success ful career almost from the start. General Arthur soon afterward marred the daughter of Lieutenant Herndon, ofthe United States Navy, who was lost at sea. Congress voted a gold medal to his widow in recognition of the bravery he displayed on that occa sion. Mrs. Arthur died shortly before Mr. Arthur's nomination to the Vice Presidency, leaving two children. Gen. Arthur obtained considerable legal celebrity in his first great case, the famous Lemmon suit, brought to recover possession of eight slaves who had been declared free by Judge Paine, of the Superior Court of New York City. It was in 1852 that Jon, athan Lemmon, of Virginia, went to New York with his slaves, intending to ship them to Texas, when they were discovered and freed. The Judge decided that they could not be held by the owner under the Fugitive Slave Law. A howl of rage went up from the South, and the Virginia Legislature authorized the Attorney General of that State to assist in an appeal. Wm. M. Evarts and Chester A. Arthur were employed to represent the People, and they won their case, which then went to the Supreme Court of the United States. Charles O'Conor here espoused the cause of the slave-holders, but he too was beaten by Messrs Evarts and Arthur, and a long step was taken toward the emancipation of the black race. Another great service was rendered by General Arthur in the same cause in 1856. Lizzie Jennings, a respectable colored woman, was put off a Fourth Avenue car with violence after she had paid her fare, General Arthur sued on her behalf, and secured a verdict of $500 damages. The next day the compa ny issued an order to admit colored persons to ride on their cars, and the other car companies quickly CHESTER A. ARTHUR. followed their example. Before that the Sixth Ave nue Company ran a few special cars for colored per sons and the other lines refused to let them ride at all. General Arthur was a delegate to the Convention at Saratoga that founded the Republican party. Previous to the war he was Judge-Advocate of the Second Brigade of the State of New York, and Gov ernor Morgan, of that State, appointed him Engineer- in-Chief of his staff. In 1861, he was made Inspec tor General, and soon afterward became Quartermas ter-General. In each of these offices he rendered great service to the Government during the war. At the end of Governor Morgan's term he resumed the practice of the law, forming a partnership with Mr. Ransom, and then Mr. Phelps, the District Attorney of New York, was added to the firm. The legal prac tice of this well-known firm was very large and lucra tive, each of the gentlemen composing it were able lawyers, and possessed a splendid local reputation, if not indeed one of national extent. He always took a leading part in State and city politics. He was appointed Collector of the Port of New York by President Grant, Nov. 21 1872, to suc ceed Thomas Murphy, and held the office until July, 20, 1878, when he was succeeded by Collector Merritt. Mr. Arthur was nominated on the Presidential ticket, with Gen. James A. Garfield, at the famous National Republican Convention held at Chicago in June, 1880. This was perhaps the greatest political convention that ever assembled on the continent. It was composed of the heading politicians of the Re publican party, all able men, and each stood firm and fought vigorously and with signal tenacity for their respective candidates that were before the conven tion for the nomination. Finally Gen. Garfield re ceived the nomination for President and Gen. Arthur for Vice-President. The campaign which followed was one of the most animated known in the history of our country. Gen. Hancock, the standard-bearer of the Democratic party, was a popular man, and his party made a valiant fight for his election. Finally the election came and the country's choice ,vas Garfield and Arthur. They were inaugurated March 4, 1881, as President and Vice-President. A few months only had passed ere the newly chosen President was the victim ofthe assassin's bullet. Then came terrible weeks of suffering, — those moments of anxious suspense, when the hearts of all civilized na tions were throbbing in unison, longing for the re covery of the noble, the good President. The remark able patience that he manifested during those hours and weeks, and even months, of the most terrible suf fering man has often been called upon to endure, was seemingly more than human. It was certainly God like. During all this period of deepest anxiety Mr. Arthur's every move was watched, and be it said to his credit that his every action displayed only an earnest desire that the suffering Garfield might recover, to serve the remainder of the term he had so auspi ciously begun. Not a selfish feeling was manifested in deed or look of this man, even though the most honored position in the world was at any moment likely to fall to him. At last God in his mercy relieved President Gar field from further suffering, and the world, as never before in its history over the death of any other man, wept at his bier. Then,it became the duty of the Vice President to assume the responsibilities of the high office, and he took the oath in New York. Sept. 20, 1881. The position was an embarrassing one to him, made doubly so from the facts that all eyes were on him, anxious to know what he would do, what policy he would pursue, and who he would se lect as advisers. The duties of the office had been greatly neglected during the President's long illness, and many important measures were to be immediately decided by him ; and still farther to embarrass him he did not fail to realize under what circumstances he became President, and knew the feelings of many on this point. Under these trying circumstances President Arthur took the reins of the Government in his own hands ; and, as embarrassing as were the condition of affairs, he happily surprised the nation, acting so wisely that but few criticised his administration. He served the nation well and faithfully, until the close of his administration, March 4, 1885, and was a popular candidate before his party for a second term. His name was ably presented before the con vention at Chicago, .and was received with great favor, and doubtless but for the personal popularity of one of the opposing candidates, he would have been selected as the standard-bearer of his party for another campaign. He retired to private life car rying with him the best wishes ofthe American peo ple, whom he had served in a manner satisfactory to them and with credit to himself. mm***.- A;:, 'A: /i&Lg/r C/^i^Oyi^^C TWENTY-SECOND PRESIDENT. i°3 <^3^*^i&#a!s*^s^si&^3!g*a!&^S!&asig^>S:S^^ «6^S;g^Sfg^3ig«3iS«SJg# - <»rx> - TEPHEN GROVER CLEVE LAND, the twenty- second Pres ident ofthe United States, was born in 1837, in the obscure town of Caldwell, Essex Co., N. J., and in a little two-and-a- half-story white house which is still standing, characteristically to mark the humble birth-place of one of America's great men in striking con trast with the Old World, where all men high in office must be high in origin and born in the cradle of wealth. When the subject of this sketch was three years of age, his father, who was a Presbyterian min ister, with a large family and a small salary, moved, by way of the Hudson River and Erie Canal, to Fayetteville, in search of an increased income and a larger field of work. Fayetteville was then the most straggling of country villages, about five miles from fompey Hill, where Governor Seymour was born. • At the last mentioned place young Grover com menced going to school in the " good, old-fashioned way," and presumably distinguished himself after the manner of all village boys, in doing the things he ought not to do. Such is the distinguishing trait of all geniuses and independent thinkers. When he arrived at the age of 14 years, he had outgrown the capacity of the village school and expressed a most emphatic desire to be sent to an academy. To this his father decidedly objected. Academies in those days cost money; besides, his father wanted him to become self-supporting by the quickest possible means, and this at that time in Fayetteville seemed to be a position in a country store, where his father and the large family on his hands had considerable influence. Grover was to be paid $50 for his services the first year, and if he proved trustworthy he was to receive $100 the second year. Here the lad com menced his career as salesman, and in two years he had earned so good a reputation for trustworthiness that his employers desired to retain him for an in definite length of time. Otherwise he did not ex hibit as yet any particular " flashes of genius " or eccentricities of talent. He was simply a good boy. But instead of remaining with this firm in Fayette ville, he went with the family in their removal to Clinton, where he had an opportunity of attending a high school. Here he industriously pursued his studies until the family removed with him to a point on Black River known as the " Holland Patent," a village of 500 or 600 people, 15 miles north of Utica, N. Y. At this place his father died, after preaching but three Sundays. This event broke up the family, and Grover set out for New York City to accept, at a small salary, the position of '' under-teacher " in an asylum for the blind. He taught faithfully for two years, and although he obtained a good reputation in this capacity, he concluded that teaching was not his 104 S» GROVER CLEVELAND. calling for life, and, reversing the traditional order, ne left the city to seek his fortune, instead of going to a city. He first thought of Cleveland, Ohio, as there was some charm in that name for him; but before proceeding to that place he went to Buffalo to nsk the advice of his uncle, Lewis F. Allan, a noted stock-breeder of that place. The latter did not speak enthusiastically. " What is it you want to do, my boy ? " he asked. " Well, sir, I want to study law," was the reply. " Good gracious ! " remarked ihe old gentleman ; " do you, indeed ? What ever put that into your head ? How much money have you got?" "Well, sir, to tell the truth, I haven't got n any. After a long consultation, his uncle offered him a place temporarily as assistant herd-keeper, at $50 a year, while he could "look around." One day soon afterward he boldly walked into the office of Rogers, Bowen & Rogers, of Buffalo, and told Ihem what he wanted. A number of young men were already en gaged in the office, but Graver's persistency won, and he was finally permitted to come as an office boy and have the use of the law library, for the nominal sum of $3 or $4 a week. Out of this he had to pay for his board and washing. The walk to and from his uncle's was a long and rugged one ; and, although the first winter was a memorably severe one, his shoes were out of repair and his overcoat— he had none — yet he was nevertheless prompt and regular. On the first day of his service here, his senior em ployer threw down a copy of Blackstone before him with a bang that made the dust fly, saying " That's where they all begin." A titter ran around the little circle of clerks and students, as they thought that was enough to scare young Grover out of his plans ; Dut in due time he mastered that cumbersome volume. Then, as ever afterward, however, Mr. Cleveland exhibited a talent for executiveness rather than for chasing principles through all their metaphysical possibilities. " Let us quit talking and go and do it," was practically his motto. The first public office to which Mr. Cleveland was eiected was that of Sheriff of Erie Co., N. Y., in which Buffalo is situated ; and in such capacity it fell to his duty to inflict capital punishment upon two criminals. In 1881 he was elected Mayor of the City of Buffalo, o;i the Democratic ticket, with es pecial reference to the bringing about certain reforms in the administration of the municipal affairs of that city. In this office, as well as that of Sheriff, his performance of duty has generally been considered fair, with possibly a few exceptions which were fer reted out and magnified during the last Presidential campaign. As a specimen of his plain language in a veto message, we quote from one vetoing an iniqui tous street-cleaning contract : " This is a time for plain speech, and my objection to your action shall be plainly stated. I regard it as the culmination of a mos'; bare-faced, impudent and shameless scheme to betray the interests of the people and to worse than squander the people's money." The New York Sun afterward very highly commended Mr. Cleve land's administration as Mayor of Buffalo, and there upon recommended him for Governor of the Empire State. To the latter office he was elected in 1882, and his administration of the affairs of State was generally satisfactory. The mistakes he made, if any, were made very public throughout the nation after he was nominated for President of the United States. For this high office he was nominated July 11, 1884, by the National Democratic Convention at Chicago, when other competitors were Thomas F. Bayard, Roswell P. Flower, Thomas A. Hendricks, Benjamin F. Butler, Allen G. Thurman, etc.; and he was elected by the people, by a majority of about a thousand, over the brilliant and long-tried Repub lican statesman, James G. Blaine. President Cleve land resigned his office as Governor of New York in January, 1885, in order to prepare for his duties as the Chief Executive of the United States, in which capacity his term commenced at noon on the 4th of March, 1885. For his Cabinet officers he selected the following gentlemen: For Secretary of State, Thomas F. Bayard, of Delaware ; Secretary of the Treasury, Daniel Manning, of New York ; Secretary of War, William C. Endicott, of Massachusetts; Secretary of the Navy, William C. Whitney, of New York ; Secretary of the Interior, L. Q. C. Lamar, of Mississippi; Postmaster-General, William F. Vilas, of Wisconsin ; Attorney-General, A. H. Garland, of Arkansas. The silver question precipitated a controversy be tween those who were in favor of the continuance of silver coinage and those who were opposed, Mr. Cleveland answering for the latter, even before his inauguration. : <-:¦; WM' , C&a 6&^?^7w(^t?-&C' TWENTY-THIRD PRESIDENT. 107 r*»- ••o«o.-£cJv'.o4o.. JENJAMIN HARRISON, the twenty-third President, is the descendant of one of the historical families of this country. The head of the family was a Major General Harrison, one of Oliver Cromwell's trusted follow ers and fighters. In the zenith of Crom well's power it became the duty of this Harrison to participate in the trial of Charles I, and afterward to sign the death warrant of the king. He subse quently paid for this with his life, being hung Oct. 13, 16G0. His descendants came to America, and the next of the family that appears in history is Benja- r^in Harrison, of Virginia, great-grand father of the subject of this sketch, and after whom he was named. Benjamin Harrison was a member of the Continental Congress during the years 1774-5-6, and was one of the original signers of the Declaration of Independence. He was three times elected Governor of Virginia. Gen William Henry Harrison, the son of the distinguished patriot of the Revolution, after a suc cessful career as a soldier during the War of 1812, and with -a clean record as Governor of the North western Territory, was elected President of the United States in 1840. His career was cut short by death within one month after his inauguration. President Harrison was born at North Bend, Hamilton Co., Ohio, Aug. 30, 1833. His life up to the time of his graduation by the Miami University, at Oxford, Ohio, was the uneventful one of a coun try lad of a family of small means. His father was able to give him a good education, and nothing more. He became engaged while at college to the daughter of Dr. Scott, Principal of a female school at Oxford. After graduating he determined to en ter upon the study of the law. He went to Cin cinnati and then read law for two years. At the expiration of that time young Harrison received tt' only inheritance of his life ; his aunt dying left hirx a lot valued at $800. He regarded this legacy as & fortune, and decided to get married at once, taka this money and go to some Eastern town an* be gin the practice of law. He sold his lot, and with the money in his pocket, he started out wife his young wife to fight for a place in the world. Ke 108 BENJAMIN HARRISON. decided to go to Indianapolis, which was even at that time a town of promise. He met with slight encouragement at first, making scarcely anything the first year. He worked diligently, applying him self closely to his calling, built up an extensive practice and took a leading rank in the legal pro fession. He is the father of two children. In 1860 Mr. Harrison was nominated for the position of Supreme Court Reporter, and then be gan his experience as a stump speakei lie can vassed the State thoroughly, and was elected by a handsome majority. In 1862 he raised the 17th Indiana Infantry, and was chosen its Colonel. His regiment was composed of the rawest of material, out Col. Harrison employed all his time at first mastering military tactics and drilling his men, when he therefore came to move toward the East with Sherman his regiment was one of the best drilled and organized in the army. At Resaca he especially distinguished himself, and for his bravery r.t Peachtree Creek he was made a Brigadier Gen ual, Gen. Hooker speaking of him in the most complimentary terms. During the absence of Gen. Harrison in the field he Supreme Court declared the office of the Su preme Court Reporter vacant, and another person was elected to the position. From the time of leav- h-4* Indiana with his regiment until the fall of 1864 he had taken no leave of absence, but having been nominated that year for the same office, he got a thirty-day leave of absence, and during that time made a brilliant canvass of the State, and was elected for another term. He then started to rejoin Sher man, but on the way was stricken down with scarlet iever, and after a most trying siege made his way to the front in time to participate in the closing incidents of the war. In 1868 Gen. Harrison declined a re-election as reporter, and resumed the practice of law. In 1876 £e was a candidate for Governor. Although de- eated, the brilliant campaign he made won for him a, National reputation, and he was much sought, es pecially in the East, to make speeches. In 1880, as usual, he took an active part in the campaign, and -waz elected to the United States Senate. Here he served six years, and was known as one of the ablest men, best lawyer." and strongest debaters in that body. With the expiration of his Senatorial term he returned to the practice of his profession, becoming the head of one of the strongest firms in the State. The political campaign of 1888 was one of the most memorable in the history of our country. The convention which assembled in Chicago in June and named Mr. Harrison as the chief standard bearer of the Republican party, was great in every partic ular, and on this account, and the attitude it as sumed upon the vital questions of the day, chief among which was the tariff, awoke a deep interest in the campaign throughout the Nation. Shortly after the nomination delegations began to visit Mr. Harrison at Indianapolis, his home. This move ment became popular, and from all sections of the country societies, clubs and delegations journeyed thither to pay their respects to the distinguished statesman. The popularity of these was greatly increased on account of the remarkable speeches made by Mr. Harrison. He spoke daily all through the summer and autumn to these visiting delega tions, and so varied, masterly and eloquent were his speeches that they at once placed him in the foremost rank of American orators and statesmen. On account of his eloquence as a speaker and his power as a debater, he was called upon at an un commonly early age to take part in the discussion of the great questions that then began to agitate the country. He was an uncompromising anti slavery man, and was matched against some of the most eminent Democratic speakers of his State. No man who felt the touch of his blade desired to be pitted with him again. _ With all his eloquence as an orator he never spoke for oratorical effect. but his words always went like bullets to the mark He is purely American in his ideas and is a spier did type of the American statesman. Gifted witt quick perception, a logical mind and a ready tongue. he is one of the most distinguished impromptu speakers in the Nation. Many of these speeches sparkled with the rarest of eloquence and contained arguments of greatest weight. Many of his terse statements have already become aphorisms. Origi nal in thought, precise in logic, terse in statement, yet withal faultless in eloquence, he is recognized as the sound statesman and brilliant orator o? tho day &€& -w> ia> a All f*>' .. v.. 6-,A A A^'JA^'A-' ' g, '^i.;iVmf ^sqp* I S^^s $ W&+* •4m INTRODUGTORY.i !&Sfrq&$S>& JHE time has arrived when it becomes the duty of the people of this county to per petuate the names of their pioneers, to furnish a record of their early settlement, and relate the story of their progress. The civilization of our day, the enlightenment of the age and the duty that men of the pres ent time owe to their ancestors, to themselves and to their posterity, demand that a record of their lives and deeds should be made. In bio graphical history is found a power to instruct man by precedent, to enliven the mental faculties, and to waft down the river of time a safe vessel in which the names and actions of the people who contributed to raise this country from its primitive state may be preserved. Surely and rapidly the great and aged men, who in their prime entered the wilderness and claimed the virgin soil as their heritage, are passing to their graves. The number re maining who can relate the incidents of the first days of settlement is becoming small indeed, so that an actual necessity exists for the collection and preser vation of events without delay, before all the early settlers are cut down by the scythe of Time. To be forgotten has been the great dread of mankind from remotest ages. All will be forgotten soon enough, in spite of their best works and the most earnest efforts of their friends to perserve the memory of their lives. The means employed to prevent oblivion and to perpetuate their memory has been in propor tion to the amount of intelligence they possessed. Th-; pyramids of Egypt were built to perpetuate the names and deeds of their great rulers. The exhu mations made by the archeologists of Egypt from buried Memphis indicate a desire of those people to perpetuate the memory of their achievements. The erection of the great obelisks were for the same purpose. Coming down to a later period, we find the Greeks and Romans erecting mausoleums and monu ments, and carving out statues to chronicle their great achievements and carry them down the ages. It is also evident that the Mound-builders, in piling up their great mounds of earth, had but this idea — to leave something to show that they had lived. All these works, though many of them costly in the ex treme, give but a faint idea of the lives and charac ters of those whose memory they were intended to perpetuate, and scarcely anything of the masses of the people that then lived. The great pyramids and some of the obelisks remain objects only of curiosity; the mausoleums, monuments and statues are crum bling into dust. It was left to modern ages to establish an intelli gent, undecaying, immutable method of perpetuating a full history — immutable in that it is almost un limited in extent and perpetual in its action ; and this is through the art of printing. To the present generation, however, we are in debted for the introduction of the admirable system of local biography. By this system every man, though he has not achieved what the world calls greatness, has the means to perpetuate his life, his history, through the coming ages. The scythe of Time cuts down all ; nothing of the physical man is left. The monument which his chil dren or friends may erect to his memory in the ceme tery will crumble into dust and pass away ; but his life, his achievements, the work he has accomplished, which otherwise would be forgotten, is perpetuated by a record of this kind. To preserve the lineaments of our companions we engrave their portraits, for the % same reason we col lect the attainable facts of' their history. Nor do we think it necessary, as we speak only truth of them, to wait until they are dead, or until those who know them are gone: to do this we are ashamed only to publish to the world the history of those whose lives are unworthy of public record. wm Mm * ty^T ¦¦$¦ ' -' jSi 'ff&i/Xf ¦{^&ts?<- 1 % I mm i ... ^s PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 119 NDREW H. BAUGHMAN. It is a rea'l .pleasure to meet with one whose sympathy is as broad as the human race, whose integrity is beyond question/.whose disposition is accommodating, and whose as pirations are noble. Such is the character and disposition of Mr. Banghman, whose biog raphy and portrait we present to our readers. He is one of the retired bankers of Xenia, and oc cupies a conspicuous position in social, political and business circles. He is now a Director of the Xenia National Bank, of which he was formerly President, having held a like position in the First National Bank before the expiration of its charter. As a representative of Christian worth, business ability and broad intelligence, he is widely and favorably known, not only in Xenia, but throughout the entire Buckeye State. Especially is his name interwoven with the history of the Re formed Church in the United States; generous in his support of all the enterprises of that church, he is particularly remembered on account of his gift of $20,000, which established the "Baughman Pro fessorship of the Latin Language and Literature and Biblical Instruction" in the Heidelberg Univer sity at Tiffin, Ohio. A native of Washington County, Md., Mr. Baughman was born seven miles east of Hagers- town, October 11, 1807, his parents being Andrew and Esther (Herr) Baughman. The father was born and married in Lancaster County, Pa., and followed the occupation of a farmer and hotel-keeper; during the War of 1812 he was Captain of a volunteer company. He survived his wife eight years, she having passed from earth when her son, Andrew H., was a lad of only seven years. Soon after her decease our subject was taken into the home of his uncle, who lived on a farm west of Hagerstown, and there he remained until he was fifteen years of age. Then commencing life for himself, he worked in a mill getting no wages the first year, and dur ing the second year received $5 per month. There he remained until of age, never at any time re ceiving more than $9 per month, but from this salary managed to save a small amount. After having attained his majority, young Baughman walked all the way to Wheeling where he boarded a trading boat for Cincinnati, receiving his passage and fifty cents per day for labor per formed on board. From Cincinnati he went to Hamilton, where two uncles were living, and after sojourning a day or two with them he came to Al pha, Greene County. On Christmas day he began to work in Harbine's mill, getting $9 per month and his board. Adding to^whathe had saved while at the Whitmore mill, he succeeded in accumulat ing the sum of $100, when with hif cousin, Jacob Herr, he rented the mill and sawmill running them 120 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. successfully during the years 1830 and 1831. He was then offered one-third the profits of the Snyder mill if he would become its manager, which posi tion he accepted, continuing so engaged until 1836, when he formed a co-partnership with his employ er's son, Casper Snyder. Buying the m,ill they op- crated it for a number of years under the firm name of Baughman & Snyder. Mr. Baughman was manager of the mill until 1853, it having in the meantime been enlarged and good brick houses having replaced the log huts that were about it when he took charge. He was also one of th# first to engage in the' distilling bus iness in the county. In 1853 he sold his mill in terests and bought a farm of two hundred and fifty acres which he set about improving while Mr. Snyder with whom he still con tinued a business connection, took charge of both the Old Town mills, which they had pur chased, and in which Mr. Baughman still owns a half interest. The first real estate which he pos sessed was a farm in Greene County, which he had purchased while still employed by the elder Sny der. His first taxable property was a horse and he yet lias the receipt for forty cents tax which he paid upon it, and can place that receipt beside one for $1,100, the amount of his present taxes. In addition to the farm which lay two miles southwest of Xenia, Mr. Baughman bought in the city limits seven acres, which is included between King Street on the east, Galloway on the west, Church on the south, and Shawnee on the north. In 1871, he erected on this site an elegant residence which, surrounded by a beautiful lawn, is still one of the most tasteful abodes within the city. Mr. Baughman was first elected a Director of the Xenia Bank, which afterward became a branch of the State Bank of Ohio, and on the passage of the National Bank Law was changed into the First Na tional Bank, of Xenia. In each of these organiza tions he had been a Director and Vice-President, and upon the death of the President of the First National, he was elected to that position, retaining it until the expiration of the charter of the institu tion. When a re-organization was effected under the title of the Xenia National Bank, the Gov ernor not permitting them to take the former name, he became the first President, continuing to hold that station until his health compelled him to re sign. He still retains his financial interest in the bank, and the office of Director which has been his for thirty-eight years. He does a real-estate, bank ing and private loan business. In the political arena Mr. Baughman has been a busy man, having held the office of County Com missioner for twelve years, besides being Alderman for a lengthy period, during which he was Presi dent of the Board three terms. Many times he has been solicited to run for more prominent offices, but was too busy to devote himself entirely to pol itics or public life. He began his political career in Maryland and when he became of age cast his first Presidential ballot for Gen. Andrew Jackson. He continued to affiliate with the Democratic party until 1856, when he voted for John C. Fremont, and since then has wielded all his influence in be half of Republicanism. Mr. Baughman has been a member of the Inde pendent Order of Odd Fellows since 1846. In 1833, he united with the Reformed Church in the United States, where he has continually held an of ficial position, having been re-elected Elder, in Jan uary, 1890. He has been Deacon, Sunday-school Superintendent, Delegate to the Synod and Clas- sis, Treasurer of Ciassis and Board of Church Erection, member of the Peace Commission and for many years one of the Board of Trustees of the Heidelberg University. He has been a liberal supporter of the church in all her enterprises, and was the largest contributor to the new college building at Tiffin. His name will be revered by future generations for his munificence, and particu larly for the deep interest which he has manifested in the university named. The confidence of the public in him is shown by the fact tbat he has been guardian for fourteen children and has settled ten large estates. The wife with whom Mr. Baughman has lived happily fifty-seven years, bore the maiden name of Mary Snyder, and the rites of wedlock were cele brated between them February 7, 1833. Mrs. Baughman was born in Washington County, Md., September, 7, 1814. She is a daughter of Jonathan Snyder, one of the early pioneers of this county, PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 121 to which he came in 1816, when his daughter was scarcely more than an infant. He built the first mill in this vicinity, the structure being afterward purchased by our subject and his partner. Having no children of their own, Mr. and Mrs. Baughman have adopted and reared several, to whom they have become strongly attached, and who have been given all the advantages which would have been theirs had they been bound to them by ties of blood. -»**«»*-; e Vf ACOB HERING. This upright and honor able gentleman, now living a quiet life in Xenia, has probably been as thoroughly identified with the interests of Greene County, and particularly of Beaver Creek Town ship, as any man now living. He is the fourth child and only son of Jacob Hering Sr., a native of Switzerland, who after his marriage with Miss Bar bara Richenbaugh, came to America in 1795. They settled in Maryland, but in 1806 came to this county then almost an unbroken wilderness. Mr. Hering bought six hundred acres of land in Beaver Creek Township, clearing the entire place himself, and living for some years in the log house in which our subject was born. He continued his agricul tural labors there until 1836, when he entered into rest. His wife had departed this life in 1810, leav ing three daughters and a son, the latter scarcely more than an infant. Mr. Hering was not only a believer in the prin ciples of Christianity, but one who manifested that belief in his daily walk and conversation. He be longed to the United Brethren or German Reformed Church, and' did much to build up that organiza tion in his section. He thoroughly appreciated the need of good schools and used his utmost efforts toward their institution and support. He was not a politician but one whose fitness to serve his fel- lowmcn was understood, and by them he was made Road Supervisor and a school officer. The daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Hering, Sr. are: Elizabeth, who married Joseph Kent of Mont gomery County; Margaret, the wife of Isaac Kent, of the same county and a brother of Joseph ; and Barbara, who married Adam Kline of this county. Jacob Hering, Jr., with whose name we introduce this sketch, was born June 9, 1808, and grew to maturity on the homestead, on which he lived un til 1882. He received an excellent common-school education, and assisted his father in the work of the estate until after he had become of age when he married, but remained with his father until the death of the latter. Becoming the owner of three hundred and thirty-five acres of the old homestead, he continued to reside upon it making many im provements and prosecuting a successful career until he determined to retire from active duties. Buying a neat new cottage on West Market Street, Xenia, he moved into town where he is now enjoy ing merited repose from the labors of life, cheered by the companionship of many friends and his sur viving children. He has seen this country change from a forest to the improved land of to-day, where flourishing towns and highly cultivated. farms take the place of a few and primitive dwellings and small improved tracts which he recalls in his boy hood. He still retains his ownership to the splen did farm in Beaver Creek Township, which is now operated by two of his sons. On February 2, 1831, our subject led to the hy meneal altar, Miss Mary Steele, daughter of Eb- enezer Steele, a prominent county official. The bride was born in Maryland and came to this county with her parents in 1812. She is a sister of John Steele, whose grandson, J. D. Steele, is well known here and is represented in this volume. She faithfully discharged her duties as wife and mother until July 2, 1868, when she was called from time to eternity. She had borne nine children, six of whom reached years of maturity and four are yet surviving. Amanda is now liv ing with her father and taking charge of the house hold; Ebenezer lives on the old farm; Angeline was the wife of Lester Arnold, whose sketch appears on another page in this book; Henry Har rison who was born in 1840 and named for the General whose name was so prominently before the public at that time, was a member of the Sev enty-fourth Ohio Infantry during the Civil War, 122 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. and Captain of Company F, proving himself to be a valiant soldier ; John J. died from fever contracted in the se'rvice of his country, being enrolled in the One -hundred and Sixty-fourth Ohio Infantry, and held a Lieutenant's commission at the time of his death, being then in his twenty-second year; Albert Franklin is living on the home farm. Mr. Hering filled the position of Township Clerk for a number of terms and held the offices of Township Treasurer and School Director for many years. He considers himself a lifelong Repub lican, his first vote having been cast for Henry Clay, and his adherance being naturally given to the party whkh grew out of that to which he first belonged, and which carries on the work it began; he is proud of having voted for both Harrisons. He belongs to the Reformed Church with which he has been identified during all his mature life. Look ing back over a long life, like all mortals he can see wherein, he might have practiced more thor- oughly'the small virtues which are needful to a perfect character and life, yet having ever endeav ored to do the right, he finds no cause for serious regret, knowing that "to err is human, to forgive divine." His influence has ever been on the side of morality, religion and high civilization, and is felt throughout a wide circle. 0~UXON GRADY BROWN. In collecting the ) pioneer history of Southern Ohio it is found 3 that the Brown family, from whom sprang the subject of this notice, occupied a conspic uous place. They were people of steady habits, substantial and reliable, and uniformly stood well in the several communities where they located. He with whose name we introduce this sketch remains as one of their most honored representatives and during the later years of a useful and eventful life, is now living iu quiet retirement at a pleasant home in Jamestown, of which he has been a resident since 1885. From 1835 until 1885 Mr.«Brown was a resident of Cedarville Township, Greene County, being lo cated on Ctesar's Creek engaged in farming and stock-raising and also operated a sawmill. He im proved a large tract of land, transforming it -into a valuable and productive farm. The first advent of his father's family here was in 1834. Prior to this, however, in 1832, Jacob Brown, leaving his native State of Virginia, visited Ohio, and after spending some time in looking the country over returned to the Old Dominion, and inthe spring of 1834, not being able to abandon his idea of settling in the Buckeye. State, came back and purchased two thous and acres of land, mostly unimproved and included in what is now Cedarville Township. He paid for this $8,000 in cash, which he had received for one hundred and sixty-eight acres of improved land a few miles from the city of Leesburg, Loudoun County, Va. This purchase was formerly the prop erty of the well-known Col. William Elsey. In making the journey hither Jacob Brown trav eled in true pioneer style, overland with teams, a four- horse wagon, a two-horse wagon and a car riage. The father rode on horseback and was ac companied by his four sons and four daughters, of whom Nixon G., our subject, was the youngest and is the only surviving son. The little band of emigrants made their way slowly over a thinly settled country, being sheltered at night usually under the roof of a primitive tavern, but frequently passing the night in their wagons and by their camp-fire. After a tedious journey of nearly four weeks, frequently over almost impassable roads, in cluding Darby Plains, which was always dreaded by the travelers of those days, they arrived at their destination. The father of our subject was a man weighing nearly two hundred and fifty pounds, and his ride on horseback proved particularly trying to him. Their location comprised a part of what is known as the Military Tract, and on the land thus taken up, only a few acres of which had been cleared, the father and sons at once set about the erec tion of a double log house in about the center of their possessions. This accomplished, they began to clear the land and till the soil. After years of arduous labor they found themselves the possessors of a comfortable home, with a large estate which was each year growing more valuable. Jacob Brown lived to see this large extent of land mostly PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 123 under cultivation and embellished with good build ings. His children attained to jnature years and some were married and settled in comfortable homes. The father departed this life January 22, 1860, when over eighty-four years old, having been born December 17, 1775. Jacob Brown was born of Quaker parents and in the peaceable doctrines of this sect was reared and held to them during his entire life. He was mar ried, December 14, 1800, in his native county, to Miss Judith Walters, who was born there August 8, 1781. She likewise was the daughter of Quaker parents and of English extraction. She proved in all respects the suitable partner of her husband, enduring patiently and cheerfully the hardships of pioneer life, was a devoted mother and reared her children in the wfiy they should go. She passed away a few years prior to the decease of her hus band, her death taking place May 27, 1856. Of the eleven children born to the parents of our subject only two are living, Nixon G. and his sis ter, Mrs. Sarah J. Wilson, who lives in Springboro, Warren County, this State, and who is now seventy years old. Mr. Brown was born February 2, 1827, and was a lad of eight years when his parents came from the place where he ¦ was born, in Loudoun County, Va., to this State. He cannot remember the time when he spent his days in idleness, for all the children were required to make themselves useful, as soon as large enough. He put his shoul der to the wheel in the clearing and cultivation of the large extent of land which his father purchased, and after reaching his majority became owner of three hundred and sixty-five acres. To this he gave his best efforts for years thereafter, cultivat ing the soil, putting up a fine set of buildings and effecting the improvements which have made it one of the most desirable estates in this part of the country. He still retains possession of this farm. which is now operated by his son-in-law and which affords him a handsome income. The subject of this notice was married in Lou doun County, Va., May 12, 1853, to Miss Hannah P. Wilson. Mrs. Brown was born November 22, 1824, near Leesburg, Va., to William and Elizabeth (Nicholas) Wilson, who were residents the greater part of their lives in Loudoun County to which they had removed from Maryland. Mr. Wilson was a farmer by occupation and after his removal to Vir ginia located upon land from which he built up a good farm and there spent the remainder of his days,' dying December 19, 1871, when seventy-seven years old. His wife, Elizabeth, passed away some years later, in May, 1874, at the age of seventy-six years. They were the parents of twelve children, four sons and eight daughters, most of whom lived to mature years, and five are yet surviving. Mrs. Brown received careful training from pious parents, remaining with them until her marriage. Both she and her husband adhere loyally to the Quaker faith of their ancestors, although attending the churches of other denominations within their reach. Mr. Brown, politically, is a sound Repub lican. He was the first Vice President of the People's Bank at Jamestown, of which he is now a Director and a large stockholder. Personally, he is a man of commanding presence with well-developed mus cles, made so b}7 healthy labor during youth and middle life, of which fact he has never been ashamed. He was never addicted to the use of in toxicating liquors or tobacco in any degree. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are the parents of two chil dren only, both daughters. Mary E. became the wife of Otis T. Wolford, and they reside on the old farm in Cedarville Township; Hattie married Dr. W. P. Madden, of Xenia. Mr. Brown retains in his possession his father's old family Bible, which could scarcely be purchased at any price. He has also an illustrated handkerchief upon which is im printed scenes in the life of Gen. Washington, which was given him by his aunt in Virginia, and which is many years older than himself. ¦»<•< NDREW DUNCAN WILLIAMSON is one of the prominent farmers of Greene County, having a fine estate four miles south of Xenia, on which he has resided since 1846, and which he has brought to a high state of development, raising from it crops which in quality and quantity rank with the best. The landed estate comprises two hundred acres and a 124 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. full line of farm buildings, well constructed and commodious, meets the eye of the visitor,while fine stock and modern machinery indicate that the owner is both capable and progressive in carrying on his work. Mr. Williamson was born in York County, Pa., January 30, 1815, his parents removing to Wash ington County the same year and four years later changing their location to Jefferson County, Ohio, settling near a place called Warren, where they re mained about thirteen years. In 1833 they went to Shanesville, Tuscarawas Count}7, but in April 1836, located in this county, where they permanently re mained. Our subject was with his parents during their various changes of residence and came with them to this county by wagons, continuing to reside under the parental roof until his marriage in the spring of 1838. He then located five miles north of Xenia Township, from which place he removed to his present location some years later. He has not only acquired an excellent reputation as an agriculturist, but has served his fellow- citizens in public capacities, laboring earnestly for the ad vancement of the cause of education and for the good of the community in various ways. In the advancemeni of the cause of education Mr. Williamson has been active, serving as a mem ber of the School Board of Spring Valley Township since its organization thirty years or more ago, and being its President; in his own district he has served as Trustee for forty years. To the duties of Town ship Trustee he has devoted his energies for ten years, and he was Treasurer of the Board that raised funds for troops during the late war. His continuance in office affords the best proof of his upright character, intelligence, and good judgment, and is a striking manifestation of the opinion which is held of him by his neighbors. In the furtherance of church work he is also energetic, holding mem bership in the United Presbyterian denomination. On April 8, 1838, the marriage ceremony was performed which united Mr. Williamson and Miss Isabella Collins. The bride was born in York County, Pa., in March 1815, being a daughter of William and Lydia Collins, latterly of Xenia. Her father is a farmer and distiller. The union resulted in the birth of six children: David W., and the Rev. William C. of Keokuk, Iowa, served in the Union army during the war; Henrietta R. is the wife of the Rev. James W. McNary, of La Crosse, Wis. ; Leamon Wilson is a minister, now located at North Bend, Neb. ; the fifth child is Roily D. ; Clarkson died at the age of nineteen months. The mother of this household band was a consistent member of the United Presbyterian Cliurch, active in good works in her own home and among her neighbors and highly respected by all. She was removed from her family by death in September, 1870. Mr. Williamson contracted a second matrimonial alliance May 14, 1872, his chosen companion being Miss Elizabeth S. Barr, who was born in Washington County, Pa., August 8, 1828. Her grandparents, William Barr and his wife (who was formerly a Miss Dickey) and Hugh and Elizabeth ^ Scott) Boyd came from Ireland to America in the same ship in 1810, both families settling in Washington County, Pa. There a son and daughter from each family were united in marriage and lived upon a farm. To this couple, William and Mary (Boyd) Barr, the present wife of our subject was born. She belongs to the Presbyterian Church and is one of those women whose disposition, habits and training fit them to preside over a happy household and en courage its members in every laudable enterprise. Both the paternal and maternal ancestors of our subject were natives of the Emerald Isle and both parents were born in York County, Pa. David Williamson was a tailor, but a short time before leaving Warren, Ohio, where he had resided thir teen years, he abandoned his trade and turned his attention to farming. On coming to this county in 1836 he located six miles east of Xenia, on the Jamestown Pike. There he owned about three hundred acres of land which he improved and oc cupied for ten years, after which he removed to Xenia, in which city he spent the remainder of his days, dying at the age of seventy-eight years. Po litically he was first a Whig and later a Republican. Iu religion his belief coincided with that of the Presbyterian Church, his wife also belonging to that denomination. The widow, in her girlhood Miss Catherine Duncan, survived until about 1882, attaining to the advanced age of ninety-three PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 125 years. She was one of a family comprising four sons and two daughters, born to Andrew Duncan, a Pennsylvania farmer, the other members of the circle being Andrew, Robert, John, Jonathan, and Elizabeth. Her own family included ten sons and daughters, the subject of this sketch being the third in order Of birth. Of the others we note the following: William Williams lives in Hancock County; Ann Duncan, who is now dead, was the wife of Andrew Richie ; following our subject on the roll is John S. ; David, Sampson and Margaret are dead; the next on the roll is Jonathan D. ; Es- samiah K. is the wife of the Rev. David Dunnon of Pennsylvania; the Rev. Robert D. lives in Troy, N. Y. *~* -*— JUDGE JAMES E. HA WES, Attorney-at-Law and occupying a prominent position among the legal lights of this county, was for a period of ten years, from February, 1879 to 1889, Judge of the court of common pleas. He possesses talents of no mean order, is a close student and an extensive reader and thoroughly experi enced in the intricacies of his profession. He was Prosecuting Attorney from 1869 to 1871, and when a young man was for some time the City Solicitor. He has just passed the fifty -second year of his age, having been born February 18, 1838, and is a na tive of Mt. Holly, Warren County, this State. The Judge is the representative df an excellent family, being the son of Edmund and Huldah (James) Hawes. Edmund Plawes was born in Con necticut whence he emigrated to Ohio when a youth of nineteen years, with his parents, and there after spent the greater part of his life in Warren County engaged as a physician and surgeon. He died, however, in this county in 1849. The wife and mother died in November, 1888, aged seventy- nine years ; their family consisted of four children. James E. in his boyhood took kindly to his books and at an early age gave indications of rare in tellectual ability. When sufficiently prepared he entered Antioch College and upon emerging from this institution repaired to Ann Arbor, Mich., and entered the law department of Michigan University from which he was duly graduated and shortly af terward, in 1863, was admitted to the bar. He com menced the practice of his profession in Xenia, but his plans, like those of many'others, suffered an interruption by the vicissitudes of war, which was then in progress, ahd that same year he became con nected with the Quartermaster's department at Nashville, with which he remained during that and the .following year. He established himself as a resident of Xenia in 1865, and has been connected with many of the important cases being tried in the courts of this county and district. On the 8th of February, 1871, Judge Hawes was united in marriage with Miss Amanda, daughter of James Welch, then a resident of Xenia and one of the pioneer settlers of this county. Mrs. Hawes was born May 22, 1848, near Yellow Springs, this county. She received careful parental training and a good education in the common schools. There have been born of this union two children — Win ifred and Paul, to whom their father proposes giv ing the best advantages in his power. The family residence is pleasantly located on King Street, and Judge Hawes and his estimable wife occupy no secondary position in the social world. — —* ->^<' * - — ^p^EORGE DODDS, one of the leading busi- fll ^T? "eSS me" °f -X-en'a &a^ one of its m°St ^Jfii highly respected citizens, located in the young and growing city as early as 1864, and en gaged in the marble business which he has since successfully conducted. His high character as a man and a citizen are too well known to need an extended notice here, as his name is practically a household word among nearly all classes in this part of the county. The subject of -this notice who is the son of George and Isabel (Taylor) Dodds, was born on the other side of the Atlantic at Primside Mil), near Yetholm, in County Roxburgh, Scotland, February 19, 1837, and comprised one of a family of six children, who were reared to mature years, four of whom were sons and two daughters. The eld est, Andrew, died about 1872 in Florence Heights,, 126 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. N. J. while there for his health ; he was engaged in business in St .Louis at the time; James is a resident of Dayton, this State; Margaret lives in Toronto, Canada; George, our subject ,is the next in order of birth; Mary is a physician at St. Louis, Mo., con ducting a hygienic institute; William is a resident of Xenia. The parents were of pure Scotch ances try and spent their entire lives in their native land. Mr. Dodds emigrated to America when a youth of seventeen years, landing on this side of the water in July, 1854. He proceeded westward to Madison, Ind., where his eldest brother was carry ing on a marble shop, having come to the United States three years previously. George thereafter emploj'ed himself at Madison, Ind., until the spring of 1859 when he and his brother Andrew established a marble shop at Yellow Springs, Ohio, where the latter had located soon after his mar riage which occurred in 1857. The latter and his wife had been studying medicine and the wife subsequently attended Dr. Trail's Hygienic institu tion in New York City ; she is now with Mary Dodds in St. Louis, Mo. The partnership spoken of above was dissolved July 1, 1868, when Andrew Dodds who had already opened a branch establishment at St. Louis, went there and remained. George, our subject, has since given his close attention to his business here, at times employing a force of from twelve to fifteen men. He was first married in October 1861, to Miss Elizabeth Ferguson of Madison, Ind., and they became the parents of one son, George Fre mont, who is now in London, this State. Mrs. Elizabeth Dodds departed this life at her mother's in Madison, Ind., while on a visit in the summer of 1865. Mr. Dodds was subsequently married October 11, 1866, to Miss Mary E., daughter of Hiram and Rebecca (McKnight) Brown. Mr. Brown removed from Troy to Xenia and is now deceased. Of this union there have been born seven children, the eldest of whom a daughter, Carrie B., completed her education in Delaware, this State, and is now undergoing a course of training as a hospital nurse in Chicago," 111.; Frank W. is also in that city; Leslie J., Charles J., Earle C, Ralph C. and Jessie Kate are at home with tlieir parents. The latter with the four eldest children are members in good standing of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The family residence is pleasantly located at No. 202 West Second Street, and its inmates enjoy the ac quaintance and companionship of the most cul tured people. ^p^lEORGE W. REICH ARD, M. D., of New Moorefield, Clark County, although still quite a young man, is classed among the prominent physicians of the county, and enjoys quite an extensive practice. He is thoroughly versed in therapeutics, as understood and practiced by the Eclectic School of Medicine, has also an adequate knowledge of surgery, and is an affable and courteous gentleman, with whom it is a pleas ure to meet and converse. His life has already been marked with a more than ordinary amount of determination and self reliance, and the educa tion which he possesses is but the stepping-stone to knowledge, which will grow as his own research and that of others shall open a wider field in com ing years. Dr. Reichard was born March 1, 1854, in Wash ington County, Md., where his rudimentary edu cation was obtained. He is a son of Dr. Valentine and Catherine (Wolf) Reichard, the latter of whom is deceased. Both parents were born in Maryland, the Reichard family being of German stock. The father is a physician and surgeon of the Eclectic school, who practiced for some years in the town of Fair Play. At the age of seventeen years he of whom we write began teaching in the district schools of his native county, spending three suc cessive winters in pedagogical labors. He spent about two years in attendance at one of the Penn sylvania State Normal Schools, located at Millers- ville, his attendance being in periods which alternated with his own work as an instructor. He taught five winter terms, and during that time be gan reading medicine with his father as opportu nity afforded. In the fall of 1876, young Reichard entered the Eclectic Medical College, of Cincinnati, which he PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 127 attended during all the regular sessions until he was graduated in May, 1878. Upon receiving his diploma he came at once to New Moorefield, where he has since carried on his professional labors. His higher education in the ordinary branches, as well as in medicine, was secured by his own exertions in earning the money with which to pay his way. He has accumulated village property in New Moorefield, and his home is one of the most pleas ant ones in the place. In Miss Cora A., daughter of Samuel Mumma, Dr. Reichard found the qualities of intelligent and cultured womanhood which won his regard, and his feelings being reciprocated, they were united in marriage October 19, 1882. The happy union has been blessed by the birth of one daughter, Christel, whose natal day was October 9, 1884. Dr. Reichard is a member of the National Eclectic Medical Association, and also of the State and County Associations. In the Clark County Eclec tic Medical Association he has held the office of President, and filled all the other Chairs at differ ent times. He is a firm believer in the principles embodied in the Republican platform, and favors all enterprises which tend to the good of the pub lic. Both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and are not only active among the members of that religious body, but prominent in the society of the town and sec tion in which they live. ¦»*- LBERT GARINGER is one of the largest land-owners of Greene County, his home being in Silver Creek Township, adjoining the boundary line of Fayette County. Here he owns a magnificent property consisting of more than thirteen hundred acres of well-improved land. The land lies well for farming and stock- feeding to which purposes it has been devoted, the cropping being well and carefully done, and the stock of excellent breeds, a goodly number being kept upon the place at all seasons. In the southern part of Fayette County, March 21, 1834, Mr. Garinger opened his eyes to the light, being reared to manhood near his birthplace. He was made acquainted with agricultural affairs in his boyhood, also acquiring a good fundamental education upon which he has reared an excellent structure of knowledge in various lines of thought. In 1856 he came to the section in which he now lives, his first labor here being to clear up two hundred and fifty acres of heavy timber land, after which he began to purchase other lands, making large improvements upon the various tracts, until the estate had reached its present fine condition and extensive acreage. In Jefferson Township, Fayette County, Mr. Garinger celebrated his marriage to Miss Angeline Little, who was born in that county in 1841, and who is of Virginia parentage and ancestry. Her parents, Adam and Mary (Ballou) Little, came to that county from the old Dominion when quite young and at an early period in the history of this section. There they were reared and married and have lived to the age of about seventy-five years, their present home being in Jasper Township. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and are good old people who are thoroughly respected by those to whom they are known. The Garinger family is of the old Virginia stock, David Garinger, the father of our subject, having been born in that State. He was brought to Ohio by his parents when quite a small child, and in Fayette County grew to manhood. There he mar ried Miss Serena Yeoman, who had also become a resident there when quite young. They became the parents of nine children, all born in that county and all yet living, the subject of this sketch being the fourth in order of birth. David Garinger died when sixty-six years old, his widow surviving to the age of eighty- three years. Both were members of the old school Baptist Church. To our subject and his estimable wife twelye children have been born, all yet living but Sophro- nia A. Five of the survivors are married and liv ing in homes of their own: David A., Ida M., Stephen, James W., Louie I., and Mary, yet dwell under the parental roof. Simeon married Rebecca Straley and lives on a farm in this county; William F. married Ella Rittenour and their home is a farm in Silver Creek Township; Flora is the wife of 128 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. William Rittenour, a farmer in the same township; Oliver O., married May Straley'and occupies a farm in Fayette County; Albert B. married Jenny Johnson and occupies a farm in Siver Creek Township, this county. In his political opinions and affiliations Mr. Gar inger is a Democrat. He and his wife are active members of the old school Baptist Church. The edifice used by that society in this section, was built by Mr. Garinger on his farm. The splendid estate owned by our subject has been accumulated by him through honest industry, unflagging zeal and wise economy since he became a resident in this county. It affords a striking example of the results that may be obtainedlry persistent effort, and should encourage all who are lacking in energy to renewed exertions. Mr. and Mrs. Garinger are numbered among the best class of citizens and have a reputation second to none in the vicinity. •^ME E|s^- ffi OSEPH N. DEAN. The Dean family has been one of note in Greene County since its early settlement, and the subject of this bio graphical outline is one of the worthiest rep resentatives of an honorable race. Xenia does not contain a more reliable citizen or one who is held in more general respect. He was born in the southeastern part of this county, August 22, 1844, and is the son of Joseph and Hannah (Boggs) Dean, who were natives of Kentucky and Ohio. His early years were spent in a comparatively un eventful manner on a farm, where he attended the district school. Later, before the war, he was a student of Xenia College and attended the same institution afterward. He afterward took a course in the Commercial College at Pittsburg, Pa., from which he was graduated in 1869. He then com menced the study of law in the office of Thomas Scroggy. Later he was with R. F. Howard, and in 1878, he entered the law school at Cincinnati from which he was graduated in 1879. Mr. Dean began the practice of his chosen pro fession at Mt. Sterling, Ky., but only remained there a short time, locating in Xenia. His career thenceforward was marked by success and in 1882 he was elected Prosecuting Attorney, holding the position two terms. He has been quite prominent in the affairs of the Republican party, serving as Chairman of the Senatorial Convention which was held at Wilmington, Ohio, and holding other posi tions of trust and responsibility. After the outbreak of the Civil War Mr. Dean enlisted as a Union soldier September 17, 1861, at Wilmington in Company B, Fortieth Ohio Infantry, and first saw the smoke of battle at Prestonburg, Ky. Later he fought at Franklin, Tenn., Chicka- mauga, Shelbyville, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, Buzzard's Roost, Ringgold, Resaca, Kene- saw Mountain and Atlanta. At Chickamauga he was struck in the right cheek with a ball, but fur ther than this he escaped injury. Mr. Dean had thirty-six relatives in the service, all of whom re turned home and thirty-four are yet living. Mr. Dean received his honorable discharge at Kingston and returning to his home in this county, lived there until 1878. He took up his residence in Xenia in 1879. Joseph Dean, the father of our subject, was born nearMt. Sterling, Ky., December 30, 1804. In 1812 his parents removed to a point five miles southeast of the present site of Xenia and there spent the remainder of his days. The paternal grandfather, Daniel Dean, was born in County Down, in Londonderry, Ireland, and crossed the Atlantic during the Colonial days, locating in Penn sylvania. Later he removed to Virginia where he married Jenny Steele, and thence to Mt. Sterling, Ky. There were born to them five sons and five daughters, all of whom lived to marry and rear large families — an average of eleven children each, making in all one hundred and ten children. On the maternal side, Grandfather Anthony Boggs, came from the North of Ireland and settled in Virginia. After the Revolutionary War he re moved to Jackson County, Ohio, where he lived until 1818, and thence removed to Blackford County, Ind., where he became a prominent citizen and a Judge. Joseph N. Dean was first married in Wilming ton, Ohio, in 1867, to Miss Lydia. daughter of James and Mary Cleaver, who spent their last PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 131 years in Greene County, Ohio. One child was born of this union, a son, Walter P. Mrs. Lydia Dean departed this life at Wilmington, Ohio, in 1874. His present wife, to whom he was married at Adamsville, Ohio, in 1887, was Miss Mary, daugh ter of Jonathan and Mabala Gaumer. Of this union there have been born no children. Mr. Dean votes the straight Republican ticket and is quite prominent in politics. ftEV. CHARLES STROUD. Few people so journing in the city of Springfield, if only a short time, fail to notice the home owned and occupied by the subject of this notice and which is one of the most beautiful within its limits. The residence, a handsome modern structure of Queen Anne style, is surrounded by ornamental grounds upon which have been expended a large amount of time and labor and which indicate in a marked degree the ample means and cultured tastes of the proprietor. The dwelling is finely finished and furnished, and occupies the gentle elevation commanding a fine view of the surrounding coun try. Mr. Stroud has long been looked upon as one of the most liberal and public-spirited men of Spring field and one who has contributed in a large meas ure to its growth. Some years ago he purchased twelve acres of land on West High Street which he has since laid out into an addition to this city and besides this has platted two other additions. He has four hundred acres of valuable farming land in Clark County, and fifteen hundred acres in the vi cinity of St. Louis, Mo., besides valuable property at Mt. Ay re, Ringgold County, Iowa. For twenty years he was connected with the ministry of the Lutheran Church and during his later labor in the Master's vineyard held the pastorate of St. John's at Springfield, resigning about 1871. Subsequently he preached at Lebanon seven years, also at Butler- ville and Dodsonville. The native place of Mr. Stroud was in Reading, Berks County, Pa., and the date of his birth Janu ary 4, 1822. His father, Jonathan Stroud, was like wise a native of Reading, but the paternal grand father, Edward Stroud, was a native of England and born in the city of Bristol. The latter emi grated to America after reaching manhood and set tled first in Montgomery County, Pa., whence later he removed to Reading where he followed mer chandising and died at the age of about sixty years. He was a peaceable and law-abiding citizen and a member of the Society of Friends. The father of our subject was reared in his na tive State where he learned the business of a mer chant and carried on business at Reading where he died at the early age of thirty-two years. His wife bore the maiden name of Catherine Eisenbeise. She was likewise a native of Reading and the daughter of George Eisenbeise, a native of that city and of German ancestry. The latter went to Sussex, N. J., where he was married and then returning to his na tive city resided there until his death. The mother of our subject like her husband died in her prime at Reading in 1843. The parental family consisted of six children, two of whom are living and Charles was the fourth in order of birth. Mr. Stroud attended school quite regularly dur ing his boyhood and 3Touth, and at the early age of eighteen years became connected with the Lutheran Church. At the age of twenty he became a student of Pennsylvania College, at Gettysburg,and in 1 849, came to Springfield and prosecuted his studies at Wittenberg College. He commenced the study of theology in 1850, was graduated in 1851, and was licensed to preach by the Miami Synod. He com menced his ministerial labors at Springfield, Ohio, and not long afterward became the pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church, with whose people he re mained for nearly a period of twenty years. The marriage of the Rev. Charles Stroud and Miss Clara Keever was celebrated at the bride's home near Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio, August 28, 1851. This l«dy was born in Warren County, this State, November 27, 1830, and is a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Rogers) Keever who were natives respectively of Franklin County, Pa., and Georgetown, Ky. The paternal grandfather was John Keever, a substantial Pennsylvania farmer who died in the Keystone State. John Keever emigrated to Ohio when a young 132 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. man, purchased large tracts of land in Warren County and superintended the improvement of it so that it proved a fortune. He constructed a fine homestead and died in 1834. The mother survived her husband for several years and passed away at the advanced age of seventy-two. Their family consisted of twelve children, of whom Mrs. Stroud was next to the youngest. Together with her brothers and sisters, she was given a practical train ing in the common schools. Her education was completed in the seminary on East High Street, while she remained with her parents until her mar riage. No children have been born of this union. Politically, Mr. Stroud has always been identified with the Republican party and during the war was a stanch Union man. In connection with his biographical sketch, a lithographic portrait of the Rev. Charles Stroud is presented elsewhere in this volume. EMANUEL M. KISSELL. The main inci dents in the life career of this well-known . ,, resident of Springfield are essentially as follows: He was born in Chambersburg. Franklin County, Pa., April 1, 1822, and is the son of Jacob Kissell, a native of Lancaster County, that State. His paternal grandfather, George Kissell, was born in the town of Litetz, Lancaster County, and the latter's father was a native of Germany and emi grated to America as early as 1718, being a mem ber of the Moravian Colony which founded the town of Litetz. The hill just south of the place upon which he first settled is still called "Kissell 1 1 111," and there the great-grandfather of our sub ject spent his last days. Grandfather George Kissell was reared at his father's homestead and after his marriage resided there a number of years. About 1800 he removed to Franklin County, Pa., where he purchased a tract of land, engaged in farming and remained there until his death. He was a devout member of the Lutheran Church, of whose doctrines he was a warm defender and in which he carefully reared his children. His son, Jacob, the father of our subject, spent his early years in Lancaster County, Pa., where he learned the trade of a miller and was married. He, however, preferred farming to mill ing and devoted himself to the latter the greater part of his life. A few years after his marriage he removed to Franklin County and purchased a farm three miles south of Chambersburg upon which he lived until 1857. That year witnessed his advent into the Buckeye State, when he sold out his inter ests in Pennsylvania and transferred them to Clark County, Ohio. He bought a farm three miles south of Springfield and taking np his abode resided there until called hence in 1 863. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Sarah Line. She likewise was a native of Lan caster County, Pa., and the daughter of Jacob Line who died there. She survived her husband some years and died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Eliza Allen, in Springfield, in 1869. She, like her husband, belonged to the Lutheran Church. There was born to them a family of nine children, all of whom lived to mature years and three are still sur viving. The subject of this notice was reared in his na tive county and remained under the parental roof until a youth of eighteen years, when he commenced learning the trade of a harness- maker. He served an apprenticeship of three y^ears and then worked as a journeyman four years. In 1851, leaving his native haunts he came to Springfield, this State, and embarked in the grocery business in which he continued seven or eight years. He then turned his attention to farming for a time, but later was employed as a traveling salesman, handling agri cultural implements and introducing new ma chinery in the cultivation of the soil. In the pur suance of these duties he traveled through the States of Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware, Virginia, Tennessee, New York and Kentucky. He thus secured a competence and for the past two years has lived in retirement from the active labors of life. Mr. Kissell was married September 20, 1847, to Miss Abigail Day. This lady was born in Clermont County, this State, April 1, 1823, and is a daughter of Daniel and Phebe (Broadwell) Day who were natives of New Jersey. Her parents came to Ohio PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 133 in 1798, and settled near Cincinnati. There have been born of this union two sons only — Cyrus B. and Daniel D. The first-mentioned married Miss Lucretia McCune and has two children — Harry S. and Blanche A. Mr. and Mrs. Kissell are members in good standing of the Lutheran Church and are people greatly respected in their community. They occupy a pleasant home at No. 68 West Washing ton and enjoy the society of its leading people. <|r^\OBERT B. ELDER. Among the many \z\( solid citizens of Green Township, Clark iii^i County, none are held in higher respect than Mr. Elder, of Clifton, who is a member of a very numerous family that figured prominently in the early history of this part of the State. The Elders from first to last have been people of emi nent respectability, careful, conscientious in their dealings with their fellow-men, honest, upright, intelligent, industrious, and, in fact, possessing all the qualities of good citizenship. Robert B. has been a most worthy representative of an honorable ancestry, and after years spent in industrious toil, was successful in accumulating a competence, and now, retired from active labor, is spending his declining years in a pleasant home at Clifton. He has watched with warm interest the growth and development of the Buckeye State, wherein his progenitors settled at an early day and which has been the scene of his labors his entire life. He was born July 31, 1824, at his father's old home stead in Green Township, and has thus far spent his entire life in his native State. In reverting to the antecedents of Mr. Elder, we find that he is the son of Thomas Elder, who was born in 1796, in Dauphin County, Pa. The pa ternal grandfather, also named Robert, was likewise a native of Pennsylvania, and emigrated to the young State of Ohio in 1813. He purchased a tract of land which was all of section 10, in Green Township, Clark County, whereon he settled with his family and from which he opened up a good farm. To him and his estimable wife there was born a family of seven children, three sons and four daughters, and all the daughters married men by the name of Stewart. Grandfather Elder was one of the earliest pioneers of Green Township, and spent the closing years of his life upon the farm which be had opened up from the wilderness. He lived to a ripe old age, and passed away over sixty years ago. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Margery Anderson. She was a native of Glen- isla, Scotland, and came of substantial Scotch an cestry. She emigrated to America in 1820, and in 1823 was married in Green Township, Clark County, this State, to Thomas Elder, and they settled on a farm comprising a part of section 10, where they constructed a comfortable home. The father of our subject occupied himself in farming pursuits, and departed this life in 1872. The mother survived her husband for a period of fif teen years, her death taking place at the old home stead in 1887. There was born to them a family of thirteen children, seven of whom are living and are residents of this State. Mr. Elder, of whom we write, acquired a practi cal education in the common school, and at an early age was taught to make himself useful around the homestead. Later he learned the trade of a car penter, at which he worked a number of years, while at the same time assisting in the labors of the farm as required. He remained a bachelor until over thirty years old, and was then married, October 19, 1855, to Miss Ruth Funston. The newly wedded pair removed to Marion County, this State, and settled on a tract of land included in what was known as Sandusky Plain, where they sojourned for a period of eight years. Then re turning to Green Township, they located on a part of the old Funston farm, and there spent another eight years. In the meantime Mr. and Mrs. Elder had lived economically and labored with a mutual purpose in view of securing a competency for their later years. They now wisely retired from active labor, and renting their farm, removed to Clifton, of which they have now been residents for sixteen years. They have become widely and favorably known to the people of their community, and are held by them in universal respect. There were 134 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. born to them two children only, one of whom, Ella May, died in infancy. The only surviving child, Eftle Kate, is the wife of Henry R. Corey ; they live on the Wilberforce Pike, and are the parents of one child, Elder R. Mr. and Mrs. Elder identified themselves with the Presbyterian Church early in life, and Mr. Elder for the past twelve years has officiated as a Trustee. He has always been warmly interested in the training- of the young, and is a regular attendant at the Sunday-school, whose progress he watches with more than ordinary interest. In poli tics he has declined to be governed by the opinion of other men, but has done his own thinking and aims to support those principles which commend themselves to his conscience, and those men whom he considers best qualified to be entrusted with the interests of the people. When first becoming a voting citizen, he identified himself with the Free- Soilers, and after the abandonment of the old party wheeled into the Republican ranks. In the days gone by he and his father frequently visited the polls together, the latter casting his vote with the Democratic party, while Robert B. sturdily main tained his principles by polling a Republican ticket. Mr. Elder has always enjoyed in a marked degree the confidence and esteem of his fellow- citizens, who have entrusted him with most of the offices within their gift. He has been a member of the District School Board, was Treasurer of Green Township for two years, Township Clerk the same length of time, and also Township Trustee. He keeps himself posted upon current events, is in full sympathy with the laboring man and farmer, and for a time was a member of the Grange. His landed possessions include one hundred and eleven acres under a good state of cultivation and im proved with substantial buildings. He also has three acres of ground at his home in Clifton. Mrs. Elder was born in Green Township, Clark County, Ohio, and is a daughter of John and Keziah (Scott) Funston, the former of whom was a native of Ireland, and who emigrated to America early in life. The mother was a native of Ken tucky, in which State the parents were married, and whence they came to Ohio in the pioneer days. The mother died when comparatively a young woman. Mr. Funston survived his wife many years, and spent his last days in Green Township, passing away at the age of sixty-four. The par ental household included ten children, seven of whom are living and all residents of this State but two, who reside in Kansas. ENRY L. FEIRSTINE, a well-to-do ' farmer of Mad River Township, of which he is a Trustee, operates one hundred and forty-three acres of land, and occupies no secondary position in the community. He is a native of this State and was born near the city of Dayton, October 30, 1849. He lived at home with his parents until a young man of twenty- four years, assisting his father in the farm work, and only attending school during the winter. In 1874 he took full charge of his father's farm, the family in the meantime having removed to Clark County, when he was a boy of thirteen years. Three years later Mr. Feirstine was married, March 20, 1877, to Miss Mary A. Rockafield. He thereafter worked the home farm in partnership with his brother, Albert O., until 1883, when they dissolved partnership, and'since that time Henry L. has operated it singly and alone. The property will probably come into his possession in due time. It is thoroughly improved with good buildings, and Mr. Feirstine avails himself of modern methods and improved machinery. The land is amply sup plied with running water from a branch of Mad River, and as fine a spring as there is in the country. The present residence was erected in 1881, and with its surroundings forms a very attractive fea ture in the landscape. Mr. Feirstine makes a spe cialty of high-grade cattle, general purpose horses and Poland-China swine. The subject of this notice is the offspring of a good family, being the son of George Feirstine, a native of Lancaster County, Pa. He learned car pentering in early manhood, becoming a skilled workman, and later operated extensively as aeon- tractor and builder in both Lancaster and Berks Counties. He made his home near the town of PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 135 Lancaster while remaining in his native State, but prior to his marriage emigrated to Ohio and worked at carpentering near Dayton. After his marriage, in that vicinity, he followed his former business for some years, then began furming on his father-in-law's land and was very successful. The father of our subject in 1863 removed to Mad River Township, Clark County, and purchased tbe farm which his son, Henry L., now occupies. Here he lived and labored until quite well advanced in years, then moved back to the old farm which had now become the property of his wife, • as her share of her father's estate. There he still resides, and has a fine body of land, one hundred and sev enty-six acres in extent, lying two miles outside tbe city limits of Dayton. He is now nearly eighty years old, but possesses much of the activity of his younger years. Politically, he is an uncom promising Democrat. The paternal grandfather of our subject was an hotel-keeper, and also carried on farming in Lancaster County, Pa. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Sarah E. Lewton. She was born in Frederick County, Md., and is the daughter of Henry Lewton, also a native of that county, who learned carpentering in his youth, and followed it until coming to Ohio. He made the journey over land, bringing with him his family, and landed in Mad River Township, Montgomery County, with a capital of $30 in his pocket. His first business was to erect a small log house in the woods, and as soon as possible he secured work at his trade. By the exercise of industry and economy he accumu lated a fine property, including a valuable farm near the city of Dayton. During the War of 1812 he laid aside his carpenter and farming tools, and shouldering his musket, gave his time to the ser vice of his country until the British were a second time driven from American soil. Some of the first buildings in Dayton and vicinity were the work of his hands, but later in life he turned his attention to farming. Finally retiring from active labor, he took up his abode with his son-in-law, the father of our subject, and died at the home stead in Clark County at the age of seventy-two years. He likewise, was an active Democrat. Mrs. Sarah A. (Lewton) Feirstine was reared under the parental roof iu Montgomery County, and died at the old home in October, 1889, at the age of seventy years. The parental household in cluded five children, the eldest of whom, D. P., lives on the home farm in Montgomery County; Martha A., Mrs. Fair-child, a widow, makes her home with her father; Henry L., our subject, was next in order of birth; Albert O. is farming in Mad River Township, Clark County; Alice is the wife of J. Fulkerth, and they are living in Mad River Township, Montgomery County; Priscilla died when three years old. Mrs. Henry L. Feirstine was born December 29, 1860, in Fairfield, and is the daughter of Martin and Mary (Cox) Rockafield, both natives of Bath Township, Greene County, and who arc numbered among the oldest and most highly respected fam ilies of that region. Mr. Rockafield is a carpenter by trade, and occupies a pleasant home in the vicinity of Fairfield. To our subject and his esti mable wife there have been born three children — Cora, Maude and Laura — all of whom are at home with their parents. The latter are members in good standing of the Reformed Church at Fair field, and Mr. Feirstine, like his honored father and paternal grandfather, uniformly votes the Democratic ticket. He is one of the Trustees of Mad River Township, Clerk of the District School Board, and a member of the Township School Board. Socially, he belongs to the Knights of Pythias of Enon. Mr. and Mrs. Feirstine have a comfortable home, and enjoy the esteem and con fidence of hosts of friends. They are very pleas ant and hospitable, and move in the highest social circles of their community. eHARLKS HOOK. One of the leading men and most substantial farmers of Greene County Is the subject of this sketch. He was born August 27, 1814, on the place where he now resides, three miles southeast of Xenia. He is a son of James and Mary (Lewis) Hook, who were both born in Augusta County, Va., which was also the 136 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. place where their marriage was celebrated. They lived for a few years in Rockingham County, Va., whence they removed to Greene County, Ohio, in the fall of 1812. They made the journey in a wagon and met with the usual delays and trials in cident to that method of travel in those days. They were six weeks on the road and were glad, indeed, to reach the end of their trip. They bouglit land and settled on the place where our subject now resides. Their farm embraced some four hun dred and eighty acres and the first house was the usual log cabin of the pioneers. It stood about seventy-five rods east of where the spacious dwell ing of our subject now stands. The father of our subject cleared one hundred and fifty acres and made a comfortable living for his family. He died in October, 1844, in his seventy first year. Polit ically, he was a Whig. His wife survived until 1861, when she, too, crossed to the "great beyond," being in her eighty-sixth year. They were the par ents of nine children, whose names are: William, Rebecca, James C, Robert, Sarah, Lewis, Anna, Charles and Martha. Charles, the subject of this notice, is the only one living at the present time. The parents were members of the Associate Re formed Church. They increased their original farm of four hundred and eighty acres to some five hundred or more before their death. The grandfather of Charles Hook was one of a family of two sons and five daughters, of Irish an cestry. His grandmother Lewis, was twice mar ried ; her second husband was a Mr. Carr. They located in Woodford County, Ky., where she died, at the age of ninety-six. Our subject has passed his entire life on the farm where he was born and is highly respected by all who know him. He re ceived such an education as the common schools of the time afforded, and has added to what he learned in school by a wide course of reading, so that he is now an intelligent and well-informed man. Mr. Hook owns three hundred and twelve acres of land, all but one hundred acres being an heri tage from his father. For some years he was en gaged in the business of raising Short-Horn cattle, but is now living more retired. He has prospered in his chosen vocation and in the summer of 1873 erected a substantial and elegant brick residence, in which he and his family live. Politically, he is a Republican. He has been honored by his fel low-citizens with the position of Township Trustee. Mr. Hook has been three times married. His first wife was Clarinda Johnston, a daughter of James C. Johnston, who was married to Miss Paulin, of Ross Township. By this union our sub ject became the father of four children, three of whom grew to maturity. Their names are : Har vey O; Mary J., who is the wife of Henry H. Conk- lin; and Thomas C. The second wife was Mrs. Lucinda Healh, a sister of the first wife. There were no children by this union. The third mar riage was contracted with Miss Prudence Dilling ham. She is a daughter of Levi Dillingham and an estimable lady in every respect. This union has resulted in the birth of three children, of whom two are living, named respectively: Minnie and Bertha E. They are bright and intelligent, and will be given every advantage in the way of education. f^SLISHA BALES. This name is recognized as belonging to one of the most solid citizens of Jefferson Township, Greene County. He has improved one of the finest farms within its limits and has been no unimportant factor in bring ing this section of country to its present condition, socially, morally and financially. Within this county he has spent his entire life and was born December 1, 1826, in Ccesar's Creek Township. He comes of a good old family, being the son of John Bales, a native of Pennsylvania and born March 6, 1789. The paternal grandfather of our subject was Elisha Bales, Sr., likewise a native of the Keystone State, and whose ancestors like himself were Quak ers in religious faith. He was reared to farm life and married a lady whose first name was Rebecca. She also was of similar parentage and of the same faith. They lived for a few years in their native State, then removed to Virginia where they so journed until 1806. They then decided upon an other change of residence and set out with teams overland for the young State of Ohio, and after a PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 137 tedious journey of several weeks arrived in Greene County and located on land included in the mili tary tract and in what is now Ctesar's Creek Town ship. There Grandfather Bales improved a farm and spent the remainder of his life, dying when quite aged. He maintained his adherence to the Friends' Church to the last. Politically, he was a stanch Democrat, a man who kept himself thor oughly posted upon leading events and a man whose opinions were generally respected. His wife also lived to be quite aged. Among the children born to Elisha Bales. Sr. and his excellent wife, was John, the father of our subject, who was the second of four sons and two daughters, all of whom lived to mature years and all are now deceased. John was a youth of seven teen years when his parents removed from Virginia to Ohio and he was married about 1812. He, how ever, later enlisted as a soldier in the war which was then in progress, being in a company under the command of Capt. Joseph Lucas. Soon afterward occurred the battle of Lake Erie under the famous Commodore Perry. There was also in his same regiment his brother Jonathan, who was the first one to discover that the battle was raging by hearing the noise, as he was lying in camp with his head on the ground, of the cannonading that jarred the earth. Soon afterward the troops were put in mo tion and started for the fray, bnt before reaching the scene of conflict found that the British had sur rendered. This practically wound up the war and the Bales boys returned home. The father of our subject now resumed farming and in common with his neighbors labored early and late in the building up of a home and the ac cumulation of a competence. In due' time he be came the owner of two hundred acres of choice land, lying along the waters of Caesar's Creek, where be made his permanent home. There he spent the remainder of his life, passing away March 11, 1864. He was a hard working man, honest and upright in his dealings and one who was intrusted with many positions of responsibility in this town ship. He served as Justice of the Peace fifteen years and from first to last maintained his allegi ance to the Democratic party, casting his first Presi dential vote for Gen. Jackson. He was at one time the nominee of his party for Representative to the State Legislature, running against Judge John Fudged and being defeated as his party was in the minority. He, however, made a fine race, enough to indicate his popularity among the people. The father of our subject was married in Caesar's Creek Township, about 1811, to Miss Sarah Lucas. Mrs. Bales was born in 1795 at Maysville, Ky., and was the daughter of John and Frances (Rains) Lucas, a prominent family of the Blue Grass State. Her Uncle Simon Rains served as a soldier in the War of 1812, under Gen. Jackson and fought at the battle of New Orleans. John Lucas and his wife, after the birth of a part of their family, removed from Virginia to Ohio, settling in Caesar's Creek Township, Greene County, before the Indians had left the country. Mr. Lucas cleared a farm from the forest, building up a good homestead where he spent the closing years of his life, surrounded by every comfort. He made for himself a good record as a man and a citizen and died in 1851, at the ripe old age of eighty years. Mrs. Lucas survived her husband a number of years and then she too passed away when quite aged. Both were members of the Old School Baptist Church. Mrs. Sarah Bales died at her home in Caesar's Creek Township June 8, 1874. She was a lady possessing all the Christian virtues and a consistent member of the Methodist Protestant Church. The subject of this notice was reared to man's estate on the home farm, receiving a good educa tion and developed into a successful teacher which he followed until about 1860, mostly during the winter season. The balance of the year he was em ployed upon the farm. He contracted matrimonial ties April 15, 1852, with Miss Margaret Keiter, the wedding taking place at the bride's home in Cassar's Creek Township. Mrs. Bales was born May 18, 1831, in Hampshire County, Va., to Frederick and Mary (Weaver) Keiter, who were, likewise natives of the Dominion and representatives of its first families. Mr. Keiter was a blacksmith by trade which he followed after coming to Ohio until 1835. He settled on a farm in Cassar's Creek Township where he and his wife lived comfortably the re mainder of their lives, both attaining to more than threescore and ten years. They had been since their 138 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM; youth members of the Old School Baptist Church in which Mr. Keiter officiated as a Deacon. To the parents of Mrs. Bales there was born a family of five sons and seven daughters, nine of whom are yet living: Margaret A., was, like her brothers and sisters, subjected to careful parental training and obtained a fair education in the com mon schools. Of her union with our subject there have been born six children, of whom Mary E. died at tbe age of fifteen months and Frederick K. when an interesting child of seven years. The survivors are recorded as follows: Susan became the wife of Joseph 0. Avy, a farmer of Gage County, Neb.; William married Miss Lordelia Jane Faulkner and they live on a farm in Clinton County, this State; Silas R. took to «ife Miss Laura Cline and they live on a farm in Jefferson Township, Greene County; Sarah E. remains at home with her parents. Mr. Bales like his honored father, votes the straight Democratic ticket. No man can point to a dishonest act of which he has ever been guilty and he is looked upon as one whose word is as good as his bond. j^lf DAM BAKER. This genial citizen of Ger man Township, Clark County, is well-known to a majority of its people among whom he is a general favorite. He makes his head quarters at a well-regulated farm on section 8, where he operates successfully as a tiller of the soil, and deals quite extensively in live stock. A man still in the prime of life, he was born April 26, 1841, where he now lives, and is the son of Adam, Sr., and Susannah (Klineselter) Baker, who were both natives of York County, Pa. Mr. Baker was reared to manhood in his native township, and remembers the time when the coun try was comparatively new, and the opportunities for social intercourse and education were quite lim ited. He attended the district schools during the his boyhood, and at an early age commenced to to make himself useful around the farm. He was a lad fond of his books, and after leaving the com mon school, entered the Commercial College at Springfield, under the tutorship of Prof. Edward Harrison, and was duly graduated. Then return ing home he worked for himself until ready to es tablish a fireside of his own. The marriage of Adam Baker and Miss Amanda E. Wilson, took place at the bride's home in this township, October 10, 1869. Mrs. Baker was born January 28, 1846, in Champaign County, and is the daughter of John and Sarah A. Wilson, who were natives of Ohio and Virginia, are now resi dents of Tremont City, this State. Of this union there have been born no children. Mr. Baker is the owner of three hundred and twenty-three acres of choice land in Clark County. This home farm comprises one hundred and sixteen acres, aud is improved with good buildings including a neat frame residence, and the structures necessary for the shelter of stock and storage of grain. Mr. Baker, without making any great stir in the world, pursues the even tenor of his way as a peaceable and law-abiding citizen, and gives his unqualified allegiance to the Republican party. He is classed among the representative citizens of his township, and through his own industry and good manage ment, has accumulated a competence. Socially, he belongs to the Masonic fraternity, of which he is a member in high standing, having attained to the thirty-second degree. Adam Baker, Sr., the father of our subject, was born about 1796, and departed this life at his home in German Township, in 1863. He was reared to manhood in his native State, whence he emigrated to Ohio in 1836, settling in Clark County, and the following year secured the land which constitutes the present farm of his son Adam. He also pur chased mill property and operated a flouring-tnill and distillery for about eleven years. Later he sold the mill property. He was a prominent man in his community, serving as County Commissioner, and after the organization of the Republican party, was one of its warmest adherents. The mother of our subject died in August, 1879. The parental family consisted of twelve children, six of whom are living: Cornelius, William B. and Elinora, are residents of Springfield; Joana is the wife of Alexander Baker, of Moorefield Township; John W. is a resident of Topeka, Kan.; Adam, our MS *&*?>. &+J^JPtZ& PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBLM. 141 subject), is the youngest living of the family. The father at his death left a large estate, which he had accumulated mostly by his own industry and per severance. The family maintains a highly respect able position in the community, standing second to none in point of intelligence and sterling worth. UILLIAM G. SUTTON. The Sutton family flourished in New Jersey during the Co- WW lonial days and were a worthy race of peo ple of whom their descendants have reason to be proud. The subject of this notice, who is widely and favorably known throughout Silver Township, Greene County, is the grandson of William G. Sut ton, Sr., and was born in New Jersey, of American parents, who traced their ancestry to Ireland. William G., Sr., was reared to farming pursuits and chose these for his life vocation. When reach ing manhood he was married to a lady of his own State, by name, Miss Lois Sutton, who was of an cestry similar to his own. They lived in New Jer sey until after the birth of several children, then, in the early part of the present century, emigrated to Ohio and made settlement in what is now Caesar's Creek Township, Greene County. He took up land on the military tract south of the present site of the city of Xenia, when the now flourishing town was scarcely marked by a building. Grandfa ther Sutton began at first principles in the open ing up of a farm and bore the distinction of being not only one of the first settlers of the township, but in fact of the whole county. He broke his land with a wooden mould-board plow and used hickory bark for reins to guide his team. He, like the other pioneers, was very poor and it required the closest economy and good management to keep the family fed and clothed and carry on the im provements of the farm. The nearest market and mill were at Cincinnati and they encountered un told hardships and privations in their struggle to build up a home and secure a competence. In due time, however, Grandfather Sutton and his estimable wife began to reap the reward of tlieir labors and found themselves surrounded by all of the comforts of life. The latter passed away sev eral years prior to the decease of her husband and when quite well advanced in years. She was a de voted wife and mother and bore the vicissitudes of pioneer life bravely and hopefully, and like the woman of scripture, "looked well after the ways of her household." Grandfather Sutton after her death repaired to Jay County, Ind., and spent his last days among his children, dying at the home of his son Isaiah when an old man. He was a Whig, politically, but held to^no religious creed, making it the rule of his life todo unto others as he would be done by. There were born unto him and his excel lent wife four sons and three daughters, of whom Daniel, the father of our subject, was the eldest. The latter was born in 1802, it is believed in New Jersey, or if not there, at the place where they first settled near Chillicothe, this State. The father of our subject was a young child when he removed with his parents to Greene County, this State, and he assisted in the develop ment of the home farm, remaining under the home roof until reaching his majority. He was then married in New Jasper Township to Miss Elizabeth Spahr. This lady was born in Virginia in 1804, and was quite young when she accompanied her parents, Philip and Mary (Schick) Spahr, to Greene County, they settling south of the present site of Xenia. In Greene County they spent the remainder of their lives and both lived to be quite aged. Mr. Spahr died at the old homestead and his wife afterward died at the home of her son in Ross Township. Both were active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They reared a family of ten children and were among those whose names have always been held in kindly remem brance. After their marriage Daniel Sutton and his wife commenced the journey of life together on a farm two miles north of the old Sutton homestead, on Caesar's Creek, where Mr. Sutton improved two hundred and twenty acres, and gathered around himself and family many comforts. There his death occurred in 1860. He was a prominent man in his community and looked upon as one of the best citizens in the county. Politically, he was a sound Republican, and in religion, a devoted mem- 142 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Physi- cially he was a powerful man, being considered the stoutest man in the county at that time. His wife survived him a number of years and also died at the old homestead in 1884, being then eighty years old. She was a large-hearted Christian woman, kind and charitable in all her impulses and was one of the most active workers of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The subject of this notice was the second born of fifteen children comprising the parental family and including seven sons and eight daughters. It is a remarkable fact that they all lived to mature years. One son, Jacob, entered the Union Army during the Civil War, and met his death while in the servive of his country. One daughter, Nancy is deceased; Nehemiah G. is also deceased; the remainder were married and had families of their own, excepting one daughter. Twelve are .still living, all thrifty, honest and industrious and oc cupying a good position in their community. The youngest living member of this large family is forty-five years old. William G. Sutton shared with his parents the hardships and privations of pioneer life and as sisted them as he was able in building up the homestead and accumulating a competence. After reaching man's estate he was married January 11, 1849, at the bride's home in Cassar's Creek Town ship, to Miss Martha Hagler. This lady was born in that township April 25, 1830, and under careful home training developed into an intelligent and at tractive womanhood. Her parents were Samuel and Anna (Fudge) Hagler, natives of Virginia, where they were reared and married. Later they came to Ohio and were among the earliest settlers of Greene County, locating in Caesar's Creek Town ship. The father secured a tract of land from which he opened up a good farm and there with his good wife spent the remainder of his days. They were people greatly respected in their community and consistent members of the German Reformed Church. They were also parents of fifteen chil dren, of whom their daughter Martha was the sixth in order of birth. Two of these died young, but the most of them are still living, married and have families of their own. To our subject and his good wife there have been born eight children, one of whom, a daughter, Jennie, died unmarried at the age of thirty-two. The survivors are recorded as follows: Allen married Miss Emma Hatch and they live on a farm in Silver Creek Township; Elizabeth is the wife of David S. Smith, a biography of whom appears on another page of this volume; A. Samantha, mar ried Jacob Smith, and they live on a farm in New Jasper Township; Mary R. is the wife of John P. Wilson and they live in Hamilton, this State, where Dr. Wilson successfully follows the profes sion of a veterinary surgeon; Moses A. married Miss Alice Harness and they are residents of New Jasper Township; J. Elliott married Miss Kittie V. Glass, and operates one of the farms belonging to his father in Silver Creek Township; Luella re mains at home with her parents. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Sutton lived one year at the old Sutton homestead, then our subject purchased a farm in New Jasper Town ship wliere they lived three years. Thence, in 1853, they removed to Silver Creek Township where Mr. Sutton has improved one of the finest farms in the county and upon which they lived un til 1882. Then wisely retiring from the active la bors of life he removed to Jamestown, where he and his estimable partner occupy a pleasant home on East Xenia Street. Mr. Sutton is the owner of two hundred and seventeen acres of choice land which is the source of a handsome income. Polit ically, he is a sound Republican and in religious matters, he and his wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church. A portrait of Mr. Sutton ac companies this sketch. AMES L. McKINNEY is descended from two old pioneer families of Clark County — the McKinneys and the Lammes. The patriotism which he has exhibited, and the musical talent of himself and children, are an inher itance from the paternal line, Samuel McKinney, his grandfather, having been a soldier in the War of 1812, and a pioneer music teacher in this vicin- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 143 ity. Grandfather McKinney died in 1836 when his son Cyrus, the father of our subject, was but little past his majority, he having been born in Clark County in 1814. Cyrus McKinney married Melinda E. Lamme, who was also born in Clark County, and there they made their home, rearing a family of four children, all of whom are yet liv ing. The father breathed his last in 1870, the mother surviving until 1881. Capt. McKinney, our subject, is' well known in Clark County where he lived for many years, and also in Greene County, in which he has been a resident since 1883. At that time he took up his abode in Yellow Springs, which has since been his home, and where, as in his former place of resi dence, he has been quite active in matters of pub lic import. He has received the appointment of Land Appraiser for Miami Township, for the com ing ten years, a position for which his knowledge of values well fits him. He was born April 29, 1839, in Clark County, being the first-born of his parents' children, and receiving good advantages in the way of home training and school privileges. After completing the studies taught in the common schools, he attended the High School at New Car lisle, becoming well versed in all the branches on the curriculum. He remained at home assisting his father until twenty-six years of age, with the exception of the time spent by him iu the service of his country. The attack upon the Nation's life aroused in the breast of young McKinney a fervid desire to assist in the preservation of the Union, and in August, 1861, he enlisted in the Sixteenth Ohio Artillery. He was sent to St. Louis, and ere long was at the front, bearing a gallant share in various severe contests, among them being the battles of Pea Ridge, Thompsons' Mills, Round Hill, Cash River, Duvall's Bluff, the siege of Vicksburg, Jackson, (Miss.) and Champion Hills. He served faithfully until February, 1863, when his time of en listment expired and he returned to his home. The struggle still continuing, however, he was not content to pursue the arts of peace, and in May, 1864, he prepared again to take the field. Raising a company, he joined the One hun dred and Fifty-third Ohio Infantry, receiving the appointment of Captain of Company E, which he had organized. The command was attached to Grant's army and saw|!some very severe service, prior to their discharge September 9, 1864. One of the hardest battles of Capt. MeKinney's experi ence was at Green Spring Run, where he lost six teen men of his company. Another severe struggle was an engagement between his company and a part of Gen. Imboden's command, where the com pany being intrenched, was able to beat off the enemy, and save a bridge which they had been as signed to guard, losing but two men. After his meritorious services in behalf of his country, Capt. McKinney returned to his father's home where he remained until late in the fall of 1865, when he set up a home of his own upon a farm in Bethel Township, remaining there until his removal to Yellow Springs. He still owns a farm of eighty-two acres in Mad River Valley, all im proved, and of considerable value. While occu pying his rural home, Capt. McKinney served upon the School Board of the township, and he also holds a place in the Educational Board of Antioch College, having been Secretary of that body for five years. He has always taken an active interest in politics, and adheres strongly to the principles of Republicanism. Of temperance he is an earnest advocate. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in Yellow Springs, and has held office in the lodge. He also belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic, in which at present he holds the position of Junior Vice Commander, and has been Officer of the Day for years. On November 28, 1865, the rites of wedlock were celebrated between Capt. McKinney and Miss Lizzie Lowry, an educated and refined young woman, and "the possessor of many womanly and Christian virtues. She is one of three children born to D. W. and Eliza (Layton) Lowry, natives of Clark County, and of old pioneer families. Her grandfather, David tLowry, was one of the original surveyors of that county, in which he lo cated a home and became well known. She was born in September, 1841, received a good educa tion in the schools of the vicinity, and was herself a teacher prior to her marriage. She had borne her husband two children: Carena and Athella. 144 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. The former was graduated from Antioch College in 1888, having completed a full course at the age of twenty years. She is now a member of the fac ulty of that institution,having been elected a teacher of vocal music. Athella, who is a member of the junior class in the same institution, is also a fine musician, and has a decided talent for painting. She works in both oil and water colors, and has beautified the parental homo with many products of her pencil, the mantels and walls being lined with ber works. The McKinney family belong to the Christian Church, of which our subject is a Trustee. The musical talent of the Captain and his daughters is tecognized by the membership, and adds to the attractiveness of the church services, all being members of the choir, which Capt. McKinney has led for seven years. ^^\OLUMBUS BIERCE PI AUK. A familiar III figure in Springfield is that of Capt. Haukj ^^/ who for a number of years has been enjoy ing the fruits of his former industry in the free dom from anxiety or toil which his abundant share of this world's goods allows. He moved to this city early in the '70's, buying property at the cor ner of East High Street and Belmont Avenue, where he and his cherished companion still live. He erected a fine brick house, under whose hospitable roof good cheer for body and mind are found by all who enter there. Although both Mr. and Mrs. Hauk are on the shady side of life, they enjoy quite good health, and are still capable of an act ive interest in current events and all worthy enter prises. For forty-six years they have shared each other's joys and sorrows, and a retrospective view of these years gives them no cause to regret their union. Capt. Hauk is of German ancestry, his grand parents having been born in the Fatherland, whence they emigrated to Pennsylvania. There their son Conrad was born and grew to man's estate. He went to Virginia, in which State he married a Miss Reed, the couple coining to Ohio about 1808. Mr. Hauk bought a farm in Athens County and en gaged in agricultural pursuits as a pioneer there, living but about a decade after his arrival. The natal day of our subject was July 23, 1819, and he was but two weeks old when his mother died. He was taken into the family of Judge Abel Miller, who resided on a farm one and one-half miles from Athens, and there remained until 1833, when he started out in life for himself. Going to Cincinnati, which was then a city of about thirty-five thousand inhabitants, young Hauk secured a situation on a river steamer, his inten tion being to learn the business of a pilot. In three years he had acquired a thorough knowledge of the business and become acquainted with the channels of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, upon which he acted as pilot and commander until 1865, his home during those years having been in Cin cinnati. During the perilous times of the Civil War he commanded a boat, the trips of which were attended with considerable danger to the officer in charge. After the Rebellion Capt. Hauk resigned and settled on a farm he had previously purchased in Clark County, near South Charleston. After living upon it seven or eight years, he removed to his present home, believing that he and his wife merited a more restful life than their past had been. The companion of Capt. Hawk, with whom he was united in marriage February 4, 1844, was born in Cincinnati and bore the maiden name of Joanna Norton. She is a daughter of Elijah and Joanna (Lyon) Norton. Her father was born at Edgar- town, Mass,, and when but a boy began sailing be fore the mast. His last voyage was on a whaling cruise, and while away the War of 1812 began, and in order to reach home the vessel had to run the gauntlet of pirates and blockaders. This de termined him to abandon the sea and he settled in Cincinnati, which was then a small city. After hav ing followed the trade of a carpenter for a time, he embarked in the ice trade, being the first in the city to follow that business and for a time supply ing the entire population. The infirmities of age finally compelled him to abandon it and his last years were spent in retirement, his mortal remains being finally deposited in Spring Grove Cemetery. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 145 His wife was a native of New Jersey and daughter of James Lyon, a Cincinnati pioneer. She died when her daughter, Mrs. Hauk, was an infant. Mr. Lyon at one time owned five hundred acres of tim ber land, including the locality known as Walnut Hills, a great part of which is now in the city of Cincinnati. He cleared a farm, erected good build ings upon it, and made it his home until his death. Capt. and Mrs. Hauk are the happy parents of four children. James Norton, the oldest son, re sides on a farm near South Charleston; Charles D. lives in Chicago; Ella married Gomer Highley md lives in Chicago; Henry resides in Springfield. James was attending college when the late war broke out, and was anxious to enter the army, but as he was only seventeen years of age, his parents would not give their consent. Finding, how ever, that his patriotic ardor did not abate, in 1862 they gave their consent to his enlistment and he became a member of the Seventh Ohio Cavalry. He served in Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia, participating in the Atlanta campaign under Sher man, and gallantly discharging his duties unlil the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged with his regiment and returned to his home. The first political affiliation of Capt. Hauk was with the Whig party, but he has been a Republican since the party of that name was organized. Both he and his wife belong to the P^ast High Street Methodist Episcopal Church and both are highly respected for their Christian character, intelligence and long years of usefulness. » '>»%*<• # eHASE STEWART. The name of Chase Stewart is well known throughout Clark County as that of her Prosecuting Attor ney, and his reputation as a rising young lawyer is not confined to the county in which he lives. He was born in Yellow Springs, Greene County, Octo ber 26, 1858, and is therefore but little more than thirty years old. In the paternal line he is of Scotch-Irish extraction, his remote ancestors hav ing left Scotland in the times of the persecutions and settled in the Emerald Isle, intermarrying with natives of that land. His grandfather, John T. Stewart, settled in Clark County in 1806 and is numbered among its sturdy pioneers. Here his son Samuel was born and became a prominent farmer and dealer in live stock. In 1860 he removed to Hardin County, where he settled on a farm and lived the rest of his days. His death took place about the jrear 1888. For a time he filled the of fice of County Commissioner. His wife, Mary A. Marshall, was a daughter of William Marshall, an early settler in Clark County, where she was born in 1825, and reared to womanhood. She bore her husband two sons and four daughters, all yet liv ing in their native State. The Marshall family to which she belonged were remotely connected with the late Chief Justice Marshall. The early schooldays of Chase Stewart, who was the third of the parental family, were passed in the log schoolhonse in Hardin County, and dur ing the intervals of study he assisted his father on the farm. After leaving the common school, he entered the Wesleyan University, at Delaware, where .he pursued his studies about three years. He then entered Chicago University, from which he was graduated in the class of '80. His taste lead ing him to the study of law, he went to Washing ton, D. C, and became a student under Judge William Lawrence, at that time Comptroller of the Treasury. Mr. Stewart was graduated from the National Law University in the Capital in 1882, and in Oc tober of the same year was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court of Ohio. He began his prac. tice in Springfield the following year, since which time he has devoted his attention entirely to his professional duties. In 1888 he was nominated and elected Prosecuting Attorney for a period of three years and assumed the duties of his office on New Year's Day, 1889. The fine classical educa tion which preceded his law studies, added to the brilliancy of a mind naturally acute, gave Mr. Stewart a command of language which proves val- able in his chosen work. Not only is he well grounded in the principles of law and equity, but he possesses the knowledge of men and the power to move them, which, when exercised properly, are among the best qualifications for success in the 146 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. legal arena. His social nature has led him to be come a member of Clark Lodge, No. 101, F. & A. M., and of Moncieffe Lodge, No. 33, K. of P. He is popular in society and bids fair to attain a position of eminence in his profession if life and health are spared him. n JMROD TROLLINGER is the owner and occupant of a farm wbich is probably not ll\,2Jk surpassed by any of equal extent in Greene County, and certainly by none in Bath Township. It comprises two hundred and fifteen acres on sec tion 7, and has been so well managed as to secure for its owner an independent fortune which enables him to spend his declining years in ease and enjoy ment, unincumbered by anxiety regarding the fu ture. The place is located on the Clifton and Yellow Springs Pike, the Xenia Pike also running through the place; the owner helped to build the latter highway. Mr. Trollinger is of German descent in the pa ternal line, his grandfather, Jacob Trollinger, hav ing been born in the Fatherland. Upon emigrating to A:nerica he located in Alleghany County, Md , where he operated a farm and also ran a still house. He died there after having reached a comfortable financial standing. His son Jacob was born in that county and followed farming successfully until seriously affected by the asthma, by which he was incapacitated from labor for forty years. In 1853 he accompanied his son, our subject, to Ohio, re siding with him until his death in 1868. His polit ical affiliation was with the Democratic party. The mother of our subject was in her maiden hood Miss Sarah Jacobs. She was born in Allegany County, Md., to which her father, Jacob Jacobs, had accompanied his parents when quite small, New Jersey having been his native State. He and his father became the owners of seven farms in Mary land and very successful in agricultural work, ac quiring considerable means. Mrs. Sarah Trollinger died in her native State, leaving six children of the nine whom she had borne. The first-born was Emily, Mrs. Jacobs, who died in Miami Township, Greene County ; the next in order of birth is our subject; Drusilla resides in Darke County; Mrs. Mary Duckworth lives in West Virginia; Mrs. Sa rah Mosier lives in Mad River Township, Clark County ; Christina, Mrs. Funderburg, lives in Darke County. Nimrod Trollinger was born near Barton, Alle gany County, Md., August 12, 1827, and reared on a farm, early in life beginning to bear a share in the work done upon the place. When ten years old he began plowing and doing other work, and in his fifteenth year he took charge of the place, which comprised two hundred and thirty-six acres, a part of which was yet uncleared. The lad had clearing done, himself wielding an ax with energy far beyond his years, and not only carrying on farming but also raising stock to a considerable extent. His education was not neglected, but he availed himself of the advantages which the neigh borhood afforded. The schools were kept up by subscription and were held in a log building, into which the light entered through greased paper win dows, and which was furnished with puncheon seats and slab desks. Attendance of school was gener ally limited to three months during the winter. In May, 1853, young Trollinger came to Ohio, and made his arrangements for the purchase of property in Bath Township, Greene County. In August he made a payment, after which he returned to the East and near his former home was united in marriage with Miss Martha Shaw, the ceremony taking place September 15. Sending his wife and father to the new home, he drove through with a four-horse team, bringing the household goods and being two weeks on the way. The farm upon which he located was purchased of John Folck for $33 per acre and was partly cleared and had an old log building upon it. The efforts of our sub ject ere long made of it a finely improved estate, marked with the modern conveniences and produc ing first-class crops, principally wheat, although a variety of grain is raised. During the war Mr. Trollinger also raised stock successfully. In 1871 he built a large barn, and in 1879 a more modern residence. Water is forced where needed by a windmill which, with its large tank, is a somewhat prominent feature in the landscape. In 1864 Mr. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 147 Trollinger bought eighty acres of improved land at Portland, Jay County, Ind., having previously purchased the old Joseph Folck place of thirty-three acres near his home. He is now retired from act ive duties although still occupying the farm which is in the care of his twin sons, Jacob and John, who are following worthily in their father's footsteps as enterprising and progressive farmers and good citizens. Mrs. Trollinger was born in Barton, Md., May 31, 1831, and in addition to the book knowledge which could be obtained in the neighborhood of her home, she acquired the homely domestic arts of spinning, weaving, knitting and housewifery, practicing them under the parental roof until her marriage. She is the tenth in a family of fifteen children, all of whom reached maturity except Harriet, the seventh, who died when eighteen months old. The record of the others is as follows : Mrs. Elizabeth Neff lives in Barton, Md. ; Joseph died in Iowa; Mrs. Jane Barnes died in Maryland; Mrs. Louisa Humbleson lives in Pennsylvania; John resides on the home place in Barton, Md. ; Mrs. Charlotte Jacobs is deceased; Thompson died in Iowa; the home of William is in Evansville, W. Va.; Mrs. Mary Michaels died in Maryland; Mrs. Hila Koontz lives in Iowa; Mrs. Sidney Waters lives in West Virginia; Mrs. Sarah A. Swindler died in Kansas; Mrs. Alrnira Roise lives in Arkan sas. Thompson was a teamster in the Union army throughout the Civil War. Mrs. Trollinger is a granddaughter of William Shaw, a native of Merrie England, who came to Maryland alone when a boy. Having been well educated in his native land, he ere long engaged in school teaching, although his first employment in America was farm labor. He entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church, preaching some and also operating a farm which he owned and upon which he died. His son Henry was born in Alle gany County, Md., and became a carpenter, doing contracting and building throughout the county and on the National pike. He was a good mechanic and in addition to his carpenter's trade was a cab inet-maker and undertaker. He owned a farm, which he rented in 1855, removing to Evansville, Preston County, Va., where he lived some time. He finally returned to his former home, where he breathed his last. He was a member of the Meth odist Episcopal Church. His wife was Sydney Thompson, a native of Loudoun County, Va. ; she died in West Virginia. The family of Nimrod Trollinger and his estim able wife comprises nine children, of whom we note the following: Sarah married Frank Batdorf, a farmer whose home is near Fairfield; Jane became the wife of Martin Paxton, who owns and occupies a farm in Indiana; Elizabeth is still with her par ents; Emma married C. Horner, of Beaver Creek; James lives on his father's farm of thirty-three acres, which is the old Joseph Folck place; Julia married James C. Wolf, whose home is near Byron ; Annie married Howard Flatter, who lives in Miami Township; the next on the family roll are the twin sons who carry on the home farm;. Charles died when a babe. For twenty-five years Mr. Trollinger held the position of School Director, after which he resigned the office in which he had so long and faithfully served ; he was also Supervisor of Roads one year. No more public-spirited man is to be found in the vicinity than he, and none who have manifested a greater degree of enterprise in the conduct of their worldly affairs. He is good natured, inclined to take the world easy, and quite jolly, proving an entertaining companion and winning friends for these qualities as well as for the more sturdy traits of his character. He votes the straight Democratic ticket. Mrs. Trollinger belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church, at Yellow Springs, in which she has good standing, while throughout her extended circle of acquaintances she is esteemed for her kindly nature and upright character. , ICIIARD OATES, although an Englishman y birth and education, having come to A\ this country from Yorkshire in 1851, ras ^p) among the first to enlist to serve his adop ted country when the dread pall of war darkened her sky. Becoming a member of the Forty-fourth Ohio Infantry in 1861, he served continuously 148 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. until 1865, during that time seeing much hard ser vice and taking part in many hard-fought battles. Among them were: Lewisburg, W.Va. ; Dutton Hill, Ky. ; the siege of Knoxville; Winchester, Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek, Va. The regiment had been mounted for service in the Shenandoah Valley, and in addition to the severer contests mentioned had many minor fights and skirmishes with the rebels. In his war record Mr. Oates car ried out to the full the principle embodied by the grand English admiral, Nelson, in his saying, " England expects every man to do his duty," although it was another country to which he was devoting himself. In July, 1865, Mr. Oates was mustered out of the service, and returned to his family in Spring field Township, Clark County, Ohio, where he had been married in 1853 to Miss Emily Nason. His wife is a daughter of George L. Nason, who was born in Duxbury, Vt., July 30, 1809, and came to Ohio with his parents, Daniel and Mercy (Roberts) Nason, in 1811. The latter settled near Springfield, which was then a hamlet of but a few log houses, and in which he attended Sunday- school when a boy. He has lived in the neighbor hood all his life except about two years preceding the war, when he removed to Missouri, wliere he found he could not express his sentiments, and he therefore returned to Ohio. He is now one of tlie oldest settlers living in this vicinity, is in his eighty-first year, and quite hale for one of his ad vanced age. He was married in 1831 to Miss Hannah Hawkins, a daughter of James Hawkins, of Yorkshire, England. His family comprised four children, Emily, now Mrs. Oates, being the second. In addition to the service rendered his adopted country upon the tented field, Mr. Oates has set the example of a hard working and reliable citizen, who cheerfully discharges the duties which lie be fore him, and gainsthe reputation of an honorable and worthy man. He has reared a family of ten bright children, besides taking care of his aged father-in-law, and his many charges have kept him from accumulating much of this world's goods. Until quite recently he has always rented a farm in Springfield Township, but a few years ago he purchased Iwenty-five acres of the Buffenberger place, four miles west of South Charleston, in Madison Township, Clark County, where he now resides with his family. His children are: Flor ence, Eliza, Annie, Mathew, George, Luther, Inez, Harley, Carrie and Lottie A., the last named being a lass of ten years. True to the principles for which he fought for nearly five years, Mr. Oates votes the Republican ticket. ZRA M. PETERSON. Among the younger farmers of Greene County who are carrying JI' — ^> on the work begun by their parents or grandparents, on tracts of land which were cleared by their ancestors many years ago, the gentleman above named is numbered. He now has two hun dred acres of the old homestead on which he was reared and educated, and upon which his eyes opened to the light October 26, 1848. He is a worthy successor of his father, who, starting with ninety -eight acres of land, accumulated a landed estate of about seven hundred acres, besides rear ing his family in comfort and bestowing upon them such advantages as the country afforded in their youth. From his estimable parents Ezra Peterson re ceived a careful training in the principles which should govern the conduct, and learned the useful' habits which he has since followed. The traits of character which he derived from them by birth and training have given him the respect of his fel low-men, and the warmer feeling of friendship from those to whom he is better known. 0n October 31, 1872, he married Miss Arebelle A., daughter of Warren and Lanar (Adams) Ledbetter, she, like himself, being a member of the Methodist Church. They are the parents of one son, J. Warren. The father of the gentleman of whom we write was Felix Peterson, who was born in Hardy County, Va., May 18, 1809, ard died April 9, 1874, and came with his parents, Jacob and Eliza beth (Harper) Peterson, to this county in 1815, the party also including John Peterson, a brother of Jacob, and a cousin. The fraternal group, of ^W^/ yte0&z4&; PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 151 which he was the youngest member, comprised also Catherine, Mary, Christina, Samuel, Joel, Moses, Jacob and Hannah, the latter being the only one now living, her age being eighty-seven. Jacob Peterson died on the farm now occupied by his grandson, our subject, in July, 1859, at the ex treme age of ninety-three years, having been born in March, 1766. His wife had breathed her last in 1833. Felix Peterson grew to man's estate in this county, spending nearly his entire life on Caesar's Creek, where his father had located in his boyhood. He married Mary S. Weaver, who is yet living. She belongs to the Reformed Church and is a most estimable woman. Her parents, John and Martha (McCoole) Weaver, natives of Pennsyl vania and Virginia respectively, came to Greene County in 1823, settling six miles south of Xenia on a farm of one hundred and thirteen acres. There the father died in 1848, leaving a widow and nine children to mourn his loss. He was the oldest son of John Weaver, Sr., who married Mary Senseney, the other members of the family circle being Jacob, David, Christian, Isaac, George, and a son who died young. This family lived for a time in Pennsylvania, whence they moved to Virginia and afterward came to this State. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Felix Peterson comprised seven sons and daughters, the subject of this sketch being the youngest and the others bearing the names of Martha, Lewis, Catherine, James, John and Harper. * ffiAMES McCARTY. Although quite ad vanced in years, this gentleman still occupies a place among the leading farmers of Greene County, being vigorous and active, an„d bearing the weight of his years as lightly as do most men a score of years his junior. Uis finan cial standing is a substantial one, and is due to his own ability and exertions, as he began his career in life when quite young with no capital except a fundamental education and some knowledge of handicraft. He is an honorable man, a reliable citizen, and one whose benevolence and generosity have been manifested in behalf of many worthy objects, and have cost him about $6,000 of hard earnings. In Bucks County, Pa., Benjamin McCarty was born May 2, 1763, and Mary Smallwood, May 10, 1766. Growing to manhood and womanhood this couple were united in marriage and lived in their native State for many years. Fourteen children were born to them, named respectively: Elizabeth, William, Benjamin, Mary, Hannah, Isaac, Mercy, Charles, Arthur, Andrew, Thomas, Maria, James and one died in infancy. Three of these died in childhood; nine married and reared families; but the only one living at this writing is the subject of this sketch. Elizabeth died in Cedarville, Greene County, and Andrew in Michigan. The father was a bricklayer and stonemason, and all of the sons worked at bricklaying, plastering and stone work. Benjamin McCarty died in Pennsylvania at the age of sixty-five years, his widow living to the extreme age of ninety-nine, and dying at the home of her son Charles, at Rolling Prairie, LaPorte County, Ind. Near tne northern line of Northumberland County, Pa., December 10, 1808, the eyes of James McCarty opened to the light of day. His boy hood was devoid of unusual incidents, but at the age of fourteen years he began his career in life. He worked with his brothers until seventeen years old, when he began learning the carriage-making trade in Milton, working as an apprentice four years. In 1832 he voted for Gen. Jackson, and immediately started for the West, and reaching this county, located at Xenia, where he worked two years. He then opened a shop for himself, continuing in the business about fourteen years. His next enterprise was to engage in the grocery business with Cornelius Wilkins, with whom he continued in business but little more than six months, when he began trading in hogs in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, a business which he carried on for more than a decade. In the spring of 1861 he went on a farm four miles northeast of Xenia, where he lived about six years, becoming the owner of three estates in the locality. In the spring of 1867 he returned to Xenia, but two 152 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. years later located two and one-half miles south west of the city on a fine farm of one hundred and sixty -three acres, which has since been his home. An important step in the life of Mr. McCarty was consummated November 7, 1833, when he be came the husband of Miss Margaret Williams, a worthy woman who was his cherished companion until April 15, 1878, when she was called from time to eternity. She was born in Xenia, August 29, 1815, to John and Elizabeth (Owen) Williams, who were among the earliest settlers of that city, her father being a blacksmith. Her union with our subject resulted in the birth of six children — John died in chhdhood; Charles E. was a cavalry man in the Civil War, and died at Redkey, Inch; Maria is the widow of A. C. Neal; James died at the age of six years; Clara B. is the widow of John Chapman, an attorney at London, Ohio; Henrietta is the wife of Dr. Frank Norman, of Denver, Colo. For many years Mr. McCarty belonged to the Masonic fraternity and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He served one term as Township Treasurer, but his desire is not for public office. He belongs to the Reformed Church, while his de ceased companion was identified with the Metho dist Protestant Church. A portrait of Mr. McCarty is shown in connec tion with his personal sketch. Sfj AMES R. ANDERSON. Among the sub stantial and influential members of the ag ricultural community in Greene County, the name of James R. Anderson holds a front rank. His home is a fine farm of one hundred and one acres, three miles northeast of the town of Spring Valley, being a part of the parental homestead on which he was born. He is of Southern descent and possesses the agreeable and courteous manners which are a heritage of the better class of South erners, together with the intelligent and well- stored mind and good character which win respect. The paternal grandfather of Mr. Anderson came to this county from South Carolina very early in the present century, dying here and being buried on the farm where our subject now lives. He had but two children, James and Horney, the latter of whom lived for some time in Fayette County, but died in Jay County, Ind. His widow and children then removed to Iowa. James Anderson first saw the light of day in South Carolina, November 3, 1796. On coming to this county with his parents in 1802, settlement was made on two hundred and one acres in Spring Valley Township, where he lived until after the death of his wife. This worthy woman was born in Virginia, July 29, 1793, and bore the maiden name of Priscilla Coffin. She breathed her last May 25, 1852, her bereaved husband surviving until September 25, 1858. Four or five years after her death he spent at his daughter's. Both were members of the Society of Friends, Mrs. Anderson being one of the active members. Mr. Anderson served in the War of 1812; in politics he was first a Whig and later a Republican. To James and Priscilla Anderson nine children were born, eight being reared to years of matur ity. William is now living in Greene County, Iowa; Rhoda is the widow of Nathan Mendenhall; John is deceased, having left a family of five sons and one daughter ; Joseph died, leaving a widow, six sons and two daughters ; Preston died in Greene County, Iowa, leaving a widow, two sons and two daughters; Harmon, who died in Iowa left three sons and four daughters; Abijah is living in Greene County Iowa, and has one son and three daughters; the youngest member of the family is James R., the subject of this notice. The natal day of the subject of this sketch was April 10, 1823. He was reared on the farm, re ceiving a common-school education, and began life for himself while but in his twentieth year, being married November 7, 1852, to Catherine Jay. This lady was born at New Burlington Clin ton County, July 5, 1834, to Alexander and Mar garet (Irvin) Jay, her father being a farmer. Mrs. Anderson belonged to the Methodist Episcopal Church and during her married life of over forty years was devoted to tbe interests of her compan ion and the two sons who were born to them. Her death took place June 25, 1877. Her two sons are PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 153 Ambrose and William A., the latter now living in Colorado. Our subject contracted a second matrimonial al liance, the wedding ceremony being performed January 3, 1878, and the bride being Miss Anna, daughter of Jesse P. and Cassandra (Bell) Sanders. She was born in Bellbrook, April 23, 1839, is in telligent, enterprising, and possessed of an estima ble character. About the year 1855 Mr. Anderson embarked in the sale of groceries in Spring Valley, continu ing in that business two years, and then engaging in farming for nine years. He next embarked in the lumber business, sawing hard lumber and deal ing in the soft woods, and also taking building con tracts, occupying himself in that manner eight years, after which he returned to agricultural life. In November, 1864, he enlisted in Company F., One hundred and Fifty-fourth Ohio Infantry the only battle in which he was engaged being that at New Creek. Previous to his enlistment he had been serving as an enrolling officer of his township, having been appointed to the position in 1862 by Governor Brough. He has also served as Consta ble and Assessor, and in 1882 was appointed Su perintendent of the County Infirmary, a position which he filled with credit and honor until his resignation. He desired to withdraw from the po sition and therefore sent in a resignation Febru ary 1, 1890, to take effect March 1. In politics Mr. Anderson is a Republican. He belongs to the social order of the Independent Order of Odd Fel lows, and is a prominent member of the Methodist Protestant Church and also a member ofthe Grand Army of the Republic. 'NDREW BYRD. Although this gentle man is a son of one of the prominent and early settlers in Greene County, and has successfully carried on an agricultural life within its bounds for a number of years, it is prob ably true that his greatest fame rests upon his dis covery of the celebrated Magnetic Springs. Several years since the old United Presbyterian Church was put up at public sqle, and he bought it with the in tention of turning it into a double dwelling. He had the changes in it nearly completed, and his sister- in-law and family had moved into one part. In order to have water convenient he determined to dig a well under the middle of the building, but the water being found to have a peculiar smell he was advised to fill up the well, but this he refused to do. It was found when the plasterers were ready to put on the white coat that the water from this well had turned the plaster yellow, and that the water was magnetic. Mr. Byrd took some of it to Prof. Hoff, of Waynesville, for analysis. The peculiar qualities of the water becoming noised abroad, people came from various parts of the State to bathe in the liquid, which was found to have a wonderful effect upon those affected with rheumatism or kidney complaints. Mr. Byrd was obliged to dispose of the property to capitalists from Dayton, who organized a company, and re fitted the old church, and in the summer of 1888 added many improvements for the comfort and ad vantage of those who wished to resort to the cura tive waters. Mr. Byrd received $8,000 for his discovery, the property having cost him $635. Those acquainted with National characteristics would readily discern in the subject of this sketch traits derived from natives of Scotland and Hol land, whence his ancestry is traced. His father, Andrew Byrd, Sr., was born in Virginia, to which Grandfather Byrd had come from Holland. The father married in his native State Miss Mary Hal- ker, the daughter of a Scotchman, who had accum ulated much property, which he lost during the War of 1812. The newly wedded couple made their home in their own State until early in the nineteenth century, when they removed to Ohio, locating in Greene County. They occupied a farm in Spring Valley Township, which is now the home of Mr. A. H. Myers. The place cost them $7 per acre, and had scarcely any improvements upon it, their residence for some time being a log house. The estate included two hundred acres, nearly all of which was improved by Mr. Byrd, who built the brick house now standing there, our subject having carried brick for it. Marketing was done at Cin cinnati during the early years. 154 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. The elder Mr. Byrd was a prominent man in his day, being very popular, and having the respect of all who knew him. He was free hearted and generous lo a fault, and helped many poor neigh bors in their struggles to gain a sustenance or ac quire a competence. During the War of 1812 he served his country as a soldier. His wife, Mary, died in 1820, and he afterward took for his com panion Miss Sarah Griffee, who was also a native of the Old Dominion. She bore him a number of children, three of whom are now living. He died in 1834, and his widow survived until 1888. His first marriage had resulted in the birth of twelve children, five of whom are living at this time. Andrew Byrd, Jr., was born August 10, 1813, on the home farm in Spring Valley Township, Greene County. He grew up in the wilds of this then new locality, and began life for himself at the age of fourteen years. Going to Xenia he worked in a blacksmith shop under Russel Rice for a short time, and then went to Shelby County, where he learned the trade of cabinet- making, and worked there for two years. Returning to this county he labored at his trade until 1832, in the fall of that year going down to Bellbrook and casting his first Presidential vote for Andrew Jackson. He then went on horseback to Palmyra, and thence to Cal- -laway County, Mo., where he remained all winter, in the spring going to Hannibal and taking the boat for home. During the passage the passengers suffered from cholera, and he escaping gave his services to the sufferers. For years Mr. Byrd devoted his attention to ag ricultural labors, from which he has retired to en joy the fruits of his former industry. His farm comprises one hundred and forty-eight acres,. his residence property being a square south of the Magnetic Spring, with three houses upon it, and he also owns another house in the corporate limits of Bellbrook. He is in excellent circumstance, finan cially speaking, and personally possesses an abund ance of energy and sturdy common sense, leading fo a due amount of respect from his fellow-men. In 1834 Mr. Byrd was united in marriage with Miss Sarah, daughter of Nathan Bull, who was drowned in the Miami River. The union was blessed by the birth of six children, one of whom is now living. After many years of happy married life Mrs. Byrd breathed her last in 1867. Three years later our subject became the husband of Ly dia Duck, whose parents, Jacob and Rachael (Pen- nywait) Duck, were early settlers here, whence they had come from Virginia. Mrs. Byrd is one of a large family, three of whom are now living, and is four years younger than her husband. She is a member of the Universalist Church, aud a wo man whose lack of fine educational advantages in early life is more than overbalanced by her good sense, amiable disposition and excellent character. Mr. Byrd has served on the School Board, and takes an interest in politics, having first voted for a Democratic candidate, but afterward having been a Whig and finally a Republican. He agrees with his wife in religious belief. JAMES C. FULLER. Many denizens of our large cities hold erroneous impressions re garding the comfort and beauty of rural life. A farmer is to them a man of coarse manners, uncultured mind and no taste, whose days are spent in drudgery amid unlovely surroundings, uncheered by ennobling thoughts or cultured com panionship. To those who think thus, a view of the beautiful estate of James C. Fuller would be a great surprise, as they would find it equal to a city resi dence in beauty, luxury and indications of refine ment. The land comprises four hundred and eighty acres in Pike Township, Clark County, and is worth $100 per acre; the dwelling is a fine two-story brick structure, set in the midst of a beautiful lawn, with evergreens in front and surrounded by an iron fence of modern design. The barn is scarcely equalled in the county for size, beauty of design, and convenient arrangement, while every other im provement upon the place indicates prosperity and excellent taste. A visit to the home would prove that the owner and his family have abundant leisure in which to enjoy association with friends, add to their own culture, and assist in worthy .enterprises of various kinds. In Montgomery County, Va., in the latter part PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 155 of the eighteenth century, James Fuller and Diana Acers were born. They grew to maturity in their native State, were married and spent a few years of wedded life there. They then removed to the Blue Grass State and about 1815 came into Ohio, settling in Bethel Township, this county, in the neighborhood of New Carlisle. A twelvemonth or more afterward they changed their residence to the farm now owned by our subject, tlieir dwelling being within a quarter of a mile of that which he now occupies. On that farm they spent the re mainder of their lives, passing away when ripe in years. They had come to this State poor, but by hard work and careful management they built up a good home and acquired a large landed estate. The first purchase of land — one hundred and sixty acres — cost Mr. Fuller $2 per acre. He took a prominent part in local affairs, served as Township Trustee and in other minor official capacities. His vote was always given to the Democratic party. The family of James and Diana Fuller consisted of len children, the fourth in order of birth being he whose name introduced this sketch. The paternal grandparents of our subject were Northrop and Mary Fuller, natives of New York, who came to Ohio about 1820, dying in this county at advanced ages. His maternal grandparents were Virginians and spent their entire lives in their native State. The birth of James C. Fuller took place Janu ary 19, 1820, on the farm which is still his home. He was reared here, acquiring his education in-the common schools, having excellent principles in stilled into his mind by worthy parents, and early learning the habits of industry and carefulness • which have made of his life a success. He began his own career with about eighty acres of land and $1,000. A few years ago he owned an entire sec tion, but it has been reduced to the acreage before mentioned by gifts to his children. During the late war Mr. Fuller did not go to the field, but he gave liberally of his means to assist the Union cause. His neighbors recognize his fitness for pub lic; service and have bestowed upon him various offices, among them that of Township Trustee. Public life is not attractive to him, the conduct of his personal affairs furnishing him abundant occu pation, and the society of family and friends and the enjoyments of his beautiful home affording him recreation and hearty pleasure. The home of Mr. Fuller is presided over by a lady of worth with whom he was united in mar riage April 14, 1842. She was born in Pike Town ship, this county, in September, 1824, and in her girlhood was known as Miss Mary Jane Verdier. Her parents, Adam and Elizabeth Verdier, are num bered among the very earliest settlers of this county, whence they had come from Virginia, their native State. They lived to a good old age, both depart ing this life in Pike Township. To Mr. and Mrs. Fuller eight children have been born, of whom we note the following: Atesera is now the wife of David Fortney, an undertaker and coal and lumber dealer at Osborn, Greene County. Columbus A. lives with his parents and is engaged in farming; he married Miss Lucretia Niece, of Champaign County, who has been removed from him by death. Marrietta is unmarried and at home. Martha is the wife of Josiah Noop a farmer and machinist of Casstown, Miami County. James H. who is farming in Pike Township, married Miss Jennie Niece, of Champaign County. Edith is the wife of Edward Hoover, a farmer and teacher in Warren County. Edwin V. is unmarried and at home, engaged in farming and stock dealing. Bertha is single and at home. ifiOHN E. LORTON is numbered among the local officers of Clark County, filling the position of Treasurer in German Township, an office which he has held continuously for several years. He is numbered among the public- spirited and reliable citizens, his honesty and in tegrity are unquestioned, while as a practically self-made man he is pointed out as a model to the rising generation. The gentleman of whom we write is descended from respectable parents, and Grandfather Lorton is said to have been a Revolutionary soldier. John and Rachel (Donovan) Lorton are supposed to have been natives of Kentucky, as they emigrated from 156 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. that State to Ohio in 1816, bringing with them one daughter, and performing the entire journey on horseback. They settled about half a mile west of the present site of Lawrenceville, Clark County, and in the woods erected a cabin of round logs, just large enough to accommodate the family. There they lived several years, by and by erect ing a better house and surrounding themselves with more and more of comfort as civilization ad vanced and their commercial opportunities were improved. Mr. Lorton is classed among the early and representative pioneers of the township in which he did much to aid in its development, and his good wife was honored as befitted one of the pioneer women. He was a Democrat, and both he and his wife belonged to the Baptist Church. He breathed his last September 16, 1847, his wife liv ing to reach her eighty-fourth year. They were the parents of ten children, of whom the following are known to survive: John E., William and Jon athan. John Lorton was born in this county, November 10, 1827, and being reared amid scenes of a much more primitive nature than those which now sur round his home, he bore such share as a youth might in the work of development which was going on around him. He received a limited education in the eirly subscription and public schools of the county, the only schoolhouse in which he ever at tended being one made of logs. Having an active mind and a desire for knowledge, he has made use of the facilities afforded by the printing-press to keep himself posted, and is mainly self-educated. In 1850 he purchased sixty acres of land, where he now resides, settling upon it in a log house cov ered with clapboards, living therein several years. He subsequently erected his present residence, which is a well-built and sufficiently commodious edifice, under whose roof good cheer abounds. He now owns eighty acres of land, all the buildings upon it being good and the other improvements appropriate. The first marriage of Mr. Lorton took place in 1849, his bride being Miss Elizabeth Wagoner. She bore seven children — John W. ; Nancy E., de ceased; Amanda, wife of Weslay Xander; Emma C, wife of John Baker; Lewis; Clara, wife of Ed ward Souders; and Marietta, deceased. The sec ond wife of Mr. Lorton bore the maiden name of Rebecca Swartzbaugb, being a daughter of Henry and Lydia Swartzbaugh, of this township. This union has been blessed by the birth of six chil dren: Cora B., Lydia M., Anna M., Luther E., Ed- gar J. and one who died in infancy. Mr. Lorton served as Township Trustee a number of years with credit to himself and his constituents. He and his good wife belong to the German Reformed Church. OBERTB. HARBISON. The results of plod ding industry are nowhere better illustra ted than in the career of him with whose @) name we introduce this biographical record. He has been content to pursue the even tenor of his way, making little stir in the world, but doing his duty as far as he knows how,and living at peace among his neighbors. He was born in South Caro lina, October 1 1, 1820, and is the son of John and Jane(Bigham) Harbison who were likewise natives of South Carolina, the father born May 13, 1782, and the mother December 28, 1787. The maternal grandfather of our subject served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War and received an honorable wound in the arm; he spent his last years in South Carolina. John Harbison emigrated to Ohio in 1826, and settled on the farm which his son, Robert B., now owns and occupies. The coun try around was a wilderness, with only the cabin of a settler scattered through the woods. Mr. Harbison cut away the timber, grubbed out the stumps, pre pared the soil for cultivation and after years of arduous labor, found himself the owner of a com fortable homestead. He occupied a log cabin for two years, and then put up the substantial brick structure which still remains the family residence and is in an excellent state of preservation. It bears the honor of being the oldest brick house in the township. John Harbison and his estimable wife were the parents of ten children, only three of whom are living. The father departed this life at the old homestead March 28, 1862. The mother survived her husband two years, dying August 17, PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 157 1864. Both were members of the Seceders Church in which the father officiated as an Elder and wan one of the chief pillars. He took a lively interest in politics and was a lifelong adherent of the Dem ocratic party. The subject of this notice was born October 11, 1820, in South Carolina and was a lad of six years when his parents came to this State. He has spent his entire life at the farm which he now owns and occupies. He was reared amid the wild scenes of pioneer life and at an early age was taught the habits of industry which have followed him from his boyhood. He assisted in the development of the farm and attained a very limited education in the primitive schools. These were conducted in a log schoolhouse on the subscription plan and un der the methods of instruction corresponding to those times. Mr. Harbison remained a bachelor until twenty- nine years old and was then wedded, in 1849, to Miss Jennette, daughter of James and Matilda (Wallace) McMillan. Mrs. Harbison, like her hus band, was a native of South Carolina and came with her parents to Ohio in 1830, when a child of four years, having been born in April, 1826. She remained the faithful and affectionate companion of her husband for a period of over thirty years and departed this life at the homestead in 1881. Of the six children born to her and her husband only two are living. Martha Jane died when about twenty-one years old; Elizabeth died at the age of twenty-two years; James A. married Miss Nettie Cooley and is now in Colorado, in the hopes of re storing his failing health; he makes his home at the farm and is the father of two children, Julia and Howard. Lydia Ellen died when about twenty- three years old ; Mary Ann became the wife of Wil liam Tarbox and they live in Cedarville; John died at the age of fifteen months. In due time Mr. Harbison contracted a second marriage to a lady bearing the same name as his former wife — Miss Jennette McMillan, who was likewise a native of South Carolina and born in 1828. Her parents, David and Nancy (Wright) McMillan, spent their last years in Cedarville Township. Mr. and Mrs. Harbison are members in good standing of the Reformed Presby terianChurch, in which Mr. Harbison has served as a Trustee for many years. He has also served on the School Board of his district almost since the regular establish ment of the present school system. He cast his first Presidential vote for Gen. Cass, but his warm in terest in the success of the temperance movement led him, in 1884, to identify himself with the Pro hibitionists. His son is also a strong advocate of temperance and a member of the Prohibition Com mittee of the township. The Harbison homestead comprises one hundred and seventy acres of choice land in Miami Town ship, Greene County, which yields a very comfortable income. Without making any preten tions to elegance, the Harbison family live com fortably, and enjoy the association of hosts of friends. Mr. Harbison has the deep sympathy of his neighbors in the many afflictions which have visited him in the loss of children and others dear to him. ®|jF MOS W. CRESWELL. Of the native born W/U\ citizens of Cedarville Mr. Creswell is num bered among the oldest survivors, his birth having occurred March 13, 1827, at the homestead just one-half mile east of his present rasidence. His father, Samuel Creswell, was of Scotch-Irish descent and was one of the early set tlers of Greene County, to which he came with his parents from Kentucky, locating just south of Cedarville. Where the Dunlap house now stands was then heavily timbered country, which he cleared and out of which he evolved a fine farm. He mar ried Miss Letitia. daughter of Amos Wilson, who built the first house in Greene County, just below Xenia and not far from Dayton. Daniel Wilson had preceded his brother, Amos, coming to the county in the spring, but had built no house. Amos Wilson took up his residence in the fall and after his own removal to Clinton County some years later, his brother Daniel continued to occupy the place. Born in what was then the frontier and passing his boyhood in the thick timber, from which only a few tracts of land had been cleared, Mr. Creswell 158 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. well remembers the life which was the common ex perience of all the pioneers, and the primitive sur roundings of their modest home. The people of that date wore home-made jeans, the women spin ning the wool and flax and making the cloth from which they fashioned the garments worn in their households. Their life was almost exclusively a home one. The truest hospitality was dispensed to the chance visitor, and nowhere were the sturdy and homely virtues of character so thoroughly dis played. The first store in the vicinity was opened by a Mr. Hanna, on the site now occupied by the resi dence of James Orr. It was a place of exchange to which the settlers carried their butter, eggs, corn and wheat, exchanging them for other articles, often bartering a bushel of wheat for a pound of coffee. The mother of our subject died in 1829, the year after the birth of her son Bencni, who is one of a group of five brothers and sisters. James, the oldest brother, now lives in Illinois, with a family comprising two children; the second member of the household is Ann, the only daughter; Samuel died at the age of eighteen years; Benoni lives near Cedarville, having a wife and seven children. Mr. Creswell received his education in the Cedar ville schools and while the curriculum did not em brace all the branches now taught in fhe high school course, the instruction was thorough and suffici ently varied to make a fine foundation for the in formation which can only be obtained by contact with mankind and through a riper understanding. Mr. Creswell remained with his father until the death of tbe latter in 1855, following the occupa tion to which his early surroundings led him, and which be has successfully prosecuted from that day. He is now the owner of five hundred acres of fine land on which he has erected one of the largest and finest farm residences in the State of Ohio. A slight eminence along the line of the Cincinnati and Pittsburg Railroad affords a beauti ful building spot and there the building stands, commanding a fine view of the city of Cedarsville, one mile distant, and of the thoroughly cultivated acres with their adequate and well-built outhouses, neat fences and pleasant groves, which lie around. In 1864, Mr. Creswell was united in marriage with Miss Rebecca Ward, who died leaving three children — Samuel, who died at the age of eight years; Ada, a young lady attending the Delaware, Ohio, College, and William who remains at home and is pursuing his studies in the Dayton Business College. Two other children died in infancy. The young lady and gentleman who survive already manifest a creditable degree of culture, to which they are adding under the excellent advantages afforded by their father's loving care. Mr. Creswell contracted a second matrimonial alliance, winning as his companion Mrs. Margaret A. Raney, daughter of J. N. Townsley. She is a lady of more than ordinary refinement, and pre sides over her beautiful home with such perfect grace that all who partake of the liberal hospitality must feel the effect of that exquisite but rare charm, which places one so much at ease while still observing the little conventionalities so necessary to perfect decorum. She, as does also her husband, holds membership with the Reformed Presbyterian Church. Her only son, Ralph B. Raney, is a young man of more than ordinary intelligence and promise. He is at present local editor on the Monmouth Daily Journal at Monmouth, 111., where he has been at tending college for two years and where he expects to graduate. He is very popular with his associates having one of those open, generous natures, that attract like magnets. ffi AMES ELIOT PAULLIN. Ross Township, I Greene County, during the life of Mr. Paul- I Iin, had no better citizen than he, who, after I a career which was well worthy of imitation, departed hence at the old homestead where he was born March 26, 1888. He was cut down in the prime of life, having not yet reached the forty-second year of his age, his birth occurring December 25, 1846. He was next to the youngest of seven sons and four daughters, the offspring of David and Su san (Smith) Paullin, who spent their last years in this township on the old homestead. In early manhood Mr. Paullin was married to PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 161 Miss Anna, daughter of William and Martha (Sa- ville) Cherry, and there were born to them eleven children, as follows: Elizabeth, James,Samuel, John, Benjamin, Rachel, Martha, Robert, Melvina, David, and Mrs. Paullin. Mrs. Cherry was born in Rock bridge County, Va., November 20, 1815. Mr.Cherry was born February 18, 1816, and was married Feb ruary 16, 1837. They removed,"in 1860, to Wash ington County, Iowa, where the mother closed her eyes in death, October 6, 1876, and where the father is still living. Mr. and Mrs. Paullin were the parents of two children, named respectively, Lorena D., and James W. Mr. Paullin was baptized in the Christian Church during early manhood, and was a liberal supporter of this church until the day of his death. His last Sunday on earth was of a peculiar and triumphant experience, during which he seemed unconscious of his earthly surrounding and was permitted to en joy visions of angels and the glorified saints in heaven. When this had passed, and his thoughts returned lo earth, he was unspeakably happy and raised his voice in praise of the Redeemer in whom he had trusted. He left his widow with one child, and a babe was born after its father's death. Mr. Paullin exerted a marked influence in his commu nity, and gave his political support to the Repub lican party, taking an interest in local politics, and aiming to support the men whom he considered trustworthy, and who would best serve the people. Mrs. Paullin, like her husband, united with the Christian Church many years ago, in which she still retains membership. ylLLIAM H. VAN TASSELL, Superin tendent of the Ohio Southern Railroad, makes his headquarters at a finely equip ped office in the city of Springfield, and brings to the duties of his responsible position the energy and ability necessary thereto. He is a native of the Empire State, and was born March 4, 1844, in Seneca Falls, Seneca County. He comes of sub stantial ancestry, being the son of Isaac and Na omi (Stimson) Van Tassell, who were likewise natives of New York State. The father of our subject was born near the town of Clyde, N. Y., in 1813, and grew up under the influences of a modest home where industry and economy were the ruling principles. He obtained a common-school education, and at an early age began an apprenticeship at the cooper's trade, which he followed for many years. The latter part of his life he engaged in coopering and spent his last years in Michigan. His wife, Naomi, was the daughter of David Stimson, Esq., a native of New York and for many years a resident of this State, where he spent his last years. The mother of our subject died when her son William H. was but eight years old. From that time until a youth of twelve years, he was under the care of his father, obtaining a somewhat lim ited education in the common schools, and acquir ing the habits of self-reliance which bave served him so well in his latter years. He remained a resident of his native State until after the out break of the Civil War, and then determining to have a hand in the presevation of the Union, en listed in Company A, Nineteenth New York In fantry, which soon afterward transferred to Company E, Third New York Artillery. He first went with his comrades to Washington, D. O, thence to Newberne, N. C, and for a time was sta tioned at Ft. Rowan, and later at Ft. Totten, so journing at the latter place probably fifteen months. He then went out with the Hunter expe dition to take Charleston, after which the regiment went into Virginia, and was assigned to the com mand of Gen. Butler. Mr. Van Tassell was at Petersburg at the time of the mine explosion, an occasion ever to be remembered. Although expe riencing mauy privations and hardships, he escaped comparatively unharmed amid the vicissitudes of army life, and at the close of the war received an honorable discharge, and was mustered out at Fort ress Monroe. Later he received his pay at Hamp ton Roads, Va., near the same place. Returning now to his native State, Mr. Van Tassell repaired to Syracuse and entered Ames' Business College, where he commenced the study of telegraphy. When acquiring a sufficient knowl edge of this he came West, and asked for employ ment in the service of the then C. C. ut in every measure hav ing reference to the development of Xenia and Greene County, he is enthusiastic. Before more fully outlining the history of Re corder Adams, a few words in regard to his ances tors will not be amiss. His father, Samuel Adams, was born in Leesburg, Loudoun County, Va., and when a young man went to Maryland. There he married Miss Nancy Burnston, of Baltimore and made his home for a time in that State. He was a finisher in a woolen factory and removed in order to follow the same business. In 1842 he went to Fredericktown, Knox County, thence to Delaware County, and in 1847 became a resident of Ohio, locating in Spring Valley, this county, where he spent nearly all the remaining years of his life. He breathed his last October 14, 1871, his widow sur viving until 1882. They reared a family of eight children, of whom N. G., A. J., Eliza, Mrs. E. Bun ting, and our subject are in this county. The others are: Amelia, wife of William Kirkpatrick; Virginia B., widow of J. D. Hepford, of Council Bluffs, Iowa; Mrs. Catherine Kauffman, of Canton, this State, and W. H., whose home is in Arkansas. Samuel N. Adams, the subject of this biograph ical notice, was born in Bedford County, Pa., De cember 15, 1835, and in his boyhood and youth received such educational privileges as were af forded by the section in which he lived. At the age of twenty-two years, he left the parental roof to begin life for himself, working at the trade of a carpenter, and continuing so employed until after the breaking out of the Civil War, when he enrolled among the defenders of the Union. He became a member of Company D, One hundred and Tenth Ohio Infantry, under command of Col. J. W. Keif- fer, his term of service beginning August 16, 1862. As an integral part of the Army of. the Potomac, Mr. Adams participated in numerous engagements, the list including Union Mills (Va.), Winchester Heights, Stevenson's Depot, Wapping Heights, Brandy Station, Mine Run, the Wilderness, Spott- sylvania, York River, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Ream's Station (Va.), Monocacy (Md.), Snicker's Gap, Charleston and Smithfield (Va.), Opequan, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek, Cedar Springs, Peters burg (Va.), March 25, 1665, and the assault on the same city April 2. At this contest he was wounded so severely that his right foot had to be amputated in Washington ten days later, the left foot also be ing badly injured. He spent five months in the hospital and was then mustered out in September, 1865, returning to his home in Spring Valley, this county. Mr. Adams received the appointment of United States store-keeper at Beaver Station, now Trebein's, and served the Government in that ca pacity there a year, at the expiration of that period being transferred to Mt. Holly in the same capac ity. He remained in the employ of the Govern ment until 1871, and then went into the grocery 192 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. business at Spring Valley, continuing the business until about 1880. In the meantime he held the com mission of Postmaster under Gen. Grant for the term ending in 1876, and also acted as Government store-keeper at Osborn two years. His next move was to the position which he now occupies and in which he has worked faithfully and conscientiously. In Spring Valley, March 11, 1867, Mr. Adams led to the hymeneal altar Miss Amanda Riddell, of that place. She is a daughter of Silas Riddell, an old settler of the town in which she was born July (i, 1842. Mr. Riddell is now deceased but his widow survives, making her home with her daugh ter, Mrs. Adams. Of the three children born to Mr. and Mrs. Adams, two are yet living, namely, Rella E. and Gertrude. They will receive all the advantages in the way of schooling that the means and desire of their parents can compass, and such careful home instruction as will ensure their use fulness in the years to come. While residing in Spring Valley, Mr. Adams served the township in the capacity of Treasurer. Certainly the people have manifested their appre ciation of his ability and character, and it is with pleasure we record the fact. He belongs to the lodge and encampment of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and to the Grand Army of the Republic. His wife is a woman of fine character and cultured mind and is esteemed by the entire community. ENRY BALDWIN, Jr., M.D. An excellent standing among the physicians of Clarke rJ? County, has been already reached by this ^$$1 young gentleman, who is a resident of Springfield. It has been but a few years since he obtained his diploma and began his professional labors, yet he is becoming well known as a member of medical societies and boards, and as one who is studious, prudent and successful in practice. He already has a fair share of the medical work of this city and adjacent country, and bids fair to become one of its most popular physicians ere long. The name borne by the subject of this sketch in dicates the English lineage of his paternal ances tors. The first of the family in this section was Jonah, who came from Virginia in 1804, locating in Springfield, where he was soon numbered among the enterprising business men and where he held the office of Justice of the Peace for many years. He was also one of the Commissioners appointed by the President to meet Chief Tecumseh and negotiate terms of peace between the settlers and the Indians. His wife was Amelia, daughter of Dr. William Needham, one of the first physicians in the village. Dr. Needham built the first frame house here and is well remembered by the old settlers, not only as a physician whose practice extended for many miles but as a man of humor and marked characteristics. He circulated many stories and incidents of pioneer times, which being told in his own peculiar style proved very amusing, particularly as his stuttering speech made them still more forcible. He retired on to a farm where Lagonda now stands, and after quite a settlement grew up there, the place was for some time called Pillville. Dr. Needham died in 1832, while comparatively a young man. In the family of Jonah and Amelia (Needham) Baldwin, was a son Henry, who was born in this county in 1830. After reaching mature years, he married Maria Dawson, who was born in Union- town, Pa., and resided there until her marriage. She was a daughter of John Dawson of that place and a niece of Littleton Dawson, a prominent at torney and congressman from Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Baldwin are the parents of six chil dren now living, of whom the subject of this sketch is the second. The oldest is John Dawson, who is now in Colorado, being a member of the State Legislature. Anna B. the third, and Amelia Need ham the sixth child, are at home. Louisa B. is the wife of George S. Dial, Esq.; Richard D. is a stu dent in the Cincinnati law school. Dr. Baldwin first saw the light of day July 17, 1860, in the city which is now his home, He pur sued his studies in the public schools, and after finishing the course therein, entered Wittenburg College, leaving it at the close of his junior year to begin the study of his chosen profession. He en tered the office of Dr. E. M. Buckingham with whom he read for some time, prior to his attendance at PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 193 the Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pa. He was graduated from that excellent institution in the class of 1883, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Returning to his home he at once opened an office and began to work up a practice. The position of City Physician is now held by Dr. Baldwin and he has served with much-credit. He was first appointed for or.e term, but being an ardent Republican was deposed for political rea sons. At the end of the year, however, he was again appointed for the term of two years, and is still the incumbent of the office. In the spring of 1 889, he was appointed to fill a vacancy on the Board of Education and serves as Chairman of a Committee on Supplies. He also belongs to the medical staff in the Mitchell Thomas Hospital, and is Secretary and Treasurer of the Clarke County Medical Society. He belongs to Clarke Lodge No. 101, F. & A. M., and to Springfield Chapter R. A.M. ¦^ra=^ fy\i ILTON TODHUNTER. The family of which Mr. Todhunter is a worthy scion, was in former years of considerable prom inence in the Old Dominion, particularly in Loudoun County, where the grandfather of our subject was born. The family is of Scotcli ances try and for generations belonged to the Orthodox Friends Church. Isaac Todhunter married Eleanor Jury, a native of the same county and also of old Quaker stock, but probably of English lineage. In 1805 they left Virginia with their family and emigrated in wagons, to Highland County, Ohio, the entire Miami Valley being then a wild waste known as millitary land. Mr. Todhunter se cured about one thousand acres in the midst of this heavy timber, his location being determined by a large spring. His grandson says this spring was all that could have induced him lo stop, as that part of his possessions was almost worthless, being broken and barren. On this large tract of land six miles from the present site of Leesburg, Isaac Todhunter and his wife passed the balance of their lives, dying full of years and clinging to the faith which they had been taught in early life — that of the Friends' Church. To them were born six sons and three daughters, the second in the family being the father of our subject. This Isaac Todhunter Jr., was born in Loudoun County, and was a young man when his parents removed to Ohio. Here he became of age and married Miss Rachael Reese, losing his birth right in the Friends' Church on account of marry ing out of its limits. His wife was also a native of Loudoun County, Va., but had grown to wom anhood in Highland County, Ohio, to which her parents had come in her youth. After their marriage, Isaac Todhunter, Jr., and his wife began their wedded life upon a farm where they spent some years. Selling it they removed to Montgomery County, living north of Dayton for some years, and afterwards taking up their abode on the Wabash River in the western part of Indiana. There Mr. Todhunter died at the age of sixty-five years. He had been well known to the best classes where he lived, his reputation being that of a thor oughly honorable and upright man. After his death his widow went to live with a son, Jacob, in AViscon- sin and died at his home when eighty-four years old. She was a typical wife, mother and woman, her whole life having been a model of correct de portment and nobility of character. She was the mother of seven sons and five daughters, three of the former being all that now survive of that large circle. Milton Todhunter first saw the light of day in Highland County in 1821. His schooling was lim ited to six months attendance, but being endowed with excellent natural abilities he has acquired in formation in other ways, and possesses a fine store of knowledge for one of his opportunities. He grew to maturity in his native county and there learned the trades of carpentering and coopering, afterward becoming a merchant and finally taking up the study of medicine. He, however, practiced but a short time, retiring from the calling on account of failing health. He has had a varied ex perience, his faculties having been developed by the contact with the world in various ways and a for tune accumulated by his varied methods of employ ment. All that he has was made by his own efforts, as his parents were very poor. He is now enjoying 194 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. his wealth in quietude, his capital being invested in real-estate and loans. For several years he has been living in Jamestown, Greene County, where he is numbered among the better class of citizens, and receives the respect of all to whom he is known. The wife of Mr. Todhunter died at their home in Jamestown, November 3, 1883, a few weeks alter they had settled here. She was a native of Highland County, having been born near Leesburg in 1819, and bore the maiden name of Margaret Moon. She was a good and noble woman, whose life had been spent in a consistent and faithful dis charge of the duties which lay before her, and of whom it may well be said "she hath done what she could." She belonged to the Presbyterian Church. Her otherwise happy union was childless. While he resided in Clinton County, Mr. Tod hunter held some of the local offices and at one time was Mayor of Port Williams. For two years he has been a Justice ofthe Peace in Silver Creek Township. In religion he is of the Society of Friends, and in politics a firm Republican. * ffiOHN DUKE. The pioneer days of Moore field Township, Clark County, developed many fine characters, among whom may be mentioned him with whose name we intro duce this sketch. He is now one of the most solid residents of his township, having a good homestead on section 26, where he has surrounded himself and his family with all the comforts of life. He was born November 9, 1809, in Lancaster County, Pa., and is the son of John C. and Abigail (Kline) Duke, who were likewise natives of the Keystone State. The Duke family is supposed to have originated in Germany while on the maternal side of the house our subject traces his ancestry to England. The Dukes were known in Pennsylvania in the primitive days and before a bridge had been built across the Susquehanna River, when the crossing was made on a flatboat. Twelve children were born to the parents of our subject, all of whom grew to mature years. Of the eight sons, John is the only survivor. The four daughters are all living, viz: Elizabeth, Mrs. Powders of Franklin County, Pa.; Sarah, Mrs. Mull, a widow, also living in that State; Mary E., the wife of William Griffin of Cumber land County and Margaret, Mrs. Fletcher, a resi dent of Springfield, Ohio. Mr. Duke spent his boyhood on the farm with his father and when eighteen years old began his apprenticeship at the shoemaker's trade, of which he soon became master and commanded journey man's wages. 7n due time he started in business for himself in Cumberland County, Pa., where he conducted a shop many year3. Pie took unto him self a wife and helpmate in January, 1834, being wedded to Miss Jane M. Parks, a native of Cum berland County, Pa., and born in 1810. This lady was the daughter of William and Elizabeth Parks and by her marriage with our subject became the mother of eight children only four of whom are living, viz: William K. of Springfield, this State; Sarah E., the wife of James Phillips of Darke County; Rebecca N., the wife of Jacob Leos of Little Rock, Ark., and Adeline, who is living with her father. In 1853 Mr. Duke with his wife and four chil dren Jeft his native State and coming to Ohio over land with a one-horse carriage, settled in Clarke County of which he has since been a resident. Their journey consumed eleven days and the trav elers stopped wherever night overtook them, at the house of some settler who kindly gave them shelter. Mr. Duke selected the land which constitutes his present farm and since that time has given to it his undivided attention, in connection with prosecut ing his trade. He has been the architect of his own fortune, having no capital, whatever, and very little education to assist him in his battle with the world. He now has a well tilled farm of seventy - one and three-fourths acres which, in addition to the proceeds from his trade, affords him a com fortable income. Mr. Duke cast his first Presidential vote for Jack son and- continues a steadfast adherent of the Dem ocratic party. He has for many long years been connected with the First Presbyterian Cliurch at Springfield, and is a man broad and liberal in his views, giving his support to whatever is calculated PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 195 to improve the county and elevate society. His devoted wife after having been his faithful com panion for nearly half a century, was called hence July 25, 1881. She was a lady greatly esteemed in her community and was, with her husband, a con sistent member of the Presbyterian Church. After the labor of a well-spent life Mr. Duke is passing his declining years at his pleasant home, cared for by his dutiful daughter, Adeline, and frequently enjoying the society of many friends. f UGUST WENDT. The German-born ele ment of Clark County recognizes a worthy representative in Mr. Wendt, who is the owner of a little over twenty-three acres of land in German Township besides property in the city of Springfield. His land is devoted to gardening in which he is very successful, find ing a good demand for his products in the city and among the people of his community. He is at this writing still on the sunny side of forty, having been born July 22, 1851, in Germany, and is the eldest son of William and Amelia Wendt who were both natives of Germany. Their family consisted of five children, only three of whom are living, viz; August, George and Caroline, the latter being the wife of Adam Pifer. George and Caroline are residents of Springfield. The deceased children, Charles and William, died when about thirty-five and twenty-two years old respectively. Mr. Wendt left his native country when three years old, his parents having decided upon seek ing their fortunes in America. Soon after reach ing their destination they came to Ohio and for a number of years resided in Clark County. Not being quite satisfied with their condition, they then removed to Indiana, but about four years later the family returned to Clark County where the wid owed mother with her children has since re sided. The father died in Indiana about 1870. Mr. Wendt enjoyed only the advantage of a lim ited education but he improved every opportun ity for reading and obtaining information, and keeps himself posted upon events of general inter est. He commenced working at an early age and was employed mostly upon a farm until a youth of sixteen years. From that time until the summer of 1887 he worked in a machine shop, manufactur ing agricultural implements at Springfield, for a number of years being in the employ of the William Whitely shops. When a man of twenty-eight years Mr. Wendt took unto himself a wife and helpmate, being mar ried August 7, 1879, to Miss Kate Fetter. The young people commenced housekeeping in Spring field and in clue time there were born to them four children — Maggie, Lizzie, Katie and August, Jr. In 1883 Mr. Wendt purchased his land and started in business for himself. He possesses the qualities of industry and economy which are peculiar to his nationality and while surrounding himself and his family with all the comforts of life, he has the prospect of a competence for his declining years. Mr. Wendt was reared in the doctrines of the German-Lutheran Cliurch of which he remains a faithful adherent, and politically he is independ ent, aiming to support the men whom he consid ers best qualified to serve the people. He enjoys in a marked degree the confidence of his neighbors and fellow citizens and bears the reputation of being honest in his dealings and one whose word can always be relied upon. =sfe= ^TJR-^- ^ ^l)OHN NESBITT. The farming community of Xenia Township is made up of prosper ous men — those who have been the archi tects of their own fortunes and who are amply deserving of the comforts by which they have been enabled to surround themselves. Many of them were born and reared within its limits as in the case of Mr. Nesbitt, who first opened his eyes to the light July 25, 1853. He is the son of an old and highly respected couple who were early pioneers of this county— Nathan and Clara (Bretney) Nesbitt, the former of whom was a native of the town of Clear Springs, Md., and born in 1809. He came to this county with his parents, and his father, Jacob Nesbitt, secured a tract of land in Beaver 196 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. Creek Township, upon which they settled. The father was a potter by trade and carried this on in counection with farming for a number of years. Finally Nathan Nesbitt removed to Xenia and operated a pottery. In 1856, however, he resumed farming, locating on the land now occupied by his son, John, our subject. This comprises one hun dred and forty-six acres which is very fertile and upon which has been erected a substantial set of buildings. The parental family consisted of nine children, six of whom grew to mature years, viz: Rebecca, the wife of the Rev. Samuel Brewster; Anna who married the Rev. John W. Mason ; Jennie and Clara, deceased ; Sally, Mrs. John M. Murray, and John, our subject. Nathan Nesbitt departed this life at the old homestead November 10, 1879. The mother is still living and with all her children belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church. She is the daughter of Tobias Bretney, who spent his last years in Ohio. Nathan Nesbitt in early life affiliated with the Whig party, but died a Republi can. John Nesbitt spent his early years in a compara tively uneventful manner, assisting in the labors of the farm and attending the common school mostly during the winter season. He completed his studies in Xenia College and celebrated Thanksgiving Day, 1886, by his marriage with Miss Anna E. Stine. Mrs. Nesbitt was born in London, this State, and is the daughter of John D. and Jennie Stine, the former an ex-editor of the Xenia Torchlight Mr. and Mrs. Nesbitt are connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church. OHN R, RANKIN. The name which intro duces this sketch, is one well-known in Clarke County, being borne by a gentleman who is acknowledged to be an excellent representa tive of a self-made man, and intelligent agricultur ist and fruit-raiser. His home is a small but well managed farm on section 27, Moorefield Township, where he has resided for more than thirty years. lie owns thirty-one acres of land, three acres being devoted exclusively to fruit culture, in which he is quite successful. He has won prizes at the County Fair for apples which he has raised, and in this fruit particularly is considered one of the most suc cessful horticulturists of the county. He has been fairly successful from a financial point of view, and has no reason to complain of the estimation in which he is held by his fellow-citizens. In politics he is a Republican, and in all which tends to ad vance the material and moral prosperity of the section, he is numbered among the public spirited citizens. Mr. Rankin is a native and life-long resident of this county, having been born in Springfield, Octo ber 31, 1825. His father, George Rankin, might almost be considered one of the founders of that place, to which he came in 1804, when it was but a small village, and in which he did much building. He and James Dallas built the first court house, and he was not only one of the early builders, but one of the most prominent for a number of years. In his death, which occurred in 1840, the county lost one of her earliest pioneers, and most upright and public-spirited citizens. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. In politics he was an Old-Line Whig, and strongly opposed to slavery. His wife, Sarah, was like himself a native of the Old Domin ion, and had many friends among the early settlers of the county. Their family consisted of ten chil dren, of whom but three are now living. They are: Warren H., of Springfield; our subject; and Eliza A., wife of John Stillwell, of Springfield. John R. Rankin was reared amid scenes of pio neer life, receiving his education in the early sub scription schools of the county, which did not afford the advantages presented to young men of the pre sent time. He has, however, kept himself well- posted on current events and general topics, by means of reading and observation, and is better fit ted for the practical work of life, than many who have received more schooling of a theoretical na ture. For the past thirty-five years Mr. Rankin has been engaged in farming and fruit-raising. On April 25, 1858, Mr. Rankin was united in marriage with Miss Mary J. Davey, who ably dis charged her duties as a helpmate and companion until July, 1870, when she was called from time to PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 197 eternity. She was born in Hampshire County, Va., and was a daughter of Thomas and Nancy Davey. She bore her husband five children: Belle; Fidelia, wife of Joseph Kearns ; Henry, Joseph, and John W. After having remained a widower for more than a decade, Mr. Rankin contracted a second matrimonial alliance, being married November 4, 1880, to Mrs. Barbara A. Zirkle. This estimable lady was born in Champaign County, on the 9th of March, 1839, and is a daughter of Joseph and Amelia Printz, early settlers of that county. By her first marriage, with George Zirkle, she became the mother of three children: Charles D.; Mary E., wife of George Andrew; and Elijah. She is an able housewife, a kind neighbor, and possesses the intelligence and amiability which makes her a pleas ant companion, and wins regard from those about her. ffiOHN AMBLER SHIPMAN is the worthy descendant of a noble pioneer ancestry, and it gives us pleasure to insert in this volume (62j// an outline of his life. He is one of Spring field's favorite and favored sons, who '-native and to the manner born," has been untiring in his ef forts to aid his associates in the business world to place this city of his birth in the front ranks with its sister municipalities of this Commonwealth, as regards its commerce, its varied industries, its government, its public improvements, and in all else that go to the making of a progressive, enter prising and thriving city. While he has thus la bored he has advanced his own interests and has acquired a handsome competency, which he enjoys in the beautiful home that he has established on Yellow Springs Street, where he lives in retirement, free from all business cares, excepting the manage ment of his property and investments. The subject of this biographical review was born in this city August 11, 1829, his father, Clark Shipman, having been an early pioneer of the place, coming here from his native Kentucky when this city was but an insignificant hamlet. In the forest wilds of this region and on the uncultivated prairies, deer, and other wild game were plentiful, and he being a fine marksman, was a successful hun ter and kept the family larder well supplied with tempting game. He was an intelligent, wide-awake man, and held the rank of Brigadier-General in the State Militia, and his death in 1830,!]while yet in the prime of life, was a blow to the interests of the little community of pioneers who had settled in wilderness. His wife survived him for more than fifty years, her death finally occurring in this city in the home of our subject in 1884, at the venera ble age of eighty four years. By her husband's death she was left a young widow with the care of three children, but nobly did she take up the task that thus devolved upon her aud trained them carefully to good and useful lives, so that they might be worthy members of any community wheresoever their lots might be cast. Our subject is now the sole surviver of the family, his brother Warren and sister Annie having both departed this life. His mother, whose maiden name was Ruth Ambler, was the daughter of one of the most noted and active of the early pioneers of Springfield and of Clark County. John Ambler was one of the earliest settlers of of this city, coming here from New Jersey in 1808, and ever after that he was a prominent figure in the annals of city and county until death rounded out a life that was an honor to himself, his family and the entire community. Soon after coming here he bought a farm in Mad River Township, but agriculture was not to his taste, and he soon sold out and settled in Springfield, buying a large tract of land here, which is now included within the corporate limits of the city. He engaged in the mercantile business and also kept a hotel, beside taking a part in the management of public affairs. His bold enterprise and large public spirit were moving powers in many a scheme for the advance ment of the city and county, and he was always ready with hand and purse to do whatsoever he could for the infant colony. He donated the land for the Presbyterian Church, and contributed largely towards the erection of a house of worship. When the county seat was removed to Springfield he was elected County Treasurer, and had his office in his kitchen, and as a valuable memento of those early days in the pioneer history of Clark County. 