500 - CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO. stock of groceries and fruits and has since been very successfully engaged in that line, having done very well, acquiring several bits of property in St:. Paris and afine farm near that. city, long, having been regarded as one of the. leading business men in his home town. Mr. Knull is a Democrat and for :four years served as a member of the common council of the city of St. Paris. It was in the fall of 1892 that Hiram Knull was united in marriage to Frances Baughman, of Columbus, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Knull have a pleasant home . at St. Paris and take a proper interest in the general affairs of their home town, helpful i promoting all good works there. Mr: Knull has never actively identified himself with any church organization, but has been a liberal supporter of movements 'backed by the church and is doing his part as. a citizen to advance the general welfare: W. L. STABLER. W. L. Stabler, a progressive and substantial farmer and stockman, owner of sixty-five acres of prime land in Adams township, was born in that same township on September 22, 1865. He is the son of C. G. and Catherine (Pencil) Stabler, the former of whom was a native of Germany and the latter a native of Champaign county, Ohio. C. G. Stabler was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, in March, 1830. While still a young man he decided to chance fortune .in the United States. He left his native land and on arriving at port in. this country he immediately came along to the. state of Ohio, locating in township, thisater in Adams township, this county. His first employment was as .a hired hand on a farm and he also worked for a cooper, saving all the available money he could command with the view to engaging in farm work on his own account. He was united in marriage in Champaign county to Catherine Pencil, who died on February 28, 1915. Since the death of his wife he has been living by .himself. .They were the parents of five children, four of whore still alive, namely: Mary, who became the of Seymour Young; Barbara C., deceased; William L., the subject of this setch; George F., a farmer, living in Adams township, and :John E., also a farmer of Adams township. C. G. Stabler, during his active life, was engaged inin hiss and was successful in his agricultural operations. William L. Stabler was reared on the farm and received his educa- CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO - 501 tion in the public schools of Adams township. At the close of his school course he worked on his father's farm and remained at home until he was twenty-four years of age. He was united in marriage on February 17; 1891, to Anna Staley, who was born in Logan' county, Ohio, and was educated in the common school of that county. Following his marriage Mr. Stabler commenced farming on his own account, becoming a renter of land for some time. Succeeding in this direction, he subsequently bought some land and he is now the owner of a compact and well-kept farm of sixty-five acres of choice land. His farm is situated on route No. 1, Quincy, Adams township, and here he is engaged in general: farming. and stock raising, in the latter line raising some good grades of all kinds of stock, and in both branches of his agricultural labors he has met with marked success. His farm and buildings. are in an excellent state and well cared for. To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Stabler three children have been both as follow : Nora C., who is at home with her parents; Raymond, a student in the Rosewood high school, and Junieus. During Mr. Stabler's residence in Champaign county he has. witnessed many important improvements being carried out and in all matters tending towards the public good he has always taken the part of a progressive citizen. The Stabler family are Members of the Lutheran church at Sidney; Ohio, and are warmly interested in all the affairs of the church, ever setting the example of sincere and earnest; lives. Mr. Stabler is a supporter of the :Democratic party, but has never been a seeker after public office. Nevertheless, he takes a good citizen's part in supporting candidates who are calculated to. serve the requirements of the public in the best manner. EDWIN J. NEAL. Edwin J. Neal, a well-known and well-to-do farmer, of Adams township, Champaign county, on route No. 5, Sidney, was born on the farm on which he now lives on November 29, 1850. He is the son of Daniel D. and Eliza (Robinson) Neal. His father was born on the same farm and in the same house about 1820. Eliza Robinson was born in Shelby county; Ohio,, in 1819, Daniel Neal, the father of Daniel D. and grandfather of Edwin J. Neal, entered the land now in the possession of his grandson and was among the early pioneers of this part of Champaign county. He cleared the land and planted it to crops, enduring all the hardships of that early day, when neighhors were scarce and wild animals numerous. He lived and died on this farm 502 - CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO; and here his son, Daniel D., father of the subject of this sketch, also lived and died. Daniel D. Neal, following his marriage to Eliza Robinson, settled on the farm and continued to develop it as he went along. He and his wife were the parents of six children, four sons and two daughters, as follow : John T., who served nearly four years in the Civil War, is now living in Troy, Ohio; William H., deceased; Edwin J., the subject of this sketch; Reuben H., deceased; Mary J., deceased, and Rebecca, the wife of George Wooley, of Lima, Ohio. Daniel D. Neal was an active member of the United. Brethren church and a warm supporter of its good works. He was a stanch Republican, but never was a candidate for public office. Edwin J. Neal was reared on his father's farm and was educated in the public schools of the district. On finishing the school course he worked on his father's farm until he was twenty-one. He then went to Palestine, Ohio, and spent about two years in the saw-mill business, after which he went to Minneapolis, Minnesota, and worked in the lumber business in that state for three years. Following his work in the lumber business he returned to this county and has lived here ever since. In 1871 Edwin J. Neal was united in marriage to Elizabeth E. Stockton, who was born in Shelby county, Ohio. They became the parents of the following children : Harry S., of Dayton, Ohio; Mabel, wife of Edward Cline, of Memphis, Tennessee; Wallace, who lives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Neal's first wife died in 1891. He married Sarah E. Werth, October 16, 1892. She was born in Miami county, Ohio, October 16, 1866. They became the parents of one daughter, Alma Marie, born on July 11, 1895. She attended the Common schools and graduated from the St. Paris high school and from the State University in 1916 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. She is now a teacher in the high school of Butler county, Ohio. The Neal family are members of the United Brethren church. Mr. Neal is a member of the Rosewood Lodge No. 253, Independent Order of Odd: Fellows, in. which he has been past noble grand, and is a member of the encampment- in the same place. He and his wife are members of the Rebekah order, in which his wife is a past noble grand. He was a charter member of Quincy lodge, and he also holds affiliation with the Golden Eagles; and in all these orders he and his wife are earnest members, ever wishful to promote the good of the community in which they reside. In addition to supporting the Republican party he is also an active Prohibitionist, being a consistent opponent of the liquor traffic. Mr. Neal is the owner of ninety-one acres of choice land in Adams township, where he carries on general farming. CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO - 503. GEORGE F. BUCK. George F. Buck, a well-known general farther and extensive stockman, living on route No. 2, Degraff, Adams township, was born in Johnson township, Champaign county, on August 18, 1863; a. son of Edward and Irene (Evisazer) Buck, farming people. Edward Buck, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Johnson township, this county, the son of' pioneer parents, on April 4, 1832: His wife was born in Adams township. Edward. Buck's parents were Abither. and Cynthia (Wilder) Buck, the former of Whom was born in the. state of Vermont and the latter in the state of New York. After their marriage. they came to the state of Ohio and entered one hundred and sixty acres of land in Johnson township. They were among the early settlers of that part of the county and at the time they settled on the farm there were not many neighbors within reach. Abither Buck built a log cabin on his farm and he and his wife continued to live: there to the end of their lives, worthy citizens, whowere held in high esteem throughout the countryside Their labors on the pioneer farm were amply rewarded and at the time of their deaths they were in comfortable circumstances. They were the parents of the following children : David, Edward, Jeremiah, Pierson, Hannah, Mary J. and Cynthia. Hannah was married to Simon Snyder; and both are deceased. Edward Buck, father of George F. Buck, was reared on his father's farm in Johnson township and attended the district schools of the period. He assisted his father on the farm for some time and later moved to Adams township and farmed there for some years, subsequently going to Urbana, where they spent the rest of their lives. Edward Buck was engaged throughout his active life at general farming and made a success of all his agricultural operations. He was the father of seven children, five of .whom are still living, as follow.: Joseph; Rebecca, who became the wife of Mr. Durwester; Phoebe J., who married John Tucker; George T., the subject of this sketch, and Margaret, who... married John Roe. George T. Buck was reared on the farm in Johnson township .and was educated in the district schools. He. worked on the home farm until he was twenty years of age. He taught school for seven years in Champaign county and has always taken a warm interest .in all that appertains to the welfare of the schools. .He was united in marriage on. May 12, 1886, to Martha E Preston, who was born in this county. After their marriage they 504 - CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO. settled in Adams township and Mr. Buck commenced farming operations on his own account. In addition to his work on the farm he is also largely' engaged in the raising of live stock of all kinds and in this line he has been equally successful. They are the parents, of four children as follow : Francis. M., at home; Estelle, also at home Claud R., a graduate of the Rosewood high school, a farmer, who married May Newman, and Mayme L., a student in high school. Mr. Buck supports the Democratic party, but has never been a seeker after public office. He is a member of the Crayon Lodge No. 297, Inde pendent Order of Odd Fellows and takes a keen interest in all the affairs of that popular organization. MORRIS LEFFEL. Morris Leffel, former clerk commissioner elect and ounty commissioner elect and a well-known and substantial farmer of the Christiansburg neighborhood, was born in the village of Christiansburg on November 2`, 1869, son of Martin S. and Catherine (Huffman) Leffel, also natives of Ohio, and both of whom are now deceased. Martin S. Leffel was born on a pioneer farm in the vicinity of the village of Enon, in Clark county, March 18, 1824 son of James Leffel and wife, the latter of whom. was a Miller, earnest pioneers of that section, and Was reared on a farm south of Springfield. On May 4, 1852, he married Catherine Huffman, family member of a pioneer family, and, after his marriage, settled on a farm in the Leffel. section over in Miami county; after a while he moved thence to Christiansburg, and alternated his residence between the farm and Christiansburg until his death, becoming one of the well-to-do citizens of that community. Martin S. Leifer died in Christiansburg on April 4, 1899, and his willow survived for nearly eighteen years, her death occurring there on February 22, 1917, They were the parents of nine children, six of whom are still living, those besides the subject of this sketch being as follow : Calvin S., a merchant at Christiansburg; Emma, wife of G. W. Sheppard; Howard D., a Miami county farmer; Willis D., a clerk in a store at Dayton, and Maxilla; wife of G. W. Deaton, of Christiansburg. Reared at Christiansburg and on the home farm over in Miami county, Morris Leffel received his schooling in the Hill Grove district school, the Christiansburg schools, the Urbana high school and the State Normal at: CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO - 505 Ada. For two or three years after completing his schooling he was engaged as a clerk in stores at Christiansburg and at Springfield and then, in 1892, took charge of his mother's farms and has since been actively and profitably engaged in farming. Mr. Lefler is a Republican and has for years taken an active interest in local political affairs, having been. for some time a member of the Republican county central committee and a member of the executive committee of the same. For some time he served as clerk of Jackson town- ship and in November, 1916, was elected county commissioner from his district,. his term of service to begin in September, 1917. Mr. Leffel has been twice married. On February 8, 1900, he was united in marriage .td Elizabeth Gillespie, who died on March 7, 1906, without issue, and on February 8, 1909, he married. Mrs. Savannah Deaton, who had, by her previous marriage, one child, a daughter, Gladys, now the wife of James M. Drake, of Springfield, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Leffel are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and Mr. Leffel is a trustee of the sable. He is a Royal Arch Mason, a member of Mt. Olivet Lodge No. 226 at Christiansburg, the chapter at St. Paris, and takes a warm interest in Masonic affairs. HERMAN C. MAURICE. Herman C. Maurice, a farmer of Adams township, Champaign county, was born on the adjoining farm, May 19, 1886. He is a son of Joseph and Isabelle (Neese) Maurice.. The father was born in Clark county, Ohio, in 1846. He is a son of Isaac and Caroline (Davis) Maurice. Isaac Maurice was born in England, but was of Dutch descent, his ancestors coming to England from Holland. He married his first wife in England, a Miss Wike, and with their three children they started for America, one of the children dying on the ocean, and the two that survived are now deceased. Joseph Maurice was reared on a farm in Clark county, Ohio, and attended the common schools. He was married in that county; after which he spent a number of years on a farm there, then came to Champaign county and bought forty acres in Adams township. Later he purchased the adjoining farm and there he spent the rest of his life. His family consisted of twelve children, one of whom died in infancy, the others are living in 1917, namely : Wesley A. is the eldest; Della is the wife of Stephen D. Bowers; George A. lives in Shelby county, Ohio; Clinton A. lives in Rosewood, this state; Valley is the wife of Dr. David Connor, of Markleville, Indiana; Emma 506 - CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO is the widow of George Licklider; Ellen is the wife of A. C. Stephenson; Herman C., of this sketch; Samuel J. is farming in Adams township; Elizabeth is the wife of Homer B. Guey of Adams township; Emerson E. is farming in Adams township, Champaign county. Herman C. Maurice was reared on the home farm, and he received his education in the district schools. On December 21, 1910, he married Thora Lemmon, who was born in Adams township, Champaign county, in 