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500 - CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES cause of his many sterling qualities and excellent traits of character. By the many years of practical experience in general farming and stock raising he has become proficient along those lines and has met with well deserved success. GREENLIEF NORTON COX. Mr. Greenlief Norton Cox, deceased, was one of the most prominent and influential farmers of Brown county, Ohio, was also a carpenter by trade, and his death, on October 17, 1912, removed one of the most prominent workers in the up-building of this county. Mr. Cox resided on a well cultivated farm on the Arnheim pike in Union township. He was born in Jefferson township, on Eagle creek, Brown county, Ohio, December 6, 1832, his parents being John and Freelove (Bennett) Cox. The father died March 9, 1859, and the mother December 3o, 1872. They both were natives of Virginia, John having served in the war of 1812. He was a large landowner and dealer in horses, selling to Cincinnati markets, residing near Russellville, Brown county. Mr. G. N. Cox was one of eleven children, all of whom but one sister are now deceased. He spent his boyhood on the farm and obtained a good practical education and grew up with the rude health an active, busy life on the farm produces. At the outbreak of the Civil war Mr. Cox was one of the first to offer his services in behalf of his country, enlisting in 1861, in the Fourth Independent Ohio cavalry, serving from July To, 1861, to February, 1862. Returning from the war, Mr. Cox was united in marriage on December 11, 1862, to Miss Sarah A. Henry, who was born in Pleasant township, Brown county, September 27, 1843, a daughter of James and Ruth Ann (Day) Henry, both natives of Brown county. James Henry was born in Byrd township, Brown county, April 22, 1820, and died. January 9, 1889. He was a resident of Jefferson township for the most of his life, but in his later years he resided in Union. township. He was very successful in his chosen calling, owning five farms, comprising some five hundred acres, and his success was due entirely to his own efforts and endeavor. His father, James Henry. was a son of James, who came from County Down, Ireland, and was among the first settlers of Brown county ; he was among CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES - 501 the first members of the First Presbyterian congregation of Ripley. All the members of the Henry family were Presbyterians and the men favored the principles of the Republican party. Ruth Ann (Day) Henry, mother of Mrs. Cox, was born July 10, 1822, and is a resident of Union township. She is a daughter of John and Rachel (Dye) Day. The former died at the age of seventy-five years, his birth having occurred in Maryland, and the latter, who lived to the advanced age of ninety-three years, died in 1873. She was a daughter of John Dye, a soldier of Revolutionary fame. Mrs. Cox is one of eleven children, including one pair of twins, eight of whom are living: Mrs. Cox, the eldest ; Rachel M. died at the age of fifty years ; James C., a farmer of Union township ; Ethelinda, wife of Alonzo Geeslin, resides in Union township ; John D. resides with his widowed mother in Union township ; William Frank, of Union township ; Joseph B., a farmer of Brown county, residing in Union township ; Edward died at the age of two months ; Charles F., of Georgetown, Ohio, and Mrs. Lucy Ann Benner, of Dayton, Ohio. Mrs. Cox is the mother of four children : William C., of Union township, married Sarah Miller, a sister of Robert W. Miller. They have one son, Albert H. Lola died April 28, 1900, at the age of thirty-three years. Charles H. operates the home farm. One child, who was the second in order of birth, died in infancy. Mr. Greenlief Norton Cox was a prominent member of the Grand Army of the Republic, Georgetown Post. During the war he was a bugler in the army under Captain Foster. He was prominent in the agricultural and social circles of Brown county and always took an active interest in all enterprises which tended to promote the public weal. S. CARY BEASLEY. Mr. S. Cary Beasley, one of the best known citizens of Brown county, is a representative farmer and stock raiser of Union township, where he owns a nicely improved and productive farm. He is a native of Brown county, his, birth hav- 502 - CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES ing taken place on June 12, 1865, his parents being Stephen Alfred and Nancy J. (Cluxton) Beasley. Jeptha Beasley, great-grandfather of Mr. Beasley of this mention, with his brothers, John, Benjamin and Nathaniel, left their native State of Virginia and came down the Ohio river in 1789. John Beasley settled and remained in Kentucky, while the others came on to Brown county. Jeptha settled in Union township in 1798 ; Benjamin settled on what is known as Beasley's Run in 1796, and was the first settler in Huntington township ; Nathaniel located at Decatur. They were prosperous in their various lines of endeavor, and were a credit to their father, Benjamin Beasley, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, whose gallant service won much admiration and praise. John Beasley, a son of Jeptha Beasley, was a justice of the peace for eighteen years in Union township, and married many couples. He was a cousin of the late Squire Massie Beasley, of Aberdeen, Ohio, who is reputed to have married some seventeen hundred couples during his service as justice of the peace. 'John Beasley married Miss Matilda Hamer, of a noted family of pioneers of Brown county. Stephen Alfred Beasley was born May I, 1825, and departed this life April 14, 1910, his parents being John and Matilda (Hamer) Beasley. He was an energetic and prosperous farmer, which business he made his life occupation. He was in favor of the principles of the Republican party, to which he gave his support during his entire life. Although his parents raised him in the belief of the Christian church, he later embraced the faith of the Methodist church. He was also a member of the Union Lodge, No. 71, Free and Accepted Masons. Nancy J. (Cluxton) Beasley was born in Adams county, Ohio, January 1, 1832, and still resides on the home farm, enjoying most excellent health for one of her years. She is a daughter of John and Nancy (Page) Cluxton. John Cluxton was born in County Down about 1790 and came with his parents to the great America when about nine years of age, or about 1800. His father passed away during the year of their arrival in Pennsylvania, and his mother brought the family west to Adams county, Ohio, where she died. The death of John Cluxton occurred in Adams county in 1852. Nancy (Page) Cluxton was born in Pennsylvania, at Con- CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES - 503 nellsville, which town her maternal grandfather, Zachariah Connells, laid out on land which he owned. Her parents were Rev. William and Mary (Connells) Page, the former of whom was a minister of the Methodist church and during his ministry assisted in the organization of many churches in Pennsylvania and Ohio. Stephen Alfred and Nancy J. (Cluxton) Beasley became the parents of four children : Adeline, who was the wife of John Garrett, of Toledo, Ohio, died in 1896, leaving two children, Orville and Raymond. Miss Celestia is at home. John, whose death took place November 5, 1904, left a family, whose sketch will appear elsewhere on these pages. Samuel Cary, the subject of this review. The details which have reached us concerning the boyhood and early youth of Mr. Beasley indicate that he was favored with the best educational advantages which his native locality afforded, and that he was reared in a home where frugality was encouraged and moral virtues extolled. In 1891, Mr. Beasley was united in marriage to Miss Hattie Martin, of Union township, a daughter of Samuel P. Martin. The family circle of Mr. and Mrs. Beasley consists of two children: Esther Rae, who after graduating from the Ripley High School, spent two years at the Ohio Wesleyan University, taking a course in art, giving especial attention to china painting. Martha, who is also a graduate of the Ripley High School, is at home, as is also her sister. The family home has been the present one since the year of 1889, the old home having been near the Mt. Air school house, in the eastern part of Union township, where Mr. Beasley was born. The present home was formerly the George Snedecker place, and was later owned by Lovell and Greenleaf Pickerell. The property is finely improved, Mr. Beasley and his father having done a great deal of it. Mr. Beasley devotes his time to general farming, raising grain and tobacco in connection with the raising of good stock. Mr. Beasley gives his political support to the progressive Republican party, and is well informed on all questions of public interest. Mr. and Mrs. Beasley and their daughters are active members of the Methodist church, to which they give liberally of their means. 504 - CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES Mr. S. Cary Beasley is the last of the name now living ir this section, where his forebears were among the pioneers. He is an exemplary citizen in both public and private life, and his friendly attitude to all has won him much esteem and admiration. THOMAS WHISNER. Mr. Thomas Whisner, whose splendid farm of one hundred and eighty-five well cultivated acres in Union township, located on the North Pole pike, Brown county, Ohio, proves his efficrency as a farmer and tobacco raiser, was born on Howard Ridge, on the lower Ripley and Bradyville pike, June 5, 1853, a son of Alex and Dicy Ann (Martin) Whisner. Alex Whisner was also a native of Brown county, his birth occurring in Union township in 1826, and his death, January 28, 1885. He was a son of Thomas Whisner, a cabinet maker, who also made coffins, and followed his trade for many years at Ripley, where he had a shop. Thomas Whisner was from Pennsylvania, and came from there to Brown county, others of the family following later. In later years, he devoted his attention to his farm, where he died. His wife was formerly a Miss Porter, and her death occurred in 185o, from cholera. Alex Whisner was in the vineyard business, having some six acres of grapes, from which he made a great deal of wine, making large shipments. He also had a large peach orchard. He was al ways an advocate of the principles of the Republican party and served in the home guards during the Civil war. He was one of the early Masons of Ripley. Dicy Ann (Martin) Whisner was born in Huntington township, Brown county, Ohio, November 17, 1825, and died November 19, 1911. She was a granddaughter of Absalom Martin, who was among the first settlers of Brown county, and was a great Bible student, and a member of the Methodist church, as was also his granddaughter. Her union with Mr. Alex Whisner was blessed with five sons and six daughters, ten of whom are living and are as follows : Clarinda, now Mrs. G. H. Smithson, of Birdsey, Ind.; Miss Isabell, still at home ; Thomas, our subject ; John, of Russellville, where he owns a large farm ; Miss Elizabeth, who is conducting a dress making establishment at Dayton, Ohio ; Samuel, a farmer of Union township ; Miss Ellen, died at the age of twenty-two CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES - 505 years ; Calvin, who is interested in the livery business at Ripley, operates the home farm ; Miss Anne, at home, as is also Miss Fredericka ; and Alexander, who is in the livery business at Ripley, and his wife was formerly Miss De Vore. Mr. Thomas Whisner was reared on the farm in Union township and has resided at his present home since 1882. He has spent the greater part of his life in farming, and at present has one of the finest and best cultivated farms in the county. He started in with his brother, John, with fifty acres and later bought him out. During the years that have followed, Mr. Whisner has added to his acreage and has made all the valuable improvements : his fine farm giving all the appearance of careful management. On October 6, 1882, Mr. Thomas Whisner was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Wiles, who was born in Union township, September 15, 1855, her parents being Joseph and Mary Ann (Kimball) Wiles. The Kimball family are now mainly in the west and are very successful in business. They were among the early settlers of Brown county, the family coming to Ohio from New Hampshire. Mary Ann (Kimball) Wiles passed from this life in 1906, at the age of eighty years. Joseph Wiles was born in Union township, a son of Christian Wiles, who came to Ohio from Pennsylvania, of Pennsylvania German descent. He flat boated down the Ohio river to Brown county. Mrs. Whisner is the oldest of six children : Carrie, died in infancy ; Sarah Ellis, at home, single ; Joseph Wiles, died at the age of seven years ; George, is a farmer of Union town- ship ; Moses, is operating the home place. Mr. and Mrs. Whisner have had born to them the following named children : Joseph E., aged thirty years, is at home. He married Miss Hattie Henry, and they have two children, Imogene and Helen. Audrey and Ora, twins, are twenty-eight years old, the former of whom was married March 22, 1913, to William Buchanan, a farmer in Huntington township, and the latter is the wife of Clifford Radabaugh, residing at Sharonville, Ohio, he being a bookkeeper and general manager of a storage business at Cincinati ; and they have one child, Eda May. Harriet, twenty-four years of age, is the wife of John Heglin, of Detroit, Mich., where he is engaged in a detective office as a bookkeeper. 