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CARROLL COUNTY JUDGE ROBERT RALEY, whose sad and sudden taking away, in the fall of 1889, deprived the community of one of its most distinguished citizens, the legal profession one of its brightest lights, and the bench one of its purest and most able jurists, was born near Hanover, Columbiana Co., Ohio, October 23, 1837. His paternal grandparents were Robert Raley, born August 12, 1759, died October 14, 1849, and Sarah (Townsend) Raley, born January 24, 1764, died June 16, 1819; and his parents were John Raley, born November 27, 1796, died in May, 1868, and Melinda (Atkinson) Raley, born August 28, 1802, died April 3, 1845. Like many of the successful men of our country, Judge Robert Raley was reared to agricultural pursuits, and for a number of years performed the usual duties of a farmer's son. After leaving the farm he turned his attention to school teaching and surveying until losing, when he was twenty-one years old, his right arm by an accident in a threshing machine. He then turned his attention to the study of law, and in 1862 was admitted to the bar in Clinton County, Ohio. In 1863 he located in Carrollton and entered the law office of Judge John H. Tripp, as a law partner. At the October election of the following year he was elected prosecuting attorney of Carroll County, as a candidate on the Republican ticket, which office he held continuously for ten years, being a close student all the while, many times burning the midnight oil over intricate points of law. He was methodical in his work, careful in his pleadings, and logical in his presentation of a case to both court and jury. He jealously guarded ” the peace and dignity of the State" and endeavored to " let no guilty man escape." In the cause of temperance he was zealous and untiring, and succeeded, while prosecuting attorney, in closing almost every saloon in the county. In April, 1867, he became a member of the law firm of Shober & Raley, and continued to grow in popularity as an able advocate until he had one side of almost every important case before the court. Upon the resignation, in 1886, of Judge William R. Day, of Canton, Mr. Raley was appointed, by Governor Foraker, to fill the vacancy thus made in the common pleas bench of this district, and at the following election he was elected for five years. His kind deportment while judge called around him many warm friends from the bar of the district. On November 12, 1867, Judge Raley was united• in marriage with Miss Margaretta M. Sloan, of Hanoverton, Columbiana Co., Ohio, who was born May 19, 1840, a daughter of George and Jessie (Robertson) Sloan, former of 770 - CARROLL COUNTY. whom, a native of Ireland, and by occupation a storekeeper and miller, came to America when a young man and settled in Ohio. He was born September 2, 1798, and died December 14, 1870. His wife was born April 24, 1802, and died February 12, 1884; she was a daughter of James and Janet (Stuart) Robertson, former of whom was born May 5, 1776, died at Hanover, Ohio, December 14, 1856, and latter was born August 12, 1774, died December 30, 1847. James Robertson was for many years a Presbyterian minister at the " Scotch Settlement," near Wellsville, Ohio. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Sloan settled in Hanover, Columbiana Co., Ohio, and became the parents of seven children —two sons and five daughters. Immediately after their marriage Judge Raley and his wife moved to their home in Carrollton, where the widow yet resides. They had a family of six children, as follows: George Sloan, born September 7, 1868; John Frank, born February 9, 1870; Jessie Sloan, born January 18, 1872; Eliza Leigh, born February 20, 1875, died March 12, 1879; Robert James, born December 22, 1877, and Charles Milton, born May 31, 1883. The domestic life of Judge Raley was an exceptionally happy one. Temperate in all things, the kindest of fathers and the most loving of husbands, he took the greatest pride in the care of his home and the comfort of his family. His reason could not be swayed by pathetic appeals, and while his mind often appeared to be shaped after the cold logic of the law, yet his private library shows frequent references to the poets, and his office table was often fragrant with rare flowers in their season. His friends and his family knew him as a loving, broad-minded man, whose clear, sound judgment quickly detected the shams and deceits of the world, and, while seeing them, yet exercised that patient, kindly forbearance and charity for the weaknesses of others that only a noble and generous man could have. He had that noble calmness of self-control, that determination to see and do the right, that ability to understand and pity the weak, not with a contemptuous indifference but with a helpful sympathy that made him a power in the city in which he lived. He died on Thursday evening, October 10, 1889, in the very prime of life. He fell from a tree while picking apples, and received internal injuries, from the effects of which he died at near 8 o'clock the same evening, lacking thirteen days of being fifty-two years of age. The news of the accident was a great shock to the community, as but a few hours before be had been mingling with his friends in his usual health and spirits. To his wife and children (for he left a daughter and four sons) the blow was simply overwhelming. The funeral was the most largely attended of any in Carrollton since the war. From the church the funeral train moved to the cemetery, and the remains of the distinguished townsman were laid to rest with a prayer and benediction. Judge Raley was a man who had won for himself a high position in his profession, and a reputation for integrity and ability of which any man might be proud. Commencing life with none of the advantages of wealth, and without the help of influential friends, he, by his personal force, pushed forward until he had placed himself side by side with those who occupied the front rank of his chosen profession. In seeking after the secret of his success, it is found in the following particulars: a determination to succeed, a jealous regard for his personal honor, and a recognition of those moral and religious principles that must influence every life that would become truly great. As a lawyer, he was known throughout Eastern Ohio as an advocate who never lost a case which consummate skill and a thorough knowledge of the law could win. As a jurist he was noted for the carefulness with which he prepared even the most minor points, and for his broad understanding of the law. As a citizen and neighbor he was profoundly respected by all and tenderly loved by many, to whom in the greatness of his heart he had extended substantial sympathy. In his religious predilections CARROLL COUNTY - 771 Judge Raley was formerly a member of the Society of Friends, but during the last two years of his life he was a member of the Presbyterian Church. JOHN H. FIMPLE, senior member of the widely known law firm of Fimple, Holder & De Ford, of Carrollton, Carroll County, is a native of the county, having been born March 31, 1859, in Augusta Township, on the farm where his parents were then and are now living, and which they at present own. His parents, David and Hannah (Dumbleton) Fimple, were both native-born citizens of the United States, former of whom (at any rate on his mother's side) is believed to have been of German descent. He was born in Washington County, Penn. , and when about two years old (some time prior to 1827) came with his father's family to what is now Augusta Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, where they settled. Here David Fimple was married to Hannah Dumbleton, a lady of English descent, some of her sisters being born in England, and whose parents came to this country a short time prior to date of her birth. The early days of young Fimple, the subject of this sketch, were spent in working on the farm and in attending the district school of the neighborhood. He excelled in mathematics, and after completing his studies at this primary school he attended the high schools at Malvern and Minerva, in Carroll County, after which he entered college, completing a classical course at the Northwestern Ohio Normal School at Ada, Ohio, in 1880; subsequently he graduated at Mount Union College with the degree of A. B., in the class of 1882, taking the honors of the class as a public debater in the Literary Society of the institution to which he belonged. While attending college he worked upon the home farm during the summer seasons, and also taught school for the purpose of earning means with which to complete his studies at college. After leaving college he was principal of the schools at Northfield, Summit Co., Ohio, for one year, and also worked upon the farm one year. Always having been inclined to the study of the law, in the spring of 1884 he entered the office of the late Judge Robert Raley, as a student. In the fall of 1884 he took an active part in the campaign for Blaine and Logan, and the following year (1885) was elected representative from Carroll County to the State Assembly for the term of two years. During his first year in the Legislature, on May 4, 1886, Mr. Fimple was admitted to the bar, ranking second in the examination out of a class of forty-two, and immediately upon his admission to the bar he was offered and accepted a partnership in the practice of law with his former preceptor, Mr. Raley, which partnership continued until the latter's appointment to the bench a short time afterward. Mr. Raley's appointment to the bench leaving the business of the firm in Mr. Fimple's hands, he then practiced alone for awhile; but finding that, owing to his duties in the Legislature, his practice necessitated a partner, the firm of Fimple & Holder was formed, and subsequently Union C. De Ford, who had read law with Judge Raley and Mr. Fimple, was taken into partnership, the present firm of Fimple, Holder & De Ford then being formed. During his first term in the General Assembly Mr. Fimple was active in temperance legislation, being the author of what was known as the "Fimple Local Option Bill," which, though the bill itself did not become a law, yet led to legislation which• substantially embodied its provisions. In July, 1887, the faculty and trustees of Mount Union College conferred the degree of A. M. upon him, and during the same year he was re-elected to the Assembly for two years, during which time he served on the judiciary committee, and was also appointed by the speaker a member of a special committee which prepared and drafted the Constitutional Amendments submitted to a vote of the people at the general State election held in November, 1889. Shortly after the adjournment of the second session of the Sixty-eighth General Assembly, 772 - CARROLL COUNTY. and prior to the expiration of his official term, Mr. Fimple was appointed a principal examiner of land claims and contests in the general land office at Washington, by the Harrison administration, at a salary of two thousand dollars per year, which position he still holds, though he has by no means given up his law practice, nor the permanency of his residence in Carroll County. He still retains an interest in the firm at Carrollton, and assists in the trial of important cases there; in fact he expects to abandon his official position at Washington at an early day, and give his attention exclusively to his law practice. Mr. Fimple is an avowed Protectionist, and has participated in several public debates in Carroll County and vicinity, and has spoken in nearly every political campaign since 1884. Although yet a young man, he stands second to none among his colleagues at the bar of Carroll County; and in the years that lie ahead of him the proper ambitions of his youth will no doubt be far excelled in the realities of the future. His ability as a debater, public orator and pleader is acknowledged to be of the highest order; and the force with which his reasonings and arguments are advanced, whether on the plat form as a debater, or at the bar of justice as a pleader, seldom fail to carry convincement. On December 3, 1888, Mr. Fimple was united in marriage with Miss Ida J. Patterson, of Augusta Township, Carroll County, daughter of John D. Patterson, and to them one child, Marie Hanora, was born December 8, 1890. In religion Mrs. Fimple is a Presbyterian, and Mr. Fimple, though a believer in and inclined to the Methodist faith, is not a member of any church; socially he is a Knight Templar Mason, and also belongs to the Knights of Pythias. WILLIAM F. BUTLER. The founder of the Butler family, of which the subject of this memoir is a member, was one John George Butler, who came from Germany at an early day, and served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War. After peace was declared he studied theology, and became a Lutheran minister, preaching through Pennsylvania, Virginia and other Southern States. He died some time in the " twenties " (it is thought) at Cumberland, Md. He had been married to a Miss Miller, by whom he had five sons—George William, Paul, Gideon, George Whitefield (grandfather of our subject) and Jonathan—and one daughter, whose name is not now known. Of these, George Whitefield was a soldier in the War of 1812, a lieutenant of Pennsylvania Reserves. He was the first to come to Carroll County, Ohio, and by occupation was a tanner; he died in 1873, the father of the following named children: Washington (father of our subject), Franklin, Jonathan and Jefferson, all deceased; Adams, in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa; Lafayette, in Marshall, Tex. ; George, a farmer in Rush County, Kas. ; Morgan, in Goshen, Ind. ; Lizzie, now Mrs. Young, in North Carolina; Amanda, wife of Hon. M. P. O'Connor, of San Jose, Cal. ; Cynthia, deceased, and Hattie, wife of Dr. B. B. Moore, of Marshalltown, Iowa. Of these, Washington was born April 6, 1819, in what is now Carrollton, Ohio, where he was reared, learning the trade of tanner, which he carried on for many years, owning a tannery, which he sold out after entering public life. He was in politics a Republican and Abolitionist, and served his county as deputy auditor, then as auditor (two terms), and again as deputy auditor, until his health failed; was deputy treasurer of the county about sixteen years, and also deputy clerk. He