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800 - CARROLL COUNTY. chased his present home, on which he has since made many improvements; his estate, which comprises 514 acres of prime land, being situated chiefly in Harrison Township, and a portion in Lee Township. Mr. Harsh has been twice married; first time, October 19, 1854, to Alvira, daughter of Jacob Strayer. Mrs. Harsh died four months after marriage, and October 5, 1867, Mr. Harsh became united in marriage with Anna, daughter of Robert Craven, and she has borne him six children, viz. : William, Edward, Mary, Annie, Frank and Sarah. The mother of these children died August 10, 1889. Mr. Harsh in his political preferments is an active Republican, and has taken a leading part in the affairs of the party. ELI COUCH (deceased), who in his lifetime was one of Carroll County's most 1 progressive citizens, and one of the leading business men of Carrollton, was born November 22, 1825, in Waynesburg, Ohio, whence, when he was a few months old, his parents moved to Steubenville, same State. His father, Benjamin Couch, who was a native of Pennsylvania, was drowned in the Ohio by the sinking of a vessel at Steubenville, not long after moving to that town. After this sad event his widow returned to Waynesburg with her two children. Our subject passed his boyhood in attending the common schools of his day, and being an apt scholar he advanced rapidly in his studies, his native talent greatly aiding him in his efforts to obtain a thorough education. At the age of fifteen he became a clerk in Waynesburg, first for R. K. Grey, and later was with Reynolds & Co., with whom be remained some fifteen years. In 1855 he came to Carrollton and entered into partnership with his brother-in-law, J. P. Cummings, in general merchandising, which continued for thirty-three years, when the firm sold out and removed to Columbus, where for a short time they carried on a wholesale and retail grocery business, after which they returned (in 1870) to Carrollton, and here reopened in their old line of trade. They also established the banking institution in Carrollton still carried on by Mr. Cummings, and in this Mr. Couch continued up to the time of his decease, which occurred May 2, 1888, at Lexington, Ky. On Monday, week preceding his death, Mr. Couch and his wife started on their visit to Lexington, Ky., apparently in the best of health and their usual happy spirits. On Sunday morning preceding his death he attended the Presbyterian Church, as he was rigidly attentive to religious matters as well as business affairs. He was a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church for about thirty years, always regular in attendance, the Bible being his close companion. He was endowed with an unusually mirthful and generous disposition, with a kind word for rich and poor, and ever ready to lend a helping hand to those in need of assistance. Through years of active business life Mr. Couch accumulated considerable means. He was an exceptionally shrewd business man of high business qualifications, and his advice was frequently sought by his numerous friends. His death cast a gloom over the entire community. He left a widow (who still resides in Carrollton) and three daughters and two sons, all of whom reside in Ohio, except John R. Couch, who is prominently identified with the lumber and real estate business in Lexington, Ky. His remains were interred in the Carrollton Cemetery, conducted by the Masonic fraternity, assisted by Rev. Hawk, the lodges of Minerva and other places participating. JAMES MOREHEAD, for sixty-eight years a resident of his native county, Carroll, was born June 8, 1822, in Lee Township, and, having been reared exclusively to farm life, has followed agricultural pursuits from the time he was able to hold a plow. His grandfather, Andrew Morehead, was born in the north of Ireland, where the family had long resided, and was a farmer by occupation. In about the year 1800 be came to America with his wife and CARROLL COUNTY - 803 children, and for some thirty years resided in Pennsylvania, when he moved to Stark County, Ohio, where he died. The names of his children are Thomas, William, John, Andrew, Mary and Ellen. Of these, Thomas, the father of James, was a native of County Donegal, Ireland, having been born in 1790. Coming to these shores with the rest of his father's family he journeyed westward and settled in Carroll County, Ohio, where, in 1815, he entered 143 acres of land near where Dr. J. B. Moody now lives. To this he moved, and here kept "bachelor's hall " for a few years, and then became wedded to Mary, daughter of James Hill, of Carroll County. Their family consisted of nine children, as follows: Abraham, deceased; James; Nancy, wife of David Richards; Crawford, deceased; Ellen, wife of James Finnicum; Richard, deceased; John, in Forest Hill, Cal.; Thomas, and an infant. The father died in 1844, and was laid beside his wife whom death had called from him in 1836. They were members of the Presbyterian Church at Harlem Springs, of which he was one of the organizers and liberal supporters. In his political preferments he took an active interest in the success of the Whig party. James Morehead whose name appears at the head of this biographical memoir, attended in the winters of his boyhood the old log schoolhouse, which had been built on the Morehead home place, and the great fireplace of which was every morning piled up with logs which were brought in the night before. On August 20, 1846, Mr. Morehead married Mary, daughter of Jacob and Catherine Hawk, of Lee Township, Carroll County, and by her has had three children: Sylvester, Jacob A. and Mary C., now Mrs. James Fawcett, of Lee Township, Carroll County. After marriage our subject and wife remained on the home place of his father until 1853, when Mr. Morehead purchased a farm in Perry Township, Carroll County, on which they resided until 1873. In that year they removed to Harlem Springs, in Lee Township, where he built his present commodious residence (26x26 feet in dimensions), which is finished throughout in an elegant and substantial manner. His farm, comprising 480 acres of well-improved land, is situate about four miles from the village of Harlem Springs, 160 acres being in Perry Township. Mr. and Mrs. Morehead are members of the Presbyterian Church at that place, of which he has been trustee. In his political point of view he has always voted, in Government and State matters, the Republican ticket, but in municipal elections he casts his suffrage with the men and measures he considers best for the community at large. JAMES GRAHAM, a worthy representative of the sturdy race who have made the North of Ireland famous in history, has been a resident for over forty years of Carroll County, where his industry and frugality have won for him success and independence. He is a native of County Antrim, born March 11, 1816, to John and Margaret (McGregor) Graham, natives, respectively, of Ireland and Scotland. The mother bad come to Ireland from Scotland, at the time of the religious persecutions in the latter country, and took up her residence in County Down, where she met and was married to John Graham. They were well-to-do farmers, and both died in County Antrim, the parents of eight children (four sons and four daughters), of whom the subject of this sketch is the sixth in order of birth. James Graham was educated in his native land for the ministry, and as a consequence his school advantages were above the ordinary. He resided at home, helping his parents on the farm, and when old age came to them conducted the same until their deaths, the mother dying in 1839, the father in 1841. Our subject was married August 11, 1841, to Jane Clark, a native of County Antrim, born in July, 1816, a daughter of James and Isabella (Hunter) Clark, both natives of Ireland, he of Country Antrim, and she of County Down; they were 804 - CARROLL COUNTY. the parents of ten children (six sons and four daughters), Mrs. Graham being the seventh in order of birth. James and Isabella Clark died, the former in 1831, and the latter in 1841. After their marriage, our subject and wife commenced farming for their own account, but in 1847 the potato blight having caused a famine which brought such terrible distress to Ireland, they decided to emigrate to America, the land of liberty and plenty. Accordingly in that year they sold their possessions, and set sail for New York, bringing their three children, but they were fated yet to meet with misfortune, for hardly had they left the shores of their native land ere they lost by death their second child, a daughter of three summers. Then the voyage, which lasted six weeks, terminated disastrously, for just as they were nearing New York harbor the vessel was wrecked, and the passengers escaped with barely their lives and what money they had, their baggage being lost. Under a heavy load of difficulties the family proceeded to Cleveland, Ohio, thence, after a short sojourn, to Carroll County, they being led to come to Ohio through Mrs. Graham having four brothers and he a sister living in the State. In Fox Township Mr. Graham bought a farm, and here by toil, perseverance and economy they made for themselves a comfortable home and became prosperous, to-day owning a considerable amount of property in Carroll County, Carrollton and in Ireland. In the fall of 1889 Mr. Graham and his faithful wife, who has for so many years shared adversity and prosperity with him, retired to Carrollton, here to live retired from the arduous labors of farm life. They are the parents of seven children (five of whom are yet living), viz. : Isabella, now Mrs. John Wright, of Carrollton; Margaret, deceased; Eliza Jane, at home; John H., a prosperous farmer of Scroggsfield, Carroll County; Robert G., a farmer in Lee Township; William J., pastor of the United Presbyterian Church at Midway, Penn., and Mary Agnes, who died at the age of three years and four months. The parents are members of the United Presbyterian Church, in which they were brought up in childhood; in politics Mr. Graham is a Prohibitionist. He has revisited his native land three times, where, as is already stated, he owns property. ROBERT A. PATTERSON, restaurateur, of Carrollton, Ohio, was born in Harrison Township, Carroll County, July 30, 1857, and is a son of Robert and Margaret (Long) Patterson, the former a native of County Tyrone, Ireland, born June 24, 1801. John Patterson, the father of Robert, married Mary Scott, who bore him four children: Jane, Robert, John and Rebecca. The family came to the United States in 1807, in a sailing yessel, and located in Washington County, Penn., where they remained until 1819, when they came to Ohio and settled in Harrison Township, Carroll County, where John, the father, died in 1827; his widow died, in 1852, in Harrison Township, and both were members 'of the Methodist Episcopal Church. To Robert and Margaret Patterson were born the following children: Joseph F., Robert A., Milton L. and an infant that died unnamed. Robert A. Patterson attended the common school of his district until 1875, when he was injured in boyish frolic, resulting in curvature of the spine. In 1877 he entered the Cannonsburg Academy (now Dell Roy) where he remained two years, and then returned to his home in Harrison Township. In the summer of 1881 he learned photography of P. C. Baxter, of Carrollton, and pursued that business for two years. On May 4, 1882, he married Isabella, daughter of Thomas F. and Henrietta (Allen) Talbott. Thomas Talbott was born near Richmond, Jefferson Co., Ohio, and died in Carroll County, February 15, 1873, aged sixty-five years, four months and seven days; Mrs. Henrietta Talbott was born in Carroll County and died September 14, 1863, aged forty-nine years, ten months and twenty-two days. They were the parents of eight sons and six daughters, of CARROLL COUNTY - 805 whom Mrs. Patterson is the thirteenth child, and all of whom grew to maturity, with but one exception. Mrs. Patterson was born in Lee Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, February 20, 1855, of which township her parents were early settlers, and where her father followed the vocation of miller and millwright. In November, 1882, Mr. Patterson went to Hanoverton, Ohio, and followed the photograph business about a year, and then returned to the farm, on which he remained until September 27, 1887, when he purchased his present business at Carrollton, in which he has met with decided success. Mr. Patterson is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics is a Democrat. The Talbott family are descended from a long line of English nobility, the American family tracing its origin to Lord John Talbott, the ninth Earl of Shrewsbury. The grandfather of Mrs. Patterson came from Maryland, and was the founder of Richmond, Jefferson Co., Ohio; her grandmother, Talbott, who was born in England, lived to be one hundred and two years and ten months of age, and died in Jefferson County. At her centennial birthday there were six generations of her descendants present, and between that event and her death she read the New Testament through three times. THOMAS McCRAY (deceased) was born in Washington County, Penn., in 1805. His father, Robert McCray, was a native of Ireland, where he was reared and educated, and, when he had reached his majority, he and his brother, William, set off together to seek their fortunes in the " wide, wide world." After traveling, considerably, they finally landed in America, settling, in course of time, in Washington County, Penn., where they passed the remainder of their lives. Soon after coming to Pennsylvania Robert McCray married, and took up farming for his life's work, in which he met with success. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Thomas McCray received a good common-school education, and was reared to agricultural pursuits in his native county, his life being spent on the home farm until he came of age. In the year 1837 he was united in marriage with Hannah, daughter of Jacob Buxton, of the same county, and, in 1848, they came to Carroll County Ohio, where Mr. McCray purchased the farm now occupied by Levi. The land had been entered some time previously, but was still in a very wild and primitive condition, requiring many years of industrious toil to bring it to its present excellent state of fertility and improvement. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McCray were as follows: Levi; Mary A., Mrs. James Shotwell; Elizabeth, Mrs. James McGee; John. Robert and Friend. Mr. MoCray was a prominent member of the Methodist Protestant Church, in which, for many years, he was a class leader; in politics he was a Democrat, and always took a lively interest in the workings of the party. He was not blessed with a great abundance of wealth, but he never failed to generously contribute his share toward the support of every public enterprise; in fact his life was one of usefulness, his memory being held in the highest esteem and regard by all. Levi McCray, the eldest son, now carries on the old home place, and is not behind his father in the success of his labors. In 1865 he was married to Ruth, daughter of the late William Hanlin, and to this union have been born four children, as follows: Grant, Elizabeth, William and Virgil. Mr. McCray is a member of the Methodist Protestant Church, and in politics is a leader in the Republican party. He is a representative citizen, much respected for his integrity and moral worth. William Hanlin was born in Washington County, Penn., August 23, 1808, a son of Alexander and Betsy (Scott) Hanlin, natives of Ireland. They came to America about the year 1795, and settled in Washington County, Penn., where they carried on general farming and stock raising, and, in course of years, died. The names of their children are Alexander, William, 806 - CARROLL COUNTY. Frank, James, John, George, Charles, Grant, Stewart and Eliza. The parents were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and, in his political preferments, Mr. Hanlin was a Republican. William Hanlin resided in the county of his birth, engaged in farming, until 1846, in which year he came to Carroll County, where he purchased a farm in Washington Township, and resided many years. While in the Kay-- stone State he there married Jane Scott, who bore him the following named children: Alexander, Fanny E., John S., Ruth, Rebecca E., and Susan J. The mother of these children died October 3, 1854, and, in 1865, Mr. Hanlin was united in marriage with Mrs. Thomas Mc-Cray. He died August 16, 1885, a member of the Methodist Protestant Church, in which he had been trustee, steward and class leader; in politics he was first a Whig, and afterward, on the formation of the party, a Republican. JOHN FAWCETT. Among the families whose names are identified with the pioneer period of Carroll County, none occupy a more prominent place or are more widely known than the Fawcett family. The history of this family in America dates back to 1816, at which time John Fawcett, a prominent citizen of the county of Fermanagh, Ireland, immigrated with his family to Ohio and located on a tract of land entered from the Government in Union Township, Carroll County, at that time a portion of Harrison County. They were among the earliest pioneers of that region, and the first Irish people to locate there. Being a prominent family in their native land, their example was soon followed by many of their relatives and neighbors, who settled near them in the new country, and finally this settlement in Union Township came to be known as " Little Ireland." John Fawcett and his wife, Letitia (Armstrong) Fawcett, resided in their adopted country until death. They were the parents of two sons and six daughters. The second child in this family was Charles, who was born in County Fermanagh, Ireland, September 12, 1793. His younger days were spent in his native country assisting his parents with the home duties, and after the settlement of the family in Ohio he remained with them, assisting in the clearing of the land and the laying out of the farm. About the year 1818 he married Margerie Brooks, who had immigrated with her parents from the same county in Ireland to which he owed his nativity. The young couple at once began life for themselves, encountering all the privations and dangers that surrounded the pioneers. Their first residence was a small cabin of rough logs with a puncheon floor and clapboard roof, a huge fireplace, and a single door that swung upon its wooden hinges. Their union was blessed with eleven children—six sons and five daughters—all of whom grew to maturity. John, their second child, was born upon his father's farm in Union Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, September 24, 1822, and grew to maturity surrounded by the dangers and limited to the advantages that fell to the lot of pioneer boys. He walked a long distance to attend the subscription school held in some old log cabin. His mother, like all pioneer wives, spun and wove the clothing for her family, and such were the habiliments of his youth. Ofttimes he would go with his father to the nearest market-place, Steubenville, thirty miles distant, with a load of wheat, which had been threshed with a flail, and this they would sell for a mere nothing, or exchange it for groceries or other necessaries of life. On such occasions they wore "the Carroll County uniform," the home-made linsey pants and red wampus. On October 16,1845, he was united in marriage with Rosanna Crozier, a native of Cadiz, Ohio, and purchased forty acres of land in Union Township, and, locating thereon in a little log cabin, began life upon a capital consisting of naught but a liberal supply of pluck and energy. They lived happily together until February 26, 1860, when the death angel visited the happy home and called to "the better world" the faithful wife and affectionate mother. Mrs. Fawcett CARROLL COUNTY - 807 at her death was in her thirty-seventh year. She was a consistent member of the Pleasant Hill Methodist Episcopal Church, and a zealous worker for the cause of her Master. This union had been blessed by three sons and one daughter, viz.: Robert C., Charles G., Margerie J. (now Mrs. Fred Brant), and Joseph M. April 11, 1861, Mr. Fawcett married Jane Patterson, a native of Harrison County, Ohio, and daughter of Joseph and Jemima Patterson, worthy people of Irish and German extraction and early pioneers of Harrison County. To them have been born three sons and one daughter, viz. : James A., Henry R., John T. and Rosanna J., the last of whom died at the age of four months. Mr. Fawcett has always been prominently identified with all public enterprises and the general advancement and improvement of the county. A zealous Republican, he has ever been prominent in political affairs, and has served in various positions of trust and honor. He and his worthy wife are members of the Pleasant Hill Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he is a steward and class leader, and