506 - CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES Albert, eighteen years old and Roy, fifteen years old, are at home. Orville, died at the age of eighteen months. In politics, Mr. Whisner is a zealous supporter of the Republican principles, and his worth has been recognized o more than one occasion by his party. The social relations of Mr. Whisner are with the Blu Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and Chapter of Ripley The daughters, Audrey and Harriet, are members of the Orde of Eastern Star of Ripley. The family of Mr. Whisner attend the Methodist church a Fitch's chapel in Union township. Mr. Whisner is a man of wide acquaintance throughout the county, and is held in the highest esteem. SAMUEL HIETT MARTIN. Mr. Samuel Hiett Martin, a progressive farmer and stock raiser of Brown county, Ohio, owns and operates a splendidly improved farm of one hundred and two acres on North Pole pike in Huntington township. He was born in Union township, Brown county, May 6, 1867, a son of Ephriam and Ruth (Hiett) Martin, the latter of whom was a daughter of Major and Sarah Hiett, and died in September, 1907. Ephraim Martin was born in Union township, Brown county, June 22, 1836, and is now living in retirement at his home in Huntington township, where he has resided for the past thirty-eight years. He is a son of Samuel and (Campbell) Martin, who were from Kentucky. Mr. Samuel H. Martin is one of seven children, of whom four brothers and two sisters are living, namely : Elijah, who was born in 1863, died in childhood ; William, born June 2, 1865, is a farmer of Huntington township, Brown county ; Samuel, our subject ; John C., who was born August 13, 1869, and George W., who was born September 7, 1871, are operating the home farm in Huntington township, the latter of whom married Miss Laura Arn, daughter of John Arn, an early resident of Brown county ; Sallie, born July 28, 1876, wife of Joseph Cooper, a farmer of Huntington township ; Lorena, born January 5, 1880, is the wife of James Stephenson, of Dayton, Ohio, with the National Cash Register Company. Mr. Samuel Hiett was reared on the farm which was his CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES - 507 home for twenty-five years, and received a good common school education. He was united in marriage to Miss Clara Jane Fulton, on the 21st of December, 1892, she being a daughter of Joseph and Catherine (Cooper) Fulton, both of whom are deceased. They were resident farmers of Huntington township, Brown county. Mrs. Martin is one of seven children : Cora, who was born in 1862, is at home with her brother, Joseph ; Cooper, born in Huntington township, in 1864, married Grace Sutton ; Titus B., born in 1866, is a farmer of Huntington township, and married Jennie Ellis ; Margaret, born October 13, 1868, died November 24, 1911 ; Clara J., wife of Mr. Martin of this review, was born November 3, 1870 ; Charles D. Fulton was born in 1872, and married Annie Griffith, he being a farmer of Huntington township ; Joseph C., born 1877. The mother had three children by a former marriage to William Riggs, and they are, Emily, now Mrs. John Buchanan ; Samuel, of Huntington township ; and Wylie, deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Martin are the parents of twin daughters, Cora Belle and Ruth Lee, the latter of whom died when an infant ; birth occurred December 15, 1899. In politics, Mr. Martin is an active Republican, as have been all the family. Both Mr. and Mrs. Martin are members of the Christian church, Hiett's chapel. The years spent in Brown county have been profitable ones for Mr. Martin, and he enjoys the respect and esteem of the community in which he lives. SAMUEL DRAGOO. Mr. Samuel Dragoo, deceased, was for many years a promi nent farmer and stock-raiser of Brown county, Ohio, an( was held in high esteem by the citizens of his community for his many sterling traits of character. He was born in Unior township, March 16, 1816, and passed from this life June 18 1884. He was a son of Daniel and Susan (Bayne) Dragoo both natives of Virginia, and born in the same year, 1780. Belchazzer Dragoo, great-grandfather of Samuel, was bort in Virginia and removed at a very early age to Mason county Kentucky. Later he located on three hundred acres of lam in Brown county, which he donated to the Shakers, which 508 - CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES organization he and three daughters and one son joined. The son, Benjamin, was reared by the Shakers and in early manhood came to Ripley, Ohio, where he resided until his death, at the age of seventy-seven years. His parents both died with the Shakers near Cincinnati, aged ninety-seven and ninety years, respectively. Daniel Dragoo died September 1, 1837, and his wife departed this life June 12, 1854. Samuel Dragoo was reared on the farm and was married, February 8, 1837, to Miss Rachel A. Day, daughter of John and Rachel Day. Her birth occurred June 20, 1820, and to her union with Mr. Dragoo were born nine children, of whom six are living: George, of Tarkio, Mo.; Scott, of Langdon, Mo.; Samuel, of El Paso, Tex.; Daniel, of Kansas ; Mrs. Thomas Shelton, of Adams county, Ohio, and Mrs. J. H. Evans, of Union township, Brown county, Ohio. Those deceased were : John ; William S.; Jane (Dragoo) Lawrie, all of whom were residents of Brown county. Mr. Samuel Dragoo resided on the old Dragoo homestead for a period of sixty-six years, removing to the home on the Russellville pike in the spring of 1882, where he remained until his death. This farm consisted of two hundred and fifteen acres and was a finely cultivated property. He was a standard Republican and he and Mrs. Dragoo were members of the Christian church. JOHN BUCHANAN. Mr. John Buchanan, who owns one of the best and most highly cultivated farms, consisting of one hundred and fifty-eight acres, on the Ripley & Bradyville pike in Huntington township, Brown county, Ohio, possesses the respect and esteem of the entire community in which he lives. He was born July 2, 1853, in Huntington township, and is a son of Thomas and Ellen (Hiett) Buchanan, a more extended mention of whom appears on another page of this history. The boyhood and youth of Mr. John Buchanan was spent on the farm of his father and as the years passed became pr,-, ficient in all the details of farm life under his father's in - struction. He received a good education in the schools of his native county. Mr. Buchanan was united in marriage, January 16, 1876. CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES - 509 to Miss Emily C. Riggs, who was born in Moundsville. W. Va,. but whose childhood was spent in Huntington township, where her parents, Mathias and Catherine Ann (Cooper) Riggs, removed when she was a babe. She has one brother, Samuel Riggs, who is a resident farmer of Huntington township. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Buchanan consists of ten children, of whom one daughter, the seventh in order of birth, is deceased. The others are as follows: Charles Foster, a druggist of Los Angeles, Cal., married Miss Emma Markwell, of California, and they have one child. Catherine Ellen is the wife of James Brookover, of near Manchester, Adams county, Ohio. Chester Arthur, of Adams county, Ohio, is a farmer and married Miss Faye Shelton, daughter of Thomas Shelton, and is the youngest of twelve children, all of whom are married. They have one son. Ruth, wife of Fred K. Rousch, of Manchester, is the mother of two children. Cora, wife of Douglas Hall, of Newport, Ky., where Mr. Hall is associated with his father in the coal and gravel business. They have an infant daughter. Roy is attending the Columbus Agricultural College. Mabel died in infancy. Ola, William H. and Joseph Thomas are at home. Mr. Buchanan is a staunch Republican and is interested in all questions of public good, but does not care for public office. Mr. and Mrs.. Buchanan are members and liberal supporters of the Hiett's Chapel Christian Church. MRS. IDA DRAGOO WILSON. Mrs. Ida Dragoo Wilson, widow of the late Mr. W. K. Wilson, is a representative of a prominent family of Virginia, her parents being Jonah and Sophia (McCoppin) Cadwallader. Her birth occurred at Lynchburg, Highland county, Ohio, in 1864. Jonah Cadwallader was born at Lynchburg, Va., in 1816, and when two years of age was brought by his parents to Highland county, Ohio, where he was reared and educated_ 510 - CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES He became a teacher, which profession he followed for thirty-five years. He was a thoroughly self-made man and was a great student and reader. He filled the position of principal of the Lynchburg schools for several years. He died at the age of fifty-nine years, in 1875, and his wife, who was born in 1831, departed this life in 1874. They were members of the Methodist church and were active in all worthy enterprises. Mr. W. K. Wilson was horn December 30, 1865, and was a son of Cornelius and Josephine (Games) Wilson, the former of whom is deceased and the latter is now the widow of the late Thomas Bick. She resides at the home of Mr. Homer Wilson, in Huntington township. W. K. Wilson was an extensive stockman and gave especial attention to the raisi ng of fine draft horses. He resided at the Cornelius Wilson homestead until about eleven years prior to his demise. He was a Democrat and took a citizen's interest in political affairs. He favored the Christian church and gave liberally to the support of that denomination. Mrs. Wilson's first marriage occurred on November 3, 1889, to Mr. John H. Dragoo, son of John M. and Amanda J. (Hiett) Dragoo, both of old families mentioned elsewhere. To this union were born two children, one of whom died in infancy, and Frank C. is at home. Mr. Dragoo was a successful farmer and owned a large part of the old Hiett farm in Huntington township, and it is still owned by Mrs. Wilson and her son, Frank C. Dragoo. Mr. Dragoo was a member of the Odd Fellows and belonged to the Hiett Chapel Church. He was a grandson of Samuel Dragoo. The union of Mr. W. K. and Ida Wilson was blessed with one son, Edwin Glenn, who is still at home. Mrs. Wilson is well known in Huntington township and enjoys the respect and esteem of a large host of friends who admire her for her sterling qualities. HOMER G. WILSON. Mr. Homer G. Wilson may be classed among the most prominent and enterprising young farmers of Brown county, Ohio, where he owns and operates a finely improved farm about three-quarters of a mile east of Hiett's Chapel, in CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES - 511 Huntington township. Mr. Wilson is a native of Brown county, his birth having occurred on the old home farm, January 3, 1874, a son of Cornelius and Josephine (Games) Wilson. Cornelius Wilson was born in Huntington township, January 29, 1829, and departed this life April 3, 1894. His parents were Stephen and Mary (Laney) Wilson, both natives of Virginia, where they were married and were among the first of the early settlers of Brown county, locating in Huntington township, where they resided the remaining years of their lives. Cornelius Wilson was a successful and progressive farmer and business man and owned two hundred and twenty-five acres of land, which he put into a high state of cultivation. His marriage to Miss Josephine Games occurred in 1858, and they resided mainly on the farm in Huntington township. He was a member of Hickory Ridge Christian Church and was a man of sterling worth. Josephine Games was born in Huntington township, May 27, 1843, a daughter of John W. and Sarah (Haynes) Games natives of Maryland and Virginia, respectively. John W. Games was born March 22, 1785, and died August 22, 1856. His wife, Sarah, was born December 27, 1803, and passed from this life January 4, 1874. Seven children came into the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Wilson : Lillie Lee, born November 21, 1859, became the wife of Charles Howland, and her death occurred March I, 1897, leaving seven children. Sallie Mary, born August 25, 1861, died at the age of eleven months. John M., born August 12, 1863, died August 5, 1909, leaving a wife, nee Miss Sallie, and three children, now of Cleveland, Ohio. William K., born December 30, 1865, died in March, 1908, leaving a widow, Mrs. Ida Dragoo Wilson, and one son, Edwin, a sketch of whom will be found on other pages of these volumes. Annie L., born April 8, 1868, is now in California. Lucinda R., born January 3, 1871, died August 20, 1896. Homer G., our subject. Mr. Homer G. Wilson spent six years in Warren county, but most of his life thus far has been spent in Brown county on the farm. He received a good common school education and has devoted most of his attention to the pursuits of agriculture. 512 - CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES The marriage of Mr. H. G. Wilson to Miss Essie Geesli occurred October 22, 1905. She is a native of Byrd township Brown county, her natal day being January 20, 1876, and he parents being Albert A. and Phoebe (Milligan) Geeslin, wh reside near the Campbell school in Byrd township. In th family circle of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are two children : Howard Jennings, born April 4, 1908. Woodrow, born November 2, 1912. In politics, Mr. Wilson is in favor of the men and measure, of the Democratic party. JOHN BURBAGE. Mr. John Burbage, one of the extensive stock raisers and farmers of Brown county, owns a beautiful tract of two hundred and ninety-six acres on Hickory Ridge, near Fellowship Chapel, in Huntington township. He raises a great deal of stock and has two hundred and fifty acres in fine pasture. Mr. Burbage was born in Adams county, Ohio, near Decatur, March 14, 1871, and is a son of Stephen and Lydia (Reeves) Burbage, both residents of Decatur, where they are conducting farming and stock raising, the former born in 1846 and the latter in 1848. John Burbage is the eldest of three children, the others being: James F., who was born February 29, 1875, is a farmer of Adams county, Ohio; Mary, who was born in 1873, married first, John Rickey, and later married again and resides at Detroit, Mich. Mr. Burbage spent his boyhood and youth on the farm of his parents, remaining at home until he had reached his twenty-first year. When he had reached mature years, he was united in marriage to Miss Bettie Jenkins, the ceremony being solemnized on the 18th of January, 1893. She was born on the farm which is her present home, and is a daughter of William and Eliza (Butts) Jenkins. William Jenkins was born in Pennsylvania, March 27, 1818, and at the age of four years came with his parents, William and Hannah (Jury) Jenkins, to Ohio, where they located in Huntington township. The father and mother conducted a farm in connection with a hotel on Hickory Ridge. William Jenkins, Sr., donated the first acre and his two daughters the CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES - 513 remainder of the Hickory Ridge cemetery, which is well cared for and kept up by a cemetery association. Eliza (Butts) Jenkins was born in Jefferson township, Brown county, June 16, 1835, and died February 12, 191o. She was a daughter of Aaron and Betty (McCarthy) Butts, the latter of whom was born in 1804, and died in January, 1896. Eliza Butts married first, Mr. Eli Carter, and to their union was born one child, Ida, who is now Mrs. George Morris, and is residing near West Union, Adams county, Ohio. Aaron Butts was born in 1814, and resided with his father, Samuel Butts, and the family, near Georgetown, Ohio, where the latter owned a farm. Aaron Butts died in February, 1894, having followed farming as an occupation all of his active life. Mrs. John Burbage had nine half-brothers and sisters, of whom six are living. Her father's first marriage was with Olivine Redman, and their children are as follows : William, deceased ; Martha J. (Bowman), of Adams county, Ohio ; Lucinda, deceased ; Maurice L., of Huntington township, Brown county ; Bell (Brumley), of Liberty township, Adams county, Ohio ; Henry, of Huntington township, Brown county, Ohio ; Olivine (Adamson), of Spriggs township, Adams county, Ohio ; Abner, of Adams county, Ohio; and Minerva, deceased. Mrs. Burbage is the oldest of the second family and was born July 29, 1874; Aaron, born October to, 1876, died February 16, 1879; and Edgar, born July 8, 1877, died September 28, 1883. Mr. and Mrs. Burbage have resided at their present home farm since their marriage, and to their union have been born eight children, of whom six are now living, the names being as follows : William Arthur, who was born May 7, 1894, died July 29, 1895. Le Roy, born October 22, 1895. Etta Mirl, born February 6, 1898. George Ernest, born April 4, 1901. Ruth Ellen, born August 16, 1904. Thomas J., born October 3, 1906. Eldon Lloyd, born July 10, 1909. Morman, born June 12, 1912, died June 15, 1912. Wayne F., born June 24, 1913. Mr. Burbage votes for the men and measures of the Democratic party, and served as land appraiser in 1910. He ap- 514 - CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES praised Huntington township, which was the first appraisement in ten years. The social relations of our subject are with the Masonic order of Aberdeen, the Knights of Pythias and the Odd Fellows, also of Aberdeen, Ohio. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Burbage attend the Christian church, he giving generously toward the support of that de nomination. Mr. John Burbage is recognized in his locality as an authority on stock raising, his success in this line of business ha: been so very marked. He is a good citizen, and takes an active interest in all that tends to promote the welfare of the community. WILLIAM M. GARDNER. Mr. William M. Gardner, one of the prominent and reliable farmers and raisers of fine stock in Brown county, is a resident living near Decatur in Byrd township, on a farm which has been in the possession of some member or descendant of the Henry family since 1854. Mr. Gardner is an energetic and representative agriculturist and is well and favorably known throughout this section of the county. He was born in Union township, Brown county, September 18, 1868, and is a son of John W. Gardner, whose life record appears on another page of this work. William M. Gardner resided at the home of his father until his marriage, and thus obtained a good education in practical farming, which has been of great help to him in his occupation of farmer. Mr. William M. Gardner was united in marriage on December 7, 1904, to Miss Agnes Stevenson, who was born in 1874, her parents being John and Mary Adeline (Henry) Stevenson, the latter of whom was born in Brown county in October, 1834, and died in June, 1908, a daughter of Samuel and Phoebe (Moore) Henry, the former of whom was born in 1798, and died in July, 1864, and the latter of whom was born in 1808, and died in September, 1892. She was a daughter of William and Mary (Curry) Moore. John Stevenson was born near Decatur, Ohio, April 3, 1834, and departed this life February 19, 1903. He was a man of more than ordinary literary ability and was a contributor CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES - 515 to the "Ripley Bee" for over forty years, under the non-deplume of "You Bet !" He was prominent in public life in Brown county for many years, and was well versed in the law, although he did not engaged in the practice of the profession. He served for years in the capacity of justice of the peace in a most satisfactory manner. September 16, 1861, found Mr. Stevenson a member of Company C, Fifty-ninth regiment, Ohio volunteers, and for three full years he served his country faithfully and well. In 1865, he united with the Presbyterian church, and became one of its most active and useful members. He was a son of Joseph and Nancy (Geeslin) Stevenson, the latter of whom was born in 1812, on Lee creek, near Washington, Mason county, Kentucky, and came with her parents to Ohio, in 1818, where she died in 1898. Joseph Stevenson was born in Brown county in 1804 and died in 1882. He was a merchant and postmaster of Decatur and was the youngest son of Robert and Elizabeth (Baird) Stevenson, the former of whom was born in Maryland in 1759, and the latter of whom was born in 1761. They came to Brown county from Hagerstown, Maryland, and settled near Decatur, bringing with them one child, the others in the family being natives of Brown county. Mrs. Gardner has the following named brothers and sisters : Luella, who married Charles Henry, resides in the home erected by Samuel Henry, although there is no relationship ; Helen, who married C. P. Neel, he being deceased; Samuel Henry ; Joseph, of near Decatur ; John W.; and Phoebe, wife of Earl Jackson, of Morocco, Ind. JOSEPH A. DYER. Among the prominent and energetic farmers of Sterling township, Brown county, Ohio, none is more deserving of honorable mention than the gentleman whose name heads this sketch. Mr. Dyer owns a well improved farm of one hundred acres, which he has put in a splendid state of cultivation. He was born on this same farm, December 3, 1862, a son of Benjamin and Jane (Addenbrook) Dyer. Benjamin F. Dyer was born in Henry county, Virginia, in 1836 and died December 1, 1894. He was reared until the age 516 - CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES of sixteen years in Virginia, and there acquired a good common school education. He then ran away from home, joining the John Robinson circus, with whom he traveled for a period of four years. He finally tired of this life and located on a farm adjoining the Addenbrook farm, and there met and married, in 1861, to Miss Jane Addenbrook. He followed the occupation of general farmer and stock raiser, being also a turnpike, bridge and mail contractor. From January, 1879, to May, 188o, he filled the office of warden of the Ohio penitentiary, and served again from 1890 to 1892, under Governor Campbell. He served in the capacity of treasurer of Brown county from 1882 to 1886, and his residence during the terms of office was at Columbus and Georgetown, Ohio. His declining years were spent at Georgetown, where he rested from active labors until his decease. Benjamin F. Dyer was a Democrat in politics, and fraternally was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was in favor of the faith of the Baptist church, and was in every way a most highly esteemed citizen of the county. Jane (Addenbrook) Dyer was a native of Brown county, her birth occurring in 1839, and her death in two. She was a daughter of Henry and Louise Addenbrook, both of whom were natives of Staffordshire, England, where they were married. About 1830, they left the home of their nativity and coming to America located on what is now Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, where they secured one hundred acres of land. He sold this property for two thousand dollars—now worth many hundred times as much. He invested in this farm in Sterling township, Brown county, Ohio, and the land has since been in the family. Mr. Addenbrook followed the occupation of general farming during his active life, and met with a good degree of success. He was a consistent member of the Christian church, and was active in all worthy enterprises. The union of Benjamin F. and Jane (Addenbrook) Dyer was blessed with four children, of whom Joseph A., of this mention, is the oldest ; Mary L., wife of William M. Thompson, a lawyer and ex-State Senator, residing at Columbus, Ohio ; Thomas H., of Allegheny, Pa., is associated with the Nelson-Morris Packing Company, and married Miss Eva Yohe, and Hattie, who married first Dr. J. A. Parker, who died in 1900, and she married a second time, and is now residing in Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Joseph A. Dyer received a good education in the high CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES - 517 schools of Williamsburg and Columbus, Ohio. He spent most of his active life in Brown county, thus far, and by his study of the political issues of the day has always taken an active interest in politics. He served as deputy county treasurer from 1882 to 1886, under his father, Benjamin F. Dyer, and has also filled the various township offices, including the county blind commission. He was associated with the Swift Company from 1892 to 1894, and for the past eighteen years he has given his entire attention to the management of his farm and the raising of a good grade of stock. Mr. Joseph A. Dyer married in Clermont county, Ohio, Miss Emma Britton, who is a native of Brown county, and a daughter of Burwell Britton, a prominent lawyer and farmer. In the family of Mr. and Mrs. Dyer has been born one daughter, Clara A., wife of Homer A. Martin, residing on the home farm. They have an infant son, Joseph Dyer Martin, born April 7, 1913. The improvements on the farm of Mr. Dyer were made by his maternal grandfather, and the barn, which was erected in 1837, is in fine condition. He is interested in various enterprises, including a directorship in the First National Bank of Williamsburg. Socially, Mr. Dyer has membership with the Clermont Social Lodge, No. 29, Free and Accepted Masons, of Williamsburg. Mr. Dyer and the family attend the Methodist church. Mr. Dyer is thoroughly practical in his methods and understands his business in every particular, hence meets with success. He is a useful citizen and an honorable man and enjoys the high regard of all with whom he is associated. JAMES A. CUMBERLAND. Among the successful citizens of Brown county, Ohio, whose prosperity is due largely to their own energy and perseverance, are James A. Cumberland and wife, who own and operate a well cultivated farm of four hundred and fifty acres in Pike township. In connection with his business as general farmer Mr. Cumberland gives much attention to the raising of good grade stock, more especially to Shropshire and Delane sheep. He was born in Highland county, Ohio, near Sicily, January 5, 1851, and is a son of Thomas and Sarah (Starr) Cumberland. 518 - CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES Thomas Cumberland was born in Highland county, Ohio, January 15, 1817, and died November 23, 1863, after a useful and active life as a general farmer, in which business he met with well deserved success. He was a staunch Republican in politics and was a devout member of the Presbyterian church. He was a son of Thomas Cumberland, who was born in western Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, and came to Brown county before 1800, residing on Red Oak creek for a time, then removing to Highland county, where he lived until his death, in 1857, at the age of about eighty-three years. He was a soldier in the war of 1812 and was a son of the first of the name in America, his father having been born in Ireland, settling first in Pennsylvania. Sarah (Starr) Cumberland was born near Hillsboro, Highland county, Ohio, in 1821, and died in her native county, July 14, 1898. She was an earnest member of the Presbyterian church and was a daughter of John and Rebecca (Walker) Starr, both natives of Greenbriar county, Virginia. They came to Ohio in youth, in 1818, with their parents and grandparents, and their marriage occurred at Hillsboro, Highland county. John Starr was a son of Aleck Starr, whose wife was a daughter of Alexander Hanson, who also lived in Highland county. Sarah (Starr) Cumberland was one of eight children, one of whom, Mrs. Julia Garner, of Lynchburg, Ohio, is living. A brother of Aleck Starr owned some six hundred acres of land situated on the site of the present city of Baltimore, Md. He leased this land for ninety-nine years, about 1804. After the expiration of the lease the courts advertised for heirs and thousands of "Stars" responded. In the family of Mr. Thomas and Sarah (Starr) Cumberland were eleven children, whose names are as follows : William, of Mobile, Ala., aged seventy-two years. John, of Salina, Kan., is sixty-six years of age. Joseph, of Lynchburg, Ohio, is sixty-four years of age. James A., the subject of this mention, is sixty-two years old. Granville B., of Columbiana county, Ohio, is sixty years old. Samantha, aged sixty-eight, is the widow of Riley Hall, of Sardinia, Brown county, Ohio. Sarah Belle, aged fifty-seven, is the wife of Robert Peddicord, of Sicily, Highland county, Ohio. Mary, widow of Dr. M. W. Hayes, resides at Norwood, Ohio, and is fifty-one years of age. CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES - 519 Three children died in infancy. James A. Cumberland was reared to farm life, and as the years passed, became proficient in the labor of the fields. He remained at the parental home in Highland county until his marriage, which occurred in 1876, after which event he removed to Brown county. The union of Mr. Cumberland and Miss Caroline Dunn was solemnized in Brown county, where she was born, February 20, 1856, her parents being James H. and Elizabeth (Day) Dunn, both early residents of Brown county and both now deceased. Mr. Dunn was born in northeastern Ohio, in 18o8, and died at the age of ninety-one years.. Mrs. Dunn died at the age of seventy-seven years and was a native of Clermont county, Ohio. Mrs. Cumberland is the youngest of eleven children, all