was elected a delegate to the second National Convention; held in 1872, which nominated Grant for President. In 1864 Mr. Butler entered mercantile business in partnership with L. D. Rowley, under firm name of Rowley & Butler, opening in Carrollton a store for merchant tailoring and the sale of clothing, boots and shoes; in 1865 be bought out Rowley and took into partnership his son William, the style of the firm becoming W. Butler & Son, so continuing until the death of the father, which occurred in 1883, when he was aged sixty-four years. Since then the business, CARROLL COUNTY - 773 now mainly comprising general clothing and gents' furnishings, has been carried on solely by our subject. Washington Butler was married in 1843 to Miss Susanna Van Buskirk, daughter of Enos Van Buskirk, of Carroll County, and she is now residing on the homestead in Carrollton, Ohio; their family consisted of seven children: William F. ; George J. ; Ann E., wife of James W. Cellars; Mary F., wife of Rev. A. T. Aller (Presbyterian), in Norton, Kas. Jane Marshall, wife of George H. Aller, of Malvern, Carroll Co., Ohio; Joseph C. and Harry Sumner, all being residents of Carrollton, Ohio, save as where otherwise stated. William F. Butler, whose name opens this sketch, was born February 23, 1845, in Carrollton, Carroll Co., Ohio, and received his education at the common schools of the place. At the age of fifteen, after having spent a short time in draying, he commenced clerking with I. Crumrine; in 1862 with James Huston; in 1864 with his father and L. D. Rowley (firm name Rowley & Butler), in the store which he now successfully carries on. On April 26, 1866, he was married to Miss Matilda, daughter of Gen. H. A. Stidger, of Carrollton. Gen. Stidger was a native of Virginia and a settler, in 1830, of Carrollton, where, soon after coming, he opened a store which he carried on until his death in 1885, he having then attained a good old age; his widow resides on the old homestead in Carrollton. To Mr. and Mrs. Butler has been born one child, Charles Harvey, who still resides at home. Our subject is a member of the K. of P., and in his political predilections he is a Republican. In 1868 he was appointed chief of police, serving two years; was also constable and deputy sheriff, serving some seven years under David Skeeles and James A. George; was elected coroner in 1886, and acted, on the death of David T. Watt, as sheriff from January to July, 1887, or until the appointment of John N. Davis. He has been a representative at conventions—State and otherwise—and helped to nominate Ex-Gov. Foster. Physically Mr. Butler is tall and robust, weighing about 200 pounds, and is gifted with a fine basso-profundo voice, which has often been heard to advantage in public, particularly at entertainments given by local and political glee clubs. He is proverbially popular, has a wide acquaintance, and is generally pronounced to be a sterling, genial and sociable companion. JAMES P. CUMMINGS, banker, Carrollton, was born in Archer Township, Harrison Co, Ohio, in September, 1820. Here he attended the common schools, and, his father being a farmer, did his share of work on the home place until 1837, when he moved to Carrollton, Carroll county, and here clerked in the store of Isaac Atkinson for several years, when he entered into partnership with Mr. Atkinson and the latter's son, Robert, the young men carrying on the store, while Mr. Atkinson himself operated a carding mill, etc. This continued some years, when, Robert Atkinson, having turned his attention to politics, securing, through the influence of his friend, Gov. Chase, a seat in the Senate, our subject was left to carry on the business alone. Robert Atkinson studied law, and finally secured a lucrative position in Washington. The partnership being now dissolved, Mr. Cummings opened out a general store in Carrollton, with Wilson L. Akers as partner, but the partnership was soon after dissolved. Mr. Cummings had in all eleven partners at different times, the last one being Mr. Couch. Selling their interest in the business at Carrollton, they moved to Columbus, Ohio, where they opened out in the wholesale and retail grocery trade, and Mr. Cummings then went into the same line of business along with Judge Jamison. In 1870 he returned to Carrollton, and established his present banking institution, in company with Mr. Couch (already referred to in this sketch), which partnership continued till May, 1888, when Mr. Couch died, leaving our subject to carry on the business alone. In 1844 Mr. Cummings married, in Carrollton, Phiniab, daughter of George and Mary Beatty, 774 - CARROLL COUNTY. former of whom was the first auditor of Carroll County, and brother of the first sheriff. By this union five children were born, viz. : Addie (deceased), Mary, wife of M. M. Marshall, in Omaha, Neb., Robert and Lucy (both deceased), and Emma, at home. Mr. Cummings is a representative, self-made man, having commenced life a poor farm boy, and his enviable success is due to his own indomitable perseverance, business ability and shrewdness. In politics he is a Republican, but no office seeker; in religion he is a Methodist. THOMAS HAYS, one of the leading attorneys of Carrollton, Carroll Co., Ohio, was born May 25, 1834, in Franklin Township, Columbiana Co., Ohio. He is of Scotch-Irish descent, his ancestors having emigrated from Scotland to Ireland during the reign of James I of England and VI of Scotland. The name was originally Hay, but when the family became quite numerous they were spoken of as the "Hays," and about A. D. 1750 a part of the family adopted the name of Hays, and have written it that way ever since. His parents, James and Mary (McKernan) Hays, were natives of County Tyrone, Ireland, where they, in 1818, were married. In 1819 they immigrated to America, and after a stay of about three years in Beaver County, Penn., they moved to Columbiana County, Ohio, where they took up Government land, and were among the earliest of the pioneers, the woods abounding at that time with wild animals, including all kinds of game. Here they ended their days, their deaths occurring in 1846 and 1877, respectively. They had eight children—five sons and three daughters—the eldest of whom, William H. (now deceased), was born in County Tyrone, Ireland; six of this family are yet living. Thomas Hays, whose name appears at the opening of this sketch, is the sixth in his father's family in the order of birth, and first saw light in an old log cabin on the original homestead in Columbiana County, as above related. His early life was spent with his parents, assisting them in the duties of the farm, and attending the early district schools. When about eighteen years of age he commenced teaching in the district schools of the neighborhood, a profession he followed at various times for some ten winters, and the earnings so made he devoted to pay the expense of his studies at the New Lisbon High School, which he attended three years, supplementing same with a short course of study at Mount Union College. While engaged in teaching he read law, and under the able tuition of Judge John Clarke, of New Lisbon, he advanced rapidly till in June, 1862, he was qualified to pass a most creditable examination before one of the supreme judges, and was admitted to the bar with the privilege of practicing before all the courts of the State of Ohio. In 1867 he was admitted at Cleveland to practice before the United States District Court. In May, 1863, Mr. Hays came to Carrollton, and here established himself in the practice of his chosen profession. Politically he is a Democrat, and for two years was mayor of Carrollton; also for three years served as a member of the board of education. In 1863 he married, in Columbiana County, Miss Martha J. Williams, a descendant of a pioneer family of that county, and four children have blessed them, viz. : Mary J., Joseph F., Adda C. and William J. Mr. and Mrs. Hays are members of the Presbyterian Church, and she is prominent in woman's work in connection therewith. He is the architect of his own success, and the family enjoy the respect and esteem of a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. LEVI STEMPLE, one of the most popular and enterprising hotel-keepers in Carroll and adjoining counties, is proprietor of the leading hostelry in Carrollton, known as the "Hotel Van Horn." He is a native of Carroll County, having been born August 15, 1839, in Washington Township, tenth in the order of birth in the family of six sons and five CARROLL COUNTY - 775 daughters born to Jacob and Eva (Easterday) Stemple. Jacob Stemple was born in Preston County, Virginia, whence, in 1818, he moved to Ohio, settling in what is now Carroll County, where he and his wife both died. He was a farmer by occupation, and had participated in the War of 1812 under Gen. Harrison, serving as corporal, and later, as captain in the militia. Levi Stemple was reared to agricultural pursuits, attending the public schools and also the academy at Carrollton. At the age of twenty years he commenced life for his own account, and for one year taught school. In 1865 he was married to Mary Gearhart, a native of Washington Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, and daughter of John and Mary Gearhart, pioneers of that section. To this union were born eight children, as follows: Ora, Alma, Otto, Ada, Verna, Lawrence G., Coila and Marna. Mr. and Mrs. Stemple resided on their farm which they carried on industriously until 1875, in which year they came to Carrollton, where he established his present prosperous hotel business, in which his urbanity and attentiveness as a host are too well known to the traveling public and others to call for any comment in this sketch. Mrs. Stemple is a member of the Reformed church; in politics Mr. Stemple is a Republican. JOHN RICHARD WILLIAMS, M. D., one of the rising young physicians of Carroll County, and one of the most successful in the profession in Carrollton, is a native of that town, born February 18, 1858. His father, Maj. Robert F. Williams, was born in Wash ington Township, same county, and in 1833 moved to Carrollton. Here, shortly after the breaking out of the Civil War, he organized a company of volunteers, of which he was made captain. It was mustered into the service at Camp Mingo, Ohio, August 22, 1862, and was attached to the Ninety-eighth 0. V. I., which regiment took active part in many of the principal engagements, among the first being the bloody battle of Perryville, under Gen. A. M. McCook, a former townsman of Maj. Williams; it was also present at the battle of Chickamauga, and was with Sherman's army in the Atlanta campaign, participating in the engagements at Buzzard's Roost, Resaca, Rome, Dallas and Kenesaw Mountain. In the advance on Atlanta, Maj. Williams was wounded in the leg by a minie-ball, and owing to the crowded state of the hospitals, and the sultry weather, gangrene set in, causing his death, which occurred August 10, 1864, his commission as major being issued November 3, same year, although virtually promoted to that rank about a month before he was wounded. In 1846 he was married to Miss Mary McGuire, a native of Carrollton, a daughter of E. McGuire, and to them were born five children, one of whom died in infancy. The widowed mother is still living, in the enjoyment of good health. The following is a brief record of the four surviving children: John Richard, the eldest, is spoken of more fully farther on ; Emma, the second child, was born, raised and schooled in Carrollton, was teacher in the district and Union School, and also taught music (in 1885 she was married to Rev. W. A. Miller, then minister of the German Reformed Church, of Carrollton, and they have one child born to them called Mary); Robert C., the next in order of birth, was also born and raised in Carrollton, graduating in the Union School (he taught in the district and also the Union School; was a successful applicant at the competitive examination held at Alliance, Ohio, under McKinley's term, for West Point. He graduated from West Point (Military Academy) in 1886, received his commission of second lieutenant of the Fifteenth Regiment, and was assigned to Fort Randall, Dak. In 1888 he was married to Miss Arta Parvin, of Cincinnati. He became the choice of the trustees of De Pauw University, Greencastle, Ind., for the chair of military science and tactics, to which place he was assigned by the war department in 1891, and which he now holds, also teaching surveying and other mathematical branches for the Academy); Mary Atlanta, the 776 - CARROLL COUNTY. youngest child, was born while the father was approaching Atlanta, was named by him, but he never reached home alive to see her (she was also schooled in the Union School at Carrollton, and taught district schools in Magnolia, Ohio. She was married in Carrollton, Ohio, to Charles Sterling, a carriage manufacturer of the firm of Sterling & Baxter, of Carrollton, and they have two children, Emma and Richard). John Richard Williams was eight years old when his father died. He was educated at the public schools of his native place, and in his boyhood was a clerk for some time; also for about three years served with a corps of engineers engaged in the construction of a railroad. In the spring of 1878 he began the study of medicine under the instruction of Dr. L. D. Stockon, of Carrollton, having previously taught in the district schools. In 1879-80-81 he attended lectures at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York, graduating therefrom in 1881. Returning to Carrollton, he here commenced the practice of his chosen profession in partnership with Dr. Stockon, which business relation existed until the spring of 1890. The Doctor has built up a lucrative practice, the result of close and careful attention to business. In October, 1881, he was married to Irene, daughter of Dr. L. D. and Etta Stockon, of Carrollton, and one child, a daughter named Lois, has blessed their union. Dr. and Mrs. Williams are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at Carrollton; in politics he has always been a straight Republican, and has served his town as councilman; at present time he is a member of the board of education of Carrollton special district, and clerk of that body. WALLACE L HANDLEY, attorney, of Carrollton, Carroll County, was born in