their standing in the community is best told by the respect and esteem so universally bestowed upon them. WILLIAM HOLMES, a member of one of the oldest families in Harrison Township, Carroll County, is a native of the same, born April 24, 1824. In the year 1770, his great-grandfather, a native of England, left that country with his family, sailing for America, where they settled. One son, John, spent the earlier part of his life in hi, native land, England, and after coming with the rest of the family to Pennsylvania, was there married to Sarah Norris, a native of that State, who bore him four children—three sons and one daughter. At an early day he settled with his family in Washington County, remaining for some years, and then, in company with others, came to what is now Carroll County, Ohio, where he engaged in farming till 1835, and then removed to Seneca County, same State, where he died at the age of eighty-one. In politics he was a Whig, in religion a Presbyterian, having been an elder in the church many years. He served in the War of 1812, and was in some of the expeditions sent against the Indians. William Holmes, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in 1801, in Washington County, Penn., and remained under the parental roof until of age, his boyhood and youth being spent on the farm, and in attending, as opportunity offered, the subscription schools of the neighborhood. He was first married in 1820, to Elizabeth, daughter of Isaac Joseph, one of the earliest settlers of Washington County, Penn., and to this union were born four children, viz. : Mary, Elizabeth, William and John. For his second wife he was married to Eliza A. Davis, who bore him ten sons and eight daughters, and for his third he was wedded to Martha Wiseman, which union produced two sons and two daughters. William Holmes came to Carroll County with his father, John Holmes, and in 1870 removed to Illinois, where he resided until his death, which occurred February 10, 1883. In politics he was a Democrat, and was twice elected auditor of his county, besides serving in other official capacities. For many years he was proprietor of the Jeffersonian Press, at Carrollton, the organ of his party, and which exercised an influence more than local. In religion he and his family were leading and consistent Presbyterians. William Holmes, son of William and Elizabeth (Joseph) Holmes, and who is the subject proper of this sketch, has spent his entire life in Harrison Township, Carroll County, his education being secured at the subscription and common schools of the district. His occupation has been all his life that of a farmer and stock-raiser, and from small beginnings, materially aided by his faithful wife, he has increased his possessions until now he is the owner of 173 acres of prime land, all highly improved and well stocked, situated three miles from Carrollton. On March 12, 1845, he was married to Rebecca, 808 - CARROLL COUNTY. daughter of James Boggs, of whom mention is made in the sketch of Ezra Boggs, and by this union nine children have been born, viz.: Elizabeth, Mrs. Wallen Beatty, a resident of Rose Township; Mary J., Mrs. John J. Lotz, of Harrison Township; James B., in Minerva, Stark Co., Ohio; Isaac N., on the home farm; Rebecca Almeda, Mrs. James A. Inman, in Muskingum County, Ohio; William Dalzell, at home; Armintha C., deceased; Martha Melissa, Mrs. Cassius Orin, in Harrison Township, and L. G., at home. In politics Mr. Holmes was a Democrat until 1856, when he united with the Republican party, of which he has since been a prominent member. In 1858 he was elected commissioner of his county, serving most efficiently two terms. In his township he has held most of the offices in the gift of the people, and has always discharged his several duties with fidelity and care. In his youth he was a Presbyterian, but afterward joined the Reformed Church, of which his family are also members. To such worthy men as Mr. Holmes is Carroll County indebted for her rapid development, socially and financially, as well as in religion and education. JUNIUS C. FERRALL. The first of the Ferrall family to settle in Carrol County, Ohio, was the grandfather of Junius C., by name James Ferrall, a well-known pioneer hunter, farmer and merchant. He was a son of William and Judith Ferrall, former of whom was a native of North Carolina, and a son of an Irishman, who immigrated to this country many years ago. James Ferrall, who was a native of Lynchburg, Va., came to this then western wilderness from Pennsylvania, to hunt deer and other game, but returned to the Keystone State, where he married Susannah Snyder. About 1829 they came to Carroll County, locating on a farm near Mechanicstown, in Fox Township. After a time they moved to Harrison Township, same county, where they died. He was a strong Democrat, and was a member of the first board of commissioners of Carroll County. They had a family of five children, of whom two daughters are deceased; those living are Edwin, father of Junius C. ; Calvin, in Salineville, Columbiana Co., Ohio, and John, in Harrison Township, Carroll County. Edwin Ferrall was some seven or eight years old when he came with his parents to Carroll County, and here he grew up to farm life. In 1850 he was married to Mary A., daughter of Robert Huston, who came to Carroll County as a pioneer in 1827, and to this union four children were born, as follows: Junius C., the subject proper of this biographical sketch; Robert J., deceased; Lannes L., in Arizona, and Anson E., at home. Edwin Ferrall is in politics a Democrat, and in 1857 he was elected sheriff of Carroll County, being re-elected in 1859, and in 1873 he was chosen State senator. Junius C. Ferrall was born in Carroll Coun ty, Ohio, three miles west of Carrollton, December 6, 1851, and his early boyhood was spent on a farm. When he was six years of age his father, having been elected sheriff of the county, the family moved to Carrollton, where, at the age of ten or twelve, our subject entered a printing office, where he was initiated into the mysteries of the " art preservative." This he continued. off and on, for a period of two years, attending school occasionally, and then entered the college at Harlem Springs, where he finished his edu cation. At the age of eighteen he was a partner with his father in business in Carrollton, the firm being E. Ferrall & Son. Desiring to see something of the world, Mr. Ferrall set out for the Far West, landing in Colorado; afterward traveled in the interests of a wholesale grocery house in Pittsburgh, Penn., for five years, at the end of which time he returned to Car rollton, where he formed a partnership with a Mr. Smith in the retail dry-goods business, firm name being Smith & Ferrall. Mr. Ferrall, after a time bought out Mr. Smith (who went to California), and continued the business alone for some years. The next partnership entered into by our subject was with Mr. Shepherd, who had CARROLL COUNTY - 809 been for many years a clerk with him, the style of the firm being Ferrall & Shepherd, who now carry on one of the leading general stores in Carrollton. In 1884 he was a candidate on the Democratic ticket for Presidential elector, and in November, 1887, he was chosen probate judge, which office he still holds, having been re-elected in November, 1890. On September 27, 1877, he was united in marriage with Miss Emma M., daughter of Alexander Simpson, and four children have been born to them, by name Ida A., Edwin S., Esma A. and Mary L. Mr. Ferrall is a member of the K. of P. JONATHAN NIHART, one of the representative, prosperous citizens of Centre Township, Carroll County, was born on the old family homestead in that township, May 18, 1832, a son of Christian and Susanna (Harsh) Nihart, natives of Washington County, Penn. His grandparents, Christian and Christina Nihart, were natives of Germany, and came to America about the year 1800, locating in Washington County, Penn. ; and in 1810 moved to Ohio, where they took up land in a part of Columbiana County that is now embraced in Carroll County. Here they cleared their farm, erecting thereon a small log cabin, in which they spent the remainder of their active lives; they died within twenty-four hours of each other, and at their death were both over eighty years of age. Of their children, Christian was born in Washington County, Penn., January 25, 1803, and was therefore seven years old when his parents brought him to this part of Ohio. He experienced all the hardships of pioneer life in his boyhood and early manhood, laboring on the farm and attending the subscription schools. About the year 1825 he was married to Susanna Harsh, a native of Washington County, Penn., and a daughter of Louis and Barbara Harsh, early pioneers of this part of Ohio, having come here when she was a child. Mr. and Mrs. Christian Nihart resided on the farm in Carroll County until their respective deaths, he dying February 2, 1880, at the age of seventy-two years, and she February 1, 1883, when aged seventy-five years. They were both members of the Reformed Church, and he was prominent in religious and educational matters; politically he was an ardent Democrat, and held various public positions of trust. Six children—two sons and four daughters—were born to this honored couple, of whom are yet living the subject of this sketch (being fourth in the family in order of birth) and three sisters. Jonathan Nihart industriously assisted his parents on the old home farm, attending for a few weeks in winter time the schools of the district, until his marriage, in 1868, with Nancy, daughter of Levi Miller. She died July 9, 1875, the mother of three children, two of whom were taken from earth in their infancy, the surviving one being Elmer H. On October 10, 1875, our subject was married to his second wife in the person of Mary E., daughter of James and Sarah (Mills) Shephard, all natives of Carroll County. She is a grand-daughter of William Mills, an early settler of this part of the State, born of Welsh descent, who served as a soldier in the War of 1812, and is buried at Carrollton. Mrs. Nihart was first married April 5, 1866, to James Blazer, by whom she had two children, Sarah S. and Myra I. By this second marriage of Jonathan Nihart there were born five children, viz. : William C., Nina May, Emma, Annie and Edna. The parents are members of the Reformed Church; politically Mr. Nihart is a Democrat, and has served on the school board, nine years. He is the owner of 100 acres of prime land, situated two miles from Carrollton, on the Mechanicstown road. JACOB D. LANE, a well-known, popular citizen of Carrollton, and deputy surveyor of Carroll County, was born in Washington County, Penn., in 1832, a son of Joseph and Anna (Dager) Lane. He comes of Scotch-Irish ancestry, who immigrated to America in 810 - CARROLL COUNTY. an early day, settling in Maryland, and his great-grandfather Lane enlisted himself on the side of the patriot colonists in the war for independence. John Lane, grandfather of our subject, on account of his holding strong antislavery sentiments, and his parents being slave-holders, left the parental home in Maryland while yet a young man, and took up his residence in Pennsylvania, where he was married to a Miss Baker. They both died in the Keystone State, the parents of four children, viz.: three sons, John (who went to Indiana), Daniel (who died in Washington County, Penn.), and Joseph (who came to Ohio in 1837), and one daughter, all now deceased. The father of this family served in the War of 1812, and was a Whig. Joseph Lane, the second son of John Lane, was a tradesman and farmer, which latter occupation he followed after coming, in 1837, to Carroll County, Ohio, and settling in what is now Centre Township. Prior to this he had married, in Pennsylvania, Miss Anna, daughter of Jacob Dager, by which union were born two children: Jacob D., the subject of this sketch, and John E., living in Centre Township on the old homestead. The parents died in that township, the mother in December, 1883, when aged seventy-six years, and the father in March, 1884, at the age of seventy-eight years; they were members of the Reformed Church, and in politics Mr. Lane was first a Whig, and afterward became a Republican, on the organization of that party. Jacob D. Lane, as will be seen, was about five years old when his parents brought him to Ohio. They settled on a piece of wild, unimproved land, their first dwelling being a primitive log cabin, and here our subject was reared a pioneer farmer boy, his primary education being naturally very limited. In early manhood he taught school some five years, and then attended select school at Carrollton. Ho was a diligent student and apt scholar, making rapid progress in the various branches of his education. He then commenced studying surveying, readily perfecting himself in the profession, and this he followed in connection with farming. In 1865 he was elected county surveyor of Carroll County, serving four three-year terms consecutively, and was afterward, in 1889, appointed to his present position of deputy surveyor. In 1857 Mr. Lane was married to Miss Keziah Jane, daughter of Mahlon Beatty, of Carroll County, and she died December 13, 1885, leaving two children: Ida E., now the wife of J. T. Kennedy, of Carrollton; and Ed G., a civil engineer and draughtsman, in Canton, Ohio. On June 8, 1887, Mr. Lane took, for his second wife, Mrs. Anna Fouts, a native of Carrollton, and daughter of John R. and Mary Arbuckle, old settlers of that town. During the spring Mr. Lane rented his farm, and moved to Carrollton, where he and his wife have since made their home. Politically, he is a Republican, and in religion is a member of the Reformed Church, Mrs. Lane being a member of the Presbyterian Church. JOHN H. STEPHENSON, M. D., for years one of the most prominent and successful physicians of this section, was born at Burgettstown, Washington Co., Penn., July 22, 1817, and died at his home, at Leesville, Carroll Co., Ohio, November 23, 1890. His great-grandfather, Richard Stephenson, came from England to Virginia in the early history of that colony. Here Col. James Stephenson, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born. He and two brothers were officers in the Revolutionary Army, and were, in boyhood and manhood, friends and associates of Washington; their half-brother was Col. William Crawford, who commanded " Crawford's Expedition " against the Sandusky Indians, and was captured and burned at the stake at Upper Sandusky, in 1782. In 1789 James Stephenson removed with his family to western Pennsylvania, where he resided until his death. One of his sons, Joseph, the father of Dr. Stephenson, removed with his family to Ohio, and, after a few years' residence on Island Creek, in Jefferson CARROLL COUNTY - 811 County, settled at Carrollton, in 1833. He had learned the carpenter's trade in Pennsylvania, and during a large part of his life was engaged in building. In early manhood he had married Elizabeth, daughter of John and Mary McCrary, who were of Scotch descent; and to this union were born six children: John H., Martha, Mary, Benjamin, James H. and Alexander S., all of whom are now dead but the last named. The mother died April 3, 1853, after which the father made his home with his son John until his death, which occurred July 3, 1872. He was a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church, and in politics was a Democrat. John H. Stephenson received a common-school and brief academic education, after which he worked a few years at carpentering, with his father. He then began the study of medicine, and, after reading under the preceptorship of Dr. C. V. McMillen and Dr. J. S. Hunter, of Carrollton, he attended lectures for two winters at the Ohio Medical College, at Cincinnati, where he was graduated in 1845. He first located in the practice of his profession at Newmarket (now Scio), Harrison County; also practiced a short time at Cadiz. In 1848 he removed to Leesburg, where he spent the remainder of his life, engaged in the active practice of medicine almost to the time of his death. In 1845 Dr. Stephenson was married to Thyrza, daughter of Dr. Geo. W. Duffield, of New Jefferson, Ohio4 she died in 1850, leaving two children: George D. and Chastina, both now deceased. His second wife was Eda, daughter of Dr. Thomas Cummings, of Leesburg, who died leaving one child, Thyrza. In 1858 he was united in marriage with Elizabeth, daughter of the late Hon. James Forbes, of New Hagerstown, Ohio; Mrs. Stephenson, with three children born of this marriage—James F. Emma, and Myrta—survives her husband. Politically Dr. Stephenson was in early life a Whig, but, on the dissolution of the Whig party, he joined the Republican party, to which he was an adherent until his death. He was a man of vigorous intellect, strong likes and dis likes, of kind and charitable instincts, and of the strictest integrity. His religious views were Calvanistic, and for some years previous to his death he was a member of the Presbyterian Church. JOHN H. MOORE, one of the most progressive and prosperous agriculturists of Centre Township, Carroll County, deserves a prominent place in this volume. In 1818 Thomas and Sarah (Lindsey) Moore came with their family from Washington County, Penn., to Ohio, and located in the northeast corner of what is now Centre Township, Carroll County, but at that time part of Columbiana County, where they took up Government land, on which they passed the remainder of their lives. They were both natives of Ireland, where they married and lived until about the year 1796, when they immigrated to America, and after a short stay in Maryland proceeded to Washington County, Penn., thence in course of time, as above related, to Ohio. Mrs. Moore died in Ohio, the mother of eight children, and Mr. Moore married a second time, having, by this last union, five children. The eldest child but one, by the first marriage, was John, born August 19, 1797, in Maryland. He grew to maturity under the parental roof, and was well schooled in all the privations and hardships incident to early times. They lived near Patter-son's Mills, in Pennsylvania, and during his early manhood he worked in these mills, receiving seven dollars per month. When a young man he and his brother walked all the way from their home in Pennsylvania to Centre Township, Carroll County, a distance of forty-five miles, making the journey in one day, and carrying their axes with them. The land they set to work to clear had been entered by their father the previous year, and here they opened out a small tract, where they erected a little cabin, in which the family lived when they came out. In the fall of 1822 John Moore returned to Washington County, Penn., and there, 812 - CARROLL COUNTY. October 30, married Nancy Hunter, a native of Ireland, who had come with her parents to this country, when a child. The young couple came at once to their new home in the wilds of Ohio, taking up their residence in a small log cabin which is still standing, all their capital in their start in life being a liberal supply of pluck, determination and indomitable perseverance. Mrs. Moore, who was a woman possessed of much energy as well as skill in all household duties, died February 12, 1875, in the eighty-fourth year of her age, Mr. Moore surviving her until April 1, 1884, both being consistent members of the Presbyterian Church. They were the parents of six children, of whom four are yet living, viz.: Eliza J., now the widow of John R. Buck, and a resident of Brown Township, Carroll County; Thomas A., on the old homestead; Mattie, widow of Robert N. Graham, who died in the Civil War (she is now a resident of Malvern, Carroll County), and John H. John H. Moore, whose name appears at the opening of this sketch, was born on the old Moore homestead in Centre Township, Carroll County, March 23, 1833, and his boyhood was passed in assisting his parents on the farm, and attending the common schools of the neighborhood. On November 7, 1865, he was married to Caroline M. McCaskey, a native of Jefferson County, Ohio, and a daughter of Robert and Sarah (McCausland) McCaskey, former a native of County Donegal, Ireland, and latter of Carroll County, born of one of the earliest pioneer families of the county. Robert McCaskey immigrated to America with his parents when eighteen years of age, locating near Salem, Jefferson County, and about the year 1838 settled in Rose Township, Carroll County. After marriage our subject and wife resided on the Moore homestead in Centre Township until October, 1880, when they moved to their present farm in the same township, comprising 160 acres in two divisions, all well improved, and on which in the summer of 1884 they erected their handsome and commodious residence. To them have been born four children, as follows: Cora Alice, who died December 20, 1878, at the age of twelve years; Robert Nelson, William A. and Nettie M., at home. The entire family are members of the United Presbyterian Church at Scroggsfield. Politically