of whom lived to a marriageable age and all had families before the death of either parent. They are as follows : Ira died recently at the age of seventy-eight years ; Abbie (Calvin) resides at Mt. Orab at the age of eighty past ; Julia (Tracy), aged seventy-eight years, resides at Georgetown, Ohio ; Elizabeth (Courts), aged seventy-three years, died near Georgetown, Ohio, in 1912 ; Perry T. died in 1911, about seventy years of age, near Mt. Orab, Ohio ; Orman, of Georgetown, is sixty- nine years old and is retired ; Ellen (Vance), aged sixty-seven, resides at Macon, Brown county,. Ohio ; James, who is sixty- five, years of age, resides at Washington Court House, Ohio ; John, who is sixty-two years of age, resides in Sardinia, Ohio ; Joseph, aged sixty years, resides at Georgetown, Ohio ; and Mrs. Cumberland, wife of our subject. Mr. and Mrs. Cumberland have three children : Vida Belle, wife of Charles Muir, of Indianapolis, where Mr. Muir is a wholesale milliner. They are the parents of two children, Dwight and Dorothy. Fannie, wife of W. L. Plummer, a druggist of Sardinia, Ohio. They have one child, Thomas. Clark D. is a farmer and is associated in the operation of the home farm. His wife was formerly Miss Alice Hauk, who died in 1912, leaving one daughter, Virginia Ruth, aged four years. In this sketch are mentioned seven generations. When Mr. Cumberland came to Brown county, in 1876, he had very little capital with which to begin farming, but his wife inherited two hundred and fifty-eight acres of land, to which they have added at different times until they now have 520 - CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES a fine farm, which Mr. Cumberland has greatly improved. H has devoted his entire time and attention to the business c an agriculturalist and is recognized as a first-class farmer an stock raiser. Politically, Mr. Cumberland is an old-line Republican and has served on the school board, being interested in educational matters, having taught school in Highland, Adams and Brown counties in his younger days. Socially, Mr. Cumberland is a member of the Masonic Lodge No. 434, of Mt. Orab, and is past master. He is a mem ber of the Knights of Pythias, also, at Mt. Orab. Religiously, Mr. Cumberland embraces the faith of the Presbyterian church, while Mrs. Cumberland believes in the creed of the Methodist church. S. B. SHELDON S. B. Sheldon, M. D., one of the prominent physicians and surgeons of Brown county, Ohio, and one who has reached this position through manly endeavor and a most strenuous life, is a citizen in which Brown county takes great pride. Dr. Sheldon has practiced his profession at Five-Mile, Sterling township, Brown county, for the past forty-four years, and by his skill, attention and fidelity, he has endeared himself to all with whom he has been associated. The birth of Dr. Sheldon took place at Bantam, Clermont county, and his natal day is December 16, 1842. He is a son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Bradbury) Sheldon. Thomas Sheldon was a native of New jersey, his birth having occurred August 11, 1807, and his death on the 31st of March, 1884. He came west when about the age of seventeen years, locating at Cincinnati for a time, and later removed to Bantam, Clermont county, Ohio, where he read law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced his profession in the county court ; was one of the three judges of the county court for some two terms. Mr. Sheldon was a minister of the Christian church for many years and held the office of clerk of the Southern Ohio Christian Conference for over thirty years, the oldest clerk in the State at the time. He removed to Brown county, in 1853, and purchased a farm in Sterling township, his home until his decease. He was, a Whig and an old-line CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES - 521 Republican in politics and held the various offices in the township, including justice of the peace. He was a son of Thomas and Mary (Burr) Sheldon, who came from New Jersey to Darke county, Ohio, where Thomas Sheldon, Sr., conducted a grist and saw mill at Eaton, Ohio, until their passing. The Sheldon family is of English descent, three brothers of the name coming together to America from England. The Sheldons in America are all related and all had large families. Elizabeth (Bradbury) Sheldon was from New England, coming to Clermont county, Ohio, with her parents, Samuel Bradbury and wife, the former of whom was probably a farmer, and died in the 1830's. Elizabeth Bradbury was born in 1811 and died in November, 1866. She was the mother of six children, of whom one sister of our subject is living—Mrs. Anna Connor, wife of Taylor Connor, of near Crosstown, Sterling township. Those deceased are : Mary, married David McMullen ; Caroline, married Absalom Scott ; Elizabeth, married Rev. C. W. Garoutte, of the Christian church ; and Lydia, married Alfred Connor. Dr. Sheldon received the education afforded by the schools of the country and at Amelia, Clermont county, Ohio. He was but nineteen years of age when he enlisted in Company G, Forty-eighth regiment, Ohio volunteers, at Camp Dennison, in defense of his country. He served first in Gen. W. T. Serman's division for about one year, and after the battle of Corinth was transferred to the Thirteenth corps, under General McClernand. Dr. Sheldon participated in many engagements, among which were Shiloh, through advance movements, and the siege of Corinth, in front of Vicksburg, up the Yazoo river, Arkansas Post (or Fort Hindman), at Port Gibson, at Champion Hills, Black River Bridge, at Crossing of Black River, and all through the siege of Vicksburg, including the assault of May 22, 1863. After the fall of Vicksburg, he went to Jackson, where he participated all through the campaign. Later he was transferred to the Gulf Department and went to Texas, and thence to, Louisiana, where he was placed on detached service and sent to Columbus. His regiment was taken prisoners at Shreveport, but he was not with them, as he had remained at Columbus, and was discharged January 17, 1865, never having been seriously injured. At the close of the war Dr. Sheldon returned to his home, and, in 1866, took up the study of medicine with Dr. A. F. Deniston, of Westborough, Ohio. In March, 1869, he grad- 522 - CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES uated at Miami Medical College, of Cincinnati, and at once began the practice of his profession at his present home, and has continued to the present time. During his entire life thus far he has enjoyed the very best of health. Dr. Sheldon was united in marriage to Mrs. Ruth A. Hockett, who was born in Cincinnati, and is a sister of Dr. A. E. Deniston and a daughter of James S. and Elizabeth (Dilley) Deniston, who were from New Jersey. James S. Deniston was a prominent business man of Cincinnati for many years and was also a resident of Clinton county, Ohio, for some time, his death occurring at Columbus in 1864. Mrs. Sheldon's brother, Dr. A. F. Deniston, past eighty years of age, is still practicing his profession at Westboro, Ohio. They two are the only ones of the family now living. Dr. Sheldon erected the substantial home many years ago and the farm is located on the Marathon and Buford pike. He has a step-daughter, Hattie M., whose husband, Harry L. Apgear, is a clerk in a store at Mt. Orab and owns two farms in Sterling township. The political views of Dr. Sheldon are in accord with those of the Republican party and he has filled the various local offices. The fraternal affiliations of Dr. Sheldon are with the Masonic order, at Williamsburg, and he is a member of the Clermont Social Lodge No. 29, Free and Accepted Masons. He is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, at Mt. Orab, and of Lynchburg Encampment. He has been pension examiner for twenty years. Dr. and Mrs. Sheldon are members of the Five-Mile Christian Church and are active in all worthy affairs of that denomination. Dr. Sheldon is a prominent member of the Brown County, the Ohio State, and the American Medical societies. An enthusiast in his profession and one whose ability is recognized generally in this section, Dr. Sheldon is also a good citizen and takes an active interest in all that promotes the welfare of Brown county. ALLEN HUTCHINSON. Mr. Allen Hutchinson, a prominent farmer and stockman, and highly respected citizen of Sterling township, Brown county, owns a fine, fertile farm of one hundred and four acres, CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES - 523 which he has splendidly improved. He was born in Jackson township, Clermont county, Ohio, September 14, 1870, and is a son of Enoch and Serene (Jester) Hutchinson. Enoch Hutchinson was born in Williamsburg township, Clermont county, Ohio, in 1847, and died in 1877 at the age of thirty years. He was a son of Robert and Jemima (Harlow) Hutchinson. The former died about 1893 and the latter is a resident of Williamsburg township at the advanced age of ninety-five years. Robert Hutchinson was an Eastern gentleman by birth, and the Harlow family was among the first settlers of Jackson township. Enoch Hutchinson was a farmer by business and a soldier in the Cicil war, in the same company with Dr. Redrow, mentioned elsewhere. He was one of six children: William, of Norwood, Ohio ; Frank, who is now deceased, was a soldier in the cavalry during the Civil war : J. W., of Williamsburg township, a teacher for many years in the county ; and Enoch, the youngest. Serene (Jester) Hutchinson was a native of Jackson township, Clermont county, and died about 1875, a young woman. She was a daughter of Isaac and Phoebe Jester, who came to Clermont from New Jersey in pioneer days, being among the first families to locate in this section. The boyhood of Mr. Allen Hutchinson was spent on his father's farm in Clermont county, and his mental training was obtained in the district schools, which was afterward completed in normal school at Danville, Ind. For a period of twelve years following his graduation from the normal school he was engaged in teaching in both Clermont and Brown counties. Mr. Hutchinson married Miss Cora Hutton, a native of Sterling township, Brown county, and is a daughter of John Hutton, a farmer and stock-raiser. John Hutton was born in Brown county, Ohio, March 24, 1850, and is a son of William and Julia A. (Hesler) Hutton. Since the age of two years Mr. Hutton has resided on his present farm in Sterling township and has followed farming successfully all his life. He is a Republican and has served in the various local offices. He is a son of William and Julia A. (Hesler) Hutton, the former of whom was born in Fleming county, Kentucky, October 3o, 1805, and whose death occurred May 26, 1879, in Brown county, where he settled in 1829. He was a carpenter and builder and in later years engaged in farming. Julia A. (Hesler) Hutton was born in Bracken 524 - CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES county, Kentucky, February 22, 1809, and died in Brown county, Ohio, May 31, 1890. Her father died in Kentucky and her mother married Mr. Fite and removed to Brown county. Maggie (Conner) Hutton was born and reared in Sterling township, and is a daughter of Ira and Melinda (Arthur) Conner, early residents of Brown county, coming from Vermont. To the union of John and Maggie (Conner) Hutton have been born three children : Myra, wife of Delmer Waite, a prominent stockman of Williamsburg, Ohio ; Mrs. Allen Hutchinson ; and Miss Bertha, at home. Mr. Allen Hutchinson votes the Republican ticket and is interested in all educational matters, having served as a member and president of the board of education of Sterling township. Socially, Mr. Hutchinson is a member of Clermont Social Lodge No. 29, Free and Accepted Masons, of Williamsburg, and both he and Mrs. Hutchinson are members of the Order of the Eastern Star. In religious matters, Mr. and Mrs. Hutchinson are active members and liberal supporters of the Methodist church, of Taylors Chapel. For the past eighteen years Mr. Hutchinson has devoted his attention to the business of general farming, and the success which he has won is due entirely to his own energetic and persevering efforts. HOWARD W. HOLMAN. Mr. Howard W. Holman, whose excellent farm of sixty- two acres is situated in Sterling township, near Mt. Orab, Brown county, Ohio, was horn in Sterling township, February 1869, a son of Francis and Amy A. (Mount) Holman. Mr. Holman was reared and educated in Sterling township, Brown county, and his early training along the lines of agriculture led him to choose that occupation as a life vocation. In the spring of 1900 Mr. Howard W. Holman married Miss Lottie Mount, who was born in Highland county, Ohio, November 14, 1878, a daughter of William and Mary (Young) Mount, the former of whom was born in Warren county, Ohio, in 1840, and died April 26, 1910. Mary (Young) Mount died in the early 1880's in her thirty-ninth year. She was the mother of six children, three of whom are now living : Lottie, CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES - 525 Mrs. Holman ; Neely resides on the home farm in Green township ; and Leonard is in the employ of the street railway com- )any at Cincinnati. Those deceased were : Gilbert, Lizzie and Walter, the brothers having passed away in childhood. Mrs. Holman was reared and educated in Green township,. Brown county, Ohio, from the age of eighteen months. She and Mr. Holman are the parents of four children : Bertha May lied on May 6, 1907, at the age of six years ; Effie, born October 26, 1902; Clarence M., born April 28, 19o7; and Wilbur William, born August 26, 1910. In politics, Mr. Holman is an advocate of the principles of :he Democratic party, and socially he holds membership with :he Knights of Pythias at Williamsburg. Religiously, Mr. and Mrs. Howard W. Holman are earnest members of the Christian church and are liberal supporters of that denomination. Mr. Holman is widely and favorably known in Brown county as an enterprising and energetic farmer and stock-raiser. ERNEST L. HOLMAN. Mr. Ernest L. Holman, who is engaged in general farming and stockraising, giving especial attention to the raising of sheep, cattle and hogs, is a highly esteemed resident of Sterling township, Brown county, and