198 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. our subject has the bookcase in his possession in which he kept the books and moneys collected for public use. John Ambler Shipman, of this sketch, was but oue year old when his father died. He remained with his mother and attended school as opportunity offered until he was fifteen years old, when he was apprenticed to learn the trade of a cabinet-maker. He subsequently established himself as a furniture dealer on Main Street, and one year later bought a building on the corner of that and Center Street. A year after that his business had so increased that he was justified in building for himself, so as to obtain more commodious quarters, and buying a lot on Market Street, between Main and Hig'i Streets, he erected a substantial, conveniently ar ranged, roomy building, in which he carried on a large and steadily increasing trade, carrying a fine lot of furniture of all kinds to meet the demands of all puises and tastes. In January 29, 1877, he was appointed Postmaster by Gen. Grant, having se cured the recommendations of Senator Sherman and Gen, Keifer. He was reappointed by President Hayes, and continued iu office until 1885, giv ing entire satisfaction to all concerned, showing his eminent fitness for the position by his business like and methodical management of the affairs of the office, by his close application to his duties in that connection, and by his invariably courteous treatment of those under him and of all with whom he came in contact. Since leaving the office he has lived retired, attending only to his private affairs. Among other desirable property he owns the fine brick residence in which he lives on Yellow Springs Street. He is, as we have noted, liberal and public-spirited, and is generous with the wealth he has acquired, spending money freely in any cause that appeals to his warm heart. He has grown up with the city, and has a large circle of friends, and is of high social standing in this com munity where he is so well-known and esteemed. lie is prominently identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, as a member of Springfield Lodge, No. 33, and belongs to Lagonda Lodge, No. 61, Improved Order of Red Men. This sketch of our subject would be incomplete without reference to his devoted wife, the true home-maker, who has shared the joys and sorrows of life with him for thirty years. In 1859 he was united in marriage with Miss Fanny Grant, who is like himself, a native of Springfield, and a daugh ter of pioneer parents, AA'illiam and Nancy (Mc Cormick) Grant, of whom see sketch on another page of this volume. The felicities of their wed ded life have been enhanced by the birth of three children — Warren, Annie and Earl. ai )*1JL,L1AM Im spenttt WS and wl f WILLIAM II. ESTLE. Among those who their earlier years in industrious toil, ho are now enjoying the fruit of their labors, may be properly mentioned the sub ject of this notice and his estimable wife^ who are now retired from active labor aud enjoying the comforts of a pleasant home in Miami Township. They are looked upon as comprising a portion of its best element — people conscientious and upright in their lives, devoted to the interests of their children, and who have always lived at peace among their neighbors, doing kindly acts as they had opportunity. They are eminently worthy of representation in a work designed to perpetuate the names and deeds of the oldest and most solid citizens of Greene County. The subject of this sketch, a son of one of the oldest pioneers of Green Township, was born at his father's old homestead September 3, 1828. He was the sixth child of the family, and like his brothers and sisters, acquired his education in the district school. His boyhood and youth were spent after the manner of farmers' sons at that time, when no drones were allowed in the busy hive at home, and he acquired those habits of thrift and industry which have been the secret of his success in later years. He at an early age commenced to lay his plans for the future, and when ready to establish a home of his own was married, October 29, 1850, to Miss Rachel A. Far row. The young people began the journey of life together on the old Estle farm, and sojourned there until 1882, removing thence to Clifton. To our subject and his estimable wife there was PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 201 born a family of six children, the eldest of whom, a son, William J., died in 1853, when two years old; Charles Edwin is unmarried and remains at home with his parents; O. D. married Miss'IIarriet Anderson, and occupies the farm of his uncle, Squire James Anderson; he is the father of three children; William D. J. married Miss Enola Beck ett; they have two children and live at the Estle homestead ; Phebe J. died when one and one-half years old; Henry R. is unmarried and lives at home. Mr. and Mrs. Estle have for many years been identiiied with the Presbyterian Church, in which both were teachers of the Sunday-school in years gone by. Mr. Estle was formerly a Whig, but since the organization of the Republican party has been one of its stanchest adherents. He has served as a member of the School Board of his district, and was at one time a member of the Clif ton Council. During the progress of the Civil War Mr. Estle, in 1864, enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Forty-sixth Ohio Infantry, and served in West Virginia until the close of the war. He belongs to the G. A. R. Post at Yellow Springs. His farm comprises one hundred and severity acres of well- tilled landamproved with good buildings, including a substantial residence, two good barns and the other structures necessary for the storage of grain and the shelter of stock ; the farm is operated by the two sons, who have inherited in a marked de gree the industry and application of their parents. The father of our subject was AVilliam Estle, a native of New Jersey and a wheelwright by trade, but who in the latter years of his life engaged in farming. The mother bore the maiden name of Abigail Little. She was born in Pennsylvania, where the parents were married, and thence came to Ohio, settling firs't in Greene County. Later William Estle purchased land in Indiana, but never moved there. He afterward bought a farm in Green Township, Clark County, this State, where he made his permanent home and died in 1859. The mother survived her husband ten years, dying in 1869. They were the parents of eight children, four of whom are living: Phebe J the widow of the Rev. Moses Russell, is a resi dent of Clifton; Marian is the wife of the Rev, AVilliam White, and they live in South Carolina; Charles A. is a resident of Osborn, -this State; William II. , our subject, completes the list. Mrs. Estle was born May 15, 1832, in Kentucky, and is a daughter of Orson D. and Elizabeth (Brewer) Farrow, who were natives of Mason County, Ky., where they were reared and married. Thence they removed to Indiana, prior to the Civil War, locating in Putnam County, where the father died in 1863. The mother survived until 1884, spending the closing years of her life in Clark County, Ohio. Of the six children born to them four survive — William Henry is a resident of Indiana; John B. lives in Kentucky; Hannah E. is the wife of Robert Gilmorc, and makes her home in Iroquois County, 111. The paternal grand father of Mrs. Estle was Col. AVilliam Farrow, of Kentucky, who commanded a regiment during the Revolutionary War. He lived to a great age, spending his last years in Kentucky. Several of Mrs. Estle's uncles fought as Union soldiers in the late Civil War. •73- -^as^-v- JLLIAM FOOS. In the honored class of self-made men, America can boast of some names as illustrious as make glorious the history of any nation. In the career of the subject of this sketch, whose portrait will be noticed on the opposite page, is finely illustrated that of a man who, beginning life without any means and dependent upon his own resources, has made his way upward, step by step, until he now occupies an enviable position among his fellow-men. Mr. Foos is in many respects a remarkable man, and at an early period in his life gave indication of the mettle of which he was made. He began life's bat tle for himself at the age of fourteen years as the manager of a farm which he rented from his ma ternal grandfather. He was successful in his under taking, and from that time on his career has been one of which he and his descendants may well be proud. He is owner of one of the finest estates in Southern Ohio, this including large landed in terests, while in the city of Springfield, to which 202 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. he came in August, 1837, he operates as a banker, and is otherwise prominently identified with its most important interests. About 1861 Mr. Foos was engaged in private banking, and when the law creating national banks went into effect he changed the institution which he inaugurated, into the Second National Bank, of Springfield, and operated it very successfully for a period of twenty years, each year declaring a divi dend of from 10 to 12 per cent. At the expira tion of this time he sold his stock at 100 per cent. premium on its par value, having decided to dis pose of his banking interests on account of ill- health. He was at that time President, and his son, F. AAr. Foos, was Cashier. He is widely and favorably known throughout this section of the country, and is acknowledged as having con tributed in no small degree to the growth and prosperity of this country. In reverting to the antecedents of the subject of this notice, we find that he was born in Franklin County, this State, July 14, 1814, and is the son of Gen. Joseph and Margaret (Phifer) Foos,*who were aniong the earliest residents of Franklin, then the county seat of that county, and who spent their last days in Madison, Ohio. Gen. Joseph Foos was a man of great energy, and took an act ive part in public affairs, lie received the appoint ment of Brigadier-General of militia, and agitated the matter of a ship canal across the Isthmus of Darien. The project was considered wild and im practicable, and was spoken of in those days* as "Foos' Folly." Gen. Foos investigated the feasibility of the canal across that isthmus, and published a pamphlet set ting forth the great benefit which would result to the world of commerce from such a canal. He at the same time prepared maps and plans to further illustrate the design. Later, and after the death of Gen. Foos and when Tom Corwin was Senator from Ohio, the question of the canal was brought up in the Senate and a senator in his remarks stated that, owing to the right of discovery of the plan, England claimed the right to construct and control the canal. Senator Corwin retorted that such was not the case, but that the credit and honor of being the first originator of that enterprise belonged to the late Gen. Joseph Foos, and he substantiated the statement by sending back to Ohio and getting a copy of the pamphlet. Gen. Foos was a member of the Ohio Legislature for eighteen years while living in Franklin County, as a representative of the Whig party. The State Capital was then at Chillicothe, and it was in a large measure due to the influence of Gen. Foos that the Capital was changed to Columbus. The citizens were so well pleased with the efforts of Gen. Foos on their behalf that they presented him with a choice lot on High Street, Columbus, as a slight testimonial of their regard. By a sensible application to his studies during the limited time which he was permitted to spend in school, our subject acquired a fair education, and after the age of fourteen years was required to labor for the support of the family. After carry ing on the farm above spoken of a few years, as sisted by two younger brothers, he decided upon a change of occupation, and began his real business experience at the age of nineteen years, at Pekin, 111., being employed as a clerk in a dry-goods store. He furnished his horse and saddle and rode through the entire journey. At the age of twenty- three (1837) he, with a partner, opened a dry-goods store at Springfield, but finding that the partner was not wholly reliable, he sold out and changed the scene of his operations to Logan and Madison Counties, continuing in the mercantile business. Leaving Logan County two or three years later, Mr. Foos established himself at London, Madison County, still engaged in the dry-goods trade, but during his stay in that county he purchased and improved a farm near London. In 1846 he re turned to Springfield and again engaged in mer chandising, at which he continued until 1851. During this time he also became interested in a number of outside business enterprises, buying wool, operating a cotton-mill, and in connection with his brother, laid out ninety acres of land in city lots, making an addition which now contains some of the handsomest residence property in the city. In 1859 William and Gustavus Foos established a private banking house, which, in 1863, became the present Second National Bank. Of this, Mr. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 203 Foos was President, and his son, Fergus W., was Cashier. For a period of eleven years, from 1 866 to 1877, Mr. Foss was a member of the firm of James Leffel & Co., manufacturers of the celebrated Leffel Turbine water wheel and other mill ma chinery. It is a recognized fact that all concerned in this enterprise realized large profits,and it is but just to say that the success attained was largely due to the energy and ability of Mr. Foos and his son, Lamar, the latter of whom was in charge of the branch house in New York City. Disposing of his mercantile interests in 1854, Mr. Foos purchased four thousand acres of wild land in Champaign County, 111. He then put up a neat and substantial residence on High Street, in Springfield, and concluded to retire from active business. Only a short time had elapsed, however, until he became convinced that he was too young to retire from active life, and so the banking house of Foos & Bro. was" established. About this time Mr. Foos began developing the plan for the im provement of his Illinois lands, and in this enter prise spent thousands of dollars. The result of this was fully in accordance with his expectations, and the great farm thus opened is probably one of the finest and best conducted of any in the West, not excepting any east or west of the Mississippi. It is cut through the centre by the Wabash Railroad, and upon it is located the station and village of Foos- land, laid out and built up mostly by the means and enterprise of the projector. The above-mentioned farm is furnished with an abundance of water by Lono Tree Creek and San gamon River, which pass through it, and which also affords excellent drainage. Further drainage has been secured by fifteen miles of open ditch, and in addition to this, several thousand dollars worth of tile drains. The farm has thirty-six miles of fence, twenty-five miles of which is fine osage orange hedge, which at all seasons of tbe year presents a beautiful appearance, being neatly trimmed, and like everything else about the place, kept in'the best of order. The ground is so systematically laid out and the fields are so numbered that, in connection with a system of monthly reports, Mr. Foos is able at all times to have a thorough knowledge of the proceeds and expenses, and thus, although he can only visit it a few times during the year, he is en abled to understand fully where he stands financi ally in regard to it. This farm is largely devoted to stock-raising, accommodating usually $40,000 worth, constantly cared for by a Superintendent. On the place are ten houses, also ten barns located at convenient points. Mr. Foos, in the spring of 1880, sold two hundred head of fat cattle at $7.56 per hundred in his yard, and their average was seventeen hun dred and forty pounds. That same year fifteen hundred acres of ground was subjected to careful cultivation, while five hundred acres in meadow and pasture land furnished abundant food for the live stock. During some seasons five hundred tons of hay are cut and cured. Thus, it must be ac knowledged, in addition to being a business man of more than ordinary capacities, Mr. Foos is also a first-class farmer. The marriage of AVilliam Foos and Miss Sarah Mark was celebrated at the bride's home, in 1837. Mrs. Foos was born on September 21, 1817. in Madison County, Ohio, and is the daughter of James and Nancy (Van Kirk) Mark. The father was a native of Lexington, Ky., and the mother of Bourbon County, Ky. Mr. Mark and Walter Dunn entered lands in Madison County at Government prices, and after Mr. Mark moved on his land a tribe of Indians were on the land and held pos session for six months. They lived and died in Madison County, Ohio — the father aged sixty- seven, and the mother aged ninety-seven and one- half years. In April, 1889, Mr. and Mrs. Foos purchased the ground and built upon it the handsome edifice known as the Church of Heavenly Rest. It is Gothic in style, built of brick with stone trim mings and slate roof, and finished and furnished in the most complete manner. The entrance is on Plum Street and the building forms one of the at tractions of the city, being in point of architecture second to nothing of the kind in Springfield. In the rear of the main building is a room for Sunday- school purposes, which is neatly and handsomely furnished, and the study is situated between this and the main audience room. Every comfort and convenience is afforded the rector for the pursu- 204 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. ance of his studies. The present pastor is the Rev. C. Young. Mr. Foos and his wife also purchased the house and lot adjoining for a parsonage. The total amount expended in this manner by them has not been less than $20,000, all of which has been bestowed as a free gift to the church, with the furniture contained therein. They also paid $1,000 toward the purchase of the magnificent pipe organ. It is hardly necessary to say tbat both Mr. and Mrs. Foos are devoted members of this church, whose progress and growth they have watched with the warmest solicitude, and in tlieir substantial aid have signalized their interest in its prosperity and welfare. Politically, Mr. Foos is, and always has been, a stanch Republican. <* OHN AArALLACE. This gentleman is num bered among the leading citizens of that section of Greene County in which he re sides, as he was formerly in Enon, Clark County, where he held the office of Postmaster and other positions of public trust. He is now occu pying one of the most pleasant estates in Bath Township, which comprises one hundred and thirty acres on section 28, which property belongs to his wife. The farm has been finely improved and bears every necessary and convenient arrangement in the way of farm buildings, together with orch ards and shrubbery and such adornments as befit the property of persons of taste and comfort able fortune. The father of our subject was Thomas Wallace, a native of England and an officer in the British army. His father had come to America and located at Newville, Pa., where he died, leaving property. Thomas AArallace obtained a leave of absence and came to America to secure his fortune, bringing with him his wdfe and infant son. Upon reaching this country, he found that city lots did not mean as much as in his native land at that time, but, nevertheless, he forgot to return to England, pre ferring to become a citizen of the United States. After working at various occupations, he became • overseer of a section of the Cumberland Valley Railroad, and later, a conductor, running for years between Newville and Philadelphia. He made his home in the former place, becoming a prominent man in the town, where he died in June, 1843. He was a believer in the tenets of the p]piscopal Church. His first wife, Mary Donaldson, a native of Scotland, died in the Keystone State, leaving five children. The first-born, Eliza, lives in Phila delphia, Pa. ; Sarah, Mrs. Huston, resides in New Carlisle, Claik County, Ohio; the third child and oldest son is he of whom we write; Thomas is de ceased; Grizella, Mrs. Johnson, lives in AVashing- ton County, Kan. The second marriage of Thomas Wallace resulted in the birth of a son, Samuel, who now lives in Philadelphia; he belonged to a Pennsylvania regiment at the time of the Civil War, until discharged on account of a shot received through the neck. The subject of this sketch opened his eyes to the light April 14, 1820, in the mother country, whence the family voyaged to America in a sail ing-vessel spending three months on the way. He was reared and educated in Newville, Pa., and after the death of his mother, which occurred when he was eight years old, ho went to live with a Mr. Coil, with whom he remained some seven years. He then worked on a farm until nearly seventeen years old, when he was apprenticed to a tailor until twenty-one. After serving his apprenticeship, he did journey-work up and down the Juniata River until 1846, when he came to Ohio. Locating at Enon, Clark County, Mr. Wallace opened a tailor shop, which he carried on until appointed Postmaster, in 1852. He served during the Pierce and Buchanan administrations, after which he began grafting in the Enon Nursery and became Superintendent of it. In 1866 he made another change, beginning a mercantile business, and continuing the same four years, after whieh he sold out and removed to Holt County, Mo. There he found employment at different occupations, principally in grafting and other departments of the nursery business, until some time time after his removal, when he purchased a small farm, operating the same until 1882. He then returned to Enon, and the next year removed to Osborn, where he has since made his home. The farm on PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 205 which he lives is rented, and he and his wife are enjoying merited rest from the more arduous labors of life, finding abundant occupation in so cial and religious duties. Mr. Wallace contracted his first matrimonial al liance November 24, 1842, in Pine Grove, Pa., the bride being Miss Martha Bush, a native of that place, who died in Missouri, October 8, 1878. On March 14, 1883, he led to the hymeneal altar Mrs. Elizabeth (Cox) Staats, a lady of more than ordi nary intelligence and nobility of character, whose family history is one of interest. She was born in Osborn,' April 17, 1831, had common school ad vantages and exceptionally good home training. She remained with her parents until her marriage, December 3, 1850, to Mr. Edward Staats, who was assistant transportation agent at Springfield. He was born in Albany, N. Y., January 21, 1810, was reared and educated in his native city, where he began clerking while but a boy. He subsequently went South, where he was in business for some years. He was a fine penman. Becoming book keeper and assistant agent at Springfield, in the employ of the Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad, he made that city his home until his removal to Osborn. He died in Detroit, Mnh., in 1862. His widow remained with her father until her second marriage, spending the best years of her life in ear ing for her parents, a duty which she performed cheerfully and with pleasure, and which affords her gratification in the retrospect. She bore her first husband two children — John C. and Harriet Bleeker, the latter of whom died when five years old. The son was graduated from AVilts Commer cial College, at Dayton, became a successful miner in Colorado, and is now a merchant in Aspen, of the Centennial State. The original ancestors of Mrs. Wallace were Hol landers, Peter Nue, the first male ancestor, being one of the original settlers of New Amsterdam. He owned property where Wall Street and the ad jacent territory is now located. The family later settled throughout New Jersey, and still later in Virginia. The grandfather, Judge John Cox, was born in Bridgewater, Somerset County, N. J., June 6, 1774. He was married in 1794 and a couple of years later removed to Harrison County, AAa., where his son John opened his eyes to the light September 16, 1800. A year after that event, Judge Cox, with his family, came to Greene County, Ohio, locating in Bath Township, and for a time engaged in farming and mercantile busi ness in Fairfield. Two years after his arrival he made arrangements for the purchase of a large tract of land from Jonathan Mercer, who was liv ing near the village, and who had a pre-emption right to some valuable lands in the valley. The tract purchased was north of Fairfield, bordering on the waters of the Mad River, including the present site of Osborn and the adjoining territory. The house first built upon it was of logs, its loca tion being opposite the present site of the Metho dist Episcopal Church, of Osborn. Judge Cox took a boat load of flour down the river to New Orleans, the conveyance being a flat-boat, which was the usual means of river traffic, and taking the fever, he died soon after his return home, in 1821. John Cox, having been brought to this county when but an infant, grew to manhood here, ac quiring all the education that was possible under the limited school privileges of the time. By ob servation and individual study he added largely to the knowledge he obtained in the schoolroom, until his dying day keeping up his interest in the progress of the world. After his father's death he located on the old homestead, bought out the rest of the heirs, and by diligence, economy and hard labor soon made his way out of debt. He took care of his mother and improved the original Cox farm, adding to it tract after tract, until he had several hundred acres of fine land beside the original pur chase. He also owned property in Dayton, town lots in Osborn and a farm near Rushville, 111. In 1850 a survey was made for an extension of the old Sandusky Railroad, and it was soon after ward built to Dayton. Mr. Cox, whose public spirit and interest in all improvements and matters of progress are well known, donated the land wanted by this railroad for right of way, and a station was made near the old homestead. Town lots were laid out, arfrl he built the original build ings of the town, both private and public and to his determination, sagacity, energy and generosity Osborn owes much of what it is to-day. It was 206 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. laid out in 1851, and first called Elizabethtown, but soon afterward the name was changed, and it was given by Mr. Cox that which it now bears, in honor of the gentleman who was then Superintend ent of the Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad. Mr. Cox afterward made five additions to the town, and through his generosity and business foresight the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad was also induced to pass through his farms. He and James and Samuel Kable built and were the original owners of the mills at Osborn, which were put up many years before the town was built; they were rebuilt by Samuel Stafford, and later by Joseph Harshman. In 1868 Mr. Cox built the house where our subject now lives, and there spent his last years. For two or three years prior to his death be was confined to his bed most of the time from paraly sis, but his mental faculties were well preserved, and he was anxious to learn the daily happenings and important events, keeping himself well in formed, and but little escaping his memory. He was always serene and happy as in his youthful days. He breathed his last at 6 o'clock on the morning of Plaster Sunday, April 9, 1882. He had always favored the building of schoolhouses and churches, and left the Methodist Episcopal Society, of which he was a member, a small legacy to pay the balance of their church debt. For about eighty-one years he had lived in the county, and had seen the vast Northwestern Territory change from the almost interminable grounds of the In dian tribes into cultivated farms, towns and cities, through which ran the great highways of the Anglo-Saxon race; and the Government changed from that of territorial dependence, into that of large States teaming with an industrial and self- governing population. It must have been a great source of pleasure to witness the improvements around him, to which his own hand had so largely contributed, and in his declining years enjoy the esteem of his fellow citizens and many friends. The wife of John Cox and the mother of Mrs. Wallace was Harriet H. Coek, who was born in Morristown, N. J., May 4, 1804. She was educated there, was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and cheered by her faith entered into rest Octo ber 5, 1874. Her father, Squire Abraham Cook, a native of New Jersey, was a shoemaker there. He finally came to Ohio, locating near Fairfield, this county, and afterward taking up his abode on a farm in Bethel Township, Clark County, two and a half miles north of Osborn, where he engaged in farming until his death. He was a prominent citi zen, was one of the first Presbyterians in the settle ment and was well known as a rigid Calvinist. To Mr. and Mrs. John Cox seven children were born, Mrs. Elizabeth Wallace being the third. Of the others, Mrs. Mary Johnston is now deceased ; Jona than C. lives near Yellow Springs; Mrs. Julia A. Worley lives in Osborn; William H. died in Bath, Township in 1887; John C. is in the grocery busi ness in Dayton ; Theodore F. lives in Bath Town ship. Mr. Wallace during his residence in Enon served on the School Board and in the Common Council; he was also Mayor of that city one year. He be longs to the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, at Osborn, and has been demitted from the Royal Arch Masons and Council. In politics he is a Democrat, while bis wife is an equally strong be liever in the. principles of the Republican party. He belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he has been Class-Leader and Trustee. Mrs. AVallace is a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church. - - eAPT. SAMUEL A. TODD, a resident of Springfield, who is prominently and honor ably identified with the civic life of Clark County, as County Recorder, is a native of this section of Ohio, a fine representative of well-known pioneer families, of this State, and in both his public and private career has shown himself to be a worthy son of the soil. The Captain is a veteran of the late war. He was in the prime and vigor of early manhood, when the civil strife broke out, truly a "time that tried men's souls," and he showed of what stuff he was made, by laying aside all personal aims and ambitions, to take his place among the brave fellows who had volunteered to defend the Union, and as a leader of men on many a hard PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 207 fought battle-field in the terrible years that fol lowed he won a military record of which his State, his fellow-citizens, his wife and children may well be proud. Capt. Todd was born in Green Township, this county, June 22, 1836, coming of a sturdy pioneer race, from whom he inherited those marked traits of character that have made him prominent in every walk of life in which duty or circumstance has led him. James Todd, his father, was born in Washington County, Pa., his father, bearing the same name, having come to this country from his native Ireland when he was a young man, and set tled in that State. He followed his trade of a millwright there until about 1810, when he came to Ohio, and located on what is now known as the Todd's Fork of the Little Miami River. He was an early pioneer of that section of the State, and worked at his trade there many years, and there his life was brought to a close at a ripe old age. He was a Presbyterian, strong in the faith, and was re spected for the integrity of his life. The maiden name of his wife was Mary Brand, and she was, it is thought, born in Philadelphia. She spent the lat ter part of her life in Warren County. The father of our subject was a lad of fourteen years when his parents removed to the wilds of Ohio. He learned the trade of a millwright of his older brother, and was actively engaged in it while a resident of Warren County. But the pioneer spirit of his father was strong within him, and he sought a home in the more recently settled region of Clark County, shrewdly foreseeing that artisans of his calling and skill, would be in demand in a newly-settled country, and coming here in 1815, he assisted in building many of the first mills ever erected in this part of Ohio. He carried on his trade many years, but a man of large enterprise, he found time to devote himself to other things, and buying a large tract of land in Green Township, he superintended the improvement of a farm, which under his able management, became one of the finest in tbat locality. He erected one of the first brick houses in that township, and in the last years of his life lived in retirement, having accumulated a handsome competence. December 29, 1863, he rounded out a life, whose record was unblemished, and while his memory will ever be held in respect by his children and children's children for what he was as a man, he will also be held in remembrance by the county at large as one of its honored pio neers. The maiden name of the mother of our sub ject, was Elizabeth Garlough, and she was born in Washington County, Md., January 12, 1799. Her parents coming to this county when she was a young girl, she was reared amid its pioneer scenes. She was an adept in all the household arts of those days, used to spin and weave, and make all the cloth worn in the family, and she did all her cook ing before the open fire in the huge, old-fashioned fireplace. She lived toa good old age, dying April 13, 1890, in the home of a daughter adjoining the old homestead, where so many years of her life were passed. The father of our subject was reared a Presbyterian, and was true to the faith of his fathers all his days. His mother was reared in the Lutheran Church, but at the age of seventeen was converted from that faith to Presbyterianism, and joining the church of that denomination at Clifton, in Greene County, was a devoted member un til her death, a period of seventy-three years. She was the mother of nine children, all of whom grew to manhood and womanhood, namely: Margaret A., John H. ; Mary A., deceased; Catherine A., Will iam B., Sarah M., Samuel A., Nancy N., and James. John H., and Catherine are deceased. The maternal grandfather of our subject, John Garlough, was intimately connected with the his tory of the first years of the settlement of Clark County, while his father, John Plenry Garlough, was the first pioneer to die in Clark County, his death occurring in what is now Green Township in the year 1810, and he lies sleeping the last sleep, in what is now called Garlough's Ceme tery. He and his son were born in Germany by the famous river Rhine. He emigrated to this country in Colonial times, and served with honor in the Revolutionary War, in the interests of the colonists. As a memento of that event, the sub ject's brother, James, has a watch in his possession that the great-grandfather purchased of a British officer. During the strife, Mr. Garlough settled in Washington County, Md., where he resided until 1 807. He then came to this State, and cast in his lot 208 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. with the early settlers of Greene County. He spent one year there, and then came to Clark County in 1808, but his life was of brief duration after his settlement in Green Township, his death occur ring as before mentioned. The maternal grand father of our subject was young when bis parents came to America, and he was reared and married in Maryland. He was a slaveholder while a resi dent of that State, but the Constitution of this State forbade slavery, so that he had to leave his slaves behind when he came here to found a new home in 1807. After spending a year in Greene County, he came to Clark County, and was one of the ear liest settlers of what is now Green Township. At that time the greater part of Ohio was in a wild, sparsely settled condition, Indians still living here, and the most of the land in the hands of tbe Gov ernment, and for sale at $1.25 an acre. Deer, bear, and other wild animals were plenty, and were often troublesome to the settlers. Mr. Garlough bouglit eight hundred acres of land, erected upon it a large log house, and at once commenced the task of clear ing a farm from the wilderness. He also gave his attention to other enterprises, building a sawmill, one of the first in that section of the country, and made preparations to erect a gristmill, when his life, that bade fair to be of great use in developing the resources of the county, was brought to a pre mature end by his death, which was caused by an ox goring him. The maiden name of his wife, grandmother of our subject, was Margaret Eichel- barger, and she was born in Maryland, of German ancestry. Both she and her husband were Luther ans in religion. Capt. S. A. Todd obtained the rudiments of edu cation in the local district school, which was further advanced by his attendance at select schools at Clif ton and Cedarville. He resided with his parents until his marriage, and then settled on his father- in-law's farm, where he remained, carrying on agricultural pursuits until 1858. In that year he established himself in the grocery business at Con cord, and in I860 bought an interest in a black- smith.shop, and continued in business there until 1861. The patriotic blood of a Revolutionary grandsire coursed through his veins, and he de termined with characteristic loyalty to help save the union of the country for whose freedom his grandfather had fought, and as soon as he could settle his affairs, he enlisted in July of that year as a private in Company F, Forty- fourth Ohio Infantry7. He was soon promoted from the ranks to be First Sergeant of his company, and in June, 1862, his gallant service gained him promotion to be Second Lieutenant. Early in 1863 his cool daring in the heat of battle, and his marked efficiency as an offi cer, his modest bearing, and his habit of doing his duty at whatever cost, all of which had been care fully noted by his superiors in command, raised him to the position of First Lieutenant, and at Knoxville, Tenn., in the same year, he was assigned to the staff of the unorganized brigade, and as First Lieutenant, commanded the Ninth Tennessee Cav alry during the siege of Knoxville, and his brilliant services gained him new honors. He built the line of works around the east side of the city, and when ever practicable led his troops to the onslaught, animating them to brave deeds. After that experi ence he was assigned to the First Brigade, Third Division, Twenty-third Army Corps, as Assistant Commissary Sergeant, under Col. S. A. Gilbert, and he acted in that capacity until his regiment re-en listed. He re-enlisted with Company F, Eighth Ohio Cavalry, and was chosen Captain ofthe com pany by his enthusiastic comrades, and received his commission, but was not mustered, and on the organization of the regiment, the honor was paid him of selecting him for Major. But Gov. Brough refused to commission him for that position, as he had issued an order in February, 1864, announcing that all promotions would be by seniority in rank. Our subject was with his regiment until November, 1864, when he was obliged to resign from the army on account of disability, as an almost continuous service of three long years and more, with its at tendant hardships, sacrifices, and discomforts, bad told on a naturally vigorous constitution, and he was honorably discharged at Hart's Island, in New York Harbor. He returned to his home in Green Township, to his anxious family and many friends who gladly welcomed him in their midst, and paid him the honor due to the hero of many battles. Being unable to perform any manual labor, the Captain entered Harrison's Commercial College, PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 211 and after pursuing a thorough course of study in that institution, he accepted a position as clerk and book-keeper in Springfield, acting in those combined capacities until 1870, and then started on the road to represent the house of Babitt, Harkness & Co., wholesale grocers of Cincinnati, and for nine years traveled in Ohio and Indiana in their interests. At the expiration of that time he engaged in the mer cantile brokerage business one year in Indianapo lis, and in 1881 returned to Springfield, and shortly after was nominated by the Republican party as Recorder of Clark County, was elected the same fall, was re-elected in 1884, and again in 1887, and is now serving his third term, and is one of our most popular and efficient officials. He is a man of high personal standing, of unblemished reputa tion, of generous feeling, and fine public spirit, and advances the interests of his native county in what ever way7 he can. His calm judgment, rare busi ness talent, and wide experience fit him admirably for civic life. He and his amiable wife and family are prominent in religious and social circles; they are valued members of the Presbyterian Church; and the memories of his war days are kept alive by his connection with the Grand Army of the Repub lic as a member of Mitchell Post, No. 45, and of the Ohio Commandery of the Loyal Legion. In his private life our subject is blessed with a true wife, to whose influence he owes much happi ness. He was married Jsnuary 3, 1856, to Miss Marietta Wood, a native of Springfield Township, this county, and a daughter of Thomas S. and Rhoda (Morton) Wood. Seven children complete the household of our subject and his wife, as fol lows: Allie E., William B., Edith, James A., Fred E., Edwin S., and Clinton E. —a **¦» *«*- \l? OHN RIFE. In the career of Mr. Rife, one of the leading men of Miami Township, Greene County, is finely illustrated the re sults of perseverance and industry. He began at the foot of the ladder in life, without other resources than the physical strength with which nature had endowed him and the determina tion to be somebody in the world, socially and financially. He possesses a large amount of "pure grit," and seldom undertakes anything of which he does not make a success. He believes that there is always room at the top, and has a most healthy respect for the America institutions which enable any man to rise, no matter what may have been his condition or antecedents. Coming of substantial ancestry and a native of Pennsylvania, Mr. Rife was born near the famous battle ground of Gettysburg, September 24, 1832. He never attended school a day in his life, but this would scarcely be suspected, as he first man aged to learn to read, and by keeping himself posted in regard to current events, and having a natural adaptation to business, he is found to be an exceedingly well-informed man, not in theleast behind his neighbors, many of whom enjoyed liberal advantages in their youth. He commenced paddling his own canoe at the age of sixteen years, chopping wood in the mountains, and even then gave to his father the greater part of his earnings. At the age of seventeen he began an apprentice ship at blacksmithing and served two years. In the spring of 1852 Mr. Rife emigrated to Ohio, and hired out to a man to chop wood at thirty- three and one-third cents per cord. He was strong and robust, and usually put up his three cords per day, nearly every day until harvest time. He then cut wheat at sixty-two and one-half cents per acre, and made over $2 per day. This was before the days of reapers and mowers, and when wheat was cut with a cradle. After harvest he worked at his trade for William Cowan, of Spring field, remaining with him until September follow ing. In the meantime he put the iron on a carriage, which is still being used and in good con dition. We next find Mr. Rife in Springfield, 111., keep ing his eyes open to what was going on around him, and listening to the speeches of Douglas and Lincoln during the campaign of 1852. Next he crossed tho Mississippi and for a time sojourned at Dubuque, Iowa. Then returning to Illinois, he spent the winter at Naples, working at his trade. In March, 1853, he returned to Pennsylvania, re maining there until the following August. Next, 212 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. starting out once more for the AVest, he established himself at Logansport, Ind., where he worked at his trade through the winter and in the spring came back to Ohio. Putting up a blacksmith-shop in what was known as the Gillett neighborhood, Mr. Rife worked at his trade until harvest time, then went into the wheat fields again, working for AA^illiam Kelly on the Clifton and Springfield Road one month. Later he associated himself in partnership with S. H. Marshall, at Pitchin, Clark County, and they ope rated a blacksmith-shop until Mr. Marshall went West. Mr. Rife then took Samuel Hatfield as a partner, but not long afterward sold out and be came the employe of his partner. In 1858 Mr. Rife went to Selma, Clark County, Ohio, where he worked at his trade until 1862. Being troubled now with an affection of the eyes, he determined upon a change of occupation, and leased twelve hundred acres of land from the Taylor heirs in Greene and Clark Counties. He operated this successfully for five years, then sub-leased it and afterward effected a sale in behalf of the heirs. In April, 1866, Mr. Rife purchased the land which he now owns and occupies. The original tract embraced two hundred and twenty-eight acres, to which he subsequently added one hun dred and seventy-six acres. He settled upon it in 1867, and has since maintained his residence there. He has deeded one hundred acres to his son Stephen K., and also one hundred acres to George, but has sufficient remaining, in addition to his possessions in Kansas, to defend him against want in his old age. The home farm was originally a part of the well-known Randolph tract, owned by Richard Randolph, a relative of John Randolph, the old hero of Roanoke. Mr. Rife put up all the build ings on the place, and effected all the other im provements thereon. In accomplishing this no small outlay of time, labor and money has been involved, but he has reason to feel well repaid for his labor and his investment of capital, as he has a substantial and comfortable home, and one which forms a fitting monument to his industry and per severance. For nearly thirty-four years Mr. Rife has been accompanied on the journey of life by a very- estimable lady, who in her girlhood was Miss Mary J. Kitchen, and to whom he was joined in wedlock September 25, 1856, at the bride's home in Clark County, Ohio. Mrs. Rife was born Au gust 11, 1836, in Clark County, and is the daugh ter of Abraham and Matilda (Jones) Kitchen, the former a native of Warren County and the latter of Greene County, this State. For over seventy years they were residents of Clark County. Both died in 1888, Mrs. Kitchen in the month of April and her husband in June following. They were the parents of eight children, five of whom are living and who are residents of Clark County, Ohio. Mrs. Rife was given a good education, and followed the profession of a teacher some time be fore her marriage. Ten children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Rife, the eldest of whom, a son, George W., married Miss Jenny Garlough, is the father of three children and lives at the homestead; Stephen K. married Miss Ada Stormont and lives, in Harper County, Kan.; they have two children ; John B. and Frederick F. are unmarried ; the former is at home and the latter lives in Harper County, Kan.; Anna and Frank A. died at the ages of three and eighteen years res pectively; Mary M., William C, Maggie B. and Lee E. remain under the parental roof. Mr. and Mrs. Rife are prominently connected with the United Presbyterian Church at Clifton, in which Mr. Rife officiates as a Trustee, and in which his sou, George W., is a Ruling Elder. Mr. Rife is a teacher in the Sunday-school, and his daughter Mary is secretary of the same. For fifteen years Mr. Rife has been a member of the School Board of Clifton, officiating as Presi dent and Treasurer. He was for some time the Trustee of Miami Township, but finally resigned. He has held many positions of trust and responsi bility in the adjustment of property, serving as executor of the Rakestraw estate, which he settled up satisfactorily, and he was also administrator of the estates of AVilliam Tennyhill and James A. Johnston, of Bath Township. He was elected fore man of the jury at Cincinnati which tried Hopkins, of the Hopkins and Harper Fidelity Bank, in the winter of 1888-89. This case attracted universal attention throughout the country, being one of the PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 213 most important of any which has come before the public in connection with the wrecking of a bank, and in which the guilty parties were convicted and sentenced for a term of years. The father of our subject was Daniel Rife, like wise a native of the Keystone State, and born about 1795 near Gettysburg. He was reared to farming pursuits, which he followed all his life. He was married in 1829, in bis native State, to Mary Foreman, who was born in Adams County, Pa., in 1800. They spent their entire lives in their native State, the mother dying in 1870- and the father about 1875. Of this union there were born five children, viz.: Catherine S., who died in Pennsylvania when about thirty years old ; John, our subject; Peter and David, both residents of Pennsylvania, and Samuel, who lives in Illinois. There were also born to the mother five children by a, previous marriage. Besides the farm on which he resides, Mr. Rife owns three hundred and twenty acres of farming land in Harper County, Kan., and which is occupied by his son. There also he has fine improvements. Mr. Rife was reared under the wing of the Demo cratic party, but sojourned in Kansas during the border troubles, and the scenes which he then wit nessed had fhe effect to convert him into a thor ough Abolitionist. He then joined the Republi can party, remaining with it until the fall of 1888, when his warm interest in the temperance move ment led him to identify himself with the Prohibi tionists. He is totally opposed to the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors, and could he have his .way about it they would soon be swept from the face of the earth. A lithographic portrait of Mr. Rife will be found elsewhere in this volume. !: -hh--** «»+»+ VILLIAM G. CONFER. Among the com- paratively few men who are remaining to tell the story of pioneer life in Ohio, Mr. Confer remains as a conspicuous figure. He looked upon this section of country when it was in its wildest form and has been a witness of the remark- 218 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. able transformation which has converted the wil derness into the abode of a civilized and prosperous people, and he may justly feel that he has borne no unimportant part in the great change which has been effected. He commenced at the foot of the ladder in the acquirement of a competency, and after years of hard labor found himself on the high way to prosperity. He is now practically independ ent, financially, as the result of persevering industry and good management. He stands as one of the old landmarks, who has weathered the storms of many a gale, and whose name will be remembered long after he has been gathered to his fathers. A native of Hagerstown, Washington County, Md., Mr. Confer was born December 29, 1823, and came with his father to Ohio in 1834, when a lad of ten years. His early7 education was acquired in a log cabin schoolhouse, with puncheon floor, greased paper for window panes, and slab seats. He was at an early age taught to make himself useful and remained the assistant of his father on the farm until the latter's death. He still remained there afterward until his marriage. This most im portant event in his early manhood was celebrated December 29, 1857, the maiden of his choice being Miss Mary Jane, daughter of P. F. and Elizabeth (AVolf) Cost. The young people commenced their wedded life together on their own farm in a manner corres ponding to their means and labored together with tbe mutual purpose of getting on in tbe world and acquiring a competence. Their first dwelling was a log cabin which they occupied until 1866, and then Mr. Confer was enabled to put up a more modem residence, expending thereon about $5,000. Subsequently, in 1876, he erected a large bank barn, 72x44 feet in dimensions, at a cost of about $2,000. He has also another bank barn, 30x50 feet in di mensions, which cost him $800. Numerous other structures on the premises indicate in a marked manner the enterprise of the proprietor. These include a stone milk-house, a cider press, a corn- shed, also a straw-shed and all the other structures necessary for the shelter of stock and the storage of grain. In addition to the improvements on hisjarm Mr. Confer has invested considerable capital elsewhere, putting up a livery barn at Yellow Springs, cost ing $1,500, also the post-office building there, 32x22 feet in dimensions, costing $465, and a small stable, costing $200. In 1864 he put up a house on the west part of his farm at a cost of $300. Mr. Confer is the offspringof an excellent family, being the son of George and Elizabeth (Bowman) Confer, the former a native of France and the latter of Hagerstown, Md. George Confer emigrated to America with his father who settled in Maryland, coming in 1802 to Greene County, this State, and settling on the land now owned and occupied by his son, William G. *This land, two hundred acres in extent, he secured from the Government at $1.25 per acre. His farm labors were at he attained his majority, exhibited a degree of energy and business tact that promises to give him an advanced position among the capitalists of the county ere many years. Ho is~engaged in a general mercantile business, being the principal member of the firm of Mouk & Schatz, and he also superintends a farm of sixty-two acres which he owns on the Valley Pike. His mercantile business was begun in January, 1889, when a new stock of goods was put in, and the firm is already doing a large trade, their location being a good one and their position the leading one among the merchants of the town. The natal day of our subject was June 16, 1862, and his birthplace in Bethel Township. His father dying when he was about six months old, his mother removed to her father's home where the child was reared, learned farming and was well educated at the Helmer Schools. When twenty-one years of age he came into possession of his present estate where he engaged in farming, attending the Dayton markets, and dealing in provisions. He became very successful at his first business as he did in raising tobacco, which enterprise he began in 1878, raising from four to five acres per year. His farm has been improved in first-class style, a barn 40x60 feet, a tobacco barn 30x72feet, and a large, residence having been built, all substantial and well designed. In addition to these business enterprises, Mr. Mouk is a shareholder in the Os born Bank. He has belonged to the Democrat County Central Committee three years, and has been a delegate to county conventions. He is very popular, moves in the best society, and is a worthy representative of a respectable family. The Mouk family is of Swiss extraction, and the home of former generations in this country was Pennsjdvania. Near Marietta, Lancaster County, Harry Mouk was born and reared, carrying on his father's farm, which after his marriage he pur chased. In 1851 he came to Ohio to find a location and the next year brought his family to Clark County, purchasing two hundred and forty acres of land for $40 per acre. It was located on Mad River, the residence being built on the Valley Pike about one and a half miles from Osborn. The place was well improved and successfully operated by the owner, who was also the possessor of one hundred and sixty acres a mile and t half north of his home farm. He passed away February 13, 1875. His wife was Esther Hershey, like himself a native of Lancaster County, Pa., and of Swiss ancestry. Her father, Andrew Hershey, was a successful farmer in that county, in which he spent his entire life. He was a descendant in the third generation of Andrew Hershey, who was born in Switzerland about 1702 and came to America with his father in 1719, buying land from William Penn, and settling where the family was represented for several gen erations. The last-named, Andrew Hershey, and three brothers were Mennonitc ministers, and the family left their native land on account of relig ious persecutions against the sect to which they belonged. Among the children born to Harry and Esther (Hershey) Mouk was Henry, who accompanied them to this county in 1852. Having been reared to farm pursuits, he engaged in that occupation on his father's place, but was eut off early in life, dy ing at the age of about thirty years. He was the father of two sons — Benjamin who died when twenty-two years old, and the subject of this bio graphical sketch. Their mother, formerly Miss Catherine Baker, is yet living, making her home with our subject. She was born in Franklin County, Pa., but from her girlhood resided in this county, obtaining her education in Bethel Township. She is a member of the Mennonite Church. Her father, 226 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. Peter Baker, was born in Lancaster County, Pa,, where he engaged in farming until 1840, when he came to Ohio and made a settlement. He bought the farm which our subject now owns and lived upon it until his death in 1875. He was one ofthe most active members of the Mennonite Church, in which he held the office of Deacon, and gave a building site on his farm upon which a church edifice was erected. OSES SANDERS, one of the oldest native- born citizens of Silver Creek Township, Greene County, still sojourns at the home stead where he has spent the greater part of his life. It lies on the Sanders-Smith pike, one mile southwest of Jamestown and is one of the most val uable farms in that vicinity. This comprises four hundred acres of choice land, well improved and furnished with substantial buildings. Mr. Sanders by a course of industry and economy has become well-to-do, with more than a sufficiency of this world's goods to defend him against want in his old age. The subject of this notice was born December 15, 1822, and was the son of William and Elizabeth (Linders) Sanders who were natives of North Car olina and of English descent. William Sanders was reared to manhood on a farm, but after his marriage emigrated to Kentucky where he settled on a small tract of hind near Crab Orchard, and lived there until after the birth of two children. He then had the misfortune to lose his land on ac count of its belonging to an older claimant, and then decided upon emigrating to Ohio. The jour ney was made on pack horses, one of which carried the wife and two children and the other their few personal effects. The father had his gun with him and killed sufficient game for their use on the journey as they camped and cooked by the way side. * After several weeks of tedious travel, the San ders family landed in Caesar's -Creek Township, Greene County, this State, and being without money Mr. Sanders traded a $60 horse for sixty acres of land upon which he settled and lived one year. Then selling out he located on another new farm in what is now Silver Creek Township, in the vicinity of Jamestown, which was then marked by only a few houses. This also comprised sixty acres upon which the parents spent the remainder of their days and upon which the father effected good improvements. He, however, added to bis landed possessions and at the time of his death left nearly three hundred acres. The father of our subject departed this life July 2, 1861. He was a hard-working, honest man, and as the result of a temperate life and good habits, was hale and hearty at the time of his death al though eighty- five years old. He was for many years connected with the Missionary Baptist Church and in politics, during his younger years, belonged to the old Whig party. Upon its abandonment he wheeled into the Republican ranks. The wife and mother preceded her husband to the silent land, her death taking place March 9, 1859. She was then seventy-nine years old. She was of the typical pioneer mothers, possessing all the womanly vir tues, devoted to her family, kind and charitable, and always lent a helping hand to those in need. She was a member of the same church as her hus band. Of their congenial union there was born a family of twelve children, six sons and six daugh ters, of whom two sons and two daughters are yet living. The entire twelve lived to mature. years and eleven were married. Moses Sanders was one of the younger members of his parents' family and spent bis early years in a manner common to the sons of pioneer farmers, acquiring a very limited education in the primitive schools and assisting in the development of the new farm. After reaching man's estate, he set about tho establishment of a home of his own, tak ing unto himself a wife and helpmate. Miss Eliza beth Harness. Mrs. Sanders was born January 18, 1829, in New Jasper Township, to John and Elizabeth (Peterson) Harness, who were most excellent and worthy peo ple and spent the greater part of their lives in that township. Mr. Harness died in 1862. His wife survived him for a period of twenty-one years, her death taking place in 1883. Both were consistent PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 227 members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They were natives of Virginia, whence they emigrated with their respective parents to Ohio, the two fam ilies settling in New Jasper Township and becoming well-to-do, building up good homesteads from the wilderness. Mr. and Mrs. Harness were the parents of five children and one son died in the army dur ing the Civil War. The remaining four are still living, married and settled in comfortable homes. The wife of our subject was carefully reared by her excellent parents, receiving such education as the pioneer schools afforded and becoming familiar with all useful household duties. She remained with her parents until her marriage and is now the mother of four children. The eldest, John William, married Miss Emma Brickel and they live on a farm in Silver Creek Township; Sarah J. is the wife of Jacob Patterson, a farmer of Delaware County, Ind.; James H. and A. Clinton remain at home and assist their father in the farm work. Mr. and Mrs. Sanders are prominently connected with the Missionary Baptist Church in which Mr. Sanders officiates as a Deacon and Trustee, which offices he has held for the long period of thirty years. Politically, like his honored father, he is a Republican of the first water. He is one of the County Commissioners who are constructing the Sanders-Smith pike, running from Jamestown to Paintersville, and which forms an admirable high way greatly appreciated by the people of this region. Socially he is a Master Mason, belonging to Lodge No. 352, at Jamestown. E RASMUS J. KITCHEN. The career of Mr. Kitchen as a man and a citizen has been admirable in the extreme. No man in Greene Township occupies a higher position among the people who have known him long and well, and none have been of more service in advancing the best interests of this part of the county. Liberal and public-spirited, he uniformly gives his en couragement to every worthy enterprise, and dur ing the late Civil War signalized his patriotism by doing gallant service as a Union soldier. He is the owner of a fine property, including a well-de veloped farm with modern* buildings and all the other accessories of the well-regulated country estate. Both in social and business circles he is a universal favorite. Abraham Kitchen, the father of our subject, was one of the earliest pioneers of Clarke County, and assisted materially in its growth and development. He was born in 1808, in Warren County, this State, and when reaching manhood was joined in wedlock with Miss Martha M. Jones. The mother of our subject was born in Fayette County, this State, whence her parents subsequently removed to Greene County, where she was married to Mr. Kitchen in 1829. Upon the removal to Clarke County soon afterward, Mr. and Mrs. Kitchen first settled on section 4, Green Township, where they lived two years. The father then purchased the land which is now owned and occupied by his son, Eramsus J., and there both parents spent the re mainder of their lives, dying in 1888, one month apart, the mother on the 28th of May and the father on the 28th of June. They were the par ents of eight children, five of whom are living — Margaret Ann became the wife of John McGul- lough, who is now deceased, and she lives at the old homestead; she is the mother of three boys, who are all married and settled in homes of their own; J. S. is married and the father of two chil dren; he lives in Springfield; I. N. is farming in Green Township; "Mary J. and Erasmus J. are twins; the former is living in Greene County, and is the wife of John Rife, who is represented else where in this work. The subject of this notice was born August 11, 1836, and spent his boyhood and youth on the farm and in attendance at the district school, re maining at home until a man of twenty-five years. In September, 1861, after the outbreak of the Civil War he laid aside his farming implements and resolved to have a hand in the preservation of the. Union. Going to Springfield, he enlisted in Company F, Forty-fourth Ohio Infantry, and went with his regiment to West Virginia under the com mand of Gen. Cox. They drove the rebel Gen. Floyd from Cotton Mountain, and spent the fol lowing winter on the Kanawa. Later they met the 228 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. enemy at Lewisburg, and from there drove the rebels from the Kanawa Valley, engaging them at the battle of Charleston and in several skirmishes. Thence they marched to Point Pleasant, passed through Covington and Lexington, Ky., from there to Danville and Frankfort, and in the latter place were mounted and remained in the saddle for sev eral months. Mr. Kitchen was in the battle of Dutton Hill, and saw much hard service in Kentucky and Ten nessee, skirmishing and scouting. They were then dismounted and placed under command of Gen. Burnside, who led them to Knoxville, where they engaged in the siege of that city, and next followed Gen. Longstreet into Virginia, attacking him above Strawberry Plains. In the winter of 1863-64, Mr. Kitchen re-enlisted in the Eighth Ohio Cavalry, where he was promoted to Second Sergeant and later to Orderly Sergeant. Returning then to AVest Virginia, he took part in Hunter's raid, and then retired to Beverly and remained there through the following summer. At this place they were surprised by the rebels and part of their command captured, but they were recaptured in a couple of hours. At the same place afterward they were taken by surprise and nearly all the regiment was captured. Mr. Kitchen, however, by passing him self off as a rebel, made his escape through the enemy's ranks. During the day he remained in hiding. He came near being captured upon one occasion by rebel cavalry, but fortunately eluded them. When finally beyond danger, he remained for a time recruiting at Phillippi, WVa., and from there went to Clarksburg, in the same State. The war being now ended, he received his honorable discharge at Clarksburg, W.Va., July 30, 1865. Upon leaving the service Mr. Kitchen returned to his old haunts in his native State, and began again the life of a farmer. A few months later, October 12, 1865, he was joined in wedlock with Miss Lavina M., daughter of James and Margaret (Kitchen) Hatfield. The parents of Mrs. Kitchen were natives of Ohio, and spent their last years in Clarke County, both being now deceased. Mrs. Kitchen was born May 7, 1841, and departed this life at the homestead in Green Township, Clark County, August 26, 1889. Six children had been born of this union, viz: Joseph L., Abraham L., James H., Stephen, Erasmus J. and Wayne A. Mrs. Kitchen, like her husband, was a member of the Free-Will Baptist Church, and the latter retains his connection therewith. Mr. Kitchen has been a School Director in his district and also a member of the Township Board of Education. Politically, he votes the straight Republican ticket, and has frequently been sent as a delegate to the county conventions. As a Union soldier, he belongs to Mitchell Post, No. 45, G. A. R., at Springfield. The landed estate of Mr. Kitchen embraces five hundred and one acres, all in Green Township. He purchased his present farm in 1865, and in 1874 he put up the present residence. He occu pies himself in general farming and mftkes a spe cialty of stock-raising. The old Kitchen homestead has been in the 'family for about one hundred years. The paternal grandfather of our subject was Stephen Kitchen, and the maiden name of his wife was Ann Bacaw, and both were natives of Pennsylvania. Aj* -**n*«- ¦•.--^o^. ON. CHARLES FENTON HOWARD, one of the most prominent and enterprising young business men of Xenia, is a son of one of its earliest pioneers, Roswell F. Howard, and was born July 12, 1859, in this city. He first attended the public schools and afterward entered Xenia College, in which he completed the literary course. After that he spent a year in Antioch College. Thence he went to Ann Arbor, Mich., and entered the Michigan State University, but on account of failing health was unable to complete his course of study there. Mr. Howard until the spring of of 1883 was comparatively inactive, endeavoring to recuperate, and was then elected City Clerk. In attempting to discharge the duties of this office he was seized with his former illness and compelled to resign the position before the expiration of his term. In the meantime, when able, he pursued the study of law in his father's office. In the spring of 1888 he ^fonvnAl ^ouVldW' PORTRAIT AND BIOGKAPHICAL ALBUM 231 was elected Mayor of the city of Xenia, just fifty years from the time that his father, in 1838, was first elected to the same office. Our subject was married at the bride's home near Xenia, October 25, 1882, to Miss Adda G., daughter of George F. Cowdy. Of this union there have been born no children. Mrs. Howard is prominently connected with the Methodist Epis copal Church, and both are in the enjoyment of • the esteem and confidence of hosts of friends. Mr. Howard has been quite active in politics, and is a stanch supporter of the Republican party. Roswell F. Howard is a native of Ohio, and came this county during the days of its earliest settlement. He was married in Ohio to Miss Mar garet M. Steele, a native of this State. The father still resides in the city of Xenia, but the mother is deceased. jjj^ICKENSON S. BARRATT. It affords the I ))) biographer at all times a rare pleasure to jf^ chronicle the principal events in the his tories of those brave pioneers who marched for ward in advance of civilization itself and hewed out paths through trackless forests, opened roads, broke land hitherto untouched save by savages, and made out of a wilderness a beautiful country, whose grateful soil richly rewards the careful labor of the husbandman. Among such pioneers prominent mention belongs to the subject of this sketch and his estimable wife, both of whom have ceased from the labors of life, and now rest peacefully side by side, undisturbed by song of bird or merry laugh of children. New Jersey was the native State of Mr. Barratt, and in Camden he was born October 16, 1796. His father, Caleb Barratt, was likewise bom in New Jersey, syad emigrated to the Buckeye State in 1820. Our subject accompanied him, and immediately began to work for himself, laying the foundation for a home of his own. Here also he met and wooed Miss Fanny Farnham, with whom he was united in marriage December 26, 1822. Mrs. Fanny (Farnham) Barratt was born in Waterbury, Vt., while her father, John S. Farnham, was a native of New Hampshire. He was also a soldier in the Revolutionary War, his services extending over a period of five years, during which he was pres ent at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. He came to Ohio in 1810, when his daughter Fanny- was but seven years old. She remembered cross ing Lake Chautauqua, N. Y., in a skiff with her cousin, Miss Bemis; the crossing is yet known as the Bemis Crossing in honor of the family. Upon leaving his Eastern home Mr. Farnham made his way to the head waters of the Ohio River, where he made a raft by lashing two flat- boats together, on which the family came as far as Montgomery, and there spent the winter. They then took up tlieir residence at Centreville, where they earned on a farm and dairy, keeping thirty cows and making cheese, which, was hauled to Cin cinnati in wagons. In 1820 they removed to Clark County, locating on the place now occu pied by their granddaughter, Miss Adeline Barratt. There Mr. Farnham died in 1827, his son-in-law, the subject of this sketch, passing away at the same place, July 15, 1836. Both were interred in the Fletcher churchyard near Springfield.. They were of the Free- Will Baptist Church, and the Fletcher Church was the nearest one during the lifetime of Mr. Barratt. Mrs. Barratt lived until January 31, 1890, when she died from the effects of a fall she had received on December 4 preceding. She had reached the advanced age of eighty-six years. Her life had been characterized by the same sincere piety that had made her husband so deeply regretted when he was cut down in early life, and she also possessed social qualities that gained the respect of those about her. We append the following obituary notice of this excellent lady. "Friday evening, January 31, 1890, Mrs. F. Barratt died at her home four miles west of South Charleston. On December 4, eight weeks prior to her death, she fell, dislocating her hip and fractur ing her right thigh bone, from which injuries she was a patient sufferer, never murmuring. She- was born at AVaterbury, Vt., December 23, 1803. When a child of seven years her father, John S. Farnham, and family were among the many who came West. 232 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. A wagon transported them to the river, where they constructed a raft by lashing two flatboats together, and upon this they put their possessions. Winter coming on, the ice became so thick in the river that they spent a few months in Montgomery, Ohio. The spring following they removed to Cen- treville, ou a farm a few miles from Lebanon, and engaged in the dairy business, hauling their cheese to Cincinnati to be disposed of at low prices or ex changed for salt and other essentials. "On the 1st day of March, 1820, John S. Farn ham entered a tract of land in Madison Township, now known as the Hall farm, and thereon erected a house, which is still standing. On December 26, 1822, the daughter, Fanny, became the wife of Dickenson S. Barratt, who shortly afterward pur chased a portion of the Farnham homestead, erect ing a house, where his widow afterward resided. She lived a quiet life during her last years, and it was not generally known of what a relic Madison Township could boast. Up to the time of the fatal accident she was active for one of her years, being eighty-six on December 23. She was a true, noble Christian woman, an affec tionate mother of six children, and a member of the Free -Will Baptist Church at Pleasant Grove. She delighted to have her friends come in, and songs of praise and prayer were often heard in her sick room. Mrs. Barrett's remains were laid to rest beside those of her husband at Fletcher Cha pel, February 2. The services at the church were conducted by the Rev. B. F. Zell, and the large audience bore evidence to the high esteem in which the departed was held. All who knew Mrs. Barratt recognized in her all that was good and true, and extended the hand of sympathy to those of her family who are left to mourn the loss of one whom all sadly miss, and who wait in hope of a glorious immortality." The family is now represented by Miss Adeline, who still lives on the old homestead, which now comprises thirty acres, and who is the only sur vivor of six children. The others were named Clorinda, Menda, Sophronia, Sarah and Webster. The brother died in Jacksonville, Fla., of lung fever. He left a son and daughter, both of whom are now married. None of the sisters were ever married. Miss Barratt is a lady of high • character, womanly graces, and intelligence. She ever cherished the memory of her deceased parents, and endeavors to carry out the precepts governing their lives, and to continue every good work in which they were interested. The portrait of Mrs. Fanny Barratt, mother of Miss Adeline, is shown in connection with this sketch. LBERT M. STARK. The mercantile in terests of Xenia have been for many years li worthily represented by Mr. Stark who conducts a grocery and crockery store on South Detroit Street, and who has long been favor ably known among the business men of the city. This is the city of his birth and the date thereof June 4, 1 822. His father, William T. Stark, came to this county from Lexington, Ky., as early as 1814, and was the first silversmith to establish him self in business in this place. He manufactured everything in his line, thimbles, rings, and the various other articles belonging to his trade, hav ing his first shop on the north side of Third, be tween King and Detroit Streets. He followed this business through his entire life, and also officiated as Postmaster of Xenia, being appointed to this office by President Jackson in 1829 and holding it continuously until 1841. The office was then lo cated on Detroit Street a few doors south of Main. The elder Stark was a prominent man in the com munity, and besides holding other official positions was a member at one time of the Town Council. The father of our subject was born in Loudoun County, Va., and was the son of John Stark, who subsequently removed to Lexington, Ky., and there William F. completed his education and learned his trade. In 1814 he was married to Miss Lydia Miley, of Cincinnati. This lady was born in Wash ington County, Pa., whence she removed with her parents to Columbia, Hamilton County, and lived there until her marriage. This union resulted in the birth of eleven children, of whom but five are living. Mr. Stark died in 1858 in Xenia. The wife and mother survived until 1872, spending her PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 233 last days with children in Xenia. They were among the early members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the entire family was noted for its exceptional honesty and business ability. The subject of this notice completed his educa tion under the tutorship of the well-known in structor, Thomas Steele, a very popular and capable teacher. He commenced his business career when a boy in the store of Canby & Walton, and re mained with them for two years. Then, in 1838, he engaged with J. C. McMillan and remained with him as clerk and partner for the long period of twenty years. Subsequently he was with Stark, Little & Cooper. After the outbreak of the Civil War Mr. Stark, in 1862, enlisted as a Union soldier in the One hundred and Tenth Ohio Infantry, and was at once made Quartermaster of the Regiment, receiving his appointment from Gov. Todd. The regiment was assigned to the Army of the Potomac and op erated in West Virginia with the Sixth Corps. At Winchester, January 12, 1863, Mr. Stark was capt ured by the rebels and experienced the horrors of Libby prison for a period of fifteen months. During this time he was never outside the walls, and bears tbe distinction of being about the only man who lived through such imprisonment for the same length of time. His two companions both died in the hospital and Mr. Stark was also there until pa roled September 12, 1864, and exchanged. In January following, Mr. Stark returned to his regiment in front of Petersburg and later had the satisfaction of witnessing the surrender of Lee at Appomattox. His regiment was then sent to Dan ville, Va., in which region thoy sojourned thirty days, then went on to Richmond where they re mained three days and from there marched to AVashington and joined in the Grand Review. Mr. Stark was mustered out of the service at Columbus July 1, 1865; then returning home he at once en gaged in business at the corner of Second and De troit Streets. Later he removed to the north side of West Second Street and was also on the south side of that street. In April, 1889, Mr. Stark removed to his present quarters. He is the oldest grocery man in the city, and is in the enjoyment of an ex tensive and profitable patronage. Mr. Stark for a number of years has been Presi dent of the Building and Loan Association, and for twelve years was President of the School Board ; he was likewise a member of the City Coun cil for many j7ears. For six years he was resident trustee of the Old Soldiers and Sailors Orphans' Home, receiving his first appointment from Gov. Hayes, the second from Gov. Bishop and the third from Gov. Foster. Although keeping himself posted upon the political issues of the day he has never allowed his interest in politics to affect his business relations. In the spring of 1889 he was elected Appraiser of real estate for the west half of the city. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity and the Grand Army of the Republic. He was a charter member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Xenia, and its first presiding officer. His religious views coincide with the doctrines of the Presbyterian Church, of which he has been for many" years a member. Mr. Stark wasmarried,February 19, 1851, in Mid dletown, Ohio, to Miss Mary Ward, of that place. Mrs. Stark was born May 2, 1 832, and is the daugh ter of James H. Ward, one of the pioneer merchants of Middletown and who spent his last years in Nauvoo. The two sons of Mr. and Mrs. Stark — ¦ William and Walter C. — are residents of Xenia. \ti OHN M. HOFFA. Through Clark County and far beyond its limits the New Carlisle Sun and the Buckeye Farmer are well known, (fi|g// being found in many households and their columns being perused by thousands of readers. It affords pleasure to the biographical writer to incor porate in this volume a sketch of the genial editor and publisher of these sheets, who demonstrates the fact that editors, like pOets, are born, not made. The qualities which make a successful journalist are inbred and no amount of study can supply the lack of a keenness of observation, acute perception of the tastes of the public, and accurate judgement on matters treated in various departments of a newspaper. Beginning his editorial career with neither money nor experience, Mr. Hoffa has made 234 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. it a success; in fact every dollar which he has and that which he is, are the results of his own natural abilities and the use he has made of his talents, and his life should encourage other poor boys in a man ful determination to be "somebody." Myerstown, Lebanon County, Pa., is the birth place of him of whom we write and his natal day was December 9, 1854. His father, Levi Hoffa, a native of the same county, died at the early age of twenty -nine years, when his son John was but two years old. He was a tailor and carried on business in Myerstown for a number of years. He was a member of the Lutheran Church and a son of Phillip and Elizabeth (Belcher1) Hoffa who also lived and died in Lebanon County. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Susan Meily. She also is a native of Lebanon County, Pa. She 'is still surviving being now about fifty- nine years of age. She is the mother of three chil dren — Mary A., John M. and William G. The first is the wife of George Umberger, a tailor at Bismark, and the youngest son is a dealer in bar ber's supply at Harrisburg, Pa. The early life of the subject of this sketch was spent in his native place and his education obtained in the Palatinate College at that place. Early in life he began clerking and later was engaged in business for himself a short time. The field of journalism attracted him and he abandoned his former occupation to start the Londonderry Weekly Gazette, at Palmyra, a sheet which he conducted a year. He then sold out, and removing to Larue, Ohio, bought the Larue News, running it two years before selling. • His next enterprise was to buy the New Carlisle Sun in 1883, which sheet he has since owned, managed and edited. In 1887 he started the Buckeye Farmer, which now has a circulation of over five thousand copies. ' The success which Mr. Hoffa has met with in his journalistic work has been merited by his close application to the details of his business and his earnest efforts to make of his publications newsy and popular journals. The columns are filled with interesting and instructive matter, adapted to the family circle, as well as to the man who desires to progress in the world and looks to the newspaper for information that will aid him in this effort. In the editorial department one finds pungent criti cisms, suggestions and applications, and encour aging comment on all worthy enterprises. On the 17th of July, 1875, Mr. Hoffa led to the hymeneal altar Miss Ida J. Zimmerman, of Pal myra, Pa., a young lady whose bright mind, cul tured manner and fine character had won his esteem, as they have the respect of many friends. She was born in Palmyra and is the daughter of Abraham and Maria (Henry) Zimmerman, natives of the same place. Her happy union with our subject has been blessed by the birth of four4nteresting chil dren — Mary J., Meily V., Harry L,,and Abram Z. Mr. Hoffa is quite interested in the social orders, and has taken all the degrees of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Patriotic Order of Sons of America, and ten degrees in^Masonry." He is a member in good standing of J the Lutheran Church. AMUEL COOPER. Among the late solid residents of New Jasper Township, Greene County, Mr. Cooper usually was found at his headquarters, where he had two hun dred and seventy-two acres of choice land which under his careful management had undergone a thorough course of cultivation and is now the source of a comfortable income. Without perhaps being the hero of any thrilling event, Mr. Cooper had signalized himself as an honest man and a good citizen, voted the straight Republican ticket and was one of the pillars of the Methodist Episcopal Church. To this cliurch his estimable wife and their children also belong. The family is highly respected in the community, being numbered among its most reliable elements. A native of Hardy County, now West Virginia, the subject of this notice was born April 29, 1829, and came with his parents to Greene County when a lad nine years of age. His father, John Cooper, rented a tract of land three miles east of the present site of Xenia and lived upon this five years. He then removed one mile further east, lo cating on the Janaston Pike and Occupied himself as a tiller of the soil until his death. The mother PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 235 bore the maiden nanr_e of Sites. She passed away in 1850. Their family consisted of seven children. Samuel Cooper resided in Xenia and Jasper Townships since coming to Greene County, and occupied himself altogether with agricultural pur suits. He was married November 4, 1852, at the farm, ever since his home, to Miss Mary, daughter of the late George Fudge, who was likewise a pio neer settler of this county, locating in Jasper Township where he spent the remainder of his days. Mr. Fudge was born in Rockbridge County, Va., whence he removed first to Warren County, this State, and subsequently to Greene County. Mrs. Cooper was born in Warren County, January 15, 1830. To Mr, and Mrs. Cooper there have been born eight children, four of whom died young. The survivors are John M.; Sarah E., the wife of C. Whitmer; Nancy E., Mrs. John R. Sutton; and Clara L., the wife of Lewis B. Stingley. Our subject and his good wife commenced their wedded life on the farm where they have since lived and which was formerly the property of Mrs. Cooper's father. This fact increased its value to them and it is to be hoped that the old homestead will long remain in the possession of the family. The Coopers have formed no unimportant factor in the growth and development of the county and are fully worthy of representation in a work of this kind. Samuel Cooper died April 12, 1890, mourned by all who knew him. — -i- * UARREN LEDBETTER. This substantial farmer and worthy citizen occupies one of WW the valuable farms of Greene County, it being situated two and a half miles south of Xenia, in Xenia Township, and consists of one hundred broad acres. He was born in Allen County, Ky., January 28, 1822, and was brought by his parents to Greene County during his childhood. He was therefore reared and educated here, beginning work for himself when he had reached man's es tate. On April 2, 1849, he was united in marriage with Miss Laner Adams, a native of Pennsylvania, but at the time of their marriage a resident of Greene County. She is a woman of estimable qual- ities,who has devoted herself untiringly to the com fort and welfare of her household and proved a true helpmate to her husband. For some five years Mr. Ledbetter lived on the Cincinnati Pike, but about 1853, removed to his present location where he had purchased fifty acres of land. To this he has added, making up the present acreage and placing it all in a state credita ble alike to his energy, thrift, and good judgment. He and his wife have reared a family of seven chil dren, named respectively: John S., Arabella, Joseph W., Catherine E., Emma V., Thomas H., and Ida E. Both parents are consistent members of the Methodist Church, and by their neighbors and fellow-citizens are esteemed as those should be who live upright and industrious lives. The parents of Mrs. Ledbetter were Thomas and Dorothea (Linkhart) Adams, both of whom were natives of the Old Dominion. After having lived in Pennsylvania, where Mr. Adams was occupied at his trade as a carpenter, they came to this State in 1833, and he then took up the vocation of farm ing. He reared five sons and four daughters. His father's name was David Adams. Warren Ledbetter is the youngest of nine chil dren born to Hamlin and Disey (Wright) Ledbet ter. His parents were natives of Brunswick County, Va., where they were married, removing to Allen County, Ky., about 1820, and in 1828 coming to this State and Greene County. They7 settled three miles southwest of Xenia and after residing there eight,jrears sold and removed to another part of the township. The brothers and sisters of our subject bore the names of Stephen, Nancy, Elizabeth, Mar tha, James, John, Robinson and George. The pa rents belonged to the Methodist Episcopal Church and the father was a soldier in the War of 1812. The eldest son and child of the subject of this notice was born December 23, 1849, on his grand father's old homestead three miles southwest of Xenia. He has lived on the same farm with his father or on an adjoining one all his life. On No vember 25, 1878, the rites of wedlock were cele brated between bim and Mary E. Parlett, wdth whom he lived happily until March 20, 1889, when the devoted wife and mother was removed by the 236 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. hand of death, leaving three children — Francie E., Carrie L., and Georgie A. She was born near Ridgeville, AVarren County, March 16, 1850, and was a daughter of James and Rebecca Parlett, her father being a farmer in her native county. John S. Ledbetter belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Chinch, of which his deceased wife was also a mem ber. He possesses an upright character, an intelli gent mind, and the energy and perseverance which leads to success in business life. \l) OHN S. CLICK, a well-to-do and respected citizen of Springfield, within whose limits he owns a valuable and highly-improved tract of land, where he and his wife have es tablished a pleasant home, comes of a worthy pio neer family who located in Clark County among its early settlers in the '30s, and identified them selves with its agricultural interests, assisting in developing the land from the primeval wilderness. Rockingham County, Va., is the birthplace of our subject, and June 28, 1831, the date thereof. His father, Samuel Click, was born, reared and married in that State, Mary Garber, also a native of the Old Dominion, becoming his wife. In 1838 they started Westward with their three children, having decided to build up a new home in the forest wilds of Ohio. They made the entire jour ney overland, taking their cooking utensils with them, and when they camped by the way cooked their food, and after traveling thirty-one days they arrived in Clark County. Mr. Click bouglit a tract of land in German Township, of which a small part was cleared of the heavy timber that covered it, and in the dense forest that stood on the re mainder, wild turkeys, deer and other game were plenty, and richly furnished the larder that in those pioneer times might otherwise occasionally bave been scantily supplied with food. The family resided in that place some years, and during that time the father by hard and skilful labor cleared and cultivated quite a number of acres. He finally disposed of the whole at a good price, and buying elsewhere in the same township, was a resident there until his death deprived the community of an industrious and useful citizen. His wife also spent her last years on the home farm. They were the parents of eight children, seven of whom were reared to maturity. The son of whom we write was seven years old when he came to this county with his parents, but he still has a vivid remembrance of the long jour ney from his early home and of the incidents of their pioneer life here. There were no railways or canals here for some years after their removal to this State, and all transportation was with team over rough roads. Settlements were scattered, and the country generally was in a wild condition, and it has been our subject's privilege to witness the gradual upbuilding and to promote its prosperity in a measure. He lived with his parents until he had attained to manhood, and then started in life on his own account. He first visited Indiana and in vested in a tract of wild land in Clay County. He never located on it, however, but returned to Ger man Township, Clark County, where he engaged in farming until his marriage. That important event in his life took place in 1864, when Miss Sarah Hyer, a native of Greenfield, Ohio, joined hands with him in matrimony and became his active assistant in the upbuilding of a home. After his marriage Mr. Click resided in Mad Rivet- Township, Clark County, one year, and then traded for property in this city and engaged in the grocery business the ensuing year. At the expiration of that time he bought the place where he now resides. Here he has twenty-three acres of finely-improved land, all included within the city limits, which has greatly increased in value with the growth of Springfield. Mr. and Mrs. Click's pleasant home circle is completed by the three children that have blessed their union — Austia,who is the wife of Beecher T. Black; Samuel and Mary, who are at home with their parents. Coming to this county when it was still in its primeval state, our subject has seen farm after farm hewn from the forest wilds, by the industrious and persevering labors of the hardy, intelligent pioneers who laid the foundations for the present prosperity and high standing of this glorious Commonwealth. During the fifty and more years PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 237 that he has lived here as a boy and man he has seen thriving villages and busy towns spring up where once the Indian chased the wild game through the forests and over the uncultivated prai ries; and the city of Springfield that he chose for his abiding place, has grown from an insignifi cant hamlet with but few inhabitants to a large and enterprising metropolis, with evidences of wealth and prosperity on every hand, and a population of nearly forty thousand people. Our subject has led an honorable, upright life that entitles him to the esteem in which he is held by all about him. By the exercise of those inherent traits of thrift, prudence and a capacity for intelligent labor, with which he is so well endowed, he has, as we have seen, placed himself far above want, and with his wife, to whose active co-operative labors he is greatly indebted, he is quietly passing his declin ing years in peace, plenty and comfort. He and his wife are working members of the German Bap tist Church, and by the example of their daily lives show the reality of tlieir religion. Politically, he is a Republican. NDREW JACKSON CHRISTOPHER. Among those whose labors are ended, but who, by their worthy lives still claim re membrance, may be properly mentioned Mr. Christopher, an early resident of Jamestown, Greene County, and who departed this life at his home in that city, January 18, 1888. He was one of its best-known citizens, liberal and public-spirited and prominently connected with many enterprises tending to its growth and development. He was born June 4, 1 826, in Fayette County, Pa., being one of a family of nine children, four sons and five daughters, the offspring of Gideon and Sarah Chris topher, who were natives of Pennsylvania. When Andrew J. was a lad of six years he was taken by his parents to Clinton County, this State, and a few years later to Greene County, where he spent the remainder of his life.. When approaching manhood he served an apprenticeship at the car penter's trade and followed this, more or less as long as he lived, with the exception of ten years during which he was engaged in the mercantile business. He was a man remarkably conscientious in his dealings and was never known to engage in an enterprise which compromised his integrity or his manhood. Sober, frugal and industrious, the guiding rule of his life was to do unto others as he would be done by. These principles, coupled with firmness and decision of character, enabled him to withstand the many temptations which beset man kind and he was hold in peculiar confidence and respect by all who knew him. He was from a young man, prominent in his community and was called to various positions of trust and responsibil ity, the duties of which he discharged with credit to himself and satisfaction to all concerned. When a youth of eighteen years Mr. Christopher made a public profession of religion and identified himself with the Christian Church at Jamestown, of which he ever afterward lived a faithful and consistent member. He was a liberal contributor to the support of the society and rendered sub stantial assistance in the erection of the church building. A man of deeds rather than of words, he made it the rule of his life to make no promises which he could not fulfill. In 1865 he identified himself with the Masonic fraternity, of whose principles he was a warm admirer and with which he continued to the end of his days. The last illness of Mr. Christopher, during which he suffered six weeks with typhoid fever, vibrating between life and death, was borne with unexampled patience and resignation. It is true he was sur rounded with every comfort which money could buy and which affection could procure and was watched over by his devoted wife and anxious children as well as the many friends who sadly missed him from their cheerful social circles. The best medical treatment, however, was without avail and his emaciated body yielded to the fell destroyer at last, when he was suffered to pass quietly away, finally without pain and as though falling asleep. His age was sixty-one years, seven months and fourteen days. The marriage of Andrew J. Christopher and Miss Eliza J. Johnson was celebrated at the bride's home in Silver Creek Township, Greene County, June 6, 238 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 1851. Mrs. Christopher was born near Jamestown, December 4, 1831, and was the daughter of John D. and Martha (Johnson) Johnson, who were na tives respectively of Campbell County, Va. and Highland County, Ohio. The father was born April 19, 1800, and the mother December 22, 1808. In 1807 the parents of Mr. Johnson leaving Vir ginia, removed to Highland County, this State, and Mr. Johnson lived with them there until reaching manhood. He then located in Greene County, where he met and married his future wife. Mrs. Christopher was a child of three years, when, in 1811, her parents removed to Jamestown, where she was reared to womanhood. She was the daughter of James L. and Louisiana (Moorman) Johnson, who were among the earliest settlers of Greene County. They lived to be quite aged, being permitted to witness the development of the wilderness into the abode of a prosperous and in telligent people. They resided first in Silver Creek Township, when later they removed to Jefferson Township and there spent their last days. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson after their marriage set tled on a farm east of Jamestown, and for many years labored early and late in the building up of a homestead. After the removal to the village of Jamestown, Mr. Johnson was for twenty-one years a Justice of the Peace. He died in August, 1862, at the age of sixty-two years. He was for many years an active member of the Christian Church and prominent in all good works. The wife and mother is yet living making her home with her daughter, Mrs. Christopher, and although over eighty-two years old, is still bright, active and intelligent. She also belongs to the Christian Church. To Mr. and Mrs. Johnson there was born a fam ily of five children, of whom Mrs. Christopher was the eldest. She and her brother, Samuel T., are the only survivors. The latter was the youngest and is now a resident of Paulding County, Ohio, where he occupies himself as a general mechanic. Mrs. Christopher was reared and educated in Greene County and by her union with our subject became the mother of six children, all of whom are living. Cyrus T. married Miss Lucinda Thornburg, and in partnership with his brother, James, is engaged as a grain buyer in Jamestown ; Ella is the wife of Frank C. Pease, a railroad engineer and they make their home in Dayton; James above mentioned, married Miss Mary Tilden and they live in James town ; Stephen A. Douglas, a railroad man, mar ried Miss Ida Pence, and they make their home in Jamestown; Lilly is the wife of John Hamilton, a railroad agent and they reside in Jamestown; An drew J. C. Jr., is agent and telegraph operator for the Dayton, Ft. AVayne & Chicago Railroad Com pany; he married Miss Sally AVymer and they live in Jamestown. Mrs. Christopher is a member in good standing of the Methodist Episcopal Church and greatly respected by all who know her. €F* SWAYNE BARRETT, a miller and farmer (((mS$\ of Spring Valley Township, although yet ^Sggj? in early manhood, has gained an enviable reputation among the early7 citizens of Greene County for industry7, intelligence and successful business management. His farm comprises one hundred and twenty acres of fertile land, mostly under cultivation. Not only is Mr. Barrett successful as an agricul turist, but he is a practical miller, and has been en gaged in that business since the age of twenty-one years, with the exception of six yeais passed in the grain and pork business [and tilling the soil. The mill operated by Barrett's Sons is known far and wide for the quality of the flour it produces, as well as for the courteous treatment the custom ers are always sure of receiving from the pro prietors. By his genial manners and honorable dealings with everyone, Mr. Barrett has gained for the mill a wide patronage, and is still further in creasing its trade and its facilities for accommoda ting friends. A native of Spring Valley Township, Greene County, Mr. Barrett was born September 1, 1852. His parents were the Hon. Isaac M. and Rebecca (Swayne) Barrett. The former was a man of some prominence in political circles, and uniformly voted the Republican ticket. He was twice mar ried, his first wife being the mother of our subject. xCMj£>cnn^ PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 241 She was the daughter of Thomas and Eliza (Smith) Swayne, the former born in Philadelphia, whence he removed to the northern part of Ohio, and later came to Clarke County, the same State. His death occurred in Spring Valley in 1864, after a resi dence there of about five years. He had, however, lived in Clarke County about twenty years. His wife passed away in Springfield. Their daughter Rebecca was one of a family of five children, namely : Joshua, a prominent physician of Spring field ; Thomas, of Los Angeles; Mary, Rebecca and one who died in infancy. Politically, Mr. Swayne was originally a Whig, but after the organization of the Republican party he joined its ranks, believ ing its principles to be more nearly correct than those of any other party. He was a brother of Chief Justice Noah Swayne, and by an upright life reflected credit upon the honorable name he bore. At the age of three years our subject was de prived of a mother's care, but her place was to some extent filled by his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Swayne, who took their orphaned grandson into their home. Later Isaac Barrett was again married, and took his son into his own homo. There he was given still more extended facilities for knowledge, attending the schools of Spring Valley, Springfield and Antioch. Being of a prac tical and independent spirit, he early commenced to make his own way in the world, and has succeeded in accomplishing many of the hopes cherished in youth. He has the hope of many years of life yet before him, and these will be filled with continued efforts in behalf of his family and his community. Mr. Barrett, when twenty-five years of age, wishing to establish home ties of his own, was united in marriage, December 25, 1877, with Miss Carrie, daughter of William and Martha L. (Young) Weller, of Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio. William Weller followed the occu pation of a farmer during almost the entire period of his life, which covered three-score and four years. He died in 1882; his wife yet survives, making her home in Spring Valley, Greene County. Relig iously, both were members of the Baptist Church. Their family comprised one son, Samuel, and three daughters, Sallie, Mellie and Carrie, the latter being the wife of our subject, She was born September 15, 1855, in Centerville, Montgomery County, and received a good education in her na tive place and Springfield, Ohio. Her intelligence, refinement and winning ways have won her many friends in this community. She has borne Mr. Barrett three children — Mary Swayne, who died at the age of three years; Fred W., and Hazel C. The two survivors are bright children of ten and three years. Mr. Barrett, together with his wife, holds membership in the Society of Friends. E|^ ffr^EV. JAMES GILLESPY CARSON. A llk^f service of over twenty years in the Sec- — >\\\ ond United Presbyterian Church, of Xenia, \^ has made this faithful minister well known to most of the people of this locality. He came to Xenia in November, 1869, as pastor of his present charge, and during the years which have elapsed has, by his devotion to duty, been the means of greatly increasing the numbers and influence of the church. Not only is he held in high esteem by his own immediate people, but by the community at large. In the fall of 1873 he was elected Pro fessor of Homiletics and Pastoral Theology7, occu pying the Chair for fifteen years, and until the spring of 1888, when, finding his duties too many, he resigned - his Professorship, and now simply gives his labors to his ordinary church work. The subject of this notice was born near Marys- ville, Blount County, Tenn., February 11, 1833, and is the son of Rev. David and Jane Walker (Gillespy) Carson, who were natives respectively of Franklin County, Pa., and Blount County, Tenn. The Rev. David Carson was, at an early age, graduated from Jefferson College, and then continued his studies under Dr. John M. Mason, of the Associate Reformed Church, for three years. Subsequently he studied under Dr. Joseph Banks, of Philadelphia, and who was also of the Associate Cliurch. He then assumed charge of a church near Marysville, where he remained nine years. Then, in 1833, he was selected Professor of the Associate Presbyterian Seminary, at Cannonsburg, Pa., and which was later removed to Xenia. The father of our subject came North in June, 242 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 1834, and died September 25, following, before en tering upon the duties of his professorship. The parental family consisted of three children: Dr. David Walker Carson, of Burgettstown, Pa. ; James Gillespy, of this notice; and Ellon J., who died in May, 1858, at the age of twenty -three years. The paternal grandfather, David Carson, emigrated from Ireland, it is believed, as early as 1775, and settled at Greencastle, Pa., where he followed his trade of a tailor. His wife bore the maiden name of Jane Oliver; she was a granddaughter of Rev. James Fisher, author of Fisher's Catechism, and the great-granddaughter of Ebenezer Erskine, one of the founders of the United Presbyterian Church. Grandfather Carson reared several sons, the eldest being William, a merchant of Chillicothe, Ohio; Thomas, who was Speaker of the Pennsyl vania Senate; and James O., who rose to the dig nity of Judge, and resided in Mercersburg, Pa. One daughter died unmarried. On the maternal side, Grandfather James Gillespy was born in Au gusta County, Va., in 1772, and about 1780, re moved with his parents to Tennessee, where he became a prominent farmer and politician, and served in the Tennessee General Assembly. His family consisted of four sons, who all became prominent men, and one daughter, Jane Walker, who became the mother of our subject. The maiden name of his wife was Elinor Cowan. Grand mother Gillespy had an aunt, Jenny Cowan, who was captured by the Shawnee Indians, in Tennes see, and conveyed by them to Old Chillicothe, now Oldtown, Greene County, where she was assisted to escape by an Indian chief, who sent her across Lake Erie on the ice to Detroit, whence she was taken to Pittsburg and from there down the river to Maysville, being returned to her home after an absence of seven years. Her husband was killed at the time of her capture, but she secured his scalp, which had been taken by the Indians, and carried it in her bosom. Subsequently she was again mar ried, and captured a second time by the Cherokee Indians, with whom she remained two years, in Georgia. Then, her neighbors having captured some of the tribe, an exchange was made and her release secured. The subject of this sketch was reared in Can- nonsburg, Pa., and completed his education in Jef ferson College, being graduated with the degree of A. B., in the class of 1849. Afterward he fol lowed the profession of teaching for about three years, principally in Hookstown Academy, until the summer of 1852, when he entered the seminary of Cannonsburg, from which he was graduated in the spring of 1855, just prior to the removal of that institution to Xenia. Mr. Carson was married October 1, 1856, to Miss Mary Houston Clarkson, daughter of Rev. Thomas B. Clarkson, of Mercersburgh, Pa., and grand daughter of Rev. James Clarkson, of Gurnston, Pa. After marriage he settled in South Buffalo, Pa., where he remained from the fall of 1856 until the spring of 1867. Thence he removed to Can nonsburg, remaining until the fall of that year and then took up his residence in Xenia. During the progress of the Civil War Mr. Car son was connected with the Christian Commission, stationed at Romney, Va. The following spring he went to Knoxville, Tenn. He is an able and eloquent divine, a close student and an extensive reader, and brings to the duties of his calling a large experience and an extended observation of human kind and its needs. To him and his esti mable wife there have been born no children. Elsewhere in this volume may be found a litho graphic portrait of Rev. Mr. Carson. fflENIAH F. ST. JOHN. There is unques tionably a certain dignity attached to the man who maintainn his residence upon the spot where he was born. Mr. St. John first opened his eyes to the light under the roof where he now resides, June 27, 1842. His parents were among the earliest settlers of Caesar's Creek Town ship, Greene County, they being Daniel W. and Eliza (Bone) St. John, the former of whom was bora in 1 805 near Lebanon, this State. The father of our subject was reared to manhood in his native township and after his marriage lo cated in Caesar's Creek Township, this county, where he had secured one hundred and twelve PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 243 acres of new land. Pie was more than ordinarily prosperous as a tiller of the soil and invested his capital in additional land, becoming owner of four other farms and his possessions finally aggregating five hundred and thirty acres. In the spring of 1864 he left the old farm and located on one hun dred and sixty acres of land near the city of Xenia. He was a very enterprising and progressive spirited man and was among the first breeders of Short horn cattle in this section of country. He put up a brick residence in Caesar's Creek Township in 1841, one of the first structures of the kind in the township and which is now occupied by his son, our subject. Daniel W. St. John was a man of devoted piety, a prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal Cliurch, filling many of its offices and officiating as Class-Leader for many years. At an early date he became a life member of the Missionary Associa tion and was a liberal giver to all worthy objects. During the existence of the old Whig party he was one of its stanchest adherents but upon its abandon ment he allied himself with the Republicans. He departed this life at the old home in Xenia Town ship in February, 1872. His father, John St. John, the paternal grandfather of our subject, was a na tive of Vermont, whence he emigrated to Warren County, Ohio, about 1800. Subsequently he served in the War of 1812. He was married and reared a large family of children and made for himself the record of an honest man and a good citizen. The St. John family is of French descent and was first represented in America probably during the Colonial days. The subject of this notice remained under the parental roof during the years of his early youth and manhood and until after the outbreak of the Civil War. He finally concluded that it was his duty to assist in the preservation of the Union and accordingly enlisted October 18, 1861, in Company A, Seventy-fourth Ohio Infantry. He first went with his regiment to Columbus, and participated in many important battles, being at Ft. Henry, Neal's Bend, Nashville, (November 2, 1862) Stone River, Hoover's Leap, Tullahoma and Dry Gap, Ga. He was also at Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Tunnell Hill, Dalton, Resaca, Dallas Gap, Pine Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Chattahooehic, Atlanta, Jones- boro, Savannah, Bentonville, Goldsboro and Ra leigh. Although experiencing many hairbreadth escapes he was never wounded or captured and never failed to report for duty. He enlisted as a private and was mustered out as Orderly Sergeant which rank he had held about four months. He had the satisfaction of witnessing and participating in the Grand Review at Washington and then going to Louisville, Ky., was given an honorable discharge, July 10, 1865. His first term of enlist ment expired December 31, 1863, when he veter anized and re-entered the ranks. Upon leaving the army Mr. St. John returned to his old home and engaged in farming. In the spring of 1866 he took up his residence at the old homestead where he has since lived. He is now the owner of one hundred and three well-tilled acres and makes a specialty of cattle and swine. He has been an active Republican all his life. In the spring of 1 887 he was elected Township Trus tee and in the spring of 1890 was re-elected by an increased majority. Mr. St. John contracted matrimonial ties August 23, 1866, being wedded to Miss Mary E. Hook. This lady was born near Xenia, April 26, 1843, to Louis and Minerva (Lloyd) Hook, who were like wise natives of Xenia Township and the father a farmer by occupation. Charles Hook, an uncle of Mrs. St. John, is represented on another page in this work. Her mother was a daughter of John Lloyd who married Sophia O. Wright. They were both natives of Virginia and came to this county in their youth with their respective parents. Mr. Lloyd engaged in farming and became well-to-do. He was born in Dinwiddie County, Va., May 28, 1785, and died at his home south of the city of Xenia, April 23, 1872. His wife survived him a year. Grandfather Lloyd served in the War of 1812. He was the son of Rev. Lewis Lloyd, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church who settled first in Sussex County, Va., and thence in 1805 came to the young State of Ohio, locating in this county. John Lloyd was an active and de voted Christian and labored as he had opportunity to further the Master's cause. Mrs. St. John was the third in a family of two 244 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. sons and three daughters, aud by her union with our subject became the mother of nine children, These were named respectively, Clarence S., Lewis E., Walter C, Mary E., Amy E., Robert E., (de ceased), James G., Julia, Maude and Clara L. Mr. and Mrs. St. John are leading members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Si OHN W. MANOR is a contractor and builder at Xenia, with shops located at No. 24, East Second Street, and having a com fortable and attractive home at No. 126- Having followed his trade of a carpenter and builder here for a number of years, during which time he worked on some of the prominent buildings of the city, he was known to be a master of his business, when he began contracting. He has therefore es tablished a thorough reputation for the reliable workmanship and honorable fulfillment of con tracts, and built up a good trade. Mr. Manor was born near Winchester, Frederick County, Va., August 24, 1824'. His father, Ben. jamin Manor, who was born in Buckley County, of the Old Dominion, married Catherine Marsh, and resided in Buckley and Frederick Counties until 1828. He then came to Greene County, driving all the way, bringing with him a family which at that time included eight sons and three daughters. Xenia then had a population of perhaps one thous and souls, and other parts of the county differed proportionately from their present condition. The parents located on Main Street, but on March 1, 1829, removed to a farm on the Dayton Pike; the place was supplied with a log house and a barn, and some clearing had been done upon it. It was improved by its new owner, who made it his home during the remainder of his life, his death taking place in 1860, at the age of seventy years and ten months. His farm comprised two hundred acres, and had been placed in such a condition as to rank among the best in this part of the county. Mr. Manor was a man o'f prominence in the com munity in which he lived. For three years he was Director of the Infirmary. He belonged to the Whig party in his early life, and was one of the first to be classed as a Republican. He was a mem ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His widow survived until May 14, 1874, when she closed her eyes to earthly things. They had reared a family of twelve children, eight of whom lived to mature years. The gentleman with whose name we introduce this sketch completed his education in Xenia, and in this place learned his trade, beginning work for himself upon reaching man's estate. He followed his trade until 1859, when he returned to his father's home and took charge of the farm. He remained there two years, and was then reappointed Superintendent of the Infirmary, a position that he held until the spring of 1869, his reappointment each succeeding year speaking well for his efficiency. Pie then came again to Xenia, and worked at his trade until 1871, when he began contracting, since which time he has made that a specialty. In 1871 Mr. Manor was elected an Infirmary Director, and held that office three years. In 1884 he was again elected to the position, which he still holds, being now the oldest director on the board, of which he is the clerk. In 1855, he served as Township Assessor. He is a prominent member of the Republican party, having for two years been a member and Chairman of the County Central Committee, and during the past year Chairman also of the Executive Committee. He is identi fied with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, being a member both of the Subordinate Lodge and of the Encampment. He belongs to the Re formed Church, and is highly spoken of by the peo ple among whom his lot is cast, his long residence having given them abundant opportunities to test his worth. On June 12, 1844, the interesting ceremony was performed that gave Mr. Manor a wife and Miss Margaret A. Scott a husband. The bride was born in Beaver Creek Township, this county, De cember 27, 1824, and grew to maturity in Xenia, where she obtained a good education and acquired those excellent principles and useful habits so need ful to make a happy home and to properly rear a family. Her father, James A, Scott, a native of PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 245 Pennsylvania, settled in this county in 1814, re turning the following fall to his native State for his marriage to Miss Elizabeth Shannon. He made his home in Beaver Creek Township until 1827, when he removed to Xenia, making that his home until his death. He and his faithful companion died in 1881, the husband breathing his last Au gust 12, and the wife October 24. Mr. Scott served as Sheriff during two terms of eight years, was County Auditor two years, was Justice of the Peace for some time ; and was a Representative in the Legislature for two terms about 1840. For many years thereafter he was retained in the office of County Recorder, during a long period of years being prominent as an official, and a private citizen. A fine family of nine children has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Manor, all still living in the enjoy ment of good health, the youngest having now reached the age of twenty-four years. The fam ily is somewhat scattered— David T., now living at Hartford City, Ind.; William A., at New Albany, Ind.; Samuel H., at Xenia; Asbury L., in Hart ford City, Ind. ;"Kate, who is the wife of Henry C. Bankard, in Xenia Township; Nettie, remaining with her parents; Benjamin L., making his home at Connorsville, Ind.; James S., in Chicago, 111. ; and John E., at Xenia, where he is station oper ator. fir OSHUA M. JACKSON, a leading farmer in Xenia Township, Greene County, is tilling one hundred and forty acres of choice land, where he has a comfortable home and in a community whose people hold him in the highest repect. He was born November 17, 1829, in Cedar ville Township, and is a son of Hon. Robert Jack son, a native of Eastern Ohio; the latter was born in 1798, and whan reaching man's estate was married to Miss Minerva J. Eddy. The mother of our subject was a native of Warren County, Ohio, where she was reared and married. The parents of our subject, after their marriage settled at once in Cedarville Township, this county, where they lived until 1858. Then selling out they changed their residence to Xenia, where they sojourned until 1870. Then they removed to a farm in Xenia Township, where the father died about 1878. The mother died in Yellow Springs village, in 1884. The household circle in cluded twelve children, seven sons and five daugh ters, five of whom died in infancy. Mr. Jackson was the fourth child of his parents, and was reared in Cedarville Township, Greene County, living there also about two years after his marriage. He then settled on the farm which he now owns and occupies. He was wedded at the bride's home, in Xenia Township, November 17, 1852, to Miss Mary M., daughter of Alexander and Eleanor (Fitzgerald) Goudy, who were na tives of Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Goudy were reared and married in their native State, whence they came to this county and settled in Xenia Township, where they spent the remainder of their days. . Mr. Goudy died in August, 1872, and his excellent wife in 1846. They were the parents of eight children, three sons and five daughters, of whom Mrs. Jackson was next to the youngest. She was born July 9, 1830, aud of her union with our subject there have been born five children, viz. : Robert A., Charles C, Joshua C, Joseph E. and Mary. Robert died when an interesting youth of sixteen years; Charles C, who possesses more than ordinary business ability and energy, started out at an early age on his own account and is now in the banking business at_ Osborn, holding a fine position among his fellow citizens, socially and financially; Joshua C. is farming in Xenia Town ship; Joseph E. is in the mercantile business at Xenia. Mr. Jackson has held some of the school offices, and in politics is a sound Republican. Both he and his estimable wife are members, in good stand ing, of the United Presbyterian Church. During the Civil War, Mr. Jackson entered the Union Army, enlisting in May, 1864, in Company F, One hundred and Fifty-fourth Ohio Infantry, serving with the one hundred days' men. Notwith standing he escaped some of the harder experien ces of army life, he suffered exposure to such an extent that his health was greatly impaired. Hon. Robert Jackson, the father of our subject, was one of the leading men of this county. Prior 246 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. to the war he was Brigadier-General of the Greene County Militia. He at one time represented the county in the State Legislature, and for nine years was one of the County Commissioners. He was looked upon as one of the most liberal and public-spirited men of his time. Alexander Goudy, the father of Mrs. Jackson, served as a soldier in the War of 1812. He fur nished a fine example of honor and morality, was possessed of more than ordinary intelligence and a man looked up to in his community. Both the Jackson and Goudy families occupy no unimpor tant position in the history of the county. -fc— « ItelLLIAM MARQUART, M. D., a native of \J[ CI W \&Jli ^lal'k County, now residing in Spring- YJjnjy field, has a high reputation not only as a skillful and eminently successful physician, but also as an able business man and financier. He may be accorded a place among the leading agricul turists of this part of Ohio, as among other valu able property he owns an entire section of land, and even more, which is improved and divided into well-appointed farms. Our subject is of French descent on the paternal side. His father, Peter Marquart, was born near Carlisle, Pa., a son of Philip Marquart, who was also a native of the Keystone State. His father was a native of France, and came to this country in Colonial times, and spent the remainder of his life in Pennsylvania. The grandfather of our sub ject was a carpenter, and plied his trade in his na tive State till 1800, and in that year moving to Virginia, carried on his calling in Botetourt County till about 1812, when he again made a move, and accompanied by his wife and seven chil dren started on a tedious journey to the wilds of Ohio. His wife rode all the way in a two wheeled chaise, and a four horse team and a two horse team conveyed the other members of the family and the household goods to their destination. Mr. Marquart bought a tract of timber and wild prairie land in Greene Township, on the head waters of Muddy Run, and made his home there until his demise in 1837. He was an industrious, aotive man, of good habits, and consequently pros pered, but in an unfortunate hour he went secur ity for some friends, and lost all his property. His wife, a native of Pennsylvania, whose maiden name was Mary Leffler, spent her last days on the home farm in Greene Township. The father of our subject learned the carpen ter's trade of his father, in Virginia, and after he came to this county with his parents, in company with his father, he erected the most of the fine buildings in the western part of the county. Two years after his marriage he bought a tract of land in Pike Township, and built a log house thereon, the same in which our subject was born. After that he was employed at his trade but little, de voting his time to clearing his land and improving a farm. At that time lumber was comparatively valueless, and he rolled many fine walnut logs into a heap and burned them. In the years of labor that followed his settlement he wrought a great change in his land, aud at the time of his death had many acres cleared and under good cultivation, and had other wise greatly increased the value of his homestead. The mother of our subject was a native of Clarke County, Bethel Township the place of her birth. Her maiden name was Margaret Minnich, and she was a daughter of Michael Minnich, a native of Virginia. His father was born in the provinc of Alsace, Germany, and coming to this country in Colonial times, settled in Virginia, and there passed the remainder of his life. The Doctor's ma ternal grandfather was reared in Virginia, and went from there to Ohio, in 1810, and settled in that part of Champaign County now included in Clarke County. He bought land on the banks of Mad River, in Bethel Township, improving a farm, whereon he lived till death claimed him. The maiden name of his wife was Leah Sinz. She was born in Virginia, was of German antecedents and spent her last years on the home farm in Bethel. The Doctor's mother died at her home in Pike Township. The following are the four children born of her marriage: Michael, Philip, William and Milton. Dr. Marquart received his early education in the pioneer schools of his native county, which were PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 247 conducted on the subscription plan. He was an apt scholar, and by close application to his books he became well-grounded in the ordinary studies of the day, and at the youthful age of sixteen commenced teaching. He carefully saved his money with a view of obtaining a higher educa tion, and at the age of eighteen entered AVitten- burg College. For two years he was a close student at that institution, and then turning his attention to the study of medicine, while teaching, he earned enough money to pay his way at the Cincinnati Medical College, where he pursued a fine course of study, and later entered the Cleveland Medical College, from which he was graduated with honors. He had a very tempting offer to enter upon his practice with an old physician in Muncie, Ind., but after consulting his friends he decided to es tablish himself in the town of Northampton, in his native township, where he at once began a success ful career in his profession. He practiced there many years, and such was his repute for skill and au exceptionally good knowledge of medicine, that he was in great demand far and wide beyond the limits of that and adjoining townships. He al ways manifested a great interest in agriculture, and finally removed to his farm in Bethel, whose management he superintended, besides looking after his other two valuable farms. He subse quently removed to Springfield, that his children might have the benefit of the city schools. He afterward returned to his homestead, and lived there till March, 1889, when he once more took up his residence in Springfield, and is still a citizen of that city. To the lady who presides over his attractive home Dr. Marquart was united in marriage in 1853. Mrs. Marquart's maiden name was Martha J. Layton. She is a devoted wife and mother, looking carefully after the interests of her house hold, and she is a kind and true friend to all who come under her influence. Of her pleasant wedded life the following five children have been born: Oscar M., a successful physician, practicing his profession in Osborn, Greene County; Alice; Ella, the wife of George A. Beard, an attorney; William and Florence. A gentleman of broad culture, a physician of high standing, a public-spirited and progressive citizen, a true husband and indulgent father, a generous friend, considerate in his relations with others, Dr. Marquart's busy and useful career has more than fulfilled the promise of his youth, to make life a success, and- his presence among ns is an honorable addition to the citizenship of this, his adopted city. The Doctor is a member of the Clark County Medical Society, and belongs to Clark Lodge, No. 101, A. F. & A. M. ffiSAAC H. SMITH. The headquarters of Mr. I Smith, who is located about four miles south lis of Xenia, comprises a well-developed farm one hundred and six acres in extent, which under his careful management is highly productive, yielding annually a handsome income. Like many of the successful men about him, Mr. Smith is a native of Greene County, and was born inPaintersville, Sep tember 7, 1851. He is thus stillayoung man, prac tically just commencing the sober duties of life, and with bright prospects for the future. He is the representative of an excellent family, being the son of Elijah E. and Susan (Probosco) Smith. Eli jah Smith was born in Clinton County, this State, while his estimable wife was a native of Virginia. To the parents of our subject there was born a family of seven children, viz: Hannah W., Rebecca F.; Zadie B., deceased; Lydia J., Isaac H., Charles A., and Anna. The mother departed this life at the old homestead in March, 1884; Mr. Smith is still residing on his farm. The subject of this notice spent his boyhood and youth in the manner common to tho sons of pio neer farmers, obtaining such education as was afforded by the district school. He was married De cember 23, 1875, when a youth of eighteen years, to Miss Sarah E., daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Ketteman) Saville, of Greene County. Of this union there have been born three children — L. Maude, Frederick B. S., and H. Mabel. Both Mr. and Mrs. Smith are members of the First Methodist Episcopal Church. The father of our subject was born in Union 248 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. Township, Clinton County, this State, October 8, 1812, and came to this county in 1850. He was a life-long farmer by occupation, an honest, hard working man, who enjoyed the respect of his neigh bors, and who did a kindly act as he had oppor tunity. The paternal grandparents of our subject were Joseph and Lydia (AValker) Smith, natives of Frederick County, Va., where they were reared and married. They emigrated to Clinton County, this State, in 1805, and Grandfather Smith occupied himself as a miller, although in Virginia he had en gaged in farming. In Ohio he secured two hun dred and fifty acres of land upon which he settled and spent the remainder of his life, passing away in 1832. To Grandfather Smith and his good wife, there was born a family of twelve children, eleven of whom lived to mature years, these being Morclecai, Samuel, Elizabeth, Polly, Mary, Rebecca, Edward, Lydia, Joseph, Henry, Elijah, and our subject. Mr. Smith retains as a valued relic the old cradle in which his uncles and aunts were rocked to sleep in their babyhood, and which has done good ser vice for man}7 other children since their time. OTHENIEL MOORE. This name represents one of the younger members of the agri cultural community of Greene County, who is making for himself a good record, both in con nection with his vocation and as a citizen. He is a native of this State, and was born November 4, 1849, at Mt. Holly, Warren County. His imme diate progenitors were James and Anna (Cole) Moore, the former of whom was a native of New Jersey, and born near Mt. Holly, of that State. The father of our subject emigrated to AVarren County, tbis State, when a young man, and settled at or near AVaynesville, where he learned the trade of a blacksmith. Pie was first married to Miss Anna Cole, an adopted daughter of James Gest, of Sugar Creek Township, Greene County. This union resulted in the birth of seven children. The eldest, John Henry, during the Civil AVar enlisted as a Union soldier in the Ninety-third Ohio In fantry, and died in the hospital at Nashville, Tenn., in 1864, from the effects of a wound received in battle; Frank, the second son, enlisted in the Sec ond Ohio Infantry, first in the three months ser vice and then re-enlisted for three years, serving until the close of the war; Peter also gave his ser vices to his country, in an Indiana regiment, and served from the beginning until the close; James Newton was in the Thirty-fourth Ohio Infantry for about eighteen months; he now resides near Barry, Pike County, 111. ; Hannah Elizabeth be came the wife of Charles Rossell, and died at Leba non, Ohio, in 1868; Otheniel, our subject, was the next in order of birth; Martha J. is the wife of Marion Justice, a farmer residing near Richmond, Ind.; Mrs. Anna (Cole) Moore departed this life at her home in Montgomery County, this State, in 1851. James Moore married for his second wife Mrs. Katie Benham, and there was born to them one son, George, now a resident of Ri ;hmond, Ind. Mr. Moore about 1850 removed to Centerville, Montgomery County, this State, thence to Lebanon, and from there to Richmond, lud., where he set tled on a farm and died in May, 1886, at the age of seventy-six years. Our subject after his mo ther's death lived among strangers, and received only limited advantages, working out by the month until his marriage. This important event occurred March 8, 1874, with Miss Laura Belle AVright. She was born March 29, 1854, in Sugar Creek Township, Greene County, and was the daughter of Charles W. and Elizabeth (Venyard) Wright, who were among the earliest pioneers of that township. This union resulted in the birth of six children, the eldest of whom, a daughter, Nettie Jane, died when about one year old; Charles A., Mary Elnora, Delcie M. and Effie May remain at home with their father; Orville N. died when one year old. Mrs. Laura Belle (Wright) Moore departed this life at her home in Spring Valley Township, September 27, 1888. Mr. Moore after his marriage located on a farm near Montgomery County,and in the spring of 1877 removed to Clinton County. From there in 1882 he came to his present farm, this comprising one PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 251 hundred and sixty acres of land on section 29. In his agricultural operations Mr. Moore evinces the thoroughness and skill which have made his fields uniformly fertile and from which he realizes a comfortable income. His buildings compare favorably with those of the intelligent men around him, and he is looked upon by his fellow-citizens as a valued member of the community. He votes the Republican ticket, and socially, belongs to the In dependent Order of Odd Fellows at Spring Valley. | DDISON W. BUTT. Closely identified with the recent history and development of the city of Springfield is the record of the life of Mr. Butt, whose portrait appears on the opposite page, and the principal events of whoso life we record. He is President of the Springfield Implement Company of this city, where he is rec ognized as one of the stirring citizens and is identi fied with the leading enterprises. He is a New Yorker by birth, his early home being in Chautau qua County near the Pennsylvania line, and he first opened his eyes to the light October 14, 1835. His father, George Butt, a native-born Pennsylvanian, was from Erie County, and his paternal grandfather was Wendell Butt, a native of Germany. The lat ter emigrated to America with his parents when a lad of six years, they settling in Pennsylvania where they all spent the remainder of their lives. The father of our subject was a farmer by occu pation and was also master of the miller's trade which he followed considerably in his native State. He left Pennsylvania in 1836 and located on a farm near LaPorte, Ind., where he carried on agriculture successfully and invested some of his capital in city lots at Milwaukee, Wis. On account of the hard times which followed, however, most of these were subsequently sold for taxes. The mother, Mrs. Olive ( Wyllis) Butt, died in Indiana in 1838. She was born in Chautauqua County, N. Y., and was the daughter of Orin Wyllis, who was likewise a native of the Empire State and spent his last days in LaPorte County, Ind. After the death of his wife George Butt returned to Erie County, Pa., and became interested in mill ing, which he carried on for a number of years. Then returning to Indiana he embarked in thesame business at LaPorte, continuing thus employed un til 1854. At that time, in company with his son, A. W., he established a general store under the firm name of George Butt & Son, which they conducted until 1857. Addison then disposed of his interest in the business and the father, later selling out, crossed the Mississippi into Kansas where he so journed four years. Returning now to LaPorte, Ind., our subject in the spring of 1861 established an agricultural im plement house and continued in the business until 1865. Next he operated as a traveling salesman and general agent in the States of Indiana, Michi gan, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, for the John H. Manny Reaper Company, remaining in the employ of this firm until 1868. Next he became connected with the firm of Thomas & Mast, of Springfield, Ohio, traveling through the East as far as New York City, north to the lakes and west to Nebraska and continued with this firm until it was dissolved. Later he was a member of the firm of P. P.*Mast & Co., and became a stockholder of the company, which engaged in the manufacture of farm implements. Mr. Butt disposed of his interest in the above enterprise in 1886 and then became connected with the Albion Manufacturing Company, of Albion Mich., of which he was President, remaining with this company until the year of 1888. At this time, accompanied by his wife, he made an extended tour through the West, visiting Colorado, California and Oregon, and on his return visited Denver, Omaha, Kansas City, and Chicago. During the following spring, going to North Carolina, he in vested a sum of money in the Ashe ville Furnitnre Company which was subsequently merged into the Asheville Furniture and Lumber Company. Upon the organization of the latter Mr. Butt was made President. In 1889 he purchased the old Spring field Manufacturing Company and formed it into a stock company7 which was organized under the name of the Springfield Implement Company of which Mr. Butt was made President, which posi- 252 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. tion he still holds, not only in that eompany, but also in the Asheville Furniture and Lumber Com pany. The marriage of Addison W. Butt and Miss Frances G. Bagley, of LaPorte, Ind., was celebra ted at the bride's home November 4, 1862. This lady was born March 18, 1840, in Mercer, Pa., and is a daughter of Asher F. and Elizabeth Bagley, the former of whom was a native of Avon, Gene see County, N. Y., and the latter of Pennsylvania. They flrst settled in Lake County, Ohio, and sub sequently removed to LaPorte, Ind. They are now deceased. Nine children have been born of this union, four sons and five daughters, all of whom are living. They bear the names, respectively, of Edwin B.,T. Albert, George A., Bh-ances, May and Maude (twins), Addison W., Daisy E. and Nina O. Politically, Mr. Butt is a sound Republican aud a warm defender of the principles of his party. In 1882 he was elected President of the Springfield Athletic Club, which at the time was greatly straightened financially and in debt $700. Mr. Butt assumed charge of affairs and introduced many attractions so that the young men of the city were furnished with a pleasant place of resort and in a large measure kept away from saloons and other objectionable places. At the end of three years under his wise management the debt was liquidated and the club had over $1,000 in the treasury. Mr. Butt was one of the charter mem bers of Anthony Lodge No. 45, F. & A. M., and belongs to Springfield Chapter No. 48, R. A. M., also Palestine Commandery No. 33, K. T. Asher F. Bagley, the father of Mrs. Butt was in former years a prominent merchant of Pittsburg, Pa., and at one time a member of the Pennsylvania Legislature from Mercer County. After removing to Ohio he settled in Painesville and engaged in the manufacture of carriages and buggies. Upon his removal to LaPorte, Ind., he extended his bus- ness as a carriage'manufacturer and engaged in this until his death, in the seventy-seventh year of his age. His wife, Mrs. Elizabeth (Scott) Bagley, died in her seventy-sixth year. Mrs. Butt received careful parental training and a good education and grew up an attractive and intelligent young lady. She has proved herself in all respects the suitable partner of her husband and has preserved in a marked degree the beauty of her younger years. The family residence is a handsome modern struct ure, with extensive grounds, pleasantly located on Fernscliff Avenue. * -j- — . BNER S. BUCK, Justice of the Peace, Notary Public and Collecting Attorney in Xenia, in former years devoted consider able attention to the study of law, and en gaged in the regular practice five years. He has just passed the seventy -second year of his age, hav ing been born September 20, 1818, and is a native of this State, his birth occurring at Washington Court House which for some years was the home of his parents, Samuel and Sarah (Smith) Buck. Samuel Buck was born in Westmoreland County, Pa., May 7, 1780, but when a boy of nine years removed with his parents, John and Martha (Wasson) Buck to Lexington, Ky. Grandfather Buck was a native of County An trim, Ireland, where he was married and whence he emigrated with his estimable wife to America during Revolutionary times. He soon entered the army, fighting on the side of the Colonists, and after the struggle was ended, settled on a farm in Westmoreland County, Pa. A few years later, he in 1789, started with his little family down the Ohio River, running the gauntlet of savage Indians, and arrived safely at the infant town of Lexington, Ky., where he sojourned for a period of ten years. Then, in 1799, he changed his residence to the Ter ritory of Ohio, locating upon ground now occupied by the flourishing city of Chillicothe, but which was then scarcely marked by a human habitation. He occupied himself in farming pursuits and finally removed to Fayette County, where he spent his last days, departing hence in June, 1823. Grand mother Buck survived her husband about twelve years dying in 1835, at Greenfield, Ohio. Samuel Buck, the father of our subject, did not accompany his father's family to Ohio although coining to the State tbat same year, 1799, making PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 253 the journey alone on horseback. Eleven years prior to this he had entered the service of the Gov ernment as clerk in the Quartermaster's depart ment, being stationed at Ft. Pickering, Tenn., which occupied the present site of the city of Mem phis. Upon his return to Lexington he rode three hundred miles without seeing the face of a white man but one. He lived for a time in Fairfield County, then joined the Buck family in Fayette County, they settling ten miles south ofthe present site of Washington Court House. In the meantime the father of our subject, who was studiously inclined, had employed his leisure time in tlie reading of law and later was a student in the office of William Creighton of Chillicothe, Ohio. In February, 1813, he was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of his profession at Washington Court House. He had now been married six years, being wedded in 1807 to Miss Sarah Smith. He continued the practice of his chosen profession until 1862, making his headquar ters at Washington Court House, and Wilmington, Ohio, but later for twenty years was a member of the Greene County bar. He was a prominent man in his community, holding some of the local offices and at one time was the prosecuting Attorney of Fayette County. He affiliated with the Democratic party until 1855 and then identified himself with the Republicans. He died in Jefferson Township, Greene County, Ohio, October 27, 1862, leaving a family of five sons, one of whom met his death in the army while fighting the battles of his country7. Samuel Buck was a man of decided ideas and a member in good standing of the Reformed Presby terian Church. Mrs. Sarah (Smith) Buck, the mother of our subject, was born in New Jersey near the city of Philadelphia, Pa., September 29, 1789. Her parents, Abner and Jemima Smith, settled with their re spective parents near Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio, in 1805, and on the 7th of December, 1807, pronounced the word which made them partners for life. Thereafter they spent the most of their lives in Ohio, and Grandmother Smith died about 1820. Abner Smith departed this life September 11,1818. The early years of the subject of this notice were spent at Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio, where he completed his education and commenced the study of law in his father's office. He was admitted to the bar of Greene County, May 22, 1841, and commenced'the practice of his profession, being for a time engaged as a teacher. He came to this county in 1842, and has resided within its limits for the long period of forty-eight years. He took up his residence in Xenia twenty-two years ago and has been a witcess of its growth and development from that time, while at the same time actively interested in its material welfare. He was elected Justice of the Peace in April, 1876, an office which he has since continuously held by successive re-elections. The fact that he is well spoken of by his fellow- citizens is sufficient indication of his character as an official and a private citizen. Esq. Buck chopped two hundred cords of wood during the time he was studying law. P~RANKLIN PIERCE BRYAN is the leading P business man of Fairfield. Greene County, and a man of prominence and influence throughout the township, well liked by his ac quaintances and respected for his business enter prise and zeal, his good citizenship and his upright Christian character. He deals in groceries, hard ware and general merchandise, and does a large business. He is of Irish extraction in the paternal line, and a descendant of a worthy family, at least two generations of whom were natives of Frederick County, Md. The grandfather of our subject was Peter Bryan of the above named State and the owner and oper ator of a large tract of land. He came to Ohio, locating on Government land at Baltimore, Stark County, where he improved a farm and became a large landowner and prominent and influential citizen. His son Henry7, accompanying him to Ohio when a boy, was educated in Stark County, remain ing on the farm until he was grown to manhood. He then went to Dayton where he married and soon afterward located in Fairfield, this county, where he learned wagon-making and put up a shop of his 254 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. own. He worked at the business from 1844 until the spring of 1871, when he sold out aud retired until fall. After that rest he embarked in the grocery business as a member of the firm of Louck & Bryan, the connection continuing until 1876, when the senior partner was bought out by our subject, and the firm became Bryan & Son. The business was carried on under this style until Sep tember, 1889, when the father sold his interest to our subject and retired from business. Henry Bryan was a man of prominence and in fluence, and had an extensive acquaintance through out the county in which he had made a successful career. He was Treasurer of Bath Township thirty- three years, or from 1856, until his death, Decem ber 5, 1889. When called from time to eternity be had reached his three-score years and ten. In politics he was a Democrat and in religion a be liever in the doctrines of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he was a Trustee and Steward. During the raid of Gen. John Morgan he took the field against the raiders. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Lydia Petry. She was born in Lancaster, Pa., and is a daughter of Henry Petry, a baker who came to Ohio in an early day7, locating at Dayton. He ran the first coffee house in that city. Subse quently he removed to Fairfield, this county, where he built a bakery, which he carried on until he re tired from active Ufe. He died in 1870 at the age of eighty-six j7ears. His daughter, Mrs. Bryan, is yet living, her home being in Fairfield, and her age seventy-one years. She is a member of the Meth odist Episcopal Church. She is the mother of three children — Laura I., wife of L. C. Mitman of Bath Township; W. H., a blacksmith at Osborn, and our subject. The gentleman with whose name we introduce this sketch is still a comparatively young man, having been born June 6, 1852. Fairfield is his birthplace and here he was reared and educated, receiving excellent instruction in the Fairfield High Schools. He learned carriage painting, following it from the time he was seventeen years old until 1871, when he went to Dayton and found employ ment in the carriage shop of Decamp, and later in the agricultural works of Dodge& Stoddard, where he remained about five years. He then returned to Fairfield, bought out John Louck and became his father's partner in business, enlarging the stock and remodeling the store, which is now 20x57 feet. In addition to the grocery stock they deal in hard ware and queensware, having a good trade in those lines and doing the largest grocery business in town. In 1879, Mr. Bryan started in tbe undertaking business with Robert Miller under the style of Mil ler & Bryan. The business is in charge of the senior partner, the firm doing all in that line in the vicin ity, having their own building and the goods, hearse, carriages and horses needed. When in September, 1889, our subject bought out his fa ther's interest in the business which they were car rying on, the style was changed to F. P. Bryan, under which it has since been run. Success has at tended his efforts in life, and beside his business in vestments he owns a good residence and four lots. The estimable lady who presides over Mr. Bryan's cozy home and whose companionship is his chief delight, is a native of Bath Township, where she was reared and educated. She bore the maiden name of Nettie Wilson and became the wife of our subject, September 21, 1876. Their happy union has been childless. William Wilson, the grandfa-' ther of Mrs. Bryan, was a native of Kentucky who came to this county about 1800 while still a young man. He entered land in Bath Township, upon which he made improvements until the War of 1812, when he enlisted, while in the army contract ing a disease from which he died in July, 1812. He had married Miss Catherine Heffley, a native of Maryland who came to this section about 1805. After her husband's death Mrs. Wilson left the farm and made her home with her father, Michael Heffley, where she died in the spring of 1813. William Wilson, Jr., who was born in Bath Township, October 14, 1812, was thus left an or phan at the age of six months, and was reared by his grandparents until seventeen years of age. He was then apprenticed at the blacksmith's trade un der Jacob Griner, at Byron, where he spent three years as an apprentice and one year as a journey man. He then bouglit the shop and tools and car ried on the business for himself eighteen years. At PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 255 the expiration of that period he sold out and bought a small farm in the neighborhood which he operated until 1855, when he traded for a larger estate north of Byron, upon which he resided until 1872. He then retired to Fairfield, where he died December 4, 1881. He was Justice of the Peace two terms, and belonged to the Reformed Church forty-four years. In May, 1834, he was united in marriage with Elizabeth Watts, who died March 13, 1877. Mr. Bryan of whom we write is the present Treasurer of Bath Township, having taken his fa ther's place in that office. He has been Treasurer of Fairfield for six years, and has also been a mem ber of the Common Council four years. Few men of his years have taken a more prominent stand than he in public affairs or have served with greater credit in official capacities. His vote and influence are given to the Democratic party. He is active in the Methodist Episcopal Church and Sunday-school, holding various offices. ffi OHN T. MCLAUGHLIN , M. D. The medi cal profession of Springfield, is honored by the presence in its ranks of Dr. McLaugh lin, who, to a thorough knowledge of The rapeutics as understood by the Eclectic School of Medicine, combines the keenness of perception and accurate judgment which gives him skill in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. He belongs to various medical associations and is medical ex aminer or ^surgeon to various societies and corpo rations. He is still considerably on the sunny side of fifty, bidding fair to spend many years in use fulness and increasing reputation in his chosen work. Dr. McLaughlin inherits a high degree of intel lectuality from his parents, both of whom were teachers of large experience and much scholarship. His father, George F. McLaughlin, was born and reared in Maryland, coming to Ohio when still a single man. In this State he married Miss Rosanah F. Monroe, of Champaign County, who afterward assisted him in tbe Bellefontaine schools, of which he was the principal for a number of years. He died in 1845, when our subject was but eighteen months old. The wife and mother survived until 1878, when she breathed her last in Urbana. The natal day of Dr. McLaughlin was March 29, 1844, and his birthplace Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio. He remained wilh his mother, at tending school at Urbana during his boyhood and youth, completing his studies there in the Urbana Collegiate Institute from which he was graduated in 1864. Having read medicine with Dr. A. H. Balridge, he entered the Eclectic Institute of Cin- * cinnati from which he was graduated in the spring of 1867. He then returned to Urbana, where he began the practice of his profession, remaining there during 1867 and 1868. He then removed to Xenia, Greene County, remaining in that city five years, gaining experience and winning an excel lent reputation. He then removed to Springfield in the spring of 1875, where he now enjoys a lucra tive practice which is steadily increasing. Dr. McLaughlin belongs to the National Eclec tic Medical Association, the State Eclectic Medical Association and the Central Ohio Eclectic Medical Society. He is medical examiner for the Order of Chosen Friends and Grand Medical Examiner to the Ohio Division of the Independent Forresters, in which organization he holds membership. He is also surgeon for the Ohio, Indiana & Western and the Ohio & Southern Railroads, as well as physi cian and surgeon to the Springfield Hospital. His studious habits are kept up as well as his many calls will allow, and he endeavors to keep fully abreast of the times in his knowledge of the recent investigations and theories of the medical world. His personal character is honorable, his manners pleasing, and he is one upon whom his fellow-men look with respect. its ROBERT MILLER, senior member of the un dertaking firm of Miller & Bryan, is operat ing at Fairfield with a good understanding of his business and is looked upon as one of representative men. He comes of a good fam- 256 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. ily, is well-to-do financially, liberal and public- spirited, a Democrat in politics and an active mem ber of the German Reformed Church. Mr. Miller was bora in Bath Township, May 2, 1826, and was reared to farming pursuits. His fa ther died when he was a lad of ten years and there after he was his mother's chief assistant on the farm. His education was limited to the elementary spelling book, Pike's arithmetic and the New Testa ment. He never saw a blackboard until his school days were over, these terminating when he was six teen years old. After reaching hjs majority, he was joined in wedlock with Miss Deborah A. Kin ney, the wedding taking place at the bride's home in Bath Township, October 5, 1848. Mrs. Miller was a native of the same township as her husband and was born February 10, 1830. Her father, John Kinney, was a native of Pennsylvania, an early settler of Bath Township and became one of its most prominent and successful farmers. After his marriage Mr. Miller settled with his young wife upon a rented farm of one hundred and twenty acres near the old homestead and where they lived for a period of ten years. He then purchased the heirship to his mother's estate and secured the home farm, paying therefor $40 per acre and until the outbreak of the Civil AVar was successfully engaged in farming and stock- raising. During the war he served in the State Militia and assisted in driving Morgan from the soil of the Buckeye State. In 1874 Mr. Miller, having resolved to retire from the arducus labors of farm life, rented his place and removed to Fairfield of which he has since been a resident. In 1879 he embarked in the undertaking business, which is the source of a com fortable income. He owns his residence and sev eral lots in the city and is looked upon as one of the solid citizens who have been no unimportant factor in lending dignity and importance to the community. Mrs. Deborah A. (Kinney) Miller departed this life at the family residence in Fairfield April 21, 1886. Of the three childien born to her and our subject, the eldest, a daughter, Vinette J., met a painful death at the age of three years, being fa tally burned, her clothing having caught fire from a candle which she was carrying; Sarah M. died at the age of four years; Robert Edwin, the only sur viving child, is pursuing his studies in Heidleburg College at Tiffin, this State, and expects to gradu ate in the class of 1892. Mr. Miller cast his first Presidential vote for the Democratic candidate in 1848 and has always supported the principles pf the Democratic party. Until recently, he has been quite active in politics, frequently officiating as a delegate to the county and State conventions. He was Township Assessor for a period of sixteen years and until resigning in 1887. For many years he was a School Director in his district and is now the Treasurer of the school funds. He has been a member of the Town Council of Fairfield two dif ferent terms. Socially, he belongs to the Masonic Lodge at Osborn. The father of our subject was Capt. Thomas Miller, a native of Lancaster County, Pa., and born in 1801. The paternal grandfather was Robert Miller, likewise a native of that county and who occupied himself as a contractor and builder. He came to Ohio as early as 1807 and purchased of Elias Kerkendall three hundred and twenty acres of land at $3 per acre, a part of which is included in the land owned by his grandson Robert. He resided upon this until his death, the circumstances of which were very painful, as he was fatally in jured by being thrown from a vehicle in which he was riding. Capt. Thomas Miller was a farmer by occupation and gained his title by services in the Ohio State Militia. He was a man of note in bis community, an Elder in the Presbyterian Church and departed this life September 26, 1836. Pie was married in early manhood to Miss Sarah Wolfe who was born in Lancaster County, Pa., in 1800. Grandfather John W. Wolfe was also a native of that county, where he learned the trade of a tailor. He emigrated to Ohio about 1805, and purchasing a large tract of land became well-to-do and was a prominent and public-spirited citizen. He passed the closing years of his life at the old homestead in Bath Township. The mother of our subject, after the death of ber first husband Mr. Miller, contracted a second mar riage with Judge Simeon Dunn of Trenton, N. J. Judge Dunn was likewise an early settler of Bath PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 257 Township, a very intelligent man and a leading politician. He served as a soldier in the War of 1812, and about 1830 or 1832, represented the county in the State Legislature. He was for years a Township Trustee and served as Associate Judge for fourteen years. To Thomas S. and Sarah Miller was born a family of eight children, viz: Eliza beth, Mrs. Drake, now a widow and a resident of White County, Ind. ; Robert, our subject; John and Abraham deceased; Christiana, Mrs. Nickey, a widow, residing in Muncie, Ind.; Mary, Mrs. Stine, of Walla Walla, Wash.; Margaret, Mrs. Newman, a widow, who is residing in Quincy, this State, and Sarah, Mrs. Batdorf, of Bath Township. There was born to the mother by her second marriage three children — Francis and Joseph L., deceased, and Thomas S., whose home is in Decatur, 111., but who is now sojourning at Ann Arbor, Mich., for the purpose of educating his son. *^E Z^^-' ¥ jrdLLIAM H. HARRY. Probably no man in Greene County has a more intimate ac quaintance with its political history than he with whose name we introduce this sketch. Mr. Harry was born in Xenia, March 14, 1835, at No. 22, West Market Street, where he spent all his life until the fall of 1889, when he removed with his family to the corner of Union and Galloway Streets. He is the son of Samuel Harry, a native of Frederick, Md., and who was born April 6, 1791. The father of our subject served as a Sergeant in the War of 1812, and about 1820 came to Old- town by way of New Orleans and up the rivers. He was a wagon-maker by trade and had been Superintendent of the Washington navy y7ards, en gaged in the manufacture of gun carriages. When taking a trip South, he remained in the Crescent City a few months, whence he came directly to this county and settled in Xenia, in 1822. He bought property west of the Bradley Hotel and carried on wagon-making until being elected Sheriff of Greene County, in 1846. He served two terms, and was noted for his bravery and fidelity to duty. Dur- the imprisonment of Jesse Ramsbottom, who had been convicted of the murder of his wife, he pre vented the lynching of the criminal by a mob who were determined to take his life before the regular process of the law could be carried out. He died at his home in Xenia, March 22, 1867. The father of our subject was first married to Miss Sarah, daughter of Thomas Towler, who was one of the earliest settlers of Xenia, and they be came the parents of four children. Only one was reared to mature years, Mary A., Mrs. Peacock, of Indianapolis. His second wife was Mary, daughter of Benjamin and Catherine (Marsh) Manor. The Manor family came from the vicinity of Winches ter, Va., during the pioneer days of this county. This second marriage resulted in the birth of one child only, AVilliam H., the subject of this notice. The mother is still living, making her home with her son, our subject, and is now seventy-four years old. The paternal grandfather of our subject was James Harry, a Quaker preacher, who married a Miss Rush and died in Maryland. They were the parents of two sons and three daughters. Grand mother Harry died near Xenia at the advanced age of ninety-six years. The Harry family traces its ancestry to Scotland. The subject of this sketch attended the city school of Xenia during his boyhood days and later entered Antioch College, which he left in the fall of 1856 from the junior class. He spent the greater part of the following year in the Recorder's office, and was then Assistant Clerk of the Probate Court until after the outbreak of the Civil War. He promptly responded to the first call for troops, en listing in Company E, Twelfth Ohio Infantry, in the first call for three months, and going to the front, participated in the battles of Winchester, Wapping Heights, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court House, Tolapotomoy7, Cold Harbor, Peters burg, Monocaey, Opequanland, New Market, Cedar Creek and Sailors's Creek, which latter was his last battle, and he had the satisfaction of witnessing the surrender of Lee at Appomattox. He remained in the service until August following, and was then given an honorable discharge. This included two enlistments, as at the expira- 258 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. tion of his first term of three months Mr. Harry re-enlisted in Company D.One Hundred and Tenth Infantry, after which he fought at AVinchester and the Wilderness. He accompanied Sheridan on the Shenandoah campaign, and was in all but three of the thirty-five battles with which his regiment engaged. After the battle of the Wilderness he was promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant for meritorious conduct on the field, and about three months later was made Adjutant of the regiment. In the winter of 1865 he was tendered a Captain's commission for gallantry after breaking the lines at Petersburg. He received his final discharge at Columbus, Ohio, about July 1, 1865. In the spring of 1867 Capt. Harry was appointed Chief Clerk of the Seventh Assessors' District of Ohio, and he served as Assistant Assessor and Sur veyor of distilleries, then as Gauger up to the elec tion of President Cleveland, when, being a Repub lican, he stepped out. He identified himself with the Masonic fraternity in 1865, and has been a warm defender of its principles for a quarter of a century. It is hardly necessary7 to state that he votes the straight Republican ticket. Mr. Harry was wedded to Miss Caroline E., daughter of Judge J. J. AVinans, of Xenia, in Octo ber, 1869, and they are the parents of three chil dren — Mary G, Samuel and James W. Mrs. Harry was born in October, 1846, in Xenia. Her mother bore the maiden name of Caroline Morris. I DAV1N I. THORN, M. D. There are few prac- titionsrs within the limits of Greene County who, according to their years, have attained to a more enviable position than that of Dr. Thorn, who is still on the sunny side of fifty, having been born October 31, 1847. His native place was Yel low Springs, and he was the youngest in a family of five children, the offspring of Isaac and Hannah (Smith) Thorn, both of whom were likewise natives of this county, and are how deceased. The pater nal grandfather of our subject was William Thorn, a native of Pennsylvania, and of German descent. He emigrated to this county at an early day, and spent his last years near Cedarville. His son, Isaac, who was reared on the farm, when approaching manhood, turned his attention to the medical pro fession, and became successful and prominent as a physician, having an extensive practice in the early days in this and Clark Counties. He was actively engaged in his practice at the time of his death, which occurred from cholera in the city of Spring field, when he was in the forty-ninth year of his age. The mother of our subject survived ber hus band many years, and died in California in Feb ruary, 1890. The subject of this notice was but two years old at the time of his father's death, and remained with his mother in Springfield during bis boyhood and youth. He attended the district school until fif teen years of age, then going to Richmond, Inch, became clerk in a dry -goods store, and was thus oc cupied for eighteen months. Then deciding to en ter the medical profession, he went into the office of his uncle, Dr. E. Thorn, of Yellow Springs, and when sufficiently advanced in his studies, took his first course of lectures in the Michigan State Uni versity at Ann Arbor. His second course was taken during the winter of 1867-68, at the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, from which he was graduated in the class of the latter year. In entering upon the practice of bis profession, Dr. Thorn associated himself in partnership with his uncle, which partnership continued until the death of the latter, October 2, 1876. Thereafter Dr. Thorn continued his practice alone, and is now in the enjoyment of an extensive and lucrative business. In the meantime, October 12, 1871, he was joined in wedlock with Miss Rebecca A., daugh ter of Elder R. Stewart, the wedding taking place at the bride's home in Clifton, Greene County. Mr Stewart and his wife were both natives of this State. Mrs. Thorn was born May 7, 1849, in Yellow Springs, received a good education, and remained with her parents until ber marriage. This union resulted in the birth of three children — Carrie S., Una Maude, and Edwin II. The little family oc cupy a snug home in the northern part of the city, and number their friends and associates among its cultured people. The Doctor is a member of the Ohio State Medical Society, and keeps himself thor- Am* M til -ra-. A ¦¦- ¦¦..;- *#$!&&i. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 261 oughly posted upon the new theories and the mod ern methods of practice. Although no politician, he gives his uniform support to the Republican party, is the friend of education, and has served for several years as a member of the School Board. ^# -<« — ffiSAAC K. HOSTETTER. One of the most ex- I tensive business enterprises in Osborn, Greene Jl^ County, is that of the subject of this sketch, who is a grain buyer and the proprietor and man ager of a flour and feed store. He owns a large elevator and is the only man of the place engaged in shipping from that point; in prices he is obliged to compete with the mill and larger cities, yet he makes the business profitable and has a large trade. He also owns the large brick building in which his office and flour and feed store are situated, an at tractive residence and other property. In the ancestral history of most families there are interesting incidents of an historical nature and such is the case in that of our subject. His great grandfather Hostetter, with three brothers, came from Germany to America, and with two of them entered the Revolutionary army, aiding the cause of American freedom until the close of the War. One of the brothers, however, hired with the Eng lish army, acting as an enemy to his brothers and the cause they espoused. The Americans got after him, but the English helped him to Canada and gave him a large tract of land there. The grand father of our subject was Henry Hostetter, a native of and farmer in Lancaster County, Pa., whence he removed to Adams County. There he remained until his death, continuing his agricultural employ ment and also freighting to Pittsburg. George Hostetter, father of our subject, was born in Lancaster County, Pa., and adopted the occupation to which he had been reared. He lo cated in York County, but in 1849 came to the Buckeye State, settling in Wayne Township, Mont gomery County. There he continued his farm work for several years and then bought town prop erty in Osborn and abandoned farm life. He moved into town in 1856, residing there until his death, August 5, 1887, when he had reached the extreme age of eighty-eight years. He belonged to the Mennonite Church. His wife was a native of Adams County, Pa., was of German ancestry and a daughter of Peter Keplinger, a Pennsylvania farmer. Mrs. Susan Hostetter died iu 1866, leav ing four children of whom the subject of this sketch is the youngest. The first-born, Peter, died in Indiana, in 1883, at the age of fifty-eight years; Maria, Mrs. Forry, lives in Champaign County; Emanuel is a resident of Osborn. The gentleman of whom we write was born in Hanover, York County, Pa., October 31, 1833, and during his boyhood attended the subscription schools, the temple of learning being a log building with slab benches, puncheon floor, and the other primitive fittings with whose description we are all familiar. In 1849, he accompanied his father to Ohio, making the journey by river and canal to Dayton, and remaining with his parents until eigh teen years old. He then began working at the car penter's trade and in 1853, when twenty years old, began contracting and building in partnership with his brother Emanuel. The partnership continued four years and was then dissolved and our subject continued the business alone until 1860, when he went to Dayton, and found employment in the sash and blind factory. Mr. Hostetter belonged to the Ohio State Militia or Natior-al Guards, which were called out in 1864. Responding to the call on May 6, he was mustered into Company K, One hundred Fifty-fourth Ohio Infantry, at Camp Dennison, and sent to the de partment of West Virginia. He was present as an active participant in the battle of New Creek, Va., where he saw hard fighting; the command to which he belonged was then sent out after guerrillas and had two heavy skirmishes, at Greene Springs and Moorefield. During his short but active army life Mr. Hostetter had bullets pass through his clothing and other narrow escapes from death, but was able at all times to perform the duties required of him as a brave man should. Being sent back to Camp Dennison September 18, 1864, he was mustered out of the service receiving an honorable discharge. Returning to the shop in which he had been em ployed Mr. Hostetter was made foreman of the me chanical department, but not liking the position he 262 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. returned to blind making as soon as a man could be found to fill his place. He remained in the em ploy of the company until the spring of 1870, when he came to Osborn, and on April 3, embarked in the grain business in partnership with his brother, under the firm name of E. Hostetter & Co. The firm did a successful business for fifteen years, when the connection was dissolved, our subject buying out his brother, and continuing the busi ness alone. He has manifested business tact and judgment of a high order, conducts his affairs ac cording to honorable methods, and is respected by his fellow-men. In Donnelsville, Clark County. November 4, 1865, the ceremony was performed which united the lives and fortune of our subject and Miss Lu- titia Leffel. This lady was born in the place where she was married and is a well-informed, agreeable and useful woman, whose Christian character affords a bright example to those about her. She has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church since she was twelve years old. Her father, Peter Leffel is a devout and active Christian and for many years has been a Class-Leader in the same church. He is an old settler of Clark County and a promi nent farmer, his home being on Jackson Creek near Donnelsville. Mr. Hostetter is a charter member of Fairfield Post No. 64, G. A. R. and takes an active part in its work. The Methodist Episcopal Church is that of his choice and he attends and supports it in every way possible, being now a Trustee. In poli tics he is a stanch Republican, not only casting his vote for that party but wielding all his influence in its favor. When twelve years old he had an at tack of scarlet fever, which left him slightly deaf. A portrait of Mr. Plostetter and wife is shown else where in this volume. ffi OHN KENDIG. This section of Ohio is in debted to Pennsylvania, and particularly to Lancaster County, for a number of her most enterprising and progressive agricul turists. The father of our subject was one of this class, and he of whom we write is a native also of the Keystone State. John Kendig, Sr., lost his father when he was quite small, and had to work his own way from the time he was twelve years old. He worked out by the month until his mar riage when he rented land, continuing his farmino- operations in his native State until 1839. He then became a resident of Ohio, choosing a location in Wayne Township, Montgomery County, wliere he became the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of land, improved it with two good sets of build ings and the needful fences, orchards and other trees. He died on his farm in 1878. During his young manhood he had taken part in the War of 1812. His wife, Susan Rheinhart, was also born 274 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. in Lancaster County, Pa., her father being a farmer there. She also is now deceased, having breathed her last cheered by the faith of the Mennonite Church. The family of the worthj- couple above men tioned included eight sons and daughters, of whom we note the following; Mrs. Elizabeth Roher lives in Tippecanoe City, Miami County; Mrs. Nancy Lutz lives in Wayne Township, Montgomery County; Mrs. Mary Kay died in Shelby County; Mrs. Susan Hebble lives in Bath Township, Greene County; Mrs. Christiana Stmer died in Montgom ery County; Daniel, who is now retired from busi ness, lives in Washington, D. C; the subject of this notice is the next in the family circle; Martin lives in Bath Township. The latter enlisted in 1861, and served until the late war was over, being slightly wounded in his country's cause. On New Year's day, 1833, John Kendig, of this notice, first saw the light of day, his birthplace being four miles from Lancaster, Pa. When a lad of six years his parents came to Ohio, the house hold goods being piled into a wagon, which was drawn by four horses, and upon which the parents and five children rode. Eighteen days were occu pied in transit, and the children walked a part of the way over the mountains. As soon as he could handle an ax or drive, young John was set to work on the farm, and at the age of twelve years he put up a cord of wood per day, and they hauled it to Knessley distillery. At that early day the school-houses were built of logs, with a huge fire place, a mud and stick chimney and furnished with slab benches; they were kept up by subscription, and afforded but limited advantages to the youth of the locality. The education of our subject therefore has been mainly self obtained. In 1854, when twenty-one years old, young Kendig took charge of his father's farm, working it on shares for about nine y7earj, his hard work and energy bringing him a fair degree of success. In 1863 he came to Greene County, and purchased one hundred and thirty-six acres of partly im proved land in Bath Township, on section 12, pay ing $33 per acre for it. It was very much run down, but during the next two years it was placed in a much better condition, was freed from incum brance, and sixteen acres had been added. Dur ing this time Mr. Kendig had cleared thirty-five acres. In 1870, he began building, the first struct ure erected being a barn, 40x72 feet. The stone for the foundation was procured on his own farm, and also the logs, and the oak frame was made from his own timber, other lumber being hauled from Xenia. Other buildings were erected as fast as possible, a large frame house being completed in 1875. It is in the form of a Greek cross, the dimensions being 32x48 and 32x36. The im provements include a corn house and all other necessary buildings, a windmill and two tanks from which water is forced into the house, an or chard which contains many varieties of fruit, orna mental shade trees, and a beautiful lawn. In 1880, Mr. Kendig purchased the adjoining farm of one hundred and fifty-three acres, which had the same kind of improvements as his home place, and which now is furnished with a nice resi dence, barn, fences, etc. Some eighteen acres of this have been cleared by himself. The entire landed estate of three hundred and five acres forms one of the finest and richest farms in the township. Forty-five acres are devoted to timber culture, and the remainder being cleared, is mainly de voted to the cultivation of corn, wheat and clover. There is a fine spring in the pasture and the open ditch, which formerly drained the estate, has been tiled and is now plowed over. The distance to Xenia is eight miles, over a pike road, and it is five miles to the nearest market. The land is kept in fine condition by the use of the best fertilizing agents, the crops therefore being first-class in qual ity and quantity. Cattle, hogs and horses are raised, the latter being a fine grade of Norman draft horses, large and powerful. Mr. Kendig formerly raised Cotswold sheep. He is assisted in the man agement of the home farm by his eldest son, while the second son lives upon and manages the adjoin ing estate. The estimable woman who for thirty years has been Mr. Kendig's companion and helpmate, be came his wife April 8, 1858, in Wayne Township, Montgonery County. Her maiden name was Sarah Mitman, and she is the second child of Peter and Lydia (Huffman) Mitman. Her parents were PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 275 born in York County, Pa , and her mother died in Montgomery County, Ohio, soon after their re moval, which took place in 1834. Their oldest child was Rebecca, who became the wife of U. Wilson, and who died in Fairfield. The father took for his second companion Mrs. Anna (Jones) Miller, who also bore him two children: Lewis, who is living on the home farm ; and William, who is deceased. Mr. Mitman was reared in his native State, working upon a farm, and also helping to haul stone for the construction of the first railroad built in Pennsylvania. He learned the milling business, but concluding to come W«st, in 1833, he walked to Wheeling, whence he followed the Ohio River down to Cincinnati, still on foot, and then took the tow path to Columbus. Viewing the country and being favorably impressed with it, he returned to Pennsylvania over the mountains, mak ing the trip in six weeks, and accomplishing it as he had his journey hither. In the spring of 1834, with a one horse wagon, he brought his wife and two children to this county, settling in Bath Township. Having but $28 in money when he arrived, he began working out on farms, but he afterwards bought his father's place and improved it, putting upon it fine buildings, paying for it and helping his children some. Being the fortu nate possessor of a fine physique, he was able to endure much hard labor, and by his own hands performed a large share of the arduous toil re quired in placing the estate upon a fine footing. He died in Fairfield April 20, 1890. Pie had been Township Trustee, and was Land Appraiser in 1870. He was a Democrat in politics, and a Lu theran in religion. He was active in the church work, being a charter member of the organization at Osborn, and a Deacon since its institution. Mrs. Kendig's grandfather, Jacob Mitman, was a farmer in York County, Pa., until 1835, when be became a resident of the Buckeye State, locating on a farm in Bath Township, this county, which a few years later he sold to his son Peter, afterward living with his children until his death. He had served in the War of 1812, and as a hunter and fisherman attained quite a reputation. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Kendig comprises seven sons and daughters: Julia A., John P., Lewis F., Albert D., William II., Harry R. and Daisy May. Julia became the wife of Zepheniah Trollinger, of Virginia, their home being near Fairfield; John P. is a shareholder in the Osborn Bank, and a School Director in his district; Lewis F. married Miss Cora Burrous, and occupies the farm adjoining his boyhood home; the younger members of the family still reside under the pa rental roof. Mr. Kendig is a stockholder and Director in the Osborn Bank. He was School Director for six years, and while he lived in Montgomery County was Road Supervisor. The various township offices have been at his command, but he declines running, having no desire for public life except to aid the cause of education. Politically he is a straight Democrat. Personally, he is a whole- souled and honorable man, a thorough gentleman, and necessarily a reliable citizen. Both himself and wife belong to the German Reformed Church, at Byron, he having helped to build the church edifice, and both being interested in every good work going on about them. Throughout this sec tion of country no couple can be found more worthy of representation in this volume than John Kendig and his wife. yfclLLIAM R. ROSS. The Ross family has ' for many years occupied a leading posi- WW tion in Jefferson Township, Greene County, and the subject of this notice is one of its most worthy representatives. He is a grandson of the well-known John Ross, the latter a native of County Armagh, Ireland, and of Protestant Irish stock. Grandfather John Ross was fourteen years old when emigrating to America, and settled with his brother on the Roanoke River, in Montgomery County, Va. He was there married later to a Miss McDonald, who was of ancestry similar to his own and whom it is believed was born in Ireland. If this was the case she came when a very young child to America with her parents, they settling in Virginia, where the parents died when quite 276 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. aged. John Ross after his marriage located on a farm iu Montgomery County, that State, and there with his estimable wife spent the remainder of his life, dying at an advanced age. Both were con nected with the Reformed Presbyterian or as it was sometimes called, the Seceder's Church. The father of Miss McDonald served as a soldier in the Revolutionary AVar and was one of the earliest settlers of the county wliere he spent the closing years of his life. To him and his estimable wife was born a family of ten children, of whom Robert, the father of our subject, was the y7oungest son. Robert Ross was born in Montgomery County, Va., and lived there until reaching his majority, when leaving home he emigrated to Monroe County and was there wedded to Miss Susannah H. Alexan der. The lady was born and reared in Monroe County and was the daughter of Mathew Alexander, whose parents were natives of the city of Dublin, Ireand. The latter upon emigrating to America set tled in what is now Augusta County, Va., where they engaged in farming and spent the balance of their lives. The mother bore the maiden name of Mary Black. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Alex ander spent their lives in Monroe County and died at an advanced age. The father of our subject after his marriage set tled on a farm in Monroe County where he lived until after the birth of four sons, these being, James, who died when about twenty-four years old; John A. ; William R., our subject and Thompson. Wil liam R. was born June 9, 1829, and remained un der the home roof until the family set out in the fall of 1847 for Ohio. The journey was made over land with teams, the travelers halting at night by the wayside. They carried with them a few house hold utensils and their provisions, and camped and cooked by the wayside. After a journey of about eighteen days they reached their destination in Jef ferson Township and the father early the following spring purchased land and began the opening up of a farm. He was prospered in his labors as a tiller of the soil and lived there the remainder of his days, passing away January 10, 1878, at the ad vanced age of eighty-four years. He was a life long member of the Presbyterian Chuch in which he had officiated as Elder and been one of the chief pillars. He was a member of the old Whig party in early life, but later joined the Democracy. The wife and mother preceded her husband to the silent land about ten years, when sixty-four years old ; she belonged to the same church as her hus band for many years. The subject of this notice was about nineteen years old when his parents emigrated to Ohio. He remained with them until after his marriage and then purchased a part of the land which he now owns and occupies. He has now two hundred and twenty-six acres, nearly all under cultivation and embellished with modern buildings. The residence is a fine two-story7 brick structure, completed iu the fall of 1874, and adjacent was a substantial barn with the other outbuildings required by the enterprising and progressive farmer. On Easter Sunday, 1890, the barn with its contents was de stroyed by fire, involving a loss of more than $3,000. The marriage of William R. Ross and Miss Ruh- amah C. Moon was celebrated February 25, 1864, at the bride's home in Jefferson Township. Mrs. Ross was a native of this township and was born March 22, 1843. Her parents were Gideon and -Jane (Turner) Moon, natives respectively of New York State and Ohio. They wpre married in Cin cinnati and soon afterward settled on a farm near Bowersville during tbe pioneer days. They began life comparatively without means, but by the exer cise of unflagging industry aud economy, suc ceeded in building up a good home from the wilderness which sheltered them until they passed from earth. Death visited the family during the cholera epidemic in 1854, taking the mother at the age of forty-eight years, two daughters, a son and son-in-law and a grandchild, all within a few days. Mr. Moon survived his wife and contracted a second marriage with Mrs. Diana (Reeves) Shaner. This lady had lost her husband and three children in one day from cholera, leaving two sons. After his second marriage Mr. Moon carried on farming in Jefferson Township until his death April 21, 1884, at the advanced age of eighty-one years. His last wife is still living, making her home with a daughter of Berrien County, Mich., and is now PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 277 sixty-seven years old. Mr. Moon and his first wife were members in good standing of the Meth odist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Diana Moon is a Baptist of the old school and her father had been a minister of that church for many years. Mrs. Ross was carefully reared by her mother and step- mother, and remained a member of her father's household until her marriage. She is now the mother of five children, the eldest of whom, Clement P., married Miss Ella White, of Clinton County, and they have one child, a daughter, Edith M.; Miss White formerly followed the profession of a teacher for many years; Susannah is the wife of M. F. Beal and they live at the homestead. Mary married Asa Kline and they live in Jefferson Township. John and Lena P. are at home with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Ross and their chil dren are members of the Christian Church. Politi cally, our subject is a stanch Democrat. He keeps himself posted upon current events and has served as a Justice of the Peace. 3Ff= E. GREEN AWALT. A visitor to Greene County would not long remain in ignorance of the name and person of the above- named gentleman, who is pastor of the Osborn charge of the Lutheran Church, which in cludes three churches, one at Osborn, one at Don- aldsvillc, Clark County, and a third at Brandt, Miami County. He is quite young, having been born February 27, 1859, but possesses a fine edu cation and exceptional qualifications for the minis try. He is a master of pulpit oratory, his fine figure and countenance adding to his pleasing ap pearance, and aiding in the graceful delivery of his sermons. Among his congregations he is extremely popular, while beyond the Lutheran connection he is favorably regarded, and is very influential. He rejoices in the degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts and Bachelor of Divinity, to which his learning entitles him, and which have been earned by unremitting application and determination. The Greenawalt family is of German extraction. The grandfather of our subject, John Greenawalt, was born in Pennsylvania and was a farmer in Franklin County. He became an early settler in Mahoning County, Ohio, where he continued his agricultural pursuits, becoming quite well-to-do. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. His wife, Elizabeth Connor, who was of English descent, died in this State, in the fall of 1889, at the extreme age of ninety-two years. Jesse Greenawalt, a son of the couple above mentioned, was born in Franklin County, Pa., and removed to Mahoning County, Ohio, when a young man. Ho had learned the trade of a carpenter and occupied himself in contracting and building. After his marriage he removed to Allen County, Tnd., being one of the first settlers near Ft. Wayne, and continuing his previous occupation for some time. He then located upon and cleared a farm fourteen miles from Ft. Wayne and began a successful ca reer as a tiller of the soil. He is still living there, being now about sixty-eight years old. He has held various township offices, among them that of Assessor, in which he has served twenty years. In politics he is a Republican, and in religion a Lu theran, being a Deacon in the congregation. His wife, in her girlhood Miss Susan Shimp, woe also born in Franklin County, Pa. Her father, John Shimp, was a native of the same State, in which he died, the family afterward removing to Columbi ana County, Ohio. Mrs. Shimp, whose maiden name was Catherine Stauffor, also a native of the Keystone State, died at the age of seventy-five years. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Greenawalt are the par ents of four living children and lost one in infancy. John E. is a prominent farmer in Allen County, Ind.; George L., now practicing medicine in Ft. AVayne, was graduated from Bellevue Hospital Medical College, N. Y. ; Oliver J. is a teacher in the Hoosier State. The youngest child is the sub ject of this biographical notice. The birth of the Rev. Mr. Greenawalt occurred in Allen County, Ind., where he was reared upon a farm, learning the rudiments of agricultural life while attending the district and graded schools near his home. At the age of fifteen years he en tered the Normal School at Ft. Wayne, and after studying one term, entered the school at Valparaiso, where he began a teacher's course in selected stud ies. He pursued his studies there about two years 278 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. although the attendance was not consecutive, ex cept one year, which he devoted entirely to study before he was seventeen years old. In 1876 and 1877 he taught in the home township, returning to Valparaiso in the summer and in the fall becoming principal of the Leo Village or Cedar Creek Town ship graded school. For three successive years he held that position, spending the summers in Val paraiso and continuing his own pursuit of knowl edge, except the last year, when he taught eleven months. In the fall of 1880 young Greenawalt entered the Freshman Class in Wittenberg College, at Springfield, Ohio, carrying on his studies there until 1884, when he was graduated with the de- . gree of Bachelor of Arts. From boyhood he had felt a desire to enter the ministry, but did not de termine to do so until during his senior year. In the fall after his graduation from the regular course he entered the theological department of the college, of which he remained a student for three years. He made his own way through college, the summers finding him busy earning money to pay his expenses through the college year. On the 1st of February7, 1886, he became pastor of the church at Osborn, serving it while continuing his studies. On May 28, 1887, he was graduated with the de gree of Bachelor of Divinity, and in June follow ing received the degree of Master of Arts. His labors at Osborn still continued, and on October 2 of the same year he was ordained by7 the Miami Synod, which met in this place. After his ordination, the Rev. Mr. Greenawalt located permanently in Osborn, and has since de voted his time to his charge, keeping up various societies in the three congregations and pushing forward the work of the church with conscientious zeal and fervor. He has entirely refurnished the Osborn Church. He possesses decided literary ability, and while in college contributed to the college paper, besides being its editor for two years. His fervid utterances in the pulpit are not confined to dogmatic statements of denominational differences, but include all morality and Christian living, temperance particularly being dwelt upon as a sterling virtue. It will be reasonable to suppose that a man of Mr. Greenawalt's character, attainments and aspir ations would desire for a companion in life a woman of noble heart, cultured mind and sympathetic na ture. Such he found in Miss A. Mary Mitchell, of Springfleld, with whom he was united in marriage at her home March 2, 1889. Mrs. Greenawalt was born in Springfield, Clark County, and completed her education at Wittenberg College, Springfield, and at the Western Female Seminary in Oxford. Her father, Ross Mitchell, was connected with the Champion Reaper Works, at Lagonda, until 1880, when he withdrew from that business. He resides in Springfield, where he is identified with import ant business interests. ¥ ALTER HAGAR. Xenia has become well known among neighboring cities on ac count of the number and importance of its business establishments and manufactories, which have wielded an immense power in developing the commercial interests of the State of Ohio. Among these the stranger especially notices the mills of the Xenia Paper Company7, which was organized in May, 1881, with a capital stock of $20,000. The first officers of the company were the Hon. John Little, President; F. C. Trebein, Vice President; C. C. Shearer, Secretary; John S. Ankeney, Treasurer, and Walter Plagar, Superintendent. The first move toward incorporating this com pany was made by Mr. Hagar, who secured the assistance of Mr. Ankeney, Cashier of the Second National Bank. At first there was put up about one-half the present plant, with machinery to com plete a first-class mill capable of producing six thousand pounds of paper daily. Later by in creasing the speed and doubling the amount of machinery with enlargement of buildings, the quan tity of paper produced will now average nearly thirty thousand pounds daily. The present official Board of the company is as follows: Hon. John Little, President; F. C. Trebein, Vice-President; Edwin W. Hagar, Treasurer; Horace Ankeney, Secretary; and Walter Hagar, Superintendent and Manager. . A PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 281 Walter Hagar was born March 4, 1823. At the age of fifteen years he commenced work in the paper mills of his native place, Newton Lower Falls, Mass. In the year 1857 he removed to Ken tucky where for two years he was Superintendent of the paper mills near Frankfort City. Half the force employed here was slave labor. Removing to Ohio prior to the late war,Mr. Hagar engaged with the firm of Bachelor, DeCamp & Co., of Cincinnati as Superintendent of their mills at Lockland. After remaining there six years he re moved to Dayton, where for three years he had the management of the business of one of the mills in that city. Removing thence to Clifton, Greene County, he was for six years engaged in paper manufacture under the firm name of King & Hagar. At the expiration of six years this company dis solved. Mr. Hagar then removed to Enon, this State, where he engaged in the construction and management of the paper mills of the Springfield Republic Company. After eight years' service at Iinon he took up his abode in Xenia, his present place of residence. After eight years in business in this city Mr. Hagar, at the age of sixty -seven years, is still actively engaged in his life work and enjoys good health with the promise of years of active service yet before him. -Sgs,', eAPT. JOSEPH IRWIN. On the opposite page is presented a portrait of this venera ble citizen of Springfield, and one who, after having been prominently identified with navi gation on the Ohio River for many years, later was actively interested in agriculture in this State and Clark County. He came to Springfield, where he owns valuable property, in 1865, and is pleas antly passing his declining years in his comfortable home at No. 235 West Washington Street. He was born in the city of Pittsburg, Pa., December 9, 1800, and is a son of James Irwin, a native of Scotland. His paternal grandfather, also James Irwin, was of Scotcli birth, and coming to America from that country in Colonial times, fought in the Indian War under the famous Gen. Wayne. The father of the subject of this biography7 was bound out to a Quaker, Joseph Oglesby, of Phila delphia, to learn the trade of a carpenter. He subsequently went to Scotland to seek a wife among his native hills. On his return trip he met on board the sailing-vessel Miss Martha Carruthers, a native of Ireland. They were fourteen weeks on the trip, and when they landed in New York their marriage took place. After that eventful journey with ils happy results he settled down to a domestic life in Pittsburg, of which he was one of the pio- neeis. In that young city artisans of his calling were in demand, and he pursued his trade there with good profit and assisted in the upbuilding of that city, where he spent his last years as did his wife also. The old stock of Irwins are buried in Pittsburg. A number of citizens of Pittsburg, of whom the father of our subject was one, raised sufficient money to pay for the passage of the celebrated Alexander Campbell from S. otland to Pittsburg. Soon afterward they established the college across the line in West Virginia, and of this Alexander Campbell, who established the Christian Church in America, was President. In that institution Capt. Irwin and his brothers received their education. The youngest brother, William Irwin, became a minister in the Christian Church, and died while in charge of the church at Moscow, above Cincinnati. Another brother, Capt. James Irwin, was a very successful business man of Pittsburg, and died worth $500,000. He established the Old Ladies' Home of Pittsburg, and left$10,C00 to each of ten different charitable institutions of that city. Relig iously, he was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and was twice married. His widow, Mrs. Mary Irwin, is still living. His only descendant is a grandson. Capt. Irwin, who is a namesake of Joseph Oglesby, was reared in his native city, and commenced to work for his father when quite young. As has been before stated, he received his education iu Bethany College, and while there rescued from drowning three boys, sons of widows. In youth his employment consisted in making the wooden pins that were then used instead of nails in build ing frame houses. At the age of nineteen he be- 282 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. gan the life of a boatman on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and was employed as second engineer for some time; he continued in a subordinate position on the river for twenty years, and at the expira tion of that time invested his savings in boat building in company with his brother James, and built a boat for himself, named the "Brunette," which was for some years one of the finest boats on the river, and in which Gen. Harrison took the trip from Cincinnati to Pittsburg when he was on his way to Washington to be inaugurated President. In 1819 our subject, though he had by no means attained his majority, took upon himself the cares of a domestic life, having persuaded Miss Martha Cummings, a charming young woman, to unite her fortunes with his. She was born on the State line of Virginia, forty miles from Pittsburg, and at the time of their marriage the groom, accompa nied by his father and mother, rode on horseback to his home, and after the completion of his wed ding festivities, 011 the return journey to the city with the bride, they were attended by forty couples all on horseback, truly a gay and merry cavalcade traveling the primeval forest paths. After mar riage Mr. Irwin continued his residence in Pittsburg until 1844, when, deciding to turn his attention to farming, he bought a farm forty miles above Cin cinnati on the banks of the Ohio. The next year, when the spring floods came, his farm went under water, and however much he may have been at tached to that element when he was a river cap tain, and liked to have sufficient water under his boat to float it, he was decidedly averse to it when it was over his land, so he sold his property there, and coming to Clark County, bought a more desir able farm south of Springfield, which he managed successfully several years. In 1865 he disposed of it at a good price and came to Springfield, and has ever since made his home here. He has invested his money judiciously, and derives a handsome in come from it. Besides his attractive residence on AVashington Street, he owns other resident property in the city. After a wedded life of fifty-two happy years, Capt. Irwin's wife passed to the better world, October 14, 1871. Of her marriage with our sub ject five children had been born, three of whom died young. Of the other two — Rebecca, the wife of Thomas Jennings, lives in Indiana; Virginia, who married Charles Knott, died in 1876. Tbe marriage of Capt. Irwin to his present wor thy wife was solemnized April 10, 1873. She comes of a family of early pioneers of this State, and is herself a native of the soil, born nine miles east of London, Madison County, February 26, 1842. Her maternal grandfather was Nehe- -niah Vaughn Town, who was born in 1759, in Utica, N. Y. He married Susan Sholbridge, whose parents had emigrated from Germany and settled iu Virginia. Both grandfather Town and his wife died in 1849, she at the age of seventy years, while he had reached the advanced age of ninety. The father of Mrs. Irwin, Joseph Heath, was born amid the beautiful scenery of Harper's Ferry, Va. Grandfather Heath and his wife both came from England, and settled on a plantation near Harper's Eerry. Five sons and two daughters were born to them, among whom was Joseph Heath, the father of Mrs. Irwin. A daughter, Nancy, mar ried Joseph Russell, a merchant in Charleston, Va., where he and his wife both died. Grandfather Heath and his wife died in the Old Dominion. A grandson, Capt. Heath, was an officer in the Con federate Army during the Civil War, and the cannon which is now at Ferncliff Cemetery, in the Soldier's Square, was captured from the command of Capt. Heath, above mentioned. The father of Mrs. Irwin, Joseph Heath, was born in Virginia, in 1784, and was there educated. He was a soldier in the AVar of 1812, and politi cally, was a Whig. By occupation he was a planter. In the early days of Ohio he and three of his brothers came to this State, settling in what is known as Darby Plains. All were farmers, and became prosperous, living and dying in Ohio. One brother located in Champaign County, and the others in Madison County; the father of Mrs. Irwin bought a large tract of wild land in Darby Plains, and there extensively engaged in farming until his death in the fall of 1861, he being then the owner of a finely-improved farm of five hundred acres. He was a man of wide-spread influence in that re gion, a sincere Christian, and a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, which he was PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 283 prominent in establishing in that county. At an early day religious services were held in his house, which was the home of the itinerant preacher. He was three times married, and was the father of twenty-five children. The maiden name of his second wife, mother of Mrs. Irwin, was Elizabeth Town, who was born in Massachusetts, of English parentage, November 12, 1805. By her marriage with Joseph Heath eleven children were born, of whom Mrs. IrwiB is the youngest. Mrs. Elizabeth (Town) Heath passed away in July, 1842. Mrs. Irwin was an infant when her mother died, and she remained an inmate of her father's home until she was eleven years of age, and then resided with an elder sister in Madison County. She is a woman of decided character, possessing amiable qualities, and in the care of her husband's property that de volves on her, shows herself to be an excellent manager. Both Mr. and Mrs. Irwin are valued members of the St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, the Captain having been ad mittedo to mem bership on his eighty-sixth birthday, by the Rev. Henry Tuckler, to whom he remarked after his admission, in his humorous way, T am the oldest fish you have ever caught." The Captain in his day has been an able man, wide-awake and decisive in his business, sound sense and rare judgment being among his attrib utes. He must have been endowed with an ex traordinary physique and powers of endurance, for, notwithstanding his remarkably advanced age, he enjoys good health, and is regular in his attend ance at divine services, not only on Sunday, but also through the week whenever a meeting is ap pointed he is sure to be there. His genial wit and kindly presence make him a general favorite, and his many friends never tire of listening to his in teresting conversation, especially when the subject turns on the incidents of his youth. Born in the opening year of the nineteenth century, many mar velous changes have taken place in this country since he opened his eyes to the world. At the time of his birth not many years had elapsed since the close of the Revolution and the establishment of the Republic, and still another war was to be fought before it could find full freedom from British oppression. Ninety years ago there were but sixteen States in the Union, now it is a power ful nation of forty-two States,with a population then of between five and six millions, now more than sixty millions of people find homes here. In the year that he was born the seat of government was removed to Washington, which was then scarcely more than a rude frontier village, and John Adams, the second President of the United States, was in the chair. Ohio had not yet become a State, and was, with the exception of a few scattered settle ments, almost an unbroken wilderness, and the site of its present capital was a dense forest, our sub ject being a lad of between twelve and sixteen years before the first building was erected within its present limits. As with Ohio, so with other Western States; in fact the greater part of the magnificent territory from the Mississippi to the Pacific was still in the hands of a foreign power, as President Jefferson's celebrated Louisiana Purchase did not take place until the century was three years old. The changes have been no less great in the manner of living and in the customs of the people. When the Captain was young, large fireplaces were used for heating and cooking purposes, though Dr. Franklin had invented his celebrated stove. The rush light and tallow candle of those days have been superseded by gas and electricity, and other modes of illumi nation. Since he first began to live, many wonder ful inventions have made a revolution in commerce, manufactories, agriculture, and in nearly every department of life. Capt. Irwin was twenty-nine years of age when steam was first applied to railway travel in Amer ica, and he has lived to see electricity used as a motor power. When he was a boy of seven years Robert Fulton launched the "Clermont" on the Hudson, and proved to the world that steam could be successfully applied to navigation. When the future captain was eleven years old, he might have seen the departure from the wharves of his native city, in October, 1811, of the steamboat "Orleans," which was, to quote a leading historian of this Sta*e, "flrst of the mighty fleet which put the cur rents of the great river to naught,'' and when he was eighteen years old that great event in the commerce of the lakes took place, the first steamer 284 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. to navigate Lake Erie, the "Walk-in-the- Water," making her appearance in August, 1818, just eleven years after Fulton first ventured his steamer on the Hudson. Thus we might go on enumerat ing indefinitely the wonderful things that have been wrought by the hand and brain of man within the memory of our venerable subject, but enough has been written to show what ninety years have brought to this Nation, of which he is a loyal citizen. -*2-fe. ?RANK FULTON. There is probably not ; within the limits of Bath Township, a gen- lik tleman who stands higher in its social and business circles, or who has been more successful as a farmer, and praiseworthy as a citizen. He is more than ordinarily genial and agreeable, very intelligent, and a man with whom an hour may7 al ways be spent in a pleasant and profitable manner. He is shrewd in business matters, but strictly hon est and upright, and enjoys the esteem and confi dence of all with whom he has dealings. The immediate progenitors of our subject were James and Elizabeth (Leahow) Fulton, the former born on the Mad River, Bath Township, Greene County, in 1815, and the latter a native of North umberland County, Pa., and born in 1810. The paternal grandfather, William Fulton, a native of Rockingham County, Va., was born November 3, 1773. He was married June 15, 1802, to Miss Martha Grimes, and about 1803 came to Greene. County, and entered a tract of Government land in Bath Township. He occupied himself in farm ing, operated a distillery7, and became well-to-do, leaving among his possessions about one section of land. He departed this life in 1830. The pater nal great-grandfather came from Ireland, probably during the Colonial days. The father of our subject was orphaned at the age of fifteen years, and learned millwrighting. He became skilled in his business, and was employed in the erection of a large number of mills all over the county. He, however, in 1852, abandoned this trade, and turned his attention almost exclusively to farming. In 1850 be returned to his native State, and was married in the city of Philadelphia. Coming back with bis bride to this county, he lo cated upon one hundred and sixty acres of land, from which he built up a homestead now occupied by his son, our subject. He was prospered in his labors, and later added two hundred and forty- seven acres. Finally, he made a specialty of loan ing money, and was numbered among the wealth iest farmers of the county. He was prominently connected with the Presbyterian Church, in which he officiated as an Elder and as Superintendent of the Sunday-school. He departed this life Decem ber 31, 1885. Politically, he was a stanch adher ent of the Democratic party. The maternal grandfather of our subject was John Leahow, who was born in Northumberland County, Pa., in March, 1783. He followed the busi ness of a piano-maker in his native county, doing a large business and acquiring an enviable reputa tion in his line. He invested his capital in lands, and died December 5, 1844, leaving a fine estate. In religion he was a Unitarian. His wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Wymer, was of German and French descent. The mother of our subject was reared and educa ted in her native county of Northumberland, and became a fine musician. She also assisted her father in his business, and taught both music and the com mon school. In 1846, she came to Fairfield, Ohio, and engaged in teaching school and music, both be fore and after her marriage, and until sixty years of age. She died in Fairfield, Bath Township, in 1881. She was a woman of many estimable quali ties, and a member in good standing of the German Reformed Church. The subject of tbis notice was the only child of his parents, and was born at the homestead which he now owns and occupies, April 22, 1853. He was taught to make himself useful at an early age, and acquired his education in the district school. When twenty-three years old, he rented his father's farm, and operated it successfully until the fall of 1874. Then deciding upon seeing something of the Western country, he crossed the Mississippi, and going into Colorado, was employed on a ranch. In the winter of 1875-76 he returned home, and once more taking charge of his father's farm, oper- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 285 ated it until the death of the latter, when it became his as the only living heir. While sojourning in the city of Denver, Mr. Ful ton made the acquaintance of Miss Emma Shella- barger, and the mutual attachment thus formed, was followed by their marriage in that city, De cember 28, 1875. Mrs. Fulton was born in Mad River Township, this State, February 15, 1853, and the year prior to her marriage, went to Colorado on a visit, remaining there until after her marri age. Her father, Martin Shellabarger, was bom in Clark County, and was the son of Ephraim Shella barger, a native of Lancaster County, Pa. The latter left Pennsylvania at an early day, coming to Clark County, this State, before his marriage. Af ter that event he located on a tract of land in Mad River Township, from which he opened up a farm and became well-to-do. Martin Shellabarger was a natural mechanic, es pecially handy with tools, and an expert wood worker, turning out many fine articles for various uses. He had a cooper-shop on his farm in Mad River Township, and in connection with this, car ried on farming many years. He is still living at the old place, and has arrived at the age of seventy years. Politically, he is a stanch Democrat. The paternal grandmother bore the maiden name of Rebecca Wingett. She was born on a farm near Cincinnati, of parents who were among the early settlers of that region. The great-grandfather Win gett became a large landowner, and financially, was well-to-do. The mother of Mrs. Frank Fulton, was in her girlhood Miss Elizabeth Sheller. She was born near Fairfield, Bath Township, and was the daughter of Adam Sheller, a native of Frederick County, Md. He came to Ohio during the pioneer days, settling about 1815, in Fairfield, whence he removed later to Clark County, and lived to be about ninety- seven years old. He belonged to the River Breth ren Church. Mrs. Elizabeth (Sheller) Shellabarger is still living, and is now sixty-seven years old. She is the mother of eight children, the eldest of whom a daughter, Mary, Mrs. Leahow, lives at Yellow Springs; George is ranching on the Platte River, Colo. ; Adam is a prominent cattle man of the San Luis Valley, Colo. ; William, also operates a ranch along the Platte River, in Colorado; Annie died when an interesting maiden of seventeen years; Emma, Mrs. Fulton, was tho next in order of birth ; Edith and Ethel are both deceased. The landed possessions of Mr. Fulton aggregate four hundred and seven acres, all under a good state of cultivation. The home farm is supplied with two sets of farm buildings, and he has a wind mill, water tanks, hay scales, and all the other con veniences for the prosecution of farming and stock- raising after the most approved methods. He feeds annually large numbers of cattle, swine and sheep, and utilizes four teams in the operation of the farm. Mr. and Mrs. Fulton are the parents of eight chil dren, viz: Charles, AVilliam, Edgar, Clifford, Frank, Jr., Bessie, Ralph, and Nellie, .who form a very bright and interesting group, and ali at home with their parents. Mr. Fulton, like his honored father, affiliates with the Democratic party. He has been a member of the School Board of his district for the past three years, and is frequently sent as a dele gate to the various conventions of his party. ft) OHN M. JACKSON. There are many whose lives apparently pass quietly along, who make comparatively little stir in the world, bnt who when they are gone are sens ibly missed from the circles which they have been in the habit of frequenting and whose names the survivors hold in tender rememberance. These thoughts involuntarily occur in recalling the ca reer of Mr. Jackson, who was one of the most highly respected citizens of Moorefield Township, Clark County, and who departed this life July 24, 1890. He was a good man in the broadest sense of the term and was not only mourned by his im mediate family but by a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. The subject of this notice was born in Loudoun County, Va., March 4, 1833, and was the son of John and Mary (Braden) Jackson who were also natives of the Old Dominion, where they spent their entire lives, dying at an early age. When 286 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. John M. was a lad of four years, he was brought to Ohio by his brother Charles and placed in the care of his uncle, William Moore, who had secured the land which is now occupied by Mrs. Catherine R. Jackson, the widow of our subject. John M. was reared to farm pursuits and received a prac tical education in the common schools. This with his habit of reading and observation conspired to make him a well-informed man. He was naturally industrious and prudent and in due time began preparations for the establishment of a home of his own. With this end in view he was married No vember 22, 1864, to Miss Catherine R. Kraft and immediately afterward the young couple settled upon the farm which thereafter remained the home of Mr. Jackson until his death. Plere also were born the eight children who came to bless their union and of whom but four are living: Edith is the wife of John Fryberger of Springfield ; Charles, May and Nellie remain at home with their mother. As a husband and father Mr. Jackson ful filled his obligations in a most creditable manner, as a member of the community he was looked upon as having contributed largely to the welfare of the people around him. Politically, he was a stanch Democrat, a man of decided views and one who when he believed he was right, was not easily turned from his conyictions. Mrs. Catherine R. Jackson was born August 31, 1846, in Baltimore, Md., and is a daughter of George and Anna (Hackenburg) Kraft, both of whom were also natives of that State and who traced their ancestry to Germany. Mr. Kraft served in the AVar of 1812 and emigrated to Clarfe County, this State, about 1848, when his daughter Catherine was an infant of twenty-two months. Settling in the young city of Springfield Mr. Kraft occupied himself as a machinist and for a number of years conducted a shop of his own. He died there about 1872. The mother survived her hus band several years when she too passed away in* 1878. Their family consisted of nine children and Mrs. Jackson is the only survivor. She was reared to womanhood in Springfield, obtaining her educa tion in its public schools and by an attendance of five years at the Methodist Female College. She and her son Charles are now principally engaged in dairying and fruit-growing, running one milk wagon and raising large quantities of the different fruits for the Springfield markets. They number their customers among the best people of their community wherein they occupy7 a good social position. Prior to the Civil War Mr. Jackson crossed the Atlantic and traveled pretty much all over the world, arriving home a short time pre vious to the attack upon Ft. Sumter. WVWjH ffiAMES C. PRINGLE. A visitor to Clark County, particularly if he were a lover of horse flesh, would not long be in ignorance of the name with which this sketch is intro duced, nor long unacquainted with him who bears it. Mr. Pringle has for some time devoted himself to horse breeding, his specialties being the cele brated Clydesdale and Percheron stock. The ani mals which comprise his stud are standard bred and among them may be found some beautiful equines. Standing at the head of the stud is Pride, jr., a draft. Beside his interest in horse flesh, Mr. Pringle is a dog fancier and possesses some handsome can ines of fine breeds. The subject of this sketch is descended in the paternal line from James and Sarah (Vance) Prin gle, who were among the very early settlers of this county, whence they came from Crab Orchard, Ky., in the beginning of this century. To them in 1811 was born a son, D. V., his birthplace being the farm adjoining that now occupied by our subject. He was reared in the neighborhood and upon reaching maturity married Miss Margaret Davisson, who was born near where the village of South Charles ton now stands. The couple at once settled in the house where the widow is now living, the husband buying a well-improved farm along the Washington Pike, and devoting himself to agricultural labors. His father had purchased the place across the road from him, which was at that time all wood land. Mrs. Pringle for many years made her clothes from the wool and flax produced upon their own place, and carded, spun, and woven by her own hands. D. V. Pringle died March 10, 1882, at the PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 287 age of seventy-otie years; his father had lived to be eighty-five and his mother eighty-seven. Mrs. Pringle is a daughter of Isaac and Sarah (Curl) Davisson. Her father was born in Harrison County, Va., in 1790, and was about six years of age when brought by his parents to Ohio. He was a soldier during the War of 1812 and his widow drew a pension for a number of years. She sur vived to the age of ninety-four years. The Pringles were Presbyterians and the Davissons Methodists, and the male members of each family were pillars in their respective churehes. The family of Mr. and Mrs. D. V. Pringle was made up of four sons and three daughters, the sub ject of this sketch being the fourth on the family roll. He was a soldier during the late war and a brother also was fn the Union service. Of the other members of the family we note the following: Sarah E. is the wife of Peter Murray, of South Charleston, and the mother of four children ; they now reside in Kansas City, Mo., Mr. Murray being in the wholesale grocery business in that city and also the proprietor of a cattle ranch in the AVest. Mollie C. is the wife of James M. Lohr, of London, this State; he is engaged in the livery business and is also proprietor of the wonderful medical well at that place. Thomas F., a widower with one son, is at home. Isaac D. lives on the old Pringle homestead, his family including three children. W. W. is married and living in South Charleston, being employed in the Farmers' National Bank. Annie, widow of Robert Collins, resides in Kansas City, Mo. *£ E^ ELYN M. LAYTON. Among those whose names are held in kindly remem brance by a large number of the people of Clark County, may bo properly mentioned the subject of this notice, who was born in this county August 8, 1806, and who departed this life at his home in Moorefield Township, December 25, 1887. While perhaps not the hero of any thrilling event, he pursued the even tenor of his way as an honest man and a good citizen and left to his chil dren the heritage of an untarnished name. By a course of industry and prudence he accumulated a comfortable property, leaving to his widow seventy- four acres of choice land, where she is spending her declining years amid all the surroundings calcu lated to smooth her pathway down the sunset hill of life. The subject of this notice was the son of John and Elizabeth Layton, who were natives respect ively of Virginia and New Jersey. A brother of Melyn M. became a prominent man in the affairs of Clark County and was the first Judge of the county court. John Layton came to this county at an early day, being numbered among its earliest pio neers. He took up a tract of Government land from which he opened up a good farm and there spent the remainder of his days. Young Layton remained a member of the parental household until reaching manhood and made good use of his time in school, acquiring a fair education and availing himself of the instruction of good books, also keeping himself posted upon current events by the reading of the weekly newspaper. He chose farm ing for his occupation and was content to follow this all his life. Mr. Layton was twice married, his first wife being Miss Hatti e Braughton, of Clark County. She be came the mother of nine children, eight of whom are now living: Erastis, Doane, Thomas, Susan, now Mrs. Good fellow; Cordilia, Mrs. Hawks; Mary7 A., Mrs. Light; Matildia, Mrs. William S. Thomp son, and Martha, Mrs. Marquart. Mr. Layton was married the second time on November 12, 1850 to Miss Mary Scorse. This lady was born in Berkely County, Va., May 6, 1823, and was the daughter of William and Catherine Scorse, the father a native of Baltimore, Md., and the mother of Berkely County, Va. On her father's side Mrs. Layton is of Scotch-Irish ancestry while hermother's family originated in Germany. Of her union with our subject there was born a family of six children, only two of whom arc living: Hattie, the wife of William Wentworth, who resides with her mother, and Scott who is living at home with his mother. The deceased are Homer, Clarence B., Lillie, and a son who died in infancy. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Layton first 288 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPPIICAL ALBUM. settled in Mad River Township, near the stream of that name, and resided there fourteen years. They then removed to a point called Silver Lake, one and one-half miles west of New Carlisle and re mained there twelve years. Their next move was on a farm in Pike Township, where they7 lived six and one- half years. Their next removal was to the farm now owned and occupied by Mrs. Layton. Upon this they effected many improvements and while labor ing for the material welfare of his family, Mr. Layton, also by his integrity of character, estab lished himself in the esteem and confidence of his fellowmen. He was especially the friend of tem perance and illustrated in his own life the princi ples which he professed. Politically, he was a sound Republican and a warm defender of the principles of his party. Mrs. Layton's father died when she was a child of eleven years and in 1850, with her mother, she emigrated to Clark County, Ohio, of which she has since been a resident. The mother settled at New Carlisle where she lived until her death, which oc curred August 3, 1865. The parental family in cluded six children, of whom four are living and residents of Ohio. .0S& HARLES C. JACKSON, Cashier of the Bank iff®) III v-^ of Osborn, although quite a young man, has \^^/ manifested such remarkable business quali fications and energy in affairs, as to gain a high standing in business circles throughout Greene County. The shrewdness and faithfulness displayed by him in his former positions, led to his election to that in which he is now acting, and proved that his character and qualifications are known and ap preciated. From honored ancestors, Mr. Jackson derives the qualities which have brought him to the front, and it will not be amiss to make brief mention of former members of the family. His paternal grandfather, Gen. Robert Jackson, was born in Virginia, and located in this part of the Buckeye State in a very early day, operating a farm near Cedarville. He became quite well-to-do, and after selling his farm and moving into Xenia, he operated a mill, and run a flour exchange, doing an extensive business. Later he purchased another farm, near the city, upon which he lived until death, that event occur ring in 1873, when he was four-score years old. He was the first Representative from Greene County, to the State Legislature, in which he served two terms about 1850. His title was derived from the Ohio militia rank. He had a fine physique, was strong and active, and of firm constitution; his life was an energetic one, and his influence not sur passed in this county. He belonged to the First United Presbyterian Church of Xenia, and was a Republican in politics. Joshua Jackson, a son of Gen. Jackson, and father of our subject, was born in Cedarville, and upon reaching manhood, became a farmer, locating in Xenia Township. Twice during the Civil War he entered the service, having the rank of Sergeant. After the war he returned to his pursuit of agri culture, and is now the owner of one hundred and fifty acres of valuable land bearing good improve ments. In politics he is a firm Republican, and in religion a stanch member of the United Presby- toriam Church. His wife was in her girlhood Miss Mary M. Gowdy, whose father, Alexander Gowdy, was one of the first settlers of Xenia Township. He was born in the Blue Grass State, and began his residence here in a log cabin, into the door of which Indians would often peep. He helped fight the savages in the North. Mrs. Jackson is a mem ber of the same church as her husband. She is the mother of four children, the gentleman of whom we write being the eldest. The second son and child, J. C, is at home; J. E. is a member of the firm of Cretors & Jackson, dealers in wall paper, paints, and oils at Xenia; Mary A. is yet at home. The gentleman with whose name this biography is introduced, was born in Xenia Township, Feb ruary 2, 1857, and reared upon the farm, receiving his schooling at the common schools until sixteen years old, when he entered the Pligh School at Xenia. He attended there three years, afterward entering A. D. Wilts' Commercial College at Day ton, continuing his studies until graduation. Soon after receiving his diploma, in 1880, he became book-keeper in the Second National Bank in Xenia, PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 291 so faithfully discharging his duties, and displaying such shrewdness in business affairs, that he rapidly worked his way up to the position of teller. Dur ing Grover Cleveland's administration of the Na tional Government, he was Deputy Internal Rev enue Collector under Mr. Newman. In January, 1889, with the aid of J. II. Bark- man, and under his advice, he started the Osborn Bank, which is incorporated under the State laws, and does a regular banking business. The institu tion is established on a firm basis, having for its stockholders and directors some of the best men in the community, and is doing well financially, gaining reputation and business. Mr. Jackson is a Director and has been Cashier since the bank was organized, also owning stock. Mr. Jackson, on April 22, 1886, led to the hy meneal altar Miss Cora Stewart, an educated, re fined, and -noble young woman, who was born in Yellow Springs, and finished her education at Smith's College in Xenia. Her father, James M. Stewart, was born in Clark County, made an early settlement in Greene County, and is now Deputy Probate Judge, and is also the nominee for Pro bate Judge, *and a nomination in this county means election to the Republican candidate, of which he is one. Mr. Jackson is a strong Democrat, has been a member of the Central Committee, and delegate to county and State conventions. He is a charter member of the Knights of Pythias lodge, of Osborn, in which "he now occupies the second Chair. He belongs to the Presbyterian Church, and manifests the same activity in promoting religious interests that he does in business affairs. ,»^«c"- — '^HH^'j^Hs--**: — 'Ao^~* ON. JOHN W. GREENE, M.D., one of the oldest practicing physicians of Greene County, has been a resident of Fairfield 1^> since his birth, which occurred February 24, 1825, in Bath Township, and ho has been ac tively engaged in the practice of his profession since 1845, a period of forty-five years. He started out well equipped for the duties of his profession, as his father, Dr. Randolph R. Greene, was likewise a physician and surgeon, and the first physician of Fairfield, locating there when it first began to assume the proportions of a town. George Greene, the grandfather, an Englishman by birth, was left an orphan early in life with the care of two sisters. At the ago of thirteen years having heard much of the New World, he in 1757- 58, resolved to seek his fortunes there. Being without means he concealed himself in the hold of a ship about to sail for Baltimore and was not dis covered until the vessel was out at sea three days. AVhenthe vessel landed at Baltimore he was put up at auction, in order that his time might be sold for a period long enough to pay for his passage. It was purchased by one John Derth. who was a cousin of Grandfather Edward Derth, who took him to his house and finding commendable quali ties in the boy7 adopted him into his family. A few years later young Greene married Mary, the daughter of his benefactor, by whom he had eight children, one of whom, Randolph R. Greene, be came the father of the subject of this sketch. Randolph Greene was born in Pennsylvania in 1 787. He removed to Fleming County, Ky., when a boy ,with his father and was there reared to ' manhood, spending his early life among the pioneer scenes of the Blue Grass State. His brother, Henry Greene, was also a physician and with him he learned the first princi ples of the profession. In early manhood he came to Warren County, this State, wliere he was mar ried, but later he removed to Logan County, and located at a point on Macajack Creek. He prac ticed there until 1820, and was the first practicing physician in that region. He became widely known throughout the country around and was not only a prominent physician, but a citizen held iu high repute. He filled various local offices and was ac tive in politics, a member of the old AVhig party and a warm admirer of Henry Clay. He con tracted cholera while attending railroad employes along the Mad River & Lake Erie Railroad, from the effects of which he died in 1849. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Priscilla. Derth. She was born in Browns- 292 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. burg, Pa. in 1795, and was the daughter of Edward Derth, a substantial Pennsylvania farmer, living on the Allegheny River. In 1798, after Wayne's treaty with the Indians, Grandfather Derth loaded his family and worldly goods on a flatboat and proceeded down the Ohio River to Cincinnati. He there landed and followed Wayne's military road to Clear Creek and to a point near the present site of Franklin, AVarren County, this State. There he purchased wild land to the extent of fourteen hundred acres. This was the year prior to the Simms land purchase. Grandfather Derth settled in a wild region remote from civilization, being one of the earliest pioneers of the county, and sub sequently he assisted in laying out the town of Franklin. About 1810 he carried the chain for a cemetery and selected a family lot. Ho occupied his place in this in 1816. His wife, Elizabeth, sur vived him many years, and in 1837 was laid by his side as also were two of her sons. In 1871 a short line railroad was built through the old bury7- ing ground and our subject in connection with other relatives purchased a lot on a hill in that vicinity and to it removed the remains of his par ents and brothers, and erected a beautiful marble shaft to tlieir memory which bore the following inscription "Edward and Elizabeth Derth with their sons, Basil, James E., Asael, Isaac, Samuel, and daughter Priscilla, landed in Cincinnati from Pennsylvania on the 16th of April, 1798, when it. was a village of loss than thirty houses; thence threaded their way along Wayne's Military Road to the waters of Clear Creek and struck their tents in that vicinity before Ohio became a State or AVar ren County had an organization. The first and many subsequent elections for what are now Franklin and Clear Creek Townships, were held at their house. In 1827, the remains of the father and two sons were removed from the present site of the Miami Canal and they, in 1871, with their friends who had followed, were again removed to provide space for railroad facilties. Their descendants have now selected for them a beautiful spot in the cem etery of Springboro, Warren County, Ohio, ad jacent to the surroundings of their busy life, as a suitable retreat from further encroachments inci dent to the wants of commerce and travel for their last long repose." Grandfather Derst in religious belief was a Methodist, as was also his wife. The mother of our subject was taken by her par ents to Ohio when a child of three years. She was reared to womanhood on the .frontier and exper ienced her full share of pioneer life, bearing cheer fully with her husband its privations and hardships. She was a consistent member ofthe Methodist Epis copal Church and departed this life in 1846. The parental household was completed by the birth of seven children: Elizabeth, tbe eldest living, mar ried a Mr. Retter, who is now deceased, and she re sides in Dayton; Roetta, Mrs. "Willis, died in Berrien County, Mich, in 1885; Jane died when a child of three years; Mary, Mrs. J. D. Bacon, is a widow and resides with her daughter in Dayton; two children died in infancy. The subject of this notice spent his early years in a comparatively uneventful manner under the home roof and completed his studies under the primitive methods of instruction and in a log school- house with slab benches, puncheon floor, greased paper for window panes and chimney built out side of earth and sticks. He attended school from three to five months in the year and spent the balance of his time at work on the farm. Later he pursued his studies at a select school. At the age of eighteen years he began the study of med icine under the instruction of his father, taking it up readily as he was already familiar, with the treatment of ordinary diseases, and had spent much time in his father's office. In the fall of 1844 Dr. Greene entered the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati and during the sum mer of 1845 rode with his father, assisting him in his practice. In the fall he returned to the col lege, from which he was graduated in 1846. He commenced the practice of his profession with his father and remained with him until the death of the latter, in 1849. He then went on with his father's practice, becoming very successful, build ing up a large patronage and acquiring a compet ence. While there is now no necessity for further exertion, he still attends his old patients who are reluctant to give him np. Dr. Greene has a very fine home in Fairfield and owns considerable land, having one farm on the PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBDM. 293 Xenia Pike, another on the Dayton road, besides two farms in Indiana. From these sources he is in the enjoyment of a handsome income. Over forty- one years ago, January 31, 1849, he was joined in wedlock with Miss Celenira J. Guthridge, the wed ding taking place at the old Ewing House in Xenia. Mrs. Greene was born August 31,1827, in Westvillc, Champaign County, this State, and is the daughter of Rev. John Guthridge, a minister of the Baptist Church; a Kentuckian by birth and a man of note in his community. He came to Ohio probably about 1805, and first settled in Champaign County and later moving near Fairfield where he spent the remainder of his day's. The mother of Mrs. Greene bore the maiden name of Margaret Parkinson, and she is now deceased. Mrs. Greene received a good education and for some time prior to her marriage followed the pro fession of a teacher. There were born of this un ion three children, the eldest of whom, Duff W., following the profession of his father, is also an oc- culist and aurist, and is in the enjoyment of a lucra tive practice, being located at Dayton. He was graduated from the Ohio Medical College in the ciass of 1876 and spent the summer of 1888 in Europe, pursuing his studies mostly in Berlin and Vienna. The only daughter, Bertha S., died in 1882, when an interesting young lady of twenty-two years. John R. died when a child of nine months. Although the duties of his profession have re quired his close attention, the Doctor has still found time to interest himself in local polities and in 1877 was elected to the State Legislature and re-elected in 1879. He thus served two terms and made his in fluence sensibly felt at tlje State Capitol, being on various important committees. He has likewise served as a member of the Village Council and Township Treasurer. Socially he belongs to the lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons at Osborn. He was given the Royal Arch degree at Dayton and also belongs to the Commandery at that place. In his younger years he was a Whig, but upon the abandonment of the old party, gave his cordial indorsement to Republican principles. He is prominently connected with the State and County m'edical societies. His experience, educa tion and high principles which have characterized all his dealings with his fellow- men have gained him the unqualified esteem of the community at large. A lithographic portrait of Mr. Greene is shown on another page. ^j&us. UILLIAM McCLELLAND. No better repre sentative of honorable manhood and pros- W*tl perous agricultural life could be obtained in the bounds of Greene County, than is to be found in the gentleman above named, whose home is in Sugar Creek Township. His paternal grand father was a Revolutionary soldier, his father served with distinction throughout the War of 1812, and he himself bore his part in the preservation of the freedom which they had fought to promulgate. In the maternal line he descends from a equally honorable ancestry, his mother, in her girlhood Miss Martha McConnell, having been a native of Ken tucky. The father of our subject was Robert McClelland, a native of Forks of Yah, Pa., a farmer and a cooper. He came to Ohio in 1804 and settled on a farm which was solid timber, four miles west of Xenia. Upon this farm he lived forty-two years, his death taking place in 1847. He was twice mar ried and each wife bore him twelve children; three of those borne by his second wife, the mother of our subject, are now living. Robert McClelland was a promwient man in his day. He was a captain in the AVar of 1812, and was especially noted for his bravery which amounted almost to rashness. At one time he was in command of Ft. McArthur, in what is now Hardin County (see Howe's Ohio Historical Collections.) After honorably serving out bis time he was discharged and had reached his home when he was ordered to report to St. Mary's where he was stationed. He was also a captain un der Gen. W. H. Harrison during the Black Hawk War. He was an Elder in what -is now the United Presbyterian Church. The subject of this sketch was born January 3, 1825, on his father's farm in this county and re ceived a limited education in the district schools. At tbe age of twenty-one years he began life for 294 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. himself, and his father dying soon after, he assumed the responsibility of the head of the household and the care of a family which comprised fourteen members. His farm, which comprises one hundred and fourteen acres on the old Military Reservation, is a valuable one and is still carried on by himself. There are twenty acres of timber land on the estate, and the remainder is under excellent tillage and has brought to its owner a competence that insures to him the comforts of life should no unforeseen calamity overtake him. The residence now occupied by the family was built in 1863, at a cost of about $600, and that occupied by his tenant was erected in 1872. The barn which now adorns the estate was erected in 1858. Mr. McClelland is a strong friend of temperance and was one of the first men in this community who stopped furnishing liquor to hands in the harv est field. This was in 1847, and the effort to com bat the popular practice was quite difficult for a time. He has always taken an interest in politics, is an ardent Republican and has been a delegate to county conventions. Ho is now Land Appraiser for Sugar Creek Township, in which he formerly served as Supervisor. During a part of tbe Civil War he was a member of the One hundred Fifty-fourth Ohio Infantry and after serving the cause of the Union was honorably discharged. He is a member of the Agricultural Society. In the United Pres byterian Church he holds the office of Elder, and in tho local Sunday-school he has been Superintendent and a teacher. Stern integrity is ingrained in his character and no more scrupulously honest man can be found in the county, or indeed within the State or Nation. The first marriage of Mr. McClelland was cele brated December 1, 1847, his bride being Miss Jane, daughter of George and Elizabeth Watt, who came from Ireland and settled in this locality in 1820. During the years in which Mr. McClelland was struggling to accumulate means and supply his home with the improvements and comforts that he desired, bis wife stood by his side as a true com panion and helpmate. On March 30, 1883, she was called from time to eternity, her otherwise happy union having been childless. The pleasant home is now presided over by one who bore the maiden name of Hannah Naughton, with whom Mr. McClelland was joined in holy wedlock July 3, 1 884. She also is of Irish descent, being a daughter of James and Mary Naughton, natives of the Emer ald Isle. She was taken into the family of David Brown who came to the Buckeye State in 1819, and she attended the district school near Jamestown. Like her husband she is a consistent member of the United Presbyterian Church, while her refined manners add a charm and favorably impress those whom she meets and pave the wiy for the friend ship which follows their knowledge of her good qualities. "if? UDSON REDMOND. This name is familiar among the industrial interestsof ClarkCounty, as belonging to one of its most skilled me chanics and a man who occupies a high posi tion both in social and business circles. He has been the architect of his own fortune, making his way in the world from a modest beginning and has proven a fine example of the results of patient in dustry, a wise economy and good management. His native place was Cattaraugus County, N. Y., and the date of his birth August 16. 1824. His father, Peter Redmond, was a native of Ireland and emi grated at an early age to America with his paternal grandfather, who was also of Irish birth and ances try. The family settled first in Western New York, but later removed Jo Cattaraugus County, where Grandfather Redmond spent the remainder of his life. He was well-to-do in his own country but came to the United States on account of political and religious tyranny. Peter Redmond was a lad of twelve years when he came to America with his parents, and lived in AVestern New York until after his marriage. He then purchased a tract of timber land in Cattarau gus County, where he put up a log house in which he and his young wife began the journey of life together. Under that lowly roof the subject of this sketch was born. The father followed the trade of a miller until about 1834, when he disposed of his possessions in Cattaraugus County and removed to Penfield, AVyoming County. A few years later he PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 295 changed his residence to Livingston County, pur chasing a home in Gibsonville, where he spent the closing years of his life. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Sarah Curtis. She was born in Hatfield, Conn., and was the daughter of Abijah Curtis, also a na tive of New England and a farmer by occupation. Grandfather Curtis also emigrated to New York and spent his last years in Western New York. Mrs. Redmond after the death of her husband re moved to Ohio and died in Logan County. She was the mother of nine children, seven of whom lived to mature years, namely : James G., Judson, our subject, Jeremiah, Mary, Hattie, Harry A., and Frank. Charles died young, and Eliza at the age of nine years. Mr. Redmond, our subject, remained a member of the parental household until a youth of nineteen years, then commenced learning the trades of a millwright and carpenter, serving an apprenticeship of two years at Pike, Allegany County, N. Y. Afterward he went to Toledo, Ohio, where he was employed in a flour mill a few months, and later he worked at his trade in Maumee City five years. He next embarked in milling at Russelvania, Logan County, but was there only one year. He remained in Logan County, however, for a time afterward and operated the Carr Mills two years. Afterward he was in the Milliner Mill one year. He next re moved to Champaign County and was employed as foreman during the building of the White Cedar Mill. When the building was completed he rented it and operated it two years. Changing his occupation now, Mr. Redmond lo cated on a farm which he had purchased near Belle fontaine, Ohio, but after prosecuting agriculture two years, he traded the farm for the Carr Mill on Stony Creek, Logan County. Two years later he sold the mill and, in 1866, coming to Springfield purchased the property known as the Rogers & McCormick Mill, which was located five miles east of Springfield on Beaver Creek and comprised a brick building, 45x55 feet in dimensions and four and one-half stories high. It was equipped with the old-fashioned burr system with which Mr. Redmond operated until 1887. He then remodeled the mill and put in a complete roller system and this mill now operates successfully with a capacity of fifty barrels of flour every twenty-four hours. In October, 1843, Mr. Redmond was joined in wedlock with Miss Harriot Hinman at the bride's home in Ontario County, N. Y. Mrs. Redmond was born January 16, 1829, in Ontario County, N. Y., and is the daughter of Justus and Ruth (Buell) Hinman, who were natives of Connecticut and spent their last years in Michigan and Now York respectively. Of this union ttiere have been born six children, viz. : Edgar, Orelia, Clara, Inez and Harry G. Francis, the eldest born, died aged ten months. The family residence, a commodious brick structure, is pleasantly located on a rise of ground near the mill property aud forms a very comfortable and attractive home, whose inmates enjoy a sufficiency of the good things of life to gether with the Society of hosts of friends. Our subject and his estimable wife are members in good standing of Sinking Creek Baptist Church, in which Mr. Redmond officiates as Deacon. For many years he voted the Republican ticket, but is now an ar dent Prohibitionist. #>-# ftp^LI McKINDEY ARBOGAST can number »] among his ancestors two of the early settlers ilL-^i of this part of Ohio, and he himself was born in this county, and has ever since made his home here, with the exception of a year elsewhere. In his business as a contractor and builder he has done a great deal to promote the growth of Springfield, his place of residence, and the surround ing country. When he came here in early manhood the city was but a village of three or four thous and people, and he has seen it grow from a mere commercial town, the metropolis of an agricultural community, to be one of the most flourishing man ufacturing cities in the State, with a population of nearly forty thousand inhabitants. Mr. Arbogast was born in Moorefield Township, March 4, 1830, a son of George Arbogast, who was born in Pendleton County, Va., August 10, 1793, a son of Michael Arbogast, a native of the same State. His father, great-grandfather of our subject, 296 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. was born in Germany, and coming to America in Colonial times, he settled in Virginia, and event ually died there. The grandfather of our subject was reared to agricultural pursuits on his father's plantation, in the Old Dominion, and made his home in that commonwealth until 1816, when he emigrated to Ohio, accompanied by his wife and their five sons and two daughters — George, Silas, Eli, Enoch, Solomon, Elizabeth and Abbie. He settled in that part of Champaign County now in cluded in Clark County, buying a tract of land in Moorefield Township, of which he thus became one the earliest settlers, and where he resided until his mortal career was closed by death. The maiden name of his wife was Buzzard. The father of our subject was the eldest son of the family, and at the time of their location in Clark County it was a wilderness, with deer, wolves and other wild animals haunting it, and he being an expert marksman, won a reputation as a skilled deer hunter. He bought a tract of land in Moore field Township, and engaged in farming there for a long time with good profit, accumulating consid erable property, but he lost it all by going security for some friends. He subsequently removed to Springfield Township, and there his life was rounded out by death in the month of April, 1868. He had lived to see the county quite well developed,with fine farms, busy towns, and flourishing cities, where he once saw but primeval forests, wild prairies and uncultivated meadows, with settlements few and scattering. The maiden name of his wife was Eliz abeth Hullinger, who was a native of Pennsylvania. Her father was Daniel Hullinger, an early pioneer of Ohio, coming to this State in 1816, and settling in Champaign County, near Fremont, where he im proved a good farm, upon which he spent his last days. The maiden name of his wife was Shackey. The mother of our subject died in Springfield Township, in July, 1867. She and her husband were the parents of sixteen children, of whom the following thirteen were reared to maturity : Eliza, Melinda, Catherine, Nancy, Enoch G., Matilda, Eli M„ Charles, Harvey, Seth, William IL, John and Isaac. Eli McKindey Arbogast was reared and educated in this county, and at the age of eighteen com menced to learn the carpenter's trade, serving an apprenticeship of three years, and becoming a mas ter of his chosen calling in all its details. He then did "jour" work until 1857, when he established himself as a contractor and builder, and has ever since carried it on with excellent pecuniary re sults in this county, with the exception pf a year's residence in Dayton. He has always conducted a thriving business, erecting many residence build ings, etc., in this city, and even carrying on his building operations in other parts of the county, and has gathered together a comfortable amount of property, and by wise investments of his money has increased his bank account. During the long years of his residence in this city his fel low-citizens have always found him prompt, truth ful and even dealing in all his business trans actions, in which, moreover, he has displayed excellent discernment and sound sense. He and his estimable wije are members in high standing of the St. Paul Methodist Episcopal Cliurch, of which he is a Trustee, and they are earnest in their endeavors to further the cause of religion. Mr. Arbogast first joined the church on Columbia Street, and later connected himself with the Center Street Church, and subsequently severed his connection with that church upon the organization of the St. Paul Society, with wtich he has since been identi fled. He belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, as a member of Springfield Lodge, No. 33. Mr. Arbogast has been blest in his domestic re lations. He has been twice married. November 6, 1851, he was married to Catherine Coffield, a native of Butler County, Ohio, and a daughter of John Coffield. After a happy wedded life of twenty- seven years that woman of sainted memory passed to her reward, and her household knew the comfort of her presence no more, her death occurring Novem ber 11, 1878, five days after the anniversary of her wedding. Of that union our subject has three children — John, George and William. The marriage of our subject to his present ami able and true wife, who devotes herself to making his home pleasant, took place December 27, 1880. She has also been twice married. Her maiden name was Annie Gano, and she was born in As- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 297 bury, Hunterdon County, N. J., May 6, 1841. She was first married June 15, 1857, to Johnson Elliott. He was an attorney and practiced his profession first in Bucyrus, this State, and later in AVapakon- eta, the county seat of Auglaize County, and there he died while yet not far past the prime of life. Mrs. Arbogast's father, William Gano, was born in Asbury, N. J., while his father, Asher Gano, is thought to have been born in either Germany or Pennsylvania of German parentage. He was a well-to-do farmer, owning a large farm near As bury, and died there. Mrs. Arbogast's father fol lowed the trade of a carpenter in Asbury until 1842, and then left New Jersey to make a new home in Ohio, and located near West Liberty, in Logan County, and died in 1 844, in the home that he purchased there. The maiden name of his wife was Jemima Smitt. She was born in Asbury, and was a daughter of Joseph Smitt, who was a farmer and spent his last years in New Jersey7. The maiden name of his wife was Wykoff. She was a native of New Jersey, and a life-long resident of the State. Mrs. Arbogast's mother spent her last years with her children, and died at the advanced age of eighty-four years. * -h DAM L. EPPLEY, a peaceable and law- abiding citizen, has been for some time variously engaged in the city of Spring field and stands well in his community. He was born April 18, 1858, in Yellow Springs Township, Greene County, this State, and is the son of John D. Eppley, a native of Logan County. The latter was born in 1827, and was the son of Adam Eppley, a native of Pennsylvania, whose father was an ironworker at Pittsburg during the infancy of this industry in the United States, and spent his last years in the "smoky city" when it was a town of very little importance. He died in the prime of life, when his son Adam was but a child, and the latter was reared by his uncle, John Nier. When seven years old Adam Eppley was brought to Ohio, the journey being made overland with teams, and prior to the War of 1812. He lived with his uncle a few years in Logan County, then removed to Clark County, and resided with Peter Sintz, one of its first settlers. Then returning East, he served an apprenticeship at the miller's trade in Rockingham County, Va. There also he he secured a life partner — Miss Rebecca Durr. He returned to Ohio about 1824 and settled in Logan County, but subsequently removed to Springfield. AVe next find him in Montgomery County, where he resided about three years. He then returned to Clark County and rented a farm .three years, after which he bought a farm in Green Township. Upon this he lived a few years, then sold and purchased another farm in the same town ship, upon which ho built a brick house and made other improvements. After three years he sold this also, and purchased a farm in Mad River Township. A three years' residence there seemed sufficient for that locality, and selling out again, he removed to Kalamazoo County, Mich. Three years later he returned to Ohio, and thereafter re sided in Greene, Darke and Clark Counties. He spent his last years in Springfield with his daugh ter, Mrs. Mahlon Kershner. He died in the Cen ter Street Methodist Church, when about seventy- seven years old. John D. Eppley, the father of our subject, re mained a resident of his native county until after his marriage, and then purchased a tract of land in Green Township, Clark County, where he resided about five years. He then sold out and went to Iowa, where he sojourned a few months, then re turning purchased land near Yellow Springs, Greene County, where he resided about four years. Af terward he operated on rented land for a a time, then purchased land in Mad River Township, but a year later sold this and bought a farm two miles southwest of Springfield. He engaged in general agriculture, also in dairying, and in 1873 opened a stone-quarry, which he operated in counection with farming. He resided there until his death, which occurred in February, 1885. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Elizabeth Sayre. She was born in Mad River Township, and was the daughter of Lloyd Sayre, one of its earliest pioneers. She only survived her 298 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. husband eighteen days. Adam L., of this sketch, was their only child. He was reared on the farm, and educated in the common schools, and remained with bis parents until they no longer needed his filial offices. He resided on the farm about one year after the death of his parents, then removed to Springfield. He was married July 1, 1880, to Miss Nora M. Patton. Mrs. Eppley was born near Enon, Clark County, and is a daughter of William Patton, who was a native of Ohio, and who settled in this county during its pioneer days. Her mother is deceased. Politically, our subject is a stanch Republican. I DWARD MERRITT. This worthy citizen and upright man has been a resident of Clark County for over half a century, and is widely and favorably known, his long residence giving him a large circle of acquaintances and his character winning their respect and admiration. He is a son of Thomas and Jane (Gaskill ) Merritt, both of whom were born in Burlington County, N. J. The mother was a daughter of Josiah Gaskill of that county in which our subject also was born in the little village of Mount Holly. Thomas Mer ritt was a cabinet maker by trade, but after follow ing the occupation for many years he abandoned it and moved on to a farm when his son Edward was but three years of age. In 1831, Thomas Merritt with his family, which consisted of a wife and four children, left his na tive State to found a home in the Mississippi Val ley. Beginning their journey on the 2d of May, they reached the home of Mr. Merritt's brother near Circleville, Ohio, on the 2d of Juno. The caravan consisted of two covered wagons each drawn by two horses and in addition to the family mentioned, the party contained a maiden sister of Mr. Merritt and aman who drove one of the teams. Miss Mer ritt afterward became the wife of Isaac Engle of Warren County. During their journey the party, with the exception of Mr. and Mrs. Merritt, slept in the wagons. The summer was spent near Circleville while Mr, Merritt looked round for a location, his first pur chase being one hundred and seventy acres of land which forms a part of the present home of our sub ject. The next year he purchased forty acres ad joining where the fine residence now stands. Of the two hundred and ten acres but twenty were under the plow, but the father and sons cleared the balance, which now forms one of the finest farms in the section. In 1852, one of the finest brick houses in the county was erected, which still stands as a monument to th« energy and forethought of the original owner, and which even at this day is numbered among the best homes in this vicinity. When first built it was 36x42 feet in dimensions, with a kitchen 16x16 feet and a wing 16x36 feet. Thomas Merritt breathed his last iu 1868,being then in his eightieth year; his widow survived until May, 1871, reaching the age of seventy-five years. Edward Merritt was about eleven years of age when his parents came to this county, in which he attained to man's estate. On February 22, 1844, he took a companion in the person of Miss Susan Little .of Madison Township, who lived but a short time after tlieir marriage. She had given birth to two children who followed her to the grave in a fow months. She was the daughter of Hamilton and Mary Little, and was born a few miles west of Philadelphia. Her parents removed thence to this county where they lived to a good age, her father dying about 1850, and her mother surviving many y7ears after. In 1847, Mr. Merritt contracted a second matri monial alliance, his bride being Mrs. Myra Borton, widow of James Borton. She had one child, Eliza beth Ann Borton, who afterward became the wife of William T. Haley of this county and has a fam ily of six children. Mrs. Myra Merritt was called from time to eternity about five years ago, mourned by many old acquaintances who sincerely sympa thized in the bereavement that had befallen her husband and children. The union of this lady with our subject resulted in the birth of four children - of whom we note the following: Charles H. married Alice, daughter of Peter Buffenberger, who has borne him three children ; his occupation is that of a farmer; Thomas E., who was unmarried, died at the age of thirty-six years ; Susan M. is the wife of 111%. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 301 Reuben M. Roberts, who now has charge of the farm of our subject; they have one son, Merritt E; S. Ella is the wife of Edwin B. Michener, a farmer of Warren County. The Merritt family are of the Friends religion, holding membership at Green Plain. The deceased wife and mother was also a member of that religious body. Until recently Mr. Merritt had been a Re publican but he now votes the Prohibition ticket. He has been County Commissioner three years,and has also held the offices of Road Supervisor and School Director. He was Appraiser on the Pikes which were bouglit from the county. i^=g@_ -T^' «^=1, lr^ EUBEN MILLER. Among all the worthy iL^r citizens of Greene County, none can be /IIW found more thoroughly deserving of rop- !<|§) resentation in a volume of this nature, than he whose name stands at the head of this notice, and whose portrait appears on the opposite page. His prominence is not due alone to the fact of his being an old settler, but to the excel lent habits which he has maintained, to the resolute will and persevering industry which has secured for him a competence, and more than all to his up right Christian character. From his position as a poor boy, he has vorked out a successful career, the capital with which he began, being the in struction which he had received to be studious, industrious and neat, and that which he thinks most important of all, to live a godly life. The paternal ancestors of our subject were Ger man, and in the maternal line he traces his ances try to old England. Plis grandfather, Andrew Miller, emigrated from Germany to Pennsylvania when a young man, and during the first great strug gle for American Independence he gave his services to the cause of freedom. From the forest on the Big Canawha Creek he cleared a farm, upon which he spent the later years of his life. His son John was born in York County, and determining to devote himself to farm life, bought the old home and en gaged in agriculture upon it, but lost it after the War of 1812. During that struggle his eldest son, then seventeen years old, entered the army as his substitute. John Miller was a great reader, and an active member of the Lutheran Church, in which he was an exhorter. The maternal grandparents of Reuben Miller were David and Hannah (Smith) Ramsey, of Eng land, both of whom lived to the advanced age of eighty-six years, the former never being ill until his death. Having come to America prior to the Revolutionary War, Grandfather Ramsey took part in that struggle, receiving two wounds while fighting for freedom. During the cannonading at the battle of Bunker Hill, the dishes in his home, which was but two miles distant, were thrown from the shelves and broken by the concussion. After the war he removed to York County, Pa., being one of the early settlers. He cleared a farm in the mountains and made shingles, burned charcoal, and followed other occupations suited to tbe local ity. His landed estate amounted to three hundred acres. The family wore Quakers and prominent in the work of the society. Jane Ramsey, daughter of David and Hannah (Smith) Ramsey, was born in Chester County, Pa., and married John Miller, to whom she bore seven children. David, who went to the War of 1812, when seventeen years old, died in Clark County, Ohio, at the age of sixty-two years; John died when two years old; Hannah, Mrs. Sultzenbarger, died at the age of seventy-five years; Mrs. Mary Welty died aged eighty- two years; Sam uel died in Pennsylvania when sixty-eight years old; the next on the family roll is our subject, who is the only survivor; Benjamin died at the age of sixty years. Reuben Miller was born in Conawanka Town ship, York County, Pa., September 25, 1810, and was reared on a farm. When five years old he was sent to his grandparents, who were getting old, in order that he might watch over them, and their home being across the mountain from that of his parents, he could call the latter in case of need. He remained under their roof until ten years old, when he returned to his old home, taking up such a share in the labors of the farm as a boy of his years could endure. His school privileges were meager, and the early education which he obtained 302 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. was secured in the subscription schools, which were held during a small portion of the year. The clothing which he wore was home-made. He hunted some, running foxes and other game, and remained at home until twelve years old, when he was hired out on a farm at $3.50 per month until seventeen. He then began an apprenticeship at the trade of a shoemaker with his brother Sam uel, and after serving three years started a shop of his own. He carried it on for nine years, work ing almost day and night, determined to secure a home and surround himself with some degree of comfort. When twenty-three years old he secured a com panion in life, being married in September, 1833, to Miss Margaret Mittman, who nobly bore her share in his labors and anxieties, assisting him by her counsel and prudent home keeping. She was born in Dover Township, York County, and died in Ohio, in 1846. After their marriage the young couple went at once to housekeeping, the husband buying a farm of eighty acres on the mountain side, making an initial payment with money which he borrowed Et 6 per cent. He remained upon the place four years, after which he sold it and came to Ohio, the journey being'accomplished in a two-horse covered wagon, which also conveyed a few house hold goods. The river was crossed in fiatboats, and twenty-one days after leaving tlieir Pennsyl vania home the family settled near Dayton, Mont gomery County, Ohio. For three years they lived upon rented land there, after which they settled in Clark County, spending one year in a cabin in the woods. Although Mr. Miller had been put back by sick ness, he had succeeded in saving about $250, with which he came to Greene County and made ar rangements for the purchase of one hundred acres of land on Mud Run, going in debt for a large part of its price. A few years later he borrowed money at 10 per cent., and purchased one hun dred and sixty acres adjoining, paying $30 per acre, and continuing his resolute efforts, succeeded in paying for both farms. The only indebtedness which he ever assumed was for land. He was lo cated on the Springfield and Dayton pike, where he cleared and otherwise improved his estate. He engaged in general farming and stock raising, also dealing extensively in market produce. The early habits of neatness and order in which be had been instructed by his worthy parents, were carried out on the farm, where everything was carefully cared for, and nothing lost by heedlessness'or ill-usage. The best of stock was kept, Mr. Miller being one of the first men in the county to keep full blooded Short horn cattle and Southdown sheep. His horses also were of good grades, while he endeavored at all times to keep his crops above the average in quality. After having lived upon the estate, which he had secured by unremitting toil, for forty-two years, Mr. Miller sold it at $95 per acre, and re moved to Osborn, retiring from the work in which he had so long been engaged. He bought the home in which he now lives, and has invested the remainder of his means in bank stock and in va rious loans. He is the largest and one of the original stockholders of the Bank of Osborn, his interest being $5,000. He has given each of his children a start in life, bestowing upon them the educational and business advantages which they desired. Mr. Miller contracted a second matrimonial alli ance, choosing as his companion Miss Hester Sny der, with whom he was united in wedlock, in 1847, the ceremony taking place in Clark County. The bride was born in York County, Pa., and was a daughter of John Snyder, an early settler of Bethel Township, Clark County, where she was reared and educated. After many years of useful life, in which she had shown her devotion to hus band and family and kindliness to all with whom she came in contact, Mrs. Miller departed this life May 6, 1880. The sons and daughters of Mr. Miller are seven, their record being as follows: John A. attended Lebanon College, and was subsequently graduated from Wilts Commercial College, in Dayton, and he is engaged in farming and the fruit business in Clark County; Ellen M. is a graduate of Granville College, in Licking County, and taught school until her marriage to O'. P. Hardman, a farmer of Clark County; Laura J. is the wife of Henry Corn, of Fairfield, a retired farmer and a soldier in the PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 303 Civil War; Cylnira C. is the wife of George Kep- linger,who is a farmer and the operator of a green house in Bath Township; Lee is an engineer at Springfield; Curtain was in a shop in Springfield but is now at home, having had his leg cut off by a train. Alice is the wife of William Roi, who works in the knife and bar shop of the Reaper and Mower Manufactory in Springfield. The first Presidential ballot of Mr. Miller was cast for Andrew Jackson at his second election, and he has never since missed a vote, continuing his adherance to the Democrat party. He has always paid his fine when put in office, declining to serve except in school affairs. He belongs to the Lutheran Church, in which he has had mem bership since he was six months old, and in which for thirty years he has taken a very active part. Ho is a charter member of the society at Osborn, belonged to the building committee and has given as liberally as any one to its support. He has been a Trustee for years and is now an Elder. He belongs to the Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons at Osborn. He has been called upon to exercise his judgment as a juryman, and in other ways has been prominent among his fellow citi zens. His memory is a remarkable one, he being able to recall events as far back as 1813, when his brother went to the war. Self-made in finances and in personal reputation and character, he gives the credit of all that he is to the teaching which produced in his mind the determination to be a gentleman in the deepest sense of that word, and to the natural abilities which God gave him. ^ Elfe^ RANCIS M. HAG AN is not only one of the foremost lawyers of Clark County, but he is intimately associated with its business in terests and civic life as President of the Springfield Board of Trade. He is a fine representative of Ohio's native-born citizens, his birth taking place in this county, in Mad River Township, June 10, 1844, he being a descendant of two of the early pioneers of this part of the State. Hugh Hagan, his father was born in Northumberland County, Pa., in 1803, and was a son of Denny Hagan, who was born in the North of Ireland, and was of Scotch an tecedents. He was reared and married in the land of his birth, and in 1801 emigrated to this country, and settling in Northumberland County, utilized his excellent education in teaching school and in surveying. He remained in Pennsylvania until 1815. and then came with teams to Ohio, and cast in his lot with the early pioneers of Clark County, and here his well-spent and honorable life was brought to a close. Mrs. Hagan was born in Ire land, and died in this country7 at the home of her son Hugh, and now lies beside her husband in Muddy Run Cemetery. They reared four children — John, Hugh, James and Margaret. Hugh Hagan was a lad of twelve years when his parents removed to this county, and he was bred to manhood under the primitive conditions of pioneer life, and in his turn took up the work of a pioneer. When a young man he taught school until he had saved enough money to give him a good start in life, and he then bought a tract of timber land near Enon, and in the log house that he built there the subject of this sketch was born. There were no railways here for many years, and he used to team to Cincinnati, seventy-five miles distant. The country was then in a wild condition , and deer and other kinds of game were plenty for some years. He did his share in developing the county by clear ing a tract of land and improving it into a fine farm, as he was an able practical agriculturist, and prosecuted his calling with characteristic energy that brought success. Pie resided on his homestead until his death, in 1879, rounded out a long and well-spent life that had passed its seventy-sixth milestone. Of a clear, discerning mind and of a forceful character, well-endowed with truthfulness, self-reliance and competence, he was a fine type of the men, who, hardened by the struggle that has founded our National character, were instrumental in hewing out the foundations of a commonwealth from the primeval wilderness. The maiden name of his wife was Ann Furay. She was a native of this State, born in Ross County, and a daughter of pioneer parents, Peter and Marianne (DuPlissy) Furay. Her father was a native of Philadelphia, and her mother of Canada, coming of French an- 304 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. tecedents. Both grandparents lived to the vener able age of ninety years. The mother is now a welcome inmate of the household of ber son, our subject. She has reared four children to lives of usefulness and honor, namely: Francis M., James A., Edward 0. and Laura A. Tbe early youth of our subject was passed on the home farm, assisting in its labors and varying the monotony of his work by attendance at the district school, where he laid the basis of a sound educa tion. Eager for more learning, and being without the means to gratify his ambition, at the age of seventeen he commenced teaching to gain the wherewithal, and taught in the common and select schools, and even after he entered Antioch College, he did not drop that vocation, but continued to teach whenever college was not in session. His constant application to his studies and to teaching impaired his health, and he was obliged to leave college with his course uncompleted, to his great regret. In 1869, he began the study of law in the office of E. S. Wallace, but his devotion to his books caused his health to give out once more, and he was compelled to lay aside his studies for awhile. After that be traveled in different parts of the United States two years, and with reinvigorated powers resumed his legal studies, and was admitted to the bar before the Supreme Bench at Columbus, and immediately entered upon the practice of his profession in this city, and has been thus actively engaged here since, with the exception of tbe time that he was Postmaster of the Springfield post-office. During these years of hard and unremitting labor he has risen to eminence in his profession, and his brilliant talents and legal acumen have brought him a large clientage, to whose interests he is con scientiously devoted. He was appointed Postmas ter in 1887, and served in that capacity with credit until April, 1890. The grandfather of our subject voted for Thomas Jefferson for President, the fa ther of our subject, was a sound Democrat and supported Gen. Jackson, and their descendant of to-day seems to have inherited their political views, presumably somewhat modified by the exigencies of the times, and is a leader of the Democracy in this part of his native State, casting his first Presi dential vote for Seymour. His fellow-citizens ad miring his intellectual force, his aptitude for affairs, his executive ability and his personal char acter (which is above reproach) have honored themselves and him by calling him to public life. He has been twice elected City Solicitor,first as an inde pendent candidate, and the second time on the reg ular Democratic ticket, his great popularity being attested by the fact of his being called lo fill that important position by7 the suffrage of a people largely Republican, as this city is one of the strong holds of that party. He showed that he was de serving of the great compliment that he then re ceived by his careful and impartial administration of the affairs of that office. He is an active mem ber of the Associated Charities society, and is a member ofthe Board of Trustees of the City Hos pital. He is President of the Springfield Board of Trade, which under his able leadership is a power ful influence in advancing the business, manufac turing, commercial and general financial interests of the city, and he and his associates, besides thus promoting the growth of the city, are forwarding its welfare in other directions. By his marriage in 1881, to Miss Justina F. Bevitt, an amiable and cultured young lady, of fine character and attributes, Mr. Hagan has been en abled to establish a pleasant and attractive home, to whose comforts he can retreat from the cares of business. Mrs. Hagan is a native of St. Charles, Mo., and a daughter of the well-known Dr. Bevitt of that city. Three children have come to fill the wedded life of our subject and his amiable wife — Francis M., Hugh and an infant. ETER A. SCHINDLER, senior member of ) the firm of Schindler & Coles, undertakers, £ ^ occupies a leading position among the | \ business men of Springfield, and is ac credited with having a thorough understanding of all the details connected with his calling. He is a veteran of nearly seventy years, having been born October 15, 1820, and he first opened his eyes to the light on a farm in Frederick County, Md., eight miles north of Middletown, and at the old PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM 305 Leatherraan Mills. His father, John Schincller, was born in Germany in 1790, and started for America with his parents when a lad of twelve years. He was orphaned, however, before reaching his desti nation, his parents dying on the ocean, and being consigned to a watery7 grave. Not only was he bereaved of his parents but all his family, he being the only one surviving the voyage. He made his way to the home of his uncle in Frederick County, Md., the latter having paid his passage, and he re mained there until reaching manhood. He learned the miller's trade, and when reaching man's estate was married to Miss Hannah, daughter of Peter and sister of Jacob Leatherman, the latter of whom was a prominent preacher in the Dunkard Church, now known as the German Baptist Church. The father of our subject spent the most of his life at his trade of a miller, but finally turned his attention to farming. He left Maryland for Ohio in 1852, and purchased land three miles north of the present site of the city of Springfleld. Subse quently, however, he removed to a farm three miles south of the city, where he spent his last days, dying in the seventy-third year of his ago. The mother survived her husband a few years, and died at the home of her daughter, Miss Louisa Schindler, in Miami County. She was a lady of many estimable qualities, and a consistent member of the Dunkard Church. John Schindler, father of our subject, had been reared in the doctrines of the Lutheran Church, to which he steadfastly ad hered all his life. To the parents of our subject there was born a family of five children, three sons and two daugh ters, of whom Daniel is a prominent minister of of the Lutheran;Church in Loudoun County, Va. ; John occupies himself as a miller in Miami County, Ohio; Mary became the wife of M. K. Biser, and died at her home near the city of Springfield about 1852 or 1853; Louisa, above spoken of, is un married; John is a resident of Miami County, this State, living in the town of Alcony and retired. The subject of this notice was the leldest child of his parents, and spent his early years in his native county, attending the common school and assisting his father in the mill, and later on the farm. After reaching his majority he set about the establish- , ment of a home of his own, and was wedded in October, 1842, to Miss Mary Ann Shafer. He had at an early age evinced considerable musical talent, and he now started out as a teacher of singing, removed to Hagerstown, Md., and there resided until the death of his wife in 1850. Of this union there are no children living. Mrs. Mary7 A. Schind ler was a consistent member of the Lutheran Church, and a lady possessing all the Christian virtues. In October, 1850, Mr. Schindler, leaving his na tive State, came to Ohio, and locating in Spring field, occupied himself for a time as a teacher of vocal music throughout Clarke County. At the expiration of three years he embarked in the furni ture business, associating himself in partnership with M. K. Biser, and under the firm name of Schindler & Biser they continued with various changes of partners until 1865. In that year Mr. Schindler disposed of his interest in the business and he also met with great loss on account of en dorsing notes for other men, which practically ruined him. AVe next find Mr. 'Schindler engaged in the manufacture of Milwaukee brick near the city of Springfield, and ho was thus occupied two years. In 1873 he associated himself in partnership with J. L. Coleman, under the firm name of J. L. Cole man & Co. He purchased the interests of J. AV. Coles. J. L. Coleman & Co. carried on the busi ness until 1884. Mr. Schindler then purchased the interest of Mr. Coleman, and subsequently took his son into partnership, the firm becoming P. A. Schindler & Son, and continued thus for some years. In 1886 J. W. Coles re-entered the firm, which now became Schindler & Coles, and which has operated successfully since that time, having their headquarters at No. 53, West Main Street. They keep a full supply of horses, vehicles and all the other appurtenances required in their business, while their promptness and reliability have gained for them an extensive patronage. In 1852 Mr. Schindler contracted a second mar riage with Mrs. Caroline Keller, widow of the Rev. Ezra Keller, D.D., and who was the first President of Wittenberg College. Mrs. Schindler was born in August, 1819, in Frederick County, Md., and was a daughter of Adam and Elizabeth Routzahn, 306 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. who are now deceased.. Of this union there has been born one child, a son, Charles. The latter married Miss Clara Smith, of Springfield, and they became the parents of one daughter, Edith. Mrs. Caroline Schindler departed this life at her home in Springfield, September 20, 1888. In October, 1889, Mr. Schindler was married to Miss Elizabeth Martin, also a native of Hagerstown, Md. Mrs. Elizabeth (Martin) Schindler died February 17, 1890. Politically, Mr. Schindler votes the straight Republican ticket. He has been a member of the School Board, and became connected with the Lutheran Church in 1838. In this he has officiated as chorister from that year to 1890, of both church and Sunday-school and various other public meet ings. For a period of forty years he served as Superintendent of the Sunday-school, commencing tbis work in 1850 and organizing schools in differ ent parts of Clark County. ~- ' '#"¦#? «•— €APT. PERRY STEWART. There is not within the limits of Green Township a citi zen whom the people are more delighted to honor than Capt. Stewart. Intelligent, energetic and enterprising, he has not only been a prominent man in the affairs of Clark County, but has ac cumulated a fine property and has held many posi tions of trust and responsibility. He was in former years a County Commissioner, served in the State Legislature and commanded a company during the late Civil War. All the enterprises tending to ad vance the interests of the people, morally, intellect ually and financially, have received his unqualified endorsement and substantial aid. He keeps himself thoroughly posted upon the loading events of the day, and is possessed of those qualities of character most desired in one who manifestly was born to be a leader and who exercises a marked influence upon those around him. Capt. Stewart is the offspring of excellent an cestry and the son of John T. Stewart, who was born in Dauphin County, Pa., in March, 1781. The latter, while not a surveyor by profession, platted the city of South Charleston, in Clark County. During the War of 1812 he furnished cattle in large numbers to the United States Government and looked after the wants of the family of his brother, Samuel, who was serving as a Captain in the army of Gen. Hull, when the latter surrendered at Detroit. Capt. Samuel Stewart had raised a military company7 from Clark and Champaign Counties. The paternal grandfather of our subject was like wise Samuel Stewart, a native of Ireland, who emi grated to America about 1735, and settled in Penn sylvania. He was born in 1733 and died in Dauphin County, Pa., September 19, 1803. The great-grand father who also bore the name of Samuel, was born in Scotland or Ireland and was the son of Rob ert Stewart, who removed from the vicinity of the city of Glasgow, Scotland, to Ireland, in 1661, to escape persecution on account of his religion, he being a stanch Presbyterian. John T. Stewart emigrated to Ohio with his fa ther's brother, Samuel, in the fall of 1806. They set tled in the wilderness on a tract of heavily timbered land, which they entered from the Government, put up a log house and began felling the trees around them. They kept bachelor's hall and cured tlieir own meat for use during the winter. The second fall their smokehouse was burned, together with its contents and they were thus left with a very small stock of provisions. They had, how ever, a good neighbor in the person of Benjamin Whiteman, who came over and told them that he had plenty of meat in his smokehouse and they were as welcome to it as his wife; that if they did not help themselves he would be offended. The father of our subject after due time decided that it was not good for man to live alone and ac cordingly on the 2d of March, 1815, took to him self a wife and helpmate — Miss Ann, daughter of Robert and Ann (Ingram) Elder. Robert Iilder came to Ohio in 1813, and like his estimable wife was of Scotch-Irish descent. He died October 3, 1825, and the mother passed away September 20, 1827. The latter was born May 19, 1798, in Dauphin County, Pa. After his marriage, John Stewart put up a log house on his own farm,brought the land to a state of cultivation and there spent the remainder of his days. He lived to be nearly PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 307 seventy years old, and departed hence in April, 1850. The mother survived her husband more than thirty years, remaining a widow, and passed away September 25, 1880. at the advanced age of eighty-two years. She was laid by the side of her husband in the Presbyterian Cemetery at Clifton. Ten children were born to John Stewart and his estimable wife, eight of whom aTe living, namely: Juliana, Mrs. Anderson; Perry, our subject; Elder R. ; Samuel, deceased ; Charles, James M., Thomas E.; Oscar N., and William C. Harriet, died aged about two years. Perry, the second child, was born June 6,1818, and spent his early days after the manner of the sons of pioneer farmers, obtaining a limited education in the subscription school and assisting in the various pursuits of farm life. He grew up healthy in mind and body and at an early ago could do a man's work. He remained at home assisting his father until over twenty-six years old and then having resolved upon establishing a fire side of his own, was joined in wedlock October 15, 1844, with Miss Rhoda A. Wheeler. Soon after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Stewart settled upon a tract of timber land which the Cap tain transformed into his present well-developed farm. He first put up a one story house of brick, to which, in 1860, he added another story and two more rooms on the ground floor. He felled the trees around him and brought the land to a good state of cultivation, adding the various improvements, one after another, which became essential to the comfort and success of the progressive agriculturist. As time progressed Capt. Stewart invested his accumulated capital in additional land, and after selling off a part has still left three hundred and and fifty-five acres, which yield him annually handsome returns. The home farm comprises two hundred and fifteen acres, and the Captain owns three lots in the city of Springfield. To him and his excellent wife there have been born ten chil dren, of whom the record is as follows: Harriet Joanna Stewart became the wife of James Hatfield; they have three children and live two miles north of Clifton. Julia Ann is the wife of R. N. Elder, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work; David Wilmot married Miss Amanda McClintock; they have five children and live at Enon Crossing. John T. married Miss Anna M. Keifer; they have three children and live in Greencastle, Ind. Mary E. is the wife of Samuel Kerr; they have two chil dren and live near Troy, Ohio. Jane E. is the wife of George Nicholson ; they are the parents of one child and live near New Moorefield, Clark County. Jessie Isabel died when four years old; Charles Fremont married Miss Clara Garlough; they have three children and live on the farm adjoining that of Captain; Perry Morton and E. Wheeler, remain at home with their parents. The Captain and Mrs. Stewart are prominently connected with the Chris- tain Church at Springfield. During the second year of the Civil AVar our subject in July7, 1862, received permission from the Clark County Military Commission to raise a com pany of volunteers with whom he repaired to Piqua and they were mustered into the service by Capt. Drake, named Company A, and formed a part of the Ninety-fourth Ohio Infantry. On the 24th of August the company was sworn into service and on the 28th, the company left Camp Piqua and arrived at Lexington, Ky., on the 30th and were just in time to take part in the skirmish at Tate's Creek Ferry. On the 1st of September Capt. Stewart was captured by the troops of Gen. Kirby Smith but paroled the same day. He then returned home and waited until the following Christmas when he was exchanged and joined his regiment January 17, 1863, at Murfreesboro, Tenn. This was shortly after the battle of Stone River and he then took part in the Tullahoma campaign under Gen. Rosocrans, who was marching against Gen. Bragg and on to Chattanooga. Capt. Stewart met the enemy in several battles and skirmishes, but finally on account of ill-health was obliged to resign his commission. He received an honorable discharge November 9, 1863, and then returning home gave much of his time there after to the recruiting of soldiers as long as they were needed by the Government. On the battle field of Chickamauga he received a wound in the leg from a spent ball. The Captain has always taken an active interest in politics and durin°- tho early days was a member of the old Whig party; in 1842 he identified himself with the Liberty or Abolition party. Later he joined the Republicans. 308 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. He has frequently7 been sent as a delegate to the County, State and Congressional Conventions and was in the National Convention at Philadelphia when Gen. Grant was nominated for his second term. He also assisted in the nomination of Ruth erford B. Hayes, at Cincinnati, although not then a delegate. He was one of the charter members of Mitchell Post, G. A. R., at Springfield. In 1866, he was elected a County Commissioner and the fol lowing year was made the nominee of the Repub lican party in Clark County for the State Legisla ture, serving in the Fifty-eighth General Assembly. He was a Justice of the Peace at the time of enter ing the army. The cause of education finds in him a steadfast friend and he has served as a School Director in his district for several years. In his religious views Capt. Stewart conforms to the doc trines of the Christian Church, attending services at Springfield and officiating as a Trustee. Mrs. Stewart was born December 30, 1824, in Clark County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Ebenezer and Joanna (Miller) Wheeler, who were natives of New Jersey. They removed to Ohio about 1800, prior to their marriage. The paternal grandfather upon coming to this State, settled on what is now the most populous part of Cincinnati, securing land at a mere trifle. Her maternal grandfather, Moses Miller, settled upon the present site of Brighton, a suburb of Cincinnati, and for many years was the owner of a large farm. After their marriage in September, 1803, Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler settled near Cincinnati, and in 1806 re moved to what subsequently became the home stead in Clark County. There was born to them a large family of children of whom there is living only Mrs. Stewart and her, brother, Samuel M., who is a resident of Lyon County, Kan. AV. OWENS, A. M. This gentleman is a contractor and builder in Xenia, and also the owner and manager of a wood working shop at No. 333 South Detroit Street, where he has fine power and the requisite ma chinery for doing excellent work. He does the largest business in contracting in the county, and having been so engaged for over a decade, has become thoroughly well-known as one whose con tracts are carried out in the most honorable man ner, those who employ him being insured reliable work in whatever he has undertaken. In his in tercourse with his- fellow-men, Mr. Owens is pleas ing and honest, while his private character is irre proachable, and he is highly spoken of by all who know him. The subject of this sketch is a grandson of Thomas C. Owens, who bore a very prominent part in the pioneer work of this county, both as a private worker and as a public servant. He came to this State from the Old Dominion, and located near Union Church. For many years he filled the office of County Surveyor, and for a long time was County Recorder and County Auditor. He be longed to the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was engaged in local ministerial labors. He was thoroughly known throughout the county, with whose early history he was so closely identified. His son, Alfred H., was born and grew to matu rity in this county, and engaged in farming for a few years. He then began contracting and build ing, making his headquarters in Xenia, and for about twenty years continued his connection with mechanical work. He belonged to the First Meth odist Episcopal Church of Xenia, and his charac ter and ability were appreciated by his fellow-men to such a degree that they bestowed upon him various township offices. He married Miss Mary J. Eichelberger, of Germantown, near Dayton, who bore him seven children. In Xenia Township, on what is known as the Wilmington Pike, March 1, 1858, the subject of this sketch was born. His education was com pleted in Xenia College, from which he received the degree of Master of Arts, in 1876. After leaving the school room he engaged with his father in contracting, and at his death, in 1879, continued the business, which he has enlarged, and to which, in 1886, he added that of wood-working, buying the mill before mentioned. He belongs to the Republican party and is a firm believer in its principles; his religious faith coincides with that I *-'\l PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 311 expressed by the creed of the Methodist Episcopal denomination, and he holds membership in Trin ity Church. The marriage of Mr. Owens took place at the home of the bride in Xenia, June 16, 1880, the lady with whom he was united being Miss Anna L., daughter of John S. and Isabelle Saylor. She was quite young when her parents came to this place, in which she grew to maturity, obtained an excellent education and has made many friends by her graces and virtues. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Owens comprises four daughters: Lorena May, Lulu Jane, Ida Mabel and Hazel Kirk. <^^-o*o.. -*,<*«, „ RTHUR D. HOSTERMAN, head of the firm of A. D. Hosterman & Co., proprie tors of the Springfield Republic- Times, the Springfield Weekly Republic and the Luth eran Evangelist, is a journalist of wide experience although so young a man, and occupies a high place in the editorial profession as represented in Ohio. He was born in the town of Shippensville, Clarion County, Pa., April 12, 1860, a son of David R. and Harriet Hosterman. When he was about a year old his parents removed to Springfield, so that much of his life has been passed in tbis city. Early displaying an aptitude for study, he laid the foun dation of a liberal education in the city schools, and afterwards became a student in Wittenberg College, from which he was graduated with honor in the class of 1881. Previous to entering college he had worsed in a printing office, and during his summer vacations while a student at Wittenberg he was connected with the reportorial staff of the Daily Republic, and during his last year in college he was city editor of the Weekly Transcript. After graduation he retained his editorship six months, and was induced to take a position in the office of Farm and Fireside as compiler and editor of a series of books published by that firm. In the fall of PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM 327 1882 he threw up that situation, as he desired to see something more of the world, and visiting Cali fornia he engagedwith tho firm of Dewey & Co., as Editor of the Fraternal Record, The Ladies' Home Journal, and the Pacific States Watchman. A year later he went to Santa Barbara as Editor of the Daily and Weekly Press, and at the end of six months he established the Daily Independent in that city, a paper which is still published there. After placing il on a solid, paying basis, he sold it, and late in 1883 retraced his steps Eastward as far as Emporia, Kan., and there he became city editor of the Daily Republican. A year later he went to Sioux City and joined the Sioux City Printing Company, which issued patent inside papers, and dealt in printer's supplies. In January, 1888, our subject ventured into a similar enterprise on his own account in Lincoln, Neb., where he established a rival institution, known as the Lincoln Newspaper Union. Four months later he sold that business at quite an advance, and returning to Springfield with the proceeds of the sale in his pocket he bought the Daily and Weekly Springfield Republic and the Champion City Times, and consolidated the two papers and has been business manager of the com pany that he then formed ever since, and besides superintends the publication of the Lutheran Evangelist. His excellent and methodical business habits, his education, keen powers of observation, and sound judgment in regard to men and to affairs in general peculiarly qualify him for the position he occupies. Mr. Hosterman has established a pleasant home in our midst, and to the lady who makes it a center of comfort and attraction to his numerous friends, he was united in marriage May 6, 1884. Her maiden name was Lizzie H. Geiger, and she is a native of this city, and a daughter of Prof. II. R. and Nancy Geiger, of whom see sketch on another page of this volume. Two children complete their household, Helen and Hazel. A young man of more than ordinary intellectual vigor, tact and practical ability, our subject brings a strong, well-trained mind to his work, and his papers aro among the best of their kind published in this part of the State. As a man in his position should with his means for influencing the public mind, Mr. Hosterman takes an ardent interest in politics, and is a leader in the ranks of the Repub lican party as an active member of the Republican Central Committee. He is an important factor in religious and social circles, he and his wife being prominent members of the First English Lutheran Church, in which they do good work, and he is one of the Board of Directors of the Young Men's Christian Association; he is identified with the college society Phi Kappa Psi, and with the Be nevolent Protective Order of Elks. •"¦m »',. 3^ Hf* >W "if/ OSEPH B. CUMMINGS. The farming com munity of Caesar's Creek Township, Greene County, recognizes in Mr.Cummings a man of great industry, who by his diligence and perseverance has become well-to-do. Like many of the most solid residents of this county, he maintains his residence at the place of his birth, which oc curred May 31, 1841. The roof which sheltered him during the days of his boyhood and youth still remains over his head, and it is hardly necessary to say that the old homestead possesses for him a far more than moneyed value. The parents of our subject were Thomas B. and Mary (Boots) Cummings, who were natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio and early pioneers of this county. The father was a farmer by occupation and he is still living in this township. Their family consisted of eight children. Mr. Cummings remained a member of the pa rental household until the outbreak of the Civil War, and then, when a little over twenty years old, enlisted as a Union soldier September 22, 1861, in Company E, First Ohio Infantry. He went with his regiment to the front and participated in some of the most important battles of the war, being at Shiloh, Stone River, Perry ville and Chickamauga at the outset. At the last mentioned place he was shot through the left lung and still carries the ball. He also received a wound in his right hand. He was confined in the hospital at Chattanooga until October 15, 1863, when he was brought home by his father and after good home nursing for a month, 328 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. returned to Camp Denison, his furlough having expired March 24, 1864. He was then transferred to the invalid corps at Washington, D. C, and later was in the Veteran Reserve Corps, in which he was promoted to be First Sergeant. Later he was sent to Lockport, N. Y., to assist in guarding substitutes. At the expiration of his term of enlistment, he re ceived his honorable discharge. Returning now to his native township Mr. Cum mings engaged in farming. He was married Febru ary 14, 1865, to Miss Ann Humston. This lady was born January 16, 1844, in Clinton County, and is the daughter of Strothor G. and Elizabeth (Ford) Humston. There have been born of this union three children, namely : May, Ina,the wife of Thomas O. Mason of Canton, Mo., and Thomas E. Mr. Cummings is the owner of one hundred and seventy acres of good land, in the cultivation of which he avails himself of modern machinery and realizes therefrom a handsome income. He has served as Township Clerk four years and in the spring of 1880 was elected Justice of the Peace, serving two rerms. In the spring of 1889, he was elected to a third term. In the fall of the same year he was elected Real Estate Appraiser. f DAM R. BICKETT, one of the leading men of Xenia, is tbe eldest son of AVilliam R. Bickett, a pioneer of Greene County, and a man highly respected during his life for his sterling worth, by all with whom he came in contact. The father of our subject was born in Sone Valley, Pa., about the year 1798, and emigrated to Greene County, Ohio, during the early years of its settlement. He was accompanied by his mother, who was a widow. Their first home was on new land in the unbroken wilderness. After clearing sufficient space in which to erect the humble log cabin that was their temporary home, he set to work felling the trees and planting a crop to furnish them with provisions. His arduous toil was crowned with success, and he had the satisfaction of seeing what was once a dense forest, inhabited only by Indians and wild animals con verted into a comfortable and prosperous farm, well fitted for the abode of civilized man. He was married to Miss Isabel Alexander in 1827, and re sided on the farm that he had been instrumental in clearing during the rest of his life. In politics, he was a Whig, but had no craving for political pre ferment, being too busy with his private affairs to burden himself with public duties. During life he was a devoted member of the United Presbyterian Church, and died in that communion in full hope of a glorious life beyond. The subject of this notice was reared on his father's farm, and attended school for three months during each year, spending the rest of the time in the various pursuits incidental to a life in the woods. Notwithstanding the short terms of school, our subject received a good practical education and improved his chances to the utmost. Being the eldest of the family, the burden of farm work fell early on his shoulders, and he became an aldept in the mysteries of agricultural methods. In 1867 our subject and Miss Agnes Wright, of Xenia Township, were united in marriage. The union resulted in the birth of three children, named respectively: Clinton W., Mary B. ; and Lydia C, who died in 1889 at the age of seventeen years. Mrs. Agnes Bickett was a daughter of John B. Wright, who still lives in Xenia Town ship. She died in May, 1879, deeply lamented by her sorrowing family and a large circle of friends and acquaintances. January 18, 1882, our subject was again mar ried, taking for bis wife Miss Ruth A. Kyle, a daughter of Joseph Kyle, of Cedarville Township, of which he was a very old settler and a highly- respected citizen. Mrs. Bickett is well worthy of the universal respect in which she is held by all who have the privilege of knowing her. Mr. Bick- ett bought his farm of nearly two hundred acres of land before his first marriage, and has improved it himself. He has now one of the best places in the township, all well fenced and under superior cul tivation. He erected one of the largest, most convenient and handsomest houses in the town ship in the year 1885, and lives in it with his de voted family. Although our subject does not seek office, yet he has been persuaded to serve his neigh- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 331 bors as Supervisor, and gave excellent satisfaction, and he has also held the office of School Director. In all walks of life he has made friends, and enjoys the respect and esteem of all who know him. He is a consistent member of the United Presbyterian Cliurch, and his outward life gives ample evidence of the depth of his religious convictions. The Bickett name is honored and loved by all in Xenia, and elsewhere where known. eLARK T. JOHNSON. This name for many years was a familiar sound to the older resi dents of Jamestown and vicinity, among whose people Mr. Johnson moved in and out for nearly a lifetime. After an honorable and useful career he was gathered to his fathers April 22, 1888, when nearly seventy-seven years old. He was born in Highland County, this State, January 4,1811, and was the son of James L. and Susannah (Moorman) Johnson, who were born and reared in Campbell County, Va. Both were the representatives of fine old families of English extractio/i and honorable antecedents. The Johnson family was an offshoot of one to which the famous Ben. Johnson belonged. After their marriage the parents of our subject settled on a farm in their native county, where they lived a few years and then in the early part of the present century came to Ohio and began life as pioneers among the wilds of Highland County. They built up a comfortable home from the wilderness, but about 1820 left the farm and removed to Xenia. Later, after becoming old people, they were taken into the home of Clark T., our subject, and died at his residence in Jefferson Township, Greene County, when ripe in years. They were people greatly re spected wherever they had lived and nearly all their lives were consistent members of the Cliurch of Christ (Disciples). The subject of this notice was the oldest son and second child of his parents who reared a large family of sons and daughters. He was a lad of five years when his parents settled in Highland County, this State, and removed with them to Xenia where he attended the city schools and developed into manhood. When nearly thirty-three years of age he was married, near Bowersville, to Miss Sarah Vanniman, whose parents were from New Jersey and in early life settled upon a large tract of new land in Jefferson Township where they7 lived until death overtook them. Miss Sarah Vanniman obtained the best education possible at that time and in that place. She de parted this life at her home in Jamestown in 1875. She was a lady of unassuming manners and a con sistent member of the Cliurch of Christ. Of this union there were born three children of whom Miss Carrie Johnson is the only survivor, who with the present Mrs. Johnson, lives in Jamestown, and is a young woman of more than ordinary in telligence, and a member of the same church to which her mother belonged. The subject of this notice followed farming nearly all his life and during the last years of his active labor was largely interested in stock-raising. He was successful in the accumulation of this world's goods and after his removal to Jamestown was largely instrumental in the organization of the People's Bank in 1886 and of which he was a di rector and large stockholder. Prior to this he had been connected with the Farmers' & Traders' Bank nineteen years and was one of its main stays. Later there seemed to arise the necessity for a new bank and Mr. Johnson was looked to as one in whom the people had abundant confidence to establish it. He proved himself worthy in all respects of the trust which had been placed in him. Politically, Mr. Johnson was a sound Republican. During the administration of President Lincoln he was a Revenue Assessor, discharging the duties of the office with great credit to himself and satisfac tion to all concerned, notwithstanding the " But ternut" element sought to annoy him in every7 way7 possible and to loosen his hold upon the confidence of the people. He also served as Justice of the Peace and Assessor of Jefferson Township. He was a man loyal to al! good principles, to his coun try and his church, and his death was not only deeply mourned by his family and his friends, but tho entire community. After the death of his first wife Mr. Johnson 332 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. was married January 2, 1879, in South Charleston, Clark County, to Miss Rebecca Hodges. This lady was born in Jamestown, in 1832, to Nathaniel and Malinda (Campbell) Hodges, who were natives respectively of Norfolk County ,Va., and Maysville, Ky. On both sides of the house she sprang from noted families. Mr. Hodges was of English an cestry and the son of Mathias Hodges, likewise a native of Virginia, but whose parents were born in England. The latter emigrated to America at an early day, settling in Virginia where Mathias was roared to manhood and became owner of a large plantation in Norfolk County, this being worked by slaves. He became a prominent and wealthy man and died at a ripe old age. Nathaniel Hodges was reared to manhood in his native county of Norfolk, Va., but even at the early age of eighteen years he contracted such a dislike of the peculiar institution, that he left his home and went to Maysville, Ky., where soon afterward he enlisted as a soldier in the War of 1812. Peace, however, was declared before he had the opportunity of engaging in active service. Soon after reaching his majority he settled in Aberdeen, Ohio, where he engaged in general merchandising and was married to Miss Melinda Campbell. His wife was born and reared in Kentucky and was the daughter of Matthew Campbell, a native of Argyle- shire, Scotland. Mr. Campbell emigrated to America at an early day, settling in Maysville, Ky. He was a brother of the well-known Col. John Campbell and a clansman, if not kinsman, of Alexander Campbell, D.D. Matthew Campbell became a prominent man in the State of Kentucky where he spent his entire life. His three sons, Evan, James and John, bore worthily the mantle of their honored father and like him had no little to do in forming the history of their native State. They were prominent both in military and civil circles and were looked upon as representative men of Maysville. Col. John Campbell, the younger, especially distinguished himself as a military man. Matthew Campbell married Miss Sarah Shelby, who was of English and French ancestry. After their marriage Nathaniel Hodges and his wife lived in Aberdeen, Ohio, until 1829, and were also prominently known to many of the citizens of Maysville, just across the river. Nathaniel Hodges was a Mason and belonged to the Lodge in Maysville, Ky. During the year mentioned they changed their residence to Greene County, lo cating at Jamestown, where Mr. Hodges established an old style woolen-mill which he operated success fully for a number of yrears. Finally he went to the home of his daughter, Mrs. Dr. Steele, of Xenia, and died there in April. 1859. He was then in the seventy-first year of his age. Politically, he was an old line Whig, a strong anti-slavery man and a devoted member of the Church of Christ. The wife and mother died at Jamestown in April, 1845, at the age of forty-seven years. She sympathized with her husband in his political views and belonged to the same church. Mrs. Rebecca (Hodges) Johnson was the young est of five daughters and one son born to her parents, of whom she and her sister, Miranda, a resident of Jamestown, are the only survivors. All the children received a good education and Mrs. Johnson completed her studies at Eminence Col lege, Ky., from which she was graduated in the class of 1860. -She subsequently engaged as a teacher in her alma mater and other places, follow ing this profession for the long period of twenty years. She is a devoted member of the Church of Christ, a very amiable and intelligent lady who has seen much of life and learned well from a large experience. Of her union with Mr. Johnson there were born no children. In collecting the names of the early and honored residents of Southern Ohio, that of Mrs. Rebecca Johnson and her stepdaughter Miss Caroline Johnson should occupy a place in the front rank. ffi OSEPH HICKS. In the city of Springfield, to which he retired a few years ago that he might spend his later years in the enjoy- (jJUJf/ ment of the reasonable recreations which a city affords, Mr. Hicks is well-known and highly respected. He was but ten years of age when he came to this county with his widowed mother and PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBDM. 333 has lived within its bounds almost continuously since his arrival. He was born in Reading, Berks County, Pa., September, 5, 1833, and in the same county two generations ot his progenitors had opened their eyes to the light. The paternal an cestor who preceded them was a native of England, who had emigrated to America in Colonial times. lie was a blacksmith by trade and his son Michael Hicks carried on the business for some years. The latter then built a distillery on his farm three miles from Reading, and operated the estate and dis tillery until his death. William Hicks, son of the Michael Hicks above mentioned, learned the trade of a stair-builder, at which he worked in Reading, Philadelphia, and other places. He came to Lancaster, Ohio, on a visit, during which he was attacked by cholera and died, leaving a widow and five small children. His wife had borne the maiden name of Elizabeth Eberly and was a native of the same county as him self. She was a daughter of George Eberly, a German who came to America when seventeen years of age. He married Mary Shaffer who was of German ancestry, but a native of Pennsylvania. They came to Ohio in 1846, settling at Lagonda, where Mrs. Eberly died. The widower afterward made his home with his children and breathed his last with his daughter, in Dayton. Their daughter, Mrs. Hicks, came to this State after the death of her husband and is now living with her daughter, Mrs. Hawker. The gentleman of whom we write being the old est of the parental family, began work as soon as ho could earn money and assisted his widowed mother in rearing the younger children. At the age of seventeen years, he began to learn the trade of a carpenter which he followed until 1864. He then went to Ogle County, 111., and located on a farm, upon which he resided three years and a half, when ho returned to this county and purchased a tract of land on section 7, Springfield Township, which he occupied and operated until 1887. He then left his son in chargo of the estate and became a resident of the county seat, where he owns seven lots and four houses. Atthe honWof the bride, August 2, 1858, Joseph Hicks was united in marriage with Emily Sheaff, an estimable young woman who comes of a good family7 and was well reared by worthy parents. She was born two miles from Springfield, her par ents, John and Nancy Sheaff, having been pioneers in this county. Both wore born in York, Pa., and her father is numbered among the most prosperous citizens of the county. He is a brother of Leonard Sheaff whose sketch appears elsewhere in this Album. To Mr. and Mr. Hicks two sons and two daughters have been born, named respectively: John W. and Joseph Edward. Ella E. and Carrie E., the daughters, are deceased. * VILLIAM BROCK is one of the large land owners of Greene County, in which his long life has been almost entirely spent and where he is well known as a reliable and trust worthy citizen, a man of enterprise in worldly affairs and of consideration and kindly feeling toward his fellow-men. His reputation extends far beyond the limits of the county and the name which he represents has been honored in other sections of America. He was born in Madison County, January 8, 1818, bnt was brought to this county when but five years of age, and reared in the neighborhood of his present heme. The parents of our subject were Francis and Sarah (Harper) Brock, the former of whom was born in North Carolina. Mrs. Brock was a daughter of John Harper for whom Harper's Ferry was named. AVhen Francis Brock moved on to his place in Greene County there were but ten acres cleared. The balance of the seven hundred which he owned was cleared during his life which ceased October 10, 1857. His wife survived several years, dying October 9, 1865. Their family comprised five sons and two daughters. The gentleman with whose name this sketch is introduced passed his early years in what was almost a wilderness, seeing the parental estate gradually assume a more cultivated look as the foresl gave place to fields of waving grain, and the early dwell ing of the family was replaced by one of the first brick houses erected in the county. The school 334 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. which he attended was two and a half miles from his home. When he grew to manhood he bought two hundred and fifty acres of land, which was mostly in brush and woods. This he put under good cultivation, ere long having a well improved and attractive estate which produced abundantly of first-class crops. In 1859,"a commodious and well- designed Ibrick residence was erected, which is one of the finest on the Federal Pike east of Xenia. Among the features of the home estate is a large orchard which is well kept and furnishes an abun dance of luscious fruit. Mr. Brock has owned as high as thirteen hundred acres of land, his home farm now consisting of two hundred and ten acres. In addition to this properly Mrs. Brock holds in her own right two hundred and forty-six acres in Fayette County ,which came from herfather's estate. The marriage of AVilliam Brock and Sydney Hidy was celebrated at the bride's home in Fayette November 30, 1845. Mrs. Brock is a daughter of Joseph Hidy who was born near Philadelphia, to which placo his father, John Hidy, had come from Germany. Upon leaving the parental roof Joseph Hidy went to Hardy County, Va., coming thence to Fayette where he married Mary, daughter of Mar tin Carr, Their daughter Sydney is a woman of more than ordinary7 intelligence, having taken ad vantage of everyopportunity to increase the knowl edge which she obtained in early life.' She possesses refined tastes, being especially fond of flowers by which her home is beautifully adorned. Her char- actor is a noble, motherly one, and wins respect from all who know her: The family of our subject and wife comprises four children. A sketch of the oldest child, Owen, is to be found elsewhere in this volume. Louisa is the wife of L. S. Carper, and mother of three children — Idella, Annie and Willie; the family live in a part of the dwelling of our subject, and Mr. Carper works a portion of the estate. Joseph is married and living on a farm of his own in Fayette County; he has seven children — Estella, Burton, Frank, Ethel", Joseph, Earl and Floy. Frank, who is now living in California, is unmarried. Mr. Brock has held the office of Trustee and has been a candidate on the Democratic ticket for Com missioner. He is a sturdy Democrat whose de votion to his party has been manifested for many years. For years he has served as School Director faithfully endeavoring to advance the cause of edu cation. He and his wife belong to the Universalist Church, while their daughter, Mrs. Carper, is a member of the Christian Church. HM=# ffiOHN McKNIGIIT. The biographer in mi grating among the farming community of Spring Valley Township, Greene County, noticed particularly the homestead of Mr. McKnight, who is one of the leading farmers and stock-raisers of this region. His farm lands lie on section 2, east of the village of Spring Val ley on Caesar's Creek, and comprises two hundred and twenty-six well-tilled acres, whose general ap pearance indicates the industry aud enterprise of the proprietor. Mr. McKnight, although seventy- nine years old, is remarkably hale and hearty, bright and intelligent, retaining much of the vigor of his younger years. He looked upon this section of the country when it was in its infancy, and while growing with its growth, physically and financially, has contributed his full quota to bring about its present prosperity. The subject of this notice was born April 17, 1811, at the homestead where he now resides. His parents were William and Jane (Fulton) McKnight, further mention of whom is made in the sketch of Samuel McKnight on another page in this Album. The fine brick residence which Mr. McKnight now occupies, was put up in 1828, upon the site of the first cabin which was built by his father when the country was practically a wilderness. It has been subjected to various remodelings""and improve ments, and now constitutes one of the substantial and commodious farm residences of the township. Mr. McKnight pursued his first studies in a log schoolhouse with puncheon floor and slab seats, and under the method of instruction, corresponding with his surroundings. He was taught to make himself useful at an early age, and assisted his father in the development of a farm, growing up into a strong and vigorous manhood, fully able to PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 335 cope with the common difficulties of life. Upon reaching his majority, he identified himself with the old Whig party, and upon its abandonment cheerfully wheeled into the Republican ranks. He was a Union man during war times, a strong Abo litionist, and exercised no small influence in shap ing the opinions of men around him. Mr. McKnight was joined in wedlock with Miss Sarah B. Davis, June 12, 1876, at the bride's home in Spring Valley Township. This lady was born in Spring Valley Township, May 12, 1842, to Na than L. and Harriet (Mercer) Davis, the former of whom was a native of Winchester, Va., and was brought by his parents to this county, when an in fant of nine months. His wife, Harriet, was born June 26, 1813, in Spring Valley Township. Mr. Davis was a lifelong farmer, and rested from his earthly labors December 6, 1881. He served as Township Trustee, and was a deeply religious man, belonging to fhe Methodist Episcopal Church in which he was Trustee many years, and he was also for twenty-one years President of the Spring Val ley Bible Society. There were born to him and his estimable wife, three children — William Ed ward, Sarah B., and LeRoy S. The latter during the Civil War enlisted in the Seventeenth Ohio Battery, and died at Milliken's Bend, Miss. The paternal grandfather of Mrs. McKnight was William Davis, who married Miss Rachel Gorthrop, a native of Virginia, like himself. Grandfather Davis was a professional wheelwright, and left the Old Dominion in 1817, coming to this county and settling one and one-half miles northeast of Spring Valley. He was born October 25, 1770, and his wife, August 6, 1783. They were the parents of seven children, viz: James, Hannah, Nathan L., Mary, Jonathan, William, and Jacob. With the exception of Jacob, all are deceased; he is a resi dent of Des Moines, Iowa. Grandfather Davis was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which all his children were members. In poli tics he was originally a stanch Whig, and later a Republican. He departed this life at his home in Spring Valley Township, January 22,, 1868, having survived his wife nearly four years, her death tak ing place February 9, 1864. The great-grandfather of Mrs. McKnight, also named William Davis, died in Philadelphia, Pa., March 18, 1819. His wife, Mary, died in 1815, at fifty-nine years. They were the parents of one son and two daughters. Harriet (Mercer) Davis was a daughter of Edward and Elizabeth (Hickman) Mercer, who were natives of Maryland. Edward Mercer came to Cincinnati with his parents about 1796, and was there married to Miss Hickman, whose father was killed by the Indians in Maryland while leading a company to battle. Edward Mercer, af ter his marriage, settled at New Town, near Cin cinnati, where he kept a tavern until 1802. He then removed to a farm on Caesar's Creek, where he spent the remainder of his days, dying in the fall of 1837. There were born to him and his es timable wife thirteen children, ten of whom, four sons and six daughters, lived to mature years. Mr. Mercer was a Baptist in religious belief. His par ents were Aaron and Nancy (Carr) Mercer, who were among the first settlers on the present site of Cincinnati. Elizabeth (Hickman) Mercer was a daughter of Capt. Lewis Hickman, whose widow after his death became the wife of John Smith. The latter was the first tavern-keeper in that vicinity, accommo dating travelers in a two-story log house. The eleven children of Mr. and Mrs. Mercer were named respectively: Maria, Nancy, Elizabeth, Sarah, Mi nerva, John, Ann, Harriet, David, James, and Lewis. Mr. and Mrs. McKnight are devout mem bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church. AMUEL N. TARBOX, who occupies him self as a civil engineer and skilled me chanic, has built up for himself an envia ble reputation in this line among the people of Cedarville, Greene County, and vicinity. His efficiency has been acquired by his own efforts and the aid of books, while years of experience have fully established him as one of the most competent surveyors in the township, by which he is regularly employed. He, for many years, op erated a sawmill on Massey's Creek, Greene County, and one of the first mills in the county 336 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. with carding machinery attached. The old mill however, has been standing idle for some time, being obliged to give place to the more modern methods of conducting these industries. The subject of this notice was born December 3, 1821, in Maine, and is a son of John and Lucy (Merrill) Tarbox. The mother of our subject was born February 14, 1792, and was the daughter of Humphrey Merrill, who married Miss Elizabeth McLucas. Grandfather Merrill was the son of Lieut. Samuel Merrill, of Salisbury, Mass., who married Miss Elizabeth Bradbury. The Bradbury history is mainly as follows: The family originated in Derbyshire, England, where there was born to one Robert, a son William, who in turn became the father of a son, Robert, whose son, Matthew, was Lord of Wicken. His son, Wymond and wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir AVilliam Whitgift, became the parents of Capt. Thomas Bradbury, who was born at Wicken, Eng land, in 1610. He emigrated to America as land agent and commissioner of Sir Fernando Gorges, as early as 1634. Two years later he settled in Massachusetts and marred a daughter of John Perkins, of Ipswich, Mass. Their son, AVilliam, married Rebecca Wheelright, daughter of the Rev. John AVheelright, and unto them, in 1677, there was born a son whom they named Jacob. The Rev, John Wheelright, in company with his sister, Mrs. Ann Hutchison, were banished from the church in Boston for heresy, they simply differ ing from the church upon some simple doctrine. They took refuge with Roger Williams, in Rhode Island, the latter having been banished for the same offense. Jacob Bradbury married Elizabeth Storkman, and their son, Thomas, about 1749, was Captain of a company in the French and Indian AVar. He also had charge of the block house on Saco River, Me. In his company was a young man by the name of Lieut. Samuel Merrill, who fell in love with bis daughter, Elizabeth, and in due time they were married. From this union sprang the family who constituted the progenitors of the mother of our subject. The young Lieutenant lived to take part in the Revolutionary War, in which he held the same rank as before, and did gallant service at the battle of Bunker Hill. He lived to be ninety-four years of age and died hi 1822, the year after his wife had passed hence, at the age of ninety-three. Lieut. Merrill was a prominent man in his county, where he held many responsible positions and took a great interest in public affairs. His son, Humphrey, was born June 27, 1750, and Lucy, the daughter of the latter, became the mother of our subject. Mr. Tarbox spent his early years under the pa rental roof, and when ready to establish a home of his own was married to Miss Ruth L. Jackson. This lady was the daughter of David aud Nancy (Nichol) Jackson. Mrs. Jackson was the daughter of John and Ann (Woodburn) Nichol, who were born in Ireland, and emigrating to America in 1 789, settled in Westmoreland County, Pa. The father of John Nichol was Thomas, one of seven brothers who fled from Scotland to County Derry, Ireland, on account of religious persecution; he married Isabella Cook, and their son, John, the grandfather of Mrs. Tarbox, was born at Nichol's Hill, Ireland. He emigrated lo America in 1789 and in 1800 settled in Belmont County, this State. His wife, Ann, was the daughter of William Wood- burn, of Churchtown, County Derry, and the maiden name of her mother was Margaret Canada. David Jackson, the father of Mrs. Tarbox, was the son of Robert Jackson, who married a Miss McCorkle. The latter was the son of David, whose wife was Elizabeth Reed. This David was a half brother of Gen. Andrew Jackson, and their father was Dr. Plugh Jackson. It will thus be seen that both Mr. and Mrs. Tarbox are descended from honorable ancestry, people who were possessed of fine mental characteristics, and who were promi nent in their day and generation. To our subject and his estimable wife there have been born seven children, the eldest of whom, a sou, John J., died in 1872, when a promising young mau of twenty years; Frank T. makes his home with his parents, and is employed on the detective force of Cedarville, while he also offi ciates as Constable; Theodore IL, a civil engineer by professicn, is unmarried and makes his home in Santa Anna, Cal.; Harry L. married Miss Essie Daugherty, and is the father of two children, Nellie I. and Frederick N. ; he follows the business PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 337 of a lime burner in Findlay, this State; David N., a professional ball player, married Miss Mattie Hart and lives near his father; Lida 0., an accom plished j'oung lady, remains at home with ber parents; Charles Waldo died in infancy. Mr. Tarbox gives his unqualified support to the Republican party. During the Civil War he, in the capacity of a Lieutenant, assisted in driving John Morgan from the soil of the Buckeye State. He has served as Township Trustee, and with his estimable wife is prominently connected with the United Presbyterian Church, in the -doctrines of which church the Jackson side of the house have been educated for generations. ATHEW BERRYHILL. One who has no knowledge of the relative value of soils or of any matter pertaining to farm life, can yet determine at a glance whether the farm upon which he gazes is valuable and well managed. A visitor to the estate of the above-named gentle man in Sugar Creek Township, Greene County, would know at once that its owner possesses enter prise, perseverance, and skill in agriculture. The entire place bears an air of neatness and order, and of thorough cultivation, while the buildings which have been erected upon it are substantia], well de signed and conveniently located. The residence, a brick edifice, was erected in 1837, and other structures now used are of more recent date, The paternal grandfather of our subject was John Berryhill, a native of Ireland, who settled in Virginia, and there reared a family, among them being Alexander, who was born in Augusta County and became a farmer. He married Rachael Thomp son, who was also a native of the Old Dominion, and was a direct descendant of Charles Thompson, Secretary of the Continental Congress. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Berryhill re sided on a farm in Virginia until 1814, when they sold out and came to Ohio. Buying six hundred and forty acres of wild land in this county, now section 5, Sugar Creek Township, a log house was built and clearing begun upon the land. The dwelling being of hewn logs and two stories in height was considered quite an aristocratic resi dence. Having considerable means and a large family of robust boys, Mr. Berryhill had a large tract of land cleared and devoted his attention wholly to farming. He and his wife were members of the Presbyterian Church. The death of the father oc curred in September, 1823, the mother surviving until 1 838. But two of the eleven children of whom they were the parents arc now living, these being our subject and his brother Franklin. The family circle once included James, AVilliam, John, Alex ander, Margaret, Samuel, Archibald, Rachael, Mat- hew, Elizabeth and Franklin. Mr. Berryhill was a Revolutionary soldier be longing to a Virginia regiment. At the battle of Guilford Court-House he was taken prisoner; after ho had surrendered his gun a British officer struck him on the head with his sword and ho carried the scar to his grave. His son John served in the War of 1812, and the relatives of Mrs. Berryhill, of this notice, also fought in the last-named struggle for the rights of American citizens. The natal day of Mathew Berryhill was January 7, 1807, and his birth occurred in Augusta County, Va. He was seven years of age when his father came to this county, in which there were very few settlers and no improvements but a few cabins. There is but one other person now living in this locality who was here when the Berryhill family came. School advantages were very meager at that time and the principal knowledge obtained by the boys and girls was that which they could ac quire under the home roofs, and in pursuit of their labors as young assistants to the pioneers. During his boyhood our subject helped to clear the farm of his father and he has never spared himself but has ever been extremely busy and hard-working. The father having died when our subject was but fifteen years of age, the estate was settled and young Mathew given the portion belonging to him, and from that time transacted all his own business, although he remained at the old home until his marriage. On March 21, 1831, he became the hus band of Miss Angelina Tolbert, who was born in Virginia, November 24, 1809, and the young cou- 338 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. pie settled on his portion of tho old homestead for a short term. He then sold out and in "1835 bought the farm which he now occupies on section 36, Sugar Creek Township, to which he removed the following year. The farm comprised one hun dred and sixty acres, of which oue hundred and fifteen acres are now under the plow, having been broken by himself. He has added to the acreage, now owning four hundred and eighty-eight acres in this township, and he also possesses two hundred and thirty-seven acres in Fountain County, Ind. Although they are now quite old, both Mr. and Mrs. Berryhill enjoy good health, and he has never been afflicted with any disease. They have no children but have been instrumental in helping to bring up those who needed parental care. Mrs. Berryhill has been a member of tho Presbyterian Church for over fifty years. Mr. Berryhill has been a Supervisor and has always taken an inter est in local politics. His first Presidential vote was cast for Andrew Jackson and he has never missed an election since that time, voting the Whig, and later the Republican, ticket. He and his estimable companion have made several trips to different parts of the West, using a portion of the means which they possess in such an abundant measure, in the enjoyment of varied scenes. They are accorded a due measure of respect by those who know them and are numbere'd among the landmarks of the county. THOMAS L. BEAL is a dealer in general merchandise in Byron, Greene County, do ing the principal business there and mani festing a degree of energy and business tact which gives promise of a bright future. He is also As sistant Postmaster, and does all the business of the office, the affairs of which are left entirely in his hands by J. L. Cosier, who received the appoint ment of Postmaster, when in 1889, the office was located here. Mr. Beal comes of an old Greene County family, his grandfather, Aaron Beal, a native of Virginia, having located here in 1819. He bought and cleared land on Ludlow Creek, and became the owner of three hundred acres of landed estate. He had fol lowed the trade of a blacksmith in his native State, and continued it in connection with farming after his removal, putting up a shop upon his farm. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. His son Aaron was born in Beaver Creek Township, and when of a suitable age became a farmer. He bouglit land near Goes Station, in Miami Township, and cleared one hundred and thirty. five acres upon which he engaged in general farming and stock-raising. In these pursuits he was successful and also in buying and selling Stock. He departed this life April 18, 1887, respected and mourned. He was an active member of the Reformed Church at Byron. In the maternal line also our subject is of Vir ginian ancestry, his grandfather, William Oram, baving been a.native of that State. He was a farmer and cooper, and a mechanic in various lines of woodwork. At an early period in the history of this county he took up his residence here, locating on a small farm in Miami Township, and carrying on a cooper shop until his death. His daughter Annie, who was born in Virginia, became the wife of Aaron Beal, to whom she bore three daughters and two sons. Her first-born, Mrs. Mary Hopind, lives in Dayton; Marcellus is a farmer at Fairfield; the third child is our subject; Mrs. Priscilla F. Rheinhart is the wife of a blacksmith at Goes Sta tion ; Jessie also lives at that place. The mother, who is now about sixty years of age, lives with a daughter in Miami Township ; she is a consistent member of the Reformed Church. T. L. Beal opened his eyes to the light June 16, 1858, in Beaver Creek Township, on the banks of Ludlow Creek. When he was three years old his parents removed to Miami Township, where he was reared and educated, having good school advan tages, and in the intervals of study being early put to work on the farm. Upon reaching his majority he rented his father's farm and began cropping it for himself, remaining upon it until 1882, when he rented a farm on Ludlow Creek. A year later he returned to the home farm which he continued to carry on from that time until the spring of 1887. He then bought the old Enniss stand at Byron, re modeled it and put in a new stock of goods, and began his career as a merchant. He carries grocer- Vi^^A^l cS-€xA£ PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 341 ies and generaLmerchandise, dealing also in produce and flour. Prosperity has attended his efforts and his career has been wonderfully successful for one so y'Oung. Mr. Beal chose for his companion Miss Elizabeth Norris, of Dayton, whose intelligence and womanly virtues won his regard and with whom he was uni ted in marriage February 28, 1 882. Mrs. Beal is tbe youngest child of Hezekiah and Susannah (Thumb) Beal, and was born in Dayton, October 5, 1 858. Her father is a native of Frederick County, Md., and a carpenter by trade. He came to Xenia a number of years ago, but soon afterward removed to Dayton, where he still lives. He has worked at his trade in different parts of Greene and Mont gomery Counties. His wife was also born in Mary land and both are worthy members of the United Brethren Church. They are parents of seven chil dren : Mrs. Anna P. Dunn, of Beaver Creek Town ship, this county; Aquilla and John, who live in Dayton; Leo J., deceased; Mrs.- Sarah C. Archer of Dayton; Joseph M., a groceryman in Dayton, and Mary Elizabeth. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Beal, has been blessed by the birth of three bright children — Lillie B., Bessie T. and Arthur L. Mr. Beal exercises the right of suffrage in behalf of the Democrat party and its candidates. Mrs. Beal belongs to the Meth odist Church in Centerville. ^€ 3M^ \fl AMES F. STEWART, who is now living in Yellow Springs, Greene County, having re tired from the more arduous labors of life, was born in Clark County, where he lived for many years. His labors there were crowned with success in the accumulation of a goodly share of this world's goods, and were not without their influence over his fellow-men as an example of strict morality, true religion and usefulness in va rious departments of life. In 1886 he became % resident of Yellow Springs, occupying a cozy resi dence which he had erected, and where he and his estimable wife enjoy pleasant intercourse with their many friends. The parents of our subject were James and Jane (Elder) Stewart, natives of Pennsylvania, whence they removed to the Buckeye State in 1811. Thoy located in Hamilton County, but after a res idence of three years sold out and changed their location to Clark County, where they spent the remainder of their lives. Both were members of the United Presbyterian Church, and possessed no ble characteristics which their offspring love to re member, and to which their children owe much of their own uprightness and usefulness. Mr. Stew art was Treasurer of the church to which he be longed for many years, held a similar office in the township for fifteen years, and was an earnest ad vocate of good schools. He held a prominent place among the farmers of the vicinity, his landed estate at one time amounting to five hundred acres. He breathed his last in 1857, his wife surviving until 1863. Their family comprised ten children,, be of whom we write being the fourth in order of birth. The others were: Elijah, now deceased; Robert, who died in infancy; Ann, the widow of Samuel Barnett; Mary, the widow of David Mil- len; Eliza, the wife of Harvey Jobe; John, whose homo is in Nebraska; Susannah, deceased; David who occupies the homestead; and Adeline, the widow of William Caruthers. The gentleman with whose name this sketch is introduced was born on the old homestead in Green Township, Clark County, December 6, 1818. He attended the subscription schools and acquired an excellent common-school education, to which, having a desire for information, he has added a knowledge of general topics and current events throughout his life. He remained with his father until twenty-five years of age, his parent having given him one hundred and twenty-five acres of land, with the understanding that while he re mained at home he should have half the proceeds, but that he should pay $50 the first year and $100 the following five years, in order to secure the deed of the property. He did so, and believes the lesson of prudence and self-help which he learned was the best to fit him for his after life and its du ties. Among tbe schoolmates and childish friends of James F, Stewart, was one for whom his regard deepened as they grew to manhood and womanhood, 342 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. and whom he desired as a companion in a closer relation than that of friends. After a successful wooing they were united in marriage December 12, 1843, and at once took up their abode on their own land, having only the farm and the energy of their natures as their capital in life. Mrs. Stewart bore the maiden name of Sarah Jane Bogle, and was born November 25, 1824, receiving an excel lent education in the common schools. Her par ents, James and Sarah (Stewart) Bogle, were natives of Pennsylvania and Maryland, respect ively, and came to Ohio at an early day. Thoy were the parents of seven children who grew to maturity. Mr. Bogle was a farmer of considerable prominence. On tbe farm where they began their wedded life, Mr. and Mr?. Stewart remained forty-one years, leaving it only for the home which they now oc cupy. The homestead was placed under excellent improvement and cultivation, and added to until the acreage amounted to one hundred and fifty. Mr. Stewart also owns a well-tilled farm of two hundred and twelve acres in Jennings County, Ind., and two hundred and fifty well-improved acres in Wilson County, Kan.; his realty also in cludes some fine residence property in Springfield and in Yellow Springs. The income from these various pieces of property is considerable, and in sures the couple all the comforts of life, together with an opportunity to exorcise their hospital ity and benevolence upon many woithy objects. They have never been blessed with children, and expend the affection of tlieir natures upon their fellow-men, especially manifesting their loving kind ness to those in need. In 1861 Mr. Stewart began keeping a diary and has kept up the practice ever since, it being a source of practical benefit as well as of pleasure. He and his wife are members of tbe United Pres byterian Church, his connection with that body dating from 1844. He has been an Elder for over forty years, and is now Treasurer of the congre- tion, having held that office for some years. Both are active in the Sunday-school department, hav ing been teachers for years, and he has held the office of Superintendent for sixteen years. In ed ucational affairs also, Mr. Stewart has been ac tively interested, as he has been in matters political. He affiliated with the Republican party until Cleveland's election to the Presidency, since which time he has been a Prohibitionist. He was Clerk of Green Township, Clark County, for several years, and Trustee of the same at the time of the Civil War and for years thereafter. During the war he belonged to the militia, which was ordered out, but on reaching Springfield he hired a substi tute and returned to his home. Although some what advanced in years, both Mr. and Mrs. Stew art are in good health, and it is hoped that their useful and honored lives will yet be spared many years. A lithographic portrait of Mr. Stewart may be found elsewhere in the Album. ARK SMITH. The career of the self-made man is finely illustrated in the history of Mr. Smith, who commenced the battle of life dependent upon his own resources and who through the difficulties and drawbacks com mon to most men, has achieved success. Upon coming to Clark County he in due time acquired a large amount of real estate and began erecting numbers of d wellings,so that he now has over thirty tenement houses besides a large mill building on Mill Creek, which is amply furnished with water power and used for manufacturing purposes. He has been an energetic, wide-awake man, keenly ob servant of what is going on around him and has contributed his full quota to the growth and devel opment of his adopted county. The early home of Mr. Smith was on the other side of the Atlantic in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, and he was born March 4, 1823, in the little town of Alloa. His father, John Smith, was a native of Yorkshire, England, which was likewise the native shire of his grandfather ,Mark Smith. The latter ob tained onty a limited education, and when but a boy entered a woolen factory where he learned the trade of weaving and all the other details in connection therewith. Upon leaving his native shire he re- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 343 paired to Alloa, Scotland, where he established a factory, of which he was manager a number of years. Finally he returned to England and there spent the closing years of his life. His wife bore tho maiden name of Martha Conyer and she, too, died in Eng land. John Smith, the father of our subject, like his father before him, served an apprenticeship in a woolen mill in his native place and he also when this was completed went to Scotland and was em ployed in a factory; he, loo, established a factory at Alloa. He carried on business a number of years when the factory was destroyed by fire, then, in 1855, John Smith emigrated to America and lo cated in the city of Cleveland, this State. A short time later, however, he removed to Springfield and was employed as dyer in a woolen mill, remaining there until his decease, which occurred about 1878. His remains were laid to rest in Ferncliff Ceme tery. Mrs. Jane (Mason) Smith, the mother of our subject, was likewise a native of Alloa, Scotland, and tho daughter of John and Ellen (Commery) Mason. Grandfather Mason and his wife were also of Scotch birth and ancestry. Mrs. Smith came to America with her husband and died in Springfield about 1886. The parental family consisted of seven children, five of whom lived to mature years, these being Mark, John M., Jane Ann, Martha Elizabeth and Horatio. Mr. Smith, of whom we write, spent his early years in his native village and, like his father and grandfather, served an apprenticeship in a woolen factory, commencing when a youth of eighteen years and remaining in Scotland until 1849. In the spring of that year he emigrated to A merica,em bark ing at Greenock on the sailing-vessel "Margaret," March 15, and landing in New York City six weeks later. Thence he proceeded directly to Huron County, tbis State, and procured employment in a woolen factory as a spinner, remaining there four years. He decided then to investigate the Great Northwest, having in view the Territory of Min nesota. Thither he made his way by rail to Cin cinnati and from there by the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to Winona, whose site was then marked by only one building, and that occupied by a mission ary. Mr. Smith entered a tract of Government land seven miles northwest of Winona, and later with others made another claim eight miles from that place where he put up a board house. He had left his wife at St. Louis, but she soon joined "hini with a year's provisions. They, however, only so journed there a few months, then returned to the haunts of civilization, settling in Cleveland, Ohio, where Mr. Smith entered the employ of Alexander Patton, a Scotchman engaged in the manufacture of soap. Our subject remained with Mr. Patton for a per iod of four years as an employe and was then ad mitted to partnership in the business, continuing there another four years. We next find him in Grand Rapids, Mich., where he remained one year. In 1861 he came to Springfield and establishing a soap factory, at once entered upon a successful business which he conducted a number of years and then turned over to his sons. Mr. Smith was mar ried, in 1843, to Miss Isabella White, a native of his own shire in Scotland. She became the mother of seven children and died at her home in Spring field, October 9, 1886. There are now living of their family three sons and a daughter, viz: James, Mark, Mary and Horatio ; all live in Springfield. Mr. Smith has proved himself an able financier ahd possesses all the sturdy qualities of his substan tial Scotch ancestry, of which he has reason to be proud. He is honest and upright in his dealings, has been industrious and frugal in his manner of living and is deservedly in possession of a compe tence which will fortify him against want in his old age. Politically, he is a supporter of the Re publican party and in religious matters believes in the doctrines of the United Presbyterian Church. ifL=a. ENRY CROFT, a life-long resident of Clark County and a son of one of ils pioneers, has for many years made his home in Springfield, and is classed among its most estimable, intelligent and substantial citizens. Al though he has been connected with the agricultural interests of this part of Ohio and has been a factor 341 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. in advancing its development in that direction, yet he is better and more widely known as a suc cessful inventor. He was born in Bethel Township, November 13, 1820, a son of George Croft, one of its early settlers, who was born in the town of York. York County, Pa., November 25, 1771. His father, Frederick Croft, was a native of Witten berg, Germany. He came to America in Colonial times, and cast his lot with tho settlers of York, Pa., where he purchased a brewery and oper ated it for some time. He was loyal to the cause of the Colonists and did good service throughout the seven years of the Revolution. He passed his last years in York. His wife was also a native of Germany, and spent her last years in this country. In early manhood the father of our subject went to Virginia, and was there employed in operating a flo'ur mill in Botetourt County. In 1799 he was there married to Mary Critz, who was born in that State of German parents. In 1804 he emigrated to Ohio with his family, making the journey in a wagon drawn by a pair of horses, and taking pro visions along and cooking and camping by the way. Ohio, a new Slate, was then scarcely more than a wilderness, with dense primeval forests and uncultivated prairies, and doer, bears, wolves and other kinds of wild animals were plentiful, and In dians still made their home here. Clark County then formed a part of Champaign County, and he became one of the early settlers of that portion of it now known as Bethel Township, where he bought a tract of timber land on the banks of Mad River, and at once built a log house. He had brought no furniture from his old home, and all the tables, chairs, bedsteads, etc., in the new one were of his own handiwork. He actively en tered upon the hard pioneer task of clearing his land for cultivation, and in 1816 erected a wing to a brick house, which is still standing. He resided there until after the death of his wife early in 1846, and then removed to Donnellsville, where he rounded out a good and true life in 1855, at the venerable age of eighty-five years. He was one of the flrst Masons in the county, having joined that organization when a young man, and he was also prominent in the early religious life of the county, being one of the first Lutherans to settle within its limits, and he was instrumental in organizing a society of that denomination here, and in 1842 built a church for its use on his farm. As one of the earliest pioneers of Clark County, and as an important factor in promoting its religious, so cial, and agricultural interests, his memory should always be revered. He was the father of nine chil dren, seven sons and two daughters. The son who forms the subject of this sketch was bred to agricultural pursuits in his native township, and he has a clear remembrance of pioneer life here when he was a boy. His mother used to cook delicious meals before the open fire in the rude old fireplace, and with deft fingers carded, spun and wove wool or manufactured linen for all the clothes used in the family for many years. His father farmed with rude, simple farming implements, har vesting his wheat with the sickle until the cradle came into use, which he laid aside after the inven tion of the threshing machine, he having the flrst one that was worked by horse power in 1828 in the State, and our subject owned the flrst reaping- machine. It is within his remembrance that the greater part of the county has been developed, and even when he settled in tbis city, a little more than twenty-one years ago,- there was but little im provement on that part of AVest Main Street wliere he now resides. There were no railways here for some years after his birth, and Dayton was the nearest market. He was born before the introduc tion of the free school system into his native county, and the schools were kept up on the sub scription plan, and were conducted in rude log buildings, and one of the first teachers that our subject can remember was a man named Oiler. As a farmer's son, our subject had to assist in the labors of tilling the soil as soon as large enough, and he remained with his parents until he married and established a home of ^his own. He con tinued to live on the old homestead until 1859. He rebuilt and altered the dwelling that stood thereon, and otherwise greatly improved the farm and increased its value. In the year just men tioned he took up his residence in Springfield, and has since made his home here. He is the possessor of a handsome property, including his present commodious home, which he built when he first lo- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM 345 cated in this city, besides erecting several other houses, from the rental of which he derives a good income. Our subject has become famous as an in ventor, and being a man of more than ordinary intel ligence and mechanical genius, gifted with patience and a resolute will, he has not only made several inventions that have proved to be of great value in the industrial world, but has made many im provements on other inventions that have greatly enhanced their use. Mr. Croft had the honor of inventing and manufacturing the first threshing machine ever used west of Springfield, and to his handiwork was due the first separator ever made and operated on wheels. He never patented it, however, and others reaped the benefit of his in vention. He and his son invented and patented a wind engine, known as the Croft engine, which they manufactured for a time and then sold the patent and it is now called the Leffel engine. Mr. Croft's inventive genius contrived the razor strap, called the Croft's Scientific Razor Strap, which is the fin est ever invented, and he has spent much time and money in making improvements on other inven- ventions too numerous to mention. That greatest of blessings a good and true wife has been given our subject, as he was married, in 1846, to Miss Lany, daughter of Jacob and El sie Shartle, and a native of this State, born in Dayton, Montgomery County. Mrs. Croft's par ents were pioneers of Bethel Township, to which they removed when she was four years. old. Mr. and Mrs. Croft have two children living: Lizzie, who married Frank M. Bookwalter, of tljis city : and Henry, who married Clara Long, also resides in this city. An honorable, sagacious, well-informed man, during his long and busy career our subject has been a useful citizen, and by his upright life, guided by principles of honor and truthfulness, he 'is worthy of the high estimation in which he is regarded by all. By his inventive genius he has been of inestimable benefit not only to this, his native county, but to the country at large. Mr. Croft is a remarkably fine rifleman. When ho was a boy he had a gun and used to shoot squirrels, wild turkeys, etc. His interest in such sports waned for some years, but of late he has engaged in rifle practice, and on January 28, 1890, in the contest in which the oldest riflemen took part, he made a score of ninety-nine out of one hundred possible points, and justly lays claim to the championship for men of his age. During his residence in Bethel Township he took an active part in the manage ment of its public affairs, and served as Township Trustee eight years. He and his wife are members of the First English Lutheran Church, and he was also prominent in religious concerns of Bethel as Elder and Deacon in the church. — V bUTHER BOYD. This gentleman is widely known throughout the philanthropic world for his prominent connection with the abo lition movement in ante bellum days, when his name was the synonym to many of charity, benev olence and goodness, and was held in reverence by many a poor slave whom he helped to liberty. He was a co-worker with Garrison, Phillips, Lovejoy and others, and was very earnest and active in the cause for which he almost staked his life. He was for many years engaged in the mercantile bus iness, acquiring a handsome competence, and in the city of Springfield, of which he has been a resident for nearly three decades, he has built up a substantial, cozy home, amid whose comforts he is passing the declining years of a well-spent life, reverenced and esteemed by all about him. Our subject was born in this State, in the town of Steuben ville, Jefferson County, February 10, 1817. His father, Robert Boyd, was born in Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, a son of William Boyd, who is supposed to have been born in the same county, and to have been of Scotch antecedents, and there he was reared, married and spent the rest of his life. Three of his children came to America, and his son John settled in Har rison County, Ohio, engaged as a farmer and died there. His son William reared a family of twenty- two children, and coming to this country when ho was seventy years old he spent his last years with them in Coshocton County. The father of our subject was bred to a farmer's 346 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. life, and was twenty-two years old when he came to the United States, and having received a good education in the old country, he utilized it by teaching in Eastern Pennsylvania, and later, at tended college there. He married in that State, and moved to Ohio in 1805, the removal being made with teams. Ohio was a wilderness at that time, the home of the Indian, and deer, bear,wolves, and other kinds of wild animals were plenty in the primeval forest. Mr. Boyd became a pioneer of Steubenville, and soon arose to prominence in the public life of the county, being elected Clerk of the Court, and also County Recorder, and at the same time he kept an hotel. He resided there till Septem ber, 1817, when he removed to Coshocton County, and bought a half section of land in Keene Town ship, and in the forest wilds erected a log house for tho abode of his family. There were no rail ways or canals in that section of the country in that early day, and Coshocton, several miles dis tant, was the market and depot for supplies for the people for many miles around. Mr. Boyd cleared a few acres of his land and made his home there till his death in December, 1827, at the age of fifty-seven years, deprived that county of one of its most intelligent and capable pioneers. The maiden name of his wife was Mary McMasters, and she was born in County Down, Ireland, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James McMasters. She spent her last years with her children in Coshocton County until six months before her death, which occurred in the home of her son Renfrew M., in Licking County, in 1871, she attaining the re markable age of ninety-four years. She reared nine children, namely: Sarah, William, Robert, Algernon S., Hervey, John C, Lutherv Eliza, and Renfrew M. William, Renfrew, Eliza and our sub ject are the only representatives of the family now living. The latter was reared to man's estate in Coshoc ton County, receiving bis early education in the common school, taught in a log building, heated by a rude fireplace, of which the chimney was built with a log foundation and the remainder of clay and sticks; a log removed and the opening covered with greased paper constituted the win dow, while the benches were made of puncheon, without backs, and with wooden pegs for legs; and around the sides of the room wooden pins were in serted between the logs, and the puncheon laid on them served the larger scholars for a writing desk. The school was conducted on the subscription plan. A youth of quick, warm impulses, large sympathy and a thoughtful mind, our subject early became interested in the condition of the slaves, and identified himself with that noble band of de voted men, the Abolitionists, in 1837, and was with them an active worker till slavery was abol ished. He was prominently connected with the "underground railroad," and, figuratively speak ing, laid the tracks and ran the first train on that famous road from bondage to freedom that ever passed through Coshoclon and Holmes Counties, and he was instrumental in helping many slaves to escape from their masters. By so doing he jeopardized his life, on account of the animosity often displayed towards the Abolitionists, his friend and co-worker, Rev. George Gerden, being incarcerated in jail, in Cleveland, for aiding slaves to escape, and dying soon after he was liberated. He remained on the home farm till he was twenty- seven, and then established himself in the mercan tile business in Playesville, Ashland County, and later was similarly engaged in Jeromesville, and re mained a resident of Ashland County thirteen years, and from there went to Greene County, where he lived two and one-half years, and whence he came to Springfield October 23, 1861. Ho lo cated on North Street, and in 1872 bought a home on Bowler Street, where he dwelt till 1886, when he purchased a lot on North Fountain Avenue and erected his present desirable residence, wherein he enjoys the comforts procured by a substantial income. In his philanthropic work Mr. Boyd found a faithful sympathizer and encourager in his devoted wife, formerly Miss Sarah Taggart, a native of Nova Scotia, to whom he was married September 16, 1844. They have two children living, Salome Elizabeth and Harry. This brief life record of our subject is sufficient to show that he possesses a pure, lofty nature that is true to the right whatever betides. His kindly heart still glows with sympathy for the unfor- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 347 tunate, and he is as ready as ever to champion the oppressed and to do battle against wrong in any form. He is a deep thinker and a great reader, and is the author of a famous work that lias caused much discussion in the religious world, the book referred to being entitled "Tho Ten Tribes of Israel," which was issued under the nom de plume of Timothy R. Jenkins, and in it is proved con clusively to the intelligent reader that the Indians are descendants of those tribes. Mr. Boyd is a member of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, while Mrs. Boyd and her daughter belong to the United Presbyterian Church. eHRISTIAN K. HERSHEY. The career of this young gentleman, now Mayor of Os born, Greene County, and editor of the Os born Local, has been one of painstaking industry, studiousness, and zeal. The lives of few men- of his years present so striking an example of the suc cess that can be obtained through determination and good conduct, and to few is greater respect awarded, or a better position secured. The Hershey family is of German extraction, the first of the name whom we note being Abraham Hershey, a farmer and stockman of Pennsylvania. In Lancaster County, of that State, his son, also named Abraham, was born, and there learned the trade of a painter. While a young man he re moved to Buffalo, N. Y., where he worked at his trade, and where he married Miss Fannie Long. The wife and an infant daughter died there, and soon after the bereaved husband came to Clark County, Ohio. There he continued his former oc cupation, and after his second marriage located on a small farm, but still followed his trade, at which he has labored forty years. He now lives near Medway, and although quite old, is still bale and hearty. He belongs to the Mennonite Church. His second wife died in 1863, and he contracted a third matrimonial alliance. The mother of our subject was bora in Bethel Township, Clark County, and bore the maiden name of Anna Kline. Her father, C. D. Kline, a native of Lancaster County, Pa., ran a tailor shop there until some time in the 30's, when he came to Ohio in a wagon. He settled in the township in which she was born, purchasing a tract of land which he improved, also continuing lo work at his trade. Al though a poor man when he came here, he is now worth about $10,000, which has been acquired by his own efforts. He is still living on his farm, and has now reached the age of seventy eight years. He is a member of the Mennonite Church. When he came to this section, the site of Springfield could have been bought for $500, and he was anxious to purchase it; his brother Samuel had more money than ho, but would not furnish him security, and he was not able to purchase without it. Mrs. Anna (Kline) Hershey bore her husband two children, the subject of this sketch being the first-born, and the other, a son, who died in infancy. The third marriage of our subject's father, was blessed by the birth of nine children: Mary is now at home; Anna, Mrs. Kauffman, lives in Osborn; Abraham resides in Ansonia, Darke County ; Harry and Andrew live in Bethel Township, Clark County ; Daniel is with our subject; Hettie lives with her sister, Mrs. Kauffman, in Osborn; John and Meno are at home. C. K. Hershey was born January 9, 1861, in Bethel Township, Clark County, and reared and educated there until eight years old. He then went to live with his grandfather Kline, having good common school advantages until twelve years old, when he was thrown on his own resources. He en gaged in farm work summers, and in winters worked for his board and attended school, determined to acquire a better education and fit himself for a good position in life. At the age of sixteen years, he was able to pass an examination and secure a county teacher's certificate, although he did not engage, in teaching, but worked at the painter's trade. In 1880 young Hershey came to Osborn and en tered the employ of J. H. Barkman, with whom he remained eight years. Beginning as an errand boy7, and without a dollar in money, (having spent all for books the previous winter), he worked his way to the position of head clerk within two years. In 1881 he spent two months in attending the Miami Commercial College at Dayton,and in 1882 attended 348 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. three months and wasgraduated,after which he took charge of the books of the Arm, holding the posi tion of head clerk and book-keeper until the fall of 1884. Having saved his money, he then became a partner with a one-fourth interest in the estab lishment, with which he continued his connection until January, 1888, when he sold his interest. The next enterprise of Mr. Hershey was a jour nalistic one, as upon selling his mercantile interest he bought the printing office of the Osborn Local, and became its editor. The sheet which he con ducts is a seven column folio, which is newsy and popular ; a job office is also run. When Mr. Her shey became of age he was elected City Clerk, and held the office four years, after which he became Assistant Postmaster. These duties did not pre vent his attention to the mercantile business in which he had embarked. An important step in the life of Mr. Hershey, was taken March 13, 1888, when in Dayton he was united in marriage with Miss Lettio L. Kepler, au educated aud refined young woman, who makes home attractive, and is a credit to the society in which she moves. She was born in Montgomery County, her father, William Kepler, being a prominent farmer of Perry Township. Mr. and Mrs. Hershey have one child, Granville, born August 5, 1889. Mr. Hershey belongs to the Knights of Pythias, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in Os born, being Secretary of the latter lodge, and a charter member of the former. He is an active Democrat, and a member of the County Central Committee. He belongs to the Lutheran Church, is Treasurer of the Sunday-school, and teacher of the Bible class, his example adding weight to the precepts which he unfolds, and proving an influence for good throughout the entire community. ylLLIAM D. JOHNSON, late a prominent and veiy wealthy resident of Miami Town ship, Greene County, departed this life at his homestead June 3, 1875. He was born July 10, 1808 in Mason County, Ky., where he was given a practical education in the common school and subsequently occupied himself as a teacher. On the 16th of January, 1834, he was united in marriage with Miss Hannah M. Brewer, and soon afterward was employed as a dry-goods salesman in Mr. Mill's store. He came to Ohio about 1828. His first business enterprise was as a merchant at Mad River and later he rented the Hertzler mill, which he conducted successfully for two years. Finally he purchased the Clifton mill at Clifton, which he operated for a number of years successfully and then retired from active labor. Mr. Johnson was a man of good business abili ties, well informed and was frequently selected to act as administrator in the settlement of estates. He was administrator of the Knott estate and was settling the affairs of the Hertzler estate at the time of his death. For a number of years be offici ated as County Commissioner. The Presbyterian Church found in him one of its chief pillars,he serv ing as an Elder for years. He maintained a warm interest in Sunday-school work and frequently en gaged as a teacher. Politically, he was a sound Republican. He was owner of a farm in Miami Township whereon he effected good improvements and which under his wise. management became the source of a handsome income. He was successful in the accumulation of property and at his death left his widow with a fortune of over $100,000 be sides $50,000 devoted to charitable purposes. His parents were James and Clemency (Dunavon) Johnson, natives of Kentucky and who spent their last years in Ohio. There was born to them a fam ily of eleven children. Mrs. Hannah M. (Brewer) Johnson was born in Lewis County, Ky., July 20, 1811, and was the youngest child of John and Rachel (Dunavon) Brewer, who were natives of Maryland, where they were married and whence they7 removed to Ken tucky at an early day. The Brewer family was of English descent and the paternal grandparents of Mrs. Johnson were natives of England. After removing to Kentucky Mr. Brewer pur chased the old homestead of his wife's father, near Orangeburg, Mason County, and there with his estimable wife he spent the remainder of his days. The mother died in 1834, after the decease of her husband. They were the parents of thirteen chil- 'CL cl ej-. ¦y PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 351 dren of whom Hannah M. is the only survivor. She received only limited educational advantages and was reared to womanhood under the parental roof, receiving careful home training and becoming thorough mistress of all useful household duties. Of her union with Mr. Johnson there were born no children, but Mrs. Johnson has taken and reared several little ones, bringing them up as her own. Mrs. Johnson like her husband, united with the Presbyterian Church early in life. Since her hus band's death she has had charge of all the property and has managed it in a remarkable wise and judici ous manner. She gives liberally to tbe poor and unfortunate and is always willing and anxious to assist those who will try to help themselves. As a prominent member of the Woman's Missionary Society she, with her large resources, is able to do much good. She has been quite an extensive trav eler, and keeps herself posted upon the important happenings all over the world. Although approach ing the seventy-ninth year of her age, she is re markably active, with a clear, bright mind, and bids fair to live and attend to her business for many years to come. ffl AMES WALLACE COLLINS. Among the citizens of Greene County, who not only were born here, but have passed their entire existence within its limits, prominent men tion is due the subject of this biographical notice, whose portrait is presented in connection with his personal sketch. He is a successful agriculturist, and an educated Christian gentleman, whose in tegrity of character and kindness of disposition have won for him friends wherever he has been. The farm adjoining his present homestead was the early home of Mr. Collins, and there he was born February 16, 1832. His father, William Collins, was the son of another William, who came from York County, Pa., to this section about 1812, when the father of our subject was twelve years old, he having been born in 1800. The grand parents of our subject settled on a piece of land near Clifton, about seven miles northwest of Xenia, on what is now known as the Fairfield Pike. There they reared a family of ten children, the brothers and sisters of our subject's father b'oing: Joseph, Samuel, John, James, Mary (commonly called Polly), Elizabeth (Betsey), Elinore, Grace and Ibbe. William married Miss Mary, daughter of Squire George Galloway, whose cousin, Maj. James Galloway, was of National fame. Her par ents came to Oldtown from Louisville, Ky7., about the beginning of the nineteenth century, having come from County Antrim, Ireland, some years previously. After their marriage William Collins and his wife settled on the homestead wliere our subject was born, the husband having bought a farm, which he at once began to clear and improve. There his wife died at the age of fifty-four years, leaving four children — George, James W., Lydia C. and Martha. The latter, who is now deceased, became the wife of David Bradfute; Lydia is now the widow of Henry Corry. The father made a sec ond marriage, choosing as his companion Mrs. Catherine Hoy, who also bore him four children. James W. Collins, the subject of this biographi cal notice, was educated with a view to entering the ministry, but owing to somewhat feeble health he was obliged to adopt a vocation which would give him exercise in the open air. He therefore chose a farmer's life, beginning on eighty-five acres of the old homestead, to which he added sixty-six acres, and still more recently fifty-three more. The most of the land has been taken by him from the forest, placed in a state of thorough cultiva tion and furnished with excellent improvements, which include all needful buildings, fences, fruit, etc. For fourteen years he lived in the city of Xenia, but returned to his farm in 1886, his wife being then in very poor health, and only living about two years after their return to their former home. The death of Mrs. Collins took place October 30, 1888, after a happy wedded life of a quarter of a century, her marriage having been celebrated in 1863. She bore the maiden name of Mary J. Gor don, was born in York County, Pa., and was a daughter of Andrew Gordon, for whom her only child is named. The son is now a young man, 352 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. and living with his father on the farm on which his early life was spent. He has an excellent com mon-school education, and having a taste for farm life, will probably continue in that line of busi ness. Mr. Collins and his son belong to the United Presbyterian Church, of which the deceased wife and mother was also a member. She was reared under the old school Presbyterian teachings, and Mr. Collins in that branch of Reformed Presby- terianism popularly known as the Seceders Church. He belongs to the Republican party, and has always voted that ticket. His father was one of three men who voted the first anti-slavery ticket in this county, and was a director in the great under ground railroad. Our subject well remembers that when he was a lad of some seven years he helped hitch up the team to convey a party of colored people who had been bidden in their bouse, to the next station, on their flight for liberty. There were six women and one man in the party. \fjOHN A. BARBER, a son of the earliest pio neers of Greene County, and at present re siding in Cedarville Township, was born within a mile of where he now lives, first opening his eyes to the light December 23, 1823. His father was John Barber, Sr., and his paternal grandfather was William Barber, a native of Ire land, who crossed the Atlantic at an early day, and settled in Washington County, Pa. In that county the father of our subject was born, and lived until reaching man's estate. Then starting out for him self, he proceeded to Pittsburg, and thence went down on a raft or flatboat to Cincinnati, from which point he traveled to Xenia, this State, on foot. John Barber, Sr., commenced his battle with the world dependent upon his own resources, and upon arriving in this county, secured work in a sawmill in the hamlet of Xenia, which was then the site of but four houses. He was employed by a Mr. Campbell, who put up the first mill in this county, this being located on Shawnee Creek, near Xenia. John Barber worked in the mill for several years, and in the meantime, in company wilh his brother- in-law, Alexander Foster, purchased four hundred acres of Government land, for which they paid $1.25 per acre. In due time they moved upon this and commenced its improvement and cultivation. They were joined by the father and the balance of the family, who took up more land adjoining, and there the old people spent the remainder of their days. John Barber after a time sold a part of his farm and purchased other land, which subsequently became the property of his son, Samuel, who is now deceased. That is still familiarly known a3 the old Barber place. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Sarah Martin. Of her marriage with John Bar ber there was born a family of eleven children, one of whom died young. The remaining ten grew to mature years, and seven are j7et living. John A., like his brothers and sisters, was reared under the home roof, and at an early age was taught the hab its of industry and economy which followed him all through life. When setting about the estab lishment of a home of his own, he was wedded to Miss Eliza, daughter of Andrew Galloway, one of the earliest settlers of this county. To them there were boin two children, only one of whom is liv ing, AVilliam H., who is married and residing on his farm, a half mile west of Cedarville; he has no children. Mrs. Eliza Barber departed this life at the homestead in 1866. Our subject was again married, in 1868, to Miss Sally, daughter of Enos Townsley. The latter was the son of John Townsley, one of the earliest pio neers of Cedarville Township. Of this union there were born two children, both daughters, Eva and Florence, who are attending the school in Cedar ville, and making tlieir home with their parents. The mother of Mrs. Barber was in her girlhood Sarah McCoy, daughter of James McCoy of Scotch- Irish ancestry, and a native of Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Barber are most worthy representatives of the pioneer element in this county, born and reared in the log cabin, and in the early days when people went to mill on horseback with a jug in one end of the bag, and their grist in the other. Those times called forth all the natural kindness and hospitality of humanity, when each man had an interest in his PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 353 neighbor's welfare. Mr. Barber before his mar riage worked on a farm west of Cedarville, but this he soon sold and purchased thai where his son now lives. The latter comprises one hundred acres, and was all in timber when coming into Mr. Barber's possession. It is now a finely cultivated farm, and valuable. After his second marriage, Mr. Barber removed to a farm of one hundred and fifty-seven acres ly ing on the Columbus Pike, a mile and a half east of the village, and which was a part of the first farm opened in the county, and known as the Enos Townsley place. Mr. Barber is a Prohibitionist with Democratic proclivities, and both he and his estimable wife are prominently connected with the United Presbyterian Church of Cedarville. — V *4 R I N I T Y METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Xenia. On September 19, 1863, at a quarterly conference of the Xenia Meth odist Episcopal Cliurch, it was resolved "That it is the duty of this charge to erect a second church in Xenia." The matter had been discussed some years before, and on November 14, 1863, the Rev. Will iam I. Fee appointed as a Board of Trustees for the new church, Alfred Trader, William Sweeney, Al fred Thirkield, M. D. Gatch, Charles R. Merrick, William F. Pelham, Samuel Newton, John L. Con- nable, and Henry Barnes. The subscriptions hav ing reached $15,000, a beautiful lot on the north west corner of Main and Monroe Streets, was secured, and the contract let to Messrs. Tobias Drees (See sketch) and Patterson. The corner stone of the new building was laid May 14, 1864, with appropriate ceremonies. The first pastor to what was now called Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, was the Rev. George C. Crum, who organized a society of one hundred and twenly-three members, one hundred and nine teen by transfer from the First Methodist Episco pal Church, and four by letter. The first religious service was held in the college chapel, September 18, 1864, the sermon being from II. Thessalonians, ii. and iii. chapters, beginning with the words "Now the Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God, even our Father," and concluding "Finally, brethren, pray for us that the word of the Lord may have free course and be glorified." The Sunday-school was organized in the spring, with William Sweeney as Superintendent; and A. Thirkield, Assistant Su perintendent. The lecture room of the new church edifice was completed November 30, 1864, and the first sermon preached therein by the Rev. J. L. Grover, pastor of the First Church. On October 1, 1865, the completed building was dedicated by Dr. Wiley, of Cincinnati,whosetexton that occasion was Luke, 7th chapter and 5th verse. Pastor Crum asked for $10,000 with which to meet their liabili ties, and his request being responded to by $12,000, the church was dedicated free from debt. An ele gant parsonage was built in the summer of 1878, adjoining tbe church, under the leadership of the Rev. W. N. Brodbeck,now of Boston. During the pastorate of the Rev. D. W. Clark, in 1885, the lec ture room was altered and improved, and in 1888, under the pastorate of the Rev. A. N. Spahr, the audience room was thoroughly reconstructed, mak ing it a beautiful room indeed. The present mem bership of the society is two hundred and twenty. o REV. A. N. SPAHR. While this section of coun try was an almost unbroken wilderness, Edward Spahr and his family came here, from Virginia. Locating four miles east of Xenia, he cleared off a tract of land in the forest, and there spent the re mainder of his life, dying more than twenty years ago. Among the members of his family was a son Gideon, who was but a child when he came to this county, in which he grew to maturity, and became well known and highly honored. Upon reaching a suitable age, he adopted the occupation of a farmer, which he has prosecuted during his life, although ho has also been engaged in another and far differ ent sphere of labor. In early life he identified himself with the Methodist Episcopal Church- in this city, and many years ago he became a local preacher. But few local preachers have been more. useful than he, and no man of Greene County is better known or more highly respected. Hois now living a retired life in the village of Lumberton, Clinton County, his noble companion surviving 354 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. with him. This lady bore the maiden name of Elizabeth Kyle, and to her care and training the children owe much of their fine character and use ful acquisitions. The gentleman with whose name this sketch is introduced, is the eldest child of the Rev. Gideon and Elizabeth Spahr. The other children of the family7 are: Mrs. Cornelia Smith, of Van AVort, Ohio; Robert S., of Xenia Township, who won an honorable record in the service of his country dur ing the late war; the Rev. S. K. Spahr, a leading minister of the Protestant Methodist Church, who has within the past year been transferred to Long Island, N. Y.; Mrs. Julia Cummings, of Jamestown; Sarah, who is unmarried and living with her par ents; Dr. D. E. Spahr, of Clifton; and James Clin ton Spahr, a farmer in Clinton County. The subject of this notice was born in Greene County, near Xenia, August 27, 1835, his home being on a farm until he became a student in Ce darville Academy. He was admitted to the Cincin nati Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in 1855, his first charge being the New Burlington circuit. Since that time he has been engaged in pastoral work, among other appointments, preach ing in Cincinnati six years, three years in Wesley Chapel, which is the mother church of Methodism in that city,and three years in theYork Street Methodist Episcopal Church. Three years were spent by him in Urbana, Champaign County, the beautiful Grace Church being built during his pastorate. He trav eled the Springfield District for four years as Pre siding Elder, and is now in the midst of the fourth year of his pastorate of Trinity Church, Xenia. For thirty-five years he has been in the Cincinnati Conference, and in this last appointment he is preaching almost in sight of the place of his birth. It would be supererogation in the biographer to multiply words regarding the character or ability of the Rev. Mr. Spahr. "By their fruits ye shall know them," is as true as other utterances in the Divine word, and the many who have sat under the teaching of our subject, and felt his influence, can testify better than any words of ours to the purity of his life, and tbe reality of his Christian faith. The marriage of the Rev. A. N. Spahr and Miss Mary A. Osborn, was celebrated August 19, 1856, at the home of the bride's father, A. AV. Osborn, an old resident of Cedarville. Mrs. Spahr lived un til September 20, 1880, when she was called hence, the husband being at tbat time pastor of St. Paul's Church at Eaton, Ohio. She not only left behind her the memory of a loving and devoted wife and mother, but in whatever society she was thrown she won respect and good will. Of the children whom she bore, five are yet living. They are : Jo seph W., now in business with P. P. Mast & Co., of Springfield ; Alice Luella, wife of Mr. Maurice E. Baird, of Troy, Ohio; Mary F., wife of Dr. H. F. Rose, of Paulding, Ohio; Miss Albertie A., and Paul R. w\#J— | OHN BELL MASON. In the ranks of the |{ substantial farmers of Greene County, this gentleman is worthy of prominent consid- J (jgsw eration, having by frugal living and prudent management acquired a fine property, which brings him a comfortable income. He is serving his sec ond term as Justice of the Peace, having been first elected in 1884, and discharging the duties of the position with such ability and faithfulness as to ensure his re election. He has also filled the office of Township Clerk for six years, besides serving as Assistant Assessor under John T. Hogue of Xenia, and as a Constable of this township. Religiously, Mr. Mason affiliates with the Society of Friends, and in political matters, casts his bal lot and influence in favor of the Republican party. He served as a musician during the late war on the Union side, enlisting May 1, 1864, in Company G, One hundred and Fifty-fourth Ohio Infantry, and by his inspiriting national ballads contributed to enthuse the soldiers. The father of Mr. Mason, Joseph by name, was born in Columbiana, Hamilton County, Ohio, October 21, 1800, and was orphaned at the early age of four years. After that sad event had de prived him of his natural protectors, he came with his uncle, Joseph Chenoweth, to Waynesville. In the homestead established by Mr. Chenoweth the lad grew to a stalwart manhood, and then, embarking PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 355 in life for himself, came to Bellbrook, and clerked in a store for Jeoffrey Truman. He had flrst en tered the employ of Mr. Truman in Waynesville; but when the latter removed to Bellbrook, his clerk followed him. He was in the employ of Jerry Gest after his marriage until 1834, when he com menced operations as a farmer. Joseph Mason, in 1836, located on a fifty-acre tract of land, where his son, John B. now resides. On tbis homestead, which is situated one-half mile south of Spring Valley, and which he embellished by7 modern improvements, he passed the remainder of his life and there died January 30, 1 87 1 . He held the office of Justice of the Peace to which he was elected in 1838, for a period of more than thirty years, and served as well as County Assessor two terms, and Town Clerk and Assessor. He was at one time Mayor of Bellbrook, and was a stanch Demo crat, during his early years, but when President Jack son vetoed the National Bank bill, he turned over to the Whigs, and later entered the ranks as a strong and prominent Republican. He was an ardent sup porter of the Lincoln administration. Our subject was one of three children, but be sides himself only one was reared to years of ma turity, Marilla, who is the wife of Joseph Rust, of Dayton, Ohio. The mother, Mary Bell, was born August 25, 1808, in Lycoming County, Pa., to Stephen supd Hannah (Seudder) Bell, natives re spectively of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. His occupation was that of a millwright, and at an early day he came overland to the Buckeye State, thence down the Ohio River on a flatboat, and stopped temporarily at Xenia. About the year 1814 he located' on a farm of ninety acres, and on it laid out the town of Bellbrook. He served in the War of 1812, but otherwise worked uninterruptedly at his trade and on his farm. Eleven children came to his wife and himself and were named re spectively : John S., William, Charles, Aaron, Re becca, (Mrs. A. Lehman) Mary, Naomia, (Mrs. Brandenburg), Permelia, who first married Wil liam Shoemaker and later became the wife of Mor ton Brown; Cassandra,'who married J. P. Sanders; Benjamin, and Franklin J. Stephen Bell died in Springfield, this State, in 1852. His wife had de parted this life in 1839, when sixty-three years old. The Bell family trace their ancestry back to Wales. In the town of Bellbrook, which derived its name from his grandfather, John Bell Mason was born June 13, 1831, and was reared to man's estate on the farm where he now resides. He attended tho common school, and later was a student in the High School in Springfield. He passed three win ters there, in the meantime devoting the summer season to farm work. After he left school, he en gaged as a teacher for one term, and was finally graduated from the Dayton Commercial College April 20, 1853. After leaving college, our subject began to clerk in a store in Spring Valley, and in June, 1854, went to Muscatine, Iowa. In that city he was married, April 22, 1855, to Miss Mary Jane, daughter of Joseph and Phcebe Jane (Wallis) Cook, who were natives of Washington and Cayuga County, N. Y. His occupation was that of a carpenter and far mer, and his death occurred in Iowa, December 18, 1874. All his children are now living, and are ten in number, five daughters and five sons. Below we give their names: Lydia, (Mrs. Herald) Stephen W., Mary J., Julia M., (Mrs Hobert) John P„ Joseph B., Sarah H., (Mrs. Seeker) George D., Frank S. and Clara B. (Mrs. Smith). The Cook family settled at a very early period in New England, and Joseph B., was one of five who first located in Calhoun County, Mich., where he served as Treasurer, also Surveyor, and was one of the organizers of the county. Three of his sons served in the Civil War. A family of children came to bless the union of our subject and his estimable wife, and they are recorded as follows : Marilla J., who became the wife of John T. Brown, of Centerville, Ohio; Lizzie B., the widow of Ephraim Hartsock, of Warren County ; Joseph C, a resident of Montana; D. Mont and Frank E. at home. They rank among the first families of their community and are ac corded the highest respect among their numerous circle of friends. The paternal grandfather of our subject was James Mason who married Eleanor Chenoweth, a native of the Old Dominion. He had emigrated from Tennessee to Ohio, and his wedding was eel- 356 PORTRAIT AND "BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. ebrated near AVaynesville, the latter State. Five children came to bless the union, namely Philip, Joseph, James, Sinia and Maria. They all married, and with the exception of James, who died when young, became tbe parents of families. The mother of our subject now lives with him. She has in her posession, a piece of calico purchased by her grand mother Scudder at seventy-five cents por yard. OBERT C. WOODAVARD, City Librarian, Springfield, is eminently fitted by his culture »!