Mr. Moore is a Republican; for the past six years he has served as township trustee, and for nine years as a member of the school board. EDWARD WILSON, for thirty-eight years an honored resident and successful agriculturist of Lee Township, Carroll County, was born March 1, 1819, in Fayette County, Penn., a son of William and Elizabeth (Pegg) Wilson, former a native of Maryland and latter of Pennsylvania. Edward Wilson, grandfather of our subject, and a Marylander by birth, married in his native State, and had born to him the following named children: Thomas, William, Peter, Alexander, George, Samuel, Mary, Malinda and Eliza. In 1825 the parents of this family came with them to Ohio, locating in Jefferson County until the year 1839. The grandfather then moved to Mount Vernon, same State, where he died. William Wilson, father of our subject, lived in Jefferson County, Ohio, from the time of his coming, in 1825, till his removal, in 1839, to Meigs County, same State, where he died in 1884. In politics he was a Whig and afterward a Republican. While a resident of Pennsylvania he had married Elizabeth Pegg, who bore him children as follows: Edward, Martha, Agnes and John. The mother of the family dying, Mr. Wilson soon thereafter married Jane Winn, and by her had seven children, viz. : Dawson, Alice, Elizabeth, Mary, Emanuel, Barbara and William. Edward Wilson, the subject proper of this biographical sketch, accompanied his parents to Ohio and remained in Jefferson County till after his marriage, in 1840, with Ann Maple, when they moved to the village of Hopedale, in Harrison County, same State, where he carried on a tannery (having learned the trade in his youth), CARROLL COUNTY - 813 and in 1841 came to Richmond, Jefferson County, then, four years later, to Amsterdam, same county. Here for five years he was engaged in his business, at the end of which time he removed with his family to Salem (Jefferson County), where they remained until 1852; in April, same year, he removed with his family to Dr. Moody's farm, in Lee Township, Carroll County, where he worked at his trade (tanning) under the employ of David Moody until 1861, in which year Mr. Wilson purchased the farm in Lee Township, Carroll County, where he yet resides. He and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Chestnut Ridge, and in politics he has always been a firm Republican, preferring to support men and measures, however, rather than party. Save his native energy and good business qualifications Mr. Wilson had little to commence life on, but perseverance, industry and economy have placed him in the ranks of the most successful men of the county, well known and universally respected. The children born to him and his wife are four in number, viz. : Margaret, James H., John A. and Sarah. William Maple, father of Mrs. Wilson, was born in Maryland, moved with his father to Pennsylvania, where he married Rebecca Brown in the year 1801; in 1806 he came to Ohio, where he reared a family of fourteen children—four sons, ten daughters. He settled on a wild tract of land in Springfield Township, Jefferson County, which he cleared with his own industrious hands. In his religious convictions he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in his political proclivities he was a sound Democrat. James H. Wilson, eldest son of Edward and Ann (Maple) Wilson, was horn on November 25, 1847, in Springfield Township, Jefferson Co., Ohio, and was brought when but a boy to Carroll County. On March 12, 1865, when seventeen years and five months old, he enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Ninety-seventh Regiment, O. V. I., serving until the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged. His education was secured at the common schools and at Harlem Springs College, at the end of which curriculum be began, at the age of twenty, to teach school, a profession he followed twenty-one consecutive years in Carroll County. On August 24, 1871, Mr. Wilson was married to Mary A., a daughter of Samuel Dumbleton, of Augusta, Carroll Co., Ohio, and after this event they located on the home place in Lee Township five years; then moved into Augusta Township, same county, where they remained until 1887, in which year they came to their present residence in Lee Township. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson and family—011ie A., Wilber S., Thomas E. and Minnie L.—are members of the Presbyterian Church at Harlem Springs, and in politics he'is a Republican. He is engaged in general farming and stock-raising, and ranks among the leading agriculturists in his section. John A. Wilson, second son of Edward and Ann (Maple) Wilson, was born in Springfield Township, Jefferson Co., Ohio, December 12, 1849, being also educated at the common schools and at Harlem Springs College. Like his brother he applied himself to the profession of teaching, which be followed several years in Carroll County. On March 23, 1886, he was united in marriage with Emma F., daughter of Steen McIntyre, and they have two children, Charles E. and Harrison S. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church; in his political inclinations he is a Republican, and has served his township as trustee. He resides on the old homestead, and at present is engaged in the occupation of farming. JAMES R. NEELY, clerk of the court of Carroll County, is a native of the same, born in Orange Township. The family originated in Ireland, whence a branch of them emigrated to this country, prior to the Revolution, settling in Pennsylvania. James R. Neely, the subject of these lines, at the age of thirteen, started out into the world to " seek his fortune" among strangers, work- 814 - CARROLL COUNTY. ing on farms in summer, and attending school during the winter months. This routine continued until he was nearly twenty years old, when he commenced teaching in winter, continuing his own education in summers. For fifteen years he followed the profession, three years in one room (No. 4) of the Carrollton schools, having " charge of the floor." In September, 1887, he removed to Brown Township, same county, where he made his home for a time. On June 16, 1888, he was nominated for, and November 8, following, he was elected to his present position of county clerk, being the first incumbent elected to that office in the new court-house. On July 2, 1885, Mr. Neely was married to Miss Laura E., daughter of ex-Commissioner T. M. Creighton, of Malvern, Brown Township, Carroll County, and two sons have blessed this union, James Creighton and Alexander Lehr, both living. Mr. Neely is well known to be a man of energy and push, and in the discharge of his duties as county clerk he is careful and conscientious. He is, socially, a member of the F. & A. M. and of the K. of P. Although himself a man of peace, he yet has military blood in his veins, for he had five uncles in the army all at one time (three of whom died for their country), and also two cousins. WILLIAM BROWN, one of the promi- nent farmers of Rose Township, Car- roll Co., Ohio, was born in Tuscarawas County, July 24, 1847. His father, Basil Brown, also a native of Carroll County, was born in 1824, and the father of Basil, William Brown, was a native of Pennsylvania, in which State he married Sarah Swarengen, who bore him five children. In the War of 1812 Mr. Brown held the rank of colonel of militia, and served through the Indian campaign in Ohio, Indiana and other parts of the then Far West, and was later extensively engaged in the construction of the public improvements in eastern Ohio. He eventually purchased and settled on a farm near the village of Dell Roy, Carroll County, where ho passed the remainder of his life, engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was a Democrat in politics, and in religion was a Presbyterian. Basil Brown, on the death of his parents, entered the family of Daniel Kimmel], with whom he remained thirteen years, quitting them when he had reached his majority, and starting penniless in the world to seek his fortune, in which effort, through perseverance, integrity and the exercise of a sound judgment, he met with success. While still quite young he married Sarah Woy, daughter of George Woy, of Pennsylvania, and one of the early settlers of Carroll County, Ohio, having entered the farm on which the last days of Basil were spent. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Brown settled in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, where Basil was engaged in agriculture until 1855, when he came to Rose Township, Carroll County, and purchased a farm. Basil Brown was an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and for many years was a class leader. In politics he was a Democrat, and did much to aid the success of his party; he was an enthusiastic Union man during the War of the Rebellion. Throughout his life he was regarded as a man of great executive ability, and as an enterprising and worthy citizen. His death took place June 22, 1866, and his remains were laid to rest in his native township. His widow now makes her home with our subject. William Brown, our subject, passed the earlier days of his life in Tuscarawas County, but his education was acquired at the schools of Rose Township, Carroll County, which he supplemented with a course of self-instruction. October 26, 1869, he was married to Anna E., daughter of Elmer Fry, of Rose Township, and this union resulted in the birth of three children, as follows: Letitia (Mrs. E. B. Close), Effie A. and John C. When he purchased his present farm it was almost entirely unimproved and without buildings worthy of mention; it is now, under Mr. Brown's skillful management, one of the finest farms in Rose Township. The CARROLL COUNTY - 815 buildings are the result of his own architectural skill and genius. The dwelling, which was built in 1880, is a large square frame, with an "L," and is most conveniently arranged as well as pleasantly located. In 1886 Mr. Brown erected one of the most complete barns in the county, 44x96 feet, with a basement, for the accommodation of stock, unsurpassed in arrangements for comfort and labor saving. In politics Mr. Brown has always been a Democrat, has served several terms as township trustee and three terms as township treasurer. He is an ardent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he has been a class leader for twenty-four consecutive years, and is also a willing helper in every progressive movement. ROBERT G. GRAHAM, one of the most prosperous native-born farmers of Carroll County, was born in Fox Township, September 8, 1852, a son of James and Jane (Clark) Graham, former of whom, a native of the north of Ireland, came to Ohio and for some years carried on a farm in Fox Township, Carroll County. Our subject's boyhood was passed in working on his father's farm, and in attending the common schools of his district, which was supplemented by a course of study at a select school in Scroggsfield, under the management of James Hunter. Since leaving school he has devoted his leisure time to making himself conversant with social and religious subjects, as well as the many phases of the question of political economy, and is recognized as the best read man in his section. Mr. Graham was married June 5, 1884, to Alpharetta Cox, who was born November 7, 1859, a daughter of Isaac and Lydia A. (Pottorf) Cox, of East Township, Carroll County, and this union has been blessed with three children, viz. : Clarke J., born May 5, 1885; Eva J., born September 11, 1887, and Alpharetta, born September 30, 1889. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Graham settled on the place in Lee Township, where he now lives, and which be has largely improved. The buildings are commodious and neat, the dwelling-house, erected in 1886, being especially so. It is 50x30 feet in dimensions, two stories high, and finished in maple, cherry and chestnut, the roof being slated. His farm comprises 160 acres of well-improved land, where he carries on general farming, and in addition to this he has 120 acres under cultivation near Amsterdam. He and his family are consistent members of the United Presbyterian Church at Scroggsfield, of which they are liberal supporters, and they are held in high esteem for their social qualities and deeds of beneficence. In his political preferments Mr. Graham was formerly a Republican, but for the past six years has voted the Prohibition ticket, of which party he is a leading and zealous member. He has always been in the van of the array of representative and progressive men in his native county, and is well deserving of the respect in which he is held. TOBIAS ROUDEBUSH, one of the well-known leading farmers of Washington Township, Carroll County, was born here April 2, 1831, a son of Jesse and Hulda (Ray) Roudebush, a record of whom is given in the sketch of Abraham Roudebush. Our subject was reared to farm life in his native township, and educated at the district schools of the same. On May 24, 1855, he was united in marriage with Margaret J. Mick, also a native of Carroll County, born in Fox Township, April 14, 1833, a daughter of. Henry and Margaret (Gallagher) Mick, natives of Virginia. To this union have been born eleven children, viz. : Mary A. and Henry M. deceased; Sarah J., residing at home; Mrs. Angeline George, in Fox Township, Carroll County; Maggie E., at home; Sheridan, deceased; Grant, married December 25, 1890, by Rev. Hargest, at the home of the bride, to Miss Jennie N. Nisewonger; Elmer, Leonard and Mahlon, at home, and one that died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Roudebush, after their marriage, resided on the old homestead of his par- 816 - CARROLL COUNTY. ents for some time, then purchased the farm now owned by F. E. McCausland, in Washington Township, where he resided until March 19, 1873, when he bought the farm which he now occupies, containing 200 acres of prime land, situated about six and a half miles northeast of Carrollton; this was the first farm entered in Washington Township. Politically Mr. Roudebush is a Republican, and at the present time he is serving his township as trustee. He and his wife are members of the Disciples Church. JOHN A. THOMPSON, one of the progressive young native-born agriculturists of Loudon Township, Carroll County, was born November 24, 1860, on the farm where he has ever since lived. His father, Samuel Thompson, was born January 1, 1812, in Ireland, whence, when in his " teens," he emigrated to this country. He first located at Pittsburgh, Penn.,where he was a drayman four years; then proceeded to Washington County, same State, and here married, in March, 1837, Miss Jane Palmer, also a native of the Emerald Isle, born about the year 1811. Soon after marriage they came to Ohio, where he purchased the farm of 120 acres, in Loudon Township, now owned by his son, John A. There was a small cabin standing on this land, in which they lived till 1842, when he put up the building which stands near the present fine residence, erected in 1874. To Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Thompson were born four children, viz. : Mary P., living at the paternal home; Mrs. Sarah Frazier, in Kansas; Mrs. Martha J. Waggoner, in Loudon Township, and Rachel, who died April 7, 1871. Mrs. Thompson dying in 1844, Mr. Thompson married -for his second wife, November 12, 1845, Miss Mary J. Scott, born in Washington County, Penn., May 29, 1823, a daughter of Joseph and Margaret (McCurdy) Scott, natives of Ireland. Six children were the result of this union, a record of whom is as follows: Joseph S., lives in Loudon Township; Margaret M., Samuel G. and Hans are deceased; John A. is the subject of these lines; Eliza is deceased. The father died August 25, 1885, the mother, April 22, 1886, both members of the United Presbyterian Church, which he had joined at the time of the union in 1858. having been for years previously an adherent of the Seceder Church. At his death he was owner of 4271 acres of land. John A. Thompson, whose name opens this biographical memoir, was brought up to farm life, and received a liberal education at the common schools. On December 25, 1890, he was united in marriage with Miss Maggie 0. A. Mc-Nary, of Germano, Ohio. He and his half-sister, Mary P., are the only members of the two families who live on the old homestead. WILLIAM BOYD, one of the most honored citizens of Fox Township, Car1 roll County, a retired agriculturist and now a capitalist, with residence at Mechanicstown, was born in Maryland, December 2, 1828. Alexander Boyd, his grandfather, was a native of Ireland, whence he emigrated to America in 1798, locating in New York for a time, afterward moving to Washington County, Penn., and from there to Carroll County, Ohio, where be died. Andrew Boyd, father of our subject, was born in the Keystone State in 1800, and was there married to Miss Mary Bell, of that State, a lady of Irish descent. In the spring of 1829 he came to Ohio and entered 160 acres of wild land in Carroll County (now near Mechanicstown), on which he built a log cabin, and set to work to clear a farm, becoming a successful agriculturist. In connection with farming he carried on a store in Mechanicstown, and he prospered in all his undertakings. In the fall of 1873 he passed from earth, followed, in 1876, by his faithful wife, who had borne him ten children. The parents and grandparents of our subject were all buried in Mechanicstown Cemetery. William Boyd, the subject proper of these lines, was about five months old when brought CARROLL COUNTY - 817 by his parents to Ohio, and was reared to farm life, attending, during the winter months, the common schools of the district. On February 10, 1852, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Allison, who was born February 20, 1832, in Pennsylvania, of Irish parentage. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd lived on the old farm until 1873, in which year they sold the property and moved into Mechanicstown, where they have an elegant residence, in which they are quietly enjoying the fruits of their toil. They are members of the Presbyterian Church, and in politics Mr. Boyd is a stanch Republican. HENRY SMITH, farmer, Harrison Township, Carroll County. The family, of which this gentleman is a worthy representative, can be traced to Germany, where Henry Smith, the grandfather of our subject, was born. When he reached his majority he came to America and settled in Lancaster County, Penn., where he married, and reared the following named children: John, Martin, Lewis and Mary. On the breaking out of the War of the Revolution, he allied himself on the side of the Colonists, and rendered valuable and efficient aid to them in their struggle for independence. In 1812 two of his sons entered the service of their country, serving during the war of that period, and little else is known of the family. Lewis, the youngest son, was born in 1790 in Lancaster County, Penn., and was there married to Susanna, daughter of Jacob Fisher, a resident of Pennsylvania, and a native of Germany, to which union were born the following named children: Susanna, Nancy and Catherine, all deceased, and John, Henry and Elizabeth. In 1815 the family came to Ohio, traveling by wagon, and bringing their goods and chattels with them. They located in what is now Centre Township, Carroll County, for eight or nine years, and then Mr. Smith entered the farm now occupied by his son, Henry, in Harri- son Township. The father died in 1871, and was laid to rest by the side of his wife, who had preceded him to the grave in 1862. In religion he was a member of the Lutheran Church, in politics first a Whig, and afterward, on the formation of the party, a Republican. Henry Smith, whose name appears at the head of this sketch, was born May 2, 1825, in Centre Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, and his boyhood and early youth were passed alternately on the farm and in the common schools of his district. He remained under the paternal roof, assisting on the farm, and also taking building contracts, as well as other odd jobs, until the death of his father, when he bought the interests of the heirs. In 1873 he was married to Lydia Ann Baxter, who was born in Carroll County, Ohio, in 1836, a daughter of Benjamin and Mandy Ann Baxter, natives of Virginia, who were married in Carroll County, Ohio. For many years Mrs. Henry Smith has been a leading member of the Lutheran Church, of which he has been deacon; in politics he has always been a Republican. ASBERY TOBAN, who represents one of the well-known and highly respected families of Fox Township, Carroll County, was born October 14, 1817, in Cecil County, Md., in which State his father, Asbery Toban, was also born. The Toban family can be traced back to the grandparents, who came to America at a very early period from Ireland, and occupied a farm in Maryland. The paternal grandmother of our subject was brought to this country and sold as a chattel to a Mr. Dillon, but was finally liberated and married Mr. Toban. Asbery Toban, Sr., father