owns and operates the old home farm of his father, Francis Holman. Ernest L. Holman was born in Brown county, December 28, 1866, and his parents were Francis and Amy A. (Mount) Holman. Francis Holman was born in New Jersey, near Trenton, in 1799, and passed from this life in 1884. In the early 1820's he accompanied his brother, James B. Holman, whose sketch appears in these volumes, to Clermont county, locating near Williamburg. About 1868, Mr. Holman secured a farm of one hundred and seventy-seven acres in Brown county and engaged in the occupation of farming. He also had a farm near Delapalma and at one time owned the farm now the property of Mr. E. S. Moorhead. He was three times married and was the father of some thirteen or fourteen children, Ernest I. being one of the three of the last union. Amy Mount was born near Batavia, Clermont county, in 1834, and departed this life January 4, 1912. She was a daughter of Nancy (Duckwall) Mount, who died in the winter of 526 - CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES 1912, in her ninety-eighth year. Amy Mount married, first, Mr. Ranson, who died and she became the third wife of Mr. Francis Holman. They reared three sons : Francis A., who was born July 24, 1865, is a farmer of Sterling township and married Lucinda Simpkins, and they have three children, Mabel married Charles Rounds, Earl and Hattie, the latter twins, at home ; Ernest L., the subject of this mention, and Howard W., a sketch of whom appears elsewhere on these pages. Ernest L. Holman married Miss Stella McAfee, who was born in Clermont county, Ohio, a daughter of David and Mary (Brown) McAfee. He has been a resident of Brown county all his life and has been engaged thus far in the occupation of farming, with a gratifying degree of success. His upright life and honorable conduct have won for him the esteem and regard of his fellow citizens. CLARENCE G. LONG. Mr. Clarence G. Long, a prosperous farmer and successful stockraiser of Sterling township, Brown county, is a representative of a family who for four generations have been prominent in the affairs and enterprises of this section of Ohio. The birth of Mr. Long occurred near Eastwood, Sterling township, November 10, 1868, and is a son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Widmeyer) Long. Thomas Long was born opposite the present home of Mr. Clarence Long, of this review, in the year 1845, and has lived in Sterling township all his life thus far, and is by occupation a blacksmith, being considered the best horseshoer in this section. He is still active in business and resides near Eastwood. He has always taken an active interest in politics and is in favor of all measures that tend to the advancement of the public. He is a member of the Masonic order, Harmony Lodge No. 435, Mt. Orab. He is a son of Joseph R. Long. Joseph R. Long was born at Clover, Clermont county, Ohio, in 1821, and died in Brown county, in 1906. He was a blacksmith by trade, in connection with which he operated a productive farm. He was also a local Methodist minister of the early days. He was a son of Thomas Jefferson Long. Thomas Jefferson Long came to Clermont county from Pennsylvania some time prior to i800 and located at Rural. CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES - 527 The trip was made in the usual way by flatboat down the Ohio river. In 1811 he was conducting a tavern at Williamsburg and a little later secured a farm which he operated and which was near Clover, where he died. After this event the widow and the family removed to near New Harmony, Brown county. Elizabeth (Widmeyer) Long was born in 1846 and is an earnest and active member of the Methodist church. She is the mother of four children, whose names follow : Clarence G., our subject ; Harriet, wife of Dr. Frank Lewis, a dentist of Quincy, Ohio. She married, first, Thomas Eggelston, by whom she had one child. The Egglestons were of Virginia and came to Brown county about war times ; Joseph R. resides with his parents ; Dotte, wife of Thomas Taylor, a blacksmith of near Eastwood. Clarence G. Long was united in marriage to Miss Pearl G Bindley, who was born at their present home, the ceremony having taken place on the 25th of December, 1889. at Newport Ky. She is a daughter of H. J. and Anna (Collins) Bindley both of whom are deceased. Hiram J. Bindley was born in Pennsylvania, April 23, 1835 and died in March, 1909. When a young man Mr. Bindle: learned the trade of machinist, which he followed until h came to Ohio, in 1859. In 1860 he married Annie S., daughter of Edward Collins, who was born in September, 1834, and to them were born four children : Ida, wife of Hugh Dyer, of Pittsburgh, in the United States mail service ; Harry E., of Terre Haute, Ind.; Annie and Pearl, who is Mrs. Long. Mr. Bindley was extensively engaged in public works of Brown and Clermont counties, also counties adjoining these, for some seven years, in addition to attending his well kept farm on the Williamsburg and Mt. Orab pike, now the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Long. He was a son of Edward and Rebecca (Newly) Bindley, of English descent. The grandfather of Mr. Hiram J. Bindley, who had settled in Pennsylvania, was loyal to the King of England, and on the opening of the war of 1812 returned to England with his family. As Edward was not yet of age he was also compelled to return with the others, but on the night before his twenty-first birthday he packed up his belongings to return to America, locating at Pittsburgh. Later his brothers followed him and became wealthy iron and steel operators. Edward Bindley remained in Pittsburg until about 1840, when he removed to Newport, Ky., engaging in milling and carpentering. In later life he 528 - CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES removed to Loveland, Clermont county, Ohio, where he died, at the age of ninety-seven years. John A. Bindley, a brother of Hiram J. Bindley, resides at Blanchester, Ohio, where he owns the Bindley block, including the hotel, bank and other business enterprises. Another brother, Edward Bindley, is a druggist of Terre Haute, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence G. Long have two daughters, Ida Mabel and Inez Rebecca. Mr. Long is a practical farmer and is thoroughly conversant with all lines of this business. He is interested in other enterprises also, and has stock in the First National Bank, of Williamsburg, Ohio. Mr. Long takes an active part in politics, being a member of the Republican party, and has served in the various local offices. He has also served on the school board. Socially, Mr. Long has membership with the Clermont Social Lodge No. 29, Free and Accepted Masons. Mrs. Long and the daughters are consistent members of the Methodist church; also active members of the Order of the Eastern Star. SQUIRE WILLIAM HIGHT. Squire William Hight is one of the prominent, self-made men of Brown county, Ohio, and is widely known in his ocality both as an influential public official and as an hon-u-able private citizen. For a period of twenty years, Mr. Tight has served as notary public and for eighteen years has illed the office of justice of the peace. Mr. William Hight owns a beautiful little farm of twenty-six acres on the Wil-iamsburg and Mt. Orab pike, in Sterling township, which is part of a farm of seventy acres he formerly owned. The firth of Squire William Hight occurred in Brown county, on he Clermont line, September 13, 1834, and his parents were Allison and Nancy (Trout) Hight. Allison Hight was a native of New Jersey, his birth having taken place near Hightstown and Trenton, in 1798, and his eath, in November, 1873, in Clermont county, Ohio, at the ome of Squire William Hight, the subject of this mention. AIlison Hight was a shoemaker and gunsmith and at the age I eighteen years came to Clermont county, where he resided )r many years. He was a sincere Christian, although not a CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES - 529 member of any denomination. His father was Nicholas Hight, who came to Clermont county about 1818, where he resided in Stonelick township until his death at the ripe old age of ninety years. Nancy (Trout) Hight was born in Clermont county in 1789, a daughter of Morris Trout, a pioneer of Clermont, coming probably from Pennsylvania. Nancy (Trout) Hight passed from this life in 1837, leaving children as follows : Martha, married James Penn, a steam boat engineer, and they went West ; John, who died at the age of twelve years ; Isaiah and Peter, deceased ; William, our subject, and James, who died in childhood. William Hight grew to young manhood in Clermont county and attended the district schools, having rather limited advantages in education. He served an apprenticeship with Mr. Abner H. Nichols (great uncle of Lieutenant-Governor H. L. Nichols), who was a carpenter and cabinet maker. In those days, carpenters made sash and moldings and in this occupation, he continued for a period of twenty-five years. He assisted in the building of many houses and barns in Clermont and Brown counties, and his activity was crowned with success. In 1874, Squire Hight removed to a farm in Brown county and in 1882, became the owner of his present home in Sterling township, which he has remodeled and put in fine, modern condition. Since that time he has devoted more attention to the pursuits of agriculture. In 1861, Mr. Hight was united in marriage to Miss Mary Ellen Davison, a sister of James Davidson, the spelling of which has been changed in later years by some members of the family. Mrs. Hight was born in Clermont county in 1840, and passed to her eternal reward in 1895. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Hight were born seven children, namely : Allen E., at home, married Miss Rosa Reynolds, who died in 1888, at the age of twenty years, their two children having died in infancy. William Henry died at the age of eleven months. Arie Etta, married Abijah Bottles, and died leaving one child. Miss Kate, of Middletown, Ohio. Nannie, wife of D. E. Sroufe, of Middletown, Ohio. Miss Rebecca, is at home and is her father's housekeeper. Belle Minerva, died unmarried in 1903, aged thirty years. 530 - CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES Emma, wife of Samuel Shannon, is the mother of five children. Mr. William Hight entered the army of the Civil war in 1864, in Company K, Fifty-first Ohio volunteer infantry, and was later transferred to Company A, Fifty-first regiment. He was in active service at the front, entering the Hood campaign, at the battles of Franklin and Nashville. He was mustered out at Nashville, Tenn., June 29, 1865, and returned to his home, there to resume his business. In politics, Mr. Hight has always voted the Democratic ticket, and has served in the various local offices, including two terms as township trustee in Clermont county, beside two terms in the same office in Brown county. Socially, Mr. Hight has membership with the Grand Army of the Republic Post, at Williamsburg, Ohio. For over forty years, Mr. Hight has been an active and earnest member of the Methodist church of Salem, Ohio. His life is in accord with his profession of faith and his many friends and acquaintances honor and respect him. He is a steward of the church and has been sent as delegate and class leader since 1872. JOHN C. DEENY. Mr. John C. Deeny, whose splendid farm consisting of one hundred and forty-three well cultivated acres in Sterling township, on the Chillicothe pike, in Brown county, Ohio, proves his efficiency as a farmer and has reached a position of importance among the prominent business men of the county. Mr. Deeny was born in Cincinnati, July 1, 1853, and is a son of Bernard and Ellen (McWilliams) Deeny. Bernard Deeny was born in County Donegal, Ireland, and came to America in the '40s, as a young man, serving in the Mexican war under General Scott, and finally locating at Cincinnati, where he engaged as a mechanic, being employed in the iron mills in that city. He married there, about 185o, and in 186o removed to Iowa, locating in Allamakee county, where he and his wife departed this life. Ellen (McWilliams) Deeny was also a native of Ireland, her birth occurring in County Derry, and before 1840, her parents sailed for America with their family. They resided at various points in Pennsylvania, and also in Ohio, before com- CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES - 531 ing to Cincinnati. About 1842 or 1843, the family came to Brown county, securing a farm at Five Mile, in Sterling township. John C. Deeny was reared in the home of his grandparents and attended the school at Georgetown, Ohio, and later he became a student of the normal school of Lebanon, Ohio. For several years after his education was finished, Mr. Deeny engaged in the profession of teaching in Brown oounty. In 1886, he purchased his present home farm, known as the Major Ross place. The major formerly represented Brown county in the Ohio legislature. Mr. Deeny has replaced the old brick home with a modern frame building, and has made many valued improvements on the farm, which had been neglected for some time. Miss Mary Ann McWilliams, an aunt of Mr. Deeny's, resides with him and makes a most comfortable home. In politics, Mr. Deeny is a Democrat, and served his party in the capacity of township clerk of Sterling township, for a term of four years, and for the past fourteen years has filled the office of treasurer of Sterling township. In religious matters, Mr. Deeny embraces the faith of the Catholic church and has membership at Fayetteville, Ohio. Mr. Deeny has a reputation for upright and honorable dealing, and is a first class farmer, understanding how to avail himself of modern methods in the cultivating of his land. In both public and private life, he is a gentleman of never failing courtesy. EDWARD P. PATTON. Mr. Edward P. Patton, one of the leading agriculturists and stock raisers of Green township, Brown county, owns a productive and well cultivated farm of one hundred and three acres on the Marathon pike. Mr. Patton has also another farm in the northern part of Green township. He was born in Sterling township, Brown county, Ohio, April 7, 1852, a son of Richard and Rebecca (Irwin) Patton. James Patton, grandfather of Mr. E. P. Patton