ROBINSON'S HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY - 425 years, in our subject's home in Xenia, both being interred in Woodland cemetery. In the district schools Clement W. Linkhart pursued his primary education and at the age of sixteen responded to his country's call for troops, enlisting on the 22d of February, 1864, as a member of Company D, Eighth Ohio Cavalry, with. which he served for nearly two years, until the Close of the war. He was mustered in at Columbus and the regiment was assigned to the Army of West Virginia, becoming a part of the First Brigade, Second Division, under command of General Averill. Mr. Linkhart participated in the Hunter raid, taking part in a number of skirmishes when on the way to Lynchburg and on the retreat, and at that place his company was in the thickest of the fight. Mr. Linkhart lost his horse on the first day of the battle and for several days attempted to follow his company on foot. He then fell in with the Twelfth Ohio Infantry. Its Company D was from Xenia. and they rendered him much needed assistance. For five days and 'five nights he had been on the retreat and had not had a single bite to eat. When he was found by the Union troops he was almost exhausted. With the Twelfth Ohio he returned to Charleston, West Virginia, where he remained for a. few days when some stragglers of Company D, Eighth Ohio, arrived in Charleston, and with them he was sent to Parkersburg and then to Martinsburg, where he found the greater part of his company. There he was Oven another horse and then went to the front. On the second day after obtaining his horse he was on the skirmish line and his horse was shot dead. He then went to the rear and was sent to Sandy Hook, and was then put on guard duty at Bolivar Heights. He was on duty in front of one of the general's headquarters when General. Sheridan made his famous ride and could hear him galloping down the valley long before he had reached his destination. On being- relieved Mr. Linkhart was put on commissary duty at Harper's Ferry' but after two weeks was taken ill and from the hospital there was transferred to a' hospital in Hagerstown, .Maryland, and then to Harrisburg. In the fall of 1864 he was granted a thirty-days furlough and returned home. On account of ill health he remained at home for forty days and then proceeded to Columbus and Pittsburg and at the latter place was arrested because he out-staid his furlough. He was transferred to Baltimore and next to Washington and after being in the barracks facing the capitol grounds for two weeks under guard, then on to Alexandria, Virginia. Ten clays later with a squad of men of 'his company he was sent to Grafton, West Virginia, where he was released. With. fifteen others he started to march to Beverly, arriving on the 11th of January, and that night the whole Union command was captured by General Rosseau's Confederate Cavalry. The regiment lost forty men before surrendering. The Union troops were then marched to Stanton, West Virginia,. enduring many hardships, and were then loaded into freight cars like cattle and sent to Libby prison, but that place was so crowded that no more could be received and these men were put in a large four-story brick warehouse across the street, afterward known as the Pemberton prison. About four hundred were put in one room on the second floor. On the 14th of February, 1865, they were paroled and transferred by rebel boat to General Butler's lines, and thence on the City of New York to Annapolis, Maryland, and after a week Mr. Linkhart was sent 426 - ROBINSON'S HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY. home on a furlough. Several weeks later he reported for duty at Clarksburg, West Virginia, where he remained for a month. in charge of several: thousand horses and mules. He was mustered out of service July 30, 1865, at Clarksburg, West Virginia, transferred to Cincinnati and then proceeded to Camp Dennison, where he was paid off and finally discharged. He was a brave and loyal soldier and deserves the gratitude of his country for what he accomplished as one of the defenders of the Union. Soon after his return Mr. Linkhart learned coopering and for fifteen years was in the employ of the Miami Powder Company, most of the time in the coopering department, but some of the time in the powder department. He also engaged in paint. ing for that company for a time: On the 6th of March, 1870,. Mr. Linkhart married Bessie J. Clark, a native of Fairhaven, Connecticut, and a daughter of Thomas Clark, who was connected with the Miami Powder Company. He was an expert powder maker and was killed- at Newburg, now a part of Cleveland. Our subject and his wife were married in Cleveland and to them were' born four children,• but twin daughters died in infancy and Ira Fay died at the age of eighteen months, while Clara: G., the only surviving child, is the wife of Newton C. Ruetinger, of Chillicothe, Ohio, by whom she has one child, Clement H. After severing his ,connection with the powder company Mr. Linkhart removed to Xenia, and was employed as janitor of the courthouse, in which capacity he served for four years. In the meantime he was elected township clerk of Xenia township, and served in that capacity for three years. At the end of his service as janitor he was appointed deputy sheriff under James A. John son, which office he held for four years. He was elected sheriff , of Greene county in 1886, taking the oath: of office in January, 1887,. and vas re-elected in 1888, holding the office until January, 1891. He thus served for four years, when, according to the laws of Ohio, he was no longer eligible to re-election. He then lived retired for a time, but in 1892 was made the Republican :Candidate for mayor. Two. years later he was again nominated' but both times was defeated. In 1896, however, he was again nominated and this time was elected and so capably did he 'administer the affairs of the office that he has been continued in the position by re-election to the present time. Fraternally he is a member of Lewis