Green Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, January 13, 1856, a son of David and Lydia (Fogle) Handley, both natives of the same township. His early life was spent on the farm and in attending the district and other schools. When twelve years of age he accompanied his parents to Uhrichsville, Ohio, where he further improved his rudimentary education at the public schools. After several years' stay at Uhrichsville, the family returned to Hopedale, in Harrison County, where our subject pursued a course of study at the Normal College, at the same time reading Blackstone and Kent. He was under the special charge of the late Cyrus McNeely, founder of the college at Hopedale, Ohio, to whom Mr. Handley will always be thankful for his assistance to him. In 1877 he moved to Carrollton, where he continued his studies of the law with S. M. Crain, and was admitted to the bar before the Supreme Court of Ohio in 1881, and at once established himself in business in Carrollton. In 1877 Mr. Handley was married to Anna J. Wathey, a native of Carroll County, and daughter of Zachary and Mary Wathey, early settlers of the county. To this union three children were born: Winfield H., December 9, 1878; Zachary A. (or " Archie"), December 13, 1886; the other,a boy, was born and died April 23, 1882; " Archie " died of cerebro spinal meningitis June 12, 1888. Mr. Wallace L. Handley is, politically, a Republican, and, in religion, is a Methodist, he and Mrs. Handley being members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Carrollton, Ohio. Mr. Handley takes considerable pride in the light-harness horse, and breeds some very good ones for pleasure and profit. ZACHARY WATHEY. The Wathey family is one of the oldest and best known in Augusta Township John Wathey, father of our subject, was born in Derbyshire, England, in 1786, and was one of a party who left their native land in the year 1818 to seek a home in the New World. After a voyage of seven weeks they landed at Baltimore, Md. ; there they purchased horses and wagons, and drove to and settled in what is now known as Augusta Township, Carroll County (this town- CARROLL COUNTY - 777 ship at that time being a part of Columbiana County), Ohio. Here they built for themselves homes, which, although log cabins of the primitive style, were yet to them the dearest spots on earth. Ann Richardson, who became his wife, was also a native of England, coming to this country in 1819, in which year they were married, began the struggle of life and underwent hardships of which the present generation know but little. To this union five children were born—three boys and two girls. In October, 1828, sorrow entered the little circle, and death took the faithful wife and good mother from their midst. In 1829 Mr. Wathey was married to Edith Walton, of the same township, to which union two children were born: Henry and Mary Ann. John Wathey died in June, 1877. Mrs. Wathey, after rearing and caring for the children by Mr. Wathey's first marriage, as her own, finally died at her daughter's home in Petrolia, Penn., in 1890. Zachary Wathey, whose name heads this biographical sketch, is a son of John, the pioneer, and was born July 18, 1822, on the farm alluded to above, and was reared in Augusta Township. As the advantages for obtaining an education at that time were limited, he did not receive the book education that the present generation boast of; but by years of experience and dealing with practical people, he obtained what is most valuable—a practical business education. October 22, 1848, at the age of twenty-six, Mr. Wathey married Miss Mary Permar, who was reared in same township, and whose parents were of French descent. Soon after marriage they settled in Washington Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, where Mr. Wathey, with Josiah C. Shaw, engaged in the carding and milling business, and after living about eight years in Washington Township they returned to Augusta Township, and settled on their present beautiful farm in the year 1853. Three children have been the result of this union, two of whom are dead. Anna, the survivor, is married to W. L. Handley, of Carrollton. Mr. Wathey has a good farm, well supplied in every particular, and takes much pride in raising good stock. In politics he is a Republican, and at the last county election, November 4, 1890, was elected county commissioner. There are but few men who have more friends in Carroll County than Mr. Wathey. VIRGIL STOCKON, one of the best known citizens of Carrollton, and a member of one of the old established families of Carroll County, was born in New Hagerstown, Carroll Co., Ohio, April 25, 1848, a son of Dr. Samuel M. and Caroline (Winchell) Stockon. The Stockon family in Harrison County trace their ancestry to England, the great-grandparents of our subject having come (it is believed) from that country to America. Grandfather Samuel Stockon was a resident of East Haddam, Conn., where he followed the trade of ship carpenter, and from there he moved, in 1810, to Hartford, same State, his family consisting, at that time, of himself, his wife, Irene (Sears), and five daughters (by his first marriage), of whom Sally was married to a Mr. English; Caroline and the third daughter were married to brothers named Griggs, and the fourth daughter married a Mr. Petrie. The name of Mr. Stockon's first wife is unknown, but it is on record that he married, in 1805, for his second wife, Mrs. Irene (Sears) Montfriedy, a widow. A Mr. Lefingwell was her first husband, by whom she had three sons, Richard, Elicia and one that died in childhood. By her second husband, Albert Montfriedy, she had two children, both boys, named Albert and John. By this second wife Samuel Stockon had four children, viz. : Julia, born in East Haddam, Conn., about 1807 (she lived in New York City until her marriage with Edward McLane, and they then moved to New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio); Samuel M., born in Hartford, Conn. ; Charles and Annie (Charles married Jane Winchell and came west the same time as his father did; Annie married Forcus Worth, and they then settled in Dunkirk, N. Y., where 778 - CARROLL COUNTY. the family yet live). After Samuel Stockon moved to Hartford he went into the market gardening business, and enjoyed a large share of the city trade in that line. Samuel M. Stockon, father of Virgil, when fourteen years of age entered Dr. Cogswell's office in Hartford, Conn., as " office boy," and two years after was appointed to a school at Islip, L. I., where he taught two years, after which he returned to Dr. Cogswell's office and commenced the study of medicine. At the expiration of a year he went to East Granby, Conn., where he was under the perceptorship of Dr. Brown, also one year, and from there he proceeded to Barkley College, in New York City, where he continued the study of medicine, and acted as one of the under physicians in Bellevue Hospital, until after the cholera epidemic of 1831-32, when he graduated from Bellevue Hospital Medical College, and commenced the practice of his profession in Collinsville, Conn. Here he remained one year, and was married September 15, 1833, to Caroline A. Winchell. The Winchell family have for several generations been natives and residents of Connecticut. Grandfather Elisha Winchell had three brothers: Luke, Eli and Grove, and one sister, Minnie Clark, all born and reared in Turkey Hill, Conn., and his children were (boys) Elisha, Elias, Allen, Reuben, Shaler, Tryan, Sardes and Volny, and (girls) Mindraell, Violetta, Phceby and Mary. After marriage Dr. Stockon moved to Brimfield, Ohio, a small village located about five miles from Franklin (now known as Kent), Portage County, where he practiced his profession two years; then moved to New Hagerstown, Carroll County, and from there, in 1850, moved to New Market (now Scico), Harrison Co., Ohio, and thence in 1858 to Carrollton, Carroll Co., Ohio. In addition to his medical practice Dr. Stockon carried on for some years a private banking business in Carrollton, which he had established in 1876. On July 30, 1888, the Doctor passed from earth; his widow still survives him. They were the parents of seven children, four of whom are yet living. In politics Dr. Samuel M. Stockon was a Democrat. Virgil Stockon was about ten years of age when his parents came to Carrollton, in which town he attended the common schools, and in 1866-67 he was a student at an academy in New Haven, Conn., where he finished his education. Having learned telegraphy, he followed that business four years on the Pan Handle Railroad, commencing at Washington, Penn., and then worked at various points on the line as far west as Indiana. In 1876 Mr. Stockon entered his father's newly established bank, as cashier, and in 1878, in order to further qualify himself for his responsible position, he took a course in book-keeping at Columbus Business College, and since the death of his father he has continued the banking business for his own account. On October 19, 1886, he was married to Louella Kennedy, daughter of Rev. S. Y. and Susan (Piper) Kennedy, former of whom is a Methodist Episcopal minister in Ohio, and by this union were born two children, Susan and Caroline, both at home. Mr. Stockon is a member of the F. & A. M. and K. of P. ; in politics he is a Democrat. L. D. STOCKON, M. D., one of the best known and most successful physicians of Carroll County, was born in New Hagerstown, Carroll Co., Ohio, November 4, 1838, a son of Dr. Samuel M. and Caroline (Winchell) Stockon. The Stockon family in Harrison County trace their ancestry to England, the great-grandparents of our subject having come (it is believed) from that country to America. Grandfather Samuel Stockon was a resident of East Haddam, Conn., where he followed the trade of ship carpenter, and from there he moved, in 1810, to Hartford, same State, his family consisting, at that time, of himself, his wife, Irene (Sears), and five daughters (by his first marriage), of whom Sallie was married to a Mr. English; Caroline and the third daughter were CARROLL COUNTY - 779 married to brothers named Griggs, and the fourth daughter married a Mr. Petrie. The name of Mr. Stockon's first wife is unknown, but it is on record that he married, in 1805, for his second wife, Mrs. Irene (Sears) Montfriedy, a widow. A Mr. Lefingwell was her first husband, by whom she had three sons, Richard, Elicia and one that died in childhood. By her second husband, Albert Montfriedy, she had two children, both boys, named Albert and John. By this second wife Samuel Stockon had four children, viz. : Julia, born in East Haddam, Conn., about 1807 (she lived in New York City until her marriage with Edward McLane, and they then moved to New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio); Samuel M., born in Hartford, Conn. ; Charles and Annie (Charles married Jane Winchell, and came west the same time as his father did; Annie married Forcus Worth, and they then settled in Dunkirk, N. Y., where the family yet live). After Samuel Stockon moved to Hartford he went into the market gardening business, and enjoyed a large share of the city trade in that line. Samuel M. Stockon, father of our subject, when fourteen years of age entered Dr. Cogs-well's office in Hartford, Conn., as office boy, and two years after he was appointed to a school at Islip, L. I., where he taught two years, after which he returned to Dr. Cogswell's office, and commenced the study of medicine. At the expiration of a year he went to East Granby, Conn., where he was under the preceptorship of Dr. Brown, also one year, and from there he proceeded to Barkley College, in New York City, where he continued the study of medicine, and acted as one of the under physicians in Bellevue Hospital until after the cholera epidemic of 1831-32, when he graduated from Bellevue Hospital Medical College, and commenced the practice of his profession at Collinsville, Conn. Here he remained one year and was married, September 15, 1833, to Caroline A. Winchell, daughter of Allen Winchell. The Winchell family have for several generations been natives and residents of Connecticut. Grandfather Elisha Winchell had three brothers—Luke, Eli and Grove—and one sister—Minnie Clark—all born and reared in Turkey Hill, Conn., and his children were (boys) Elisha, Elias, Allen, Reuben, Shaler, Tryan, Sardes and Volny, and (girls) Mindraell, Violetta, Phoebe and Mary. Allen Winchell was the father of eight children, viz. : Julia, Jane, Caroline A., Jerusha, Windwel, Allen P., Mary and James. After marriage Dr. Stockon, moved to Brimfield, Ohio, a small village located about five miles from Franklin (now known as Kent), Portage County, where he practiced his profession two years; then moved to New Hagerstown, Carroll County. In 1858 he came to Carrollton. In addition to his medical practice Dr. Stockon carried on for some years a private banking business in Carrollton, which he had established in 1876. On July 30, 1888, the Doctor passed from earth; his widow is yet living, aged eighty-one years. They were the parents of seven children, four of whom survive. In politics Dr. Samuel M. Stockon was a Democrat. L. D. Stockon received his primary education at the common schools of his native town, supplementing same with a course of study at. Scio and Hopedale, in Harrison County. In 1859 he began reading medicine under the preceptorship of his father, Dr. Samuel Marvin Stockon. Having now completed his course of study, Dr. Stockon settled in Carrollton in the general practice of medicine, in connection with which he has carried on a drug store for about two years. In 1860 the Doctor was married to Miss Juliet, daughter of Osmon and Julia (Mathews) Thomas, of Streetsborough, Portage Co., Ohio, former a native of New York State, latter of Massachusetts; they were members of the Baptist Church, in which he served as deacon from the age of twenty-three years up to the time of his death, which occurred when he was eighty-two years of age. To Dr. and Mrs. Stockon were born six children, as follows: Caroline, who died of whooping 780 - CARROLL COUNTY. cough; Irene, wife of Dr. J. R. Williams, of Carrollton, Ohio; Flora M., wife of L. E.Keiper, also of Carrollton; Daisy, who died of capillary bronchitis; Samuel M., who died of spinal meningitis when four years of age, and Samuel M., at home, now (1891) aged thirteen years. Dr. Stockon's home, in which he has resided some thirty years, is situated on Main Street, and his drug store is equipped with all druggist's sundries, notions, wallpapers, etc. In politics the Doctor is a Democrat, and, socially, he is a member of the I. 0. 