of this review, was the first of the name in Ohio and came from Pennsylvania. He was a successful farmer and served in the War of 1812, receiving a pension for that service. He married Miss Margaret Klein, a native of Warren county, Ohio 532 - CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIEs They located in Sterling township and reared a family of twelve children, three of whom are living: Mrs. Martha Myers, of Sterling township, and Mrs. Emily Lindsey, now of Cincinnati, and John Patton, of Green township. James Patton passed away August 21, 1888, at the age of ninety-four years. Richard Patton, son of James and Margaret (Klein) Patton, was born in Warren county, Ohio, where he spent his boyhood days, coming to Brown county with his parents as a young man. Richard was a cooper by trade in his early life, and in later years engaged in farming. His death took place in 1904. Rebecca (Irwin) Patton was born in Sterling township, Brown county, Ohio, and was a daughter of Robert and Mary Irwin, who reared several children, all now deceased. She passed from this life in 1897. Her marriage was blessed with nine children, five of whom are now living : Margaret, married first, Mr. Allen, and second, Mr. Cyrus L. Shumard, and they reside at Blanchester, Ohio; Mary Louisa, deceased; William W., a farmer ,of Green township ; Edward P., our subject ; Ruth F., deceased ; John R., deceased ; Richard M., residing in Green township, and is engaged in farming ; Minerva May, deceased ; Sarah Isdell (Watson), of Green township. Edward P. Patton grew up on his father's farm, and assisted in the clearing and developing of the home farm. He received but limited educational advantages. He remained on the farm until his first marriage, which occurred in 1874, to Miss Hannah Simpkins, who died in June, 1895, in her thirty- ninth year. Mr. Patton was united in marriage to Miss Mary Brown in 1896, and to them have been born four children : Carroll, born April 19, 1898, is at home attending school ; Velma Alberta, born September 14, 1899, is attending school ; Beulah Idell, born June 21, 1902, in school ; and Lorena Alveretta, born September 29, 1910. Since March 12, 1888, Mr. Patton has occupied his present farm, and has made many noticeable improvements, including a large modern house, barn and convenient out buildings. The farm is finely equipped with modern machinery, and the well-tended appearance of the home and farm denote pride and industry. Mr. Patton received fifteen hundred dollars from his father CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES - 533 toward the purchase of the farm home, and by his energy and enterprise he has accumulated two fine and productive farms. He is a man of more than ordinary good common sense, and is possessed of a genial and courteous manner, which has won for him many fast friends. Mr. Patton is in favor of the principles of the Republican party and has served his party as supervisor and a member of the board of education. The religious relations of Mr. and Mrs. Patton are with the Christian church of Five Mile, and to that denomination they give generously of their means. JOHN J. CUSHING, SR. John J. Cushing, Sr., one of the representative farmers and stock raisers of Berry township, Brown county, Ohio, owns a splendidly improved farm of two hundred and twenty acres northeast of Fayetteville. His farm property formerly consisted of over four hundred acres, but the balance is now operated and owned by his sons. Mr. Cushing was born in Hamilton county, Ohio, March 31, 1845, a son of John and Margaret (O'Rourke) Cushing. John Cushing was a native of Ireland, his birth having taken place in County Limerick, in 1807. In 1837, he left his birthplace, and accompanied by his wife and a baby daughter embarked for America. They spent three years in New York, after which Cincinnati was their home for a number of years, their residence being on Price Hill. In the fall of 1849, they located in Perry township, Brown county, Ohio, on what is still the family home. The original farm consisted of one hundred acres, which in later years has been added to by Mr. John Cushing of this review. John Cushing was a son of Edward Cushing and wife, and they remained in the country of their nativity. The religious faith of John and Margaret (O'Rourke) Cushing was evidenced by their membership of the Catholic church. He died January 2, 1887,, at the age of eighty years, while his wife died December 2, 1881, aged seventy-four years. They were the parents of seven children, two of whom lived to reach mature years. Of the two who lived, the subject of this mention and a sister, Mary, who became a Sister of Charity at Mt. St. Joseph, on the Ohio ; she 534 - CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES died in 1896, at the age of sixty-three years, after a life devoted to her church. John Cushing, Sr., has resided at his present home in Perry township since the age of four years. He enjoyed the educational privileges of the public schools of his locality, after which he attended the commercial school of Fayetteville for a term of two years. Since his graduation he has devoted his attention to the occupation of farming along progressive lines. On February 22, 1870, John Cushing was united in marriage to Miss Ann Campbell, who was born in Perry township, Brown county, Ohio, October 27, 1845, a daughter of John and Hannah (Boyle) Campbell, both natives of Ireland. John Campbell came to America in 1837, and remained for a time, after which he returned to Ireland, where he was married. In 1842, he brought his wife to America, and they settled at once in Perry township, Brown county, Ohio, and there their ten children were born, three of whom are deceased. Those living are : Daniel, Charles, John, Ann, Margaret, Mary, Catherine, Ellen and Cecelia. Catherine became a Sister of Charity and a teacher at Mt. St. Joseph. Mr. and Mrs. John Cushing have become the parents of two sons and five daughters, namely : Edward, a farmer of Perry township, married Susan Barry and they have one daughter, Anna Marie. Mary, wife of William McCafferty, of Marathon, Clermont county, Ohio, is the mother of one son, William. John, is a farmer of Perry township and married Ellen McDonald, and they have three children—Mary, John and Ellen. Miss Cecelia, Miss Nora and Miss Margaret are at home. Nellie, became a Sister of Charity at Mt. St. Joseph. Mr. John Cushing is an inflexible adherent of the Democratic principles, having given his support to that party since he reached his majority. He has held various offices of public trust, including supervisor, township treasurer and school director for some forty years. In the fall of 1893, he was appointed under Cleveland as deputy collector of United States revenue, serving for a term of four years. In religious matters, Mr. and Mrs. Cushing are members of St. Patrick's Catholic Church of Fayetteville, in which they have always been earnest and efficient workers. Mr. Cushing was one of the original members of the county election board. He resigned when appointed revenue collector, but was re-appointed and has served for the past six CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES - 535 years. He was one of the organizers of the Independent Telephone Company, and at present is serving that company as president. For a period of fifteen years he was in partnership with the late Mr. John McConn, in the implement, grain and stock business at Fayetteville. Mr. Cushing is numbered among the substantial business men of Brown county, and his success in business life is attributable to his reliableness in all his dealings. He is a man of whom Brown county is proud. IRA KING. Ira King, president of the Ira King Lumber Company, belongs to one of the leading families of Sardinia, Brown county. He is a valued member of the Sardinia Band, and has attained remarkable success in business for a man of his age. He is a native of Scioto county, Ohio, born in 1874, son of Henry and Mary Alice (Hazelbaker) King. Henry King was born in Illinois, March 19, 1844, and his wife was born near Otway, Scioto county, September 14, 1854. They lived near Otway, Brush creek township, but now reside at Peebles, Adams county, Ohio. The father was a carpenter and worked at his trade until i886, when old age compelled him to retire from active life and he removed to Peebles. At the age of sixteen years he enlisted in the Union army, serving four years and five months in the Fifty-third Ohio volunteer infantry. He ran away from home, accompanying an older brother who had to go. Although he was under age, he was accepted, because he accompanied his brother and because he really had no home, his mother being deceased. He had been living with a grandmother, who had reared him. They served under Grant and Sherman, and the younger brother had no furlough in this time and spent but three days in a hospital, then on account of measles. His first wife was Miss Angeline Smith, born February 26, 184—, and whose parents lived in Scioto county. They had two children : H. C., of Marion, Ohio, and F. F., of Los Angeles, Cal. Henry King was married (second) to Mary Alice Hazelbaker, and they became the parents of six children : Ira ; Rowena married Harold Wicker- ham, and died in February, 1901, being buried in Locust Grove cemetery, near Peebles ; Deffie married Edward Hamilton 536 - CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES and they live in Winchester, Adams county ; Homer lives in Seaman, Ohio ; Charles is married and lives at Peebles, Ohio, and Herschel lives at home. Mr. King attended school near Otway, and in youth learned the trade of carpenter with his father, working with the latter several years. Later he spent four years in business as contractor, and in February, 1906, came to Sardinia and established the Ira King Lumber Company. He also has lumber interests in Mt. Orab. The four King brothers and Edward Hamilton, their brother-in-law, have eight lumber yards, located in various places, Winchester, Peebles, Seaman, Sardinia, Mt. Orab, Marion, Russellville and Camden. The company deals in lumber and other building materials, such as brick, plaster, lath, hardware, cement, glass, shingles, and various other materials, which figure in the construction of buildings. They manufacture concrete buildings blocks and ship a quantity of them, as well as other material, to Cincinnati and other points. Their plant in Sardinia is in the eastern part of the village, and the firm has a high reputation in business circles. Mr. King is largely self-made, and built up a prosperous business by hard work and energy, beginning as a young man with limited means and making the most of his opportunities. He is one of the best known business men of the county, and has a reputation for square dealing. He has erected a modern home in the eastern part of town, the only cement house in the village, and probably one of the finest of the kind in the county. He is much interested in the welfare and progress of the community, 'and he and his family command universal respect. He is a Republican in politics and formerly held the office of member of the school board in Sardinia six years. Fraternally he is a Mason. On July 30, 1895, Mr. King was united in marriage with Miss Cora E. Nixon, born in Newport, Ohio, in 1878, daughter of David and Mary A. (Eakins) Nixon, natives of Ohio, and residents of Peebles. Mr. Nixon was born October 12, 1842, and his wife February 15, 1849. He served in the Seventieth Ohio volunteer infantry, under Generals Grant and Sherman, and was shot in the right arm. He spent two months on furlough at home. He and his wife 'had eight children, all born in Adams county : James N., of Peebles ; Annabell, wife of Albert Hood, of Cleveland ; Pearl, wife of R. A. Martin, of Los Angeles, Cal.; Mrs. King; Ora, wife of Frank Gowdy, of Peebles ; R. A. is single and lives at home ; Josephine, Mrs. CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES - 537 Crossley, of Los Angeles. Mr. Nixon was a faithful soldier and made a good record. He had two brothers, Jonas and James, in the Civil war. He had another brother, George, and two sisters, Sarah and Nancy, but he is the only survivor. Mr. and Mrs. King have had five children, all except one born in Adams county : Elise, born April 1.8, 1889, attending high school in Sardinia. David Henry, born February 15, 1901, died September l0th of the same year. James Robert, born October 26, 1902. Ruby Nixon, born September 22, 1904. Nellie Ellen, born in Sardinia, October 9, 1909. Mr. and Mrs. King are devout members of the Christian church and supporters of many good and worthy movements for the betterment of the community. They have a large number of friends in various circles. WILLIAM C. SAVAGE. Mr. William C. Savage is the owner of one hundred acres of good land in Perry township, Brown county, Ohio, and is conducting a general farming and stock raising business in accordance with the progressive ideas of modern times, and since October, 1912, has engaged in the insurance business with the Hartford Company. He is meeting with success in all his undertakings, and his honest dealings have won for him an enviable reputation. He was born in Perry township, Brown county, March 19, 1869, a son of George and Sarah Ann (Kain) Savage. George Savage was born in 1800, and was a native of County Dublin, Ireland. He came to America as a young man, first stopping in New York for some years, and finally settling in Brown county, where he purchased a timbered farm in Perry township, which he cleared and made his home until his death, in 1888. He married after coming to Brown county, and became the father of thirteen children. Although he had but a limited education, not being able to write his own name, he was a very successful business man. He was a Democrat in politics and a member of St. Martin Catholic church, the wood for the burning of the brick of which this church was built, Mr. Savage furnished free. 538 - CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES Sarah Ann (Kain) Savage was reared in Brown county, Ohio, being left an orphan, with a brother, Charles, and they were put out with different families, she with "Old Pap Savage." She was married on the place in front of the convent, and