1890 and she was educated in the common schools. To their union two, children were born, namely: Christena F., whose birth occurred on March 4, 1912; and Hazel. M., born May 13 1916. Politically, Mr. Maurice is a Democrat. Fraternally, he belongs to Rosewood Lodge No. 250, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; of which he is past noble grand. He and his wife are both members of the Rebekahs: He belongs to the Carysville Christian church. Mrs. Maurice is a member of the United. Brethren church at Rosewood, Ohio. HARRY G. BUTCHER, D. D. S. Dr. Harry G. Butcher, of Urbana, one of the best-known and most successful dentists in this part of Ohio, was born in that city and has lived there all his life, with the exception of the period spent in college and for a couple- of years during the early period of his professional career, when he had his dental office at Bellefontaine, in the neighboring county of Logan: He was born on January 1, 1876, second in order of birth. of the three sons boVeturia. John Calvert and 'Veturia A. (Pratt) Butcher, both of whom died in Urbana. The late Dr. John Calvert Butcher, for many years one of Urbana's most useful medical practitioners and most highly, esteemed citizens, also was a native son of Ohio and all his life was spent in this state. He was born in Belmont county on April 4, 1846, son of Dr. J. M. and Nancy Jane (Brock) Butcher, the former of whom later became a practitioner in Champaign county and here spent his last days, for many .years one of the most and influential residents. of the county. Dr. J. M. Butcher was a Virginian, born on September 23, 1816, and in early life learned the blacksmith trade; which he followed for some time; finally abandoning the same to devote his energies and abilities to the practice of medicine, for which he thoroughly prepared himself. He became one CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO - 507 of the pioneer physicians of Ohio, beginning his practice in Belmont county and presently moving thence to this county and opening an office for the practice of his profession at North Lewisburg, where he was actively engaged in practice for many years, traveling a wide radius of country in his professional work and endearing himself to the community by his unvarying kindness and sterling rectitude of character. He was one of the first representatives of the Eclectic school of practice, was a close student and was eminently successful in his professional work. It has been written of the elder Doctor Butcher that, a man of strong convictions and noble attributes, it was but natural that he should abhor the odious institution of human slavery, and in the crucial period culminating in the War of the Rebellion he was known as an uncompromising and fearless Abolitionist. Because of his unwavering position and opposition to slavery he met with no little persecution, but his courage never faltered, though he was compelled to go armed on many of his professional trips in order to protect his life. He tendered his services to the Union when the war finally began, acting as surgeon on an Ohio regiment and doing all in his power to further the cause in whose justice he so firmly believed.' He was summoned into eternal rest on January 6, 1891, honored by all who knew him, and he will long be remembered as a man who was signally true and faithful in all the relations of life." Having been but a child when his parents located at North Lewisburg, John C. Butcher received his early schooling in the schools of that village and supplemented the same by a course in Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware. For some time thereafter he was engaged in mercantile business at North Lewisburg, dealing in dry goods, but presently disposed of his interests in that line and began devoting his attention to the study of medicine, to which he had been strongly inclined from the" days of his youth, and under the able preceptorship of his father was prepared for entrance at the Eclectic Medical College at Cincinnati, from which institution he was graduated in 1871. Upon receiving his diploma, Doctor Butcher joined his father in practice at North Lewisburg and was thus engaged for two years, at the end of which time, in 1873, he located at Urbana and was thereafter engaged in practice in that city the rest of his life, his death occurring there on June 6, 1902. Dr. John C. Butcher, was a skilled physician and surgeon and was honored as one of the leading medical practitioners of the county. He was for years prominent in he councils of the school of practice, which he professed and for one term served 508 - CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO. as president of the Ohio State Eclectic Medical Society; to which office he was elected by a. unanimous vote, and he also served for two terms as vice-president of the National Eclectic Medical Association in the deliberations of which body he ever took an active interest. The doctor was a member of all Masonic bodies, including Knights Templar, and for many years was regarded as one of the leaders in Maonic circles in Champaign county. In 1873, the year in which he took up his residence in Urbana, Dr. John C. Butcher was united in marriage to Veturia A. Pratt, who died, October- 31, 1913, and to that union three sons were born, the subject of this sketch having two brothers, . Frank E. Butcher and Cleland P. Butcher. Harry G. Butcher was reared in Urbana and was graduated from the high school there in 1894. For four years thereafter he was engaged as a traveling representative of the Otway-Cooper Hardware Company of Urbana .and then entered the dental department of the University of Cincinnati, from which he was graduated in 1900, with the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery. Thus admirably qualified for the practice of the profession to which he has devoted his life, Doctor Butcher opened an office at Bellefontaine, but after his father's death, two years later, returned. to his home at Urbana, opened an office there and has ever since been engaged in practice in that city, long having been recognized as one of the leading dental surgeons in this part of the state. Doctor Butcher keeps fully abreast of the wonderful advances being made in dental surgery and his office is admirably equipped. The Doctor is the present vice-president of the Mad River Dental Association, in the affairs of which body he long has taken an active and influential interest. Politically, he is a Republican and' has rendered .public service as a member of the Urbana hoard' of public service. On September 18, 1902, Dr. Harry G. Butcher was united in. marriage to Grace Irene Hale, daughter of Dr. D. B. and Marietta Hale, of West Liberty, this state, and to this union three children have been born, Ricard Hale, Harry G., Jr., and Janis Irene. Doctor. and Mrs. Butcher . are members of the First Methodist Episcopal church and the Doctor is a mem of the official board of the same. He is a York Rite Mason, past Master of Harmony Lodge No. 8, Free and Accepted Masons. at Urbana, a member of Draper Commandery, Knights Templar, at that place, and a noble of the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, affiliated with Antioch Temple at Dayton, and is also a member of the local lodge of the Knights of Pythias. His college fraternity is Xi Xi Phi, in the affairs of which he still retains the warmest interest, CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO - 509 JOSEPH T. HALTERMAN. Joseph. T. Halterman, proprietor of the farm home known as "Walnut Grove Farm," situated on rural route No. 1 out of Rosewood, this county, where he has a well-kept farm of one hundred and twelve acres of choice land, lying seven miles north of St. Paris, was born in Adams township, Champaign. county, on January 3, 1867. He is the son of Isaac and Sarah (Hall} Halterman, the former of whom was born one mile east of Rosewood and the latter about three-quarters of a mile east of the same place. Isaac Halterman and his wife were reared in the same neighborhood and attended the same schools in the district of their homes., Some time after they had been married they settled on a farm east of Rosewood. He operated his farm here and was engaged in the cultivation of general crops, his industry and energy being rewarded by a full measure of success, and on that farm they spent the remainder of their lives. Mr. and: Mrs. Halterman were earnest members of the Christian church and were ever active in behalf of its welfare, in which he was one of the deacons for several years. He was a member of Rosewood Lodge No. 253, Independent Order of Odd Fellows and was a past noble grand of that order, ever active in its interests. He was a lifelong supporter of the Democratic party and served as township trustee for some years. Isaac Halterman and his wife were the parents of ten children, nine of Whom are living in 1917, namely : Emily, wife of Thomas H. Pine; Clarissa, who married Joseph Pine; G. R., a resident of the state of Arkansas; Margaret, wife of Albert Stephenson; Jane, who married Charles Lemmon, of Adams township; Dora, wife. Irwin Neese ; J. T., the subject of this sketch; Pearl, wife of John A. Long, and Charles, of Adams township. Clyde Halterman, the tenth child, was killed by a falling tree, February 14, 1914. J. T. Halterman was reared on the old home farm, east of Rosewood. He attended the district schools at Rosewood and on the completion of his school course he worked on his father's farm, remaining thus occupied until he was twenty-one years old. He then started on his own account working on neighboring farms by the month. On October 5, 1893, he was united in marriage to Emma Long, who was born in Concord township, Champaign county, the daughter of T. R. Long, and was educatedin the district schools. After his marriage Mr. Halterman operated the old farm for some time and then spent one year on the Long farm, coming to his present place in Adams township in April, :1905. To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Halterman no 510 - CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO. children have been born, but they adopted and reared a boy, Fred Atzel. whose name is now Fred Halterman. He is a graduate of the Rosewood high school and is now attending a business. college at Urbana, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Halterman are members of the United Brethren church at Rosewood .and earnest supporters of all its, good. works; Mr. Halterman is a member of its official board. He is a member of the Rosewood. Lodge No. 253, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he is a past noble grand; he is a member of. the encampment, of which he is past chief patriarch. He and his wife are members of the Rebekah lodge, of which she is a past grand. Mr. Halterman is a warm supporter of the Democratic party and served as township trustee for many years, giving those who elected him to that important position general satisfaction. H. M. STIPP. H. M. Stipp, farmer of Goshen township, Champaign county, was born in Pleasant township, Clark county, Ohio, May 31, 1859. He is a son of Abraham and Catherine (Ropp) Stepp. He was born in Loudoun county, Virginia, June 6, 1818, and she was born in clark county, Ohio, February 28, 1828. Abraham Stipp's parents died when he was a boy and he came to Clark county, Ohio, with his uncle, Nathan Martin., and there he grew to manhood and attended school. He remained with his uncle until he was grown, then began. working out by the month. He first married a Miss Arbigast, who died without issue, the year following. their marriage. He subsequently married Catherine Stepp, and they established their home on a farm in Clark county, where they spent the rest Of their lives. They were members of. the Methodist church, and he was a Republican. They were parents of three children, namely: Martin. L. is farming and lives near Catawba, Clark county, Ohio; Elizabeth,. who married T. W. Davidson, died in 1892; and H. M., of this sketch. H. M. Stipp was reared on the home farm in Clark county, and he attended the district schools in winter, working on the farm in the summer time. He remained at home:until. he was arried on December 23, 1886, to Belle Hardman, who was born in Clark. county in 1868. After their marriage they continued. to live on his. father's farm for five years, then he rented a farm from his uncle for two years and then rented a farm in another part of the county for three years. He then moved with his family CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO - 511 to Champaign county, locating on a farm in Goshen township, renting one year; then buying one hundred and thirteen and one-half acres, and here he has since been successfully engaged in general farming and Stock-raising. Prospering through his industry and good management he has added to his original holdings until he now has a finely improved farm of two hundred and sixty-six acres. He has made most of the improvements himself In connection. with general farming he has always carried on .stock-raising; paying particular attention to sheep. No small portion of his annual income has been derived from the judicious handling of live stock. He is a stockholder in the Merchants and Mechanics Bank at Springfield, Ohio. To Mr. and Mrs. Stipp one daughter has been born, Essie C., whose birth occurred in 1892 ; she was graduatedfrom the common schools, and is now the. wife of Rolla Ropp. They live on her father's farm, which Mr. Ropp helps cultivate. They have two sons, namely: Horace E., born in, 1915; and Carroll M., born in 1917. Politically, Mr. Stipp is a Republican. CHARLES. W. BUMGARDN Charles W. Bumgardner, a farmer of Goshen township, Champaign county, was born in Pleasant township, Clark county, Ohio, November 18, 1861.. He is a son of Milton and Martha E. (Ropp) Bumgardner, both natives of the same vicinity in which the subject of this sketch was born, and there they grew to maturity and married. The Ropps were among the early settlers of Clark county and the name has been well known there from that day to this. After his marriage Milton Bumgardner began housekeeping in his native locality, but a few years later he moved to Champaign county and bought the farm in Goshen township where his son, Charles W., now lives and here he spent the rest of his life, meeting death accidentally by a traction engine. His wife died in Logan county, Ohio.. To these parents four children were born, one dying in early life, the three living are, Ella B,, who is the widow of D. C. Collins; Charles W. of this sketch; and A. C., who resides in Logan county, Ohio. Charles W. Bumgardner was reared on the farm which he now owns. He attended district school No. 4, in Goshen township. He continued working for his father during crop seasons until he was twenty-one years old. He worked by the month to get money with which to buy a horsey and from a modest beginning he has persevered until he has become very com- 512 - CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO. fortably established, now owning an excellent farm of one hundred and eighty-five acres, which he has brought up to a high state of cultivation. He has first-class improvements, and in connection with general farming he raises a good grade of live stock. Mr. Bumgardner was married to Ida M. Davisson, December 24, 1885. She is a native of Clark county, where she grew to womanhood and attended school. They have three children living in 1917, namely : Minor J. is farming in Goshen township, this county; Willard makes his home in Pleasant township, Clark county;. Evaline M. Lives at home. Politically, Mr. Bumgardner is a Republican and is active in local politics. He is at present township trustee and also superintendent of the gravel roads of Goshen township. Fraternally, he belongs