of our subject, was reared in Maryland, where he attended the old subscription school, and laid for himself the foundation of that success which marked his later life. At the age of maturity he met and married Miss Mary Leason, who was a native of the same State, and who was reared and educated in the same vicinity as was Mr. Toban. As well as can be ascertained the Leasons were of old English descent. After living 818 - CARROLL COUNTY. in Maryland for fifteen years, during which time he was engaged as a charcoal burner, Mr. and Mrs. Toban moved to Chester County, Penn., where Mr. Toban followed his old occupation. They then moved to Washington County, Penn.,where Mr. Toban died about the year 1860, the father of eleven children, five of whom are still living, our subject being the second child. Asbery Toban, Jr., whose name heads this article, until the age of ten lived in Maryland. Then his father moved to Pennsylvania, where Asbery obtained his education by attending the subscription school about three months in the winter of each year; the remainder of the time was occupied by hard work, either on his father's farm or by working for the farmers in the neighborhood. At that time wages were small, and he worked many months for three dollars per month. At the age of nineteen Asbery married Miss Rachel Donaldson, who was a native of Washington County, Penn. After working his father-in-law's farm for three years Mr. Toban in 1836, settled in Fox Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, and bought a farm of eighty acres. Here in the midst of the wilderness he and his wife commenced life together in earnest; a log but was their refuge, and here were born to bless their home a family of five children, named as follows: Elijah, William, Thomas, Rachel A. and David. After a few years of happiness, mingled with the hardships which are incident to pioneer life, death entered the little family and took away the wife and mother. Mr. Toban married, for his second wife, Sarah Ann Burgett, a native of Fox Township, whose parents were of English descent, and the results of this union were children as follows: George, John, Robert, Charlie, Tipton, Samuel, Mary, Joseph, and two who died in infancy. Mr. Toban has a fine farm of 160 acres, which is well improved with a fine new residence and other buildings. In politics he is a Republican, and has been honored by his party with several township offices. Both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Church. Mr. Toban, by his energy and honesty, has won for himself a position among the representative citizens and prosperous agriculturists of Carroll County. V. E. HUSTON, a prominent citizen of Carrollton, and senior member of the firm of Huston & Fawcett, proprietors of the most extensive general hardware store in Carroll County, was born November 22, 1849, in Mechanicstown, Carroll Co., Ohio, of Scotch-Irish and English descent. His father, James Huston, who was born in Allegheny County, Penn., April 17, 1813, was one of the pioneer merchants of Carroll County, he having come to Ohio when a young man. He first located on a farm in Fox Township, where, later, he became a miller, and finally established himself in a general store at Mechanicstown, which he conducted several years, until 1853, when he moved to Carrollton, and here opened out in the same line on a more extensive scale, to which, one year thereafter, he added the grain business. In 1868 he purchased a hardware store, also in Carrollton, and formed a partnership with his, son V. E., under the firm name of J. Huston & Son. This continued till 1886, when the father withdrew, and Mr. R. C. Fawcett was received as a partner, the style of the firm being Huston & Fawcett. James Huston was married in 1838, to Christine Emsley, a native of England, and three children have been born to this union, viz. : Amanda, deceased wife of Cyrus A. Shober ; Emma, wife of R. C. Fawcett, and V. E. On January 3, 1887, the father closed his eyes to earth, at the age of seventy-four years, after a busy life which he had made prosperous by honest toil, indomitable perseverance and strict integrity, having begun life a poor boy, with no capital save willing hands and a stout heart. Politically he had been originally a Democrat, but for some years before his death he voted the Prohibition ticket. V. E. Huston received his education at the common schools of his district, also at the college at Harlem Springs, and after leaving there he entered his father's store as clerk, continuing CARROLL COUNTY - 821 with him in that capacity until becoming a partner with him in the hardware business, as above related. In 1872 Mr. Huston was married to Miss Ida J. McCoy, daughter of Judge McCoy, of Carrollton, and Margaret (Druckamiller) McCoy, and by this union were born the following named six children: James E., Charles V., William M., Christine E., Amanda S., and Roy, who died at the age of two years. Mr. Huston in his political leanings is a stanch Democrat, but has never accepted office. Mrs. Huston is a member of the Presbyterian Church. JOSEPH C. LONG, a leading agriculturist and prominent progressive citizen of Carroll County, Ohio, of which he has been a resident ever since its organization, is a native of Pennsylvania, born in Washington County, December 25, 1820. His grandfather, Thomas Long, a native of County Donegal, Ireland, and a weaver by trade, reared a family of six sons and one daughter, with whom (excepting John, who came to America some years earlier) he emigrated to New Brunswick, Canada, where, for several years, they carried on farming, and where he died. Of the children born to Thomas Long all are now dead except one son, James, and one daughter, Margaret. John, the father of our subject, also a native of Ireland, was there married February 6, 1818, to Jane Carson, of the same place. In 1819 he emigrated to the United States. On their voyage they stopped for a few days at St. John, where the captain's family resided, to which place they had a pleasant voyage. After this delay they resumed their voyage, during which they encountered much rough weather, followed by a terrible storm, which continued for several days with such violence that the crew despaired of reaching land. (At one time a boat, or something on deck, crushed in one of the hatches not far from the berth occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Long, which deluged their berth. Mr. Long sprang to his feet, half-leg deep in water, and called to his wife to get up. She replied it was of no use, for they were going to the bottom anyhow). But, as all storms have done, this one abated also, and they reached Washington City, where they disembarked, having been ten weeks on the voyage. From Washington they made their way as best they could to Washington County, Penn., where they had some old acquaintances that had preceded them. They remained in this part of the country eleven years, engaged in farming, during which time they had born to them two children: Joseph C., December 26, 1820, and Margaret, August 7, 1823. In 1830 Mr. Long bought eighty acres of unimproved land in what is now Washington Township, Carroll Co., Ohio. During the summer Mr. Long cleared a small piece of ground and built a cabin, removing to it in November. On this farm he lived twenty years, at which time he had it in good cultivation and comfortable surroundings, but the territory was too small. In 1851 he bought 160 acres of land in comfortable repair, in Pleasant Valley, Harrison Township, Carroll County, to which he removed in the same fall. Soon afterward be sold the Washington Township farm; in 1864 he bought 120 acres adjoining his home farm. On July 31, 1866, his wife died in the eightieth year of her age. After the death of his wife he retired from business, transferring the management of affairs to his son, J. C. Long. He then spent his time in social intercourse with his neighbors, looking after light chores about the house, etc., but principally in reading the Scriptures, history and general literature, all of which he greatly enjoyed. His strength steadily declined, until October 17, 1876, when he passed away without a struggle or a pain, and was interred by the side of his deceased wife; they now rest side by side in the Carrollton Cemetery, to await the resurrection of the dead. In politics Mr. Long was a stanch Democrat, and in religion, prior to coming to this country, an Episcopal Methodist, but afterward united with the Protestant Methodist Church, of which he was one of the original organizers in Carroll County. 822 - CARROLL COUNTY. Joseph C. Long, whose name appears at the opening of this sketch, as will be seen was ten years old when he came to Carroll County with his parents. His boyhood was passed almost exclusively in the arduous duties of the farm, nine days being the extent of his school training; but his natural ability, coupled with a determination to secure an education, amply compensated him for his lack of schooling. At this time schools were scarce and far between, and he was obliged to travel two miles to get there. All his spare moments were devoted to the pursuit of knowledge, with the assistance of his father; and, having a taste for mathematics, he early commenced the study of the higher branches, finally taking up surveying, a subject he succeeded in thoroughly mastering. In the fall of 1851 he was elected county surveyor of Carroll County, which office he filled for six years. He also pursued a course of study in medicine under one of the ablest physicians of his section, and attended lectures at Cleveland Medical College. After Mr. Long returned from medical lectures, he could not find an acceptable location in which to practice, without removing out of convenient reach of his parents, who were comfortably settled, and did not wish to remove. The surrounding country was fully supplied with physicians, good men who did not wish to remove. Our subject thought it was his duty to remain with his parents, at least for a while; so he went to work on the farm again, and the longer be worked on the farm the less he thought of practicing medicine, until he abandoned the idea of practicing medicine, and remained on the farm. Mr. Long has retired from the management of the farm, transferring that to his son, Chalmers H., owing to the infirmatives of declining years and failing strength. Mr. Long's reading has been most extensive and versatile, covering various fields of science and literature. His library is one of the best in .the county, well supplied with a choice selection of works on various subjects. On May 11, 1847, Joseph C. Long was married to Mary C., daughter of Samuel and Martha C. Huston, of Washington Township, Carroll Co., Ohio. To Mr. and Mrs. Long have been born four children, viz.: Margaret Jane, now Mrs. J. B. Wilkin; Martha Levinia, now Mrs. Samuel Wilkin; Mary Louisa (Mrs. James Long, who died June 7, 1877, aged twenty years, seven months and four days); and Chalmers H., who married Jane, daughter of Alexander and Catherine Marshal, and resides on the farm with his father. In politics Joseph C. Long is a Democrat, in religion a Protestant Methodist. JOHN G. BUCK, jeweler and proprietor of foundry, one of the well-known business men of Carrollton, Carroll County, is a native of that town, born August 7, 1847. His father, John G. Buck, was a native of Germany, where he learned the trade of butcher, and was married. He and his wife immigrated to the United States, and first located at Steubenville, Ohio. Mr. Buck afterward wedded Mary Houck, a native of Carroll County, and a descendant of an old pioneer family. For six years they resided at Steubenville, at the end of which time they removed to Carrollton. Here he followed the trade of butcher, and for years kept one of the early hotels of the place. He died in Carrollton about the year 1869. John G. Buck, whose name appears at the opening of this sketch, at ten years of age began life for himself, going to New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County, where he worked in a foundry three years, and, returning to Carrollton, served an apprenticeship of a year and a half at the watchmaker's trade; thence he moved to Salem, Ohio, where he worked at the same business six years under instruction. After this he followed his trade, as journeyman, a year and a half in Canfield, Mahoning County, but in 1869 he returned to Carrollton and established himself in the jewelry trade, which he has since successfully continued. He has recently taken a course of study for practice as an optician, and he has now added that branch—adjusting spectacles, etc., to the eye—to his business. About 1880 be also embarked at the CARROLL COUNTY - 823 same place in his present foundry business, erecting a substantial brick building, for the manufacture of stoves, grates, warm air furnaces, etc. In 1869 be was married to Phania Toot, a native of Carroll County, who has borne him three children—one son and two daughters. In politics Mr. Buck is a Democrat, and in his affiliations he is a member of Lodge No. 256, K. of P., at Leesburg, Carroll County. He ever takes a pleasurable pride in reviewing his past active life, and tracing his business success to his own energy, economy and good judgment. ROBERT CROSIER FAWCETT, of the firm of Huston & Fawcett, hardware merchants, Carrollton, is a native of Carroll County, Ohio, born January 24, 1847, and was reared to early manhood on the farm of his father, John Fawcett, attending the common schools of his neighborhood, and, subsequently, the union schools at Carrollton, Ohio; he graduated in the class of 1847, at Washington College, in Pennsylvania. He then took up the study of law, reading under Shober & Raley, of Carrollton, and was admitted to the bar in 1880. For a time he practiced his profession in Waynesburg, Stark County. From 1880 until 1884 he was superintendent of schools at Waynesburg, and then came to Carrollton, where for one and a half years he was superintendent of common schools. In the winter of 1884 he was examined by the State board of examiners, and now holds a State certificate for life. In the winter of 1886 he entered into partnership with V. E. Huston, in hardware and clothing business, in Carrollton, which firm succeeded the firm of Huston & Son, and, having disposed of the clothing department of their business, they have since carried exclusively the largest stock of hardware in the county. In 1884 Mr. Fawcett was married to Mrs. Emma Sellers, daughter of James and Christina Huston, of Carrollton, Ohio. In politics Mr. Fawcett is a moderate Republican, but is no politician, and has neither held nor sought office. ADAIR FAMILY. This family has been an important factor in the making of the history of Scotland and England, and also played an important part in the great American Revolution. Sir Robert Adair, born May 24, 1763, died October 3, 1855, was a noted English ambassador to the courts of Vienna, Brussels and Constantinople. He negotiated the treaty of the Dardanelles, and retired in 1835 with the rank of privy counselor. Robin Adair and others of the same family have left an impress upon the period in which they lived. Cornelius Adair emigrated from Edinburgh, Scotland, to North Carolina, and one of his sons removed from there to Augusta County, Va., before the War of the Revolution. One of the early settlers in North Carolina, whose name won at least a casual mention in history, was John Adair, the patriotic entry-taker (tax collector) of the District of Washington. In 1780 Gen. Sevier was recruiting the army with which he defeated Gen. Ferguson at Kings Mountain. His exchequer was low from frequent drafts of a similar nature, and he could not borrow money enough to finish fitting out the expedition. John Adair was the only man in the territory who had any money, and the plans of Gen. Sevier were likely to fail for lack of money to buy horses and equipments. Gen. Sevier suggested to John Adair that he should loan him the funds of the State that were in his possession. And the following, as recorded by tradition, was Adair's answer: " Colonel Sevier, I have no right to make any such disposition of this money. It belongs to the impoverished treasury of North Carolina, but if the country is overrun by the British, liberty is gone. Let the money go too. Take it, if by its use the enemy is driven from the country. I can trust that country to vindicate and justify my conduct. Take it." Sevier took it—twelve thousand seven hundred and thirty-five dollars, and the result was Kings Mountain. Ellen Adair, one of the daughters of Gen. Adair, of Florida, is the central figure in the famous painting ordered after Webster's. 824 - CARROLL COUNTY. defense of Massachusetts, to decorate the walls of Faneuil Hall. Cornelius' son in Augusta County, Va., was the father of John, William, Cornelius, James and two daughters. John removed to the vicinity of Carlisle, Penn. William married Mary Rawlston, and also removed to Carlisle, Penn. John raised a family of two boys and one girl. James was a bachelor, and made his home with William. Cornelius and one married sister moved to Kentucky. John Adair, who commanded the Kentucky troops at the battle of New Orleans, was the predecessor of Henry Clay in the United States Senate, and was inaugurated governor of Kentucky in 1820—was one of the men who have builded well their part of our American Government. William remained a few years at Carlisle, Penn., then removed to Ohio, thence to northern Indiana and thence to Iowa. William was a school teacher and followed the business of making pumps in the summer time. He enlisted at Carlisle, Penn., and served as a soldier in the War of 1812. The children of William and Mary Rawlston Adair were William, George W., John Newton, and one daughter, Mary. William and George W. located in Shell Rock, Iowa, and founded the Shell Rock flouring and woolen mills. Mary made her home with her elder brothers. John Newton Adair was born at Carlisle, Penn., August 25, 1811. He removed to Washington County, Penn., with William Dempster, where he learned the trade of hatter. After learning his trade he removed to Amsterdam, Jefferson Co., Ohio, where he worked as a journeyman hatter; was married to Mary Chaddock, February 11, 1834, and settled in Leesburg, Carroll Co., Ohio. Mary Chaddock was born August 11, 1815. The Chaddock family came from Maryland to eastern Ohio. The children of John N. and Mary C. Adair are William Adair, born March 17, 1835 (he was educated in the village schools and apprenticed to the wagon and carriage trade at an early age, at which trade he worked for nine years. He read law with Robert E. Knight, Esq., and was admitted as an attorney and counselor at law May 1, 1862. He was elected to the Ohio Legislature from Carroll County, Ohio, in 1869 and again in 1871. In 1873 he was elected as the delegate from Carroll County to the Constitutional Conyention. Mr. Adair is the author of the " Adair Law," the original Civil Damage Liquor Law, and the first statute holding the real property or premises liable for damage against the owner or lessee. He has always been an active Republican, and has been repeatedly elected mayor of Leesburg. Mr. Adair was given an honorary membership in the First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Columbus, Ohio, in recognition of his labors in the passage of the XVth Amendment to the United States Constitution. He was one of the original directors in the W. & L. E. R. R., and president of the H. B. & J. R. R. now the W. & L. E. R. R. from Bowerston, Harrison Co., Ohio, to Wheeling, W. Va. He was married September 3, 1856, to Martha J. Leeper, and they have one son, Emmet M., who was born February 8,1864. He was educated in the Leesville public school, the New Hagerstown Academy, and is a graduate of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, class of 1886. He read law with his father, William Adair, Esq., and was admitted as an attorney and counselor at law by the Supreme Court of Ohio, October 9, 1890. He is practicing law with his father in Leesville); Elizabeth Ann Adair, born October 14, 1836, died November, 1854; James Adison Adair, born April 17, 1838, died September 11, 1840; Joseph Chad-dock Adair, born January 13, 1841 (married Martha Roby at Leesburg, Ohio, and removed to Holton, Jackson Co., Kas., in 1870, where he lived until 1885, when they removed to Topeka, Shawnee Co., Kas. Mr. Adair is noted for his many good qualities, and has always been a leader in the community in which he lived. In 1880 he was United States deputy marshal, deputy sheriff, city marshal, constable and census-taker in Holton City, Jackson Co., Kas. Their children who are living are four CARROLL COUNTY - 825 accomplished daughters: Misses Adda, Manie, Hattie and Julia. Adda graduated with honor from the Holton High school, in which she is now a teacher of acknowledged ability; she is an excellent musician, and an artist of power and originality. Manie is a student of the Kansas City School of