remembered the first church that was built there and the first priest that said mass. Charles was reared in Montgomery county, Ohio, where he died, about 1901. Mrs. Savage passed from this life in her ninetieth year, she also being a devout member of the Catholic church. Of the thirteen children born to the union of George and Sarah Ann (Kain) Savage, eight are living, and all of these with the exception of two, living at Blanchester, Ohio, and one at Marathon, Ohio, are residents of Brown county. Mr. William C. Savage was reared and has lived near his birthplace all his life thus far. He attended the public schools and also the church school and spent two years at the Fayetteville High School. He has given most of his attention to the occupation of farming, making all the improvements and putting his home farm in a fine condition. In 1884, Mr. William C. Savage first married Miss Elodie Tissandier, a native of Brown county, Ohio, and her death in 1898 left five children, who are as follows : Laura Isabelle (Colliar) ; George Alexander, at home ; Irene (Clark) ; Mary Pauline, at home, and Clarence William. Mr. Savage married for his second wife, Miss Rose McGranaham, who was born in Perry township, a daughter of James and Margaret (Campbell) McGranaham, the former of whom died March, 19o9, and the latter of whom is living at the old home, they being early settlers of Brown county. To this union one daughter, Marie Gertrude, has been born. In politics Mr. Savage is a staunch Democrat, and is now serving for the fourth year as assessor, having been assistant assessor for four years prior to that. In religious belief, Mr. Savage and the family are members of St. Martin Catholic church. Mr. Savage has always been engaged in the business of farming, but has had other interests as well. He was engaged for a period of four years in trading and dealing in stock and farm equipments. He spent five years in Highland county, Ohio, where he was engaged in farming and trading, and spent one year in Green township, Brown county. Twenty years ago, he purchased the present home farm, and has made practically all of the improvements. CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES - 539 The success which has made Mr. Savage one of the prominent farmers of this section has been entirely from his own persevering efforts and energy. He is well and favorably known. IRA L. EDGINGTON. Ira L. Edgington, postmaster of Mt. Orab, Brown county, is well fitted for the position he holds and his service gives unqualified satisfaction to all, irrespective of political affiliations or preferences. He belongs to an old Ohio family, being descended from one of three brothers who were early settlers in Adams county, one of whom drifted to Ross county, one remained in Adams county, and one located in Brown county. Several of their descendants became steam boat men on the Ohio river, and of these many located in Clermont county. Mr. Edgington of this sketch was born near Mt. Orab, Pike township, in 1874, son of Isaac Mills and Mary R. (Pickering) Edgington, now residing in Mt. Orab. Isaac M. Edgington was born in Eagle township, Brown county, in 1845 and his wife was born in Scott township, Brown county, in 1846. He was a farmer in Green township for twenty-five years, and has spent all his life in the county except when he was in the Union army. He enlisted in 1864 in Company K, Seventy-first Ohio volunteer infantry, and was discharged at San Antonio, Texas. He and his wife had three children, born in Brown county, namely : Henry A., of Meigs township, Adams county ; Etta died at the age of two years, and Ira L. Mr. Edgington attended the common schools and later took a course in Michaels National Business College of Delaware, Ohio, then taught one year in Jackson township, seven years in Green township, and in 1889 in the Mt. Orab High School. From 1901 to 1911 he was engaged in life, accident and fire insurance business, in Mt. Orab and Cincinnati, then sold out to Robert McGheney, who in turn sold to Samuel Fiscus. He had built up a good patronage and had a good reputation in business circles, but gave up his business to enter upon his present office. He was one of eleven applicants for the position of postmaster at Mt. Orab, took examination September loth, at Hillsboro, Ohio, and received his appointment October loth and assumed his duties November 16th. Although a strong Democrat in his political beliefs, he was 540 - CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES appointed under a Republican administration, because of his ability and fitness for office. He always treats the public with courtesy and consideration and conducts the affairs under his charge in a business life manner. He is naturally quick of wit and intelligent and has readily learned the rules and regulations by which the office is to be governed. Fraternally, he belongs to the Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Rebekahs, Pythian Sisters, and has recently been elected for the second year as master of the local Masonic lodge. He has a pleasant home in Mt. Orab, and is counted among the most progressive citizens of the community. On September 14, 1896, Mr. Edgington was united in marriage with Miss Iva Sroufe, born January 19, 1876, in Green township, Brown county, daughter of Jonatahan and Jane (Wardlow) Sroufe. Mr. Sroufe was born in Scott township, Brown county, in August, 1825, and lives with Mr. and Mrs. Edgington and Mrs. Sroufe, who was born in the same township, in 1829, died February 12, 1905, and was buried in Brown's cemetery, Pike township, Brown county. He was a farmer in Green township, living on one farm over fifty years, and he and his wife celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage there. It is only recently that he left the home place to come and live with his daughter. He and his wife had thirteen children, all natives of Brown county, and all except the eldest daughter born on the old home place. Seven of them now survive : Jerry is deceased; Arminda lives with her aged father ; George M., of Green township ; Jane married John Brown, and both she and her husband are deceased ; Eli, a time keeper in the steel rolling mills, married Nannie Hight, and resides in Middletown ; . Lurinda is the wife of Orlando Wisby and they live in Bethel, Clermont county ; Clement L., of Hamersville; Martha, married Grant Peddicord and both she and her husband are deceased ; Catherine married Thomas J. Wardlow, and they live near Mt. Orab ; John died in infancy ; Eve, deceased, and Sarah Iva, Mrs. Edgington. Mr. and Mrs. Edgington are devoted members of the Christian church, in which he is an elder. They have two children : Lelia E., born in 1898, June loth, attends high school in Mt. Orab, being a member of the Freshman class, and Morris S., born January 20, 1902. Mr. Edgington is largely self-educated and self-made. He has progressed by reason of energy and ability, by upright living and the help of his wife. He is a very fine penman and is careful in all his work. He com- CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES - 541 mands the esteem and respect of his fellow townsmen, and has many friends. Some years since he bought what is known as the Jennings property, and liven ten years on Broad street, but now resides on High street, where he has four acres of land. Mr. Edgington served as town clerk for five years, and was mayor of Mt. Orab for four years. JOSEPH M. STROUP, M. D. Dr. J. M. Stroup belongs to one of the older families of Brown county and one that has long been identified with medical affairs there. He is one of the leading citizens of Mt. Orab, where he was born, in 1864, son of Michael and Dulcena (Morris) Stroup. Dr. Michael Stroup practiced as a physician and surgeon in Mt. Orab for forty-five years and was highly respected in the community. Three of his brothers served in the Civil war, and one of them was named Joseph, the subject of this sketch being his namesake. Dr. and Mrs. Michael Stroup were well known and had a large number of friends. He was born in Highland county, Ohio, in 1819, and died in 1895, and she was born in Richland county, in 1829, and lives with a son in Mt. Orab. They had five eons and one daughter, all born and reared in Mount Orab ; James, of Bethel, Ohio ; Dr. Joseph M.; Alice, wife of Clarence Johnson, of Troy, Ohio ; Frederick, of Mt. Orab ; Clinton, of Green township ; Charles, M. D., practicing in Ludlow, Ky. Dr. Stroup, Sr., was a Catholic in religion and his wife was a member of the Christian church. He was a self-made man and built up a good practice. Dr. Joseph M. Stroup attended the schools of Mt. Orab and graduated from Cincinnati Medical College, later taking a postgraduate course in New York City. He practiced with his father during the last five years of the latter's life and has since then continued in active practice. He is a skilled surgeon and has an excellent standing in professional' circles. He has an office on Main street and opposite it has erected an elegant brick residence, in 1896. He has a fine practice and has won success through industry and ability. He is self-educated and is a man of fine character, popular with his many friends and a most pleasant companion. He has a pleasant home and a very nice family. In politics he is a Democrat, and fraternally 542 - CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES belongs to the Masons, the Odd Fellows, the Junior Mechanics and the Modern Woodmen. In 1890, Dr. Stroup was united in marriage with Miss M. E. McCall, who was born in 1869, in Wallsburg, Brown county, daughter of John and Rachel McKenzie McCall. The parents were natives of Ohio, Mr. McCall born in 1831 and Mrs. McCall in 1833. He died in 1901 and she in 1883. They lived on a farm in Scott township and had a family of six children, three of whom survive : Lillie, wife of Abraham Lining, conducts a summer resort at New Hope, or Wallsburg; Mark lives near Bethel, Brown county ; Mrs. Stroup. Mrs. Stroup is a member of the Christian church. Three daughters were born to Dr. and Mrs. Stroup in Mt. Orab : Madge, born in 1894, attends Mt. Orab High School ; Ava, born in 1896, in school ; Dorothy, born in 1902. All are bright young people.   WILLIAM A. AULTMAN. The Aultmans were among the earliest settlers of Clermont county, Ohio, and several of the family have been prominently identified with Brown county history The grandfather of the subject of this sketch, William Aultman, came to Clermont county from Pennsylvania and cleared the land for his farm. He became a successful farmer and influential citizen. William A. Aultman is a well known attorney, with an office in Mt. Orab, and has held various public offices of honr and trust. He stands well in the estimation of his fellows and in professional circles and was formerly a justice of the peace. He is a native of Clermont county, born November 13, 1847, son of Michael and Sarah (Stoner) Aultman. Michael Ault-man was born near Pt. Isabel, Clermont county, in 1810, and died in 1853, and the mother was born at the same place, in 1819, and died in 1887. He was a tanner in Bethel and spent his entire life in Clermont county, where his six children were born. They were : Eliza, widow of E. A. Jennings, of Felicity; Hester A., wife of G. W. Gravitt, and she and her husband are both deceased ; Theodore, deceased ; William A.; Joseph, deceased ; Mary married M. L. Wilson and both are deceased. The parents were Methodists. The eldest son, Theodore, enlisted in Company H, Fifty-ninth Ohio volunteer infantry, and served throughout the war. The grandfather, William Aultman, served in the war of 1812. CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES - 543 Mr. William A. Aultman was born in Bethel and received his education in that village. He enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Fifty-third Ohio volunteer infantry, for six months and later re-enlisted in Company I, One Hundred and Eighty-fourth Ohio for one year. Among the more important battles in which he participated were those of Cumberland Md., North Branch, Md., and Hammock's Mills, Va. He also took part in numerous minor battles and skirmishes. At the close of the war he returned to Bethel and for several years worked on a farm for Samuel Headley, and then began studying law with N. S. Stevens at Pt. Isabel. In 1867 Mr. Aultman was united in marriage with Miss Sarah C. Halse, who was born in Bethel in 1849, daughter of William and Margaret Halse. They had four children : George W., Sarah C., Thomas L. and M. Anna Halse. After his marriage Mr. Aultman carried on farming at Bethel and lived there until November 13, 1883, the date of his removal to Mt. Orab. He then formed a partnership with H. H. Jones, which continued three years, attending to pension business. In 1886 Mr. Aultman was elected justice of the peace on the Democratic ticket and by successive re-elections served four terms of twelve years. He has since been notary public. His office is located in the Odd Fellows building, over the postoffice, on High street, and he has a very good practice. He purchased and repaired a good house on Broad street, and there the family entertain their friends. He is a genial friend and neighbor and a conscientious citizen. He is ready to give his influence to every good cause that is calculated to advance the general, prosperity. He is very fond of reading and is a broad and liberal minded thinker. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and has held all the offices in the local post. He belongs to the Junior Mechanics, and he and his wife belong to the Church of Christ, of which he is a trustee. Six children have blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Aultman, all born in Bethel, namely : Elizabeth L. married D. A. Curlis, of Mt. Orab, and they have three children Mary Alma, Walter W. and William Sherman ; Margaret L. married R. L. Patton, of Bridgeport, Ill. and they have four children, Irene, Lee, Anna and Wilbur ; William Halse, born in 1876, of Cincinnati, married Miss Kate Faulkner and she is deceased ; Leona, widow of A. R. Broomhall, of Mt. Orab, has two sons, Frank A. and Ralph A.; Anna married William E. Bingaman 544 - CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES and they live in Mt. Orab ; Sarah Catherine, wife of Frank L. Walker, of Paris, Ky., has one daughter, Anna Halse. Margaret, Mrs. Patton, graduated from the Bethel High School and taught school in Clermont county for several years.    