to Catawba Lodge No. 349, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he is past grand. Both .his sons have been through the chairs of this lodge. He is also a member of Homer. Lodge No. 474, Knights of Pythias. He and his wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal church at Catawba, Ohio, and he is a trustee of the same and both are active in church work. FRANK LEE STUART. Tilling the soil has been both pleasant and profitable to Frank Lee Stuart, of Salem township, Champaign county, and he never permitted the allurements of metropolitan life to claim him. He was born in Logan county, Ohio, November 5, 1877. He is a native of Stuart, also a native of Logan, county, where he grew up and married Carrie Lee, of Salem township, Champaign county, Ohio. She is a daughter of John and Emily Lee,. early settlers of Champaign county, where they lived and died, on a farm. To Mr. and Mrs. Lee four children were born, namely: Mollie, Henry, Carrie and William. To William Stuart, paternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch, these children were born, Susan, Elizabeth, Sallie, Adam, and Nicholas. Nicholas Stuart devoted his life to farming in Logan county, this state. Retiring from active work in his old age, he moved to West Liberty, where his death occurred at the age of seventy-one years. His wife. died at the age of sixty-eight years. He was a Democrat and he served as. trustee of his township and took an interest in public affairs in general. . His family consisted of three Marion Greenely : Ida married Marion Green and they live in West Liberty, Ohio; Frank L., of this sketch, CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO - 513 and Irwin, a painter and carpenter by trade, who lives on a farm near. West Liberty. Frank L. Stuart grew to manhood on the home farm in Logan county where he assisted with the general work when a boy. He received his education in the common schools, and remained at home with his parents until he was twenty-one years old. He was married on November 7, 1897, to Dora Edna Johnston, who was born in Boston, Massachusetts. She was the adopted daughter of Thomas Johnston and wife. Her parents died when she was small. She and her brother, Charles Edward, were adopted by Thomas Johnston, of Logan county, Ohio. She was educated in the public schools. To Mr. and Mrs. Stuart five children have been born, namely : Sarah, Nellie, Earl, Albert and Carroll. After his marriage Frank L. Stuart located on the farm once owned by his grandfather Lee, in Salem township, Champaign. county. The place consists of one hundred and thirty-six acres, and here he has since resided, keeping the land under a fine state of cultivation and well improved and he has been successful as a general farmer and stock raiser. He has an attractive and well furnished home. Politically, he is a Democrat, but has never aspired to public office. He and his wife belong to the church at Mount Tabor. JAMES K. CHEETHAM. James K. Cheetham, the well-known baker and confectioner, of Urbana, president of the Urbana Tool and Die Company and an honored veteran of the Civil War, past commander of the local post of the Grand Army of the Republic, is a native of Ohio and has lived in this state all his life. He was born at West Liberty on March 5, 1845, a son of Richard H. and Mary H. (McCord) Cheetham, he a native of Pennsylvania, and she born in Urbana, Ohio, on the lot where the Episcopal church now stands, whose last days were spent in Urabana, where for years the former was engaged in business. Richard H. Cheetham was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1817, of Scottish descent, and there learned the baker's trade, when he was twenty years of age he came to Ohio and located at Urbana, where he, began working at his trade and where he presently married Mary H. McCord. (33a) 514 - CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO. daughter of John. McCord and wife, of Pittsburgh, the former of whom was a soldier in the War of 1812 and the latter of whom was a daughter of Simon Kenton, the famous old Virginia pioneer and Indian fighter, whose last days were spent in Urbana, where he was buried. Simon Kenton, born in 1755, served as a scout in the Colonial army until 1778 and from 1793 to 1794 commanded a Kentucky battalion. He also was a soldier of the War of 1812 and was engaged in the battle of the Thames in 1813. He died at Zanesfield, Logan county, Ohio, in 1836. Not long after his marriage Richard H. Cheetham moved to West Liberty and was there engaged in the mercantile business from 1844 to 1863, a period of nineteen years, at the end of which time he returned to Urbana and bought the bakery in which he had begun to work upon his arrival there as a young man years before and which had been established in 1838 by Samuel McCord, his brother-in-law. That business was founded in the same building which it now occupies and which is now owned by the nephew of the founder, the building ever having been used as a bake shop, first by the McCord and then by the Cheethams, father and son, and has thus ever been in the family. From the time he bought that bake shop until his death in 1882 Richard H. Cheetham continued to operate the same and he spent his last days in Urbana. He and his wife were the parents of seven children, John A., James K., Samuel O., Mrs. Robert Young, Richard H., George H., and Mary Catherine. James K. Cheetham's boyhood was spent in West Liberty, the place of his birth, where he received his schooling. He was but sixteen years of age when the Civil War broke out and in 1862 he became a member of the local company of home guards, the famous "Squirrel Hunters," and in 1864 enlisted for the hundred-day service as a member of Company A, One Hundred and thirty-fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which command he served, for four months and during which service he took part in the siege of Petersburg. It was in Urbana that Mr. Cheetham enlisted in the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Ohio, for he had moved to that. city with his parents in 1863. Upon the completion of his military service he resumed his place in his father's business establishment and became thoroughly familiar with the details of the bakery and confectionery business, the concern doing both a wholesale and retail business, and following his father's death; in 1882, he took over the business with his brother. and sister under the name of R. H. Cheetham & Sons, and nine years later James K. bought out the others and has ever since been conducting the same. In August, 1912, Mr. Cheetham became con- CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO - 515 nected with the Urbana Tool and Die Company, manufacturers of tools, jigs, dies and automobile parts; and on January 19, 1913, became president and sole owner of the concern, which he still owns. Mr. Cheetham is a Republican, and has ever given a good citizen's attention to local political affairs, but has not been a seeker after public office. He is an active member of W. A. Brand Post No. 98, Grand Army of the Republic, in which he has held all offices save that of chaplain, and has been commander of the same three times. In 1868, about five years after taking up his residence in Urbana.: James K. Cheetham was united in marriage to Laura J. Coulson, daughter. of Joseph C. Coulson and wife, and to this union two children have been born, Ada L., who married C. F. Downey and has had two children, Coulson and Charles C., and Joseph Kenton Cheetham, who is unmarried. LOUIS C. HOVEY. Louis C. Hovey, clerk of Champaign county, and one of the most. popular officials in the court house, is a native son of Urbana and has lived in that city all his life. He was born on November 22, 1875, son of David H. and Lillian (Cox) Hovey, both of whom also were born. in this county and the latter of whom is still living, now a resident of Bellefontaine, where she is making her home with her daughter. David H. Hovey, who for years was one of Urbana's best-known citizens, was a son of Edwin E. Hovey, a pioneer of Champaign county, who established the first brickyard in the county and was one of the prominent factors in the development of Urbana in an early day. David H. Hovey grew up at Urbana, and was for some time engaged there in the service of the United States Express Company. When the Wells-Fargo Express Company established an office at Urbana he was made the local agent for the company and served ,in that capacity until his death :in 1889. He also for some time was engaged in the retail meat business, and was widely known throughout the county. He and his wife were the, of two children, the subject of this sketch having a sister, Mrs. Florence. Thompson, of Bellefontaine. Upon completing the course in the public schools of. Urbana, Louis C. Hovey became engaged with a wholesale grocery establishment in that city and later for five years was engaged as a traveling salesman in the 516 - CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO. grocery line. He then became engaged as an advertising man in the office of the Urbana Daily Citizen and was thus engaged at the time of his election to the office of county clerk in the fall of 1912. Mr. Hovey entered upon the duties of that office on the first. Monday in August, 1913, and in the election of 1914 was re-elected to that important office and is now serving his second term as county clerk. Mr. Hovey is a Republican and for years has taken an earnest part in local politics, long; having been regarded as one of the leaders of that party in' this county. During the sessions of the Ohio General Assembly in 1910-11 he served as sergeant-at-arms of the Senate and thus formed a wide political acquaintance throughout the state. In 1898 Louis. C. Hovey was united in marriage to Nellie Kunkel, of Urbana. Mr. and Mrs. Hovey have a very pleasant home and take an earnest interest in the general social activities of their home town. They are members of the Presbyterian church and take a warm interest in church affairs. Mr. Hovey is a member of class No. 8, of the Sunday school of the Baptist church, and for ten years has been one of the trustees of the same. He is a Royal Arch and Knight Templar Mason, affiliated with the blue lodge, the chapter and the commandery at Urbana; is a member of the local lodges of the Knights of Pythias, of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics and the Dramatic Order of Knights of Khorassan and in these latter orders has held all the high offices. Mr. Hovey also is an active member of the United Commercial Travelers Association and has represented the local branch of that association at state meetings of the same. JOHN HORACE MUZZY. John Horace Muzzy, one of Champaign county's best-known and most substantial retired farmers and the proprietor of a fine farm in Urbana township, who for, some time past has made his home in Urbana, where he and his wife are very pleasantly situated, is a native son of this county and has lived here all his life. He was born in Salem township on October 13, 1856, son of J. C. and Martha (Wren) Muzzy, prominent residents of that part of the county, both now deceased. J. C. Muzzy, for years one of the most prominent farmers and stockmen in Champaign county, also was a native of this county, born on the old Vance farm in Urbana township on April 27, 1831, son of Horace and CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO - 517 Bridget (Vance) Muzzy, the former of whom, the first of that name to settle in this county, came here in pioneer times and settled on a farm east of Urbana, where he became a substantial farmer and where he and his wife spent their last days, useful and influential residents of that section. J. C. Muzzy, eldest son of his parents, grew to manhood on that pioneer farm and in turn became a farmer on his own account and became: quite well-to-do, a large landowner and an extensive dealer in live stock. He also built a livery stable in Urbana and was there for years connected with the Taylor & Fisher Company. He was an active Republican and for years was regarded as one of the leaders of that party in this county. On March 5, 1855, J. C. Muzzy married Martha Jane Wren, also a member of one of the old families of this county, and to that union six children were born, of whom the subject of this sketch was the first-born; the others being as follow : Joseph Vance Muzzy, a well-known farmer and stockman, of West Liberty, this county; Ella, wife of William H. Craig; Elizabeth, wife of S. M. Craig, of West Liberty ; William W. Muzzy, who married Addie Wilcox and is now engaged in the automobile business. at Columbus, and Minnie Alice, who died on March 29, 1880, at the age of sixteen years. J. C. Muzzy died on January 3o, 1916, he then being eighty-four years, nine months and three days of age. His wife had preceded him to the grave about seven years, her death having occurred on March I̊, 1909. She was an active member of the Baptist church and was ever attentive to the good works of the community. John H. Muzzy was reared on the home farm in Salem township and received the benefit of the public schools. From boyhood he was an able assistant to his father in the labors of developing and improving the home farm and in looking after the extensive live stock interests developed on that farm, and remained at home until his Marriage at the age of twenty-four years, when he farmed in Harrison township five years, after which he established a home of his own on a farm in Urbana township and remained there, actively and successfully engaged in general farming, stock raising and dairying, until his retirement from the active labors of the farm and removal .to Urbana, where he and his wife are now living and where they are very pleasantly situated. Mr. Muzzy is a Republican and has ever taken an earnest interest in local civic affairs, but has not been an aspirant for public office. For eight years he was a member of the Champaign County Fair Association and in that capacity and in many other ways has done much to advance the cause of agriculture and stock raising hereabout. 