^*»-J»!aP> ^•ff-M^fe** EV. ADAM HAWKER. In additionto being an efficient minister of the Reform Church, IjP as one of the leading farmers of Beaver Creek Township, Greene County. Of this he has been a life-long resident and is approaching the seventy- seventh year of his age,having been born November 1, 1813. His father's old homestead was the farm ad joining that which he now owns and occupies. He has thus grown up with the county, becoming one of its solid landmarks and has contributed in no unworthy manner to its growth and development. Andrew and Susan (Coy) Hawker came to Beaver Creek Township with the well-known Coy family in 1800, two years before Ohio was admitted into the Union as a State. They settled on a half sec tion of land in the western part of the township, where Andrew Hawker spent the remainder of his life, dying in 1850, at the advanced age of eighty- two years. He served in the War of 1812, and lived to see Southern Ohio transformed from a wilderness to the abode of a civilized and prosper ous people. To the parents of Mr. Hawker there were born family of ten children, viz: Elizabeth, the wife of 364 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. Abrain Morgan; Mary, Mrs. John W. Wolf; Jacob who died near LaFayette, Ind.; Frederick; Cath erine the wife of Emanuel Retter; Susannah, Mrs. John Aroy;Eve the wife of John Weaver of Day ton and now deceased; Adam, our subject; Barbara Mrs. AVilliam S. Vancleaf; Abraham and Otto. The mother was the daughter of Jacob Coy and survived her husband a number of years, dying in 1868, in the ninety-third year of her age. In mak ing the journey hither the two families setting out from Guilford County, Tenn., traveled overland to Wheeling and then took a flatboat to Cincinnati. Thence they came by teams to this county. Indians were numerous, also wild animals. When Mr. Hawker harvested his first crop of corn, the wild turkeys and squirrels ate it nearly as fast as he could husk it and throw7 it on the ground. The Hawker family is of German origin. The subject of this sketch spent his early days amid the wdld scenes of pioneer life, receiving only the ad vantages of a limited education and remaining at home with his parents until his marriage, at the age of twenty-three years. This event occurred No vember 10, 1836, the bride being Miss Hannah Westfall. She likewise was a native of Beaver Creek Township and was born June 15, 1819. Her parents were John and Mary (Shinepp) Westfall who spent their last years in Ohio. This union resulted in the birth of eight children, one of whom — Susannah, died in infancy. Mary C. is the wife of Valentine Costler; Harriet J. is the wife of Joseph H. Kable of Clark County; Permelia, Mrs. Christopher Haverstick; David W. ; John A. of Dayton ; Jacob L. and John A. The mother of those children departed this life at the homestead October 11, 1883. Mr. Hawker contracted a second marriage in Carroll County, April 8, 1887, to Miss Martha S. Hamm, a native of Maryland and the daughter of Henry and Hannah M. H#mm who are now de ceased. Mr. Hawker commenced his ministerial labors as a local preacher of the Reformed Church and was regularly ordained in October, 1871. He identified himself with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows twenty-five years ago and is a warm admirer of the principles of the order. In politics, he is an uncompromising Democrat. He held the office of Township Trustee five years. His farm comprises one hundred and sixty acres of choice land which yields him a comfortable income. He is recognized as one of the leading citizens of bis township and his name will be held in remembrance long after he has been gathered to his fathers. \ENONI NESBITT. Xenia is honored in being the dwelling-place of a man whose ability is recognized and whose character is established to the extent which is true of the Hon. Mr. Nesbitt. It is now forty -three years since he opened a law office in this city, since which time he has gained a high rank among the members of the bar in this vicinity and has demonstrated bis understanding of legal lore, his skill in the management of causes, and his tact and acuteness as a pleader. He is one of the oldest attorneys in Greene County. He has held various positions of public responsibility, and had he been desirous of public life, might have held still more. The father of our subject was Jacob Nesbitt, one of the pioneers of Greene County, who settled on Beaver Creek, in 1815 or 1816. Jacob Nesbitt was bom in Washington County, Md., near the foot of North Mountain, in 1781. There he mar ried Miss Catherine Tyler, who was born in Vir ginia about 1785. Some years after their marriage they drove to Ft. Pitt, now Pittsburg, whence the family household goods, farming utensils, etc., were taken by a flatboat to Cincinnati. The fa ther with the horses came overland through Zanes- ville and Chillicothe to Cincinnati, where by a strange coincidence he arrived on the same day that that the flatboat did. The family spent the first and probably the sec ond year of their residence within this State on a farm on the Big Miami, near a village then called Colrain, in Hamilton County. Thence they re moved to a farm now occupied by David Gray, seven miles northwest of Xenia, which was then almost a wilderness. There vvere but few settlers in this part of the county and but about six fami lies within two or three miles of the Nesbitt?. The PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 365 father continued the improvements which had pre viously been begun, and by dint of energy and hard labor brought the three hundred acres which he occupied to an excellent state of productive ness, and it ranks to-day as one of the finest farms in the county. There the father lived until 1845 or 1846, when he retired from active life, sold his farm and removed to Xenia, then a town of twenty-five hundred inhabitants. The five sons and daughters who comprised the family of Mr. and Mrs. Nesbitt having married, the father and mother lived alone until the death of the mother in 1849, her decease having been occasioned by cholera. Soon afterward the father went to live with his daughter Elizabeth, wife of William Bal- entine, in Kenton, Hardin County, where he sub sequently died about 1856. In politics he was a sterling Whig. Pie was a Deacon in the Meth odist Episcopal Church, and for fifteen or twenty years had circuit preaching in his house, as there was no church edifice in the neighborhood. The gentleman with whose name we introduce this sketch was born October 18, 1814, and was a babe in his mother's arms when the family changed their residence to this county. Although there were no Indians in this vicinity at that time, game was abundant, from bear, deer and wolves down to the various classes of small game. His father was one of the prime movers in getting a subscription school located on his farm, and there the subject of this sketch obtained the greater part of his schooling. The school was held but three months in the year, but this length of time was sufficient when well spent to instill a desire for greater knowledge and lay a good foundation. At the age of twenty-two years young Nesbitt left the parental roof, going to Springfield, where he embarked in a mercantile pursuit with his brother-in-law, John B. Carrick. who had married his eldest sister, Nancy. He also continued his reading and studying, adding to the knowledge which he had obtained in the school-room a con siderable fnnd of information. He remained at Springfield until March, 1837, when he sold out his business interests and came to Xenia, where be has since resided. He engaged in merchandising here until 1843, when he sold and read law with R. F. Howard. In 1845, at Springfield, he was admitted to the bar, being examined at the same time with John Sherman and with him becoming a full-fledged lawyer. In his early life, the Hon. Mr. Nesbitt was a Whig and on the disintegration of that party be came a Republican. He wrote one of tho flrst Re publican platforms in the State of Ohio at a Congressional Convention at Xenia, which was adopted by it as well as by the surrounding coun ties. He has been a member of the State Board of Equalization for the landed property of this Sena torial District, and was Mayor of Xenia for many years, holding that office during the terrible cholera epidemic of 1849. He was a delegate to all the State conventions for about twenty years, when he was more actively engaged in political work. AVith these exceptions he has confined himself strictly to his law practice, which has been sufficient to de mand all his energies and has afforded him a com petence. In August, 1864, Mr. Nesbitt was commissioned by President Lincoln a Captain of Cavalry, and as signed to the duty of Provost Marshal of the Sev enth Congressional District, with headquarters at Cojumbus. He retained his official station until six months after the close of the war and sometime after the troops were mustered out of service, being the last Provost Marshal mustered out, and closing up all their business before he returned to his former home. The title which he then received is one by which he is familiarly known to this date. At the home of the bride, January 16, 1839, Mr. Nesbitt was united in marriage with Mrs. Rachael B. Crosby, nee Maden, their union being blessed by the birth of six children, of whom three are still living. Their son, William B., volunteered four days after Ft. Sumter was fired on, becoming a private in the Twelfth Ohio Infantry, in which he served three years. He went to the field in May, participating in the memorable battles of the Second Bull Run, South Mountain and Antietam. After the second battle he was promoted for gal lantry on the field, first becoming a Second and then a First Lieutenant. He was mustered out of the service in 1864, and soon after Gov. Brough tendered him the commission of Lieutenant-Col- 366 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. onel of the One Hundred and Seventy-sixth Ohio Infantry, which had enlisted for a year. With it he again went to the field, joining Thomas at Nashville and participating in the battle with Gen. Hood, one of the last contests of the war. At the end of the year he was mustered out and returned to his home. Shortly afterward, Secretary Stanton tendered him a Lieutenant's commission in the regular army, and accepting, he was assigned to one of the new regiments, with which he served two years. Having married he then resigned, came to Xenia and went into the hardware and ag ricultural implement business, in which he is yet engaged. Albert J., another of the surviving sons of Cap tain and Mrs. Nesbitt, resides in Dayton, and Walter L. is traveling for the Peninsular Stove Manufactory, in Minnesota and Dakota. The lov ing mother and faithful companion was removed from her loved ones by death in 1 882, at the age of sixty-five years. Vi) DARWIN EDWARDS, M.D. Thisgentlsman ! I is an old resident of Xenia, where he first I ^^ 11' located for practice in 1860, and where ho (CSJ/- continued actively engaged in his profes sion for twenty-live years, having since gradually withdrawn from it. He has been eminently suc cessful, both in establishing a fine reputation as a physician and in his financial accumulations. He has been called to many distant points, and during seasons when diseases were prevalent, he has not been able for weeks at a time to obtain a night's sleep. He is President of the Citizens' National Bank, of which he was one of the organizers, that being the first business enterprise outside of his profession, which ho had engaged in since he was graduated. The father of Dr. Edwards was born in New Jersey about the year 1772, marrying Miss Betsey Meeker, and removing to Ohio about 1806, loca ting in the new country of Clermont County. Caleb Edwards hewed a home from the wilderness, working hard to clear enough land for a farm, which he put under good improvement and made bis home until his death in 1859. His widow sur vived until 1876, five of their children being yet living at the time of her death. The natal day of Dr. Edwards was September 16, 1820, and his birthplace Bethel, Clermont County, Ohio. He lived on the farm until his fif teenth year, when he left the parental roof to begin work at a trade. During his boyhood he had ac quired a bitter education than w7as usual to those of his age, and in acquiring his trade also he pro gressed rapidly and became proficient. He finally entered Augusta College, from which he was graduated in the class of 1839, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He engaged in teaching for a short time, and then began the study of medicine with Dr. Edwards, of Greenfield, Ind., taking his medical lectures at Cincinnati, and there receiving his degree of Doctor of Medicine. In 1850 Dr. Edwards crossed the plains from St. Joseph, Mo., via Salt Lake, going through from the Missouri River to Sacramento in ninety days with mules. The only stopping places where they found people, except the city before named, were Fts. Bridger and Kearney. Dr. Edwards located in Sacramento, but was afterward at Michigan Bar, Stockton ard at Angels. He became interested in mines, but also had a drug store and practiced his profession. Pie continued in practice as long as he was in California, his fees being good and en abling him to buy an interest in a quartz mine that had many fine pockets. He returned to the States in 1859, intending only to spend a short time in visiting, but after receiving his diploma from the medical college, he was united in marriage with Mrs. Ruth McFarland, February 2, 1860, and in the spring located in Xenia. The bank of which Dr. Edwards is President, opened its doors for business November 15, 1881, J. W. King being President, and. Dr. Edwards Vice-President. Upon the death of Mr. King, in July, 1883, the Doctor was elected to succeed him and has held his present position continuously since that time. Since youth he has belonged to the Republican party, in which he has been an active worker, although not an aspirant for political hon ors. Against his will he was made a member of PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 367 the City Council, representing the Second AVard two years. He has been Vice-President of the State Medical Society, and for many years Presi dent of the Greene County Medical Society and the Xenia Academy of Medicine. While thoroughly practical in his ideas and his qualifications for a business career, Dr. Edwards possesses an artistic nature, and a decided talent in re-producing his ideals. His skill in manipu lating clay has been demonstrated by a very fine bust which he modeled from clay taken out of his cellar, and which shows in a marked degree his artistic taste. The most wonderful work which he has accomplished, however, is a statue, three and three-fourths inches high, Weighing six grains, and cut from the pith of a cornstalk. It is called the Catholic Missionary Presenting the Cross to the Heathen, and represents a man in priestly garb holding out a cross in a very natural position, ev ery detail being perfect, and the pose of the figure, as viewed from every sido, being easy, natural and graceful. This wonderful little work of art re ceived very favorable mention from artists at the Ohio Centennial at Cincinnati, and was pronounced by all to be of nearly perfect conformation. Dr. Edwards was first married to Miss Dorcas Edenfield, who died, leaving one son, Frank, who is now living in Xenia, and has a family of his own. AMUEL DINGLEDINE. A snug little farm of forty-seven acres, in German Township, Clark County, is the home of the gentleman above named, and under his thorough tillage is producing a better income than many estates of greater extent but less care ful management. Both grain and stock are raised upon the estate, every part of which bears evidence of the taste and thrift of its owner. In connection with his agricultural labors Mr. Dingledine is en gaged more or less in teaching vocal and instru mental music, of which he formerly made a specialty. He is a native of Clark County, in which he was born 'October 22, 1837, but was reared to manhood and educated principally in the schools of Champaign County. Having a love and talent for music he took a special course of in struction at an institution in Xenia, in 1872, and for a number of yrears taught both instrumental and vocal music. His reputation as a teacher and performer is widespread, and he will long be re membered throughout this section of the country for the sweet strains with which he has charmed his auditors. Mr. Dingledine chose for his wife Miss Cather ine A. Myers, with whom he was united in mar riage January 22, 1863. This estimable lady is a daughter of Jacob N. Myers, of Dialton, and pos sesses those qualities which make womanhood hon ored. She is the mother of five children, two of whom have left the parental roof for homes of their own. Lida A. is the wife of Charles V. Blose; Sarah C. married AV. E. King. The other mem bers of the family are: Mary B., Charles A. and Edson G. Mr. Dingledine belongs to the Re formed Church at Tremont City, and to the Grange Lodge at the same place. His political adherence is given to the Prohibition party. In the Shenandoah Valley, Va., lived Phillip Din gledine and his good wife, to whom, on July 13, 1810, a son was born, who was given the nama of Jacob. This son grew to manhood in his native place, receiving but a limited education, as his ad vantages were not equal to those of the present day. He acquired an excellent knowledge of farm pursuits, which he made useful in securing a com fortable estate as years rolled by. In 1832 be emi grated from his native State to Clark County, Ohio, where for a short time he was in the employ of a Mr. Gard, on Mad River, as a farm hand and laborer in a sawmill. Having purchased land near Terre Haute, Champaign County, he settled upon it, remaining there a number of y7cars, but return ing permanently to Clark County in 1863. He settled in German Township, on the farm now oc cupied by Henry Rockcl, and resided there until 1877, then selling this he purchased the William Baker farm, where he lived until 1887, when he removed to Tremont City, where he died January 16,1889. He was ever a hard-working man, and during his earlier life did more or less of the labor incidental to the development of a comparatively 368 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. new country. He was noted for his hospitality and kindness toward the poor, while the interest which he took in the advance of civilization was equally well understood. He served as Trustee, Treasurer and Assessor, and as a public officer and private citizen endeavored to discharge every duty in a worthy manner. In politics he was a Democrat, He was a member of the Reformed Church, in which he served as an Elder a number of years. His death removed from the county a reliable citi zen, and from his family one who had been affec tionate and kind to wife and children. The first wife of Jacob Dingledine was Elizabeth Baker, a native of this State, who bore him seven children. Of these the survivors are: John E., whose home is in Darke County ; Rachael A., wife of Simeon Jones, of Tremont City; and he whose name introduces this sketch. The second wife was Sarah Baker, wh6 still survives, her home being in Tremont City. JAMES M. AUSTIN, M. D. The medical fraternity of the Buckeye State embraces many men of marked talent, and among them may be properly numbered Dr. Aus tin, who since 1881 has been pursuing a profitable and extensive practice throughout the city of Springfield and vicinity. His native place was near Wilmington, Clinton County, this State, and the date of his birth December 24, 1848. His immediate progenitors were William R. and Eliza beth (Darby) Austin. The father of our subject was born in North Carolina, in 1808, and removed with bis parents to Clinton County, Ohio, in 1812. The paternal grandfather, William Austin, Sr., was one of the early pioneers of Ohio, and a local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He spent his last years in Clinton County. The mother of Dr. Austin was born in Maryland, in 1809, and is still living, making her home with her daughter in Clinton County. Her father, William Darby, be came a resident of Clinton County in 1820, where his daughter was reared to womanhood and mar ried. Of her union with William Austin there was born a family of seven children, three sons and four daughters. Five of these are still living, the youngest being James M., our subject. Dr. Austin spent his boyhood and youth on his father's farm, in his native county, pursuing his early studies in the district school. Later he at tended a graded school for two years and after ward occupied himself as a teacher. He at an early age decided upon the profession of medicine, and commenced his studies with this end in view, in the office of Dr. Jonas Watkins, of Blanchester, Ohio. When sufficiently advanced he repaired to the Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincinnati, from which he was graduated in 1874. Returning then to his native county he commenced the practice of his profession in Westboro, remaining there eight months. Thence he removed to North Hampton, Clark County, where he conducted a successful practice from 1874 until 1881. In the above mentioned year Dr. Austin decided upon another change of location, and accordingly established himself in Springfield, where he formed a partnership with Dr. Reynolds, which continued two years. Since 1883 he has practiced singly and alone. He has fully established himself in the confidence of the people, and enjoys a liberal pat ronage in a city where good physicians are the rule instead of the exception. The Doctor be longs to the Ohio State Eclectic Medical Associa tion and the Central Ohio Eclectic Medical Association. He occupies with his family a neat and comfortable residence at No. 76 Yellow Springs Street. Politically, he affiliates with the Republican party, but is "too much interested in the matters pertaining to his profession to be come an office seeker. The marriage of Dr. Austin and Miss Florence Hodson was celebrated at the bride's home in Westboro, in 1874. Mrs. Austin was born in Sep tember, 1853, in Clinton County, and is the daughter of Simeon and Mary L. (Cunningham) Hodson, who were natives of Ohio, and are now at Westboro. The Doctor and his estimable wife are the parents of three children, one of whom, a daughter, Pearl, died at the age of two years. The survivors are Grace D. and Howard H. Dr. Aus- Mil • : ¦ ¦ - mm' s H wm- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 371 tin, socially, belongs to Clark Lodge, No. 101, A. F. & A. M. He stands high in both business and social circles, and may be properly classed among the representative men of Springfield, one who is contributing his quota to its material wel fare, and who may be uniformly found on the side of the enterprises calculated to promote the best interests of the city. \f/OHN WELLER. In tho biographical record of John Weller and his estimable wife, who are well-known residents of Green Township, Clark County, we trace the results of unflag ging industry and perseverance through many ob stacles, hardships and privations, during the early days of their settlement at their present homestead. They commenced the journey of life together with limited means, dependent upon their own resources and having no capital but their honest endeavor, their resolute wills, and the good health with which Providence blessed them. The wife assisted her husband in the field when necessary, in addition to attending to her household duties and spinning and weaving wool and flax, and making up the gar ments for the family. Neither paused to consider the magnitude of their labors at that time, but pressed right onward, keeping steadily in view the purpose of making for themselves a homo and ac cumulating a reasonable amount of this world's goods. In looking to-day7 upon the surroundings of Mr. and Mrs. Weller, the observer is compelled to ad mit that they have done well, and they themselves acknowledge with satisfaction tho result of their labors. We find them surrounded by all the com forts and many7 of the luxuries of life, with a suffi ciency for their declining years, while at the same time they enjoy in a marked degree the confidence and esteem of those around them. In their tastes there is illustrated in an admirable manner, that which may be accomplished by a resolute will and the energy which admits of no such word as "fail." The Weller family has made for itself a good history in this country. It probably originated in Germany, and one of the earliest representatives in this country, was the great-grandfather of our sub ject, who settled in Maryland. In that State was born his son, Jacob, the grandfather of our subject, who, upon reaching manhood, signalized himself as a soldier and a patriot, carrying a musket on the side of the Colonists in the Revolutionary AVar. After the close of the struggle, he settled on the Shenandoah River, in Virginia, but later removed to Augusta County, that State. He occupied him self as a farmer, and became a man of property, owning a large estate, and remaining there until his death, which occurred about 1839. Joseph Weller, the father of our subject, was likewise a native of Maryland, and born in 1791. Like his father before him, he too, followed farm ing pursuits. In early manhood he was wedded to Miss Elizabeth Steffey, a native of Virginia, and the daughter of parents who were born in Germany. The latter settled in Virginia, but later removed to Southern Indiana, where they died. Mr. and Mrs. AVeller after thoir marriage, lived in the Old Do minion until 1830, then came to Ohio, and settled on the farm now owned by Robert Tyndall. Prior to this the father had served in the War of 1812. After a year's residence on the above-mentioned farm, Joseph Weller purchased eighty acres of school land just south of the river, but after he had cleared about twenty acres, another claimant ap peared who maintained his rights in such a vigor ous and outspoken manner, that Mr. Weller with drew from the property. He then leased John T. Stewart's farm, upon which he remained until 1836. That year he rented the farm now owned by his son, our subject, and a year later became the pur chaser of a farm near Pitchin, this township. Joseph Weller maintained his possession of this farm until 1851, wheri it was purchased from the Jones heirs by his son, John Weller, of this sketch. Only a small part of the land was cleared, and the only building was a log house. Mr. Weller set himself industriously to work to increase the cultivated area, and put up such buildings as were immediately necessary, including a new residence. This was destroyed by fire in 1859, but that same year the present dwelling was substituted. The barn which is still standing, and in fairly good con- 372 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. dition, was built in 1855. The orchard is all of his own planting. From it he has gathered bushels and bushels of luscious fruit, sufficient to supply not only the family, but furnishing something also for the markets. The father of our subject departed this life in Allentown, this township, in 1879, outliving the mother eleven years, she having died in 1868. Of the ten children born to them, five are living: Sam uel, Joseph and Lucinda, the latter the wife of Mil ton Dudley, are all residents of Indiana; Savilla became the wife of Thomas Dudley, and now is a widow, and lives in Springfield, Ohio; John, our subject, who is next to the eldest living, was born in Augusta County, Va., December 11, 1817, and was thirteen years old when his parents emigrated to Ohio. Many times prior to this he had crossed the Blue Ridge Mountains in his native State, and still remembers many of the scenes and incidents connected with his boyhood's home. He attended the district school a brief time, mostly during the winter season, and after coming to Ohio, assisted in the maintenance of the family until after reach ing his majority. When twenty-two years of age he began to do for himself, working on his uncle's farm in Champaign County, until his marriage. The above-mentioned important event in the life of Mr. Weller was celebrated January 9, 1845, the bride being Miss Elizabeth, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Metz) Wiant. The parents of Mrs. AVeller were both nativos of Virginia, and emi grated to Ohio with tlieir respective families when young people, prior to their marriage. John Wiant distinguished himself as a soldier in the Revolu tionary AVar, and Mrs. Weller frequently recalls the stories which he told about his great commander, Gen. AArashington. Afterward he followed farming, and spent his last years in Champaign County, Ohio, dying in 1854. The mother only survived her hus band five years, her death taking place in 1859. There are living only six of the ten children com prising the parental family. Mrs. Weller was the fifth child of her parents, and was born May 13, 1823, in Jackson Township, Champaign County, this State. She was trained by her excellent mother to all useful household duties, and was fully qualified to become the partner of a good man's home. Of their union there have been born four children, only two of whom are living: Sarah Jane is the wife of John E. Johnson, and the mother of five children; they live in Yorkville, this State. John A. married Miss Catherine Poorman; they have three children, and are living on Gen. Keifer's farm in Green Township. Mr. Weller cast his first Presidential vote for AVilliam Henry Harrison, but from that time to this has always maintained his allegiance to the Demo cratic party. He is a Lutheran by baptism, and was carefully trained by his honored parents in the doctrines of this Church. For eighteen years he has served as Supervisor of Green Township, and for many years has officiated as School Director in his district. He has also been Township Trustee. His farm embraces one hundred and fifty-nine and one-half acres, all of which he has brought to a pro ductive condition, and which yields bountifully the rich products of the Buckeye State. No man in his community is held in higher respect than honest John Weller, and no lady has been a more devoted wife and helpmate, or a kinder or more careful mother than his estimable partner. Their names will be held in kindly remembrance long after they have been gathered to their fathers. A portrait of Mr. Weller is shown on another page in this work. ffiOHN BALDWIN belongs to the agricultural class of Clark County, which has been his home since he was an infant four years old. He was born near Oldtown, Greene County, August 23, 1823, was reared on a farm and has made farming his life work. His parents, David Baldwin and Ellender McLaughlin, were born in Virginia and came to Ohio while still single. They were married in Greene County, subsequently re moving to Clark County, and are now deceased. The present home of their son John is eight miles south of Springfield, Madison Township, where he has been located twenty-nine years. His estate comprises one hundred acres of fine land which is furnished with adequate improvements of various kinds, including every needful arrange- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM 373 ment in the way of farm building, fruit etc. The land is carefully and intelligently tilled, and brings in an income which more than meets the wants of the family. The wife of our subject was known in girlhood as Miss Jane McQnality. She is a daughter of Wil liam McQuality, who bestowed upon her the best advantages which the section afforded in acquiring information, and the home training which fitted her for the duties which have devolved upon her since mature years. Her marriage rites were celebrated November 5, 1848, and her union has resulted in the birth of three children. Tho first-born is Florence, now the wife of Samuel Justus Buffen- bergcr who owns and occupies a fine farm near that of our subject; they have one child, Warren Kiefer. William R. a young married man without family, lives with his parents and carries on the farm. Eliza died at the age of six years, six months and sixteen days. Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin hold memberships in the Methodist Church at Selma, the relatives gener ally being connected with that denomination. The families on each side have supported the Whig and later the Republican party, and actively par ticipated in upholding the Union during the late Civil War. Both our subject and his wife are re spected members of society and well deserve a rep resentation in a' volume of this kind. The father of Mrs. Baldwin was in many7 respects a very remarkable man. He came from Maryland with his father, Owen McQuality, before the State of Ohio was organized, settling near Chillicothe, where Grandfather McQuality met his death by being crushed by a tree which he had cut down. The family included five children, AVilliam being the first born. James reared a family at Jackson ; Peter, a shoemaker of Brookville, Ind., also reared a family; Sarah married Isaiah Holloway and with her family lived near Selma; and Mrs. Manly Mad den who resides with her family in California. Mr. and Mrs. Madden had two sons and a son in law killed in battle during the late war. After living a bachelor for many years, Wil liam McQuality married Miss Sarah Rodabaugh, who was of the Pennsylvania Dutch stock. They had a large family, thirteen children being living when the mother was called hence. A few years after her death Mr. McQuality married Miss Eliza beth Enniphies, who also bore him a large family, four of whom are yet living. Mr. McQuality died in 1883; his widow now resides in Illinois. Dur ing the Mexican War, Cooper McQuality, a son of William was killed in battle and his body was never recovered. The father also sent three sons into the Union Army, all being with Sherman on his march to the sea, as also were their cousins. The names of the union soldiers were James, Albert and Howard, who entered the service from Illinois. The first named was an invalid for many years and finally died from the effects of his army life. -*2-»- ffiOSEPH W. HEBBLE, Secretary of the People's Building & Loan Association, be came a resident of Xenia in 1883, and is identified with its business interests. He is a native of this county, and was bora in Fairfield December 5, 1843. His father, Henry E. Hebble, a native of Lancaster County, Pa., was born March 12, 1808. He there grew to man's estate, and was married to Miss Kramer. He had learned the carpenter's trade, and he also ran as an engineer on one of the first locomotives in Southern Penn sylvania, when the railroad was owned by the State, who employed engines and cars which were the property of a company. Engines then were built without cabs. Mr. Heb bio the father of our subject, was on the railroad three years, and later turned his attention to building both houses and bridges, and superin tended the construction of the solid bridge across tho Susquehanna at Columbia, Lancaster County, Pa. The exposure to which he was subjected on the railroad, being thus without shelter, under mined his health, from the effects of which he suf fered nearly all his life. He came to this county in 1841, and occupied himself as a bridge builder and contractor until his death, in March, 1884. The mother is still living and makes her home in Dayton; she is now quite aged, having been born in November, 1810, and she is, as was Her bus- 374 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. band, a native of Lancaster County, Pa. They reared a family of ten children, all of whom are living and residents of Greene and Montgomery Counties. The youngest is thirty-seven years old. The brothers and sisters of our subject are lo cated as follows: Benjamin F. is a resident of Greene County; Mary A., Mrs. Casady7, lives in Xenia; Amanda makes her home in Dayton; Will iam H. lives in Osborn, Greene County; Louise, also a resident of Dayton ; Joseph W. was the sixth child; Zebnlon T. resides in Fairfield; Isaiah, G. L. and Charles L. make their home in the city of Dayton. The parents were members in good standing of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the father of our subject during his later years was a strong Republican. Mr. Hebble spent his early years on a farm, re maining a resident of his native township until 1880. He learned carpentering and bridge-build ing of his father, and later officiated as a teacher, becoming Principal of the Fairfield School, which position he held three years. He was similarly occupied in Bellbrook two years, and thence re moved to Yellow Springs, where he sojourned a year and a half. For five years he was Deputy Clerk of the Common Pleas Court from 1883 to 1888, and was one of the early members of the Building & Loan Association. In 1888 he was elected Secretary, and re-elected the two years following. The Association under his manage ment has been placed upon a sound footing finan- naneially, and its business has been quadrupled, it having now about four hundred depositors, the deposits averaging $800 per week. This Associa tion is of great assistance and encouragement to the working people. The subject of this notice was married January 16, 1873, to Miss Fanny Hamma, of Yellow Springs. Mrs. Hebble was born January 17, 1845, and is the daughter of Adam Hamma, who has been a resident of this county for over fifty years. Pier mother bore tho maiden name of Katie Barton, and was also the offspring of a pioneer family of this county. Mr. and Mrs. Hamma are now living near Yellow Springs. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hebble, one of whom, a daughter, Kittie, died February 27, 1889, at the age of ten years. The survivors are Roy and Mary Ada. The family residence is pleasantly lo cated, and is the frequent resort of the cultured people of the city, among whom Mr. and Mrs. Hebble have found many friends. After the outbreak of the Civil War Mr. Heb ble, when twenty years old, enlisted as a Union soldier in Company K, One Hundred and Fifty- fourth Infantry, which was assigned to the Army of the Potomac. They went to Virginia, traversed the Potomac and Cumberland Valleys, and Mr. Hebble endured the hardships of army life until the close of the war. Two of his brothers also served in the Union ranks — Z. T., in the Tenth Ohio Battery, and W. IL, in the One Hundred and Forty-sixth Infantry. * ^f/AMES M. WILSON, of Bath Township, Greene County, bears the distinction of having been one of the youngest soldiers of the Union Army during the late Civil War. He is now one of the most prominent and success ful farmers in the country, and makes a specialty of fine horsss, being a great lover of the equine race, and possessing rare judgment in determining their qualities. He makes his headquarters at a well-regulated farm of one hundred and sixty and one-half acres on section 27. Mr. Wilson is of excellent antecedents, being the son of William H. Wilson, who was born in Bath Township, Greene County, October 24, 1823. The paternal grandfather, Isaac Wilson, was a native of Redstone, Pa., whence his parents removed down the Ohio River and settled in Clark County, Ky7. The great-grandfather, Jacob Wilson, lived there on a farm until 1802, then with his family of twelve children came to Ohio, and located on a tract of Government land in Bath Township, where he spent the remainder of his life. Two of his sons served in the War of 1812. Grandfather Wilson was a boy of ten years when he came with his father's family to Greene County, and being orphaned when quite young, was thrown PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. o (0 upon his own resources, and in company with his brother operated the home farm until buying'land for himself. In connection with farming he also operated a distillery, and engaged quite extensively in stock-raising. He was prospered, and finally became the owner of about twelve hundred acres, leaving at his death an estate valued at $80,000. He departed this life April 10, 1860. Politically, he was first a Whig and then a Republican. Grandfather Wilson and his good wife roared a family of eleven children. The maiden name of the latter was Mary A. Coffield ; she was born near Cincinnati, and thoy were married January 2, 1823. Her father, Arthur Coffield, was a native of Ireland, and a Protestant in religion. He emi grated to Ohio at an early day, and first followed his trade of a weaver, but finally went to the home of his son in Greene County, where he spent the closing years of his life. Grandmother Wilson died in 1882, in the faith of the Reformed Church. William H. Wilson was the eldest child of his parents, and was reared to farming pursuits, which he chose for his life vocation. He operated one of his father's farms, and at the latter's death became the possessor of one of these comprising one hun dred and fifty-five acres, and lying near Fairfield, the same upon which James M. now resides. Later he purchased thirty-four acres adjoining, and he operated this land until 1862. Then on account of failing health he retired from active labor, remov ing to Fairfield, where he now resides. He is a sound Republican, politically, and since 1847 has been an Elder and a Deacon in the Reformed Church. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name 'of Sarah Mitman. She was born in Little York, Pa., and was the daughter of Jacob Mitman, a native of York, Pa., and a farmer by occupation. He came to Ohio in the early days, and purchased land which subsequently was familiarly known as the Mitman farm. He spent his last days in Bath Township, dying at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Batdorf. Mrs. Sarah (Mitman) Wilson departed this life at her home in Fairfield, July 21, 1880. There were only three children: Mary, Mrs. Shuey, of Bath Township; Cassius M., a resident of Fairfield ; and James M,, our subject. Cassius served in the Union Army from the fall of 1864 until the close of the war, participating in thesame battles as his brother, our subject. Mr. Wilson, of this sketch, was born at the farm which he now occupies, January 10, 1849. He at tended the district school of his neighborhood until thirteen years old, and then, in 1862, removed to Fairfield with the family, and completed a practi cal education. In the meantime, during the Civil War, when only fourteen years old, he enlisted, November 3, 1863, in the Eighth Ohio Independ ent Battery, and was mustered into service at Todd's Barracks (named in honor of Gov. Todd), at Columbus. He was the youngest soldier of his company, with whom he went South to Vicksburg. He was engaged in garrison duty and in various raids, and at one time was badly injured by a horse falling against him. ' Mr. Wilson participated in many important bat tles of the war, being at Jackson, Miss., on the Big Black, joining in the expedition up the Yazoo River, and was at the battle of Yazoo City. He had in charge most of the exchanged prisoners while being taken from Jackson to Vicksburg, and who subsequently lost their lives by the explosion of the ill-fated steamer, "Sultana," on the Missis sippi River. He served faithfully until the close of the war, and was mustered out by general order August 11, 1865, at Camp Denison. This army veteran, then only a little past the sixteenth year of his age, again took up his studies, attending the High Schools at Fairfield, and in 1867 entered Heidelberg University, at Tiffin. After an attendance of two years, his health being greatly impaired, he abandoned his books and en gaged in farming, renting land of his father. He was successful iu his labors as a tiller of the soil, and in 1877 made arrangements to purchase a homestead. He subsequently added to it, and is now the owner of a little over one hundred and sixty acres. He has effected most of the improve ments upon it, and in 1886 put up a fine frame residence, which is beautifully located, as is indeed the whole farm. The barns and outbuildings are convenient, modern structures, amply adapted to the requirements of farm life. Mr. Wilson raises grain and stock, but makes a specialty of flue 376 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. horses. He has a number of valuable brood mares, considered the best in the township, and of Nor man stock. In February, 1869, Mr. Wilson was joined in wedlock with Miss Clarissa R., daughter of Samuel and Mary (Miller) Grindle. Mrs. Wilson was born October 7, 1849, in Grant County, Ind., but was reared by her maternal uncle, Paul Petro. She re ceived a good education, and followed the pro fession of a teacher until her marriage. Her uncle, Petro, was one of the earliest pioneers of Greene County, where he followed farming successfully and became well-to-do. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are the parents of three bright children — Bertha A., Effie S. and Grace L. Mr. Wilson is a stanch Re publican, politically, but has no desire for the cares and responsibilities of office. He belongs to the Reformed Church, with which ho became identified in 1868, and to which he has contributed a liberal support. He was Deacon for many years, and is now an Elder. Pie is the Past Grand of the Inde pendent Order of Odd Fellows at Fairfield, and be longs to Steele Post, No. 613, G. A. R., at the same place. ANIEL BRANDLE. The recently de ceased Daniel Brandle was born in Dauphin County, Pa., January 11, 1809. His father, John C. Brandle, a native of Germany, em igrated to America at the age of nineteen years, settling in Pennsylvania, this being at the begin ning of the present century. The son of whom we write followed shoemaking for a time and for many years he was engaged in carpenter's work, being a general mechanic. He came to Ohio in early life and in this section of the State was well known as one of tbe early workers at the carpen ter's bench. About 1845 he settled upon a farm in Moorefield Township, Clark County, where he resided until his death, September 18, 1889. Mr. Brandle was well known as a man of strict honor and integrity and secured the esteem and confidence of all who knew him. His death was therefore mourned by a wide circle of friends, while to the family in which he had ever been a kind and loving husband and father, the loss cannot be esti mated. He had served his fellow-men as Constable and School Director, performing the duties of those offices in a manner creditable alike to himself and those who had placed him in public position. In politics he was a sturdy Republican. He belonged to the Methodist Protestant Church at Pleasant Hill and had officiated as Class-Leader for many years. He was one of the first to advocate the establishment of the society in Moorefield Town ship, and always took an active interest in church affairs. The widow of Mr. Brandle is now occupying the homestead on section 27, of the township before named, owning fifty acres of the farm on which so many years of her wedded life were spent. She bore the maiden name of Mary Hargadine and is a native of this county in which she was born De cember 28, 1815. She grew to maturity here, at tending the subscription schools which were held during her youth and acquiring as thorough an edu cation as possible with the facilities then afforded. On October 29., 1835, she became the wife of our subject, to whom she was a loving and faithful companion until his death. The marriage cere mony was performed by the Rev.Mr.Henkle, a noted pioneer preacher of this county. The golden wed ding anniversary was celebrated in 1885, by a large circle of friends and relatives. Like her deceased husband Mrs. Brandle belongs to the Methodist Protestant Church and is highly regarded for her upright life and womanly virtues. She is the mother of six children, tho first-born, John W., being deceased. Elizabeth is the wife of Samuel Hunter, of Springfield ; Sarah is the wife of Joseph Norman of the same city ; Angeline, of Springfield ; Mary A. is the wife of Henry Beard, of Champaign County ; Lena yet remains with her mother. The parents of Mrs. Brandle were William and Elizabeth (Griffin) Hargadine, natives of Maryland, who came to Ohio prior to the War of 1812, in which the father participated. He made a perma nent settlement in Moorefield Township, Clark County, when Indians and wild animals were still plentiful here, and like all settlers upon the frontier endured many hardships and privations. He was one of the early constables of this part of the PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 377 county and was an excellent representative of tho class of men who opened the way for civilization in the great Northwestern Territory. He attended school after he was married, in that way7 securing the education which made him successful in life. To him and his wife eight children were born, of whom the only survivors are Mrs. Brandle, and Matilda, wife of Levi Hoak, of Springfield. The deceased children are: Thomas, Elizabeth, Char lotte, Harriet and John. / yfclLLIAM C. KELLEY, an old settler of ' Clark County, has lived for over seventy years on the farm which he now owns and which was his birthplace. The estate occupies a part of section 6, Green Township, and although not so large as many, it is much more attractive than some, ou account of its perfect order and thorough im provement. The fifty-seven acres which comprise it are divided into fields by the neatest of fences, and no unhinged gates, broken panels or loosened boards are allowed to remain here. The residence which is now occupied by those members of the family who are still at home, is cozy and well built, and was erected in 1875. Mr. Kelley is of Scotch lineage, having in his veins the blood of one of the oldest and most honored families of the ancient kingdom, and can proudly claim connection with patriotic citizens of America who have suffered in support of liberty. The grandparents of our subject were James and Catherine(Stuart)Kelley,who upon emigrating from Scotland to America settled in Virginia. During the Revolutionary War, Mr. Kelley took up arms against the tyrannical rule of the House of Hano ver, and suffered severely by being badly frozen. Grandfather Kelley spent a perilous night during the Revolutionary war, and came near freezing, as he and other comrades had crossed a stream in a small boat and in some way he was left without means of re-crossing,and it being very cold he marked out a place between two oak trees to parade so as to keep from freezing, and he became so fatigued at times that he would almost succumb, but fear of freezing kept him going. Thus the night was spent. In the morning he discovered a prostrate hollow tree and in this were dry leaves, and Grand father Kelley threw in some powder and fired into it and by this means soon had a rousing fire and shortly parties from camp found him and took him across safely to camp. After the war he removed to Kentucky, and still later came to Ohio, where he remained until his death. He bought a farm four and a half miles south of Springfield and continued the agricultural labors of his life. His son, Joseph, was born in Virginia and taken to Kentucky when quite small. There he married Miss May Dutter- row, a native of the Blue Grass State and of Ger man descent. Upon tbe breaking out of the War of 1812, Joseph Kelley joined a Kentucky regiment, serving until the close of the struggle. His family, in the meantime, had taken up their residence north of the Ohio River, and after the war he followed them to this State, coming on horseback from Ken tucky to Springfield. In this place he was offered two blocks on Main and Limestone Streets for the horse he was. riding, but replied that he would not give the horse for the whole town. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kelley settled near the Fun ston Farm, but after remaining there a time came to the place now owned by their son, the subject of this sketch. The country was heavily timbered and many hardships were endured while it was being cleared and made productive. A log house with a mud chimney was the primitive dwelling in which the family was sheltered and all bore a part in the labors which hard times necessitated. The family lived principally upon "hog and hominy," corn pone being their pound cake. A few sheep were kept, from the wool of which winter clothing was made and they also raised some flax, which also supplied covering for their bodies. The mother not only carded, spun and wove, preparing cloth from wool, flax and tow for her own family, but she also performed the same service for others, and although neighbors were few was able thus to add to the family resources. The boys were kept busy in the timber, cutting down trees, grubbing out stumps, and placing the clearings in suitable con dition for the plow. An incident of interest hap- 378 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. pened to a sister of our subject in this county dur ing her girlhood ; while on her way to school she was attacked by a huge black bear and fortunately escaped from bruin by throwing her dinner on the ground. Before the death of the father, which occurred September 2, 1849, the place was pretty well cleared and life became more easy and com fortable. The mother passed away March 1, 1860. The family which originally comprised eleven chil dren is now represented by four survivors. The natal day of our subject was January 28, 1820. He spent his boyhood days at home until eighteen years old when he began an apprenticeship to a blacksmith, with whom he served three years. He then continued to labor at his trade for an equal length of time, when his health failing, he returned to the home farm. When his strength was suffi ciently renewed, he returned to the place at which he had served his apprenticeship and there spent a few years at his trade. He next bought out the other heirs and taking possession of the homestead turned his attention to agriculture as a means of subsistence. He carries on mixed farming and makes every portion of his farm useful, allowing no weeds to overcome the good seed from which he reaps an abundant harvest. An important step in the life of Mr. Kelley, as it is in that of every man, was his choice of a com panion, and many years of wedded happiness have proved his wisdom. On February 9, 1843, he be came the husband of Miranda, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Jordan) Dudley, who has been faithful to every7 duty devolving upon her as wife and mother, and in whom the hearts of husband and children rejoice daily7. Mr. and Mrs. Kelley have suffered some of the bereavements which are the lot of mortals, having been called upon to mourn the loss of four beloved children, but they sorrow not as those without hope, believing that in the future they shall meet again. Six sons and daughters rejoice the parental hearts, although all but one are now settled in homes of their own. Richard married May J. Smith and lives a half mile east of his parents; Lavina is the wife of James B. 'Poland, their home being in Jewel County, Kan.; Francis married Ruth Van Bibber, and lives in Lyon County, Kan. ; George W. lives near Columbus, his wife being Flora Benson; Mar tha A. married William Balden and lives in Madison County; James E. is unmarried and still remains under the parental roof. Richard Kelley is now serving his second term as Justice of the Peace and both he and his brother James belong to the Odd Fellows Lodge, No. 33, of Springfield. The long residence of Mr. Kelley at the same spot has given him a thorough acquaintance in the neighborhood and the position of a landmark in the county. His life since manhood has been marked with no wonderful event, but has been a quiet, industrious, and conscientious one, such as exerts a powerful influence in behalf of the prin ciples of Christianity and perfect manhood. He has served his neighborhood as a School Director, and his church as a Class-Leader, Steward and Trustee, still holding the latter office. In politics he is conservative, giving his vote to the Republi can candidates and principles. Both he and his wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church and are heartily esteemed by their associates in that religious body and by their fellow citizens in general. eHARLES BURDELL. This young gentle man, in partnership with H. W. Owens, owns and operates a largo planing mill and wood-working plant at No. 333 South Detroit Street, Xenia. Mr. Burdell has charge of the mill, which is furnished with the latest improvements in wood-working machinery, the amount being greater than that in any other mill in the city. The two gentlemen have been in business here for the past four years, and have established an excellent repu tation for reliable workmanship and honorable busi ness methods. Mr. Burdell is a son of Asa and Harriett (Mor ris) Burdell, both of whom were natives of New Jersey, but who grew to maturity in Columbus, in this State. Asa Burdell was born in 1830, and is now living in this county, his wife having been re moved from him by death some time since. He was engaged in the saddlery business at Columbus, ;;-;AA;ftAAK ~ - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 381 after having been a conductor on the Little Miami Railroad for twenty-five years. All of the family except our subject are in railroad employ, having latterly been contracting and superintending the work with construction parties. There were nine children born to the parents of our subject, and six are now living. The natal day of Charles Burdell was August 22, 1859, and the place of his nativity Morrowtown, Warren County. He grew to maturity in Xenia, to which he had come about 1860. He finished his education in Shawnee Agricultural College, after which he became foreman of Hilliker's planing mill, retaining the position for eight years and until he formed his partnership with Mr. Owens. At the home of the bride, in Yellow Springs, January 15, 1881, he became the husband of Miss- Agnes McCann, an estimable young lady, who has borne him two children — Frank and Pearl. Mr. Burdell exercises the right of suffrage in be half of the Republican party. He belongs to the social orders of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Improved Order of Red Men. He is a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, and is endeavoring to model his life by correct principles of conduct. ylLLIAM MAHLON ROCKEL, a native- born citizen of Clark County, is one of the prominent members of the bar in this part of Ohio, having a large practice in Spring field, where he makes his home. Though still a young man, Mr. Rockel has thus early in his pro fessional career gained a high reputation, not only as a lawyer, the acknowledged peer of many of the ablest legal minds of the State, but is considered authority on many points as the joint author with Jud«-e White, of one of the best works regarding a certain class of laws. Mr. Rockel was born in German Township, Clark County, July 18, 1855, and is a fine repre sentative of sterling pioneer stock, his father, Peter Rockel, having been born in the same township in May, 1831. His grandfather, Adam Rockel, was born in Lehigh County, Pa., while his great grand father Rockel was born in the same county of German parentage. Adam Rockel was a farmer, and in 1822, in early manhood, while he was still unmarried, ho crossed the border line between Pennsylvania and Ohio, accompanied by five or six sisters, the removal being made with team, and cast in his lot with the early pioneers of German Township. He bought a tract of heavily timbered land, built a log cabin, and at once entered upon the hard task of clearing away tho forest trees from his homestead and improving a good farm. The surrounding country was then sparsely settled, with but little indication of its present wealth and prosperity, with no railways or canals, and with scarcely any other signs of the coming civilization. In the comfortable home that he built there his long life was brought to a close, in 1884, at the ripe old age of ninety-one years. Four of his sisters survived him, and the combined age of the five was four hundred and twenty years. His wife, whose maiden name was Mary M. Baker, was a daughter of Philip Baker, well known as one of the early pioneers of Clark County; he came here in 1813, and settled one-half mile west of Eagle City Mills, in German Township. There he bought several hundred acres of land, heavily timbered, of which he cleared quite a large tract before his death. The grandmother of our subject died at his father's home in 1886, aged seventy -six years. The grandfather was a veteran of the War of 1812, serving under Gen. Henry Dearing, and for his good services in that conflict was a pensioner dur ing his last years. The father of the subject of this notice was reared to the life of a farmer on his father's large homestead, and was an inmate of the parental household until his marriage. He then bought land one mile east of Tremont City, where he lived until 1867. In that_year he rented his farm, which he had brought to a high state of improvement, and bought another located east of his original home stead on the Urbana pike. There he still makes his home, enjoying the comforts procured by the competence that he has acquired by persistent and well-directed industry. He has been twice mar ried. The maiden name of his first wife, mother 382 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. of our subject, was Margaret Shick, and she was a native of Carroll County, Ohio, and a daughter of William Shick, a native of Virginia, and of Ger man antecedents. He was a pioneer of Ohio, and in 1844 moved to Logan County and located one mile north of Bellefontaine, where he still resides, being now eighty-four years of age. His wife who is eighty-one years old, is spared to be the oompanion of his declining years. She was born in early pioneer times in Ohio, and her maiden name was Catherine Shawver. The mother of our subject died in 1865, leaving behind her the gra cious memory of a true womanhood. His father married for his second wife Miss Sarah A. Uges, who is devoted to his interests. William M. Rockel, of whom we write, was the only child of his parents. He laid the foundation of a solid education at the local district school in his native town, and was then given the advantages of an excellent course at the Bellefontaine High School, from which he was graduated with honor in the class of '76. He then pursued his studies in the Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio, and was graduated from the commercial department. After that he took a miscellaneous course in the same in stitution, making a specialty of languages. With his mind thus thoroughly trained, after teaching one term in the Franklin School in this county, he commenced the study of law, toward which his ambition had long pointed, and for which his natural abilities peculiarly fitted him. He became a student in the law office of Keifer & White, was admitted to the bar in the spring of 1879, and in the fall of that year opened an office in Springfield, and for more than a decade has been in active practice in this city, his well-known ability and faithfulness to the interests of his patrons bringing him in a fair clientage. During his busy career he has been able to devote considerable time to the literature of his profession, and is the joint author with Judge White of a valuable work, entitled "Mechanics and Sub-Contractors Liens," which has been very highly commended for its erudition and the clear exposition of the laws in such c-ses. Our subject has also contributed to the English and American Encyclopaedia of Law, as well as a work of selected questions from the Ohio Supreme Court Reports, for the use of students, etc. On Memorial Day, 1889, he delivered the address be fore the Grand Army Post of Vienna, which, at their request, was published, and has been read with deep interest by7 Grand Army circles far and wide. He is a valued member of Clark Lodge, No. 101, A. F. & A. M. ; and of Red Star Lodge, No. 205, K. of P. In April, 1890, Mr. Rockel was nominated by the Republican party for Judge of Probate. As showing the estimation in which Mr. Rockel is hold by his fellow-citizens, we will insert the following as voicing their sentiments, which we quote from two leading local papers: From the Sentinel — "William M. Rockel, who is announced in the Sentinel this week for Probate Judge, is well known to our readers. He is a farmer's son, being a native of Moorefield Township, this county, has never held an office, has had ten years experience at the bar, is the joint author, with Judge White, of a legal work on Mechanic's Liens, and was appointed by the Supreme Court of Ohio to examine applicants for admission to the bar; has served on tbe Clark County Republican and Executive Committees during tbe past seven years, one year as Secretary and two years as Vice-Chair man; was temporary and permanent Chairman of our last county convention, and is in every respect worthy and well qualified." From the Sunday News — " William Rockel is making a strong fight for the Probate Judgeship. He is, perhaps, one of the best equipped candidatos for the position. It has never been said that at any time he ever misman aged or neglected any business entrusted to his care. As a legal author, his is a very creditable reputation. His knowledge of the German Ian- guage would make his selection an accommodation to our large German population. The old sol diers will remember his very able and patriotic address made on last Memorial Day at Vienna, and printed by request of the Grand Army Post in full in the Republic- Times. While pronounced in his Republicanism, he is alway7s a fair and honor able opponent. His long, active, efficient and unrewarded service in the committee and on the stump, in behalf of the Republican cause, with his unquestioned qualifications, appeal veiy strongly in his behalf for this nomination." PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 383 Mr. Rockel has the advantage of a fine education as the basis of his professional knowledge, and brings to his task a well-disciplined mind. He is devoted to his profession, and is still a hard student whenever his onerous duties permit him to give attention to his books. He is an extremely easy and fluent speaker, having a fine command not only of the English, but of the German and other languages, and at the same time he is logical and concise in his statement of the facts of a case. A lithographic portrait of Mr. Rockel is shown on another page of this volume. zgSs AMUEL K. TURNBULL. Among the early residents in Cedarville Township, Greene County, it would be hard to find one more favorably known than the subject of this sketch, who is familiarly known as "Sam." He pos sesses a genial nature, in his life work has displayed an abundance of energy, industry, and thrift, and in his dealings with mankind is ever honorable and trustworthy. He is a representative of a family which has been well known in this section since quite early in the century, and members of which are numbered among the first families in other sec tions of the Union. It may be well before outlining the history of our subject, to make a brief mention of some of his progenitors. His grandfather, Turn bull, lived near Nashville, Tenn., adjoining the well-known Hermitage of Gen. Jackson, and there his son John, the father of our subject was born in 1800. When the latter was thirteen years of age, the family re moved to this county, having first stopped in Cen terville, Montgomery County, and from there came to within three miles of Cedarville, on what was then a road cut through the woods, but is now known as the Columbus Pike. Grandfather Turn- bull reared a family consisting of the following named sons and daughters: Alexander, Thomas, Gilbert, John, James, David, Betsey, and Isabella. The latter married John Chalmers, and Betsey be came the wife of Joseph Sterratt. About the year 1833 Mr. Turnbull and his sons Alexander, Gil bert and David, turned their footsteps AVestward, settling at Monmouth, 111., where many of tlieir de scendants are yet to be found. John Turnbull married Miss Margaret, daughter of Samuel Kyle, near Cedarville, who held the po sition of Judge of the County Court there for thirty- two years. After their marriage, which was cele brated in 1825, Mr. and Mrs. John Turnbull came to the farm where our subject now lives, having purchased one hundred and sixty acres of wood land. To it the husband came with his ax and cut away the trees with which, and in whose place to build a log cabin, in which he and his family lived until about 1842. The dwelling was made of un hewn logs, with a floor of sawed lumber, two small glass windows in the one room of which it consisted, and a fire-place so largo that it would take a back log as large as four men could carry into the house. A fine large frame house was afterward built to take the place of the old log cabin, but on the very night on which it was finished, it was nearly de stroyed by fire, having caught from the old home which stood near, and which had taken fire. The injured edifice was then fixed up as a one-story building, and in it the family lived several years, when a brick addition was made. In this condition it remained until it came into the hands of our sub ject, about seventeen years ago, when he entirely removed the brick part, and rebuilt the rest, mak ing a large two-story frame building. This change was made a few years before the death of the father, which occurred in 1880. The mother of our sub ject died in 1852, and the father married a second time, by tbe two unions becoming the father of nineteen children, all of whom lived to maturity but three, and ten of whom now survive. The subject of this brief sketch was born and reared on the place which he now occupies, and has never lived elsewhere. His education was obtained in the district schools, and his manly habits ac quired by careful home training. In 1857, while yet a young man, he took to himself a bride in the person of Miss Kate Funston, a worthy scion of good families. Her father, John Funston, was a son of Paul Funston, the paternal ancestors having been of Irish descent, and come from Ireland to America in the eighteenth century. Her mother, 381 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. formerly Keziah Scott, was a daughter of Thomas Scott, of Lexington, Ky. The home of the Funs- tons was in Clark County, not far from the place where our subject lives. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Turnbull comprises one son and three daughters: Flora became the wife of C. D. Dobbins, of Hardin County, who fol lowed farming near Lyman until recently, when he came to help his father-in-law on bis farm. They have five children — Olin Allen, Alma Fern, Mary Kate, Fred Ernest, and Grace Darling. John Ed win, the only son of our subject, married Miss Jennie Smith, and is now living on a part of his father's place, where he has an attractive little dwelling and snug surroundings; he and his wife have one daughter, Nellie; Fannie Fern is the wife of C. M. Barber, a farmer of Cedarville Township, and a son of J. M. Barber; they have two children, Collin and Marie. Melda M. is the wife of E. O. Bull, of Cedarville, and a son of Rankin Bull. Mr. Turnbull has voted the Prohibition ticket for several years past, although he was brought up to a belief in the principles of Democracy, his lather and his grandfather having voted the Demo cratic ticket, and the latter having been a supporter of Gen. Jackson. Mr. Turnbull belongs to the United Presbyterian Church at Cedarville, as do all of bis daughters; his wife was reared in the Pres byterian Church. -~3-^ OUIS WE1XELBAUM, a prominent niem- kber of the editorial profession, is the pro prietor and manager of the Springfield Journal, the only German paper published in Clark County, and through its columns his facile peu wields a wide and wholesome influence. A Bava rian by birth, our subject was born in Hessdorf, near Wurzburg, June 23, 1836. His father, Maier Weixelbaum, was a native of the same locality, as was also his father, Moses Weixelbaum. Both were butchers by trade and spent their entire lives where they were born. The maiden name of the mother of our subject was Getta Ehrlich, and she was born in the village of Lohrhaupten Curhes- sen, located about twenty-five miles from his birthplace. In the latter place she passed her life after marriage, and there died at the venerable age of ninety years. She was the mother of seven children, of whom the following are now living: Moses in Munich, Bavaria; David in his native village; our subject; Clara, who married and lives in Hintersteinau. The son of whom we write was the only7 member of the family to come to America. He was reared in the Fatherland, and in its excellent schools gleaned a liberal education. He was at one time a student at a teacher's seminary, where he pur sued a thorough course of study, amply fitting him for that profession, which he adopted when twenty-one years of age, his first experience being at Rulzheim, Bavaria, where he followed his voca tion till 1860. In that year, ambitious to see more of the world, he resolved to emigrate to the United States of America, to see what life held for him here in this land of splendid opportunities. He boarded a steamer at Havre in the month of Oc tober and landed in New York the same month. Going from there to Baltimore he secured a posi tion as teacher, and was thus employed ~in that city the ensuing five years. At the expiration of that time he turned his attention to mercantile pursuits, and for a year carried on the fancy goods business. In 1866 he took an important step in life which redounded to his future comfort and happiness, as on the 30th of January, that year, he was united in marriage to Miss Mina Stern. She was born in Heppenheim, Hesse, Germany, and came to the America in September, 1860. Their domestic life has been blessed to them by the birth of six children, namely: Meyer, Moses, Beulah, Clara, Mattie and Alma. After marriage Mr. Weixelbaum came to Ohio, and established himself as a dry-goods merchant in Ironton. Later he en gaged in the grocery business, which he managed profitably, and at the same time taught in the public schools and edited a German newspaper, carrying on these varied occupations with charac teristic energy, and making each one a success. In 1874 he closed his business, professional and literary labors in that city, and came to Spring field, as here his keen vision saw a fine opening for PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 385 the publication of a German paper, to cater to the intellectual needs of a large population of his countryman, and with ready enterprise he grasped the opportunity, and soon was issuing the Spring field Journal, one of the ablest and best managed of the Teutonic publications in this part of the West, and he has conducted it successfully ever since, making it a progressive, newsy7 and enter taining newspaper that meets the demands of a large list of subscribers. Mr. Weixelbaum, starting with the basis of a solid education, has, through his wide experience and keen analytical powers, gained a large fund of information, which his lit erary ability enables him to put before the public in an attractive style. He does not publish bis paper in the interests of any party, but preserves his political integrity by an independent course, reserving to himself the right to support what ever candidate he thinks best fitted for the office. He was appointed a member of the Board of Elec tions by Gov. Foraker, in 1889. The educational interests of this city have had the benefit of his wisdom and advanced views in regard- to educa tion, as he has served on the City School Board seven years. He and his wife are people of earnest religious feelings, which find expression in the Hebrew faith, in which they were reared. -*g-*-3fr- ARCELLUS D. JOHNSTON. The manu facture of cigars in these later days has become an art and a science, and there are few who have a better understanding of the business than Mr. Johnston, who inaugurated his present enterprise in September, 1888, and does a wholesale business in cigars. His experience in this business commenced in 1868 in the city of Springfield, of which ho has since been a resident. Mr. Johnston was born in New Carlisle, Clark County, this State, March 3, 1851, and is the eldest son of John and Mary (Garst) Johnston, the former of whom was born in the above-mentioned county, February 8, 1825. The paternal grandfather, James Johnston, was a manufacturer of nails, having es tablished the factory in Springfield in 1816. The nails were all made by hand and were sold at twenty-five cents per pound. Later, he turned his attention to farming, which ho followed the re mainder of his life. The mother of our subject was a native of Vir ginia, whence she emigrated with her parents when quite young. Her father, John Garst, spent his last days in Clark County. Mrs. Johnston died at Now Carlisle, in February, 1863. The three chil dren of the parental family were named respect ively : Wurden, who died when about two years old; Charles E., a traveling salesman for the firm of Johnston & Son; and Marcellus D., our subject. The latter was a youth of seventeen years when he came to Springfield with his parents. He obtained a good education, completing his studies by a year's attendance at Wittenberg College. Later ho became a bookkeeper for the firm of Kidder, John ston & Co., manufacturers and dealers in tobacco, acting in this capacity eight years, and was then admitted as a partner into the business. In due time Mr. Johnson purchased the interest of Jacob Seitz in the above-mentioned firm, Mr. Seitz having succeeded Mr. Kidder, and the firm now became Johnston & Son, as at present. They transacted a wholesale tobacco business until 1888, but since that time they have done a very large jobbing business in cigars, and manufacture of the same. Their trade extends throughout Ohio, East ern Indiana. Illinois and Chicago. John Johnston, the father of our subject, was for twenty-eight years a merchant in New Carlisle, Clark County. Having begun business there in 1837, he sold out in 1865, and in 1868 moved to Springfield, and hero became a partner of the firm of Kidder, Johnston & Co. He is also a stanch Re publican and a member of the Methodist Cliurch. He joined the Masonic Lodge in New Cat lisle in 1850, and has attained to the degree of Royal Arch Mason. The store building of Johnston & Son comprises Nos. 115 and 117, East Main Street, and they give employment to thirty men besides their traveling salesmen. The family residence is pleasantly lo cated at No. 295, South Fountain Avenue. Mr. Johnston is a Republican in politics. He belongs to the Central Methodist Episcopal Church, in 386 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. which he officiates as a Trustee, and has been Sec retary of the Sunday-school for the past eight years. The subject of this notice was married, Novem ber 25, 1875, to Miss Lucy Slack. Mrs. Johnston was born in Clark County, Ohio, in 1855, and is a daughter of Peter and Maria Slack, who were na tives of England. The father is living and the mother is deceased. The five children of this union were named respectively: Harry AV., Viola M., Clarence M., Mabel F. and Laura Ruth. ^ AVID W. HEBBLE, M. D., probably the 8 jl, youngest physician and surgeon of Enon, fj»y^^ evidently possesses the energy and deter mination which will rapidly elevate him to a leading position in the medical profession of Clark County. He has been an industrious student, is possessed of more than ordinary ability and what he lacks in experience he will make up in close application and the determination to excel. Pie has all his life long been familiar with the ordin ary methods of practice as ho is the son of a well- known physician of this county, Dr. Joseph Hebble who is still living in Enon. The father of our subject, a native of Lancaster County, Pa., was born in Market Township, April 28, 1 823, and wa? the son of Christian Hebble, likewise a native Of that county and born on the Susquehanna River. Grandfather Hebble was reared to farming pursuits which he followed all his life, with the exception of the time spent as a soldier in the War of 1812. He passed the closing years of his life in Market Township. The paternal great-grandfather of our subject, likewise a native of the Keystone State, was a substantial farmer on the Susquehanna and lived to be about one hun dred years old. Joseph Plebble was reared in his native township and worked on the farm when not attending school, until a youth of eighteen years. He had always been studiously inclined and now engaged in teaching, which profession be followed until 1846. Resolving then upon a change of location, he started for Fairfield, Ohio, traveling on foot and by boat and canal. Upon reaching his destination he followed teaching in that vicinity during five terms and in the meantime employed his leisure hours in the study of medicine under the instruction of Dr. J.AV. Greene, who subsequently became a member ofthe Legislature. When sufficiently advanced he re paired to Philadelphia, Pa., and attended Jefferson Medical College until being graduated in 1852. Returning now to Fairfield, Ohio, the father of our subject entered upon tbe practice of his pro fession, but a year later removed to the vicinity of Milton, Miami County, where he practiced until 1860. We next find him in Jackson Township, Montgomery County, where he built up a good practice and where he "sojourned until after the outbreak of the Civil War. In the spring of 1863 he enlisted in the Fifty-fifth Ohio Infantry and was mustered in at Columbus as regimental sur geon. In the fall of that year he received promo tion, becoming Major Surgeon, and remained with his regiment until the close of the war. He went with Sherman on his march through Georgia and to the sea, and after the surrender of the Confed erates was sent to Cleveland, Ohio, where he re ceived his honorable discharge. Upon leaving the service Dr. Hebble located in Bath Township, Greene County, this State, but in a very short time removed to Enon, where he en tered upon a successful practice and where he still resides. He isnow quite well advanced in years and is practically retired. His business will natur ally fall into the hands of his son. He is the owner ot considerable property, consisting of his residence and a number of lots and is fairly7 well-to-do. In religious matter's he leans toward the doctrines of the Christian Church. Ho is an active member of the Grand Army of the Republic at Enon, and is also identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fel lows. Dr. Joseph Hebble was married in Dayton, No vember 30, 1854, to Miss Elizabeth Casad. This lady was born in that city and is the daughter of Aaron and Charlotte (Curtis) Casad, the former of whom was a native of New Jersey, whence he emi grated to Ohio at an early day. He established the first fulling mill in Dayton, which he operated sue- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 387 cessfully until his death, in 1849. Mrs. Hsbble received a good education, completing ber studies in the city of Dayton and remained under the pa rental roof until her marriage. Of this union there have been born nine children : Frances M. died in infancy; Emma S., Mrs. Dellahunt, resides in Mad River Township; Rosa J., Mrs. Sheeley, is a resi dent of Springfield ; Katie E., Mrs. Swadner, is a widow and resides with her parents; M. Elizabeth follows the profession of a teacher and makes her home with her parents; Irene Gertrude, also occu pies herself in teaching and lives with her parents; David W., our subject, was the next in order of birth ; Maude Blanche and Robert Casad continue to reside under the parental roof. Dr. David H. Hebble was born in the town of Enon. July 6, 1869, and was given the best of school advantages. He has been familiar from his boyhood with medical works, always having a lik ing for the profession, and he found that this feel ing grew upon him as his years dncreased. He learned much under the instruction of his honored father and when fully qualified entered Sterling Medical College at Columbus, from which he was graduated March 6, 1890, with the degree of M. D. Returning then to his native place he naturally7 be came the assistant of his father and they are prac tically in partnership. It is safe to say that they hold the leadership of the profession in this local ity. Dr. Hebble, Jr., is a sound Republican, polit- cally, and keeps himself thoroughly posted upon current events. Hosts of friends are watching his career with interest, a career which they predict will be more than ordinarily successful. * - * cCx> " AMUEL T. REMSBERG. It gives us pleasure to include in this volume a bio graphical notice of one whose life has been spent in the quiet performance of duty, and who, without filling any prominent position in public affairs, has gained the esteem and confi dence of neighbors and friends. Clark County has been the home of this gentleman for less than a de cade, but success has crowned his efforts since coming here, an^ his home in Moorefield Town ship is one of comfort, neatness, and pleasant home life. Mr. Remsberg was born in Frederick County, Md., November 6, 1845, his parents being Benja min and Charlotte (Zimmerman) Remsberg, who were bom in the same Slate, and who still live in the county which was his birthplace. Their family consisted of thirteen children, three of whom are now deceased. Elizabeth V. is the widow of Ed ward Mobley, and her home is in Dayton ; the next in point of age is our subject; Marizilla is the wife of George AV. Toms, of Indiana; Susan C. is the wife of J. II. Rice, of Arkansas; Ora is the wife of Charles W, Shafer, of Maryland; Jennie, Mrs. Hoak, lives in Virginia; Ida is the wife of J. H. Routzahn, iu Maryland; Sylvester G., John E. and Laura are living in their native State. The subject of this sketch received but limited school privileges, and is principally self educated. He was reared to manhood in his native State, spending a part of the time on a farm, and a part in labor in a woolen mill, of which bis father was proprietor. From early years he has been a hard worker, having even assisted his father in the sup port of the family, and giving his parents his entire PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 401 time until twenty -seven years of age. He may well be called self made in bis financial standing, the information which he has acquired, and the habits of industry and uprightness which characterize his life. He and his estimable wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church at Moorefield, and he is a member of the Republican party. The lady who ably presides over the home of Mr. Remsberg was known in her girlhood as Mar tha J. Selsam, and became his wife Nov. 10, 1874. She was born in Maryland, and is a daughter of David and Catherine Selsam, of that State, her father being now deceased. She has borne her husband six children, named respectively: Benja min D., Katie M., Hattie E., Frank C, Arthur S, and Myrtle H. In 1882 the family removed from their native State to their present home, where prosperity has awaited them, and where they hope for still greater results from their efforts in the years to come. DW1N RITENOUR HOTSENPILLER. There is probably not a citizen of Clark County more widely or favorably known than he with whose name we introduce this bio graphical outline, and whose portrait is presented on the opposite page. He is practically indepen dent, financially, being an extensive landowner, and having one farm of seven hundred acres, be sides other choice land in Clark County. In 1879 there was discovered in Union County the famous magnetic springs, now a popular resort for a large number of individuals, especially those afflicted with rheumatic and other ailments, for which the springs furnish an almost certain cure. The pro prietor has erected convenient buildings,thoroughly equipped with everything necessary for the comfort of patrons, and the springs have attained a wide reputation throughout this and adjoining States. The subject of this notice was born in the city of Chillicothe, Ross County, this State, and is the son of Charles and Amelia (Ritenour) Hotsenpil- ler both of whom were born and reared in Fred erick County, Va. The paternal grandfather was Jacob Hotsenpiller, who traced his ancestors to Prussia, and who was a regularly ordained minis ter of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The fam ily was represented in America probably during the Colonial days, and were numbered among the early pioneers of the Old Dominion. The first transfer made in real estate, in the State of Vir ginia, was in the name of Hotsenpiller. The father of our subject accompanied his par ents from Virginia to Ross County, this State, in 1830, they locating in the then infant town of Chillicothe, where Charles embarked in mercantile business, also carried on farming and became an extensive grain dealer. Owing to the dishonesty of those with whom he was associated in partner ship, he lost heavily. His death took place in 1872. The wife and mother is still living and, notwithstanding she is quite aged, is active in mind and body. The five children of the parental family are recorded as follows: Mary E. is the wife of J. W. Coles, junior member of the firm of Schindler & Coles, undertakers; Edwin R., our subject, was the second born; Charles W. for many years was a Captain in the United States Army, and is now retired; Eliza IT. is the wife of John B. Crain; Kate I. makes her home with her mother, in Springfield. Mr. Hotsenpiller pursued his early studies in the common schools of his native city, and later entered the Ohio Conference High School, after which he became a pupil of the Cincinnalf College, from which he was graduated in 1852. His father's failure in business threw him upon his own resources, and he learned the printer's trade, also stereotyping, during the intervals of his at tendance at college in Cincinnati. After com pleting his studios he went to Sandusky, this State, and purchased the Sandusky Register, of which pa per he was editor and publisher two years, and which under his good management became a great finan cial success. Owing to ill-health, however, ho was obliged to retire from the arduous duties of a morning daily paper. Early in the year of 1852, Mr. Hotsenpiller went to Dayton, and entered the employ of a stereo- typer, to whom he became a very valuable assist ant on account of his experience in the business 402 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. and his natural adaptability to it. Not having oc casion to use the money which he earned, he al lowed it to remain with his employer until the amount aggregated $1,000. He took a note for the amount, which he subsequently applied to the purchase of a stock of books, stationery and no tions, at Springfield, giving his note for the bal ance, his stock being valued al $5,000. He soon had his goods arranged in a convenient store, and in a short time built up a large trade, which re sulted in the rapid accumulation of money. The man, however, from whom he took the $1,000 note failed in business before it became due, thus neces sitating the enforced payment of the same by Mr. Hotsenpiller, and this caused him to sell his busi ness in order to meet it. After settling his claim Mr. Hotsenpiller was still left with some means and, in 1880, began dealing in real estate, and in this enterprise was also successful, handling pot only local property, but reaching out into different States adjoining. In 1881 he laid out what is known as Hotsenpiller's Addition to the city of Springfield, from which he has realized handsome returns. Later, owing to the condition of his health, he went to the mag netic springs in Union County, which afforded him relief in such a short time that, in 1885, he de termined upon purchasing the springs, which he did, and soon had arranged for the erection of various needed buildings, including the Park Hotel and magnetic bath house, cottages and various other structures. Near by is the lake which re ceives the surplus water from the springs, by which it is partly surrounded, and which forms a beauti ful sheet of water. The hotel has the capacity for for accommodating one hundred and fifty guests, while the numerous cottages adjacent are con veniently furnished suitable for the temporary use of families. The springs are not only a healthy resort, but furnish a quiet retreat toi any who wish to avail themselves of summer rest and recupera tion. Mr. Hotsenpiller spends most of his time, es pecially during the summer months, at the springs, while at the same time he looks after his lands and tbe Rock Point Mills, in Clark County, of whicb he is proprietor. He was one of the original stock-holders of the Springfield Brass Company, of which he was made President, and he is also a stockholder in the Champion Electric Light Com pany at Springfield. Socially, he belongs to Clark Lodge, No. 101, A. F. & A. M., and Moncrieffe Lodge, No. 33, K. of P. Mr. Hotsenpiller is unmarried. He is possessed of more than ordinary intelligence, and that genial and companionable disposition which has drawn around him hosts of friends. He is recognized as one of the most valued citizens of Clark County, and has contributed his full quota to the further ance of its best interests. -£-t-#=3*SHr<~f-~ EDWIN F. HILL is well known to business men in Springfield as the Secretary and Treasurer of the Champion Chemical Com pany, which was incorporated in May, 1888. The business of the company is the manufacture of em balming fluid and the Boyd Burglar Proof Grave Vaults. Mr. Hill is the originator of the embalm ing fluid business and also the founder of the stock company which now controls it. He has manifested such qualifications for a business career as have given him an excellent standing in commercial cir cles, while his social qualities make him a popu lar member of various lodges and tbe society of the city in which be makes his home. He is a native of Springfield, where he first saw the light of day August 4, 1849. The subject of this biographical notice received his early education in the schools of Springfield, continuing his studies during his youth and becom ing possessed of much practical knowledge. Upon beginning his business career he became connected with the firm of Deardorf, Millen & Co., manufac turers of coffins, as a traveling salesman. Subse quently he became a member of the firm of Boyd, Hill & Co., manufacturers of caskets, and in 1887 he started the manufacture of the embalm ins fluid, during the same years being also a member of the firm of E. F. Hill & Co. When the stock company was formed and incorporated, Dr. A. A. Baker was made President, S. E. Baker Vice-President, and PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 403 Mr. Hill Secretary and Treasurer. The Champion Chemical company has built up a thriving business and finds a ready sale for their goods in the North^ South, East and West. Their fine works are an ornament to the manufacturing districts of the city and afford employment to a number of men, thus adding to the other trade of the city. Mr. Hill is a member of Clark Lodge No. 101, F. & A. M. ; of Springfield Chapter No. 48, R. A. M.; and Springfield Council No. 17, Royal and Select Masters. He is a member of the First Pres byterian Church to which his wife and daughter also belong. Vf? AMES H. KYLE. In December, 1870, Mr. Kyle, who is a native of this county, opened a livery and feed stable in Xenia, which he has since conducted successfully and he is now in the enjoyment of a flourishing business. His main building is of brick, 100x74 feet in dimen sions, and in the rear is a frame structure forty feet square, within which are all the equipments necessary for the carrying on of the enterprise, whieh receives its patronage from the leading peo ple of this vicinity. The interests of Mr. Kyle have centered in Greene County all his life, as he has grown with its growth and advanced in proportion to its pros perity. He was born February 12, 1838, two miles north of Xenia, at the homestead of his par ents, James and Delilah (Gartrell) Kyle, who were natives of Pennsylvania, and came each with their respective parents to this county as early as 1825. The father secured a tract of land and prosecuted agriculture all his life. He departed hence in 1861, aged sixty-five years. He had been a peace ful and law-abiding citizen, honest and industrious, and enjoyed the esteem and confidence of all who knew him. The mother passed away in 1884, at the advanced age of eighty-six years; she was a lady of many estimable qualities and a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The parental household included five children, viz.: Samuel, Sarah J., James H. ; Margaret, who died, after ber marriage to Simon Sidenstck, when about thirty years old, and William. The Kyle family is of Scotch-Irish ancestry, while the Gartrell's originated in Germany. Mr. Kyle began to "paddle his own canoe" when a lad of eight years, leaving the parental roof and employing himself at whatever he could find to do until a youth of sixteen. He then commenced an apprenticeship at the carpenter's trade, which he prosecuted until after the outbreak of the Civil War. In August, 1862, he enlisted as a Union soldier in Company IT, Ninety-fourth Ohio In fantry, and was with his regiment at all the battles in which it participated, including some of the most important engagements of the war. He met the enemy in front of Richmond, and was at Perry- ville, Chattanooga and Atlanta, also at Chicka- mauga where he was slightly wounded. At Bentonville he received a wound in the right arm whieh later necessitated its amputation. Shortly afterward he was sent to the hospital on East River, N. Y., by the way of Charleston, S. C, and thence to Newberne. He was discharged from the hospital in the summer of 1865, and returning to Xenia was elected Town Clerk, which office he held for a period of seven years. He was United States Assessor two years, served eleven months as Inspector and was Deputy Sheriff four years. ¦ In 1874, he was elected Sheriff of Greene County, which office he held two terms. Mr. Kyle was married, in May, 1876, to Miss Lottie, daughter of Daniel and Mary Brubaker. This lady was born in Franklin County, Ohio. Her parents were natives of Pennsylvania and are stil living. Of this union there have been born no children. ,-,,., ARON CRITES is one of the leading farmers Ol and stock-raisers of Spring Valley Town ship, Greene County, his home farm being one of the finest in the entire valley, and comprising one hundred and ninety acres of land. It has been carefully and intelligently conducted, and presents an attractive appearance to the eye of the passer-by7, evincing its productiveness and 404 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. the thrift of its owner. He also owns another farm of one hundred acres in Greene County. He has served in local positions, and is an honored and respected member of the community. He belongs to the Free & Accepted Masons and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and both he and his wife are active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The birthplace of Mr. , C rites is New Creek, Grant County, WVa., his natal day7 having been February 23, 1840. He was reared on a farm, and in his youth removed with his parents to this State, where the most of his education was obtained. His school privileges were quite limited, but although be has not the extended knowledge sometimes ob tained in the schoolroom, he is intelligent and well informed, his native intelligence and the resources to which anyone desirous of information can have access having given him a large fund of informa tion. When twenty-one years old Mr. Crites began his career in life, meeting with some discourage ments and having some disadvantages to over come, but gradually and surely reaching a position of financial comfort. On the 18th of February, 18.72, he was united in marriage with Margaret E., widow of Lewis W. Babb, who was born on the place where she now resides. Her natal day was March 19, 1839, and she is a daughter of Robert and Sarah (Coppic) Evans. The happy union has been blessed by the birth of two children — William E. and Sarah May. The subject of this sketch traces his paternal ancestry back to Germany, the first of the line in this country being his grandfather, Jacob Crites. He had six sons — Jacob, John, Solomon, Joel, Phillip and Jonathan. Joel Crites married Sarah, daughter of Joseph and Catherine (Bond) Crites, of West Virginia, his own native State having been Pennsylvania. They had nine children — Clara, wife of George W. Fletcher, of Missouri; Aaron; John, now living in Nebraska, who be longed to the One Hundred and Tenth Ohio In fantry during the late war; Hannah, Sarah; Jane, now Mrs. Parks; Abraham and Isaac (twins); and Lovina, who died in Ohio. The latter was twice married, her first husband being John Shoemaker, and the second John Jackson. The mother of this family died in 1838, and the father subsequently married Nancy Shoemaker, of Greene County, who bore three children — William, now deceased, Clara and Mary. Joel Crites was and still is a farmer. In 1855 he came to this State, residing for a year in Spring Valley Township, Greene County, and thence going to Montgomery County, III., where he re mained two years. He then returned to the Buck eye State, remaining there until the spring of 1862, when he changed his abode to DeKalb County, Mo., where he is still living. In politics, he is a Democrat. The parents of our subject were mem bers of the Lutheran Church in West Virginia, but on coming to Ohio they became identified with the Methodist Episcopal denomination. * \T!AMES WILLOUGHBY. In the career of the subject of this notice we have that of a . man who has made for himself an admirable l$5g^' record as an individual and a citizen, aud who has endeavored to carry out the best principles of true manhood as far as in him lay. The fact that he is highly spoken of by those who have known him for many years past is sufficient indica tion of his true character and the manner in which he has performed his obligations to his family and his fellow men. He remains a resident of his na tive county of Clark, and first opened his eyes to the light in Moorefield Township, March 12, 1831. His'parents were William and Ellen (Clark) Wil loughby, the father a native of Connecticut and the mother of Clark County, this State. Mr. Willoughby was deprived by death of the affectionate care of bis mother when a little lad of six years. His father, however, lived to be ninety years old, dying in 1888 at his home in Decatur, 111. AVilliam Willoughby came to Clark County with his parents when a boy, and in early manhood taught school in this and Champaign Counties. After his marriage he lived for a time in Clark County, then removed to Champaign County, where he resided for a time, but finally returned and tak- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 405 ing up his abode in Springfield, was a resident of that city for over a quarter of a century. Then went to Decatur, 111., where he spent the closing years of his life. The father of our subject was twice married and of the children born to him there are now living, James of this sketch; Mary, a resident of Decatur, 111.; Leaven, likewise_of that city, and John, a resi dent of DeWitt County, 111. The elder Willoughby when becoming a voting citizen identified himself with the old Whig party but upon its abandonment he wheeled into the Republican ranks. He was a man of note in his community and one whose opin ions were generally respected. He did a large amount of pioneer labor, being well fitted by na ture and acquirements to grapple with the difficul ties which fall to the common lot of those who make their home in a new country. The subject of this sketch spent his early years at home with his father, and from the age of nine teen until thirty.assisted in driving cattle across the Alleghany Mountains from Illinois and Ohio to Lancaster, York and Chester Counties, Pa., also to the city of Philadelphia. His education was neces sarily somewhat limited, but hisjhabit of reading and observation conspired to make him a well-in formed man. He remained a bachelor until thirty- five years old and was then married October 9, 1866, to Miss Mary Maxwell, who was born in Clark County and is the daughter of Thomas and Eliza (McCullough) Maxwell who were among its pio neer settlers. They are still living and residents of Plamilton this Slate. Mr. Maxwell was a native of Virginia and came to Ohio with his parents when about six years old, they settling in Moorefield Township. After mar- s riage they remained residents of this township many years, then removed to Hamilton. Of the five children born to them only three are living : Henry, a resident of Moorefield ; Catherine, the wife of James Rose, of Kentucky and Mrs. Willoughby. The mother was bora near West Liberty where her parents settled at a very early day. Mr. Maxwell is a highly respected citizen and in former years was a member of the old AVhig party. After its abandonment he identified himself with the Repub licans of whose principles he is a warm supporter. Mrs. Willoughby was born in Clark County, No vember 12, 1848, and remained with her parents until her marriage. Her union with our subject has resulted in the birth of three children : William, Ida, the wife of James Rollins, of Champaign County, and Horace, of this county. Mr. Willoughby settled upon his present farm in the spring of 1883 and gives his attention to the careful cultivation of his land, believing with Horace Greeley, that a small amount well tilled is of more value than a larger area partially neglected. He has been an interested eyewitness of the growth and development of Clark County and has always been a conscientious voter, casting his ballot con tinuously in Moorefield Township since reaching his majority. In the fall of 1864 he traveled all the way from Illinois hither, in order to vote for Abraham Lincoln for President, bearing cheerfully his own expenses. He assisted in hauling the gravel from the pit in Springfield to grade the flrst railroad running through the place to Xenia, and has had a hand in various other enterprises calculated to ad vance the material interests of Clark County. He may reasonably feel that he has made for himself a good record and that he is amply worthy of being represented in a work designed to perpetuate the names and deeds of both the pioneers and the na tive-born sons of the Buckeye State. /p^EORGE ENGEL. This enterprising Ger- III (=-, man citizen is one of the leading nursery- ^^5) men of Southern Ohio, dealing in all kinds of nursery stock, a business which he' has prose cuted successfully since the spring of 1878. That year he came to Xenia .from Louisville. Ky., and purchased the greenhouse of T. G. Wilson, in the western part of the city. From a modest begin ning he has steadily progreosed until he is not only well-to-do financially, but has attained an enviable reputation in connection with his business. The first twenty-five years of -Mr. Engel's life were spent on the other side of the Atlantic in the Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, where his birth took place December 25, 1848. He was 406 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. reared to the business of a florist, which his father before him had followed successfully. He remained under the parental roof during his boyhood and in accordance with the laws and customs of his native country, was placed in school when a lad of six years and pursued his studies quite steadily until fourteen. He was trained to habits of industry and economy and these, added to the natural traits which he had inherited from a substantial ancestry, provided him with the surest capital by which to attain success in life. In 1873 Mr. Engel leaving his native land em barked on a vessel at Bremen and sailed to the West Indies. In the fall of 1874 he determined to seek the United States. Landing in Brooklyn he sojourned there two years where he was em ployed in a greenhouse and then going to Louis ville, Ky., he sojourned there about eighteen months. His next removal was to Xenia of which he has since been a resident. During his sojourn in his native land Mr. Engel served a year and a half in the Hessian Army, par ticipating in the Franco-Prussian War. He served under Gen. Mantofel and met the enemy in several hard-fought battles. His bravery and fidelity to duty were such as to secure him the respect of his comrades and the approval of his superiors, and at the close of the conflict he was given an honorable discharge — a trophy which he still preserves with care. In 1881 he identified himself with the In dependent Order of Odd Fellows at Xenia, with which he is still connected. He is also a Knight of Pythias and a Knight of Honor and belongs to the order of Red Men, and is a sound Republican. /ZSis LIFTON M. NICHOLS, for thirty-five years [|( editor of the Springfield Daily Republic and ^^&y its predecessors and successors, has been for tbat period prominently identified with every move ment having for its object the moral and material welfare of the community. Such has been his zeal, activity and courage in behalf of every good cause and in the promotion of the interests and growth of Springfield, that it has justly been said that to few other men is the city more largely indebted for its rapid progress and wide reputation. As editor of the Springfield Republic, Mr. Nich ols used the columns of that paper with the skill of an accomplished writer to spread the fame of Springfleld and its great industrial enterprises, with a degree of success which the marked prosperity of the city clearly attests. He rendered special service in the war for the maintenance of the Union and was for five months at the front as a volunteer soldier. Every project which aimed at the advance ment of the public interest in any way, if not ori ginated by him, as many such projects have been, was always sure to seek and readily7 obtain his effi cient co-operation. Clifton M. Nichols was born in Westfield, Chau tauqua County, N. Y., June 14, 1830, and was the eldest son of Wiseman Claggett and Fivilla (Cass) Nichols, the father a native of Tlietford, Vt., and the mother of Stratford, N. H. Jonathan and Tri- phemia (Sackett) Nichols, the grandparents of our subject, were natives of Bolton, Mass., and of Kent, Litchfield County, Conn., respectively. Clifton M., was a resident of May ville, N. Y., from 1837 to 1840; of Portland, N. Y., from 1840 to 1848, and of Oberlin, Ohio, from 1848 to 1852, in which year he went to Cincinnati and from there to Spring field in April, 1854, where he has since resided. Though wholly free from sectarian bitterness, Mr. Nichols has throughout his entire life taken an active and leading part in religious movements, iri" the advocacy of temperance principles and in behalf of popular education. As a Sunday-school worker he is widely known, having been called to the Presidency of the Ohio Sunday-school Union as a result of his untiring labors and recognized usefulness in that field. In June, 1880, he repre sented the Union and the Congregational Associa tion of Ohio, at the Raikes Centennial World's Sunday-school Convention, held at London, Eng land. Mr. Nichols went to Europe again with his wife, Mrs. Frances Henrietta (Keith) Nichols, in 1882, and visited various portions of England, Scotland and France. The Republic newspaper formed alliances and was consolidated with other journals, being known PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 407 in the year 1884 as the Globe-Republic, again as simply the Republic and since 1888 as the Republic- Times, of which paper he was the editor-in-chief until he resigned this position to take the Superin- tendency of the Board of Trade, in the manage ment of the affairs of which he has exhibited rare skill, energy and unflagging industry. To a cultivated mind, rare talents, a familiar knowledgeand keenlyappreciativetaste inliterature, good ability as a writer, public speaker and lecturer, Mr. Nichols adds such qualities as a worthy citizen, good neighbor and personal friend as have secured for him the warm esteem of the community in which he lives. In addition to his regular news paper work he is a regular contributor to such journals as the New York Tribune, the Congrega tionalism of Boston, the Advance, of Chicago, and the Golden Rule, of Boston, and has also contrib uted to the Sunday-School Times, of Philadelphia. ¦ OLLA DAVIS. Among the business men of Bellbrook, Greene County, no man bears a igher reputation for personal character )and business integrity and tact than the gentleman whose name initiates this sketch. Two years since he bought out the establishment of M. D. Smith, and added notions and hardware to the grocery stock that had been carried ; his busi ness [now amounts to $6,000 per year, and gives promise of still farther sales in time to come. Mr. Davis owns a fine farm of ninety acres, seventy of which are under the plow, furnished with a good house, adequate barns and other buildings, and well stocked. It is rented out, and his entire attention is devoted to his business interests in the village, and to the service of his fellow-men as a township official, and in cliurch work. The father of the gentleman of whom we write was a prominent man in this locality for a number of years, and the name of Jonathan Davis belongs to the history of this section. He was born in Delaware, but came to Ohio when a poor boy, first working out on a farm and in a sawmill. By hard work, strict integrity, and wise economy he ac cumulated an estate valued at $70,000. He married Roxann Silvers, who bore him four children, three of whom are now living. She having been removed from him by death, he became the hus band of Sarah Ann Darst. Tlieir union resulted in the birth of eight children, six of whom -survive. He departed this life in 1875, and his widow in 1880. For thirty years he was an Elder in the Disciples Church. A further account of his history will be found in the sketch of Mrs. Daniel Wilson. Jacob Davis, the oldest brother of our subject, died March 13, 1890, aged forty-eight years and ten months, leaving a widow. He was an Elder in the Christian Church. Jonathan, a brother two years older than our subject, gave his life to his country, being a member of the One Hundred and Eighty- third Ohio Infantry during the Civil War. He was wounded at Duck River, Tenn., and died in the hospital at Louisville, Ky., his body being brought home and interred in the cemetery near Bellbrook. He was an earnest Christian, and took an active part in devotional exercises in the camp. The subject of this biographical sketch was born on the home farm in Greene County, May 4, 1845, and after receiving a good common-school educa tion spent one year in study at the Christian Uni versity near Indianapolis, Ind. During his boyhood he acquired such a knowledge of farming as is ob tained by any intelligent youth who is reared upon a farm, and laid the foundation for future success in agricultural work. He began life for himself at the age of twenty years, and for fourteen years was engaged in tilling the soil. He afterward took an agency for the salt of agricultural implements, and was occupied in this work some seven years. His next enterprise was the mercantile business, in which he is now engaged, and in which he is giving proof of the fact that his business abilities are such as to adapt him to a life of trade. The attractive homo of Mr. Davis is presided over by a lady of more than ordinary intelligence, of refinement and Christian character, who bore the maiden name of Catherine Haines. Her parents, Ezra and Susan (Dunwiddie) Haines, are numbered among the old settlers in this section, to which her father came poor, and in which he acquired a for tune and became prominent and influential. He 408 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. died in 1884, but his widow is still living, having now reached the ripe age of fourscore years. Their family comprised ten children, all yet living but one. Mrs. Davis was born September 10, 1848, and although her studies were prosecuted in the common schools she obtained a very thorough knowledge of the English branches. Her marriage was celebrated March 13, 1867, and the happy union has been blessed by the birth of six children — Allan Henry, Susan, Jennie, Maud, James and Arthur IT. Mr. Davis has been Supervisor of Sugar Creek Township five terms, and is now serving his fourth year as Township Trustee. He has served on the School Board seven years, and has also been a member of the Common Council of Bellbrook. For twenty-six years he has been identified with the Church of Christ, and is one of its most ardent supporters, being an active worker in the Sunday- school, in which he has been a teacher for several years, and wielding a decided influence for the cause of Christianity. His wife holds membership in the Baptist Church. For some fifteen y7ears past he has been much interested in political affairs, affiliating with the Republican party, and exerting a strong influence in the political arena. He has frequently7 served as delegate to county conven tions, and has also sat in State and Congressional conventions. -*-&- "^ OHN H. COOPER, Probate Judge of Greene County, was elected to that position in 1884, qualifying for office February 9, 1885. At the expiration of the term of three years, which is the length of service in Ohio, he was continued in office, having been re-elected in 1887. He is filling the position acceptably to the people and with credit to himself. Judge Cooper is a man of excellent business and judicial ability, and of Christian character, and stands high in the estimation of his fellow-men. Judge Cooper is a son of the Rev. Ebenezer Cooper, of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, who was born in South Carolina, in 1792. Al though South Carolina was his home during his youth, Ebenezer Cooper was educated at New York City, and took his theological course of study at Philadelphia. Upon completing his education he returned to the South to enter the ministry there, his first charge being at Fayettville, Tenn. After leaving tbat State he took charge of a church in Fayette County, Ind., where he continued his ministerial labors until he lost his health. Resign ing and giving up all connection with an active pastorate, he removed to Cedarville, this county, where he spent the remainder of bis life. In the locations where he had labored he was one of the pioneer ministers. After completing his education he married Miss Jane McMillan, of South Caro lina, who survived until 1888. They reared a family of six boys and one girl, of whom the Rev. James H. is now living in Highland County; Rob ert F. in Georgia; and AV. R. M. in Findley, this State. Judge Cooper was born in Fayette County, Tenn., January 13, 1831, and came to this county when about sixteen years old, with his grand father, Daniel McMillan, one of the old pioneers. The lad attended school in Xenia, with his uncle Daniel McMillan, Jr., the famous cattleman of this country. After finishing his schooling he entered the store of James C. McMillan, for whom he clerked a number of years. He then went into business as a member of the firm of Stark, Lytle & Cooper, dealers in general dry-goods, groceries, boots and shoes, carpets, etc., continuing the con nection until 1861. He next associated himself with W. C. Hutchinson, continuing an active mem ber of the firm of Cooper & Hutchinson until 1879, when he was elected County Treasurer. He was re-elected to a second term, and continued in the office until called by the people to occupy the position of which he is now the incumbent. His entire time is given to the duties of his office, and to those of private life, and for several years past he has been entirely withdrawn from business. In Xenia, October 19, 1859, Judge Cooper was united in marriage with Miss Julia Platter, a daughter of Christian Platter, who was born in Ross County, October 19, 1840. The happy union has resulted in the birth of five children, three of 7 ' - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 411 whom died from scarlet fever, at ages varying from from four to eight years; Belle died in 1888, at the age of seventeen; Emily P., a healthy, bright and active infant, ras born January 6, 1889. Judge Cooper belongs to the Republican party, by which he was flrst nominated to an office of public trust. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, in which ho has been an Elder for many years. ^p3)ILE£ifse? farr ^^ILES KIMBLE. One of the prominent rmers of Pleasant Township is Mr. Kimble, who has resided in Clark County more than half a century, and whose portrait will be noticed on the opposite page. During the long years of his residence here, he has witnessed a decided change in the appearance of the country, its popu lation, and civilization, and takes a just pride in the fact that he has borne a share in the labors which have produced its present fine condition. He is rospected by a large circle of acquaintances to whom his sterling qualities of mind and character are well known. Our subject is descended in the second genera tion from Giles Kimble, a native of England, who came to America and settled in Maryland. His occupation was that of a farmer. He had two sons and two daughters: Martha, Irilla, John, and a son who died when quite young. John Kimble, who was born in Maryland, married Nancy Ford, a na tive of North Carolina, who died about 1827. She left eight children, named respectively: Sarah, Martha, George, Giles, John, Ford, Nancy, and Ellen, all of whom married, except Nancy. The second wife of John Kimble was Sarah Morland, who died in 1852, leaving two children, Alexander and Anna. In September, 1816, John, Kimble and his family removed from their home in Maryland to Guernsey County, Ohio, the journey being ac complished in wagons, according to tlie primitive method. That county was the home of the parents until their death, the father of our subject dying in August, 1863, at the age of eighty-two years. He was a carpenter by trade and had accumulated about seventy acres of good land. Politically, he was first a Whig, and afterward a Republican. In Hartford County, Md., Giles Kimble was born January 8, 1815, and was therefore not yet two y7ears old when his parents came to Ohio. He was roared on a farm and enjoyed a limited attendance in the pioneer schools that were held in a log cabin to and from which he walked the distance of four miles. He remained under the parental roof until twenty-one years of age, and the winter following went with an older brother to Logan County, where he worked by the month until July, 1837. Pie then came to Clark County, and in Harmony Township obtained work by the month, continuing the same three years, his employer being James Turner. A short time after his marriage he began renting land, and in November, 1846, located upon ninety-four acres where he now resides. Beginning his own career without capital other than that with which nature and training had endowed him, he has made a financial success and now owns a comfortable estate of one hundred and seventy-six acres. He has reared a large family and yet has been able to place himself in a condition which promises com fort in his old age. On October 24, 1839, Mr. Kimble led to the hymeneal altar Miss Eveline, daughter of Samuel and Leah (Jones) Turner, of Harmony Township. Mrs. Kimble was born in that township, January7 27, 1823. She has borne her husband twelve children: Nancy J., Samuel, Malhewson, William, Francis, Alfred, Elizabeth A., Alzina, Aaron T., Mary E., Clara A., and Andrew. Nancy is the wife of James Baird; Samuel died when two and one-half years old; Mathewson served in Company F, Forty-eighth and Eightieth Ohio Cavalry during the war, and William who died when twenty -seven years old had served in Company F, One Hundred and Eighty-sixth Ohio Infantry; Elizabeth is the wife of Charles Hodge; Mary married Thomas Ebcrhart; and Clara is the wife of Grant McCartney7. The father of Mrs. Kimble was twice married. His first wife bore him three children, namely: Eveline (Mrs. Kimble), Nancy and Andrew. His second wife, formerly Miss Jane Sewell, reared four children : Madison, Aaron S., Franklin B. and 412 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. Abigail J. Mr. Turner and his wife were from Maryland and Pennsylvania respectively. He was n son of Samuel and Jane (Vance) Turner, and was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. PHRAIM SHELLABARGER. There is, probably, not within the limits of Clark County a more thorough or skillful farmer than the subject of this notice, who is the owner of a fine homestead on section 5, Mad River Township. Tbis embraces three hundred acres of choice land which under the careful management of the pro prietor yields annually handsome returns. It is considered one of the best stock farms in the county, being naturally7 adapted to this purpose on account of its numerous springs of water which issue in unfailing streams from the solid rock. Mr. Shellabarger in former years made a spec ialty of full-blooded Poland-China swine, but later on account of the cholera which committed great ravages among these animals, he abandoned the in dustry, although he had the most convenient ar rangements for feeding, care, etc., in the whole county. He now gives his attention mostly to the breeding of cattle and is quite extensively inter ested in bee keeping, having a thriving apiary. All his surroundings indicate more than ordinary en terprise and it is evident that he has contributed his full share in furthering the agricultural inter ests of Clark County. The Shellabarger family wa3 first represented in Mad River Township by the paternal grandfather of our subject who settled in it at a very early7 day. In the sketch of Martin Shellabarger the pa ternal uncle of our subject, will be found a more ex tended history of the family. Reuben Shellabarger, the father, was reared to farming pursuits and when starting in life for himself without other re sources than his own industry and resolution, went into debt for one hundred and twelve acres of land on section 6, Mad River Township. He put up a log house,cleared the forest around him and brought the soil to a good state of cultivation, making his home there until 1862. In the meantime he had been prospered and now purchased two hundred acres of the old Galloway farm, going into debt for this also. With the aid of his boys, however, he relieved the property from incumbrance and spent his last years in the midst of comfort and plenty. Reuben Shellabarger was a very active man in his community, holding the office of Township Trustee for years. He was also a land appraiser and one of the most prominent members of the Christian Church in which he officiated as Elder for many years prior to his death. Politically, he was a sound Democrat, a man of decided views and one who held to his convictions with all the natural strength of his character. He was temperate in all respects, using neither whisky or tobacco in any form. He departed this life at the old homestead October 27, 1889, when seventy-five years old. Of a jovial and genial disposition, he made friends wherever he went and was not only mourned by his immediate family ,but by the entire community. Mrs. Elizabeth (Baker) Shellabarger, the mother of our subject, was born in Mad River Township, Clark County, and was the daughter of Melyn Baker one of its earliest settlers. She passed away on September 5, 1873, several years prior to the de cease of her husband and like him, was an active member of the Christian Church. There had been born to them ten children of whom seven are liv ing, our subject being the eldest: Melyn, (a farmer) Minerva, (Mrs. Dolbeer) and Sarah, (Mrs Smith), are all residents of Mad River Township, Clark County; Rebecca, (Mrs. Dunkel) Elizabeth, (Mrs. Athy) and Irene, (Mrs. Miller) are all living at Enon. Ephraim Shellabarger was born at the old home stead near Enon, September 28, 1837, and spent his boyhood days after the manner of most farmer's sons, assisting in the development of the now land and obtaining such education as was afforded by the district school. He took charge of the farm at about the time of reaching his majority and re mained there until a man of twenty- seven years. In the meantime he was married, December 22, 1863, at the bride's home in Mad River Township, to Miss Jane E., daughter of Isaac N. Dolbeer. The latter was one of the earliest settlers of tbis region, to which he had emigrated from New Jer- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 413 sey. He followed various pursuits, including farm ing and served as Justice of the Peace for many years. He is still living and a resident of Spring field, being now seventy-five years old. Mrs. Shellabarger acquired a common-school edu cation and remained under the parental roof until becoming the mistress of her own home. The newly wedded pair began the journey of life together at the old Galloway farm, which the father of our sub ject had purchased, and which the latter and his brother operated in partnership until it was paid for and then received a deed for one-half of it. In 1874, he purchased his brother's interest in the property and is now the sole proprietor. In 1887, Mr. Shellabarger purchased the Francis Johnson farm of one hundred and ninety-eight acres, paying therefor the snug sum of $15,000. He thus has three farms and need not worry about being pro vided for in his old age. Like his father before him he votes the straight Democratic ticket and has been quite prominent in local affairs, serving as a delegate to the county conventions, but has stead ily declined to assume the responsibilities of office, although frequently solicited to do so. In his re ligious belief he inclines to the doctrines of the Christian Church. ffiOHN WOODROW. He with whose name we introduce this biographical outline bears the distinction of being one of the oldest Wg)) living settlers of Clark County. He is a veteran of eighty-five years, having been born April 4, 1805, and is a native of Fayette County, Pa. Few men have witnessed the growth and de velopment of the Buckeye State with warmer inter est or felt greater piide in the position which she holds to-day among the great commonwealths of the West. The immediate progenitors of our subject were James and Fanny (Stutzman) Woodrow, who were natives of Pennsylvania and the latter of German descent.- The Woodrow family traces ils ancestry to England. , James Woodrow and his estimable wife were called from earth when their son John was less than three years old, and he was then taken into the home of one Daniel Rouzer, of Miami County, this State. With him he came to Clark County when a lad of ten years. They settled in Springfield Township during its pioneer days and y7oung Woodrow remained a member of Mr. Rou- zer's family until a youth of eighteen years and until the death of his benefactor, which took place in 1823. He then struck out for himself, equipped with little more than the resources with which na ture had endowed him, having a very limited edu cation and not much experience of the world. His industry and honesty, however, secured friends for him wherever he went. When coming to Clark County, Springfield was but a hamlet of a few log huts and the country around was practically a wilderness. When about twenty-two years old Mr. Wood- row, under David Pettigrew, of Springfield, com menced an apprenticeship at wood turning, serving three y7ears, and thereafter followed this in connec tion with chair-making and the manufacture of spinning-wheels for the long period of, probably, sixty years. When a young man of twenty-four, hewas married, March 8, 1829, to Miss Mary Berry. This lady was born in Greenbrier County, Ara., November 25, 1806, and is a daughter of James and Isabel (Best) Berry, who were likewise pioneer settlers of Clark County, having emigrated hither as early as 1808. Mrs. Woodrow was then but two years old. She remained with her parents, obtaining her education in the primitive schools and becoming familiar with all useful household duties. Of her union with our subject there was born a family of seven children, only two of whom are living — David N. and Laura B. The deceased are: Mary E., AVilliam W., Martha, Sarah A. and one who died in infancy unnamed. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. AVoodrow settled in Springfield, where the family lived until removing to the present homestead in Moorefield Township, in Juno, 1888. Mr. Woodrow, besides this property, has a house and lot on Factory Street in the city of Springfield. Mrs. Woodrow, after remaining the faithful and devoted companion of her husband for a period of fifty-seven j'cars, de parted tbis life June 27, 1886. She was a lady7 of 414 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. many Christian virtues and was not only greatly mourned by her immediate family but by the en tire community. Mr. Woodrow in his religious belief inclines to the doctrines of the Presbyterian Church, with which he is associated in membership at Springfield. IpJftOBERT M. LOWRY. The Ohio Valley has ILsir long been known as a region in which fine farms abound, and Clark County is not ', without her share of those fertile and well- developed lands. One of the most beautiful and productive within her borders is located on sections 8 and 9, of Bethel Township, and comprises three hundred and twenty-four broad acres. The entire acreage is under good improvement, the house, barn, and other buildings being above the aver age, the fences well kept, and fruit ami shade trees abundant. It is owned and occupied by the gen tleman whose name stands at the head of this sketch, and who represents one of the pioneer fam ilies of the county. His life has been devoted to the pursuit of agriculture, and he has given some attention to the raising of blooded Norman horses. Mr. Lowry was born where he now resides, near Donnelsville, October 1, 1815. His father, David Lowry, was born in the Keystone State, September 17, 1767, and after growing to manhood, about the year 1795 he started westward, coming down the Ohio River on a raft to Cincinnati, whence he made his way to what is now Clark County, Ohio. Arriving here in the spring of 1795, he bought the land that is now known as the Michael Minnich farm, soon afterward returning to Pennsylvania for his parents, who spent tlieir last years here and were buried in the cemetery on the farm he pur chased, and known as the Minnich Cemeteiy. Sub sequently David Lowry sold his first purchase and bought a section of land near by, now known as the Lamme farm. This he afterward sold, buying land where our subject now resides, and on it spending the rest of his days, passing away Septem ber 9, 1859. The first house built by David Lowry was a log cabin, in which he lived many years; that in which our subject now resides was erected in 1826, settlement on this farm having been made by Mr. Lowry about the beginning of the present century. AAHien he came to this State he was a poor man, having but $1.50 when he arrived at Cincinnati, but being hard-working and enterpris ing, he became quite comfortably situated ere many years. He built and ran the first grist and saw mills in this county, which he managed success fully for many years; he also established the first paper mill in the county, and the first straw paper mill in the State of Ohio. The later years of his life were spent in farming and the culture of small fruits. His spirit was a generous one and he was deeply interested in all movements looking toward the public weal, supporting them by7 his personal influence and by his substance. For almost a life time he belonged to the Christian Church, in the work of which he took an active part. Politically, he was a sturdy AArhig and he held some of the minor offices. David Lowry was twice married, his first wife being Miss Sarah Ilamer, of this county, who bore him four children — Mary, Nancy, Elizabeth and Susan. All are deceased except the latter, who is now eighty-four years of age. The mother of our sub ject opened her eyes to the light in Botetourt County, Va., September 26, 1778, and closed them in death August 15, 1867. She had been a true helpmate to ber companion and a devoted mother to the four children whom she had borne. The names of her offspring are: Martha, David W., Robert M. and Sarah R., all now living, except the second ehild, their homes being in this county. The gentleman with whose name this sketch is introduced was reared on his father's farm, and as he was but a boy when the house in which he now lives was erected, he feels that his whole life has been spent therein. In the division of the prop erty which followed the death of his parents, the old home, located on section 9, fell to him, and to it he has added adjoining land, making of the whole one of the best farms in the county. The most casual glance over its broad expanse would con vince the observer that the owner is a master of his business and that he not only understands the PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 415 cultivation of the soil, but that he is likewise a man of good taste and thrift, as every part of the estate is neat and orderly. The choice of a companion is an important one. That of our subject fell on Miss Elizabeth Bancroft, of Benton, Ind., and a native of Canada, and his regard being reciprocated, they wore united in marriage October 15, 1844. For more than forty- years Mrs. Lowry assisted her husband by her counsels and prudent management of household affairs, and cheered his home by her graceful, womanly presence. She was born October 4, 1820, in what was then known as Upper Canada, and died at her home in this county, November 11, 1887, at the age of sixty -seven years. She was the mother of five children — Selina E., John A., Martha J., David O. and James 0.,all being doceased,except the latter. They all died in infancy except Martha J., who died in her sixteenth year. David Lowry was rated as being the greatest hunter in this section of the country7, and was credited with having killed more bears and deer than any man in this part of the State. OSCAR M. MARQUART, M. D. No citizen of Osborn, Greene County, is better known throughout the surrounding country than the above named gentleman, who is the leading physician of that thriving town, having an exten sive practice and unbounded popularity. His pro fessional skill is exerted on behalf of residents in the four counties of Montgomery, Miami, Clark and Greene, and he is called to a considerable dis tance in each. He is well read in medicine and sur gery, possessing an excellent education in other branches, and has the judgment requisite to make his theoretical knowledge of practical benefit, being consequently more than ordinarily successful as a practitioner. Having also an upright character and social nature, he is well entitled to the respect which he receives from all who know him. The family of which Dr. Marquart is so worthy a scion, is traped back to France, the name being originally Marquette. Members of the family moved into Holland, whence the great-grandfather of our subject came to America, the name having boon changed by the removals to its present form. Peter Marquart, the grandfather of our subject, was born iu AVest Virginia, and after the death of his father, came with his mother to Claik County, Ohio. They bought Government land and begin ning at the bottom he worked his way to a position of substantial finances and standing in the com munity. Although a carpenter and joiner by trade he followed farming principally. He was a man of enterprise in his personal affairs and public spirited as a citizen. The next in the direct line of descent is William Marquart, who was born in Pike Township, Clark County, and is now living a retired life in Spring field. He has been one of the most prominent physi cians of the county, as he is one of the best informed and most skillful. He was reared in that part of the county which was his birthplace, and his mother dying when he was small he had to make his own way without home care and training. For some time he was engaged in school teaching and begin ning the study of medicine, he saved sufficient money to pay his expenses, and was graduated from the Cleveland College of Medicine. He began pratice at his old home at North Hampton, where he worked up a good practice and acquired a repu tation as a successful physician. , Finally ho re moved to a farm in Bethel Township, although he still paid the most of his attention to his profes sion. He became the owner of six hundred acres of land in Mad River Valley, overseeing the work upon it, but finally removing to his present home and retiring from active life. He is now sixty- eight years of age. In politics he is a Republican. The wife of Dr. William Marquart is a native of Bethel Township, Clark County, who bore the maiden name of Martha Layton. She is a daughter of Maline Layton, an Eastern man who was au early settler in Ohio, where he entered land and was a very successful tiller of the soil. She possesses a bright and active mind and a noble character, is a member of tbe Christian Church, and has always endeavored to live in accordance with her profes sion of belief. She has borne eight children, three of whom are deceased. The subject of this sketch is the oldest of the survivors; the next is Alice, 416 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. whose home is in Springfield; AVilliam is studying dentistry in that city; Ella, Mrs. Beard, resides there, and Florence is attending AVittenburg Col lege. Dr. Marquart of this notice was born June 5, 1858, and reared on the farm near Springfield, re ceiving his fundamental education in the town schools. He then entered the High Schools in the city to which his father had removed, and after completing the course of study there and leceiving a diploma, he entered Wilts Commercial College at Dayton, from which he was graduated with a thor ough business training. He took up the profession of pedagogy but after a time became a book-keeper for a Springfield firm. Having always had a liking for the medical profession he finally obtained his father's consent to adopt it, and began the study of Therapeutics with his parent. In the fall of 1881, young Marquart entered the Miami Medical College at Cincinnati, from which he was graduated in 1884, with the degree of Doc tor (>f Medicine. Locating at Enon, Clark County, he practiced there some sixteen months, when, see ing a better opening in Osborn, Greene County, he removed to this place in 1885, and opened an office here. He stands at the head of his profession, the secret of his success being perseverance, energy, hard work, and a determination to keep himself thoroughly well informed in all that pertains to his profession. His skill has been recognized by so cieties and he is Examining Physician for the Union Central Insurance Company of Cincinnati, and for the Mutual Benefit Company of Newark, N. J., and the Equitable of New York. He owns town lots, his own office building, and a nice home which is presided over by a young lady of grace and re finement. Ths companion with whom Dr. Marquart was united in marriage at Lawrence, Kan., September 22, 1886, was formerly Miss Fannie Dunlap. She was born in Greenfield, Ross County, and is a daughter of Shepherd Dunlap, who removed to Lawrence, Kan., a few years ago, and is now living there retired from the agricultural work in which he was formerly engaged. Mrs. Marquart received a considerable part of her education in Springfield, this State, but completed her studies at the Kansas State University at Lawrence, after which she be came a teacher in the city schools, continuing her professional labors until her marriage. Her intelli gent Christian womanhood wins for her unbounded respect and friendly esteem. Her happy union with our subject has been blessed by the birth of two children — Ruth and Robin. Dr. Marquart is a charter member of the Knights of Pythias organization in Osborn, and holds the office of Chancellor Commander. He belongs to the Greene County Medical Society and the South western Ohio Medical Association. In politics he is a stanch Republican. Mrs. Marquart belongs to the Presbyterian Church. ^t OHN SWONGER. As a pioneer of Clark County, and one who by his well-directed labors has promoted its agricultural devel opment, it gives us pleasure to represent this gentleman, a resident of Springfield for more than half a century, in this Biographical Album. Bora April 15, 1818, the birthplace of our subject was in Cumberland County, Pa. His father, Mich ael Swonger, was a native of the same State, born in Lancaster County. His father bore the same name as himself, and but little else is known of his history, except that he was a farmer, who carried on his vocation for sometime in Lancaster County, and thence removed to Cumberland County, where he died and was gathered to his fathers. The father of our subject was young when his parents removed to Cumberland County to live, and there he was reared and married, Mary Alburt, a native of the county becoming his wife. He al ways followed farming, and spent the most of his life in Cumberland County, where he closed his useful career at a ripe age. The mother of our subject lived in her native county until she was ad vanced in years, and then came to Ohio and passed the remainder of her life in the home of a daugh ter in Logan County. He of whom we write was quite young when his father departed this life, and he was obliged to earn his own living from a very early age. From the PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 417 time he was eight years old until he was fourteen, he was given $1 a month and his board for his services, and in those days boys worked from day light until dark in the long days of the year. After he was fourteen his wages were advanced until he earned $7 a month. He continued to work out by the month for some years, and in the meantime he married and established a home, his wedding with Miss Mary A. Stayman taking place in January, 1838. Mrs. Swongcr's father, Joseph Stayman, was born near Carlisle, Pa., and his fa ther, bearing the same name, was, so far as known, a life-long resident of that State, where he carried on the occupation of a farmer. Mrs. Swonger's father learned the trades of a miller and distiller, and after coming to Ohio, operated a flourmill west of town for a time, and then removed into Springfleld, and opened a hotel on Main Street, between Limestone aud Market Streets. He man aged his hotel a few years and then took up his residence in Clermont County, where he engaged in farming until his busy life was rounded out by death. The maiden name of his wife was Barbara Myers, and she was born near Carlisle, Pa., a daughter of a United Brethren preacher. She spent her last days with her daughters in Springfield and Wooster, and died while a resident of the latter city. Mr. and Mrs. Swonger's marriage has given them eight children — Joseph, William, Emma, Anna, John W., Chrissie, Eddie and Susan. Joseph married Hattie Pennoll; William married Margaret AValters; John died when quite young; Chrissie married Henry Fenstormacher; Susan died in in fancy ; Anna became the wife of R. C. Bell. Mr. and Mrs. Swonger have ten grandchildren and three great-grandchildren living. In 1838, our subject, who had been prudent and had labored hard, and had carefully saved his earn ings, determined to try life in a pioneer country in the hope of bettering his condition, and in the month of November he started with his wife and their first-horn, and his wife's parents, for Ohio, making the journey with a wagon and a pair of horses and a carriage with one horse attached. Af ter traveling fifteen days they arrived in Clark County, and from their remembrance of the coun try as it then appeared, they can have a just appre ciation of tho marvelous changes that have occurred to make Springfield, then a village, a large and flourishing city, the metropolis of a wealthy and finely developed county. Our subject at flrst rented land in the southern part of the county for a few years, and then bought the land that he now owns and occupies. At the time of purchase it was heavily timbered, and though only one mile from the center of the village, wild turkeys and other game was to be found on it. Since then Springfield has spread out until the boundary lines extend far beyond his homestead, which is now in the centre of a densely populated community. By his practical skill as an intelligent agriculturist, backed by incessant toil, he cleared his land and developed a desirable, well-improved farm, which has become very valuable with the rapid growth of the city. Here he and his wife who have lived together more than half a century, aro passing the declining years of their virtuous and well-spent lives in a comfortable home, enjoy ing the competence that is the result of their united labors. Their quiet beneficence and unostentatious charity, neighborly helpfulness, and other pleasant traits have gained them a warm place in the hearts of all about them, and they command universal re spect from the community where they have lived so long. They zPkc both devoted members of the St. Paul Methodist Episcopal Church, having joined when quite young, and have always been consistent in their professions of religion. <~**>- <¥*¥ T||OHN HAUSE is an early settlor of Clark County, his home being on section 21 , Moore field Township. The estate comprises one hundred and twenty acres of excellent laud, well improved and carefully cultivated, and is a standing monument to the industry, prudence, and integrity which have characterized the life of the owner. In a financial sense he is a self-made man, and it is but just that after the arduous labors of earlier years, he should now be able to spend his days in comfort and a degree of rest, although he if not ready to give up all share in life's labors. 418 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 7.t would be easy for those acquainted with national traits to trace his ancestry to Germany, whence his paternal progenitors came, and to find in him some characteristics of the Irish race from which his ma ternal ancestois are said to have sprung. The subject of this sketch is a native of Lan caster Coi|nty, Pa., where he was born July 8, 1811. He is the third son in a large family of children born to Daniel and Elizabeth (McNeal) Hause, who were also natives of the Keystone State. He grew to manhood in his native county, with but meager educational advantages in his boyhood and circum stances compelled him to begin hard work when quite young. His father died about 1825 and our subject then became the mainstay of the family. In 1832 he came to Clark County, Ohio, in company with David Rigel, who afterward became his father- in-law. The journey was performed in a covered wagon, over rough roads, more than five weeks being occupied en route. The journey was some what lengthened however, by the death of a daughter of Mr. Rigel, while they were on their way. Mr. Hause and a brother found their first occu pation in the Buckeye State in cutting eighty cords of wood, for which they received twenty-five cents per cord and two meals per day7. This labor was performed for Henry Becktle for«whom our subject afterward repaired a mill in Springfield Township. For about five years he worked at carpentery7, after which he devoted himself to agricultural labor, taking possession of his present farm about 1855. He also owns property in Springfield. As will readily be seen by the date of his arrival in this State, he has been identified with the pioneer work of the county to a considerable extent. After the old Barnett road, running east from Springfield, was laid out, he was the first man to pass over it with a team of horses. In 1840, he helped to build a log cabin which was hauled on a wagon in the Harrison Campaign, the wagon also containing thirty -two men, representing the States in the Union. A span of black horses belonging to him was hitched to it, as were also the teams of some of the neighbors. Mr. Hause has continued to support the political principles to which he first gave his vote aud *or some years past has been a member of the Repub lican party, which embodies the old AVhig doctrines in its platform. For many years ho has acted as Road Supervisor and he has also served his fellow men in the capacity of School Director. His in fluence is ever given to tbat which tends to the elevation of society and in his daily life he endeav ors to carry out the doctrines of Christianity, both he and his wife being consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Few couples in this section of country bave spent more years in wedded life than Mr. and Mrs. Hause, who were united in marriage October 25, 1832, and who have therefore shared each other's joys and sorrows for nearly sixty years. They have had fourteen children, of whom five are now living. These are: Mattie; Barbara, wife of Joshua Smith, whose home is in Springfield; Louisa,wifeof O.Smith of the same city; Sarah, wife of John Ober, also of Springfield; and Harriet, wife of A. H. Kitchen, of this county. Mrs. Hause was born in Lancaster County, Pa., November 14, 1812, to David and Elizabeth (Smith) Rigel, and bears her mother's given name. She is of German descent. Her grandfather Rigel shod horses for the American army during the Revolutionary AVar, and a hammer which he then used is carefully preserved by the granddaughter and her husband. Another heir loom which they prize very highly, is a history of the Bible, published in 1660, in German, and which was also handed down in the Rigel family. HE FIELD CORDAGE COMPANY. This g^ enterprise, which holds an important posi tion among the business interests of Xenia, was organized in June, 1876, with Samuel M. Alli son as President; John Little, A'ice-President ; C. L. Spencer, Secretary ; A. F. Frazer, Treasurer, and Jacob Baldner, Superintendent. Mr. Baldncr is one of the stockholders, and interested in the concern is J. M. Field, of the firm of Marshall Field & Co.,of Chicago, and who resides in Manchester, England. Mr. Field is a relative of Mr. Allison, through whose influence the latter was led to invest in this 34^0. fa* *J—~ PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 421 enterprise, and largely through his efforts the company was organized at this place. The Field Cordage Company since its first es tablishment has added a number of buildings to the plant, including a large mill for the manufact ure of jute and American hemp, and gives employ ment probably to three hundred men. The concern at once assumed a sound basis, its product being in great demand, and the facilities which they were enabled to take advantage of enabling them to place their product upon the market at a very saleable price. The business has been chiefly under tho management of Mr. Allison, who gives to it his en tire time and attention and who has signalized him self as the right man for the place. (41 WALLU J-ILLIAM P. MADDEN, M. D. The sub- of this notice became a resident of da in 1885, and for two years there after was engaged in the drug business, as a sort of partial relief from a long and arduous practice as a physician, during which time his health had become greatly impaired. He began the study of medicine, in 1873, with Dr. J. H. Wesher, of Kirksville, Mo., and in due time entered the Ec lectic Institute, of Cincinnati, from which he was graduated in 1875. He then located in Cedarville, this county, which remained his home until bis re moval to Xenia. A native of County Galway, Ireland, the sub ject of this sketch was born March 14, 1842, and is the son of Michael and Joana (Flemming) Mad den, who were also of Irish birth and parentage. M'ichael Madden came to the United States about 1844, stopping for a time in New Orleans and thence coming to Cincinnati, this State. Ho finally located in Springfield, Ohio, in the vicinity of which he has since resided. In the fall of 1847 he sent for his wife and family, the latter compris ing two sons, and occupied himself thereafter as a farmer. He was a distiller in the Old Country. After the removal of the family to America two more children were born, and the mother passed away in 1859. William P., of this sketch, was the eldest child; Thomas died in Ireland; Michael is a resident of Marion County, this State; Anna is the wife of William Laybourn, of Springfield. Young Madden spent his boyhood days on the farm, and pursued his early studies in the common school. At the outbreak of the Civil War he was a youth approaching the eighteenth year of his age, and on the 9th of October, 1861, he enlisted as a Union soldier in Company I, Forty-fourth Ohio Infantry, being mustered in at Springfield. After serving his first term he re-enlisted in the same regiment, but was transferred to the Eighth Ohio Cavalry, and mustered in for three years, January 31, 1864. On account of the close of the war, he served less than a year, being mustered out May 30, 1865, by special order of the War Department, as one of the survivors of the ill- fated steamer "Sultana," which was blown up near Memphis. Dr. Madden first saw the smoke of battle at Floyd Mountain, W. Va., and subsequently was at Lewisburg, Somerset and Knoxville under Gen. Burnside; he was also in the battles of Strawberry Plains, Stanton and Lynchburg, Va., being cap tured at the latter place June 18, 1864. He was confined in Andersonville prison nearly a year, being exchanged April 1, 1865, at Big Black River. With others he boarded the "Sultana" which was to convey them to Cairo, III., and at the time of the melancholy disaster which has be come a part of war history, Dr. Madden was one of the few to escape with his life by jumping from the boat. Out of twenty-three hundred and thirty-four men, seventeen hundred perished, all of whom had previously suffered in Anderson ville prison. In the leap for life which he made, Dr. Madden received considerable injury, from which he suffered long afterward, but on account of the difficulty in securing evidence he never asked for a pension. On his return home he en gaged in farming for a short time, and then de cided to take up the study of medicine. Dr. Madden was first married January 28, 1868, near Springfield, Ohio, to Miss Zeruiah J., daugh ter of Reed and Mary (Skillins) Laybourn, and there were bora to them three children, namely : Anna B„ born January 28, 1869, died August 17, 422 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 1869; Pearl Reed, born August 11, 1870, is now living, and at home with his father; Whitlaw L.. born May 21, 1877, died January 29, 1878. Mrs. Dr. Madden died January 28, 1883, and the Doc tor contracted a second marriage May 6, 1885, with Miss Hattie, daughter of Nixon G. and Han nah (AVilson) Brown; they have no children. The Doctor and his estimable wife are highly respected in social circles; religiously, she is a Hicksile Friend, and both worship at the Presbyterian Church. Under their hospitable roof tlieir many friends are always welcomed and pleasantly enter tained. A lithographic portrait of Dr. Madden is shown elsewhere iu this work. -»*>->- a^>£&&f&*^- /p^EORGE KRAPP, one of the leading grocers (If ,— -, and provision dealers of Springfield, has ^^5j made his mark in the business world by his untiring energy7 in the prosecution of his work and by his financial ability, and has placed himself among tbe substantial moneyed men of the city. He is a fine representative of the sturdy, intelligent German element that has done so much in the building up of the commercial, agricultural and in dustrial interests of our country ,though he has been a citizen of the United States for so many years, coming here ere he had attained bis majority, that he has become thoroughly Americanized. Our subject was born in the city of Baden-Hausen, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, November 13, 1833, a son of Andrew Krapp, born in the same city in 1800. He, in turn, was a son of another An drew Krapp, who was a native of the same city, and was a weaver by occupation, and spent his en tire life in the Fatherland. In accordance with the laws of his country he was obliged to serve as a soldier, and during ,the American Revolution he was in the Hessian Army, and his regiment was hired by the British Government, and was de spatched to this country, but before it arrived the war closed and it was ordered back. Tho father of our subject was reared and edu cated in his native land and early learned the trade of a weaver, which he followed many years, spend ing his whole life in the land of his birth, his death occurring in 1886. His wife, whose maiden name was Katherine Kern, was a native of the same city as himself, and a daughter of Peter Kern, also a native and life-long resident of that city, where he carried on the trade of a shoemaker. The mother of our subject died in 1877. His three brothers, Peter, Joachim and Balthaser, passed their entire lives in the old country, George being the only member of the family who ever came to America. Mr. Krapp passed the early years of his life in the city of his birth, and in its schools gleaned an excellent education, and as soon as old enough learned the trade that his father and grandfather had followed before him. He inherited musical talent, which was carefully cultivated, and he was given lessons on the cornet and violin and became a proficient performer on both instruments. He had heard much of the United States of America, and of the many superior advantages for making money and building up a comfortable home, and he deter mined to avail himself of them, to go forth from his old home and see something of tbe world and find out what life held for him here. Accordingly, he set sail from Frankfort August 26. 1852, aud proceeding to Liverpool, embarked there on a ves sel bound for New York, where he landed on the 3d of October, a stranger iu a strange land, with no knowledge of the English language, and with but $5 in his pocket. He was full of courage, how ever, and was undismayed at the prospect before him, and soon found friends in that city, from whom he borrowed money enough to take him to Pittsburg. There he wisely apprenticed himself to learn the trade of an upholsterer, as he thought he could do better at that than at his old calling. After serving six months, he went to Louisville, Ky., and as he did not find work at his newly-ac quired trade, he sensibly took employment of a different kiud, and for three months busied himself in a brickyard, receiving $12 a month. We next find him utilizing his talent as a musician, engag ing with a traveling troupe in Indiana, but at the end of six months he was obliged to give that up and return to Louisville sick. As soon as he re covered, he engaged at his trade in that city, two PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 423 months, and was then employed at carpet weaving six months. After that he learned the trade of a cigar-maker, and followed it there until 1861. In that year he came to Springfield, and followed his trade here until 1864, when he established himself in the grocery business. He bad been very indus trious and had prudently saved his earnings so that he had accumulated sufficient capital to make him independent, and he did well in that venture. In 1871 he sold out his business, as he had a strong desire to see once more his old home and the once familiar faces of relatives and friends, for in every true man's heart the land of one's birth and the ties of kinship are sacredly cherished. He crossed the water, and for six months gave himself up to the enjoyment of once more treading his native soil, and revisiting the scenes of his youth, and to the pleasure of seeing old friends. He then re turned to his adopted country to recommence his busy life in this city. He opened a grocery and meat store, and has since devoted himself assidu ously to carrying on the business, which under his skillful management has grown and flourished to a remarkable degree, his efforts having been followed by more than ordinary success. He has so pros pered that he has been enabled to erect a fine building for his business. It is a substantial throe- story brick, with a frontage of ninety-nine feet on West Main Street, at the corner of South Plum, aud is divided into five ample,well-appointed stores. His dwelling, which is attached to his store, and faces on Plum Street, is comfortably and conve niently arranged, and is one of the most desirable in the vicinity. To the lady who shares this pleasant abode with him, and has so cheerfully aided him in its upbuild ing, he was united in marriage in 1855. She is a native of the same city as himself, and her maiden name was Susanna Altvater. To them have come four children : Matilda, George, Jr.,Kate and Harry. Mr. Krapp is a fine type of the genus homo known as a self-made man, who, while working for his own interests, has forwarded those of his adopted city, as every man who is successful in business must of necessity materially promote the welfare of the community where he resides. In all his dealings he has ever been guided by the principles of hon esty and truth, and his business has flourished ac cordingly, and his position in financial circles is of the best. True to the religion of his fathers, St. Luke's German Church finds in him a faithful mem ber and a generous supporter. In his political views ho sides with the Democratic party, believing its policy the safest to be pursued in the government of this great nation. -fc— |r^EV. JAMES FOYIL MORTON, pastor of |Wfi| the Reformed Presbyterian Church at Ced- @k\ arville, assumed charge of this pastorate in May, 1863, having been recently gradu ated from the Monmouth, (111.) College. The fact that he has since remained with the congregation through the vicissitudes of nearly twenty-seven years, attests the fidelity with which he has la bored and the success which has crowned his efforts. Tho church tlirough his instrumentality has in creased largely in numbers and influence, becoming a power in religious circles in Southern Ohio. The subject of this notice was born in Lincoln County, Tenn., January 18, 1828, and is the son of James and Mary Foyil (Breckcnridge) Morton, who were natives of South Carolina and removed early in life to Tennessee where they were married. There the mother died in 1828. Mr. Morton, sub sequently in 1841, emigrated to Illinois with his family and followed farming until his death. James F. was reared amid the quiet scenes of country life and pursued his first studies in the district school. AVhen approaching manhood he occupied himself as a teacher during the winter season and in sum mer worked on the farm until the early part of 1859, then entered Monmouth College, where he was graduated in the college class of 1861, and in the Theological class in 1862, with a license to preach by the Western Presbytery of the Reformed Pres byterian Church. In 1863 he assumed charge of the Cedarville Congregation, over which he has since continuously presided. The Reformed Presbyterian Church of Cedar ville was organized about 1810, being the flrst church of that denomination in the Presbytery, and 424 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. from data obtained in a history written by Robert C. Reid, it appears that in 1804, David Mitchell of Kentucky with his wife and James Miller and fam ily from Scotland, settled on Clarke's Run and or ganized a prayer-meeting. In the spring of 1808, James Reid and family took an active part. In the fall of the same year. William Moreland settled near and also joined the infant society. The first preaching was in 1809 by the Rev. Thomas Donelly and John Kell, then a licentiate. Shortly afterward the Rev. John Black of Pitts burg visited tbe society and received Mr. and Mrs. James Reid who were the first regularly accepted members of the church. Mr. Black organized sessions and the next Sabbath preached a sermon in a log bara on what is known as the Dallas farm. On that day the ordinance of baptism was first ad ministered in the congregation, the parties inter ested being William and Joseph Reid. At this time there were about ten members. During the next few years eight or ten families joined, but for a time there was very little preaching, owing to the want of a building. Meetings were held in barns and residences, the latter being for the most part small log houses. The first church edifice was built in 1812 on Mr. Miller's farm, seven miles from Xenia. This was a rude log structure, twenty-two feet square, chinked with clay and the floor was of rough planks without joining or matching. The clap board roof was held in place by weight poles. The first regular preacher was the Rev. John Kell, who for six years supplied the pulpit about once a month., giving this congregation about one quarter of his time. The first regular pastor was the Rev. Jonathan Gill, who settled here in 1816 and re mained until 1823. Then on account of inadequate support he requested to be released and the pastor al relation was dissolved. The Rev. Gavin McMillan then took charge and preached about one quarter of his time until 1829. In the meantime, in 1824, a new church building was erected on the banks of Massies Creek, six miles from Xenia and two miles from Cedarville. This was a stone edifice, 40x36 feet in dimensions. In the fall of 1829 the Rev. Hugh McMillan, brother of Gavin, accepted the pastorate, which he held until his death, in October, 1860. He was greatly lamented by the whole community. At the time he took charge there were but sixty-six communi cants, but a number of his parishioners in the South followed him to his new location and greatly in creased his flock. At his death only throe of the original subscribers were living, namely — Robert, John and AArilliam Reid, who have since passed away. In 1833 there was a division in the congrega tion, thirty-eight of the sixty-five members going to another synod. This caused some trouble about the occupancy of the church, which was settled by allowing those who left to use it every fourth Sab bath and two Sabbaths in succession when they had communion. In 1839 the original society built a new church on a lot near the old one. This was a brick structure 45x55 feet in dimensions. In 1848 members living in Xenia received permission to the have a distinct organization, fifty-five members taking leave at that time. They called on the Rev. Mr. McMillan to become their pastor but after mature consideration he declined and removed to Cedarville, where his earthly labors were ended. In 1853 the brick church was torn down and rebuilt in a more central location in the village of Cedarville. This structure is of brick, 45x67 feet in dimensions and has in it much of the material of the old stone church of 1824-39. In May, 1863, Rev. J. F. Morton, the subject of this notice as sumed charge of the congregation with which he has so faithfully labored and to such a good pur pose. There are now five distinct classes or societies which hold regular prayer-meetings, some of them meeting once a week and others once or twice a month. The Sabbath-school numbers two hundred or more members and is in a flourishing condition. There are twenty-one classes including seven Bible classes. The average attendance is about one hun dred and fifty. This includes all classes and ages. Of those enrolled,over one hundred are from outside the congregation, consisting mostly of the very poor or those who receive no other religious instruction. These are sought out by the faithful teachers and members, who, when it is necessary, furnish them with food and clothing at the expense of the congre- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 425 gation. Under such Christian influence and benevo lence many of them become exemplary men and women. The church is thus doing good missionary work. Pastor and people labor in the utmost har mony, endeavoring to follow the teachings of the Master. Rev. James F. Morton was joined in wedlock with Miss Martha Blair, June 3, 1863, at the bride's home near Sparta, 111. This lady was born in Ten nessee and is the daughter of James and Jane Blair, who were residents of the same place in Illinois but are now both deceased. They removed to the Prairie State at an early day and their daughter Martha was educated in the High School of Sparta, where later she followed the profession of a teacher a number of years. Early in life she also became connected with the Reformed Presbyterian Church. There were bora of this union six children, the eld est of whom a son, Cargill M., married Miss Anna Stewart of Clifton, Ohio, and is now a prominent business man of Cedarville, Mary and James died at the ages of Ave and three years respectively ; Calvin Crawford is attending college at Monmouth, 111.; Martha Lulu and Jennie Belie are attending school at Cedarville. Dr. Morton had always main tained a warm interest in the temperance question and some time since identified himself with the Prohibition party, with the principles of which his congregation is mostly in sympathy, a few members, however, still adhering to the old parties. He is held in high esteem in his community, having made for himself a worthy record, both in religious and social circles. vs <^^-o*o.. ¦*• — £p^ OLOMON WILSON, who departed this life July 6, 1862, at his home in Miami Town ship, Greene County, was a representative pioneer of Southern Ohio, and a good man in the broadest sense of the word. AVhen this can be truthfully said of a man it implies much. Mr. Wilson was born in Virginia, December 16, 1818, and emigrated to Ohio in 1833, settling in Miami Township, and thereafter followed farming con tinuously until his death. On the 22d of December, 1847. Mr. Wilson was joined in wedlock with Miss Sarah B. Baker, who was born in Miami, July 23, 1825. Mrs. Wilson comes of a good family, being the sister of Dan Baker, who is represented elsewhere in this vol ume. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. .Wilson, for a period of eight years, occupied the farm now owned by Mrs. James Miller,* in Miami Township. They then removed to the farm where Mrs. Wilson now resides, and thereafter devoted their energies to its improvement and cultivation. It was but very little removed from its primitive condition, the only improvement upon it being a log house. About 1859 the present residence was erected, and ^A^ PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 431 Mr. Wilson from year to y7ear added the improve ments naturally suggested to the enterprising and progressive farmer. A man of more than ordinary intelligence, Mr. Wilson acquired a good education, and it was ofben remarked that he would have been a success as a teacher, as he was fully qualified, having com pleted his studies in the high school at Xenia. He was liberal and public spirited, taking an active part in politics, and gave his allegiance to the Democratic party. He held the office of Supervi sor, and also served as Trustee in his school dis trict. He kept himself thoroughly informed upon the leading events, and was a man of sound judg ment and one whose opinions were generally re spected. There was born of this congenial union a family of seven children. The eldest, a daughter, Mary, died when nearly four years old ; Thomas married Miss Laura Littleton, and is the father of one child, and makes his home in Springfield; Huldah and Belle are unmarried and remain at home with their mother; Brinton married Miss Abbie Elerick; they live in Texas and have four children ; Will iam married Miss Florence Hughes; he is the father of one child and they live in Monticello, 111.; Solomon is unmarried and operates the home farm. Mrs. Wilson, with her children who are at homo, belongs to the Presbyterian Church. Her son Solomon, who possesses,Jn a marked degree, the worthy qualities of his honored father, votes the straight Republican ticket, and has been Road Supervisor in his district for the last four years. The farm embraces one hundred acres of land, and is devoted to general agriculture and stock- raising. The Wilson family is held in high respect in the community, being numbered among the representative citizens of Miami Township. —5 eg^f* s~ OL. ROBERT .L. KILPATRICK. Few of those patriotic men who participated in the fierce struggle to maintain the Union, mer ited or received greater honor than was the re ward of valor on the part of this retired army officer, who now resides in Springfield, and a litho graphic portrait of whom, on the opposite page, will be noticed by the reader. In 1861, at the first call for troops he raised a company, of which he was chosen Captain. It was known as Company B, Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was organized April 20; its nucleus was a part of the old Highland Guard, of Cincinnati, of which the Colonel had for merly been a member. Before going into the field, they re-enlisted for three years, then went to the front, where they distinguished themselves for dauntless bravery, and won the admiration of other regiments as well as of their superior officers. On January 5, 1862, Capt. Kilpatrick with his regiment participated in the battle of Blue's Gap, Va., and on June 9, of the same year took part in the well fought battle of Port Republic. In the latter engagement Col. Kilpatrick, then Gaptain, was captured during the retreat from that battlefield, and confined at Lynchburg, Ya., thence was taken to Salisbury, N. C, and later to Libby prison, being incarcerated in those loathsome prison pens for two months and eleven days. He was then paroled, but understanding that he was exchanged he went to Covington, Ky., and was there engaged in drilling and organizing the hastily raised levies in Kentucky during the time of the Kirby Smith raid. After ascertaining that ho was on parole he desired to be relieved, but the Commander, Col. Shinkle, who could not well dispense with his ser vices, persuaded him to remain, which he did until the rebels left the vicinity. From Covington be proceeded to Camp Lew Wallace, near Columbus, where he was Provost Marshal of the camp until November, 1862. Then joining his regiment at Harper's Ferry, he was present at the defense of Dumfries, Va., December 27, 1862, and on January 8, 1863, was promoted from a captaincy to be a Lieutenant-Colonel. Col. Kilpatrick commanded the regiment in the battle of Chaneellorsville, May 1, 2 and 3, 1863. Before noon on the third day of this famous en gagement he was severely wounded in the right arm, which necessitated amputation at the shoulder joint; also very severely wounded in the left thigh. He was taken to the Washington Hotel in Washington, D. C, where he was nursed by his 432 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. wife until his recovery. Then joining his regiment at Louisville, Ky., he commanded it at the battle of Mill Creek Gap, Ga., May 8, 1864, also was present at the battle of Resaca, May 14 and 15. On the night of the 15th the regiment was detailed under command of Col. Kilpatrick, to cut out and bring off four pieces of artillery and a flag from the rebel redoubt. They faithfully performed their duty and the Colonel, under whose command they were, at the head of his regiment, received the thanks of Col. Cobham, who commanded a brigade in that part of the Union line. The regiment had the advance of the Army of the Cumberland, and, after crossing Pumpkin Vine Creek, May 25, they encountered the advance of the Confederate Army. A sanguinary engagement took place and such were the fearful odds against the Union defenders that the regiment lost about one-fourth of its men in twenty minutes. Nevertheless they steadily main tained their position until re-enforcements arrived. The last battle in which the Colonel participated was that of New Hope Church, which lasted from May 25 until June 1. On the 17th of August, 1864, his regiment having been reduced to fifty men, on account of the many casualties, and of the fact that the three j7ears for which most of his men enlisted had expired, he resigned his commission and September 28, following, was appointed Captain of the Veteran Reserve Corps. In November, 1864, he was appointed Assistant Provost Marshal of the military district of AVash- ington, also Commander of Forest Hall Prison. After filling this position for a few months he was ordered January 18, 1865, to Alexandria, Ara., and was on duty with the Provost Mashal of the de fenses south of the Potomac. On May 8 of thesame year, he returned to Washington, and was on' duty with the provisional cavalry until August, 1865, and was then assigned to Company G, Sixth Regi ment Reserve Corps. He remained stationed with his regiment at Johnson's Island, Ohio, until De cember, 1865. Being mustered out of volunteer service June 30, 1 866, he was, on July 28, the same year, appointed Captain of the Forty- second United States Infantry, and was on recruiting service in Brooklyn and Albany until April 15, 1867. Thence he was transferred to Hart's Island, New York Harbor, and on May 9, the same year, went to Sackett's Harbor, in command of Company F, until May 4, 1868. From May, 1868, until May, 1869, he was Commander of the post of Ft. Ontario, N. Y., and from June 3, 1869, to February 10, 1870, was Military Commissioner of the Eleventh District of Virginia, including Charles City and New Kent Counties; also Superintendent of registration and election, and remained in the Old Dominion until February 10, 1870. From that time until the 15th of the ensuing December he was on recruiting ser vice in New York City, and was then retired with tho full rank of Colonel. In the volunteer service he was brevetted Major and Lieuteant-Colonel for gallant and meritorious services during the war, and in the regular army was brevetted Major for gal lantry at the battle of Port Republic, June 9, 1862, and brevetted Lieutenant-Colonel for gallantry at the battle of Chancellorsville, Va. The reader will be interested in the principal facts concerning the personal history of one whose pub lic record has become so widely known. Col. Kil patrick was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scot land, April 20, 1825, and belongs to the Dalgar- nock branch of the Kilpatrick family7. Tracing his ancestry back a few generations we find that his great-grandfather, Hugh Kilpatrick, was born on a a farm in Dumfries-shire, Scotland, and was reared to agricultural pursuits. In his early manhood he went to Paisley, then but a small town, where he engaged in the lumber business; he was a member of the firm of Kilpatrick & Middy and resided there until his death. The maiden name of his wife, the great-grandmother of our subject, was Jean Pinkerton, who lived to the great age of ninety-four. She also spent her last years in Pais ley. The grandfather of Col. Kilpatrick, likewise named Hugh, was born in Paisley and learned to weave the celebrated Paisley shawls. He finally became owner of a shop and looms employing sev eral men in that business and spending the closing days of his life in his native town. He was an Elder in the Abbey Church, an edifice which was erected in the eleventh century and is still stand ing. His wife bore the maiden name of Bell Mon roe, and died in Paisley. Among the children she PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 433 bore her husband was James, the father of Col. Kil patrick. In Paisley, wherp he was born January 1, 1800, James Kilpatrick passed his youth, and at an early age learned the trade of a weaver, but when still quite young joined the British Army as a member of the regiment known as the Scotch Grays. After a time his father purchased his dis-, charge, and [he, returning to his home, married Miss Janet Lang, who also passed the earlier portion of her life in that Scottish town. About five or six years after his marriage James Kilpatrick took service under the government at St. John's New foundland, where he died when about thirty-five years old. The maternal grandfather of our subject, Robert Lang, was a native of Paisley and was the son of Peter Lang,who was born on a farm near Kilpatrick, Dumbartonshire, Scotland. Peter Lang was one of a family of nineteen children, all of whom lived to manhood and womanhood. Peter Lang, after spending his youth on the homestead, went to Paisley, where he died at a ripe old age. His wife was in youth Miss Katherine McKeller. Like some other ancestors of Col. Kilpatrick, Robert Lang, his maternal grandfather, learned the trade of a silk weaver, and lived and died in Pais ley. He married Miss Margaret Lang, a native of Greenock, Renfrewshire. In 1851, the mother of our subject came to America, joining her brother Robert, in Cincinnati. She was the mother of C ¦ thtee children, the eldest of whom died in infancy ; the second, a daughter, Margaret, married and died in Scotland. The mother made her home in Cin cinnati, and her death occurred while on a visit to her son, Robert L., October 30, 1874. He, of whom this sketch is written, attended schpdl quite regularly in his boyhood, and when a youth of sixteen joined the British Army, becom ing a member of the Twenty-fourth Regiment, in which he served eleven months. Afterward he was transferred to the Forty-second Regiment, which was well-known as the "Black Watch." From the history of the State of Ohio, published by Henry Howe, we learn that this was the first regiment that ever trod the soil of Ohio, coming herein 1764, during the time of Indian troubles for the purpose of releasing some three hundred woman and children, who were held captive by the Indians. They were successful in their efforts, and restored their captives to their friends in the set tlements. The first two months of his service Col. Kil patrick passed in Ireland, thence was transferred to England, where he remained nine months. Next we find him in the Black Watch in Scotland, Whence in November, 1842, he accompanied his regiment to the Isle of Malta in the Mediterranean ; he reached this port January 1, 1843, and so journed there, performing severe military duty, until March 17, 1847, then went with his regiment to the Bermuda Islands, where he remained until March 23, 1851, and at that date purchased his dis charge. This closed his military career as a Brit ish soldier, and he soon afterward came to the United States, proceeding directly to Cincinnati. During half of his term of service in the British Army he was a non-commissioned officer. After a sojourn of a few weeks in Cincinnati, Col. Kilpatrick came to Springfield and engaged in sign-painting. After working here a short time he returned to Cincinnati, and entering the employ of T. F. & C. A. Davis, to learn the trade of a grainer; he subsequently established a business of his own. He was thus employed at the out break of the Civil War, when he left his own busi ness enterprises to serve his country. He nobly discharged his obligations to his adopted land, and not more bravely did the native-born sons of the North go forward in battle, nor more courageously did they7 offer their lives at the altar of their nation's freedom, than did this devoted patriot, who although of foreign nationality, could yet inspire many to "rally round the flag" and rouse others to that enthusiasm which was the nec essary forerunner of a successful termination of the war. The faithful helpmate of Col. Kilpatrick for thirty-five years was in her youth Miss Margaret, daughter of John and Ellen (Craig) Lang, both na tives of Scotland, where Mrs. Kilpatrick was like wise born. Her early life was spent in Paisley, where she was born, January 12, 1828 -having been carefully trained by her worthy parents she was fitted to become the mistress of a large house and 434 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. the hostess of a charming home which until lately, was the frequent resort of people of culture and refinement, but now she is an invalid. Religiously, Mrs. Kilpatrick belongs to the Presbyterian Church. Col. Kilpatrick, socially, belongs to the Spring field Lodge, No. 33, I. 0. 0. F., also to Mitchell Post, No. 45, G. A. R., and is a charter member of the Ohio Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, and one of the original members of the Military Service In stitution of the United States. He is numbered among the members of the Caledonian Society of Cincinnati, which is the oldest chartered society in the State. He likewise belongs to tho Fifth Ohio Volunteer Association, the Union AVar Prisoners' Association, and the "Thistle Society" of New York City. He was one of a few young men, who, in 1856, started a Republican Club in the Fifteenth Ward in Cincinnati. Their meetings were held in a carpenter shop, and it was there that Rutherford B. Hayes, who was then a resident of that ward, addressed one of tlieir meetings. Thus it will be seen that Col. Kilpatrick has always been a stanch Republican. /p^EORGE AVHTTTREDGE. The grandfather III f— -, of the subject of this notice settled in Har- ^^j mony Township, Clark -County, at an early day and was classed among its best citizens. He transformed a portion of wild land into a valuable homestead, one hundred and twenty-two acres of which is owned and occupied by his grandson of whom we write. The latter was born where he now resides, December 20, 1840, the old place being located in the southwestern part of the town ship. In addition to general farming he makes a specialty of stock-raising and is proving a worthy- representative of one of the most highly respected families in the county. The parents of our subject were Thomas and Lucinda (Winchester) Whittredge, the former of whom was born in 1813, near Rochester, Mass. and the latter that same year in Butler County, this State. Thomas Whittredge was brought to Ohio by his parents in the fall of 1818, being then a lad of five years. His father purchased one hun dred and sixty acres of land from the Government at $1.25 per acre; the father died in October, 1841, at the early age of twenty-nine years. He and his wife were consistent members of the Free Will Bap- tist Church. They were the parents of three sons, the eldest of whom, AA'brthington, is a resident of ATan AA'ort, this State; George, our subject was the second born ; Thomas was accidentally killed at the age of four years by the discharge of a flint-lock musket. The paternal grandfather of our subject was Joseph Whittredge, likewise a native of Rochester, Mass., and born in 1774. He went to sea when a youth of seventeen, became a captain before reach ing his majority and was a seafaring man during the early part of his life, sailing for a period of twenty-seven y7ears to and from the AVest Indies. He was first married to Miss Abigail Foster who bore him one son and three daughters, all of whom lived to mature years, were married and reared families. The first wife died in Massachusetts and Grandfather Whittredge was then married to Mrs. Olive Rider by whom he had three sons — Thomas, the father of our subject, Woithington, an artist of" New York City, and William, who died when four teen years old. The second wife had two children by7 a former marriage. Capt. Whittredge removed to Ohio in 1818 and entered one hundred and sixty acres of Govern ment land, the same upon which our subject now resides. He made a specialty of cheese-making and died at the old homestead at the advanced age of eighty-one years. He was a man of a deeply re ligious turn of mind and frequently officiated as a preacher. He was kind and benevolent to the poor and was one of the early7 adherents of the Masonic fraternity. His father, Thomas Whittredge by name, was born and reared in Massachusetts where he followed farming all his life. The family orig-i natod in England and was' represented in this country during the Colonial days, by two brothers who came from Yorkshire soon after the arrival of thePlymouth Colony. The mother of our subject was the daughter of Lyman AVinchester, who married a Miss Good- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 435 speed, both of whom were natives of New York State. The Winchester family originated in Scot land. The maternal grandparents of our subject spent their last years in this county. George Whit tredge was reared to farming pursuits and ob tained his education in the common school. Two days prior to attaining his twenty-sixth year he was joined in wedlock December 18, 1866, to Miss Catherine A. Franklin. Mrs. Whittredge was born May 11, 1844 in Clifton, this State, and is a daughter of Hiram and Ann (McCoy) Franklin who were natives respectively of Vermont and Greene County, this State, and are residents of this county. Four children have been born of this union, the eldest of whom a daughter, Eva, is the wife of George Vinco; they have one son, Charles C. Minnie, Maude and Clifford remain at home with their parents. Mr. Whittredge, politically, gives his support to the Democratic party and has served as Township Trustee for two terms. He is consid ered a reliable man — one whose word is as good as his bond. - * •>S4<- * OHN LOUCK. Among the residents of Fair field, Greene County, no man stands higher in the community than the above-named gentleman, who is now serving as Clerk of Bath Township, and Justice of the Peace. His hon esty, integrity, and sterling worth are well-known, his long residence in the county having given him an extended acquaintance, and the- genuine regard of all who know him. His residence in the county began in 1835, and he has been identified more or less prominently with its business interests since that time, as well as in various departments of its public affairs. Although quite advanced in years, he is still hale and hearty, and is an entertaining companion. Squire Louck was born in Hanover, Pa., January 12, 1813, and at the age of nine years accompanied his parents to Baltimore, Md. Six years later he returned to his native State, taking up his residence with an uncle on a farm. His early education was obtained at subscription schools, which were held in the primitive log house with puncheon floor, greased paper windows, and slab benches and desks. At the age of eighteen years, he apprenticed him self to a shoemaker, with whom he remained nearly three years, after which he began the butcher busi ness in York County, running a shop and wagon at Strinetown. He continued the business until 1835, when, desiring to better his condition in life, he piled his worldly effeots into a wagon, and turned his footsteps Westward. On May 1, he crossed the Alleghany River, at Wheeling, Va., and reaching Greene County, Ohio, May 17, located in Fairfield. He engaged in teaming between Uibana, Spring- . field, Dayton, and Cincinnati, continuing in that occupation until about 1840. The next enterprise of Squire Louck was to start a boot and shoe store at Fairfield, which was then a stirring place, and he continued the sale and man ufacture for four years, when he sold and removed to Indiana with his team. Settling near Rensselaer, Jasper County, he bought a small farm, but taking sick and not liking farm life, he returned here the same fall. Again engaging in the boot and shoe business, he continued in it until 1858, when he be gan farming in Bath Township. In 1854 he was elected County Treasurer on the Democratic ticket, and leaving his farm, he resided in Xenia two years, fulfilling the duties of his office. He then located in Fairfield, where he has been engaged in various lines of business. In 1872, the firm of Louck & Bryan was organ ized for the sale of groceries, the connection con tinuing four years, when our subject sold out. The next year he built a store, and again embarked in the business, which two years later he sold to Mr. Evans, from which time his principal occupation has been that of an auctioneer. Having a natural ability for that pursuit, he had engaged in it in 1840, and has done seven-tenths of the auction busi ness within a radius of ten miles. Besides the office before mentioned, Mr. Louck has served in other capacities as a public servant. In 1868, he became Township Clerk, and has held the office continually since that time. In 1885 he became Justice of the Peace. He has also been a member of the Common Council, and in his younger days served as Constable twelve years. He had some trying experiences while connected in the 436 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. constablery, but fortunately escaped being shot at in any of thom. At the time of the differences be tween Michigan and Ohio in regard to the north ern boundary7 line of this State, he was Captain of a company7 of the State Militia. They were called to Xenia, but as the trouble blew over, they soon returned to their homes without having engaged in any contest. Squire Louck is a Democrat, whose first Presidential ballot was cast for Martin Van Buren, and who has stanchly adhered to the party from that time. He has been on the Central Com mittee, and his personal influence is always given to the party in which he believes. He belongs to the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, at Osborn, and is Past Master of the Royal Arch Masons of Dayton. His wife belongs to the Methodist Epis copal Church. A remarkable event took place seven years ago, it being the celebration of the fiftieth wedding ani- versary of Mr. and Mrs. Louck, who were married in York County, Pa., February 20, 1833. Mrs. Louck bore the maiden name of Elizabeth Bourke, is a daughter of Thomas Bourke, who was a Penn sylvania farmer, and was born in York County, in 1807. Throughout the long years of her wedded life, she has been a devoted -wife and mother, and has manifested at home and abroad the Christian graces which befit a believer in, and professor of Christianity. Five daughters and one son have come to ble?s her union with our subject: Lucy A. is the wife of A. S. Barton, a plasterer in Spring field; Catherine married A. Barr, who keeps a meat market in Wayne Township, Montgomery County; Mary A. is the wife of J. W. Harrison, a farmer in Hall County, Neb. ; Margaret is the wife of William Plarrison, a carriage trimmer of Spring field ; Laura married Z. T. Hebble, carpenter in Fairfield; John still remains with his parents. The subject of this sketch is a grandson of George Louck, who was a native of the Province of Alsace, Germany, and a farmer by occupation. He came to America prior to the Revolutionary War, throughout which struggle he fought for American independence, holding the rank of cap tain. In common with his comrades, he endured many hardships, often sleeping on brush piles to keep out of the water, and suffering for both food and clothing at times. He was an early settler in York County, Pa., where he secured Government land, improved a farm, acquired a competence, and lived to be some four-score and ten years old. He belonged to the Lutheran Church. George Louck, Jr.j who was born in York County, Pa., followed in his father's footsteps as a patriotic citizen, and look part in the War of 1812. He was a butcher, and for a number of years ran a market in Hanover, in his native county. He subsequently removed to Baltimore, Md., which he made his home during the remainder of his life, dying there in 1826, at the age of fifty -eight years, his decease being occasioned by yellow fever. His wife, in her girlhood Miss Catherine Huffman, was also a native of York County, Pa., and of German extrac tion. Her father, George Huffman, a well-to-do farmer of the same county, took part in both the first and second contests for American release from British tyranny. After the death of her husband, Mrs. George Louck returned to Pennsylvania, whence she was brought to Ohio in 1856, by our subject, her only child who grew up. She after ward lived in Champaign County, where she died in 1858. She was a consistent member of the Luth eran Church, and to her teaching and example our subject owes much of his fine principles and up right life. AMUEL E. HODGE. Although now de ceased for the long period of thirty-eight y7ears, the great excellence of character which distinguished Mr. Hodge has caused him to still be remembered with thoughts of kind ness by his neighbors, and with affection by his immediate family. He Was one of the earliest pio neers of Clark County, coming hither when the country was practically a wilderness, and bore with his fellow-settlers the heat and burden of the day^ in bringing a portion of the soil to a state of culti vation, and building up a home upon what was then practically a frontier. His energy and industry were proverbial, and he was prospered in his labors as a tiller of the soil, leaving to his family a com- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 437 fortable property. He was born near Mt. Sterling, Ky., December 11 1796, and departed this life De cember 7, 1852, at the age of fifty-six years. Mr. Hoclge came of respectable parentage, being the son of Andrew and Isabel (Mateer) Hodge, who were natives respectively of Virginia and Ken tucky. Andrew Hodge when a young man ran away from home and went to Kentucky, where bis brother Hamilton had already located, and there happily he found his fate in the person of Miss Mateer, to whom he was in due time married. In 1806, leaving Kentucky they came to Ohio, and se lecting a tract of land in Pleasant Township, Clark County, Mr. Hodge there with his wife took up his abode, aud his family still continue tlieir resi dence there. He entered three hundred and twenty acres of land, occupying a part of section 25, in the southwest part of the township, and made an ar rangement with parties to put up a cabin, then went back to Kentucky. In the meantime the In dians had been troublesome, and when Mr. Hodge returned in December following with his family, he found no roof to shelter them, and they lived in a tent until he could build a house. Mr. Hodge next sot about the improvement of his property, clearing the land and bringing the soil to a stale of cultivation. He followed farm ing all bis life with the exception of the time he served in the army during the AVar of 1812. There were born to him and his excellent partner six children, whom they named respectively: Williams, John, Samuel, James, Sarah M., now the wife of William Baird ; and Jane M., Mrs. Jerry Yeazell. Andrew Hodge, the father of Samuel, died in March, 1857, at the advanced age of eighty-six years. He was twice married, but by his second wife, Jane McClintic, of Virginia, no children were born. Both he and his wives were Presbyterians in religion. Mr. Hodge was a stanch Democrat, po litically, a good man in his family, and a kind and hospitable neighbor. He was greatly attached to his children, and gave each of them a farm. Sam uel E., the subject of this notice, obtained such education as was afforded by the pioneer schools, and lived unmarried until approaching the fortieth year of his age. He was then wedded, November 4, 1836, to Miss Seljina Spencer. Mrs. Hodge was born March 4, 1815, two miles east of Harmony Village, Clark County, and is a daughter of Mat thew and Abigail (Rice) Spencer, who were born, reared and married in Otsego County, N. Y. The Spencer family removed to Clark County, this State, in 1811, and the father took up a tract of land in Harmony Township, wliere with his good wife he endured all the hardships and privations of pioneer life, and where they both spent the remain der of their days, having in the meantime built up a comfortable homestead. Mr. Spencer only lived about thirteen years after the removal to Clark County, his death taking place in 1824. The year following his removal here he enlisted and served as a soldier in the War of 1812. Mrs. Spencer sur vived her husband for the long period of forty-six years, her death taking place in May, 1874, when she was nearly eighty years old. Seven children had been born to them, the eldest of whom, a son, Hamilton, died in Champaign County, 111. The oth ers were named respectively — Sebina, Julia Ann, Angeline, Maria, Fanny and Matthew. With the exception of Mrs. Hodge Chey all removed to Champaign County, 111., where the survivors are still living. The subject of this notice was a man greatly re spected in his community, and as the township ad vanced in prosperity and importance he was called to fill various offices of trust and responsibility. To him and his good wife there was born a family of eight children, all of whom lived to mature years. Mary Jane died unmarried; James H. is a resident of Harmony Township; Angeline is the wife of John A. Yeazell; Andrew and Matthew are at home; Isabel is the wife of James Ingle, of Moore field Township; Abigail died when twenty-seven years old ; Sarah E. is at home. Mr. Plodge was for many years a consistent member of the Presby terian Church, to which he was a liberal, contribu tor, and he was uniformly the supporter of every enterprise calculated to promote the welfare of his community. At his death he left one hundred and ninety acres of land, and Mrs. Hodge is now the owner of an equal amount elsewhere. She has re mained at the homestead with her unmarried chil dren since the death of her husband, and they have carried on the improvement of the farm, putting 438 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. up a 'ine residence and other buildings, and man aged it in that wise and capable manner which has made of it one of the most valuable estates in Clark County. They are people of more than or dinary intelligence, and hold a high position so cially. W, OSEPIT ANDERSON. In the death of the above-named gentleman Greene County lost a high-minded and public-spirited citizen, while from the bereaved family circle a loving husband and father was removed, leaving a void in their lives that not even his honored memory can fill. He was a native of this county, having been born on the farm now occupied by James R. Andeison, December 10, 1815. He was reared on the homestead, receiving a common- school education, and having instilled into his mind the firm principles which characterized him through life. On May 9, 1839, Mr. Anderson was united in mairiage with Miss Matilda Stanfield, and located on three hundred acres of land in Spring Valley Township, which forms the farm now occupied by his widow and family. He began his career in life without other capital than his natural abilities and the knowledge and habits acquired in youth, but his energy and industry led to his success in his chosen calling. Ho accumulated land until his possessions in Greene County amounted to three hundred and seventy acres, and he also owned a farm of eighty-two acres in Delaware County, Ind. In politics he was a stanch Republican, and in religion a member of the Reformed Church, in which he was an Elder about forty years. He was still holding that office when called home, Septem ber 19, 1889. The widow of our subject was a daughter of John and Ruth (Mendenhall) Stanfield, both of whom were born in Spring Valley Township, Greene County. She was born on the banks of Caesar's Creek, four and one-half miles south of Xenia, July 26, 1821, being the second in a fam ily of eight children. Her eldest sister, Charity, who is now deceased, was the wife of John Ander son; Minerva, the next younger than herself, is the wife of William Crumley; the fourth member of the family circle is Margaret; the next is Mary J., the wife of Thomas Anderson; the sixth mem ber of the band is William; two children died in infancy. The grandparents of Mrs. Anderson were William and Charity Stanfield, who settled on Ccesar's Creek about 1800, having come from Guilford County, N. C. They had two sons and four daughters, all of whom reared families. The faith of the Stanfields was that of the Society of Friends. The widow of our subject is a noble-hearted woman who has carefully reared her children and endeavored in every department of life to faith fully discharge the duties before her. She belongs to the Reformed Church, and like her deceased husband has ever been regarded with respect by those among whom her lot in life is cast. She is the mother of twelve children, ten of whom sur vived their father's death — John S., the first-born, died at the age of three years; James, whose home is in Indiana, belonged to the One hundred and Sixtieth Ohio Infantry, and was wounded while serving his country during the late war; A. C. was also a soldier, having been in the one hundred day service; Felix is living in Indiana; following on the family roll are: Milo, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this volume; Margaret A., Lewis and David (twins), Joseph F., Mary J. and Ruth C. The last named is the wife of George M. Hegler; David married Emma Crets, who died leaving one child, named Bertha. *rv m 'jfj AMES A. McDONALD. This young gentle man occupies part of the old McDonald homestead in Xenia Township, three and one-fourth miles south of the city, upon which his grandparents settled prior to the War of 1812, and upon which both himself and father were born. His estate comprises one hundred and twenty-two acres of well-improved land upon which he is pursuing a successful agricultural ca reer, winning a competence from the soil which af- ¦•' '¦'::.:':¦¦ wmm - ' V 'V. !. cyf^C^^ PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 441 forded maintenance to previous generations of the name. His natal day was August 6, 1856, and he was reared upon the homestead, receiving an ex cellent English education and being instructed by his parents in the principles of right doing and habits of usefulness. The wedded life of Mr. McDonald began Sep tember 12, 1877, on which day the rites of wed lock were celebrated between him and Miss Amy E. Ford. The bride was a daughter of James M. and Mary (Peterson) Ford, of Caesar's Creek Township, and possesses those pleasing traits of character and useful accomplishments which are so needful to a wife and mother. To her have born eight children, of whom the following are now living: Orval, Leavitt, Ford H., Emma Pearl, Mamie Edith and James Ray. Among the earliest pioneers in this county were Isaiah and Edith McDonald, who came from North Carolina about the year 1802, and spent the re mainder of their lives in this county. Their son Leavitt and his wife, in her girlhood Susan Strong, also came from North Carolina, the family which they reared comprising five sons and five daughters.. Among the children of Leavitt and Susan Mc Donald was John N., who was born January 13, 1818, and lived for sixty-five years on the farm now occupied by our subject, afterward spending three years on an adjoining lot where he died January 8, 1887.' His entire landed estate amounted to two hundred acres which he improved and thoroughly cultivated, and a part of which became the prop erty of the son of whom we write. His widow, who is still living, bore the maiden name of Eliza beth Saville, and both belonged to the Reformed Presbyterian Church. To them five children were born, two of whom— C. W. and James A., were reared to maturity. JOSEPH CROMWELL. It is universally conceded that Southern Ohio is settled up a by a class of people more than ordinarily intelligent and enterprising. This applies to Greene County especially, and likewise to Xenia Township. Among the leading men of the latter may be mentioned Joseph Cromwell, who has just passed his seventy-sixth birthday, and who has made for himself an admirable record as a man and a citizen. For nearly forty years he has been ac companied on his life journey by a most estimable ladj7, who still remains the partner of his joys and and sorrows. Mrs. Cromwell shares with her hus band the esteem and confidence of the people among whom they have spent so many years, and who have learned to value them for their sterling worth of character, their kindness as friends and neighbors and their hospitality to all who come within their door. The subject of this notice was born in Washing ton County, Md., in March, 1814, and is the son of Richard Cromwell, who died there in the prime of life. The mother, Mrs. Susan (McLaughlin) Crom well, likewise a native of Washington County, Md., came after the death of her husband to this county in the fall of 1832, accompanied by her family and settled on a tract of land in Xenia Township south of the present flourishing city. She reared her chil dren and died at the residence of her son-in-law, James Hawkins, about 1872. To herself and hus band there was born a family of eight children, of whom Joseph, our subject, was the fifth, and four of whom are living. Mr. Cromwell lived with his mother in Xenia Township until approaching manhood and then went to Montgomery County and commenced learn ing the miller's trade. Two years later he started for the West and for five years thereafter followed his trade in Alton, 111. We next find him in Pekin, that State, where he sojourned about four years. He then went into Peoria County, where he oper ated a mill about one year. At the expiration of this time he returned to this county and has since followed his trade within its limits, doing business in Bellbrook and Oldtown and is at present part proprietor of the Oldtown Mills. He has been prospered, financially, and owns a fine residence northwest of the city limits of Xenia. Mr. Cromwell was married, in Xenia Township, January 8, 1861, to Miss Bathsheba, daughter of John and Wilmoth (Foreman) Allen, who were natives, respectively, of Virginia and North Caro lina. They came to this county during its pioneer days, wliere the father for a number of years fol lowed farming and then retired from active labor and took up his residence in Xenia, where he and his estimable wife spent the remainder of their days. Their family7 consisted of seven children, of whom four are living. Mrs. Cromwell was the third child of her parents and was born in Xenia Township, March 20, 1830. Her childhood and youth were spent in a compara tively7 uneventful manner during which period she learned all fhe arts of housewifery and acquired those habits of industry and economy which fully fitted her to be the partner of a good man's home. ¦ She remained with her parents until her marriage, and of her union with our subject there have been bora five children, viz: Oliver; John, who died when thirty-two years of age; Charles R., Harry and Emma B. Mr. Cromwell cast his first Presidential vote for Van Buren, and since that time has affiliated with the Democratic party. His estimable wife is a mem ber in good standing of the Methodist Church. 