Elocution and Oratory, and is an artist whose future is full of promise. Hattie is a successful teacher in the Kansas public schools. Julia is a student in the Topeka City High School). Mary Chaddock Adair died January 21, 1841. John Newton Adair and Miss Malinda Price were married August 11, 1841. Malinda Price was born March 12, 1818. John Newton Adair was a man of earnest convictions, and fearless in their expression. For fifteen years he was one of the leading merchants in Leesburg, and engaged in the purchase of horses, cattle and sheep, and drove them across the Alleghany Mountains to eastern markets. He was a justice of the peace for many years, and had before his court such noted attorneys as Edwin M. Stanton and John A. Bingham. He took an active interest in the maintenance of the common-school system, and was assessor of Orange Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, for twenty years. He was an Old-line Whig and a Republican. He died of apoplexy November 18, 1881. The children of John N. and Malinda Adair are the following, of whom a brief record is given: Mary Eliza Adair, born August 13, 1842, and married to Samuel L. Harper (Mr. Harper was noted for his mechanical ability, and at the time of his death, July, 1890, he was superintendent of the iron department of the Columbus Buggy Company. One son was born to the above union, Charles W. Harper, who graduated from the New Philadelphia High School at the age of seventeen years, and after remoying to Columbus, Ohio (where his residence now is), and achieving success in the journalistic profession—he is business manager of the Columbus Daily Press—he returned to the home of his youth and married Miss Kate Paterick, at New Philadelphia). BAZZLE WELLS ADAIR was born March 6, 1844, and was married to Mary Strickmaker August 15, 1871; their children are Charles E., born May 1, 1876, now assistant postmaster at Leesburg, Carroll Co., Ohio; John G., born July 7, 1880, and Carra B. Adair, born December 11, 1883. Mr. Adair enlisted in Company A, Eightieth 0. V. V. I., February 18, 1864. He was with Sherman on the march to the sea, at the grand review in Washington, and thence proceeded to Little Rock, Ark., where he was mustered out of the service and returned to Columbus, Ohio, for final discharge, August 25, 1865. He took part in the battles of Resaca, Bentonville and Salt Ketchee Swamp. He was elected recording clerk of the House of Representatives of the Ohio Legislature for the term beginning January 1, 1872. He is a builder and architect of acknowledged ability, having erected the two finest brick residences in Carroll County, Ohio. He read law with his brother, Hon. William Adair, and was admitted as an attorney and counselor at law in 1878; has been prominent in Republican party councils, and was a warm supporter of and delegate to the conventions which nominated J. T. Updegraf and William McKinley, Jr., for Congress. Mr. Adair was appointed postmaster at Leesburg (Leesville P. 0.) by Chester A. Arthur; was removed by Grover Cleveland and reappointed by Benjamin Harrison to the same office, which he now holds. Alice S. Adair was born February 18, 1846, and was married to Ira C. Rogers in 1863. Mr. Rogers enlisted in 1862 in the Ninety-eighth 0. V. V. I., and was detailed to join the Sixteenth Regular Band at Louisville, Ky. In 1864 the band was ordered to the United States barracks at Chicago, where he remained until the close of the war. He is now in the employ of the post-office department at Chicago, Ill. Their children are Burton, who married Mata Newton, and is engaged in the fancy poultry business; Lulu V., who was an accomplished musician; Frank, who is editor of the Amateur Electrician, Chicago, Illinois. 826 - CARROLL COUNTY. Thomas G. Adair and Albert G. Adair (twins), born December 23, 1847, have both attained a well-merited proficiency in the trade of plain and ornamental plastering. They are original thinkers in science and religion, and close students and observers, from a liberal point of view, of the literature of the times. Josephine Adair was born May 9, 1850. She received an education in the common schools; was married to Joseph Lingle, May 12, 1870, and removed to Chicago, Ill., thence to Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo Co., Iowa. Mr. Lingle has been very successful as a contractor and builder. Their children are Louie, Linnie and Ivie. Alonzo E. Adair was born January 10, 1853. He received a common-school education, and worked at the trade of brick mason in the day time, and read law with his brother, Hon. William Adair, at night. In 1878 he was admitted as an attorney and counselor at law. On November 24, 1885, he was married to Miss Ella Finney, of Pittsburgh, Penn., and now resides at Columbus, Ohio. Their children are Mary Malinda and John A. Edgar A. Adair was born June 10, 1855, and was married December 15, 1877, to Miss Ida Moore. He is a brick mason and builder of acknowledged ability and mechanical ingenuity. WILLIAM H. BUCHANAN, of Monroe Township, Carroll County, was born in Union Township, same county, July 20, 1835, a son of John and Mary W. (Pittenger) Buchanan, natives of Harrison County, Ohio. Their children's names are William H., Samuel, Nancy, Susannah and John N. The boyhood days of our subject were passed in the district schools, at Hopedale College, Harrison County, also Richmond College, Jefferson County, and in June, 1861, he graduated from Mt. Union College, Stark Co., Ohio, in the classical course, and taught in the dis- trict schools for a number of years, having commenced in 1854. In 1850 he experienced the Christian religion. In 1860 he was given an exhorter's license, and in 1861 was given a local preacher's license. On March 19, 1871, he was ordained deacon by Bishop D. W. Clark, and March 21, 1875, he was ordained elder by Bishop Thomas Bowman, of the Methodist' Episcopal Church. On August 12, 1862, Mr. Buchanan enlisted under Capt. Williams, of Carrollton, in Company I, Ninety-eighth 0. V. I., and served till June 7, 1865. At the battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8, 1862, he received a severe wound in the left temple, was left on the battlefield for dead, and was taken prisoner by the rebels but was soon paroled and exchanged. From the effects of this wound he lay in the hospital one year. He was in the battles of Buzzard Roost, Ga., February 25-27,1864; Resaca, Ga., May 13-16, 1864; Peach Tree Creek, Ga., July 20, 1864, and at Jonesboro, Ga., September 1, 1864, he received a severe wound, one ball entering his right ear, which was extracted on the left side of his nose, near the corner of the eye. This ball, which he has in his possession, is in size one and one-sixteenth inches in length, nine-sixteenths of an inch in diameter, and was made in Springfield, Mass.; another ball passed through his right shoulder. Mr. Buchanan, in the fall of 1865. removed to Carrollton, where he commenced the study of medicine, but, his health failing, he was obliged to give it up. He then commenced to teach in Carrollton Academy, teaching three successive years, and also served ten years as county examiner of Carroll County. In the fall of 1870 he was elected treasurer of the county, and served two terms. He was also agent for the American Bible Society for several years. On April 10, 1873, he purchased the farm he now owns, which contains 162 acres, in Monroe Township, Carroll County, and his present fine residence was erected in 1887. Mr. Buchanan has been twice married, first time in August, 1862, to Miss Sarah L. Gilbert, a daughter of Hull and Tersa (Wheeler) Gilbert, of Portage County, Ohio, to which union were born Clarence E., of Loudon Township, Carroll County; Frank H., at home; Homer G. in CARROLL COUNTY - 827 London Township, and a twin brother, John L., at home. The mother of these children died December 6, 1870. She had been a very active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church from her youth, and was a graduate of Mt. Union College, of Stark County. On March 26, 1872, Mr. Buchanan married Miss Ruth A. Ford, a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Riley) Ford, of Jefferson County, Ohio, and born May 17, 1844. Mr. Buchanan is a Prohibitionist, but his first vote was cast with the Whig party; he was also a RepublicaELISHA years. ELISHA McGUIRE, than whom there is no better known or ore popular citizen iin Carroll County, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, December, 4, 1812. His father, John McGuire, who was a native of Virginia, born of Scotch-Irish ancestry, came to Jefferson County in its pioneer days, and here married September 29, 1803, Sarah Milligan, a native of that county, and daughter of one of its pioneers. After their marriage they located on a farm near Steubenville, on which they resided until 1816, when they moved to that part of Columbiana County which afterward became a portion of Carroll County. Here they carried on farming, in what is now Union Township, for twelve years, at the end of which time they came into the village of Carrollton (then known as Centreville), where they passed the remainder of their days. Nine children—six sons and three daughters—were born to them, of whom the subject of this sketch is fifth in order of birth, and the only survivor. Elisha McGuire's boyhood was not different from that of any other pioneer boy, he having to assist in the arduous duties of the farm, surrounded by many hardships, difficulties and dangers. When old enough he commenced attending the "subscription schools," the schoolhouse being the primitive small log shanty, with still more primitive furnishing—puncheon floor, split-log benches and greased-paper windows, while a huge fireplace threw out a cheerful glow over the scene, and a bundle of suggestive birch rods stood in corner, an important factor in the making of a successful school. To attend this old-time institution our subject had to walk some three miles, and then for only a few weeks during winter. All his clothing was home-made, even to his shoes, for the pioneers made their own foot-wear for themselves and families. Thus Elisha lived under the parental roof until he was sixteen years of age, when he was bound out as an apprentice at Springfield, Jefferson County, to John Morrison, the village blacksmith and wagon-maker. After serving three years he commenced work as a journeyman, and in 1833 he came to Carrollton, where he established a wagon and plow manufacturing establishment, in which industry he did an extensive business. In 1846 he was Democratic candidate for sheriff of Carroll County, and although the county was strongly Whig, he was elected on his ticket; so creditably did he fulfill the duties of the office that, at the expiration of his term, he was re-elected. The contest was a lively one, and Mr. McGuire made the canvass on horseback, as was the custom in early times. At the termination of his second term he returned to his manufacturing interests, and established a foundry business, which he has since carried on. In July, 1852, he commenced, agreeable to his own proposition, carrying the mails and passengers between Steubenville and Massillon, in Stark County, the mode of conveyance being four-horse coaches, there being at that time no railroad through this region. He sold his interest out, however, the following year to the Ohio Stage Company, and devoted his time and attention to carrying the cross-country mails from Carrollton to Wheeling, New Lisbon, Cadiz, New Philadelphia, Wellsville, Summitville, etc., which service continued until 1854. On July 16, 1835, Mr. McGuire was united in marriage with Hannah Baxter, a native of Brooke County, Va., born December 22, 1810. Her parents, Richard and Elizabeth Baxter (the former also a native of Brooke County and latter of Washington County, Penn.), moved to near 828 - CARROLL COUNTY. Centreville (now Carrollton), Ohio, when she was three months old. Here they took up Government land, and carried on farming during the remainder of their lives. To Mr. and Mrs. McGuire were born nine children, of whom four are yet living, viz. : Mary, widow of Capt. R. F. Williams, formerly of Company I, Ninety -eighth Regiment 0. V. I. (she resides at Carrollton, and has had five children); Edith, now Mrs. James P. Whitcraft, lives in Cambridge, Ohio (six children have been born to her); Annie R. is the widow of John W. Gould, who died in Allegheny, Penn., October 13, 1889, being foreman, at the time, of the manufactory of Baker & Co. (she is a resident of Carrollton, and has three children); Frank W. McGuire is now foreman of the Cleveland Malleable. Iron Works, at Cleveland, Ohio (he married Clara Belle Hoops, of Carrollton, who died March 12, 1887, leaving one child). Richard Baxter McGuire, the fourth in the family in order of birth, enlisted in 1861, in Company I, Ninety-eighth 0. V.I. , and participated in the battles of Perryville and Chattanooga, besides several skirmishes and minor engagements. At Chattanooga he was shot through the left wrist with a minie ball, and being granted thirty days' leave of absence he set out for his home, but on the way lockjaw set in, and he died at his home, October 15, 1863. He had been commissioned second lieutenant February 1, same year, and was a brave and gallant soldier, beloved at home and popular with comrades in arms. His remains now lie in the cemetery at Carrollton. Elisha McGuire is a zealous supporter of the Democratic party, and in addition to his service as sheriff he has been assessor and treasurer of Centre Township, and a member of the Carrollton Board of Education; in his church connections he is a Presbyterian. He ranks among the earliest business men of the town, and has been prominently identified with all public movements tending toward the advancement and improvement of the place. When he came to Carrollton, it was called Centreville, and consisted of a few log cabins, one of which stood on the site of the present Presbyterian Church ; and the early tavern of the village, a two-story log building, stood on the corner now occupied by Stockon's Bank. Mr. McGuire took an active interest in securing the construction of the Connotton Valley Railroad, of which he was elected a director, later superintendent, and finally president. For six years he was in the hotel business at Carrollton, as proprietor of the Hoops House, and he is a thoroughly representative citizen. THOMAS G. DONALDSON, a prominent agriculturist and leading citizen of Fox Township, Carroll County, was born September 18, 1841, at Scroggsfield, Ohio. His father, Rev. John Donaldson, a native of Scotland, born in 1787, was reared on his father's farm, and received his primary education at the principal schools of the neighborhood, which was supplemented by a course of study at the world-famed seat of learning, the University of Edinburgh, where he took his degree in the classical course. The bent of his study was theology, and after leaving college he was licensed to preach the gospel in the Secession Church of Scotland. In 1816 he came to the United States, having as a fellow passenger on the vessel an old college classmate, Rev. Peter Bullions, D. D., the author of the far famed Bullions' Latin and Greek Grammars and Readers. After his arrival in this country he (Rev. John Donaldson) was married to Miss Hildred Goodwillie, a daughter of Rev. David Goodwillie, of Barnet, Vt., to which union were born seven children, of whom Beatrice Spear R. B. Donaldson, David Donaldson and John A. Donaldson are yet living. One of the sons, William, went to California about the year 1850, and has not been heard from for upward of thirty years. The other children died in infancy. Rev. John Donaldson first preached in the land of his adoption, in Vermont, and other Eastern points, but finally came to Ohio, here to labor in the vineyard. After coming to Ohio, his first pastorate was over the congrega- CARROLL COUNTY - 829 tion of Truro (now Reynoldsburg), near Columbus, Ohio. After laboring here for several years he removed, and about the year 1824, became pastor of the united charge of Scroggsfield, Yellow Creek and Glade Run. His first wife had died at their home on the farm on which his son, Thomas G., now resides, and afterward he became united in marriage with Miss Jane Hamill, whose parents were natives of Pennsylvania, and the result of this union was two children, Francis M. and Thomas G. The father died December 31, 1871, in his eighty-fifth year, and the mother June 28, 1884, in her eighty-fourth year. Mr. Donaldson's life had been one of untiring, unselfish devotion to the cause of Christ, and of honorable example to his fellow-men, ever conspicuous for his uprightness and integrity, and he was an avowed champion of education, in fact everything tending to the improvement of the condition of the community at large. The subject proper of this biographical memoir was reared among the scenes of a quiet, rural home, blessed in having before him in childhood, boyhood and youth, the example of a parent, who instructed his young mind how to appreciate noble deeds and a life of rectitude. After attending select school he commenced teaching, a profession he followed several years. On September 25, 1865, he, Thomas G. Donaldson, was married to Sarah R. George (daughter of Andrews George, of Scroggsfield, Ohio, by his first wife, Annie Robbins), who was born November 17, 1845, and who is the mother of eleven children, two of whom: Annie and Francis, are deceased. The names and dates of birth of those yet living, and who are still under the paternal roof, are as follows: John G., April 16, 1807; Jennie E., January 22, 1871; A. G., March 16, 1875; Sarah Bell, April 14, 1877; Minnie D., February 23, 1879: Walter M., June 20, 1881; Ida E., September 21, 1883; Thomas R., May 17, 1886, and Bertha N., August 25, 1889. Mr. Donaldson is the owner of 167 acres of prime land in Fox Township, and carries on general farming, his attention being largely devoted to the breeding of fine-wool sheep. He and his family are members of the United Presbyterian Church. Mr. Donaldson is a stanch Republican, and has filled many offices of trust in his township, having been a justice of the peace twenty years, and a director of the Carroll County Agricultural Association six years. GEORGE J. BUTLER, probably the oldest dry-goods merchant in Carrollton, Carroll County, having been engaged in that line of business in the place twenty-four years, was born there February 10, 1849. His grandfather, George Whitefield Butler, was a native of Maryland, and when twenty-five years of age he came to the new county of Carroll. By trade he was a tanner, and he established the first tannery in Carroll County, which he carried on for years, but which has long since become a thing of the past. He was the father of twelye children, viz. : Washington (deceased), father of George J. ; Franklin, who died at Des Moines, Iowa; Jonathan, who passed from earth in California; Morgan, living in Goshen, Ind. ; Lafayette, in Marshall, Tex. ; George, in Kansas; Adams, in Newton, Iowa; Amanda, wife of Miles O'Connor, in San Jose, Cal. ; Harriet, wife of B. B. Moore, in Marshalltown, Iowa; Elizabeth, in North Carolina; Cynthia Ann and Jefferson, who died in infancy. The parents of this family both died in Carrollton, the mother in 1868, and the father in 1873; he was postmaster at Carrollton during the war. Washington Butler was born April 6, 1819, in Carrollton, Ohio, and worked in his tannery until elected auditor of his native county, an office he creditably filled many years. In 1864 lie formed a partnership with L. D. Rowley, and for years carried on a clothing store, including boots and shoes, hats and caps and merchant tailoring, in Carrollton. He departed this life in April, 1883, at the age of sixty-four years. In politics he was a stanch Republican. The widowed mother is still living in Carrollton, now 830 - CARROLL COUNTY. in her sixty-sixth year. Their family consisted of seven children, as follows: William F., in Carrollton; Ann Elizabeth, wife of James W. Cellers, also in Carrollton; George J., whose name heads this sketch; Mary F., wife of Rev. Absalom T. Aller, in Kansas; Marshal J., wife of George H. Alley, in Malvern, Carroll County; Joseph C. and Harry S., both in Carroll County. George J. Butler, the subject of this biographical record, received the usual common-school training in his boyhood days, and at eighteen years of age became clerk for James Huston, in Carrollton, continuing with the latter's successors, Beadle & Co., McCullough & Ferrall, and later with Isaac Crumrine, whom he bought out in 1879, and has since successfully carried on a general store in his native town. In 1873 he married Miss Sarah E., daughter of David and Ruhama Skeeles, and a native of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, by which union one child, Gertrude Amanda, has been born. Mr. and Mrs. Butler are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at Carrollton; in politics he is a Republican, and has filled the