518 - CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO. It was on December 16, 1880, that John H. Muzzy was united in marriage to Sarah Alice Powell, who was born in Concord township, this county, daughter of James Dunlap .and Minerva (Hill.) Powell, also natives of this county, members of pioneer families in the central part of the county. James Dunlap Powell was born on a pioneer farm in Urbana township on March 3, 1819, son of Elijah. and Mary (Dunlap) Powell, the former of whom was born in the state of Virginia in August, 1789, the fifth in order of birth of the eleven children of Abraham P. and Ann (Smith) Powell, both natives of the Old Dominion, the former born on October 20, 1754, and the latter, September 12, 1762, Who were married in 1780: Abraham P. Powell was a soldier in the patriot army during 'the War .of the Revolution and during the close of the eighteenth century moved with his family to Kentucky, being thus among the very first settlers of that then western county of Virginia; remaining there until 1812, when he came up into Ohio with his family and settled in this county, entering a tract of land from the government in Urbana township; one mile west of the present: city of Urbana, where he established his home, one of the very earliest settlers in the county, and where he and his wife spent the remainder of their lives, his death occurring on January 3, 1817, he then being sixty-two years of age, and hers, September 19, 1845, she then being eighty-three years of age. Elijah Powell had attained his majority when he came to this county with his parents in 1812 and he became an active participant in the pioneer life of the new community and on January 27, 1818, married Mary Dunlap, who was born in Kentucky, October 26, 1800, and who was but twelve years of age when the came to this county with her parents, the Rev. James and Emilia (Johnson) Dunlap, natives of Virginia, the :former born on July 10, 1773, and the latter, :October 15, 1777, and both of whom had located in Kentucky during the days of their youth, having moved to that then frontier with their respective parents, and were there married on August 29, 1794. The Rev. James Dunlap early turned his 'attention to the gospel ministry and had been preaching in Kentucky for some years before coming up into Ohio with his family and settling in this county, in 1812. He was one of the pioneer preachers in this part of the state and remained here until 1844, in which year he moved to Jacksonville,. Illinois, where he spent his last days, his death occurring there in 1866. His widow survived. until July 30, 1881. To Elijah and Mary (Dunlap) Powell eleven children were born and the family 'thus has a wide connection in this part of the state. CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO - 519 James Dunlap Powell was reared on the old home farm in Urbana township and received his schooling in the primitive school which served that community in the days of his boyhood, the school house being a log structure with puncheon floor and rough slabs for benches. He also taught school and became a very able instructor. He became a farmer on his own account and in September, 1845, married Minerva Hill, who was born in Concord township, this county,. August 26, 1822, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Percell) Hill, both natives of Virginia and pioneers of this county. Joseph Hill, who was the first white settler in Concord township, this county, came up here with his family from Kentucky, in which latter state, then a county of Virginia, he had settled when a young man. There he married Mary Oliver, by which union he had eight children, and later came to Ohio and settled in this county, being the first permanent settler in Concord township; as noted above, entering the tract of land that later became the farm of James D. Powell. There his first wife died and. he then married Mary Percell, a member of one of Champaign county's first families, and to .that union five children were born, of whom Mrs. Powell was the third in order of birth. Joseph Hill was a soldier of the War of 1812, and he and his family were members of the Methodist Episcopal church, ever active in local good works and influential in promoting orderly social processes in the days of a beginning of a social order hereabout. He was a good farmer and a man of excellent judgment in business affairs and at the time of his death in September, 1861, was the owner of a considerable tract of land in this county. His widow. ,survived him for about eight years, her death occurring on July 3, 1869. After his marriage James D. Powell established his home on the old Hill farm in Concord township and early became recognized as one of the best farmers and most influential citizens .of that neighborhood. He became the owner of more than eight hundred acres of fine land and erected one of the finest houses in the county-. He was an ardent Republican and ever gave a good citizen's attention to local political affairs. He and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal church and for many years were accounted as among the leaders in the good works of their neighborhood. Mrs. Powell died on February 9, 1902, after a married life of more than fifty years, and Mr. Powell survived until January 30, 1909. They were the parents of six children, of whom Mrs. Muzzy was the fifth in order of birth, the others being Mary, Amanda J., Emma E., Elijah H., and Anna M. To John H. and Sarah A. (Powell) Muzzy two daughters have been born, Ethel, who married A. W. Crowl, now living on the old Powell 520 - CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO. homestead, and has two children, John M., ,and Robert A.. and Martha, wife of Robert Feather, a druggist, of Beliefontaine, in the neighboring county of Logan. Mr. and Mrs. Muzzy are members of the Presbyterian church and take an earnest part in church work, as well as in the general good works of the. community, helpful in promoting all agencies having to do with the advancement of the common welfare. HARRY METZ. Harry Metz, a well-known farmer and blacksmith, of Salem township, was born in Union township, in the neighboring county of Logan, August t0, 1869; son of Samuel and Eliza (Heading) Metz, who were born and reared in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, where they were married and whence, in 1867, they came to Ohio and settled in Wayne county. A year later they moved to Logan county, where they made their home until 1876, When they came down into Champaign county and settled on the farm in Salem township on which their son, the subject of this sketch, is now living. After renting there awhile, Samuel Metz bought one hundred and eighty-four acres and there spent the remainder of his life, his death occurring on November 1, 1915, he then being seventy-five years of age. In 1894 he also bought one and five acres adjoining his home farm. He was twice married, his first wife, Eliza Heading, having died in 1883, at the age of forty-two; after which he married Addie Wise, also a native of Pennsylvania, who died on July 4, 1895. .Samuel and Eliza. (Heading) Metz were the parents of seven children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the second in order of birth; the others being as follow : Alice, wife of James Robinson, of Salem township; William, deceased; Andrew Jackson. A farmer, of Salem township; Lewis W., a coal dealer at West Liberty: Ida, who died in her girlhood, and Milroy, a farmer, of Salem township. Harry Metz was about seven years of age when his parents moved from Logan county down into this county and he was reared on the home farm in Salem township, receiving his schooling in the neighborhood schools, and remained at home until he was twenty-one years of age. After his marriage, in the fall of 1892, he located on the old. Peppermil place and presently moved from there to a place north of Mingo, later moving hack to the Peppermill place, where he remained until 1895, when his father bought the subject's present place of one hundred and five acres, the William CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO - 521 Williams place, where his parents first settled upon coming to this county, and there Harry Metz has ever since made his home, he and his family being very comfortably situated. Mr. Metz has a blacksmith shop on his place and for the past ten years has operated the same, in addition to carrying on his general farming operations. Politically, he is "independent" and for some time served as a school director. On October 15, 1892, Harry Metz was united in marriage to Minnie May Stokes, who was .born in Monroe township, Logan county, this state, daughter of Elba and Nannie (Williams) Stokes, natives of Virginia the former of whom had come to this state with his parents in the days. of his boyhood, the family settling in this county, and the latter of whom came to Ohio with her parents in the days of her girlhood, her family settling. in Logan county. In 1870 Elba Stokes and Nannie Williams were married and after making their home in Logan county for two or three years bought a farm on the county line between that county and Champaign county, later retiring from the farm and moving to Kennard, where Mrs. Stokes died in March, 1902. Mr. Stokes later. returned to his farm, but presently sold the same and moved to Urbana, where he has since made his home. He and his wife had two children,. Mrs. Metz having a brother, Hiram Stokes, who married Margaret Linbille, and is now living in central California, where he is engaged as a telegraph operator in the employ of the Union Pacific Railroad. Mrs. Stokes Was reared as a Baptist, but later became a member of the Friends Meeting.: Mr. and Mrs. Metz are members of Mt. Tabor Methodist Episcopal church and take a proper part in church work. They are the parents of three children, Goldie M., William E. and Truman C. McCLELLAN FRANK. McClellan Frank, one of the best-known and most substantial farmers of Johnson township, this county, was born in the neighboring township of Jackson, April 1, 1862, and has lived in this county all his life. He is a Democrat and was elected justice of the peace in and for his home township, but declined to qualify for the office. He has held other township offices, however: Fraternally, he is a member of and past chancellor of the local lodge of the Knights of Pythias at St.. Paris and both' he and his wife are members of the lodge of the Pythian Sisters at that place, He 522 - CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO. and his Wife are the owners of about seven hundred acres of land in this county and have a fine residence in Millerstown. On May 26, 1896, McClellan Frank was united in marriage to Maud Norman, who was born in Johnson township, this county, May 1.7. 1873, daughter of John C. and Mary A. (Pence) Norman, prominent and substantial residents of that township; both of whom are now deceased. John C. Norman was born in Concord township, this county, January 22, 1843, a son of Gabriel and Rebecca (Burbaker) Norman; well-to-do farming people of that township, the former of whom also was born in that township, a son. of Christian and Mary (Zimmerman). Norman, the former a native of Virginia and the latter. of Maryland, who were married in Virginia and in 1805 came over into Ohio and became pioneers of Concord township, this. county, Christian Norman buying a quartet of a section of land there and on that place establishing his home, one of the earliest settlers in that part of the county. Upon settling there he put up a log Cabin, which in due time gave way to a substantial brick 'house, and he became one of the substantial farmers of his neighborhood, coining to be the owner of twelve hundred and forty acres of land, four hundred and forty acres of which was situated in Indiana. Before his death he deeded seven hundred and twenty acres to his children. Before coming to Ohio he had been a wagonmaker and followed that vocation soon after coming here, his establishment proving a great convenience for his pioneer neighbors. During the War of 1812 he was drafted for service, but sent a substitute in his stead. He and his wife were the parents of nine children. The Normans are an old family in America, the first of this line of the name in this country having been John G. Norman, who landed on the shores of the new land on August 21, 1750. Gabriel, Norman, one of the sons of Christian Norman married Rebecca Brubaker and had six children, three sons and three daughters. One of these sons, John C. Norman, mentioned above, was reared in Concord township, received his schooling in the local schools and later became a school teacher, teaching for some years in Concord and Johnson townships. He married Mary A. Pence, also a member of one of Champaign county's old families, settled on a farm in Johnson township and became a well-to-do farmer and a man of influence in his community. His wife died on February 26, 1909, and he survived until July 24, 1914. They were the parents of two children, of whom Mrs. Frank is the only survivor, she having had an infant brother, Charles, born on June 28, 1876, who died in the following November. Maud Norman was reared at Millerstown, receiving her schooling in CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO - 523 the local schools, and was living there at the time of her marriage to McClellan Frank, They have one son, Dr. John W. Norman, born on July 8, 1890, who supplemented the schooling received in the common schools by a course in Heidelberg University at .Tiffin, Ohio, from which he was graduated, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, later entering Ohio Medical College, from which he was graduated, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, in the spring of 1917. He will open an office at St. Paris, Ohio. He was married on July 16, 1917, by Rev.. Clifford Myers, to Myrtle Marie Harmon, born in St. Paris, Ohio. She is a daughter of Albert G. Harmon. She is a graduate of Cincinnati (Ohio) College of Music and an accomplished musician. John W. Norman is a member of the Knights of Pythias at St. Paris, Ohio. Mr: and Mrs. Frank. have a very pleasant home at Millerstown and have ever taken an interested part in the general social activities of the community, helpful in many ways in promoting movements looking to the advancement of the common welfare thereabout. M. L. SMITH, M. D. One of the well-known general physicians of Champaign county is Dr. M. L. Smith, of Urbana, who was born in Greene county, Ohio, December 3, 1862. He is a son of Alonzo C. and Ellen (Wikel) Smith, the father a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, and the Mother of Butler county; Ohio. Alonzo Smith's first trade was that of a buggy maker, which he followed, for the most part, in Cincinnati, and after his marriage he located at Paintersville, Greene county, Ohio, where he followed his trade until 1878, in which year he came to Champaign county, locating on a farm north of Urbana; farming there on rented land until he bought a farm south of Urbana, where he spent the rest of his life, dying April 11, 1899. His widow is still living and makes her home in Urbana. To these parents six children were born, the subject of this sketch being the third in order of birth. Dr. M. L. Smith received his early education in the public schools of Greene and Champaign counties, later taking a classical course of two years in Urbana University. He then taught school for about ten years in Clark and Champaign counties, also a short. time in Kansas. He met with much success as a teacher and his services were in good demand. But he finally decided that his true bent lay in another direction, and, upon abandoning the school room, he took up the study of medicine, entering 524 - CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO. the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, from which institution he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, with the class of 1891. Soon thereafter he began the practice of his profession at Pickrelltown, Logan county, Ohio, where he remained two years, removing in 1895, to Urbana, Champaign county, where he has since been engaged successfully in the general practice of his profession. Doctor Smith was married on June 17, 1899, to Carrie James, a daughter of Daniel James. To this union four children have been born, namely Clarence, Margaret, Lester and Gertrude. Doctor Smith is a member of the Champaign County Medical Society and the Ohio State Medical Society. Politically, he is a progressive Republican. He belongs to the Masonic lodge, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and has been a member of the official board. of the same for the past fifteen years. JOHN F. BANE. John F. Bane, proprietor of "Cedarhurst Stock Farm," a well-kept place of one hundred and fifty acres one mile south of Mechanicsburg, in Goshen township, this county, his place being situated on the London and Mechanicsburg pike, on rural mail route No. 3, out of Mechanicsburg, is a native of Jefferson county, Virginia, but has been a resident of Ohio since he was eighteen years of age. He was born in that part of the Old Dominion now comprised in West Virginia on November 11, 1855, son of Garrett W. and Virginia. (Melvin) Bane, who were born in that same region and there spent all their lives. Garrett W. Bane saw service during the Civil War and for damage done his property during the progress of the war was afterward reimbursed by the federal government. He