454 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. They have a very pleasant and attractive home which is the frequent resort of the friends which they have gathered around them during their long residence in Xenia Township, and by whom they will be kindly remembered long after they have departed hence. ^ILLIAM BROAVN, a prominent and sub stantial farmer of Pleasant Township, Clark County, is numbered among its most successful men, and one who has contributed largely to tbe best interests of his community. A native of Summerford, Madison County, Ohio, he was born November 13, 1829, to James and Mary Ann (Burnside) Brown, the former of whom was a na tive of New York State, and born June 21, 1795, on what was known as the German Flats, southeast of the city of Albany. The father of our subject received but a com mon-school education, and remained a resident of his native place until a youth of nineteen years. He then emigrated to Upper Canada, accompanying his father's family thither. His father was a mem ber of the New York General Assembly, and re mained until the Assembly adjourned, while the son went to Canada to look after the family. Grandfather Brown, however, was not permitted. to join them, as he sickened and died. A message was sent to Canada but the mother could not be lieve tbe story, and sent her son James, in haste on horseback to Albany where he learned the melan choly truth, but did not arrive in time to see his father buried. The family lived in Canada only about three months, then returned to New York State, this being during tho year 1812. James Brown at this time being of suitable years and stature to enter tbe army, was for a time held by the British with the intention of pressing him into their service. After examination, however, he was released and rejoined his family. The mother had already removed to Ohio, and James followed shortly afterward. They settled two and one-half miles southwest of Mechanicsburg, and James re mained with his mother until his marriage, which took place November 13, 1823. He then with his young wife removed to Summerford, Madison County, where he purchased a farm of two hundred and eight acres, all of which be improved, building up a good homestead, where he resided until his death. This event took place March 13, 1870. James Brown possessed more than ordinary in dustry and perseverance, and as the result of cor- iect habits was blest with remarkably good health and a frame of more than ordinary vigor and en-' durance. He was a valued member of his commu nity, prominent in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and a sincere and earnest Christian. During his early- manhood he was a strong supporter of the old AVhig party. Upon its abandonment he wheeled into the Republican ranks, and maintained his alle giance to this party until the close of his life. To him and his good wife there were born the fol lowing children, the eldest of whom, a daughter, Caroline, is the wife of William Sanford. The others were named respectively: William, David, Hiram, Eliza, the wife of Harmon Ditz; Delilah, Mrs. AVilliam Wilkinson ; Rachel, Mary M., (the wife of Jacob C. Vanness) ; and Melissa, the wife of Charles N. Lafferty. The death of James Brown occurred very sud denly as he was sitting in a chair, apparently in his usual good health. His career was that of a self- made man, he having started in life at the foot of the ladder, without other resources than those given him by a kindly Providence. Solely through his own efforts he worked himself up to a good posi tion, socially and financially7. He was the son of William and Elizabeth (Brooker) Brown, who were both natives of New York State, where they were reared and married. Their family consisted of the following named children: Jonathan, James, Oliver, Cornelius, Amy, Dyer, Sarah and Elizabeth. They all accompanied their mother to Ohio, and with the exception of Dyer, all are deceased. He is over ninety years old, and lives in California. The Brown family is of Scotch extraction, and have been noted for the possession of the substantial qualities peculiar to their nationality. The mother of our subject was born Deember 14, 1 803, in Bedford County, Va., and was a daugh ter of AVilliam and Elizabeth (Frankinberger) PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 455 Burnside, who were likewise natives of the Old Dominion. The maternal grandparents of our sub ject were natives of Virginia, and moved to the young State of Ohio about 1807, settling first in Cassar's Creek Township, Greene County. Two years later they removed to the vicinity of Mc- chanicsburg, where Mr. Burnside died in October, 1823. His" widow subsequently made her home with her eldest son and died at the age of eighty- six years. Grandfather Burnside was a blacksmith by trade, at which he worked in the army during the AVar of 1812. His children were named respect ively: AVilliam, Joel, Mary, Malinda, Lucinda. Hester, Elizabeth and Michael. With the exception of Hester, all are married. William, our subject, spent his early years after the manner of most farmer's sons, and received a practical education in the common school. He was a youth of more than ordinary intelligence, and developed into a teacher, which profession he followed several terms. Upon reaching his majority, Mr. Brown started out in life for himself, choosing farming for his life vocation. In 1855 he purchased eighty acres of land upon which he has since maintained his resi dence. His industry and good judgment brought him the reward of prosperity, and as his capital ac cumulated, he invested it in land, and is now the owner of four hundred and forty broad acres, and of quality as choice as any to be found in the Buck eye State. The year following the purchase of his land Mr. Brown was married, October 15, 1856, to Miss Jane Mitchell, the wedding taking place at the bride's home in Madison County, Mrs. Brown was born in Pike Township, Madison County, this State, February 19, 1837, to Abijah F. and Margaret Ann (Standley) Mitchell. Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell were among the earliest settlers of Madison County and endured all the toil and privation incident to life in a new country. Mr. Mitchell opened up a farm in the wilderness, making for himself and family a comfortable home. The mother died Sep tember 16, 1876, the father makes his home with our subject. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Brown, the eldest of whom, a daughter Maude, died August 1, 1873, at the age of eleven years. The survivors are AValter A., Myrtie E. and Nellie R. In politics Mr. Brown is an uncompromising Dem ocrat — a man of decided views, and one who is not easily turned from his convictions. Mrs. Brown is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. PMOS E. DUNCAN, M.D„who occupies the Chair of Physiology in Antioch College, Is Yellow Springs, is a plain, unassuming gen tleman, possessing great ability in his spec ialty, and broad culture in other branches of knowl edge, as will be seen in reading his life history. He became connected with Antioch College as a Trustee in 1870, becoming Assistant Treasurer in 1874. In the winter of 1886, the Chair of Physiology was endowed by Dr. C. N. Hoagland, of Brooklyn, N.Y., and the professorship bestowed upon Dr. Duncan. The two physicians had been intimately associated during the Civil War, in the capacity of army sur geons, sharing together many trying scenes. The friendship begun at that time, has grown wider and deeper for a period of more than a quarter of a cen tury, not a shadow of doubt or distrust having marred it. The great want of a more thorough knowledge of sanitary science was observed by the friends, and has proved a topic of consideiation by them on many occasions. When Dr. Hoagland saw his way to the endowment of a chair which would to some extent fill the long felt need, nothing was more natural than that he should wish his friend, whose ability and interest he so well knew, to become its incumbent. The Duncan family is of Scotch blood, and con nected with many interesting events in the history of "Auld Scotia." Samuel Duncan, the grand father of our subject, was born near Dundee, and upon emigrating to America, made his first settle ment in Virginia. He afterward removed to South Carolina, his son Isaac being born near Charleston in 1796. His next location was at Jonesboro, Tenn., whence in 1803, they came to Ohio, settling tempo rarily at Oldtown, Greene County, and making their permanent location, and future home, in Mi ami County, near Ludlow's Falls, where grand- 456 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. father Duncan died in 1833. The religious faith of the family was that of the Society of Friends. Upon reaching man's estate, Isaac Duncan mar ried Elizabeth Dickson, of Miami County, whose mother was a cousin of Gen. Anthony Wayne. Her father, Robert Dickson, who was born at sea on ship-board, was a Revolutionary soldier, and during the war received a sabre wound in his left elbow, which crippled him' for life. Two of her brothers — AVilliam and Nicholas — served in the War of 1812, the latter holding the rank of captain. Mrs. Eliz abeth Duncan was born in 1800, near Charleston, S. C.,and breathed her last in 1874, having survived her husbanl many years. His death had taken place in 1847, being occasioned by the accidental upset ting of a wagon- load of hay. They were the par ents of ten children, five of whom are now living. The natal day7 of our subject was November 7, 1834, and bis birthplace Miami County, in which his childhood and youth were spent, his elementary education being obtained in the district schools. After his father's death he remained upon the farm with his mother until his studies were sufficiently advanced to enter Farmers' College, at College Hill, near Cincinnati. His teachers in that institution were the same to whom President Harrison had recited the previous year. After an attendance of a year at Farmers' College, our subject began teach ing in 1856, at the same time reading medicine, to which study his taste led him to determine to de vote his talents. He continued his labors as a peda gogue until 1859, proving a successful instructor, and while teaching others, fixing the knowledge he had obtained more firmly in his own mind. In 1859-60, he attended the Medical College at Cin cinnati, in the fall of the latter year beginning to practice medicine at Bartonia, Ind. Beginning there empty handed, having to borrow money to buy his flrst supply of medicine, he progressed so rapidly, that within thirty days he had a living practice. After the outbreak of the war, he closed his office October 10, 1861, and was enrolled as a private in Company B, Seventy-first Ohio Infantry. Within two months he was appointed Hospital Steward, and also served as an Assistant Surgeon, perform ing a surgeon's duties in both camp and hospital. On February 18, 1864, he was promoted to the po sition of Surgeon to the Ninth Tennessee Cavalry, with which regiment he remained until after the close of the war. No more important or danger ous duties belong to army life, than those performed by the medical fraternity, and nowhere is greater bravery and self-control needed than in the care of the wounded. Dr. Duncan was present at twenty-one battles, including some of the most important conflicts of the war. He was on the bloody field of Shiloh two days, during the flrst day's engagement having charge of the ambulance train, and being on the front line, whence he brought off the wounded Lieut. Col. Kyle, of Troy. At Ft. Donelson he participated in the second and third engagements, and he was also present at the battle of Greenville, E. Tenn. September 4, 1 864,and in Bristol, (Tenn.) ; Marion, Mt. Ayr, and Wytheville, (Va.); and at the capture of the forts of Saltville. The dead body of Gen. Morgan was examined by Dr. Duncan, news of the whereabouts of the Gen eral having been brought to the command by a young boy who was going to the mill. During that battle Dr. Duncan was signaled by Mrs. Col. Frye, and told tbat he was in danger of being shot by sharpshooters. He faced the enemy, organized a little party of one hospital steward, an ambu lance driver, and two orderlies, and reaching the house where the sharpshooters were, captured three of them, a Lieutenant and two privates. For this valourous deed, he received great praise from the fighting Governor, Parson Brownlow, of Tennes see. After being present at the surrender of Gen. Joe Johnston, in North Carolina, aud the closing scenes of the war in tbat part of the country, Dr. Duncan was with his command, which was em ployed in scouring the country, collecting war material, and paroling Confederate troops until September 9, 1865, when he was mustered out at Knoxville, Tenn. The following letter in relation to the services of Dr. Duncan during war times, will explain itself: Washington, D. C, May 24, 1890. J. M. Harris, P. C. Yellow Springs, Ohio, Dear Sir : — In reply to your letter asking me to PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 457 give a sketch of the services of Dr. A. E. Duncan, a member of Burkholder Post, No. 115, Depart ment of Ohio, G. A. R., and Assistant Surgeon of the regiment I had the honor to command during the greater portion of its service, I have the honor to reply: AVhile encamped at Nashville, several hundred miles from the homes of my Regiment of East Ten nessee Loyal Mountaineers, there was a vacancy in the office of Assistant Surgeon of my regiment, and the Surgeon himself being physically disqualified for efficient service because of long imprisonment and brutal treatment by the rebels, there was pres sing need of a medical officer. Under this state of affairs it happened fortunately for our regiment, that Dr. Duncan was encamped conveniently to us and was willing to accept the vacant post. He was ordered before the Medical Examining Board at Nashville, and his examination having been most creditable, he was immediately commissioned by Military Governor Andrew Johnson, as Assistant Surgeon of the Ninth Tennessee Cavalry. The zeal, ability and untiring energy with which he devoted himself to his duties, speedily secured for him the respect of every officer and soldier of the regiment, including a small number who had rather objected to the appointment of an unknown Ohio stranger instead of an old acquaintance and neighbor of their own section. In a very short time after joining our regiment, Dr. Duncan be came Acting Surgeon, and from that time during nearly the whole of the war, he performed the double duty of Assistant Surgeon and Regimental Surgeon. In the numerous raids made by our regiment, he was always Acting Surgeon, and sometimes the only medical officer with the regiment. I never knew a medical officer to perform so much hard work as he did. Indeed few men in any branch of the service would have done the work of others as well as his own, and done it uncomplainingly. His work was done so cheerfully, zealously, and effi ciently, that it secured for him the respect and affection not only of his regiment, but of tbe other regiments of the brigade, which benefited by his counsels and labors. In our engagements Dr. Duncan was always at the front, personally superintending the removal of the wounded and watching over them in the hos pital as devotedly as it was possible for any sur geon to do. Our brigade had a memorable engage ment on the 4th of September, 1864. At about 10 p. m., on September 3 of that year, we broke camp with that portion of our brigade whose horses had not been completely broken down by weeks of hard marching and hard fighting. We had about eleven hundred men in the saddle, and two small Parrott guns. We left camp in the midst of a furious storm, such a storm as is characteristicof the moun tain region in which we were serving. It literally rained in torrents, and the night was so dark that we would sometimes only know the deviations we had made from the path we intended pursuing, by the flashes of lightning. The roads were so bad, and the di*rkness so intense, that it took us between seven and eight hours to travel eighteen miles, go ing as rapidly as darkness and the condition of the roads would permit. Just as the day began to dawn, after having cap tured his pickets, most of whom were sleeping in the town of Greenville, Tenn., the home of the late President Andrew Johnson, we surprised and at tacked a command of the famous rebel cavalryman •and raider, John H. Morgan, with his men num bering about twenty-two hundred, or double our own force, with six pieces of artillery. We killed ' Morgan, and captured two pieces of his artillery, and killed and wounded from seventy-five to one hundred of his men, with a loss of only three killed, and about fifteen wounded on our side. Morgan's command was so thoroughly routed, that it never paused in its flight until it had run twenty-five miles, and it was so thoroughly demoralized, that it was utterly worthless during the remainder of the war. In this engagement our Assistant and Acting Regimental Surgeon, Dr. Duncan, became so en thused and went so far to the front, that he cap tured three of the fleeing Johnny Rebs. The fame Morgan had acquired by his many dashing and successful raids and the estimate placed upon him by Gen. Grant, in his memoirs, to-wit: that he was one of the most daring and successful cavalry offi cers produced by the war, makes it pardonable in us we think, in feeling some pride in our thoroughly 458 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. successful surprise and attack of his hitherto suc cessful command. I will not consume your time with other references to the services of our little army of loyal Southern mountaineers. My object in writing, was not to give an history of the services of our brigade, but to pay a tribute to the faithful and efficient service rendered to his country by Comrade Amos E. Duncan, and which services will be ever appreciated by his comrades of the Union Army of loyal Eastern Tennessee. Very Respectfully, John B. Brownlow, Late Lieutenant-Colonel, Ninth Tennessee Cav. Vol., U. S. A. Returning to the more peaceful life of a civilian, Dr. Duncan now opened an office at Arcanum, Ohio, where he practiced his profession five years, since which time he has devoted himself principally to scientific investigations, to the duties which have devolved upon him in connection with Antioch College, and particularly to those which pertain to physiology and sanitary science. Ably assisted by his son, who is far advanced in microscopic photo graphy, and who is his assistant in the college, he has likewise made many investigations in bacteria analysis. On Christmas Day, 1857, the rites of wedlock were celebrated between Dr. Duncan and Miss Anna B. Brandon, a lady whose fine mind and no ble nature had won the regard of the young phy sician. She is a daughter of Isaiah and Elizabeth (Hall) Brandon, of Miami County, in which she opened her eyes to the light January 24, 1840. The happy union has been blessed by the birth of two children, but the parents have been called upon to mourn the loss of Delia, the first born ; Den man C. was born at Bartonia, Ind., April 26, 1861, and bids fair to take a high stand among the scientists to whom he is already becoming known as a keen observer and deep thinker. It is scarcely necessary to say that Dr. Duncan belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic, as his war record would naturally lead to that conclusion. He has been interested in the Masonic fraternity, and holds a demit from the Royal Arch degree. His first Presidential ballot was cast for John C. Fremont, and he has always been an earnest Repub lican. His knowledge and skill in medical science, and all matters pertaining to the health of the body7, his intelligence in other lines of study and affairs, and his manly character, alike entitle him to esteem, and he is regarded with the highest respect, not only throughout the community where his later years have been spent, but in other places where he is known, having an extended acquaintance, and an assured position among the learned men and women of the land. Dr. Duncan has written several articles that have been published, on subjects relating to his chosen profession and sanitary science, inviting attention in 1861, to the fact of paralysis following diph theria, and being caused by it, before the real na ture of that grave and fatal malady was well understood by the profession at large. OHN MOORE. Few, if any, of the residents of Xenia have been citizens thereof for a longer period of time than he of whom we i^j/7 give this brief biographical sketch. For many years he has lived here, an interested witness of the advancement and growth of the city and county, which have been so transformed by the en ergetic pioneers and their descendants as to bear not tho slightest resemblance to the original dreary and unoccupied tract of land. Mr. Moore has aided in this development, and feels a pardonable pride in the results of his efforts. Mr. Moore was born in the northern part of Ire land, County Tyrone, September 15, 1811. His pa rents were Thomas and Margaret (Wallace) Moore, and they had a family of four sons, all of whom are deceased except our subject. The parents died when John was but a lad, and in company with his uncle and aunts he emigrated to the United States in 1822. His grandmother, who was also of the party, died at sea. The ship anchored at Quebec, Canada, and thence our subject removed, still in company with his relatives, to Franklin County, Pa., in 1825. He remained there about five years, and learned the tailor's trade. After a residence of a year in Columbus, Ohio, "* ;v m dr** /tv^- u/„ / s PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 461 our subject came to Xenia, in 1831. He has thus lived here for almost sixty years. Here he con tinued to work at his trade until 1876. He was united in marriage July 16, 1840, with Miss Mary A. Monroe, a native of Xenia, arid the daughter of David and Barbara Monroe, natives of Scotland. Mr. and Mrs. Moore became the parents of six children, four sons and two daughters, namely: Thomas M., George M. ; Robert Wallace, now in Dayton; David, deceased; Anna, Mrs. Hibben; and Margaret L., Mrs. Jobe. Mr. Moore lost his wife, who had been to him a faithful companion for many years, December 19, 1884. In his political affiliations Mr. Moore was orig inally a Democrat, later a Free-Soiler. He is a strong temperance advocate, but never held office, attending strictly to his own business. He is a member of the United Presbyterian Church. Two of his sons, George and Thomas, were soldiers in the Civil War. George enlisted in his sixteenth year, and served until the close of the war. Thomas served a few months in the latter part of the war. Mr. Moore is highly esteemed, and his name will be held in fond memory long after he has passed to his rest. ^EV. WILLIAM H. SIDLEY. Although comparatively a young man, this gentle- \\ man, who is the pastor of St. Raphael's w||l Catholic Church, Springfield, has accom plished much work in connection with his parochial duties. He is a man of ripe scholarship, pleasing manners, and an earnest and eloquent speaker; possessing great energy and perseverance, he is thoroughly interested in his calling, with a mind constantly devising some new method by which to benefit his people, and build up bis church and its various institutions. Coming of substantial Irish parentage, our sub ject was born in Geauga County, this State, No vember 17, 1844, and is a son of Henry and Mary (Turner) Sidley, the former of whom was a native of County Limerick, Ireland, and emigrated to this country when a young man, settling among the pioneers of Geauga County. The mother was born of parents who were natives of Ireland, and who, upon crossing the Atlantic, settled first in New York State, and thence removed to Michigan, residing near Detroit until their death. Their daughter, while on a visit to Geauga County, this Slate, met the gentleman who afterward became her husband. After their marriage Plenry Sidley and his wife located on a farm in Geauga County, where the mother is still living. The father de parted this life in 1877. There were born to the parents of Father Sidley twelve children, of whom he was next to the eldest. Ten of these are living, and all are residents of Ohio. William H. spent his boyhood on the farm, and walked two and one-half miles to school, pur suing his studies until a youth of sixteen years. Then leaving home, he entered the University of Notre Dame at South Bend, Ind., where he pur sued his studies two years. From there he went to Cleveland, Ohio, and spent seven years in the Theological Seminary. Afterward he spent eigh teen months in the Theological Seminary at Cin cinnati, and on the 11th of June, 1870, was ordained to the priesthood. His first charge was at Sidney, Ohio, where he spent three years. In 1873 he was called to Springfield, taking charge of his present congregation, which numbers at the present time six hundred families, and which has a parochial school of nearly six hundred children. Father Sidley at once exerted himself for the best interests of St. Raphael's, both church and school, being instrumental in the erection of the school building and the residence of the teachers who are employed as teachers. Father Murphy is bis assistant at St. Raphael's. In 1884 the congre gation had so increased in numbers that it became necessary to organize a second church, which is located in the southeastern part of the city, and named St. Joseph's Catholic Church, which has a resident pastor. Father Sidley also put up there a good school building of eight rooms with abase ment, and also another residence for the Sisters employed as teachers. In 1887 Father Sidley was made Dean of the Dayton Conference and permanent Rector of St. Raphael's Church. He takes the greatest interest 462 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. in the education of the children in the parochial school, giving them all the advantages of the best intellectual training, together with complete relig ious instruction. They are taught to be thoroughly Catholic in religion, and thoroughly American in ideas. Feeling the necessity of a larger and finer church edifice, Father Sidley has recently purchased ground adjoining the church, to make room for a building which in the near future will take the place of the old church. They will then have one of the best and most complete church properties in the State. Elsewhere in this volume appears a lithographic portrait of Father Sidley. tfl fifclLLIAM TI. HOUCK, the son ot a pioneer VRa/Z family of Clark County has been promi- w nently identified with the interests of Springfield for many years, and as a manufacturer of brick and in other ways has done a great deal toward building up the city. He is honored not only as one of the most substantial, public- spirited citizens of this municipality, and one of its most successful business men, but for his unswerving. integrity and high personal character. A native of Maryland, he was born in the town of Emraitsburg, Frederick County, April 5, 1821. George Houck, his father, is supposed to have been born in the same place, while his father, John Houck, it is thought, was a native of Pennsylvania. He was a brick-maker by trade and carried on tbe business in Emmitsburg, though he spent his last years at Mercersburg, Pa. The father of our subject learned his father's trade at Emmitsburg and made the brick there for the large nunnery in that town. In 1836 he decided to try life in what was then the "Far AVest," and emigrated to this State with his wife and ten children, performing the journey with a wagon and a pair of horses and a carriage and one horse. Arriving in Springfield May 21, Mr. Hauck left his family in the village and visited other parts of the country on a prospecting tour, but finding no location that suited him better than this he returned to Springfield and bought a brick yard located on Washington Street between Yellow Spring and Plum Streets. This city was then a small place, with no railways or canals, the only communication with the outside world being over rough roads. Mr. Houck continued in business many years and was so prospered that he accumu lated a competence, and was enabled to live in re tirement during the last part of his life, his death occurring here about the close of the war. He was of much assistance in building up the county, which he lived to see well developed, and his memory is cherished as one of the most worthy of the stalwart, intelligent, energetic pioneers of this region. The maiden name of the mother of our subject was Mary Snyder, and she was a native of Pennsylva nia, and spent the last years of her life in Spring fleld. There were ten children born to her and her husband, eight of whom were reared to matu rity. AVilliam Houck was a lad of fifteen yrears when the family left the old home in Maryland to build up a new one amid the pioneer scenes of the wilds of Ohio. He remembers well the journey hither, and can contrast the village of other days wilh its population of twenty-five hundred, with the flour ishing city of the present inhabited by forty thous and people. The trade of brick-maker seems to have descended in his family from father to son, at least he was of the third generation that adopted it, and when he was seven years of age he began his initiation into his future calling, and finally succeeded his father in his business, and has con tinued in it since, building up a large tjade, ex tending to various parts of the State and even be yond. He has also found other means of increasing his wealth. In 1851 he purchased twelve acres of land on South Limestone Street, at $150 an acre, which was regarded as a large price, and his friends thought it a wild speculation, but with character- teristic discernment he foresaw that the property was bound to rise in value as the city grew aud would in fact some day form a part of the city, so he waited with calm assurance for his prophetic vision to become a reality. He built a substantial brick residence there when it was all woods between his residence and the railway station, and for a few years was quite alone. He only had to wait, how- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 463 ever, until Springfield grew in his direction, and now his land is very valuable, as it is within the city limits, has been platted, and is covered with build- ings.which extend several blocks beyond his former residence that he built on the edge of the forest. He sold that house in 1875, and built his present commodious dwelling at No. 312, South Limestone Street, and remodeled in 1886, making it one of the most conveniently arranged and most desirable homes in the city. He owns besides considerable other real estate in the city and other valuable property. To the wife who has contributed her quota to his prosperity, presides with grace and true hospi tality over his home, and makes his interest her own, Mr. Houck was united in marriage in 1850, the ceremony that made them one being solemn ized in Rushville, 111. Mrs. Houck was born in Indiana, a daughter of John and Mary Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Houck have five children, as follows: Emma, the wife of the Rev. William Singley; Laura B., Lavinia, William F. and John IT. The life record of our subject is an honor to him and an example to the youth of the present gener ation. Pie is gifted with a strong, clear mind, ten acity of purpose and far-seeing sagacity, which have enabled him to control his business affairs to the best advantage, so that he has become wealthy. He is liberal in the use of his money, showing that he has not labored merely for himself. In his politics he is a strong Republican ; religiously, both he and his wife are consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. -*•»*- ¦•£S^ <|5«^«^«5"» JOHN J. KIRKHAM. One of the most at tractive homesteads in Harmony Town ship, Clark County, is owned and occupied by the subject of this notice, who, in 1849, when a boy of twelve, rode over the land when it was covered with wild grass and water knee deep. It now presents the appearance of a beautiful and 466 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. well-tilled tract, the fields laid off with neat fencing, the farm improved with modern buildings and ev erything about the premises denoting the thrift and prosperity, which could only have been brought about by the most unflagging industy and good management. Mr. Kirkham is a thorough and skillful farmer, and has obtained an enviable repu tation as a stock-raiser, being able to exhibit some of tbe finest animals in this part of the county. He took possession of this farm in 1876, although be coming its owner in 1868. In the meantime he lived on his sister's farm adjoining, and could thus give to his property the requisite attention. It lies on section 26, and comprises one hundred and ninety-one acres. The birthplace of Mr. Kirkham was at his father's homestead in Lisbon, Harmony Township, and the date thereof, March 2, 1837. AVith the exception of four years spent in Green Township, he has been a resident of his native township all his life, He attended the common school during his boyhood days, and later spent five months in Wittenberg College at Springfield. When a youth of nineteen years he began teaching school, which profession he followed two years. Subsequently he occupied himself as a farm laborer, and in cultivating rented land. He remained a bachelor until approaching the thirty-ninth year of his age, and was then mar ried, January 24, 1876, in Springfield, to Miss Agnes J. Roddy. This lady was born i:i the State of New York, November 22, 1849, and is the daughter of Michael and Margaret (Drum) Roddy, who were both natives of Ireland. Mr. Roddy emigrated to America when a young man and set tled in New York State, where he remained until 1850. Then coming to Ohio he settled on a farm near Lisbon, and remained there until his death, which occurred about 1865. His widow is still living, and makes her home on the farm of our sub ject. The six children born to them were named respectively, Mary, John, Fanny, deceased; James, Agnes and Charles. Mrs. Margaret (Drum) Roddy is likewise a na tive of Ireland and of Irish ancestry. She lived in her native country until reaching womanhood, and upon emigrating to America settled in New York State, where she made the acquaintance of her future husband. Mrs. Kirkham was given such education as was afforded by the common schools, and remained with her mother until her marriage. Of her union with our subject there have been born eight children, viz.: John M., George C, James W., Jesse G., who died at the age of six years; Walter IT., William S., Agnes M. and Benjamin F. The survivors are at home with their parents, and are being given the training and education suitable to their station in life. The Kirkham homestead, in all its appointments, reflects credit upon the en terprise of the proprietor, while the family holds no secondary position among the best people of tho community. AVID L. BAKER. A well-regulated farm in German Township, Clark County, is the home of the gentleman above named, the estate having been settled upon by his father, who was a pioneer of Clark County. Upon it our subject first saw the light of day, March 23, 1850, and around it the memories of his entire life cluster. He was educated in the public schools of the township, acquiring an excellent practical edu cation, and received from his father a thorough un derstanding of agriculture, which he chose as his life work. The eighty acres of land which he owns are kept by him in excellent cultivation, and the natural fertility of the soil is improved by the use of the best fertilizing agents and a proper rotation of crops. A young lady who was born in Pennsylvania and came to this county with her parents when quite young, won the regard of our subject and after a successful wooing he became her husband September 13, 1875. She bore the maiden name of Mary E. Kunkle and is a daughter of Andrew and Amelia Kunkle, the former of whom is now deceased and the latter living in Springfield. She possesses many excellent qualities and much useful knowledge. She has borne the following children : James A., Irvin A., Emma A., Harvey A., and Walter H. ; Stella and Delbert D., are deceased. The son of Christian parents, he of whom we PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 467 write became imbued with good principles and fol lows the example set him by his father in favoring such projects as will tend to advance the material prosperity of the region or increase the intellectual and moral standing of the community. He is now serving as School Director of District No. 2, cred itably discharging the duties of the office. Politi cally, he is a Democrat. In this he also following the example of his deceased father. The parents of our subject were Jacob and Su sannah (Lander) Baker, who bore a part in the pioneer work of development which has brought this county to its present high state of prosperity. In his younger days the father was a teamster, and he also followed the trade of a blacksmith for a number of years, the remainder of his days being spent as a farmer. Like most of his contempora ries the educational advantages which he enjoyed were very inferior to those of the present time, but such as they were he improved, adding to his store of knowledge by reading and observation. Both he and his wife were identified with the Lutheran Church and held in good repute by their associates. They were the parents of five children, of whom four are yet living. These are Zachariah, whose home is in Indiana; Melissa, wife of Samuel Mag gert, of German Township; Barbara E., wife of Andrew Seitz, now living in Kansas ; and he of whom we write. The father departed this life in March, 1863, while the mother survived until April, 1885. — •> '>»K' ^— — )ENJAMIN F. ALLISON, a highly esteemed citizen of Springfield, is a veteran of the late war, where he won a good record for faith ful service, though he sacrificed his health for his country. He is a Pennsylvanian by birth, bora in Dry town, Lancaster County, November 21, 1830. He is derived from sturdy Scotch ancestry. His father, Abraham Allison, was born in Scotland, but when he was young his parents took him to Ireland, and there he was reared. Ambitious to improve his condition, with a sister and his brother Joseph, he came to this country and located in Pennsylvania, where he married Susan Kauffman, a native of Lancaster County, that State. He be came a stone-mason and carried on his trade in Lancaster County about twenty years. He then turned his attention to farming, and buying a farm four miles from Drytown actively engaged in its cultivation, and made his home there until death him called to a higher. His wife died at the home of her daughter in her native county. To those worthy people were born seven children, of whom the fol lowing five were reared and are still living — Bar- bara, John, Abraham, Susan and Benjamin F. The son of whom we write spent his early years on his father's farm until he arrived at the age of fourteen, when he was apprenticed to learn the trade of a shoemaker in May town, Lancaster County. He was bound for five years, but served only two y7ears and then worked a year under in struction in Carlisle, Cumberland County, gaining a thorough mastery of his calling, and he then did "jour" work for awhile. In 1856 he came to Ohio and started in business for himself in London, Madison County, and carried it on profitably until 1862. In the meantime he had been watchino- tbe course of the war with intense interest, and as soon as he could arrange his affairs he offered his services to his country and, enlisting on the 1 1th of August, tbat year, actively assisted in raising a company, which was designated as Company A, and was at tached to the One hundred and Thirteenth Ohio Infantry, and then sent to Camp Chase, where the officers were chosen and the regiment was organ ized. It was then dispatched to Camp Dennison, whore the men were thoroughly drilled in military tactics for three hours each forenoon and afternoon and each man in turn did guard duty. The bar racks were comfortable and were provided with wooden bunks and plenty of good straw and blan kets. The regiment was sent from there to Louis ville the same fall, where the men were furnished with tents and for the first time slept on the ground. The members of Company A were found to be men of resource and self-reliance, and obtained all the conveniences and comforts to be had, and if there was any straw to be procured for beds they generally appropriated it. Our subject and his comrades were posted in Louisville about two 468 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. months and then went to Muldrow Hills to guard trestles on the Louisville & Nashville Railway. They were stationed there two months, and their next destination was Franklin, Tenn., where they arrived the day after the battle and did good serv ice in assisting in the burial of the dead. Mr. Al lison was taken sick at that point and returned to Nashville to enter the hospital. His health did not improve, and six weeks later he was sent to Louisville. He still continued grow worse, and wrote a letter to Gov. Todd to know why the or ders for the removal of sick soldiers to the hospitals nearer home were not carried out. The Governor was very prompt in his reply, which our subject received by return mail, and five days later he was on his way to the hospital at Camp Dennison. He remained there until his discharge, August 9, 1863, He was suffering from heart disease and chronic diarrhea, and as his soldier days were over he re turned home, and as soon as able resumed the shoe business. He resided in London until 1871, when he took up his abode in Springfield, and has ever since made his home here, and for some years was foreman in a shoe store, a position for which his knowledge of the business and experience thor oughly qualified him. While other men gave their lives on the field of battle ahd in the camps and hospitals of the South during the Rebellion, our subject gave that without which life is scarcely worth living, his health, as he has never been able to regain his old-time vigor since those trying days in the army. Yet, who shall say that he has not made life a success, although the plans and ambi tions with which he started out in the world have not all been brought to fruition. He made a willing sacrifice, has borne his sufferings]cheerfully, and by industry when he was able to work, by frugality, and excellent business tact, he has accumulated a sufficient amount of this world's goods for a com fortable competence. Mr. Allison has been blessed with a good wife, a true, unselfish helpmate, to whom he was united in the holy bonds of matrimony, April 22, 1850. Her maiden name was Charlotte E. Smith, and Balti more, Md., was the place of her birth. They have three children living, of whom the following is re corded : Levi A. married Arabelle Neff, and they have four children, — Daisy, Etna, Henry and a baby7; Smith E. married Nettie Long, and they have two children — Nettie and Glenna; Benjamin F. married Arabelle Morrell. Mr. Allison has always been true in all the rela tions of life, as son, husband, father, neighbor and citizen, and is in all respects worthy of the consid eration and esteem accorded to him by all who know him. In commemoration of his career as a soldier he has identified himself with Mitchell Post No. 45,G. A. R. He is a sound Republican iu politics and cast his first vote for Fremont, and has been in the ranks of the party almost from its formation. In him the Second Lutheran Church finds one of its most consistent members. — -*3«f I^AVID CRABILL. The Crabill family is well jl) represented in Springfield Township, Clark jft^ County, several brothers of the name having their homes there. None are more worthy of representation in this volume than the one whoso name introduces this sketch, and who is the second child of the late Thomas V. Crabill and his respected wife. He was born in Champaign County, 111., March 14, 1836, and was about a year old when his father returned to Clark County, Ohio, where he grew to manhood and has since resided. He has always followed agricultural pursuits and a visitor to his home would at once conclude that the owner thoroughly understands his calling. The farm consists of one hundred and sixty-nine acres, care fully and intelligently tilled, well fenced, and sup plied with adequate and substantial buildings of various kinds,the dwelling being particularly attrac tive. The marriage of Mr. Crabill took place at the bride's home in Green Township, December 2, 1862, his companion being Miss Nancy C. Rock. She was born in the city of Springfield June 17, 1840, and possesses many virtues and graces of mind and heart. Her parents were Thomas R. and Leah (Kelly) Rock. She has borne her husband mm PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 471 two children — Emma J. and Thomas V. The daugh ter is the wife of Albert T. Garlough and the mother of one son, David C. The second child of our subject is a graduate of Wittenberg College, Springfield, in the class of 1890. Being public-spirited and liberal minded, Mr. Crabill takes a deep interest in educational affairs and in the political outlook of the country, as well as iu all movements whieh are made for the good of the county. He has held the office of School Di rector for a long term of years and for three years has been a member of the Republican Central Com mittee for Springfield Township. The Republican party has no stancher supporter than he is and has been since he began to vote. Mrs. Crabill and her two children belong to the Second Lutheran Church. ' 3*sH *f4F*"*"~~ .•¦esssS-* eHARLES L. GERLAUGH. Although still a young man the above-named gentleman is one of the most prominent and public-spir ited residents of Bethel Township, Clark County. He belongs to a family whose representatives are numbeied among the early settlers of Greene County, and who in former times sent pioneers into Pennsylvania, the remote ancestors being Ger man. He is a shrewd business man, a fine manager of the land which he operates, and personally is hospitable, good natured, and every inch a gentle man. He commands the respect of his fellow-men, his prominence among them being due as much to his personal character, as to his ability in worldy and public affairs. His home is a fine farm of two hundred and fifty-six acres on sections 31 and 36, which although held by his father has been largely- improved by himself, and is under his sole control. He is a shareholder in the Osborn Bank, and an ex-President of that institution, having been at its head the first year of its life. The first of the Gerlaugh family to make a home in the Buckeye State was Adam, a native of Fred erick County, Md., who came here about 1810. He was poor and empty handed, bnt locating on anew piece of land in Beaver Creek Township, Greene County, he sot to work with right good will to carve out his fortune. He cleared and improved the farm, and so successfully prosecuted his labors that he became the owner of some one thousand acres of land, all lying within five or six miles of Dayton. In the early days his market was Cincin nati, to and from which city he hauled produce with teams. He was still a young man when he came to this State, wliere he married and reared a family, one of whom a son, Arthur, was born in Beaver Creek Township, in 1819. There Adam Gerlaugh breathed his last, respected by his fellow- men. Arthur Gerlaugh bought and located on his father's original homestead, where he is now living, having some three hundred acres of land in the farm. He is one of the oldest settlers of the com munity, being now about seventy-one years old, and is numbered among the most prosperous farm ers of this vicinity. He also owns two good farms in Bath Township, Greene County, and after the marriage of his son, our subject, purchased the property upon which the latter is located. In poli tics he is a thorough Republican. As a citizen he is public spirited, reliable and prominent, while his private character is that of an honorable, kindly and upright man. His wife, formerly Miss Cath erine Rockafield, was born near Fairfield, Bath Township, and was edtneated there; she is the pos sessor of an intelligent mind, a Christian character, and many useful accomplishments. She has now reached the age of some fifty-six years, and belongs to the United Brethren Church. The family in cludes two sons — Charles L., the first-born; and John, who is farming on the homo place in Greene County. The maternal grandparents of our subject were John and Elizabeth (Cost) Rockafield, both of whom wore born in the Keystone State, and came to this section when young with their parents, who were early settlers of Bath Township, Greene County. Grandfather Rockafield took up his resi dence there about 1825, and began working out on the farm of Peter Cost, whose daughter he after ward married. He then rented the place, afterward buying it, and contiuuing to reside upon it until his death. 472 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. The gentleman whose name introduces this bio graphical sketch was born March 6, 1855, in Beaver Creek Township, Greene County, five miles from Dayton. There he grew to manhood, learn ing the rudiments of farming when a boy, and en joying excellent educational advantages, together with the best of home training. He remained un der the parental roof until twenty-seven years old, when he was married and located upon the farm which his father had purchased for him. The en tire acreage is tillable, and the estate is well im proved, having all necessary and convenient farm buildings upon it, being well fenced, and supplied with fruit of various kinds. There are two tenant houses for the use of workmen upon the estate, which is devoted to general farming, and in the carrying on of which three teams are constantly employed; the whole is under the efficient super- vifion of Mr. Gerlaugh. He is now raising thor oughbred Short-horn cattle, of which he has some fine specimens on which he has taken premiums at the fairs; he also raises full-blooded Poland-China swine. He feeds about a car-load of cattle per year also, while his crops are not neglected but are equal to any in the county in amount and quality. The hospitable and attractive home of Mr. Ger laugh is presided over by an intelligent and accom plished lady, whose gracious manner prepossesses strangers in her favor, and whoso virtues endear her to many hearts. She comes of an excellent family, being a daughter of John Hower, whose sketch found on another page in this volume, fur nishes an account of her ancestry. She is a native of Bath Township, in which her marriage took place February 1, 1882. For a -time she was a student at Wittenberg College, Springfield. Four bright children have come to bless her union, their names being Arthur, Howard, Ella and Bertha. The Clark County Agricultural Society numbers Mr. Gerlaugh among its patrons. According to his judgment the principles embraced in the Re publican platform are those best calculated for the needs of the people, and he never fails to support them by his vote, and he has also served his party as a delegate to county conventions. He is a mem ber of the School Board, and takes a deep interest in educational affairs, aud in the improvement of J the schools. He belongs to the Lutheran Church. AVe invite the attention of our many readers to a portrait of Mr. Gerlaugh on another page. ^!^^^^- ,)EV. LUTHER A. GOTWALD, Professor of Theology in Wittenberg Theological Semi nary7, has, for thirty years, been an active laborer in the Master's viney7ard, making a specialty of mission work. He is a man of fine abilities, with a finished education and no small literary talent, having been a liberal contributor to the Quarterly Review published at Gettysburg, and various other papers and periodicals, besides pub lishing a number of pamphlets on historic and ecclesiastical subjects. Dr. Gotwald received the title of Doctor of Divinity from Pennsylvania College in 1874. From 1874 to 1886 he was a member of the Board of Home Missions over which he presided for a number of years and was also one of the Board of Church Extensions. He was likewise a Trustee of Pennsylvania College at Gettysburg and a Director of the Theological Seminary there, representing it in the General Synod of the Lutheran Church. It will thus be seen that he has covered a broad field of usefulness for which his natural talents, aided by his acquirements, have amply fitted him. Among those who have known him long and well his career has been such as to fully establish him in their es teem and confidence. The subject of this notice was born at York Springs, Adams County, Pa., January 31, 1833, and is the son of the Rev. Daniel and Susannah (Krone) Gotwald, both natives of Pennsylvania and of German ancestry. The father was a promi nent minister of the Lutheran Church and the mother a noble Christian lady who transmitted largely of her own piety and her virtues to her son. She frequently accompanied feel- husband in his travels, but made her home in her native State. The parental family consisted of twelve children, seven sons and five daughters, of whom only four are now living. Dr. Gotwald is the fifth child of his parents and spent the greater part of his youth in Center County, Pa. He pursued his early studies in the common school and later attended an academy after which, repairing to Philadelphia he entered a print ing office and during the time spent there gained a fair knowledge of the art preservative. When a youth of nineteen years, coming to this State he entered Wittenberg College, passing through the Sophomore year. In 1855 returning to Pennsyl vania he entered Pennsylvania College at Gettys burg from which he was graduated in 1857. Next tho Doctor entered the Theological Semi nary of Gettysburg and after taking a two year's course was duly graduated from that institution in 1859. In October of that same year he was placed in charge of the Lutheran Church at Shippensburg, Pa., where he remained until 1865. That year he came to Ohio as pastor of the First Lutheran Church at Dayton, where he remained until 1869, and was then obliged to resign his charge on ac count of failing health. We next find Dr. Gotwald in Chambersburg, Pa., as Pastor of the Lutheran Church, of which he remained in charge from the latter part of 1869, un til 1874. Afterward for twelve years he was pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in York, Pa. In De cember, 1885, upon a call from Springfield, he as sumed the pastorate of the Second Lutheran Church in that city and soon afterward was elected to the Professorship of Practical and Historical Theology in Wittenberg Theological Seminary. He brings to this position a large experience and more than ordinary talents and is in all respects a useful man for the place. Dr. Gotwald was married October 13, 1859, at the bride's home in Springfield, to Miss Mary E. King. This lady was bora April 1, 1837, in Tarlton, Ohio, and is the daughter of David and Almena (Caldwell) King.the former a native of England, and the latter of New Hampshire. The father was brought to America when a child. Of this union there have 506 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. been born nine children, seven sons and two daugh ters who are named respectively, David K., George D., Robert C, Luther A., William W., Frederick G., Charles, Almena and Mary Susan. The fol lowing sons are deceased: George D. who was Pastor of the Memorial Lutheran Church of Kansas City died January 12, 1890; Luther A. and William W. were pursuing their classical course of educa tion looking forward to the ministry at the time of their deaths; Charles H. died when a babe. Politically, Dr. Gotwald is a stanch Republican, and during the war was a strong Union man, and did all he could to further the interests of the Union cause. His brother Dr. Jacob H. Gotwald, chief surgeon on board the man of war "Keystone" under command of Rear-Admiral Dupont in the fight at Charleston, S. C, was scalded to death while rendering surgical aid to one of the wounded men. Another brother, Rev. AV. V. Gotwald, was a Lutheran minister in Lancaster, Pa., and died there in 1869. A younger brother Rev. W. H. Gotwald, is now Pastor of a Lutheran Church in Washing ton, D. C. His eldest sister Eliza, was married to the Rev. Jacob Scherer, who was the second Luth eran minister in the State of Illinois; they are now both deceased. eAPT. AMAZIAH WINGER is the efficient Superintendent of the Superior Drill Com pany, of Springfield, and to his wise man agement and careful supervision of his employers' interests it is greatly indebted for its continued prosperity. He is a veteran of the late war, a fine type of the citizen-soldiers of our Republic who went forth from pleasant homes to do battle for their country's honor,and he in so doing won a noble military record that reflects credit on his county and State, and is one of which he and his may well be proud. The Captain comes of a long line of honorable ancestry, and from a history of the AVinger fam ily, compiled by the Hon. B. F. Winger, of Green- castle, Pa., we extract the following: "The founder of the family in America was Karl Michael Wenger, who emigrated from the Canton of Zu rich, Switzerland, in 1736, and settled on Groff's Run, north of Bareville, now Earl Township, Lan caster County, Pa. He bought a tract of land from the original proprietor, the title of which still remains in the hands of a lineal descendant of the same name as himself, and the chain of title from William Penn down shows no break in the Winger blood. His son, Jacob Wenger, grand father of our subject, was born in 1783, and he changed the family name from Wenger to Winger, and his descendants adhere to that spelling. As far as known, he spent his entire life in his native county. The maiden name of his wife was Mary Weaver, and it is also supposed that she spent her entire life in Pennsylvania. Jacob Winger, the father of our subject, was born in Lancaster County, Pa., August 6, 1810. He learned the trade of a carpenter and followed it in that county until the year 1837, when, ac companied by his wife and two children, he emigrated to the State of Ohio, making the jour ney with a team. He located in Springfield, among its early settlers, and as his means were limited at that time, he rented a house, but not long after was enabled to buy a home. He was a man of much enterprise and a great worker, and made money sufficient to buy a farm in 1843, located one mile east of Springfield on the National pike. He resided there and carried on his trade and superintended its improvement until 1850, when he sold that place and retired to the city, and in 1852, in company with William AVhitely and olhers, he erected a shop on the corner of Wash ington and Limestone Streets, and engaged in car- building, and then conducted the manufacture of agricultural implements, the firm manufacturing the first reapers ever made here. Mr. Winger fin ally resumed house building, and was thus actively engaged until 1869, when failing health compelled him to retire from business. He died in the home of his son-in-law, in May, 1886, and thus passed away another pioneer who had ever been promi nent in advancing tbe industrial interests of city and county for a period of nearly fifty years. The maiden name of his wife was Catherine Trout, She was born in Lancaster County, Pa., and now PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 507 makes her home with our subject. Of her ten children, six are now living, namely: Amaziah; Kate A., wife of Charles S. Ramsey, of Cheboygan, Mich. ; Hannah, wife of John Sites, of Columbus, this State; George W., living in Springfield; John M., a resident of Springfleld ; Mary, wife of Theo dore Troupe, of Springfield. Three of her chil dren died in infancy. Her son, Hezekiah, sacri ficed his life pn the altar of his country, having been an officer in the army during the late war. He was born in 1839 and was reared in Spring field, and early learned tbe trade of a carpenter. On the first call for troops, when the Rebellion broke out he was among the first to spring to arms, enlisted in Company F, Second Ohio Regiment, going out in the first company7 that went from Springfield, and took part in the first battle of Bull Run. He was honorably discharged with his regiment after the expiration of his term of enlist ment. He soon after assisted in raising Company I, Forty-fourth Ohio Infantry, and was commis sioned Second Lieutenant, served three years, then veteranized in the Eighth Cavalry and was pro moted to the captaincy of his company. He was wounded while fighting bravely at the battle of Lynchburg, Va., and from the effects of that wound never recovered, his death occurring in February, 1866. Thus died one whose gallant heart had beaten with true patriotism, and had led him to sacrifice even life itself for the old flag. The poet says: "He who for country dies, dies not, but lives forevermore." The subject of this biographical sketch was born in Lancaster County, Pa., September 13, 1835, and was two years of age when he was brought to this State. He attended the public schools in Spring field quite steadily until ho was eighteen years of age, and being studious, ho gained a sound edu cation. At that age he commenced to work in a a lumber yard, and was thus employed until 1860, and then engaged in the lumber business for him self, and continued in it until 1862. He had been watching the course of the war with intense inter est, and he determined to take part in it, and set tling up his business affairs, he enlisted in June, 1862, in Company A, Ninety-fourth Ohio Infantry, commanded by Gen. Todd, and he did gallant service throughout the remainder of the Rebellion. The most important battles in which he took an active part were those at Perryville, Stone River, Chicamauga, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, and in the battles along the way when he accom panied Sherman on his march to Atlanta, and the siege and capture of that city. From there he went, with his command, to Savannah, and thence through the Carolinas and Virginia to Washington, where he and his gallant men took part in the Grand Review. Throughout his whole career in the army he displayed marked talent for military affairs, and his promotion from the ranks through the various official grades to be Lieutenant and then to be Captain . of his company was due entirely to his bravery and ability displayed on every occasion that called for action on his part. The Captain was honorably discharged with his regiment, in June, 1865, and returning home, quietly resumed his old business as a lumber merchant. He carried it on until 1885, building up a paying trade, and then became connected with the Superior Drill Company, and for the past three years has been Su perintendent of the works. He is a man of tact, discrimination and shrewdness, and is well endowed with activity and firmness, and mechanical ingenu ity and skill, and is in every way fitted to occupy the responsible position that he holds in the over seeing the work of one of the leading industries of the city. Capt. Wing has been twice married. In 1867 be was wedded to Mary A., daughter of William and Susannah (Barnett) Crothers, a native of Springfield. Two children were born of their mar riage — Fanny C. and Laura. After a union of five years Mrs. Winger departed this life, leaving a pleasant memory of what she had been as a daughter, wife, mother, and friend. The marriage of our subject to his present wife took place in 1876, and the cozy comfort of their home and its delightful hospitality is due in a great part to her thoughtful care. Her maiden name was Mary Barr, and she was a daughter of Amos Barr, and at the time of her marriage with the Captain was the widow of James Torbert. In this brief review of the life of our subject it will be seen that as a man and a citizen his rec- 508 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. ord is a high one, and that he is a valued member of the community with whose interests, materially, socially and religiously, he has been so long and honorably associated. He and his wife are act ive members of the First Presbyterian Church. He is a prominent member of the Grand Army of the Republic, belonging to Mitchell Post, No. 45; and he is also identified with the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons as a member of Clark Lodge, No. 101. - - ' " oi>o- " OHN DICK, landscape gardener and Super intendent of Ferncliff Cemetery, has, with hard labor guided by true genius, made this m^f/ resting plaee of Springfield's dead a beauti ful and attractive spot, one of the finest examples of a garden cemetery in the State. Mr. Dick is a native of Scotland, and he was born in Ayrshire, Jauuary 14, 1834. His father, David Dick, and his grandfather, John Dick, were also nativos of that country, and both were practical gardeners, the former spending his entire life in the land of his birth. The father of our subject carried on his calling in Scotland for many years, but finally came to America with his wife and two children, and after residing in Cincinnati a few years, came to Springfield, and in this city passed the remain der of his life, honored and respected by all who knew him, for his integrity and uprightness, that made him all worthy of trust. The maiden name of the mother of our subject was Jessie Charles, and she was born in Edinborough, Scotland, and her remains now repose beside those of her hus band, in Ferncliff. Their marriage was blessed by the birth of the following six children: John, Agnes, widow of James B. Hay, who resides in Springfield; David, deceased, who lies sleeping his last sleep in Ferncliff; James a resident of Ken tucky; George; and James C, who died young. John Dick, of tbis biographical review, passed his early years in his native land, receiving the advantages of a sound education in the excellent academy in Kirkcudbright, spending some years there very profitably, and making rapid advance ment in his studies. After leaving school he went into training for the vocation which his father and grandfather had followed before him, and for which he seemed to have a special aptitude, due perhaps to heredity. He received a thorough preparation for his work, serving an apprentice ship of seven years at landscape gardening, and then attending the Royal Botanic Gardens, of which Prof. McKnabe was curate, Prof. Balfour, the renowned botanist, being the instructor in that branch of study. Our subject spent two years there, earnestly devoting himself to the acquirement of a practical knowledge of the work that lay before him in his future career in his chosen vocation. At the expiration of. that time he came to America, as a fine field in which to exercise his calling remuneratively, and he soon obtained a position as gardener on Long Island, remained there a year, and then went to New Rochelle, N. Y., to remodel an estate. A year was consumed in that work, and he afterward revis ited Scotland. A year later he returned to the United States, and was employed in Philadelphia, Pa., at his trade one year. Lexington, Ky., was his next place of residence, and he worked at gar dening in that city six years, and from there he went to Cincinnati, where he remained till 18G3, and in that year he came to Springfield to take charge of Ferncliff, then a new cemetery which had not yet been platted, and has since been a res ident of this city. He brings to his work an original, thoughtful, well-trained mind, and his decided talent has been so developed by education, he being thoroughly grounded in all the natural sciences tbat have a bearing upon his calling, that as practiced by him with his exquisite taste, is an art. And the citizens of Springfield who are so justly proud of this lovely cemetery, amid whose beauties their beloved dead lie sleeping, consider themselves very fortunate in securing the able ser vices of such a man. His exceptional knowledge of botany and kindred subjects, and the informa tion his acute observational powers have enabled him to glean, and his intelligent acquaintance with books and other matters render him an interesting companion. His character for' firmness, kindly thought for others, and for unswerving integrity has made him widely respected in this city, "where he has made his home for so many years. £lAUsUt,(Lg~<> PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 511 An important event in the life of our subject, and one that has had an important bearing on his weal and comfort, was his marriage, in July 1863, to Miss Catherine Fitzsimmons, a native of Ire land, though of Scotch antecedents. The joys of their wedded life have been partly in the birth of their four children — Charles, James, Jessie and Mary, and the sorrows have been in the death of two of them, Charles and Mary. "If tbe Power maketh thus his pastures green, Maketh thus His quiet waters, Out of waste his heavens serehe, Ye can trust the mighty Shepherd Loseth none he ever led ; Somewhere yet a greeting waits thee On the faces of thy dead." W. C. Gannett. Mrs. (Fitzsimmons) Dick departed this life Oc tober 17, 1879, at her home in Springfield, and lies sleeping by the side of her children in Fern cliff. Mr. Dick contracted a second marriage with Margaret Simons, daughter of the Rev. Jacob Simons, of the Lutheran Church, a native of Penn sylvania, born in 1800, now deceased. This mar riage was celebrated January 15, 1881, and no chil dren have been born of this union. a&eJg&Ugest-* page, fifteenwhich ELVILLE M. GAUNCE. Among the numerous well-edited papers of Xenia is the Democrat-News, of which Mr. Gaunce is the editor and proprietor. It is a four- nine-column folio, with a circulation of hundred, and having the reputation, it has justly earned, of being firm in the advocacy of what it believes to be right, both politically and morally, if is widely read and en joyed. The weekly organ of the Democratic party, it is their only representative in the vicinity. On the opposite page is shown a portrait of Mr. Gaunce, who, being a practical business manager as well as possessing superior ability, intellectually, is worthy of prominent mention among the wielders of the pen in Greene County. A native of Kentucky, Mr. Gaunce was born near Headquarters, Nicholas County, in January, 1833. His father, Martin Gaunce, was a substan tial farmer, and was held in high esteem for his many sterling traits of character, being pre-emi nently known for his honesty and honorable deal ing. Our subject remained at the homestead until eighteen years of age, when he became a student at Asbury, now DePauw University, Greencastle, Ind., at which institution he remained for two years. He then entered upon a course of study at Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, being graduated from it in 1858. The following year he attended the Law School at Albany, N. Y., from which he received his diploma as a graduate in June, 1859. Mr. Gaunce first located, in the practice of his profession as an attorney, at Cincinnati, Ohio, and from there went to Texas, where he sojourned for a short time engaged as a teacher. Later he set tled in Hannibal, Mo., in the practice of the law, but the War of the Rebellion breaking out soon afterward, he returned to the old homestead in Kentucky, and there remained until 1862, when he was appointed County Clerk of Nicholas County, a position that he filled about nine months. It was during Mr. Gaunce's occupancy of this office that Gen. Kirby Smith made his famous raid into Kentucky, and our subject then volunteered and served as a soldier in the Home Guards. The service was a brief one, and after the advance of Kirby Smith's army, the rebels were so much en couraged and emboldened in that section, that it became extremely unsafe for a Union man to live in that vicinity, and especially for one who, like Mr. Gaunce, had been appointed to and filled a political office in the place of its former rebel incumbent, who had absconded or entered the rebel army. It was on this account that Mr. Gaunce left the Blue Grass State and removed to Greenville, Ohio, whore he practiced law for two years. In 1866 he located in Xenia, where for the next twelve years he followed the various duties of his profession. In the meantime he served as City Solicitor for two years. Mr. Gaunce dates his entrance into the newspaper 512 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. field from 1876, when he purchased the good-will and plant of the Democj*at-News of Xenia. As editor and publisher he conducted the paper until 1881, when he sold out, but in October, 1883, re purchased the plant. During and for some years after the late war Mr. Gaunce acted with the Republican party, but since 1872 has voted with the Democracy. He was appointed Postmaster of Xenia, January 1, 1886, by President Grover Cleveland, and attended to the duties of the office with efficiency and to the satisfaction of the public until October, 1889, when he was removed for political reasons. Mr. Gaunce was married in June, 1880, to Miss Sarah L., daughter of Abraham and Mary A. (Stuart) Roseberry, of Dayton, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Roseberry were natives respectively of Yir- ginia and Ohio, and are now deceased. Mr. Gaunce and his wife occupy a pleasant home in the Second Ward of Xenia, and are well known and highly respected not only in their immediate community but in different parts of the county and State. Religiously, Mr. Gaunce inclines to the faith of the Methodist Episcopal Church, while Mrs. Gaunce is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church. THOMAS J. KIRKPATRICK. The Farm and Fireside, published in Springfield, is ^^^f circulated far and wide, and although many of its readers may not be familiar with the name, they are yet well acquainted with the name of Thomas Kirkpatrick, its managing editor. Although still a comparatively young man, being not yet thirty-five j7ears of age, he has been engaged in editorial work for some fourteen years, and was probably one of the youngest editors in the coun try when he began his labors in that line. To his devoted mother is due the formation of his moral character and his business habits, and she also by the labor of her own hands secured to him the benefits of education. His father left home when Thomas was but four years old and engaged in mining on the Pacific Coast. He contributed to the support of the family7 as far as he was able; but not meeting with great success in his operations the support of the family in a large part devolved upon the mother. The maternal grandparents of our subject moved from Pennsylvania to Ohio in an early day, and in the latter State Miss Fannie Aley was born. She married Joshua M. Kirkpatrick, a native of Vir ginia, and to them, in Dayton, a son was born, September 23, 1855. This is he who owes not only the greater part of his sustenance during boyhood, but all that is best in his manhood, to a mother's love and devotion. About the 1st of June, 1870, being then fifteen years of age and unwilling to burden his mother longer, young Kirkpatrick en tered the United Brethren publishing house to learn the printing business. After completing the printer's !rade, he entered the Ohio Wesleyan Uni versity, at Delaware, pursuing his studies two years, during which time he mastered the art of stenography in addition to the regular course of study. In the spring of 1871 Mr. Kirkpatrick entered the employ of his uncle, P. P. Most, as his private secretary7, and his experience in printing secured to him the control of the private printing office of P. P. Mast & Co., which was put in the following spring. The subsequent fall Mr. Mast announced in the presence of his nephew his intention to employ a stenographic amanuensis. Mr. Kirkpatrick at once requested that the position be held for him, and within three months he had acquired the art, this being prior to the completion of the studies which he pursued at the University, which alternated with employment, by which he supported himself. Mr. Kirkpatrick, as soon as competent, assumed the duties of stenographer, and held the position until the summer of 1874, when the firm under- ' took the publication of the Farm and Fireside, a semi-monthly paper, of whieh our subject was given the editorial charge. Two years later the paper sold out to the present firm, which is composed of P. P. Mast, J. S. Crowell and T. J. Kirkpatrick, the latter continuing to act in an editorial capac ity. The publication is a neat one, containing much matter of value to agriculturists, together with interesting articles for the household,the latter including poetry, short prose articles, housekeeping PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 513 hints, etc. It has reached a circulation of nearly two hundred and forty thousand copies, ir, the pub lication of which a large force is required. The building occupied by the plant is a large four-story brick structure of modern design and architectural beauty. The firm also publishes the Ladies' Home Companion, a handsome illustrated ladies' paper, issued semi-monthly, which is fast acquiring an enormous circulation. At present its regular issue exceeds one hundred thousand copies. Mr. Kirk patrick has editorial charge of this paper also, as he has of all the publications of the firm. Mr. Kirkpatrick was married May 8, 1877, to Miss S. Corinna Reid, of Jackson, Mich., and daugh ter of William B. Reid, Esq., and who is but two months her husband's junior. Mrs. Kirkpatrick was born in the city of Raleigh, N. C, November 25, 1855, and removed with her parents to Ohio when a little girl. Thence, later, they went to Michigan. Of this union there was born one child, a daughter, Hazel. Mr. and Mrs. Kirkpatrick are influential members of Trinity Baptist Church. Our subject has been prominently connected with wheeling and is the inventor of the Kirkpatrick bicy'cle saddle, which has been in universal use for several years. He is also prominently connected with the League of the American Wheelmen, and was President of the organization two terms. So cially, he belongs to the Knights of Pythias. The little family occupies a neat and pleasant home at No. 343 South Limestone Street. Sr, OHN N. STOCKSTILL, M. D. The fact that Dr. Stockstill has been a successful practitioner of New Carlisle, Clark County, for the long period of over forty-eight years, is sufficient indication of his standing among the people. He not only stands high in his pro fession, but also in church and social circles, and there are few old residents of the county to whom his face and form are not familiar. He was born in Bethel Township, Miami County, this State, three miles south of New Carlisle, October 16, 1815, and is thus a veteran of nearly seventy-five years. He comes of a good family, being the son of Thomas and Catherine (Hain) Stockstill, the former of whom was born about nine miles from Baltimore, Md. When the father of our subject was about nine years old, his parents removed to North Carolina, and from there to Faj'ettc County, Tenn., where th6y spent the remainder of their lives. It is a fact somewhat singular that although Thomas Stockstill was of Southern birth, ancestry and training, he, when having attained to years of thought and discretion, became bitterly7 opposed to slavery, and as early as 1802 left the scenes of his childhood and youth for a section of country untainted by the peculiar institution. Coming then to Miami County, this State, he located in what is now Bethel township, purchasing one hun dred acres of land, at $3 per acre, whereon he set tled and thereafter lived until called from earth, December 20, 1860, at the age of seventy-eight years, six months and eleven days. He was pros pered financially, and at bis death left one hun dred and eighty acres of land with excellent improvements. During his younger days he served in the War of 1812. When but a boy he united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he was a Class-Leader for more than sixty-five years. In politics he was first a Whig, until the abandon ment of the old party, and thereafter he was a stanch Republican. The paternal grandfather of our subject was Zebediah Stockstill, a native of England, who em igrated to America during the Colonial days, and spent his last years in Tennessee. He died in 1832, leaving a large number of slaves and extensive land property. The next year his son Thomas journeyed to Tennesse on horseback to settle the estate. All the slaves that fell to him in the divi sion of the negro property were set free, and in accordance with the law he was obliged to give security for their good behavior if left in the State, the majority, however, were sent to free States. Slaves were bringing a high price at that time, and Thomas Stockstill paid $1500 for young Dave, son of old Dave arid Nell, who had raised a large family, and whose care in old age was made a condition for the purchase and setting free 514 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. of young Dave by his new master, the parents like wise being liberated. A second trip was made by the father of our subject to Tennessee, in 1835, when the final set tlement of the affairs took place, and young John accompanied him to visit a host of relatives he had never seen. The father used often to say to his children that slavery would be the eause of the greatest war that a nation was ever scourged with and that he did not wish to live to see it. It seemed providential that his death took place in December, 1860, but three months before tho be ginning of the conflict that was to prove a fulfill ment of his prophecy. Mrs. Catherine (Hain) Stockstill, the mother of our subject was born in North Carolina, and died in Miami County, Ohio, March 20, 1843. Her father, Leonard Hain, likewise a native of North Carolina, was one of the first settlers of Clark County, this State, coming hither in 1801, while it was still a territory. He took up land from the Government, and with his good wife suffered the hardships and privations of frontier life, but finally was rewarded in being able to build up a comfortable home where he first settled, and where he and his wife spent the closing years of their lives. Eight children were born to the parents of our subject, all of whom lived to mature years, and five of whom survive. They were named respect ively — Elias, Rachel, Sarah, Susan, John N., Ste phen, Irwin and Catherine. John N., our subject, was the fifth in order of birth. He was reared on the farm in his native township, and received a good education, completing his studies in the High school at Springfield. Subsequently he taught school and read medicine for five years, and finally entered the Medical College of Ohio, at Cincinnati, from which he was graduated in 1842. He com menced the practice of his chosen profession in New Carlisle, and from that day his course has been steadily onward, and he has probably treated more cases than any other man within the county. His uniform success, good judgment, close atten tion to the duties of his profession and prompt ness in meeting the calls made upon him, soon placed him upon a solid footing both socially and financially. He is prominently connected with the Clark County Medical Society, and the Ohio State Medical Association. He has always been fond of agricultural pursuits, and during the early days wisely invested a portion of his capital in land, from which he built up a good farm, the op erations of which he has always superintended, and which has been the source of a comfortable income. During the first two years of Dr. Stockstill's practice he devoted his leisure time to macerating the bones of an entire human skeleton, which he had dissected while in college. He then wired the bones together making an entire artificial skeleton, and securing in the process a fine review of osteo logy. The skeleton he thus made now hangs in a case in his office, probably being the only one put up in the State by a practitioner of medicine. Dr. Stockstill cast his first Presidential vote for William Henry Harrison, being then a member of the old AVhig party. Upon the organization of the Republican party he wheeled over into its ranks, and has since been one of its most ardent defenders. After having practiced medicine about fourteen years he was unanimously nominated to represent Clark County in the Ohio Legislature, and, while there was no doubt of his being elected, he declined to run for the office. He was next unanimously nominated to act as Treasurer of Clark County, but this be also declined to accept, and ever afterward he neither desired or would accept any office, although frequently solicited to do so. For years he has been a member of the Presbyterian Church, at New Carlisle, and is en deavoring to live a consistent life. For more than forty- two years there has been steadily traveling by the side of our subject, a most worthy lady, who in her girlhood was Miss Juliet Hay, and to whom he was joined in wedlock February 25, 1847. Mrs. Stockstill was born in New Carlisle, September 12, 1825, and is a daugh ter of John and Mary (Smith) Hay, who were na tives of Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Hay left the Blue Grass State at an early day, and were among the first settlers of New Carlisle. The father de parted this life in 1845, and the mother in 1849. The parental household included seven children. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 515 six daughters and one son, four of whom are now living. The son, H. C. Hay, deceased, is kept in memory by the Grand Army Post at New Car lisle, which is named for him. Four children came to bless the union of our subject and his estimable wife, the eldest of whom, a son William, and a very capable business man, is operating a planing-mill at New Carlisle ; Clara is the wife of Giles T. Collins, a liveryman of Muncie, Inch; Edgar and Harry are engaged in merchandising at New Carlisle. ® fflSAAC K. FUNDERBURGH. He with whose name we introduce this biographical outline may be properly designated as "a gentleman to the manor bora." He is in the enjoyment of large means, and has a pleasant home located one-eighth of a mile east of the corporation limits of New Carlisle, Clark County. There he is surrounded by- all the comforts of life, and lives in a manner much less pretentious perhaps than his means might justify. Mr. Funderburgh was born near Donnelville, in Bethel Township, Clark County, this State, De cember 27, 1839. His parents, Daniel and Diana (Keplinger) Funderburg, were also natives of Clark County, where the father accumulated a large property and spent his entire life in farming pur suits. He, however, sojourned one year in Mt. iEtna, Ind., but finally concluded there was no lo cation so desirable in all respects as his native place. He was a self-made man in the broadest sense of the term, working his way np to an honorable position in life, and became one of the leading men in his community. From boyhood until his death he was an active member of the German Baptist Church. When becoming a voter he iden tified himself wilh the old Whig party and after its abandonment, became a Republican. The paternal grandfather of our subject, Jacob Funderburgh, by name, and his estimable wife, were natives of Maryland. They emigrated to Ohio in the early part of the present century, settling near the present site of Donnelsville, Clark County, where they spent the remaider of their days. Dan iel, the father of our subject, was one of the younger of a large family of children. The mother who was born in Bethel Township, Clark County, also died there. To her and her husband there were born ten children, viz: John, Saloma, Eliza, these aie all deceased; Isaac K., Jacob, Anthony; Abrain, deceased; Diana and Daniel, twins, the latter of whom is deceased ; and George K. The subject of this notice was the fourth child of the parental family. He was reared on the farm, and obtained only a limited education pursuing his studies in a log schoolhouse, built in primitive style, under the imperfect system of that day. He grew up strong in body and healthy in mind and chose farming'for his vocation. He has been very success ful, and is the owner of three hundred and twenty- four broad acres on section 28, Bethel Township, just outride the corporation of New Carlisle. This is looked upon as one of the most valuable farms in Clark County. Besides this property Mr. Funderburgh also owns one hundred and sixtyacres of fine grazing land in Pike Township, and three hundred and twenty acres near Stewart, Col. Mr. Funderburgh for many years was engaged in the live-stock business, buying selling and shipping extensively. Some years ago he established a liv ery business in New Carlisle, which has also grown to goodly proportions, and which is the leading establishment of its kind in tbe town. He is the lessee of the flou ring-mills in New Carlisle, which he operates to good advantage, and he is also en gaged as an undertaker and in the furniture busi ness. Among the men who are the first to support any worthy enterprise, Mr, Funderburgh has also been found a leader. He is liberal and public-spirited, and has performed no unimportaut part in the growth of his town. Besides the interests already mentioned, he has a share in two steam threshing out fits which do a lively business in the fall of the year. Without making any pretentions to education, Mr. Funderburgh, by keeping his eyes open to what is going on around him, is fully qualified to transact any ordinary business, having been endowed by nature with a fund of strong common sense, which 516 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. is at all times reliable. He gives liberally to char itable objects, and in proportion to his means has done as much for the poor and unfortunate as any man in the county. Although not connected with any religious or ganization, Mr. Funderburgh believes in the estab lishment and maintenance of churches, and especially favors the German Baptist Church, of which he is a regular attendant, and to which the various members of his family belong. For many years he has been connected with the Masonic fra ternity in which he is a Knight Templar. He was a member and President of the School Board at New Carlisle, during the erection of the High School building, and in the spring of 1890 he was elected a Trustee of Bethel Township on the Re publican ticket, receiving the largest majority ever given a candidate for this office. Nearly twenty-nine years ago Mr. Funderburgh was wedded to Miss Hester Frantz, the wedding taking place at the bride's home in Bethel Town ship, May 9, 1861. This lady was born January 13, 1844, in Bethel Township, and is the daughter of the Rev. John and Anna (Ohmart) Frantz, who were natives of Ohio, and are now deceased. Mr. Frantz was a minister of the German Baptist Church, and attained to some distinction in his calling. To our subject and his estimable wife there have been born nine children, namely: Will iam, Samuel, Harry, Ursula, Charles, Irwin, Ed ward, Anna and Clarence. Samuel died in infancy, and Irwin died at the age of fifteen years. AVilliam, Harrison, Ursula and Charles are married and live in this county, the others are at home with their parents. COTT GOODFELLOW. This gentleman stands prominently among the live-stock in. terests of Clark County as one of the most successful breeders of fine horses within its He handles principally French, Norman, English Shire and Yorkshire coach horses, mostly importations from England and France, and has for this purpose one of the finest farms in Harmony Township, comprising two hundred and sixty acres limits. and located one mile northeast of Plattsburg. He has also finely-equipped stables, roomy pastures and every convenience for prosecuting his calling after the most approved methods, while his thorough knowledge of the requirements of the equine race have placed him in an enviable position as a breeder in this part of the Buckeye State. The subject of this notice was born May 7, 1853, in Harmony Township, and is the son of Thomas and Mary (Sexton) Goodfollow, the former of whom was likewise a native of Harmony Township and born February 27, 1813. His wife, Mary, was a native of Canada, and born near the city of Mont real. The paternal grandfather was Moore Good- fellow a native of Ireland, who emigrated to America in boyhood and who settled in Harmony Township in 1800, before Ohio had been admitted into tho Union as a State. He was a good manager financially and accumulated nearly six hundred acres of land. He was married in early manhood to Miss AnnaNicholson who bore him nine children, five sons and four daughters, all of whom lived to mature years and reared families. Grandfather Goodfellow served in the AVar of 1812 and spent his last days in Ohio. Thomas Goodfellow, the father of our subject, inherited many of the sturdy qualifies of his sire and became a prominent man in his township, serv ing as Justice of the Peace and occupying other positions of trust and responsibility. He is still living and is the owner of six hundred broad acres of valuable land -lying in Harmony Township. The wife and he reside in Harmony Township. There were born to them five sons and three daughters, viz.: George, Alice, Dora, Clara, Manley, John, Scott and Andrew, all of whom lived to mature years and seven of whom still survive. The subject of this notice remained a member of the parental household until reaching his majority and then started out in life for himself. When past twenty-two years old he was married, October 11, 1875, to Miss Anna B., daughter of John and Jane (Nicholson) Smith. Three children have been born of this union: Harry, Jessie and Walter. In addition to the breeding of fine horses Mr. Good fellow raises annually large numbers of swine. He keeps himself posted in regard to live-stock matters PORTRAIT AND BIOGKAPHICAL ALBUM. 517 and takes a pardonable pride in his achievements in this line. He is one of those men never content to stand still, but is always devising some new method in connection with his calling which will benefit not only himself, but those around him. He has very little time to give to politics, but at the general election usually supports the candidates of the Re publican party. /^ EORGE W. HARPER, President of the Bank [/( c— . of Cedarville, Greene County, was the ^^JjJ chief mover in the establishment of this in stitution which was started in 1888, and which is already doing an extensive business. It is the only bank in the village and deals in exchange, loans and discounts, also making collections throughout the United States and having correspondence with New York and Cincinnati. Mr. Harper is one of the prominent men of this county and by his en terprise and liberality has largely aided its growth and prosperity. There are many interesting events connected with his life and antecedents which are well worth preserving to the family. The subject of this notice was born May 30, 1825, on Massey's Creek, near Selma, this county, and has spent his entire life in the place of his birth. He took up his abode in Cedarville in 1865, and is now the owner of a number of fine farms in this vicinity, all of which property he has gathered together by his own exertions. He was the third in a family of five children, the offspring of Thomas and Mary (Surlat) Harper, who were na tives respectively of Virginia and Maryland. The paternal grandfather was John Harper after whom Harper's Ferry, Va., was named. The ferry dur ing the early days was owned by his brother Thomas, who operated a boat at that point many years prior to his death. Grandfather Harper was a stern old patriot and carried a musket in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. He came to this county in the pioneer days and spent the closing years of his life in Ross Township, Greene County, Ohio. On his mother's side the grandparents of our subject were George and Elizabeth Surlat, whom it is prob able were natives of Maryland and who traced their ancestry to France. The Harpers are of Welsh extraction. George W. remained under the parental roof until a youth of eighteen years and had, even al that early age, evinced more than ordinary business capacity. He now proceeded to Indiana on an en terprise of his own and purchasing a lot of cattle, drove them to Lancaster, Pa., where he sold them at a good profit. He repeated the experiment with like success and finally extended his operations as far as Springfield, 111., driving cattle through from that point to Philadelphia, Pa. In the meantime when in Springfield, he boarded in the same house with Abraham Lincoln, whose acquaintance he formed and with whom he became upon terms of friendship. Mr. Harper recalls many incidents connected with that acquaintance, remembering the martyred President as a man of most kindly im pulses and one whose genuine goodness of heart was recognized by afl. Young Harper continued in tho cattle trade for about eight years and then commenced buying land in this county. He had in the meantime pur chased land warrants for eighteen hundred acres in Illinois and sold this at a good profit. He is now the owner of twelve hundred acres in this State the greater part of which is in Greene County, and he has twenty-five hundred acres in Missouri whieh is well improved. He has always been warmly inter ested in the development of his town and county and has put up a number of fine buildings in Cedar ville, including his residence — a handsome modern structure, set in the midst of ample grounds and which forms one of the attractive features of that town. This is a brick structure, 40x60 feet in di mensions, two stories in height and finely finished within and without. It was completed in the fall of 1880. Mr. Harper was married September 18, 1860, in South Charleston, Ohio, to Miss VinnaM. Murray7. Mrs. Harper was born in 1834, in South Charleston, and is a daughter of George and Lovina Murray, who were natives of New York and Kentucky, and both are deceased, having died in South Charleston. She is a lady of fine appearance and strong charac- 518 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. ter and in all respects the suitable partner of such a man as her husband; they have no children. Both Mr. and Mrs. Harper are members in good standing of the Methodist Church, to which they contribute a generous support. Mr. Harper cast his first Presidential vote for Gen. Taylor and since becoming a voting citizen has steadfastly main tained his adherence to the Democratic party. He has been quite prominent in local affairs and was at one time the nominee of his party for State Treas urer, besides other minor offices. The party being in the minority, he suffered defeat as he expected. ¦if) OHN E. PERRIN was born on a farm in Springfield Township. Clark County, Octo ber 4, 1850. He is the only son of AVilliam and Dorothy (Sturgeon) Perrin, who spent their entire married life on the farm now owned by their son. His early education was obtained in the district schools, and he was subsequently graduated from a commercial college in Spring field. His taste and early training led him to adopt farming as his occupation, and he has fol lowed it successfully7, ranking among the best of the younger agriculturists in this section. The homestead comprises two hundred and eighty-nine acres, one hundred and sixty- four of which lie within the city limits, and the remainder adjoining the same. The family dwelling is a fine brick structure, substantially built and of pleasing archi tectural design, while the interior is supplied with all the comforts of modern and progressive farm life. The barn and other outbuildings, of which a full line are to be seen, are built of wood. Gen eral farming is carried on upon the estate, through out which the evidences of good judgment and prosperity are everywhere manifest. The subject of this sketch is a direct descendant of one of two brothers, John and AVilliam Perrin, who were early settlers of Maryland, and he now has in his possession a well-preserved deed to a tract of land in Frederick County, which was dated April, 1763. The next in the direct line of des cent was John Perrin, who was born in Hagers town and there reared to manhood. He married Amelia Ingram, a native of Washington County, Md., and both spent their last years in the Buckeye State, the wife dying in 1847, and the husband in 1848. This John Perrin had paid a visit to Ohio in 1804, making the journey to and fro on horse back, carrying with him a flint lock rifle, which is now carefully preserved by our subject. In 1806 he removed with his family, the journey being made with teams, as was the primitive custom. A large tract of Government land in what is now Springfield Township, Clark County, was purchased, and as there was no lumber to be had, a cabin of round logs was put up as a temporary shelter. This was replaoed by a double hewed-log cabin, which at that time was considered a very fine house. At that time Clark was a part of Champaign County and was but sparsely settled, the gi eater part of the Territory being owned by the Govern ment and still inhabited by numerous Indians. At Springfield there were but three houses, and Cin cinnati, seventy-five miles distant, was the nearest depot for supplies. AVild animals of many kinds were still plentiful, and the life of the settler was attended with many dangers and hardships. To the worthy pioneer couple six children were born, who wore named respectively: Edward, Jo seph, John, AVilliam, Minerva and Emory. Mi nerva married Samuel Cooper. William, who was born January 22, 1815, on the farm now occupied by our subject, was reared and educated here, at tending the pioneer schools, which were taught in a log schoolhouse, and as soon as his strength would permit beginning to assist his parents in the various labors which belonged to their life. He remained with thom until their death, and in 1849 set up his own household upon the estate, where he continued to reside until called hence March 30, 1890, since which time the estate has been owned by his son, of whom we write. The mother of our subject was born in County Monaghan, Ireland, to which ber father, Jere miah Sturgeon, had removed from Scotland, his native land. Both he and his wife, whose maiden name was Phoebe Andrews, spent their last years in the Emerald Isle. Mrs. Perrin, a brother John, \AA- ^-i^SgL. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 521 and a sister Ellen, were the only members of the family who came to America, whose shores Mrs. Perrin reached when a young lady. After a well- spent life, she breathed her last October 27, 1878. * ra^ATHANIEL KINSMAN. For more than I JJO thirty years, and until his recent retirement vLJlL, from an active business life, Mr. Kinsman, whose portrait appears on the opposite page, has been intimately connected with the interests of Springfield. He has acquired a fortune amply suf ficient to gratify all of his wants, and in his beau tiful residence, finely located on the southwest corner of North and Factory Streets, he and his family have established a home where comfort abides and hospitality abounds. Mr. Kinsman comes of fine old Massachusetts stock, and is himself a native of the Bay State, born in the pleasant town of Ipswich, Essex County, June 6, 1819. His father, John Choate Kinsman, was born in the same town, July 5, 1789, a son of Nathaniel Kinsman, also a native of Ihat old town. He was a seafaring man, and after pass ing many years in the merchant marine service, spent his last days in the place of his birth. The father of our subject learned the trade of a cabinet maker in his youth, but soon discarded it for the life of a sailor, and was shipmaster in the merchant marine service for about thirty years. In 1838 he removed to Salem, Mass., and subsequently en gaged as clerk in tbe railway repair shops in Bos ton. He bad general charge of the shop, buying supplies, etc., and making daily trips from his home in Salem, where he died in September, 1877, closing an honorable and well-spent life at the ripe old age of eighty -nine years. The maiden name of his wife was Annie Lord, and she was the daughter of Nathaniel and Lucy (Smith) Lord. She bore him seven children, namely: John, Elizabeth, Lucy A., Susan C, Nathaniel, Mary and Martha. The subject of this biographical review attended school quite regularly until he was fourteen years old, gaining a good practical education. He then went to Salem and served an apprenticeship of seven years to learn the carpenter's trade. He thoroughly mastered his calling in its every detail, and after doing "jour" work one year, entered the employ of the Eastern Railway Company, and re mained with it in various capacities the ensuing sixteen years. In 1857 he came to Springfield to accept the position of Superintendent of the Spring field Gas Light and Coke Company, of which his brother was proprietor. Under his judicious man agement the affairs of the company flourished greatly, and its rapid growth was coincident with that of the city. Springfield had when he came here about six or seven thousand inhabitants, and the gas company had but three retorts. While he had charge of the works they were twice rebuilt, each lime on a larger scale to meet the constantly growing demand, and at the present time there are as many as sixty retorts, the most approved methods and appliances being used in the manufacture of the gas, which is of a superior quality, possessing fine illuminating power. In March, 1890, Mr. Kinsman was obliged to resign his position on ac count of ill-health, much to the regret of the com pany with whose interests his own had be;en so closely bound for a period of thirty-three years. Mr. Kinsman has been three times married. April 24, 1843, he was united in marriage to Cla rissa K. Hodgkins. She was born in Salem, Mass., March 30, 1820, and was a daughter of John and Mary (Rogers) Hodgkins. Her happy married life was of brief duration, as she died December 1, 1844, leaving a little daughter, Clara E., now the wife of Samuel K. Statler, of Piqua, Ohio. They have two children — Elizabeth K. and George H. The second marriage of Mr. Kinsman took place October 27, 1847, to Miss Mary Kimball, who was born in Salem, Mass., March 12, 1821, a daughter of Jonathan and Mary Kimball. December 22, 1858, Mr. Kinsman was a second time bereaved of a good wife. Mr. Kinsman was married lo his present wife August 15, 1859. Her maiden name was Phcebe S. Parker, and she was born at Blue Hills, Hancock County, Me., January 4, 1818, to Marble and Hannah (Lovejoy) Parker. Mrs. Kinsman's paternal grandfather was a pio neer of her native place, where he improved a fine farm, on which he spent his last years. Her father 522 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. was born in Andover, Mass., and was quite young when his parents removed to Maine. He early learned the trade of a boot-maker, and was engaged at it a part of each year, devoting the remainder of his time to his farm, where he spent his last days. Mr. Kinsman is well endowed with pleasant per sonal qualities that merit and receive the highest esteem. His probity, high sense of honor, prompt and exact business methods, tact and large capacity, were traits of inestimable benefit, not only to the company with which he was so long identified, but have been useful to the community at large, and have given him a high standing among its business men. His generosity and benevolence are well known, as he is always ready to extend his sympa thy to the needy and suffering, and his purse is subject to their demands. He and his family are people of a high order of intelligence and true re finement, are prominent in social circles, and the respect and friendship of many is accorded to them. Mr. Kinsman has always taken an interest in poli tics, as every true citizen should, and has been a stanch supporter of Republican principles ever since the formation of the party. *E EN^- TEPHEN S. KIRKHAM. In making men tion of the leading farmers of Harmony Township, Clark County, the name of Mr. Kirkham appears rightfully prominent as that of a man who has been no unimportant factor in developing its agricultural resources. Possessed of more than ordinary intelligence, energetic, per severing and progressive in his ideas, he has always set his mark high and has never been content with ordinary attainments. In addition to general agri culture, he has made a specialty of stock-raising and has managed both his farming and business affairs with that sound judgment which seldom fails of success. The subject of this notice commenced the battle of life at the early age of eight years and since that time has fought his way unaided in the world. He furnishes an admirable illustration of the results of persevering industry and resolution under difficul ties and drawbacks. He was fortunate in obtaining a good education — largely through his own efforts — and at an early age chose farming for his life vo cation. He has resided on his present farm since April, 1868, when there fell to him by inheritance from the estate of his cousin, John Mattinson, one hundred and sixty-two acres on section 33. Sub sequently he purchased forty-five acres. To this he has since given his undivided attention, effecting most of the improvements upon it, repairing the old buildings and erecting new ones and proving the truth of the adage that there is fully as much credit in being able to keep property as there is in earning it. Mr. Kirkham was born in Green Township, Clark County, this State, April 14, 1844, and is the son of John and Ann (Slee) Kirkham, both of whom were of English birth and ancestry and born near Appleby Parish, Bougate, Westmoreland County, the father June 8, 1815, and the mother, January 4, 1816. They were married May 3, 1837, and nine days later started for the United States. In July7, that year, they located at Lisbon, this county, where they lived four years. They then removed to Green Township, where the fathar died September 13, 1846, leaving six children. These were named re spectively, John J., Ann, Anthony, Ellen, the wife of Clark Whiteley, Stephen S., our subject and William M. -The maiden name of the paternal grandmother of our subject was Ellen Jaques and John was her only child. After the death of John Kirkham his family returned to the vicinity of Lis bon where they lived until 1850, and then removed to the western part of Harmony Township which has since been their home. The mother of our subject was a daughter of Stephen and Ann (Mason) Slee, who were natives respectively of Westmoreland and Cumberland Counties, England. Grandfather Slee was a car penter by trade and to him and his good wife there was born a family of six children, viz: Sarah, the wife of Thomas Watson; Jane, Mrs. Nicholson; Anna, Mrs. Kirkham ; Mary,Elizabeth and Anthony. The only son came to the United States after the close of fhe Civil War. Four of the daughters re main residents of Iheir native England. John Mattinson, the cousin of Mr. Kirkham be.. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 523 fore spoken of, was the son of John and Elizabeth (Jaques) Mattinson who accompanied the Kirkham family to Clark County. Besides tbe property al ready spoken of Mr. Kirkham received a goodly amount from his father's estate, which included eighty acres of land. Mr. Kirkham is noted for his liberality and bears the reputation of being one of the most public-spirited men of his township. He is a sound Republican, politically, but has too much self respect to become an office-seeker. He, how ever, in the fall of 1889, was elected Land Appraiser, a position unsolicited by him and is discharging the duties of this office in a manner creditable to him self and satisfactory to all concerned. ¦¦"¦g-frf't-g"- — ' — VILLIAM OTSTOT. One who has never visited an unbroken or slightly cultivated section of country can scarcely estimate the amount of toil required to bring it to a condi tion such as meets the eyes of a traveler in Clark County. It is therefore hard to understand how much the present generation in this section owes to the pioneers and old settlers, who began their work here when the land was covered with heavy tim ber, communication difficult, and neighbors and markets quite distant. Only those who possessed a sturdy perseverance and an unusual degree of en ergy were willing to endure the toil and privation neccessary in making a home from the wilderness, although they found many pleasures in the midst of their trials and rapidly developed the more noble, if somewhat rugged, traits of character. •The subject of this sketch had not attained to his majority when he accompanied his parents to this county in 1831, and since that time he has resided upon the same farm on section 20, Springfield Township. The land was covered with timber and was cleared by his own strong arm and placed ina condition seaond to none in the vicinity. He has been successful in the agricultural labors to which he has devoted his life, and now owns an es tate which any man not unduly mercenary7 might well be pleased with. It comprises one hundred and eighty-one acres marked with the usual im provements made by an enterprising farmer, the dwelling being a comfortable and commodious one, and the entire set of farm buildings excel lent. Mr. Otstot is a native of Lancaster County, Pa., where he opened his eyes to the light December 25, 1811. He is the fourth in a family of nine children, born to Adam and Sophia Otstot. His father was born in Germany, and his mother in York County, Pa.; their wedded life began in the bride's native county, but they afterwards removed to Lancas ter County, whence they came to Ohio. Adam Otstot was a miller, and at one time, while living in the Keystone State, was very wealthy, but, like many another man he lost through having lo pay debts which he had secured. Both the parents died in Springfield Township, where they had earned the esteem of their fellow-citizens. The gentleman whose name introduces this sketch chose for his companion in life Miss Rebecca Knaub, who was born in Little York, Pa., November 10, 1822. Her father, George Knaub, was a native of the same town aud her mother, whose maiden name was Mary Ann Jacobs, was born in Baltimore, Md. In 1834 they removed from Pennsylvania to this county, locating in Springfield Township, where they spent the remainder of their lives. They were the parents of thirteen children, Mrs. Otstot being the fourth, and about twelve years old when they came to this State. Her marriage to our subject was celebrated in the city of Springfield, July 11, 1842. The years that have passed since that time have proved the wisdom of Mr. Otstofs choice, his wife manifesting more and more as the years go by the noble traits of character, the pleasing disposition aud active mind which won his re gard. A large and intelligent family has blessed the union of our subject and his Wife, and they have been called upon to mourn the loss of but one — Eleanor A., who died when twelve years old. Mary Ann is the wife of John A. McBeth; Joseph is a farmer in Springfield Township; George S. married Ann Hinkle; John H. married Sarah Kershner; Eliza J. is the wife of Lewis Batdorf ; Sarah C. lives at home; Rebecca is the wife of Thomas Crabill. AU these preceded the deceased daughter in date 524 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. of birth. Clara, is the wife of William G. Tuttle; AVilliam is a farmer in Springfield Township; Henry C. married Fannie Yeazell; Charles mar ried Alice Garlow; Florence is the wife of Wilber F. Tuttle. Mr. Otstot is a Republican and has taken a good degree of interest in all political affairs. He stands high in the esteem of of his neighbors and towns men, not simply on account of his successful worldly7 career and the labors which he accom plished among the early settlers, but because of his personal character, his upright life, his genial dis position and the fact that he and his helpmate have reared their family to fill honorable positions in the community. Both Mr. and Mrs. Otstot have been members of the Baptist Church for many years. *5»^>«^fi^. <^5«f-^ffJ«S- UILLIAM J. STICKNEY, one of the younger farmers of Harmony Township, Wy/ Clark County, is recognized as one of the most successful men of his township, having a thorough knowledge of his calling and being largely interested in stock-raising, making a spe cialty of Poland-China swine. He has spent his entire life in Clark County, and was born in Springfield Township, September 27, 1852, at his father's homestead, four and one-fourth miles southeast of the city. He comes of substantial Buckeye stock, being the son of Henry and Isa bella J. (Baird) Stickney7, who were also natives of Clark County, and who formed a part of its most reliable element — people who were honest and in dustrious, and who enjoyed in a marked degree the esteem of those around them. To the' parents of our subject there were born two children only, himself and sister Sarah, the latter now the wife of Robert Rogers. The pater nal grandfather of our subject was John Stickney, a native of England, who upon emigrating to fhe United States brought with him his wife and two children — John and George — and located in Clark County, where he spent the remainder of his days. Later the family was increased by the birth of two more children — Henry, the father of our subject, and a daughter, Mary A. Henry Stickney was a stanch Union man during the late Civil War, and a warm supporter of the Republican party. His brother John was married and became the father of two children — Harriet, the wife of the Rev. Henry Stokes, and Mary7, the wife of TI. Newlove. The subject of this sketch was reared in a man ner common to the sons of farmers in the early days, attending school mostly during the winter season, and assisting his father until his' marriage. This event occurred November 25, 1886, tbe bride being Miss Catherine Huffman. Mrs. Stick ney was born June 8, 1857, in Springfield Town ship, and is the daughter of Samuel and Margaret Huffman, who were natives of Ohio and Germany; the father is now living in Springfield, and the mother is deceased. Of this union there have been born two children — Baird and Howard. In politics, like his father before him, Mr. Stick ney gives his unqualified allegiance to the Repub lican party. He settled at the farm where he now lives in the spring of 1887, this comprising three hundred and fifty acres of prime land belonging to his mother. He avails himself of modern methods and the most improved machinery, and besides his comfortable residence, has sll the outbuildings necessary for the shelter of stock and the storage of grain. Fruit and shade trees add to the beauty of the place and the comfort of the family. Mr. and Mrs. Stickney are members of the Reformed Church, attending services at Fletcher Chapel. Henry Stickney and wife reside on their homestead in Clark County. f — « 43-{# «— ' OHN PERSON, late a resident of Springfield Township, and who departed this life at his homestead March 6, 1889, was born at Mar- J ston, between Leeds and York, in Yorkshire, England, July 21, 1823. He was reared on a farm and educated in the schools of his neighborhood. His parents were John and Mary Person who spent their entire lives in their native England. When the subject of this sketch was twenty-two years old he was married to Miss Sarah Burnley, PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 525 This lady was born March 26, 1826, two miles from the birthplace of her husband, and in 1850, a year after their marriage, they emigrated to Amer ica. Before the end of the year they settled on a tract of land in the southeast part of Springfield Township, Clark County, where they lived four years. Mr. Person then determined to seek the farther West and removed to Iroquois County, 111. After a four year's sojourn in the Prairie State, he returned to Ohio and resumed his residence in Springfield Township, purchasing eighty acres of land, whereon he lived with his family for a period of twenty years. Thence they removed to the pres ent residence on High Street, just east of the cor poration limits which has been the home of the family since 1876. Mr. Person was a man unusually ambitious and energetic,industrious and frugal, and by the help of his estimable wife accumulated a good property. There were born to them nine children, the eldest of whom, William B., formed the third member of their little family while they were still in their na tive England, and died when a promising youth of sixteen years; John died al the age of eleven months; George Edward was married and died in 1889, at the age of thirty-seven years, leaving four children : Eliza married Francis Sultzbaugh and they live at the homestead being the parents of two sons and one daughter; James is married and lives a half mile east of the old farm; he is the father of one daughter; Mary, Mrs. Joseph Hinkle, has one child, and her home is near the old place; Martha Ann married William IT. Snyder, has one child and lives in Springfield; Willie J. died when six years old; one infant died unnamed. Mrs. Person was bora March 26, 1826, and is a daughter of John and Hannah (Bust) Burnley, of Lincolnshire, England. Her parents with their family of several children set sail for Australia when Miss Sarah was but five years old. There is now living in Australia only one of her family7, her sister, Mrs. Mary Appleton. The mother, one sis ter and an aunt died on shipboard before reaching their destination. The father subsequently re turned to England and died at Weathersby some years after Mrs. Person had come to America. Mr. and Mrs. Person had very little means when beginning tho journey of life together, but by the exercise of great economy and the most unflagging industry they managed to keep the wolf from the door and finally built up a good home and accumu lated a competence. Mr. Person was a public - spirited citizen and had a hand in many of the early improvements at Springfield, among other things assisting in building the Charleston Pike and tho London Railroad. Mrs. Person is the owner of nearly four hundred acres of land adjoining her homestead and two hundred and eight acres in Moorefield Township, besides other farm property probably aggregating thirteen hundred acres of land. She is an attendant and member of the Meth odist PIpiscopal Church at Fletcher. JONATHAN S. KITCHEN. The agricultu rists of Clark County are well represented by the above named gentleman, who is an (|g|^/ excellent example of intelligent and upright manhood, and of the enterprising, progressive la borer in the ranks of husbandmen. To be sure he has now retired from the labors in which he was so long engaged and taken up his abode in Spring field, to spend his declining years in the enjoyment of reasonable pleasures and merited repose, but he still owns a farm whose appearance proves his in dustry and ability as a tiller of the soil. II com prises four hundred acres of land, which is in an excellent state of productiveness and cultivation and bears a complete line of excellent farm build ings, together with such other improvements as mark a well-kept estate. The paternal grandfather of our subject was Stephen Kitchen, who was born in the State of Penn sylvania, near Hagersville, and was of English des cent. He was a stock-dealer and farmer. In 1809 he located in AVarren County, Ohio, removing to Clark County four years later, and in 1828, chang ing his residence to Illinois, where he died. His son Abraham, was bora in Warren County, in 1809, and grew to manhood in Clark County, settling on and afterward purchasing a farm which had been entered by his father. He spent his days on that 526 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. tract of land in Green Township, where he breathed his last June 28, 1888. His faithful companion was born near Hillsborough, Highland County, and bore the maiden name of Martha M. Jones. Her father, Erasmus Jones, had come to this State from Pennsylvania. To Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Kitchen four sons and four daughters were born, whose record is as fol lows: Margaret A. is the wife of John McCul- lough, deceased; the second child is the subject of this biographical sketch; Isaac M. now lives near Selma; Erasmus J. lives on a farm adjoining the old homestead; Mary J. married John Rife; Sarah E., who died at the age of thirty-two years, was the wife of George Elder; Jane V. died when fourteen years old, and Stephen K. in his sixteenth year. Jonathan Kitchen has been a lifelong resident of Clark County, his birth having taken place in Green Township, November 7, 1831. He remained on the home farm until twenty-two years of age, during this period baving attended the district schools and spent one year as a student in Witten berg College. He then turned his attention to farming and raising live stock, shipping the latter to Cincinnati. These two branches of agricultural work were carried on by him until he decided that he was entitled to a more quiet life, and gave up their active pursuit. Fortune had smiled upon him. although her smiles were won by unflagging indus try, prudent employment of his means, and close at tention to his affairs. The marriage of Mr. Kitchen and Miss Amelia Ridge, of Warren County, was celebrated Novem ber 10, 1852. The bride was born in 1831, in the county in which her marriage took place and is a fit ting companion for her husband, being intelligent, enterprising, and of estimable character. Her fa ther, Simpson Ridge, was of English descent and a native of Bucks County, Pa. Her mother, Jemima Hisey, was of German ancestry and a native of Shenandoah County, Va. To Mr. and Mrs. Kitchen two children have been born, a son and daughter who are yet at home and who are named respectively, Alsa J. and J. Forrest. Mr. Kitchen has filled various township offices, among them being those of Trustee and Justice of the Peace and he has also served as County Com missioner. He belongs to Clark Lodge No. 101, F. & A. M., and to the fraternity of the Knights of Honor. In politics he is a strong Republican. He is a member of the Free- Will Baptist Church in which he now holds the office of Treasurer and Trustee. \f/AMES WALLACE POLLOCK. One of the finest estates in Greene County is that belonging to the gentleman above named, ^JJ and occupying a favorable situation on the Xenia Pike, one and a half miles from Cedarville. It comprises three hundred and sixty acres, one hundred of it adjoining the birthplace of Whitelaw Reid, the noted journalist. Mr. Pollock is a prom inent agriculturist, belonging to the County and State Boards of Agriculture, and to other societies in which farmers and stockmen are interested, while his reputation for integrity and uprightness is unimpeachable. Not only is he by these entitled to the esteem of his fellow-men, but he is a thor oughly loyal citizen, who has suffered much in his country's cause, not only enduring the ordinary- trials of army life, its privations and dangers, but the horrors of a vile prison pen. In Washington County, Pa., John Pollock was born and grew to manhood. In Westmoreland County, of the same State, lived Abraham and Jano (Johnson) Elder, of Scotch-Irish stock, to whom was born a daughter, Jane. The Elders removed to Logan County, Ohio, about the year 1820, where the husband and father became a man of note, es teemed for his sterling character and sturdy, com mon sense. He was elected one of the first judges of the county,- and served as such for many years. John Pollock having come to Logan County, Ohio, met Miss Jane Elder, to whom he became attached and after a successful wooing, the young couple were united in marriage in 1834. They built a home upon a piece of land near Huntsville, where they reared a family of eight children, the subject of this sketch being the third born, and having opened his eyes to the light January 12, 1840. Young James Pollock was educated in the district schools, afterward taking up a course of study in PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 527 the select school near his home, and remaining with his parents until after the breaking out of the Civil War. He then, on the 23d of June, 1862, at Huntsville, Ohio, enlisted in the Forty-fifth Ohio Infantry, being enrolled in Company D, and act ing with the army in Kentucky. He took part in some of the principal engagements against Morgan, that of Somerset being the most important. At Philadelphia, Tenn., on the 20th of October, 1863, he was taken prisoner, and was removed to Atlanta and thence to Libby Prison, soon afterward being sent to Belle Isle,where he was held for four months. Thence he was conveyed to Pemberton, and after a short sojourn there, to Andersonville, where he spent six months during the worst days of that ter rible prison pen. Imagination fails to picture the sufferings endured by its inmates, the most vivid description falling far short of the actuality. A few items regarding the experience of Mr. Pollock are all that we shall note. During his confinement Mr. Pollock had charge of a mess of one hundred men, for whom he drew the miserable stuff they called rations. The Com missary Sergeant of a small party of colored troops was brutally shot by the guard, and the rebels would not issue rations directly to the negroes, so it became necessary to have a white man draw their supplies for them. The position was not a pleas ant one to hold, and few men cared to undertake it, but Mr. Pollock volunteered to take charge of them, and did so until his removal from the place. At one time the raiders became so numerous and bold in their depredations, even at times murder ing the defenceless prisoners, that a committee was formed to remedy the evil. Our subject was one of the committee men and helped to bring the miscreants to justice, six of them being hung. When captured Mr. Polloek weighed one hun dred and seventy-three pounds, but under the pri vations of prison life his weight was reduced to eighty-three pounds. When he had about made up his mind to die, he received a box from home in which a little food bad been left, it having been filled with clothing and food, but all of the former and fully half of the latter having been taken out by the Confederates. The letter in which the re ceipt of the box was acknowledged had of course to pass through the hands of his captors, and he notified his sister that through the courtesy of the Confederate government he had received the box, and asked that one bo sent him every two weeks until his release. He afterward received two boxes with a portion of their contents left in them, but all the boxes contained from that time was confis cated by the rebels. A pound of sugar which came in one of the boxes was sold by Mr. Pollock for $1 per spoonful, and with the money thus obtained he bought a piece of blanket to throw over himself. But laying it down in the sun so that the vermin would come out of it, he left it for a short time, and on his return found that bis comrade had traded it off for a few bites to keep him from starving. From Andersonville Mr. Pollock was sent to Charleston, where a party of prisoners were kept under guard six weeks until the stockade at Flor ence was completed, when they were sent there. On their way he and a comrade — Charles Hoffman, of Buffalo, N. Y.— made a break for liberty, jump ing from the cars while in m )tion, and falling into a ditch of water. A few shots were fired at them, but they escaped in the darkness, traveling all night, but the next day, blood hounds being put on their trail, they were run down, and reached Florence but thirty-six hours behind the others. Mr. Pollock bears on his leg to this day the scars left by the bites of the hounds. After spendiag about ten weeks at Florence, the prisoners were exchanged in Charleston Harbor in December, 1864, and from there were sent home on furlough. Mr. Pollock rejoined his regiment April 5, 1865, and was mustered out of service wilh them at Camp Parker, near Nashville, June 19, following. Re turning to Logan County, he entered Duff's Com mercial College from which he w7as graduated the following year. He then adopted the drug busi ness, in which he was busied for several years, during two years of the time carrying on a store in Cedarville and one in Xenia, for a considerable period. During his stay in Cedarville he became acquainted with Miss Nettie, daughter of Sam uel and Jane (Townsley ) Anderson, of that place, to whom he became attached, and his regard being reciprocated, they were married on the 4th of No vember, 1869. The father of Mrs. Pollock was 528 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. born on the farm where our subject now lives, and lived upon it fifty-six years, dying in August, 1869: His widow, who is yet living, is a daughter of Sam uel Townsley, one of the oldest settlers in this county. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Pollock comprises three daughters — Edith,Jennie and Junia. The eld est is now a student in Monmouth College, 111., and expects to graduate in the class of '92. Miss Jen nie has already been graduated from the Cedarville schools, and her parents intend to give her also a course at Monmouth, and to bestow the same ad vantage upon the youngest daughter, who is yet attending the schools nearer homo. Mr. Pollock is a Republican/and a stalwart anti- saloon man, and is now the nominee on the Repub lican ticket for County Commissioner. In addition to the agricultural boards of which he is a member, he is one of the charter members of the American Devon Cattle Club, and also one of the founders of the Ohio Spanish-Merino Sheep Breeders' Asso ciation. These associations were formed for the purpose of improving the grade of stock. Mr. Pollock has a thorough-bred herd of sheep and of Devonshire cattle, all being well housed in two large stock barns on the home place. He belongs to the United Presbyterian Church, and holds the office of Elder. It might be said that his religious belief was born and bred in him, as for many gen erations it has been that of the family. J'^^r R. ALEXANDER W. LAYBOURN. Al though owning and residing upon a farm in Springfield Township, Clark County, the above named gentleman devotes his attention to the practice of his profession, in whieh he has been actively engaged since June, 1854. He enjoys a large practice, and his reputation as a successful physician extends over a wide territory, while his long life in the county would alone entitle him to the knowledge of a large circle of acquaintances. He was born in Harmony Township, October 3, 1818, "acquired a good common-school education, and began his career in life as a farmer. He began reading medicine, however, with Dr. Berkley Gil- lett in 1846, and attended lectures at Sterling Medical College, Columbus. It has been his aim to inform himself regarding all the later discover ies in medical science and to keep thoroughly abreast of the times in his professional knowledge. That he has succeeded in his efforts and that he makes a wise use of remedies known to the medical world, is abundantly proved by the fact that he has not been pushed aside by younger physicians. The father of Dr. Laybourn was born in York shire, England, was christened Elisha, and when old enough became a farmer. Having come to America and to the Buckeye State, he made the acquaintance of Miss Abigail Wood, a native of Warren County, and of English and German an cestry7. In Springfield Township, Clark County, they were united in marriage, settling in the west ern part of Harmony Township, although the hus band afterward bouglit a small tract of land in Springfield Township, upon which he settled and where he died March 8, 1861. His widow survived until March 20, 1877. They were the parents of four children, three of whom died when quite young, leaving our subject as the only representa tive of the family. He remained with his parents until grown to manhood, when he married and set tled on the old homestead adjoining his father's home. He now owns two hundred and fifty acres of land on section 9, which he rents to his son. The first marriage of Dr. Laybourn took place in Harmony Township, his bride being Miss Susan E. Moore, who died in Springfield Township. The union was a childless one. The second wife of our subject was in her girlhood Miss Jane Thomas, her birth place being Hull, England. She was removed by death September 15, 1849, leaving two sons: Elisha and John. The first-born is carrying on the farm and John is a railroad engineer. The present Mrs. Laybourn bore the maiden name of Mary J. Wood. She was born near Ca- tawba, Pleasant Township, and ably presides over the home, surrounding her family with the comfort which results from woman's taste and careful over sight of household affairs. She is the mother of four daughters: Ellen, Florence, Maggie and Ida; PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 531 the eldest is now the wife of Frederick White, but the others still brighten the home by their presence. Dr. Laybourn has always been a Republican. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and has been for over twenty years. He has held some of the school offices but prefers to devote his time entirely to his profession, feeling that thus he can do more for his fellow-men than in any other line of work. AVhile performing some chemical experiments on May 22, 1872, he had the misfortune to lose his right hand. The accident has not prevented bis continuing his studies and investigations, nor les sened his usefulness to any perceptible degree. 'if? AMES M. HODGE. Clark County is the home of a number of men who are not only fine representatives of the farming commu nity, but have done much to improve the grade of stock in the county by introducing and breeding blooded animals of various kinds. Among these gentlemen is James M. Hodge, of Moorefield Township, who has made several trips to Kentucky, to buy fine Short-horn cattle. He now has about seventy-five head of these, and raises Poland-China hogs, Merino sheep and improved draft horses. His beautiful home is located on section 33, and the estate cdmprises over five hundred acres of land, the most of which is under excellent cultiva tion. With the exception of one hundred and eighty acres received from his father's estate, the property has been accumulated by his own efforts. The subject of this sketch is a grandson of Andrew Hodge, who, when a single man, was a companion of Daniel Boone, the noted Kentucky frontiersman. Andrew Hodge was a native of Virginia, and to him and his wife, Isabel Hodge, were born six children, namely: William, John, Eli, James TI., Sarah and Jane M. James IT., the father of our subject, was born in the first year of the present, century, and was about eight years of age when his parents crossed the Ohio River, set tling in Pleasant Township, Clark County. Here grandfather Hodge bouglit land from the Govern ment, and began his labors as one of the earliest settlers of the township. The family tented dur ing the first winter and afterward built a log cabin, still later erecting a second and larger log house. Here James H. Hodge grew to manhood, doing the usual amount of pioneer labor in developing the land, and receiving but a limited education, for the advantages afforded in this section at that time were very meagre. He became an extensive stock-raiser, as well as the owner of a large landed estate, and is numbered among the best pioneer workers of the township. He died September 23, 1878, when he had reached the age of nearly four score years. His wife, known in her girlhood as Elizabeth Sailor, survived him some time, dying August 10, 1883. She was a native of Virginia, and a w'orthy companion and helpmate. To them were born six children, of whom the following sur vive: Samuel M. and John H. live in Champaign County, Ohio; the next is the subject of this notice; Sarah J. lives in Pleasant Township, this county. The natal day of James M. Hodge was May 2, 1837. He grew to manhood in his native county, where he has continued to reside, continuing the labors in which his ancestors were engaged. Dur ing his earlier years he bore a share in developing the section from the somewhat primitive condition of those days, and in the meantime took advantage ofthe opportunities afforded in the common schools to acquire as good an education as the circum stances would warrant. He keeps himself well informed regarding current events and general topics of interest, especially those which relate to his life work. In politics, he is a sturdy Repub lican, and is a member of the Grange Lodge. He is recognized as one who possesses progressive ideas, and is interested in all movements which tend to advance the prosperity and elevate tbe society of his native State, and whose private character is such as to give him good standing among his fellow-men. Mr. Hodge chose for his companion in life Miss Mary A. Hunter, a native of Pleasant Township, with whom he was united in marriage March 15, 1864. Mrs. Hodge is a daughter of Lemuel and Nancy (Marsh) Hunter, who aro still living in Pleasant Township, where they settled many years 532 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. ago. She is a woman of intelligence, housewifely ability, and many sterling traits of character. To her and her husband eight children have been born, those who are yet spared to them bearing the names of Asa W., Ida M. and Anne I. Three children died in infancy, while Emma and Lewis S. passed away in later years. In connection with this sketch the reader will be pleased to notice lithographic portraits of Mr. Hodge and his estimable wife. ICHAEL LEFFEL. Among the *old set tlers of Clark County, Michael Leffel is numbered, and his name will be held in remembrance wherever the frontiersman's work is known and appreciated. His parents came to this county in an early day, and labored ardu ously among the pioneers, while their son, our subject, born and reared amid scenes of a much more primitive nature that those which now meet his eye, has worked as assiduously as they to still farther develop the resources of the county. In Botetourt County, Va. James P. Leffel and Elizabeth Miller were born. Both had become residents of tbe Buckeye State early7 in the history of Clark County, and in it they were married, set tling in Bethel Township. They afterward re moved to Mad River Township, where Mr. Leffel built a flouring- mill, which he carried on for sev eral years. He then gave it up and returned to Bethel Township, three years later removing to Springfleld Township, where he spent the remain der of his life, his death taking place two miles south of the city of Springfield. Our subject is the eldest in a family of ten chil dren, and was born March 20, 1822, in Bethel Township, Clark County. He lived with his father until he was twenty-three years old, and then set tled on a farm in Springfield Township, where he now lives. Eight years were spent by him in Miami County, but with that exception he has been a continual resident on his present estate since he first took up his abode there. The farm con sists of two hundred and ten productive acres on section 7, furnished with the usual farm buildings and conducted by one who has always been a farmer, is well and carefully managed, and proves a remunerative piece of property. In Mad River Township, June 6, 1844, the rites of wedlock were celebrated between our sub ject and Miss Elizabeth Cosier. Mrs. Leffel was born in Montgomery County, September 5, 1821, and is a daughter of Henry and Mary (Meyers) Cosier, natives of Pennsylvania. She is a fine ex ample of Christian womanhood, is a member of the Methodist Church, and has conscientiously discharged her duties as wife, mother and neighbor. The union of herself and our subject has been blessed by the birth of eight children, two of whom have been called hence. The first-born was Xarisa, who became the wife of James Drake, and died in Springfield Township; the second was James IT., who died when about thirty-two years old. The oldest of the surviving children is Winfield, who is living at home; tbe next is Anna, wife of Joseph Kist; the next Leoni- das, who is a farmer in Mercer County ; following him is Mary, the wife of Milton Crabill; Addison is a farmer in Greene County; Elizabeth is the wife of AVilliam McCreery. Mr. Leffel is a believer in and supporter of the principles of the Republican party. He has held the office of School Director, discharging its duties in a manner which reflects credit upon him self and those whose interests he serves. He has been identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church since he was nineteen years old, and has endeavored to manifest in his life the principles in which he believes. ENRY OTSTOT. This young gentleman is the owner and occupant of a beautiful farm in Clark County, and is classed among the most progressive farmers and stock- raisers of the section. His estate is located' on section 30, in the northwestern part of Harmony Township, and consists of one hundred and sixty- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 533 one broad and fertile acres which have been im proved in every way proper to a model farm. The finest Short-horn cattle and Poland-China hogs are raised and the crops produced are in quality and quantity equal to the best. The gentleman with whose name we introduce this sketch is- a son of William M. and Rebecca (Knaub) Otstot, of Springfield Township, and was born two and a half miles Southeast of the county seat, December 14, 1862. He was reared on the parental estate receiving his education in Congress Hall schoolhouse, and remaining with his parents until his marriage, when he located on the farm where he now resides. The wife of Mr. Otstot is a young woman whose intelligent mind, pleasing manners, and estimable character have endeared her to many friends. She was known in her maidenhood as Miss Fannie Yea zell, and was born in Mechanicsburg, July 3, 1866. She is a daughter of John A. and Mary Ann (Baird) Yeazell, her parents being natives of Pleas ant and Harmony Townships respectively. Her grandfathers are Jacob Yeazell and William Baird both well known in the localities in which they re side. The rites of weillock were celebrated between Mr. Otstot and Miss Yeazell, January 26, 1888. They are numbered among tlie most highly re spected members of the community, the intelli gence, enterprise and steadfast character of the husband assuring to him tbe friendship of his associates. The future is bright with promise to the young couple whose influence will doubtless extend as years go by. -afc- ENRY STICKNEY. Although the life of a farmer does not present the salient points that are found in the experience of a city m resident, it is not therefore devoid of in terest, nor unworthy of being preserved in a vol ume of this nature. Many years spent in the quiet and consistent performance of the daily duties of life is certainly sufficient to entitle any man to a place in the memory of his fellow-citizens, and when an intelligent mind, an active public spirit, and agreeable manners are added, the esteem is deepened and influence widened. Of such a nature and character is the subject of this sketch whose life has been spent in Clark County and who is well known to her citizens as a man of honor up rightness and wide information. John SticKney, the father of our subject was born in Hemingborough, Yorkshire, England, mar- rying Sarah Cook, a native of the same shire. They emigrated to America in 1819 and having chosen a location in the Buckeye State, made il their home until death. They located upon a tract of land in Springfield Township, Clark County, where tbe father breathed his last March 6, 1850, the mother surviving until April 17, 1867. The subject of this" biographical notice is the fourth in a family of five children, and was born on his father's farm November 26, 1821. He has always resided in the immediate vicinity., his own farm on section 3, being quite near the home of his boyhood. Tbe estate which he now owns com prises three hundred and sixty broad and fertile acres, so managed that a visitor, however unlearned in farm life, would be struck by its appearance of fertility and thrift. A fine set of farm buildings has been erected, the dwelling being particularly altaactive, its outward appearance not belied by the comfort whieh is discernible upon crossing the threshold. An important step in the life of Mr. Stickney was taken November 11, 1851, when at the home of the bride in Harmony Township, he was united io marriage with Miss Isabel J. Baird. She is the eldest of seven children born to the late William D. and Sarah M. (Hodge) Baird, who were natives of Kentucky. She was born in Harmony Town ship, Clark County, June 30, 1827, and remained under the parental roof until her marriage. Her mother came to the county in 1808, and her father in 1807, after their marriage settling in the town ship which was tlieir home until death. Mrs. Baird departed this life February 18, 1876, and Mr. Baird breathed his last June 30, 1885. To Mr. and Mrs. Stickney have been born two children — William J. and Sarah J. The former married Miss Katie B. Huffman and lives in Harmony Township; the lat- 534 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. ter is the wife of Robert Rogers, a farmer in Spring fleld Township. Mr. Stickney has been School Director for twelve years, his continuance in the office proving that his neighbors recognize his interest in educational affairs and his ability in advancing them. In pol itics, he is a Republican. Both himself and wife have been active members of the Methodist Epis copal Church for a number of years. Mrs. Stickney possesses one of those gentle yet strong characters, which not only make home the happiest spot on earth for husband and children, but which are felt as an influence for good throughout the entire cir cle of her acquaintance and cause many to "rise up and call her blessed." The father of our subject was born in 1780 and just one hundred years afterward, his son had the pleasure of visiting the old country and viewing the spot where his father was born. He was absent from his home two months, spending ten days in the city of London, and attending the International Sundaj7-school Convention which was held there and at which fourteen nationalities were repre sented. * '>%*<¦ ^ w JOSEPH E. DE1TRICK. In addition to being one of the most substantial farmers of Harmony Township, Clark County, Mr, Deitrick is successfully engaged in the breeding of Hambletonian and Clydesdale horses, in connection with which he has obtained an en viable reputation. He resides on bis father-in- law's old homestead, which comprises three hun dred and twenty acres of choice land, to which the children have added three hundred and ninety- two acres in Beaver Creek Valley, and erected a fine brick residence. The subject of this sketch was born in Madison Township, Montgomery County, this State, in 1848, and is a son of Joseph and Rachel (Brown) Dei- trick, the former of whom was born in Mont gomery County and the latter in Brownsville, Ind. The parental family consisted of three sons and three daughters, viz.: Elizabeth, Peter, Susan, Joseph E., Theodore and Sarah, all of whom lived to be over sixteen years old. The family ori ginated in Switzerland, of which country the paternal grandfather, Peter Deitrick, was a native and whence he emigrated to the United States as early as 1800. He occupied himself in farming pursuits, and was the father of three sons and three daughters. Joseph E. Deitrick spent his boyhood and youth quietly and uneventfully, and was occupied in farm pursuits, obtaining his education in the com mon school, On the 13th of May, 1880, he was joined in wedlock with Miss Caroline E. Baird, who was born at the farm where she now resides to Peter C. and Frances (Wilson) Baird. Mr. Baird was a native of Westmoreland County, Pa., and was born September 16, 1792. His good wife was born in Lincoln County, N. C, August 29, 1802. Peter Baird was only7 two years old when his parents, leaving Pennsylvania, started, in 1794. down the Ohio River and settled in Fleming County, Ky., where they resided until 1808. Thence they changed their residence to Clark County, this State, settling on section 30, of what is now Harmony Township. The wife and mother died there August 12, 1859. Mr. Baird survived his partner for a period of fourteen years, dying November 1, 1873. Twelve children were born to them, eleven of whom grew to mature years. These were named respectively : William J.; Clarissa J., who married John Mills; Dorothy, who died when a maiden of sixteen years; John AV. and Samuel S., deceased; Willi's IT., who is now a resident of Dade County, Mo.; Caroline E. ; Lewis E„ of Jessamine County, Ky. ; Robert J., who was killed at the battle of the Wilderness, being a" member of the One Hundred and Tenth Ohio Infantry; and Susan M. Mary A. died aged thirty-five years, and one died in infancy. Willis IT. served with the one hundred days' men in the One Hundred and Fifty-second Regi ment and Lewis E. served nearly four years, first in the Second Regiment and then re-enlisted in the Thirty-First Regiment. He was wounded through the right leg at Chickamauga. The father of Mrs. Deitrick during his early manhood was' an old-line Whig, and later became PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 535 a stanch Republican, being a strong supporter of the Union during the Civil War. He and his wife were members in good standing of the Methodist Protestant Church. Mr. Baird was one of the most public-spirited men of his community and a leading farmer. His father, AVilliam Baird, was born in Hagarstown, Md. His wife, Dorothea, was a native of the same place and belonged to the Methodist Episcopal Church. They were born respectively, March 16, 1762, and March, 1760. Their children were named as follows: Esther, Susan, Sarah, Peter C, John, Mary and William D. Peter C. and John served in the war of 1812. Grandfather Baird was a soldier of the Revolu tionary War, and removed to Kentucky in 1794. Later he came to Ohio, and died in Harmony Town ship, March 9, 1836, surviving his wife, who died September 4, 1824. The latter had five brothers who served on the side of the Colonists in the war for independence; hor family cime from Holland. The father of William Baird bore the same name as himself, and was of English parentage. He was a slave owner in Maryland during the Colonial days. Politically, Mr. Deitrick affiliates with the Repub lican party. His wife and her sister Susan are con nected with the Methodist Protestant Church. The family are widely known in their community, and enjoy the friendship and acquaintance of the best people around them. ffiOHNA. STEWART. The traveler passing- through Harmony Township, Clark County, and noting its quiet country homes, where as a rule plenty abounds, casts a second glance at the Stewart homestead which is evidently under the supervision of a thorough and progres sive farmer. It lies one and one-half milos south east of Plattsburg, and comprises two hundred and fifty-one well-tilled acres which yield bountifully the rich crops of the Buckeye State, and are also admirably adapted to stock-raising, which forms a leading feature of its operations. A native of Clark County, this State, our subject was born April 11, 1855, and is the son of Charles and Isabel (Nicholson) Stewart, who were natives of Greene and Harmony Townships. He is the only living child of his father's flrst marriage, and the one hundred and fifty-acre farm which he now owns and occupies, was a legacy left him by his mother. The latter died in 1859, when John A. was four years old. Our subject remained with his father, who was married a second time, pursued his first studies in the common school, and subsequently attended Lebanon Normal School. When twenty- two years old he removed to his present farm. To this he has since given his undivided attention, and has been amply rewarded for his perseverance and industry. AVhon approaching his twenty-eighth year, Mr. Stewart was married February 21, 1883, at the bride's home near Homer, Champaign County, 111., to Miss Angeline Spencer. Mrs. Stewart was born March 14, 1861, near Vienna, Clark County, Ohio, and a daughter of Hamilton H. and Mary (Vick- ery) Spencer, the former a native of Vienna, Clark County, and the latter born near the city of Springfield. They removed to Homer Township, Champaign County, 111., in the year 1865. The father died there on the 10th of February, 1872, when approaching the sixtieth year of his age, having been born June 8, 1812 or 1813. He was a prominent man in the community, having served as the Trustee of Harmony Township for the long period of twenty years, and was also land Assessor in 1860. As a farmer he was highly suc cessful, being a man of great industry, good judg ment, and an excellent financier. The mother of Mrs. Stewart is still living, and a resident of Champaign County, 111. The five chil dren of the parental family were named respect ively7: Matthew J. ; Norah a teacher; Freeman V., George IT., and Angeline. Mr. Spencer was a prominent member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of whose principles he was a warm admirer. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Stew art were Matthew and Abigail (Rice) Spencer, who were of English birth and ancestry, and among the earliest pioneers of Vienna. To our subject and his good wife there have been born three children — Bruce S., Charles Chester, and 53i> PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. Fannie Maude. Politically, Mr. Stewart gives his allegiance to the Republican party. He has served two years as Township Trustee, and for six years was a member of the Republican Central Commit tee. Without making any7 great stir in tho world, he has pursued tho even tenor of his way as an hon est man and a good citizen, looking well to the comfort of his family, and proving a hospitable neighbor. eHARLES F. EDWARDS, although still quite a young man, is numbered among the pros perous dealers of Xenia, Greene County, where he conducts a wholesale establishment for the buying and shipping of hides. He has been en gaged in tbat business about twelve years, devot ing himself to its details with untiring energy and prudence, and dealing honorably with his fellow- men. The private character of Mr. Edwards is ir reproachable; he is a member of the Baptist Church, and of the Republican party, although he has not been in politics except in so far as to cast his vote.- Mr. Edwards was born in Ohio, July 26, 1852, and until the age of seven years lived on the farm. He then accompanied his parents, J. V. B. Edwards and wife, to Xenia, where he completed his educa tion, and has since been engaged in business. His paternal history appears on another page of this work, in the sketch of his respected father. On March 23, 1876, Mr. Edwards was united in marriage with Miss Blanch Mcintosh, of Xenia. The bride was born in Princeton, Gibson County, Ind., July 3, 1857, but grew to maturity in Xenia, where almost her entire life has been passed. She is a woman of intelligence, refinement, and estima ble character, who is highly regarded by all who know ber. She is the mother of one son, Fred. The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Edwards was the first white male child born in Greene County, which he made his home during his entire life. He is numbered among its very earliest citizens, the name of William Mcintosh, Esq., being historical in this vicinity. All of his male descendants are now dead, except one, Martin, of Monticello, Til. One of his sons was William R., born in Xenia, who grew to maturity in Greene County, marrying Miss Kate Williams, of Cincinnati, July 7, 1847. Their home during the most of their wedded life was in tbis county. After the death of Mr. Mcin tosh, his widow married Samuel B. Cretors, whom she also survived, subsequently becoming the wife of E. Lindner, M. D. She now has her summer home in Clay Center, Kan., and her winter home in Florida. Her father, AVilliam G. G. Williams, (grandfather of Mrs. Edwards), was born in Pem- brookshire, Wales, whence he came to Cincinnati, in that city marrying Miss Catherine Jones., also of Wales, who traced her ancestry back to Sir Owen Tudor. Mr. Williams was an attorney-at-law, and practiced his profession in Cincinnati for many years, and until his last illness. Three of bis chil dren grew to maturity — two sons and Mrs. Lind ner. -*-&- Sj\ OHN CASH FULGER, agent of the Adams Express Company7 at Xenia, has been the incumbent of his present position since January 1, 1884 — a record which indicates the manner in which he has fulfilled his duties in connection therewith, and he has been connected with this company for more than twenty years. This long experience has given him a good insight into a business whose transactions extend from Maine to California, and has been a liberal school, acquainting him with not only the intricacies of the express service, but giving him the opportunity to learn much in connection with almost number less other enterprises. A native of the Buckeye State, Mr. Folgor was born in the city of Cincinnati June 13, 1838. His parents were Thomas Barnard and Catherine (Risk) Folger. Thomas B. Folger was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, January 31, 1815, and went with his parents to the vicinity of Fairmount, near Cincinnati dur ing the early settlement of that region and where he established a homestead in which his son, John C, still maintains an interest. When reaching man's estate Thomas Folger became interested in dairy ing, and prosecuted this successfully for many years and up to the time of his death, which occurred PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 537 March 4, 1855, in the city of his birth where he be came a prominent and honored resident. In con nection with dairying the elder Folger likewise prosecuted farming. He was chiefly interested, however, in the dairy business and became one of the most extensive milk dealers in the Queen City. The old stable which he used for so many years, together with the farm, is still utilized for the same purpose. Politically, Thomas Folger was a stanch Whig, and totally opposed to the institution of slavery. He married Miss Catherine, daughter of Thomas Risk, also a pioneer settler who had emi grated hither from New Jersey. The mother passed away prior to the decease of her husband. She was a member of tbe Christian Church. Thomas Risk was the original owner of the farm upon which our subject was born and which was also the birthplace of his mother. The Folger family was of Quaker antecedents, and the later representatives belonged to the peace able Society of Friends. Grandfather Elihu Fol ger was born October 10, 1763, and learned the trade of a cooper. After going to Cincinnati he purchased a farm of Nicholas Longworth who was a warm friend of his. He married a lady whose flrst name was Elizabeth, and died May 7, 1837, aged seventy-three years, seven months and five days. He emigrated with his wife from Nantucket, Mass., to Cincinnati, Ohio, landing there Novem ber 7, 1812. The subject of this notice spent his boyhood and youth around the parental homestead, attending the city schools and assisting his father on the farm and at dairying. In 1859, he was in the employ of the Louisiana & Tehauntapec California Route Company, on the Isthmus of Tehauntapec, Mexico. During 1862, he was the employe of the Govern ment at Cincinnati, and in January 1863, entered the service of the old Harnden Express Company, which, in October, 1869, was consolidated with the Adams Express Company, making its headquarters at Cincinnati, and Mr. Folger was appointed the agent at Marietta, Ohio. He remained there until the withdrawal of the agency from that town and was then stationed at Columbus until being assigned to the office in Xenia. He has given very little attention to politics, with the exception of uphold ing by his vote the principles of the Republican party. At the outbreak of the Civil War he was one of the first to enter the ranks of the Union Army, enlisting in 1861, in Company E, Fifth Ohio Infantry, which remained at Camp Denison until reorganization for the later service. Mr. Folger was married December 25, 1861, to Miss Elizabeth A. Newland. This lady was born in Clinton County, Ohio, and of this union there are two children— a son and daughter; the former, Will B. is in the employ of the Pennsylvania Rail road Company; Miss Aura is at home with her par ents. Mr. and Mrs. Folger, although leaning toward the doctrines of the Congregational Church which has no society in Xenia, have identified themselves with the Presbyterian Church. The reputation which Mr. P'olger bears both in business and social circles indicates that ho is held in the highest es teem by the entire community. ¦~* » ^|>E§S- «*~ eOL. MILTON CHENEY is the owner and occupant of one of the fine' farms of Clark County, and a man, who, although compar atively young, occupies a prominent rank among the farmers and stockmen of this section. He has been one of the chief instruments in improving the stock of the county, and upon his estate may be found thoroughbred animals of various kinds. He makes stock-raising his specialty. His herd of cat tle contains seventeen thoroughbred Short-horn cows, all registered, and he also has a fine flock of thoroughbred sheop, although these have not been booked. The farm upon which he lives comprises three hundred and sixty acres of fine land, wbicli he personally superintends, and upon which he has placed over three thousand rods of tile ditching. This one fact is indicative of the enterprising na ture of the man and the manner in which he makes improvements. Mr. Cheney was born July 7, 1850, on the place adjoining that which he now occupies, was reared and educated here, and has never been away from this neighborhood a month at a time, although he has made a number of excursions to points of in- 538 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. tcrest. He has taken a number of business trips to Chicago, has visited New York City and many of the States of the Union, and also "took in" the Cen tennial Exposition at Philadelphia. He received a good common-school education, to which his native intelligence and keen observation have added much of the knowledge which gives him a good rank among men of intelligence, and the wisdom which only practical experience can bring. Although but ten years of age when the late war began, Mr. Cheney became enthusiastic as a Union supporter, and became a drummer boy in the ser vice. His father, however, would not allow him to go away from home, and he was fain to content himself by wielding his drumsticks for the militia ,"t home and "beating up recruits." His elder brother spent four years in the field, during his service receiving a slight wound. The subject of this sketch is the only representa tive living in this neighborhood, of a family which once held an important position here. It is that of his maternal grandparents, AVilliam and Eliza beth (Peterson) Harpole, who at one time owned about six thousand acres of land in this neighbor hood. Mrs. Harpole was a native of Virginia, whence her parents removed to Chillicothe, Ohio. There she was married, she and her husband ere long taking up their abode on what is still known as the old Harpole place, adjoining that now occupied by their grandson. They were the parents of three sons and five daughters: Mary Ann married M. T. Paullin; Matilda became tbe .wife of Jonathan Cheney; Phoebe married James Phifer, of Madison County, Ohio; Malissa married AAriIliam Paiut, of Oregon ; May Elizabeth married Dr. Bailey, of the same State; William, now in the commission busi ness in Chicago, started the first cattle ranch in Chicago; Peter and his wife are now deceased, but their family live in Blooinington, 111.; Jesse died at the age of fifteen years. Jonathan Cheney, the father of our subject, was a son of William and Rebecca Cheney ,of Virginia,who settled near Mechanicsburg, Ohio. There Jonathan was born and reared to the age of seventeen years, when he began driving cattle and cutting corn, for which be received thirty-five cents per day. After making a couple of trips across the mountains with cattle, he went into tho business for himself with the assistance of John Anking, of Xenia. He contin ued in the business until his death, which took place in March, 1865, when he had reached the age of fifty years. He and his wife Matilda were the par ents of three children, the subject of this sketch be ing the youngest member of the family. The old est is William, how a railroad man, whose home is at South Charleston. Rebecca, the widow of M. . H. Young, now makes her borne in Los Angeles, Cal., on account of the delicate health of her only son. On April 27, 1871, the subject of this sketch was united in marriage with Addie, daughter of L. B. Sprague, of Harmony Township, who now makes his home with his son-in-law. Although he is sev enty-six years of age, he is still prominent in the county where he has been a man of note for many years. For a number of years he has been Com missioner, and he has been a member of the State Board of Agriculture three terms. For thirty-two years ho has been Secretary of the Clark County Agricultural Society, to which position he has re cently been re-elected. His wife breathed her last in August, 1872, leaving seven daughters and one son. To Mr. and Mrs. Cheney of this notice, five children have been born, named respectively: Mollie M., Hattie B., Pearl H., Howard L., and Scott S. Mr. Cheney has always been a Republican, as was his father before him. He has been a delegate to each County Convention for the last eight years, is very popular with bis party, and has been elected to several public offices. For three years he has been Township Trustee. During the last sixteen years he has held the office of School Director, in which position his labors to advance the cause of. education, are well known and highly appreciated. Both the Cheney and the Harpole families have for generations been identified with the Methodist Church. The fine residence now occupied by Mr. Cheney was erected in 1888, following an example set by his forefathers, who, during each of the three past generations have put up one of the finest resi dences in their locality. In 1858 the father of our subject built a barn which was much the largest in the county, and which was destroyed by fire in ,...;.A'"AAA' ¦ -.._ PORTRAIT AND" BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 511 1890. In 1885 one of his houses was struck by lightning, and although not one of the fifteen per sons who were in it at the time, was killed, not an article was saved from it. ¦•o»o.-(g?V> in Darby Plains, Madison County, where the hus band and father died of typhus fever in 1836, hav ing been ill but eleven days. The widow with her children removed to Charleston, but in 1843, moved onto her farm which is a part of the place upon which our subject now lives. Here she lived until 1863, when she was stricken with typhoid fever and died at the age of sixty-four years. She was the daughter of Mongo and Catherine Murray, and a native of Scotland, where her father was a blacksmith to the Duke of Arthel. When she was but an infant her parents came to America, and she learned to walk on shipboard, their voyage occu pying many weeks. Her children are Amanda J., who is unmarried ; Marilla A., who was married but has no children; and he who is the subject of this sketch. ^,. AVID S. HARNER, of Xenia Township, 1 )V presents another instance of a native- jgjj^ born citizen of this county who has con sidered its soil sufficiently good for hi in to remain upon, and who has reflected credit upon himself for what he has accomplished in life. He was born June 27, 1840, in Beaver Creek Town ship, where he spent bis early life upon his father's farm learning the arts of agriculture and acquiring a practical education in the common schools. Af ter his marriage he settled in Xenia Township of which he has since been a resident. His prop erty includes one hundred and seventy-five acres of well-tilled land with good improvements and where have been expended much time and labor to ex cellent purpose. In addition to being a thorough master of his call ing 'as an agriculturist Mr. Harner possesses in ventive genius of no mean order. Among the contrivances which he has perfected, is a machine for marking corn ground. He has in process of construction a machine for cutting and shocking corn by horse ipwer and he has invented various attachments for the reaper and mower which are gradually coming into practical use. He thus em ploys considerable of his spare time and from the \ - ¦¦ ¦ ¦ M ¦-- a^..'^ '- .^^I^^^L^X^^^ Azr?su^f PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 593 nature of his inventions it would be natural to sup pose that he will in the near future be able to realize something substantial therefrom. Mr. Harner was married in Beaver Creek Town ship, this county, October 23,1865, to Mrs. Lavina (Wall) Koogler. This lady was the widow of Jacob Koogler who died of disease conti acted in the army during the late Civil War. Her daughter, Anna, by her flrst marriage, is now living in Xenia. Mrs. Harner, like her husband, is a native of Beaver Creek Township and was born December 5, 1842. Of her union with our subject there are four chil dren, Casper B., Mary L., Emma and Frank E. Mr. Harner votes the straight Republican ticket while he and his estimable wife are members in good standing of the Reformed Church. The parents of our subject were Daniel and Anna (Snyder) Harner, the former of whom is still liv ing and a resident of Beaver Creek. The mother died about 1878. Their family consisted of four children. f OHN LUTZ. The industrial interests of Xenia are worthily represented by this reli able and substantial citizen, whose portrait w appears on the opposite page, and who for more than thirty years has successfull}7 carried on blacksmithing and wagonmaking, and is now finan cially well-to-do. His shops are located on West Main Street, upon the ground where he began bus iness in. the spring of 1859. In 1872 he added a commodious brick building, and has always given employment to a goodly number of men. He is thus one of the old landmarks, and his industry and perseverance have reared for him a monument which will endure long after he has been gathered to his fathers. A native of Washington County, Md., the sub ject of this notice was born January 5, 1829, near Clear Spring, and lived with his parents until he was twenty-three years old, acquiring a limited ed ucation in the common school, and being trained to those habits of industry and frugality which have served him so well in later life. At an early age he commenced learning the trade of a blacksmith, and remained a resident of his native State until a young man of twenty-three years. Then, in November, 1853, coming to Ohio, he located in Xenia, and for fourteen months was in the em ploy of James White. He had, however, left be hind him, in Maryland, a maiden to whom he was betrothed and to whom he now returned and was married. The following spring he came back to Xenia accompanied by his father and they estab- tablished themselves in business on Church Street, where he conducted his trade as a blacksmith four yours. In the spring of 1859 our subject pur chased the wagon works of one of the early set tlers and, with the exception of the fiist year, he has conducted the business alone. After the outbreak of the Civil War, Mr. Lutz watched the conflict closely until the early part of 1864, hoping that there might be a settlement of difficulties between the North and South without his interference. In May of that year, however, he resolved to not wait any longer and accord ingly arranged his business affairs as well as he could, and proffered his services as a Union soldier to Company E, One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Ohio Infantry, going with his regiment to New Creek, Va. He fought at the battle of New Creek, whieh was his only experience of a hand to hand con flict with the enemy, as the war was nearing its close, but he had ample taste of the hardships and privations incident to a soldier's life. After the surrender of Lee he received his honorable dis charge at Camp Denison, Ohio, and in due time returned to the peaceful pursuits of civil life. The marriage of John Lutz and Miss Sevilla Wolford was celebrated at the bride's home in Maryland, in March, 1855, and the young people began the journey of life together in tho city which has since been their home. There have been born to them six children, of whom the fol lowing are living: John E., Laura B. now the wife of John F. Sanders; Cora E. and Ida S., Mrs. George Sinz. Mr. Lutz belongs to the Reformed Cliurch, and is a member in good standing of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The Lutz family is supposed to be of German ancestry. Henry Lutz, the father of our subject. 594 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. was a native of Lancaster Couuty, Pa., born neai Millersburg, in 1802. His wdfe, Frances Moudy, was a native of Williamsport, Md. Their family7 consisted of two sons and three daughters, but only two of the children grew to mature years: John, our subject, and his sister, Mary C, who is the wife of B. Y. Berry, a resident of Xenia, Ohio. In 1859 Henry Lutz removed to Indiana and set lled on a farm near Ft. Wayne. He lived there ten years, then returned to Xenia, wliere his death took place in 1877. The mother died the follow ing year. The paternal grandfather, Nicholas Lutz, spent his last years in Pennsylvania; his father came directly from the Fatherland. EN 17 AFAYETTE RUNYAN. Harmony Town- I (^) ship.Clark County, has been settled by a class IIL- ^\ of men more than ordinarily enterprising and intelligent, and among these the subject of this notice holds no secondary7 position. He has for many years been operating successfully as a farmer and stock-raiser, and while pursuing a career which reflects great credit upon himself, has contributed largely to tbe growth and development of tbe country around him. The enterprise and indus try of one man operates as a stimulus to those around him, who insensibly emulate his example, and like the pebble dropped into the pool, the cir cle of his influence is thus largely felt and seen. Mr. Runyan was born near the town of Center, Pleasant Township, Clark County, April 21, 1848, and is the son of one of its representative men, Peter L. Runyan, who with his wife, Jane Wright, was also a native of Pleasant Township. Tho father of our subject died March 24, 1876, at the age of sixty-two years. He had been four times married. By his first wife, also a Miss Wright, he became the father of one child, Lemuel, who is now a resident of Champaign County, this State. His second wife, Jane, became the mother of two children, Lafayette, our subject, and a daughter, Susannah. His third wife was Sarah Page, and she died without children. By his fourth wife, Eliza beth Renshaw, Mr. Runyan became the father of four sons — William, U. S. Grant, George and Charles. The fourth wife is still living, making her home in Catawba, this county. Mr. Run yan and all his wives were members of the Metho dist Episcopal Church. The father of our subject was a self-made man m the strictest sense of the word. Setting out with no capital but his own resources, he accumulated a good property, leaving two hundred acres of fine farming land which, with its improvements, con stituted a valuable estate. His parents were George and Susannah Runyan, who were natives of Vir ginia. In 1812. after their marriage, they settled on a farm in Pleasant Township, where the grand father effected many improvements, and became prominent in his community. Both he and his wife were active members of the Methodist Episco pal Church. They made the journey from Virginia on horseback, bringing with them their flrst-born. That same year Grandfather Runy7an was drafted and furnished a substitute for the War of 1812. He became the father of the following children, viz: John, Peter L. and Susan, who married Nathan Martin. All were married and had familes, but all are now deceased. Grandfather Runyan and his wife died at their homestead in Pleasant Town ship. The subject of this notice spent his boyhood and youth in a manner common to the sons of pioneer farmers, growing up healthy in mind and body, and when twenty years old began farming on his own account at the old homestead. On the 14th January, 1875, he was united in wedlock with Miss Louisa, daughter of Jerry and Jane (Hodge) Tea zel. Not long afterward he removed to a farm of one hundred and eight acres, which he had pur chased in Champaign County. Remaining there until 1882, he then removed to his present farm in Harmony Township, this comprising two hun dred and thirty-eight acres in the northwest corner. Mr. and Mrs. Runyan are now the parents of four children — Nora Myrtle, Lester, Carrie Anna and Ralph M. Mrs. Jane (AVright) Runyan, the mother of our subject, was a daughter of John and Ruhama (Matthews) Wright who were natives respectively of Jefferson County, Va., and Gettysburg, Pa. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 595 John Wright was twice married. His first wife was Elizabeth Snyder, who bore him seven chil dren, two of whom died in Virginia; the survivors were named respectively : Samuel, Elizabeth, Mary Ann, Jane and Ellen. These all lived to mature years. Mr. Wright and his children removed to Clark County, this State, in 1835, and located in Pleasant Township, where he improved one hun dred and fifty acres of land. He was an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and died November 28, 1866. He was tbe son of John Wright, whose family consisted of four children — John, Samuel, Elizabeth and William. His wife, Ruhama, died October 16, 1866, a few weeks prior to the decease of her husband. She was born in Pennsylvania, and by her union with Mr. Wright became the mother of three children — William E - John W. and Silas J. \f7 ORENZO R. ST. JOHN. Among the pros I (©! perous farmers of Greene County may be : ,Ajb properly mentioned Mr. St. John, who has a finely-located body of land, one-half mile south of the city. Tie is a native of this county, and was born in Cassar Creek Township, August 8, 1851. To this region at an early day came his parents, Daniel W. and Eliza (Bone) St. John, who were likewise natives of this State, and both born near New Lebanon. There also they were reared and married, and soon after settled upon a one hundred-acre farm in Ccesar Creek Township. About 1863 the parents of Mr. St. John changed their residence to the place where he now resides, and which lies on the Wilmington Pike. There they spent the remainder of their lives, the father dy ing in January, 1873, and the mother in April, 1874. Both were leading members of the Meth odist Episcopal Church, in which Daniel St. John had officiated as a Class-Leader for many years. They were the parents of the following children, the eldest of whom, Cyrus B., resides near Albany, Jay County, Ind.; Joseph M. died after attaining to manhood; John Washington is a resident of this county; William Harrison, deceased; Daniel Mor gan resides in this county; Sarah is the widow of James McNair, of Dunkirk, Ind ; Jeniah F. is in this county; Eva J. is the wife of Frank Peterson, of Kansas; Isaac W. is a resident of Dunkirk, Inch; and Lorenzo R., our subject. The father, in early7 manhood, was a AVhig and later identified himself with the Republican party. Mr. St. John has resided upon his present farm since he was a lad of thirteen years. The associa tions connected with it naturally make it far more valuable to him than any amount of money he could name. It is one hundred and thirty -seven acres in extent, embellished with substantial build ings and is the source of a comfortable income. He brought a bride to the old roof-tree in 1873, being married May 28, that year, to Miss Alice M. Smith. This lady was born May 6, 1855, in Greene County, and is the daughter of Daniel and Lucinda (Sparr) Smith, the father being now de ceased. Of this union there was born one child only, Myrtie L. Mr. St. John, politically, is a Republican, aud both he and his estimable wife are members in good standing of the Methodist Epis copal Church. Ex-Governor St. John, of Kansas, was one of the offshoots of this branch of the St. John family. ENRY TI. CONKLIN. This name is famil iarly known to the citizens of New Jasper Township, Greene County, as representing one of its most liberal and public-spirited men. He is prominent in all the enterprises tend ing to the moral advancement of the people around him, and who have shown him their confidence and esteem in many ways. For a time he was a member of the County Board of Commissioners, and has held various other positions of trust and responsibility. At the present time he gives his attention chiefly to farming pursuits, having two hundred and one acres of well-developed land, which, with its buildings and other appurtenances, contitutes one of the most desirable homes in this county. Mr. Conklin deals considerably in live stock, and has been uniformly successful. 596 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. Mr. Conklin was born in the town of Lumber- ton, Clinton County, this State, on the 16th of December, 1844, and is thus in the prime of life. He is the offspring of an excellent family, being the son of Harvey F. and Hannah (Noland) Conk lin, who were natives respectively of New York and Virginia. They were married in Ohio, and were among the early residents of Clinton County, whence they removed to this county, where the father followed farming and blacksmithing com bined. He died at Lumberton about 1882, but the mother died in this county in 1888. The pa rental household consisted of nine children, eight of whom are living. Henry IT. is the fourth in order of birth. He was quite young when the family came to this county, of which he has been nearly a life long resident. He acquired his edu cation in the common schools, and remained under the home roof until reaching his majority. Soon afterward, August 23, 1866, he was joined in wed lock with Miss Mary J. Hook, at the bride's heme in Xenia Township. This lady was born Decem ber 6, 1848, in Xenia Township, and is a daughter of Charles and Clarinda (Johnson) Hook, who were natives of this county, and whose family consisted of three children, Miss Mary being the second born. Mr. and Mrs. Conklin, after their marriage, set tled on a farm in the vicinity of Xenia, where they sojourned until removing to that which they now own and occupy. There have been born to them six children, the eldest being Cora E., who is the wife of James Albert Bales, and lives in New Jasper; Clyde, Laura C, TIattie P. and Hannah M. are at home with their parents. One child died in infancy. Mr. Conklin was elected County Commissioner in the fall of 1883, and served six consecutive years. He has held some of the school offices, and takes quite an active part in politics, giving his support to the Republican party. He has always been interested in educa tional matters, aud with his estimable wife is a member in good standing of the Methodist Epis copal Church, to which they contribute a liberal support. During the progress of the Civil War Mr. Conk lin enlisted in the Union Army, in March, 1863, and was occupied as a teamster a month, then on account of illness was obliged to accept his dis charge. The following year, in April, he re-enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Ohio Infantry, with the one hundred days' men. He participated in the engagement at New Creek, AV. Va., but aside from this saw no active service. ¦«;=^|fc=> ... NIEL RODGERS. This sturdy veteran LM who is approaching the seventy- sixth year of his age, is known throughout the length and breadth of Greene County where he has spent his entire life. Here he was born and reared, first opening his eyes to the light July 18, 1814, at the old homestead of his parents near Bellbrook, Sugar Creek Township. His father, William Rodg- ers, a native of Rockbridge County, Va., was born in 1784 and when a youth of eighteen years came alone to this county and in due time built a mill near Bellbrook on the Little Miami River. This was the first structure of the kind in that vicinity and he operated it successfully for many years. He married Miss Rebecca Lewis in 1809. She was a native of North Carolina and came to this region with hor parents, about 1806. After operating the mill above spoken of eleven years, William Rodgers resumed the trade of a gunsmith which he had learned in his native county. There were born to him and his estimable wife three children, a daughter and two sons. The daughter, Margaret, was born February 7, 1810, and died February 27, 1847, aged thirty-seven years. (The strange feature in the birth, death, and age of this lady is that all the dates and ages end with the digit 7). Lewis died in Xenia in 1856; Aniel, our subject, was the youngest born. The parents were members of the Associate Church in which the paternal grandfather of our subject officiated as a minister many years, in Rockbridge County, Va., at Timber Ridge Meeting House. Aniel Rodgers came to Xenia in 1830 to serve an apprenticeship at bricklaying with his uncle, Daniel Lewis. He served out his time and in 1835 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 597 commenced as a journeyman, working two years and then began operating as a builder and con tractor. Many of the fine buildings standing in the city of Xenia to-day give evidence of his skill and handiwork. He was thus occupied for over half a century, only retiring a few years ago. Mr. Rodgers was first married in Montgomery County to Miss Cynthia Popenoe and there were born to them five children, all of whom are de ceased with the exception of one daughter, Jane, unmarried. His second wife was Miss Sarah C. Stilson and they were married in Oriskany Falls, N. Y., March 16, 1858. This lady was born in Woodbury7, Conn., February 13, 1822, and is tbe daughter of Asahel Stilson who emigrated to Oneida County, N. Y., where Sarah L. lived under the pa rental roof until her marriage. Mr. Rodgers has occupied many positions of trust and responsibility since attaining to man hood's years. He was for twenty-one years a Di rector in the County Infirmary and is at present a Director on the Board of the County AVork House. His career has been signalized by great energj7 and industry and he has uniformly lent his moral aid to the cause of temperance and all the enterprises which tend to elevate the people. He has ever been distinguished as a man of sound sense and good judgment — one whose opinions are ever held in respect. He identified himself with the Masonic fraternity early in life and enjoys the honor of being the oldest Mason in Greene County, having joined the fraternity here in 1846. He has held all the offices of his lodge and has attained to the Royal Arch degree. Mr. Rodgers cast his first Presidential vote for Gen. William Henry Harrison and voted for John C. Fremont in 1856. He was promptly on hand at the polls to cast his ballot for the grandson of Old Tippecanoe in 1888. James W. H. Rodgers, the eldest son of our sub ject, was like his father born and reared in the city of Xenia, and married Miss Imogene Hyde, whose birthplace was near Sandusky, Ohio. To them there were born four children, three of whom died young. The survivor is a daughter, Sally B., a resident of Toledo. This son was the business partner of his father until 1877, when he was stricken down by death at the early age of thirty- two years. Miss Elizabeth Rodgers became the wife of David Voorhesof Centerville, Montgomery County, and died in 1883, leaving a family of nine children, seven of whom are living, viz.: Lucy, Charles, Joseph, Luther, Hazard, Edgar and Arthur. They are all residents of this county. The deceased are Nellie, who died young and an infant who died unnamed. The paternal grandfather of our subject was John Rodgers, a native of Scotland and born in 1745. He came to the United States as a missionary for the Associate Church in 1770 and settled in Penn sylvania. He was married in his native land to Miss Irene Russell. He spent his entire life after coming to this country in the Master's service, be ing pastor of the Timber Ridge Church in Rock bridge County, where he spent his last days. He was the father of seven sons whose united height aggregated over forty-two feet and their weight fourteen hundred pounds. Three of them came West and one settled in Monmouth, 111., one near Niles, Mich., and another in Gallipolis, this State. Asahel Stilson was born in Connecticut and was there married to Miss Hannah Hull, of Oxford. He followed farming and dealt quite extensively in live stock. He emigrated to New York State about 1830. His wife was a member of the Meth odist Episcopal Church while Grandfather Stilson was an Episcopalian in religious belief. «« .i * IjfclLLIAM L. HOUSTON occupies a promi- \/~\I/l nea* position among the farmers and stock- j ww raisers of Pleasant Township, Clark County, i his abundant means, large landed estate and per- '¦¦ sonal character alike entitling him to the rank which he holds. The farm which he occupies com prises seven hundred and fifty broad acres upon I which all adequate improvements have been made, and many of tlie conveniences not always to be i found in rural homes, are to be seen. Mr. Houston raises cattle, sheep and hogs. His present herd of cattle includes two hundred head, of hogs over four hundred head, and he usually keeps a flock of about fifteen hundred sheep. Before proceeding to give the main facts in the life history of Mr. Houston, it will not be amiss to devote a brief space to the family from which he is descended. His grandfather, Joseph Houston, who married a Miss Fisher, was one of the earliest set tlers near Springfield. He improved about two hundred acres of land where he lived on Buck Creek. He and his wife died at South Charleston at an advanced age. They were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Their children were Mary, William, Eliza, Vilaton, Nancy, Priscilla, Louisa J., Robert, Asbury, Maddox, James T. and Thomas F. Robert and James T. are physicians, the latter now living in Iowa; Maddox is a farmer. 600 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. Thomas F. Houston was born four miles east of Springfield, October 7, 1818. When twenty-one years of age he went to Springfield and learned the trade of a harness-maker, after which he located in Charleston, carrying on a shop in connection with D. O. Heiskell, a well-known horseman. After a time the connection was dissolved and Mr. Houston continued the business alone until the spring of 1862, when he removed to a farm in the extreme eastern part of Pleasant Township. From the pro ceeds of his business he had been able to purchase about seven hundred acres of land there and he afterward with his son, our subject, bought two hundred more. In the fall of 1867, he removed to Springfield and engaged in the saddle, harness and collar business with S. T. Irvine. This connection continued until his death, June 30, 1874. Mr. Houston possessed a more than ordinary de gree of business ability which was proven by his success, he having started in life without a dollar. He was zealous in his advocacy of all public im provements, such as churches, schools, roads, etc., and foremost in prosecuting all movements which would effect them. He drew up and presented the first petition which was ever laid before the com missioners of this county under the Free Pike law. He and his wife were active workers in the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he was a Class-Leader. In polities, he was a Whig and Re publican. During the war he contributed liberally to the support of the Union cause and in clearing his township from draft. The wife of Thomas F. Houston was Rachel A. Delashmutt who was born in Madison County, Christmas Day, 1823. She lived until November 8, 1886, when she entered into rest. She was the mother of eleven children, as follows: Catherine, deceased; Leon, at South Charleston; William L. of this notice; Emma C, Mrs. Yeazel; Charles C. who died in Cedarsville; Elissa J.; Edwin D. ; Thornton, deceased; Howard, who died in childhood; Foster, and Maria who died in infancy. The gentleman with whose name we introduce this sketch was born on Christmas Day, 1843. He was reared in Charleston until eighteen years of age, receiving an excellent education in the com mon schools, and unexcelled home training. Ac companying his father to the farm he remained upon it after the latter had removed to Springfield, continuing the work which they had previously been carrying on together and adding to its extent from year to year. The stubborn persistence which is one of the qualities which he inherited from his English ancestors, has made of his business per ceptions a lever with which to move circumstances around him to his own good. The mind and character of Miss Mary J. Bales, daughter of Calvin and Julia (Rigdon) Bales of Madison County, won the affection of Mr. Houston and his wooing proving successful, she became his wife June 1, 1871. The happy union has been blest by the birth of three children — Lawrance O, Maurice C. and Stelln B. Mr. Houston has been quite active in the political field, formerly as a member of the Republican party and more recently as a Prohibitionist. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was one of the foremost and largest contributors in building the new church (Nation Chapel) and has filled the offices of Steward, Trustee and Sunday-school Su perintendent, ever since its erection. ylLLIAM BURNS who has for many years been connected with the business interests of Springfield, was born in County Sligo, Ireland, June 20, 1833. His parents were Thomas and Bridget (Murray) Burns, the former of whom died in his native Emerald Isle. Late in life the widowed mother came to America bringing her children of which our subject was one, and breathed her last in Yates County, N. Y., in 1874. The pa rental family comprised thirteen children of whom the son William was next to the youngest. The parents being poor he received but limited advan tages in the way of schooling and quite early in life was thrown upon his own resources. At the age of fourteen years, Wiiliam Burns emi grated to the United States, landing at New York City whence he went to Buffalo. There he began work as a railroad bridge builder, his labors taking him into Canada, Abandoning the railroad busi- m wmWZ\Wm8, m^ ZHM^^ UOOUZu^O PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 603 ness he came to Springfield, and found employment in the Warder, Brokan & Childs Agricultural AVorks, while attending the night school. In 1857 he was seized with the western fever, and going to Omaha, Neb., he worked at the carpenter's trade and contracting about one year. Later he returned to Springfield, and for a time was engaged in the manufacture of distilled spirits. He then became connected with the Architectural Iron Works as a stockholder and director, still holding his interest in that business. At present he owns a good busi ness house, a substantial residence on East High Street, and other property. The lady whom Mr. Burns chose as his life com panion bore the maiden name of Marie Coleman, and at the time of their marriage she was residing in Springfield. She was born in the Emerald Isle and in her girlhood accompanied her parents, Peter and Bridget (Dunnigan) Coleman, to America. Her happy union with our subject has been blessed by the birth of ten children, three of whom have been removed from their sorrowing parents by death. The names of the living are Florence A.. Louisa E., Mary E., Catherine E. Alice A., Wil liam T. and John Peter. Mr. Burns was at one time a member of the City Council, representing the Fourth Ward. Politically he is a stanch Democrat. His religious belief is that of the Roman Catholic Church, and he and his family hold membership at St. Raphael's. 3* /S5*OL. JOHN KINNANE. In whatever ho (ly^ 'undertakes, Col. Kinnane may7 properly bo v^dj) termed a "hustler" among the most active business men of Springfield. He is at present en gaged as a dry- goods merchant and attends strictly to business, being in his store early and late with his coat off, metaphorically speaking, looking after bis force of seventy-five clerks and seeing that his customers are waited upon with promptness and courtesy. He is practically a self-made man — one who has paddled his own canoe from an early period in his life, thus gaining those independent and self-reliant qualities of character which have contributed in such a marked degree to bis success in life. He is a prominent man is politics and justly earned his title of Colonel, by appointment on the staff of Gov. Campbell in 1890. The lithographic portrait shown in connection with this sketch represents the lineaments of a gen tleman yet in the early prime of life, for our sub ject is less than thirty-six years of age, having been born September 29, 1854, in the town of Tarbert, Ireland. He is the youngest son of James and Catherine (Odell) Kinnane, with whom he spent his boy'hood days and obtained his education in tho country schools. When fourteen years old he began his mercantile experience in the dry-goods store of Todd & Co., at Limerick, with whom he remained two years. In 1869 he determined to seek his fortunes in America and after several weeks spent on the ocean, landed safely at Castle Garden, N. Y. Thence he proceeded immediately to Springfield, this State, and established the busi ness which he has since conducted so successfully. For a period of twelve years it was under the control of Kinnane Bros., and at the expiration of this time the firm became Kinnane & Wren, which is its title at the present time. This store occupies Nos. 19, 21, 23 and 25 Lime-^ stone Street, and the stock consists of a complete line of dry7-goods, carpets, drugs, wall paper and boots and shoes and gives employment to about ninety clerks, seventy-five of whom are salesmen. The firm does a wholesale and retail business, the most extensive of anything of the kind in the city. By strict attention to all the details of general trade and courteous treatment of tlieir customers, they have become widely and favorably known to a large portion of the people of Clark County and there are very few homes within its limits to which their goods have not at some time or another found entry. The subject of this notice was first married to Miss Sadie McGarr, of Springfleld, who became the mother of one son, John James Kennane. She died at her home in Springfield, June 20, 1883. The present wife of Col. Kinnane was formerly Miss Molly Brady who at the time of their mar riage was a resident of Tiffin, this State. The Colonel, politically, is a sianch Democrat and fully 604 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. as active in the councils of.his party as he is in his business affairs. He was elected Alderman from his ward in 1880, serving one term and was one of the committee to select a site for the post-office. He occupies a neat and comfortable home and is well known to the people among whom he is a uni versal favorite. *r=s©6H~ £k -»*f$>*«- S*^' NDREW M. DUNN, proprietor of the Fairfield Mills, is recognized as one of the most intelligent and energetic men of Greene County. He was bora in Lockland, this State, August 22, 1839, and was taken to Illi nois by his parents when quite young, living there until a boy of seven years. They then returned to Lockland, traveling by wagon over corduroy roads and through swamps, and Mr. Dunn remained thereafter a resident of his native place until the outbreak of tbe Civil War. In the meantime he commenced the battle of life for himself at tbe age of ten years, finding employment in a flourmill and becoming master of the business at which he worked until a youth of eighteen. In April, 1861, young Dunn entered the Union Army as a member of Company G, Sixth Ohio In fantry, enlisting for three years and being mus tered into the service at Camp Denison. He went to Virginia with bis regiment and met the enemy at Laurel Hill, Carrick's Ford and Ft. Donelson and was continuously with his regiment, which was the first to enter the city of Nashville. His com pany had the honor of taking the rebel flag from the court house and placing in its stead the stars and stripes. One Captain Driver presented them with a fine Federal flag which he had hid in a feather bed. Subsequently Mr. Dunn fought at Shiloh, Perry - ville and Stone River. At the latter place his brother was wounded and ho carried him a mile on his back. They were then captured and Mr. Dunn was permitted to care for his brother and succeeded in saving his life. He exerted himself to be agree able, making the coffee and soup for the soldiers and gained the good will of the surgeon, whom he induced to operate carefully on his brother with satisfactory results. In twenty-four hours he was rescued, and rejoining his regiment participated later in the battles of Chickamauga, and Mission Ridge, and went with the command through Georgia to Atlanta, soon after which his term of enlistment expired. Returning then to Cincin nati, in June, 1864, he was mustered out and re ceived his honorable discharge. Mr. Dunn experienced many hairbreadth es capes, his clothes at Stone River being pierced by bullets, but he returned unharmed to his old haunts. At Lockland he resumed the miller's trade and af terward became foreman of his uncle's paper-mill where he lemained until February, 1866. His next venture was the purchase of his present mill, which he bought from James M. Brannum, which was greatly out of repair and had not been regularly operated for some time. He effected many im provements, put everything in good shape and prosecuted a successful business until 1884, when he enlarged his facilities by putting in the roller process. As water had become too scarce to oper ate it to good advantage, in 1887 he added more rollers and put in steam power. The mill has now a capacity of fifty barrels per day and is patro nized by the people all over this section of the country. Mr. Dunn was married in Fairfield, December 31, 1866 to Miss Mary Scudder. She was born in Fair field, July 31, 1847, and is the daughter of William Scudder a native of New York State and a sad dler by trade. Mr. Scudder in early life removed to New Jersey and thence to Fairfield, this State, where he occupied himself at saddlery and harness- making, doing a large and lucrative business. lie finally retired upon a competency, and is now liv ing with our subject, being seventy-seven years old. He was, during his younger years, a promi nent man in the community and for a quarter of a century, officiated as the Postmaster of Fairfield. The mother of Mrs. Dunn bore the maiden name of Sarah M. Hart. She was born in New Jersey and died in Fairfield New Year's day, 1885. To her and her husband there were born five chil dren, three girls and two boys. The brothers and PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 625 sisters of Mrs. Dunn are named as follows: Sarah C. married Noah Sipes and lives in Yellow Springs; Ralph H. lives in Atchison, Kan.; Lewis is a cigar maker of Springfield, Ohio; Mrs. Dunn, the wife of our subject, and Lillie M.,who married Grover Bea ton and lives in Fountain City, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. Dunn are the parents of two children only, the eldest of whom, a son, Walter, is a very bright and promising young man, possessing decided ability as an artist, making a specialty of crayon portraits. He is also a fine penman. He was graduated from the Fairfield High School and learned the miller's trade of his father. Carrie, the daughter, remains at home with her parents. Mr. Dunn's mill property comprises two and one-half acres of ground and the mill as it now stands wi'h the improvements he has made, is val- able property. He has a fine residence adjacent and Mrs. Dunn is also the owner of two residences in Fairfield. Politically7, Mr. Dunn votes the straight Republican ticket and has been quite prominent in party politics, officiating as a delegate to the Slate and county conventions and filling other positions of trust and responsibility. He has been a member of the School Board of his district six years. He belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic at Fairfield, in which he is Quartermaster, also the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Mad River. His religious views coincide with the doctrines of the Methodist Episcopal Church in which he is one ofthe pillars, being a Trustee, Chor ister and Superintendent of the Sunday School. He contributes liberally to the support of the society and rendered substantial aid in the erection of the church building. He has also been sent as a dele gate to the Annual Conference. The subject of our sketch is the offspring of a fine family, the son of Elnathan and Nancy (Friend) Dunn, who were natives of Ohio, both born in Hamilton County. The paternal grandfather, Bar acha Dunn, was a native of Nova Scotia, whence he removed to New Jersey early in life, where he followed his trade of a shoemaker and also engaged in farming. In 1801 he emigrated to Ohio, set tling in Hamilton County with the Longworths and when Cincinnati was a mere hamlet. He put up one of the first shoe shops in the place and while working at his trade invested his capital in lands near whicli afterward grew up the town of Lock- land. "Old Nick" Longworth finally got the bet ter of him so that he lost a large amount of prop erty. He prosecuted farming however, and also engaged in milling. He lived to a ripe old age, spending his last days at Lockland. He served in the War of 1812 and in religious belief, adhered to the doctrines of the Baptist Church. The paternal great-grandfather of our subject was George Dunn, a native of Ireland, who crossed the Atlantic in Colonial limes and settled in Nova Scotia. He occupied himself as a fisherman along at the coast, both at the time and after his removal to New Jersey. The father of our subject learned the trade of a millwright at which he became skill ful and successful. He engaged in building mills in his nalive State until 1839, when he emigrated to Illinois, and in Sangamon County, put up a num ber of mills, along the Salt River. In 1846 he re turned to Cincinnati, where he worked at his trade until the outbreak of the Civil AVar.He then entered the service at the age of fifty-nine years, becom ing a member of the famous pioneer regiment which was mostly engaged in repairing and construction. He was finally obliged to return home on account of illness. He lived, however, until 1875, dying in the faith of the Methodist Church and was a stanch supporter of the Republican party. The mother of our subject, a lady of more than ordinary intelligence and great worth, was the daughter of Charles H. Friend, a native of Vir ginia, a graduate of one of its best colleges and a genuine offshoot of the F. F. Vs. After leaving college he followed the profession of a teacher and he was also a shoemaker by trade. He finally went to Canada where he married into the Schroetz fam ily, who were of German descent. He was con scripted into the British army and compelled to fight the Americans. After the war, returning to the States he settled at Fulton, a suburb of Cin cinnati and engaged for a number of years in the shoe business. Finally removing to Charleston, this State, he established a paper-mill in which the machinery was first operated by hand power. Later in life he removed to Lockland where he spent the remainder of his days. He was a Republican in 1526 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. polities, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Nancy (Friend) Dunn is still living, making her home at Lockland and is now sixty- eight years old. One of her brothers, C. AV. Friend, an early settler of Lockland, was a paper-maker by trade, very enterprising and successful and was largely instrumental in the building up of the town. During the Civil War he served as a Lieutenant- Colonel in the Seventy-fifth Ohio Infantry. He left a large estate at his death, which occurred in 1882. Another biother, George Friend, was the leading paper-maker of the west, and was likewise prominent in the growth of Lockland, being in no way behind his brother in enterprise and persever ance. He died in Lockland in March, 18^9. To the parents of our subject there were born the following children, of whom Andrew M. was the oldest. George F. is superintendent of the Detroit Sulphite Fiber Co. of Detroit, which oper ates upon a capital of $10,000,000. Silas S. is in the flax business at Circleville, Dak. : John W. is a member of the firm of Laidlow. Dunn & Co., pump manufacturers of Cincinnati; Elizabeth, Mrs. Wigle, resides in Kingsville, Canada; Annie is a resident of Detroit, Mich. Silas, during the Civil AVar served in the same regiment as our subject and the same length of time, George serving with his father in the pioneer regiment. Silas was shot through both thighs at Stone River a.:d was carried by his brother, Andrew M., a mile to the field hospital. He recovered in due time sufficiently to be re tained in the invalid corps, and remained in the army until the close of tho war. ^^ EORGE W. JANUARY. The .farming ele- f[ (=, ment of Greene County finds a worthy rep- ^s4) resentative in the gentleman above named, whose homo, is in Silver Creek Township, south of Jamestown. He is now quite advanced in years, having been born June 13, 1810, and is spending his declining years in merited repose, after a long and busy life. The farm which he now occupies, has been his home since. 1866, and is a valuable piece of property which has been carefully and in telligently managed, and supplied with a full line of buildings and other improvements. The birth of our subject took place in Adams County, whence his parents removed to Highland County when he was very young, and to Greene County in 1820, he being then about ten years of ago. Here he was reared and engaged in farm pursuits, carrying on a Successful career within the borders of Silver Creek Township, and while pursuing the even tenor of his way, securing a high degree of respect from all to whom he is known. Although not an office seeker, he has held the minor offices, discharging their duties faithfully and creditably. Since he became a voter, his support has been given to Whig, the Abolition, and the Republican par ties. In Buckingham County, Va., he of whom we write was united in marriage with Mary S. Garnett, a native of that county, who was well reared by worthy parents, and was a noble specimen of Chris tian womanhood. Her parents, Armsted and Jo hanna V. (Cook) Garnett, lived and died in that county, where her father was engaged in agricul tural pursuits. They were slaveholders, and in excellent financial circumstances. They lived to be quite aged. Their daughter, Mrs. January, re mained with them until her marriage, when she came to Ohio and assisted her husband to build up their home, being his cherished companion until October 13, J 888, when she was called hence. She had reached the allotted age of man, having been born in 1818. She was a member of the Baptist Church, and was well beloved not only by her im mediate family circle, but by many acquaintances. To Mr. and Mrs. January three sons were born, of whom we note the following: Robert P., who occupies the homestead, married Miss Maggie C. Smith, of this county; James M. is also mar ried, and occupies a farm near Sabina, Clinton County, Ohio; William L. is a successful attorney in Detroit, Mich., his wife being Miss Carrie Broker, who like himself, was educated in Ann Arbor, Mich. Robert January, the father of our subject, was born in the Blue Grass State, but came to Adams County, Ohio, late in the seventeenth or early in the eighteenth century. There he was married to PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 627 Mary Wadman, who was born in Somersetshire, England, and came with her parents to the United States, when a miss of fourteen years. The fam ily landed in Virginia, but subsequently came to Adams County, Ohio, where she became of age and " married. In 1808, Robert January enlisted under Capt. Kincaid, of Adams County, and Col. Trim ble, ex-Governor, becoming a member of Gen. Harrison's army, and serving about a year, when he was discharged. He re-enlisted and remained in the ranks until peace was declared in 1815. Al though he took part in many active engagements, he escaped unhurt. After the war he removed with his family to Highland County, and a few years later to Greene County, where he and his wife spent the remainder of their lives, dying in Silver Creek Township, when about three-score 37ears- of age. Their family included three sons and seven daughters, our subject being the first-born, and all but two being alive at this writing. Both parents were active members of the Christian Church, and instilled into the hearts of their chil dren upright principles of conduct. In politics, Robert January was a Whig. James January, grandfather of George W. January, was born near Lexington, Ky., and was engaged in the battle of Blue Lick, Ky., against the Indians led by the notorious renegade Simon Girty, and was defeated by the same. — V tHOMAS W. STRETCHER. In noting the early pioneers of Cedarville Township, Greene County, he with whose name we introduce this biographical outline can by no means be properly omitted from the list. He is the son of Thomas and Ann J. (Warner) Stretcher, and was born next door to the old Walnut Street Thea tre, Philadelphia, September 19, 1811. He lived there with his parents until the fall of 1832, in the meantime learning the trade of a gilder and dec orator. Having now reached his majority he, with his brother Joseph, sought the West, and made Hillsboro, Ohio; his stopping place. He went to Cincinnati, and for a year thereafter followed his trade there. Then being thrown out of employ ment by the burning of the shop, he repaired to Dayton, and for five years thereafter was in the employ of a Mr. Hatfield. Afterward he returned to Cincinnati. In the spring of 1835 Mr. Stretcher was joined in wedlock with Miss Mary Warner, who became the mother of four children, and died in April, 1868, at their home in Cedarville Township. His eldest son, Wilson, is married and lives on an ad joining farm ; he has one child. Alonzo Clarence is attending Antioch College at Yellow Springs; Ab ner was married, but his wife died leaving three children — Clinton M., Carl and Laura E. Mary A. is the wife of Parker P. Fisher, and they live in Clinton County; Theodore is married and liv ing in Springfield; ho has one child, a daughter, Anna. Mr. Stretcher, in 1872, contracted a second mar riage, with Mrs. Lavina (Gill) Baker, widow of Miller Baker, who died in Clark County, Ohio, and they became the parents of two children. Rowena A. was married to James B. Cross, who was killed in Resaca, Ga.; they had two children — Ada and Delia. She was then married to Dr. Holmes, and there was born to them one child. Mrs. Holmes died on Thanksgiving Day, 1888. The eldest daugh ter, Ada B., married Charles E. Begget, a grain dealer of Paris, 111. ; Delia C. is the wife of George E. Sperry7, a dry-goods merchant of Hamilton, N. Y.; they have two children — James Edgar and Blanche. J. Clarence Holmes is now a resident of Boston, Mass., being employed as a book-keeper in in the large shoe firm of Adolph Myers & Co. James G. Baker, the son of Mrs. Stretcher, died in 1879, leaving a wife and four children; Clinton died in Springfield, Ohio; Malcolm M. is a resident of Tacoma, Wash., where he works at his trade of a printer for $100 per month; Homer C. is learn ing the trade of a printer with his brother Mal colm; Harriet E. lives with ber mother* Mrs. Eliza beth Baker, in Springfield, and is attending school. Of this marriage of Mr. Stretcher there were born no children. Carl Stretcher makes his home with them. John Gill, the father of Mrs. Stretcher, partici pated in the War of 1812, and witnessed Hull's 628 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. surrender. He married Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Richard and Ann (Gregory) Bloxom, who came from England. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Stretcher were James and Martha (MeAVilliams) Gill, the latter of whom was a sister of a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Tho Gills were Irish and the McWilliams of Scotch descent. When Mr. Stretcher went to Dayton, upon the occasion heretofore mentioned, the only hotel in the placo was a log house. In 1841 he purchased one hundred and forty-three acres of land where he now lives, and which be has brought to a fine state of cultivation. There was then upon it only a small log cabin, which they occupied for many years. Mrs. Stretcher can remember.when visiting there before her marriage to her present husband, hearing the rain patter on the clapboard roof. The floor of the cabin was of puncheon. Mr. Stretcher during his younger years was a mechanic and artist of no mean skill, and has some fine specimens of his work, including a couple of fruit pieces done in water colors, and an ornamen tal carved letter box. Among other relics wdiich he carefully7 preserves is a badge which he fre quently wears, and which he calls his "cosmopolitan badge," symbolizing the civilization of the whole world, and uniting all nations and all churclies. The design is two disks, two and one-half inches in diameter, an eight-pointed star in a circle fastened together with a wire around the rim. The whole is composed of silver, and was plowed up by one of his hired hands on tho farm. It is undoubtedly of Indian origin, and similar to those frequently seen in pictures as a decoration of tho wild savage. Mr. Stretcher paid his man twenty-five cents for it, and fastening through it a red, white and blue ribbon wears it upon all occasions. He maintains that the sixteen points are designed to extend to the four quarters of the globe, and the tri-colors are typical of the unity of all nations — thus the name, cos mopolitan badge. Educated in the doctrines of the Quaker faith Mr. Stretcher held to these during his early years, but is now a pronounced spiritualist, a medium, and has often talked with his spirit friends, they some times shaking him by the shoulder and waking him at night. Upon one occasion a cousin, a youno- lady who had been a great singer, came and sat on the side of his bed and sang for him. Mr. Stretcher has a clock over one hundred years old, and which was purchased in Philadelphia by the mother of his first wife. Another relic is a fifty-shilling piece, which was used in the reign of King George HI, in 1773. On one side is inscribed the words "to counterfeit is death." Mr. Stretcher when a young man took a ride on the first railroad train which went out from Philadelphia to Germantown. It will thus be seen that he is a man of large exper ience, and has kept his eyes open to what was going on around him in the world. He cast his first Presidential vote for John Quincy Adams, remain ing wilh the old Whig party until its abandonment, and has since been a cordial supporter of Repub lican principles. HOMAS SHARP, of Springfield, is so fort- '^vl unate as to possess abundant means which enables him to travel extensively and in other ways make profitable use of his leisure, and the fortune which he acquired during the years of energetic business life. He is an interesting con versationalist, having observed keenly and read much, and both profit and pleasure may be derived from an hour spent in his society. He is a native of Cincinnati, born April 28, 1814, and is one of eight children belonging to the parental family. His brothers and sisters are: Mrs. Hester Acker- man, Mrs. Elizabeth Hopper, Mrs. Mary Hopper, Mathias, John, Morris and James. The ancestral name was Sharpenstein, and the family wore formerly residents of Holland. The first of the name to come to America crossed the Atlantic in the third or fourth vessel that landed at New Amsterdam, and John Sharpenstein, the grandfather of our subject, is believed to have been born in the metropolis. He removed to Bergen County, N. J., in Colonial times, and there prose cuted his business of ship-building, residing there until his death. There Morris Sharpenstein, the father of our subject, was born, and lived until 1812. He served three years in the Revolutionary PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 629 War, receiving for his services a land warrant for one thousand acres. After the war he carried on the business of ship-building in his native county, until the year above mentioned, when he deter mined to remove to Ohio. Accompanied by his wife, seven children and two sons-in-law,Morris Sharpenstein turned his face Westward. The removal was made with three large Pennsylvania wagons, each drawn by four horses, the journey being through a wilderness in a portion of which the travelers had to cut their road. With his land warrant Mr. Sharpenstein secured one thousand acres of timber land in Hamilton County, and there began his labors as a pioneer of Ander son Township. He first built a small house of round logs, but soon afterward erected a more commodious dwelling of hewn logs. At the time of his death, in 1821, he was preparing lo build a brick dwelling. His wife, who survived him for twenty-five years, bore the maiden name of Eliza beth Stagg. The subject of this sketch was but six years old when his father died, but he continued to reside on the home farm, attending the pioneer schools of the county. The temple of learning was a log schoolhouse, which was heated by a fireplace and supplied wilh home made furniture, the benches being made of slabs with common wooden pins for legs. When sixteen years old, the lad went to Cin- cinnati,and entering the store of his brothers, John and James, remained in their employ until twenty- one years of age, learning book-keeping, and all the details of mercantile business. He then en gaged in the dry goods trade on his own account, his store being located on Market Street, this being before Pearl Street was laid out. For some years he carried on tho retail business, and then embarked as a wholesale dealer on Walnut Street, continuing in that branch of the dry-goods trade until his re moval to Springfleld. Mr. Sharp (by whom and his brothers the family name was shortened to its present dimensions) had frequently visited and passed through Springfield, where his attention had been attracted by a certain piece of property. He told a friend to let him know if it was ever for sale. One day, in 1868, he received a telegram from this friend, informing him that the place was for sale, and he at once came to this city and purchased it. It is a country residence in the city, the dwelling being sur rounded by large grounds, adorned with a grove of oak trees, and occupying a rise of ground suf ficiently high to command a view, not only of the city, but of the surrounding country. The dwell ing is a commodious brick structure, home-like in its appearance, and furnished with every comfort and the adornments which the taste of the occupants has made desirable. For nearly fifty years the joys and sorrows of life which have befallen Mr. Sharp, were shared by a devoted wife. The rites of wedlock were cele brated between them in March, 1836, the bride having been known as Miss Eliza J. Wood. She was born in the Empire State, and was a daughter of Ebenezer Wood, one of the pioneers of Cincin nati. She died in 1884, and her remains are in terred in Ferncliff. The only child of Mr. and Mrs. Sharp died in infancy. Mr. Sharp has been a member of the Methodist Church since early youth, and is now connected with the society wor shipping on High Street. ^fjOHN D. STEELE, A.B., A.M., Secretary of the Hooven & Allison Cordage Company at Xenia, is a son of David Steele, of this county, and the grandson of John Steele, one of the early pioneers of Southern Ohio. He was born in Beaver Creek Township, this county, November 4, 1855. Here he grew to mature years and acquired a good education, completing tho course at the Union School in Xenia, from which he was graduated in the class of '72. Subsequently he was graduated from the University of Wooster, Ohio, with the degree of A. B. The business career of Mr. Steele commenced in the office of bis uncle, J. H. Harbine, a grain dealer of Xenia, and with whom he remained until 1881. That year he became a member of the firm of Eavey & Co., wholesale grocers, disposing of his interests in the business in July 1889, when he became connected with the Hooven & Allison Cor- 630 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. dage Company, further details of which will be found on another page of this work. He attends strictly to business during business hours, and evi dently has before him a successful career. He votes the straight Republican ticket, is a Royal Arch Mason, ancl a member in good standing of the Reformed Church. In connection with the interests already men tioned, Mr. Steele holds the office of Vice-President of the Xenia National Bank, is a member of the pork packing firm of Millen, Harbinecfe Co., and is also a member of the wholesale grocery firm of Steele, Hopkins & Meradith, at Springfield, who succeeded to the business of B. F. Funk & Co., in May, 1889. He is also a stockholder of the Xenia Gas Com pany. His business integrity is unquestioned, and he holds a good position in the social circles of Xenia and vicinity. David Steele, the father of our subject, during the Civil War enlisted, about 1861, in the Third Iowa Infantry, but on account of ill-health was soon afterward obliged to accept his honorable dis charge. He then returned to Xenia, and* having somewhat recovered was not content to rest at home while his country needed the assistance of every patriotic son. He accordingly re-enlisted, and raised Company E, Ninety-fourth Ohio In fantry. He was presented with a Captain's com mission, and going to the front with his command, fell mortally wounded at the battle of Stone River in January, 1863. He lingered for a time after being wounded, and his remains were laid to rest at Beaver Creek Cemetery, Alpha, Ohio. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Mary Harbine, daughter of John Harbine, who was the first representative of that name in this county. John Harbine was born in Washington Countv, Md., January 17, 1804, and lived there until com ing to this county, in 1828. He was married in Lancaster County, Pa., August 21, 1827, to Miss Hester Herr, and not long afterward started with his young wife for their new home. They drove through in a carriage, and Grandfather Harbine bought the court-house in Beaver Creek Township, together with a tract of land. They moved into the dwelling thus obtained, and the husband occu pied himself as a miller, having likewise purchased the mill which stood on the property, and which was tho first structure of the kind in this county. The first flour which he manufactured was called the Alpha Brand, from the first letter of the Greek alphabet. From this the post office was also named when first established. Mr. Harbine continued milling for some years, and finally built extensive oil, flour and woolen mills, together with a store, and became largely interested in the grain trade at Xenia. He also had two mills ou the Miami River, where was erected the first cotton factory in this part of the country. Mr. Harbine became one of the leading men of this section, and was largely interested in the development of the turnpike system, besides being instrumental in securing the building of the Little Miami road. He was warmly interested in the establishment and maintenance of schools, and labored to bring about the teaching of Greek, Latin and mathematics in the common schools. Polit ically, he was in the early days a stanch Whig, and later gave his support to tho Republican party. Religiously, he was a prominent member of the Reformed Church. To Grandfather Harbine and his estimable w7ife there was born a family of eight children, all of whom grew to mature years — Daniel R. ; Jacob H. is a resident of Beaver Creek Township; Mary E., mother of our subject, was the third jjhild; Hattie M. is the wife of the Hon. John Miller, and they occupy the old homestead; Sarah J. married Dr. AVilliam Kagenbaugh; Anna C. is the wife of George Smith; J. Thomas; and B. F. is deceased. Grandfather John Harbine departed this life at the homestead in Xenia Township, June 8, 1873. He was fond of travel and a polished gentleman. The Harbine family were of old Huguenot stock, and the early ancestors were driven from their native France to lands where they might worship according to the dictates of their own conscience. In this manner three families of that name left their native land about the year 1700. One family settled in Algiers, where a small town now bears their name. The other two came to America, one settling in West Virginia and the other in Berks County, Pa. Grandfather Harbine's great-great- ZP . s$ , cjefJjtytwc^^ PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 633 grandfather, Peter Harbine, took his family, and with numerous other Huguenots fled to Switzer land flrst, but they too finally left for America. During the voyage a son was born, Peter, Jr., who was the great-grandfather of John. His grand father was Adam and his father was Daniel, the latter of whom was born in Berks County, Pa. In 1749 Peter Harbine purchased a tract of land from Thomas and Richard Penn, in the then Prov ince of Pennsydvania. This land still remains in the family, who have in their possession the old deed given by the Penns ; and the old stone house and barn built over a century ago still, in point of solidity and strength, rival many modern farm houses and barns in the Keystone State. Grand father John Harbine prosecuted his education at Clear Springs, Md., to which place his father had removed, and completed it at an academy in Penn sylvania. -, -»" "I «s#t •!"•*' — ffiOHN S. ALEXANDER. Among the por traits of representative and prominent citi zens of Greene County, we are pleased to direct the attention of the reader to one of Mr. Alexander, which appears on the opposite page. It perpetuates the lineaments of one who, a native bom citizen of the county, has worked by dint of untiring industry and unflagging persistence from poverty to a position of comfort. His farm and the old homestead of his father lie about three- quarters of a mile apart and the former is three and one-half miles from the city limits. A Demo crat in politics, Mr. Alexander, while keeping him self well posted upon the leading topics of the day, has never sought political honors and, with the ex ception of representing his township in the County Board of Supervisors, has lived the quiet life of a citizen. Coming of worthy lineage, the subject of this notice is the son of John Alexander, whose name can by no means properly be omitted from tho list of pioneer settlers of Greene County, he having come to this region as early as 1806. He is a vet eran of the War of 1812 and fought the Indians in the northern part of Ohio. His father purchased land in Xenia Township, Greene County. John Alexander was a carpenter and a cabinet-maker and manufactured coffins, besides other articles in that line. He died at his homestead in Xenia Township, January 30, 1865. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Rebecca Hook. She was a native of Virginia and the sister of Charles Hook, who was one of the early pioneers of this county and who for many years prosecuted farming in Xenia Township. The parental family included eight children, five sons and three daughters : Mathew, the eldest born, is still a resident of this county; Mary, now Mrs. S. M. Drake, lives in California; James is a resident of Iowa; John, Isabella and George are residents of this county; Charles served in the Union Army during the Civil War and died in Nashville, Tenn.; Josephine is living with her brother, Mathew, in this county. Mrs. Rebecca (Hook) Alexander departed this life at the homestead in 1866. Both she and her husband was connected with the United Presbyterian Church and the father, politically, was a stanch Democrat. In Greene County, this State, January 6, 1831, John S. Alexander was born and spent his early years under the parental roof, becoming familiar with farming. He attended the district school three months in the year and the balance of the time worked for his father on the farm until twenty- one years old. In 1873 he purchased his present farm then consisting of one hundred and two acres. Later he added sixty-six acres and now has a fine property, the accumulation of hard labor and close economy. Besides this, he has one hundred and sixty acres in Henry County, Ohio, that also being choice farming land. He has substantial modern improvements, including a stock scale house, put up in 1885, since which time he has made a specialty of Short-horn cattle, sheep and mixed Poland-China and Chester-White swine. He is able to exhibit some fine specimens of Norman and thorough-bred horses of the Tom Ross stock, and is numbered among the prominent and successful breeders of fine stock in the county. A steadfast adherent of the improvement of the county, a faithful worker in developing its re- 634 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. sources, he has conscientiously performed every known duty as an honest man and a citizen, with the solitary exception that he still remains a bach elor. He has many warm friends, who recognize in him qualities which contribute to stalwart man hood, while his insight into men and things, his comprehensive views of business matters, and his keen judgment, have caused his advice to be sought for and followed by his fellow-men. »o*o..(c^d established himself at Jasper, Greene County. As a millwright he had been in the em ploy of William Patterson, a schoolmate, with whom he afterward associated himself in partner ship. Mr. Patterson, during the Civil War, enlisted in an Illinois regiment and died in the army. After a residence at Jasper of four years, en gaged in mercantile business, Mr. Huston pur chased a farm in New Jasper Township, where he lived several years, and later removed to a farm in Xenia Township. In 1876 he changed his res idence to Miami Township, locating upon the land which he now owns and occupies. He put up a fine residence in 1886, which was destroyed by fire in August, 1889. This was soon replaced by the present dwelling, which was completed in De cember, of the same year. Mr. Huston was married May 1, 1849, to Miss Mary E., daughter of Mathias W. and Matilda (Moorman) Baker. The parents of Mrs. Huston were natives of Virginia, and Quakers in religion. The Baker family flourished in Kentucky. Mr. Baker came to Ohio, and is now residing in Byron, Greene County. They are the parents of four children, three of whom are living; Salathiel Eli, Watson Baker, Mary E., and AVilliam G. M. Wat son, during the Civil War, enlisted in tbe Union service, was promoted to a Lieutenantcy, and con- racted a disease while in the army, from which he died at Xenia, in 1866. William C. M., a man of fine abilities, was at one time Auditor of Greene County, and later Secretary of the Home Insurance Company, at Columbus. He invented a short method of book-keeping, and is now engaged as a stock broker in Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. Huston was born, July 9, 1829, near Jamestown, Greene County, this State, and lived on a farm with her parents until her marriage. Of this union there have been born four children: Lucretia E. remains under the home roof, and is a very estimable young lady, a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and takes an active part in Sunday-school work. She is well educated and has taught school several terms. Robert F. B. died when twelve years old; Mary E., the wife of M. A. Hagler, lives in New Jas per Township, and is the mother of one child; James W. is unmarried and remains with his par ents. Mr. Huston takes an active interest in politics and votes the straight Democratic ticket. He was a Union man during the Civil War. VILLIAM LEONARD HAGLER. The re sults of industry and wise economy are exhibited in the career of the subject of this sketch, who has accumulated an estate of con siderable value, and surrounded himself and fam ily with the comforts of life through bis own exertions, seconded by the good management of his wife in household affairs. His farm comprises one hundred and thirty-three acres in Xenia Town ship, its value being enhanced by its nearness to the county seat, from which it is distant four and a half miles in a southeasterly direction. Mr. Hagler was born in New Jasper Township, Greene County, one mile east of his present home, his natal day bejng April 9, 1827. The paternal 640 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. family included ten daughters and five sons, of which but two members died before reaching ma ture years. All of the daughters are yet living except Harriet, who died in childhood. The sur vivors are: Elizabeth,wife of Mathew Smith, of Jay County, Ind. ; Amanda, wife of Gideon Spahr; Sarah J., wife of Phillip Sutton ; Martha E., wife of Will iam Sutton; Charlotte C, wife of Austin Long; Clarisa, wife of Durban Long, deceased ; Minerva, wife of David Dean; Louisa, wife of John Dean; and Anna S., wife of Jacob Peterson. The sons are: William L., Henry C. and Moses A., who are yet living; John M., who died in Grant County, Ind.; and Samuel H., who died when four years old. S.'.muel Hagler, the father of this household band, came lo this county with his parents in an early day, the removal from Hardy County, Va., where he had been born, being made with wagons. The family settled in New Jasper Township, Greene County, where Samuel made his home during his entire life, clearing and improving land and own ing one hundred and seventy-eight acres at the time of his death. That event occurred in 1880, when he was seventy-seven years old. In AVarren County he had married Anna Fudge, who was born in Augusta County, Va.. and whose father, Jacob Fudge, had come to Ohio in a very early day, settling near Springboro. Mrs. Hagler died in 1 884 at the age of eighty-one years. The Hag ler family is of German origin, as is that of our subject's grandmother, Mary Peterson, who mar ried Leonard Hagler, and reared a large family all of whom came to this county. The subject of tbis sketch was reared on a farm, receiving but a limited common-school education, and remaining with his father until his marriage in October, 1851. His savings at that time amounted to $350, which he had earned by day's work, and for several years after his marriage he farmed on rented land. In 1855 he purchased the farm where he now lives, and has since been adding to its value by careful tillage and improvement. After his father's death he received about $1,800 from his father's estate. The worthy woman who has shared Mr. Hagler's fortunes for nearly forty years, bore the maiden name of Mary L. Scroggs. She is of Scotch-Irish lineage, was born in Knox County, and is a«daugh- ter of Alexander and Mary (Lyons) Scroggs, who came to this county about 1827. She is the mother of seven children — Charlotte J., the first born, is the wife of the Rev. J. David Livingston, of St. Louis, Mo. • The others are: Moses A., Charles F., George M., Emily, William and Anna. Mrs. and Mrs. Hagler and all of their children except George, belong to the United Presbyterian Church. >>=XKH ¦: — «~>o^~f *^ ANIEL IT. CUSHING, Clerk of the Court ! j| of Common Pleas of Clark County, was tiSyj^ appointed to this position January 1, 1890, to fill a vancancy, having previously served a number of y7ears as Deputy. He was af terward nominated for the office by the Republican County Convention held February 17, 1890. He is a bachelor approaching his forty-ninth year, having been born November 11, 1841, at Madison, Ind. His father, Courtland Cushing, was born in Warren County, this State, in 1812. and was the son of Daniel Cushing, one of the early settlers of Ohio. The father of our subject was a lawyer by pro fession and was admitted to the bar in Warren County. He married Sarah, daughter of Phineas Ross of that county and soon after removed to Madison, Ind., where he practiced his profession a number of years. Three children were born to Courtland and Sarah (Ross)Cushing — Mary, now deceased; Sarah C. and Daniel H., our subject. The mother died when Daniel H. was but two years old and a few years later the father, Courtland Cushing, placing his children under the care of relatives in Ohio, went to South America and later to Central America, where he engaged in business and where he died in 1856. Daniel H. Cushing was educated in public and private schools at Springfield, Ohio, and later en tered Granville College where he remained some time but left without graduating. He was engaged 1 IBr ''mam''' > f ¦-$*¦>:.¦'¦ EB5NBZBR HATCH PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 643 in various pursuits until 1878 when he became Deputy Clerk of the Common Pleas Court which position ho retained until appointed to that whieh he now holds. EBENEZER HATCH. Although many years have elapsed since this gentleman, having reached a good old age, passed from the busy scenes of earth, yet he is still not only affec tionately remembered by his family, but by all who knew him. For many years he was a leading member of the Primitive Baptist Church, in the faith of which he died. His portrait, which is pre sented on the opposite page, represents one of the pioneer settlers of the Buckeye State, and one who was as a husband and father, kind and indulgent, and at the same time a good neighbor and a safe friend. Fortunate is he in the estimation of the more intelligent class of humanity who can trace his ancestry to the early7 times, and find them to be worthy of honorable mention. The subject of this notice was proud to recordhimself as a son of John Hatch, Sr., a sturdy old veteran who made for himself a fine record as a man and a citizen. John Hatch was born in Connecticut, and came of a race of seafaring men who sprang from New England stock, and who himself was the son of a sea captain. He was married in Connecticut, in which State he made his home until he decided to change his calling and settle permanently on terra firma. Then emigrating with his family to Oswego County, N. Y., he there with his estimable wife spent his last days. They reared a family of children, one of whom, the eldest son, was Ebene zer, the subject of this notice. Ebenezer Hatch was reared to manhood in Os wego County, N. Y., and married Miss Cynthia Greene, a native of Connecticut, who likewise re moved with her parents to the P^mpire State when a child. After the birth of several children they joined a colony which had decided upon coming to Ohio, and loaded their earthly possessions on a raft on the Ohio River, by which means they pro ceeded slowly and laboriously to the vicinity of Madison, Ind. They sojourned two years in the southern part of that State, then resumed their journey with teams overland, and upon arriving in Greene County, this State, settled in what is now Silver Creek Township, upon the land now occu pied by their son, Orange S. This was in 1823. Our subject rented land the first year, and then purchased forty acres of heavy timber, which is nowincluded in the old homestead. Father and sons felled trees, grubbed out the stumps and brought the soil to a state of cultiva tion. Later, additional land was added to the farm, which became quite valuable, and there Ebenezer Hatch spent his last days, dying January 2, 1874, aged eighty-nine years. As has been above stated the first wife of our subject bore the maiden name of Cynthia Greene. She was born in 1783, and departed this life at the homestead in Silver Creek Township, June 11, 1845. There had been born to her and her hus band four sons and eight daughters, all of whom, with the exception of one, lived to mature years. There are now living two sons and three daugh ters of that goodly7 family7 — Orange S., who lives in Silver Creek Township, and his brother Stephen, a resident of Logan County, 111. The daughters are: Mrs. Eliza Chapman, of Richmond, Ind.; Mrs. Emma Tuttle, of Logan County, 111., and Mrs. Maria Myers, also a resident of Logan County. The mother was a woman of many estimable quali ties, and a consistent member of the Baptist Church. Ebenezer Hatch was married a second time, his wife being Miss Violet Barber, who is still living. This lady was bora April 16, 1812, in what is now t Carroll County, W.Va., and is the daughter of Allen and Jane (Haughey) Barber, who were natives respectively of North Carolina, and what is now West Virginia, and were of Scotch and Irish descent. They were married in the latter State, and there spent the remainder of their lives, becoming quite aged. They were most ex cellent and worthy people, and devoted members of the Methodist Church. Allen Barber distin guished himself as a gallant soldier during the War of 1812. Mrs. Hatch is thus the wife and daugh ter of patriots, and is now in the enjoyment of a 644 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. monthly pension tendered her husband by the Government. There were born to the parents of Mrs. A'iolet (Barber) Hatch a family of eleven children, all of whom lived to mature years and were married, while six are yet living. Of these Violet was the eldest. She was reared under the parental roof, and received a fair education in the common school. She came to Greene County with her uncle in 1837, and since that time has resided within its limits. Of ber union with Mr. Hatch there were no children, but she is regarded with great affection by her step-children, with whom she makes her home. Notwithstanding she is seventy- eight years old (having been born in 1812), she retains all her faculties, and is more than ordinarily bright and active for one of her years. Orange S. Hatch, the eldest son of our subject, was born August 18, 1826, at the old homestead in Silver Creek Township, and is the youngest child of his father by his first wife. He spent his boyhood days in the manner of pioneer farmers' sons, acquiring a limited education in the primi tive schools, and becoming familiar with the arts of plowing, sowing and reaping as prosecuted in the early days. He grew up to a healthful and vigor ous manhood, and when ready to establish a home of his own was married, October 22, 1856, at Har lem Springs, Jefferson County, to Miss Clara Thomas. Mrs. Clara (Thomas) Hatch was born in Amster dam, Jefferson County, this State, June 28, 1837, and is the daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Mc Dowell) Thomas, natives respectively of Pennsyl vania and Maryland, and of Irish and Scotch des cent. Early in life Mr. Thomas learned black- smithing, which he followed for many years, and after his marriage, which occurred in Pennsylvania. 'They7 lived there until the birth of two children, then deciding to seek what at that time was con sidered the far AVest, they emigrated to Ohio, set tling first in Steubenville, from there going to Springfield, thence to Amsterdam, where the father spent the remainder of his life. Mr. Thomas was for some years a merchant of Springfield, Ohio; he died in 1846, at the age of forty-one years. His wife survived him for a period of forty *four years, remaining a widow, and died at the advanced age of nearly ninety-one. Both were strong Metho dists in religious belief, and took an active part in church work. They were possessed of more than ordinary intelligence, and the mother was espe cially well educated in both German and English. Mr. Thomas served as a soldier in the War of 1812. Mrs. Orange S. Hatch was carefully trained and educated, and when attaining to womanhood learned the trade of a milliner, which she followed until her marriage. Of her union with Mr. Hatch there have been born four children, one of whom, a son, John, died at the age of four years. The survi vors are :Emma, the wife of Allen T. Sutton, a far mer of Silver Creek Township; Minnie, Mrs. George Oldham, living in Xenia, where her hus band is engaged in the wholesale grocery trade, and Charles, who remains at home with his par ents. Mr. Hatch, politically, is a sound Repub lican, and in religious matters coincides with the doctrines of tbe Missionary Baptist Church, of which he is a leading member. STi ACOB BRICKEL. Among the many pleas- ant homes of Jamestown, where numbers of the retired farmers of Greene County have yGsMJ wisely decided to spend their declining years, may be mentioned that of Mr. Brickel, which is pleasantly located on Washington Street, one of the choicest residence portions of the city. He re moved here from his farm in Jasper Township, in 1882, but still retains ownership of the homestead, which was built up mainly through his industry and perseverance. This comprises one hundred and sixty-six acres of choice land, upon which have been erected good buildings and all the other ac cessories of the modern country estate. Mr. Brickel came to this county in 1838, a very poor man, without money and $20 in debt. He lo cated first in Silver Creek Township, whence he removed to New Jasper Township. Prior to this he had lived in Fostoria, this State, four years, removing to that place from Jefferson County ,where PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 645 his parents had settled upon Iheir removal to Ohio from Dauphin County, Pa. Mr. Brickel was bora February 25, 1815, in Dauphin County, Pa., and was the son of John Brickel, also a native of that county, and of Ger man descent. The paternal grandparents of our subject spent their entire lives in the Keystone State. John Brickel was reared to farm pursuits in his native county, and when reaching manhood was joined in wedlock with Miss Nancy Jones. The latter was born and reared in Pennsylvania, and was, like her husband, of German ancestry. After marriage John Brickel and his wife lived on a farm in Dauphin County, Pa., for a number of years, and then, coming to Ohio, located in Jefferson County, where they sojourned for twenty years. Then, when quite aged, they removed to Greene County, settling near Jamestown, where Mr. Brickel died at the age of sixty-eight years. The mother survived her husband many years, living to the ad vanced age of eighty-two. Both were prominent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The subject of this notice was the second of eight children, four sons and four daughters, bora to his parents, and was a small boy when they settled in Jefferson County. At the age of eighteen, he started out for himself, and going toFostoria, Han cock County, was variously employed, and in the meantime made the acquaintance of Miss Mary Phillips, to whom he was married August 25, 1835. Mrs. Brickel was born February 22, 1818, in Union County, Pa., and removed with her parents to Hancock County, this State, when little more than a child. Her father, Henry Phillips, died in Wayne County, at the age of forty -eight years. The'mother lived to be past eighty, and diedj at the home of her daughter, Mrs. T. L. Sheeley, near Jamestown. Her maiden name was Margaret Becken. Mr. and Mrs. Phillips were members in good standing of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with which the latter identified herself when a girl of fourteen years. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Brickel lived in Hancock County until after the birth of two children, then removed to Greene County, and Mrs. Brickel died in Jamestown, July 14, 1888. Her age was seventy years, four months, and four teen days. She bad from childhood been an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Of her marriage wifh our subject, there was. born a family of eleven children, three of whom died young. The survivors are recorded as follows: Margaret is the wife of Thomas Fields, a farmer of Silver Creek Township; Amanda J. married John S. Bales, and they live on a farm in Xenia Township ; Louisa is the wife of Henry Althens, and they live in Xenia ; Katie married Daniel Zortman, and they are resi dents of Jamestown; Emma married John Land ers, and they are living on a farm near Jamestown ; Daniel A. married Miss Belle Gideon, and is farm ing in New Jasper Township; John H. married Katie Clemens, and is farming in Cassar's Creek Township ; G. Frank married Miss Belle Smith, and is farming in Ross Township. Mr. Brickel cast his first Presidential vote for Van Buren, and is a stanch supporter of the Demo cratic party. He has been for many years a con sistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and enjoys in a marked degree the confidence and esteem of the people around him. -^N«S— « 9W ^N ¦ » >mw ylLSON COMPTON. This gentleman bears the distinction of owning and occupying the highest point of land in Spring Valley Township, Greene County. He is recognized as one of its leading farmers, and has spent his entire life within its limits, having been born at his father's old homestead, September 7, 1841. The place lies a little over a mile east of Spring Valley, and forms one of the old landmarks which was built up from the wilderness by one of the earliest pioneers of this region. The family has been long and favorably known in this county, and has contributed its full quota toward its growth and development. The subject of this notice is the son of Henry and Catherine (Mock) Compton. Henry Comp ton was born about 1798, in North Carolina. In 1804 he came with his parents to Greene County, the journey being made overland with a wagon, and young Compton traveled on foot a large *por- 646 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. tion of the way. The family settled near New- Burlington — a half mile northwest of the place — and after his marriage Henry Compton and his young wife located a half-mile further AVest. A few years later they moved to the one hundred-acre farm where their son Wilson was born. The father proceeded with the improvement and cul tivation of his land, clearing the timber and adding thereto until he became the owner of two hundred and two acres, and gave each of his children a farm. The father of our subject in his early manhood belonged to the old Whig party, and after its abandonment identified himself with the Repub licans. He, however, never aspired to office, being content to live the life of a private citizen. He was first married to Miss Mary Horner, by whom he became the father of three sons — Stephen, the first-born, died in Fayette County, where in com pany with his brother he purchased a large tract of land, they finally owning two hundred acres each ; Ezra is now a resident of Fayette County, this State; the third son was Martin, who resides in the vicinity of Earlham, Iowa. His second wife was Catherine Mock, who was born December 29, 1810, on a farm adjoining that where her husband lived. She was the daughter of John and Mary (Homey) Mock, and of this union there were born three sons and one daughter, viz.: Eber, Amos M.; Cynthia, now the widow of James IT. Daugherty, of Xenia, and who was a manufacturer of linseed oil; and our subject. Henry Compton departed this life November 20, 1879, at the old homestead in Spring Valley Township. He was the son of Stephen and Dinah (Millhouse) Compton, who were natives of North Carolina. Grandfather Compton was a farmer, and came to this State in 1804, secur ing three hundred acres of land in Spring Aralley Township, Greene County. He was a Whig, politically, and lived to be over eighty years old. His wife was of Scotch and Irish extrac tion. The subject of this notice was reared a farmer's boy and attended the district school, remaining under the parental roof until removing to the farm which he now owns and occupies, this removal being made in November, 1889. He is owner of the homestead and takes care of his mother. In politics, he is a sound Republican, and in 1889 was elected real-estate appraiser of Spring Valley Township. He was married January 10, 1867, to Miss Rachael A. Gaddis. This lady was born near Harveysburg, Warren County, this State, July 8, 1844, and is the daughter of Allen and Rachael A. (Mershon) Gaddis, who were natives respectively of Pennsylvania and Kentucky. The mother died about 1845, leaving two sons and a daughter — George, William and Rachael. Mr. Gaddis was subsequently married and removed to Decatur, 111., where he died November, 8, 1865. Mr. and Mrs. Compton are the parents of two children — Rosa G. and Birdie. They are members in good standing of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The mother of our subject departed this life at his home, April 6, 1890. -73- '7lX^~ EORGE AV. BAKER. The farming com munity of German Township, recognizes in Mr. Baker one of its most worthy represent atives. He has had a lifelong experience at his call ing — a calling which has always been congenial to his tastes, and in which he has labored to excel. He owns and occupies a good farm on section 7, which not only is the source of a comfortable income, but whose well-tilled fields have enabled their owner to lay aside something for a rainy day. Mr. Baker is a native of Clark County, and was born at his father's homestead in this township, September 15, 1847. His parents were Samuel and Jane (Underwood) Baker, the former of whom was a native of Virginia, and born in 1802. He emi grated to Ohio with his parents when a lad of twelve years, and they settled among the early pioneers of German Township. Grandfather Henry Baker secured a tract of land in the woods, and putting up a log cabin, commenced life in a primitive style, and battled with the difficulties and hardships which beset him until prosperity smiled upon him, and he had succeeded in building up a comfortable home in the wilderness. There, with his good wife he spent the remainder of his days, He was a quiet, PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 647 peaceable and law-abiding citizen — aman who made comparatively little stir in the world, but who was looked upon as possessing the sterling traits of char acter which rendered him worthy of the esteem and confidence of those around him. Samuel Baker, the father of our subject, grew up on tbe pioneer farm, and assisted in its develop ment, remaining a member of the parental house hold until establishing a fireside of his own. His educational advantages were exceedingly limited, but he possessed the sterling qualities which gained him the respect of his neighbors, and which enabled him to make for himself a good record as a man and a citizen. To him and his good wife there was born a family of eight children, four of whom are living: Eliza, Mrs. Reader, is a widow, and lives in Springfield Township; Luticia is the wife of Isaac Brougher,and they live in Champaign County ; William is a resident of Sheridan County, Mo.; George W., of our sketch, was the youngest child living. The father died at the homestead in Sep tember, 1877. The mother had passed to her long home some years previous to the decease of her husband. Mr. Baker of whom we write, remained at home with his parents until reaching manhood, and when embarking in business for himself, engaged for three years at butchering. With this exception he has been a lifelong farmer. He attended the dis trict school when a boy until old enough to be of service on the farm, and then pursued his studies for a few years during the winter season only. He was thus deprived of a classical education, but he has been a reader all his life, and is fairly well- posted upon events of general interest. Not long after his twenty-third birthday, Mr. Baker was joined in wedlock with Miss Alice Thomas, this event occurring at the bride's home in German Township, November 7, 1871. Of this union there is one child only, a daughter, Minnie, who was born October 7, 1872. Mr. Baker owns nearly eighty-three acres of choice land which he has brought to a good state of cultivation, and upon which he has effected modern improvements. He has accumulated his property by his own industry, and thus is under obligations to no man for the comforts with which he has been enabled to sur round himself and his family. In politics, Mr. Baker is a Democrat, with independent proclivities. He is a member in good standing of the Masonic fraternity, being identified with the Grand Lodge at Tremont City. fl OSEPH SHIGLEY. The results of a steady career of industry and frugal living are amply illustrated in the person of Mr. Shig ley, who spent the greater part of his life in farming pursuits, but who is now retired from active labor, and enjoying the fruits of his toil at a pleasant home in Jamestown, Greene County. He removed to the city in 1882, from Ross Township, where he had spent his entire life up to that time. He was born there September 19, 1821, and there spent the active years of his life, his labors being crowned with success. He was at one time the owner of more than six hundred acres of land, the most of which he sold and gave to his children in 1882. In addition to general farming he made a specialty of live-stock, mostly swine, of which he raised large numbers, and which yielded him hand some profits. Mr. Shigley acquired his early education in the district schools of his native township, and when a boy became familiar with the various pursuits of farm life. He chose this as his life vocation, and when ready to establish a home of his own, was wedded, in 1844, to Miss Anna Prugh. This lady was born and reared in Preble County, this State, and later, prior to her marriage, was for some time a resident of Montgomery County. She became the mother of seven children, and departed this life at her home in Jamestown, in August, 1886, at the age of sixty years. The second child of this mar riage, a son, Henry F., was married, and died at his home in Ross Township, April 11, 1878 ; Mattie C. died when an interesting maiden of sixteen years ; John W. married Miss Virginia Rakestraw ; David C. took to wife Miss Eliza Short; Viola C. became the wife of S. C. Collett; Luella M. mar ried Jasper L. Chapman; Elmer married Miss Min nie Paulin. With one exception they are all 648 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. residents of Greene County. John lives in Monroe County, Ind. In 1887 Mr. Shigley contracted a second mar riage with Mrs. Mary B. Atkinson, a native of Franklin County, Vt. She was born April 27, 1827, and came to Greene County with her par ents, Seth and Nancy (Blake) Phillips, when a child of five years. The Phillips family settled first in Union County, where they lived for a num ber of years, and where the mother died at the early age of twenty- seven. Although so young she had already given birth to ten children. Mr. Phil lips survived his wife very many years, living to the advanced age of eighty-one, and spending his last day's in Licking County, this State. He traced his ancestry to England. To Mr. and Mrs. Atkinson there was born a family of six children, one of whom, Charles F., died at the age of five years. The survivors are recorded as follows: John 0. married Miss Alice Wise, and lives on a farm in Clark County, this State; Ann M. is the wife of Charles B. Penning ton, a retired farmer, and living in Jamestown; Laura A. is the wife of M. O. Larkins, and they live on a farm in Greene County; Seth M. is un married, occupies himself -as a traveling salesman for a watch company, and makes his headquarters in Chicago, 111.; Guinn S. is the wife of James Armstrong, who has a wholesale millinery house in Ft. Wayne, Ind. The subject of this notice is the son of George and Olive (Franklin) Shigley, who were natives of Pennsylvania, and the father of German ancestry. The mother was of English descent, and a descend ant of the family to which the famous philosopher, Benjamin Franklin, belonged. Mr. Shigley came to Ross County, this State, in 1805, where he was married. In 1812 he removed to Greene County, and settled on a tract of new land in Ross Town ship, from which he improved a farm. Later he enlisted in the War of 1812, participating in many of its important battles. After leaving the army he settled down upon his farm, and lived to be sev enty years old. His wife died at the age of sixty- five. They were most excellent people, active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and sought to do good at every opportunity. They were devoted to their children, and for their sakes endured toil and hardships in order that they might escape much of which they themselves were obliged to contend with. Their names are held in loving remembrance by their children, and to this day tears come into the eyes of Mr. Shigley as he re members the sacrifices which those loving parents endured, and their uniform kindness to him from the time of his remembrance until they passed away. Following in the footsteps of his honored par ents, Mr. Shigley has for many long years been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which his estimable wife also belongs. They are both warmly interested in the success of the tem perance movement, and strong advocates of prohi bition. Their aim in life has been to perform kindly acts whenever they had opportunity, and to do the most good to the greatest number around them. In view of this it is hardly necessary to state that they have hosts of friends who are watch ing them with kindly solicitude as they travel down the sunset hill of life, and who will hold their names in loving remembrance after they have de parted hence. ylLLIAM GRANT, a well-known citizen of Springfield, has been a resident of this WW city for more than fifty years, and thus having witnessed the most of its growth and aided in its advancement, he is in a position to appreci ate the wonderful changes that have transformed the little hamlet of former days to the busy, flour ishing metropolis of the present. Here he has been so fortunate as to secure to himself the comforts of a good home, where he can enjoy at his ease the competence accumulated by years of hard and well-directed toil. Our subject is of English birth and antecedents, having been born in Yorkshire, England, Decem ber 20, 1811. Thomas Grant, his father, was like wise a native of that country, his birthplace having been in County Durham. He was reared and mar ried in the land of his birth, Mary Powell, a native PORTRAIT AND. BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 649 of Yorkshire, becoming his wife. In 1831, accom panied by their eight children, they embarked for America in the vessel "Experiment," Capt. Burke, setting sail from Hull in the month of April and landing at Quebec after a voyage of seven weeks and two days. They staid one night in Quebec, and then went by steamer to Montreal, and con tinuing from that place on the St. Lawrence River, Welland Canal and the lakes to New York State, whence they proceeded to Ohio. They lo cated in Marion County, and there the family had the misfortune to lose its head in the j7ear 1835. The mother, who was thus left a widow with eight children, did not long survive her hus band, but followed him to the grave in 1837. The names of the children were: Mary, William, Mar garet, Sarah, Thomas, Jane, Ellen and Hannah. Thomas and Hannah are deceased, and all the others are still living. William Grant was nineteen years old when he came to this country, and still remembers well the long ocean voyage and the subsequsnt pioneer life in a newly-settled State. He had his own way to make in the world from an early age as his father was poor, and bravely did he take up the struggle for independence. In 1832 he engaged with a butcher in Columbus, which was then a small place. At first he was given but $7 a month, but soon his employer was so favorably impressed with his faithful and skillful labor that he readily advanced his wages to $25 a month. He remained in the capital city until 1836, when he took up his residence in Springfield, and has ever since made his home in this city. Mr. Grant has been twice married. His first union was with Miss Nancy McCormick, in Colum bus, in 1835. Her father, George McCormick, was one of the early settlers of that city, and was the builder of the first State House there. Mrs. Grant died in 1850, leaving the following chil dren: AVilliam H.; Mary J., wife of John Mulhol- land; Fanny, wife of John A. Shipman, of whom see sketch; Lavinia, wife of Quincy Petts; Martin M. and Thomas P., who were twins. The marriage of our subject with his present wife was consum mated in 1852. Her maiden name was Martha L. Darling, and she was born in Massachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. Grant have by this marriage two chil dren — George D. and Harriet B. Mrs. Grant's father, Darius Darling, was, like herself, a native of the old Bay State. When he was quite young he learned the trade of a whip-maker. He was given a good education and in early manhood taught school in Marlboro, Mass. At the age of twenty -two he abandoned that profession and turned his attention to farming, buying a farm in Sterl ing, Worcester County, Mass. He finally sold that place, and removing to Holden, in the same county, bought a desirable farm there, and devoted himself to its cultivation, making his home there until his death. The maiden name of Mrs. Grant's mother was Susannah Fairbank, and she was a na tive of Sterling, Mass., a daughter of Jonathan and Susan Fairbank. She survived her husband a long time, and died at the homo of Mrs. Grant at the advanced age of ninety-seven years. Our subject is virtually a self-made man, his stalwart manhood, sagacious judgment, and good capacity for labor having been sufficient capital for him to make life a success. A straightforward, plain-dealing man, he early earned the confidence and respect of all about him, and has retained them throughout the many years that he has been a member of this community. Sfj ACOB YOUNG. Among the successful and intelligent agriculturalists of Clark County, Jacob Young has a high rank, while as a man of thorough integrity and strict honor in business affairs his reputation is not excelled. His word is considered as good as a bond, and he enjoys the confidence of all who know him. Among those who enjoy the acquaintance of his amiable wife, she also is highly esteemed, and it affords us pleasure to represent so highly respected a couple in this volume. Their home is on section 28, Moorefield Township, and comprises one hundred and twenty-six and one-third acres of land, in the accumulation and improvement of which Mr. Young has been ably assisted by his wife. They also own a lot in the city of Springfield. 650 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. The parents of our subject were Jacob H. and Mary Young, whose home was in Carroll County, Md. There our subject was born February 20, 1821, and lost his father by death when about fif teen months old. His mother being poor, the child was reared in the family of Samuel Bollinger of the same county, with whom he continued to re side until he had reached man's estate. When Ja cob Young had just entered his teens, Mr. Bollinger removed to Ohio, of which State our subject has since been a continuous resident. His education was mostly obtained in the early subscription schools of this county, the temple of learning be ing a log cabin with slab benches and other primi tive furnishings. With a desire for knowledge, Mr. Young has taken advantage of the opportuni ties afforded by books and converse with his fel low-men, to become well posted regarding the more important topics of general information, and the current events in the world's history. The youth of Mr. Young was spent on a farm, and in his twenty-first year he began to learn the business of grist-milling, which he followed some sixteen years. For over twenty years he was in the employ of Adam Baker, in German Township, working on a farm, in a gristmill, and at times in a sawmill. Tn the fall of 1859, he and his family set tled at their present place of abode, their first dwel ling being a log cabin. He afterward erected bis present residence, and brought his estate to its pre sent condition of improvement and productiveness. He and his wife have seen the country grow into a prosperous and well developed section, and rejoice in the progress which they have borne a share in securing. The marriage of Mr. Young and Miss Melissa Hollinger, took place November 4, 1847. The bride was a daughter of Abram and Rosana (Mc lntire) Hollinger, and was born in Champaign County, February 14, 1827. Her father was a na tive of Virginia, and was brought to Ohio. when about two years old. Her mother was a native of Champaign County, in which Grandfather Mcln tire was an early settler. The family of our sub ject and wife comprises the following sons and daughters: Samuel, who now lives in Springfield; Susanna, who is the wife of Samuel Finton, of Springfield Township; John H. and Jacob, who live in Springfield; Albert and Luther, in Lagonda; Martha E., the wife of Harmon Krauss of Spring fleld ; Mary, the wife of George Snyder, of Moore field Township; Oscar, Edson, Cora, and Elcnora, who are yet at home. Mr. Young has served as School Director, and has frequently been solicited to act in important township offices, but would not accept. In his po litical views he is independent, believing that the best men should be elected to office, irrespective of party prejudices. He and his wife belong to the United Brethren Church, at Bowlusville, and he is at present filling the office of Trustee. The worthy couple are now enjoying the fruits of industrious and well spent lives, surrounded by children and friends, and manifesting as they ever have done, an interest in all that is elevating and uplifting, and which will advance the material prosperity of the county. Having had no financial assistance in early life, their success is more creditable, and all who know them rejoice in the prosperity which has at tended their labors. -*- '7K"7- ENRY NAWMAN. This name will be re membered among the early residents of German Township, as belonging to one of its most worthy citizens, who departed this life at his homestead therein June 24, 1870. He was born in Clark County, July 16, 1817, and was a son of Thomas and Catherine Nawman, the former of whom was a native' of Pennsylvania. His early life was similar fo that of most farmers' boys, during which he attended the district school and made himself useful as he was able at plowing, sowing and reaping. He grew up healthful in mind and body with a good knowledge of the va rious employments of farm life, and by reading and observation kept himself posted as to what was going on around him. Mr. Nawman remained a bachelor until approach ing the thirty-seventh year of his age, and was then married, March 29, 1854, to Miss Ingebee J. Rhonemus. Of this union there was born a fam- -a'-':' ^c^^-vnyyd U^u^Ji* ^?Tr Jf- >W^^Wf i^y~ ,.':>- ^v. 11111 ! ^£U£v ' J^l^<-^n^i^^^L^ PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 655 ily of twelve children, ten of whom are living: Clara is the wife of John Konkle, and they7 live in Springfield ; Samuel G. is a resident of Walla Walla, Wash.; Thomas is farming in German Township; William is in Minnesota; Louisa died when thir teen and one-half years old; Webster remains at home with his mother; Mary died at the age of fifteen years; Catherine is the wife of Charles AVey, and they live in German Township; Matilda married Albert Green, and they are residents of Springfield Township, Clark County; Amanda is the wife of Jesse Belt, of Springfield; Andrew and Henry remain at the farm with their mother. In all the relations of life Mr. Nawman acquitted himself with faithfulness and credit. He was a good provider for bis family, kind and hospitable to his neighbors, and a man whose loss to the community it was difficult to replace. In politics he gave his unqualified support to tbe Republican party. He left a snug farm comprising nearly seventy acres of well-developed land, which makes a comfortable home for his family. Mrs. Ingebee J. Nawman was bora August 17, 1834, in Clinton County, this Slate, and is a daugh ter of AVilliam and Matilda (Clark) Rhonemus, the former of whom was born in Clinton County, and the latter in Virginia. The mother of Mrs. Naw man lived in Virginia until a young lady of eight- con years, and then accompanied her parents to Ohio, they settling first in Clinton County. Mrs. Rhonemus is still living and spends the most of her time with her son in the city of Springfield. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Nawman were among the earliest pioneers of Clinton County, and the grandfather carried a musket as a soldier in the War of 1812. He removed to Springfield in 1853, and died there several years ago. The parental household consisted of a goodly number of sons and daughters, five of whom are living, Mrs. Nawman being the eldest. The next daugh ter, Louisa, is the wife of Samuel Nawman, of this township. The sons are named respectively : Mar tin V., Andrew and Elwood. Mrs. Nawman spent her childhood and youth in a comparatively uneventful manner under the par ental roof, attending the common school and be coming familiar with all useful household duties. She remained with ber parents until her marriage, and has proved a most sensible and efficient help mate to her husband, assisting him in the accumu lation of their property and looking well to the ways of her household. *¦£ 3* BRAM W. MUMPER. There is proba bly not a finer farm within the limits of Clark County than .that which has been built up by our subject, who is one of Moorefield Township's most highly respected citi zens. He may usually be found at bis headquar ters on section 11, where he gives the most of his attention to general agriculture and stock-raising. He was born in Miami County, this State, April 27, 1842, and is a son of Jacob and Ann (Wag oner) Mumper, who were natives of Pennsylvania. Jacob Mumper was born, in 1810, in York County, Pa., and lived there until after his mar riage. Then, in 1839, he emigrated to Illinois, but only remained there three years. We next find him locating among the pioneers of Miami County, this State, but after a two years' residence there he removed to Champaign County, and settled per manently in Urbana Township. He opened up a farm from the wilderness, and lived there until death overtook him in 1883. The widowed mother is still living, and is in the seventy-ninth year of her age, and she makes her home in Ur bana. Jacob Mumper was well-fitted by nature and acquirements for life in a pioneer country, being a man of energy and perseverance, great industry and good managements Although he had con tributed generously to all church enterprises for a number of years, he was not a member of any de nomination until about one year before his death, when he identified himself with the Presbyterian Church. Politically, he was one of the most zeal ous adherents of the Republican party. He pos sessed strong individual characteristics, and in his field of labor took a front rank. Much has been said of the heroism of sailors and soldiers who face the cannon's mouth in their country's defense. But no less heroic are those pioneers in new lands, 656 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. whose patient continuance in the rugged paths of labor teaches a lesson of devotion and bravery. As one of these, the descendants of Jacob Mumper are justly proud of the heritage of a worthy life which he bequeathed to them. The parental family consisted of nine children, seven of whom are living, namely : Jane M., the wife of John E. Todd; Alcetta, Mrs. J. W. Raw lings; Abram AV., John J., Annie E., the wife of Dr. E. P. Kingsly; all of these, except our subject, are residents of Champaign County; Emma, the wife of Dr. AArolford, of Lima; and Ella, Mrs. Charles Nichols, of Portsmouth. The subject of this notice spent his boyhood and youth amid the wild scenes of pioneer life and up to the age of twenty-eight years remained with his parents on the farm. His education was neces sarily somewhat limited, being confined mostly to attendance at the district school during the win ter season. During the progress of the Civil War he entered the Union Army, May 2, 1864, as a member of Company G, One Hundred and Thirty- fourth Ohio Infantry, enlisting in the one hundred days' service. He was at Petersburg during the famous fight, engaged in some skirmishing and assisted in building the pontoon bridge, so that Grant's army could pass from the Wilderness to Petersburg. He saw much of the hardships and privations of army life, but escaped unharmed, and at the expiration of his term of enlistment re ceived his honorable discharge, in September, 1864. Returning now to this county, Mr. Mum per resumed the peaceful pursuits of civil life, and was married October 1, 1868, to Miss Sarah Hut- ton. This lady was born in York County, Pa., to Elijah and Elizabeth (Lambert) Hutton, and by her union wilh our subject became the mother of five children, viz.: Elizabeth, who died when eigh teen months old; Lulu G., who is attending Del aware University; Oscar T., Edna; and Mj7rtle, who died when eleven months old. In 1868, Mr. Mumper removed to Clark County and took up his residence in Moorefield Township, where he now resides. About 1877 he began handling agricultural implements, and was the first man to introduce the Osborn Binder into Cham paign and Clark Counties. He was thus occupied probably for a period of twenty years, but in the meantime superintended the operations of his farm, improved it with good buildings, and gathered around himself and his family the comforts and many of the luxuries of life. He is looked upon as a public-spirited citizen, and politically, is a straight Republican. In his religious beliefs he conforms to the doctrines of the Presbyterian Church, in which he has officiated as a Deacon, and held other positions of trust and responsibil ity. Mrs. Mumper is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They have a pleasant home, an intelligent family, and enjoy the -confidence and esteem of hosts of friends. Socially, Mr. Mumper is a member of the Will iam A. Brand Post, No. 96, G. A. R., at Urbana. Ho is also one of the Directors of the Urbana Camp-meeting Association, and is in various ways identified with the history of the community. The difficulties which soon intimidate the timid, have been surmounted by him, and his present honor able position in life is due to his own determined efforts. Perseverance and zoal, together with good business management, have been rewarded by pros perity, which is well deserved. Among the galaxy of portraits of citizens of Clark County, we are pleased to present that of Mr. Mumper and, in connection with it, that of his estimable wife. jib — g3^ | ARON J. MOYER, Manager of tbe Spring field Architectural Iron Works, is recog nized as one of the leading business men of the city. The business is a partnership concern consisting of William Burns, R. Copenha- fer, G. Sintz & A. J. Moyer, who were the succes sors of the Hanika P^ence Company, and was organ ized November 1, 1889. The firm manufactures all kinds of iron fences, ornamental trimmings for buildings, and the Prince Lawn Mower. They are located at the corner of Murray & Main Streets, and give employment to thirty men. The subject of this notice was born in Northum berland County, Pa., January 25, 1847, and is the PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBDM. 657 son of John and Mary (Hartranft) Moyer, who were of German and English extraction, respectively. The maternal grandfather of our subject was born in England, and married a German lady who could not speak English at the time. John Moyer is still living, making his home in Tioga Center, and is now seventy-eight years old. Aaron J. of this no tice was the seventh in a family of twelve children, ton of whom lived to mature years. Mr. Moyrer passed his boyhood days in Lycom ing County, Pa., to which his parents removed when he was a mere infant. His father was a shoe maker by trade, and also dealt in boots and shoes. 1 ho boy attended the common school during his younger years, and later pursued his studies at Dickinson Seminary in Williamsport, Pa. After ward he taught school for three years in the coun try districts. He then became a clerk and book keeper in a hardware store in AVilliamsport, this occupying his time until 1872. Going now to Freeport, Pa., Mr. Moyer entered the employ of a lumber firm as a book-keeper, and when this contract ended, he went into Mercer County and was similarly employed in the Mercer Mining and Manufacturing Company. In 1875 he entered tho employ7 of the Chenango & Allegheny Rmlroad Company, with which he continued five years as telegraph operator and agent at New Hope and Pardoe. Thence he came to Springfield in 1880 as agent for the Ohio Southern Railroad, and in 1882 accepted a position with the Champion Bar & Knife Company as clerk under the general superintendent of employes. In 1883 Mr. Moyer engaged with the Roger's Fence Company, and continued with this firm six years as Superintendent and Secretary. In the fall of 1889 he organized the Springfield Architectural Iron Works, of which he became manager, and whose affairs he is conducting in a manner highly creditable to himself and satisfactory to all con cerned. Mr. Moyer was married in August, 1873, to Miss Rebecca Weaver, of P'report, Pa. Mrs. Moyer was born in October, 1853, and is a daughter of Peter and Anna (Bowman) AVeav'er, who were likewise natives of Pennsylvania, and where Mrs. Moyer was reared to womanhood. Of her union with our sub ject there have been born four children, namely: Aaron J., Jr. ; F. Hughes, Rebecca, and Frederick. The family are all regular attendants of the Episco pal Church. Their home is a neat and comfortable residence on East Grand Avenue, in the eastern part of the city. — h AMUEL D. FOGLE. As a rule the man in the channels of trade who is uniformly courteous and obliging, upright in his transactions and upon whose word those who deal with him can depend, seldom fails to meet with success. Especially has this been the case with Mr. Fogle, who deals extensively in agricul tural implements and harness in Fairfield, Greene County, who is enterprising and liberal and has thus secured a large and lucrative patronage. He also operates a fertile farm of one hundred and seventy-eight acres in Bath Township. It is safe to say that he is one of the mo3t popular men, both in social and business circles, in this part of the county. A native of Frederick County, Md., the subject of this notice was born November 13, 1849, and lived there with his parents until 1866. He received such education as the common schools afforded and accompanied his father to Ohio when a youth of seventeen years. He remained a member of the parental household until the following year, then started out to explore the great AVest, traveling over the States of Illinois, Missouri and Kansas, and occupying in this manner nearly eighteen months. Thence he emigrated to Mexico and en gaged as a cowboy for six months, driving cattle north to the Black River. We next find Mr. Fogle on board a river steamer making his way to St. Louis, Mo., where he only sojourned, however, but a brief time. Then, tired of roaming, he returned to his father's house and thereafter worked on various farms in that vicinity until 1869. In the spring of that year he repaired to Springfield and engaged as a painter in the Champion Reaper shops. He rapidly rose in favor with bis employers, who conceived the idea that he 658 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. could represent^ them suitably on the road and he was consequently7 fitted out as a salesman, occupy ing himself in this manner for nearly a year. In 1871, he located atP^non and established himself as a dealer in agricultural implements. Mr. Fogle remained in the above-mentioned place until 1877, then selling out turned his atten tion to agricultural pursuits and located on a farm which he now operates in Bath Township. He was thus engaged until 1885, when he established his present business in which he has been very success ful, while the farm is carried on by hired help. Mr. Fogle also has a branch house in Osborn and en joys a monopoly of the territory of Greene, Clark, Miami and Montgomery Counties. Mr. P'ogle, on the 8th of September, 1870, was joined in wedlock with Miss Matilda Spath at the bride's home in Dayton, Ohio. This lady was born in Maryland, May 13, 1850, and is the daugh ter of Michael Spath, a native of Germany, and who is now living in P'airfield. Of this union there have been born no children. Mr. Fogle affiliates with the Democratic party and belongs to the Inde pendent Order of Odd Fellows, at Fairfield, being a member of the lodge in that place and belong ing to the Encampment at Osborn. His estimable wife is a member in good standing of the German Reformed Church. The father of our subject was John Fogle, a na tive of Frederick County, Md., and the son of Solomon P'ogle, who was reared in that State and was of German extraction. The latter spent his last y7ears in Maryland. John Fogle carried on farming for many years in his native county, being located about seven miles from Gettysburg, Pa. During the war he experienced heavy losses, and in 1866 removed with his family to Montgomery County, this State. In 1877 he retired from active labor and has since made his home with his son, our subject, being now sixty-seven y7ears old. He is a Democrat politically, and in religious matters belongs to the German Reformed Church. Mrs. p]lizabeth (Young) Fogle, the mother of our subject, was likewise a native of Frederick County, Md., and the daughter of Henry Young, who was a weaver by trade, but who, in later years, followed the occupation of farming. He served in the War of 1812 and spent the closing years of his life in Maryland. The mother of our subject died in But ler County, this State, in 1887. The parental fam ily consisted of five children, the eldest of whom, a son, William, is a dealer in agricultural implements at Enon; Marv died when five years old; Samuel D. was the next in order of birth; Henry is farm ing in Miami County, this State; Daniel makes his home with our subject. )EAD LETTS BELL, M. D., a surgeon on the Staff of the Mitchell Thomas Hospital at Springfield, stands high among his profes sional brethren in Clark County, of whose medical society he is a prominent member. He was born in Knox County, near the village of Utica, this State, December 8, 1849, and is the son of Ja cob Bell, a substantial farmer, and a native of Greene County, Pa. Jacob Bell departed this life at bis home near Utica, in 1874, in the sixty-seventh year of his age. His wife, Mrs. Rachel (Letts) Bell, was a native of Washington County, Pa., and passed away in 1873, at her home near Utica, one year subsequent to the death her husband. The paternal grandfather of our subject was Ben jamin Bell, also a native of the Keystone State, and one of the early pioneers of Knox County, Ohio. He was a prominent man in his day, and one of the inaugurators of what was known through the south ern part of the county as the Bell Settlement, which was composed largely of English and Irish families. On the mother's side the grandparents of our subject were Nehemiah and Rhoda Letts, na tives of Washington County, Pa., and who spent their last years in Knox County. To the parents of our subject there was born a family of ten children, three of whom died in in fancy. There are now living three sons and two daughters, making their homes mostly in Ohio. Read L. was next to the youngest of the family, and like his brothers and sisters received his prim ary education in the common school, and was reared on the farm. After completing his primary studies, he entered Denison University at Grand- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 659 ville, Ohio, from which he was graduated in 1872, taking the degree of A. B., and later, in 1875, the degree of A. M. In the meantime in the fall of 1872, Dr. Bell en tered the medical department of Harvard Univer sity, at Boston, Mass., from which he was gradu ated in June, 1876, with the degree of M. D. In Juno, 1876, Dr. Bell was elected a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society. Then going to To ledo, he was made Secretary of the Toledo Medical Association, and hold the position during the years 1876-77. About this time he was also elected to the Chair of Physiology1 and Anatomy in the North western School of Medicine at Toledo. Our subject located in Springfield on the 15th of October, 1877, and commenced the regular practice of his profession, to which he gives his entire at tention, and in which he is meeting with uniform success. Ho was married July 18, 1877, to Miss Sarah J. Robinson, of Coshocton, Ohio. In May, 1889, he was elected President of the Clark County Medical Society, and in October following, Presi dent of the South-Western Ohio Medical Society. IJr^AVID MERRICK. A well-tilled farm of one j Jl) hundred and eighty-three acres, representing ^yr the property of Mr. Merrick, indicates in a marked manner to what good purpose he has im proved his time duringthe last twenty years or more. It is situated a mile and a half west of the town of Alpha, Greene County, and is provided with sub stantial buildings and all the machinery necessary for the successful prosecution of agriculture. Mr. Merrick has been a life-long resident of Beaver Township, having been born at his father's old homestead, October 3, 1830. He has assisted ma terially in its growth and development and com prises one of its most reliable and substantial citi zens. The subject of this notice is the son of Joseph D., and Susan (Boston) Merrick. The father was born in Kent County, Del., October 9, 1779, and the mother in PYederick County, Md., December 25, 1793. When a young man grown Mr. Merrick repaired lo Ph'ederick County, Md.. where he fol lowed his trade of a weaver and was in 1812, mar ried to Miss Boston. In the fall of 1815 he came to Montgomery County, this State, settling on the land now owned by George 'Firestine, just east of the city of Dayton. In journeying there from Maryland he was seven weeks on the road, going in company with a number of others. He left Mont gomery County about 1829, coming to Beaver Creek Township, this county, where his death took place March 3, 1857. The father of our subject practically abandoned his trade after coming to this county. Politically, he was a stanch Whig, as the Republican party was only organized a few months prior to his death. To himself and his estimable wife there was born a family of five children, the eldest of whom, a daugh ter, Mary Ann, died at the interesting age of four teen y7ears; John is in Montgomery County; Elizabeth is the widow of David Stutsman and is a resident of this county. The others were Israel, and David, our subject. The father of our subject was the son of the Rev. John Merrick, a native of Delaware and a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church. While labor ing in the Master's vineyard he also engaged in the mercantile business. He married Miss Sarah Dox- son and they became the parents of two children only, a son and daughter, Joseph D., and Elizabeth; the latter is deceased. The elder Merrick was a man of strong convictions and totally opposed to the institution of slavery. He died in Elizabeth- town, N. J., while Grandmother Merrick spent her last years in Delaware. The great-grandfather of our subject was Isaac Merrick, a native of England, who emigrated to the United States. On the maternal side of the house Grandfather Michael Boston was a native of Germany and after crossing the Atlantic, settled in Frederick County, Md. He served in the War of 1812 and was the fa ther of five or six children. David, our subject, attended the common school and also a select school at Leighton, pursuing his studies mostly in the winter season. He took kindly to his books and at the age of twenty years began teaching school, first in District No. 24, Bea ver CrOek Township. He followed this profession 660 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. for a period of twelve years and in 1858, purchased sixty acres of land east of Shakertown. Thence he came to his present farm in the spring of 1865. The 24th of March, 1859, was an interesting day in the history of Mr, Merrick, as he was then joined in wedlock with Miss Ann R. Kable. This lady was bom April 21, 1837, in Osborn, this county, and is the daughter of Samuel and Catherine (Gar ver) Kable, who removed from the vicinity of Harper's Ferry, Jefferson County, Ara., about 1831. They settled in Beaver Creek Township, this county, where the father died November 25, 1864, at the age of sixty-three years. The wife and mother survived her husband nearly nine years, her death taking place May 31, 1873. To Mr. and Mrs. Kable there was born a family7 of seven chil dren, viz: Anna R., Mary E. Joseph, Sarah E. Martha J., John W. and Isaac N. Mr. and Mrs. Merrick are the parents of nine children, seven of whom lived to mature years. Sarah E. is the wife of AVilliam Coy and lives in Beaver Creek Township; William K. is a resident of Virden, 111.; Joseph S., Elmma H., Ellen G, Mat- tie J. and Benjamin D. complete the list. Our subject and his wife are members in good standing of the Reformed Church. Mr. Merrick com menced in life with a capital of $1 and it must be acknowledged that he has been more than ordi narily successful. He has built up a comfortable homestead and laid by something for a rainy day. Among his neighbors he is esteemed as a man whose word is as good as his bond. _^i«_ -+=-*>- (fp^YLVANUS V. HARTSOCK, one of the most energetic and prosperous farmers of Greene County, is finely located three miles south of Spring Arally, on one hun dred and eighty-eight acres of land, embellished with substantial modern buildings. He is a native of this county and was born at Claysville, March 5. 1847. His parents were David and Sarah Jane (Cornell) Hartsock, both likewise natives of this county, and the father a farmer by occupation. The latter died at the old homestead in Spring Valley Township, July 11, 1885. The mother is still liv ing and makes her home there. The parental house hold included six children, five of whom grew to mature years. George W. is a resident of Cham paign County, 111.; Ruth is the wife of Jefferson Haymes, of Huntsville, Ala.; Elizabeth married Jonathan Smith, of Warren County, this State; Sylvanus Ar., our subject, was next to the young est born ; Jesse L. is a resident of Montgomery County; and Flora, who died in childhood. The mother in religious belief was a member of the Bap tist Church. The paternal grandfather of our subject was George Hartsock, a native of Virginia, and who emigrated to Sugar Grove, this county, at a very early day. Here he spent the balance of his life; he married a Miss Cremar, and there were born to them seven children, six of whom grew to mature years. These were named respectively: David, Samuel, George, Fanny, Lucinda, Ann and Abbie. Grandfather Hartsock was a stanch Democrat and a man of decided ideas, who made his influence felt in his community. The great-grandfather came from Germany. On the maternal side of the house Grandfather Sylvanus Cornell spent his last years in Ohio. The first twenty two years of the life of our subject were spent at the home farm, working for his father, and then he started out on his own hook. He first firmed on rented land and then purchased a half interest in one hundred acres, upon which he operated until 1878. That year he purchased one hundred and forty-four acres where be now resides, and to which he subsequently added forty- four acres, making the amount heretofore mentioned. He commenced without means or other resources than his own industry and energy, and has accumulated his property solely by honest labor aud good management. He has had very little to do with outside affairs, but his warm interest in the temperance movement has led him to identify himself with the Prohibition party. The 22d of December, 1870. was made memor able in the life of our subject by bis marriage with Miss Emeline Prater. This lady was born in Warren County, this State, September 22, 1847, and is the daughter of William E. and Ann Eliza PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 661 (Slack) Prater, who were natives respectively of South Carolina and Pennsylvania. Mr. Prater was a farmer by occupation and spent his last years in Warren County, and died there. His widow is still living, and makes her home in Waynesville, AVarren County. Grandfather Slack came to this State from Pennsylvania in 1816, and died in Warren County. To William E. Prater and his good wife there was born a family of seven children, viz: Henry, who served three years and three months in the late war; Elizabeth; Job, a resident of Sum ner County, Kan., who served three years in the late war ; Rebecca, Emeline, Mary and Alice. Mr. and Mrs. Hartsock have four children — Luther C, Vernon, Elsie May and Edward. The paternal grandmother of our subject was, prior to her mar riage, a Miss O'Neal. OHN C. JAMES. Among the many valu able farms of Greene County, none presents a more attractive appearance than that on section 27, Sugar Creek Township, that is in the possession of Squire James. It has been his home since 1853, and he has expended upon it much en ergy and hard labor. It consists of one hundred acres, seventy-five of which are improved, the rest being devoted to timber, and twenty acres of it were cleared by his own hands. A full line of well built farm structures meets the ey7e of a visitor or passer-by, and every portion of the estate evinces the care of one who is a master of husbandry. The personal character of Mr. James is such as to win the respect of his neighbors and acquaintances, as he is strictly honest, generous, and religious, living a blameless life in their midst for lo! these many years. Being gifted with sound sense, and almost infallible judgment, he has been a power in the community. A few words regarding the ancestors of Mr. James will not be amiss, before proceeding with his own life history. His grandfather was William James, a native of Wales, who was brought to America when three years of age, and lived in Loudoun County, Va„ until 1801, On October 1, 1772, he married Miss Jane Williams, who bore him ten children, not one of whom is now living, although eight survived his own death. In the year above mentioned, he and his family came to the Buckeye State, settling in the northern part of War ren County, where he remained until his death. That event took place at Columbia, September 30, 1804, in the fifty-fourth year of his age. His wife survived him, reaching the extreme age of ninety- four years. The oldest member of the family of William and Jane James was born in Loudoun County, Va., No vember 11, 1773, and was christened John. He came with the other members of the parental house hold to Ohio, and was the first member of the fam ily to locate in Greene County. He came hence in 1808, settling on the northwest quarter of section 35, Sugar Creek Township, where he built a log cabin and opened up a good farm. He was not only a farmer, but a practical surveyor, and well educated. He departed this life September 18, 1841, having prior to that time placed his estate in an advanced state of improvement. Politically, he was not tied down to any party, but gave his suf frage to the man he thought most worthy. He was Township Clerk and Justice of the Peace for thir teen years. He was Trustee in the Baptist Church, and a leading member, his wife also belonging to that denomination. The estimable woman whom he married in the early part of 1801, bore the maiden name of Nancy Whiteford. She was of Scotch-Irish ancestry, her parents being early set tlers in Maryland, where she was born in March, 1780. Her mother died when she was scarcely twelve years of age, and she kept house for her father, having no educational advantages, never attending school but one day when eighteen years of age. Although uneducated, she possessed na tive intelligence, and common sense, and a charac ter which renders her memory a pleasant one, not only to her own relatives, but to all who knew her. She was taught to read the New Testament by her youngest child, our subject. Her marriage took place in Virginia, and she died in this State, May 2, 1851, being buried beside her husband in Mid dle Run Baptist Cemetery. Eight children were born to Mr. and Mrs, John 662 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. James, of whom we note the following: Rachael, born November 15, 1801, became the wife of John Berryhill; she died August 26, 1846, leaving eleven children. Evan B., born November 16, 1803, died January 25, 1831; he married Miss Sarah Sanders, who bore him two children. David W., born No vember 3,1805, married Rebecca Austin,and was the father of eleven children; his death occurred July 9, 1875. Sarah, bora April 15, 1808, became the wife of William Wilgus, and the mother of four children; she breathed her last August 5, 1851. Joshua C, born March 11, 1810, died April 28, 1867; his wife was Maria Burr, who bore eleven children. Lydia J., born January 8, 1813, became the wife of Jacob Smith, and the mother of three children, dying March 2, 1849. Catherine, born March 9, 1816, married Jackson Smith, and became the mother of seven children; John C, of whom we write, is a twin to Catherine. The early education of John C. James, was ob tained in a log schoolhouse, and he completed his studies in a brick school building in an adjoining district. At tho age of eighteen y7ears be began his career in life by becoming a clerk in the store of Jeremiah Gest, then the leading merchant of Bell brook. There he remained four years, after which he formed a partnership with William Shumaker, and they purchased a stock of goods at Mt. Holly, carrying on business there for a year, when our sub ject sold out, and returning to tho home farm, oc cupied himself with tilling the soil for two years. He then returned to Bellbrook, where he resided four years, removing thence to a farm on which he lived five years. Returning again to Bellbrook, he entered into partnership with Mathew Berryhill, with whom, for two years, he was connected in a mercantile business. Selling out at the expiration of that time, he bought and removed to the farm where he now lives, devoting his time and attention from that day to the pursuit of agriculture. On April 26, 1838, Mr. James and Miss Susan Brown, of Montgomery County, were united in the bonds of holy wedlock. The bride was born in Montgomery County, October 28, 1821, and was one of the five children, three of whom are now liv ing, who comprised the family of Enoch and Mary (Davis) Brown. The parents were probably of Welsh descent. Mrs. James was the chief counselor and helpmate of her husband for nearly fifty years, performing the duties of wife and mother in a con scientious manner, manifesting a deep affectioft for her own family and neighborly kindness for those about her. Her death occurred January 16, 1887. She was the mother of nine children, of whom the following may be noted : Evan was born February 4, 1839, has been twice married, and is now a wid ower with one daughter, Edna; Permelia was born November 11, 1840, married Josiah Lamme, and has one child; Benjamin A., was born June 6,1843, and died twelve days later; Harriet was born No vember 9, 1844, became the wife of John Marshall and has seven children; Rebecca was born January 6, 1847, and died June 1, 1884; she was the wife of John Soward, and the mother of one child. Catherine was born October 5, 1849, and is now the wife of Charles Chase, to whom she has borne two children; she was formerly the wife of John Dun ham, by whom she had three children, two of whom are living; Isaac was born September 6, 1852, is yet unmarried, and lives in Arkansas; William was born November 2, 1854. and married Sadie How- ells, by whom he had four children; his wife died in January, 1883, and he married Miss Schaf- fer, having three children by the second union; Mary was born September 22, 1858, is the wife of Edward Whitaker, and the mother of two children. She lives upon the home farm, being her father's housekeeper. Squire James has been a member of the School Board for several years, and has been Trustee of of Sugar Creek Township fifteen years. Prior to this he served as Township Clerk for a couple of years, and also held the office of Supervisor of High ways. He was elected Justice of the Peace, and served in that position three years. He has been an active member of the Grange, and Master of the society in Bellbrook. He has taken an active part in politics, and has frequently made public speeches in the interest of his party. In general elections he has always voted the AVhig and Republican tick ets, his first Presidential ballot having been cast for William Henry Harrison; he has voted for each Whig or Republican candidate in the suc cessive campaigns from that day to the present. ¦*• . PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 665 He united with the Methodist Plpiscopal Church in February, 1868, and has been Steward for several years, and also a Trustee. His deceased wife was a member of the same denomination. When he be gan life for himself as a clerk in Bellbrook in 1834, the village contained five hundred inhabitants. Of that number the only ones now living. in the cor poration are Mrs. Miriam Hale, R*D. Rowsey, Mrs. Laura Miller, and Mrs. Mary Seal. In August, 1889, the descendants of William James and their connections by marriage, met at the home of Jackson Smith on section 34, Sugar Creek Township, and formed an organization of which our subject was elected President. He is the oldest living member of the family, which includes many prominent citizens. |^ ANIEL BROUGHER. This gentleman oceu- , Jj) pies a prominent position among the success- %r ful farmers of Bath Township,Greene County and has one of tbe finest homos within its limits. This comprises one hundred acres of well-developed land, and is pleasantly located on section 4. The residence, which was erected in 1 882, is a fine, large frame structure, with attractive surroundings, while adjacent, is a commodious barn, which was erected in 1886, upon the site of one equally as fine which was struck by lightning, and burned to the ground. Mr. Brougher evidently has a thor ough understanding of his chosen calling, and is now in a condition to take life easy, and enjoy the fruits of his labors. A native of Cumberland County, Pa., Mr. Brougher was born near the town of Carlisle, Feb ruary 24, 1831, and there spent the days of his boyhood and youth. He was reared on the farm, and learned blacksmithing of his father who ope rated a shop. At the age of fifteen years he was master of the art, working with his father, but he disliked the business and persuaded his father to abandon it for farming. He remained under the home roof until'a young man of twenty-three years then, in 1854, struck out for himself, coming to Clark County, this State, and employing himself on a. farm until after the outbreak of the Civil War. As a member of the State Militia he assisted in driving the raider Morgan from Ohio, and af terward, in 1863, rented nis father's farm upon which he remained until 1877, when he became the purchaser. He has since occupied it, and has instituted many important improvements. He raises various kinds of grain and stock, which find a ready market al Enon, four miles away. Mr. Brougher remained a bachelor until ap proaching the thirty-fourth year of his age, and" was then joined in wedlock with Miss Catherine Rynearson, the wedding taking place at the bride's home near Columbus City, Whitley County, Ind., December 28, 1865. Mrs. Brougher was born Sep tember 17, 1843, in Mad River Township, this State, and is the daughter of William and Mahala (Brown) Rynearson, who were natives of Ohio. Her parents removed to Indiana about 1863. Mr. and Mrs. Brougher have no children of their own, but have an adopted- child, Pearl, who is now ten years of age. Politically Mr. Brougher supports the Democratic party, and in religion is a Lutheran. He carefully refrains from assuming the responsi bilities of office, preferring to give his time and attention to his farming interests. He is an advo cate of the Grange principles, and thinks it will ultimately lead to great good to the masses of the people. The father of our subject was Nathaniel Brougher, a native of Cumberland County, Pa., and a son of an old hero of the Revolutionary War. Nathaniel Brougher learned shoemaking in his younger years, but the trade being distasteful, he abandoned it and took up blacksmithing. This latter he followed for a period of thirty years, then engaged in farming in Cumberland County, Pa., until 1855. That year he emigrated to Ohio, and purchased the land which his son, Daniel, now owns and occupies. Upon this he labored until called hence in 1876, when seventy-two years old. He was a Lutheran in re ligion, and a Democrat in politics. His wife bore the maiden name of Catherine Camp. She was likewise a native of Cumberland County, Pa., and the daughter of Peter Camp, who was also born there, and who followed farming all his life. Mrs. Catherine Brougher is still living, and makes her 666 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. home with her son, our subject, and is eighty-seven. years old. The parental family included four chil dren, viz.: Isaac, a farmer of Champaign County, this State; Daniel, our subject; Susan, Mrs. Rit- ner, who died in Pennsylvania; and George, a res ident of Cumberland County, that State. Mr. and Mrs. Brougher are steadfast supporters of all that is good and worthy, and their portraits, which are shown in connection with this sketch, represent a couple possessing the esteem of the en- "tire community. ^1 EORGE T. COST. The sons of the early pioneers of Greene County, have to a large ctent maintained their residences at or near the old homesteads built up by their parents from the wilderness. Among the early settlers of this county were Philip F., and his wife, Jane (AVolf) Cost. They were natives of Maryland and A'irginia, and coming to this State settled in Greene County, where they lived until 1836, when they removed to Shelby County where they lived until 1845, when they came back to Greene County where the father still lives at the advanced age of eighty years. Their son, George T., was born October 15, 1837. They came to this county in 1817, and settled two miles south of Fairfield, which still remains the family home where the father is prosecuting his lifelong occupation of farming. Philip Cost is of German descent, while his estimable wife was of Scotch-Irish ancestry. They were married in this county. The mother was born in Virginia in 1805, and came with her parents to Ohio when but a child. There was born to them a family of eight children, five of whom grew to manhood and womanhood, these being Rachel, the wife of Samuel Wyre; Mary J., Mrs. William G. Confer, of Yellow Springs, this county; Margaret A., Mrs. Abram Snypp, also living near Yellow Springs; Susan E., at home with her father; John P., was killed at the battle of Liberty Gap, Tenn., June 24, 1863; George T. ; and two who died in infancy. The mother of our subject departed this life at the homestead in the fall of 1866. The paternal grandfather, John Cost, was born in Frederick County, Md., and married Miss Regina Souder, daughter of a prominent familyin Loudoun County, Va., where she was born. They reared a family of nine children, viz.: George, John, Philip F., An thony, Josephine, Jonathan, Peter, Mary and Eliza beth. Grandfather Cost left Maryland on account of slavery, to which he was totally opposed. On the maternal side of the house, Grandfather Wolf served in the Black Hawk War, and spent his last years in Illinois. The subject of this notice was reared on the pioneer farm, and received a very good edu cation, completing his studies- at Heidelburg Col lege, in June, 1861. Subsequently he occupied himself as a teacher for several terms. Upon the outbreak of the Civil War he, in 1861, entered the army as a member of Company C, Forty-ninth Ohio Infantry, and was wounded in the shoulder at the battle of Stone River. Prior to this he fought at the battles of Shiloh and Corinth, and on the 31st of December, 1862, received a gunshot wound in the right arm on account of which it was ampu tated near the shoulder. Subsequently he was captured by Forrest's Cavalry and taken to Nash ville, Tenn., where he was discharged April 4, 1862. He now receives a pension of $45 per month. Upon leaving tbe army Mr. Cost supplemented his education by attendance at Miami College, in Dayton, and then returned to his native haunts. He has officiated as Township Clerk three years, and in 1880 was assistant Sergeant-at- Arms during the session of the Sixty-fourth General Assembly. He has served as Deputy Sheriff of this county for four years, and was appointed to his present posi tion as Deputy Marshal in 1889. He makes au efficient officer of sound sense and good judgment and is giving general satisfaction. In politics, he affiliates with the Republican party. Nearly twenty-one years ago occurred the mar riage of George T. Cost with Miss Simretta M in tern, the wedding taking place April 8, 1869, at Dayton, Ohio. Mrs. Cost was born in Miami Township, this county, January 22, 1857. and is the daughter of Ira K. and Magdaline Minton, who PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 667 were natives of Ohio, and who settled in this county at an early period in its history. They are slill living, and after years of faithful labor, are spend ing their later years amid the comforts of a pleasant home in Miami Township. Of this union there have been born six children, two of whom, Frank M. and John, died at the ages of six months and fourteen years. The survivors are: Clifford G., Charles C, George L. and Edward H. Mr. Cost belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic, and is rated among his neighbors as one of the best men in the community. 'Vf H. BARKMAN. Among the business estab lishments of Osborn, Greene County, none would be more quickly noticed by a stranger than that of J. II. Barkman & Co., which is devoted to the sale of groceries, hardware and ag ricultural implements, the firm also having a whole sale trade in confectioneries " and tobacco. The principal member of the firm also occupies the po sition of President of the Osborn Bank, one of the most successful institutions of its kind in the county, and which he was instrumental in organi zing. Mr. Barkman has been gifted by nature to more than an ordinary degree, possessing all the qualities that go to make up a complete manhood. He is one of those who scorn a mean action, and have a natural tendency to all the better things of life. As a citizen he has been liberal and public-spirited, the friend of education, and foremost in the enter prises that tend to elevate the people. He would sacrifice much to aid the prosperity of the town, by whose citizens he is looked to for advice and assis tance in every good work. Cultured and refined, with affable and courteous manners, he is deservedly7 a favorite throughout the community. He is the leading business man of the place, carrying by far the largest stock, and is doing a prosperous busi ness. The paternal grandfather of our subject, was Peter Barkman, a native of Germany, who, on coming to America, located at Hagerstown, Md. He married in that place, afterward removing to this county, wliere he began farming, having but fairly7 begun his agricultural work when he died about the year 1831. His son David, who was born in this county, October 6, 1822, was obliged to shift for himself, and was self educated and self made in the most literal sense. After his father's death he was bound out to an uncle, but was so cruelly treated that he ran away, after hav ing been worked nearly to death. Returning to his mother, who had again resumed housekeeping, he remained with her, and followed agricultural pursuits until past sixteen years old. He and his brother then rented a farm, but the brother died the same year, and David Barkman then took the place himself. He boarded with his mother until his marriage in 1849, when he rented the Smith farm in Wayne Township, Montgomery County, for a year, afterward having the Capt. Boyle place an equal length of time. By this lime David Barkman was able to buy' one hundred acres of land upon which he located and made a home of his own, continuing the career which was begun under difficulties and discourage ments, but proved a very successful one. He be came the owner of two fine farms in Wayne Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, including three hundred and twenty-three acres. At differ ent times he was Township Trustee, and he was active in the ranks of the Democratic party. An honest man, he was respected and well liked by his fellow- men in whose midst his character was so clearly exhibited. He passed away April 16, 1884, at the age of sixty-two years. The worthy help mate who aided him by her counsels and her pru dent management of household affairs, bore the maiden name of Elizabeth Garver, she also being a native of this county. She is now living in Os born at the age of sixty-one years. Sho belongs to the Lutheran Church. Her father, John Garver, was a farmer in Montgomery County, whence he finally removed to Allen County, Inch, near Ft. Wayne, where he died. The subject of this sketch is the eldest of two children born to David and Elizabeth Barkman, and the only survivor. His sister, Sarah B.,became the wife of William Harner, and died in Dayton in 1872. The subject of this sketch, was born September 668 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 15,1851, in Wayne Township, Montgomery County, and being reared on a farm acquired a knowledge of agricultural pursuits from his father. The ex- cllent district schools afforded good educational advantages, of which he was not slow to avail him self, although his health would not permit him to attend steadily, and he was not able to go to col lege. P'or two years he could not attend school at all, being seriously troubled with asthma, from which he has suffered more or less, until the last three years, during which time he has been quite free from it. The collegiate education which was denied him by his lack of strength, has been more than balanced by the information which he has ob tained in other ways, and he ranks to-day among the most intelligent citizens. When about twenty years old he had full charge of his father's farm, run ning it until he was twenty-five, when he determined to a try mercantile pursuit. In August, 1876, there fore, he came to Osborn, put up one- half of the building he now occupies and opened a grocery and hardware store, on a capital of $1,000. Tho business has rapidly increased, and by' close appli cation to its details and a remarkable degree of en ergy7, Mr. Barkman has succeeded far above the average. In 1880 Mr. Barkman engaged in the implement business, and now has a double store, in which a full line of groceries and hardware is carried, and a large warehouse in which implements are stored. His invoice is over $8,000, and his business the largest in the city. He owns three hundred and twenty-three acres in Montgomery County, which is in two well-improved farms, on one of which is a sawmill, which he superintends. The land is rented, other pursuits claiming more than enough attention. For several years Mr. Barkman had been desir ous of starting a bank in Osborn, but had too much to attend to. He therefore consulted with Mr. C. C. Jackson, then of Xenia, (whose sketch occupies another page in (his volume) and laid the plans for starting the Osborn Bank. These two gentlemen, with Mr. Reuben Miller, succeeded in establishing the institution, which was run as a company bank one year, and was then organized under the State laws on New Years' day, 1889, and is now doing a successful banking business. Mr. Barkman is one of the heaviest stock-holders, is a director and President of the institution. In 1889 he built the bank building, a large brick edifice that is one of the best business houses in the town. He also owns two residences and lots in the corporation. On September 28, 1876, Mr. Barkman led to the hymeneal altar Mary E., daughter of Robert Sloan, of AVayne Township, Montgomery County. There Mrs. Barkman opened her eyes to the light June 27, 1854, and amid favorable surroundings grew to womanhood. She completed her education in Smilh College, at Xenia, acquiring an excellent knowledge of the studies taught, and growing in grace and refinement. Her happy union has been blessed by the birth of four children — Claude E., Estella, Leo and John Orvill. All of whom are being carefully instructed by7 their parents in vir tue and courtesy and receiving excellent educational advantages consonant with their years. The father of Mrs. Barkman was one of the most prominent men of Montgomery County, his home being on the borders of Greene County. We take great pleasure in giving a full sketch of one so well known in this vicinity. His great-grandfather was a native of County Antrim, Ireland, and came to America about 1718, settling on a farm in Leba non County, Pa. He was successful in worldly affairs, and was able to start all of his children in life. He belonged to the Presbyterian Church. His son, John Sloan, was born in Dauphin County, and on March 27, 1792, married Miss Elizabeth French. His father gave him a farm, upon which he made the required improvements soon after ward erecting a distillery on the place, and also establishing a line of freight teams for hauling mer chandise from Philadelphia to Pittsburg. He had four sons and nine daughters — Alexander, John F., James, Robert, Jane, Eliza, Sallie, Mary, Isabella, Margaret, Martha, Nancy and Lucinda. When Alexander became grown he went to take charge of a farm in Lycoming County; John F. went to learn a trade; and death claimed three daughters and the son James. This left John Sloan without other help than that afforded by his youngest son, Robert, who was then but nine years old. In the spring of 1833 he sold PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 669 his property, bought horses and conveyances and on April 1st started with his family for Ohio. Twenty-one days later he arrived in Montgomery County, and purchased two hundred and twenty acres of land in Wayne Township. The land had upon it an unfinished brick house and a log barn, the yard being enclosed by a Virginia worm fence, ten rails high, and the place being then considered well improved. Having now arrived at the age of sixty-three years, John Sloan confided his business to his son Robert, feeling that he was getting too old to manage it. His wife died September 11, 1847, and he followed her to the better land De cember 3, the same year. Robert Sloan was born September 7, 1811, in Lebanon County, Pa., and after the entire manage ment of his father's affairs fell upon him he proved equal to the task, everything prospering under his hands. He became prominent throughout the sec tion in which he lived, ere long holding a leading position among the men in Montgomery County. His honesty, integrity and worth of character were well known ; he was an indulgent and loving father, a thoughtful and devoted husband, and a conscien tious and consistent member of the Presbyterian Church. He had united with the church in Penn sylvania, when twenty-one years old, and was a zealous and leading member until his death, at which time he held membership in the society at Osborn. He died in 1885. The wife of Robert Sloan and mother of Mrs. Barkman, was May A. Shepherd, a native of Lancas ter County, Pa., whose natal day was November 8, 1822. Her father, IT. L. Shepherd, was a native of Villars, Canton Berne, Switzerland, born De cember 17, 1799. He came to this country as a companion to his sister, who had married an Amer ican gentleman under somewhat romantic circum stances. Mr. Flotron, a jeweler of Lancaster, Pa., while traveling in Europe, became acquainted with the Shepherd family, who were also jewelers. He became attached to the daughter, Mary A., but her parents refusing to let her leave them, he was obliged to return to America with out her. He had been back but a short time, however, before he con cluded that she was necessary to his happiness, and he accordingly returned to Switzerland to again urge his suit. He was successful, and they were married, the parents resolving to send her youngest brother with her to see her safe in her new home. They embarked, encountered several storms, were shipwrecked and almost lost, but finally landed in New York, and thence went to Lancaster, Pa. The sister not liking to be left alone, induced her brother to remain with her instead of returning to his native- land, as his parents expected. He — IT. L. Shep herd — then entered the employ of Gottleib Scherer, a farmer and distiller, with whom he remained until 1821. He then married Susan Scherer, a sister of his employer, and in 1833 emigrated with his family to Montgomery County, Ohio, where he died January 4, 1861, his wife breathing her last February 4, 1864. Robert and Mary (Shepherd) Sloan had three children, the wife of our subject being the youngest. The others are: Susie, wife of H. H. Kneisley, of Montgomery County, Ohio; and Henry C, on the old Sloan homestead. Mr. Barkman has had offices thrust upon him, being forced to become a member of the School Board, and is now serving his second term as a Councilman. He was Township Trustee one year, but declined a re-nomination. He has been a del egate to county and State conventions, and is a member of the Democratic Central Committee. He is numbered among the most influential members of the party in the northwestern part of the county, his influence being felt everywhere. He is a char ter member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge at Osborn; is now District Deputy and Representa tive to the Grand Lodge. Mrs. Barkman is a mem ber of the Presbyterian Church. ILASW. PRINTZ. The agricultural in terests of Mad River Township, Clark County, received a valuable succession in March, 1883, by the removal hither of Mr. Printz, who settled on section 24, where he has now one hundred and seventy-four acres and a half of prime land which is largely devoted to stock-rais ing. The improvements consist of a neat and sub stantial residence, all the barn room required for 1570 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. the storage of grain and shelter of stock, corn cribs, sheds, wind-mill, water tanks and etc. in addition to a full supply of farm machinery. A fine orchard and various other fruit trees together with a vine yard yield the luxuries of their season. In his stock operations Mr. Printz makes a specialty of graded Norman horses and full-blooded Poland- China swine. He raises quantities of corn, wheat and potatoes and operates a steam threshing-ma chine of the most improved pattern, which is the source of handsome returns. Mr. Printz is prominently connected with the Clark County Agricultural Society in whose well- fare he man tains a warm interest, and in connection with which he has served as Superintendent of the hog department and cattle department and has con tributed liberally of his time and means to make of the society a success. He uniformly votes the Demo cratic ticket and is the Road Supervisor of District No. 7. He belongs to Ephraim Lodge No. 146, I. 0. 0. F. at Springfield, also the Knights of Pyth ias at Enon, being a Trustee of that lodge. He is frequently sent as a delegate to the various conven tions of his party and it thus will be seen occupies no unimportant position in connection with the var ious interests of Clark County. A native of this State, Mr. Printz was born April 13, 1848, four miles south of the city of Spring field, where he lived until reaching his majority. He attended the district school until a lad of thirteen years and at the age of twenty-one, went to Springfield, and commenced an apprenticeship at Ihe carpenter's trade under the instruction of Henry Van Treff, with whom he remained two years. He then found employment in the Old Champion machine shops at Springfield, where he was employed as a carpenter for a period of ten years and from four to six months each year was on the road, selling machines, being three sum mers in Long Island, one year in Vermont, one year in Utica, N. Y. and three summers in various other places. He was successful, giving good satisfaction^ to his employers and being paid- a handsome salary. In November, 1880, Mr. Printz went to Colo rado with O. W. Kelley for the purpose of estab lishing a smelting furnace at Bonanza. They oper ated this two years when the ore became refractory and could not be smelted without lead and the en terprise was abandoned. Mr. Printz then returned to Springfield where he remained until removing to his present farm. On the 3rd of April, 1879, our subject was united in marriage with Miss Charlotte Jenkins. This lady was born September 17, 1852, in Mad River Township, Clark County, and is the daughter of William B. Jenkins, also a native of that county and a carpenter by trade. He followed farming also, becoming successful and prominent. Mrs. Printz completed her education in the Springfield High School and remained with her parents until her marriage. Of this union there have been born no children. Mrs. Printz is a member of the Pres byterian Church of Yellow Springs. The father of our subject was Peter Printz, a native of Hagerstown, Md., and the son of Peter Printz Sr., who was born in Germany and who em igrated to America when a young man. He set tled in Maryland and served in the War of 1812. He was a hatter by trade but upon emigrating to Ohio, in 1815, purchased land in Springfield Town ship, andbecame a farmer. He put up a log cabin in the wilderness, cleared the laud around him and ac cumulated a good property. He there spent the remainder of his days. He was a member in good standing of the Methodist Episcopal Church in which he officiated as Class-Leader and was one of its chief pillars. The father of our subject was a boy of six years when his parents settled in Springfield Township, wliere he was reared to man's estate and engaged in farming pursuits. In due time he purchased the old homestead of one hundred and sixty-two acres where he spent the remainder of his days, resting upon his earthly labors March 7, 1873. He was a man of decided views and voted the straight Dem ocratic ticket from first to last. Under the instruc tions of his pious parents, he at an early age be came imbued with religious principios and at the age of seventeen years identified himself with the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he remained a prominent and active member until the day of his death. Mrs. Athelinda (Kelley) Printz, the mother of PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 671 our subject was born at her father's homestead on the Clifton road in Green Township, Clark County, and is a sister of O. S. Kelley, a sketch of whom ap pears on another page of this volume together with further notice of the parental family. She sur vived her husband nearly twelve, years, departing this life at the old homestead March 14, 1885. To her and her husband there has been born a fam ily of eleven children: Isaiah, the eldest, is farm ing near West Moorefield; Mary M., Mrs. Rine, is a resident of Tiffin, this State; Sarah is deceased; Silas W., our subject, was the fourth child; Wil liam is a resident of Clifton ; Oliver and Daniel are deceased; Ruth, Mrs. Ballman, is a resident of Springfield Township; Frank P. lives in Clifton; Emma, Mrs. Simeral, lives in Mad River Town ship; pjugene, the youngest child is single and lives with Mrs. Simeral. ylLLIAM R. SMITH, Secretary and Super intendent of the Springfield AVater Works, may be properly classed among the rep resentative men of this thriving city, and one whose modesty is commensurate with the excellence of his character. He comes of one of the best nationalities on the face of the globe, being a na tive of Lanarkshire, Scotland, and was born near the city of Glasgow, December 29, 1829. His par ents were John and Elizabeth (Robertson) Smith, who are both deceased. Our subject attended the common schools of his native place until a lad of fifteen, then emigrated to America, via Quebec and Montreal, Canada, locating first at Brockville, Canada. Thence he emi grated to Sandusky, Ohio, where he attended school during the years 1848-49. Upon leaving school, he joined a surveying expedition and assisted in the preliminary survey through the northern por tions of New York and Pennsylvania of the Buffalo & State Line Railroad. The country was then a wild, uninhabited district, mostly in hemlock tim ber. He suffered much hardship and exposure, and this, in addition to the cholera epidemic, from which many others suffered, caused the expedition to be abandoned, and young Smith returned to Sandusky, Ohio. Entering now the employ of the old Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad Company (now the Cin- cinnati,Sandusky & Cleveland Railroad), Mr. Smith operated in the construction department until October, 1851. Then, going to Springfield, he be came connected with the Springfield and Delaware branch and the Springfield & London branch of the same road, in the capacity of foreman for the firm of Barnard & DeGraff, contractors, who were recog nized as the railroad kings of that day, and he was thus occupied until October, 1854. Desirous now of visiting the scenes of his boy hood, Mr. Smith returned to Scotland on a visit to his parents and friends, where he spent three months very pleasantly — this was in the summer of 1854. Upon returning to the United States, he sought his old haunts, and still working his way upward, became ticket agent and check clerk of the Mad River & Lake Erie Railroad Company, mak ing his headquarters at Springfield. In 1858 he took the agency of the Springfield & Delaware Railroad, at Springfield, continuing in the employ of this company until the road changed hands and remained with the new administration until 1 869. In the spring of 1870 he accepted a position with the Pittsburg, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railroad Company, with which he remained until 1881. In the above-mentioned j7ear Mr. Smith entered the employ of the Springfield Water Works Com pany, and in due time, by strict attention to his duties, was promoted by the Board to the post of Secretary and Superintendent, the duties of which he is discharging in a manner creditable to himself and satisfactory to all concerned. William R. Smith was joined in wedlock with Mary B. Ege at the bride's home, in Springfield, July 24, 1860. Mrs. Smith was born on the 31st of October, 1836, at Laurel Forge, near Carlisle, Pa., and is the daughter of Michael P. and Jane Louisa (McKinney) Ege, who were natives of Penn sylvania and now deceased. The three children bora to Mr. and Mrs. Smith are recorded as fol lows: Arthur E. is employed in the gas office and makes his home with his parents; Belle W. is the 672 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. wife of E. C. Gwyn, a prominent young business man of Springfield; Mary W. remains at home with her parents. The family residence, a neat and tastily-appointed structure, is pleasantly lo cated at No. 251, South Limestone Street, and is the frequent resort of the many friends whom Mr. and Mrs. Smith have gathered about them since their residence. Mr. Smith, politically, is identi fied with the Republican party, and socially, be- belongs to the order known as Iron Hall. /p^EOR( O idL ^=^EORGE ZIMMERMAN. Clark County is home of many7 farmers of progressive leas and enterprising ways, to whom de served success has come, and whose homes are a credit to the -county. The above-named gentle man is one of these. He owns a fine estate of three hundred and ten acres in Springfield Township, the land being under thorough cultivation, and bear ing the various improvements which a man of en terprise always makes. A full line of buildings, including every necessary and convenient arrange ment for the furtherance of the work carried on, has been erected, all being well constructed and attractive in appearance. The subject of this sketch is one of twelve chil dren born to Henry and Barbara (Greiner) Zim merman, natives of the Keystone State, who died in Dauphin County. There George Zimmerman first opened his eyes to the light February 11, 1819, growing to manhood upon his father's farm. His home was there until March, 1859, when he came to Clark County, Ohio, settling in the town ship where he has since resided. He has followed farming for the most part during his life, and is thoroughly7 conversant with every detail necessary to its successful pursuit. The first marriage of Mr. Zimmerman took place in Dauphin County, Pa., his chosen companion being Miss Barbara Stoner, who bore him four chil dren, three of whom are now living. These are: Henry M., a grocer in Springfield; Augustus, a farmer in Kansas; and Mary, who is the wife of David Tonkinson, of Kansas. The wife and mother died in Dauphin County, Pa., and some time later the widower contracted a second matrimonial alli ance. The bride on this occasion was Miss Elizabeth Meek, a native of the Keystone State^he marriage riles being celebrated in Perry County. The union resulted in the birth of six children, of whom we note the following: Milton is engaged in farming in Kansas; Araminta C. is the wife of John H. Moore, a farmer in Springfield Township, Clark County ; they have three children — Nellie B., Daisy C. and George C ; Alice is the wife of James Ram sey, of Kansas; Simon, P'rank and Samuel are liv ing at home. The mother of these children breathed her last at her home in this county, August 24, 1866. The third wife of our subject was Miss Eliza beth Parthemore, who also died in this county, the date of her decease being October 14, 1874. The talents of Mr. Zimmerman have been recognized by his fellow-men, whom he has served in some of the school offices, and as Township Trustee for several years. He is a member of the Republican party, in behalf of whose principles he wields all his influence. He belongs to the United Brethren Church, having good standing in that religious body and throughout the community, as a man whose principles, intelligence, and habits afford a worthy example to those about him. — *- *-# SABELLE (WELLS) LEFFEL makes her home on a well-improved farm two miles south of liS Springfield, her borne being shared by her chil dren. The residence is well built, as are the other buildings which adorn the estate, while the land is productive and well cultivated. The estate was operated for many years by the deceased husband and father, and upon it he breathed his last April 26, 1877. Mrs. Leffel was born in Miami County, and hav ing lost her mother when very young, became an inmate of the home of her paternal grandparents. She attended the district schools, and afterward advanced her education by pursuing her studies in Mm (Masi/fetf, PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 675 the city schools of Dayton. She became well in formed, and under excellent home influences de veloped into a noble womanhood. In 1868 she became the wife of James M. Leffel, a native of Clark County, who was reared to agricultural pur suits, and always followed that occupation. Their union resulted in the birth of four children — Clar ence N., James L., Maud V., and Leslie B. They were quite young when deprived of a father's care, and their widowed mother has endeavored to fill his place in the direction of their lives, while keep ing before them the memory of the loved and lost. Mrs. Leffel is of English ancestry, and it is be lieved that her grandfather was born in the mother country, and came to America with his parents. The latter, Samuel and Martha Wells, after having lived for some time in Virginia, removed to Miami County, Ohio, where their last years were spent. Their mortal remains were deposited on the home farm six miles from Troy. Their son Silas married Elsie Skinner, a native of South Carolina, and is numbered among the early7 settlers of Miami County, to which he went about 1823. There he bouglit land, engaged in agriculture, and like his parents, continued lo reside there until death. The father of Mrs. Leffel was Richard Wells, who was born in Virginia, and accompanied his par ents to Ohio when about twelve years old. At that early day7, deer, wild turkeys, and other kinds of game were plentiful throughout the vicinity in which they located. Young Wells learned the trade of a carpenter at Troy, afterward devoting a part of his time to his handicraft, and the remain der to farming. When a young man he went to Illinois, where he was married, subsequently re turning to Ohio, and occupying a farm adjoining that of his father until the death of his wife. He then went West and traveled quite extensively7, his last years being spent with his children. He died about 1875, and was buried in Dayton. Ho was the father of four children, Mrs. Leffel being the young est. The others are: Mrs. Mary J. Karnes, Thomas Benton, and Mrs. Ella Koogler, all of whom live in Miami County. The father of Mr. Leffel was James P. Leffel, who was born and reared in Botetourt County, Va. When he was eighteen years old he left the paren tal roof and journeying westward, soon reached Clark County, Ohio. Here he found employment on a farm, receiving $2 per month for his services. He was industrious and faithful, and saved his earnings, finally being able to buy a mill and dis tillery which he operated some time. He then sold the property and bought a farm in Springfield Township, where he resided until death. Good fortune seemed to attend him, and he accumulated quite a property. The maiden name of his wife was Elizabeth Miller. ^^^^^-^ that "the worth of a State, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing National progress is determined by the development and advancement of the individ ual character, and when we consider the sturdy perseverance of the brave men who hewed out a path for the coming civilization, the rapid growth of our country is not so surprising. Among the list of these pioneers properly belongs the name of Mr. McKnight, who though long since passed from the busy scenes of earth, is still remembered affec tionately not only by his descendants, but also by all with whom he was familiarly acquainted. The birthplace of Mr. McKnight was in the Old Dominion, where in Rockbridge County he was born August 7, 1779. There also he was reared and educated. His parents were named respectively John and Mary (Patterson) McKnight, whose per sonal history will be found in the sketch of Samuel McKnight on another page. In May, 1807, the rites of wedlock were celebrated between him and Miss Elizabeth Fulton, with whom he lived hap pily for nearly half a century, her death taking place in August, 1854. She was born in Augusta County, Va., to William and Margaret (Lusk) Ful ton, her father being a farmer. Mr. McKnight cams to Ohio many years ago, settling in Greene County, east of Spring Valley, where he resided during the remainder of his life, entering into rest February 27, 1856. He was a soldier during the War of 1812 and served his town 676 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. in various positions, ably filling the offices to which he was elected, and as a private citizen being hon orable, upright and industrious. Pie was the father of three children: Margaret, born May 9, 1808; Mary, April 16, 1810; and James, November 7, 1811. Miss Margaret McKnight is now the owner of her father's homestead comprising one hundred and fifty acres of valuable land in Spring Valley Town ship; the farm is furnished with the usual comforts and conveniences found upon an estate which has been occupied for many years. Although now eighty-two years of age her mental faculties are unimpaired, and she manifests in her person the charm which may be found in old age when the in telligent mind and Christian heart shine forth in the countenance and manner. She is devoted to the interests of the Presbyterian Church, and liberal in her gifts to it and other worthy objects. Mary, the second child of Robert and Elizabeth McKnight, became the wife of James Lyon. He was born in Rockingham County ,Va., in September, 1805, to John and Catherine (Hook) Lyon, who were early pioneers of Cossar's Creek, this county. To himself and wife two children were born: Eliza beth J., and Martha C. Elizabeth J. is the wife of AATlliain T. Lackey, who was born in Rockbridge County, Va., March 2, 1850, came to Spring Valley, this county, in 1869, and was married April 14, 1887. Mr. Lackey is a son of Isaac and Ann Eliza (Shafer) Lackey, his father being a Virginia farmer and the son of James Lackey, who married a Miss McCampbell. The second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lyon, is the wife of William TI. Hopping, of this county. James McKnight, the only son of Robert and Elizabeth (P'ulton)McKnight, married Ann McKay, who bore him four children: Lizzie, Robert, Maria, and Susan. Lizzie has been married three times, having two children, James L. and Harper, by her first husband, Benjamin Jones. Maria became the wife of William Lyle and has three children : Clara, Joseph and Mary E. Susan is the wife of Alfred Smith and the mother of three children: Cora M., Maggie O., and William. The reader will be pleased to notice on another page of this volume a lithographic portrait of the venerable Miss Margaret McKnight, whose cheerful face and kindly disposition will be affectionately remembered long after she has been called from earth. lOBERT LYTLE, Teller of the Central Na tional Bank of Xenia, is one of the organi zers of that institution, which opened its doors for business December 2, 1889, with Dr. J. S. McCampbell, President, and George Kendall, Cashier; its capital stock is $50,000, and being organized under favorable auspices, it is in as flourishing a condition as its infancy will admit, and gives promise of becoming one of the substan tial and well-known institutions of Xenia. Mr. Lytle began his banking experience on the lowest round of the ladder, and step by step reached the position of Teller and Cashier. He is highly spoken of by all who know him as one who is honest and strictly honorable in all his business transactions, and who as a man and a citizen is a credit to the city in which he has made his home. The birth of Mr. Lytle took place in Huntington County, Pa., August 27, 1830, and his boyhood was passed in his native State. He had just en tered his teens when his parents, James and Fannie (Smart) Lytle, became citizens of the Buckeye State, the father engaging in farming in this county. The young son obtained a good education iu the common schools, and remained with his par ents, assisting his father in agricultural labors, until his maturity. In January, 1853, he engaged in the dry-goods trade in a clerical capacity, enter ing the store of J. C. McMillan & Co., where he remained five years. At the expiration of that time the firm of Stark, Lytle & Cooper was formed from the old organization, and continued in busi ness until 1862, when it was dissolved, two of its members having enlisted in the army. The first call for three-months men, in 1861, found a ready response from Mr. Lytle, who be came Captain of Company D, Twelfth Ohio In fantry, and went at once to Camp Jackson, Columbus. Mr. Stark enlisted in August, 1862, and became a member of the One Hundred and PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 677 Tenth Regiment. At the conclusion of his army life our subject took up his abode in Dayton, but in February, 1864, returned to Xenia, and in Sep tember, 1864, entered the Second National Bank as its only clerk, the institution being at that time in its infancy. There he advanced as the institu tion enlarged its business, and upon reaching the position of Teller and Cashier continued in it three years, adding to his reputation as a man of honor and one possessed of decided financial abilities. At the residence of George and Martha Monroe, of this city, January 12, 1881, the gentleman of whom we write was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth, the cultured and amiable daughter of the host and hostess. The bride is a native of this city, wherein she has gained many -friends by her fine character and intelligence. Mr. Lytle is a consistent member of the United Presbyterian Church. coo OSES A. WALTON, a native-born citizen of Greene County, first opened bis eyes to the light in Spring Valley Township, July 22, 1840, and is the son of Samuel and Cathe rine (Mendenhall) Walton; the former was born in 1 804, in Shenandoah County, Va., while the mother of our subject was born in 1801. Mr. Walton ac quired the rudiments of his education in the com mon school, and completed his studies in the High School at Spring Valley. His father died when he was a little lad of four years, and at the age of fif teen he began to assist his mother in the mainte nance of the family, and in the management of the business. When twenty-two years old, Mr. Walton was married, February 12, 1862, to Miss Louisa J., daughter of Ambrose and Susan R. (Babb) Elam. This lady was born in Spring Valley Township, September 27, 1840, and by her union with our subject, became the mother of one child, a daugh ter, Nettie M. Mr. Walton after his marriage set tled on a farm in Spring Valley Township, and in addition to the successful pursuit of agriculture, became prominent in local affairs. He was elected County Commissioner, and after serving for a time, resigned to take charge of the Infirmary. Of this he was Trustee seven years, and for a period of seventeen years he was a member of the School Board of Spring Valley Township. Both he and his estimable wife belong to the Methodist Episco pal Church. Mr. Walton is an honored member of the Masonic fraternity, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the order of Red Men. For two years he was Chairman of the State Association of County Commissioners. Moses Walton, Sr., the uncle of our subject, was born on the banks of the Little Miami River, at Spring Valley Station, June 27, 1809. His parents were Edward R. and Deborah (Allen) Walton, na tives of Shenandoah County, Va.; the father was born in 1777, and the mother April 10, 1775. They were married in their native State. Edward R. Walton was a miller by trade, and came on horseback to Ohio in 1806. He endeav ored to purchase the farm upon which, later, was located the town of Spring Valley, and which then comprised a tract of three hundred acres, but was outbid by another man who secured the coveted prize. Mr. Walton then returned to Virginia, and upon reaching home, found James Barnes, the owner of the land waiting for him, and from him Mr. Walton purchased it and removed his family- there in the fall of 1808. He cleared and improved the land, and finally laid out the town of Sprina Valley, making twelve lots on the west side of the pike, while his son Moses platted an equal number on the east side. Grandfather AValton sent a substitute to the army during the War of 1812. Politically, be was first a Whig, and then a Republican, and departed this life at the old homestead April 10, 1867. He out lived his wife many years, she dying at the age of sixty-eight. She was a very intelligent woman, and served as a preacher in the Society of Friends. There was born to them a family7 of eight children, viz: Samuel, the father of our subject; Betty, the wife of William Mendenhall; Mary, who died in infancy; Moses; Eunice the wife of Eli Compton, Edward, John, and Hannah, Mrs. Amos Cook, now a resident of Hamilton County, Ind. Edward R. Walton was the son of Moses Walton, who died in Virginia from injuries received by the sword of an officer who struck at him because, be- 678 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. ing a Quaker, he refused to enter the army. To him and his wife Eunice Rogers, there was born a family of seven children, four sons and three daugh ters. The sons were Samuel, Moses, Edward, and John. Deborah (Allen) Walton came to Ohio prior to her marriage, to visit her two sisters, Mrs. Betty Haines, of Waynesville, and Cicely Schooley, of Oldtown, this county. She came to this State upon the promise of Mr. Walton to marry her. Her father was Joseph Allen, of Irish origin, and her mother's first name was Betty. The journey hither was made on horseback. Grandmother Walton was three times married, and there were born to her four sons and three daughters by her first husband. By her second husband, Mr. Allen, she became the mother of two children. She spent her last days in Virginia, pass ing away at a ripe old age. Moses Walton, Sr., the uncle of our subject, has never lived outside of Spring Valley Township. He was in the railroad service for sixteen years, and followed pork packing for a period of nearly forty years. He also superintended the operations of a farm. Politically, he was first a Whig, and then a Republican, but since the death of President Garfield, has given his support to the Prohibition party. He has occupied the various minor offices, serving as Township Treasurer, and acquitting him self creditably in whatever position he has been placed. Mr. Walton was first married October 30, 1834, to Miss Mary Cook. This lady was born in War ren County, this State, and is the daughter of John and Dinah (Spray) Cook. Of this union there were born five children, viz: Dinah the wife of Samuel Owen, of Hamilton County, Tnd.; Hannah, Mrs. Aurelius Alexander of Spring Valley; Sam uel; Deborah, the widow of Tilmon B. Lloyd, and Elizabeth, who became the wife of Marion Wild- man, and is now deceased. Mrs. Mary (Cook) Walton departed this life at her home in Spring Valley, March 15, 1844. Mr. Walton, October 1, 1845, was married to Miss Rachel, daughter of Reason Reagan. Of this union there was born one child, Moses. Mrs. Rachel Walton died April 26, 1848. The third wife of Mr. Walton, to whom he was married, November 19, 1849, was Deborah John son. She was born in Highland County, this State, and is the daughter of Anthony and Mary (Lupton) Johnson. Eight children were born of the third marriage; four died in infancy. The survivors — John, Homer, Lupton, and Ethan Allen, lived to mature years. Mrs. Deborah Walton died Feb ruary 28, 1882. All these ladies belonged to the Society of PVLends. *N£ UGUSTUS H. JONES. Miami Township, Greene County, is the home of many men of the highest respectability, the most in dustrious habits, great intelligence and usefulness. Among them all, none receive a greater degree of respect or have a better aim in life than he whose name introduces this sketch and who is numbered among the agriculturists of the township. He possesses more than the ordinary degree of in telligence, is a great reader and a close observer of human nature, which has become to him like an open book and affords him much instruction and enjoyment. His principal aim has been to fit his children well for their chosen occupations and to be useful to his fellow-men. It is a pleasure to record that be has been successful in his efforts and that his children are doing credit to the parental care and training. The father of our subject was Stephen Jones, who was born in Cincinnati in 1802, and whose first occupation was that of a wagon-maker, and his subsequent one that of a farmer. He was a son of an early settler in the Buckeye State who was a native of New Jersey, and who was drowned at Cincinnati, in which city an uncle of Grandfather Jones built the first mill. Stephen Jones married Elizabeth Ball, who belonged to au old Virginian family but was herself a native of Ohio. Her fa ther was a soldier in the War of 1812. After their marriage, which took place September 8, 1830, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Jones settled two and a half miles west of Yellow Springs, remaining in that location about eight years. They then removed to a farm now owned by William Brewer, but after some PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 679 years became the occupants of the farm now owned by their son, our subject, which became their per manent home. The father died in Dayton in 1881, and the mother at the home place in 1875. Their family consisted of two children, our subject and a sister Lydia, who is the wife of Charles McCul- lough, and the mother of two children, her home being in Gage County, Neb. The gentleman with whose name we introduce this biographical notice was bora December 12, 1832, in the township which has been his home from that day. Having a decided bent toward civil engineering, he took up the branches of study which pertained to that occupation, in the Sweden- borg College at Urbana, Champaign County, re turning to the farm, of which he took charge at the age of fourteen years, and upon which he has since remained with the exception of a period de voted to the service of his country. The farm is one mile east of Yellow Springs, and originally be longed to the Mills tract. It comprises one hun dred and twenty-four and a half acres, all now im proved, and still carried on by its present owner. It is devoted to the cultivation of grain and to the raising of stock, the cattle Kept being Polled Aber- deens. The estate is conducted in a manner which indicates to even a casual observer something of tho character of the owner, the improvements upon it also indicating the tastes of the occupants. The lady who presides over the household econ omy was bora July 30, 1837, and became the wife of our subject, November 12, 1861. Her maiden name was Lydia Sheller and she is one of the eleven children born to Adam and Mary (Hie- stand) Sheller, natives of Lancaster County, Pa., who came to Clark County, Ohio, at an early day. Her mother died there October 26, 1874, and her father May 21, 1883, aged ninety-four years. She possesses the noble character which merits and wins esteem, and the cultured mind which affords per sonal pleasure and opens up an extenled field for usefulness. She attended Antioch College when the famous educator, Horace Mann, was President of that institution and could hardly have failed un der such guidance to have imbibed grand ideas of the use which should be made of knowledge. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Jones comprises five sons and daughters, whose record is as follows: Au gustus W. is a civil engineer, his home being in Columbus, Ohio; his wife was formerly Miss Hattie Goodman; Herbert R. is unmarried and is now at tending the Ohio State University, fitting himself for civil engineering; Eva is the wife of Gano Reeder Baker, a civil engineer whose home is in Denver, Col. ; Llewellyn and Clarence B. are students at Antioch College. A. W. Jones, G. R. Baker and Mrs. Eva Baker are all graduates of Antioch Col lege. The family of Mr. Jones attends the Christian Cliurch. He has been a member of the School Board for years and was Trustee of Miami Town ship about twelve years. Last fall he was elected Land Appraiser for this township, but because of ill health was obliged to resign and appoint a sub stitute. He has been an active Republican all hb life; his ancestors were old-line Whigs. In 1864, he became a member of Company A, One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Ohio National Guards, and while at the front took part in the battle of New Creek, W. Va. He was discharged at Camp Dennison the same year. He belongs to the Grand Army Post at Yellow Springs. eYRUS LOWMAN. This plain and unas suming citizen, without perhaps being the hero of any thrilling event, has pursued the even tenor of his way through the years of a long and worthy life, and is looked upon as one of the most reliable men of his community. He is an off shoot of one of the pioneer families of Clark County, within whose limits he still resides, and has performed no unimportant part in developing a portion of its soil. He was born in Bethel Town ship, Clark County, wherein he now resides, May 3, 1823, and is the son of David and Sarah (Car ney) Lowman, the former of whom was a native of Adams County, Pa. His parents removed with their family to Ohio in the early part of this cen tury and entered a tract of land from the Govern ment when David was a small boy, and thereafter made their home in Bethel Township. His father 680 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. built the second stone house that was built in Clark County. David was an honest, hard-working man, and succeeded in accumulating a fair share of this world's goods. For the long period of fifty years he was a member in good standing of the Chris-. tian Church, and took an active part in promoting its welfare. Politically, he was a Whig until the abandonment of the old party, and subsequently became one of the strongest advocates of Repub lican principles. The paternal grandfather of our subject was George Lowman, likewise a native of Pennsylvania, and who spent his last years in this township. To the parents of our subject there were born the following children: Margaret, Elizabeth, Cyrus and Martin (twins), Hannah, Rebecca, Mary, David, John, Susan and Martha. Five of these are living. Cyrus, our subject, with his brothers and sisters, was reared on the home farm in Bethel Township, and received such education as was afforded by the common school. He, however, made good use of his time with his books, and after reaching his majority taught school during the winter seasons and occupied himself as a house painter in sum mer. Twelve years were spent in this manner, and he then became interested in the nursery business, acting as agent for various parties, and followed this until after the outbreak of the Civil War. In September, 1861, Mr. Lowman entered the Union army as a private, becoming a member of the Sixteenth Ohio Battery7 of Light Artillery, with which he served three years. His regiment oper ated mostly in Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana, being a part of the Thirteenth Army Corps. Mr. Lowman endured the vicissitudes of a soldier's life with exemplary courage,and at the close of his term of enlistment, after having given a faith ful service of three years to his country, received his honorable discharge in September, 1 864. Return ing then to the fruit-tree business, he commenced operations on his own hook, and was the first man to ship trees to Texas. He also built up a good patronage in various other sections of the country, and continued thus employed until the spring of 1872. Returning now to New Carlisle, Mr. Lowman embarked in the shoe trade, in which he has since been engaged, and in which he has built up an ex tensive and lucrative patronage. Indeed, he is one of the leading merchants of the place in this line. He has been a prominent man in the community, and after filling various other positions of trust and responsibility, was elected, in 1873, Mayor of New Carlisle. He served his term with so much credit to himself and satisfaction to the people that he was re-elected in the spring of 1875, serving in all four years. In the year last-mentioned he was also elected Justice of the Peace, which office he has since held by successive re-elections. Mr. Lowman was married, in February, 1845, to Miss Margaret Moses. This lady was born in 1819, in Pennsylvania, and is a daughter of Abram Moses and wife, who were likewise natives of the Kej'stone State, and who are now deceased. Of this union there wore born five children, viz: Laura B., who remains at home^with her parents; Alpheus, who died when six months old; Mary S., the wife of J. J. Shoemaker, a manufacturer of New Carlisle; Elizabeth, unmarried, and at home; and Milly, who died in 1864, when eleven years old. Mr. and Mrs. Lowman identified themselves with the Christian Church when mere children, and still hold to the faith which was taught them by their pious parents. Mr. Lowman cast his first Presidential vote for Gen. Scott, and is a Repub lican "dyed-in-the-wool"— one of the strongest ad herents of his party in this section. He has made for himself a good record as a man and a citizen, and is one whose name will be held in remembrance long after he has been gathered to his fathers. ENRY MUMMA. A well- cultivated and pleasantly located farm of one hundred acres is the home of the gentleman above named,who may be numbered among the old settlers of Clark County. He was born in Lancas ter County, Pa., July 3, 1827, being the youngest in a family of five children. Of these two beside himself are now living; Jacob resides in Effingham County, 111., and Mrs. Elizabeth Rohrer in Putnam County, this State. The parents were Christian PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 681 and Elizabeth (Hause) Mumma., who were also natives of Lancaster County, Pa. The ancestry is German in the paternal line, and is supposed to be English in the maternal line. In his native county, he of whom we write, was reared to the age of twelve years, receiving such educational advantages as the section afforded and his years would- permit, His parents then removed to Clark County, Ohio, a settlement being made on section 19, Moorefield Township, where our subject is now living. The first home of the family was a log cabin, and in pioneer style they began their life in what was practically a torest. Clearing was begun by the father, assisted by his sons, and in common with other pioneers, hardships were en dured and arduous toil was undergone by the fam ily. Christian Mumma enjoyed a large acquaint ance and was highly respected by all who knew him for his honesty and integrity in business trans actions, for his industrious habits and the interest which he took in the development and improve ment of the county. He was a member of the Mennonite Church, the faith of which brightened for him the valley of death into which he entered July 22, 1866. His wife, who also enjoyed a large circle of friends, passed away March 22, 1876. Henry Mumma has devoted his life to farm la bors, his youth having been passed in assisting his father in the development of the homestead upon which he was reared to manhood and upon which he has been carrying on a successful life. Realizing that it is not good for man to live alone, he took a companion January 15, 1852, his choice being Miss Elenora Shopp, who has proved her worth as wife, mother, and neighbor. The happy union has been blessed by the birth of six children, and the parents mourn the loss of two — Franklin S. and Amanda C. The survivors are: Sarah E., wife of John Erter, of Adams County, Iowa; William H., who lives in Fayette County, 111. ; Emma F., wife of Cyrus Nelson, of Springfield ; and Charles E. Mrs. Mumma was born in Cumberland County, Pa., November 16, 1830. Her paternal ancestors were German, while in the maternal line she is of German and English stocks Her parents were the Rev. Christian and Sarah M. (Ruply) Shopp, na tives of the Keystone State, who removed to Ohio in the spring of 1831. Their daughter Elenora, then a babe but a few months old, was brought in a cradle in a covered wagon to Montgomery County, in which the family lived until about 1847. They then changed their residence to Springfield Township, Clark County, where Mrs. Shopp died in November, 1871. The widowed father then took up his residence in the home of our subject where he remained until also called homo, July 14, 1874. He was a minister of the United Brethren Church, and labored for many years in the vineyard ofthe Lord, mostly as a local minister. He was the father of fourteen children, of whom the following are now living: Isaac, in Mercer County; Solomon, in Henry County, Iowa; Christian in Burlington, Iowa; Montgomery O., in Elk County, Kan.; Susannah, wife of George Mc- Cafferty, in Jasper County, Mo. ; Frances, widow of John Mumma, in Johnson County, Mo.; Sarah, wife of the Rev. William Wells, in Dayton, this State, and the wife of our subject. Mr. Mumma is a believer in and a supporter of the principles of the Republican party and favors all enterprises which will tend to increase the pros perity and true civilization of the country, partic ularly of that section of which he is an honored resident. eAPT. ROBERT A. STARKEY. Within the past decade many business establish ments have beep founded in Springfield, and from small beginnings have developed into prosperous enterprises, making this city a leading commercial and manufacturing emporium. One flourishing firm was established in 1882, and is now carried on under the name of Starkey & Scow- den, our subject being the senior partner. Mr. Starkey first opened a store on a small scale, occu pying only one little room on West High Street, where as a dealer in boots and shoes he became well known throughout the city and vicinity. The acknowledged superiority of his stock, as well as his courteous treatment of customers, combined to increase his trade and, in 1883, he moved to larger quarters, locating in the Arcade building, where is 682 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. now carried on a successful business, occupying two rooms. The annual sales of the firm amount to over $100,000, which sufficiently indicates the popularity of the managers and the unvarying ex cellence of their goods. A native of the Buckeye State, our subject was born in Scioto County, March 23, 1836. He came of Alrginian parentage, and traced his ancestry back to substantial English and Scotch forefathers. He is the son of AArilliam J. and Martha (Jones) Starkey, both of whom were born in Cumberland County, in the Old Dominion. At an early day, however, they left their Southern home, and sought a more congenial location in the Buckeye State, settling in Pike County, where Robert A. passed his youth. His father, being both a farmer and carpenter, was an industrious, active man, and accumulated a competence sufficient to make happy the declining days of himself and his wife. They died at their Ohio home, he in June, 1867, and she in June, 1857. On the maternal side, our subject is the grand son of Daniel Jones; who was born in Virginia, of English lineage, and whose ancestors on both sides had crossed the Atlantic at an early period in the history of the United States, settling on the James River, near the point where Gen. Lee surrendered to Gen. Grant. Being descended from a long line of patriotic and worthy ancestors, it is not sur prising that our subject possesses qualities of high est patriotism and most scrupulous honor. His military career proves that he faithfully main tained those principles which his parents early in stilled into the minds of their children. Being the eldest of eight children, of whom six, four sons and two daughters, grew to maturity, Robert A. Starkey was at an early age made useful on the homestead, and received the advantages of what was then considered a good common-school education, attending a country school until 1855. Then, at the age of nineteen years, he commenced his mercantile career, as a clerk in a country store at Jasper, Ohio. He afterward became a partner in the enterprise, the business being conducted under the name of S. N. Cutler & Co. After continuing in this manner until the outbreak of the Civil War, he then, in connection with Dr. Wells S. Jones, who was made Captain, recruited a com pany, of which he was made First Lieutenant. They belonged to Company A., Fifty-third Regi ment, Ohio Infantry, and were assigned to the Army of the Tennessee,Gen. Sherman commanding. In April, 1862, our subject was promoted to a captaincy7 in his company, and acceptably dis charged the duties of this position until the sum mer of 1864, when he resigned on account of disability. He participated in the following bat tles; Pittsburg Landing, Corinth, Jackson, Vicks burg, Lookout Mountain and many less important engagements. At the close of the war he re turned to Pike County, Ohio, where he remained one year, and thence going to Portsmouth, the same State, he entered a wholesale boot and shoe store in the capacity of clerk. However, his worth soon commanded attention, and he was taken into the house as a partner, the firm name being Hibbs, Richardson & Co. He retained his interest is this establishment about nine years when, disposing of it, he went to Cincinnati, and en gaged in manufacturing boots and shoes for three years. He dates his residence in Springfield from 1882, when the prospects of that city for business enterprises attracted his attention, and he deter mined to make it his home. It has proved a wise selection, socially and financially; politically, he has always worked with the Republican party, and is considered one of its most influential members. In religious matters, he is a member of the Second Presbyterian Church, of which he is a Trustee. He maintains his interest in the past history of his nation and his connection therewith, by being identified with the Mitchell Post, G. A. R. Ho also belongs to the Loyal Legion, Cincinnati Com- mandery. Capt. Starkey has always found a helpful com panion and a devoted wife in the lady with whom he was united in marriage January 5, 1880. She bore the maiden name of Alice Wilkinson, and she was born and reared in London, England, whence she emigrated to America in 1871, settling in Cin cinnati. Her parents, Henry Thomas and Hannah (Stratton) Wilkinson, were also natives of Eng land, and are now deceased. Mrs. Starkey re ceived a thorough musical education, both in Eng- TuLri^ PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 685 land and America, and was trained to become a capable housekeeper. Intelligent and refined, she makes a charming hostess, and under her pleasant roof guests receive a hearty welcome. ~«3 -tg"*"^- /i?^, HR1STIAN KAUFFMAN. Too much credit (II cannot be given those who gave up the ^^d/J comforts of home and hazarded their lives in order that not a star should be riven from the old flag, and who, on many a bloody field and in many a weary march, endured cheerfully and fought bravely to uphold the Union. It gives us great pleasure to represent in this volume one of the old soldiers to whom such honoris due,and par ticularly so, as in other respects also he is worthy of our notice. Christian Kauffman belongs to a family which sent into the Union service six brothers, and which has been a prominent one in Greene County for many years. It may be well to devote a brief space, before entering upon the record of our subject, to his pro genitors. His grandfather, who also bore the name of Christian, was of German extraction, a native and life-long resident of Lancaster County, Pa., and a farmer and miller. In the same county another Christian Kauffman, the son of the first- named, was bom and grew to manhood. He also was a farmer and miller, carrying on both saw and grist mills and rebuilding one on Snipe Creek. In 1840 he removed to Clark County, Ohio, having bought a farm in Bethel Township the year previ ous. The tract comprised four hundred and eighty acres and cost $25 per acre. On it a borne was established and the owner built a sawmill on Mad River, where he did quite an extensive milling business. He also bought other property until his landed estate amounted to an entire section. He died in tbe year 1871, at the age of seventy .two years. He belonged to the Mennonite Church. His wife was a native of the same county as himself, her maiden name being Annie Erb. Her father, Jacob Erb, was a farmer and distiller and pos sessed of comfortable means. She also died in Bethel Township, breathing her last in 1878. A large family was born to the above-men tioned couple, thirteen children growing to ma turity. Of these, Emmanuel is farming in Bethel Township; Jacob lives in Osborn; the next on the family roll is our subject ; John lives in Osborn ; Mrs. PJizabeth IT. Hower lives in Bethel Township; Mary, Mrs. Kneisly7, is deceased ; Levi and Benjamin are farmers in Bethel Township; Reuben is deceased; Mrs. Anna Musselman and Mrs. Sarah Mouck live in Bethel Township; Henry resides in Osborn; and Abraham, in Bethel Township. John and Levi served with tbe one hundred days' men in the Civil War; Benjamin enlisted, in 1861, in the Forty-fourth Ohio Infantry and served three years; Henry served from 1862 until the close of the war in the One Hundred and Tenth Ohio In fantry; Abraham served from 1862 until the close of the war, first in the Ninety-fourth Infantry, and later in the Eighth Ohio Cavalry. Their brother- in-law, John Mouck, also served three years as a member of the Forty-fourth Infantry and the Eighth Ohio Cavalry. The subject of this sketch was born fix miles from Lancaster, in Lancaster County, Pa., on Christmas Day, 1825. He had very good common- school advantages in his native State, where he grew to the age of fifteen years. He then accom panied his parents and the rest of the family to Ohio, twenty-one days being occupied on the jour ney, during which the boys walked the most of the way. The family and goods were conveyed in wagons drawn by two span of horses. The loca tion which the father had secured was all timber, and our subject, with his brothers, chopped logs, burned brush, and otherwise assisted to clear and improve a farm in the valley7. Like' all families of early settlers, they had much hard work to do, the schooling of the children being limited to a few months' attendance during the winter, at the sub scription schools, which were kept in the old-fash ioned log schoolhouses. Christian Kauffman, our subject, remained at home until twenty years of age, when he was ap prenticed to learn the wagonmaker's trade, at Med way. After serving two and one-half years, he began journey work at Dayton, whence he went to Hagerstown, Ind., in 1849, After a short time 686 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. spent in journey work there, he returned to Dayton, and tho following year went back to his native county in the Keystone State, where he worked at his trade and farming for a year. He then returned to Ohio and took up his residence on the home farm, abandoning his trade and till ing the soil until after the war began. In August, 1862, Mr. Kauffman entered the service, being mustered in, at Piqua, as a Corporal in Company F, One Hundred and Tenth- Ohio In fantry. The command was sent to Virginia, where for some months their experiences were not par ticularly memorable, except to those engaged in them, as they took part in no prominent battles for some time. The first heavy engagement, which is famous in history, was the battle of AVin- chester, in June, 1863. Then, as part of the Army7 of the Potomac, they followed up Gen. Lee, par ticipating in the battles of Warrenton Gap, the Rappahannock, Brandy Station, Centerville Heights, Culpeper Courthouse and the scarcely less danger ous and equally arduous minor skirmishes during the fall. Mr. Kauffman was promoted to tbe rank of Sergeant after the battle of Mine Run. The regiment wintered at Brandy Station, then crossed the Rapidan, and during the following season bore gallant part in the battles of the Wilderness, Spott- sylvania, Cold Harbor, Bermuda One Hundred, James River, Petersburg, and Weldon Railroad. The command to which Sergt. Kauffman be longed then fell back and took up a position below Petersburg, whence they were taken to Baltimore on the train, and marching to Monocacy Junction, participated in the battle there, July 9, 1864. During that engagement the Sergeant received a minie ball in the lower part of his right thigh, but walked back two miles until helped away on horseback to the field hospital at Allsott's Mill. He was then sent to Baltimore in a box car and placed in Patterson Park Hospital, in the Lincoln Ward, where he received the best of treatment. Gangrene set in and the flesh had to be cut away and caustic applied, consequently the wound was a long time in healing and the sufferer remained in the hospital until the holidays. Being then able to go about on crutches, he received a thirty days' furlough and visited his home, At the expiration of his leave, Sergt. Kauffman returned to the hospital and was sent to one at Germantown, near Philadelphia, where he re mained until the last of March, when he was able to rejoin his regiment. He remained with the command, which was at Petersburg when he reached it, until the close of the war, but was in the hos pital at City Point two weeks, and transferred by boat to Washington Hospital. There he was pres ent at the Grand Review, but on account of the lameness with which he has been afflicted since he was wounded, he was not able to take an active part in that great event. He was mustered out of the service and honorably discharged June 22, 1865, and returned to his home conscious that he had faithfully discharged his duty as a patriotic citizen and secured the esteem of his comrades and superior officers. At Cold Harbor also he was struck by a ball, but as its force was largely spent it did him no serious injury. After his return from the field of battle Mr. Kauffman came to Osborn and opened a grocery business in connection with his brother John, under the firm name of Kauffman Bros. The part nership continued and the business was kept up until 1874, when our subject sold out, and return ing to the farm, operated it until 1880. Another grocery stock was then bought, and in partnership with John A. Kneisly, our subject again em barked in the business, the firm carrying on the store until 1888, when they sold their stock and dissolved partnership. The war having left Mr. Kauffman in such a condition that he was not able to pursue any active physical career, and such a degree of prosperity having attended his efforts that he was able to retire from business, he did so at the termination of the above-mentioned part nership. Mr. Kauffman is a stanch Republican, doing all that he can to advance the interests of the party whose principles he thinks best calculated for the good of the land. He has been a delegate to county conventions. His first vote was cast for Gen. Zachary Taylor. He has ever been public spirited and enterprising, and as an honorable man, a reliable citizen, and a pleasant and agree able companion, is honored and respected by all to, PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 687 whom he is known. He has never married, a fact to be regretted by those who know his kindly nature. Jacob Kauffman, a brother of our subject, and his associate in the home, went to California in 1819, via the Isthmus of Panama, and spent two years as a miner on the Coast. Returning to his home, he engaged in farming, afterward being in terested in the grocery business in Dayton for five years and then again becoming" a farmer. He also em barked in the sale of fruit trees, traveling for five years in Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, etc., in tbat business. Afterward he- located in Osborn, where he was engaged in the grain business until his retirement from active affairs. A lithographic portrait of Mr. Kauffman is pre sented in connection with this sketch. —©to- V #"E§^ *«*- UILLIAM J. BAIRD. On a well- developed farm in Pleasant Township, Clark County, WW this highly respected gentleman carries on the work of general farming in a manner which re flects credit upon his skill and judgment and fur nishes him with an excellent income. His estate comprises one hundred and sixty-five acres and has been his home since 1859. Mr. Baird is a native of this county having been born a mile east of Harmony, March 27, 1826. His boyhood and youth were passed in the manner usual to farmers' sons, his time being divided between attendance at the common schools, the farm labors in which his strength would allow him to assist, and the recrea tions to be found in the country. On March 10, 1857, Mr. Baird was united in marriage with Mary Hayward, a lady of many es timable traits of character. She was born at Har per's Ferry, Va., being a daughter of David and Margaret (Kane) Hayward, who came to Ohio in 1833 and settled two miles east of Springfield. Mr. Hayward was a blacksmith. The marriage resulted in the birth of three children: Oscar, Margaret and Lewis R. The daughter is now the wife of George Everhart. The devoted wife and mother was called from time to eternity in September 1864. After hav ing remained a widower until Februaryl9,1867, Mr. Baird contracted a second matrimonial alliance be ing united with Miss Nancy Kimble. This lady is a daughter of Giles and Eveline (Turner) Kimble and was bom in Harmony Township. Her father is a farmer. She is a woman whose worth is ac knowledged by all who know her and in whom the heart of husband and children may rejoice. She PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 711 has borne our subject five children: Lizzie, Milton J., Nellie A., Eva A., and Laura E. Mr. Baird has been an active Republican for many7 years. He has served as Township Trustee and in 1889 was elected to that office unsolicited. Por fifteen years he has been a member of the School Board in which he has materially advanced the cause of education. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church while his wife is identified with the Methodist Episcopal denomination. The ancestry of our subject is an honorable one, the family being originally of Scotland, whence members of it removed lo Ireland and thence came to America. Going back to the third generation prior to our subject we find William Baird, who left to his children over five thousand acres of land in Maryland, Virginia and Kentucky. He was in timately associated in the business with a Mr. Breckenridge who was one of the first men to settle in the Blue Grass State. The next in the direct line was another William Baird, who was born near Hagerstown, Md., March 16,1762, and who, during the latter part of the Revolutionary War, served as a guard about nine months, He married Dorothy Cammerrer, a native of Maryland and of Dutch ancestry. After having lived for some time in AVestmoreland County, Pa., in the spring of 1794 they journeyed to Kentucky on a flatboat, settling at Flemingsburg, whence in 1808 they removed to Ohio on horseback. Settlement was made on one hundred and sixty acres of land in Harmony Town ship, Clark County, the acreage being afterward increased to five hundred and fifty. There Mrs. Baird died in 1824, her husband surviving until March 10, 1836. She was a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Their family con sisted of the following sons and daughters: Hester, who married John Smith; Susannah, the wife of Joshua Tatman, of Flemingsburg, Ky., who died childless; Elizabeth, MaryAnn,wife of John Hodge ; Peter C, John, who died in Kosciusko County, Ind., and William D. Peter C. Baird was born in Greensburg, West moreland County, Pa., September 10, 1792, and grew to maturity in Ohio, where he resided from bis fifteenth year until he had passed the age of four-score, dying November 2, 1873. He was a successful farmer, accumulating a nice fortune. After his marriage he settled on one hundred and fifty-two acres on the National Pike east of Har mony, where he resided until his death. He was an old line Whig and afterward a sturdy Republi can. He married Frances Wilson, who was born near King's Mountain, N. O, and who belonged to a highly respectable family. Her father, John Wil son, was a Justice of tho Peace twenty-seven years; he was a strict Presbyterian and was highly thought of by all to whom his character was known. He married Hannah Baird, also of North Carolina whence they came to Ohio, spending tbe later years of their life in Fayette County. The fathers of both took part in the celebrated battle at King's Mountain. This worthy couple were the parents of six sons and six daughters, the subject of this biographical notice being the first-born. All of the sons and four daughters lived beyond their childhood. John was accidentally killed in sliding from a straw stack; Willis is living in Dade County, Mo. ; Lewis, who served in Company K, Thirty-first Ohio Infantry, is now living in Jessamine County, Ky.; Robert J., who belonged to Company I, One Hundred and Tenth Ohio Infantry, was killed in the battle of the Wilderness ; Samuel died when eighteen years old; Clarissa is the wife of John Mills, of Green Township; Caroline lives on the old homestead; Susan lives wilh her; Mary A. is now deceased. -«»•+«+$ •«£:££±£}g>-+M- «- Sf] OSEPIT D. LITTLE. One of the important industries of Clark County is that of the Springfield Fertilizer Company, whose works are located on East High Street, and who em ploy from thirty to forty men. The business was established in 1883 by L. M. Goode, F. A. Kissell and J. D. Little. They manufacture fertilizing agents, which find a ready sale in the East, and in which there is a large local trade. The subject of this brief biographical notice is Of English and Scotch descent and a native of Monmouth County, N. J., where his eyes opened to the light March 30, 1840. His father, Thomas Little, died when 712 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. Joseph was a lad of twelve years, and he was thrown somewhat on his own resources for sup port. Going to Philadelphia, Pa., he entered the employ of his uncle, A. W. Little, an extensive silk importer, in whose establishment he acquired a knowledge of that trade and good business habits. Young Little remained with his uncle until the outbreak of the Civil War, when he became a member of a company which was composed of young men from the best Philadelphia families and known as the Anderson Troop. The company was formed into a battalion, and afterward, by the ad dition of other companies, into a regiment, and ordered to the front. It was not properly officered, however, and on receiving orders to engage in battle, they refused to move the regiment. Three companies of one hundred men each agreed to go into the fight if supplied with proper officers, which was done. During the battle nearly half the men were killed or taken prisoners, Mr. Little be ing one of the number captured by the enemy. He was taken to Libby Prison, where he remained until 1863, when he was paroled and sent to the Philadelphia hospital on account of sickness. There he received his final discharge. After leaving the army, Mr. Little located in Muncie, Ind., where he embarked in mercantile business, selling out, however, a few months later. He then went to Dayton, Ohio, and engaged in the sale of agricultural implements. In 1867 he came to Springfield, entering the employ of Amos White- ley & Co., manufacturers of reapers and mowers. He remained with that firm three years, at the ex piration of that period becoming superintendent for the firm of Rinehart, Ballard & Co., afterward acquiring an interest in the concern. In 1882 the firm sold out to O. S. Kelly. Mr. Little then se cured an interest in the Tricycle Manufacturing Com pany ,of Springfield, which he disposed of upon the organization of the company to which he now belongs. In 1875 Mr. Little was united in marriage with Miss Lucy Rinehart, of this city. Her parents are James W. and Caroline (Pennock) Rinehart, for merly of Greene County, Pa., in which she was born. She has borne her husband three children — P31izabeth R., Arthur AV. and Joseph D., Jr. Mr. Little belongs to Clark Lodge, No. 101, F. & A. M., and to Springfield Chapter, No. 48, R.A.M. In politics he is a Republican, and is now repre senting the Eighth Ward in the City Council. Pmterprising in business affairs, honorable as a man and citizen, and manifesting an intelligent inter est in the movements which are for the good of the community, he receives tbe respect of many friends. His estimable wife, who was carefully reared and well educated, is also esteemed for her character and usefulness. MOS BRIGGS. This gentleman is one of the heavy farmers of Clark County, his at tractive home being situated in Madison Township, on a tract of land which has been in tbe possession of the family for many years. The dwelling is one of the well-built frame struc tures which do credit alike to the taste and home care of the occupants, and is a model of hospitality and comfort. It occupies the site of the log cabin which was the original family home in this State, and which was erected by John Briggs, the grand father of our subject. His father, Samuel Briggs, the great-grandfather of Amos, served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Tbe family is of Eng lish lineage, and several generations ago was repre sented in Virginia by various members. Among these was Samuel Briggs, a native of the Mother Country, who spent the greater part of bis life in the Old Dominion. In 1804 his five sons, includ ing John, the grandfather of our subject, settled on Paint Creek, Ross County, Ohio, whence two years later one of them with his wife and family, came to *be place now occupied by our subject, the other brothers remaining near Chillicothe. After other settlers began to locate in this neighborhood, John Briggs opened his house to the preaching of the gospel for a number of years, the old log school- house which stood on land formerly owned by Mr. Paullin, near where the brick one now does, being afterward used as a place of worship. The wife of John Briggs was Catherine Peterson, a lady of Ger- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 713 man ancestry. The remains of both rest in the New South Charleston cemetery. Grandpa Briggs lived until 1852, reaching the age of eighty-six years ; his widow survived until June 1864, being about ninety years old when called hence. The first purchase of John Briggs in this section was four hundred and ninety acres of land, with which he was content, never adding to the acreage. He had a family of five sons and four daughters, that grew to maturity, and one child that died in 1814, and is buried near the home which is now quite a family neighborhood. The estate was di vided between the sons, and finally the larger por tion came the possession of Samuel, to whom some of the others sold, removing West. He departed this life September 8, 1850, his wife surviving un til January 30, 1889. About a year after John Briggs settled here, there came to this section from Virginia, George Hem pieman and his faamily. AVhen Mr. Hemple- man caught sight of the cabin in the woods, he turned to his wife, who was riding a pack-horse, and said: "I wonder what fool ever got out to this God-forsaken country." The travelers remained over night in the cabin, where they were treated with the old time frontier hospitality. The supper consisted of venison, and bread baked in a Dutch oven, and was heartily enjoyed by them as they were all very hungry. Elizabeth Hempleman, then about six years of age, often afterward referred to it as the best meal they ever had. The family went on four miles, settling where the parents spent the remainder of their lives. Miss Elizabeth, after reaching maturity, became the wife of Samuel Briggs, under whose father's roof she and her par ents bad been sheltered on their flrst entrance into this neighborhood. The George Hempleman men tioned above, was the son of another George a na^ tive of Germany, who also came to Ohio in 1808, settled two miles north of Charleston, and lived to be one hundred and ten years of age. His mortal remains were also deposited in the old South Charles ton cemetery. Amos Briggs, of whom we write, was born Feb ruary 13, 1828, in a house on the old homestead, where he was reared amid somewhat more primi tive surroundings than those of his present life. He took his chance in the schools of the day, and acquiring a good practical knowledge of the im portant branches of study7, developing a sturdy manliness which seems to be almost a necessary con sequence amid the scenes in which his boyhood was passed. On March 12, 1861, he was united in marriage with Miss Margaret A. Bateman, a noble hearted and intelligent woman, who has been his most cherished companion since their wedding day. The union has been childless. Having abundant means to gratify their tastes, Mr. and Mrs. Briggs indulge in such pleasures as people of intelligence, refinement, and a love of nature can enjoy ; and find an outlet for the kind liness and generosity of their natures in quietly as sisting the needy and aiding in various good works. In 1875, they made an extended trip to the West, which was greatly enjoyed by them at the time, and affords much pleasure in the retrospect. They spent a few days in Chicago, St. Louis, and Kansas City, thence going to Denver and Colorado Springs, and visiting the points of interest in the Centen nial State. They then passed through Utah and Nevada to California, stopping as fancy led them, and after reaching the Golden State, making a thorough tour of the Yosemite Valley, and Cala veras County, the home of the big trees. From California they went to Oregon on a Pacific steamer, returning by the mountain route, so being enabled to view every variety of scenery that the Rocky Mountain and coast region afford. Mrs. Margaret Briggs is a great-grand-daughter of Henry Bateman, who bought the mansion of Lord Baltimore near the city of -that name, that historic edifice becoming the family home of the Batemans. In it William Bateman was born Feb ruary 17, 1741. He married Margaret Ducker, a lady of English ancestry, who was bora May 5, 1749. Their marriage was celebrated December 27, 1771, among their_ children being Daniel H., who was bora June 1, 1787, and who was the father of Mrs. Briggs. The family is a patriotic one, William Bateman having sent two sons to the War of 1812, and having had a brother John, who was an officer in the Revolutionary War. Daniel Bateman chose for his wife Miss Eliza beth Surlott, who was born in Bracken County, 714 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. Ky., and who accompanied her parents to Ohio in 1820, their settlement being made in Ross Town ship, Greene County. Mr. Bateman had come to this section in 1812. In 1851, he removed with his family to South Charleston, where both he and his wife passed away. The death of the latter oc curred November 18, 1854, and he survived until February 2, 1863. The Batemans were believers in the doctrines of the Episcopal Church, and the Surlotts have been Methodists for generations. Mrs. Briggs is a member of the Methodist Church. Politically, Mr. Briggs is a stanch Democrat. VAN. BAKER is the owner and occupant of an excellent piece of property in Miami Township, Greene County, which has been his life-long home. It comprises one hundred and thirteen acres of well-improved land, a portion of it being timber, and various crops being raised upon that which is under the plow. The residence is a substantial brick house, which was built by the father of our subject, and occupies the site of the old log house in which our subject was born. The personal character of Mr. Baker is above reproach, good principles marking his intercourse with his fellow-men, and the utmost kindliness being shown by him to his wife and children. Never having been a rover, his principal knowledge of the world has been obtained by reading, but he keeps up an intelligent interest in the world's affairs by this means. „ Among the early settlers in this county was Thomas Baker, who came hither from Pennsylvania about 1812, and settled a mile northwest of Clifton, wliere he died September 22, 1821, at the age of fifty -nine years. He was accompanied to this State by his son Nayl, who had opened his eyes to the light in the Keystone State May 25, 1795. Tbe latter after reaching manhood took for his wife Miss Huldah Mills, who was born June 8, 1803, their marriage taking place in 1825. They at once settled on what is now known as the Campbell farm, but after living upon it some years sold and pur chased that now owned by our subject which they made their permanent home. There the husband breathed his last, April 17, 1865, his widow sur viving until April 28, 1877. They were the par ents of nine children, as follows: Sarah, now Mrs. AVilson; Jacob and Thomas, deceased; William; Mary and Mrs. Rachael Smith, deceased; Dan ; Mrs. Lettitia Kiler, and an infant. The natal day of Dan Baker was April 20, 1839. He received but a common school education and was obliged to work bard, assisting his father until the death of the latter, and afterward continuing his labors upon the home place. He had left the pa rental home during the Civil War, taking the field as a member of Company F,One Hundred and Fifty- fourth Ohio Infantry, which was detailed for guard duty at Piedmont, W. Va. After serving until his time expired he was discharged at Camp Dennison and returned to the farm, where he has since remained. After his marriage he and his wife settled down upon the homestead and took care of his mother until she passed away. The wife of Mr. Baker was in her girlhood Susan E. Waymire. She is one of nine children born to Daniel and Marianna AVaymire, four of whom are now living. Her parents were natives of South Carolina whence they moved to Dayton, Ohio, where she was born July 12, 1845. Her father was a contractor, one of his jobs being the old court house at Dayton and his last contract the Lagonda House at Springfield. The marriage ceremony of Mr. and Mrs. Baker took place February 22, 1872, and has been blessed by the birth of seven children. Joseph, the first-born, died in infancy; Mary Eliza is now sixteen years of age; Huldah is deceased; Anna S. is thirteen years old; John William is de ceased; Bessie Y. has reached the age of eight years; Evan D. is six years old. Mrs. Baker being a woman of intelligence, good education and fine character, ably fulfills the duties of wife and mother, and is, with her husband's co-operation, instilling into the minds of their children firm principles and a desire for usefulness. Mr. Baker is now filling the office of Supervisor of his district and he has been a member of the School Board for about sixteen years. He has al ways taken a lively interest in political affairs, vot ing the Republican ticket. In former years he be- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 715 longed to the Grange and he is an advocate of temperance. He is a Trustee of the Presbyterian Church to which both he and his wife belong. On his father's side Mr. Baker is of Irish extraction and in the maternal line is of Welsh stock. His grandparents Thomas Baker and Sarah Woodward were married in 1785, at the PYiends' meeting. 