0. F. JOHN CAMPBELL, sheriff of Carroll County, and one of its most popular citizens, was born on the family homestead in Harrison Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, March 23, 1849, the third son, and seventh in order of birth of the twelve children born to James R. and Catharine (Hueston) Campbell. His grandfather, William Campbell, emigrated from Scotland to this country in an early day, settling in Jefferson County, Ohio, where he died. He had born to him five children, the eldest of whom, James R., the father of our subject, first saw the light in Jefferson County, where he grew to maturity, and married, at the age of twenty-four years, Catherine Hueston, a native of Carroll County, and of Scotch descent. After their marriage they settled on a tract of land in Harrison Township, Carroll County, which they at once set to work to clear and improve. They were among the early pioneers of that region, their dwelling being a primitive log cabin; and here they reared their family of five sons and seven daughters, all of whom grew to maturity and married. This honored couple passed from earth, respected and esteemed by all, he in October, 1870, at the age of sixty-four years, and she in October, 1885, aged seventy-two years; they were consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Baxter's Ridge. John Campbell, the subject proper of this biographical sketch, received his education at the common schools of his district, having to walk two miles in winter time to the nearest school-house. At the death of his father he was appointed executor of the estate, and continued to live with his widowed mother, superintending the farm, three years. On December 31, 1874, he was united in marriage with Lieu Emma Woods, a native of Carroll County, daughter of Robert and Catharine (Finefrock) Woods, early pioneers of the county. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Campbell carried on farming in Harrison Township until 1878, in which year he embarked in the hardware business at Dell Roy, Monroe Township, same county, which he continued until 1884, when he sold out and removed to Carrollton, where he engaged with the hardware firm of Huston & Son. In the Republican primaries of June, 1887, Mr. Campbell received the nomination for sheriff of Carroll County, for which office there were no less than five candidates, and in the fall he was elected by a handsome majority, his popularity being such that he ran ahead of his ticket, and so efficiently did he fulfill the duties of the office that he was re-elected without opposition in 1889, and is now serving his second term. To our subject and wife have been born three children: Jetta May, Robert W. and John Roy. The parents are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Carrollton. He is a member of the I. 0. 0. F., and has filled all the chairs of the lodge. In 1890 he was elected a member of the Board of Public Education at, Carrollton. JOHN G. BYDER, contractor and builder, one of the industrious and prosperous citizens of Carrollton, Carroll County, comes of German parentage, his father, Sebastian Byder, and his mother, Catharine (Gossman) Byder, having been natives of Wurtemberg, whence, when young, they came to America where they were married. In Pennsylvania they remained some time, thence moved to Ohio, where in 1842 they settled on a farm in Knox Township, Columbiana County, CARROLL COUNTY - 781 where they died; he was by trade a tanner, which he followed the greater part of his life. They were the parents of two children, viz.: John G. and a daughter. John G. Byder, whose name appears at the opening of this sketch, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, December 5, 1839, and was reared on his father's farm, attending the public schools. When about the age of seventeen he went to Mt. Union, and from there, some time later, to Pittsburgh, where he served an apprenticeship to the trade of carpenter and joiner, at which he worked till the breaking out of the Civil War, when, in response to the President's call for volunteers, he offered himself, May 15, 1861, for the three months' service, but the quota having been filled up, he went to Wheeling, W. Va., where he enlisted in Company G, First Regiment, West Virginia Flying Artillery (he was first mustered into the Second Regiment of Infantry, and then transferred). After a short stay in camp, his regiment was sent to Beverly, W. Va., thence to Elkwater, where it joined the forces of Gen. Rosecrans. It participated in the engagements at Cheat Mountain, Elkwater and Cross Keys, and in 1862 was transferred to the Army of the Potomac under Gen. Pope, being present at the second battle of Bull Run and in the fight at Culpeper Court House. In September, that year, Mr. Byder was seized with typhoid fever, and was sent to hospital at Washington, D. C. (the Odd Fellows' Hall having been extemporized for that purpose), where he remained some five or six months. On his recovery he rejoined his company, and took part in all the skirmishes and raids participated in by his regiment in West Virginia and Tennessee, including the affair at White Sulphur Springs. On June 15, 1864, our subject received an honorable discharge at Wheeling, and returned to Pittsburgh, whence, after a short sojourn he went to his father's home, and resumed the vocations of peace. In 1866 Mr. Byder was married to Margaret Buck, a native of Carroll County, and daughter of John G. and Mary (Houck) Buck, to which union five children have been born. In 1867 our subject went to Salem, Ohio, where her carried on his trade till 1869, in which year he came to Carrollton, where he has since successfully followed his business. Among the buildings he has put up in Carrollton may be mentioned his own handsome residence and those of Judge Taylor, Dr. Stockon, Mrs. Fawcett and the Methodist Episcopal parsonage, besides the Van Horn House, Boegel's cigar store, rebuilding the Hoop House, putting a third story on the K. of P. hall, etc. Mr. Byder is a Republican; has been a member of the school board. The family are all members of the Lutheran Church. ANDREW N. GARTRELL, youngest son of Upton B. and Margaret (McCullough) Gartrell, was born in Orange Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, September 18, 1855. He was there educated in the district schools, being reared at the same time to agricultural pursuits, and October 2, 1878, he was married to Martha E. Bowers, a native of Harrison County, Ohio, born October 2, 1857, and whose parents John and Jane Bowers were old settlers of that county, her grandfather Bowers having been one of the first pioneers. Mrs. Gartrell had resided all her life in Harrison County, up to the time of her marriage, and the young couple then settled on their present farm, comprising eighty acres of prime land, and situated about one mile north of Leesville, in Orange Township, Carroll County. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Gartrell (six of whom died in early infancy), as follows: a son, born December 13, 1879, died same day; a son, born December 26, 1880, and died January 11, 1891; a son, born March 18, 1882, died March 20, 1882; an infant, born July 31, 1883, died August 12, 1883; Clara Belle, born February 18, 1888, and died July 18, 1888; a daughter, born April 19, 1889, and died same day, and Edgar J. born October 26, 1885. Our subject and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics he is a Republican. 782 - CARROLL COUNTY. GEN. E. R. ECKLEY. In the land of the Teutons the Eckley family first sprung into existence, the name being essentially German. Thence a branch of them, some time in the long ago, migrated to English soil, where were born the more immediate ancestry of Gen. Eckley. The first of the family to come to America was John, who remained for a time in New York, and then moved to New Jersey. He 'had five sons, viz. : Barnabas, who became the founder of a large mercantile firm in Boston, Mass. ; John, who was chief justice of the courts of Pennsylvania; Ephraim, who changed the spelling of the name to " Akley," was hanged in Long Island by the Tories (he was the grandfather of Prof. Akley, of Cleveland, Ohio); Peter, the grandfather of Gen. Eckley, and Joseph, who was with Washington at the capture of Trenton, accompanied Crawford as a lieutenant on his expedition against Sandusky Indians, and was supposed to have been killed. These brothers were all engaged in the Revolutionary War, Peter as a member of the New Jersey troops. At the battle of Harlem Plains he was shot in the leg, from which he never fully recovered. These brothers had a sister, named Elizabeth, who married Major Callaway, a particular friend of Daniel Boone, of Kentucky. A daughter of Boone and one of the Callaways were captured by the Indians, but were retaken by their fathers. The Government gave Boone and Callaway each a township tract of land in Missouri, and named two counties, respectively, Boone and Callaway. Both these men became members of the State Legislature of Missouri. In New Jersey Peter Eckley was married to Esther, daughter of Thomas Ralph, who had a son (Ephraim) an officer in the Revolution, and who was wounded at the battle of Princeton. The Ralphs moved to Westmoreland County. Penn., where Ephraim Ralph joined Col. Lockry's expedition against the Indians. There were two detachments of troops, Ralph being second in command. The first detachment, under Lockry, led the advance, and the second was to land on a given signal. Simon Girty, the renegade white chief of the Indians, ambushed the first, exterminating it, and having discovered the signal for the second detachment to land, he gave it, and on their arrival he surrounded them, killing all, including Ralph, except three who returned home—Ralph's servant, by name John Orr, an Irishman, being one of them. He made his way from Detroit to Fort Pitt, accompanied only by his dog, and had little else to guide him on his retreat save the stars by night and the sun by .day. Coming to Beaver River, he swam across, but as his dog did not follow, he recrossed the stream for his faithful four-footed friend. Arriving at Fort Pitt, Orr told his direful tale. He afterward became sheriff of Westmoreland County, Penn., and was the first of the family of that name in western Pennsylvania. The grandparents of our subject remained some time in Pennsylvania, and in about the year 1800 they came to what is now the State of Ohio, whither their eldest son had preceded them. They finally settled in Richland County, same State, where they died, the grandfather at the age of eighty years, and the grandmother when ninety-two years old. They had a family of eleven children, the record of whom is as follows: Lydia died at the age of twenty; Ephraim was the father of Gen. Eckley; Joseph died in Pennsylvania; George died in Illinois; Esther, wife of William Neely, in Illinois; Peter died in Hillsboro, Ohio; Charity is the deceased wife of Lewis Hardenbrook, of Mount Gilead, Ohio; Thomas died in Carroll County, Ohio; Eleanor is the deceased wife of Bartley Finley, of Mount Gilead, Ohio; Levi was at one time a member of the State Senate of Georgia, and afterward lieutenant-governor of the State, thence moved to Illinois and from there to San Francisco, Cal., where he kept a hotel and died; John was in Iowa when last heard from. Ephraim Eckley grew to manhood on his father's farm, and when Ohio was yet a Territory he came hither, becoming a river trader, in the plying of which vocation he made no less CARROLL COUNTY - 785 than twenty-two trips to New Orleans. He was wedded to Sarah Van Gilder, a descendant of an old Dutch family, ship-builders at Cape May, for whom a square in New York City is named. Jeremiah Van Gilder met and married a Miss Sarah Sharpe, of New Jersey. The Sharpe family were of English extraction, and were numerous in the eastern States. The parents of Mrs. Sarah (Van Gilder) Eckley died, the father in Allegheny County, Penn., and the mother in what is now Richland County, Ohio, whither she had come in 1816, when this region was a wilderness. She was twice married, and by her first husband, Jeremiah Van Gilder, she had five children—two sons and three daughters —who all lived to great ages: Sarah, the mother of Gen. Eckley, died aged ninety; Sophia, died aged eighty-six; Margaret, died earlier in life; John, died aged eighty-three; Peter died earlier in life. Until 1814 the Eckleys remained in what is now Jefferson County, Ohio, and then six families moved to Mohican Valley, the Van Gilders following in 1816. Later they (the Eckleys) proceeded to Olney, Ill., where the father of our subject died in 1863, at the age of eighty-four years, and the mother in 1870, aged ninety. They were the parents of seven children, viz. : Jeremiah, who died in New Orleans in February, 1834 (he was editor of the Feliciana Gazette); Peter, who moved to Indiana, then to Illinois, and finally to Iowa, where he died of "la grippe " in the spring of 1890, at the age of eighty-five years; Daniel, M. D., who practiced medicine for half a century, and is now a resident of Minerva, Ohio; Lydia, deceased wife of Joshua Johnson, of Illinois; Ephraim Ralph, the subject proper of this commemorative sketch; Harvey, M. D., in Circleville, Ohio (who was with Houston in the Texan revolution of 1836, then moved to Jackson, La., where he was a merchant, and from there proceeded to Tennessee, where he married; at the time of the Civil War he was arrested and imprisoned six months for his Union sentiments, being taken to Vicksburg; after his release he returned to his home. He was afterward made collector for the Western District of Tennessee, which office he filled for sixteen years; then moved to Kansas, where he now resides), and Milton, who died in Kansas. Gen. E. R. Eckley is a native of Jefferson County, Ohio, born December 9, 1811, and was consequently but three years of age when the family moved to. Mohican Valley, yet the General says he still remembers that memorable trip made over three-quarters of a century ago. In this new wild home he grew up, surrounded by dangers from many sources, and helped clear the farm, chopping