was twice married. Reared on the home farm, John F. Bane retains distinct childish memories of the progress of armies thereabout during the period of the Civil War. He received his schooling in the schools of his home neighborhood and remained at home, helping with the labors of the farm, until he was eighteen years of age, when he struck out for himself and came to Ohio, coming over here without a dollar in his pocket. In 1874 he found employment on a farm in` Clark county at a wage of twenty dollars a month and was thus employed until his marriage there in 1879, when he rented a CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO - 525 farm and began farming on his own account. About ten years later he moved to a farm in the neighboring county of Madison and after a residence of nine years in that county came over into Champaign county, in 1899, and bought the farm on which he is now living, the Wren farm, in Goshen township, and has ever since resided there, having things very comfortably settled about him now, a pleasant home and a well-kept farm plant. In addition to his general farming Mr. Bane gives considerable attention to the raising of live stock, with particular reference to registered Duroc-Jersey hogs, Rambouillet sheep and Percheron horses, and is doing very well. He has other interests besides' those connected with his farm; In 1879 John F. Bane was united in marriage, in Clark county, to Laura j. Palmer, who was born in the state of Iowa, but who was reared in Clark county, this state. Mr. and Mrs. Bane are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and Mr. Bane is a member of the official board of the same. Politically, he is a Republican, but has never taken a particularly active part in politics. He is a Royal Arch Mason, a Member. of Mechanicsburg Lodge No. 113, Free and Accepted Masons, at Mechanicsburg, and of the chapter, Royal Arch Masons, at Mechanicsburg, and. has for years taken an earnest .interest in Masonic affairs, having served in different capacities as an office bearer in his local lodge. WILLIAM FRANK TARBUTTON. One of the thrifty farmers of Goshen township, Champaign county, is William Frank Tarbutton, who was born in Union township, this county, October 26, 1866. He is a son of James H. and Sarah (Given) Tarbutton, both now deceased. The father was born in Clark county, Ohio, and the mother in Salem township, Champaign county. James H. Tarbutton came to this county when young and here learned the blacksmith's trade and married, after which event he located at New Moorefield, Clark county, where he worked at his trade for several years, then located at Catawba Station, that county, where he continued at his trade until his death. He owned a shop and a dwelling in that town. During the Civil War he served for three years in the One Hundred and Thirteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry in a faithful and gallant manner. He was honorably discharged, after which he returned home and resumed his trade. He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. His family consisted of eleven children, nine of 526 - CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIMO. whom are living in 1917, named as. follows : William Frank, of this sketch; John is a supervisor on a railroad; Laura is the wife of George Willitt, of Goshen township; Charles, a railroader, lives at Catawba Station, Clark county; Lewis is also a railroad man; Mary is the widow of Abner Van Skiver, of Goshen township; Nora is single; Harry is a railroader; Willard is also in railroad service. William F. Tarbutton was reared in Champaign county and he attended the public schools; his education, however, was limited, for he began making his own way in the world when eleven years old, working out by the month for some time. On November 23, 1898, he married Mary Rupert, a native of Illinois. He had saved his earnings and when he married he rented a farm for several years, then bought his present place of eighty-five acres in Goshen township, in 1913, and here he has carried on general farming ever since. He is a breeder of a good grade of live stock of all kinds. Four children, two of whom died in infancy, have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Tarbutton. The survivors are, Ralph, whose birth occurred on September 26, 191o; and Philip, born June 3, 1914. Politically, Mr. Tarbutton is a Republican. Fraternally, he belongs to Lodge No. 474, Knights of Pythias. He and his wife belong to the Methodist Protestant church at Mechanicsburg, Ohio. ELMER MORRIS. Elmer Morris, .farmer living in Goshen township, Champaign county, was. born in Madison county, Ohio, December 16, 1863. He is a son of James and Elizabeth (Everett) Morris. The mother was born near Urbana, Ohio, and her death occurred in 1905. The father, who is now living in retirement, spent his active life on a farm in this county, and made a comfortable living by his industry and perseverance. To .James Morris and wife six children were born; four of whom are still living, namely : Elmer, of this sketch; Sherman is living in Mechanicsburg; Allie is the wife of Melvin Allison, a farmer of Goshen township; Minnie is the wife of Marion Arbagast, of Springfield, Ohio. Elmer Morris was about sixteen years old when he came with the rest of the family from Madison county, Ohio, to Champaign county. He grew up on the farm where he worked during the crop seasons and in the winter time he attended the district schools. However, his education was hat CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO - 527 neglected, since he was compelled to work hard when a boy helping to support the family. He remained on the home farm until he was thirty-five years old. In October, 1893, he married Emma Engle, who was born in Union township, Champaign county, where she .grew to womanhood . and attended school, the. date of her birth being July 25, 1871. To Mr. and Mrs. Morris one child has been born, Ethel Morris, whose birth occurred :on April 19, 1898. She was graduated from the local public schools, and she is now attending high school at Mechanicsburg, being a member of the graduating class of 1918. Mr. Morris has always engaged in farming. He now owns thirty acres of good land on which he is making a comfortable living. Politically, he is a. Republican. He has served as a member of the school 'board in his district. He belongs to Homer Lodge No. 474, Knights of Pythias. His wife is a member of the Pythian Sisters, and has been an officer in the local lodge. She is a member of the Presbyterian church. He belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church. JOSEPH O. PENCE. Joseph O. Pence, a farmer living in Concord township, Champaign county, was born on a farm near where he now lives on July 12, 1858. He is a son of George and Mary (Barger) Pence. The mother was a native of Virginia. George Pence was born in 1820 in Champaign county, Ohio. After his marriage he lived in Concord township and several years: later he went to Indiana and established the future home of the family. His children were named as follows : Catherine is the wife of R. S. Comer; John lives in Chicago; George W., of Concord township; Adam is farming near Woodville, Ohio; Jennie is the widow of James Heath of California ; Andrew J. is farming in Johnson township, this county; Joseph O., of this sketch ; Emma is the wife of Pete Wilson and they live in Rosewood, Ohio. Joseph O. Pence was reared on the home farm. He attended the :district schools until he wasthirteen years old, .when he started working out, working in a brickyard for some time. He was employed by James Heath awhile, later returned home and lived with his mother until her death. Mr. Pence married Sarah Woodard, on October 6, 1885. She was born November 12, 1848. To their union one daughter was born, Bertha F. Pence, whose birth occurred on February 4, 189o, she was graduated 528 - CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO. from the high school at Eris, Champaign county, and she is now the wife of Charles Chester and they live in Salem township, this county ; they have two children, namely: Wendall V., and Boneta F. Mr. Pence owns forty-one .and one-half acres in Concord township, where he is making a very comfortable living. Politically, he is a Democrat. His wife is a member of the Concord Methodist church. JONATHAN T. HARTZLER. Jonathan T. Hartzler, one of Champaign county's substantial and progressive farmers and the proprietor of a fine place in Salem township, is a native son of this county, born on a farm in Salem township, and has lived in. that neighborhood all his life. He was born on February 10, 1867, son of Joel and Lydia (Plank) Hartzler, natives of Pennsylvania, who grew up and were married in that state and later came to Ohio, locating on a farm in Logan county, where they remained for two years, at the end of which time they came down into Champaign county and settled on a farm on the state road in Salem township, where the remainder of their lives were spent, influential and useful residents of that community. Upon coming to this county Joel Hartzler bought a farm of eighty acres, on which there was an old log cabin and some tumbledown improvements. He put up a better house and made. other improvements to the place and soon had a comfortable home, remaining there, actively engaged in farming the remainder of his life, his death occurring in 1902, he then being seventy-seven years of age. His widow survived him for about nine years, her death occurring in 1911, she then being eighty-one years of age. They were earnest members of the Oak Grove Mennonite church and their children were reared in the simple faith of that church. There were seven of these children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the last born, the others being as follow : Isaac, now deceased, who was for years engaged in the saw-mill business and who was twice married, his first wife having been Emma Yoder and his second, Ann Slonacer; David K., a farmer and mill man at West Liberty and who has been three times married, his first wife having—been Nancy Yoder and his second was Susan Smucker and the third, Lizzie Zook; Rebecca, wife of Levi Yoder, a retired farmer, now living at North Lewisburg, this county; Samuel, now deceased, who married Elizabeth Yoder and lived in the adjoining county of Logan; Benjamin F., CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO - 529 also now deceased, who married Selina Kauffman and was engaged in farming and milling in this and in Logan counties, and John, now living at. West Liberty, who has been twice married, his first wife having been Elizabeth Hirshberger and his second, Sarah Stauffer. Reared on the home farm; where he was born, in Salem township, Jonathan T. Hartzler received' his schooling in the neighborhood schools, and from the days of his boyhood was 'a valued assistant in the labors of improving the home place, being carefully trained as a farmer and mill man, and also early began operating a threshing-machine, in which latter business he continued for thirty years. After his marriage in 1891 he farmed his father's place for four years and then moved to the place on which he now resides in that same township and where he and his family are very comfortably situated. Upon taking possession of that place he remodeled the house and barn and .made gather valuable improvements and now has a very well equipped farm plant there. Besides his home farm of one hundred .and eighty-six acres he is the owner of a farm of eighty-eight acres; the old Humphreys place, in Salem township; and has made extensive improvements also to that place, having- remodeled the house and put the farm buildings in good shape. In addition to his general farming, ,Mr. Hartzler has given considerable attention to the raising of high-grade live stock and has done very well: For years he also operated a saw-mill and during the many years be was operating a threshing-rig throughout Salem and adjoining townships he became one of the best-known men thereabout. On February 12, 1891, Jonathan T. Hartzler was united in marriage to Martha Hooley, who was born in Logan county, this state, daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Yoder) Hooley, who years ago moved down from Logan county into Salem township, this county, and there spent their last days, and to this union eight children have been born, all of whom are living save the first-born, who died in infancy, and Elmer T., the sixth in order of birth, the others being Mary, Emmet J., Boyd C., Fern H., Roy.. A. and Amelia Blackwood, a little girl who makes her home with the family, all of whom are at home save Mary, who in 1916 married Ira D. Hostetler, Who was. born in Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, but who had been living in Logan county, this state, since 1890 and since his marriage living on a farm -in Salem township, this county. The Hartzlers are members of the Oak Grove Mennonite church and take a proper part in church affairs, as well as in other neighborhood good works and in the general social activities of their home neighborhood. Mr. Hartzler helped to remodel the church not long ago and has ever given considerable attention to church work. (34a) 530 - CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO. FRED E. GANNON. Fred E. Gannon, a well-known grocer of Mechanicsburg, is a native of the state of West Virginia, but .has been a resident of Champaign count since the days of his boyhood. He was born on a farm in Hampshire county, West Virginia, August 31, 1872, son of James and Elizabeth (Huffman) Gannon, both natives of that same county and both of whom 'are now deceased, all their lives having been spent in their native county. James Gannon, who was a shipper of live stock, was an active Republican. He and his wife were the parents of five children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the fourth in order of birth, the others being, John, of Roachdale, this state; Daniel, of Keokuk, Iowa; Laura, wife of John Rogers, and Christopher, a member of the Piedmont Grocery Company of Piedmont, West Virginia. Reared in his native county in West Virginia, Fred E. Gannon remained there until he was sixteen years of age, when he came to Ohio, and his schooling was completed in Ohio Northern University at Ada, in which institution he took the commercial course. In April, 1890, he went. to Mechanicsburg, arriving there with two dollars in his pocket, and for five years thereafter was engaged in the gardens of john F. Mumma. He later worked in the celery gardens of J. B. Mahan and afterward began working in the factory of the Central Ohio Whip Company and was thus engaged for four years, at. the end of which time, meanwhile having saved his money, he engaged in the retail oil business at Mechanicsburg and was thus engaged until the spring of 1903; ..whew: he engaged in the grocery. business at that place and. has since been thus engaged, one of the best-known dealers in that line in the eastern part of the county. When Mr. Gannon opened his grocery store he had a stock of the value of about eight hundred dollars, but he has built up his store until he now has a. well-stocked and well-established place of business and is doing very well. In addition to his store he owns a pleasant home in Mechanicsburg and he and his family are very comfortably situated. Mr. Gannon formerly had two hundred acres of land in Oklahoma, but his partner "did" him out of the same. On May 8, 1892, Fred E. Gannon was united in marriage to Lucy Harr, who was born at Mechanicsburg, Ohio, in 1872, a daughter of Pierce and Laura Harr, and to this union four children have been born, Ruth, who was graduated from the local high school; James, who was graduated CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO - 531 from Bliss Business