'if AMES M. BARBER. Among those who have passed away and who have left behind them a good record as men and citizens, W may be properly mentioned Mr. Barber. A man of unbounded energy and enterprise, he most assuredly left his footprints on the sands of time and presented an example of industry and perse verance worthy of emulation. Commencing with modest means, such was his diligence and his good judgment in the disbursement of his capital, that at his death he left a large estate including five hun dred and twenty-one acres of land which was di vided up among his children before the widow had been assigned her dowry of one hundred and nine teen acres, which with its buildings and other im provements constitutes one of the most desirable country homes in Greene County. Mr. Barber was born January 18, 1822, in Cedar ville Township, and was a man of strong character, warm in his likes and dislikes, but of that tempera ment which drew toward him hosts of friends and which made him greatly beloved, especially by his near neighbors and his own family. He was form erly a Democrat in politics but during the latter part of his life was an active worker in the ranks of the Prohibition party. He was warmly inter ested in temperance movements and totally opposed to the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors. He kept himself thoroughly posted upon current events and loved to travel — a pastime in which he was joined by his amiable wife who en joyed this recreation as much as himself. Their last journey was to Jacksonville, Fla., where Mr. Barber was attacked with cerebro hemorrhage, from which his death ensued January 25, 1888. The bereaved wife returned home with the remains of her husband and they were laid to rest in Ce darville cemetery while over them has been erected the finest monument in this part of the country. The marriage of James Barber and Miss Mary L. Bickett was celebrated at the bride's home, her father's farm, near Jasper, April 13, 1852, and not quite three years afterward, December 27, 1854, they removed to the home where Mrs. Barber still lives. Mrs. Barber was born May 6, 1833, in Jas per Township and is the daughter of John Bickett, who came to Ohio from Pennsylvania in 1818,! settling in Xenia Township, this county. The pa ternal grandparents, John and Elizabeth Bickett, were natives of Ireland and of Scotch-Irish descent, and settled in Pennsylvania in the year 1797. The early progenitors of the family were Protestants as their descendants have uniformly been. Grand father Bickett upon coming to America settled in Pennsylvania where he spent the remainder of his life. His wife subsequently joined her children in this county and died about 1839 or 1840, having attained to the advanced age of eighty years. The Bioketts in coming to America were on the ocean twenty weeks. John Bickett was married in 1821 to Miss Peggy Dean, daughter of Daniel Dean, who removed to Ohio from Lexington, Ky., at a very early day. The maiden name of his wife was Elizabeth Steele, also of Kentucky. To Mr. and Mrs. Barber there was. born a fam ily of twelve children, all of whom are livino-. John C. is a prosperous merchant of Cedarville- Robert Lee is married, has one child and is en gaged in merchandising at South Salem, this State; he visited California during the gold excitement and is a very intelligent man, well informed upon all general subjects and especially the history of the great West. Charles M. is married and farm ing on a part of the old homestead, about one-half mile from his mother; he has two children Colin and Marie. Huldah J., a mute, married Charles H. Rice, afflicted in the same manner. They how ever, have a bright little boy, Jamie, who can do enough talking for the family and can converse with his parents by means of his fingers as readily as they. The little fellow has considerable knowl edge of telegraphing and is more than ordinarily 716 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. bright and promising. They live on a farm a short distance north of Cedarville. Alice is the wife of R. S. Anderson and the mother of two bright children — Ethel and Eula; they live on their own farm near Clifton, this county; Laura H. is the wife of D. S. Collins, and they also live on a farm near Clifton; Miss Effie makes her home with her brother in Cedarville; A. D. carries on the home farm for his mother in a highly credita ble manner; Norah, lea, Luna and Jessie complete the list. Mr. Barber from his youth was a consis tent member of the United Presbyterian Church, to which Mrs. Barber belongs as does also her whole family except one son. HARLES LEDBETTER was born two miles southwest of Xenia, on the Columbus and Cincinnati Pike, November 2, 1844. Al though only a boy when the Civil War broke out he was fired with the. spirit of patriotism which swept broadcast over the North, and as soon as it was possible to do so, joined the Union forces, be ing a member of Company D, One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Ohio Infantry ,in tbe one hundred days' service. The most important engagement in which he took part, was at New Creek, AV. Va,, the one hundred day men being mostly given the duty of guarding stores, roads, and a similar needful ser vice, thus relieving the older soldiers, and enabling them to devote their time to more aggressive war fare. Our subject had received a common-school education, which in this State, and in the latter half of the nineteenth century, is sufficient foundation for a useful and honorable career, lie has always lived with his parents, and now works the home stead, which comprises one hundred and fifty-five acres in Xenia Township. The father of our subject was John II. Ledbetter, who was born in Virginih, and went with his par ents to Kentucky, thence coming to Greene County many years ago. After the war he located on sixty- three acres of the land now owned and occupied by our subject, increasing his possessions until thoy reached the acreage before noted. His death oc curred in December, 1887, when he was seventy- one years old. He was the father of six children: Joseph, the first-born, belonged to the Seventeenth Ohio Battery, and served in his country's cause until April 9, 1863, when he was sent home from Alcksburg, and died five days after reaching the parental roof. The other members of the family circle are Charles, Addison, Newton, Laura, and Dicey Ann, who died when two months old. The wife of John H. Ledbetter, and the mother of our subject, was in her girlhood Miss Jane Rich ardson; she was born near Brookville, Ind., April 5, 1820. Her parents William and Ann (Boone) Richardson, lived for some time in Virginia, thence removing to Lebanon, Ohio, and from there to In diana, where both died. The father was a tanner, distiller, and miller. He was a son of Edmund Richardson, of Maryland, and his wife was a daugh ter of Valentine Boone, an early settler in Csesar's Creek Township, and of German origin. The par ents of Mrs. Ledbetter had twelve children — An drew, Samuel, Elizabeth, Mary, Edmund, Lycous, Margaret, Rebecca, Henry, Jackson, Jane, and Ann. After the death of the mother, their father mar ried Jane Collis, by whom he reared two children, John and Sallie. Both the parents of our subject believed in the tenets of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with which they became identified many years ago. fr '>»%N<- X r ILO AV. ANDERSON. The farm owned and occupied by the above-named gentle man is located in Greene County, four and a half miles south of Xenia, on Cfesar's Creek, and comprises seventy acres of land. Al though the estate is not so large as many in the township, it is one of considerable value, being well improved and conducted in such a manner as to show that its owner is both enterprising and progressive. Mr. Anderson is engaged in farming and stock-raising and is numbered among the sub stantial men of the county, in which he has lived all his life. The natal day of Milo AV. Anderson was March 27, 1857, and his birthplace the farm adjoining that / #v y aa ;^AA^b^u^ PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 719 which he now occupies. His parents were Joseph and Matilda (Stanfield) Anderson, whose history will be found on another page in this volume. Under their careful tutelage he became firm in principles, industrious in habits and fitted for a useful and honorable life. He was reared on the farm, received a good common-school education, and after his marriage purchased from his father a portion of the old homestead, upon which he has since carried on his own successful career. At the home of the bride's parents, October 5, 1875, the rites of wedlock were celebrated between Milo W. Anderson and Margaret Alice Howard. The bride-is the second child of Minor and Maria (Haverstick) Howard, who are natives of Warren County, Ohio, and of Maryland, respectively. She was born in Xenia, August 29, 1856, is well edu cated, and possesses those virtues of heart and mind which fit her for usefulness in life and for an influence which extends far beyond her home. The only other member of the family is Emma J., wife of James Shane. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson are members of the Re formed Church. Their otherwise happy marriage- is a childless one, but although denied that outlet for their affection they bestow their good will in abundant measure on those about them, winning in return a due measure of esteem and consideration. ffiOHN A. KNEISLY. To have descended from a long line of honorable ancestors is a matter of pride to those so happily situated, and it is invariably their desire to reflect credit on the worthy name they bear. Naturally, such is the feeling of Mr. Kneisly, who is not only justly proud of his ancestry, but is filling the public position which he occupies, that of Post master Of Osborn, Greene County, to the satisfac tion of the community and with honor to himself: His portrait, which will be noticed on the opposite page, represents a prominent citizen of the town, one who has been a leading merchant, and who is, at all times, a liberal supporter of every worthy public enterprise. His genial man ners and thorough acquaintance with the world, make him a pleasant companion with whom to pass a few hours, while his education and refine ment make him welcome in social circles. The subject of this sketch was born at Kneisly Station, in Bath Township, December 17, 1851. He is the first-born of the three children of Benja min and Mary (Kauffman) Kneisly, and the only one now living. His brother Benjamin died in infancy, and his sister, Mrs. Susan A. Sheppard, died in Osborn. The lad had good educational advantages in this county, and at Dayton, where he lived with his grandfather until the death of the latter. In boyhood he spent the intervals of study in assisting his grandfather by doing errands and chores that were suited to his years. AVhen seventeen years old he started out for himself, and coming to Osborn became a clerk for his uncles, Christ and John Kauffman. He continued his clerical labors until 1880, when he became a part ner in the firm of Kauffman & Kneisly, running a grocery store until 1888. He then sold his inter est and retired from mercantile business, devoting his attention to a public office which he was then holding. In June, 1889, he received the appoint ment of Postmaster, and is now attending thor oughly to the duties of the office, and carrying on the sale of a small stock of stationery7. Mr. Kneisly has been in the Town Council four years, and was Village Clerk two years, resigning the latter position to take his present one. He was also for three years a member of the School Board, having manifested a deeper interest in the cause of education, and being more liberal and ac tive in supporting the school, the church, and other enterprises of an elevating character, than many men of greater means. His wife is a mem ber of the Lutheran Church, which he attends, and to tbe support of which he contributes. Tn politics be is a true blue Republican. Socially, he is an Odd Itellow, and has represented the order in the Grand Lodge five terms, being now Past Noble Grand for the third time, and Secretary of the encampment. He also belongs to the A. F. & A. M., Blue Lodge, of which he is Past Master, and holds membership in the Chapter and Council at Carlisle. He has represented this order also in 720 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. the Grand Lodge, and is also a member of the Knights of Pythias, being a charter member of the Osborn Lodge. At the bride's home in Montgomery7 County, on Christmas day, 1876, the rites of wedlock were celebrated between John A. Kneisly and Emily J. Beyl. The bride, who was born in Bath Town ship, this county, is a daughter of Solomon Beyl, formerly of Pennsylvania, and now a prominent farmer in Montgomery County. She is a fine type of intelligent and cultured christian womanhood, and an ornament to the society in which she moves. The happy union has been blessed by the birth of one child, Ora B. The grandfather, with whom our subject spent his youth, was John Kneisly, a native of Pennsyl vania, who became a resident of the Buckeye State in the spring of 1828. He had operated an oil mill in his native State, and after coming to Ohio carried on a flourmill and a distillery on the Mad River, doing a large business, and being very suc cessful. He had settled in Bath Township, this county, upon land which he purchased, also enter ing some in Montgomery County, owning alto gether some one thousand acres. Besides his milling business, he bought grain and other pro duce extensively and carried on a store. Kneisly Station was named for him. He did business there until he had a stroke of jjaralysis, when he re moved to Dayton, spending the rest of his life in that city enjoyiug the fruits of honest industry. He was well known and influential, and his fortune was probably not surpassed by that of any other man in the township. He was interested in the improvement of the country, built churches, turn pikes, and in other ways contributed in developing the land from its primeval wilderness. He was an active member of the Reformed Church. His death took place in 1868. The father of our subject was born in Lancaster County, Pa., but coming to this section when a child, was reared here and began his business ca reer in the distillery of his father. He worked in that establishment until it closed. During the AVar he was a Captain in the Ohio State Militia, and in 1866, went South in the Government em ploy. He was in the Quartermaster's Department at Galveston, Tex., where he died of yellow fever in 1867, at the age of thirty-nine years. He be longed to the Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons, the Royal Arch Masons, and the Independent Or der of Odd Fellows. His wife was also a native of Pennsylvania, her father, Christian Kauffman, being a native of and farmer in Lancaster County. He came to this section of Ohio about 1840, and successfully continued his agricultural labors here. Mrs. Kneisly died in Dayton, in 1885. _r^-G 'REDERICK W. WILLISS, proprietor of Williss's College of Short-Hand, has long been recognized as an expert stenographer and sends his representatives to different parts of the State and country to take down the proceed ings of important cases in court in the employ of the leading Attorneys. The college was established in the summer of 1880 as an individual enterprise and since its inception has steadily grown in favor with the people and is now in the enjoyment of a liberal patronage. It is believed by many that the day will come when the tedious method of long hand writing will be done away with and this im portant invention be substituted in its stead. As in other trades and professions some will become expert while others never rise above mediocrity. Mr. Williss is unquestionably numbered among the first mentioned. He takes a live interest in the pro fession and has done much to increase its popularity among business men and others. The subject of this notice was born in Madison Township, Clark County, this State, June 18, 1859, and is the only son of Perrin and Anna Williss. The father was bora and reared in Indiana and died in 1864, when his son Frederick was only five years old. The mother is still living and a resident of Springfield. She was born in Clark County, and within its limits has spent nearly her entire life. Mr. Williss of whom we write, pursued his early studies in the country schools and when sufficiently advanced, attended the Normal School at South Charleston from which he was duly graduated. Afterward he entered the law office of Keifer vLs PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 739 been interested and connected with it and when, in 1871, the association was reorganized, he became the Secretary, and has held that position from that day. He has succeeded in his efforts, not only se curing a reputation that is an honor to his man hood, but acquiring real estate in the county and a standing among men of means. USAN SINTZ. The subject of this notice owns and occupies the homestead where she was bom and which is considered one of the finest bodies of land in Springfield Township, Clark County ,being located on section 23. She is a lady of more than ordinary capacities and for many years has managed the farm, erecting a fine brick residence and making other improvements. She is the daughter of Peter Sintz, who was born in York County, Pa., in 1776. Her paternal grand father, Nicholas Sintz, was a native of Germany where he was reared to manhood and learned the miller's trade. He emigrated to America during the Colonial times and located in Pennsylvania wliere ho followed his trade a number of years. Thence he removed to Virginia where he lived several years and finally about 1810, removed to Ohio and lo cated in Clark County, where his death took place. He married a lady by the name of Margaret Metzer. She died at the home farm in Clark County, this State. Peter Sintz when quite young was taken by bis parents to Virginia, where he was reared to man's estate and learned the trade of a miller. He followed this some years after reaching manhood, then com ing to Ohio entered upon a new life in the pioneer style and endured all the hardships and privations incident to that time and place. He made the jour- dey overland with a team and located in what is now Clark County, prior to its organization and when the greater part of Ohio was a dense wilder ness inhabited principally by wild animals and In dians. Selecting a tract of Government land on section 23, of what is now Springfield Township, Mr. Sintz erected a log cabin and commenced thcopening up of a farm in the wilderness. Within that lowly dwelling his older children were born," including his daughter Susan. The cabin is still standing and in a good state of preservation. Stoves were com paratively unknown in those days and for many years Mrs. Sintz cooked by the fireplace. Like all the pioneer housewives she also spun and wove wool and flax and thus clad her children in home spun. The family was in limited circumstances but by the practice of great industry and economy they in due time found themselves upon the road to prosperity. Mr. Sintz brought his land to a good state of cultivation, effecting many7 improvements and providing himself with the implements neces sary to successful agriculture. In addition lo car rying on the farm he finally built a saw and flour mill, locating them on Rock Run and superintended the operations of these until his death. This event took place in the fall of 1858. Peter Sintz in early manhood was wedded to Miss I^lizabeth Critz. This lady was bora in Vir ginia and was the daughter of John Critz. She sur vived her husband many years and died at the homestead at the advanced age of ninety -two. The parental household consisted of seven children, viz: Margaret, Nicholas, Mary, George, Susan, Peter and Elizabeth. Three of these are living and making their homes in this county. Miss Susan has has always resided at the home farm. In 1861, she erected a fine brick residence and she is constantly making improvements so that the property has be come very valuable. She had been fortunate in her selection of help, while her rare good judgment in the investment of capital has caused her to realize handsome returns. A portrait of Miss Susan Sintz is shown elsewhere in this volume. -¦4-HH8*^i-M- RWIN L. SMITH, better known as"P]d," is a gentleman of varied experience, having led a very eventful life. He was grad uated at the AVilberham, Mass., Wesleyan Acad emy when seventeen years of age, which was in 1857. His father, Stephen Smith, who was one of the largest cotton manufacturers in tbe Granite 740 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. State, and who had held the position of Council man, which was an office similar to that of Lieu tenant Governor, had intended that his son should take a fullcourse at Yale. Owing to his sudden death the fall after the son's graduation from the academy, the youth was allowed to have his own way, and he chose to accept a position which was offerred him, as assistant book-keeper in a large mercantile house in New York. There ho was rap idly working his way to the front when the fatal shot was fired on Ft. Sumter. Dropping his pen, young Smith took up the sword in defense of his country, being one of the first men to enlist. He was placed in the Seventy- first New York Regiment, three month's men, and sent at once to the defense of AArashington, whence he took part in the first battle of Bull Run. At the expiration of his term of enlistment he re turned to his native village, Mason, N. H., where his mother still lived, and recruited a company for a New Hampshire regiment. His mother ob jected to his again entering the service, and sent him on a trip to California. For the next few years therefore, his life was spent in mines and among miners, his headquarters being at Virginia City and Austin, Nov., during the wildest days of those places. The desire of young Smith to serve his country was still strong, and, in 1864, he again enlisted, becoming a member of the Eighth California In fantry and Light Artillery, and going to San Fran cisco on duty, where he stayed until the close of the war. Ho then returned to his home by way of the Isthmus and New York, but three months after his arrival in his native State he went to St. Louis, and took passage for Ft. Benton, Mont. The trip to that place consumed seventy-two da,y7s, and thence ho went Helena, where with others he fitted out for a trip to the Salmon River country, in Idaho. The entire winter was spent by him and two partners in the solitudes of the mighty forest. In the spring they went to the Sweetwater mines in AVyoming, where Mr. Smith built the first house in the town, the structure bringing in a rental of $100 per month. There the prospectors "struck it rich," which was very7 fortunate for them as they were without means. Taking what rock they could crush with a common hammer, crushing and wash ing it, they would collect gold enough for all their needs. During his sojourn in the West, Mr. Smith was present at the ceremony of driving the gold spike on the Union & Central Pacific Railroad. At the beginning of the Leadville excitement, Mr. Smith was early on the ground, where for five years he operated in mining stock and became very wealthy. "Fortune is a fickle jade," and so she proved with him, for soon her smiles gave place to frowns, and he left there about as poor as he went. Seeking new fields to work, with a miner's outfit, he made an extended tour through Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona. Taking the train at 1-C1 Paso, Tex., for Shreveport, La., he there embarked on a steamer for New Orleans, whence he came by boat to Cincinnati. Having spent the best years of his life chasing the will-o'- the-wisp, Dame Fortune, through the mountain gorges of the Rockies, he made up his mind to quit mining forever, and seek some occupation which, although slow, would be sure. Making his way to Cedarville, Greene County, he engaged as a laborer in a sawmill, and in this place has re sided since 1885. In 1886, the mother of our subject, who up to that time had resided in Mason, N. H., Norwich, Conn., Brooklyn, N. Y., and Pawtucket, R. I., and who was quite wealthy, came to live with her only child, rejoicing that he had settled down, and that she could be with him in her last days. Under his supervision she had a fine modern residence built, but lived only a short time to enjoy it, dying April 5, 1889. The house is heated by steam, and has fine bath rooms, laundry and pantry supplied with hot and cold water, and is lit by gas which is generated on the place by Mr. Smith. He now busies himself at market gardening, and also raises chickens, using the most approved incubators, from which the young chicks come in long files. Mr. Smith is a Democrat, and is now a member of the County Central Committee, from Cedarville Township. His father was a Whig and an Aboli tionist. He belongs to the social orders of Odd P'ellows and Free Masons, and is also a member of Post No. 94, G. A. R., of which he is Past Com mander. He was married in 1886, to Miss Lillie PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 741 M. Phillips, daughter of John and Mary Phillips, of Cedarville, and is the father of two interesting little ones: Stephen, named for his grandfather Smith; and Maria, the baby, named for her grand mother Smith. Stephen Smith, the father of our subject, was a son of Darius and Ruth Smith, the former being a sea captain, all of whose sons followed the sea ex cept Stephen, who became a cotton manufacturer. The mother of our subject was in girlhood Miss Maria Ellis, of Attleboro, Mass., a daughter of George and Patty Ellis, and a granddaughter of Richard and Mehitable (Draper) Ellis. # — ••->*<~4< ^f OHN PERRIN, deceased, was a life-long res ident of Springfield Township, Clark County, and born on the farm now occupied by his family, April 15, 1812. The most reliable information regarding the ancestry is, that the grandfather of our subject was one of two brothers who came to America in Colonial times and spent his last years in Maryland engaged in farm ing. His son John, the father of our subject, was born on the farm seven miles from Hagerstown, Md., reared in his native county and upon reaching manhood married Miss Jane Ingrain. Early in the spring of 1806, accompanied by his wife and infant child, he started for Ohio with a pair of horses and wagon and a saddle horse. He. and his wife took turns in driving the team and riding horseback, be ing obliged to ford the streams, their route lying through a very sparsely settled country with no pikes or bridges. After some weeks travel they arrived in what was then a part of Champaign Co unty, but is now Clark, of which they were theie- fore among the earliest settlers. The greater part of the land in the State was owned by the Government, and there were neither railroads nor canals and no convenient markets, p'or many years the surplus products raised by the scattering families were taken to Cincinnati, and thence on flat-boats to New Orleans. Mr. Perrin soon purchased a tract of six hundred and forty acres in a body, a part of which is now included in the city of Springfield. His first abode was a cabin built of unhewn logs but he soon erected a better structure of hewed logs, which in those day's was considered quite a pretentious dwelling. Subse quently a brick house was built and in it he was living when called from time to eternity in Decem ber, 1848. His wife had breathed her last the pre vious year and the bodies of both were interred on the home farm. The following notice written by one who knew him well, was printed in the Spring field Republica. short time after Mr. Perrin's death. "An Old Pioneer is gone. I have always loved to meet an old settler, who "walked in the wilder ness" when there were no neighbors, and when one of them is taken from among us by Death, I feel like cherishing his memory. John Perrin, who died on the 16th day of December last, a little upwards of seventy years old, was a native of Washington County, Md., from which place he emigrated in June, 1806, and located here. Forty-two years of industry was rewarded with affluence; and forty- two years of a just and upright life in all his deal ings and transactions, secured to him the confidenc of the whole community. Solomon says "Folly7 is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom, but a man of understanding walkelh uprightly". Mr. Perrin was in this a man of understanding that he gave an example of integrity as well as of industry. These qualities produce a sort of independence and force of character in a man, which make his loss more sensibly7 felt in his circle and indeed in the whole community. "But few are left — long may they be spared — who remember the state of the country, when Mr. Perrin pitched his tent here in the "back-woods" when a man might travel in a bee line for ten or more miles and not be obstructed by a farm fence. Springfield was a town only on paper for the hazel brush covered the site. There were no mills, nor churches nor schools; and no one then thought about turnpikes, and there were but few roads or paths of any kind. As for railroads or telegraphs, they were not then even in the distant future. Men of enterprising, discriminating minds like Mr. Per rin, saw that the county possessed the elements of fu ture prosperity and greatness. The hardships and privations incident to the first settlement of such a country were great, and required industry, patient endurence, rigid economy and integrity. All these he had in an eminent degree, which enabled him to wrestle with the difficulties of the enterprise, and now in a good old age, surrounded by those who 742 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. love him, he has been gathered to his fathers. He has left four sons and one daughter." The subject of this biographical notice could scarcely fail to do credit to a parent so highly re garded as was John Perrin Sr., and to secure for himself a similar regard from those who knew him. He was reared on the home farm, attending the pioneer schools, which were taught in the log schoolhouse, and at his home learning much use ful knowledge which was not a part of the school curriculum. During his early years, his mother did all her cooking by a fireplace, cook stoves being unknown upon the frontier; she used also to spin and weave wool and flax, clothing the family with the fruits of her own labor. Mr. Perrin remained with his parents until their death and inherited the old homestead, continuing to reside upon it until he also was gathered to his father's June 27, 1888. He had in the meantime erected a fine brick house, enlarged the barn, and otherwise improved the place which forms one of the most pleasant homes of the county. The farm contains two hundred and eighty-three and a half acres, twenty-three of which are within the corporation limits of Springfield, the remainder ad joining the same. The dwelling is furnished in a manner which reflects credit upon the taste of the occupants while making no pretentions to undue elegance. On March 9, 1853, Mr. Perrin led to the hymen eal altar Miss Mary Dunn Roush, who was born in Berkley County, Va.. February 2, 1825. Her paternal grandparents were born in Germany, and upon coming to America located in Virginia, spend ing the remainder of their lives there. Her grand father was a slave-owner and became well-to-do. Martin Roush, her father, is believed to have been born in the Old Dominion. He was a planter, working his lands with slave labor until 1847, when he sold his possessions there and came to Ohio. After residing in Madison County a year he came to Springfield, in which town he abode a twelvemonth after which he removed to a farm which he had purchased in Springfield Township, dying there in 1877 at the age of eighty- six years. His wife, who bad borne the maiden name of Mar garet Patton, was bom in Greencastle, Franklin County, Pa., spent her last years in Springfleld, and was buried beside ber husband in Ferncliff Ceme tery. To our subject and the widow who now mourns his loss, seven children were born, six of whom survive to comfort their mother in her grievous affliction and to share the burden of grief that fol lows the removal of a beloved parent. These bear the names of Margaret Amelia, Ellen Nora, wife of James E. Studebaker; John Martin, Mary Belle, Ida Lavenia, and Minerva Cooper. The deceased child who was called Katie McKee died at the age of seven y7ears and five months. Mrs. Perrin is a consistent member of the First Lutheran Church, which her husband attended and liberally sup ported, although not identified with the organiza tion. Throughout the entire community Mrs. Per rin is regarded with the respect due to a woman of ber fine character, intelligent mind, and habits of usefulness, and the other members of the family share in the esteem of their neighbors. Mr. Per rin lies buried within two hundred yards from the spot where he was born and where he had always lived. JOHN B. ABELL. This young gentleman is now Superintendent of the Democrat Com pany of Springfield, having been chosen for that position when the company was in corporated, the business having become too large for one man to manage in all its departments. Al though it has been but a few years since he -began his residence here, his scholarly attainments, men tal capacity, and business acumen are already well known and give him an excellent standing in social and business circles. He comes of excellent families in both lines of descent and so far his life has done credit to the name it bears, while the promise for the future is a bright one. The father of our subject, Commodore Lawrence Abell,distinguished himself in the naval service dur ing the late war and died from hardships and exposure in 1866, at Salem, Mass. His wife, whose maiden name was Ann Ilalhaway, was a native of the Old Bay State, where she died, when As a friend and neighbor she is helpful and kind. As a Christian she is faithful and devoted. Jefferson County, Ohio, was the birthplace of Mrs. MacCracken, and the date of her birth Novem ber 22, 1810. Her parents, James and Mary (Haw kins) Dougherty, were natives respectively of Maryland and Pennsylvania, and were both of Scotch-Irish extraction. They gave their daugh ter what was in those days a very fine education, and which she afterward supplemented by a thor ough course of reading. She attended the Steuben- ville Female Seminary, of which Dr. Beatty was President. That institution is the alma mater of hundreds of women who have blessed and elevated society with their presence. Early in life she com menced the vocation of teaching, and the results of her faithful work are apparent even now. The first marriage of our subject occurred Sep tember 16, 1833, when she became the wife of the Rev. Johnson Welch, who was a recognized power in the pulpit, and in many respects a remarkable man. He was a graduate of the Allegheny Semin ary7, a theological institution of high order among the United Presbyterians. Mr. and Mrs. AVelch became the parents of two children — James and Eliza. James followed in his father's footsteps, • and is now preaching in Troy, Davis County, Iowa. Eliza is the wife of Andrew M. Brooks, and is now Principal of the Bettie Stuart Institute, of Spring field, 111. AVhile yet in the prime of life, and after only four years of married life, the Rev. Johnson AVelch passed away, April 17, 1837. A few j'ears after the death of her husband Mrs. Welch was again married, the Rev. J. S. MacCracken becoming her husband, and the ceremony which united them being performed November 11, 1839. Mr. MacCracken was the son of John and Martha (AVilson) MacCracken, natives of Pennsylvania,and early settlers of Brown County, Ohio. Their son, John S., was born in Butler County, Ohio, April 6, 1804, and died April 1, 1863. He and his wife had a family of five children, the record of whom is as follows: Henry is now Principal of New York City University; John Joseph died in infancy; George is an attornoy-at-law in Urbana, this State; Anna M. is at home, and is a teacher in a classical school in tho old Xenia College Building; another child died in infancy, unnamed. Mr. and Mrs. MacCracken passed the eventful lives of a pioneer preacher and a pioneer teacher. He came of a hardy pioneer family. His grand father was killed by the Icdians while standing in the yard at his frontier Pennsylvania borne. His father removed to Greene County, Ohio, when the son, John S., was a boy, and there bought land and evolved a home out of the wilderness. John Mac Cracken received his early education in Xenia, being a pupil of the Rev. Hugh McMillen, the founder of Xenia College. He later became a student at Miami University, and having completed his studies entered the ministry. His first charge was at Kenton, Ohio, where he was successful in establishing the United Presbyterian Church. He donated one-half of his salary (not a large one) toward the erection of a church edifice. In the meantime his wife taught a select school, being led to organize it principally on account of lack of fa cilities for education in that locality, and largely iM m -\ v j - ' < PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 761 Ninety-Fourth Ohio Infantry, which was com prised of one thousand and eight members. He yielded up his life to his country, dying at Mur- freesboro, Tenn., from the effects of measles. Ezra Harris died March 12, 1865. Hannah Har ris died December 1, 1868; her maiden name was Phoebe Carey. ^^3%£=> AMES MILTON RUNYAN. An influen tial, active and progressive citizen, the gen- ; tleman above named is honored and re- {xzji} spected wherever he is known, and among l;he farmers of Pleasant Township, Clark County, is rasked as one of the most substantial of their number, and a leader in all matters which will ad vance their interests. He has a gallant record as a soldier, and as a public servant and business man has shown ability and trustworthiness. He was horn in the village of Catawba, June 20, 1841, and was reared upon a farm, receiving his education in the common schools. The attempt upon the na tion's life aroused him, and young as he was when the war began, he determined to give the strength of bis arm to his country's cause. He therefore enlisted August 20, 1861, as a private in the Six teenth Ohio Battery, his campaigning in that reg iment being in Missouri and Arkansas. In September, 1862, young Runyan was sent home on sick furlough and about the 20th of the month was discharged at Columbus, on account of disability. After his health was sufficiently re stored he went to Charleston, W. Va., during the winter following his discharge entering a hospital as a nurse. Following this came a period of home life, and in May, 1864, he again entered the Union Army, becoming a member of Company7 D, One Hundred and Forty-six Ohio Infantry. The regi ment served in West Virginia until fall, when its members were honorably discharged and returned to the duties of civil life. Mr. Runyan resumed farming, in which he had previously been somewhat occupied, continuing thus employed until 1867, when ho purchased and engaged in operating a grist and saw mill. Until 1886, he continued his operations as a miller, since which time he has resided upon his farm of one hundred and eighty -seven acres on sections 15 and 16, adjoining his mill property. He belongs to the social orders of Odd F'ellows and the Grand Army of the Republic, and both he and his wife are identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church. He has served as Township Trustee two terms and has been School Director for twenty-one years. The latter fact indicates the opinion which his neighbors have of his intelligence, good judgment and interest in the future welfare of the section. He has also been before the public for county hon ors. The estimable companion of Mr. Runyan was known in her girlhood as Mary J. McCTenen and was born near Harper's P'erry, Va., May 22, 1843. She became the wife of our subject March 4, 1866, and is the mother of seven children — J. Arthur, Clarence L., Eddie J., Percy E., Charles G., Maud R. and Walter, the latter of whom died at the age of four months. The parents of Mrs. Runyan are John and Eli zabeth (Ropp) McClenen, who were born and reared in Virginia, and who located in Clark County, Ohio, in 186.1. Mr. McClenen is a gun smith by trade and during the war was inspector of arms at Fortress Monroe; he is now engaged in farming. He was born the night the British burned AVashington, D. C, during the War of 1812. His family includes two sons and three daughters. The Runyan family is of Scotch-Irish lineage, and the first representatives in this country settled in Virginia. A sister of our subject's grandfather was captured by the Indians and never recovered. Abraham and Sophia (Lynch) Runyan, the grand parents of our subject, came to Ohio early in this century and to Clark County in 1811. The hus band served during tbe AVar of 1812, and was a prominent man in his township, filling various lo cal offices, and both he and his wife were leading members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They settled on eighty-six acres of land which was increased to one hundred and thirty-six. This property had been cleared and well improved by Mr. Runyan prior to his death, which occurred in 762 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 1836, at the age of fifty-six years. His widow survived until seventy-five years old. Their nine children married and reared families. One of these, Henry, was born in Warren County May 15, 1809, and was an infant of less than two years when the family located near Asbury Church in Clark County. Henry Runyan was reared on a farm , receiving his education in the traditional log school-house with its greased paper windows and primitive fur nishings, and after completing his own studies taught in the home district. In 1834, he engaged in mercantile pursuits in Catawba and after ten years thus occupied, turned his attention to agri culture. In June, 1856, he removed to his pres ent home, taking possession of fifty acres to which he has added thirty acres adjoining. He also owns another farm of one hundred and sixty-six acres, also in Pleasant Township. He has made his own way through life and has given his children about $5,000, while rearing his large family well and making preparations for his declining years. The only assistance which he received, aside from his education and training, was $237 which came to him from his father's estate. He has served as Trustee, Appraiser, and in other local offices for many years. For fifty years he has belonged to the Masonic fraternity. His first political adher ence was given to the Whig party and he after ward joined the Republican ranks, while during the war he was a strong and active supporter of the Union. He united with the Methodist Episco pal Church in 1828, and has held office in that de nomination continuously and to its work has devoted much time and money. The first wife of Henry Runyan was Rachael Jones, who was born near Harper's Ferry, Va., in 1815. This lady was the only child of John Jones and wife, who settled in Ohio about 1817. Her father had a large family by his second wife. Mrs. Rachael Runyan was the mother of the following named children: Abe, William H., John W., Mar tin L., J. Milton, Esther A., Francis M., Mahala F., and Susan E.; and two infants who died unnamed. Francis M. enlisted in the fall of 1861, in Com pany F, Forty-fourth Ohio Infantry. The brave lad, who was but sixteen years old when he joined his country's defenders, was killed in his first battle, at Lewisburgh, W. Va.,in May, 1862. The affectionate and devoted wife and mother died October 23, 1853. The widower subsequently married Mrs. Lu cia M. Chapman, who was born in Portage County, June 1, 1819. She is a daughter of William and Lucretia (Sisson) Eaton, who were born in Stafford, Vt, and AVilberham, Mass., respectively, and who came to Portage County, Ohio, in 1818. Thence they removed to Geauga County, and afterward to Missouri. Their daughter, Lu cia, became the wife of Enoch S. Chapman, to whom she bore one son, Enoch C. Her marriage to Mr. Runyan has been blessed by the birth of three children — Charles H., Lucretia M., and Cora B. A portrait of Mr. Runyan is presented in con nection with his personal sketch. THOMAS KENNEDY. In summing up the list of the pioneer citizens of Clark County the name of Mr. Kennedy should by no means be omitted. His career, perhaps, is not widely different from that of others who came to the wilds of the Buckeye State during its early settlement and assisted in advancing its growth and prosperity. As the result of his labors, he is now in the enjoy ment of a comfortable home on section 5, Moore field Township, and is undeniably in possession of the confidence and esteem of those around him. A native of Baltimore, Md., the subject of this notice was born June 19, 1832, and is the son of Thomas and Eleanor ( Barker) Kennedy who were likewise natives of that State. In 1835, when Thomas was a lad of three years, they emigrated to Ohio and located for a time at the infant city of Springfield. It then bore little resemblance to its present condition, being an unimportant hamlet with little indication of its future prosperity. Not long afterward the father purchased a tract of land from which he opened up a good farm and there with his estimable wife spent the remainder of his days. During his younger years he had been a seafaring PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 763 man and was Captain of an ocean vessel. He spent twenty-five years on the briny deep, but after com ing to Ohio settled contentedly down to farm life and died in 1868. The mother had passed away in 1856. Of the seven children born to them only four are living, viz.: George F., a physician and a resident of Kentucky; Thomas, our subject; Julia, the wife of Daniel Twichell, of Champaign County, this State, and Emma, Mrs. Speck, a widow of Springfield. The deceased are William B., Eleanor E. and James J. Mr. Kennedy, of whom we write, received a lim ited education in the primitive schools and assisted his father in the cultivation and improvement of the farm. He learned the art of plowing, sowing and reaping as soon as old enough, and when ap proaching manhood supplemented his education by an attendance of one year at Delaware University. This and his habit of observation and reading fairly well fitted him for the future duties of life. He took tbe first important step toward the estab lishment of a home of his own, December 29, 1858, being married to Miss Elizabeth A., daughter of Thomas C. Wilson, a sketch of whom appears else where in this volume. Mrs. Kennedy was born March 18, 1834, in Clark County, Ohio, and under the training of a careful mother developed into an intelligent and attractive womanhood. She acquired her education in the common school and remained a member of her father s household until her marriage. Of her union with our subject there have been born five children, the eldest of whom, a daughter, Alice E., is the wife of TI. S. Fairchild and they make their home with her father, he occupying himself as a school teacher; Anna B. remains under the home roof, also Mary J. The deceased children, Ella and Frank, died at the age of two years and two weeks. Mr. Kennedy owns two hundred and ten acres of choice land and avails himself of modern methods and the most approved machinery in the* cultiva tion of the soil. This property has been accumu lated by his own perseverance and industry and assisted by his faithful and capable wife. Both are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at tending services at Moorefield Chapel, and Mr. Kennedy officiates as Steward. Politically, he gives his unqualified support to the Republican party. Since his voting days began he has never missed a Presidential election and he keeps himself thor oughly posted upon the leading events of the day. He is a good provider for his family, a kind and hospitable neighbor and enjoys the association of many friends. GEORGE WATT, M. D. and D. D. S. This gentleman, although still nominally editing ,j the Ohio Journal of Dental Science, has par tially abandoned his literary work on that journal, with which he has been connected since its estab lishment in 1880, and to whoso success his own fluent and profound writings contributed so largely. His literary ability and culture are of a high de gree of excellence, while his understanding of den tal science and of medicine is thorough. Possessing the power to interest those to whom he speaks or for whom he writes, and to place clearly before them his own knowledge and theories, he has been able to do much to advance the sciences in which he is interested. Dr. Watt is a native of this county, being a son of Hugh Watt, who became a resident here in 1817, coming hence from Western Pennsylvania. The father was born in the North of Ireland, but was of Scotch blood, and emigrated to the United States when a young man of nineteen years. lie located in the Keystone State, where in due time he mar ried Miss Isabelle Mitchell, who was born near Pittsburg. He remained for some time in that State, occupied at his trades of a wheelwright and a chairmaker, and also doing agricultural work. Finally with a family of seven children he came to this section, settling in the eastern part of Greene County, near where Cedarville now stands, buying land that had been but slightly improved. There he made his home, and remained until his death in 1857, his wife having preceded him to the tomb, breathing her last in 1847. The land which he oc cupied was by his exertions and wise management made into an excellent farm, and marked with good 764 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. improvements. The family were members of the Covenanter Church, and as one of the tenets of their faith is freedom to the entire human race, the elder AVatt would not lake any oath to hold office under a constitution that permitted human slavery. He was a believer in the principles of the AVhig and Abolition parties, and his house was one of the de pots on the underground railroad route from Mays ville, Ky. (then called Limestone), lo Detroit, Mich., which is known to this day as the Limestone road. The eyes of George AVatt opened to the light March 14, 1820, and he grew to maturity on his father's farm, receiving his fundamental education in that district, and continuing his studies in the Boys' Academy of Thomas Steele, where ho learned to think, and in Ripley College. For a time he pursued the vocation of a teacher in this and in Adam Counties, after which he took up the study of medicine, under Samuel Martin, M. D., who had studied in Londonderry, Ireland. AVith that phy sician he read two years, attending lectures at the Medical College of Ohio, in Cincinnati, and receiv ing his degree of M. D. in the class of 1848. After receiving his diploma Dr. AVatt engaged in the practice of his profession in Xenia, in PVy- ctte County, Ind., at Kenton, Ohio, and in Cincin nati, continuing his labors for a number of yeais. He also made a study of dentistry, being graduated from the Ohio Dental College in 1854, and subse quently occupying the Chair of Chemistry in that institution. He was the first man who adapted a chemical course of lectures to a dental class. He held the Chair in the above college until inter rupted by the war, and after his return from fields of battle, was again a member of the faculty as long as he was able to continue the manipulations necessary7. On May 2, 1864, Dr. Watt enlisted in the United States service as Surgeon of the One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Ohio Infantry, which acted in AAtest Virginia as a component part of Gen. Kelly's rail road division. While in the service he received an injury from a horse, which has caused progress ive locomotor ataxia. His connection with the dental college was resumed when he returned from the field, and continued until 1871. During a portion of this time he practiced his profession in Cincinnati, and he was also the proprietor and manufacturer of dental supplies. The Ohio Dental State Journal was established in 1880, Dr. Watt accepting the position of editor, which, as before stated, he still retains, although on account of pa ralysis of the hand, of a very recent date, he is partially unable to continue the contributions from his pen,' which had so long been a feature of the journal. For twenty years he was connected with the Dental Register, of Cincinnati, and with Dr. Taft, of the University of Michigan, he became a joint proprietor and editor of the Dental Ragiieter ofthe West. Many positions of prominence in various socie ties have been held by Dr. AVatt, and his name is widely known to the members of the dental pro fession. He became a member of the Mississippi Valley Dental Society as early as 1852. He was a delegate to the American Dental Convention, held in New York in 1856, and Vice President of it. He has also been President of the American Dental Association, of the Ohio State Dental Society, and twice held a similar official station in the Mad River Dental Society. In 1854, the year in which he was graduated from the Dental College, a prize of $100 was offered for the best popular essay on Dental Surgery, a prize which was awarded to him; and a Philadelphia publisher has since published a collection of Watt's Chemical Essays. The estimable and cherished companion of Dr. Watt, with whom he was united in marriage April 16, 1845, bore the maiden name of Sarah J. Mc- Connell. Her father, Samuel McConnell, with his family floated down the Ohio River on the same boat with the father of our subject, and the two families lived but nine miles apart. Dr. Watt and the young lady who became his wife, however, never met until the latter was a young lady eigh teen years of age. They have one adopted daugh ter, Mrs. AV. S. Sillitto, whose husband is a dentist in Xenia." On her adoption Dr. and Mrs. Watt de sired her baptism, but as she was the child of un believing parents it was refused by the United Presbyterian Church. They pressed the matter, and it was then referred to the synod, causing a revolution in the denomination. As the State made PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 765 no provision for legal adoption, it was necessary to get an act passed, and the Doctor therefore was in strumental in revolutionizing the law of the State also. Dr. Watt, his wife, and tlieir daughter also, belong to the Third United Presbyterian Church of this city. Not only for the work which he has ac complished in the fields of professional science, but for his own upright manhood and personal qualifi cations and attainments, Dr. Watt is highly re spected, and fills a prominent place among the citizens. Sf] OHN G. ZEINER, undertaker and dealer in household furniture, has been for some years doing a thriving business in Jamestown, Greene County, whore ho established him self in 1862. He is one of that class of men who began in a modest manner and who by perseverance and industry have worked their way up to a good position, socially and financially. For many years he carried on the manufacture of furniture and caskets, having turned out of his shop nearly7 four hundred burial cases, before he could receive his supplies from other markets. Many a time he worked all night to fill his orders, especially dur ing the times of epidemics and at one time worked five nights and five days without lying down on a bed. He possessed an iron constitution but his long-continued labors had a sensible effect upon his health. He is now7 taking life more easily, the business being mostly condncted by his son Frank. Mr. Zeiner was the pioneer in this business in Greene County, having established the first furni ture shop in Jamestown and since then has had very little competition. He has always turned out first-class work and is noted for his honesty and re liability. He is the oldest undertaker in the county and keeps a full stock of everything required in this line. Considering the fact that he came to this section without moans and $300 in debt, he certainly deserves great credit for the position which he now occupies. He has canceled his in debtedness and acquired a handsome property. ' Prior to his removal to Jamestown Mr. Zeiner was for two years a resident of Cedarville, to which he removed from Lewistown, Pa. He learned his trade there under Anthony Felix, an undertaker and cabinet-maker with whom he served an appren ticeship of three years. Besides his board and cloth ing, he received the first year $15, the second year $20 and the third year $25. Ho consequently had nothing saved and it took hard labor and close management in order to gain a foothold after com mencing in business for himself. He became a skilled workman, however, and was not afraid to exhibit the product of his handiwork anywhere in the State. The subject of this notice was born on the other side of the Atlantic in the Kingdom of Bavaria, January 7, 1827. Ho is of stanch German ancestry, as far back as is known, and the son of John G. Zeiner, Sr., a native of Saxe Coburg, who in early life followed the profession of a musician, and later, for a time, was engaged as a shoemaker, but finally turned his attention to farming. He married Miss Maria Fink, likewise a native of Bavaria and of German parentage. After the birth of three chil dren they set out in the spring of 1840 for Amer ica, taking passage at the port of Bremen on the three masted sailer, "Sophia," which after a tedious and dangerous voyage of two months during ¦ which they encountered frightful storms, landed them in the city of Baltimore, thence proceeded to McAlisterville, Pa. Later they removed to Lew istown in the vicinity of which they settled and where the father and daughter Margaret died. The former was seventy-three years old. The daughter had been married and died at the age of thirty years. The wife and mother continued to reside in Lewistown and died in 1883, at the advanced age of eighty-four years. She came of a good family and was the daughter of an officer in the German Government. Both she and her . husband were consistent members of the Lutheran Church. The subject of this notice was married near Lewistown, Pa., February 24, 1853, to Miss Mary Bower. This lady was born near that place, in 1832, and was a daughter of George and Sarah (Sares) Bower who were natives of Pennsylvania and of Holland-Dutch stock. The parents died in middle life and when their daughter Mary was a small 766 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. child. She was then taken into the home of her uncle, IraSares, who is still living in Pennsylvania and is now quite aged. Mrs. Zeiner was treated like an own child, being well reared by ber uncle, and given a good educa tion. Of her union with our subject there have been born six children, the eldest of whom, James O., died at the age of twenty -three years; he was a promising young man, a blacksmith by trade and one in whom his parents took especial pride. In their soro bereavement they were tendered the sym pathy of the entire community. The surviving children are recorded as follows: Frank married Mrs. Anna J. Hickson of Jamestown; thoy live on Xenia Street and PYank has the management of his father's business in town ; Margaret is the wife of C. L. Crain, a saddler by trade and they live in Cedarville; William married Miss Rosa Harness and they reside on Xenia Street, Jamestown; this son is a carriage-maker by trade. Flora is the wife of C. M. Ridgeway, Jr., and they live at Yellow Springs where he is occupied as a druggist; Albert is unmarried and remains with his parents, assisting his father in the store. Mr. Zeiner, politically, is an uncompromising Democrat. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity, holding membership in Blue Lodge, No. 352 wbicli he joined at the time of its organization. WILLIAM J. RAMSEY. The farmers of Clark County are generally7 men of intelli gence, good character and enterprise, who manifest their zeal not only in furthering their worldly prosperity but in advancing every worthy cause. Thoy are desirous of bestowing upon their descendants better opportunities than they them selves enjoyed and encourage to the utmost the aspiration of the young toward all that is elevating and progressive. Of this class is the subject of this sketch, who is numbered among the citizens of Madison Township. The natal day of our subject was September 7, 1 842, and his birthplace tho City of Brotherly Love. His parents were Samuel and Catherine (Elliott) Ramsey, who came to Ohio in 1856. Here the father died June 16, 1883; the mother is still living and is now sixty-six years of age. She is a daugh ter of George Elliott of Philadelphia, formerly from Ireland, who married a Miss Reid. The gen tleman of whom we write received his education mainly in his native city which he left at the age of thirteen years. The first few years of his life in this State wore devoid of unusual interest, his time being spent very much as was that of other youths. After the breaking out of the Civil War he desired to assist in the preservation of the Union, but was at first refused on account of an injured arm. He finally succeeded in his desire, and becoming a member of the One Hundred and Forty-sixth In fantry went to P'ayette County, W. Va., where the command did garrison duty. After having served his term and won his honorable discharge he re turned to his home and the duties of civil life. On December 18, 1866, Mr. Ramsey led to the hymeneal altar Miss Jennie Murray, who for nearly a quarter of a century Iras shared his joys and sor rows and ever shown herself a loving and devoted wife and mother. She is a daughter of George Murray, one of the old settlers ojf the county. The young couple settled on the old Murray homestead where she was born. After living there about thirteen years they removed to their present loca tion about a half mile from the village of South Charleston. They have six children: Murray E., George E., Nellie K., Joseph M., Annie Bernice LaFarche, and C. Wilbur. The oldest son is a physician in South Charleston and now has a fair practice. He was graduated from the High School of South Charleston and afterward took a several years' course at the Ohio Umiversity where he studied civil engineering. He chose the medical profession and after studying with Dr. M. TI. Collins, he entered the Medical College of Ohio, at Cincinnati, where! after a three years' course he was graduated. He had studied hard to obtain his diploma which he did at the age of twenty-one years, being the youngest graduate from the institution up to this time. The second son is also a graduate of the South Charleston schools, and is at present attending Delaware Col lege. He is now in his Sophomore year and will PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 767 graduate in '92. Already he is a fine linguist, hav ing a natural aptitude for the study of languages. Nellie K. will graduate from the South Charleston schools this year and if she keeps her health will also obtain a college education, as she is very am bitious to excel in mental acquirements. Joseph is now fifteen years old and with the younger mem bers of tbe family is attending school. Mr. Ramsey has been a member of the School Board for six years and was President of that body five years. In politics he is a thorough Republican. He belongs to P'ielding Lodge, No. 192, A. F. * ^PNDREAV McELWAIN. Nearly forty-six years ago, in the spring of 1844, a young man started out from his home among the hills of Cumberland County, Pa., intent on seeking his fortune. He proceeded on foot to Pittsburg, then took a river steamer for Cincinnati and from there walked to Xenia, entering the embryo city wilh a capital of $37 in his pocket. The surroundings and the outlook pleased him, and he accordingly here took up his permanent abode, and with the exception of one year he has since been a resident thereof. From that modest be- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 791 ginning he worked his way upward, following his trade of a carpenter, and is now well-to-do, own ing valuable property in and around the city. Many of the finest residences in Xenia have been constructed under his supervision, and ho has superintended the erection of a number of its pub lic buildings. His career as a man aud a citizen has been such as to commend him to the esteem and confidence of all with whom he has had deal ings. A native of Mifflin Township, Cumberland County, Pa., the subject of this notice was born March 22, 1821, and is the son of William Bell and Susannah (Failor) McElwain, who were like wise natives of Cumberland County, the father born July 1, 1794, and the mother F'ebruary 3, 1797. William McElwain was a lifelong farmer, and spent his entire life in his native State. In politics, he was a stanch Democrat, and in religion, a Presbyterian. The mother leaned to the doc trines of the Lutheran Church, and both finally became connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church. To the parents of our subject, who were mar ried December 12, 1816, there was born a family of twelve children, ten of whom lived to mature years, viz. : Margaret Jane, Andrew, Sarah Aun, William Bell, Jr., Susannah, James, Mary, Lacy and Eliza beth. These were all married and reared families of their own. Elinor died when about thirty-four years old, and the other child died in infancy. Mrs. Susannah (Failor) McElwain departed this life at the old homestead in Cumberland County, Pa., May 2, 1839. The father contracted a sec ond marriage, January 13, 1846, with Miss Eliza beth Kerr, and there were born to them three children — Robert Henderson, Thomas Simpson and Rebecca Agnes. Mrs. Elizabeth McElwain died May 26, 1853. William B. McElwain survived this wife for a period of twenty-one years, and died July 8, 1874, at a ripe old age. The paternal grandfather, Andrew McElwain, was likewise a na tive of Cumberland County, Pa. He grew up among the Indians, and when a child, upon one occasion when the family was fleeing to the fort for safety from the savages, he was overlooked and left in his cradle. It was not very long, however, until he was missed by his mother and rescued. He was reared to farm pursuits and learned distilling. Upon the outbreak of the Revolutionary War he shouldered his musket and did good service in the cause of the Colonists. He married for his flrst wife a Miss Shannon, and there were born to them the children named respectively: Robert, Andrew, Thomas, Jane, Mary and Elizabeth. The boys grew up large and athletic, presenting fine speci mens of physical manhood. His first wife died, and he was then married to Miss Margaret Bell, a native of Belltown, Pa., and of Scotcli parentage. All male members of tbe Bell family were also of large stature, one of them being over six feet in height. The father of Margaret Bell could call sixty of his descendants from his own door in Belltown. Grandfather McElwain by this mar riage became the father of four more children — William, James, John and Sarah. He and his children were Presbyterians in religious belief. He died about 1816. The paternal great-grandfather of our subject, also named Andrew, was a native of Scotland, whence he emigrated to Ireland and then crossed the Atlantic to America. He was afterward mar ried to Mary Mickey, who was born in Delaware, in 1728. On the maternal side of the house, the grandfather of our subject was Andrew Failor, of Pennsylvania. He married Elizabeth Unauch, and both were of German descent. The six children born to them were named respectively : Susannah, Andrew, Elizabeth, Barbara, Mary and Nicholas. The last mentioned is still living and a resident of Missouri. Uncle Failor was an early settler of Crawford County, Pa., and a prominent man, serv- ¦ ing as Associate County Judge for a period of fourteen years. He also acted in the capacity of Surveyor several years, and spent his last days in Ohio. The subject of this notice remained with his par ents on the farm in his native county until a young man of twenty-four years, obtaining his education in the common school and being trained to habits of industry and economy. After leaving school he occupied himself as a teacher one term, and when nineteen years old commenced learning the car penter's trade, which he has since followed. He 792 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. was first married January 1, 1845, to Miss Margaret Ann Matts, the wedding taking place at the bride's home in Springfield, this State. Mrs. McPllwain like her husband was born in Cumberland County, Pa., April 11, 1825, and was the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Hyland) Matts, who came to this State at an early day, locating in Springfield, where the father followed coopering. He had learned this trade in 1812 in Philadelphia, to which be bad emigrated from his native State of New Jersey. He and his estimable iviie spent their last years in Springfield, Ohio, he living to the ad vanced age of ninety-throe years. Of this union there were born two children — Mary Ellen, now the wife of John Null, and one who died in in fancy. Mrs. Margaret McElwain departed this life at her home in Xenia, December 28, 1846. She was a lady of many estimable qualities, and a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The second wife of our subject was in her mai denhood Miss Catherine D. Bower, who was born in Clear Spring, Md., and they were married Au gust 17, 1852. Her parents were David and Ra chel (Hyland) Bower, who were nativos respect ively of Dauphin County, Pa., and AVashington County, Md. Mr. Bower was a hatter by trade, and died in Pennsylvania when middle aged. His widow and family came to this county in 1845, and the mother is now deceased. Our subject by this marriage became the father of seven children — Emma C, who died when eighteen months old; Andrew Asbury, Dennis Bower; Alice May, the wife of John demons, of Springfield; Laverna Kate, the wife of Frank AVolf, Jr. ; Laura Bell and Etta Grover. Mr. and Mrs. McElwain have long been connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church in Xenia, in which Mr. McElwain officiated as Class-Leader for a period of forty years, and has been Steward for twenty-five years. Ho was the Treasurer of the church for over sixteen years. Mr. McElwain rejoices in the possession of nine grandchildren. His daughter, Mrs. Mary E. Null, is the mother of two children — Laverna and Mc Elwain Aliger; Laverna K, Mrs. AVolf, has two children — Margaret and Raymond C; Andrew A. is the father of two children — Frank Wolf, Ger trude Alberta and Andrew Asbury; Dennis B. has two children — Frederick Beall and Paul Harrison. Since taking up his abode in Xenia Mr. McElwain has several times returned to his old home in Pennsylvania, and renewed the associations of his boyhood days. He has also been across the Mis sissippi into the State of Kansas and other parts of the AVest. During the Civil War he served several days with the Home Guards, and engaged in sOrae skirmishing in the vicinity of Camp Denison. ^fi DAM CARN. Prominent among the na tive-born citizens of Clark County, whose parents were numbered among its early pioneers, may be properly mentioned tho subject of this notice, who owns and occupies a well-tilled farm on section 10, Gorman Township. Ho was born in this township April 14, 1827, and is the son of Peter and Saloma (Rockel) Carn, who were natives of Pennsylvania. The parents of our subject were reared and mar ried in their native State, where they lived until 1823, and then resolved upon seeking their fort unes farther AVest. Coming overland to Clark County, this State, the father secured a tract of land from the Government, from which he opened up a farm now occupied by his son Adam. He settled practically in the woods with his little fam ily, putting up a log cabin and a stable, making his roofs of straw. In that humble dwelling Adam Carn was born. It is still standing, and forms one of the old landmarks of a bygone time. Its builder has long since passed away, but his many virtues still have a place in the remembrance of those who knew him. He died December 8, 1850, firm in tbe faith of the Lutheran Church, and in politics, a Democrat. To the parents of our subject there were born three children, of whom Adam is the only sur vivor. The mother passed to her long home about 1871. Adam was required to make himself useful at an early age, and assisted his father in cultiva ting the land, and making the improvements upon the farm which is now his property. His educa- a*- \tmmvwms: JV;a:m J®Ife»- fimmWtmW Ifcw .' ¦¦-.- Q/^tocv c/Cuyw^ PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 795 tional advantages were exceedingly limited, there being but little time or opportunity for him to at tend school. Schools were conducted on the sub scription plan, and mostly during the winter season tho boys, especially, of the neighborhood being ex pected to help their parents during the seasons of plowing, sowing and reaping. The boyhood and youth of our subject passed uneventfully until bis marriage, which occurred September 27, 1851. His bride was Miss Barbara Reiman, a native of Virginia, and the daughter of Samuel and Catharine Reiman, who are now do- ceased. Of this union there was born one daugh ter, Mary, the wife of Theodore Heller, and *they live with our subject. Mr. Cam owns one hundred and forty-two acres of good land,, the most of which is in productive condition, and to this he gives the most of his time and attention. He meddles very little with poli tics, simply giving his support at the polls to tho Democratic party. He has always maintained a warm interest ill the growth and development of his native county, and by keeping one of its best farms in a good condition, has thus contributed his quota to its general prosperity. 1 ACOB KLEIN. This gentleman is quito an old settler of Xenia, wliere he has an estab lished reputation aa a man of high business ability and excellent character. During the early years of his residence here he was so thoroughly identified with the efforts to secure a Catholic Church that the history of the movement is almost a history of himself. Probably there is no man in the neighborhood to whom greater credit is due for the success of that organization in this city. The eyes of Mr. Klein first saw the light of day in Bavaria, Germany, November 23, 1822, and in May, 1832, he came with his parents, Wen- del and Mary Ann (Schetzer) Klein, to Cincinnati. The father bought a farm in Brown County, near Georgetown, and upon it he built a church and also donated land for the Catholic graveyard. With such an example before him it is not strange that young Klein, soou after beginning bis career in life, should have begun his endeavors to establish a church here. When about twenty-two years old he left his home and came to Xenia where he em barked in the business of a baker and confectioner and a dealer in groceries. He continued in busi ness until about four years ago, at present being occupied with the renting of his city property, to bacco growing and the ice business. Ho owns four stores on West Main Street, a One brick residence of twelve rooms just beyond Iloven & Allison's rope walk, an ice-house and about nine acres of land within the city limits. This fortune has been built up by his own efforts and reflects credit upon bis character and capabilities. A few months after Mr. Klein took up his resi dence here he had mass read in his house, Father Yonker, afterward Bishop, coming over from the Emanuel Church in Dayton. There were but nine Catholics in the neighborhood aud our subject is the only one of that number now left here. After this first mass was read, a church organization was made and ere long they were visited by Bishop Purcell, after which a subscription was started for a building. Mr. Klein not only had charge of the subscription but in his own name bought the lots where the church now stands, holding them for its uso and donating $400 for its benefit. He aided largely in the enterprise and was one of the promi nent members, among others who helped to build, being John Day and T. O'Neil. Mr. Klein also bought and held land for the burying-ground until the church was able to pay for it, buying and sell ing at $60 per acre, when he might have made a a great profit on it; he also laid out the yard and paid $20 for his own lot. Mr. Klein also rented a room and started a parochial school ; afterward he built a schoolhouse of one story, to which later an other story was added. He received his pay from the church in small amounts as they were able to pay. In August, 1844, Mr. Klein was united in mar riage with Miss Elenora Rhinehart, the mar riage ceremony being performed in the church on his father's farm. Of this union three children were born, of whom but one are now living — Wen- 796 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. del, whose home is in Batavia. The wife and mother departed this life August 29, 1858. Later Mr. Klein contracted a second marriage in Xenia, his wife being Mary K. Rheinhart. To them have been born eight children, all of whom survive and are named respectively: Jacob, John E., Benjamin A., Frances A., Mary Cecelia M., Barbara A. and Eda E. All remain at home with the exception of Mary, who is the wife of A. G. Miltner, of Troy. In connection with his personal sketch, a portrait of Mr. Klein is presented elsewhere in this volume. Tg&i"""" OBIAS A. KLINE. A beautiful farm, which although small, is finely improved, is the home of the above-named gentleman, who deals in produce, butter, eggs and poultry, having a place in the market at Dayton which he attends Tuesdays and Saturdays. His estate com prises twenty-one acres of rich land in Clark County, occupying a portion of section 19, Bethel Township. The career of Mr. Kline affords con clusive evidence that a large estate is not necessary to secure independence, but tbat vim and good judgment can win prosperity from a small acreage. The subject of this sketch is a son of Christian D. Kline, a native of Lancaster County, Pa., who was reared on a farm and learned the trade of a tailor. He carried on a shop in Springville, Sus quehanna County, until 1842, when he removed to Ohio. He located in Medway, Clark County, opened a tailor-shop, and carried it on for fifteen years. He then bought eleven acres on section 19, Bethel Township, and began farming, adding about ten acres at a time, until the farm amounted to seventy-five acres of well-improved laud. It ad joins the town of Medway, and furnishes a com fortable home for his declining years. He is now seventy-nine years of age, and is living a quiet life, enjoying the fruits of his industry. He be longs to the Mennonite Church. He married Miss Fredericka Allbright, with whom he lived happily until 1871, when she was called from time to eternity. She had borne four children, our subject being the third in order of birth — Amos, the first born, is a farmer in Bethel Township; Anna, Mrs. Hershey, died in 1861, and Christiana when eight years old. Amos served nearly four years during the late war, being a member of the Forty-fourth and Eighth Ohio Cavalry. The mother of our subject was born near Ams terdam, Holland, and coming to America when a young girl with her brothers and sisters, they were sold in Philadelphia to pay for their passage and were thus separated. Three sisters lived there, and a brother and sister in Huron County, Ohio. They had lost track of each other for thirty years, when by the merest chance they learned of each other's location, by hearing the Allbright name from a traveler who knew the brother. The birth of our subject took place in Spring ville, Lancaster County, Pa., June 18, 1841, and he was brought to the Buckeye State when eleven months old, the journey being performed by boat down the Ohio River andcanal to Dayton. He was reared and educated in Medway, remaining at home on the farm until May, 1864, when he en listed in the One Hundred and F'ifty-third Ohio Infantry, being assigned to Company E. After being mustered into the service at Camp Dennison, the command was sent to Virginia, where for some time they skirmished with bushwhackers. On July 4 they had a fight with the rebel general, McCoslin, on the south branch of the Potomac, and on August 2d took part in the battle of Greene Springs against Gen. Johnston. September 10, 1864, Mr. Kline was mustered out and honorably discharged at Camp Dennison, returning thence to his home. On November 15, 1866, in Medway, Mr. Kline was united in marriage with Miss Catherine Har- nish, and the young couple took up their abode in Evansville, Ind., where the husband engaged in the manufacture and sale of confectionery. A year later they returned to Medway, and settled where they yet reside. Mr. Kline purchased six acres of land, built upon it and began handling produce for the Dayton market. He has added fifteen acres of tillable land to his flrst purchase and raises some grain, although his principal crop is tobacco, three to six acres being devoted to that crop, on which he has made money. The PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 797 dwelling is an attractive one, and every conve nience in the way of useful buildings is to be found; the barn is 40x60 feet, affording ample accommodation for stock and fodder. During the twenty-one years in which Mr. Kline has attended the Dayton market, he has missed but four Satur days. Although a shrewd bcyer and salesman, he always pays the farmers the best of market prices for their produce, in which he deals extensively. In 1883 he started in the general merchandise business in Medway, under the style of Kline & Schatz, and carried on a successful trade until 1886, when the firm closed out and dissolved partnership. The wife of Mr. Kline was born in Cumberland County, Pa., and is the daughter of Emanuel and Catherine (Tanger) Harnish, the father a farmer there. She is an excellent housewife, a kindly and intelligent woman, and a faithful wife and mother. She has five children — Mollie, Rickie, Walter, For rest and Webster — all at home. Mr. Kline has been School Director for seven years, and being well informed and the possessor of remarkably good judgment, he has been a most acceptable ser vant of the people in this capacity. His political allegiance is given to the Republican party, and in his religious belief he favors Universalism. He is one of those genial, straightforward and honest men, who are liked by everyone they meet, and he fills a leading position in the community. \f)ONAS DRURY. The life record of Mr. Drury discloses a career remarkable in many respects, and peculiar qualities of character among the greatest of which were kindness, charity, probity, and a keen observation of what was going on around him in the world. He had been identified with the history of Springfield for many years before his death, having been a resi dent of the city since 1856. He was born March 13, 1810, at Temple, Me., and departed this life at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Georgie D. Runyan, in 1890, lacking only nineteen days of numbering his four-score years. With the exception of white ning his hair and rendering his steps less elastic, time had made but few inroads upon a form more than ordinarily vigorous and active. His imme diate progenitor was the Rev. John Drury, a minis ter of the Methodist Episcopal Church, a Captain in the War of 1812, and at one time a member of the Maine Legislature. He gave to his son a good education, the latter completing his studies in the Maine Wesleyan Seminary. In 1835 Jonas Drury repaired to Providence, R. I., where he followed the profession of a teacher several years. In 1840 he located in Aroostook County, Me., and as he had especially fitted him self for a civil engineer at college, he was now en gaged by the State in surveying its northern por tion. P'or thirteen years following, he was Judge of the Court of Commissioners. He devoted* his time in the summer to surveying, and in the winter to lumbering. He led a hard and rugged life among the Maine woods, inhabited by7 wolves, bears, deer, elk, and other wild animals. In the meantime Mr. Drury was married March 13, 1843, to Miss Lavina McCloud. There were born to them three children: Georgie, Mrs. Dr. Runyan, of Springfield; Josie, now Mrs. Williams, of New York State; Mary, Mrs. E. B. Reifsnider, of Springfield, all of whom are living. The wife and mother died in Cincinnati, October 10, 1885. Mr. Drury had been reared by his honored father to sentiments of patriotism, and at an early period after the outbreak of the Civil War he responded to the call for volunteers, and gave his time and services to his country until the close of the con flict. In June, 1866, under the auspices of the Government, he took charge of a corps of men who engaged in the removal of Union soldieis from Southern battlefields to the national cemetery at Chattanooga, Tenn. He estimated that while thus engaged, and in the two years following, during which he was employed by the Government in ex amining the validity of claims, he walked over four thousand miles a year. The changes of the seasons possessed for Mr. Drury a remarkable interest, and for the long period of sixty -five years, he kept a close and min ute record of the weather, taking observations six times a day, permitting not even the strife of war to 798 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. interrupt him in a single day's observations. Fbr this purpose he had various apparatus, pluviome ters and barometers, making observations from the different forms of clouds, cirrus, cumulus and nim bus. Ho left chests full of weather records which are of almost inestimable value. AVhen this habit became generally known he was in almost constant receipt of letters from parties who had lawsuits on hand in which the weather was the chief factor. In this manner several cases of litigation were settled which could scarcely have been done satisfactorily in any other manner. Finally, by special request, he furnished reports to the great dailies, including tho Cleveland Leader, and the Cincinnati Commer cial Gazette. In order to further aid him in his ob servations, he invented several curious contrivances, one of which he called a "moon winder," and which he used for ascertaining the location of the lunar sphere, which he always maintained had no little to do with the condition of the atmosphere. In his duties in connection with the removal of the Union soldiers, Mr. Drury7, for whom the mat ter possessed unalloyed interest, met with many in teresting incidents. Upon one occasion he was desired to find the bodies of six Union soldiers who had been killed by rebels for capturing an engine, and trying to run away with it. Ho succeeded in his search, and the heroes now sleep in graves marked by monuments lolling the story of their valor. During those days he made the acquaint ance of LeCaron, the noted French spy. As a testi mony of friendship, LeCaron one day drew Mr. Drury's salary and disappeared. The life of Mr. Drury if written up in detail, would make au interesting volume. He was well known to nearly all the residents of Springfield, and a familiar figure on Center Street, where, dur ing almost every afternoon in the summer, he would be found sprinkling the roadway. He was a man of high courage, and during his migrations to the South frequently traveled under the guise of a minister — a "hard-shell Methodist" as he called himself, and whose doctrine he told the people, was to "mind his own business, and to let other people's business alone." By adopting this policy, he es caped unmolested, although frequently engaged upon most dangerous missions. He was One of the most trusted employes of the Government, and faithfully did he fulfill the duties committed to him. His remains were followed to tlieir last resting place by a large concourse of people among whom his name will be remembered for many years to come. ROBERT N. ELDER. There is probably not within the limits of Green Township, Clark County, a more prominent or popular man than he with whose name we introduce this notice. Nature has endowed him with more than ordinary capacities and the genial disposition which makes for him friends wherever he goes. Liberal and public-spirited, no man is more warmly inter ested in the material welfare of his township and none have contributed more generously of their time and means with this end in view. He thor oughly believes in progress and reform and keeps himself posted in regard to current events all over the world, taking satisfaction in every evidence of the improved condition of mankind, morally, in tellectually and financially. Mr. Elder, in the fall of 1888, was elected one of the Commissioners of Clark County for a term of three years and is discharging the duties of his office with credit to himself and satisfaction to all concerned. He has always taken a very active in terest in educational affairs and has been a School Director for a period of over twenty years. He served as Road Supervisor several terras and for six consecutive years was Trustee of Green Town ship. He cast his first Presidential vote for Abra ham Lincoln, in Cass County, Ga. While in the army and since becoming a voter, he has steadfastly maintained his allegiance to the Republican party. Probably no man has been more active in its coun cils in this part of the county, he having been fre quently sent to the County, State and Congressional conventions and has at various times been a mem ber of the County Central Committee. The greater part of his life has been spent in farming pursuits. He has maintained a uniform interest in the Grange movement of which he was at one time a member, serving as Master and Secretary and in other posi- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL' ALBUM. 799 tions of trust and responsibility. In his religious views he is a stanch Presbyterian, officiating as Trustee one year and is looked upon as one of the pillars of the church at Clifton. It will thus be seen that the sphere of his usefulness is a broad one and it may safely be said that he reaps unal loyed satisfaction in contemplation of the fact that he has not only endeavored to be a useful member in his community, but therein has fairly succeeded. The subject of this notice was born April 10, 1843, at the old homestead in Green Township and was the ninth in a family of eleven children, the offspring of Robert and Nancy T. (Elder) Elder, who were natives of Dauphin County, Pa. The paternal grandfather, Robert Elder, emigrated to Ohio in 1813. He purchased a tract of land on section 10, Green Township, and the patent which he received from the Government at that time is still in the possession of the family, being preserved as one of the old relics with which they would not willingly part. The country at that time was very thinly settled and mostly a forest. Grandfather Elder, with the aid of his sons, Thomas, Robert and John, cleared a farm from the wilderness and there spent the remainder of his days. The parents of our subject were married early in the twenties at tbe bride's home in Green Town ship, Clark County, and settled upon the farm en tered by the grandfather, where Robert Jr., effected additional improvements and put up the residence whieh is now owned by his nephew, a son of John Elder, He was a hard-working, industrious man, more than ordinarily intelligent, and became prom inent in local affairs, holding various positions of trust and responsibility and serving as Justice of the Peace for the long period of twenty years in succession. He was active in the establishment and maintenance of schools, believing that the educa tion of the young was one of the most important adjuncts to the well-being of society. The mother of our subject was the daughter of David Elder, who upon emigrating to this State settled in Butler County, and like most of the men about him followed agricultural pursuits. He like wise built up a home from the wilderness. Robert and Nancy Elder reared seven daughters and six of them became school teachers and followed their profession successfully. Of the eleven children comprising the household circle, nine are still liv ing: Ann is the wife of J. P. Garlough, and they are residents of this township; Elizabeth became the wife of J. E. Stewart and died at her homo in Green Township; Martha J. is the wife of J. J. Tuttle and they7 live in the city of Springfield; Margery A. married Hugh Cowan and they also live in Springfield; Mary A., Mrs. N. L. Griffith, is a resident of Cass County, Mo.; Susan and Har riet are unmarried and are living in Springfield; David N. is senior member of the firm of Elder & Tuttle and is engaged in the hardware business in Springfield; he is unmarried. Thomas J. married Miss Fanny Harris and they live in Vincennes, Ind. The mother died at the homestead in Green Town ship iu 1876, at the age of seventy-two years, having been born in 1804. Robert Polder was born March 20, 1802, and died March 13, 1886. Mr. Elder, of whom we write, was trained to habits of industry and economy and required to make himself useful about the homestead at an early ago. His education was conducted in the district school and he remained under the parental roof until the outbreak of the Civil AVar. On the 13th of August, 1862, he enlisted in the Union service as a member of Company A, Ninety-fourth Ohio Infantry, and in due time was promoted to Corporal. He went with his regiment which at first was independent, to Lexington, Ky., where they came in conflict with the troops of Kirby Smith. Mr. Elder soon afterward was captured but paroled the following day and sent to Camp Chase where he remained until exchanged. Joining his regiment then at Murfreesboro,Tenn., Mr. Elder thereafter remained in the service until the close of tho war. About that time the regi ment was made a part of the First Brigade, First Division, Fourteenth Army Corps and Mr. Elder took part in all the battles of the campaign, namely : Hoover's Gap, the siege of Chattanooga, and was at Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge and in the four month's campaign from Chattanooga to At lanta. Thence he went on the famous march to the sea and had the satisfaction of witnessing the surrender of Gen. Joseph Johnston near Raleigh, N. C, in 1865. The war now being practically 800 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. ended he went with his comrades up through the Carolinas to Washington, D. C, taking part in the Grand Review, which occurred in May following. UpOn that occasion the troops passed in grand array before President Andrew Johnson, Gens. Grant and Sherman and other famous men of that time. The boys were mustered out at the Capital and repairing thence to Camp Chase, Ohio, Mr. Elder received his honorable discharge, June 5, 1865, after a faith ful service of thirty-four months. Mr. Elder had a remarkable experience, escaping wounds and maintaining his usual good health al though taking part in all the active operations of bis regiment. He experienced many hairbreadth escapes, but returned home safe and sound and at once prepared to resume his old occupation of farm ing. He rented the homestead on section 10, Green Township and remained there until the spring of 1885. Thence he removed to the C. A. Estle place where he sojourned the following summer and in the fall of that year purchased the farm which he now owns and occupies. This embraces' two hun dred and twenty-seven acres of choice land, all of which is under a good state of cultivation and which is devoted to general farming and the raising of high-grade stock. Here as in all other transac tions of his life, Mr. Elder maintains that persever ing and methodical course which seldom fails of success. He has gathered around himself and fam ily all of the comforts and many of the luxuries of life while at the same time lending a helping hand to those around him as opportunity presents. For a period of twenty-one years there has trav eled beside Mr. Elder one of the most estimable of women, who in her girlhood was Miss Julia A. Stewart and to whom he was married at the bride's home in Green Township, March 31, 1869. Mrs. Elder was born July 3, 1847, at her father's home stead in Green Township, Clark County, and is the daughter of Capt. Perry and Rhoda A. (Wheeler) Stewart, further notice of whom appears on another page in this volume. Of the ten children born to Mr. and Mrs. Elder three died in infancy. Stewart, the eldest son, on the 6th of February, 1889, was thrown from a horse, suffering a compound fracture of the ankle joint and died from lockjaw on the 15th of Feb ruary following at the age of eighteen yrears; Robert was born January 16, 1872, and is now at home; Rhoda, September 15, 1873; Ellis W., December 14, 1877 ; Howard, September 27, 1879, died March 14, 1880; Walter N., born February 8, 1881; Anna, November 23, 1882, died April 28, 1883 ; Eula, bora May 10, 1884; baby boy, unnamed, born P'ebruary 23, 1888, and died two days later; And Carrie, born July 8, 1889. Mrs. Elder, like her husband, be longs to the Presbyterian Church and has always been warmly interested in Sunday-school work, fre quently acting as a teacher therein and giving much time to the religious instruction of the young. Their children are being carefully trained and are regular attendants at the Sundayr-school. Mr. and Mrs. Elder enjoy the acquaintance of hosts of friends and represent the best element in their community. eALVIN VANNIMMAN. The family to which the subject of this sketch belongs is one of the oldest and most highly respected in Jefferson Township, Greene County. In this township Calvin was born September 3, 1837, and there spent the days of his boyhood and youth, acquiring his education in the common schools and becoming familiar with the art of plowing, sowing and reaping. His life passed in comparatively un eventful manner until he was a man of twenty-five years. Then desirous of establishing a home of bis own he was joined in wedlock with Miss Mary A. Ellis, and they commenced the journey of life to gether on a farm in Jefferson Township, where they labored with the mutual purpose of building up a comfortable home and accumulating a com petence. In this they have succeeded admirably, having now the warrantee deed to five hundred broad acres of well tilled land which yields abund antly the richest crops of the Buckeye State. The farm is improved with good buildings and the whole forms one of the most attractive pictures in the landscape of that region. In noting the antecedents of our subject we find we find tbat his paternal grandfather, Benjamin PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 801 Vannimman, was a native of Pennsylvania and the scion of an old and eminently respectable fam ily. He followed farming all his life, in the mean time emigrating to Illinois, where he spent his last days. To him and his estimable wife there was born a family of two sons and two daughters, one of whom, Benjamin, Jr., the father of our subject, it is believed, was born in the State of Pennsylvania and later emigrated to Clinton County, this State. He settled in the dense forest when the country was principally inhabited by7 Indians and wild animals. He built a log cabin and commenced felling the trees around him, grubbing out the stumps and bringing the soil to a state of cultivation. He was greatly prospered, invested his surplus capital in additional land and in time became the owner of seven hun dred acres, all of which he brought to a productive condition. He erected thereon good buildings and gathered about himself and family all of the com forts and many of the luxuries of life. He then retired from active labor and departed this life at the home which he built up in 1879, at the ad vanced age of eighty-four years. Benjamin Vannimman, Jr., like his father before him, was a hard-working industrious man, full of energy and usually madie it a point to accomplish what he set about. He visited Illinois wliere his father had settled before locating in this State, but decided that Ohio was good enough for him. Not only was he successful in his own personal affairs but he was liberal and public-spirited and contrib uted as far as in him lay to the general advancement of the community around him. In politics he was a sound Republican, after the organization of tbis party and in religion he was a devoted member of the Methodist Protestant Church. The mother of our subject was in her girlhood Miss Sophia Hussoy and they were married in Jef ferson Township. Mrs. Vannimman was a native of Ohio and removed to Greene County with her husband, to whom she proved an efficient help mate in the building up of a homestead and the accumulation of the property. She died in 1844, at the birth of her thirteenth child, and when forty-four years old. She had been reared in the Quaker faith and to this she adhered all her life. She fulfilled all life's duties as a wife, mother and friend and her name is held in tender remembrance by her children. The parental family of our sub ject included five sons and eight daughters, five of whom are living. Mrs. Mary A. (Ellis) Vannimman was born Jan uary7 27, 1840, in Wilson Township, Clinton County, this State, and is the daughter of Joseph and Eliza (Stilling) Ellis, who were natives of Vir ginia, and who emigrated to Clinton County, this State at an early day. The mother died at her bome in Cedarville in 1871, when sixty-three years old. She was a lady possessing all the Christian virtues and greatly beloved by her family and her friends. Mr. Ellis is still living, being about eighty-two years old and makes his home in York, Neb. They were the parents of a large family, five of whom are living. To Mr.and Mrs. Vannimman there have been born no children. Both are members in good standing of the Methodist Protestant Church. Mr. Vanni mman cast his first Presidential vote for Lincoln and is a stanch supporter of the principles of the Re publican party. JAMES TI. CRAWFORD. This gentleman was born September 23, 1828, in Cedarville Township, Greene County, on the farm where he now resides. His father died about a year after his birth, leaving a widow and three children, and although in poor health Mrs. Craw ford managed to keep the family together and save the farm of one hundred acres which her husband bad left. With her own hands she spun the thread, wove the cloth, and made their garments, and suc ceeded in sending the children to school until all had obtained fair educations. She lived to see the fruits of her efforts, as each one of the children settled well in life. Our subject being the young est of the household band he remained at home with his mother, even after his marriage, until her death in 1868. James Crawford, the father of our subject, was a son of Michael and Elinore (Leach) Crawford, of Rockbridge County, Va., where the first of the 802 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. family7 located on coming from Ireland many years ago. He was born in that county, July 23, 1798, living until September 9, 1829. His wife was Miss Martha Leach, a daughter of James Leach, also of Rockbridge County and a granddaughter of John Leach, who was tho father of Mrs. Iilinore Craw ford. The Leach family are of Scotch-Irish lineage, and are among the first families of Virginia. Judge J. II. Leach of Iowa, who died in 1878, was an uncle of our subject. Tbe only sister of our sub ject is Elinore, Mrs. Henry Owens, who opened her eyes to the light in 1834. His only brother is Thomas, who was born in 1826. A little incident in the life of Michael Crawford, grandfather of our subject, is worthy of preserva tion as illustrating the characteristics of the man. AVhile still young and living in Virginia, he had purchased his brother's share in an old family slave named Bob, whom on one occasion he took with him to Tennessee. There Mr. Crawford was work ing at his trade of brick laying and attended by the negro, for whom he was offered a fancy price. The young man told Bob of the offer, but the negro said he thought it would be wrong for his master to sell him among strangers, after he had spent his life in their service and raised all of his master's mother's children, having taken care of them from infancy. Mr. Crawford told the man if that was tho way it looked to him, he should not be sold, but if he would go with him to Ohio he should be a free man. They came to this State in 1830, whore Bob received his freedom and was married to the daugh ter of the Rev. Godfrey Brown (colored). He settled south of Xenia, on Caesar's Creek, raising a family and living to be very old. He took the name of Robert Baker, but was better known as Bob Crawford. The lady whom Mr. Crawford of our sketch chose for his life companion was Matilda, daughter of James and Sarah (Seldomridge) Patterson. Mrs. Crawford is an estimable woman whose domestic habits and virtues have been a blessing in her home. The union has been blessed by the birth of five children, four of whom survive. The oldest child is Martha J., a young lady who is now at home and is one of Greene County's best known teachers, taking a commendable pride in the profession which she has chosen. The second born was Sarah Amanda, who died in 1882, at the age of twenty-two years. Following her in order of birth are John T., James AV. and D. Leigh, who have received fine educa tions at the High School at Cedarville, and the younger of whom aspires to a thorough collegiate course. Mr. and Mrs. Crawford and daughter be long to the Methodist Episcopal Church of Cedar ville. Mr. Crawford is numbered among the stanch Republicans of tbe county, always ready to do his share to insure the success of that party as he feels that the spirit of justice is interwoven in its politi cal fabric and that the National welfare largely de pends upon its success. It would be hard to find a family better deserving representation in a volume of this nature than that of James H. Crawford, or one whose history the biographical writer would take greater pleasure in recording. R. JOHN W. HULICK. The medical firm of Bell & Hulick is familiar to most of the residents of Springfield as one having its full share of business, and which has attained lo a good position in the medical fraternity of Clark County. They have a fine office, thoroughly equipped with everything pertaining to the profession, while their prompt attention to the calls made upon them and their conscientious methods of practice have fully established them in the esteem and confidence of the people. Dr. Hulick was born in Batavia,Clermont County, this State, August 2, 1858, and is the son of AVill iam W. and Mary J. (Dial) Hulick, who are also natives of Batavia. The father was born December 24, 1824, and the mother November 20, 1828. William W. Hulick was a stock dealer and farmer. He spent his entire life in bis native town, and died in 1884. The paternal grandfather was James Hulick, a native of Virginia, and of English de scent. He spent his last years in Clermont County. On the maternal side of the house Grandfather David Dial, was a native of North Carolina, and he spent his last years in Clermont County. To AVilliam and Mary Hulick there were born three (7^-^^^X 6/^^-^W ^A^ ^^ cx^i^U^ PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 805 children, one of whom, David W., died in 1880; Emma L. is living at Batav.ia, Ohio; John W., our subject, was the youngest of the family. He attended the public schools of Batavia during his younger years, and later became a student of the Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio, from which he was graduated in the Class of '79. Dr. Hulick began the study of medicine in the office of J. C. Kennedy, M. D., of Batavia, and later entered the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, from which he was graduated in 1882. He began the practice of his profession in Milford, Ohio, and later went to New York City, and took a post graduate course in Bellevue Hospital Medical Col lege, from which he was graduated in 1883. We next find Dr. Hulick located in Springfield, where he commenced the practice of his profession whieh he has since followed with unqualified suc cess. He associated himself in partnership with Dr. Read L. Bell in 1885. Dr. Hulick belongs to the American Medical Association, tbe Ohio Slate Medical Society ; the Southwestern Ohio Medical Society; the Clark County Medical Society, and he is an honorary member of the Clermont County Medical Society. Socially, he belongs to Ephraim Lodge, No. 146, I. O.O. F.; the Knights of Pyth ias, and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, No. 51. If hOLNEY A. FARR. Aside from looking af ter his property, this aged and respected ^ resident of Springfield, is living mostly re tired from the active duties of life. He has by a course of industry and prudence, acquired a com petence, and is fully entitled to the ease and comfort which attends him as he quietly passes down the sunset hill of life. He is a native of Vermont, and was born on the 13th of May, 1813, in Brandon, Rutland County, being the son of Solomon and Mabel (Dean) P'arr. Solomon Fan- was a native of Brighton, Vt., of Irish extraction, and for many years labored as a foundryman, both in his native State and elsewhere. The mother was likewise born in Vermont, and traced her ancestry to Scotland. The parental family consisted of seven children, four sons and three daughters; only three of the sons are living, two of them being resi dents of the Green Mountain State. The subject of this notice spent his youthful days in his native place, and obtained a practical educa tion in the public schools. When of suitable years he began learning the trade of a moulder, but upon the completion of his apprenticeship, not liking the business, he abandoned it. Being of an adventur ous turn of mind, he resolved upon going to sea, and accordingly boarded the whaling vessel "Ama zon," under command of Capt. Smith, making a two years' voyage. This completed, he next went out on the bark "Harvest," which was also a whal ing vessel, and was gone another two years, hav ing an interest in the boat, and sharing the profits. During both voyages the vessels encountered terri fic storms, and for hours the crew expected that their time had come, and many were the resolves made that if ever they reached terra firma, they would stay there. The third and last voyage of Mr. Farr was on the "Harriet" from Freetown, Mass., under the com mand of Capt. Durphy. The voyage was an ex tended one, and they sailed over the Atlantic, the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Upon one occasion Mr. Farr was one of the crew which left the vessel in three whaling boats, and with his comrades suc ceeded in capturing one of the monsters of the deep, the men on each boat killing and capturing a whale. At the same time they were struck by a terrific storm suddenly, became separated from the vessel, and drifted at the mercy of the waves for a number of days, nearly starving, and enduring un told suffering for want of water. They were fin ally picked up by a German vessel. The boat that Mr. Farr was in, lost their whale during the storm, and two of the eighteen men, on account of their sufferings, had entirely lost their reason. Mr. Farr was now thoroughly convinced that the land was the safest place for him, and as soon as he reached it, made his preparations to stay there. He took up his abode in New Bedford, Mass., remaining there until January, 1849. At this time the California gold excitement was attracting large numbers of men to the Pacific Slope 806 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. and thither Mr. Farr determined to repair. Not withstanding the dangers he had encountered, he again took to the water, making the trip to the Golden Gate via Cape Horn, and experiencing as before considerable rough weather. Soon after his arrival at San Francisco, he entered the volcano mines, where he occupied himself one year in searching for the yellow ore, and was fairly suc cessful. Subsequently the prevalence of cholera at Sacramento, aud the breaking out of a fire, was the means of great loss, and he returned to the mines, where he spent two more years, which were fairly profitable. Returning then to Vermont, he sojourned there six months, and in the meantime took unto himself a wife and helpmate, Miss Eme- line Barnard, of Brandon, Vt., the marriage occur ring October 9, 1853. Mrs. Emeline P'arr was born in Brandon, Vt., and was the daughter of Barzilla and Susan (Crossman) Barnard. Soon after their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Farr came to Springfield, Ohio, on a visit, and while here, Mr. P'an- decided to remain in Springfield. He purchased a dairy in company with Joel Barn ard, and this they conducted for eighteen months, when the partnership was dissolved. Mr. Farr then for four years thereafter was engaged in the scutch- in<* of flax, which was used in the manufacture of rope and twine, shipping to Eastern markets. They also manufactured tow, which was utilized in mak ing paper. That enterprise not proving profitable, he therefore turned his attention to dealing in pro duce, and subsequently became a large buyer and shipper. The next enterprise of Mr. P'an- was the manu facture of the Middlings Purifier, in company with James Rigby, which involved him in a loss of over $5,000. He then withdrew from business, and has since lived retired. The family residence is a fine brick structure, built in 1877, and pleasantly lo cated on West High Street. To Mr. and Mrs. Farr there were born two chil dren, a daughter and son: Mabel D., the wife of A. P. Trout, a grocer of Springfield; and Leslie E., who is assistant steward in the Kimball House at Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. P'arr departed this life at her home in Springfleld, September 14, 1883. She was a most estimable lady, a faithful wife, and devoted mother, and was deeply mourned, not only by ber immediate family, but by a large circle of friends. Her remains were laid to rest in Ferncliff Ceme tery. She and her husband many years ago joined the Universalist Church. Politically, Mr. Farr was a Republican until six years ago, when he identified himself with the Prohibition party. A portrait of Mr. Farr appears elsewhere in this volume. AMUEL HUFFMAN. That well-known establishment, the Palace Livery Stable, lo cated at No. 173 West Main Street, Spring field, is an institution largely patronized by the leading residents of the city and is acknowl edged to be first class in every respect. The pro prietor with whose name we introduce this sketch, is a wide-awake business man with a thorough un derstanding of his calling, and whose promptness in meeting his obligations and courteous treatment of his customers, has built up for him a large pa tronage which is steadily increasing. Mr. Huffman was born July 26, 1832, at the country home of his parents in Bethel Township, five miles west of Springfield, and is the tenth child of Jacob and Catherine (Farmwood) Huff man, natives of Virginia. Jacob Huffman came with his parents to Clark County, this State, in 1802, the same year that Ohio was admitted into the Union as a State. He entered a tract of Gov ernment land, the patent of which is still carefully preserved in the Huffman family. The paternal grandfather of our subject was Henry Huffman, a native of Germany, who upon coming to America, engaged in farming and spent his last years in Bethel Township, Clark Countv, this State. The maternal ancestry of Mr. Huffman was also of German origin. Jacob Huffman, his father, was reared to farm pursuits and learned the trade of a stone mason, becoming skilled in his calling and laid the foundations of many of the houses and barns in Clark County. He built for himself a substantial stone residence, the stone being dressed for the interior and requiring no plastering. The partitions were also of stone aud PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 807 the whole formed a very solid structure, capable of withstanding the storms of a century. -The first dwelling of the parents of our subject was a hewed log house, one of the best in the county, and within which the greater part of their large family of ten children were born. These com prise six sons and four daughters, all of whom lived to mature years but of whom there are now only four living, two sons and two daughters. The eldest son, Henry, died at the advanced age of eighty-five years; Samuel, our subject, was the youngest bom. Mr. Huffman pursued his early studies in a log school house in what was familiarly known as the Keifer district and at an early age was taught to make himself useful around the farm. He was but thirteen years old at the time of his father's death, and he remained with his mother until his marriage. This interesting and important event occurred March 17, 1854, the bride being Miss Margaret Helfrick. Mrs. Huffman was born in 1835, in this county, and is a daughter of Michael and Barbary Helfrick, who were of German birth and parentage and emigrated from the Fatherland at an early day. They settled in this county and spent their last days here. Mr. and Mrs. Huffman after their marriage lo cated in Springfield Township where Mr. Huffman occupied himself at milling, operating the Rock Point Mills on Mad River, about six years. Later he assumed charge of the Tecumseh Mills in Mad River Township with which he was connected seven years. He next returned to Rock Point Mills which he operated two years more and upon leaving these he removed to the site of the Perue Mills. Later he built and operated the same mill and finally as sumed the sole proprietorship, continuing to oper ate this mill for about seven years. Then selling out, he removed to Springfield and invested a por tion of his capital in a stock of hardware. He was in trade two years and then established himself in the grocery business at Springfield. We next find him dealing in coal and lumber and from this he drifted into the livery business, becoming owner of a lot of fine stock and equipages. Mrs. Margaret Huffman departed this life at her home in Rock Point Mills' in 1863, leaving three children, two daughters and a son. Catherine is the wife of William Stickney, of Springfield Town ship; Etfie is the wife of Forrest Zircle, and they reside in Springfield ; Stephen J. operates a meat market in Springfield. In 1865, Mr. Huffman con tracted a second marriage with Barbara Hertzler, who was then a resident of Bethel Township, but who was born in Lancaster County, Pa., in 1832. Her father, Daniel Hertzler, was a prominent farmer, miller and distiller of Clark County, this State, and is now dead (was murdered in 1867). Of this union there have been born three children, the eldest of whom, a daughter, Matf,ie, is the wife of TI. C. Story, of Springfleld; Daniel H. is the chief assistant of his father in the livery business; Harry M. also makes himself useful in a like manner. The family residence is a substantial brick structure, pleasantly located on West Main Street. Mrs. Huff man is the owner of a good farm in Springfleld Township, one and one-half miles west of the city. Mr. Huffman, politically, supports the Democratic party and socially, belongs to Clark Lodge, No. 101, F. & A.M; Springfleld Chapter, No. 48, R.A.M. and Lodge, No. 146, I. O. 0. F. He has become well-to-do by his own energy and industry, and has been no unimportant factor in advancing the business interests of his adopted city. ylLLIAM M. NEELD. The results of in tegrity and square dealing are exhibited in the business career of this gentleman, who is one of the most enterprising of the younger business men in Spring Valley, Greene County. He was born in that village, and has been identified with its business interests during the greater part of the time since his youth, with the exception of a short time spent upon a farm, having been en gaged in some line of trade, and having taken charge of his father's business prior to his major ity. He is now manufacturing caskets and all kinds of ornamental finishing work for houses, to gether with furniture of various kinds. The natal day of our subject was August 10, 1849, he being the second son and child of his par- 808 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. ents, the other members of the group being Ben jamin F. and Mary E., the latter of whom died at the age of thirty years. Young Nceld was reared in Spring Valley, obtaining a good common - school education, and at night and on Saturdays working at the shoemaker's trade with his father, beginning his apprenticeship when about fourteen years old. The close confinement affected his health, and in his sixteenth year he wont on to a farm, where he remained until nineteen. He then returned to the village, carried on his father's busi ness for a yrear, and then embarked as the pro prietor of a meat market and butcher shop. A few years later he returned to the manufacture of boots and shoes, adding to their sale that of hats and caps, and following that business some fifteen years. He then sold the establishment to J. D. Moon, from whom he bought back the store a year later, disposing of it in August, 1888, to F. C. Cary. P"or two or three years prior to abandoning the mercantile business he had also carried on a livery and undertaking establish ment, and during the past two years he has been engaged in the brick business. That in which he is now occupied was opened by him in January, 1890, and while still in its infancy gives promise of a steady growth. Mr. Neeld owns considerable village property, his home being a fine brick residence on the hill, which was erected under his direction, and which is supplied with every comfort. It is presided over by an estimable young woman, formerly Miss Maggie E. St. John, who became his wife November 17, 1880. She is a daughter of Will iam and Martha (Smith) St. John, of Caesar's Creek Township. A bright and interesting group of childish faces have come to bless their union, the children bearing the names of Ralph M., Edith, Paul and Charley. In the training of these youth ful intelligences the parents take great delight, and are endeavoring to instill into their minds in their early childhood such principles as will insure their honorable manhood and womanhood. Mrs. Neeld belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church. The political suffrage of the husband is given to the Democratic party. He has served ten years as a member of the School Board, and for four years as a member of the Board of Trus tees. He was the originator of the movement to construct a township and corporation building, the village now having as one of its ornaments a fine three-story brick structure, the lower floor occu-. pied by township and village offices and a store room, the second floor used as a town hall, and the third owned by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. It is scarcely needful to state that by the citizens of the village, and the surrounding country, Mr. Neeld is regarded highly, and looked upon as one of the most reliable and trustworthy citizens. Jason M. Neeld, the father of our subject, was born in Bucks County, Pa.. July 7, 1818, and died in this county in 1869. He had come to Spring Valley Township in the fall of 1839, while still a single man, and in this township married Miss Susannah Allen, who is still living. She is a na tive of this township, and a daughter of Benjamin and Rebecca (Campbell) Allen, of Virginia and South Carolina respectively7, who came to this county in an early day. She is now quite ad vanced in years, having opened her eyes to the light April 2, 1818. Jason Neeld was a manu facturer of boots and shoes from his youth until his last illness. In politics he was a sturdy Demo crat, and by the members of the party and other citizens was known as a man of honesty and busi ness integrity. He filled the office of Township Treasurer. He was a son of Joseph and Martha Neeld, of the Keystone State. WILLIAM H. BREWER. One of the finest farms in Miami Township, is that occupied by the above named gentleman, which com prises three hundred and eighteen acres of fine land, all improved in first-class style. It is now farmed by Mr. Brewer and his two sons, but in previous years, while under his own sole management, se cured to him good financial standing, and all the comforts of life. Near Trenton, N. J., on the 19th of August, 1794,John G. Brewer was born. Although he lacked PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 809 some years of man's estate when the War of 1812 began, he entered the army, serving with as much energy as those who were men in years. In 1814 he came to the Buckeye State, where he carried on his occupation, first as a carpenter, and later as a farmer. In Greene County, he met and married Sarah Ann Miller, who was born on the Blue Ridge in Virginia, in 1798. They settled on what is now the old Isaac Baker farm southwest of "itellow Springs, rearing a family of nine children, eight of wdiom are now living. Both were members of re ligious bodies, the husband being a very prominent man in the Presbyterian Church, in which he bore the office of Trustee, and the wife a member of that branch known as Seceders. Mrs. Brewer died November 20, 1883, having then reached the age of eighty four years, and her husband surviving until January, 1886, became ninety-two years old. Their family comprised George; our subject; Becca, now deceased; Paulina, wife of Charley Winters; John, Charles; Sarah, wife of David Dickson; Louisa, wife of John D. Heller; and David Russell. The subject of this sketch was born in this county, August 26, 1826, and received a common- school education, having no school privileges after he was sixteen years old. He worked hard on the farm during his early years, then spent two years as a carpenter, worked in a tanyard a short time, and in a stillhouse for six months. He followed a threshing machine for twelve years, for the past thirty-two years he has lived on his present farm. On June 12, 1856, the rites of wedlock were cele brated between our subject and Sarah Ann Bell. This estimable lady is the only surviving child of Adam and Rebecca Bell, natives of Kentucky, who came to Ohio in 1849, and who held large land in terests here. She was born in 1824, received a good education, and was well reared by her parents, ac quiring much useful knowledge of domestic arts. Her father died January 3, 1874, and her mother July 10, 1881, the other two children having also been called from time to eternity. She has borne her husband four children, two sons and two daughters: Adam married Miss Ella Wilson, and is the father of two children; John B. married Miss Nettie McHatton, who died leaving two chil dren; Florence became the wife of William Gregg, of Xenia, and died leaving a daughter, Ada; Re becca is deceased. The two sons live on the home farm in the conduct of which they are assisting their father. While financial success has attended the efforts of Mr. Brewer, he has been in some respects un fortunate. When twenty-four years of age a horse ran away with him, and he received serious injuries ; in 1885, he was caught in the main driving belt of a threshing machine, and had his right hand badly cut and crushed. He has always taken an interest in politics, and votes the Republican ticket. He has been Supervisor of this district, and though he served creditably7, is not one of those whose forte is public life. His personal interests, neighborly associations and domestic life are sufficient to oc cupy his thoughts and fill up the measure of his en joyment, and keep him sufficiently occupied. ^AMUEL McKNIGHT. Perhaps no man in Greene County is better enabled to en joy life than the gentleman above-named, who, with an income of some $2,000 per year, and the freedom to spend the whole or a por tion of it in reasonable pleasures, has also a dis position to see and learn by travel, and the gener ous, liberal nature which prompts him to bear a hand in the good work going on about him. The farm which he owns and occupies consists of three hundred acres of fine land in Spring Valley Town ship, the dwelling being a beautiful and well-fur nished one, erected since the marriage of his brother John. Mr. McKnight was born September 10, 1816, two miles east of Spring Valley village, on a farm adjoining the one he now owns. His parents were AVilliam and Jane (Fulton) McKnight, whose his tory contains many items of interest. He is a sturdy Republican, whose first vote was cast for William Henry Harrison, and who has not since missed a Presidential election. He has no political aspirations and would never accept an office. The father of our subject was born June 29, 810 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 1777, in Rockbridge County, Va.. and in his early days was a teacher in his native State. He after ward adopted the occupation of a farmer, having by his professional labors earned money enough to bring him West. In 1801 he went on horseback to Woodford County, Ky., where a brother was living. There he hired as a hand on a flat-boat and made a trip to New Orleans in the spring of 1802, walking back to the Ohio Valley. He then made a trip through the Buckeye State, passing over the land he afterward purchased and stopping at Csesarsville for a day or two. Thence he journeyed through the wilderness to Chillicothe, carrying feed for his horse as none could be procured on the road. In the fall of 1804 he and his brother Samuel came to Ohio and purchased one thousand acres, more or less, on the banks of Caesar's Creek east of Spring Valley, paying $2,500, or $2.50 per acre, for their purchase. When surveyed it was found to measure thirteen hundred acres. In 1807, William McKnight, with his mother, three brothers and three sisters, came from Augusta County, Va., with two teams of fine horses and set tled on this land, camping on the banks of the creek until a shanty could be put up. The names of those forming the party were David, Samuel, William, Robert, Hannah, Mary7 and Isabella, all of whom died here except Mary, the wife of AVilliam Young, of Chillicothe. Their first cabin was built where John MoKnight's residence now stands. In 1808 William McKnight returned to Virginia and married Jane Fulton, a daughter of William and Margaret (Lusk) Fulton, who was born in Augusta County. Mr. P'ulton was a large planter and slave owner. He had a family of nine chil dren, namely: Sarah, John, Mary, Pilizabcth, Hugh, William, Martha, Jane and David. He was of Irish extraction, both his parents having come from the Emerald Isle and made their settlement in Augusta County, Va. His mother was a Miss Boggs. Returning with his wife to Greene County, William McKnight erected another cabin, in which they took up their abode. They reared six chil dren — Hannah, John, Margaret, Mary, Samuel and David. Mr. McKnight served in the War of 1812, being connected with the militia. In the early days he was elected Justice of the Peace, but after serv ing one term declined further honors. He was a stanch Whig and active in behalf of the party in terests. He was a Presbyterian in his theological views and a liberal-minded man, giving largely in proportion to his means. At his death he left an estate of four hundred and fifty acres of as fine land as can be found in the county. His wife brealhed her last August 6, 1825, and he survived until July, 1853. Going back another generation, we find John McKnight, a native of Lancaster County, Pa., who in 1755 married Mary Patterson, who was also born in that county, and who was seventeen y7cars old when she became a bride. She was a daughter of William Patterson, who was born in Ireland and had learned the trade of a weaver. After settling in Pennsylvania, he married Mrs. Hannah AArausin, who had lost her husband and only child on the ocean during their passage from Ireland to Amer ica. Her maiden name was Montgomery. She bore William Patterson four or five sons and three daughters, the latter being named Mary, Hannah and Jane. Hannah married A. Montgomery, who removed to North Carolina prior to the Revolu tion; Jane married a Mr. Brown. Mrs. Hannah Wausin was accompanied to America by a brother and sister; the sister married a Mr. Ramsey, whose son David was the author of "Ramsey's Universal History." After his marriage, John McKnight removed from the Keystone State to Virginia, where he died, in 1801, at the age of seventy-two years. His widow, baving come to Ohio, died here in July, 1825, at the age of eighty -seven years. In religion Mr. McKnight belonged to the Associate Reformed Church, and he was decidedly opposed to slavery. To him and his wife ten children were born, five of them being natives of Pennsylvania and five of Virginia. Their names were: James, David, Han nah, Mary, John, Andrew, Samuel, William, Rob ert and Isabella. All lived to maturity. John McKnight was the oldest of four sons and two daughters born to bis parents, his brothers being Andrew, David and Robert. His father, James McKnight, came from Scotland with a col ony of Covenanters that settled in Lancaster County, Pa. He married a Miss Andrew, an PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 811 English lady. He was selected by the colony to return to Scotland with a cargo of flax seed and bring back a minister of their faith. He disposed of the cargo to good advantage, but failed in his efforts to secure a minister. He was again sent across the ocean, on the second trip taking a cargo of cherry lumber, which he lost; he succeeded, however, in securing a preacher for the colony, who is said to have been the first minister of the Covenanter Church ever in America. James Mc Knight was a carpenter, and the foot adz he used is now a relic in the hands of his great-grandson, our subject. V v ACOB HAYNES is a leading citizen of Sugar Creek Township, Greene County, and we may say of Bellbrook, as his fine farm lies partly within the corporate limits of Ihat village. His character is a strong one, where good judgment and an abundance of common sense, together with a keen sense of honor and a just pride, are prominent traits. The family from which he derives his descent is an honorable aud loyal one, and its members have left a worthy record wherever their path in life has led them. His grandfather Haynes was a very early settler in Hoop Pole Township, Ross County, and his body now lies beside that of his wife in the front yard of their old homestead near Chillicothe. Capt. Jacob Haynes, an uncle of this gentleman, was an officer in the Revolutionary Army, and was buried at Shepardstown, Va., with the following inscrip tion upon his tombstone: "In memory of Capt. Jacob Haynes, who was born July 30, 1761, and departed this life April 16, 1835, aged seventy- three years, eight months, seventeen days. His widow lies buried beside him." The father of our subject bore the same given name as his own. He was born in Pennsylvania, February 16, 1787, but for many years lived at Harper's Ferry, Va., where he was employed in the Government Armory for twenty-six years. In that city he married Miss Mary Reed, a native of the Old Dominion, whose father had emigrated from Ireland, and now lies buried in the cemetery at Harper's Ferry. He was a well-known and a very popular miller. Mrs. Mary Haynes died in the city in which her marriage took place in 1827, after an illness of nine weeks, when in the twenty- ninth year of her age. She possessed an amiable character, was kind and affectionate in all her rela tions of life, and her death was a sore bereavement to many friends. She left a family of four chil dren, two of whom are yet living, namely: our subject and a brother, Robert P., whose home is at Perry, Jefferson County, Kan. The father again married, choosing as his companion Mrs. Sarah Marmaduke, a widow, who bore him one child — Virginia S., who is now living at Dayton. The Haynes family came to Day7ton, Ohio, in May, 1837, and Jacob Haynes, Sr., bought a farm in Montgomery County, remaining there until 1857. He then removed to Bellbrook, (his county, where he spent the remainder of h*s life, closing his eyes to "earthly things April 6, 1874. While in Montgomery County he was numbered among the prominent citizens and held all the township offices. During the War of 1812 he served gallantly in the American army, taking part in the battle of Bral- densburg, and when the city of Washington was burned by the British army, walking from Harper's Ferry to a point where he could witness the con flagration. The gentleman whose name introduces this sketch was born September 12, 1824, at Harper's Ferry, Va., passing his youth in his native place, obtaining a good common-school education there, and continuing his studies after reaching this State. He remained with his father until 1856, when he came from Montgomery County to Bellbrook, en gaging in mercantile business and farming. He re mained in business for a couple of years, when he traded out, obtaining the Haynes and Harner mill, which he rented and finally disposed of, devoting his whole attention to husbandry. During the war, from 1861 to 1865, he was again engaged in mercantile pursuits in the village, selling out to Messrs. Austin, and giving close attention to the cultivation of his farm, on which he yet remains, and to which his lime is still devoted. The estate comprises over fifty acres of valuable land, and 812 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. was formerly the home of old Stephen Bell, the original proprietor of the village of Bellbrook; the house, which is still fit for occupancy, was built prior to 1817. The land opposite formerly be longed to John McLean, Chief Justice of the Su preme Court. The marriage of Mr. Ha37nes and Miss Charlotte Adams was celebrated November 5, 1860. The bride was born at Newbury, Vt., September 15, 1837, her ancestral line being one of the best in the country7, and many of her connections notable in literature, Ihe learned professions, and for their loyalty and public spirit. She attended the High School at Cambridge, Mass., the Female College at Oxford, Ohio, and also studied in Lyman, N. Y. Not only did she acquire a liberal educa tion, but she also received instruction in various accomplishments in which her talents fitted her to excel. She is a very fine musician, and has mani fested a high degree of talent in art, maivy oil paintings done by her hand adorning the walls of her beautiful home. Although the house in which she lives has been built for many years, it has a look of comfort and home-like nes3, and is finely furnished, the works of art and a well-selected and large library giving evidence of the culture of those who reside within its walls. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Haynes included eight children, six of whom are now living: Ade- lina is proficient in music and is thoroughly edu cated, one year of her time having been spent at the High School at Washington, D. C. The sec ond son, Maurice P., has a very fine tenor voice and has received good instruction in voice culture; he now belongs to the Bostonians' Opera Company, which is traveling to the Pacific Coast. The other members of the family circle are: Adelina, Eloise, Rosalie and Mary Emma Cheney. Although the talents of this bright group vary, all manifest de cided ability and intelligence, and having been given the best advantages which tlieir years would warrant, they are well fitted to fill an extended sphere of usefulness in life. All of the family ex cept the father and the baby are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The father of Mrs. Haynes was Dr. Charles Adams, who was well known throughout New England and in this State, both as a teacher and as an educator, and was also a prominent writer and the author of many books. He died January 19, 1890, in Washington, D. C, where he was living with a daughter, the widow of Prof. Barnes, a celebrated educator and the author of the " His tory of the Thirty-ninth Congress" and "The Body Politic." The mother of Mrs. Haynes is still liv ing, is now eighty-one years of age and quite feeble. She bore the maiden name of Sarah Emery Porter, and is the daughter of a Congregational minister who had been in active work over half a century, and belonged to the old New England family of Porters Dr. and Mrs. Adams were the parents of seven children. One of them, Capt. Edward Adams, a very young man, was killed at the re-taking of Jackson, Miss., by Gen. Sherman, and was referred to most eloquently by Gov. Yates in a public address. Another son, Charles, was a Lieutenant Colonel under Grant at Cairo, and is now living at Washington, D. C. Another son, George IL, is a graduate of Harvard College and Law School, and is practicing his profession in New York City; he has recently been Assistant United States Attorney there. He married into the Holmes family. Mr. Haynes has been a member of the Board of Education in Bellbrook for twenty years. In 1862 he planted the trees that now adorn the school grounds. He was Appraiser of Real Estate in 1870, and while living in Montgomery County was Township Clerk and Township Assessor. During tbe term of Gov. Allen he received the five -years appointment as one of the managers of the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home. His asso ciates were: Gen. Durbin Ward, Gen. J. Warren Keifer, Dr. George Keifer, of Troy, and Dr. O. White, of Toledo, and upon the organization of the Board he was appointed Secretary, Gen. Ward becoming President; from 1870 to 1876 he was a Director, Secretary and Treasurer of the Dayton & Wilmington Turnpike Company, having been the unanimous choice for these positions. He is actively interested in politics, and is a leader in the Democratic party, and as the township in which he lives is Republican by about fifty majority, his incumbency of any public office in- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 815 dieatcs his fitness of mind and character for places of trust. He refused the appointment to the Na tional Democratic Convention at Baltimore in 1872, although he has attended other National Conventions, having been present al those which nominated Buchanan, Douglas, Greeley and Han cock. He has been identified with the Odd P"el- lows fraternity. His mind being thoroughly stored and his memory very retentive, he is an encyclopaedia of facts and events, and the time spent in his society is by no means lost. ^€ l&^ <| WILLIAM S. THOMPSON. This name is \rJ// familiar to a large portion of the leading yyw residents of Clark County, as he who bears it is the well-known owner of "West View F'arm," and looked upon as one of its most useful and entcrpring citizens. He has been successful in life, both as a farmer and business man, and makes his headquarters at an attractive homestead on sec tion 31, Moorefield Township, where for the past few years he has given much attention to the breed ing of fine stock. He is a native of Clark County, aud was born September 25, 1832. His parents, Christopher and Mary (Wintersgill) Thompson, were natives of Yorkshire, England, and of English ancestry as far back as the records go. They emi grated to America in the summer of 1831, and came directly to Clark County, this State, where they were subsequently married. The father of our subject located first in Ger man Township, where he lived one year, then re moved to what is now the flourishing city of Springfield, but which was then only a village. He occupied himself in various pursuits for a few years, and finally purchased a stone quarry on Buck Creek, which he operated profitably, furnishing large quantities of stone for the building up of the city. He also had lime kilns, and shipped burnt lime in every direction, although his principal market for this commodity was Cincinnati. In one year alone he put out one hundred and eighty thousand bushels. He ever maintained a warm interest in the growth and prosperity of the city, and is looked upon as having contributed largely to the promotion of its best interests. Ho became well-to do and assisted in the organization of the Lagonda National Bank, of which he was Presi dent at the time of his death. He departed this life at his home in Springfield, in February, 1880. Politically, Christopher Thompson was originally a AVhig, and upon the abandonment of the old party became an ardent Republican. A man liberal and public-spirited, he was the encourager of every worthy enterprise, and his name is still held in kindly remembrance by those who knew him. The father of our subject landed upon Amer ican soil with a capital of four English sovereigns, and from that small beginning he amassed a for tune, of $150,0.00. His honesty was unimpeachable and he filled many positions of trust and responsi bility. In religious matters his views conformed to the doctrines of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he was a faithful and consistent member for many years. He assisted in the organization of the High Street Methodist Episcopal Church, and contributed liberally both to the support of the society and in the erection of the church building. The poor always found in Christopher Thompson an unfailing friend, he looking upon those less fortunate than himself as having a claim upon him which he was always conscientious in fulfilling. To the parents of our subject there was born a family7 of seven children, six of whom are living, namely: AVilliam S., our subject; Dorothea A., the wife of Richard Johnson, of Springfield; Richard R., a resident of Story County, Iowa; Mary, Mrs. J. A. Hayward, of Springfield, this State; Emma, the wife of the Rev. Lucian Clark, D.D., a minis ter of the Methodist Episcopal Church in New York City, and assistant editor of the Christian Advocate; and Alice the wife of Lieut. F. S. Rice, of tho United States Army. John* P. died at the age of fourteen years. The subject of this sketch was reared to man hood in his native county, and remembers the time when the city, of Springfield was in its infancy. Until about 1881 he occupied himself as a stone contractor, and at lime burning, and like his father before him was very successful. He ac- 816 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. quired his education mostly in the schools of Springfield, conducted mainly under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and under the instruction of Prof. Solomon Howard, D.D., who was Principal a number of years. Prof. Howard subsequently became President of the Ohio Uni versity at Athens, and has gained a wide reputa tion among the educators of the Buckeye State. Mr. Thompson contracted matrimonial ties April 24, 1860, with Miss Matilda C. Layton. There have been born to them three children — Ralph P., Mary B., who employs herself as a music teacher in San Diego, Cal.; and Earl W. Mr. Thompson pur chased most of the land constituting his present farm in 1876, but did not locate upon it until 1881. He is now the owner of three hundred and fifty-six acres, the most of which is under a good state of cultivation. Besides Short-horn cattle, Mr. Thompson makes a specialty of Shetland ponies, which is proving a very profitable indus try. Politically, he is a sound Republican, and be longs to the Masonic fraternity at Springfleld. In January, 1890, he was elected Vice-President of the Lagonda National Bank at Springfield, in which he has for some time been a stockholder. To the various enterprises calculated for the growth and prosperity of the city, he has always, like his father before him, been a liberal contributor, and he is one whose name will be held in- kindly re membrance long after he has departed hence. A portrait of Mr. Thompson is shown on another page of this volume. -#-*-afr- SW OHN KAY. A goodly proportion of the residents of Greene County are native-born citizens — the sons of those who came hither in the primitive days, and hewed out for themselves a home from the wilderness. Mr. Kay may be properly mentioned as among these, and was born in Spring Valley Township, January 19, 1852. Of this township his parents, Samuel and Millie (Peterson) Kay, were also natives, where they were reared and married October 28, 1847. There were born to them three children — Mary, who died young; Martha, the wife of John De- Haven, of Taylor County, Iowa, and John, our subject. Samuel A. Kay was a farmer by occupation, and departed this life in his prime, December 12, 1863. His wife died a year later, and thus at the early age of twelve years the subject of this notice was left an orphan. The parents were both members in good standing of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the father, politically, was a sound Republican. The paternal grandfather, John E. Kay, was born in New Jersey, whence he emigrated to Philadelphia, and when a young man came to Harveysburg, this State, with his grandfather Bates. In this vicinity he spent the remainder of his life. After coming to Ohio he was married to Miss Marinda Haynes, and there was born to them one child only, a son, Samuel A., the father of our subject. After his marriage Samuel Kay settled in Spring Valley Township, locating, in 1854, on a farm just north of New Burlington. This comprises ninety- seven acres of land, which he cultivated until his death, August 31, 1882, at the age of seventy- four years. The wife survived her husband less than a year, hor death taking place May 19, 1883; she was seventy-two years old. Mr. Kay voted for Lincoln the first time he ran for President, but after the war allied himself with the Democratic party. Both he and his wife united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which they re mained consistent members until their death. The family is of English origin. The subject of this notice acquired a common- school education, and after the death of his par ents made his home with his Grandfather Kay. There fell to his portion ninety-six acres of land. He was married September 29, 1875, to Miss Alice E. Rowe, who was bom in Ross County, this State, October 3, 1851. Mrs. Kay is the daughter of William P. and Sarah (Baird) Rowe, the former of whom was born September 19, 1815, in Vermont. He came to this State, settling at Washington Court-House when a young man, and was subse quently married. He first settled near Green field, then removed to the vicinity of Wilmington, and in 1869 changed his residence to New Burling^ PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 817 ton. There his death took place October 28, 1889. The wife and mother had preceded her husband to the silent land, her death taking place in October, 1883. Five of the seven children born to them lived to mature years, viz.: James, who served in the Seventy-ninth Ohio Infantry during the late war, and is now a resident of Hillsboro; Jennie, who became the wife of Witworth DeWolfe, of New Burlington, and died January 27, 1876; John, who died in the hospital at Baltimore during the late war; Adolphus, a resident of Xenia, and Alice E. William Rowe was a carpenter by trade, and traced his ancestry to England. Mr. and Mrs. Kay are the parents of one child only, Carrie C, who was born in September, 1876. Another mem ber of their family is a young girl, Esther Morris, who has made her home with them for some years. Mr. and Mrs. Kay are members in good standing of the Methodist Episcopal Church. * ^p5§EORGE W. HADDIX, proprietor of the /[ <—-. Haddix Lime Kiln, is one of the oldest set- ^^!jS tiers of Mad River Township, Clark County, and in all respects a representative citizen. He came to this region during the early days and had a full experience of life on what was then the fron tier. By the exercise of unflagging industry and perseverance, he accumulated a competence and is now independent, financially, solely through his own exertions. Besides the industry mentioned, he is the owner of one hundred and ninety-nine and one-half acres of choice land, occupying a portion of sections 23 and 29. In noting the parental history of the subject of this sketch we find that he is the offspring of a substantial old family and the son of John Haddix, a native of Greenbrier County, in what is now West Virginia. The latter was born in 1791. The paternal grandfather, Nimrod Haddix, likewise a native of the Old Dominion, emigrated to the Ter ritory of Ohio, in 1801, and located in Mad River Township. He, however, spent the most of his time with his son, John, on the farm which the latter entered from the Government. He enlisted in the War of 1812, but was compelled to return home on account of illness. He met his death acci dentally in 1816. While pitching a load of hay the horses started and he fell backward to the ground, breaking his neck, from which death en sued at once. The father and paternal grandfather of our sub ject traveled mostly on foot from Virginia to Ohio, having two pack horses to carry their cooking utensils and goods. John Haddix took up a tract of Government land comprising a farm, now occu pied by his son George. He constructed a rude log house and commenced life in true pioneer style, tilling the soil with rude implements and per severing through every difficulty until at last he found himself on the high road to prosperity. He subsequently served in the War of 1812 and fought the Indians under Capt. Shingledecker. In the early days the nearest trading point and depot for supplies was the unimportant hamlet of Cincinnati. Mr. Haddix, in addition to farming, gave consid erable attention to stock-raising. He was a skilled hunter, and when first coming to this section kept the family supplied with choice wild meats. The father of our subject was successful in tho accumulation of property and became the owner of four farms in Mad River Township, these ag gregating in all four hundred and forty-four acres, besides eight hundred acres in Jasper County, Ind. As a result of a temperate life and correct habits, he was healthy and vigorous, with an iron constitution. His industry and energy scarcely forsook him until his death, in the spring of 1888, at the age of nine ty-seven years. Until three months before this event he maintained his usual place with the fam ily. He was a Whig until the abandonment of the old party and then identified himself with the Re publicans. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Sarah Cox. She was born in New Jersey and was the daughter of Judge John Cox, further men tion of whom is made in the sketch of Mrs. E. S. Wallace on another page in this volume. Grand father Cox spent his last years in Osborn. Mrs. Sarah (Cox) Haddix departed this life at her home in this township in 1869. She performed all 818 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. her duties in life faithfully as wife, mother and friend, and died in the faith of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The seven children of the par ental family were named respectively: Malinda, now Mrs. McCul lough, and residing with her sons in Texas; William, John R., Nimrod, Sarah Mona and Maria, all deceased. George Haddix, the subject of this notice, was next to the youngest of his parents' children, and was born at the homestead where he now resides, September 16, 1828. He obtained such education as the primitive schools afforded, and at an early age was taught to make himself useful around the farm. He drove an ox-team, assisted in clearing the land and remained a member of the parental household until a young man of twenty-three years. He then began doing for himself, renting a portion of his father's land, which he farmed on shares. He was taught by his father the art of hunting and brought down many a fine deer in his boyhood days, besides running foxes and treeing coons. He admits that he would rather hunt than eat any time. Young Haddix, in 1854, leaving his native haunts, emigrated to Jasper County, Ind., and purchased two hundred acres of wild land. He operated upon it until 1861, making various im provements and bringing the soil to a good state of cultivation. Then selling out, he returned to Clark County, and locating upon one of his father's farm, sojourned there for seven years. Then he removed to the old homestead, which fell to his share in the division of his father's estate. Here likewise he has effected many improvements and has now three tenement houses, besides his own dwelling. The land is very fertile and Mr. Had dix has constructed a levee along Mad River, which at times was inclined to overflow ils banks. This river is a never-failing stream, watered by three springs, which have been never known to run dry. The farm is located within one quarter of a mile of Osborn, being thus convenient to market, and Mr. Haddix makes a specialty of grain and stock, the latter comprising mostly graded cattle and swine. He utilizes four teams in the operations of the farm, and is now the father of four sturdy boys, who relieve him of much care and labor, by looking after the farm. In 1882 Mr. Haddix contracted with the Dayton Gas Com pany to furnish lime and has in operation a good kiln with a capacity of four hundred bushels. One of the most interesting and important events in the life of our subject was his marriage, which was celebrated July 18, 1853, with Miss Harriet Casad, at the bride's home, in Fairfield. Mrs. Had dix was born in Fairfield, and is the daughter of Reuben Casad and wife, who were natives of New Jersey and early settlers of Clark County. Mr. Casad was a blacksmith by trade, which he fol lowed during his younger years, but later he turned his attention to farming. The nine chil dren born of this union are recorded as follows: Clara B. became the wife of PYederick Thayers, who is now deceased, and she resides in Omaha, Neb.; Martin lives at the homestead and works a part of the farm ; Lillie married Joseph Naden, and lives in Columbus, Ohio; Charles, Emma, Frank and George remain on the home farm; Jennie died when fourteen years old, and John died at the age of one year. Mr. Haddix, politically, like his honored father, is a sound Republican. He takes an active inter est in local affairs and frequently officiates as a delegate to the various conventions. Pie cares very little for office, although serving as Road Supervisor two years. Religiously, he belongs to the Lutheran Church. 'RANK C. RUNYAN, a worthy member of tbe dental profession of Springfield, has been a life-long . resident of Clark County, which is the county of his birth, this event tak ing place in Pleasant Township, May 5, 1838. He comes of substantial stock, being the son of John Runyan who was born near Clarksburg. W. Va., July 4, 1812. His paternal grandfather, George Runyan, it is believed, was a native of the same State, where he was reared and married. Grandfather Runyan remained a resident of Vir ginia until 1814, then removed with his family to Ohio, locating in what is now Pleasant Township, PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 819 Clark County. The country was thinly settled and Indians were frequently to be seen prowling around. deer, bear, wild turkeys and other animals were plentiful. Grandfather Runyan bought a tract of land upon which he built a log house, commenced clearing the forests around him and in due time built up a comfortable home in the wilderness. No railroads were built for many years afterward and the farm products of the pioneers were drawn to Cincinnati overland with teams. Upon the farm which he thus opened up, Grand father Runyan spent the remainder of his life. He was married in early manhood to Miss Susanah Lynch, a native of his own State and who also died at the old farm. Both the grandparents were de vout Christians and religious meetings were often held at their house. In politics, Grandfather Run yan was a stanch Whig. He was a man respected in his community, honest and upright in his deal ings and made for himself a record of which his descendants may be justly proud. John Runyan, the father of our subject spent bis early years amid the quiet pursuits of farm life in the new country and when reaching man's estate was married April 13, 1837, to Miss America M. Skillman. They located on a part of the father's farm to which he added by subsequent purchase and resided there until his death, November 4, 1886. Mrs. Runyan is still living at the old home stead. Her father, David Skillman was born in New Jersey where he attended the public schools and later became a student at Princeton College. When leaving the college he learned the trade of a tailor, and was a pioneer at this business at Springfield, being in fact one of the first men pur suing this calling in the town. He finally re moved to Indiana, locating in Connorsville where he resided a few years, then returned to Spring field and about 1835 purchased a farm in Pleasant Township. He operated this a few years, then removed to Catawba where he spent the remainder of his life. The paternal grandmother of our subject bore the maiden name'of Sarah C. Cary. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was a daughter of Abraham Cary, an uncle of Alice and Phoebe Cary, who will be remembered as literary women of more than or dinary talent and who died a few years since. Abraham Cary was a pioneer of Hamilton County, this State, and its first Sheriff. He owned a farm at Walnut Hill. In 1804, he removed to what is now Clark County, and purchased a large tract of land, a part of which is now included in the city limits and the balance is the well-known Perren farm. He there spent his last days. Grandmother Cary died a short time later. Mrs. Skillman was quite young upon coming to Clark County, and after the deaths of her parents lived with an older sister, Mrs. Shipman, until her marriage at the age of fifteen years. She spent her last years with her children. The subject of this sketch was reared on the farm and attended the district school during his boy hood days, after which he pursued his studies at Wittenberg College. When nineteen years old he went to Sparta, Wis. with his uncle, James Skill- man, a photographer, and engaged in that busi ness with him until 1864. Then returning to Springfield, he, in 1865, commenced the study of dentistry under the instructions of Dr. Phillips. Subsequently he entered the Ohio College of Dent- istryat Cincinnati, from which he was graduated in 1872. In the meantime he purchased the office of Dr. Phillips of which he took charge immediately7 after his graduation and of which he has since re tained possession. Dr. Runyan was married November 5, 1873, to Miss Georgia V. Drury. Mrs. Runyan was born July 20, 1844, in Aroostook County, Me., and is a daughter of the late well-known Jonas Drury, who was a native of Temple, Me. Mr. Drury is duly represented on another page in this work. He was tbe son of the Hon. John Drury, a native of Massachusetts, and the grandson of AVilliam Drury who was also born in that State and was of Eng lish parentage. William Drury spent his entire life in the Bay State. His son John, tbe grand father of Mrs. Runyan, was a non-commissioned officer and commanded a company in the war of 1812. He served in the Maine Legislature and was for many years a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, preaching in different parts of the Pine Tree State ; he died at J a}7, that State. The maiden name of Grandmother Drury was 820 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. Annie Mitchell. She was a native of Massachu setts, and died at Wilton, Me. Her son, Jonas, was reared in his native State and became a civil engineer. Later he went to Rhode Island and taught school in and around Providence three or four years. AAre next find him in Aroostook County, Me., where he purchased a large tract of land which he named "Crystal Plantation" and was the means of having the post-office located on his farm, this also being named Costal. He was stir ring and enterprising and in company with others surveyed a large portion of that section of the State. In 1856, Jonas Drury emigrated to Ohio an 1 set tling in Springfield commenced acting as agent and traveling in the interest of various machine companies until the outbreak of the Civil War. He enlisted as a Union soldier under one of the early calls for troops and participated in the chase after Morgan. Later he was engaged in the civil service and assisted in disinterring over ten thous and bodies of Union soldiers who had perished on Southern battle fields having them removed to a permanent place of sepulture. Mr. Drury was one of the most remarkable weather prophets of the age. He kept a diary for the long period of sixty-five years and, with the exception of a few papers which were accidentally burned, his observations have been carefully preserved, furnishing meteorlogical records which have proved of inestimable value to history and science. Among other predictions was that of a destructive tornado at Xenia which oc curred several days after his prediction. Mr. and Mrs. Runyan are the parents of two children — Edith L. and Frank E. Mrs. Runyan is a finely educated lady, having attended the high school at Springfield and being graduated from the Ohio Female College in 1862. She possesses more than ordinary talents as a writer, beginning her literary labors in 1879, in the columns of that pop ular fashion journal Andrew's Bazaar. She sub sequently began writing for the Ladies Home Journal of Philadelphia, Pa. She has been editor ially and otherwise connected with the Ladies Home Companion, the Woman's News, the New Era, the Beacon, and other leading journals. She is the author of "Penny P'eathers" which was pub lished in the Daily Republic and other papers and which attracted much attention. Mrs. Run yan has two sisters, one of whom, Josie, is the wife of Albert Williams, now deceased. Mary married Ed B. Reifsnider and lives in this city. Dr. Runyan belongs to Clark Lodge No. 101, F. & A. M. ; Springfield Council, No. 17, R. & S. M.; Springfield Chapter, No. 48, R. A. M. ; Palestine Commandery, No. 33, K. T. ; Protective and Benevolent Order of Elks and the Mystic Circle. Professionally, he is a member of tbe Mad River Valley7 Dental Society. and Vice-President of the Ohio State Dental Association. /^=% EORGE CONIFER. This gentleman occu pies the post of honor as the head of one of the finest families in Miami Township, Greene County. It is safe to presume that a man's surroundings are usually the indication of his character, his principles and his tastes. Mr. Confer's home is undoubtedly the abode of culture and refinement, while b}7 his industry he has been enabled to gather around himself and family all of the comforts and many of the luxuries of life. Well educated, fond of books, music and art, tbe household forms one of the happiest families it is the lot of the biographer to meet. Mrs. Confer is in all respects the equal of her husband, an amiable, intelligent lady, who still retains her youthful ap pearance, with whom time has dealt lightly and who is thoroughly devoted to her home and her family. The household is a model one and the proprietor enjoys in a marked degree the esteem and confi dence of his neighbors. A sketch of his brother, William G. Confer, also a prominent resident of Miami Township, will be found on another page in this volume. The subject of this notice was the third child of his parents and was born February 8, 1827, in AVashington County, Md. He was seven years old when he was brought by his parents to Ohio and received such education as was afforded by the pi oneer schools, which, however, was quite limited. He remained at home on the farm until after his father's death, and at the age of thirty-four years PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 821 was married, May 2, 1861, to Miss Ann M. John son. After his marriage he settled on a farm three-fourths of a mile southwest of Yellow Springs, but a year later came to his present place, where, he has since resided. It bore little resemblance then to its present condition, the only improve ments being a log house and barn and he com menced at first principles in the cultivation of the soil, which was largely in its primitive condition. He occupied the first dwelling until about 1879, when he put up his present residence. The neces sary barns and out-buildings have been added from time to time and are all that is required for the shelter of stock and the storage of grain. Mr. Con fer subsequently increased his landed area and is now the owner of two hundred acres, all of which is in a good state of cultivation, enclosed with neat and substantial fencing and yields to the proprie tor a handsome income. Mr. Confer came to his present farm with a cash capital of twelve and one-half cents. It is scarcely necessary to say that it required close economy for several years to make both ends meet, and in his labors and struggles he was nobly assisted by his patient and courageous wife. In due time the household circle included six children, the eldest of whom, a daughter, Maryetta, is' now the wife of Joseph Fernando Shoemaker, and they live at Goes Station, Greene County. They are the parents of one child, Cora May. George Albert married Miss Anna L. P"ogle ; they live at the home farm and have two sons, Fernando W. and one unnamed. The remaining children — Arthur Upton, William W., Howard T. and Susanna, remain at home with their parents. Mr. Confer's children have all been given good advantages and are well fitted for an honora ble position in life. Mr. and Mrs. Confer are members in good stand ing of the German Reformed Church. Mr. Confer, politically, is an active adherent of the Republi can party and keeps himself thoroughly posted upon current events. He has been a member of the School Board for a number of years and at one time was Township Supervisor. A library of ohoice books furnishes to the family abundant reading matter, assisted by the weekly papers and various monthly periodicals. The daughters are good musicians and a cottage organ frequently as sists in affording pleasure and recreation to their family and their friends. Mrs. Confer was born April 15, 1841, in Greene County, Ohio, and is a daughter of James M. and Catherine (Ehrler) Johnson, who were natives re spectively of Kentucky and France. The mother came to the United States early in life, settling with her father in Clark County, this State, and remaining with him until her marriage. Afterward Mr. and Mrs. Johnson settled on a farm in Miami Township, Greene County, where the mother died in 1849. Mr. Johnson was married a second time and is still living with his second wife, being now seventy-seven years old. Of his first marriage there were born three children, only two of whom are living — Mrs. Confer and her sister, Derizah, the wife of John W. Beeth, of Streator, 111.; the latter has three children. The father of our subject was George Confer, Sr., a native of Maryland, who married Miss Eliza beth Bowman, of the same Slate. They emigrated to Ohio in 1834, and settled on the farm now owned and occupied by tlieir son William G. The father departed this life in 1857 and the mother in 1871. They were the parents of five children, four, of whom are living. i"§§»3 Vip^ELSON A. FULTON, Postmaster at Xenia, | JJJ and Secretary of the Board of Trustees of %.//L, the Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans Home, is is a man of high character, well and favorably known throughout the county. His father, Dr. Robert Fulton, was born in Baltimore, Md., in 1811, and brought to Chillicothe, Ohio, when a a child. There he grew to manhood and acquired a good education, after which he studied medicine in Warren County with Dr. Thacker, beginning his practice in Clinton County, where he was also en gaged in the mercantile business. He subsequently went out of business, and opened an office at Lynchburg, where he devoted himself to his pro fession for thirty years. He is still living but 822 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. has retired from practice. He has held the differ ent official positions in the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he has been a local minister for sixty years and quite noted as a pulpit orator. He belongs to the Republican party, and has been a prominent political speaker, acquiring a wide repu tation during the Kansas struggles. He is a member of the Odd Fellows fraternity and at one time was Grand Chaplain of the State. Dr. Fulton married Miss Mary Morgan, of War ren County, Ohio, who bore him eight children who grew to maturity and are still living. The The first-born, Theodore, is in business at Cincin nati, his home being at Lynchburg; Adelia, now Mrs. John L. AVest, lives in Hillsboro; the third in order of birth is our subject; Theodocia is now Mrs. AV. L. West, of Clinton Valley ; Mary E. is the wife of W. Miller, of Martinsville; S. Q. lives in Milwaukee, Wis., and is manager of the North western Adamant Manufacturing Company; Laura is the wife of Samuel Peale, of Lynchburg; Robert S. resides at Germantown. The mother of the family died in 1888, at the age of seventy-four years. Nelson Fulton, of whom we write, was born in Warren County, March 15, 1839, and remained with his parents until 1860, when he engaged in business in Cincinnati, where he was at the break ing out of the Civil War. He enlisted for the three months' service in Company C, Thirteenth Ohio Infantry, his captain being Don Piatt; and after ward re-enlisted for three years in Company D, Eleventh Ohio Infantry. During the first year of the service he was in AAtest Virginia, going through the battles of Cotton Mountain and Hawk's Nest. In 1862, the regiment went with Gen. Cox to Eastern Virginia and participated in the second battle of Bull Run, Monocacy, South Mountain and Antietam. On the latter field of battle the Eleventh stormed the bridge, their colonel being killed during the charge. The regiment was then ordered back to West Virginia and went into winter quarters at Somer ville. AVhile there they were sent one night on a thiity-mile scout and succeeded in their attempt to capture a rebel out-post. The weather turned cold very suddenly, the mercury falling to twenty-four below zero, and a deep snow covering the ground; . many of the Union soldiers were badly frozen and they obliged the rebels to run in order to keep them from freezing as they were poorly clothed. Both victors and vanquished endured great suffer ing on that occasion. After the battle of Stone River the command in West Virginia was ordered out of winter quarters and sent to Tennessee in January, 1863. They went by river from Kanawha P'alls to Carthage, Tenn., on Rosecrans' extreme left, Gen. Crook in command of the division. While there they had to forage for themselves and horses and fight for their supplies every day with Wheeler's Cavalry. On April 14, Gen. Crook took the entire brigade across the river to give AVbeeler battle. A detachment of the Eleventh and Eighty-ninth regiments were mounted, and under command of Captain Spears, of the First Tennessee Cavalry, were ordered to skirmish with Wheeler. While on this mission Mr. Fulton was captured by the Eleventh Texas Cavalry, and after being confined at Chattanooga, Knoxville and Lynch burg, was finally sent to Libby Prison, where he was detained forty days. Seven hundred prisoners were then taken to City Point and paroled; there they were paid off and sent to their respective States. Mr. P'ulton came to Columbus on parole and his term of service having nearly expired he was discharged June 20, 1864. From hard service and the poor faie which he had while in prison he con tracted chronic rheumatism which permanently crippled him in both feet. After being mustered out of the service Mr. Ful ton acted as chief clerk under Maj. Starr in a mustering and disbursing office in Columbus, re maining there eight months. He then went to Cincinnati and engaged as a salesman in a whole sale dry-goods house, sojourning in the Queen City ofthe Ohio twelve years. In 1876 he removed to Xenia, embarked in mercantile business for him self and carried on a successful business career for thirteen years, when having received his appoint ment of Postmaster, he sold out to George A. Thompson, whom he had brought up in the business. Mr. Fulton has been an active Republican worker but nota political aspirant, the fine petition c4fU^ Jfa- ** PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 825 which was sent to President Harrison, asking his appointment as Postmaster, bearing the signatures of the best citizens of both city and county. His ap pointment was received on September 6, 1889. The office is a free delivery one, employing twelve clerks. Mr. Fulton has been Chairman of the Re publican Executive Comrcitte two years. He be longs to the Masonic fraternity and to the Grand Army of the Republic. He is a member in good standing of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In Highland County, Ohio, in September 1863, Mr. P'ulton was united in marriage with Miss Han- nab Graham, whose womanly7 graces and virtues had won his regard, as they do the respect of her acquaintances. She is a daughter of Robinson and Elizabeth (Strain) Graham, who owned and oper ated a farm upon which Mrs. Fulton lived until her marriage. The only child of Mr. and Mrs. P'ulton died in infancy. *"#" BDAEL G. KILER. It is said of the subject of this notice that he has been one of the most useful men in his community. ^/ He has certainly been very active and industrious, and maintained a uniform interest in the welfare and advancement of his township, be ing concerned in the building of most of its churches, and having a hand in the erection of some of its finest residences. He is a skilled arch itect, and in the early days made a business of furnishing plans and specifications for the erection of buildings, also superintending the work, and giving employment frequently to a score of men. He forms one of the old landmarks of Miami Township, Greene County, and his name will be held in kindly remembrance long after he has de parted hence. The native State of Mr. Kiler was Maryland, and the date of his birth, February 18, 1810. Living at a day and age when the advantages en joyed by the young were far inferior to those of the present, his early education was necessarily limited, and at the age of fifteen years he began his apprenticeship to the trade of a carpenter, en tering the employ of Robert Mitchell, in Washing ton, D. C. Later he worked at his trade for a short time in Hagerstown, Md., then went success ively to Pittsburg, Pa., Cincinnati, Dayton, and finally Greene County, Ohio. There was, however, but very little demand at that time for his servi ces at that trade, and so his father rented Patter son's sawmill and Abdael G. had the oversight of this for six months. At the expiration of this time our subject re paired to Dayton, where he was occupied at his trade for two years. We next find him in Xenia, where he sojourned eighteen months, and in the meantime assisted in the erection of the structure well known as Galloway's Building. Thence he removed to Clifton, where he put up fourteen houses the first season. Later he frequently vis ited the West and speculated considerably in lands. Nearly all the chapels in Miami Township and vicinity were erected under his supervision and much of the work was done by his own hands. On the 5th of March, 1835, Mr. Kiler took unto himself a wife and helpmate, Miss Maria, daughter of Jacob and Polly Ann (Furnace) Pau lin. The parents of Mrs. Kiler were natives of Kentucky, whence they emigrated to Ohio with their respective parents prior to their marriage, which took place in Greene County. They were among the earliest pioneers of Southern Ohio. Of the seven children born to them only two are living. Mrs. Kiler was born February 14, 1815, and de parted this life at her home in Miami Township, February 17, 1861, at the age of forty-six years and three days. To Mr. and Mrs. Kiler there was born a family of eight children, six of whom are living. Henry was born July 8, 1838, and is a resident of this township; Mary Matilda was born March 7, 1841; Jacob P., July 12, 1843: William H., May 12, 1846; George W., August 27,1848; Charles M., September 10, 1852. Fof the past twenty-five years Mr. Kiler has been a consistent member of the Christian Church. Mr. Kiler contracted a second marriage July 23, 1885, with Mrs. Leah (Littleton) Booth. This lady was born in Warren, Ohio, March 29, 1832, to Joel and Hannah (Woolard) Littleton who were na- 826 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. tives of Virginia. She remained with her parents un til her first marriage, with Thomas Smith. After his death she married Mr. Booth. Mr. Kiler cast his first Presidential vote for Henry Clay, being a member of the old Whig party. Later he iden tified himself with the Republicans, and during his younger years was quite active in politics. For twenty-two years he has served as a member of the School Board, and has served as Road Super visor several terms. For a period of six years he was a Lieutenant in the State Militia. He is a member, in good standing, of the Christian Church, in which he has officiated as a Trustee, and contributed thereto a liberal support. The father of our subject was George Kiler, a native of Pennsylvania, and who for a number of years was engaged in the mercantile business at Woodsbury, Md. Later he returned to Pennsyl vania, where he owned a farm and also opened a lumber yard and conducted a hotel, on the banks of the Susquehanna River. In 1825, he removed to Washington, D. C, where he engaged in the hotel business for four years, on the corner of G and Fifteenth Streets. He then removed to Sev enth Street and operated a grocery and billiard room, remaining there one year. Thence he re moved to Hagerstown, Md., where he sojourned three years, and in 1828 came to Ohio. In this latter journey he traveled alone, having left his family in Maryland. Eighteen months later he returned after them, and they all took up their abode in a cabin on the new farm in Madison County, where the father spent the remainder of his days. He served as a soldier in the Revo lutionary War, and was a Captain under Gen, Washington, later was concerned in the whiskey insurrection, and also participated in the War of 1812. Elsewhere in this volume appears a litho graphic portrait of Mr. Kiler. ""S^g I— 1—1 &t=S""' Vf? AMES HARVEY HUGHES, for many years identified, with the interests of Clark County as one of its leading agriculturists, and as the proprietor and manager of a valuable stone quarry, now lives in retirement from active business, having rented his farm and leased his quarry, bolh of which are within the incorporated limits of Springfield, where he makes his home in the fine residence that he has erected on his home stead. He is the son of a former well-known early settler of the county, and comes of fine old pioneer stock in other directions. Mr. Hughes is a native of this State, born in Clinton County, May 15, 1819. His father, Capt. David Hughes, was a Kentuckian by birth, and his father, Jesse Hughes, a Virginian, while the great grandfather of our subject was a native of Ireland, who came to this country in Colonial times and settled in Virginia, where he passed the remainder of his life. The grandfather of our subject was reared in his native State. He was a man of marked decision of character, a deep thinker, and possessed a sound, well-balanced intellect. He was an Abo litionist, and as men of his sentiment were not re garded with a very kindly spirit in the Old Do minion, he left that State for Kentucky, where he made his appearance in the early days of its set tlement. About 1803 he crossed the Ohio into this State, and was one of the first pioneers to lo cate in Clinton County, settling there some years before the county was organized. A man of his presence and talent could not fail to make an im pression on the public life of his adopted State, and he soon took a prominent place among his fellow-pioneers, and from the "History of Ohio," published by Henry Howe, we learn that he was one of the first associate judges of Clinton County ; and that the first court ever held in that section was convened in his barn. He was ou the bench twenty-six years, presiding with noted dignity and ability, and was finally succeeded by his son, Jesse. He made his home at Wilmington, the county seat, where he died full of age and honor. The maiden name of his wife was Elizabeth Drake, and she is supposed to have been a native of Virginia, and of English antecedents, numbering among her ances tors the illustrious Sir Francis Drake. The father of our subject was very young when he came to Ohio with his parents. That was the first year of Ohio's Statehood, and it was not far advanced in civilization. The pioneers had not made much headway in its primeval forests, and PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 827 deer, bears, wolves,- and other wild animals still roamed across the country at will. He grew to manhood in the wilds of Clinton County, remain ing there until 1828. In that year he came to Clark County and cast his lot with its early pio neers, locating east of the city of Springfield, not far away. He resided there many years and then bought the farm where our subject resides, pur chasing one hundred and twenty-three and three- fourth acres at $6.62^ per acre. The land was well-timbered and the family occupied the two log cabins that then stood on the place. There were no railroads or canals here, and consequently, no mar kets for farm products, except at the distilleries. At the time of his death, July 19, 1870, he had cleared and improved a valuable farm, and was numbered among the substantial citizens of the place. He was a man of sterling worth, possessing in a large degree those characteristics that had marked his father as a man of more than ordinary ability. He was a good citizen, and at the time of the War of 1812 raised an independent company, of which he was chosen Captain, and he tendered the services of the company to the Government, which were gratefully received, and he and his brave men acting independently, fought through out the war, winning an honorable record for ef ficiency, daring in battle, and gallantry at all times and places. The maiden name of the mother of onr subject was Emily Whitsett. She was a native of Kentucky and a daughter of one of its pioneers, Joseph Whitsett, a native of England. During the last years of her life she was a welcome inmate of the home of her son, our subject, dying here August 18, 1886, aged eighty-five years and three months. James H. Hughes, of whom we write, was but nine years old when he came with his parents to this county, and twelve years old when they set tled where he now lives. At that time Springfield was but a village and a mile distant from his home, and he has witnessed its steady growth until it has become a flourishing city with upwards" of forty thousand inhabitants, and his farm is now included within its limits. He was bred to agricultural pur suits and followed farming many years, and in connection with it operated a quarry, which was opened on his farm as early as 1812, and from which he has sold a large quantity of fine building stone. He has erected four frame houses and a brick house on his land, in one of which he dwells. He has his farm rented and his quarry leased, as before mentioned, and simply looks after his in vestments. Mr. Hughes was married January 20, 1870, to Miss Kate Howard, in whom he finds a true wife, and to them have come four children, namely: Ada, Mabel, Howard and Irene. Mrs. Hughes is a native of King's County, Ireland, born January 7, 1843. Her father, Thomas Howard, was from Queen's County, but died in King's County, his death occurring in 1849. The maiden name of his wife was Julia Quinlan. She was of Irish birth and died in King's County in 1848. About a year after her father's death Mrs. Hughes came to this country7 with a neighboring family, and re sided in Toronto until 1858, when she came to Springfield, and has lived here ever since. Nearly a life-long resident of Clark County, Mr. Hughes is well known, and in his career as a prac tical agriculturist, as a thrifty business man, and as a citizen who has thus materially benefited the home of his adoption, he stands well in the estima tion of his fellow-citizens. SH OHN P. MARTIN. Passers-by seldom fail to notice the pleasant home of this gentle man, which is a commodious and conveni ent farm structure located in the west part of Xenia. The exterior arrangements display the taste of the proprietor, while within the neat and cosy rooms prove that the wife is alive to the in terests of her department. Mr. Martin stands high both in social and political circles, and is a leader in both, rather than a follower. Success has met him almost uniformly in his undertakings, and he is awake not only to his own interests, but to what ever tends to elevate and improve his commmun- ity. In politics, Mr. Martin is a strong and uncom- 828 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. promising Democrat, and in religion, is a devoted member of the Catholic Church, the faith of his progenitors. He has served in many positions of trust, and has faithfully discharged all duties ac companying the same. In 1883 he was nominated on the Board of Public Works, and was elected in October, the same year. After serving out that term, he declined re-election. John and Bridget (Toohey) Martin, the parents of our subject, were natives of the Emerald Isle, where they were born in County Galway. In 1849, they resolved to seek a home, in the United States, coming to Ohio via New Orleans and Mississippi River. The father was a laborer and died August 17, 1866, in Ohio. The mother still lives in Xenia, making her home with her daughter. They had a family of seven children, of whom our subject was the fifth in the order of birth. He was born at Loveland, Clermont County, Ohio, May 5, 1852, and was there reared, receiving the larger part of his education in the public schools of that town. Later he became a student in the parochial school of Dayton, Ohio. At an early period of his life our subject started out for himself, and his first engagement was as a newsboy on tho old Marietta and Cincinnati Rail road, which is now a branch of the Baltimore & Ohio system. When fourteen years old he ap prenticed himself to Brooks, Light & Co., Plumb ers, Steam and Gas Fitters. After serving a three years apprenticeship, he went to Indianapolis, where at the early age of seventeen years, he took charge of a plumbing and gas fitting establishment. At tbe urgent solicitation of his former employers he returned to their employ, and was soon sent to the County Infirmary (Greene County) todo a job of work. Wilh the consent of his employers he remained there for two and one-half years super intending the steam and gas fitting of that estab lishment. In 1873, Mr. Martin embarked in the same line of business in Xenia, and was thus engaged for six years. Upon retiring from this occupation he devoted his attention to the manufacture of some inventions in hydraulics which he had devised and constructed in Cincinnati. He was interested principally in the Red Jacket Force Pump, a line of ten or twelve patterns. After successfully op erating the same for about thirty months, he sold out and went to Mexico as a prospector, to exam ine a gold mine in Durango. After a few months residence there he returned to the Buckeye State, where he has since made his home. May 5, 1 873, was the date of Mr. Martin's mar riage, his bride being Miss Kate Brodie, a daugh ter of Michael and Kate Brodie, natives of County Clare, Ireland. Thence thoy emigrated to the United States and settled in Massachusetts, where their daughter, Mrs. Martin, was born. Mr. and Mrs. Martin were the parents of five children, four of whom are living and one deceased. The children are named respectively7: John, William, Margaret and Nellie. They are intelligent and bright and are receiving thorough educations, which will prepare them for whatever positions in life await them. "ill OHN W. McLEAN. There are few men more widely or favorably known through- , out the county than Mr. McLean who, for J many y7cars has occupied himself as a builder and contractor and who has thus formed a wide ac quaintance in this section of the State, making many warm personal friends while in the transac tion of his legitimate business. He is a native of this State, having been born in Warren County, March 23, 1836, and thence was brought by his parents to Greene County in 1845. His father that year had taken a Contract on the first road in the county running through Yellow Springs, where the family sojourned until 1849. That year they re moved to Cedarville and young McLean, now a man grown, pursued the same business as that in which his father was engaged, being concerned in the opening of the road through Cedarville. Mr. McLean pursued his early studies in a little old frame church at Yellow Springs which is still standing, and now a part of the hotel of that place. When approaching manhood he began learning the and carpenter's trade, but the outbreak of the Civil War broke in upon his plans,as it did upon those of thousands of others, and he laid aside his personal PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 829 interests to proffer his services toward the preser vation of the Union. A few weeks after the attack upon Ft. Sumter he enlisted in Company D, Forty- fourth Ohio Infantry, which was assigned to the Army of the Potomac and fought at the battles of Lewisburg, Va., Knoxville, Cumberland Gap, Dut- ton's Hill, (Ky.) and others. He had left at home his young wife and child and he served until af ter the close of the war, receiving his final dis charge in . September, 1865. In the meantime he had enjoyed a two months' furlough and had vet eranized after the expiration of the first term of his enlistment. Upon leaving the army Mr. McLean returned to Cedarville and shortly afterward made a trip west, visiting Illinois and Iowa, but finally came back to Ohio and worked as a carpenter until 1867. He then purchased the business of a firm of contractors and builders which he has since conducted with re markable success. Nearly all the fine buildings in this section have been put up under his supervision including the town buil ling and opera house at Cedarville, the large school-house, the Methodist Church and the residences of D. S. Erwin, S. K. Mitchell, George W. Harpen and Thomas Craw ford, besides-many others equally as fine. He also put up among many others, the residence occu pied by tbe mother of Whitelaw Reid, the fam ous editor of the New York Tribune, whose na tive place and whose real home is near Cedar ville. Politically, Mr. McLean since his voting days commenced, has been a straight Republican and he has held many of the local offices. He served as Postmaster of Cedarville when the office was located in the town building. He is a member in good standing of the Grand Army of the Repub lic and of the Encampment and Subordinate Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He finds his religious home in the Methodist Church. AVhen twenty-three years old he was joined in wed lock with Miss Margaret Jane, daughter of Jacob p'ord, the wedding taking place at the bride's home in Cedarville, in 1859. This union resulted in the birth of el-even children, three of whom — John, Olive and Clara, died in infancy ; Schuyler Colfax at the age of fifteen years was thrown from a horse receiving fatal injuries; Lucy7 died when an inter esting maiden of sixteen years of typhoid fever. The survivors are Jennetta, the widow of J. J. Bar ber, and the mother of three children; Rollin P., a lad of sixteen years; Esty, fourteen years old; Lavina, a little miss of twelve years and Asa W., the baby. The parents of our subject were Frank lin and Amy Ann (Durfey) McLean, natives re spectively of Ohio and Rhode Island. 