CHARLES O. COLLINS. Charles O. Collins, an old soldier and formerly a justice of the peace, of Mt. Orab, Brown county, is familiarly known as "Squire" Collins. He is a retiring, modest man, quiet in his tastes, and very fond of his many friends. He is well read and has achieved quite a reputation as a writer of local past and present events. He has a high standing and is a leading member of the Grand Army of the Republic, of Mount Orab, Ohio. He was born at New Petersburg, Highland county, Ohio, February 26, 1837, son of John Collins and a grandson of James Collins. The latter was born not far from the Natural Bridge, in Rockbridge county, Virginia, and was a soldier in the war of 1812. He came to Highland county, Ohio, in 1817, and died in 1852. John Collins, also a native of Virginia, was born in 1807, and married Susan Hughey, daughter of Rev. Charles Hughey, a pioneer minister of the Methodist Episcopal church. She was a sister of Rev. William Hughey, one of the founders of the Methodist Protestant church and aunt of Rev. Fletcher Hughey, D. D., of the Methodist Episcopal church in Chillicothe, Ohio. She died in 1845, leaving nine children, of whom Charles Overman was the only son. John Collins died at Leesburg, Ohio, in 1873. Charles Overman Collins attended school in Highland county and at the age of sixteen years began learning the trade of harness maker, at which he worked during the greater part of forty years, at Leesburg, Sinking Springs, Buford and Lexington, Ohio. He was a first-class workman and took great pride in the excellent product he was able to make. While working at his trade and studying law, in 1861, Mr. Collins enlisted for three years in Company D, Sixth Ohio volunteer cavalry, and served two years and one month, and afterwards enlisted for one hundred days, or four monts' service, in Company G, One Hundred and Seventy-second infantry. He spent the winter of 1861-62 in camp at Hillsboro, Ohio, and at Camp Dennison, CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES - 545 and on March 15, 1862, the command of four companies was sent to St. Louis and quartered at Benton Barracks until April 1st, when they were sent to Wyoming Territory to guard overland mail and Pacific telegraph lines. They went to Fort Leavenworth, Kan., by boat, and on April 26, 1862, started on their long march of six hundred and fifty miles to Fort Laramie. Later they went on to the Sweetwater country, but Mr. Collins was left behind in the hospital at Laramie, as he was suffering from lung fever, contracted on the trip As soon as he was able he began working in a harness shop in Laramie, remaining there until the spring of 1863, when he was sent with sixteen men to Camp Dennison, Ohio. He was made hospital steward there and continued in this capacity until his discharge, November 27, 1863. He worked for a time in Sinking Springs, following his trade, and on May 1, 1864, enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Seventy-second Ohio volunteer infantry, as a one hundred-day man. They were sent into West Virgina, and were mustered out at Gallipolis, Ohio. He again enlisted, in the One Hundred and Seventy-fifth Ohio, but was rejected upon the physical examination, and engaged in work at his trade. On account of poor health, however, wishing to take up some occupation that would keep him in the open air a great deal, he spent part of his time in the nursery business, and for several years sold stock in that line, growing to be an expert as a nurseryman. He also kept bees and was very successful in that business. In 187$, he located in Buford, Highland county. On September 15, 1857, Mr. Collins was united in marriage with Miss Margaret Stambaugh, born near Hillsboro, Highland county, September 15, 1840, daughter of William and Sarah (Yorger) Stambaugh, both natives of Ohio and both deceased. Mr. Stambaugh died comparatively young, and Mrs. Stambaugh died aged about sixty-five years. They had five children, three of whom survive : Elizabeth, wife of James Kinzer, of Ross county ; Mrs. Collins ; John, of Clark county, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Collins had two children, one of whom is living, Sarah Adda, wife of Charles, Swan, of Logan county. In 1871, while living at Sinking Springs, Mr. and Mrs. Collins adopted Edward Barrett, a child of Irish parentage, whose mother died when he was two months old, and reared him as their son. In 1903 he left their roof and married Miss Alice Kestle, and they live at Dallas Center, Iowa. They have two children, Jack and Frances, and Mr. Barrett is a rural mail carrier. 546 - CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES Mr. Charles O. Collins is a Republican in politics and for four terms served as assessor of Clay township, Highland county, also served as enumerator of census of Clay and part of Paint townships, Highland county, and as a member of the board of education. In 1887 he was elected justice of the peace and re-elected in 1890. After coming to Mt. Orab, in the spring of 1893, he took an active interest in local affairs, and, in 1895, was elected a member of the village council. In 1898 he was elected justice of the peace. He was acting mayor of the village from May 1, 1898, to November 1, 1898. He was appointed mayor in March, 1901, and elected to office in April, 1902. On May 4 he was appointed justice of the peace, to fill a vacancy, until the election of 1904, and then was elected for three years. He is very active in the local post of the Grand Army of the Republic, and for several years was adjutant of Mount Orab post, also served three years as commander. His wife belongs to the Methodist church. The family reside in the eastern part of the village and Mr. Collins has an office at his residence. He has served as justice of the peace since his election, November 8, 1904, and has made an efficient and conscientious official. He is self-made, financially, and by means of study, observation and travel has become a man of culture and intelligence. He is popular with all and is an interesting conversationalist. Mr. Collins is very fond of reading and has a nice library, with many books on history, biography, travel and adventure, archaeology, astronomy, poetry and law, all of which he has studied and considered. He has traveled more or less and has written various interesting articles for local papers along the line of his travels and experiences. Several years ago he was local correspondent of the Cincinnati Chronicle and is now engaged on a series of sketches for the Georgetown Gazette, entitled, "Old Time Politics," in which he discusses political events which led up to the Civil war, from the year 1844. In this series he is including the following subjects : No. 1, The Polk and Dallas Campaign (1844). No. 2, The Annexation of Texas and the Mexican War. No. 3, The Wilmot Proviso and the Presidential Election of 1848. No. 4, Admission of California and the Compromise of 185o. No. 5, Election of Franklin Pierce and the Dissolution of the Whig Party. No. 6, The Repeal of the Missouri Compromise. No. 7, The Revolt Against Douglas in Illinois. No. 8, The Campaign of 1856. No. 9, The Elections in Kansas and the Lee Compton Consti- CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES - 547 tution. No. 10, John Brown in Kansas. No. 11, The Lincoln and Douglas Debates. No. 12, The Charleston Convention. No, 13, The Election of Abraham Lincoln. This forms an attractive series and is being followed with great interest, more particularly by those who remember something of the events discussed and by students of history. Mrs. Collins has been greatly afflicted, having suffered a stroke of paralysis, in 1909, but is now improving. She has many warm friends in the community and both she and her husband are highly respected. SAMUEL R. TAYLOR. No family stands higher in the esteem of their community than that of Samuel R. Taylor, of Byrd township, Brown county, Ohio. He has been obliged to retire from active life on account of poor health. He was born in that part of Pittsburgh, Pa., formerly known as Bayardstown, in 1838, son of Thomas and Sarah (Stephens) Taylor. His father was born in 1802, and the mother in 1803, both in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. He died in 1872, and she in 1873, and both were buried in Pennsylvania, where they died. She was born during the Indian troubles and was first dressed by the wife of Col. William Crawford. Colonel Paul, another noted Indian fighter, lived in the same neighborhood. The Taylors are an old family in Amercia, having come over from England with Lord Baltimore. Their first home was in Maryland, but later generations migrated to Pennsylvania, where the grandparents of Samuel R. Taylor were born. His maternal grandfather, Edward Stephens, served in the Revolutionary war, so that Mr. Taylor and his children are eligible to membership in the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution. Col. Ed. Stephens, of Wheeling, W. Va., served in the Civil war, and Stephens Post was named in his honor. Samuel Kyle Stephens, a cousin of Mr. Taylor, also of Wheeling, was a first lieutenant in the Union army,. and as a token of regard from his company received a gold-headed cane. Another cousin, a Mr. Brookings, from Illinois, was killed in the siege of Vicksburg. Thomas Taylor was a heater and shingler in the rolling mills in Pittsburgh, and probably did the work that is now done by 548 - CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES a furnace man. His six children were born in Pennsylvania, and the only one now surviving is the subject of this sketch. His father and one sister came with him to Brown county, farmed there for a time, but returned to Pennsylvania and there the parents died. Mr. Samuel R. Taylor attended school in what was then the fifth ward in Pittsburgh, remaining there until he was sixteen years old, then came with his parents to Brown county, and was married there in 1864, to Miss Martha A. Henry, who was born in Brown county, Ohio, in 1839, daughter of H. C. and Mary (Braunen) Henry, who lived near Ripley. Mr. Henry, also a native of Brown county, was born in 18̊6, and died about 1876, and his wife was born in Clermont county, Ohio, in 1814, and died in 1861. The Henrys came to Brown county about 1789, and had to clear their home in the woods. They were a fine family and much respected. On December 11, 1839, H. C. Henry shot the last deer ever killed in Brown county. It had swam across the river and was still dripping with water when he saw it. Three of his sons participated in the Civil war from Ohio, they being members of the National Guard. Mr. and Mrs. Henry had five children, born in Brown county, of whom but two now survive : James died in infancy ; Mrs. Taylor ; Robert and John, deceased; S. Wilson lives in Kansas. The three sons who reached maturity moved to Kansas, where two of them died. After marriage Mr. and Mr's. Taylor spent one year on a farm near Ripley, then spent one year in Kentucky, and at the close of the war located on their present farm. Later they moved to Brown county, Kansas, but in the fall of 1874 came back to their present farm of two hundred and forty-three acres, which they have since occupied. They have one of the finest farms in the county and it is well adapted to raising tobacco, hay and grain. They have always had high grade horses and Mr. Taylor has raised some of the best horses in his part of the State. On account of poor health he was obliged to give up the active management of the farm and it is now operated by his son. In early life he voted for Abraham Lincoln, but for many years past he has been identified with the Democratic party. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church at Red Oak. Five children were born to Mr. Samuel R. Taylor and wife : Sarah A. is at home with her parents. Mary A. is the wife of James M. Moore, of Byrd township, CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES - 549 and they have six children—Ruth, Ernest T., Frank E., Mary, James M. and Harold. Joseph H. married Miss Anna Carr, lives in Byrd township, and has three children—Sarah M., Mary and G. H. Samuel, who lives in Adams county, Ohio, married Miss Ella May Bromley, and they have two children—Christine and Ora Maud. J. E. married Miss Sallie Baird, and lives in Newport, Ky. In 1894 Mr. Taylor attended the Grand Army of the Republic convention in Pittsburgh, and although he found the town had grown very much in the many years of his absence, he was delighted to find that in a portion of the town, near his birthplace, several blocks were almost unchanged—the same stores, in the same locations, so that it seemed to him as if he had left but yesterday and returned. Mr. Taylor is a man of fine physique, a trifle stout, but very well proportioned. He has a fine memory and his mind is stored with interesting anecdotes of his early years in Brown county. He first saw an old wooden plow in the hands of Russell Shaw, grandfather of Mrs. William Johnson, given mention elsewhere in this history. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor stand for all that is highest in the interests of the community. She is a charming woman and their dutiful daughter is a great comfort to them. All are people of quiet tastes and modest desires, and have many warm friends. LEROY J. EVANS. LeRoy J. Evans, of an old and highly respected family of Brown county, was born on the farm in Jefferson township where he now resides, in 1845, son of James Edward and Melinda (Kendall) Evans. His father was born in the same place, and died three months before the son's birth. There were originally two farms there, which belonged to Edward Evans, father of James Edward Evans, and this land has been in the family over one hundred years. .Melinda Kendall was born on the Jacob Pobst farm in Jefferson township, December 22, 1812, died June 4, 1902, and was buried in Russellville. There were seven children in the family and the subject of this sketch is now the only one surviving. Two died in infancy ; Hugh served in the Fourth Ohio independent cavalry during