College at Columbus; Pierce B., who was graduated from the local high school in 1917, and Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Gannon are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Gannon is a Republican and is a member from his precinct of the county central committee. Fraternally, he is affiliated with the local lodges of the Masons, the Knights of Pythias and the Woodmen and in the affairs of all of these organizations takes a warm' interest. CLINTON A. HUNTER. Clinton A. Hunter, a farmer of Goshen township, Champaign county, was born near Catawba, Clark county, Ohio, August 14, 1871. He is a son of Levi and Artemisha (Bushnell) Hunter. The father was born in Clark county, Ohio, and the mother in "Adams county, Indiana. His death occurred in 1902, but she is still living at this writing at Mechanicsburg, Ohio. After their marriage they located on a farm in Clark county, this state, but a year later moved to Champaign county, where Levi Hunter rented a farm and followed general agricultural pursuits until his death, also operated a threshing machine Many years. He owned one hundred and seventeen acres of good land. He was very successful, accumulating a comfortable competency through his own efforts. To Levi Hunter and wife ten children were born, namely : Clinton A., of this sketch; Edward C., who is fanning in Goshen township; Lulu is the wife of Charles A. Brown, of Plain City, Ohio; Carrie is the wife of Dr. P. D. Longbrake of Marysville, Ohio; Harry, deceased; Bessie and Mary are both single; the rest of the children died in early life. Clinton A. Hunter was reared on the home farm, and he attended the district schools and the Mechanicsburg high school. He worked on the home farm with his father until he was thirty-two years old. On December 25, 1903, he married Maude Neer, a daughter of Joseph and Dortha Neer. She was born, reared and educated in this county. To Mr. and Mrs. Hunter two children have been born : Dorothy A., born in 1904, she was graduated from the eighth grade of the local public schools; Robert, born in 1903. Mr. Hunter has devoted his life to general farming near Mechanicsburg, where he has a good home and a well improved farm of thirty-seven acres. He has also followed threshing in Champaign county for the 532 - CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO. past thirty years, being one of the best known threshers in the county. Fle has owned several machines. He is of a mechanical turn of mind and has many varieties of modern machinery commonly found on the best farms. Politically, Mr. Hunter is a Democrat. Fraternally, he is a member of Homer Lodge No. 474., Knights of Pythias, in which he has held several offices. He is also a member f the Grange. His wife belongs to the Methodist Protestant church at Mechanicsburg, Ohio. FRANK EARL WILSON. Frank Earl Wilson, farmer of Salem township, Champaign county, was born in Concord township, this county, January 28. 1879, and while yet a young man. he has won definite success at his chosen life work. He is a son of Henry Page Wilson and Emma (Couchman) Wilson, who established their home on a farm in Concord township. A history of this family is found on another page 0f this work. The subject of this sketch, known to his acquaintances as Earl Wilson, was reared on the home farm in Concord township and there he received a common school education, then attended high school at Urbana. After leaving school he continued farming on the home place with his father for four years, then began farming for himself on the place where he still lives. He first farmed one hundred and ten acres belonging to his father, which he added to by a purchase later until the farm now contains one hundred and ninety acres. His land is well cultivated and well improved and he is making a success as a general farmer and stock raiser. He feeds most of his grain to live stock, preparing large numbers annually for the markets. He has a silo with a capacity of one hundred and forty tons. He feeds about one hundred head of hogs and forty head of cattle each year. Mr. Wilson was married in 1900 to Edna Craig, a daughter of E. Clay and Louise Craig, and to their union two children have been born, namely: Elizabeth and Robert, both of whom are attending school in Salem township. Politically, Mr. Wilson is a Republican. He belongs to the Masonic order, also the Salem Grange. He was a member f the local school board for a period of eight years. He belongs to the Concord Methodist Episcopal church in which he was formerly deacon. He is active in the affairs of the church. CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO - 533 CORY E. BAILAR. Cory E. Bailar, a prosperous and progressive farmer and owner of two hundred and twenty-seven acres of prime farming land; now living on the old Bailar farm located four miles west of Rosewood, Adams township, was born on that farm, on January 6, 1861. He is the son of George W. and Julia (Licklider) Bailar. George W. Bailar was the son of Jonathan and Catherine (Pence) Bailar, early settlers of Champaign conuty. Jonathan Bailar entered about one hundred acres of land and as he succeeded in his farming operations he made further purchases, finally becoming. well-to-do. He and his wife spent the remainder, of their lives on the farm. George W. Bailar grew up on his father's farm and was educated in the common schools of the neighborhood.. After his school days were over he worked: on the farm for some years and later he was united in marriage to Julia Licklider. He then -.settled on the the old Bailar farm and bought out the other heirs, the land ever since haling remained in the possession of a member of 'the family. He carried on general farming with considerable success and he-and his wife spent the remainder of their lives on the farm. They were the parents of six children, three of whom are living at the present tithe, namely: William F., a farmer living in Adams township; George R., of Sidney, Ohio, and Cory E.,. the subject of this sketch. Two children died in infancy and Charles, who also died after he had grown to Maturity. Cory E. Bailar was reared on his father's farm in Adams township and attended the public schools of the district until he was sixteen years old. He then worked on the home farm until he was twenty-four. On December 24, 1884, he was united iin marriage to Jennie Putnam, who is a sister of J. B. Putnam. Mr. and Mrs. Bailar are the parents of three children who are living and one, a girl, who died in young womanhood, as follow : Franklin E., who married Bonnie Espy and lives east of Rosewood; Lola F., born in July, 1888, who Married Ray Moore and lives on the old farm: Waldo E., born in 1893; who married Nellie Smith and also lives on the old farm, and Pearl E., who died at the early age of twenty-two. Mrs. Bailar died an August 25, 1902, and was sincerely mourned by a large circle of friends throughout the township and county. Mr. Bailar is engaged in general farming On his holding which consists of two hundred and twenty-seven acres of choice land and has been successful in all his operations. His land is of the best duality and in an excel- 534 - CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO. lent state of cultivation, everything about the place showing the result of diligence and energy. He is a member of the Christian church at Carysville, in which he holds the positions of deacon and trustee and he is warmly interested in all church affairs. He is a member of the Rosewood Lodge No. 253, Independent Order of, Odd Fellows and takes an active interest in the affairs of that organization. Mr. Bailar is a supporter of the Democratic party and has always given a good citizen's attention to public affairs. He has been a member of the district school board for several terms and at this time is the vice-president of the board. His interest in the cause of education is of long standing and he is an earnest advocate of all proper movements to advance the 'efficiency of the schools of his township and county. JOHN E. PENCE. An enterprising and progressive farmer and life-long resident of this county is John E. Pence, the owner and proprietor of a fine farm of eighty acres one and one-fourth miles northeast of St. Paris, in Johnson township, on rural route No. 5 out of that village. Mr. Pence was born on this farm On May 6, 1852 the son of Andrew and Eliza (Garringer) Pence, both of whom were natives of Ohio. Andrew Pence was born on the same farm as hos son, John E., on March 22, 1830, and was a son of Jacob and Sarah (Nepperd) Pence. Jacob was a son of Frederick Pence, who came in an early day from Virginia to Ohio, locating in Champaign county, among the first settlers in these parts. Frederick Pence was a gunsmith and wagonmaker by trade, and followed that occupation after coming to Ohio, living here the remainder. of his life. Besides John E., .there were six other children born to the family of Andrew Pence, being as follow: Samuel, a farmer of Johnson township; Simon, also living in Johnson township; Allen, of Millerstown, Ohio; Mary the wife of John Norman, of St. Paris; Sarah, he wife of Corwin, of Xenia, . Ohio, and Ellen, wife of Clarence Pressler, a farmer of Johnson township. John E. Pence was reared to the life of a farmer, receiving his education in the district schools of his home neighborhood. He assisted his father with the work on the home farm until he reached the age of twenty-one years,. when he started farming for himself on the home place, and he has been very successful in his .choen calling. Besides general farming CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO - 535 he is engaged in the breeding and raising of registered live stock, especially hogs and cattle, which branch f farming adds much to his annual income. He has made many improvements on his farm, the-place being well equipped. for modern and progressive farming. The substantial brick house in which he lives was erected in 1858, and stands as a monument to the house builders of that period, being still in fine condition. He built a fine and commodious new. barn in 1915, which, together with all the buildings, fences and other equipment f the farm, makes it one f the most attractive farms of the township. In 1873 John E. Pence was married to Mary E. Norman, who was. born on a. farm in Johnson township, September 8, 1852, the daughter of Lemuel and Susanna (Kaufman) Norman, and a grandniece of Christian Norman. To this union three children have been born : Clarence, a farmer of Concord township, this county, married Belle Jenkins ; Asa, a farmer living near Millerstown, Ohio, married Grace Folts, and Fred, who is in Alaska. The family are earnest and devoted members of the Reformed church, in which Mr. Pence has served as. deacon and treasurer. Fraternally, Mr. Pence belongs to St. Paris Lodge No. 446, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which organization he takes an active and interested part. He is a Republican in politics, and has always been deeply interested in local political matters, and any measure having for its object the welfare and betterment of his community, has his unqualified support. WILLIAM E. PRINCE. William E. Prince, an enterprising and progressive farmer, and a former railway mail clerk, living on his place known as "Pleasant View Farm," in Johnson township, was born near Millerstown, in this township, on March 1868, the son of Joseph and Amanda (Deffenbaugh) Prince, the former of whom was a native of Virginia, and the latter of Ohio. Joseph Prince was born in Page county, Virginia, on June 13, 1822, and came as a lad of eight years to Ohio, where he was reared to manhood. On December 20, 1866, he was married to Amanda J. Deffenbaugh, who was born in Adams township, this county, on January 15, 1846. To this union the following children were born: William E., the immediate subject o this review ; Charles I., an employee of the United States railway mail service, living in Piqua, Ohio; Frank J., a graduate of the Ohio State University 536 - CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO. at Columbus, Ohio, with the degree of Bachelor of Science, and a graduate of the Ohio Medical University, now a practicing' physician and surgeon living in Bitter Root Valley, Montana, and John H:, also a graduate of the Ohio Medical University, now practicing at Piqua, Ohio. Joseph Prince served in the Union army during the Civil War as a member of Company I, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He enlisted on May 13, 1864, and served one hundred days, being mustered .out on August 31, 1864, at Camp Chase, Ohio. He was a Republican in politics, and while interested in all public matters, yet was not a partisan in any sense of the term, or an office seeker. He was a member of St. Paris Lodge of Independent Order of Order of Odd Fellows, and an adherent Of the Reformed church. His death occurred in April, 1902, his widow still surviving him. William E. Prince was reared on the farm in Johnson township, receiving his education in the schools of Millerstown, Ohio. In his young manhood he clerked in a general store for six years, after which he was engaged in farming. In 1901 he took the civil service examination for the United States railway mail service, and in February, 1902, receiving his appointment, in which capacity he served until January, 1912, since which time he has been living with his mother on the home farm, which he is operating. They have about sixty acres in the home place and also village lots. They raise Jersey cattle, Berkshire hogs and carry on general farming. They now rent out the land. He is a Republican in politics, and takes an active interest in the public life of his community. DAVID H. MOORE, M.D. One of the most successful of the younger Medical men of Champaign county is Dr. David H. Moore, of Urbana. He was born in Salein township, this county, on the old home farm, August 30, 1883. He is a son of James H. and Isabel (Duncan) Moore, both natives of Champaign county also, each representing old families in this locality. Here they grew to maturity attended school and were married. When a young man James H. Moore went to Newark, Ohio, Where he worked for a short time at the pattern trade, later returning to his native county and engaged in the implement business with Silas Sandy, at Urbana, under the firm name of Sandy & Moore. A few years. later he went on the road as a traveling salesman, and 1896 he and James Robinson started a new concern known as the CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO - 537 Hardware Supply Company, which proved to be a successful venture, growing to large proportions. Mr. Moore remained in that business until 1903, when he became engaged with the McCoy Canning Company of Urbana, with which he remained until his death in 1914. He was one of the county’s well known and successful business men in his day. His family consisted of only two children, a son and a daughter, namely : Dr. David H., of this sketch, and Margaret A.. David H. Moore received his education in the public schools of Urbana and Was graduated from the high school in 1903. After that he was employed in the drug stokes of Urbana until the fall of 1908, when he entered the Starling Ohio Medical College at Columbus, taking the full four-years course. He Made an excellent record there and graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine with the class of 1912. After leaving college, he at once began the practice of his profession in Urbana and has 'remained. here ever since. He was successful from the first and has built up a large and lucrative practice, Doctor Moore was married, on June 15, 1915, to Muriel A. Hatton, a daughter of C. B. and Clara Hatton. Doctor Moore is a member of the Champaign County Medical Society, the Ohio State Medical Association and