'The Mc Lean family originated in Scotland and was first represented in the United States probably during the Colonial days. ^|j?LBERT O. FEIRSTINE. Among the SsOl younger members ofthe fanning commun ity of Mad River Township, Clark County, Mr. Feirstine occupies no unimportant po sition. He owns and operates one hundred and twenty-five acres of choice land on section 28, where he has good buildings and is supplied with the modern machinery required by the enterprising and progressive agriculturist. He is an Ohio man by birth, first opening his eyes to the light in Mad River Township, Montgomery County, Sep tember 7, 1853. He there spent his boyhood days and removed with his father to Mad River Town ship, Clarke County, in 1863, where he pursued his studies in the district schools. He remained at home, working for his father until 1874, then in partner ship with his brother, began operating the home farm where the latter now resides. They continued in partnership until the spring of 1 883, when Albert O. located on his present farm which was pur chased by his father some years previously. In addition to general agriculture he raises grain aud stock to a large extent, keeping good grades of cattle and swine. He uses two teams in the farm operations and his surroundings indicate that he has a good understanding of his business. AVhen ready to establish a fireside of his own, our subject was married at the bride's home in Yellow Springs, January 10, 1882, to Miss Delia, daughter of Dennis and Mary (Mitchell) DeWine. Mr. DeWine was bora in County Galway, Ireland, 830 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. where he was reared and married. Soon after ward he emigrated to America and coming to this county located at Yellow Springs and has now a valuable little farm within the corporation. His wife bore tbe maiden name of Mary Mitchell, and she is a native of the same county in Ireland as her husband. They belong to the Catholic Church and are the parents of three children. The oldest son, Thomas, is farming near P^air field, this county; Delia, Mrs. Feirstine, was Ihe second born; Dennis Jr., is farming near Yellow Springs. Mrs. Feirstine was born at the homestead in Yellow Springs, January 16, 1860, and was reared under the parental roof attending in childhood the district school. Later she attended the Union school where she made good uso of her time and completed her studies in Antioch College. Of her union with our subject there have been born four children, viz: Anna, George, Charles and Wil liam. They are all at home with their parents. Mrs. Feirstine belongs to the Catholic Church at Yellow Springs. Our subject cast his first Presi dential vote for Samuel J. Tilden and remains a stanch adherent of the Democratic party. He has a pleasant home, a nice family, and the outlook for the future seems unusually fair. OBERT T. SNELL is an old settler of Xenia and one of its highly-respected citi- l\ zens, well known as the proprietor of V^) Snell's Hotel. He came here in 1845 and engaged at his trade as a plasterer, but in 1851 embarked as an hotel keeper at the stand he now occupies. He carried on this enterprise until 1885, when he took his son Edward in with him, the style of the business now being R. T. Snell & Son. The place of nativity of Robert Snell is Phila delphia, Pa., where his birth occurred October 20, 1812. When sixteen years old he went to New Jersey, where he remained until 1836, when he changed his residence to PYanklin, Warren County, Ohio. There our subject learned the trade of a plasterer and first began work for himself, re moving from that place to Xenia at the time be fore noted. The flrst wife of Mr. Snell was Miss Hannah Cafferty, who died leaving two children, Tamsen and James, both now deceased. Subsequently the widower married Miss Jane Sherrit, who was born in Bath County, Va., April 15, 1823, and is the daughter of John and Anna G. (Berry) Sherrit, na tives of Virginia. The maternal grand fatbei was a member of the Virginia Legislature and Senate for thirty years. She bore four children, namely: Benjamin, an engineer on the Pennsylvania Rail road ; Robert, now deceased ; Priscilla, now the wife of Benjamin Knocht, of Dayton; and Edward, in Xenia. Mr. Snell is a member of the Republican party, with no political aspirations of a personal nature. He is a member of the Masonic frater nity and the Plpiscopal Church. Edward Snell, now interested with his father in tho hotel business, and also connected with the Adams Express Company at the depot, was born in the same house in which he now lives, May 14, 1861. After having pursued a course of study in the common schools of the city until he had en tered the High School department, ho entered the employ of N. & G. Ohmer, who were carrying on a restaurant at the depot, remaining with them until he took charge of the railroad restaurant, at Mor- rowtown, which he ran for two years. He then re turned to his native place and became interested in the Snell House, and for the last three years has been night clerk for the Adams Express Com pany. Although a young man, Edward Snell has been Assessor for his Ward (the 5th), and also served in the Council during 1889. He casts his vote with the Democratic party. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, of the Knights of Pythias, the Knights of Honor, and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He belongs to the Episcopal Church, and possesses the manly and upright char acter which wins for him the respect of all who know him. While in business at Morrow, Mr. Snell met, wooed and married Miss Carrie Abell, of Zanes ville, Ohio, the wedding ceremony taking place in 1883. The charming and intelligent bride is a PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 831 daughter of Marcus F. Abell, and lived in her na tive city until the time of her marriage. Their happy union has been blessed by the birth of three daughters — Lillian, Florence and Ethel. Benjamin Snell, father of the gentleman with whose name we introduce this sketch, was born in England, and when thirteen years old went to sea, following a sailor's life until seventy three years old. He married Miss Ann Guy, of Philadelphia, where he made his home after retiring from a sea faring life. While pursuing his calling he once took sixteen Swedish noblemen off a wreck and carried them safely to Philadelphia; for this ex ploit the King of Sweden bestowed upon him a gold medal, which he left to his granddaughter, Mrs. Knecht. of Dayton, Ohio. ^»'%,3'1'S*%''''" ]j^AVID S. SMITH. One of the most valuable f Jl) farms in Silver Creek Township, Greene J^^ County, and one of the most attractive in appearance, is that owned and occupied by David S. Smith. It comprises one hundred and fifty-two acres of very fine land bordering on the Bowersville Pike, is well-stocked and furnished with improve ments above the average. The residence is of brick of a pleasing architectural design, and evidences the prosperity and good taste of the owner. Sub stantial barns and other outbuildings are conven iently disposed upon the land, while fences and trees divide and adorn the fields, and add to their value. Going back two generations in tbe ancestral line we find Jacob Smith, a Virginian by birth, and a farmer by occupation. He married a Virginia lady, Miss Betsey Kimball, who was of German lineage. After their marriage they settled on a farm in Hardin County, where several children were bora to them, among the number being a son Daniel. He was but a few months old when, in 1814, the family left their old Virginia home, and crossing the country with teams, landed in Greene County, Ohio. In the forests of New Jasper Township, they made a good farm which was their home from that time until they were called hence. They worked hard to obtain a start in life in the new country to which they had come, manifesting great activity and thrift in their worldly affairs. Jacob Smith lived to be more than seventy years of age, and his widow passed the age of four-score years. Daniel Smith grew to manhood amid pioneer sur. roundings, beginning life for himself as a farmer boy and following his father's footsteps as a hard-work ing man. After his marriage to Miss Lucinda Spahr, ho began his wedded life with but a small amount of this world's goods, in New Jasper Town ship, but lived to secure a fine home with more than four hundred acres of landed estate. He died at his home in 1884, being then seventy jrears of age. Politically, he was a Republican, and religiously, of the Methodist Episcopal faith. His widow is yet living on the old homestead, and although she has reached the allotted age of man, she is yet smart and active. She is a member of the Metho dist Episcopal Church, and numbered among the good old ladies of the township. The birth of Mrs. paniel Smith took place in New Jasper Township, in a settlement which was new, and like her husband she was reared amid pio neer scenes. Her parents, Mr: and Mrs. Mathias Spahr had come hither from Virginia in an early day, and were well known among tho early settlers of the township as people of excellent character, good habits, and those who became prosperous through industry. The gentleman with whose name this sketch is introduced, is the fourth in a family of nine chil dren born to Daniel and Lucinda (Spahr) Smith, his natal day having been June 14, 1844. The seven sons and two daughters are yet living, all with homes of their own and families; a remark able incident — a mother reaching the age of sev enty-one years without a death among her progeny. The early life of our subject was spent at his birth place in New Jasper Township, where he learned the details of agricultural life, and obtained a good common-school education. He remained under the parental roof until after he had become of age, and in the same township until 1878, when he took pos session of the fine farm which he now occupies, and which he has considerably improved since that date. The fact of his ownership of so fine an estate, is a 832 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. proof of his ability in agricultural affairs, while ils appearance indicates his possession of progressive ideas and good taste. Tho home of our subject is presided over by a woman of intelligence, housewifely skill, and fine character, with whom he was united in marriage in Silver Creek Township, this county, November 29, 1871. Her maiden name was Sarah E. Sutton, her birthplace New Jasper, and her natal day December 2, 1850. She is a daughter of AVilliam G. and Martha E. (Hagler) Sutton, natives of New Jasper Township, whose parents were early settlers in the county. After spending some years of their mar ried life in that township, Mr. and Mrs. Sutton cams to Silver Creek Township in 1854, purchasing a farm of more than two hundred acres, which they made their home until 1882. At that lime they re tired to Jamestown, where they are yet living, re tired from an active participation in their former duties, and devoting their time to social and relig ious matters. Both are active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Their family in cluded eight sons and daughters, one of whom is now deceased, Mrs. Smith being the eldest. The family of our subject and his estimable wife includes five living children, and two deceased: Frank Adelbert died at the age of ton years and six months, and William Daniel when seven months old. The survivors are Stella, Viola, Cyrus B., Nora, and Eva, whose presence around the family fireside gladdens the parental hearts. Mr. Smith gives his allegiance to the Republican party. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are members of the Methodist Epis copal Church. In addition to the fine estate on which they live, they own another improved farm near Jamestown, which is seventy acres in extent. -^C -j-lo I . IcrSA — ." INOCH G. ARBOGAST, a native-born citi zen of Clark County, now residing in Springfield, has for many years been closely connected with its industrial interests, and is at present doing a prosperous business as a black smith, having opened a wagon and blacksmith shop in this city in 1876. He is well known as a man of honorable reputation, and during his long resi dence here he has won the high esteem and confi dence of all. He was born in Moorefield Town ship, December 23, 1825, the eldest son of John and Elizabeth Arbogast. For parental history see sketch of Eli Arbogast on another page of this volume. His early education was acquired in the pioneer schools of this region, which were con ducted on the subscription plan in a rude log house, provided with rough, home-made furniture, slabs with wooden pins for legs serving for seats. In the winter season the boys used these benches for sleds, when there was snow on the ground sliding down hill on them, thus utilizing them for two purposes. There were no desks in the school- house, but holes were bored in the logs, into which wooden pegs were inserted, and the board laid on the top of these was used by the larger scholars to write on. Our subject assisted his father in the farm work until he was seventeen y7cars old, when he com menced to learn the trade of a wheelwright, at which he served about two years, and then was employed as a journeyman in that capacity a few years. After that he engaged in the lumber busi ness, buying the timber standing and manufactur ing it into lumber. He built up quite an extensive and paying business in that line, which he carried on successfully until 1873. In 1876, as before mentioned, he turned his attention to his present business. He has considerable mechanical skill and ingenuity, re-enforced by a thorough knowl edge of his calling in all its details, so that he has attracted a groat deal of custom and controls quite a large trade. Mr. Arbogast was united in marriage to Miss Lavina J. Harmon, in 1851. She is also a native of Ohio, born in Bellbrook, Greene County, and a daughter of Henry and Mary Harmon. Mr. and Mrs. Arbogast have eight children living J. Os car, Schuyler C, Emma J., William E., Nettie C, Charles H., Walter H. and Mary C. Annie, the fourth child, died at the age of twenty-two years. Mr. and Mrs. Arbogast are valued members of this community, where so many years of their lives have been passed. They are quietly and un ostentatiously liberal, never withholding their .« PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 835 hands in cases of need, and showing in their every day lives that their religion is not a mere form, but is deeply seated within their hearts. They are faithful and zealous members of the St. Paul Methodist Episcopal Church. In his political views, Mr. Arbogast is a stanch Republican. o* ^— **44H**-- >"$*NSH! ^»<-^!a?» «^+<^»r the benefit of those interested in Jersey cat tle and dairy products, we append tho following: The Rev. Ross C. Houghton, D. D., late pastor of Roberts Park Church, Indianapolis, writes to the Jersey Bulletin, under date of March 1, 1884: "A pleasant ride of half an hour from the railway station at Springfield, Ohio, brought me to La gonda View P'arm, the residence of Edward Harri son, one of the most intelligent and genial among my somewhat numerous "Jersey" friends. The farm itself is "most beautiful for situation," and just the spot in which a nian, whose mornings are given to the exacting labors of city office work, can so occupy the latter hours of the day as to combine profitable employment with restful recreation. It is, however, chiefly of interest, so far as these notes are concerned, as the home of one of the choicest Jersey herds in Ohio, and the place where some of the best families in Spring fleld purchase "gilt edged'' butter, whieh is be yond all praise, and for which they cheerfully pay a long price. If any man doubts the success of the Jersey dairy business, in the neighborhood of a large city, let him compare notes with Mr. and Mrs. Harrison. The herd is headed by Lagonda 4078, the only living son of Chrissy 1448, who yielded sixteen and one-half pounds of butter in one week, and whose dam, Kitty Clover 1113, was a fourteen pound cow. Lagonda's sire is Grand Duke Alexis 1040, one of the most noted butter bulls, whose daughters and granddaughters will rival, in butter yield and in the large prices for which they have been sold, any family of Jerseys that can be mentioned. Twenty-four cows, and four bulls, with from 12^ per cent, to 50 per cent, of his blood, have sold for $31,985, an average of $1,142.35 each. La gonda is really a grand bull. Dark gray shading into black, with evenly incurved horns, a soft and rich hide, and, in all points combined, scoring well up towards perfection. His get, an unusually large proportion of which are heifers, are almost invariably very handsome and promising. Thus far there are no failures at the pail among his daughters, and they are, to my personal knowl edge, highly prized in the herds where they are found. Baron De Alphea 5411, a son of the fa mous Chief of Mad River Valley 2934, and Cre mona 6721, stands next in this herd, and is fully worthy of his place. He is a rich golden fawn, black points, and a little white upon his flank. He traces, by only a few removes, to such noted ani mals as Mercury 432, Alphes. 171, Sultan 58, and Pansy 8. Of the cows in this herd I have space to men tion but few. Cremona 6721, Lady Felter 5059, PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 851 Queen of the Miamis 6793, Dimple's Matchless 6794, Daphne of Clark 11621, and several others will compare favorably with the leading cows in any Western herd I have examined. There are eight great-granddaughters of Sultan 58, with a liberal per cent, of the blood of Albert 44. I found, on examining the pedigrees of the entire herd, that the blood of some old and well estab lished family predominates in every animal. No testing has been done at Lagonda View, but an examination of the private dairy record not only shows a very high average butter yield, but also reveals the fact that a number of the best cows could undoubtedly, by special care and feeding, be brought to the figures of which we read in con nection with more noted animals. Quite a number of the very best cows and heifers are liberally marked with white, a fact which the ow ner does not depreciate, and which does not seem to prevent their sale, or the sale of their progeny at most satisfactory prices. Mr. Harrison breeds for quality, not for fancy colors. I am not friendly to such rapid breeding as is practiced by7 Mr. Harrison, but I am free to confess that I saw no inferior cattle, either old or young, in his herd, and I am sure any good judge of Jersey affairs could not fail to be satisfied with the results, in every particular, of his manage ment. Any breeder of Jerseys will be both interested and profited by a visit to this choice herd, and an acquaintance with its courteous owner and family." From the American Dairyman, February 19, 1885 : "We have lately been the recipients of two baskets of butter, addressed to the proprietor and editor of this paper, that were the finest samples of winter butter we ever put into our fathom less editorial maw. The latest style, you know, for butter on the table is in small lumps, fashioned after strawberries or other convenient forms. Well, in the center of these baskets was one large lump, slightly figured, while surrounding it like a basket of nuts, were two or three pounds of double cones, containing an ounce of butter each, fresh, crisp, nutty-flavored, hard and dry as rocks, and with an aroma almost as rich as June butter. It was worked almost perfectly dry and yet the grain was perfection. The color was a light straw, natural, we take it, as the butter was made from Jersey milk, and there was just a trace of salt in it. It reminded us more closely of the unsalted butter we ate in the best restaurants of Paris, than any butter we have ever tasted outside of that heaven of high living. That butter was made by Mr. Edward Harrison, Springfield, Ohio, from his herd of Registered Jer seys, and we will let him tell his own tale. He says: "Our butter is made in strict accordance with the best dairy rules, from healthy and gen tle Jerseys that are kindly treated, being fed with the best that can be given them, and in the making, neither milk, cream or butter ever comes in con tact with tbe hands. The sample I send was made principally from the granddaughters and great- granddaughters of 'Matchless,' a cow of some con siderable fame. Mr. Hardin will remember her and her daughter Dimple." Ah! well do we re.- member old Matchless and her beautiful daughter Dimple. She was the first imported or registered Jersey we ever owned, and the best. We bought her off shipboard at Baltimore, and got her cheap because she had a white tail. We always felt grateful to that white tail. The old cow died the property of Mr. Burden, of Troy7, N. Y., and we know her blood tingles now in the veins of a num ber of offspring high up in the fourteen pound list. Dimple, that we brlieve has made over four teen pounds a week, was bred exactly after our choice; but alas, for us! the Club would not regis ter her sire, "Wallace Barns." We sold the bull, and never had the luck to get so good a one again. The Club subsequently relented, and allowed him to be registered, but too late to save our system of breeding." "^£S*3&^ ¦c-V" WILLIAM H. GLOTFELTER. This name is a familiar one to most of the residents of the western part of Greene County, as it belongs to one of the substantial pioneer families of this section. John A. Glotfelter, the grandfather of William H. was born in Lancaster County ,Pa.; he 852 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. married Elizabeth Newman,daughter of John New man, of the same county. He left Pennsylvania and with his wife and family settled in this county in 1815. He purchased a farm of two hundred and fifteen acres, two and a half miles west of Harbine Station. This he improved and made, a comfort able home for himself and family. To him and his estimable wife there were born eight children, six of whom lived to mature years, were married and had families of their own, viz: John, Soloman, George A., Susan, Elizabeth and Nancy. John A. was a blacksmith and worked at his trade until his eyesight failed ; he was of Gorman descent and he and his wife both spoke the Gorman language, as it is used in their native State; they were while liv ing members pf the Gorman Reformed Church and died in that faith on the farm where they first set tled. Mrs. Glotfelter died February 29, 1830, aged sixty years, -ten months and twenty-nine days. Mr. Glotfelter died December 22, 1860, at tbe ripe old age of ninety years and three months. George A. Glotfelter, the father of our subject, was a lad of five years when he came to this county overland in a wagon with his parents from old Lancaster County, Pa. He married Harriott Smith, a native of Pennsylvania. They lived at the old home place with the grandparents, and to them was born a family of eight children, six of whom lived to mature years. Sarah became the wife of Lewis Maxwell; Margaret C. married Henry C. Darst; Martha married Henry Ridenour; Ellen wedded Perry Snyder; Fanny is the wife of J. A. Aula- baugh; AVilliam IT. was the third child. The mother of these children, one of the very best of mothers, died June 25, 1859. Her age was forty-nine years six months and seven days. For his second wife he married Angeline (AVeller) Ervin. Of this union there were no children. George A. Glotfelter was a popular man, a good neighbor, a first-class busi ness man ; he served as a Captain in the State Militia and died September 14, 1866. On the other side Grandfather Smith came from Adams County, Pa., to this State in 1822, located near Cincinnati, where he conducted a hotel for a few years aud died about 1825. The family soon after moved to Greene County. William H. Glotfelter was born April 21 , 1837,on the farm where his father and grandfather lived and where they died. As with them this was his home; here he lived as a boy and young man. He acquired a practical education and industrious habits. When the late war seemed a reality and when the people knew that we were to have a war indeed, at the first call of three years troops he entered the service of his country, enlisting in Company B, of the Twelfth Regiment of Ohio Infantry, in which company he served as Private and Orderly Sergeant until April 18, 1862, when he received his first commission. He was with his regiment in over forty engage ments, many of the most important battles of the war, the first being at Scurry Creek, W. Va., on July 17, 1861. After Mr. Glotfelter received his commission in 1862, ho was detailed in command, a part of time on special duty, scouting through the mountains of AVest Virginia, and while so en gaged with a squad of select men made some dan gerous expeditions into the enemy's country. In 1863 he was made a PTrst Lieutenant and subse quently was commissioned as Captain, but was never mustered in as such. On August 11, 1864, he was mustered out of service on account of a wound re ceived in front of Lynchburg, Va., on June 17, 1864. This wound was a serious one and resulted in making him a cripple for life. After the war wss over Mr. Glotfelter engaged in mercantile business, at Alpha in this county, for a short time and on the 11th of May, in the year 1865, he was united in marriage to Miss Annie E. Hyland. Her father was Hugh H. Hyland, a native of Washington County, Md. Mr. Hyland came to Ohio with his widowed mother and her family in 1832. They settled in Knox County, where Mr. Hyland taught a winter term of school and in the followiug spring they moved to this county. Mr. Hyland was an educated man and did much to place Beaver Creek Township in the lead, so far as education is concerned ; and to its honor it holds that position to this time. He served the township for many y7ears as Justice of the Peace and was a wise counselor for his neighbors and friends. His wife is still living and mades ber home with Mr. and Mrs. Glotfelter. She was a daughter of Jona than Snyder who was an honored pioneer. He owned tbe land where Trebein Station now is. He PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 855 was largely instrumental in the building of Beaver Church; it still stands as a monument to the sturdy pioneers of an early day. In 1867, Mr. Glotfelter located on a part of his present farm. At first he purchased twenty-two acres, but from time to time he has added to it until he now owns over two hundred acres, nicely improved and well stocked. Mr. and Mrs. Glotfelter are the parents of two in teresting children, Jessie M. and Martha B. Mr. Glotfelter is an uncompromising Republican in pol itics. In 1871, he was elected Sheriff of Greene County, and served two terms to the satisfaction of the people, who in 1889, elected him County Com missioner, in which position he is now serving. 'j^7isrs~~ <-' *"" ffiO'HN DUNKEL, one of the most substan tial farmers of Mad River Township, Clark County, has a very fine body of land, two hundred and eighty-one acres in extent, and located on section 11. He is widely and favorably known throughout his township, and is looked upon as one of its leading citizens. He was born near Lancaster, Pa., October 23, 1821, and is the son of John Dunkel, Sr., likewise a native of that county, and of German descent. The father of our subject was a farmer and hotel keeper, operating as "mine host" on the pike between Lancaster and Harrisburg, Pa. He was familiarly known as Capt. Dunkel, on account of his services in the State Militia. He died in his native place in 1859. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Susan Kline, was a native of the same county as her husband, and the daughter of Jacob Kline, a native of Pennsylvania, and a stonemason by trade. After the death of her hus band, the mother, in 1868, came to Clark County, and made her home with her granddaughter, Mrs. Fanny Kreider, where she died in 1883. She was a member of the Mennonite Church. The parents of our subject had eight children: Jacob is a resident of Enon; Mary died in Mad River Township, when about sixty-eight years old; John, Jr., was the third child; Elizabeth, Mrs. Long, lives in Mad River Township; Samuel died there about 1878; Henry lives in Shelby County, Ind.; Susan, Mrs. Landis, died in that county; Aaron died in Philadelphia, Pa. ; Henry and Aaron served in the Civil War, the former in an Ohio regiment, and the latter as Captain in a Pennsyl vania regiment. Aaron was confined nine months in Libby Prison. He was a printer by trade, and a man of prominence in the Keystone State, hav ing served two terms as State Senator. John Dunkel, Jr., attended school with his brothers during his boyhood and remained a mem ber of the parental household until reaching his majority. Shortly prior to this he was married, September 15, 1842, to Miss Elizabeth Binkly, a native of his own county, and the daughter of John Binkly, who had a mill on Welsh Hill. After his marriage Mr. Dunkel employed himself variously for three years, and then went into the hotel with his father, where he continued seven years. He next purchased ten acres of land, and afterward added to it forty acres, carrying on farming and hotel keeping jointly. He put up a good honse and bought more land, and thus op erated for eleven years. In 1865 Mr. Dunkel sold this farm and pur chased his present place in Mad River Township, this first consisting of one hundred and sixty -five acres. There was only a small house upon it, and the later improvements are the results of his own perseverance and industry. He has gradually added to his possessions, and in the meantime has given considerable attention to stock-raising. His land is veiy fertile, with a good supply of water upon it. He has three sets of farm buildings, and every thing about him convenient for the prosecution of agriculture after the most approved methods. His residence is one of the finest in the county. The homestead is located nine miles from Spring field and two miles from Enon. Mr. Dunkel keeps twenty head of horses, and uses two teams in the farm operations. He has a fine large flock of sheep, besides numbers of cattle and swine. Of his first marriage there were born to Mr. Dunkel six children, namely: Henry and Phares, deceased; John B., a merchant of Enon; Eliza beth, Mrs. Estorline, who lives in Mad River; Amelia, Mrs. Lipp, of Bath Township, Greene 856 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. County; and Abraham, also merchandising at Enon. The mother of these children died in Pennsylva nia in 1853. Mr. Dunkel contracted a second marriage in the Keystone State, in 1857, with Miss Mahala Hock man. This lady is likewise a native of Lancas ter County, and the daughter of Jacob Hockman, a shoemaker by trade. Her union with Mr. Dun kel resulted in the birth of 6ix children, namely : Susan is the wife of John Bowman, an engineer, and they reside in Springfield; Frances married Earl Miller, a butcher of Springfield ; Aaron wed ded Miss Lura Schrader, is operating the home farm, and like his father is a shrewd business man; Annie M. is the wife of John Hower, Jr., a farmer of Bath Township, Greene County; Emma married Joseph Ervin, and lives eight miles north of Springfield, Ohio; she is a teacher by profession; Ora remains at home with her par ents. Mr. Dunkel affiliates with the Democratic party, and has served as School Director, but is not ambitious for office, preferring domestic life to the excitement of a public career. In connection with the biographical sketch of Mr. Dunkel, a lithographic portrait of himself and wife are presented. Mrs. Dunkel enjoys the- universal esteem of her acquaintances, and is a lady of refinement and culture, possessing those characteristics which form the elements of true womanhood. In the best circles of society she and her husband find a cordial welcome, and are worthy representatives of the honorable and up right residents of Mad River Township. ENRY C. DARST. The farming and stock- raising interests of Beaver Creek Township, Greene County, have been greatly augmen ted by the subject of this notice, who owns and operates a farm of one hundred and ninety- five acres on section 12. This property under his careful management has become valuable and pre sents a picture of one of the finest homes in the county. He is a native of the Buckeye State and born in the city of Dayton, November 16, 1830, at a time when the now flourishing town bore little resemblance to its present proportions. He spent his early years under the parental roof, acquiring a common-school education, together with those habits of industry and economy which have con tributed largely to his later success. The father of the gentleman of whom we wiite was Jacob Darst, who is of German and Scotcli de scent. He was twice married, bis first wife being Mary Coy, a native of this county, by whom he became the father of six children. Mary, the eldest of these, is the wife of L. D. Cottrell and they live in Dayton, Ohio; Susan is the wife of David Hus ton, of Paris, 111.; Sarah A. is deceased; John makes his homo in Eureka, 111.; Elizabeth is the wife of Robert Hanes and they reside near Topeka, Kan.; Jacob died when about sixty-three years old. Later Jacob Darst was again married, his second wife bearing the maiden name of Ruhamah Mobler and being of AVelsh extraction. Our subject was born of this marriage ; he spent his boyhood and youth amid the quiet scenes of farm life and when reaching manhood was joined in wedlock October 11, 1855, with Miss Margaret, daughter of George and Harriet (Smith) Glotfelter. Mrs. Darst was born in this county, September 23. 1835. Her par ents are represented elsewhere in this volume. Of the union of Mr. and Mrs. Darst there were born five children, four of whom are living. Edward is a minister of the Disciples Church and lives in the city of Boston, he married Miss Minnie Souders and they are the parents of one child, a daughter, Margaret J.; AVilliam H. married Miss Sallie May Sourbray and manages the home farm ; Mary L. and Emma R. remain under the parental roof; Martha J. died when two and one-half years old. Mr. Darst is classed among the solid and influ ential citizens of the county and uniformly votes the Republican ticket. Both he and his estimable wife are members in good standing of the Disciples Church. Socially, they are highly, respected for their many noble qualities of heart and mind, and deserve special mention as belonging to that class of people who have assisted in bringing Greene County to its present state of development and thus have aided in making America what it is to-day, "the PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 857 land of the free and the home of the brave." Now in the evening of their well-spent lives Mr. Darst and his wife can look back upon years of fruitful labor and forward to the great unknown with pleas ure, knowing that they will leave behind them at death the priceless memorial of a world made better by7 their lives. ^fjOHN N. GARVER, one of the proprietors and advertising manager of the Springfield Republic- Times, one of the leading journals of Southern Ohio, and a member of the firm of A. D. Hosterman & Co., publishers of that and other papers, is. classed among the ablest and most scholarly members of his profession in this part of the West. He is a native of Clark County, born in Bethel Township, September 28, 1858. His father, Benjamin C. Garver, was born near Harper's Iterry, Va., while his grandfather,"Abraham C. Garver, was a native of Beaver Creek, Md., a son of Christian Garver, one of two brothers who came to this country from Germany late in the eigh teenth century and located in Maryland. He was a farmer, and bought land on Beaver Creek, Wash ington County, and resided there until death closed his mortal career. He was the father of eighteen children. The grandfather of our subject was reared in Maryland, and about 1820^ bought land near Harper's Ferry, and resided there until 1830, when he came to Clark County, accompanied by his wife and seven children, making the journey with a team. He cast in his lot with the pioneers of Bethel Township, buying seven hundred acres of land, which was heavily timbered, a small por tion cleared nndCa log house standing thereon con stituting the only improvements. The family moved into the log building, which he afterward included in a more pretentious frame house, which is still standing. His death occurred in 1857, in that home which he had reared with hard pioneer labor. He had in the meantime cleared the greater part of his land and had a fine large farm. The maiden name of his wife was Elizabeth Rice, and she was born in Maryland, and spent her last years on the old homestead in Bethel. They reared six children, of whom the following is recorded: Catherine, now deceased, mairied Samuel Kable; John resides in New Carlisle; Susan is the wife of James Kable, of Macoupin County, 111.; Elizabeth is the wife of Dr. Isaac Meranda, of New Carlisle; Benjamin C, the father of our subject; Sarah is the wife of James Lamme, a resident of Springfield. Benjamin Garver was two years old when his parents brought him to this county, and he was reared and educated in Bethel Township. He in herited a part of the old homestead, and resided on it many years, conducting agriculture. In 1885 he removed to Kansas, and buying a tract of land ten miles from Anthony, has resided there ever since. He was converted to Methodism after mar riage, and became a power in the church as a local preacher. The maiden name of the mother of our subject was Ruth A. Rohrer, and she was born in Springfield, Clark County. Her father, John Roh rer, was a native of Southeastern Pennsylvania, coming^from that State to Springfield about 1840. He was a blacksmith, and opened a shop here and plied his trade, and accumulated quite a property, which he lost, however, by going security for others. His death occurred in this city at a ripe old age, in 1875. The maiden name of his wife was Sarah Thrall, and she died in Springfield in 1880. Of the eleven children born to the parents of our sub ject nine are living, namely: John N., Abraham R., Frank R., James L., Walter B., Edward M., George G., Clara E. and Arthur C. John N. Garver, of this sketch, passed the early years of his life on the old homestead that his grandfather had redeemed from the primeval for ests, and as soon as large enough assisted in farm ing. He was a studious, thoughtful lad, and was given fine advantages to obtain an education, lay ing the foundation of his knowledge at the district school, which he attended part of each year; in 1874 he entered the High School at New Carlisle, and in 1876 became a student at Wittenberg College, where he pursued a liberal course for two years, and during his college course taught school one year in his native township. After leaving Wit tenberg he entered the Ohio Wesleyan University 858 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. at Delaware, and from that institution of learning he was graduated with a good reputation for scholarship in the class of '82. After leaving the university he was engaged the ensuing two years as traveling salesman for the Superior Drill Com pany, and then turned his attention to law, study ing for one year in Emporia, Kan., in the office of Buck & Feighan, leading lawyers of that city. At the expiration of that time he dropped his legal studies to give his attention to newspaper work as city editor of the News and Globe, then owned by Jacob Stotler, and in 1886 he was appointed city editor of the Sioux City Tribune. In the fall of that year our subject went to Kansas City to en gage with the New Pmgland Trust Company, as inspector of lands in Missouri and Kansas, and was thus employed one year. We next hear of him in Lincoln, Neb., whore, with A. D. Hosterman and others he aided in forming a company, called the Lincoln Newspaper Union, and established a pub lishing house in that city. In the fall of 1888 the company disposed of its plant at a good profit and Mr. Garver came to Springfield with his brother- in-law, A. D. Hosterman, and with him and others bought an interest in the Republic- Times, and has been connected with the paper ever since. Since coming here Mr. Garver has established an attractive home in our midst, and to the gra cious and accomplished young wife, who so cor dially unites with him in extending its charming hospitalities to their numerous friends, he was united in marriage in the fall of 1888, and baby Ben jamin completes the happy household circle. Mrs. Garver is a native of Springfield, her maiden name Anna Geiger, and she is a daughter of Prof. H. R. and Nancy (Harford) Geiger, of whom see sketch on another page of this volume. As a man and as a citizen our subject is highly re garded in this city, where he has a large circle of friends and acquaintances. He possesses an un usual degree of geniality, tact and quick wit, to gether with good business qualifications, that seem so necessary to success in the journalistic profes sion. He is a stalwart Republican in his political sentiments, and he is prominently identified with the social and religious interests of the community; he is a member of the college society, the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, and belongs to the Benevolent Pro tective Order of Elks, No. 51 ; and he and Mrs. Garver are members in good standing of the High Street Methodist Episcopal Church. * \j7 SAAC MILTON ROBERTS. In driving about I this section of Ohio and viewing the fine farms /£ which abound, one would form a high opinion of the agricultural skill which is displayed by the proprietors of the various estates, and enjoy the general air of prosperity which the country pre sents. The fertile soil of Clark County has been well improved,and but few farms can be seen within its bounds which do not bear good buildings and other evidences of thrift. The gentleman with whose name this sketch is introduced, is one of the representative farmers and stockmen of Moorefield Township, owning and occupying one hundred ahd eight acres of land on section 35. His financial standing is chiefly due to his own efforts, and the success with which he is meeting redounds to his credit as a man of enterprise and good judgment. The father of our subject was James IT. Roberts, a native of Berkeley County, Va., and his mother, Mary Wren, was born about eight miles west of Alexandria, in the same State. The father was a tanner by trade and left his native State with the intention of starting a tannery at Lawrenceburg, Ind. His wife sickened and died, and be then came to Ohio, making a permanent settlement here about 1811. Purchasing one hundred and sixty acres of Government land in Moorefield Township, Clark County, he remained upon it until his death De cember 19, 1863. He settled in the woods, putting up a log cabin which was replaced in later years by a brick house, the material for which was burnt by himself. The latter edifice is still standing with some enlargements and improvements. Mr. Roberts was a hard-working man and one who enjoyed the confidence of his fellowmen. He succeeded well in worldly affairs and not only assisted his children in getting a start in life, but left to his family an estate of two hundred and fifty acres. His first party affiliation was with the Whigs and during PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 859 the "apple cider campaign" he voted for Gen. W. H. Harrison ;' he afterward became identified with the Republican party. He was a fine looking man, possessing a good physique and great strength, which was preserved even under heavy labor by his temperate habits. Tbe parental family was a large one, the surviv ing children of the first wife being William, whose home is in' Iowa, and Rebecca, wife of William Dunlap, of the same State. Of the children born by his second wife, the following are now living: Agnes in Moorefield Township; John W. in Cham paign County; Joseph in Champaign County, 111.; Louisa, Catherine and Lucy in Springfield; Amanda, wife of Samuel Hodge, in Champaign County, Ohio; Thomas H. and Isaac M. in Moorefield Township. The subject of this sketch was born June 28, 1839, in the county where he is now so well known. He received bis early education in the district schools of the neighborhood and upon the founda tion laid therein has by reading and observation built a structure of abundant information. During bis early life he assisted in the labor which belongs to farm life in countries which are not yet fully de veloped, and gained a knowledge of agriculture which has led to his success in later years. The principles of government and the love of country which had been instilled into his breast led him to take up arms in defense of the Union, during the late War, and on August 7, 1862, he became a private in Company G, Ninety-fourth Ohio Infan try. The first general under whom Mr. Roberts served was Buell, who was succeeded by Rosecrans, and still later he was in the forces of Gen. Sher man. The first memorable battle in which he took part was the desperate struggle at Perryville. At Stone River he was sick and in the wagon train in the rear which was captured by Wheeler's Cavalry. He was paroled and seut to Camp Chase, and finally exchanged and sent to Chattanooga where he par ticipated in the siege. His regiment formed a part of the brigade sent to re-inforce Hooker at Look out Mountain, and the next day he was in the great charge of Mission Ridge. He also participated in the notable engagements at Resaca, Pumpkin Vine Creek, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, and the Siege of Atlanta. He took part in the entire Atlanta campaign, and the glorious march to the sea, as well as in the return through the Carolinas, the last general engagement at which he was pres ent being the battle of Bentonville. After having served his country faithfully and efficiently until the war was over, Mr. Roberts re turned to his native State and county, where he has since resided. He has served as School Director and whether in office or out is interested in the ad vancement of the cause of education. In politics he is a firm Republican. His wife bore the maiden name of Susan M. Chaney and the rites of wedlock were celebrated between them January 8, 1867. She is the daughter of James and Ruth (Layton) Chaney, who were natives of Virginia and Ohio respectively. They died in Bethel Township, Clark County, where their daughter was born December 22, 1843. They have no children. "" "il! 'frit *£"!&"* *** AVID SHAFPTjR, deceased, whose name and memory will ever be held in rever ence as that of a prominent pioneer of Clark County, and an honored resident of Springfield, was for many years intimately con nected with the business interests of this section of Ohio. His sturdy enterprise, devotion to busi ness, and clear discernment in regard to money matters were important agents in enlarging the industrial resources of this region, and# his work in that direction will never be forgotten. He was a Virginian by birth, born in Berkeley County, February, 10, 1810. He was four years old when he was deprived of a father's care by his pre mature death while yet in the vigor of manhood. His mother continued to reside in Virginia many years after her husband's demise, but finally came to the State of Ohio, and passed her last days with her children, dying at the home of a daugh ter in Auglaize County, at the remarkably ad vanced age of ninety-one years. She reared ten children, and trained them to habits of frugality and industry. Her son, of whom we write, re mained with her in Virginia till he was seventeen 860 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. years old, when he came to Ohio, and at tbat youthful age became a pioneer, locating in Clark County. He worked on a farm, and prudently saved his money till he had enough to buy a four- horse team, with whieh he proposed to engage in teaming from Columbus to Cincinnati, as that was a very profitable occupation in those days when there were no railway's or canals. He soon had all that he could do, and a part of his business was to carry specie between the banks of the two places, and he was often entrusted with large amounts of money, the bankers placing the most implicit confidence in his honesty, and courage to defend his precious freight if he were attacked by highwaymen. He used to place the money in kegs, marked nails, to deceive thieves and robbers. By his energetic management of his affairs he was soon enabled to buy other teams, and did a very large carrying business before he left the road, and made a groat deal of money. The introduc tion of railways put an end to his work in that line, and he then bought a quarry and turned his attention to getting out building stone, which was of a fine quality, and commanded a large sale, and he also burnt lime, doing a big business in both branches. In 1850 Mr. Shaffer built a large brick bouse on AAtest Main Street, which his family oc cupied till 1884, when Mrs. Shaffer purchased their present fine residence on the corner of Factory and North Streets. November 9, 1867, the life- record of our subject was brought to a close, and a valued citizen, a devoted husband, a kind father, and an obliging neighbor was thus removed from amongst us while yet in the full possession of the ripened faculties of mature manhood, and while' still in the midst of bis usefulness. Pos sessing a large share of roundabout common sense, honoring industry and integrity in thought and in example, he was a wise and safe coun selor, and his ready sympathy, unselfish kindness, and generous bounty gained him a warm place in the hearts of his fellow-citizens, and made him popular with all classes. He was a prominent Mason, and was very active in establishing the order here. Mr. Shaffer, while in manhood's prime, took unto himself a wife in the person of Miss Cath erine Landis, their marriage taking place Septem ber 19, 1839, and this biography would lack finish without some mention of her who was so much to him, and without whom his life would have been incomplete, so it is with pleasure that we introduce a brief outline of her family history into this sketch. She is of French descent, her ancestors on both sides of the house coming to this country7rom France many years ago. Both of her parents, Henry and Anna Maria (Wolfe") Landis, were natives of Pennsylvania, her father being of French parentage. He was reared and married in Pennsylvania, and finally emigrated from there to Ohio, in 1821, with his wife and ten children, making the entire journey by land. He located in Montgomery County for awhile, and in the meantime looked around over the country to find a suitable situation in which to build a home. He came to Clark County about two years there after, and bought quite a large tract of land in Springfield Township, and immediately placed him self among the most prominent pioneers of the place. There was a log house on his land at the time of purchase, and a saw-mill and a distillery located on Mill Creek, and he operated both, and at the same time superintended the improvement of his farm. He also had a flourmill in operation, which was the only one in all the country around, and people came from a long distance to pat ronize it. A man of more than ordinary energy, foresight and business capacity, he made money fast, and accumulated a valuable property, but after residing on his homestead for many years he lost it by going security for others. In 1846 he returned to the, East to settle the estate of his brother, going and coming by stage, and on the return trip died on tbe stage. This commu nity was thus deprived of an honorable citizen, w7ho in the management of the various industries in which he engaged greatly extended the inter ests of the county, and added to its riches. His estimable wife survived him some years her death finally occurring in the home of her daugh ter, Mrs. Shaffer, at the venerable age of eighty- two. Mrs. Shaffer was born in Lancaster County. Pa. March 20, 1818, and as she was but three years PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 861 of age when her parents brought her to Clark County, she was reared and educated here, and here has passed the most of her life. She was reared under the influences of the pioneer life that obtained here in her younger days, grew up with the growth of the county, and has been an inter ested witness of the most of its development from the wilderness. She was carefully trained by a wise mother in all the labors of a good house wife, so that when she married and was placed at the head of a household, she understood well how to manage its affairs to advantage, and so as to secure the greatest comfort to the inmates of the home. She is a good and true woman, with an honorable record as a loving wife and faithful mother, and her children may well rise up and called her blessed. Of her happy wedded life with our subject nine children were born, of whom the following six have grown to manhood and womanhood — Martha, Elizabeth, Elmina, Margaret, Allen and David Nelson. =i*3r -°iC EN^ )URTON M. LOWMAN, Probably no man of his years in Clark County, is filling a more responsible position than that held by the young gentleman above named, or is better qualified by7 education and character. He is assistant Cashier and book-keeper of the New Car- lisle.Bank, an institution that carries on an excellent banking business and demands in its working force men of tact and ability. Mr. Lowman was born in Pike Township, one and a half mile north of New Carlisle, November 19, 1865, and is the oldest child of Lewis I. and Harriet (Stafford) Lowman. His father is a native of the same township as himself, while his mother was born in Bethel Township, Miami County. They7 now reside in New Carlisle. The other members of the family circle are: Hattie M., Joe M. and Garrett M. Burton M. Lowman was reared on his father's farm, receiving his fundamental education in the common schools and subsequently spending three years in attendance at Wittenberg College in Springfield. After coming out of the college he entered the Post-office at New Carlisle, but in 1887, entered the New Carlisle Bank as book-keeper,clerk, etc. He has now reached the position mentioned above and will undoubtedly push his way still farther upward, as he possesses great energy and is a thorough business man. He possesses the pleas ing manners that combined with good character, give popularity, a proof that he is a prime favorite being found in the fact that in April, 1890, in a strongly Republican township, he was elected Town ship Clerk by a large majority, although running on the Democratic ticket. An important step in the life of Mr. Lowman was his choice of a companion and his marriage to her August 15, 1887. The bride, Miss Bertha Smith of New Carlisle, is an educated and refined young woman, who in addition to her social quali ties is capable of wisely guiding the household affairs, and possesses a noble Christian character. She is a daughter of William TI. and Louisa (Daven port) Smith, of New Carlisle, was educated in the High School of that place, and is a member of the Presbyterian Church at New Carlisle. Her happy nnion has resulted in the birth of one son — How7- ard I. Mr. Lowman finds a slight outlet for his social and benevolent characteristics in the meetings of the Lodge of the Free and Accepted Masons, and the public gatherings in which they indulge. He be longs to the Methodist Episopal Church at Spring field, and is looked upon as om of those to whom church membership is more than an empty name. VILLIAM J. ALEXANDER, attorney-at- law and one of the oldest practitioners in the city of Xenia, was born June 10, 1827, and is the son of Washington and Rachel (Clark) Alexander, the former of whom was a na tive of South Carolina. Washington Alexander was born in 1801, and when a child was brought by his parents, John and Isabella Alexander, to this State as early as 1803. They settled first near Middletown, Butler County, where Grandfather 862 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. Alexander occupied himself as a school teacher, but in the spring of 1803 came to Xenia and en gaged in the practice of law. It is believed that he was the first attorney in the city, and he fol lowed his profession for the long period of forty years, and during thirty years of this tima was Prosecuting Attorney. He was a man of fine abilities, which the people of his district recog nized by spending him to the National Congress two terms, he serving from 1812 to 1816. lie retired from the active duties of his profession in 1842, and died in 1848. Washington Alexander grew to mature j7cars in Xenia, receiving his education in the public schools of that city, and studied law, although never prac ticing. Instead his inclinations led him into farm ing pursuits, which he followed successfully all his life, tbe most of which was spent in Spring Valley Township. He was married in 1824 to Miss Rachel Clark, of this county, and likewise a native of Spring Valley Township. Her father, Judge John Clark, settled here as early as 1800. Both identi fied themselves with the Baptist Church, and were prominent and popular in their community. Their children, six sons and one daughter, all grew to matuie years. John C. is now deceased. The survivors are: AVilliam J., Jesse C, Augustus AV., Franklin, Sarah Isabella, the widow of William S. P>azier; and Aurelius. Mr. Alexander died in 1867; his wife had passed away in 1849. The subject of this notice was born and reared in Spring Valley Township, and completed his education in the city schools of Xenia. During his younger years, when starting out for himself, he engaged in teaching and farming alternately, and later taking up the study of law was, in 1865, duly admitted to the bar. He commenced the practice of his profession in his native town, was subse quently located in Wilmington for a time, and in 1 882 changed his residence to Xenia, and asso ciated himself with a partner under the firm name of Alexander & Whitmer. In Spring Valley Mr. Alexander served as Justice of the Peace for a period of twelve years, and was Township Trustee twenty-two years. He was for a time Superintendent of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans Home, but resigned, not being able to give to it the attention he desired. He was on tbe School Board of his district for a number of years, but he has given his main attention to the practice of his profession, in which he occnpies a leading position. The marriage of William J. Alexander with Miss Elizabeth Weller, of Montgomery County, this State, was celebrated at the bride's home Feb ruary 28, 1850. Mrs. Alexander was born April 25, 1825, and is the daughter of John and Marga ret Weller, who for many years lived on a farm in Montgomery County. Of this union there were born three children, two sons and a daughter, the latter of whom died when two and one-half years old — Perry A. and Charlie F, are numbered among the well-to do farmers of Spring Valley Township. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander belong to the Baptist Church, and Mr. Alexander supports the princi ples of the Democratic party in a Republican dis trict, where he has received many evidences of the people's confidence and esteem. lini-i,.-j=fa.""'"¦s=% i — •!¦ — i I ]OHN HIVLING. AVhenever the pioneer set tlers of this county are mentioned, prominent among them is noted the subject of this sketch who migrated hither from Maryland as early as November, 1808. He settled on the Little Miami River, three miles west of the present site of Xenia, which was unmarked, save by a few dwellings. He had previously visited this region and purchased mill property and land. At one time he owned all the laud north of Church Street, as far out as the Fair grounds. Mr. Hivling, however, only resided a short time where he first located but about 1810 removed within the town limits and opened an hotel in a log building, situated upon tbe present site of the Xenia National Bank, at the corner of Detroit and Main Streets. A few years later he retired to a farm where he lived a few years but not being quite contented with the change from city to coun try life, came back and purchased a store on Main Street, where he followed merchandising for many years and until retiring from the active duties of PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 865 life. He was a citizen highly respected in the com munity and rounded up the ripe old age of eighty- one years, dying in 1860. He carried a musket during the War of 1812, and later served as Sheriff of Greene County while he was keeping hotel. Mr. Hivling was united in marriage with Miss Sally Ankney in 1799. Mrs. Hivling was born about 1775, and they became the parents of four teen children: Margaret, the eldest, married John McPherson and is now dead; Mary, Mrs. Nunne- maker, is now eighty-nine years old; Susan, Mrs. Pmgel, deceased; Abraham was for many years a leading merchant of Xenia and is now dead; Eliza, Mrs. Baker, is eighty-four years old; Sophia is eighty-two years ; Harriet, Mrs. Winters, deceased ; Abigail was the wife of Jonathan Harshman, of Dayton, and deceased ; Joana G., Mrs. Leaman, lives in Xenia; Sarah A. died when about sixty-two years old : Emily is the wife of President George AV. Willard of Heidelberg College at Tiffin ; John is deceased; Martha was the wife of John Bell, of Hillsboro, and deceased. Mr. Hivling was a prom inent member of the Masonic fiaternityof whose principles he was a warm admirer and defender. Religiously he was connected with the Reformed Church. His father, Nicholas Hivling, was a na tive of Germany and emigrated to America at an early day, settling in Maryland, where he died. ARTIN SNIDER. One of the finest farms in Clark County is pleasantly located in Bethel Township,and comprises about three hundred broad ahd fertile acres which, un der judicious management, have been brought to a high state of productiveness and afford a handsome income. It has been placed in a first-class condi tion as regards the improvements upon it, which include not only the needful, but much of the or namental. This place is owned and occupied by the subject of this sketch, who, beginning his career in life on a small capital, has accumulated a fine fortune, from which he dispenses liberally to wor thy objects. The father of our subject was John Snider, a na tive of York County, Pa., and born November 2, 1783. He was the son of German parents, who died in the Keystone State. He was reared in his native county, whence ho came to Ohio in the spring of 1830, settling on section 9, in the town ship in which his son now lives. There he spent the remainder of his life, which was devoted to the pursuit of agriculture, and died January 23, 1851. When he arrived in this State he was in the pos session of less than $600 in money and some stock. He invested his money in land, paying about $6.25 per acre, and while supporting a wife and thirteen children, gradually accumulated additional means. All that he had was made by himself. He was a Democrat all his life, and a member of tho Luth eran Church. His wife, in her maidenhood Miss Elizabeth Broadbeck, was born February7 16, 1786, near Hagerstown, Md., of Swiss parents. She died August 21, 1871, at the homestead in this county, at an advanced age. Martin Snider is one of the eldest of his father's family, and was born in York County, Pa., Febru ary 13, 1812. On the farm in the Keystone State he was reared to the age of eighteen years, and then accompanied his parents to Ohio. He re mained with his father on the old homestead until 1865, some time afterward settling on his present location. For several years after he came to this State he ran saw and grist mills, although he did not entirely abandon farming, which has been his life work. On April 11, 1865, Mr. Snider was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Sintz, of Springfield Township, the ceremony taking place at the home of her parents, Peter and Elizabeth Sintz. The latter were natives of Pennsylvania and Maryland respectively, but prior to their settlement in tbis State had lived in Virginia. They were among the very earliest settlers in this county, having located near Springfield in 1805. There Mrs. Snider was born, May 23, 1817. She is a notable housewife, a good neighbor and a devoted wife. She owns about two hundred acres of fine land in Springfield Township. No children have come to bless the home of Mr. and Mrs. Snider. No man in this vicinity is a more liberal sup porter of the cause of Christianity, both with means 866 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. and personal labors, than Martin Snider. He iden tified himself with the Lutheran Church when a young man, and has been active since that time, both as a member of the congregation and a worker in the Sunday-school. He belongs to the Donnelsville congregation. He is a member of the Grange, but is not identified with any other social order. Portraits of Mr. Snider and his wife are shown elsewhere in this volume. -***- yASHINGTON WARD occupies an im portant place among the enterprising and influential business men of Springfield who are taking a prominent part in its upbuilding, and as a leading real-estate and loan agent he is active in promoting its material interests. He comes of good old pioneer stock, some of his ancestors be ing among the earliest settlers of the State of Ohio, of which he is a native. His birthplace was in Moorefield Township, Clark County, and January 3, 1833, was the date of his birth. He is a son of Charles Ward, Esq., who was during his lifetime a man of considerable prominence in the county. He was, it is thought, born in Mason County, Ky., while his father, Col. William Ward, is supposed to have been born in Greenbriar, Va. He removed from the Old Dominion to Kentucky among its early settlers. After residing there a, few years he came to Clark County, about 1796, and was one of the first pioneers of this portion of what was then a part of the Northwestern Territory. Tecumseh and his tribe of Indians still inhabited this section of the country, and he was one of the committee appointed to meet that noted chief to settle a difficulty caused by tbe Indians killing a white man. He located on what is now the Urbana road, three miles north of this city, and there erected a log bouse, which is still standing and in good preservation. He secured a large tract of land extending from Springfield to Urbana, and owned the present site of the latter town. He subsequently removed to Champaign County, lo cating four miles south of Urbana, where he en gaged extensively* in farming and stock-raising, residing there permanently until death closed his earthly career, and deprived that community of one of its most enterprising citizens. His des cendants are scattered throughout different States of the Union, one of the best known of them being J. Q. A. Ward, the renowned jsculptor. The grandmother of our subject, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Anderson, was a native of Vir ginia, and she and her husband now lie buried side by side on the old homestead three miles from Springfield. The grandfather of our subject had three brothers — Charles, James and John A. The latter was captured by the Indians when he was a boy of six years, and was adopted by the tribe (Shawanees), reared by them, and married a squaw and was finally killed in battle while fighting the whites. Charles and James spent their last years in Kentucky. The father of our subject was eighteen years old when he came to this county with his parents, and here he was married in 1827, to Katherine Foley, a native of Clark County, and a daughter of James and Mary (Marsh) P\)ley, natives, respectively, of Virginia and North Carolina, and early pioneers of this county. Mr. Foley came to Clark County in 1806, and his future wife residing then near Co lumbus, he went for her on horseback, and re turned with his bride riding behind him. He set tled in Moorefield Township, commencing his wedded life in a log cabin, and resided here until his death, in 1863, at the advanced age of eighty- four years. His wife preceded him to the grave some years previous to his decease. The father of our subject resided in Urbana until his marriage, and then settled on land two miles north of Spring field on the Urbana Road, and devoted himself to agricultural pursuits. His death at the age of fifty-four, in 1848, while yet scarcely past the meridian of life, was a serious blow to the material and social interests of the place, and was sincerely mourned by all who knew him. He was a kind father, a devoted husband, and his neighbors and friends found in him a wise and safe counselor. He was a stanch Whig iu politics, and he served many years as Justice of the Peace. The mother of our subject lived on the old homestead where PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 867 her wedded life was passed until 1863, and then removed to Springfield, and here closed her eyes in death in August, 1886, having attained a ripe old age. She had a full experience of pioneer life, and of the primitive modes of living, in her early7 days. She was an adept at spinning and weaving, and used to cook delicious meals before the fire of an open fireplace before the introduction of stoves. She was the mother of seven children, all of whom she reared to useful lives. The son of whom we write grew to a stalwart manhood in his native township, and gleaned his early education in the district school. As soon as large enough to be made of use he was set to work on the farm, and at the time of his father's death he had to assume the charge of the old homestead, and though he was but sixteen years old he showed himself to be fully competent for the responsibili ties that thus devolved upon him. He continued to manage the farm with good results until 1863, and in that year took up his residence in Spring field. The ensuing two years he was engaged in tho grocery business, and since then has carried on his present calling as a dealer in real estate and a loan agent. In 1883 he built his present commo dious and well appointed residence on Stanton Avenue, and here he and his wife have established a home that is replete with all the modern com forts and conveniences. The marriage of Mr. Ward with Mrs. Jane Foley (Swope) Patton was solemnized March 22, 1872, and has proved of mutual benefit. Mrs. Ward is a native of this city, and a daughter of P>dward and Millie J. (Foley) Swope, early settlers cf Spring field. Mr. Swope was born in Adams County, Pa., October 12, 1814, a son of Jonathan Swope, who was born of German parentage, and spent his entire life in the Keystone State. Mrs. Ward's father came to Clark County in 1835, and locating in this city, became one of its pioneer merchants. He also engaged in buying stock, and before there were railways or canals used to drive his cattle across the Pennsylvania mountains to -Eastern markets. He resided in Springfield until 1865, and then, after the death of his wife, moved to Buffalo, N. Y., and established himself in the stock business there, which he still continues as a mem ber of the firm of Swope, Hughs & Walsh. His wife was born in Moorefield Township, and was a daughter of John and Jane D. Foley, well-known pioneers of this section of the country. Mrs. Ward has been twice married. She was first wedded in 1856, to Leander D. Patton, a native of Cincinnati. He was a dry -goods clerk for many years, later was a commercial salesman, and at the time of his death, in 1865, was clerk of the gold board in Chicago. By that marriage Mrs. Ward had two sons — Edward and Charles. Her wedded life with our subject has been blessed to them by the birth of one daughter, Bertha W. Mrs. Ward is a de voted member of the Episcopal Church, and her daily life is consistent with her religious profess ions. Mr. Ward is a man of good presence and frank address, is progressive in his views, and in business and financial circles his name is held in respect, and he is conceded to be an honor to the citizen ship of his native county. JAMES HENRY RABBITTS, managing ed itor of the Springfield Daily Republic- Times and the Weekly Republic, was born in this this city April 1, 1853, and is a son 0f Charles Rabbitts who was born on a farm near Herningsham, AViltshire, England. The date of the latter's birth was September 7, 1820, and he was the son of George Rabbitts, who was born on a farm in Rodden Parish, Somersetshire, England. His father, George Rabbitts, Sr., was, it is sup posed, a native of the same locality and of pure English ancestry. He spent his entire life at farm ing pursuits and died in Somersetshire. The paternal grandfather of our subject spent his boyhood and youth on the farm and when married located in Wiltshire, where he prosecuted agriculture until 1832. Then not being satisfied with his condition or his prospects, he set out to cross the Atlantic with his wife and seven children, embarking at Bristol, January 10, on the sailer, "Emily," and was obliged to land on Staten Island on account of cholera, from which the ship's pas- 868 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. sengers and crew had suffered for a period of forty- nine days. When able to proceed on his journey he started for Cleveland, Ohio, via the Hudson River and Erie Canal to Buffalo and thence by the lake to his destination. From Cleveland, Grandfather Rabbitts proceeded to the vicinity of Strongsville, Cuyahoga County, where he purchased land and engaged in farming until his death, in 1848. His wife, whose maiden name was Rhoda Nuth, was a native of Somerset shire, England, and the daughter of William Nuth. She spent her last years wilh her daughter Anna, in Lancaster, Ohio. Her children were named respectively: Elizabeth, Anna N., Charles, Frances, William N., Sarah, George and Charles. The father of our subject was a lad of twelve years when he came with his parents to America and he resided wilh them on the farm until twenty- two years old. Repairing then to Newark, Licking County, he entered a woolen mill and commenced learning the trade of a weaver and manufacturer, and was occupied at this business until 1847. We next find him erecting a woolen mill at Springfield, on Buck Creek, and which was the first institution of the kind in this part of the country. The farm ers around were all engaged in sheep-raising and carried their wool to town to be manufactured, so that for some time Mr. Rabbitts was mostly en gaged in custom work. During the Civil War the mill was operated to its fullest capacity. Mr. Rab bitts occupied himself as a woolen manufacturer until 1875, then commenced dealing in real estate and finally retired from active business altogether, simply looking after his private interests. The parents of our subject were married May 8, 1848, the mother bearing the maiden name of Margaret Robison. She was born in Wooster, Wayne County, and wa3 a daughter of James and Margaret (Wilson) Robison, who wore natives re spectively of Pennsylvania and Virginia. The five children born to them were named respectively: James H., William S., Anna, Mary, and Charles R. Mr. and Mrs. Rabbitts are members in good stand ing of the Second Presbyterian Church. The father in the early days was a member of the old Whig party, but since the organization of the Republican party has been a stanch supporter of the principles of the latter. The subject of this notice was reared in his native city where he attended the common schools and later entered the preparatory depart ment of Greenway Institute, which was under the principalship of Chandler Robbins. Upon leaving this he became a student of Wooster University, whence after a four years' course he was graduated in the class of '74 — the flrst class which was grad uated from that institution. During his vacations he worked in his father's mill and learned the trade of a wool spinner. After being graduated Mr. Rabbitts entered upon the study of law in the office of Keifer & White. He was admitted to the bar in December, 1876, and practiced law alone until January 1, 1878, when he became associated with his former instruc tors under the firm name of Keifer, White & Rab bitts — the senior members being J. Warren Keifer and Charles R. White. Mr. Rabbitts was engaged in the duties of his profession until 1881, when he was chosen as the Republican candidate for Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, receiving two thousand majority for the nomination at the prim ary election. At the regular election he was duly placed in office having no Democratic opponent. He discharged his duties faithfully and was re elected in 1884-87. In August, 1889, Mr. Rabbitts purchased an in- - terest in the firm of A. D. Hosterman & Co., pro prietors of the Springfield Daily Republic- Times, and assumed his present position. Finding his ed itorial duties incompatible with his official duties, he resigned his clerkship in January, 1890. Mr. Rabbitts was married December 7, 1882, to Miss Cornelia, daughter of the Rev. Nathaniel Burt,D.D. and Rebecca A. (Belden) Burt. Dr. Burt was for many years pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Springfield. He went to Europe on account of failing health and died at Rome in 1874. His re mains were laid to rest in Rome, Italy, beside those of the poet Keats. Mrs. Burt was born in New Jersey and is still living, being a resident of Spring field. Mrs. Rabbitts was born in Baltimore, Md., and came to Ohio with her parents. Of her union with our subject there are three children : Burt, Margaret and Frances. Mr. Rabbitts cast his first Presiden- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 869 tial vote for Rutherford B. Hay7es, and has always been an ardent Republican. He was a member of the County Executive Committee seven years and Chairman three years. Both ho and his wife are members in good standing of the Second Presby terian Church. Socially, Mr. Rabbitts belongs to Anthony Lodge, No. 455, F. & A. M. ; Red Star Lodge, No. 205, K. of P. ; the Phi Kappa Psi and the Gamma Chapter of Wooster University. #-* -i— ank P. Blair, Joshua R. Gid dings, Gov. Denison of Ohio, John Sherman, Gov. Morgan of New York, Murat Halsted, Henry J. Raymond and others. He with them endorsed the resolutions, also the candidate for President. Sub sequently Mr. Frey became prominent in local poli tics, serving as a delegate to various county and district conventions but never made a business of office seeking. In his adopted city of Springfield, Mr. Frey has served as a member of the City Council and on the Board of Health. He also officiated ou the School Board and for five years was a County Commis- 898 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. sioner, for two years being Chairman of the Board, holding that position at the time of the erection of the present county buildings. He has always dis charged the trusts committed to him in such a man ner as to reflect honor upon the judgment of those electing him to the various offices. In religion, he is a stanch Presbyterian and a Ruling Elder of the Second Presbyterian Church. To this church his estimable wife also belongs. Their home is tbe synonym of comfort and the frequent resort of the many friends whom they have gathered around them since their sojourn in Clark County. | ESSE C. TRIMMER. A substantial brick residence with pleasing surroundings on the corner of AVashington and Factory Streets, (Rgj|^/ Springfleld, is the home of the gentleman above named, who is enjoying the rest to which his many years of active usefulness have entitled him. He has resided in this city since 1850, and is well- known as a bricklayer and contractor, during his active labors in tbat line building some of the most substantial residences and business blocks of the city. He was bora in Adams County, Pa., not far from York Springs, on June 6, 1831. His parents, John and Mary (Urick) Trimmer, were born in the same locality, the mother in the year 1795 and the father in the year 1796. His father was a brick layer and a stone-mason, although his grandfather, Mathias Trimmer, was a farmer. John Trimmer passed his life in his native State, entering into rest in January, 1876. His wife had preceded him to the silent tomb, her death having occurred about 1858. Their family included five sons and two daughters, of whom but two are now living. These are our subject and an older brother, Gibson, who is residing on the old homestead near York Springs, Pa. The childhood and youth of Jesse Trimmer were spent in his native county in the acquirement of a common-school education and the trade which he began at the age of fifteen years. In 1850, he came to Ohio and in 1861 began contracting and building in partnership with his uncle, Michael Trimmer, the connection continuing about seven years. The partnership was then dissolved and our subject continued the same business alone until 1879, when he abandoned his trade, and has since occupied himself solely in looking after his busi ness interests in the city. When President Lincoln issued his first call for seventy-five thousand troops to suppress the rebellion, Mr. Trimmer enrolled himself in the Union Army.- He served three months, the term of enlistment for which the call was made, and afterward joined the minute men or home guards. On December 18, 1859, our subject and Miss Mary E. Trimmer, a native of this city, were united in marriage. Mrs. Trimmer's parents are still living in the enjoyment of all their facul ties, although quite advanced in years. Her father, Michael Trimmer, was born in Adams County, Pa., in March 1806, and her mother, Catherine, in Hagerstown, Md., May 11, of the same year. The latter is a daughter of John M. Eitel who was a native of Stuttgart, Germany. The union of our subject and his wife has been childless. Mr. Trimmer belongs to Lagonda Tribe No. 61, Improved Order of Red Men, in which he has held the office of Treasurer since 1876. He also belongs to the Springfield Rifle Club, of which he is Treasurer. In politics he is a Republican. He is a regular attendant of the senior Bible Class of the First Lutheran Church. — 1— 3fc— *-- eHARLES F. NEER is one of the most enter prising of the younger farmers in Clark County, his present location being on sec tion 28, Pleasant Township. Here he has a fine farm of two hundred and sixty-three acres on which the best stock is raised, while the crops are equal in quality to any found in the county. A worthy scion of an honored family, Mr. Neer is honored and respected by the people, and his worldly success is regarded as no more than his just deserts. He was born southwest of Catawba, March 7, 1856, being a son of Nathan and Mary — PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 899 (Hunter) Neer, whose estate is one of the land marks of Pleasant Township. Upon the parental acres young Neer was reared to man's estate, gaining a practical insight into the details of agriculture and obtaining a good educa tion in the common schools. He taught two terms but chose farm life as his vocation. At the age of twenty-one years he began his own career in life and in the spring of 1883, removed to his present location. A -short time before, on December 19, 1882, he had led to the hymeneal altar Miss Lida A. Conway, an estimable and intelligent young woman, who like himself is a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. She was born .at Catawba, December 19, 1861, being a daughter of Newton S. and Nancy (Smith) Conway. To Mr. and Mrs. Neer one daughter has been born — Edith. Mr. Neer is a believer in and supporter of the principles of the Republican party. Another of the young and enterprising farmers and stock-raisers of Pleasant Township is Alonzo W. Neer, a brother of our subject. He was born June 1, 1858, on the homestead which he now owns and occupies, and whose present acreage is about one hundred and eighty acres. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fallows, and of the Methodist Episcopal Church, his social qualities and upright character as well as his energy in worldly affairs, bringing him rapidly to the front. His home is presided over by his sister, Laura J., who was born March 4, 1863, and, who is an excellent housekeeper and an intelligent young woman. eHARLES LEWIS EHRENFELD, youngest child of Augustus Clemens Ehrenfeld, M. D., was born in Kishacoquillas Valley, Miff lin County, Pa., June 15, 1832. His father was a ^native of Heilbronn, Germany, a graduate of Hei delberg University, a classical scholar who wrote and spoke the Latin with ease, conversed readily in the French, and knew several other modern lan guages. His grandfather, George Frederick Ehrenfeld, came to this country in the latter part of the last century. He was a wealthy merchant in Philadel phia, but was financially ruined some time before his death, through being security for others. He died there in 1809, at the home of his son. His maternal grandfather, Henry Stetzer, was a patriot soldier in the Revolutionary War, serving through a great part of that long contest, and Henry Stet- zer's father, John Stetzer, was also in the service of the American Army during the Revolution, charged with superintending the shoeing of army horses. The other maternal great-grandfather of our sub ject, was in Braddock's Army, and died of sickness near Braddock's field, where he lies buried. In his religious antecedents, Prof. Ehrenfeld comes from the two historic branches of the Pro testant faith, his father having been Lutheran, his mother, Reformed. The subject of this sketch was in his seventh year when his father died; thereafter, his mother and older brothers having gone to farming, he worked on the farm until he was fifteen ; then was clerk two years in a country store; taught a coun try school during the winter of 1850-51; went to AVittenberg College in 1851 ; was graduated in 1856. He was an active member of the Excelsior Society, and in the contest between the literary societies in the spring of 1855, he was orator. After his grad uation in 1856, he returned home and took an active part in the Presidential campaign for Fremont, making speeches for the "Pathfinder," and cast his first vote for President. Taught school the fol lowing winter. In the fall of 1857, returned to Wittenberg College to study theology, but upon his arrival was chosen tutor in the Preparatory De partment, and remained in that position two years. While tutor he was elected Principal of the City Schools of Hamilton, Ohio, but wishing to continue post-graduate studies, especially theology, he did not accept the position. Prof. Ehrenfeld resigned his position as tutor in 1859, and devoted himself to the study of the ology. In the spring of 1860 became pastor of the First Lutheran Church at Altoona, Pa., where he remained until 1863; pastor at Shippensburg, 1863 and 1865; at Hollidaysburg, 1865 and 1871. Was called thence to Newport. At tbe same time he . 900 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. was chosen Principal of the Southwestern Pennsyl vania State Normal School, one of a number author ized by special act of the State for the higher pro fessional training of teachers. Having visited the school, he found it was heavily involved, and so thought it unwise to accept. But at the urgent solicitation of the State authorities, he gave up the call to Newport, and entered upon the Principal- ship of the Normal School in July. The school had not yet met the requirements of the law, and had not been accepted by the State authorities. The Legislature had granted it $15,000, as it had granted a like sum to each of the other five State Normal Schools then established, with the under standing that this was to be the end of State appro priations. But it was evident that the extensive requirements of the law constituting the schools, could not be met without large help from the treas ury of the Commonwealth. He was appointed to make the effort. To give the history of it is not necessary, but after considerable struggle, it was successful, and an appropriation of $10,000 was ob tained, lie also obtained the passage of a special act authorizing the school in his charge to borrow $15,000 additional, and issue bonds therefor. AVith this and the appropriation of $10,000 and subse quent appropriations, the additional buildings were erected and equipped, and in May 1874, the in stitution was inspected and adopted as one of the regular State Normal Schools. In 1872 Prof. Ehrenfeld was appointed by Dr. Wickersham, State Superintendent, as his Deputy, to net as Chairman of the State Committee of five to conduct the examinations of the graduating classes at the several State Normal Schools, and he performed his delicate duties in a way that gave satisfaction to all parties. During the following winters he was several times appointed by the State Department as one of several instructors at County Institutes. In 1876 he was appointed by the Ex ecutive Committee of the State Teachers' Associa tion to read a paper on the "Needs of the Normal Schools" at the convention at Westchester, Pa., in August of that year. In the discussion of this pa per after it had been read, Dr. John S. Hart, then professor in Princeton College, said : "The argu ment in the paper is so complete and entire, that there is nothing left for others to do except to say 'amen' and subscribe to it." After the discussion of the paper, Prof. Ehrenfeld was appointed Chair man of a committee of nine "to prepare an address to the Legislature with the aim of securing a truer and more successful policy for the Normal Schools of our Commonwealth." The following January Gov. Hartranft, at the solicitation of Dr. Wickersham, appointed Prof. Ehrenfeld Financial Secretary of the Department of Education, with direction to take charge as soon as a suitable successor could be found as principal of the school he had in charge. He remained Fi nancial Secretary until February, 1878, when Gov. Hartranft appointed him State Librarian. This gave him charge of both the law and miscellaneous libraries. His report to the Legislature on the con dition and needs of the libraries was followed by successive extraordinary appropriations with which to make purchases abroad as well as at home, to fill as far as possible, the existing gaps. He accord ingly made many purchases at Edinburgh, Loudon, Amsterdam, and Paris, of important and rare works upon the earliest American history and upon the provincial histories of American colonies. He also had some copies made of unique documents per taining to Pennsylvania in the British Museum through the agency of the late Henry Stevens, Esq., of London. The Law Library also was built up into completeness, second only to that of the Li brary of Congress. In 1881 Prof. P'.hrenfeld was re-appointed as State Librarian by Gov. Iloyt, and in 1882 he Was elected Professor of English and Latin at AVit- tenberg College. His term as Librarian would not have expired until 1884, and the salary was much above that of the Professorship, but the college was his Alma Mater, and its acceptance afforded oppor tunity of educating his children not only at home, but at a college whose course meant thorough study. Moreover, the Library had become such a resort for legal and historical research, and had so grown in his hands, that without additional assistants, he had no time left for study. He accepted the Pro fessorship and entered upon its duties in the autumn of 1882. Mr. Ehrenfeld was married October 3, I860, to PORTRAIT AND BIOGKAPHICAL ALBUM. 901 Miss Helen M. Hatch, of Springfield, Ohio. They have five children, three sons living, two daughters deceased. This sketch has said nothing of its sub ject's work while in the active ministry, the part of his life which he probably regards as tbe most note worthy, from whose duties and studies he turned aside with reluctance, and only as he was strenu ously called to other work that was thrust into bis hands. Also nothing of his part in the National struggle during the Rebellion. Several of his dis courses during the war were published at the re quest of those who heard them. His report to his own synod of the action of the memorable convention of the General Synod at Ft. AVayne in 1866, was republished in the Lutheran Observer as a "clear and thorough" statement of that eventful case. He delivered the annual ad dress before the Alumni of the Wittenberg College in 1868. Subject, "Men of Ideas." His reports to the different State Departments of Pennsylvania, are in the public documents. Besides, he wrote frequently for the press. Mr. Ehrenfeld is a member of the Dauphin County Historical Society, of Pennsylvania. He was elected in 1881, honorary member of the His torical Society of Virginia, and is a member of the Modern Language Association of America. <¦»*>¦ »o»o..g^"V®"»*»— <*"— - ST AMES R. HALE, editor and publisher of the Spring Valley Blade. The ranks of the Republican party in Greene County num- (ft|g// ber among their most enthusiastic supporters this gentleman, who takes an active part in politi cal matters, both local and national. During the Presidential and gubernatorial campaign of 1884, while in Springfield, he took a prominent part with the famous "Plug Hat Brigade," which num bered some sixteen hundred members, and of which he was Secretary. He has served as a member of Greene County Republican Central Committee, also of the Executive Committe. Bellbrook, Greene County, was the birthplace of Mr. Hale, and he was born June 13, 1847, to Silas and Miriam (Opdyke) Hale, both natives of Greene County, and the latter a relative of Maj. Gen. Opdyke of the Union Army during the War of the Rebellion. Our subject received his education in schools near his father's home, and when old enough became a student of Adrian Col lege, Michigan, where he graduated in 1873. Upon leaving college Mr. Hale followed the profession of a teacher until 1884, when he be came connected with the Xenia Torchlight. In 1885, he was offered and accepted the position of local editor of the Springfield (Ohio) Globe Republic. After remaining one year with this paper, he accepted a position as reporter on tho La Crosse Republican, at La Crosse, Wis., after ward returning to the Buckeye State, and estab lished the paper he now owns and edits. This paper is a four page, seven column quarto, is in dependent in politics, and on public questions, and has a weekly home circulation of five hundred copies. Mr. Hale was married in 1886, to Miss Anna Belle, a daughter of John Orr, of Xenia, who served Greene County as Clerk of Courts for many years. Mr. and Mrs. Hale have one child, Ben Kenneth, a bright and interesting boy of six teen months. ^ ON. THOMAS JEFFERSON PRINGLE. The legal profession of Clark County re cognizes in Mr. Pringle one of its leading men. He is thoroughly acquainted with the intricacies of common law and has been more than ordinarily7 successful as a practitioner, build ing up an extensive and lucrative business. He has been a life-long resident of Clark, which is his na tive county, and he was born in Madison Town ship, March 18, 1838. His father, William D. Pringle, was a native of the same township. William D. Pringle, like his son, spent his boy hood and youth in his native township engaged in agricultural pursuits and acquired such education as was afforded by tbe district school. After mar riage he bought a farm and remained a resident of Madison Township until 1855. Then selling out he 902 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. removed to Madison County, of which he has since been a resident and engaged in agricultural pur suits. His wife bore the maiden name of Catherine Bales. She was born in the Shenandoah Valley, Va., and was the daughter of Thomas and Cathe rine Bales. She died at Big Plains in Au gust, 1888. Of the six children born to her . and her husband, five are still living, namely: James A., a resident of Madison County; Thomas J., our subject; Susan, the wife of Elijah Chenowith, of Madison County ; Mary E., the widow of James Lyons, and now residing with her father, and Charles W., who lives in Madison County. Mr. Pringle, of whom we write, attended the dis trict school during his boyhood, and in 1856 en tered Oberlin College from which he was graduated in the class of 1862. He had in the meantime commenced tire study of law in the office of Shel labarger & Goode and in 1863, was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court at Columbus. He then spent one year in Indianapolis and at the ex piration of this time he opened an office in Spring field, where he has since followed his profession. He was married J in 1870, to Miss Margaretta Poague. Mrs. Pringle was born in Greene County, Ohio, in 1847, and is a daughter of Robert D. and Mary E. Poague. Robert D. was a native of Ken tucky, and Mary E. of Warren County, Ohio, the latter surviving. The three children born of this union are named respectively: Catherine, Robert, and Mary. In politics Mr. Pringle has al way's been a Repub lican, and cast his first Presidential vote for Abra ham Lincoln. In 1888, he was a prominent candidate for Lieutenant-Governor with Gov. Fov- aker. He was elected State Senator in 1879, and again in 1885. During his first term he voted for Gen. James A. Garfield, for Senator, and when tho latter resigned he voted for John Sherman during the first and second term. While in the Senate he was a member of the Judiciary Committee, also on tho Common School Committee, School Lands, Mu nicipal Corporations, Penitentiary, etc., and was a member of the non-partisan committee of six ap pointed in 1885, to investigate the Hamilton County frauds. Mr. Pringle is a member of the Bar Association of Claik County and socially belongs to Clark Lodge, No. 101, A. F. & A. M., Springfield Chap ter No. 48, R. A. M. and Palestine Commandery, No. 33, K. T. He is prominently connected with the First Presbyterian Church. He has been more than ordinarily successful as an attorney, and as a citizen. he is held in high esteem. \f]OHN HANES. The farming community of Beaver Creek Township, Greene County, is worthily represented by Mr. Hanes, who is successfully tilling two hundred and thirty acres of choice land on section 13. His na tive place was in Washington County, Md., and the date of his birth May 16, 1824. His parents were Adam and Sarah (Tice) Hanes, both likewise natives of Maryland and of German descent. Adam Hanes was born November 14, 1791, and after his marriage, with his wife and children emi grated to Ohio in the j7ear 1831, and settled on a part of the farm where their son John now lives, and where they sojourned the remainder of their days. The mother departed this life June 12, 1858, and Adam Hanes was called hence June 6, 1865, when quite aged. To Adam and Sarah Hanes there was born a family of eight children; viz.: Samuel, John, Lu cretia; Sarah J.,. who died when about nine years old; Ann M., David Luther and Mary J. The survivors are four in number. John, our subject, remained a member of the parental household until a man of thirty-six years, and then, on the 6th of March, 1860, took unto himself a wife and help mate, Miss Mary Z., daughter of John Middleton, of Csesar Creek Township. Mrs. Hanes was born in this county, P'ebruary 7, 1830, and is the daugh ter of John and Susan Middleton, who are now de ceased. Mr. and Mrs. Hanes have no children. After the outbreak of the Civil War Mr. Hanes, in 1864, enlisted in the One Hundred and PMfty- fourth Ohio National Guards, but saw no active service, the assistance of this regiment not being required in the field. He votes the straight Repub lican ticket, and has held the office of Township PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 903 Trustee* one year. He was also Land Appraiser for the same length of time. Both he and his estima ble wife are members in good standing of the Re formed Cliurch. Mr. Hanes is a warm admirer of the principles of Odd Fellowship, and has passed all the Chairs in Lodge No. 52, at Xenia. As a man and a citizen he is looked upon with approval by all who know him. He has been successful in his farming operations, and is well-to-do, being amply provided against want in his old age. DWARD W. KISER enjoys an extended acquaintance throughout Clark County, particularly in Moorefield Township, where he was born May 15, 1850. He is a man of ster ling integrity, whose word is considered as good as his bond, and who manifests the interest which all intelligent men should take in the material, intel lectual and moral good of the community. He owns and occupies one hundred and sixty acres of land on section 33, the estate being carefully and intelligently tilled and bearing adequate improve ments. A comparatively young man, Mr. Kiser is succeeding in worldly affairs, and is able to sur round his family with all the comforts of life, besides making provision for his declining years. Mr. Kiser is descended from old Virginia fam ilies, being the son of Michael M. and Sarah (Wise) Kiser, of the Old Dominion. His father was born in Rockingham County near the close of the last century, and reared to manhood in his native State, where he was married. He emigrated to Ohio in all probability in the '20s, settling on the farm now occupied by our subject. The land of which he took possession was not cleared, and he placed it in a tillable condition, doing much of the labor which belongs to pioneer life. He put up a log house, in which his family was sheltered for many years, the structure being enlarged and improved some years after it was built. In it he passed away July 4, 1869, his wife surviving him until 1874. The hospitality of the couple was well known, and the honesty and liberality which characterized the husband gained him the respect of all who enjoyed his acquaintance. His industry and perseverance were rewarded by the accumula tion of an estate valued at about $12,000. During the Civil War he was a member of the Home Guards at Bellefontaine, in which town he resided for three years. The balance of the time, during which he was a citizen of Ohio, he spent on the farm. His political adherence" was given to the Republican party. He was the father of a large family, of whom the only survivors are: Mary A., Mrs. Baker, a widow, whose home is in Illinois; and he of whom we write. Edward Kiser received his early instruction in the public and select schools of this county, and acquired a good practical education therein, al though he had not the opportunity of attending the higher institutions of learning. He has been a life-long farmer, and is successfully pursuing his chosen calling. In politics, he is a stanch Repub lican. He is now serving as School Director in his district, performing the duties of that office in a satisfactory manner. The marriage of Mr. Kiser and Mrs. Mary C. Brandle took place September 15, 1875. and has been blessed by the birth of four children, who were named respectively: William, Eiva, Bessie and Charles. Mrs. Kiser is a daughter of Landron and Margaret Bumcrots, now of this county but formerly of Virginia. Her first husband was John Brandle, of this county, to whom she bore two children — Ada, the wife of Robert Wilson, and Emma, wife of James Morse, both living in Spring field. Sfl G. SNIDER, M.D., a rising young physi cian of Cedarville Township,Greene County, « is in connection with his practice operating a well-regulated farm. This lies about four miles north ofthe city, and it would seem that the proprietor has little to complain of in the distri bution of fortune's favors. He is the offspring of a good family, being the son of J. C. and E. M. (Thomas) Snider, and the grandson of Adam Sni der, the latter a native of Little Briton, Md. 904 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. The paternal great-grandfather was George Snider, who traced his ancestry to the North of England. The subject of this notice was born in Jefferson County, this State, August 24, 1862, and re mained a resident of that county until reaching manhood. He was in delicate health during his younger -years, but obtained a good education, attending school at Hopedale, and later being graduated from the University of Scio. He en tered upon the study of medicine under the in struction of Dr. A. Beresford, and later became a student of the Medical College in Cincinnati and the Bennett College of Eclectic Medicine and Sur gery of Chicago, from which he was duly gradu ated. Dr. Snider commenced the regular practice of his profession in partnership with George W. Abbott, who was Commander-in-chief of the or der of Sons of Veterans. About that time he formed the acquaintance of Miss Ella Houser, of Xenia, to whom he was married March 30, 1887. Soon afterward the newly-wedded pair removed to the farm which they now occupy, and which is familiarly known as the old George Brown home stead. It embraces one hundred and fifty acres of choice land, and is amply furnished with all the modern improvements. Dr. Snider is a stirring, energetic young man, somewhat prominent in local affairs, and a member in good standing of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Xenia. He was admitted to this church by letter from the Third Presbyterian Church of Chicago, of which his brother was pastor. The maternal grandfather of our subject was AVilliam McDowell, who married Miss Nancy Dob bins, and John Dobbins, father of the latter, mar ried a sister of William Penn. Grandfather Dan iel Thomas married Elizabeth McDowell, and was the son of Daniel and Fannie (McCrea) Thomas. Father and son were powerful men physically, and blacksmiths by trade. The McCrea family was of Irish origin, and settled in Virginia at an early day. Grandfather Thomas served as a soldier in the War of 1812. One of his uncles was in the Revolutionary War, and went over Niagara P'alls in a vessel which the British had captured and which they sent over the falls with all on board. ! Grandfather Thomas was at the battle of Balti more in 1814, to which he marched barefoot a long distance. From these few facts it may easily be imagined that if the history of the Thomas and McCrea families could be fully gathered and written out it would form a tale full worthy of perusal. ^^s — ' •"• ,— I— i "" §)*==•» Sfl AMES McMILLEN. The live stock inter ests of Cedarville and vicinity recognize a worthy representative in the subject of tbis notice, who makes a business of buying and feeding for the market. His long experience in the business has resulted in a thorough undeistanding of all its details, and there are few men able to operate with better judgment or more satisfactory results. Mr. McMillen has spent his entire life in Greene County, in fact, now lives on the place where he was born. This latter event took placo December 16, 1833. The subject of this notice is the son of David McMillen, who came to Greene County accompa nied by a number of his brothers, in 1831. David McMillen, taking up a tract of land, erected the homestead now occupied by his son, and after a well-spent life passed to his final rest. The house which he first built was destroyed by fire in 1858, everything being demolished except the walls, which were left standing, and from the ruins James erected the present residence the same year, and lived there with his mother until her death.- It is now a large, substantial structure, and if no other disaster overtakes it, will remain for years to come, proof against the ordinary ravages of time. It is situated about three miles from Cedarville, on Massie's Creek, surrounded by two hundred and forty-four acres of good land, which David Mc Millen, with the assistance of his children, re deemed from the primitive forest. The parental family consisted of six sons and six daughters, of whom James was the youngest born. The mother bore the maiden name of Nancy Wright. James McMillen grew to manhood on the pioneer farm, and obtained such education as the district schools of Cedarville afforded. When a little over PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 905 twenty- three years old he was married, January 15, 1867, to Miss M. E., daughter of Robert and Eliz abeth (Richards) Murdock. Afterward Mr. Mc Millen occupied himself in general farming until becoming interested in live stock. Originally he was a stanch Democrat, but of late has been in clined to support the Prohibition ticket. His religious beliefs conform to the doctrines of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, of which his es timable wife is also a member. To Mr. and Mrs. McMillen was born a family of nine children, two of whom died in early child hood. Fanny, the eldest, completed her studies in Monmouth (111.) College, which she attended two years; she is a lady of fine attainments, occupies herself as a teacher, and makes her home with her parents. Frederick is at present a student of Mon mouth College, from which he expects to be grad uated in due time; Harlan is now attending the Commercial College at Springfield, this State; Ho mer is his father's chief assistant on the farm ; Clara, an interesting young miss of fourteen years, Clayton and Jason remain under the parental roof. The family occupies a high position socially, and is widely and favorably known throughout the township. WF^OBERT JOHNSON, Vice-President of the [Wff Mast, Foos & Co. manufacturing concern tfc ^ and also of the Superior Drill Company of Springfield, is one of its prominent and lead ing citizens, a gentleman of the highest character and of potent influence. He and his wife are mem bers of the High Street Methodist Episcopal Church and are both highly esteemed and loved for their many excellent personal qualities and sterling Christian worth. Mr. Johnson was born in Clark County a few miles south of the city of Springfleld on the old Johnson place, a well-known locality, January 20, 1832. He is the second son of the late James and Ellen Johnson, natives of Ireland and of Scotch-Irish blood. The parents of Mr. Johnson came to Clark County in 1824, settling down upon the farm where they spent the remainder of their lives. Eight children — four boys and four girls — were born on the place, all of whom are still living (1890). In 1849, Robert repaired to the city and commenced learning the trade of a carpenter and joiner at which he worked three years. He then became a partner with his brother James, and they adopted the busi ness of contracting and building which they carried on until 1864, in which year he went to the Penn sylvania oil regions during the excitement incident to the opening of the rich oil field. After operat ing there about three years he returned to Spring field. In 1867, Mr. Johnson joined with others in or ganizing the Champion Machine Company, which subsequently became the Amos Whiteley Reaper & Mower Manufacturing Company, and was a lead ing and most efficient member of the company un til the y7ear 1881, when he disposed of his interest in the concern. To Mr. Johnson's ability as a man ager and worker in the company's operations must be ascribed a goodly portion of its marked success. Whatever ho has undertaken in any department of business has been well and efficiently done. Soon afterward Mr. Johnson purchased property opposite the F'irst Presbyterian Church, on West Main Street, Springfield, demolished the old and unsightly structures standing upon it and erected a fine, five-story business block, finishing off on the fourth and fifth floors one of the most elegant Masonic halls in the country. In 1884, he acquired an interest in the celebrated manufactory owned by Messrs. Mast, Foos & Co., and was chosen Vice- President of the company. In December of that same year he assisted in the re-organizafcion of the Superior Drill Company and was elected Vice- President of this also; he now divides his time and energies in assisting the management and operations of both the companies named. Mr. Johnson was mirried in 1859 to Miss Ade laide Humphreys, a daughter of the late William Humphreys, an esteemed citizen and a pioneer of Clark County. This union resulted in the birth of seven children, viz.: Effie A., Charles S., Nellie M., Frank C, Clara B., Jessie J., and Benjamin P. Mr. Johnson has always taken a prominent and use ful part in public affairs and has invariably been 906 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. recognized as a good citizen. He was elected to the City Council from the old Third Ward in the spring of 1882, serving four years and was Presi dent of the Council one term. He is one of the stockholders and Directors of the Springfield Na tional Bank and a Trustee of his church. His residence at No. 197 South Fountain Avenue, is beautifully situated and forms one of the many very handsome and comfortable homes of Spring field. Mr. Johnson has acquired a substantial fortune through his industry and enterprise, me chanical abilities and rare qualities as a manager of large enterprises and makes good use of the means he has accumulated. fp^OBERT MENDENHALL. The subject of this notice, a gentleman of fifty-five years, Lwas born four and one-half miles south of .„ Xenia near the Burlington Pike, October 12, 1834, and lives five and one-half miles in the same direction from the city, where he owns two hundred and seventeen acres of choice land. His life-long interests have centered in this county, in which he has grown up from infancy, and he has naturally become identified with its advancement and prosperity. He is the scion of an excellent old family, being the son of Benjamin and Ann (Simison) Mendenhall, the former of whom was born April 26, 1804, also at the place where he now resides south of the city. He has lived on the farm. of his birth all his life.- There were born to him and his estimable partner eight children, viz.: William, Robert; John, who served in the One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Ohio In fantry during the Civil War and is now deceased : Rebecca E., Mary Ann, these two also deceased ; Smith, a member of the Seventy-fourth Ohio Infantry, who died in the service; Margaret, the deceased wife of David Adams, and Nancy, who died when a child of six years. The father of our subject was reared a Quaker, to which faith he still adheres. He was a strong AVhig during the existence of that party, and afterward identified himself with the Republican party. Tbe wife and mother died at the home stead in 1861, strong in the Presbyterian faith. Mr. Mendenhall was subsequently married to Betsey A. (Thornburg) Compton. The paternal grandfather of our subject, John Mendenhall by name, was a native of North Carolina, and came to this county about 1802. He settled on a large tract of land, three hundred acres in extent, this lying in Spring Valley Township, and there spent the balance of his days. He likewise was a Quaker in religious belief. His wife bore the maiden name of Ruth Brown, and they reared a family of six sons and four daughters. The subject of this notice spent his boyhood and youth under the parental roof, acquiring such education as the primitive schools afforded, and upon reaching his majority struck out for himself. His first purchase of land was a part of the farm where he now resides and upon which he settled in 1862. Prior to this, December 22, 1859, he was joined in wedlock to Miss Jane Elam, who was born July 7, 1838, and was the daughter of Isaac B. and Mary (McKnight) Elam. This union re sulted in the birth of two children — Mary Ann, now the widow of William E. Ferguson, and Kelley, who remains under the parental roof. Mrs. Ferguson has a son and a daughter — Leon K. and Mildred J. Mr. Mendenhall lives the life of a quiet and peaceable citizen, meddling very little with matters outside his firm, and uniformly gives his support to the Republican party. /p^EORGE R. BURROUS. This gentleman, ((( *W Wh° 'S highly sPoken of b.T all who know %=U) him, is now the proprietor of the old Fifer livery, feed and sale stable, at No. 30 East Second Street, Xenia, and doing a good business. He embarked in this enterprise, in 1887, in company with his brother, J. R. Burrous, under the style of Burrous Bros. In the spring of 1889 he bought out his partner's interest, and has since been carry ing on the enterprise alone. A Mr. Burrous, one of the early settlers of this PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 907 county, reared a family one of whom, Richard, is the father of our subject. This Richard was born about three miles from Xenia, grew to maturity in this county and took for his companion in life Miss Elizabeth Harner, also of this county. He engaged in farming in Bath Township, and there his son, George R., was born, May 18, 1849. They were the parents of two sons and five daughters by the first marriage, and of these five are still living. Mr. Burrous was twice married, of the second mar riage there were two children, both living. The parents are both deceased, the mother dying May 25, 1849; the father survived her until February 5th, 1882, when he passed from earth. The subject of this sketch grew to maturity in his native township, having the advantages of the good schools which abound in the Buckeye State, and remaining under the parental roof until he was almost of age. He learned telegraphy, and was in the employ of Ihe Atlantic & Great West ern Railroad Company, and then in that of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton road, at Dayton. His stations were generally in this State, and he continued in the business until the spring of 1883. Since that period he has spent most of the time in this city (Xenia), for one year having been en gaged in the coal and lime trade. He brings to his business enterprises a zeal and energy that is commendable, while the principles which govern his transactions are such as to give him the confi dence of all with whom he has to do. He votes the Democratic ticket. "¦¦•> •P^FS' ^' ,M eHARLES IT. NEFF, Cashier of the New Carlisle Bank, is favorably known in his community as a gentleman well fitted for the duties of bis responsible position, and whose honesty is unquestioned. He was bom in Coving ton, this State, November 19, 1852, and is a son of Dr. Benjamin and Harriet (Hay) Neff. Benjamin Neff was born in Lancaster County, Pa., whence his parents removed to Clark County, this State, at an early date, settling about three miles south of the present site of New Carlisle. The paternal grandparents of our subject were David and Ann (Kaufman) Neff, also natives of the Keystone State and of Swiss descent. They spent their last years in Clark County, this State. The father of our subject was reared to farming pursuits, but after attaining manhood began read ing medicine, and in due time entered Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, from which he was graduated. He commenced the practice of his profession in Fairfield, Ohio, but removed soon afterward to Covington, where he practiced two years. At the expiration of this time he changed his residence to Piqua, where he sojourned three years. His next removal was to New Carlisle, where fortune smiled upon him, and where he built up a large and lucrative practice; this in con nection with a drug business which he established, covered a period of more than thirty years. In the meantime he was prominent in politics, being first a Whig, later a Republican, and was elected by this latter party to the State Legislature, serving in the sessions from 1871 to 1875. He accumu lated a competence and departed this life leaving behind him a good record. His wife, the mother of our subject, was born in New Carlisle, this State, and is still living. Her parents were John and Mary (Wallace) Hay, who emigrated to Ohio in the pioneer days, and were among the first resi dents of New Carlisle. Grandfather Hay con ducted the pioneer hotel of the place, and there with his good wife spent his closing years, both dying at an advanced age. By his first wife, Elizabeth K. Neff, the father of our subject became the parent of one daughter, Mary, who is now the wife of John Patterson, Cashier of the Piqua (Ohio) National Bank. Of his second marriage with the sister of his first wife there was born a family of six children, of whom Charles TL, our subject, was the eldest. The next child, Jennie, became the wife of Morris Hayward, a lumber dealer of Columbus, this State. Frank and Millie are deceased; Grant is a druggist and located in New Carlisle ; Harley is deceased. The subject of this sketch, who is the eldest child of his father's second marriage, was reared in his native place, attending the public schools and spending much of his time in the drug store of his 908 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. father. At the time of the organization of the Now Carlisle Bank in 1883, he was chosen its Cash ier, and has since held the position. He is also a Director and a stockholder. He possesses more than ordinary7 business ability, is cautious, cool and accurate, and already well fixed financially. In politics he is a strong Republican. Socially, he belongs to the Masonic fraternity, holding mem bership in Lodge No. 100, in New Carlisle. Mr. Neff was married April 12, 1876, to Miss Corinne AVeakley. Mrs. Neff was born in New Carlisle and is a daughter of Pjdward and Catherine (Gunkel) AVeakley, who wore among the early settlers of Clark County. Of this union there have been born two children — Benjamin W. and Jefferson. The little family occupies a snug home and enjoys the acquaintance and society of many friends. Mr. Neff, and his estimable wife, stand high in social circles, and are worthy representatives of a com munity more than ordinarily intelligent. -~*#*^ ^S< THOMAS J. RIDENOUR. Among the early residents of Greene County are mentioned Henry and Mary A. (Hyland) Ridenour, who settled on a tract of wild land in Beaver Creek Township and proceeded to build up a homestead, endeavoring likewise to accumulate a competency. To them there was born May7 24, 1848, he with whose name we introduce this biographical outline. He has practically grown up with the country, wit nessing its growth and development with that inter est only felt by the native-born citizen. He occu pies a good position among his neighbors, being a man enjoying their confidence and esteem in a marked degree. He gives his political, support to the Republican party, and for a period of seven years held the office of Township Assessor. The father and mother of our subject were re spectively of German and Irish descent, and the latter was born in Maryland. They were married in that State and came to this county from Knox County, this State, where they had sojourned for a brief time. They lived in Beaver Creek Town ship from 1840 until their decease. The father died in 1883 at the age of seventy-six years, hav ing been born in 1807. Tho household circle in cluded six children, viz: Ann, Patience, John, Aropton, and Thomas J. and Mary, twins. The subject of this sketch has a fine education, having had the advantage of attending Antioch College four years. He taught penmanship one year, attaining to a high degree of proficiency and artistic skill in the use of the pen. He was first married, in 1872, to Catherine, daughter of Daniel M. and Maria (Wampler) Shoup. She was born in Greene County in 1849, and died August 18, 1882, after a happy wedded life of ten years. She bore her husband four children, named respectively: Mary E., Theresa M., Gertrude E. and Maude A. Mr. Ridenour contracted a second marriage August 29, 1889, with Miss Margaret, daughter of Thomas P. and Margaret Johnson, of this county. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson after their marriage settled in Greene County, and here their daughter Mar garet was born. Mr. Ridenour's farm is ninety- five acres in extent, being a choice body of land under a good state of cultivation. The proprietor gives to it his whole time and attention, having very little to do with political affairs, with the exception of casting his vote with the Republican party. <* IMLLIAM IT. SMITH. Among those who \fij/l ^ave keen Prom'nen1' in advancing the ypy various interests of New Carlisle and vi cinity, may be properly mentioned the subject of this notice who bears an enviable reputation amon°- his fellow-citizens. Personally, he is genial and companionable — a man exceedingly popular — while in business circles his integrity, good judgment and ability are unquestioned. He has for many years been engaged in the nursery business, and has thus become widely and favorably known to a large portion of the people of Clark County. He has a most pleasant and hospitable home, which is the frequent resort of scores of friends whom he has made during his long residence in this section. A native of Adams County, Pa., Mr. Smith was PORTRAIT BIOGRAPHICAL AND ALBUM. 909 born September 27, 1834, and is a son of Jacob and Catherine (Conrad) Smith, both of whom were likewise natives of that county. They died in 1852, as did six other members of the family within a few weeke of each other, falling victims of ty phoid fever. Jacob Smith was a well-to-do farmer and a man of comfortable means. Both he and his excellent wife were active members of the Lutheran Church. Upright, charitable and hospitable peo- ple,they were widely and favorably known through out the county, as representing its best element. The paternal grandfather of our subject was also named Jacob Smith, and the grandmother's first name was Margaret. Both were natives. of Ger many. They emigrated to America shortly after the close of the Revolutionary War, and settled first in Genesee County, N. Y., later removing to Adams County, Pa., where they spent the remain der of their lives, passing away at an advanced age. Grandfather Smith was a life-long farmer, and pos sessing the thrifty and substantial traits of his ancestors, became well-to-do. To the parents of Mr. Smith there was born a family of eight children, four of whom are still living, namely: Catherine, Hannah, William II. (our subject), and Caroline PL The deceased were Sarah A., Israel, Maria and Margaret. William H. was next to the youngest in the family, and spent his boyhood days on the farm, assisting in the lighter duties at home and pursuing his studies in the common schools. He remained a member of the parental household until about seventeen years old, and was even then interested in the growing of fruit trees, to which he gave his attention while remaining a resident of his native State. Upon leaving Pennsylvania he emigrated to Knoxville, 111., and for two years dealt in live stock, and en gaged as a butcher. In 1858, crossing the Father of Waters, Mr. Smith located in Burlington, Towa, where he en gaged in buying and shipping stock extensively until 1864. That year he returned East as far as Clark County, this State, and locating in New Carlisle, again became interested in the nursery business. He began operations on a small scale, and advanced gradually as his methods became known and people learned that they could depend upon him. He gained ground steadily, adding to his stock and facilities, until he is now one of the largest fruit growers in the whole State. In com pany7 with his son, Iowa, he operates about three hundred acres of land, all devoted to the nursery business, and located just north of the town. The New Carlisle Nursery has a reputation second to none in this part of the country, and during the spring of 1890 Smith & Son shipped twenty car loads of fruit trees to the nurseries of New York State alone. In addition to this, they receive or ders from nearly every other State in the Union. Mr. Smith was first married, May 6, 1856, to Miss Louisa Davenport, of Adams Gounty, Pa., and there were born to them five children, all of whom are living, viz: Sybil, Franklin J., Iowa, Bertha and George. Mrs. Louisa Smith departed this life June 23, 1880, at the age of forty six yrears. Mr. Smith contracted a second marriage November 1, 1883, with Miss Carrie Hubbard. The Smith family have one of the most pleasant homes in Clark County, and occupy no secondary position among its leading people. Our subject is a thorough business man, and one who has been the architect of his own fortune, starting in life with out other resources than those with which nature endowed him — strict honesty of purpose and perse verance, which admitted of no such word as fail. In politics he is a sound Republican, and has held some of the minor offices. Although not connected with any religious denomination, he believes in the establishment and maintenance of churches, and contributes to all as he has opportunity. — — 1» »i^.5ij.ij.^i««» 7^ ARRISON W. GETZ. It affords pleasure to the biographical writer to perpetuate the memory of those who have gained the es teem of their fellow-citizens by the honor able manner in which they have borne their part in the labors of life; and to record the success which has attended industry, energy and prudence. Among tbe citizens of Clark County many are found to deserve a memorial record, and among them is numbered the gentleman above-named, who 910 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. resides on section 20, Moorefield Township. He owns and operates a farm which, although not so large as many in the township, is under excellent cultivation, and affords an adequate support to the owner and those who comprise his home circle. It includes sixty acres of productive land, bears good improvements, and has an appearance indicative of the character and ability of the owner. The paternal ancestors of our subject were Ger man, and for many years the home of the family was in Pennsylvania. In Little York County, of that State, Daniel and Catherine (Williams) Getz made their home until early in the '50s, when they came to Clark County, Ohio. They settled on a farm in German Township, where Mr. Getz is classed among the representative farmers. He has now passed his threescore years and ten, but still manifests an interest in the progress of humanity, and assists as he can in worthy objects. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is regarded as one whose life is in keeping with his profession. He is the father of a large family, of whom the survivors are: Harrison W. ; Mrs. Mary Grogg; Emiline, wife of Nathan Grist, of German Township; Ellen, wife of G. H. Thomas, of Hardin County; Samuel, Mrs. Jennie Peters, and Clara, in German Township, Clark County. The natal day of our subject was January 11, 1841, and his birthplace Little York County, Pa. He was about eleven years old when his parents re moved to this State, and he grew to manhood on a farm, assisting his father in pioneer and farm la bors. He received his education in the common schools of German Township, his advantages being inferior to those afforded the youth of the present day, but being sufficient to lay the foundation for practical knowledge, which he has largely acquired by his own efforts. He was not yet of age when the Civil War broke out, but before the struggle ceased he had entered the Union Army, determined to do what he could in defense of the flag. He was mustered into Company F, Eighth Ohio Cavalry, in February, 1 864, serving in West Virginia. On sev eral occasions he was surprised and captured by7 the rebels, and at one time was re-captured by the Un ion troops before he had been taken to prison. In January, 1865, at Beverly, he fell into the hands of the rebels and was sent to Libby Prison, where he spent some four weeks, during which time he ex perienced some of the hardships of prison life. Tn due time he was exchanged, and continued his service in the Union cause until July, when he was honorably discharged and returned to his home. The first wife of Mr. Getz bore the maiden name of Adeline Gove. His second wife was Mrs. Rachael Jenkins, who bore him two children — Oscar and Mary. His third wife was Miss Ida Reprogel,who bore him one son — Floyd. Mr. Getz is a thorough Republican, never failing to cast his vote in the interest of what his judgment decides is' the proper policy in government affairs. j^ITe is receiving a pension of $10 per month, on account of partial disability incurred by the rigors of campaign life. He is a public-spirited citizen, although not an office-holder or seeker. '* • %%- £^ Sjl OHN C. EARLEY. This name represents one of the most prominent and successful men of Greene County and one who is widely and favorably known as one of its most extensive landowners. He at one time held the warranty deed to seven hundred acres, but a portion of this has been divided among his children, he having now three hundred and thirty-three acres. This com prises one of the most valuable farms in the county, and it is largely devoted to stock-raising, which yields to the proprietor handsome returns. Mr. p]arley has lived upon this farm for the long period of over thirty years, having settled upon it in 1859. The improvements which now attract the atten tion of the passing traveler have been brought about by his own energy and perseverance. He started from an humble position in life, and has made for himself a fine record, both as a financier and a citizen. When first locating in Jefferson Township Mr. Earley, then a young man, purchased fifty acres of land. This was a tract of timber, from which he cut away the trees, grubbed out the stumps, and prepared the soil for cultivation. It has taken years of labor and no small amount of money to bring Portrait and biographical album. 911 this land to its present condition, while he has erected modern buildings, and gathered around himself and his family all the comforts and many of tbe luxuries of life. A native of Clinton County, this State, Mr. Ear- ley was born in Liberty Township, May 4, 1825. His father, Solomon Parley, a native of Adams County, Ohio, was born in 1801, and was the son of William Earley, whose native place was in County Tyrone, Ireland. Grandfather Earley was of pure Irish stock, and was orphaned by the death of both parents when quite young. The friendless and homeless boy was taken in charge by a man who proved a tyrannical master, and from whom he ran away at the age of fourteen years, and suc ceeded in boarding a vessel bound for America. He hid himself until it was well under way, and he landed in New York City without means, among strangers and in debt for his passage, the latter amounting to $30. For this he was to work three years, but after working two years he considered that he had fully liquidated the debt, and he once more ran away, going this time into Kentucky, and locating near Vanceburg, on the Ohio River, over which he ran a ferry a number of years. While living. in the Blue Grass State Grandfather p]arley met and married Miss Eva Tbomas, and they removed to Adams County, this State, settling upon a tract of wild land. There was nothing, however, to sustain life, and so Grandfather Earley hunted bears for a living, the meat of which he sold throughout the county, and in one winter realized from this $400. Later he opened up his farm and became well-to do. He had located in different parts of the State more than sixteen hundred acres of land. He made his home, however, continuously in Adams County, on the Ohio River, in what is now known as the Irish Bottoms, and died there at the advanced age of eighty years. His wife had passed away ten years prior to the decease of her husband, aged threescore years and ten. William Earley was a Presbyterian in religion, and made it the rule of his life to deal honestly by his fellow-men. There was born to him and his estimable wife a family of ten children, seven sons and three daughters, of whom Solomon, the father of our subject, was tbe youngest born, Solomon and two of his brothers served valiantly in the War of 1812. He was born in Adams County, this State, and grew up to a strong and vigorous manhood, imbued with the qualities which had made his honored father so successful in life. Solomon Earley was married, in Adams County, this State, to Miss Rebecca Casletine, also a native of that county, and the daughter of John Casle tine, who was American born, and who served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Grandfather Casletine spent his last days in Clinton County, this State, dying at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Rebecca Earley, at the advanced age of ninety-six years. He too was of strong and sturdy frame, and suffered very little from the ills which usually afflict mankind. Pie outlived his wife, who was formerly a Miss Tucker, five years, she also being • quite aged. After the birth of their first child Grandfather Earley, in 1824, removed from Adams to Clinton County, settling in the wilderness, from which he began slowly and laboriously to open up a farm. He was a man of great industry and perseverance, and in due time realized his hopes, surrounded him self and his family with all the comforts of life, and was the owner of one of the finest farms in that region. He spent his last days at the home which he had thus built up, departing hence Octo ber 14, 1886. His religious views coincided with those of the Methodist Protestant Church. In politics he was first a strong Whig, but later iden tified himself with the Democratic party. He left to his children a fine property. Solomon Earley was twice married, his first wife being the mother of our subject, and who died in 1867. She was a lady7 of many estimable qualities, and belonged to the same church as her husband. After her death Mr. Earley was married to Miss Rhoda Matthews, who is still living. John C. was the second child in a family of two sons and four daughters, of whom the sons and two daughters are living; they are all married and have families of their own. Our subject was the first married, in 1845, to Miss Julia A. Vanniman. This lady was born and reared in Greene County, and died in 1847, leaving two children, the youngest of whom, Rebecca A„ was married to Samuel Spears, and 912 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. died leaving a small family. Sophia J. married Simon Kline, of Jefferson Township,Greene County, where they still live. Mr. Earley contracted a second marriage, in Wayne Township, Clinton County, with Miss Delia Matthews. She was born and reared in Clinton County, and died at her home in lefferson Town ship, Greene County, leaving four children; these are all living: Emma A. is the wife of Frank Strieker, a farmer of Jefferson Township; Rosa O. married Jonah Vandervert, who is likewise farm ing in Jefferson Township; Solomon S. married Miss Laura Middleton, and is. farming in Wilson Township, Clinton County; Foster L. took to wife Miss Cora Moon, and is farming in Jefferson Town ship. On August 28, 1872, Mr. Earley was the third time married to Miss Mary F. Fisher. This lady was born October 2, 1834, in Clinton County, this State, where she was reared to womanhood, and remained with her parents until her marriage. Of this union there were born two children — Eugene L. ; and Maud, deceased. Mr. Earley was trained by his honored father in the principles of the Democratic party, to which he still loyally adheres. He has held some of the local offices, but usually prefers giving his undivided time and attention to his farming interests. J A AMES WYANT. The results of persevering | industry and good management are seen in i the success which has attended the efforts of the above-named gentleman, while the results of an honest and upright life are equally well shown in the esteem and confidence which he receives from his fellow-men. He is an old settler in Moorefield Township, Clark County, residing on section 23, where he owns two hundred, three and a half acres of productive land. It bears the im provements usually made by a man of enterprise and the air of neatness and order which prevails is an added attraction. Mr. Wyant also owns prop erty in the city of Springfield. The natal day of the subject of this notice waa April 25, 1842, and his native place Frederick County, Md. He is of German ancestry and a son of Jacob and Susannah (Ridenour) Wyant, who were natives of the same State as himself. In 1837 the family removed to Ohio, remaining for some six months in Miami County, after which they set tled in Champaign County. In 1846, they again changed their residence, locating upon the farm which our subject now owns and occupies. Their journey from their native State was accomplished with two teams and wagons, over the National Pike the transit consuming twenty-one days. The fam ily comprised father, mother and eight children. They stopped wherever night overtook them, camp ing in the wagons, or enjoying the occasional hos pitality of the settlers at whose homes they had chanced to arrive. The father died in 1851, and the mother afterward married John Wyant and went to AVarsaw, Ind., where she breathed her last. The subject of this notice was reared to man's estate amid the scenes of pioneer life, and has from boyhood been engaged in agriculture. He received his education in the schools of Maryland and Ohio, his attendance in the latter State covering a period of but forty- two days. He is largely self-educated, his school privileges having but laid the foundation and developed in him a love for knowledge, and his mind has been stored with information on gen eral topics gleaned from the public press and the various books which he has perused. In November, 1851, Mr. Wyant led to the hy meneal altar Miss Susan Dennis, an estimable lady of English descent and a Virginian by birth. She is a. daughter of Daniel Dennis, and careful training early developed the qualities which have made her so useful a companion and so respected a member of the community. Their marriage has been blessed by the birth of the following children.: Catherine is the wife of D. J. Nysduander, of Toledo; John resides in this county; William J., in German Township; Edward, in Michigan; James, in Ger man Township; Emma is a teacher; Clive P., com pletes the family circle. Mr. Wyant can recall many scenes of pioneer life and relate much regarding the development of the country which he has seen grow from a com paratively primitive condition into its present state PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 913 of high civilization and development. He has borne his part in' the local movements which tended to this result; he has served as School Director and Clerk for years, creditably performing the official duties which devolved upon him. Believing in the principles laid down in the Democratic platform, he gives his vote to the candidates who are pledged to support them. He and his wife hold membership in the Reformed Church at Tremont, in which or ganization he is now an Elder and has been a Deacon for a number of years. They have many friends, surrounded by whom they are enjoying the fruits of their industry and useful lives. ERBERT W. HUFFMAN. Among the residents of Springfield who bave acquired a fortune by a persistent course of industry and wise economy, and who are therefore enabled to spend their later years in comfort and a release from the cares of life, is the gentleman above named. He was born on a farm in Springfic Id Township, Clark County, May 20, 1821, being a son of Herbert Huffman, of whom a more extended notice will be found in the biography of Lewis A. Huffman. He was but a year old when his father died, and eight years old when his mother came to Springfleld to reside. Here he attended school quite steadily, and would have prosecuted his studies still farther, had not the home been broken up by the death of his mother when he was nine teen years old. Mr. Huffman when quite young had begun work on the farm, receiving from $5 to $12 per month for his services, and he also worked for John Fifer, breaking bark at twelve and a half cents per day. Thus in his. youth he had begun to practice the habits of industry, diligence and thrift which after ward secured him a competence. After his mother's death he commenced tc learn the trade of a carpen ter, which he followed nineteen years. During this time he had saved $1,600 of his earnings, with which he opened a hat store on Main Street, be tween Limestone Street and Fountain Avenue. He soon added boots and shoes to his stock, and car ried on a very successful business, accumulating a considerable fortune. While still in this business he made an unfortunate venture in the oil fields of Pennsylvania, by which $30,000 of his property- was swept away. After an active business career of twenty years he sold out, and since that time has been living a retired life. The pleasant home of Mr. Huffman is located on South Limestone Street, and is presided over by a lady who became his wife in August. 1848. She was known in her girlhood as Harriet W. Foley, and is a native of Harmony Township, of which her parents were pioneers. Her father, Thomas Foley, was born in Scotland, and her mother, Sarah Bear, in Germany7. To Mr. and Mrs. Huffman one son has been born, who was christened Will iam Scott. He married Mary B. Black, a native of Scotland, who has borne him two daughters Hattie and Hazel. He is now doing a good busi ness as a merchant tailor in Lincoln, Neb. Mr. Huffman has served on the County Board of Equalization and as a member of the Board of Health. He is a charter member of Lagonda Coun cil, No. 151. Tbe success he has met with since beginning his career as a poor boy exemplifies his business tact and capabilities, and affords an excel lent example to penniless young men, proving that honorable dealing and persistence are effectual in subduing untoward circumstances. Both he and his wife have many friends, the high regard in which they are, held being due to their characters and lives. _§=*.» a^S*"* LVEN A. WINANS. Among the young men who worthily represent the press of Greene County this gentleman should justly be mentioned. He publishes and edits the Herald, at Cedarville, and although y7et in his early manhood he has been connected with litera- ature for many years. The Hsrdftd is an eight page, five column quarto, and has a local circula tion of five hundred copies. It also enjoys a lu crative trade in its job department, and does a good advertising business. 914 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. Xenia, Ohio, was the native city of our subject, and his birth occurred February 10, 1863. His parents, Judge James J. and Caroline E. (Morris) Winans, of Xenia, Ohio. Of their family of chil dren, Alven A. was the ninth in order of birth, and received a good common-school education at the Xenia public and private schools. When only thirteen years of age he began to learn type-set- ing in the office of the Xenia Daily Herald, also acting as carrier. Subsequently, he thoroughly learned the printer's trade, and in 1885 became part owner of the Democrat News at Xenia; this he successfully assisted in conducting for over a year. He came to Cedarville in 1877 and took charge of the Cedarville Herald for R. H. Young. In November, 1 888, he purchased the office and plant, and since then has ably conducted it alone. Mr. Winans was married January 1, 1889, to Rose E. Owens, and they are the parents of one child, named Mary. Mrs. Winans is a native of Spring Valley, Ohio, and was born January 31, 1869. Her father was Peter Owens, who was bora in Ireland, while the mother, Amanda (Smith) Owens, was a native of Ohio. Mrs. Winans is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. By their genial ways and many charming traits of character this worthy couple have earned the re spect of the people of Cedarville. -»¦»>- ^# -<*— M. BARRERE, M. D. This well-known physician and surgeon of New Carlisle, Clark County, is a practitioner in the prime of life and the midst of his useful ness. He has already made good strides in his pro fession and may be classed among its representative men. He was born in the town of Newmarket, Highland County, this State, April 22, 1850, and is a son of Hazard and Eliza (Morrow) Barrere, the former of whom was a native of the same place and born April 7, 1814. The father of our subject spent his entire life in Newmarket, dying Septem ber 14, 1882. In early7 life he was engaged in the mercantile business and shipped goods in great quantities by flatboats on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to New Orleans. He was a prominent man in his county, a Whig first and then a Democrat, and served as Justice of the Peace for forty years. The paternal grandparents of our subject were George W. and Abigail (Mills) Barrere, whom, it is supposed, were natives of Virginia. Grandfather Barrere and his brother were captured by the In dians when children and taken to Kentucky, where they were held several years, but were finally res cued. George W. Barrere served as a Colonel in the Revolutionary War, and later was the first Judge of Highland County, this State. He surveyed much of the land in that county and for many years con ducted nn hotel in Newmarket, wliere he had set tled in 1800. The property still remains in the family. The mother of our subject was born in New market, Ohio, April 10, 1813, and is still living, making her home with him in New Carlisle. Her father, James Morrow, was born in Virginia. He came to Ohio about 1808, settling in or near New market, and died there. The parental household included the following children: Marietta is un married and resides at New Carlisle; Hazard dur ing the Civil War enlisted as a private in Company H, First Ohio Cavalry, and was killed November 23, 1864, at Cleveland, Tenn.; Magnolia is unmar ried and resides in New Carlisle; D. M., of this sketch, was the next in order of birth; Elma is de ceased. The subject of this notice was reared in his na tive town, where he attended the common schools and then entered Hillsboro High School, there com pleting his studies. He began life for himself at the early age of eleven years, availing himself of the books which came into his way and subse quently developing into a teacher, which profes sion he followed until 1872. He then began read ing medicine under the instruction of Dr. H. AVhistler, of Newmarket, and later entered Miami Medical College, at Cincinnati, from which he was graduated in 1876. Dr. Barrere commenced the practice of his pro fession at New Antioch, Clinton County, and so journed there until 1882. That year he established a drug store at Lima, which he conducted until the foUowing year, then, in the winter of 1883-84, PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 915 attended the Polytechnic College in New York City. In the spring of 1884 he took up his resi dence in New Carlisle and practiced continuously until 1889. Then, desirous of further advance ment in the art and science of medicine, he took a post graduate course in New York City. He has been a close student and extensive reader, and keeps himself thoroughly posted in regard to the duties of his profession. He stands well with the brethren and is prominently connected with the Brown, Clinton and Clark County Medical Socie ties, also the Ohio State Medical Association. He is a Mason in good standing and a Knight Tem plar, belonging to Palestine Lodge, No. 33. He is also a Knight of Pythias, belonging to the lodge at New Carlisle. In politics he affiliates with the Republican party. With the exception of being a matured bachelor, he has performed all the duties of an honest man and a good citizen. WILLIAM F. MIRANDA, M. D., of Med way, Clark County, is, as his name denotes, of Spanish descent, and traces his ancestry to Gen. Miranda, one of the followers of Cortez in Mexico. For several generations the Mirandas lived in the South, and it is not strange that our subject possesses a polished manner and pleasing address, the race from which he sprung being noted for grace in physical movement and our Southern States producing high types of courtesy. He is a faithful student, diligent in the duties of his pro fession, which he thoroughly understands, and in which he has proved very successful. He has an extensive practice, the territory to which he is called including the contiguous portions of Clark, Miami, Montgomery and Greene Counties. To such an extent is everyone influenced by the habits and occupations of his ancestors that it is not amiss to devote a brief space to the progeni tors of Dr. Miranda, before outlining his own life history. Jonathan Miranda, a native of Virginia, was a non-commissioned officer in the War of 1812. He was an early settler in Bracken County, Ky., and followed the occupations of farming and hunting. In 1827 he came to Clark County, Ohio, with his family, driving through from his former home and locating in Pike Township. He pur chased one hundred and sixty acres of land, pur sued a successful career in life and became quite well-to-do. On the Northampton and Donaldson- ville Pike he started an inn called the Black Horse Tavern. The farm and the schoolhouse upon it still bear the same name. On this farm Isaac Mi randa was reared to manhood, he having been born in Bracken County, Ky., in 1817, and having been ten years old when the family removed from the Blue Grass State. The education of Isaac Miranda was obtained in the primitive log schoolhouse, and at the age of seventeen years he began to labor as a pedagogue, following the profession for seven years, at the same time studying medicine. He continued to ac quire knowledge of therapeutics until he became a practicing physician, in 1842 locating in Allison- ville, Marion County, Ind. He remained in that place three years, building up a large practice and proving successful in his chosen avocation. Not content, however, with his standing, he went to Philadelphia in 1850, entering Jefferson Medical College and receiving a diploma from that institu tion in 1851. He then located at New Carlisle, Ohio, and began a professional career there, which grew in extent and gave him the leading position among the medical men of the community. Having become financially independent, and feeling that he was entitled to greater ease, he practically retired some five years since, doing nothing but office work for old patrons. Isaac Miranda owns a farm two miles from New Carlisle, together with other real estate, and is a shareholder in the Bank of New Carlisle. For several years he held the office of Township Clerk and also served on the School Board. Politically, he is a Democrat, and religiously, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, holding the office of Trustee. Being one of the oldest practicing phy sicians in the county, his memory extends to the time when the common method of travel was on horseback, and when in Indiana he often swam rivers in order to reach his patients. The maternal grandfather of our subject was 916 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. Abraham Garver, a native of Maryland, who came to Ohio in a very early day. He owned four hun dred acres of land in Bethel Township, Clark County, and was a very successful agriculturist. His daughter, Elizabeth, was also born in Mary land, and became the wife of Dr. Isaac Miranda, to whom she has borne seven children. The name of our subject stands midway on the family roll; Benjamin, the first-born, died when eight years old; Sarah E., in infancy; Martha J., in 1878, at the age of twenty-eight years, being the wife of William H. Evans; Mrs. Mary PI Whaley lives in Warren, Trumbull County ; Mrs. Anna K. Miles lives in New Carlisle; Carrie A. is still with her parents in that place. The mother has now reached the age of sixty- seven years. The eyes of our subject opened to the light in New Carlisle, January 22, 1851, and his boyhood was passed under favorable circumstances of home surroundings and school privileges. He acquired a good education in the common and high schools, and when eighteen years old began the drug busi ness, continuing in it at intervals for about six years. In 1872 he engaged as a clerk in the wholesale and retail drug house of W. A. and I. N. Patterson, at Indianapolis, Ind. About two years later he bought a pharmacy in the same city, which he carried on until 1875, when he sold out and returned to his former home. He then be gan the study of medicine under bis father's guid ance, and in the fall entered the Ohio Medical College, at Cincinnati, continuing his studies in that institution until February, 1877, when he was graduated. The young Doctor returned to the parental roof and practiced with his father a year, after which he opened an office at Westville, Champaign County. A year later he returned again to New Carlisle, where he remained until July, 1880, when he located at Medway, where he worked up a good practice, which he abandoned in the fall of 1885 to become a citizen of Kansas. He had been at tracted by the promise of a newer and wider field of labor, and locating at Attica, Harper County, he built up an extensive practice and gained an ex cellent reputation as a successful practitioner. Pay was slow, however, in the new country and in the spring of 1888 Mr. Miranda resumed his position in Ohio, buying the same property which he had formerly occupied and taking up his practice where he had left it. Since that time he has re mained at Medway, whieh, it is probable, will be his permanent home. At the home of the bride, in Iowa County, Iowa, May 2, 1875, Dr. Miranda was united in marriage with Miss Josephine Pine. That charming lady was born in Huntington County, Pa., but acquired her education at Polo, 111., her father having re moved to the Prairie State. After completing her studies, she engaged in teaching, a profession for which her culture, tact and amiable, yet firm, dis position fitted her. She has borne her husband four children, and they have been called upon to part with three, the only survivor being a son, Max. Waller died at the age of three years; Bes sie, at the age of six ; and Winona, at the age of four. In 1871, William Pine, father of Mrs. Mi randa, removed from Ogle County, 111., to Kes wick, Iowa, where he engaged in farming and has become well known in that line of work. He had formerly been employed at the trade of a blacksmith. The culture and judgment of Dr. Miranda are utilized by his follow-men, who have called upon him to serve as School Director, an office which he is now filling creditably. He is Past Grand of the Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at New Carlisle, and belongs to the Clark County Medical Society. His judgment regarding matters political agrees with the principles advanced by the Democratic platform, and he gives his vote to the candidates of that party. SH OHN S. ELLIOTT. One of the pleasantest offices in Springfield is Room 1, of the Mitchell Block, and is the headquarters of J. S. Elliott, who is doing a general insur ance business iu partnership with Dr. H. C. Di- mond, the latter gentleman having been engaged in the business but little more than a year. Mr. Pilliotl has had a more extended experience, and PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 917 had the business well established before taking a partner. He represents the Mutual Life Insurance Company of Ne*$ York, with which he has been connected for several years, »nd other companies which guarantee against loss by fire, accident, or the various ways in which life is shortened or property destroyed. Mr. Elliott, was born on th£ eastern shore of Maryland, near Centerville, county seat of Queen Anne's County, his natal day being December 9, 1854. His parents were John S. and Martha A. (Sudler) Elliott, both of whom were natives of Maryland and of English ancestry. His mother was a daughter of Arthur Sudler, formerly well known in Queen Anne's County. Both parents died in their native State, in which they had been life-long residents. The subject of this sketch spent his boyhood on a farm, and during his early years attended the common school in Sudlersville, a town in his native county. At the age of eighteen years he determined to make a home far ther West, and accordingly came to Ohio, stopping for a short time in Xenia. He found employment on the farm of M. V. Morris, where he worked for a year at $16 per month. Young Elliott saved the money thus earned, and going to Dayton, entered the Miami Commer cial College, in which he took a full course of study, being graduated in 1875. He then came to Springfield, where he accepted a clerkship in the store of Murphy Bros., with whom he remained only a short time, in September entering upon the insurance business. He flrst represented the Fire man's Insurance Company at Dayton, and there continued until the 1st of January, 1885, when he became district agent and opened an office in Springfleld. In March. 1889, the firm of Elliott & Dimond was formed, the junior member being a physician with a thoroughness in business tact and knowledge which is proving valuable in his new line of labor. The gentleman of whom we write has been twice married. The lady who became his wife in 1877 was Miss Mary W. Boyer, daughter of O.P. Boyer, a prominent undertaker of Dayton. She made a happy home for her husband until Decem ber 20, 1884, when she was called hence, leaving two children — Lyda B. and John Oliver. Two years later Mr. Elliott contracted a second matri monial alliance, his bride on this occasion being Miss Nora E. Wood, of Springfield. This estima ble lady is a daughter of S. R. and Margaret (Mclntire) Wood, and was born and reared in Springfield. Her father is also a native of this county. The business ability and enterprise of Mr. El liott are recognized by his fellow-men, who also appreciate his social qualities and manner of life. He is one of the Trustees of the Mitchel Thomas Hospital. In the social and benevolent orders he takes great interest, holding membership in the following: Anthony Lodge, No. 455, F. & A. M. ; Palestine Commandery, No. 33, K. T.; Red Star Lodge, No. 205, K. of P., and also the Uniformed Rank, No. 44, of the same fraternity; Lodge No. 51, P. B. O. E. MILLIARD F. ENGLE, Agent and Telegraph Operator of the Cleveland, Columbus, Cin cinnati & St. Louis Railroad Company at Enon, also officiates as Postmaster of Mad River, Clark County. He is a man of good business abilities, and exercises no small influence among the leading men of his community. He enjoys the advantages of a thorough education, and is more than ordinarily well informed. The native place of Mr. Engle was the famous Harper's Ferry, made historical by John Brown, of Ossawatomie, and the date of his birth was Sep tember 27, 1857. He spent his boyhood days on his father's farm and in attendance at the common school, where he received thorough instruction in addition to careful training at home. At the age of twenty years he became a student of Shepherd's College, Jefferson County, W. Va., but after an at tendance of six months was obliged to abandon his studies on account of ill-health. Upon coming to Ohio, in 1877, he located in the vicinity of Ca tawba, Champaign County, where he engaged in farming about one year. Not yet satisfied with his 918 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. condition and surroundings, Mr. Engle abandoned farming and commenced studying telegraphy at Catawba. He made such good progress that in the course of about six months he was given the posi tion of night operator at Catawba, which he fol lowed for some time thereafter. Iu 1880 he became yard operator at Springfield, holding this position probably three years. Still advancing he was next given the position of operator at Lock- land, but two weeks later returned to Catawba, where he became both operator and agent and served as Postmaster. From there, in 1887, he removed to Enon, where he has likewise made a good record. To his other duties he added that of agent for the American Express Company, in whose employ he has been for over seven years. Mr. Engle was married, at Frankfort, Ross County, this State, October 6, 1844, to Miss Jennie Roweton. This lady was born in Frankfort, and is a daughter of George W. Roweton, a prominent resident of Ross County, who is now well-to-do and living retired from active business. Mrs. En gle was roared and educated in her native town, re maining under the parental roof until her marriage. This union has resulted in the birth of two chil dren — Ethel and Williard. Mr. P^ngle, politically, is a straight Prohibitionist, warmly interested in the success of the temperance cause. He is a Pres byterian in religious belief, but there being no society of that denomination in Enon, he is conse quently not connected with any organization. Mrs. Engle conforms to the doctrines of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The father of our subject was James W. Engle, a native of Jefferson County, Va., and the son of John Engle, who was also born there. Grandfather Engle was of Scotch and English descent, and a well-to-do farmer, who spent the closing years of his life in his native county. James W. also fol lowed farming, and when reaching manhood lo cated on land which was given him by his father, where he prosecuted agriculture successfully, and also engaged quite extensively in stock-raising. He invested his capital in additional land, and is now the owner of four hundred broad acres near Harper's Ferry, in the Shenandoah Valley. He met with quite heavy losses during the late Civil War, some of his buildings being destroyed by fire, and his horses and cattle driven off. In early manhood he belonged to the old Whig party, but now affil iates with the Democracy. Although seventy-one yeaas old he is quite active, possessing much of the energy and determination of his younger y7aars. In religion he is a stanch Presbyterian ahd an Elder in that church. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Margaret Duke. She was likewise a native of Jefferson County, Va., and the daughter of Rob- eft Duke, a well-to-do farmer, and a Baptist in re ligion. The Duke family is also of English and Scotch descent. Mrs. Margaret Engle departed this life October 1, 1874. Like her father she ad hered religiously to the Old School Baptist Church. Of her union with James W. Engle there was born a family of nine children, seven of whom grew to mature years: Robert is farming on the borders of the Indian Territory; James is an attache of the Auditor's Office in Washington, D. C. ; Jesse was studiously inclined, acquiring a thorough educa tion, and now holds a professorship, occupying himself among the schools of Jefferson County, Va. ; William F\,our subject, was the next in order of birth ; John F. went to California, and became agent of the Santa Fe Railroad Company; he died in 1888; Shadia is a minister of tbe Presbyterian Church, and located at Hampden Sidney, Va. ; Carleton is attending a commercial school in Wash ington, D. C. ' eHARLES LUDLOAV, a prominent pharma cist of Springfield, in which city he was born February 3, 1 842, occupies a well-ar ranged room at No. 55 Plast Main Street. He car ries a large and varied stock of drugs and medicines, and in addition to his large business in that line, makes a specialty of handling lubricating oils. The handsome fittings of his establishment make it an ornament to the business section of the city, and his beautiful residence on East High Street is an equal addition to that section. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 919 The father of our subject was John Ludlow, who about the year 1840 established one of the first drug stores in this city, to the business of which the son Charles succeeded. The widow of John Ludlow and mother of our subject is Elmina, daughter of Capt. Frederick Getman, who was born in Herkimer County, N. Y., and is still living in Springfield, now in her seventy-fifth year. Her father was a soldier in the War of 1812, and was descended from natives of Holland. A further history of the family will be found elsewhere in this Album. The early school days of our subject were passed in Springfield whence he departed in 1859 to an institution of learning elsewhere, finally completing his studies at Dayton. In 1861, he became a mem ber of Company H, Thirty-second Ohio Infantry, being made Second Sergeant on the organization of the company. The regiment, whieh was under the command of Col. Thomas Ford, was sent to the mountainous regions of West Virginia where for some months it rendered efficient service under Gen. Reynolds. In the following year young Ludlow was transferred to the regimental hospital where he acted in the capacity of Hospital Steward until October 24, 1862, when he received his dis charge. Returning to his native place Mr. Ludlow be came interested in his father's drug store, to which as before stated, he finally succeeded, on the death of his parent. He belongs to Mitchell Post, No. 145, G. A. R., and it is hardly necessary to state, affiliates with the Republican party. Both he and his wife are active members in Christ Episcopal Church and he is a member of the vestry. He is fortunate in being able to surround himself with the home comforts which are desirable, to bestow upon his children good advantages, and to assist in many good works as a less prosperous business man could not. The refined woman under whose care Mr. Lud low's dwelling is a home in deed and in truth, be came his wife in 1866. .Prior to that time she was known as Miss Ella R. Spencer, having many friends in Springfield, which is her native city and the place in which she received her education. Her parents, Richard S. and Ellen Spencer removed from Lynn, Mass., to this city, her father having been a native of his former place of abode. Mr. and Mrs. Ludlow have three children — Frederick R. B., Ellen S. and Charles R. The elder son is a partner in the store. \Tr*j) EV. SAMUEL F. BRECKENRIDGE, Sc. D., I'^if Professor of Exegetical Theology in the «\ Theological Seminary of Wittenberg Col- \J|||!lege, Springfield, Ohio, was born in Kisha- coquillas Valley, Mifflin County, Pa., Decem ber 1, 1833. His father, Rev. John Brown Brackenridge, was born in Franklin County, Pa., October 30, 1806, was married in 1831 to Miss Sophia M. Ehrenfeld, oldest daughter of Dr. Augustus Clemens Ehren feld of Mifflin County, Pa. The subject of this sketch is their oldest child. His parents, at this writing, July, 1890, are both living, the father in his eighty-fifth, the mother in her seventy-ninth year. It will be observed that Prof. Breckenridge spells his name with an "e" in the first syllable, as just given, while his father's name is spelled with an " a " — Brackenridge. The son changed the ortho graphy of his name at the suggestion of his father, who had become convinced, upon tracing his an cestry, that Breckenridge was the more, correct form of the name, although he did not think it wise to attempt a change of the form of his own name, under which he had become known profes sionally and as a citizen. The Breckenridge family owes its origin to Scotch-Irish stock. The late H. M. Brackenridge, of Tarentum, Pa., upon visting Scotland some years since, traced the genealogy of the family to a period prior to the time of John Knox, the great reformer. It was thus found that one of the early representatives of the family, a Scotchman of tho " clan Campbell," went from Scotland to Ireland, and settled near Londonderry. In the latter place was born the great-grandfather of Prof. Brecken ridge. He, while yet a child, accompanied his father to America early in the last century. At 920 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. the time of Braddock's defeat he was employed as a teamster hauling provisions on the frontier. While thus engaged he was captured by the Indians and taken near to the present site of Coshocton, whence he made his escape, and of which a lengthy account is giv,en in the Pennsylvania Colonial Records. From this ancestry descended Samuel Bracken ridge, the paternal grandfather of our subject, who was born at Half -Way House, Chester County, Pa., and to whom he of whom we write is said to bear a striking resemblance. He was possessed of a splendid physical development, was of a more than ordinarily bright mind, and of a genial tempera ment that drew around him many friends. For many years he was connected with the Presbyterian Church. He spent the closing years of his life near Brownsville, Pa., dying in 1840. His wife was likewise of Scotch-Irish birth and a woman re markable for personal beauty and commanding presence. She lived to probably the age of ninety years. To the parents of Prof. Breckenridge there was born a family of twelve children, six of whom are still living. On his mother's side the records of his ancestry are official, full and continuous to A. D. 1601. Of this no more will be given here than to say that this line of his ancestry has, as far as the records run back, been an educated people, a majority of its male members in the different liberal professions, and some of them particularly eminent. It is an interesting fact that on his mother's side also he had a great-grandfather in the Colonial military service in Braddock's expedition. He was over taken by death and buried near Braddock's field. He also was employed as a teamster in hauling sup plies. Not improbably those two men, whose blood was to commingle so many generations afterwards, met in that little army and were acquainted. Be sides these, two others of his maternal ancestors, in direct line, served under Washington in the War of Independence. Both of Prof. Breckenridge's parents have been of very marked intellectual and moral characteristics. His father, while well versed in other branches and particularly skilled in mathe matics, had a peculiar ardor in the study of lan guage, and for a command of choice English in conversation he has had very few equals. His mother, from her early life, was marked by a terse power of thought and speech that not only made her a powerful opponent in argument, if argument arose, though her disposition did not invite it, but enabled her often to sum up and end a whole line of discussion in an unexpected epigram. It is not too much to say that Prof. Breckenridge largely in herited the above mentioned qualities of both his parents. To the parents of Prof. Breckenridge there were born twelve children, six of them still living. The survivors are mostly residents of Rochester, Pa. One of his brothers gave his life to his country at Vicksburg, in the war for the Union. The subject of this sketch entered Wittenberg College in 1854, with the purpose of preparing to study law. His father had prepared him for entrance into college, but was not able to meet the expense of his collegiate course. But young Breckenridge had already from his fourteenth year supported him self. This he did thenceforth. The history of his course through college would make an instruc tive and profitable chapter. He battled with and overcame difficulties and discouragements that would have entirely broken the resolution of most young men. Through all the trying ordeals of his college years he kept his eyes to the front, and came out of the campaign a victor and a strong man. While in college he passed through a reli gious experience that changed the plans of his life and determined him to enter the ministry of the gospel. He graduated in 1860. After his gradua tion he was an instructor in Mendota Female Col lege, at Mendota, 111., and subsequently became its principal. While there he was licensed to preach the gospel by the Northern Illinois synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. In the same year he was united in marriage with Miss Mary A., daughter of John Garver, of Pecatonica, 111. Dur ing a number of subsequent years he was principal of the Leechburg, Pa., Academy; afterward was pastor of congregations near that place. Thence he was called to Ohio, where he was pastor at Belle fontaine and Plymouth. From this last pastorate he was called in 1874 to the chair of mathematics PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 921 in Wittenberg College, which he occupied until called, in the fall of 1888, to the chair of exegetical theology in Wittenberg College, which ho now holds. His success in the ministry as well as his recognized qualifications influenced his election as college professor. Prof. Breckenridge has few, if any, superiors as a teacher. He undertakes to teach nothing-ssdiich he has not first made himself master of as thoroughly as it is possible for his faculties to compass and penetrate it in its facts and principles ; and he is not satisfied with any thing less on the part of his students. He already bids fair to become as famous with his pupils in his new chair, as he had become in the chair of mathematics and logic in the college. He received the degree of Doctor of Science from Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, Pa., in 1887. Prof. Breckenridge is widely read in history, in the sciences, in political economy, and especially in the field of controversial theology as raised hy the enemies of the Christian faith. His critical read ing in ancient secular as well as ecclesiastical his tory is shown in the luminous use he is now making of it in the chair of exegesis. It is earnestly de sired by those who know him and his methods of study most intimately, that he will give the theo logical and religious world the benefit of his re searches and acquirements. Prof. Breckenridge is" possessed of a very bright wit aud as genial a humor. His company is sought for his entertaining social qualities. He is notably generous and kind-hearted, and is one of the truest and most conscientious of men. To Prof, and Mrs. Breckenridge have been born born three children, one son and two daughters, all living. Their family residence is a very pleas ant one on P'erncliff Avenue, and is the center of a happy circle of refined and cultured people. <-<>-> - ,^s HARLES E. ARBOGUST. This gentleman ((( has a high reputation in the business circles ^^^/ of Xenia and wherever his trade extends, as one who is strictly honorable in all business transactions and possesses a high moral character. He is engaged in the manufacture of blank books and office stationery, making a specialty of the lat ter and having an extensive trade, his goods selling in seventy-four of the eighty-eight counties of the State. He was born in Xenia, September 22, 1862, and in this city has spent the greater part of his life. His father, Charles Arbogust, a native of Springfield, there grew to maturity and learned the trade of a blacksmith. He married Miss Rebecca W. Sellers, of Xenia Township, daughter of John and Elizabeth Sellers, whose farm lay one mile southeast of Xenia. Her father was an early settler of the county, in which his sons, George, Luther and Addison, still reside. The parents of our subject resided in Springfield until a short time before his birth, when they re moved to Xenia. The father died when our subject was about a year old, but the mother is still living. Both parents held membership in the Baptist Church, and the mother has conscientiously en deavored to bring up her son in the way he should go, the result being that he is living a useful and honored life. He grew to maturity in the city of his birth, finishing his education in her schools and identifying himself with her business men. In 1879, in connection with W. B. Chew, our subject started the bindery, the association between the two gentlemen continuing two years. Mr. Arbogust then purchased his partner's interest, and since that time has been conducting the business himself. He is also interested in the millinery and fancy goods store of C. B. Arbogast, and holds considerable city property. He likewise has a coi? siderable interest in the Building & Loan Associa tion, of which he was one of the organizers. It was incorporated September 1, 1885, with a capital * stock of $500,000. Mr. Arbogust has for many years been an active worker in the Young Men's Christian Association, and is a member of the Board of Directors, of the society which was organized in this city in July, 1884. They have a free lease for five years, with the privilege of holding it ten years, with a strong membership and good rooms in which to assemble and carry on various instructive and useful occu pations. The members' parlor and prayer meeting room can be thrown into one when occasion requires. A pleasant reading room, private office, complete gy7mnasium — over which a competent 922 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. physical director has charge — and complete bath rooms with shower and tub bath and hot and cold water at all times, complete the establishment. The annual fee is $5, which admits to all the privi leges and benefits. The fine furnishings of the Association rooms were secured entirely through the individual efforts of the members. January 22, 1883, the interesting ceremony took place which transformed Miss Lida Robinson, of Xenia, into Mrs. Charles K. Arbogust. The bride is a daughter of George P\ and Jennie Robinson, the former of whom is still living. She was born in this city in 1863, secured a good education in its excellent schools, and acquired tho graces of manner and virtues of character which secure her the regard of many friends and acquaintances. The marriage has been blessed by the birth of two sons — George Elwood and Charles Orin. The family attend the Baptist Church, in which Mr. Arbogust is an honored member. He also belongs to the social order of the Knights of Honor. »ILLIAM R. BAKER was elected Auditor for Greene County in November, 1883, and has served continuously7 since that time, a fact which speaks highly for his character and the estimation in which he is held by the people of his county. He is one of the old soldiers whom all lovers of the flag delight to honor, and in remem brance of the years during which he hazarded life itself in battle's front, he belongs to the Grand Army ot the Republic at Xenia. For some years prior to his election to his present responsible posi tion, he was identified with the business interests of the city in tbe capacity of a dealer in groceries, and in financial circles was hold in excellent repute. Mr. Baker was born near Jamestown, August 31 1841, being a son of John W. Baker, whose settle ment in this county dated from 1828. The father was a native of Kentucky, whither he came across the Ohio River when a boy of fourteen years with his father, William Baker, who kept one of the early public houses of Jamestown. Amid the pio neer surroundings the father of our subject grew to maturity, being engaged as a teamster until his marriage, when he turned his attention to farming. In the spring of 1848 he abandoned that enterprise and returning to Jamestown, engaged in the grocery business, continuing in that occupation until 1857. In the schools of his native place and in the store kept by his father, he of whom we write received his education, being enabled to make practical use of the principles learned from the text books and so realized the object of his schooling. During his youth his father resumed his farm work and con tinuing it until after his boys had grown to man hood, they became well acquainted with that occupation also. The father finally removed to Grape Grove and four or five years later to Colum bus, where he still lives. The mother to whom our subject and the other members of the parental family owe much for good counsel and loving care, also survives. Our subject left the parental roof in the fall of 1861 to enlist in Company A, Seventy-fourth Ohio Infantry. The regiment spent six months at Camp Todd and Camp Chase, preparing for the duties which awaited them at the front, and then going to Nashville, were placed under tbe command of Gen. Thomas, in the Fourteenth Corps, Army of the Cumberland. They bore a gallant part in the mo mentous battles of Stone River, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain and MissionaryRidge, and after ward participated in the scenes of the Atlanta cam paign from Chattanooga to Atlanta. During this period they were under fire nearly every day, bear ing their part in all the battles of the campaign. At its conclusion our subject was discharged, his term of service being completed, and was mustered out October 17, 1864. Returning to his home Mr. Baker became a clerk in the grocery store of Eavey & Co., Xenia, re maining in the establishment until 1869, in a cleri cal capacity and then assuming a half interest in the house. The firm did both- a wholesale and re tail trade and was well known in this section of the Buckeye State as one of the most reliable establish ments of Xenia. Fo'r sixteen years Mr. Baker was connected with the house, during the various changes it underwent, owning from one-half to the PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 923 entire interest. When elected to the office in which he is now serving his third term, he sold out his business in order that he might devote himself fully to his public duties. Mr. Baker votes the Republican ticket, no stancher supporter of the party being met with than he. He is a Chapter Mason and is also iden tified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His family consists of a wife and two children, the latter bearing the names of Florence H. and Jessie R. Mrs. Baker bore the maiden name of Anna P. Harrison, and was born and reared on a farm near Cedarville, this county, of which her father, James Harrison, was an early settler. The rites of wed lock between herself and our subject were cele brated at her home March 1, 1876. She is a noble woman, true to her family and friends, and intel ligently interested in the affairs of mankind. Sfj OHN L. CONKLIN. For a number of years, ' ; Mr. Conklin, who is now deceased, was num bered among tbe business men of Spring- (fgl// field, Clark County, and he was possessed in a marked degree of those traits of character which made him universally popular among the young and old. Affable, generous and high minded, no man could point to an unworthy act of his, and when passing away he was mourned not only by his im mediate family, but by hosts of friends. As a business man he was more than ordinarily success ful, and left to his family a fine estate, including an elegant home, with all of the comforts and luxuries of modern life. A native of Morris County, N. J., Mr. Conklin was born February 2, 1842, being the son of Will iam Conklin, a native of the same county, and a descendant of one of four brothers who were early settlers of Spring Valley, N. J. William Conklin was one of four sons, and was reared to agricul tural pursuits, which he followed in his native State and remained a resident there until about two years before his death. He then sold his farm and went to Springfield to visit his sons, and died at the home of his son William. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Cornelia Galtra. She survived her husband many years, and died at the home of her son, John L., at the advanced age of eighty-two. Mr. Conk lin, of whom we write, was reared and educated in his native county, and when a young man entered the employ of the Government as a clerk at the Brooklyn navy yard. He held that position until 1871, then removed to Springfield, and embarked in the grocery business. He was possessed of sound judgment and fino business abilities, was courteous to his customers, and thus made many friends, ac quiring a large trade. In fact he became the lead ing groceryman of the city, and continued the business until the illness which terminated in his detth, January 5, 1885. The marriage of John L. Conklin and Miss Helen Parcells, was celebrated at the bride's home in Brroklyn, N. Y., April 25, 1870. Mrs. Conklin was born in the latter city, September 24, 1850, and is the daughter of William Parcells. a native of Mor ris County, N. J. Her paternal grandfather was born in Mendon, that State, where his father, who was a farmer by occupation, spent his last years. Grandfather James Parcells, also followed agricul tural pursuits, and died at Mendon. William Par- cells was reared in his native State, and when leaving there went to Brooklyn, N. Y., and became a wholesale dealer in building stone, remaining there until his death. He married Miss Catherine, daughter of William Willis. The latter was a na tive of England, and a son of John Willis, likewise of Pmglish birth and parentage, and who upon emi grating to New York City engaged in the mercan tile business. Grandfather Parcells followed in the footsteps of his honored father, and also became a merchant of New York City, where he spent his last years. Mr. and Mrs. Conklin became the parents of five children, namely: Augusta, William R., John L., Roscoe, deceased, and Helen E. Mr. Conklin as is also his widow, was a devoted member of the First Presbyterian Church, which has received liberal benefactions from them, and of which Mrs. Conk lin is still a regular attendant. Mr. Conklin was 924 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. prominent as a member of Clark Lodge, No. 101, A. F. & A. M., and Palestine Commandery, No. 33, K. T. Mrs. Conklin occupies the beautiful home left her by her husband, and is a lady who holds a high- position in the community. *£ ^ HE HOOVEN & ALLISON COMPANY, manufacturers of twine and cordage, at Xenia, Ohio, has one of the leading facto ries of this kind in the country. A company was organized in 1869 for the purpose of making what is known as handmade twine, which enterprise was being successfully prosecuted when Robert A. Kelly came to the city and became connected with the concern. He had worked with the American hemp fibre with which he had experimented quite largely regarding the production from it of twine by machinery. In the spring of 1876, he sug gested the feasibility of this to Messrs. Hooven & Allison, who being convinced that a better and cheaper twine could thus made than by the hand process which they had been using, at once set to work to get appropriate machinery for the purpose. From the beginning made on the evening before Christmas, 1876, when the first spool of hemp twine was manufactured in Xenia, the plant of the above company has grown to great proportions. Mr. Hooven died in 1881, after which time Mr. Kelly formed a partnership with Mr. M. C. Alli son, the firm name continuing Hooven & Allison until tho death of the latter, May 3, 1888. Two months thereafter a stock company was organized, the incorporators being Jacob Harbine, J. D. Steele, W. B. Harrison, R. A. Kelly and Mrs. P'anny Allison. The capital stock is $150,000 and tbe officers are J. H. Harbine, President; W. B. Harrison, A7ice-President; J. D. Steele, Secretary; R. A. Kelly, Superintendent. The officers still retain thesame positions,controllinga*business which furn ishes employment to from two hundred and twenty- five to two hundred and fifty hands, sending goods to all parts of the United States. They manufac ture hemp, jute, manilla. and sisal goods, as well as cotton goods, and besides their large establishment in Xenia, operate a cotton mill in Zanesville under the same charter. This mill was purchased by Hooven & Allison in 1879. R. A. Kelly, Superintendent of the mammoth concern above mentioned, was born in Guilford, County Down, Ireland, October 16, 1838. He was brought up in the flax and linen concern of Dun bar, McMaster & Co., leaving his native land in 1855, to enter the employ of Finlayson, Bonsfield & Co., manufacturers of linen thread at Johnston, Renfrewshire, Scotland. In July, 1859, he emi grated to uhe United States, his first employment here being with the Dolphin Manufacturing Com pany, of Patterson, N. J. He was also engaged in the manufacture of flax, sisal and manilla rope ma chinery in the same city. In 1864, he was sent to Delaware, Ohio, by Messrs. Todd & Rafferty to erect and superintend the works of the Delaware Manufacturing Company. They manufactured twine and seamless bags during the war, afterward converting the flax mill into a bagging mill for the manufacture of bagging for covering cotton. Mr. Kelly built the first five laying machines and finishing machines for laying and finishing hemp twine in Delaware, Ohio.wbich machines he brought to Xenia in the fall of 1876, placing them in the factory of the Hooven & Allison Company. The further history of that establishment has been, al ready given, in so far as our brief notes can tell the story of a mammoth business concern whose in stigators and managers are constantly proving their possession of the powers of combination and com mand necessary for the successful prosecution of an enterprise in which many men must be employed. BIOGJJpEIjKSflli. johhsh®"^ Abell, J. B 742 Ackerson, T. C 447 Adams, John z3 Adams, John Quincy 39 Adams S. N 191 Albin, C '75 Alexander, J. S 633 Alexander, W. J 861 Allison, B. F 467 Alt, George W 488 Anderson, James 7a9 Anderson, James R 152 Anderson, Joseph 438 Anderson, M.W 716 Andrew, J. H 606 Andrew, T. B to6 Arbogust, C. E 921 Arbogast, E. G 832 Arbogast, Eli M 395 Arnold, Lester 3'5 Arthur, Chester A 99 Austin, J. M..M.D 368 B Babb, J. S 887 Babb, J. W 703 Baird, W. J 7'° Baker, A. J 3i« Baker, Adam T38 Baker, Dan 7'4 Baker, David L 4°6 Baker, Brinton 3!4 Baker, Emanuel 613 Baker, George W... 646 Baker, William G 4*5 Baker, W. R 9" Baldwin, Henry, Jr.. M.D.. 192 Baldwin, John 37* Baldwin, Hon. William 767 Baldner, Jacob «'° Bales, Elisha 136 Bales, Silas 395 Ball, Mary E 264 Barber, John A 352 Barber, J. M 715 Barkman, J. H 667 Barratt, D. S 231 Barrett, Hon. I. M t8i Barrett, T. S 238 Barrere, D. M 914 Bauer, Charles A 494 Baughman, A, H 119 Baumgardner, J. A 177 Beal, Thomas L -38 Bechtle, Henry 492 Becker, John 838 Bell, Read L.,M. D 658 Benham, P. O , 167 Berger, William H 692 Berryhill, M 337 Bickett, A. R 328 Bickett, M.A 609 Boyd, L 345 Bradfute, D 574 Bradfute, J. K 840 Brain, George 222 Brandle, Daniel 376 Breckenridge, S. F gi9 Brewer, W. H 808 Brickel, Jacob 644 Briggs, Amos 7:2 Broadstone, M.A 882 Brock, Owen 444 Brock, William 333 Brougher, Daniel 665 Brown, J. J 267 Brown, N. G 122 Brown, Willi am 454 Brugger, J. W 542 Bryan, F. V 253 Bryson, James 262 Buchanan, James 75 Buck, A. S 252 Buffenbarger, Peter 746 Bull, A. R -.322 Burdell, Charles 378 Burkhardt, Ernest 472 Burnett, Hon. W. R 755 Burns, William too Burrous, George R 906 Butt, A, W 251 Byrd, Andrew 153 c Calendar, Homer W 476 Carn, Adam 792 Carson, Rev. J. G 241 Chambers, Robert 734 Cheney, Col. Milton 537 Chew. J. P 783 Christopher, A. J 237 Clark, Charles M 45" Cleveland, S. Grover 103 Click, John S 236 Coates, C. T 504 Coffield, George W 556 Collins, J.W 35' Compton, Wilson 645 Confer, George 820 Confer, William G 217 Conklin, John L 923 Cenklin,H. H 595 Cooper. Judge J. H 408 Cooper, Samuel 234 Copeland, William 695 Cost, George T 666 Coy, Abraham 841 Crabill, David 468 Crabill, James 426 Crabill, J. F 726 Crabill, Milton 474 Crabill, William, Ir 558 Croft, Henry 343 Crawford, James H 801 Cregar, Charles A 698 Creswell, A. W 157 Crites, Aaron 403 Cromwell, Joseph 453 Culp, Henry H 474 Cummings, J. B 327 Cummings, T.B 872 Cushing, D. H 640 D Darst, H. C 856 Davis, Rolla 407 Dean, J. N ]28 Deffenbach, A 70- Deitrick, Joseph E 534 Delo, Rev. R. F ?2S Dick, John ro8 Dickey, CM 736 Diehl, William 482 Dingledine, Samuel 367 Dodds, George 125 Drees, F. B 44s Drees, Tobias 610 Duke, John .- ig4 Dugan, Dr. John P 757 Duncan, A. E., M. D 455 Dunkel, J. B 704 Dunkel, John 855 Dunn, A. M 624 Drury, Jonas 797 Earley, J. C 9,0 Eavey, J. E 747 Edwards. Charles F 536 Edwards, John V. B S36 Edwards, J. D.,M. D 366 Ehrenfeld, C.L 899 E lam, J ames 892 Elder, Robert B 133 Elder, R. N 798 Elder, William 182 Elliott, J S 916 Engel, Gcirge 405 Engle, W. F or7 Enoch, David 847 Eppley, A. L 297 Estle, William H 198 Evans, Isaac 271 Everhart. Israel 756 Fansler, John 39.3 Farr, V. A 805 Feirstine, A. O 829 INDEX. Feirstine, H. L 134 Field Cordage Co 418 Fillmore, Millard 67 Flack, Mrs. Fannie . 162 Fleming, James 485 Fogle, S. D 657 Folck, Joseph M 542 Folger, J. C 536 Foos, William 201 Forgy, J, V 561 Frey , George H 895 Frost, F, E .706 Fudge, Morgan 735 Fuller, J. C r54 Fulton, Frank 284 Fulton, N. A 821 Funderburg, I. K 515 Funk, CC 885 G Gard, Mrs. Mary E 634 Garfield, James A 95 Gaiinger, Albert 127 Garlough, J. P 164 Garver, J. N 857 Gaunce, M. M s" Geiger,Prof. H. R 8;o Gerlaugh, C.l 47' Getz, Harrison W cog Glass, Preston 700 Glass, Vincent 77' Glotfelter, W. H 851 Goodfellow, Scott , 516 Gotwald, Rev. L. A 505 Grant, U.S 87 Grant, William 648 Greenawalt, Rev. S. E 277 Greene, Hon. J W 291 Grieve, Robert .' 465 Grinnell, Frank 321 Grove, Jacob 216 Gwyn, E. C 2T4 H Haddix, George W 817 Hagan, F. M 3°3 Hagar, Walter 27s Hagler, W. L 63g Haines, Samuel ¦ ¦ 50"2 Hale, J. R 901 Hale, Henry H 778 Hamilton, John W 311 Hanes, John 902 Hanes, Luther 568 Hanford, W. H 503 Harbine, J. H 177 Harbison, James 598 Harbison, R.B 156 Hardie, W. B 427 Harner, Charles 848 Harner, D. S 5Q0 Harper, George W 517 Harris, Charles A 397 Harrison, Benjamin : . .107 Harrison, Edward 849 Harrison, William Henry ... 51 Harry, W. H 357 Hartsock, S.V 660 Harwood,!'. E 447 Hatch, Ebenezer 643 Haughey, C. M 846 Hauk,x-. B 144 Hause, John 417 Hawes, J- E 125 Hawker, Rev. Adam 363 Haynes, Jacob. 811 Hayes, R. B 91 Hebble, Joseph W 373 Hebble, D. W.,M. D 386 Helwig, J. B., D. D 1732 Hering, J 121 Hershey, C K 347 Hicks, Joseph 332 Hill, Edwin F 402 Hinkle, John R 478 Hivling, John 862 Hocter, Rev. I. J 895 Hockman, S. R 178 Hodge, James M 531 Hodge, Samuel E 436 Hodge, William H 4*8 Hoffa, J. M 233 Hohl, Theodore 186 Holford, F 691 Hollingsworth, J. P 615 Holman, R. L 578 Hook, Charles 135 Hooven & Allison Co 924 Hopkins, H.H 312 Hosterman, A.D 326 Hosterman, D. R 881 Hostetter, I. K 261 Hotsenpiller, E. R 401 Houck, W. H 4G2 Hough, John 444 Hough, Maj. William T 705 Houston, W. L 599 Howard, Hon. Charles F 228 Howard, Hon. R. F 361 Hower, John 553 Howett, Bros. 377 Huben, Daniel 732 Huffman, H.W 913 Huffman, Samuel P06 Hughes, J. H 826 Hulick, John W., M. D 802 Hunter, William 751 Huston, D. B 483 Huston, James *j8 Hypes, Henry 8?o Iliff, W.H 730 Irwin, Capt. Joseph 281 Jackson, Andrew 43 Jackson, Hon. Andrew ..... .481 Jackson , C. C 288 Jackson, J. M 245 Jackson, John M 285 Jacobs, A 164 Jacoby, Capt. John H 780 James, John C 661 Jameson, John 835 January, G. W 626 Jefferson, Thomas 25 Jobe, John H 752 Johnson, Andrew 83 Johnson, Clark T 331 Johnson, Robert 90s Johnson, W. D... 348 Johnston, M. D 385 Jones, Ambrose 697 Jones, A. H 678 Jones, L. M 836 K Kauffman, Christian 685 Kay, John 816 Keifer, E. H 57S Kelley, William C 377 Kel er, Alexander O 607 Kelly, Hon. O. S 3gi Kelly, R. A 924 Kendig, John 273 Kennedy, Thomas 762 Keplinger, Peter 723 Kershner, Mahlon 721 Kiblinger, Jacob 174 Kiler, A.G 825 Kilpatrick, Col. R. L 4 11 Kimble, Giles 411 Kinnane, Col. John . 603 Kinsman, N 521 Kirkham, John J 465 Kirkham, William M... 580 Kirkham, S. S 522 Kirkpatrick, T. J ... 512 Kiser, Edward W 903 Kissell, E. M 132 Kissinger, J. C 323 Kitchen, E. J 227 Kitchen, J. S 525 Klein, Jacob 795 Kline, T. A 7g6 Kneisly, J ohn A yiq Knowles, R. R 597 Krapp, George 422 Krauss, Harman 731 Kyle, J. H 403 Laybourn, A. W., M- D 528 Layton, M. M 287 Ledbetter, Charles 716 Ledbetter, Warren 235 Leffel, Mrs. Isabelle 672 Leffel, Col. Joseph 845 Leffel, Michael 532 Lenhart, Adam 477 Lewis, A. S. 498 Lewis, William W 773 Lincoln, Abraham • 79 Linton, L. W 77a Little, J. D 7" Lorton, John E 155 Louck, John 435 Lowman B. M 861 Lowman, Cyrus 679 Lowry, R. M 414 Ludlow, Charles 918 Ludlow, John 869 Lutz, John 593 Lytle, Robert 676 M MacCracken, Mrs. Eliza.... 748 Madden, W. P., M. D 421 Madison, James 31 Mallow, S. M 215 Manor, J. W 244 Marquart, William, M. D 246 Marquart, O. M., M. D 415 Martin, John P 827 Marshall, Oscar W 451 Mason, John B 354 McCarty, James 151 McClelland, William 293 McDonald, J. A 438 McDonald, F. H 183 McElwain, A '. 790 McKinney, J. L 142 McKnight, David 709 McKnight, John 334 McKnight, Robert 675 McKnight, Samuel ?oa McLaughlin, J. T , M. D....255 McLean, John W 828 McMillen, James 904 Mendenhall, Robert 906 Merrick, David 6sg Merritt, Edward 2g8 Miars, A. H 634 Middleton, John 394 Miller, William J 577 Miller, J.J 463 Miller, Reuben 301 Miller, Robert 255 Miller, SamuelS 584 Miranda, W. F.. M. D gig Mitchell, Rcss 583 Mitzel, Jacob 268 Monahan, John- 475 Monroe, James -5 Moore, John 458 Moore, Otheniel . 248 Morrow, D. S S4e Morton, Rev. J. F 423 Mouk, H. B 225 Mowatt, James 586 Mower, Hon. J. K 722 Moyer,A. J 65e Mumma, Henry (fio Mumper, A W 6S5 Myers, Joseph t,94 Myers, N 387 INDEX. Nawman, Henry 650 Nawman, Samuel 362 Neeld, W. M E07 Neer, C. F 898 Neer, Luther 183 Meer, William H 687 Neff, CH 407 Neff, Chi istian 313 NeUon.R. J 837 Nesbitt, Hon. B 364 Nesbitt, J#hii 195 Newlove, Edward 618 Nichols, C. M 406 Nisonger, George 464 Nisonger, Joseph 464 o Oates, Richard 147 Ort,S. A 587 Otstot, Henry 532 Otstot, J. D 552 Otstot, William 523 Owens, H. W 30S Page, J. W 213 Paine, George L 688 Patterscn, J. C 165 Paullin, James E 158 Paxson, W. A 876 Person, John 524 Peirce, Darwin 784 Pentz, Solomon 185 Perrin, JohnE 518 Perrin, John 741 Peterson, Ezra M 148 Pierce, Franklin 71 Polk,JamesK 59 Pollock, J. W 526 Pottle, William 445 Potter, A. M.,M. D 184 Pratt, A. G.... 5£9 Prince, B. F 39° Pringle, James C 1286 Pringle, Hon. T. J 9°* Printz, S. W 66g Pursell, L. H 620 R Rabbitts, J- H 867 Ramsey, William J 7^16 Rankin, JohnR 196 Rawlings, Hon. D. W 573 Redmond, Juds^n 2g4 Reichard. G. W.,M. D 126 Reid, G..H 545 Remsberg, Samuel T 398 Ridenour, T.J go8 Ridgely, J. T 777 Ridgeway, B. G 495 Rjfe, John 211 Robbins, Chandler 618 Roberts, Isaac M 858 Robinson, J. F 613 Rockel, W. M 381 Rodgers, A 596 Ross, John A 623 Ross,W.R 275 Runyan, F. C 818 Runyan. J. M 761 Runyan, La Fayette =,94 Sanders, Moses 226 Savills, Joseph 224 Schindler, P. A 304 Schnebly, J. D ....388 Schulte, C H 875 Seever, Benjamin 358 Seitz, Amos 265 Serviss, O. F 55s Shaffer, David 859 Sharp, Thomas 628 Shawver, Michael (05 Sheaff, Leonard 541: Shellabarger, E ^2 Shields, John W fo4 Shigley, Joseph 647 Shipman, John A 197 Sidley, Rev. William H 461 Sintz, Susan 739 Smith, A. H., Jr 441 Smith, D.S 831 Smith, E. L 739 Smith, Isaac H 247 Smith, J. Quircy ...637 Smith, Mark 342 Smith, W. H 908 Smith , William R 671 Snell, R.T 830 Snider, J. G., M. D 163 Snider, Martin 865 Spahr, Hbn. C. H-, M, D....b*i Spahr, Rev. A. N 353 Spining, I. M 487 Stack, A. M 232 Starkey, Capt. Robert A 681 Steele, J. D 629 Steinmann, George , 545 Stewart, Capt, Perry 306 Stewart, Chase 145 Stewart, David.. 544 Stewart, J. C 263 Stewart. John A ^35 Stewart, John B 56b Stewart, Joseph C 547 Stewart, J. F 341 Stewart, T. E 885 Stickney, Henry 533 Stickney, W. J .524 St. John, D. M 579 St. John, J. F 242 St. John, Joseph D 839 St. John, L. R 595 Stockstill, J. N., M. D 513 Stretcher, Thomas W 627 Stroud, Rev. Chai les 131 Sultzbach, Joseph 555 Sutton, William G 141 Swigart, Joel 266 Swonger, John 416 T Tarbox, S N 335 Taylor. H. N 185 Taylor, Zachary 63 Thompson, William S 815 Thorn, E. I., M. D 258 Thorn, William 567 Tibbetts, E N 789 Todd, Capt.S. A 200 Todhunter, M 193 Trimmer, J. C 898 Trinity M. E. Church 353 Trollinger, Nimrod 146 Truman, George 886 Turnbull, S. K 383 Turner, David 3^5 Tuttle, W. H *oS Tuttle, Caleb 562 Twichell, S. S 272 Tyler, John 55 Van Buren, Martin 47 Vannimman, Calvin 800 Van Tassell, W. H 161 Vollmer, Jacob 496 w Wallace, John 204 Walker, Thomas C 842 Walton, E. R 871 Walton, M. A 677 Ward, Washington 866 Warner, John G 753 Washington, George 19 Watt, George, M. D 763 Weixelbaum, L 384 Weller, John 371 Wendt, August 195 White, Hon. Charles R 497 White, Hon. William 888 Whittredge, George 434 Wilhams, James 166 Williamson, A. D 123 Williss, F. W ,7;o Willoughby, Jamee 404 Wilson, John H - .551 Wilson, J. M , ...374 Wilson, Solomon 428 WiUon, Thomas C. 491 Wilson, Washington H 473 Winans, A. A 913 Winger, Ca'pt. A 50S Wolf, S. H 785 Woodrow, John 413 Woodward, R. C 356 Woodward, S.F 171 Wyant, James 912 Young, Jacob 649 Voung, L.-F 484 Zeiner, John G 765 Zell, J. H ,87 Zimmerman, George 672 INDEX. PORTRAIT! •'?^^C* Adams, John 22 Adams, John Q 38 Adams, S. N 190 Alexander, John S 632 Anderson, James 728 Arthur, Chester A 98 /Babb, J. W 702 Baker, Emanuel , 612 Barratt, Fanny 230 Barrett, I. M 180 Baughman, A. H 116 Baughman, Mrs. Mary 117 Brougher, Daniel 664 Brougher, Mrs. Daniel 064 Buchanan, James 74 Butt, A. W 250 Carson, Rev. J. G 240 Cleveland, S, Grover 102 Chew, J. P 782 Collins, J. W 350 Evans, Isaac . .270 Farr, Volney A 804 Fillmore, Millard 66 Foos, William 20a Forgy, J. V " sfo Funk, C. C 884 Garfield, James A g4 Gaunce, M. M 510 Gerlaugh, C. L 470 Glass, Vincent 77° Grant, Ulysses S 86 Greene, John W 290 Grinnel', Frank 320 Hamilton, John W 310 Harrison, Benjamin 106 Harrison, William H 50 Hatch, Ebenezer 642 Hayes, Rutherford^ 90 Hocter, Rev. I. J 894 Hodge, J. M 530 Hodge, Mrs. Mary A 530 Holford, F 690 Hostetter, I. K 210 Hostetter, Mrs. LutiLia 260 Hotsenpiller, E. R 400 Howard, R. F 3C0 Hunter, William 75° Hunter, Mrs. Elizabeth*. .. 750 Irwin, Joseph V 280 Jackson, Andrew 44 Jackson, Andrew 480 Jameson, John 834 Jefferson, Thomas ;6 Johnson, Andrew. b? Johnson, C. T 330 Jones Ambrose bq6 Jones, Mrs, Eliza 696 Kauffman, Christ 684 Kelly, O. S 39a Kiler, A. G 824 Kilpatrick, R. L 430 Kinnane, John 602 Kinsman, Nathaniel 520 Kimble Giles 410 Klein, Jacob 794 Kneisly, John A 718 Leffel, Joseph 844 Lincoln, Abraham 78 Lutz, John 592 Madden, W. P .420 Madison, James 30 Marshall, O. W 45o McCarty, James 150 McKnight, David 71.8 McKnight, Margaret 674 Mill-r, Reuben 300 Mitchell Ross 582 Monroe, James 34 Mumper, A. W 652 Mumper, Mrs. Sarah, 653 Pierce, Franklin 70 Polk, James K 58 Rawlings, Hon. D. W 570 Ridgely, J. T 776 Rife, John 210 Rockel, William M 380 Ross, John A 622 Runyan, J. M 7CO Sshulte, C. H 874 Sheaff, Leonard 540 Sidley, Rev. William H 46o Sintz, Susan 738 Smith, A. H., Jr 440 Snider, Martin 864 Snider, Mrs. Elizabeth 864 Spahr, C. H 220 Steinmann, George 744 Stewart, James F 340 Stroud, Rev. Charles 130 Sutton. Wil'iam G i4Q Taylor , Zachary D2 Thompson, W. S 8I4 Tibbetts, E. N 788 Tyler, John 54 Van Buren, Martin 4e Van Tassell, W. H lfio Washington, George j8 Weller, John 370 Wilson, John H 5so Wilson, Thomas C ..490 Woodward, S. 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