office of city and township treasurer four years; was a member of the board of education two years, and is now a member of the town council. Harry Sumner Butler, youngest brother of George J., was born in Carrollton January 12, 1864, the common schools of which place he attended as circumstances permitted. When a lad he entered the arena of business life in the role of a newsboy, the first of that genus to appear on the streets of Carrollton, and among the papers he vended may be mentioned the Cleveland Leader and the Commercial Gazette. He then entered the store of his father, in Carrollton, as clerk, where he remained some years, at the end of which time he commenced clerking for his brother, George J., with whom be has since continued. On October 26, 1886, Mr. Harry S. Butler was united in marriage with Miss Mary Morris, of Coshocton, Ohio, daughter of J. L. Morris, and by this union one child, Miriam, has been born. Mr. Butler in religion is a Presbyterian, in politics a Republican, and he is a member of the Knights of Pythias. JOHN SHAWVER. This family in Carroll County trace their ancestry to Germany, antecedents having emigrated from that country to America at a very remote period. The first, of whom something of definite data can be obtained, was the grandfather of our subject, who came to Ohio from the East, and entered land, which now lies within the boundaries of Loudon Township, Carroll County. After clearing a farm here he moved to Logan County, same State, and there settled on a farm where he died. George Shawver, a son of this pioneer, was born on the old homestead in Carroll County, in 1810, and here worked industriously on his father's farm, attending, during a few weeks in winter time, the schools of the neighborhood. In 1832 he was married to Miss Elisabeth Slates, daughter of John and Elisabeth Slates, pioneers of what is now Loudon Township, Carroll County. To this union were born eight children, as follows: Catherine, living in Perry Township, Carroll County; William, deceased; Mary, in Perry Township; Sarah, in Loudon Township, Carroll County; John, our subject; Daniel, farming on the old home place; Elizabeth and Jane, both in Loudon Township. George Shawver by trade was a carpenter and stone mason, at which he worked while his boys operated the farm. He was a man of much energy and preseverance, living an exemplary life, one he endeavored to make worthy of being followed by his children. He and his wife both died in Loudon Township, in 1883 and 1887, respectively, members of the Lutheran Church; in politics he was a Democrat. John Shawver, of whom this memoir more especially treats, was born in Loudon Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, April 4, 1841, and his boyhood was passed much in the manner of other farmer lads in his day. He received a good common-school education, and at the age of twenty-one, January 1, 1862, he was united in CARROLL COUNTY - 831 marriage with Miss Eliza Ann, daughter of John W. and Susanna Slates, who were early settlers of Carroll County, and born of English ancestry. Soon after their marriage our subject and wife moved to Perry Township, same county, where he has a fine farm of 1821 acres, greatly improved by him during his twenty-nine years' residence thereon. He learned of his father the trade of carpenter, which he has always followed in connection with farming, being also a builder and contractor. To Mr. and Mrs. Shawver have been born three children, viz. : William, a farmer in Perry Township, and married to Clara D. Crim ; John, at home with his parents, and Mary, married to John Lewis, also a farmer in Perry Township. Politically Mr. Shawver is a Democrat, and has held various positions of trust in his township; he and his wife are members of the Lutheran Church. WILLIAM R. TIPTON was born in Perry Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, August 17, 1837, and has been a resident of the same ever since. His father, Miles Tipton, was born in Pennsylvania January 30, 1809, and when a boy came from that State to Ohio, settling in Harrison County, whence, after a residence there of about twenty-one years, he moved to Carroll County, where he bought the farm on which his son, William R., is now living. Miles Tipton married Susanna Ross, whose parents were old settlers of that county, and whose ancestors also came to Ohio from Pennsylvania, settling in Harrison County about the time of the War of 1812. Mr. Ross, father of Mrs. Miles Tipton, came from Ireland when he was but thirteen years old and held the position of pay-master in the War of 1812. Mrs. Ross was born in Pennsylvania, May 14, 1798, her parents having come from Germany at a very early period. Miles Tipton died in Carroll County, Ohio, May 3,1876, at the age of sixty-seven years, three months, three days, his widow passing away in the same county, August 3, 1889, when aged ninety-three, having been unusually strong and active up to within a few days of her death. They were the parents of four children, viz. : Hannah E., born July 6, 1832; Albert 0., born July 17, 1835; William R., our subject, and Cyrus G., born March 31, 1840. Of these Hannah E., Albert 0. and William R. are all married and living on farms in Carroll County, and Cyrus G. makes his home in the present State of Washington. William R. Tipton was brought up on his father's farm, securing his education at the district school. At the breaking out of the Civil War he went to the front, enlisting in February,1864, in the Signal Corps, U. S. A., and took an active part in the Atlanta campaign. After Atlanta was taken, Mr. Tipton was transferred to the Army of the Cumberland, which marched through east Tennessee; was next sent to Nashville, then to New Orleans and afterward to Texas. Being mustered out April 25, 1866, Mr. Tipton returned home and has been farming ever since. On October 13, 1869, he was married to Miss Mary A. Chaddock, also a native of Carroll County, Ohio, born January 15, 1839, a daughter of Joseph and Mahala (Jenkins) Chaddock, the former of whom was born October 25, 1806, and latter October 25, 1813. They were married November 18, 1834, and both died in 1877, he in May, and she August 31. Mr. Chaddock came from Jefferson County, Ohio, to Carroll in 1837, and here passed the rest of his life. Mr. and Mrs. Tipton have had three children to bless their home, viz. : Miles Ross, born June 25, 1871; Laura, born October 10, 1873, and W. T. S., born May 12, 1876. Mr. Tipton has a farm of 255 acres of splendid land, all well watered. He is a hard-working man, having accomplished a great deal by his own energy and good management. Mrs. Tipton holds to the Presbyterian faith, while Mr. Tipton is a " literalist; " politically he is a Republican. Socially, Mr. and Mrs. Tipton have a host of friends, and many there are who have enjoyed the hospitality of their home. They believe in doing good, helping when they can, 832 - CARROLL COUNTY. and the latch string always hangs out to friends and strangers. WILLIAM S. LEWIS, a progressive farmer and member of one of the old- est and most highly respected families of Carroll County, is a native of the same, born (when it was a portion of Tuscarawas County) in Harrison Township, March 12, 1819. He is second in the order of birth of the six children of John and Mary (Stinger) Lewis, former of whom came in 1813 from Pennsylvania to Ohio, and entered a tract of land in what is now Harrison Township, Carroll County; soon thereafter he married Mary Stinger, a native of the Keystone State, and whose family had joined the pioneers in Carroll County. John Lewis in course of a short time added by purchase to the tract of land he had entered, and erected one of the first mills in that section, to which the pioneers would come from far and near to have their grist ground. In the year 1830 the family moved into Brown Township, where Mr. Lewis entered a tract of land on what afterward became known as " Lewis' Ridge," and here he erected a log cabin, and began clearing up a farm. John Lewis and his wife passed the remainder of their lives on this place, he dying July 13, 1832, and his widow September 1, 1856. William S. Lewis was ten years of age when he came with his parents to Brown Township, where he attended the subscription schools a few weeks in the winter time. At the age of nineteen years he commenced life as a farm laborer, receiving eight dollars per month during harvest time, and four dollars per month throughout the remainder of the season. Mr. Lewis was united in marriage December 13, 1838, with Miss Mary A. Miller, who was born in Cumberland County, Penn., daughter of Jacob and Jane Miller, and who came to Ohio with her parents when she was twelve years of age. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Lewis settled on their present farm, where, with the exception of three years, they have since resided. Six children have been born to them (five of whom are now living), viz. : Sarah J., born December 19, 1839; Ruth, born March 11, 1841, died December 4, 1843; Mary Anne, born April 11, 1843; Bartholomew, born October 28, 1845; William Clark, born October 6, 1847, and Huldah I., born May, 7, 1854. The family are members of the Lutheran Church, and in his political preferments Mr. Lewis is a Democrat. WILLIAM SLATES, whose well-cultivated farm is situated on Section 12, Loudon Township, Carroll County, was born in Loudoun County, Va. (near Harper's Ferry), December 29, 1823, a grandson of Frederick Slates, a native of Germany, who, in an early day immigrated to the United States, settling in Virginia, where he passed the remainder of his life. Adam Slates, father of William, was also a native of Loudoun County, Va., and there married Savilla Winner, of Virginia, who bore him five children, viz. : George, deceased; William; Mary Walters, in Perry Township, Carroll County; Mrs. Elizabeth Sawvel, and Solomon, latter deceased. William Slates when a boy lost his father by death, and until he was sixteen years of age he remained in Virginia. Then coming to Ohio, he here worked as a common laborer, and, returning to Virginia, he found employment for one year with John Snow, who had married the widowed mother of Mr. Slates. In 1847 our subject purchased, in Loudon Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, the farm he now owns, containing 150 acres, and which had been entered by Jacob Gotschall, January 15, 1814, Mr. Slates having in his possession the original warrant, signed by James Madison, President of the United States. Mr. Slates has since bought another piece of land, covering 213 acres, making in all 363 acres. On June 1, 1847, he married Miss Mary Hosterman, who was born November 1, 1827, a daughter of Peter and Catherine (Shell) Hosterman, and by this union CARROLL COUNTY - 833 there have been born nine children, a record of whom is as follows: Franklin, born July 23, 1848, resides in Loudon Township, Carroll County; Minerva, born October 2, 1850, is deceased; two, unnamed, that died in infancy, were born January 26, 1853, and January 11, 1854, respectively; Samantha, born March 4, 1855, and Arminthia, born March 5, 1858, are both deceased; Linaeus, born December 21, 1860, resides in Perry Township, Carroll County; Nelson E., born January 5, 1864, is in Loudon Township, and Laura, born June 18, 1866, is at home. Mr. and Mrs. Slates are members of the Lutheran Church, and politically he is a Republican. He has made many improvements on his property, and recently erected one of the most commodious barns in the county. JAMES SHEPHERD was born in County Cavan, Ireland, September 4, 1790. On February 27, 1815, he was married by an Episcopalian minister, to Miss Mary Reynolds, daughter of Joseph and Alice Reynolds, and in the following August they started for America, landing after a long and tedious voyage in Philadelphia, Penn. After spending two weeks in the city, they gave their goods into the care of a regular baggage teamster and making Steubenville, Ohio, the point of destination, proceeded with other friends to walk across the mountains. On reaching Pittsburgh, they sold a part of their goods to pay for bringing the remainder by boat down the river. Late in autumn they reached the home of their uncle, George Reynolds, who later became judge in Carroll County. They found, on reaching this place, that their wealth in cash amounted to just eighteen cents. Mr. Shepherd left his young wife with her uncle, and spent the winter in Pennsylvania, threshing wheat with a flail. By hard work and rigid economy they accumulated money enough to enter eighty acres of land in Loudon Township. On Saturday, March 31, 1817, they moved into their rude log cabin, which had been con- strutted without a nail, iron hinge or pane of glass. Mrs. Shepherd always spoke of that as a happy day, when they entered their home, earned and paid for by their own industry. Their first horse died before it was paid for and soon after another met the same fate. Mr. Shepherd had in Ireland learned the trade of weaver. He raised flax which they wove into linen and sold. One fine web of forty yards he carried on his shoulder to Canton, and received forty dollars; paid one dollar for two yards of calico, and with the remainder he entered another tract of land. To them were given fourteen children, one of whom died in infancy, the others growing to years of maturity. John died in Monroe County, Ohio; George lives in Clinton County, Mo. ; Samuel is in Kingman County, Kas. ; Elijah, Francis, Rev. James, Ann, wife of William Taylor, are all deceased; Alice, relict of Rev. Theopholis Kneen, resides at Harlem Springs, Lee Township; Jane, wife of Rev. A. H. Powell, died in Plattsburg, Mo.; Mary, wife of Phillip Jolley, died near Harlem Springs; Joseph resides in Tacoma, Wash. ; William died in Missouri. The children were taught by their mother to read, before they were allowed to enter school. Intemperance in any form was discarded by every member of the family. Falsehood was not permitted even in fun. These parents endured incredible hardships, but were always honest, prompt and true; and lived to see their children in comfortable homes. The father died June 2, 1 p72, and the mother March 17, 1875. They and their thirteen children were all members and liberal supporters of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics Mr. Shepherd was a stanch Democrat. Wesley, the youngest of the children, resides on the old homestead. He passed his boyhood in common school; afterward spent some time in the college at Mount Union, Ohio. On October 7, 1873, he married Miss Helen, daughter of Dr. J. B. France, of Harlem Springs, and they are the parents of three children: Edgar, Grace and Paul. Mr. Shepherd is Republican in his political views. 834 - CARROLL COUNTY. ELIJAH SHEPHERD, fourth son of James and Mary Reynolds Shepherd, late of Loudon Township, Carroll County, was born April 8, 1821. He was a diligent student, and received such advantages as the common school afforded; afterward he taught with success during the winter months. On February 12, 1846, he was married to Miss Jane Kneen, a native of the Isle of Man, and daughter of William and Mary (Kenyon) Kneen. They settled on the farm where the family still reside, which farm was formerly included in what was known as the " Barrens." It was mostly covered with a low growth of brush, and had very little improvements. They worked diligently, erected comfortable buildings and developed one of the best fruit farms in the county. The record of their children is as follows: Eleanor died in infancy ; Simon married Miss Anna McClave and lives near John; Anna and Theopholis died young; Mary and William are graduates of Harlem Springs College, and Frank, educated at the same college. The father died November 10, 1887. He was a prominent and liberal member of the Methodist Episcopal Church; in politics he was independent. ABRAM ROUDEBUSH. One of our greatest Americans has said that the history of any country resolves itself into biographies of its stout, earnest and representative citizens, and of such an one is the present memoir written. Abram Roudebush, who is one of the oldest and most honored residents of Brown Township, Carroll County, was born in West Virginia October 10, 1808, a son of Tobias and Sarah (Wetzel) Roudebush, former of whom was born in Virginia, near the city of Harrisburg, where he was married. Their children by name were Mary, Anna, Abram, Catherine, Tobias, Jesse, Jacob, Susan, Lydia, Joseph and Christens. In 1816 Tobias Roudebush and his family came to Ohio, settling in what is now Washington Township, Carroll County, and here in the virgin forest he erected his log cabin, one of an exceedingly primitive character, having but one door and one window, the floor being made of " puncheons " and the chimney of sticks and mud. Here the family industriously struggled amid many difficulties and dangers, until success crowned their efforts, and they found trackless woods converted into fertile fields and meadows. Here Tobias Roudebush passed from earth at the advanced age of eighty-two, his wife dying some years after him when aged eighty-one years. They were members from the time of its organization of the Disciples Church at Mt. Olivet, and in politics he was among the early organizers of the Whig party. Abram Roudebush, the subject proper of this sketch, was, as will be seen, eight years old when be came with his parents to Ohio, and here he has since resided. His schooling was necessarily limited, being confined to a few weeks' attendance in winter time at the primitive educational establishment of the neighborhood, which in this case was an old log cabin with the rudest and most uncomfortable furnishings, having at one end a spacious fireplace in which would blaze some huge logs cut from one of the magnificent "giants of the forest:" On April 28, 1831, Mr. Roudebush was united in marriage with Sarah, daughter of Peter and Elizabeth Minks, and born in Virginia. To this union the following named children were born: Peter, Henry, George, Catherine A. (wife of George Gamber), Joseph, Sarah (Mrs. Charles Wasmer, and Jennie (Mrs. Hammond Rookenbroad). 01 these children, Peter died at the age of thirty years, and Joseph in 1883, while in the army, when twenty years old. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Roudebush resided in Washington Township, Carroll County, until 1852, in which year he purchased the farm in Brown Township, where he now resides. His wife died November 21, 1882. He is emphatically a self-made man, and has been a leading citizen of the county ever since its organization, always taking an active interest in its prosperity and growth. CARROLL COUNTY - 835 ROBERT L. GEORGE. Perhaps there are few people in Carroll County, Ohio, better known or more highly respected for thrift and integrity than the numerous members of the family of George. They can trace their origin back to Robert George, who, with some companions, left his native country of Ireland and settled in the New World. They soon located in Fox Township, Carroll County, where, in the midst of the wilderness, they built up a home, and brought with them those religious principles which have ever since been the grand characteristics of the people of Fox Township. Thomas George, the father of our subject, was born in Cumberland County, Penn., but when a mere child was moved with his father's family to Carroll County, Ohio, in 1809, where he grew to manhood in the midst of solitude itself. At that time schooling was a luxury, but Thomas managed to obtain a fair education from the old subscription school. After reaching manhood he married Miss Walker, who was born and reared in Jefferson County, Ohio. They settled on a farm near what is now Mechanicstown, where they commenced to clear away the forest, which they replaced with beautiful fields. The woods teemed with wild life. Deer fearlessly roamed about the little log cabin, while bears and wolves frequented the more secluded regions. Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. George, five of whom are living, named as follows: John C., Thomas, Robert, Sarah and Christina. After a long life of hardship Mr. George died, in 1875, on the Ohio farm, his wife having preceded him in 1874. Mr. George was a public-spirited man, one who always took a leading interest in all movements which were to better the condition of his fellow-men, whether at home or abroad. He was for many years school director, also justice of the peace. Thus the old pioneers are fast passing away, and but a very few are left to tell of the scenes and the trials which were incidental to pioneer life; but they have left behind them monuments which will live throughout time. Robert L. George, the subject of this sketch, was born in Fox Township, Carroll County, June 2, 1851. He attended the district school about three months out of the twelve, and worked on the farm during the summer season. At the age of twenty-four, in 1876, he married Miss Dorrance, who was born and reared in Jefferson County, Ohio. William Dorrance, her father, was a native of Ireland, but settled in Ohio at an early period. Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. George, viz. : Blanche, born January 1, 1877; Montford, July 14, 1880; Anna 0., June 25, 1885; Earl F., July 21, 1889. In religion Mr. George is a United Presbyterian, and in politics a Republican. He has a fine farm of 160 acres, which is provided with a fine residence, barns, etc., and he pays special attention to the raising of stock, in which he has made a success. Like his father, he feels it a duty and privilege to help build up his county, feeling that it is the duty of every citizen to do what is within his power to make the community prosperous and his country correspondingly better. LEMUEL O. RIPPETH was born in Orange Township, Carroll County, Ohio, May 31, 1846, and S. W. Rippeth, his father, was also born in Carroll County. The Rippeth family are of Irish descent, and their ancestors, on coming from their native land, made their first settlement in Carroll County. Samuel W. Rippeth was the father of nine children, as follows: Lemuel 0. ; Mary, deceased; John A., who is a farmer in Orange Township; Charles M., who is a merchant at Leesville; Albert, who is-a salesman; James A., who is living at Canton, Ohio; Frank L., a farmer in Orange Tcwnship; Delia, at home, and Jeremiah, deceased. L. 0. Rippeth, the subject of this sketch, lived at home on the farm until he was married, in 1868, to Miss Henrietta Pearch, whose parents, Joseph and Sarah Pearch, live in Monroe Township, and are old settlers of Carroll County. Mr. Rippeth is the possessor of a farm of 184 acres, 836 - CARROLL COUNTY. situated about two miles north of Leesville, and like many others in Orange Township is well adapted for the raising of all farm products. Politically he is a Democrat. Mr. Rippeth has many friends, and is very popular and much respected throughout the county. JACOB HELFRICH. Like a giant tree in a forest of weather-worn oaks, the name we have just written stands prominent on the roll of those noble pioneers whose lives were passed in bringing Carroll to its present enviable position in the magnificent galaxy of Ohio's counties. He was born in Germany March 17, 1818, one of a family of eleven children, the record of the remaining ten being as follows: Twin boys died in infancy; Peter, a farmer, and Philip, a blacksmith, died in Crawford County, Ohio; Nicholas died at Fort Wayne, Ind.; Wendall and Andrew both died in Germany; Henry and Michael live in Crawford County, Ohio; Margaret died in Germany. Jacob Helfrich, when eighteen years of age, his father having provided him with money sufficient to bring him to America, set sail in company with several other emigrants in April, 1837, and after a long voyage of 105 days landed at Baltimore, Md. Some dozen of these emigrants, including our subject, all young men, walked to Wheeling, W. Va. (their baggage going by wagon), where he worked three months at his trade; thence went by river to Steubenville, Ohio, from which place he came by stage to Carrollton, there being at the time (1837) but a few hundred inhabitants in the place. Farther than this the stage was unable to proceed on account of the mud, so Mr. Helfrich remained in Carrollton, a stranger in a strange land, and immediately commenced working at his trade, that of shoemaker, at which he had served an apprenticeship in Germany. Two of his brothers had preceded him to Ohio, settling in Crawford County, and Mr. Helfrich, being desirous of once more seeing them, walked all the way to their place and back. Their father, Nicholas Helfrich, who had been a public officer in Germany during the greater part of his life, died there in 1840, and the widowed mother afterward came to Ohio, where she,died in 1850 at the home of her sons, in Crawford County. In about two years after Jacob Helfrich's settlement in Carrollton he opened out a shoe business for his own account, which he has since continued in, from time to time enlarging his premises and stock as his trade expanded, and in 1855 he moved to his present place. On April 15, 1841, he was married to Catharine Stemple, daughter of Jacob Stemple, of Carroll County, and their union was blessed with nine children, of whom the following is a brief record: Margaret is the widow of Charles Cronenwett, formerly residing in Sandusky County, Ohio, now of Carrollton, Ohio; Eva C. is the wife of Rev. E. Cronenwett, of Butler, Penn.; Susanna is the widow of Rev. F. E. Harsh, and lives in Carrollton, Ohio; Barbara, is married to Dr. C. R. Ziegler, of Carrollton; Jacob M. is deceased; Mary E. is the wife of J. Henry Troutman, of Butler, Penn. ; John W. is more fully spoken of farther on; Sarah D. is the wife of J. L. Frederick, Of Greenville, Penn. ; Albert is deceased. In politics Mr. Helfrich was first a Whig, afterward a Republican, but of late years he has supported the Democratic party. For six years he was a justice of the peace, and in all things tending to the advancement and prosperity of his town and county he has ever been found in the front ranks, not the least among the progressive movements in which he took prominent part being the Carrollton & Oneida Railroad. In 1859 the Carrollton & Oneida Railroad (now Carrollton Branch of the C. C. & S. Railroad) was sold to a company composed of John Ebersole, Henry A. Stidger, James Huston, James P. Cummings, Jacob Helfrich and James Cameron. The road at this time was broken down by heavy engines, and had deteriorated year by year through lack of necessary repairs. The new company soon had the road repaired and CARROLL COUNTY - 839 in running order. They rigged up a passenger car and a couple of flats (" gondolas ") with couplings, purchased motive power in the shape of stout horses, and turned the much-vaunted Carroll County railroad into a horse-car line under the new name of the " Carrollton & Oneida Railroad." On June 9, 1866, the stockholders of the road met for the election of directors, Jacob Helfrich being elected one of them, and general ticket agent. The work of rebuilding and fitting up the road was pushed to completion, and on September 11, 1867, a steam engine arrived for the road, and was a profitable investment for the company; in 1873 the road bed was donated to parties who made a narrow gauge road. His connection ceased here. At a reunion of the Helfrich family to be held at the homestead in Carrollton, on April 15, 1891, there are expected to be present one son, six daughters, twenty-five grandchildren, one great-grandchild, four sons-in-law, and two daughters-in-law. There have passed to their long homes two sons and six grandchildren. JOHN W. HELFRICH, son of Jacob Hel- frich, one of the best known and most highly respected citizens of Carrollton, was born January 17, 1855, in Carrollton, Carroll no., Ohio. He was educated at the common and first ward schools of his native town, and first learned the trade of shoemaker, at which he worked three years. At the age of sixteen he commenced an apprenticeship in Carrollton to the watch and clock business, and in Cleveland he spent two years perfecting himself in the trade. In 1877 he located in Dell Roy, in Carroll County, where he remained a few months and then settled finally in Carrollton, where he opened out the best watch, clock and jewelry repair business in the county; and his superior skill in his line has brought him a well-merited patronage from both far and near. His connection with the Connotton Valley Railway as official jeweler of the road (a position he yet holds) since 1877 has increased his business very much. 45 Since then he has furnished and kept in order all the depot clocks, the fine chronometer engine clocks, as well as the Howard tower clock at the Canton depot. When the Cleveland & Canton changed their gauge, everything in the clock line was thoroughly overhauled and placed in order, and all of the clocks are in as good condition as when placed thirteen years ago. He supplied the fine tower clock and bell for Carroll County court-house, also the one for the railroad depot at Canton, Ohio, and the signal service at Carrollton is managed by him. On September 1, 1887, Mr. Helfrich was married to Miss Hattie May Wert, of Sulphur Springs, Crawford Co., Ohio, a daughter of J. B. and Leonora (Ziegler) Wert, former of whom is a merchant at Sulphur Springs. One year ago Mr. and Mrs. Helfrich went to Cleveland, Ohio, where they studied for and both graduated as opticians at Dr. Julius King's establishment. They then returned to Carrollton, where they have since followed that branch of the business in connection with his regular watch and jewelry business. One child, named John Wert, has been born to our subject and wife. In his political preferments Mr. Helfrich is a Democrat, but is no partisan, and has invariably declined nomination to office, as his business demands all his time and attention. WILLIAM S. TOPE, one of the young and rising young business men of Dell Roy, was born in Union Township, Carroll County, Ohio, February 4, 1857. His father, Jacob Tope, was born in Carroll County, Ohio, where his entire life was spent. He early devoted himself to study and assisting in the duties of the farm. Soon after coming of age he married Ann Jane, daughter of Robert Parker, one of the early settlers of Monroe Township. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Tope settled on a farm in Union Township, where they lived a short time, and then moved to Monroe Township, where they lived until the husband's death, January 24, 1863. His family consisted of three children: William S., 840 - CARROLL COUNTY Robert J. and Joseph V., all of whom are now living. In politics Mr. Tope was a Democrat, and took an active and leading part in, the party's welfare. A member of the Lutheran Church, he did much for its advancement and development. While engaged in farming, still Mr. Tope was one of the well-posted men of his section, and one who was always enterprising and progressive. The early life of William S. Tope was spent on the home place, where his life alternated between farm duties and attendance at the common schools. Mr. Tope's education, however, did not cease with his leaving school, but has been added much to by study and reading during his leisure. February 6, 1879, he was united in marriage to Dane, daughter of James Campbell, of Harrison Township, and three children have been born to add to the felicity of this union, as follows: Oliver, April 10, 1880; Jackson, March 26, 1882; and Anna, May 9, 1884. In 1885 Mr. Tope, in connection with his brother, opened a hardware store in Dell Roy, which he has since conducted in a business-like and satisfactory manner. In politics Mr. Tope has always been a member of the Republican party, and has served as township treasurer for five consecutive years, and at present is in that position. In church matters Mr. Tope and family are members of the Presbyterian Church. As one of the leading and energetic men of his town Mr. Tope holds an enviable position, and is highly respected and esteemed by all. JOSIAH E. DOWNS, the leading representative of the family of that name which has so long been prominent in the history and development of Rose Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, was born in Rose Township March 8, 1830. His father, Josiah Downs, was a native of Virginia. John Downs, father of Josiah, and grandfather of Josiah E., was born in Maryland, married Sarah Underhill, of the same State, and later settled in Virginia; to this union were born George, William, Josiah, Theophilus, Mary, Charity and Elizabeth. The family came to Ohio, and were among the earliest settlers of Stark County, where the father entered a farm, on which he and wife passed the remaining days of their life. He was a member of the Episcopalian Church, and in politics was a Democrat. Josiah Downs, father of our subject, came to Ohio with his parents, and some time afterward entered eighty acres where Josiah E. now resides, and on which he erected a log cabin in 1824. He married Elizabeth Elson, daughter of Henry Elson, and this union was blessed with two children: Sarah A. (deceased) and Josiah E. (our subject). The father died in 1829, and the widow continued to conduct the farm until her second marriage, in 1842, with Levi Williams. Josiah E. Downs received the usual amount of schooling inculcated in his early days, and at the age of eighteen assumed the management of the home farm, which he has since greatly improved and brought to its present condition of fertility. November 5, 1850, he married Hannah, daughter of James Miller, who was born in Brooke County, W. Va., January 11, 1801, and who married Rachel Knots, and soon after came to Ohio. To the marriage of Mr. Miller were born six children, viz. : William, Druscilla and Hannah (twins), Isaac, James and Jonathan. In politics Mr. Miller was a Whig, originally, but later became a Republican. Mr. and Mrs. Downs, immediately on marrying, settled down to housekeeping on the home farm, on which they still reside. The children born to them are named as follows: Sarah (Mrs. Daniel Davis), James, Amanda (Mrs. William Sweany), Jonathan, Rachel J. (Mrs. John Moreland), Druscilla (Mrs. Charles Leydia), Ruth (Mrs. Philip Ward), Edson C. and Dallas D. Like his father Mr. Downs has always taken an active part in politics, acting with the Democratic party. While connected with no church, he is yet a liberal supporter of all measures tending to the advancement of the cause of religion in his township and county, and his deeds of charity are unstinted, although not made public. CARROLL COUNTY - 841 WILLIAM DEFORD, for fifty-six years an industrious farmer of Washington Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, was born near Uniontown, Fayette Co., Penn., April 28, 1807. Jean De Ford and his wife, Marie, nee Marchand, were Huguenots, or French Protestants, and the only members of their family that were. On the revocation of the Edict of Nantes by the French tyrant, Louis XIV., in 1686, they fled from the city of Toulouse, France, to save their lives, to Kent County, Md., where freedom of conscience was enjoyed. They were then very young, in the twenties only. They had just been married, and had no children when they landed in Maryland in 1686, or 1687. After coming to America they had born to them thirteen sons and one daughter. The daughter married a merchant in Philadelphia, named Merchant. From the thirteen sons all the De Fords in America are descended. The first settler, Jean (or John) De Ford, was the great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch. John De Ford, grandfather of William, was an officer in the Revolutionary War, and was ruined by it, the bulk of his fortune consisting of a large bundle of Continental money, which was worthless at the close of the struggle. He then migrated from Kent County, Md., to Fayette County, Penn. , then called Westmoreland County, Va. He had two sons, John and Merchant. He lived near Redstone Creek, Penn., and was killed by an accident. He had taken a grist on a horse to a mill on that creek, and was taking it home, leading the horse. Having to cross the creek, he threw himself across the horse in front of the grist to be carried over. Being a large heavy man, his weight thus resting on his chest burst a blood vessel in his body, and he bled to death. The Huguenot Bible brought from France by the De Fords was bound in canvas-covered boards, with bronze hinges and clasps, with our subject's first ancestor's family set down in it by himself. It is now in Baltimore. The second cousin of William, John De Ford, still owns the land on which the first settler lived, near Circle ville, Kent Co., Md. A large number of the descendants of the original De Ford family still reside near Toulouse, France. John De Ford, father of William, was eighteen years old, when his parents came to Pennsylvania, and after a time he worked for a Mr. Stevens several years. In 1799 he became united in marriage with Miss Nancy Hopwood, who was born in Maryland in 1785, a daughter of John Hopwood, a Baptist minister, then a resident of Fayette County, Penn. To them were born six children, as follows: Hannah, deceased; John, in Washington Township, Carroll County; William; Mrs. Harriet Bromfield, residing in Kansas; Elizabeth and Daniel, deceased. The mother died in 1815, a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and a few years later Mr. De Ford married Miss Lydia Bromfield, a native of Pennsylvania. This union was blessed with one son, who resides near Kansas City, and whose mother died in 1838. In 1811 Mr. De Ford came to Ohio, and entered 100 acres of land in what is now Augusta Township, Carroll County, and then returned to his home in Pennsylvania. He was a hard-working, economical man, and as soon as he could save money enough to buy, he would come to Ohio and enter a piece of land; the last transaction of this nature being in 1826, having by that time accumulated 900 acres in all. For forty years he kept a hotel at the foot of Laurel Hill, in Fayette County, Penn., near Hopwood, named after the grandfather of our subject, but now called Monroe. In 1842 he came to Ohio, finally settling on the farm where his son John now lives, in Washington Township, Carroll County, and here he died on Christmas day, 1873, at the age of one hundred and two years. For many years he was a member of the Protestant Methodist Church, and in politics he was Democratic. William De Ford, whose name appears at the head of this sketch, was reared to manhood in Fayette County, Penn., and attended the common schools and Madison College, at Uniontown, Penn., of which Rev. Henry B. Bascon was then 842 - CARROLL COUNTY. president. In 1822 he made his first visit to Ohio, in order to see some friends in Wooster, returning to Pennsylvania. In 1835 he came to Ohio, and at once settled on his present farm. On April 28, 1838, he was married to Miss Mary D. Williams, who was born in New Jersey in 1801, a daughter of George and Elizabeth (Acres) Williams, and by her he had two sons, Nathan, a merchant miller in Rochester, Ohio, and John, a farmer in Augusta Township, Carroll County. On September 10, 1875, Mrs. De-Ford was called from earth. Mr. De Ford was a Democrat till 1861, at which time, owing to the slavery question, he united with the Republican party. In 1863 he was elected to represent the people of Carroll County in the State Legislature, and was reelected, serving until 1867. He has also served as a justice of the peace. During the Civil War he took an active part in raising troops throughout Carroll County. Mr. De Ford is a member of the Protestant Methodist Church. ROBERT PARKER, a prosperous farmer of Monroe Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, was born in County Cavan, Ireland, in June, 1807. His father was James, a son of James, whose children were Andrew, James, Alexander and Sarah. James, father of Robert, grew to manhood in Ireland and married Miss Isabelle Wilson, and to them were born Alexander, a resident of Tuscarawas County, Ohio; Robert; John, a resident of Leesville, Ohio; Andrew, deceased; James, a resident of Harrison County, Ohio; Joseph, a resident of Iowa; Wilson, a railroad man of Chicago, Ill. ; Letta, deceased; Martha J. Simpson, of Harrison County; Margaret Gilmore, of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, and William, deceased. In 1829 Mr. Parker came to the United States, and landed at Baltimore, Md. ; from Baltimore he made his way by stage coach to Pittsburgh, Penn. ; from Pittsburgh he took a boat to Steubenville, Ohio, and from Steubenville he went to Leesville, Ohio, near which place he purchased a nice farm, on which he resided till his death in 1839. His widow died in 1881. Robert Parker grew to manhood in his native country, and married Miss Sarah McCauley, who was born in 1811. To this union have been born Elizabeth Palmer, who resides in Orange Township, Carroll County; Ann J. Marshall, in Carroll Connty; Mary Smith, in Leesville, Ohio; Matilda Booth, in Harrison Township, Carroll County; Wilson, Martha Wilson, and Joseph, at home, and Nancy Gould, at Dell Roy, Carroll County. Mr. Parker came to Ohio in 1829, and entered eighty acres of land in Monroe Township, Carroll County, where he erected a log cabin, and where he resided for five years, when he sold and purchased eighty acres near where he now resides, on which he erected the second cabin, and resided there till 1842, when he purchased the farm he now owns, which contains over 200 acres, on which he has erected fine buildings. Politically he is a Republican. WILLIAM L. Mc LAUGHLIN, another of the native-born, solid and successful farmers of Lee Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, was born January 12, 1823, on the farm where he has ever since resided. James McLaughlin, his grandfather, was a native of Scotland, which country he left, during the religious persecutions, for Ireland, whence he came to America about the middle of the eighteenth century, settling in Washington County, Penn., where