the American Medical Association. He has been secretary of the County Medical Society for the past two years. He belongs to the Alpha Mu Pi Omega fraternity, the Champaign Masonic lodge, of which he is the present master, and to the Presbyterian church. Politically, he is a Republican and in January, 1915, became a member of the board of county commissioners, JOSEPH NORMAN. Joseph Norman, one of Concord township's best-known and most substantial farmers and proprietor of the old Norman homestead farm in that township, was born in the fine old house in which he is now living and in which four generations of the Norman family have lived; one and one-fourth miles southeast of Millerstown, on rural mail route No. 5, out of. St. Paris, this county. He was born on February 23, 1864, son of Lemuel and Susanna (Kauffman) Norman, the former of whom was born on. that same farm, son of pioneer parents. Lemuel Norman was a son of Christian Norman, one of the early 538 - CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO. settlers of Champaign county, and one of the most influential figures if the Millerstown neighborhood in the early days. Christian Norman wa a Virginian, who came over into this part of Ohio in 1805 and after pros pecting about a bit selected a location and went to the land office at Cincinnati to file on the same. The decisive factor in his selection of the site he had in mind was a fine flowing spring, but when he returned from the land office with his papers he found that the land described in the same did not contain the coveted spring, after all. He then made a more accurate "location" and returned to Cincinnati, coming back with a patent covering the "eighty" which had the spring on it, he thus starting' here with a quarter of a section of land instead of the "eighty" which he originally had in mind. Upon locating on that tract Christian Norman cut out a small clearing and erected a modest log house in which he established his home, later putting up a double log house, and in 1827 erected the substantial brick house which is still serving as a: residence on the old home place and which is still in a fine state of preservation. This house was built of bricks burned on the place and was finished with walnut timber cut on the place and hand carved. The substantial barn which is still doing service on the farm, built of poplar, walnut and oak, was raised in 1814. Christian Norman became an extensive landowner, the possessor of considerable tracts of land in this state and over in Indiana, and was a man of large influence in the early development of that part of the county in which he settled. He and his wife were active in church work and he was an active worker in the ranks of the Whigs. He and his wife were' the parents of eight children, Benjamin, Gabriel, Lemuel, Savilla, Leanna, Sarah, Elizabeth and Lydia. Lemuel Norman was reared on the old home farm and after his marriage to Susanna Kauffman established his home there, spending there the rest of his life, his death occurring in 1875. His widow is living in Concord township. Of the children born to them, six are still living, those besides the subject of this sketch being Mary E., wife of John E. Pence ; John, of St. Paris; Rebecca, a spinster; Benjamin M., a Johnson township farmer, and Leanna, wife of F. B. Weller, of the neighboring county of Shelby. Reared on the old farm, Joseph Norman grew to manhood there, from the days of his boyhood a valuable assistant in the labors of the farm, and has spent all his life in the old pioneer brick house in which he was born, having established his home there after his marriage in the spring of 1884, and has long owned the old home place. Mr. Norman has done well in his farming operations and has one of the best farm plants in the Millers- CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO - 539 town neighborhood. He is a Republican, but has never taken a particularly distinctive part in political affairs. On May 22, 1884, Joseph Norman was united in marriage to Margaret May Berry, who was born in Johnson township, this county, June 15, 1865, a daughter of Peter and Elizabeth (Jenkins) Berry, the former of whom was born in that same township, June 25.,. 1835, and the latter, in Mercer county, this slate. Peter Berry and wife were the parents of eight children, those besides Mrs. Norman being William D., Mary George. M,. Cora A., Joseph P., and Savilla. Mr. and Mrs. Norman have one child, a daughter, Dollie, born on July 21, 1886, who married Edgar E. Barger, employed in the railway mail service on the Pennsylvania lines, and has one child, a son, Hugh J., born on July 31, 1909, living with Mr. Norman. Mrs. Norman and her daughter are members' of the Reformed church at Millerstown and Mr Norman is a member of St. Paris Lodge, No. 344, Knights of Pythias, in the affairs of which organization he takes. a warm interest. EDWARD H. LEEDOM. Edward H. Leedom, proprietor of "Grain Farm," a delightful place of ninety-five and one-half acres in Johnson township, this county, three and one-half miles northwest of St. Paris, on rural mail route No. 1, out of that city, was born in the neighboring county of Shelby, but has been a resident of Champaign county since he was a child. He was born on a farm in the Palestine neighborhood on August 6, 1862, a son of Howard and Nancy (Apple) Leedom, both also natives of this state, who settled in this county in 1866, the former spending the rest of his life here and the latter still. living here at a ripe old age. Howard Leedom was born and reared in Ohio and at St. Paris married Nancy Apple, who was born and reared in Johnson township, this county. After their marriage they remained at St. Paris for some time and then settled on a farm in the Palestine neighborhood over in Shelby county, where they remained until 1866, in which year they returned to Champaign county and settled on a farm in Johnson township, where Howard Leedom spent the remainder of his life, his death occurring there in July, 1908. His widow still survives him. Howard Leedom was a Republican and took an active part in political affairs. He was an active member of the Methodist church, as is his widow, and was a liberal con- 540 - CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO. tributor to the work of the church. Fraternally, he vas affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and took a warm interest in the affairs of that organization: To him and his wife five children were born, three of whom are still living, the subject of this sketch having a brother, Charles N. Leedom, who married Roe Ann Berry, and is now a resident of Dayton, this state, and a sister, Anna, wife of William Sotherland. The deceased children were Clara, who married Seward Lane, and another daughter Victdria. Edward B. Leedom was four years of age when he came to this county with his parents from Shelby county and he grew to manhood on the home farm in Johnson township; receiving his schooling in the neigh. boring schools. He married when twenty-one years of age and after his marriage established his home on the farm on which he is now living and has there resided ever since, developing there one of the best farm plants in that part of the county. Mr. Leedom is a Republican and has ever given a good citizen's attention to local political affairs, for some time having served as director of his local school district. On September 27, 1883, Edward H. Leedom was united in marriage to Emma Sayler, who was born at St. Paris, this county, daughter of Henry and Lucinda C. (Heaston) Sayler, prominent residents of that city, both now deceased. Henry Sayler was born in Clark county, this state. in 1835, and was reared on a farm. Being orphaned iii the days of his youth he came up into this county and at St. Paris began to "shift for himself ;" doing so so successfully that in time he became the vice-president of the First National tank of St. .Paris, of which institution he was one of the, organizers and chief stockholders; and was for years regarded as one of the leading citizens of that place. He was a Mason and an Odd Fellow and took an active interest in lodge work. He and his wife were the parents of two children, of whom Mrs. Leedom alone survives, her brother, Albert R. Sayler, being deceased. To Edward H. and Emma (Sayler) Leedom six children have been born, of whom five are still living, namely: Mary, a graduate of the St. Paris high school and a former teacher in the schools of this county, who married C. V. Jones and is now living at St. Paris; Charles Albert, who married Mary A. Wolcott and is farming in Johnson township; Lucinda, who was graduated from the St. Paris high school and is now a teacher in' the Urbana schools; Yardley, who is at home, a valued assistant to his father in the labors of the home farm, and Kathleen, who is still in school. CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO - 541 The Leedoms are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at St. Paris and take a proper interest in church work and in the general social activities of their home community. JOHN B. ERWIN. John B. Erwin, one of Johnson township's well-known and substantial farmers, owner of one hundred and seventy-two acres of fine land in that township and the possessor of a pleasant home on rural mail route No. 4 out of St. Paris, is a native of the old Keystone state, but has been a resident of Ohio since the days of his young manhood. He was born on a farm in Huntington county, Pennsylvania, September 21, 1843, son of William and. Isabel (Vawn) Erwin, also natives of that same state, whose lives were spent there. William Erwin owned an excellent farm in the near vicinity of Rossville, Pennsylvania. He and his wife were the parents of seven children, five of whom are still living, those besides the subject of this sketch being Margaret R., widow of Wesley Morgan; William A., who married Jennie Parsons ; Agnes N., wife of Jacob A. McMullen, and Robert G., who married Jane Morgan. Reared on the home farm in Huntington county, Pennsylvania, John B. Erwin received a good common-school education and remained at home until he was eighteen years of age, when he came over into Ohio, in April, 1864, and for three months thereafter worked on a farm. in Richland county. He then went to Preble county and thence over into Indiana, later returned to Miami county, Ohio, and began to work on a farm in the vicinity of Piqua, but a short time afterward returned to his home in Pennsylvania, where he remained nearly a year, at the end of which time, in October, 1866, he returned to Ohio and in the following November was married in Champaign county. After his marriage he rented a farm over in Shelby county and continued a renter until presently he bought a little farm of thirty acres, the nucleus of his present valuable farm holdings of one hundred and seventy-two acres in Johnson and Concord townships, this county, where he makes his home and where he and his family are very comfortably situated. Mr. Erwin has a fine farm plant and has done well in his farming operations. Politically, he is a Democrat, but has never taken a particularly active part in politics. On November 6, 1866, John B. Erwin was united in marriage to Mary 542 -CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO. E. Blackford, who was born in Johnson township, this county, January 20, 1850, daughter of William Blackford and Susan Chapman, well-known residents of that community, and to this union six children have been born, namely : Willie, who died at the age of nine years; Elnora, wife of William Corner, of Johnson township; Mary B., wife of George York, a resident of the neighboring county of Logan; George W., who married Mary A. Robinson and lives in Concord township; Lottie J., wife of Ira Pence, a grocery dealer at St. Paris, and Olive May, deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Erwin have a very pleasant home and have ever taken an interested part in the general social activities oreir home neighborhood. Mr. Erwin is past noble grand of Crayon Lodge No. 397, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and both he and his wife are members of Ethel Lodge No. 314, Daughters of Rebekah, of which Mrs. Erwin is a past noble grand. Mrs. Erwin is one of the best-known workers in the ranks of the Daughters of Rebekah in this part of the state and served for some time as installing officer and was treasurer for ten years in that order. FRANK APPLE. One of the substantial farmers of Johnson township, this county, who has lived here all his life, is Frank Apple, who was born on the farm now owned by Naaman L. Apple, one mile west of St. Paris, on February 12, 1867. He is a son of William and Mary Ann (Lyons) Apple, both of whom also were natives of Champaign county. William Apple was born in Jackson township on the old home farm Which his parents had entered from the government, and was the son of Solomon and Catherine Apple, both of whom natives of Pennsylvania, who came from that state in an early day to Montgomery county, Ohio, locating first at Dayton, which at that time was only a small trading point, containing only two houses. They did not remain long at Dayton, however, but came on into Champaign county, settling on land in Jackson township, which they had entered from the government. This land was wild and unimproved had no clearings and no buildings of any kind, while Indians roamed the woods about them. However, with true pioneer spirit, they proceeded to clear and cultivate their land, literally hewing a home out of the wilderness, and here they reared their family and lived the remainder of their days, being ranked among the sturdy pioneers of this district. Will- CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO - 543 iam Apple and his wife. settled on the tract of land which is now known as the Naaman Apple farm, and which was a part of the old homestead farm belonging to his father; and here they lived and died, and here all of their children were born in the original log house which was erected by William Apple at the time of his marriage. His wife, Mary Ann Lyons; was born in Johnson township, on a farm two miles north of St. Paris, this farm now being owned by J. H. Biddle. She was a daughter of Christian Lyons and wife, both of whom were natives of Virginia, who came to Champaign county, Ohio, about 1812, locating. in Johnson township. William Apple was a very prominent and influential citizen in the early days of this section, taking an active part in the upbuilding and betterment of his community, being a leader in the locality. He served many years as township trustee, and was also a member of the school board of his township for a number of years. He was one of the substantial and well-to-do farmers of this county, accumulating more than four thousand acres of land. He was a Democrat in politics, and active in the councils of his party. He and his wife were. the parents of five children, two of whom are living : Albert L., who died on June 21, 1917; Naaman L., living on the old home farm of his grandfather, and Frank, of this review. Frank Apple was reared on the old homestead farm in Jackson township, receiving his education in the district schools, and early in life learned the rudiments of farming by assisting in the work of his father's farm. He started out in life for himself by engaging in farming in Union township, where he lived for two years, but upon the death of his father in 1900, he returned to Johnson township, taking charge of affairs pertaining to his father's estate, and has since lived on his farm on the St. Paris and Millerstown pike, three miles northeast of St. Paris and one mile .south of Millers-town, containing fifty-eight and one-half acres of fine land. Mr. Apple also owns sixty-three acres of land adjoining his farm on the west, one