down the " lords of the forest " and clearing away the brush, many a day. The first school be attended was held in the old traditional log school-house, with greased-paper windows, etc., and his first teacher was a one-legged man who knew but little more than his scholars. Thus passed the boyhood and youth of our subject, and at the age of eighteen he became a teacher, also a clerk in a country store. About this time the " Yankees " began to come into the settlement, schools and other institutions were improved, New England ideas were disseminated in the community, and among the innovations introduced was the first " school marm " (a Miss Baird) ever seen in those regions. In 1833 young Eckley made preparations for a journey to Louisiana, but having received the offer of a clerkship in a store in Harrison County, Ohio, he pretended to his people that be was going there (something he really had no intention of doing), but instead, he came to Carroll County, same State, where an uncle was desirous of having him teach school. This he did for one year, commencing in the fall of 1833. In the meantime he began reading law under Judge Johnson, now residing in Cincinnati, Ohio, at the advanced age of eighty-seven years. In 1834 Mr. Eckley moved to Mansfield, Ohio, where he was acquainted with some of the lawyers of the place, and here the business of a certain firm having gone into the hands of a receiver, our subject was appointed " master," which found him occupation for another year. About this time the county surveyor was making arrangements to have some surveying done in 786 - CARROLL COUNTY. Indiana, and succeeded in getting Mr. Eckley to join his corps of assistants. The party proceeded to the Hoosier State, but the summer having set in wet, they dreaded the ague, so prevalent in those days, and the members of the expedition, which was abandoned, were scattered to the four points of the compass, our subject returning to Richland County, where he spent the summer. He surveyed and laid out the first lots where the town of Crestline, in Crawford County, now stands. In the fall of 1836 he came to Carrollton, Carroll County, where his home has since been made. Here he was admitted to the bar in October, 1837, and here he practiced his profession up to the breaking out of the Civil War. In 1843 he was elected to the State Senate, representing the district composed of Carroll and Jefferson Counties, and in 1845 he was re-elected, his district being composed this time of Carroll and Tuscarawas Counties. For the next term he was out of the Senate, but in 1849 he was returned; this proved a stormy session, there being a revolution of parties, and four weeks were occupied in organizing. In 1851, when the new constitution was adopted, he was a Whig candidate for the lieutenant-governorship of Ohio, Samuel F. Vinton being the candidate for governor on the same ticket. Mr. Eckley, however, was unsuccessful in this. In 1853 he was sent to the House of Representatives from Carroll County, and was voted for as a Whig candidate for United States Senator by said Legislature. In 1856 he was delegate to the Fremont Convention, held at Philadelphia, and in 1860 was appointed a member of the convention which nominated Lincoln, but was unable to attend. On June 10, 1861, the Civil War having now broken out, our subject was appointed lieutenant-colonel of the Twenty-sixth 0. V. I., and in December following was promoted to colonel of the Eightieth 0. V. I. He was in West Virginia with his command, whence he brought his regiment same year to Cincinnati, where it was turned over, and Col. Eckley then took command of a regiment at Camp Meigs. February 17, 1862, they broke camp and proceeded direct to Cairo, Ill. On March 8, following, they were ordered to proceed up the Ohio and land at Paducah. Here Sherman turned the camp over to Col. Eckley, and went to Pittsburg Landing. Our subject remained in camp at Paducah until April, and then moved. farther up the river, but was met by a messenger boat with orders for hip to stop at Dresden Roads, and allow neither friend nor foe to pass. Then orders came to fall back and fortify the road; missing Shiloh the command again proceeded up the river, debarking at Hamburg. Col. Eckley was then assigned to the command of a brigade near Corinth, after which he was again given command of a brigade in the Army of the Mississippi, and followed Beauregard to Booneville, Miss. ; from here he fell back to within six miles of Corinth, remaining there in camp until the early fall of that year. On September 19, 1862, his command were engaged at Iuka, and, on October 3 and 4 following, they participated in the battle of Corinth. In March, 1863, he left his regiment and returned home. In the fall of that year he went to Congress, having been elected to same some time previously, where he served six years, having been elected three times. He was one of the twenty-two members who opposed the immediate giving to the rebels full rights of citizenship. The General is now peacefully resting on his laurels, respected and honored by all who know him. Gen. E. R. Eckley was married, in 1837, to Martha L. Brown, of Carrollton, who is still alive, and there were born to them five children, viz.: Helen A., who married Dr. James West-fall, a surgeon in the Union Army; William J., who was a captain in the War of the Rebellion, and at its close was appointed a lieutenant in the regular army, joined his command in New Mexico, and died at Fort Sumner in 1867; Harvey J., an attorney of Carrollton, Ohio; Ralph B., who died in infancy, and Martha L., who married Dr. W. C. Skeels, a physician of Carrollton. The Eckley family were originally CARROLL COUNTY - 787 Episcopalians, but after, coming west were generally attached to the Presbyterians. JOHN B. VAN FOSSEN, a native of Carroll County, Ohio, was born in East Township, December 29, 1844. His grandfather, Jesse Van Fossen, who was a Pennsylvania farmer, married a Miss Donaldson, and soon thereafer they came to Carroll County, settling on a farm in East Township, where they both died. They were the parents of eight children—five sons and three daughters—of whom are still living Jesse J., in East Township; Levi, in Fox Township,. and Robert, near Cadiz, Harrison County. Another of the sons, David D., was brought up to farm life, and in 1839 was married to Miss Eleanor, daughter of John Boice, of Mechanics-town, Carroll Co., Ohio. The Boice family were among the early corners to this county. Mr. and Mrs. David D. Van Fossen made their home in Carroll County, and at the breaking out of the Civil War he enlisted in Company A, Thirty-second 0. V. I., which was sent South, where he died of disease in Beverly, W. Va., March 21, 1862, at the age of forty-seven years, at which time he was corporal. His remains were brought home for interment, and they now rest in Glade Run Cemetery in Carroll County. Politically he was first a Whig, then a Free-Soiler, afterward a Democrat, and finally a Republican. He was a strong Abolitionist, and took a zealous interest in the liberation of the slave. His widow is still living in Mechanicstown, calmly awaiting the summons to her long home. They had a family of seven children, the record of whom is as follows: Jesse C., died of consumption; Mary Jane is the deceased wife of Daniel Campbell; John B. is the subject of this sketch; Robert D. is in East Liverpool, Ohio; Ebenezer died in infancy; Sarah R. is living with her mother; Austin R. is a minister of the United Presbyterian Church, at Homestead, Penn. John B. Van Fossen spent his early boyhood on the farm, and in attending the common schools of the neighborhood. At the age of seventeen years he enlisted in Company I, Ninety-eighth 0. V. I., becoming sergeant, and serving as such till the close of the war. He was with Sherman in the march to the sea, and participated in all the battles in which his regiment fought, commencing with Perryville; was not wounded, although rifle balls passed through his clothing, and was never in hospital—in fact was on no occasion absent from his regiment except on duty. On June 1, 1865, he received an honorable discharge, and returned to his native county and to the scenes of peace. Having decided on improving his education, which had been interfered with by the breaking out of the war, he attended Harlem Academy for a time, and soon thereafter commenced teaching, a profession he followed several winters in the county, the summers being devoted to the duties of the farm. In 1870 Mr. Van Fossen became united in marriage with Miss Christiana, daughter of Thomas George, of Carroll County, Ohio, and to them were born four children, as follows: David George and Sarah Geraldine, both at home, and Thomas H. and one unnamed, both deceased in infancy. In 1885 our subject was elected to the office of treasurer of Carroll County, to which he was re-elected in 1887. He and all his family are members of the United Presbyterian Church, and in politics he is a stanch Republican. Mr. Van Fossen is much respected in his community, and is recognized as one of the leading representative men of his county. DAVID H. LONG, proprietor of the leading livery business in Carrollton, Carroll County, is a native of the county, born in Centre Township, January 1, 1838. His father, who was a farmer, by name Jonathan Long, came from Pennsylvania (where he was born and reared) to Carroll County, and here married Nancy, daughter of Samuel Beatty, one of the pioneers of the county. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Long settled in Centre Township, Carroll County, where they spent the remainder 788 - CARROLL COUNTY. of their lives, he dying in 1870 at the age of seventy-two years, and his wife a few years later, at the same age. They were the parents of six children, of whom the following is a record: Keziah Jane Woodrow lives in Denver, Colo. ; Mary is the wife of John Humbaugh, in Harrison Township, Carroll Co., Ohio; Samuel is in Texas; David H. is our subject; William is in Kansas; John died at the age of eight months. David H. Long was reared on his father's farm, receiving his education at the common schools of the district. In 1877 he opened out his present well-equipped livery business in Carrollton, which has a widespread reputation for the excellency of its " turn-outs." When twenty-three years of age Mr. Long was married to Miss Mary E. Cameron, of Carroll County, but a native of Wellsburg, Brooke Co , W. Va., and to this union have been born five children; viz. : Samuel, William (deceased), Nancy G., Ida R. and Charles (latter deceased). The parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church; Mr. Long is a member of the K. of P., and in politics is a Prohibitionist. DAVID O. RUTAN, prominent in Carroll ) County, is a dealer in live stock and wool, with residence at Carrollton, and is a native of the county, having been born in Perry Township, August 16, 1843. His grandparents, Peter and Elizabeth Rutan, came in 1818 to the southern part of Carroll (at that time Harrison) County, the nearest settlement to them being three miles distant. They had a family of six children, of whom Alexander A. was born in Fayette County, Penn. He was a lad when his parents came to Ohio, and on their farm he grew to maturity, attending the subscription schools of the period. He here married Sarah Wortman, a native of New Brunswick, and who had come with her parents to Carroll County. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Rutan resided on the homestead until death separated them, Mr. Rutan being called from earth in 1881 when aged seventy-five years. He was a man of sterling Christian principles, a prosperous farmer, who merited the confidence of both neighbor and friend. Politically he was first a Whig, and afterward, on the formation of the party, a Republican, and he took an active interest in educational and other public movements. His widow, now seventy-four years of age, is a resident of Carrollton. They were blessed with a family of eleven children, of whom eight are yet living, David O. being the fifth in order of birth. David O. Rutan received his education in the early schools of his district, having to walk a couple of miles for a few weeks' attendance in winter time; attended Rural Seminary at Harlem Springs, Ohio, part of the winter of 1861-65, also Scio College during winter of 1867-68. In 1864 he enlisted in Company I, One Hundred and Fifty-seventh Regiment, 0. N. G., one hundred-days men, and served as corporal until mustered out September 2, same year. In January, 1865, he again enlisted, this time in Company A, One Hundred and Eighty-sixth Regiment, 0. V. I., which was attached to the Army of the Cumberland under Gen. Thomas. Mr. Rutan served till the close of the war, and was then honorably discharged. One brother, James S. Rutan, enlisted as a volunteer from Pennsylvania, and was commissioned first lieutenant; since the war he has served three terms as State senator from Pennsylvania, six years as United States marshal, and four years as collector at the port of Pittsburgh; he was appointed consul at Florence, Italy, by President Grant, but refused the appointment. Another brother, Samuel M., enlisted in the Ninety-eighth 0. V. I., serving as sergeant, and was wounded at Chickamauga. At the close of the war our subject settled to farm life in Carroll County, and in 1872 he moved to his present place of eighty-eight acres of land, all improved by his own labor, and on which he has erected a handsome residence. For the past twelve years Mr. Rutan has been dealing in stock and wool. In 1870 he was CARROLL COUNTY - 789 married to Anna H. Ebersole, a native of Carroll County, and a daughter of John and Susanna Ebersole, to which union have been born five children, three of whom are now living, viz.: Arthur A., Helen F. and Sarah 0. The parents are members of the Presbyterian Church, in which Mr. Rutan is trustee; in politics he is a Republican, and in 1889 he was elected treasurer of Carroll County, receiving the largest majority in any election since the war. He is a member of Carrollton Lodge, No. 124, A. F. & A. M., and of Minerva Chapter, No. 123; also of McAllister Post, No. 212, G. A. R. JESSE MARSHALL, one of the well. known rising young business men of Carrollton, Carroll County, was born in Washington Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, October 14, 1853, and is descended of German ancestry who came from the Fatherland to this country at a very early day. Joshua Marshall, son of Aaron Marshall, of Virginia, and the paternal grandfather of our subject, was a native of Hancock or Brooke County, Va. (now West Virginia), whence he moved to Carroll County, Ohio, where be was a pioneer farmer. He was married to Mary Roudebush, who had come from east of the Alleghenies early in life, and by her had twelve children—six sons and six daughters. Joshua Marshall died in Washington Township, Carroll County in 1875, aged eighty years; his widow is yet living in that township. Their son, Eli, the father of Jesse, was born in Washington Township, Carroll County, and was brought up to farm life, his education being limited to the common schools of his times. He was united in marriage with Sarah Jane, daughter of Jesse Roudebush, of the same township, and by her had three children, viz. : Jesse; Levi, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a minister of the Disciples Church, and Annie M., wife of James N. Lawrence, on the home place. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Eli Marshall removed to the farm where the father died July 19, 1883, at the age of fifty-three years, after a lingering illness; the mother is still living on the home place. Jesse Marshall, the subject proper of these lines, in early boyhood had all the experiences of the average farmer's son. He had a good, substantial education at the common schools of the home district, from which he developed from one taught into one teaching, for some fifteen winters following that profession in Carroll County, the summers being occupied in the duties of the farm. Thus he continued until 1889, in which year he moved into Carrollton, where he established his present produce business, in which he has been eminently successful. In 1878 Mr. Marshall married Miss Kittie, daughter of Christian Dennis, of Carroll County, and to this union has been born one child, Elmer Garfield, at home with his parents, a sufferer from spinal meningitis, being left, a cripple for life. The life of Mr. Marshall has been an active one, and in his farming, school teaching and his present business, that of dealer in general produce—grain, flour, lime, etc. --he has contributed not a little to the general advancement and prosperity of his county. He and his wife are members of the Disciples or Christian Church of Mt. Olivet, Washington Township, Carroll County, and in politics he is a Republican. JACOB KINTNER. At an early day George Kintner, then a lad of fourteen years, came from Germany to America and located on a tract of Penn's purchase, in Washington County, Penn., becoming the first settler in Somerset Township. He was there married to Mary Susanna Lamb, also a native of Germany, who had come with her parents to America. The young couple resided for a number of years in Washington County, then came to Ohio, where he entered Government land in Sugar Creek Township, Tuscarawas County; about the year 1800 he was killed by a falling tree; his widow survived him several years, and died in Pittsburgh, Penn. Seventeen children—eight 790 - CARROLL COUNTY. sons and nine daughters-were born to them, all of whom but one grew to maturity. The second youngest child was a son, named Christian, born in Washington County, Penn., May 14, 1784. His boyhood days were spent in his native county, and when a young man he came to Ohio, locating on the land his father had entered in Tuscarawas County. At the death of his father he returned to Pennsylvania, and purchased the homestead, where he remained a few years. About 1810 he married Elizabeth Moore, a native of Westmoreland County, Penn., born in 1790. In March, 1816, taking a team of oxen and loading a few household effects into a covered wagon, they journeyed to Ohio, where they purchased a quarter section of land, now Centre Township, Carroll County, paying for the same five dollars per acre. There, in a little cabin built of unhewn logs, with puncheon floor and clapboard roof, they began life for themselves in their new home, three years preyious to the organization of the village known as Centreville, and they were among the early pioneers of this region, the country where they settled being then a portion of Stark County. Christian Kintner was a progressive, public-spirited citizen, a consistent member of the Lutheran Church, and was active in founding the first church of that denomination in Carrollton. His death occurred June 7, 1860, and that of his wife in 1848; they were the parents of ten children, of whom the following is a brief record: George was born October 2, 1811, and is now deceased; Andrew was born May 22, 1814; Mary, born June 30, 1816, is the deceased wife of George M. Henry (had seven children); Susanna, born May 25, 1818, is the deceased wife of Joseph Ebersole (had ten children); Elizabeth, born February 17, 1820, is the deceased wife of Levi Simmons (had five children); Christian was born December 30, 1822; Jacob is the subject proper of this sketch; Lydia died in infancy; Abraham was born July 29, 1829; Jonas was born November 12, 1831. Jacob Kintner was born on the homestead near Carrollton, Ohio, November 6, 1824, and grew to maturity with his parents, enduring the privations of the pioneer times, wore home-made clothing, and attended the district and subscription schools. The greater part of the country at that time was wild woodIand, and in his boyhood he often saw herds of deer and flocks of wild turkeys. On February 6, 1849, Mr. Kintner was married to Miss Louisa, daughter of George and Mary Kintner, and their first residence upon the place where they now reside was a small log cabin. Eleven children have been born to them, their names and dates of birth being as follows: Benjamin A., December 7, 1849, died May 17, 1887; Clement V., April 22, 1851; Isaac N., December 21, 1852; Christian A., October 15, 1854; Elnorah A., July 19, 1856, died in infancy ; Mary Louisa, born September 20, 1857, now Mrs. S. Abrahims; William M., February 21, 1859; Annie E., July 7, 1861, now Mrs. G. W. Tressel; Eli J. M., Oc tober 26, 1865; James A., September 30, 1868, and Franklin, February 28, 1870. Mr. and Mrs. Kintner are respected and consistent members of the Reformed Church. Politically he is a Democrat, but is not bound by party ties. His farm of 150 acres lies adjoining the corporation of Carrollton, and upon it stand a fine brick residence and commodious out-buildings. REV. SAMUEL L. DICKEY, D. D., pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Harlem Springs, Ohio, was born November 2, 1838, in Jefferson County, Ohio, a son of William and Elizabeth (Curry) Dickey, latter a daughter of James Curry, of Lancaster County, Penn., and of Scotch-Irish descent. William Dickey was a native of County Antrim, Ireland, where he received his education. At the age of eighteen years he came alone to this country, and located in Lancaster, Penn., where he met and married Elizabeth Curry, who bore him the following named children: James C., deceased; John B., pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Braddock, Penn. (he was educated in Franklin College, then went to the Western Theolog- CARROLL COUNTY - 791 ical Seminary, Allegheny City, where he graduated); Rev. Samuel L. ; Mary A. (deceased); Martha J., Margaret E. and Sarah C. (deceased). The father died in May, 1877, the mother in March, 1887, and both are buried at Richmond, Jefferson Co., Ohio. The early life of the subject proper of this sketch was passed in Jefferson County, where he received his education at the common schools and at Richmond College. In 1868 he entered the Western Theological Seminary, Allegheny City, and graduated in the class of 1870. Being licensed to preach, he received, in the fall of the latter year, a call from the Presbyterian Church at Harlem Springs, whither he went, and was ordained and installed in August, 1871. The church was in a very weak condition when he went to it, but under his able ministry it has been greatly strengthened, and increased in membership. Through his efforts the present church building, 66x40, was erected in 1878. Rev. Dickey was president of the college at Harlem Springs from 1871 to 1875. October 16, 1862, he became united in marriage with Elizabeth W., daughter of Roland and Rachel (Sweazey) Holmes of Jefferson County, and their children are William R. and Bessie R., both at home. Politically our subject is a Republican and Prohibitionist. In his ministerial work his zeal and labor have been rewarded by success beyond even his own expectations. WILLIAM STRATTON KNOX, editor of The Malvern Doings at Malvern, Carroll Co., Ohio, was born at Harmar (now Marietta),Washington Co., Ohio, October 31, 1860. At the age of sixteen he left school, and at nineteen had finished learning his trade of iron molder in his father's foundry. He then engaged in the profession of printing, and, in the spring of 1881, established the Marietta Weekly Leader, which he subsequently disposed of and went into the job printing business. In June, 1884, he moved his job office from Marietta to Minerva, Stark Co., Ohio, at which point he also established the Minerva News, which he conducted with success (in face of the fact that three other journals had failed) until December 18, 1889, when he sold out, and March 13, 1890, established The Malvern Doings, the first newspaper enterprise of the place, and of this he has also made a success. Mr. Knox is an easy, graceful writer, and a shrewd business man, as well as a public-spirited citizen, who has won the esteem of all his neighbors. Mr. Knox was married May 20, 1886, to Miss Nellie M. Perdue, daughter of Capt. F. A. and Julia A. Perdue, and is the father of two children, named William Clifton and Tom Booth. REV. JAMES H. HAWK, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at Carrollton, Carroll County, was born September 3, 1846, in Westmoreland County, Penn. His father, George Hawk, is a native of the same county, where he has always followed agricultural pursuits, and where he was married, in 1842, to Martha McKallip, a native of County Down, Ireland, who, when a child, was brought by her parents to this country, and to Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. George Hawk bad a family of six children—three sons and three daughters—and of these the subject of this sketch is the third in order of birth. His boyhood was passed in assisting his parents on the farm and attending the district schools, distant from his home about a mile and a half, and at the age of sixteen years he entered the academy at Leech-burg, Penn., being chosen, the following year. principal of the Leechburg High School. In the year 1868 Mr. Hawk commenced a classical course at Westminster (Penn.) College, after which he spent some years as teacher, and in 1871 he entered Allegheny Theological Seminary, at Allegheny, where he graduated in 1874, on the 23d day of April of which year he was ordained by the Clarion (Penn.) Presbytery. Immediately after ordination Mr. Hawk was installed pastor of the Presbyterian Church at 792 - CARROLL COUNTY. Rimersburg, Penn., which incumbency he filled seven years, when, having received a call to fill the pulpit of the First Presbyterian Church at Greenfield, Ind., he proceeded thither in 1881. During his pastorate there the church received large accessions of membership, and when he left, at the end of three years, to respond to a call to the church in Franklin, Ohio, his departure was greatly regretted by members of the congregation. After a seven months' sojourn at Franklin, Mr. Hawk accepted a call to the charge of the church at Nelsonyille, Ohio, whence, after a brief stay, he came, in 1886, to Carrollton, to enter upon his duties as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. Here his assiduous labors have been productive of much good, having been rewarded with numerous accessions and consequent large increase of membership, and the church is now in the enjoyment of an era of gratifying prosperity. He represented the Steubenville Presbytery at the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, held at Saratoga, N. Y., in 1890. In June, 1869, our subject was united in marriage with Abbie Wilhelm, a native of Westmoreland County, Penn., and a descendant of the Steck family of that State, among whom are numbered many ministers of considerable prominence. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hawk, viz. : Boynton L., who died at the age of two years; and Harold Brooks, who was born February 1, 1879. Mr. Hawk, in his political preferments, is a Republican, and a strong supporter of protection. SIMPSON J. HARVEY. In the spring of 1836 there came to Carroll County from Washington County, Penn., Robert Harvey and his family, industrious and frugal farming people. He was born June 15, 1789, in Carlisle, Cumberland Co., Penn., and March 1, 1820, was married to Sarah Simpson, who was born April 11,1800, in Washington County Penn. Robert Harvey resided in the last named county till 1830, when he came, as al ready stated, to Carroll County, where he purchased a farm of 309 acres, and passed the rest. of his active life. He died October 5, 1837, and his widow July 20, 1878. In their church connections they were Presbyterians, and in politics he was a Democrat. This honored couple did much toward the prosperity and advancement of Carroll County. Six children were born to them, three of whom are now living, including the subject of these lines, who is third in the family in the order of birth. Simpson J. Harvey was born on his father's farm in Washington County, Penn., November 14, 1827, and was consequently nine years of age when he came with his parents to Carroll County, sharing with them all the hardships of pioneer farm life, and attending three months, in winter time, the old log school-house of the period. After the death of his father he, along with a brother, R. R. Harvey, took charge of the farm for their widowed mother, now owned by himself and brother, and together conduct it with much judgment and skill. On May 24, 1860, he was married to Mary J. Hampson, a native of Carrollton, and daughter of George Y. and Catharine (Frush) Hampson, who came to Belmont County, Ohio, from Huntingdon County, Penn., and about 1833 moved to Carrollton, where Mr. Hampson worked at the carpenter's trade, among other buildings he put up in the place being the Presbyterian Church, and also worked on the first court-house and jail. Febuary 22, 1847, Mrs. Hampson died at the age of thirty-one years, and April 30, 1876, Mr. Hampson was called from earth, having attained the advanced age of fourscore and two years. He was a Democrat in politics, served as sheriff and treasurer of Carroll County, and was a prominent man in his day. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hampson, three of whom are yet living. After their marriage our subject and wife settled on their present farm in Centre Township, which comprises 157 acres of well-improved land, in a great measure devoted to the raising of stock, and situated one mile from CARROLL COUNTY - 793 Carrollton. Here were born their three children as follows: Robert Elmer, now a clerk in the surgeon-general's office, Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C. ; Carrie May, wife of J. F. Leyde, in Augusta Township, Carroll County, and George Hampson, in the office of the Allegheny Railroad in Pittsburgh. The parents are members of the Presbyterian Church, in which Mr. Harvey has been an elder many years, and teacher and superintendent of the Sabbath-school half a century. In his political preferments he is a Democrat with Prohibition proclivities, and served as trustee five years, assessor two years, judge of election, and as member of the school board nine years. He is one of Carroll County's most influential citizens. GEORGE HINES, a thoroughly represent- ative pioneer of Carroll County, where 1 he has resided for over fifty-eight years, A is a native of Ireland, born December 23, 1806. His parents had a family of nine children, viz. : William, Samuel, John, Abigail, George, Mary Ann, Thomas, Elizabeth and Robert. Samuel came to this country and died many years ago in the town of Newburg, on the Hudson River, in the State Of New York. The father was a weaver by trade, which he followed in his native land, and taught his sons, George having carried on the same line of business till coming to America. In 1832 our subject was married to Miss Mary Kennedy, also a native of the Emerald Isle, soon after which event they immigrated to these shores, locating, November 12, 1832, in Ohio, in what is now Augusta Township, Carroll County. Here they built a log cabin in the wilderness, and commenced the work of clearing a farm. Prior to coming here, however, Mr. Hines worked two years as a laborer at Wheeling, W.Va. Six children were born to our subject and wife, viz. : James and George, living. Edward, who died while serving in the War of the Rebellion, and Thomas, Mary A. and Nancy, also deceased. The mother of these children died in 1854, and in 1857 Mr. Hines was mar vied to Mrs. Long, who died in 1868; his present wife he married in 1876. For the past fourteen years they have lived in the village of Mechanicstown, where they have a fine, commodious dwelling, Mr. Hines having retired from the arduous labor of the farm. HIRAM S. BERLIEN. The family, of whom the subject of this memoir is a worthy representative in Carroll County, date their origin to a sturdy race of Saxons, the great-grandparents of Hiram S. Berlien having come to this country from Saxony, Germany, many years ago. In 1821 Abraham Berlien came with his wife and two children from Westmoreland County, Penn., to Ohio, and entered Government land in Tuscarawas County; land that is now situated in the northeast portion of Monroe Township, Carroll County. He was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., March 12, 1796, and was married to Anna Maria Geiger, a native of Maryland, born May 11, 1798, who came to Pennsylvania with her parents when a child. Abraham Berlien died March 23, 1872, his widow December 22, 1876; they were the parents of seven children —four sons and three daughters—as follows: Angeline, Susannah, Hiram S., Daniel G., John J., Esther A. and Joseph M. Hiram S. Berlien was born on his father's farm in Monroe Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, May 3, 1824, and experienced all the hardships incident to pioneer life in a sparsely settled region. The forests in those days were the "happy hunting grounds" of sportsmen, for game of all kinds was abundant, the bear, the deer and the wild turkey being common sport. Hiram S., when a boy, wore clothes made by his industrious mother of stout "homespun," woven at home, and many a time did he help to pull and scutch flax. In securing a comparatively limited education, he had to walk three miles through the woods in winter time, in order to attend the nearest school, and he 794 - CARROLL COUNTY. remembers well the boys locking the " dominie " out of the school-house for four days, because he refused to grant them holidays at Christmas and New Year. Hiram S. remained at home, assisting on the farm, until he was twenty-four years old. In February, 1852, he was married to Hester A. Foster, a native of Carroll County, and daughter of Thomas and Eliza (Paterson) Foster, early settlers of this part of Ohio from Pennsylvania, and for some time residents of Harrison Township, Carroll County. After marriage Hiram S. Berlien taught school for four years, and then learned shoemaking, at which he worked twenty years in connection with teaching. In 1870 he bought his present farm of sixty-five acres, situated one and a half miles west of Carrollton, and moved thereon. Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Berlien, viz. Annie M., married to Robert McCrea, and living in Columbus, Neb. ; Eliza P., widow of the late Theo. F. Westfall; Joseph M., in Perry Township, Carroll County; Doi inda J., married to Thomas J. McQueen, a resident of Sherrodsville, Ohio; and Thomas Foster, living with his parents. Mrs. Berlien is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church; in politics Mr. Berlien is a stanch Democrat. When fourteen years of age he had the misfortune to lose a leg in a threshing machine. JOHN FINEFROCK, one of the oldest and best known citizens of Brown Township, Carroll County, was born in Lancaster, Penn., December 30, 1821, and is of German extraction. His parents came from Pennsylvania to Ohio, when our subject was an infant of eighteen months, and located in Rose Township, Carroll County. The father of our ,subject, also named John, was born in Pennsylvania, and there married Elizabeth Harple, who was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, but came to America when but a child. When these parents settled in Rose Township it was one vast wilderness, and the forest was filled with wolves, bears and deer. They purchased a tract of land, on which was a small log cabin, and here they made their home until 1850, when they moved to Stark County, and settled near Waynesburg. They died January 8 and January 9, 1881, within eight hours of each other, and aged, respectively, eighty-nine and eighty-two years, their deaths occurring at the home of our subject, who was at that time a resident of Stark County. They had been life-long members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Their union had been blessed with ten children, all of whom grew to maturity. John Finefrock, who was the third child born to his parents, passed his boyhood days amid the pioneer scenes of Rose Township, where he received a rudimentary education in the little log school-house. In 1843 he married Luseta Snider, a native of Pennsylvania, and a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Schroyer) Snider, natives of Pennsylvania, born of German descent, and who had a family of eleven children; they came to Ohio in 1829, and settled in Rose Township, Carroll County, and there ended their days, dying in 1861 and 1863, respectively. Mr. and Mrs. John Finefrock began life for themselves in Rose Township on a capital comprised of pluck, determination and energy, Mr. Finefrock working many a day in the hayfield, mowing with a scythe from daylight to dark for fifty cents per day ; but he was economical, and in due course of time was able to purchase a piece of land, on which he and family resided until 1850, when they moved to Brown Township, where they remained nine years; then returned to Rose Township, where they passed three and a half years, and then went to Washington Township and thence to Stark County, where they lived ten years, part of the time in Canton, and in 1886 came to their present home in Oneida, Carroll County, in which county the whole of their life has been passed, with the exception of the ten years in Stark County. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Finefrock have been born nine children, as follows: Martin L., now in Kansas; Milton, who died when eight months old; Silas, a machinist at Minerva, Ohio; Calvin, CARROLL COUNTY - 795 a hardware merchant at Waynesburg, Ohio; Amanda, who died at the age of thirteen years; Atwell, in Rose Township; Lucretia A., married to Franklin Robinson, at Waynesburg; Homer, in business at Minerva; Ida May, wife of Frank Weymer, of Brown Township, Carroll County. Mr. and Mrs. Finefrock are members of the Lutheran Church, and stand deservedly high in the esteem of their neighbors. Politically Mr. Finefrock is a Democrat, and takes an active interest in political matters, but has never been an office seeker. EPHRAIM HARSH, another of the well-known and prosperous agriculturists of Carroll County, of which he is a native, comes of an honored pioneer family of the county. At an early day Henry Harsh came with his family from Washington County, Penn., to Ohio, and settled in what is now Harrison Township, Carroll County, on land he had entered. Here he died, the father of a numerous family, of whom one son, Jonathan, was born in Washington County, Penn., in 1800. He was but a lad when his parents brought him to Ohio, and here, in his boyhood, he did his full share of work on the pioneer homestead, his educational advantages being necessarily very limited. He was married in Ohio to Margaret Weaver, a native of Pennsylvania, who came hither with her parents, and, after marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Harsh settled in Harrison Township, on an unimproved farm, their first shelter being a couple of quilts fastened to trees, while they were putting up a cabin; wild animals roamed the forest, and wolves "made night hideous " with their howlings around the humble dwelling. Seven children were born to this couple—four sons and three daughters—as follows: Loving, Rebecca, Nicholas, Melancthon, Josiah, Ephraim and Elizabeth. Ephraim Harsh, whose name appears at the opening of this sketch, was born July 2, 1835, in the old log cabin which his parents first put up on their farm in Harrison Township, his clothes being made by his mother of old-fashioned "homespun," which she also wove, an art she was quite proficient in. Ephraim attended the common schools of the district a few weeks in the winter time, and labored on the farm the remainder of the year. In 1862 he was married to Emily Scott, a native of Harrison Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, and they at once commenced farm life together, on a place he rented in that township. In 1867 she died, having given birth to two children, viz. : Clara Belle, who died at the age of thirteen years, and Margaret A. In 1887 Mr. Harsh purchased his present fine farm of forty-five acres, situated some two and a half miles from Carrollton, furnished with all modern improvements, including a substantial dwelling and commodious outbuildings. In his political preferments he is a Republican, and served as assessor of Harrison Township one term, and of Centre Township two terms; has also been supervisor and school director; in his church connections he is, as was his beloved wife, a consistent Presbyterian. Mr. Harsh is a worthy and enterprising citizen, and is at all times liberal in support of public improvements. HENRY H. WHITCRAFT, one of the leading business men of Carrollton, Carroll County, is a native of the county, born in Monroe Township, November 30, 1840. John Whitcraft, his grandfather, was a native of Ireland, where he grew to manhood and married Miss Harper, who was also born in the Emerald Isle. They became the parents of seven or eight children, of whom but one is now living—Mrs. Jane Rouse, in Hocking County, Ohio. In 1814 John Whitcraft and his wife came to Carroll County (then a part of Harrison County), where he carried on farming, and where they both died, he in 1854 and she in 1834. In 1818 he had entered a tract of wild land, the original deed for which, signed by President James Monroe, is still in possession of the subject of this sketch; this 796 - CARROLL COUNTY. was the last piece of land entered by John Whitcraft, and lies about four miles from Leesville, in Carroll County. Of his children, John H. Whitcraft, the father of Henry H , was born in Harrison County, and removed with his father to Carroll County soon after, where he was reared and educated. He was married in 1834 to Mary Alban, daughter of William Alban, near Canal Fulton, Stark Co., Ohio. Mrs. Whitcraft's brothers were Judge Alban, in Wisconsin, Captain Alban, in Findlay, Ohio, and James, who was colonel of the Eighteenth Wisconsin Infantry, and was killed at the battle of Shiloh. The Alban family were early settlers of Stark County, but are now scattered; one branch is living in Massillon, same county. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. John H. Whit-craft located four miles from Leesville, in Carroll County. In 1853 he was elected sheriff of the county, serving until 1857; was one of the electoral college from this district when Hayes was elected to the presidency, and, as may be inferred, he was a Whig and then a Republican, at one time a member of the Know-nothing party. In 1884 he passed from earth, at the age of seventy-two years. His life was an active one, and his occupations various. He was a farmer and stock-dealer, and in early life was a drover to Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. His widow still lives in Carrollton, now aged seventy-eight years; she is a member of the Presbyterian Church, as was also her husband. Seven children were born to this worthy couple, as follows: Matilda, widow of Capt. Isaac Inman, in Massillon, Ohio; Elizabeth, who died in 1858, unmarried; William Alban, who was first lieutenant of Company A, Twenty-fifth 0. V. I., and was killed in action; Henry H., the subject proper of this sketch; Amanda, who died when ten years of age; James P., engineer on the W. & L. E. R. R., with residence at Cambridge, Ohio, and Mary Martha, now Mrs. William W. Cressinger, in Brown Township, Carroll County. Henry H. Whitcraft was brought up on a farm in early life, attending the common schools of the county and the high school in Carrollton, finishing his studies at Hagerstown. He then took up teaching. having a school under his charge at the breaking out of the Civil War, when, November 7, 1861, he enlisted in Company A, Eightieth 0. V. I., under Capt. Ulman, becoming sergeant of the company. He served until February, 1863, and at the battle of Iuka, September 19, 1862, he was wounded by a musket ball which disabled his left arm. After his discharge, in 1863, he rested two or three months, and then re-entered the service, receiving a position in the commissariat department, in which he served to the close of the struggle. He then returned to Carrollton, and for one term taught school, taking care also of his farm. Under Gen. A. G. McCook he was for some years assessor of internal revenue, and thus was Mr. Whitcraft occupied until 1875, when he opened out his present lumber yard, and in 1879 he purchased a planing-mill, which he continues to operate in connection with his lumber business. In 1868 he married, in Carrollton, Miss Nancy, daughter of Judge James McLaughlin (deceased). The McLaughlins, who were of Scotch-Irish extraction, came from western Pennsylvania to Fox Township, Carroll County, at an early day, but they are now much scattered. To Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Whitcraft were born six children, viz.: Mary, now Mrs. William Shepard, in Carrollton; Alice, now Mrs. William Forsythe, also in Carrollton; John, Emma, Grace and James, all at home. Mr. Whitcraft has attained well earned success by his own efforts and perseverance. In politics he is a strong Republican.    PETER GAMBERT. In the year 1836 there came from Prussia to America John (a carpenter by trade) and Catharine (Peosh) Gambert, bringing with them their three children, Elizabeth, John and Peter, and landing in New York they proceeded to Somerset County, Penn. Here they followed agricultural pursuits seven years, and then, in CARROLL COUNTY - 797 1843, came to Carroll County, a week's journey, and located on a farm near Carrollton, where they spent the remainder of their days, the mother dying in 1854, at the age of sixty-six years, and the father at the home of his son Peter, in 1871, when seventy-six years old. John Gambert was descended from a long line of honorable Prussian ancestry, and served as a soldier for his country, in the war of the early part of this century, against the French. The family were adherents of the Lutheran Church, and in politics, Mr. Gambert was a member of the Old-line Whig party, afterward a Republican. Of their children, Elizabeth married Elijah Fadly, and is a resident of Somerset County, Penn., where also John lives, and Peter is the subject proper of this sketch. Peter Gambert was born in Prussia, February 22, 1824, his early boyhood being spent in his native land. After coming to this country, he assisted his parents in the duties of the farm, chopping down the " monarchs of the forest," and clearing away the brush. In his native land he had been educated at the public schools, and in the land of his adoption he attended the subscription schools of the neighborhood for a few weeks. On June 5, 1845, he was married to Margaret Abrahms, a native of Carroll County, and daughter of George and Margaret (Black) Abrahms, pioneers of Washington Township, that county, and, after marriage, he rented a farm in Washington Township, which he carried on, giving, in payment for rent, half the crops. By industry and economy he was then enabled to buy a farm in the same township, and by close application to business, and shrewd and fortunate dealings in real estate, he, in course of time, accumulated considerable property, being now owner of 225 acres of well-improved land in Carroll County. After a residence of eleven years in Harrison Township, Mr. and Mrs. Gambert moved, in 1869, to their present pleasant home, situated about a mile and a half from Carrollton. They are the parents of two sons and two daughters, viz.: George, at home with his parents; Cath erine A., in Harrison Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, widow of Eli R. Roudebush; John, in Somerset County, Penn., and Emma, at home with her parents. The family worship at the Lutheran Church, of which Mr. Gambert is an elder; politically he is a Republican, and has seryed his township as trustee. JOSHUA LATIMER, a representative farmer of Orange Township, Carroll County, was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, July 2, 1853, a son of Arthur and Margaret (Leggett) Latimer, natives of eastern Ohio. Arthur Latimer was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, and was one of the prominent farmers of that place. After marrying, he moved to Harrison County, Ohio, but, not contented, he finally moved to Tuscarawas County, where he has followed agricultural pursuits ever since. Mrs. Latimer is the daughter of Joshua Leggett, who was one of the most extensive and prosperous farmers of Tuscarawas County. Mrs. Latimer is of Scotch-Irish descent, her paternal ancestors having come from Scotland, and her maternal ancestors from Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. Latimer have a family of six children, viz.: Joshua, Nancy Jane, Mary, Alice, Emma and William. Joshua Latimer, the subject of this biographical sketch, lived with his father on the farm in Tuscarawas County, attending the school in the district, and obtaining what education was possible during the winters, when he could not work the farm; but, like all boys who were compelled to work in the spring and fall, he was not able to obtain the education for which he craved. At the age of twenty-five, April 2, 1878, Joshua married Miss Melissa J. Mangun, whose parents were pioneer farmers of Carroll County. Mrs. Latimer is of Scotch-English descent, and was born in 1856. Mr. and Mrs. Latimer have had three children to bless their home, named as follows: Eva Jane, born April 20, 1880; James, born April 28, 1882, and Minnie, April 14, 1884. Mr. and Mrs. Latimer 798 - CARROLL COUNTY. have lived in Carroll County ever since their marriage, with the exception of four years which they spent on the old homestead. Mr. Latimer is the owner of ninety-six acres of good, productive land, which has been made so by continual hard work. In politics Mr. Latimer is a Republican, and has always consistently voted that ticket. Mr. and Mrs. Latimer are among the best known people in Carroll County, as their parents were old settlers and representative citizens. They have many friends, both in Carroll and Tuscarawas Counties, who regard them as honorable and upright citizens. JACOB M. WESTFALL, auditor of Carroll County, and whose courtesy and popularity are proverbial, is a native of the county, having been born in Brown Township, April 18, 1840. His antecedents came from Germany to America at an early day, and Abraham Westfall, grandfather of our subject, was born in New York State, whence he re• moved to Pennsylvania after the Revolutionary War, in which he served some seven years, participating in several battles, in which he was thrice wounded. In 1818 he came to what is now Washington Township, Carroll County, settling on a farm (for he was a farmer by occupation), where he died, and he now rests in a private burial ground, located on a farm at present owned by John S. Pottorf, in Augusta Township, same county. John Westfall, father of Jacob M., was a native of New York State, but was reared in Washington County, Penn., and when he came to this part of Ohio with his father, he was eighteen years old. Some few years later he was married to Amy, a daughter of Samuel Beatty, and a native of Columbiana County, Ohio, but almost a life-long resident of Carroll County. Mr. and Mrs. John Westfall were the parents of eleven children, and ere the eldest was out of his "teens" the father was called from earth, dying in 1847, in Carroll County. In his political preferments he had always been a Whig. The widowed mother had now real occasion for the exercise of that shrewd business management and keen foresight, for which she was remarkable. A heavy indebtedness rested on the farm at the time of her husband's decease, but this by systematic hard work, prudence and economy, she succeeded in wiping out, and at the same time reared with true motherly care her numerous family. She clothed, fed and schooled them, spun the wool and wove the yarn into " homespun," which she deftly cut and sewed into the necessary garments; so also did she toil with the flax, planting, pulling and otherwise preparing. In 1879, at the age of seventy-four years, this noble mother peacefully laid down life's burden and took her journey to the "long home," whither six of her children had preceded her, having been cut down in the spring of life, by the terrible scourge consumption. She was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and her remains were laid to rest beside those of her husband, at Mount Zion, Augusta Township. The children born to this honored pioneer couple, were as follows: Catherine Ann, Samuel G., David H., Mary, Nancy Elnora and Keziah J., all deceased; John Beatty, in Augusta Township, Carroll County; Jacob M., of whom this sketch mainly treats; Eunice Diana, wife of Alfred Brothers, in South Bend, Ind. ; Adeline, wife of George W. Yant, in Missouri, and Abraham V., in Brown Township, Carroll County. Jacob M. Westfall passed his early life on his father's farm, and in attending the common schools of his neighborhood. At about the age of eighteen he became a teacher, and so continued for some seventeen years, in Carroll County, his summer months being mainly spent in agricultural pursuits. In 1862 Mr. Westfall enlisted in Company I, Ninety-eighth 0. V. I., under Capt. Williams, which regiment was sent to Kentucky and Tennessee. In 1863 he was discharged, on account of disabilities, but in May, 1864, he re-enlisted, this time in Company K, One Hundred and Fifty-seventh 0. N. G., one hundred-days men, under Capt. Reed. CARROLL COUNTY - 799 This regiment was sent to Baltimore, thence to Fort Delaware, and at the expiration of his term of service, our subject returned to Carroll County. In 1869 he was united in marriage with Elizabeth Denny, daughter of Robert and Mary Ann Denny, of Harrison Township, Carroll County, and five children came to bless their union, viz. : Harry David, Ida J., Mary G., John H. and Nova Elizabeth. Mr. Westfall, in politics, is a Republican, and has held various township offices, such as assessor, etc., and in 1887 he was elected to the position of county auditor, being re-elected in 1890; his son Harry is deputy auditor, having received the appointment from the court. In the summer following his election Mr. Westfall moved with his family to Carrollton. On May 5, 1888, Mrs. Westfall died, in Brown Township, and after coming to Carrollton Mr. Westfall married, March 14, 1889, Mrs. Lucy Winkler (nee Poole), a native of Frederick County, Md., where she met and married Mr. Winkler, who was in the milling business in Frederick City, Md. In about one year after this union they moved to Carrollton, Ohio, and followed the milling business here about five years. Mr. Winkler's health failed, and he moved back to Frederick County, Md., where he died, without issue. He had been a conscript in the Confederate Army, but deserted from the ranks. After his death the widow (Mrs. Winkler) came back to Carrollton, Ohio, where she married. Mr. and Mrs. Westfall are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Carrollton, and he is a member of David Reed Post, G. A. R., at Malvern, Carroll County. JACKSON HARSH, one of the leading progressive business men and farmers of Carroll County, was born November 5, 1830, in Washington County, Penn., a son of Philip and Sarah (Booker) Harsh. The family come of German ancestry who, on their arrival in this country, made their permanent settlement in Pennsylvania, being among the pioneers of Washington County. Little, however, is known of them save that they were honest, industrious and thrifty tillers of the soil. Philip Harsh, grandfather of Jackson, was born and reared in the Keystone State, and at an early age was married to a daughter of one of the pioneers, whose name has been lost in the vistas of time. They reared the following named children: William, Lewis, Leonard, Philip, Levi, Margaret and Rebecca. The family resided in Washington County, Penn., until 1834, when they came to Carroll County, and purchased land in Harrison Township, which had been previously entered by Samuel Coxon, and here grandfather Harsh and his wife died and were laid to rest. He was a prominent member of the Reformed Church, and was a Whig. Philip Harsh, father of our subject, was born and reared in Pennsylvania, where he was married to Sarah Booker, daughter of Solomon Booker, also a resident of Pennsylvania, to which union were born children, as follows: Jackson, John, Frances, Leonard, Milton, Lovina, Samuel, Sarah, Catherine and Lucettie. Mr. Harsh was chiefly engaged in farming, and for many years dealt in stock. He is emphatically a self-made man, having commenced for himself with a capital of but a few dollars. In 1875 he and some of his family removed to Kansas, where, in company with three of his sons and one daughter, he is at present carrying on an extensive stock ranch. He takes an active interest in politics, and was first a Whig, afterward, on the formation of the party, a Republican. Jackson Harsh, the subject proper of this sketch, passed his early life in Harrison Township, Carroll County, acquiring a good sound common-school education. His first venture was the purchase of live-stock, which he disposed of at a good profit, and this branch of farm industry he has continued to the present. During the War of the Rebellion he was a successful contractor in supplying horses and mules to the army, under Gen. Meigs, and since the close of the campaign he has been an extensive dealer in wool, buying from 200,000 to 331,000 pounds in a single season. In 1869 he pur-