he died. He married Margaret Mitchell, who bore him the following named children: William, John, James, Robert, Thomas, Samuel, Nancy, Jane and Margaret. He participated in the French-Indian War, and was with Gen: Braddock at the latter's defeat. Robert McLaughlin, father of William L., was born February 16, 1782, in Washington County, Penn., where his early life was spent, and where, January 18, 1810, he was married to Nancy Lindsay, who was born December 19, 1786, and the result of this union was eleven children, as follows: Martha (deceased), Margaret, James CARROLL COUNTY - 843 (deceased), Jane (Mrs. John Crabb), John, Nancy (Mrs. Thomas Crabb), Robert, William L., Thomas (deceased), Eliza A. (Mrs. David Moody), and Ross (deceased). In 1810 Robert McLaughlin came to what afterward became Carroll County, Ohio, and here entered land to which he moved his family in the following year. The place was at that time a wilderness, inhabited for the most part by panthers and other wild beasts, but by assiduous labor they soon hewed out a comfortable home. The family were originally members of the Seceder Church, but later joined the Union or Associate Reformed Church, of which body Mr. McLaughlin was a consistent and useful member. In his political proclivities he was first a Whig and then a Republican, taking an active part in the formation of the latter party, and was well posted on the troublesome Abolition question. He was justice of the peace, and also assessor of his township for several years. A self-made man, he succeeded, by his own industry, in amassing a handsome competency. His early experiences in the county were one continual struggle with poverty, the food of the family consisting for a long time solely of the proceeds of his hunting expeditions. With farming he united carpentering, and carried on both occupations for many years. He passed from earth February 5, 1869, his wife February 24, 1870, and they are buried side by side at Scroggsfield. William L. McLaughlin, son of Robert and Nancy (Lindsay) McLaughlin, received his education in the primitive school-house of the neighborhood, but for the most part he is self-read, and at the age of twenty-two he commenced to teach school, a profession he followed for five years. In February, 1854, he married Elizabeth, daughter of Archibald McAllister, of Washington Township, Carroll County, and the result of this union was one child, Ann E., now Mrs. Charles Irvine, of Columbiana County. This wife dying May 1, 1858, our subject married, October 13, 1858, Jane, daughter of James Anderson, and by her had the following named children: Robert A., in Fox Township, Carroll County; Violet Jane, now Mrs. William Ramsey, of Fox Township; Ambrose E., in Washington Township, Carroll County; Ella F., wife of James M. Dennis; William, deceased; Sheridan B.; Horace G. ; James R. ; Samuel C. and William D. The family are members of the United Presbyterian Church, of which Mr. McLaughlin is a liberal supporter. In politics he was first a Whig and afterward a Republican, on the formation of that body, and takes an active part in the elections; in 1880 he was land appraiser, and has been trustee of his township. ALFRED A. STEWART, one of the most prominent and prosperous young farmers of Carroll County, Ohio, is a native of the same, born in Perry Township June 4, 1858. His paternal grandfather, whose immediate ancestry came from England to America prior to the War of 1812, migrated from Maryland to Ohio, and settled on wild land in what is now Carroll County, where he built a log house and prepared to clear a farm from the-unbroken forest. A son of this old pioneer, named Edward, born February 21, 1824, on the old farm (which is now in Perry Township), married Martha Davis, whose parents were old settlers of Carroll County, and by this union were born eleven children, eight of whom are yet living. Alfred A. Stewart spent his boyhood on his father's farm, attending the subscription and district schools, and when old enough learned the trade of a tanner. On October 16, 1879, he married Miss Laura B. Vasbinder, who was born in Jewett, Harrison Co., Ohio, April 27, 1861, to Samuel B. and Nancy (Buchanan) Vas-binder, both natives of Harrison County, Ohio, former born July 2, 1834 (he learned the shoemaker's trade at Cadiz, Ohio), latter born June 17, 1839; they were married February 11, 1858, and when Mrs. Stewart was four years of age they moved to New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County, where they resided until 1875, in which 844 - CARROLL COUNTY. year the family moved to Perrysville. The parents are at present living at Leavittsville, Carroll County. To Mr. and Mrs. Stewart are born five children, viz. : Ella May, born August 12, 1880; John Buchanan, born January 8, 1882; Ralph Melville, born January 19, 1884; Homer Arthur, born June 21, 1886, died February 24, 1887, and Harry Ross, born December 18, 1887. Politically Mr. Stewart is a Republican, and has always taken an active interest in all matters pertaining to the advancement of his county and township. Both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and are respected by a wide circle of friends. Their farm of 100 acres of well improved land, situated near Perrysville, is one of the best in the county; it is well watered, and has an abundance of fruit and other trees and shrubbery. SAMUEL THOMPSON TELFER (deceased), one of the early settlers of Carroll County, Ohio, was born March 14, 1816, in Pennsylvania. His grandfather, Alexander Telfer, a native of Scotland, came to America about the middle of the eighteenth century, and settled in Pennsylvania, where he died. His family consisted of three sons and one daughter, all of whom settled in the Keystone State. Samuel Telfer, father of Samuel T., was also a native of Pennsylvania, where he was reared and received his education. In early manhood he commenced teaching, a profession he followed after coming to Ohio in 1841; he was also a surveyor, and did much work in that line for the people of Carroll County. Samuel Telfer was married to Elizabeth McWilliams, born September 28, 1702, a daughter of Nathaniel MC-Williams, an early settler of Ohio. By this union there was one child, Samuel Thompson. The parents died, the father in 1860, and the mother in 1871, and are resting side by side in the cemetery at Amsterdam, in Jefferson County, They were members of the Presbyterian Church at Harlem, of which he was one of the organizers and chief supporters; in politics he was a stanch Democrat, taking an active interest in the movements of his party. Samuel Thompson Telfer received a liberal education in his native State, and was engaged in teaching several years. He came to Ohio with his parents, in 1841, and here, August 14, 1851, married Mary Ann, daughter of Nathaniel Fields, who came from New England to Pennsylvania, and there married Elizabeth Hagerman, who bore him the following-named children: John, Samuel, David, Mary Ann, Nancy, Thomas, Nathaniel, Elizabeth and Emma. Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Fields and family came to Ohio in 1842, and settled in Lee Township, Carroll County, where he purchased a farm. The parents died here, the father in 1854, and the mother in 1867, and were buried in the cemetery at Amsterdam. They were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in his political preferment Mr. Fields was first a Whig and then a Republican. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel T. Teller after their marriage settled on the farm in Lee Township, Carroll' County, where she and her son, John W., yet reside. This farm had been originally entered by John McGarran, who partially cleared it, but the main part was brought under cultivation by the Telfer family. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Telfer were Samuel F. and Nathaniel H., both deceased, and John W. The father died in 1856, and is buried in the cemetery at Amsterdam. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church at Harlem Springs (as are his widow and son, John W.), and in politics he was a sound Democrat with Abolition proclivities. He served as clerk and treasurer of his township several years. JOHN W. TELFER, the only surviving son of Samuel T. and Mary Ann (Fields) Telfer, was born in 1856, and received a liberal education at the common schools of his district. He has managed the home farm ever since he has been old enough to assume control, and is engaged in general farming and stock-raising. He is an active politician, a member of the Republican party, and was elected a justice of the peace in 1886, serying one term. CARROLL COUNTY - 845 RICHARD E. LAWRENCE. On the roll of the old pioneer farmers of Lee Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, who have joined "the silent majority," no name is held in higher esteem than that of William Lawrence, father of the gentleman whose name heads this memoir. James Lawrence, father of William, married in his native land (Ireland) Mary, daughter of James Noble, and in 1842, with their family, they set sail for America, but owing to storms and adverse winds their vessel was driven on one of the islands that fringe the north and northwest coast of Scotland. Finally they succeeded in reaching their original starting point, where they remained. James, one of the sons, made another venture to cross the Atlantic, which he safely accomplished, landing in New York, whence he proceeded to Ohio, and in the following year the rest of the family came out, also landing in New York. Thence they journeyed to Philadelphia, where they took a canal boat for Pittsburgh, the trip occupying two weeks; from there they came by boat to Steubenville, Ohio, and thence by wagon to Carroll County, where they purchased a farm in Lee Township, which they immediately commenced to clear and cultivate. Here, January 23, 1875, James Lawrence, Sr., died; he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics a Democrat. His father, also named James, was married in Ireland to Susan Hays, who bore him the following named children: James, Richard, Elizabeth and Sarah. The parents died in Ireland, where, during their lives, they had been engaged in farming. William Lawrence was a native of the Emerald Isle, having been born January 2, 1823. He came to America and to Lee Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, along with his parents in 1843, and here passed his life, his early days being chiefly occupied in performing the arduous duties incident to pioneer farm life. On June 7, 1853, he was married to Ann, daughter of David Noble, a native of Pennsylvania and a resident of Ohio, and immediately after their marriage they settled on the farm in Lee Township, where the family now reside. To Mr. and Mrs. William Lawrence were born six children, named as follows: Susan (deceased), Sadie, David N., Richard E., James P. and Letitia J. The family are all identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church at Harlem Springs, of which Mr. Lawrence had been a warm supporter, and zealous worker in. As an agriculturist he was most successful, for, beginning, as he did at the time of his marriage at the bottom of the ladder, he, unaided, climbed to the top, and at his death, June 17, 1888, left a large property. RICHARD E. LAWRENCE received his primary education at the common schools, which was supplemented by a thorough course of study at Harlem College, where he remained several terms. At the age of eighteen he commenced teaching, a profession he followed about six years, being recognized as one of the leading educators of his section. Politically he is a supporter of the Democratic party, and is a member of the local committee. He attends the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is a highly respected and progressive citizen. ISAIAH B. SHEPHERD, a native-born progressive farmer of Lee Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, was born January 8, 1840. His grandfather, John Shepherd, a native of Ireland, was married there, and had a family of five children—three sons and two daughters. His lifetime was spent in following the plow, and he died in his native Erin, when his son George was a small boy. The latter was born in June, 1777, in County Cavan, Ireland, where he was apprenticed to the weaver's trade at the age of fourteen years, which he continued until he was nineteen years old. He then commenced farming, which occupation he followed up to the time of his leaving his native land.. He was married in Ireland, in 1809, to Jane Paggett, who bore him two children: Jane and John Early. In 1811 Mr. Shepherd and his family embarked in a sailing vessel for the 846 - CARROLL COUNTY shores of America, the voyage occupying six weeks and three days. During the fourth week they encountered a severe storm, which carried away their canvas, and for four days the ship pitched and rolled helplessly about, with nothing to steady her save an improvised sail. The hatches during the time were covered with tarpaulins, and none except able-bodied men were allowed on deck. In the meanwhile, to still further add to their distress, the vessel sprung a leak, and when the storm had abated they found three feet of water in the hold, which took fifteen hours incessant pumping to discharge. The storm-tossed ship and her wearied living freight finally reached New York, whence Mr. Shepherd and family at once proceeded to Wilmington, Md., where Mrs. Shepherd died in March, 1812. Here Mr. George Shepherd carried on his trade of weaving for about three years, and then came with his family to Lee Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, where he entered a piece of land, now the farm occupied by Simon E. Shepherd, at that time an unbroken wilderness. The Shepherds came in a covered wagon, which, on their arrival, they utilized as a home, while they were erecting a log house. Before leaving Wilmington, Mr. Shepherd had married, in May, 1813, Elizabeth Whitford, who bore him the following named children: Mary, Nancy, Sarah, Aaron, Eliza, Martha, Keziah, Elizabeth. George, Peter, Isaiah B. and Letitia. The parents died, the father in 1874, and the mother in 1881, and are buried in the cemetery at Simmonds. They were among the organizers of the Methodist Episcopal Church at that place, of which they were members until 1846. Politically he was a Whig, then a Democrat, and he took an active part in the organization of Carroll County. Isaiah B. Shephard, the subject proper of this sketch, attended, in his boyhood, the common schools of his district, and took up farming a a life occupation. On October 27, 1859, he was married to Ann, daughter of Simeon Drake, and after marriage they remained on the old home place of his parents three and a half years, removing then to the farm of his father-in-law. In 1864 Mr. Shepherd enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Ninety-first 0. V. I., which was sent to the Shenandoah Valley, and he participated in all the movements of his regiment. Through exposure he was seized with pleurisy, from which he is still a sufferer. In 1865 he received an honorable discharge, and returned home. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd are named as follows: Mary A., Teresa (now Mrs. Edwin Guess), Edgar W., Bertha A., Herbert G., Oscar H. and Simeon D. The family are all members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Harlem Springs. Politically Mr. Shepherd was a Stephen A. Douglas Democrat, and is now an active Prohibitionist. WILLIAM TRIPP, M. D., one of the 1 leading physicians and specialists of Carroll County, having his residence in Carrollton, was born in Cannons-burg, Washington Co., Penn. His father was a farmer by occupation, and in 1834 moved with his family from Pennsylvania to Carroll County, the name of the county town having just been changed from Centreville to Carrollton. The Doctor is one of nine children born to his parents, six of whom are living, viz. : Judge John H. and Dr. William, in Carrollton; Judge James, in Jackson County, Ohio; Samuel, in Montgomery County, Iowa; Isabella Ingram and Elisabeth Belknap, both in Jones County, Iowa. Thoso deceased are Stephen J., killed at Champion Hills, near Vicksburg, Miss. ,while serving in the Thirty-second 0. V. I., during the Civil War in July, 1863; an infant deceased in Pennsylvania, and Sarah J., deceased. Of the above named, five sons took part in the Civil War: John H. a draftmaster in 1862-63; James was first lieutenant, in 1864m in the Second Independent Battery Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery; Samuel enlisted in 1862 in Company H., Ninety-eighth Regiment O. V. I., and was wounded at Chickamauga, Ga., September 20, 1863; Stephen J. was killed at Champion Hills, near Vicksburg, CARROLL COUNTY - 849 Miss., as above related, and was buried at Jefferson Barracks, below St. Louis, Mo. ; the record of William will be found in his personal sketch immediately following. The parents both died near Carrollton, Ohio. The first nine years of our subject's life were spent in his native State, his primary education being obtained in the common schools; thence he went to McCormick's Academy in Carrollton, and then attended a similar institution in Columbiana County, Ohio. At the age of sixteen years he began the study of medicine with Dr. Hunter, of Carrollton, and when seventeen began teaching school during the winter months, which he continued for some years in order to obtain funds wherewith to prosecute his medical studies. At about the age of twenty-four (in 1850), he took a regular course of study at the Cleveland Medical College, graduating from the same in March, 1851; in the meantime he practiced medicine to some extent, so as to enable him to meet the heavy expenses incidental to the proper study of the profession. The Doctor commenced practice at Bolivar, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, continuing at that place thirteen years. In 1862 he was commissioned, by Governor Tod, surgeon of Camp Mingo, Ohio, to examine men for enlistment into the One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Regiment, 0. V. I., having been previously recommended as surgeon of the regiment by the military committees of four of the counties composing the military district of six counties. He did not go with the regiment because seven companies of same were ordered to West Virginia before the three other companies were enlisted, and consequently he had not finished the work the Governor had commissioned him to do. When the work was done the Doctor returned to his home at Bolivar, and in the spring of 1863 he bought a drug store in Carrollton, and removed to that town with his family. On January 4, 1864, Governor Tod again sent him a commission as assistant-surgeon in the One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Regiment, 0. V. I., for three years, and was immediately ordered to Camp Cleveland, Ohio, to ex amine men for all arms of the service, together with six companies for his own new regiment—the One Hundred and Twenty-eighth. In March, 1864, Dr. Tripp was ordered to Johnson's Island, with his regiment, and June 2, same year, he was, by special order, relieved from duty with the regiment and placed in charge of the hospital on the island. On October 19, 1864, Gov. Brough sent him a commission as surgeon of the One Hundred and Eighty-second Regiment, 0. V. I., which he did not accept, believing the war to be near its close. He remained in charge of the hospital, and was mustered out of service at Camp Chase, Ohio, on July 17, 1865. He then returned to his home in Carrollton, and afterward removed to New Philadelphia, Ohio, where he remained but a short time, owing to sickness in his family, and so returned to Carrollton, where he has practiced his profession successfully. In 1877 he was elected treasurer of Carroll County, and re-elected in 1879, retiring from office in September, 1882—four years' service as treasurer. Since then, in consequence of bronchial disease, contracted while in the military service, he has pursued his profession only in chronic and special cases. The Doctor was married July 4, 1849, to Miss Deborah Smith, daughter of Milton Smith, of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and May 26, 1850, a son was born, but mother and child both died in twenty days after the child's birth. On June 10, 1852, Dr. Tripp was married to Mrs.Mahala E. Soper, of Michigan, by which union two daughters were born, the elder of whom, Eva, died in infancy, and the younger, Lillie M., is now the wife of Rev. Edward Layport, a minister of the First Presbyterian Church of Akron, Ohio. Mrs.Layport's mother died February 23, 1855, leaving the Doctor with the care of a daughter only a few months old. On May 20, 1856, our subject was married by Rev. J. McEldowney,D. D., to Miss Sarah M. Smith, daughter of Samuel V. Smith, of Jackson County, Mich. It will thus be seen that on May 20, 1891, the Doctor and his wife will have glided down the stream of time together for thirty-five years. They