mile north of St. Paris. On September 22, 1898, Frank Apple was united in marriage to Cora L. Strock, and to this union two children have been born. Charles Franklin, who died in 1912, at the age of eleven years, and Ruth Elizabeth, born January 25, 1907, now in the fifth grade of the district school. Mrs. Apple was born at Mutual,. Ohio, in. :Union township;. this county, on July 12, 1875. and is a daughter of John and Jennie (Goul) Strock, both of whom were natives of this county, the former being of Pennsylvania Dutch stock. Jennie Goul was a daughter of Christian Goul, of Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Strock were the parents of three children : Clay, who is living. at home with his 544 - CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO. parents; Charles, a resident of Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Cora L., the wife of Mr. Apple. Mrs. Apple was reared at Mutual, receiving her early education in the Mutual schools, later attending college at Ada, Ohio, taking a business course at the Ohio Normal University. In the fall of 1894 the family came to Johnson township, locating on a farm one mile northwest of St. Paris, where she lived until she married Mr. Apple. The family are members of the Baptist church at St. Paris, in the affairs of which they take an active interest. In politics, Mr. Apple is a Democrat. JAMES B. PUTNAM. James B. Putnam, one of Johnson township's substantial and up-to-date farmers and stockmen is a native son of Champaign county and has lived here all his life. He was born on a farm in Jackson township, November 1856, son of Henry and Margaret (Wogmoth) Putman, substantial pioneer residents of that neighborhood. Henry Putman was born in Mason county, Kentucky, November 21, 1815, and was but an infant when his father, Zecharia Putnam, came to Ohio in 186 with his family and settled on a farm in Mad River township, this county, where he remained until 1821, when he moved over into Jackson township and established his home on a farm there, spending the rest of his life a resident of that township and one. of the influential pioneer citizens of the same. On that pioneer farm Henry. Putnam grew to manhood and after his marriage in 1842 to Margaret Wogmoth established his home on a farm in that same township, but later moved. to Johnson township, and there spent the remainder of his life. He and his wife were the parents of six children, of whom four are still living, those besides the subject of this sketch being Sarah J.; widow of Jesse Pence; Amanda, widow of David Eicher, and Charles Putnam, the deceased children having been Jennie and John Putnam. Having been but a mere child when his parents moved from Jackson to Johnson townships, James B. Putnam grew to manhood on the home farm in the latter township and received his schooling in the local schools. After his marriage in 1878 he established his home on the farm of one hundred and seventeen acres on which he is now living and there has ever since resided, he and his family being very comfortably situated. Mr. Putnam is one of the progressive farmers and stockmen of that neighbor- CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO - 545 hood and his farm plant is one of the best in that part of the county. Mr. Putnam has found time amid the multiplying duties of the farm to give his thoughtful attention to local civic affairs and has held several township offices at one time and another. He is a Democrat and is looked upon as one of the leaders of that party in his home township. In 1878 James B. Putnam was united in marriage to Alice Prince, who also was born in this county, a daughter of Solomon Prince, further and fitting mention of whom is made elsewhere in this volume, and to this union eleven children have been born, five of whom are still living, namely : Lloyd, of St. Paris; Naomi, wife of Leonard Hull, and Mable, Clara and Clarence, at home. Mr. and Mrs. Putnam are members of the Baptist church and take a proper interest in church work, as well as in the general good works of the community, and the family has ever given its interested attention to the general social activities of that community. WILLIAM F. LICKLIDER. William F. Licklider, farmer, of Adams township, Champaign county, was born on a farm in Johnson township, this county, February 10, 1859. He is a son of William H. and Margaret A. (Struble) Licklider, he a native of Virginia and she of Shelby county, Ohio. He had been previously married and had one child by his first wife, Mary E. Licklider, who is now the wife of John Dorey, of Shelby county, this state. Mary E. Licklider first married John Pepper and several children were born to them, all being now deceased. William H. Licklider was a member of the Christian church at Carysville, Ohio; in fact, was a charter member of that congregation, and was a liberal supporter of the church. He was a Democrat in early life, but later voted the Prohibition ticket. When starting out in life for himself he lived for some time in Johnson township, later moved to Adams township and bought a farm of one hundred and forty acres. He owned one hundred and fifteen acres in Johnson township. His family consisted of eight children, one of whom died in infancy, and four are living in 1917, namely : William F., of this sketch; Edith, the wife of Charles Johnson, of Shelby county, Ohio; Elmer, living at Rosewood, this county, and Charles H., farming in Adams township. William F. Licklider grew up on the home farm in Johnson township, (35a) 546 - CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO. being eighteen years old when the family removed to Adams township. He attended the district schools and later the Carysville schools. He remained at home until he was twenty-three years old, the last two years working by the year for his father, also renting land from him. He has continued general agricultural pursuits and now owns a well-kept farm of one hundred and fifteen acres in Adams township. Mr. Licklider was married on February 22, 1885, to Alice M. Buroker. She was born in St. Paris, Champaign county, April 19, 1858, and there she grew up and attended school. She is a daughter of Joseph and Catherine (Snapp) Buroker. The father was born in Virginia and the mother in Jackson township, Champaign county. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Licklider, namely : Gladys, born in April, 1887, is single and lives at home ; Joseph W., who was graduated from Rosewood high school, taught school several years; he was married on April 17, 1917, to Melvie Darrow ; they are living with his parents on the farm. Walter Licklider is single and lives at home. Politically, Mr. Licklider is a Democrat. He served as supervisor of his township one year. He is a member of the Golden Eagles. He is keeper of the exchequer and has been since it was first organized. He and his family are members of the Christian church at Carysville. He was trustee of the church there for ten or twelve years and has always been active in church affairs. ASA B. BUROKER. As a successful educator Asa B. Buroker, superintendent of the Adams township consolidated schools at Rosewood, has long stood in the front rank of his profession in Champaign county. He was born in Jackson township, this county, April 26, 1864. He is a son of William and Leann (Wolgamuth) Buroker. The father was born in Mad River township, March 29, 1840, and the mother was born in Jackson township, in September, 1840. They grew to maturity in Champaign county, attended the common schools and here they were married, after which they established their home on a farm in Jackson township, but later moved to Johnson, Mad River and Adams townships, finally locating in the town of St. Paris, where he still resides, the mother's death occurring there some years ago. William Buroker devoted his active life to general agricultural pursuits. He was long one of the active members of Myrtle Tree Baptist church, being CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO - 547 a leader of the choir for many years. He is an excellent reader of music. He served one year as superintendent of the Sunday school. Fourteen children were born to William Buroker and wife, all but two surviving at this writing, namely : Rosa is the wife of D. J. Pence, of Converse, Indiana; Asa B., of this sketch ; Charles is farming near Sims, Grant county, Indiana; Mary is the wife of Cory Slusser, a farmer of near Lena, Ohio; Elizabeth is the widow of Perry Beatty, of St. Paris, this county; Simon and Miles are partners in the butter-making business at Troy, Ohio; Monroe is farming near Pemberton, Ohio; David is farming in Shelby county, Ohio; John is farming in Logan county, this state; Guy is a motorman at Peru, Indiana, and Edna is the wife of J. W. Beck of Marion, Ohio. Asa B. Buroker was reared on the farm in his native county. He received his early education in the district schools, and when but a boy he began teaching. He later took the course of the old Urban Normal School and also a course in the Interstate Correspondence School of Chicago, Illinois. He has always been a student and has become a highly educated man, very largely through his own efforts. He has kept abreast of the times in all that pertains to his work and has long been regarded as one of the able and progressive teachers in the public schools of Champaign county. He began teaching in 1886 in the Vance school in Mad River township, and continued teaching in district schools for a period of twenty years. He was superintendent of the schools of Johnson township seven years. He came to Rosewood in 1907 as a teacher in the schools there and he was superintendent of the Adams township consolidated schools for four years. He centralized the schools there and he has been superintendent of them ever since. As a teacher his services have always been in good demand, for he is not only well equipped from an educational standpoint for his chosen life work, but he is also well qualified by nature and training and has given eminent satisfaction everywhere to both pupils and patrons. He is painstaking, thorough and reliable. Mr. Buroker was married in 1889 to Ida Rhoades, a daughter of Thomas Rhoades and wife. To this union ten children have been born, namely : Zelia, the wife of Glenn Buck, a graduate of the Rosewood schools ; Vista, the wife of Cleo Davis, of Napoleon, Ohio ; Carroll is also a graduate of the Rosewood schools ; Howard, a high school graduate, is a merchant at Rosewood ; Willard was graduated from the local high school in 1917; Faye will graduate from the local high school with the class of 1918 : Nettie 548 - CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO. is attending the public schools ; Lloyd and Lois are twins, and Florence is the youngest. Mr. Buroker is a Prohibitionist and has always voted and worked for temperance. He is a member of the United Brethren church at Rosewood and is active in church and Sunday school work. HARRISON A. WILSON. Harrison A. Wilson, former trustee of Harrison township, vice-president of the Farmers Banking Company of West Liberty and the proprietor of a fine farm of one hundred and fifty-eight acres where he is now living in Harrison township, was born on that farm and has lived there all his life, one of the best-known and most substantial citizens of the northern part of Champaign county. He was born on December 1, 1862, son of Andrew and Elizabeth Jane (Wright) Wilson, the former of whom also was born in that neighborhood and the latter in the state of Virginia, whose last days were spent on the farm on which their son, Harrison, is now living. Andrew Wilson was born on December 3, 1813, son of pioneer parents, whose home was on the farm adjoining the present Harrison Wilson farm on the east, and there he grew to manhood and married a neighbor girl, Elizabeth Jane Wright, who was born in Virginia on April 4, 1829, and who was but a girl when her parents, Benjamin and Peggy (Ruddell) Wright, who were married in Virginia in June, 1828, came to Ohio and settled in Clark county, presently moving from. there up into Champaign county and settling on the farm just east of the present Ben Wilson farm in Harrison township. In later years Benjamin Wright and his wife moved to Illinois, where their last days were spent, the latter dying there on July 3, 1866, and the former surviving for many years, his death occurring on September 29, 1894. After his marriage Andrew Wilson settled on the quarter section of the old home place now owned and occupied by his son, Harrison, and there he and his wife spent the remainder of their lives, influential and useful residents of that community. He was a Republican and in his younger days took an active part in local politics, serving for several years as trustee of his home township. He was one of the leaders in the local Grange in the early days of that organization and did much to promote the cause of the same. His wife was a member of the Spring Hill Presbyterian church and their children were reared. in that faith. Andrew Wilson and wife were the CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO - 549 parents of ten children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the eighth in order of birth, the others being as follow : Sarah Jane, born on January 22, 1847, who is the wife of A. S. Nelson, of Noblesville, Indiana ; Rebecca V., October 3, 1848, who died in March, 1913; William H., February 27, 1851, now deceased; Margaret, April 11, 1853, who married E. D. Robinson and is now deceased; Martha J., April 7, 1855, wife of Henry Lee, of Thackery, this county; Mary Ann, February 11, 1857, now a resident of West Liberty; Benjamin W., January 27, 1860, also a resident of West Liberty ; Ellen E., January 19, 1867, who married T. C. Hines and is now deceased, and Charles F., April 21, 1869, who died on June 19 of that same year. Harrison A. Wilson grew to manhood on the farm on which he was born and on which he is now living. He received his early schooling in the district schools in the neighborhood of his home and was later graduated from the Capital City Commercial College at Columbus. From the days of his boyhood he was a valued assistant in the labors of improving and developing the home place and after his marriage in the spring of 1888 established his home there and has ever since made that his place of residence. Mr. Wilson has a fine farm of one hundred and fifty-eight acres and has clone well in his farming operations. For several years he has been identified with the Farmers Banking Company of West Liberty, a member of the board of directors of the same, and is now one of the company's vice-presidents. An earnest Republican, he has ever given his thoughtful attention to local civic affairs and for several years served as trustee of his home township and for several years as a member of the local board of education. In addition to his general farming, Mr. Wilson has given considerable attention to the raising of high-grade stock and has some fine Shorthorn cattle, Poland China and Duroc hogs and one of the best flocks of sheep in the northern part of the county. On March 13, 1888, Harrison A. Wilson was united in marriage to Julia A. Carr, who was born on a farm in the vicinity of Degraff, in the neighboring county of Logan, daughter of Frederick Carr and wife, and to this union seven children have been born, namely : Darcy A., born on January 7, 1889, who died on May 14 of that same year ; Herman W., August 16, 1890, who is now living six miles east of West Liberty ; Ivan C., February 7, 1892, who died on April 1, 1893; Bertha, February 11, 1895, who is at home; Helen, December 27, 1896, also at home ; Ruth, December 14, 1898, at home, and Warren A., January 26, 1901. All the members of this family are members of the Spring Hill Presbyterian church with the excep-