Post, No. 347, G. A. R.; Xenia Lodge, No. 52,, I. O. O. F.; Elks Lodge, No.. 668; and he also belongs to the Trinity Methodist Episcopal church of Xenia: He was elected to the office of president of the Ohio League of Municipalities at Columbus, January 7, 1902, an organization formed to further the interests' of the cities and their officers. He is today as true to his duties of citizenship as when he wore the blue uniform of the country and fought. to protect the stars and stripes upon southern battlefields. The terms progress and patriotism might be termed the keynote of his character, for throughout his career he has labored for every public interest with. which he has been associated, and at all times has been actuated by a fidelity to his country and her welfare. SAMUEL W. COX. Samuel W. Cox, one of the older residents of Yellow Springs, was born in the township of Miami, in the first house that ROBINSON'S HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY - 427 was built within the limits of what is now known as the village of Yellow Springs. His natal day was December 5, 1833; and his parents were Samuel W. and Elizabeth (Jones) Cox. The latter's father, Dennis Jones, who was born in Wales, and emigrated to America, married in Loudoun county, Virginia, and came to Ohio at a very early day, locating in Clark county,. where he lived and died. the had followed merchandising in Virginia. The father of our subject was born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania. The parents were married in Georgetown, D. C., where two children were born unto' them. The father was a blacksmith by trade and followed that pursuit throughout his entire life. He was employed on the Chesapeake & Ohio canal during its construction and in 1827 he came to this state, spending his first winter in Clark county, later becoming a resident of Miami township, Greene county, his home. being near the springs from which the village received its name. His farm is now known as. the Kneff place. There Mr. Cox lived for seven years and on the expiration of that period he purchased a place near the village, upon which he remained until called to the home beyond, when he was seventy-seven years of age. At the time of the war of 1812 he joined the artily, but remained at the front only a short time. He served as postmaster of the village of Yellow Springs, under the administration of James K. Polk, for four years, and was a stanch advocate of the Democratic party and its principles. His wife survived him for twenty years, passing away about seven years ago. Both were consistent and faithful members of the Methodist church. and Mrs. Cox, the mother of our subject, was one of the twelve who organized the first Me thodist church in Yellow Springs. In their family were ten children, five of whom are yet living. Samuel W. Cox learned the blacksmith's, trade of his father, and followed that pursuit at Yellow Springs for forty-five years, when he retired. This in brief is the history of his business career and one must read between the lines in order to learn of the untiring activity, the good workmanship, his honesty in all trade relations and his at—faltering perseverance. All who knew him recognized these sterling traits in his business life and thereby lie won a liberal patronage and eventually secured a comfortable competence which now enables him to rest from further labor in his pleasant home in the village of Yellow Springs. He has been a prominent factor in public life here and for the past fifteen years has filled the position of treasurer of the village. He has also been a member of the school board and for seventeen years has been treasurer of Miami township. In matters of citizenship he has always been loyal and faithful and this has been manifest not only in public office, for at the time of the Civil War he joined the army for one hundred days' service as a member of Company A, One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Ohio Infantry, and on the expiration of that term he re-enlisted as a member of Company K, One -Hundred and Eighty-fourth Ohio Infantry, serving until the close of the war. .He participated in a number of battles and skirmishes and was at length discharged in Columbus, Ohio, holding the rank of sergeant at the time he was mustered out. Before he went to the war Mr. Cox was married. It was. on the 4th of December, 1855, that he was joined in wedlock to Mary J. Rice, a daughter of Edward and Alviza (Sparrow) Rice. By this union were born. 428 - ROBINSON'S HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY. four children, all of whom are deceased, Cora J. having Klied at the age of eleven months, Edward W. at the age of nineteen years, Mary F. when nineteen years of age, and Franklin R. in infancy. Mrs. Cox was horn in Maine, and in 1851 came with her parents to Ohio.. Her father was superintendent of the construction of Antioch College, and afterward became treasurer of the institution, continuing in that position for about three years. He then went to Oxford and built an addition to the college there. Throughout the greater part of his business career he was a carpenter and contractor, successfully carrying on the work which he had chosen as a life vocation. He died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Cox, when about eighty years of age, and his wife passed away about twenty-two years ago. Both held membership. in the Christian church and were people who enjoyed in a high measure the confidence and respect of their fellow men. Mr. and Mrs. Cox have long been members of the Methodist church, in which he has served as trustee for many years. They have a large circle of friends in Yellow Springs and throughout the surrounding country, and are highly esteemed by all with whom they have been brought in contact. Throughout his entire life Mr. Cox has resided in this locality and at all times his allegiance to public welfare has been a marked trait in his career. SAMUEL FRANKLIN WOODWARD. Samuel Franklin Woodward, of Osborn, is now living a retired life, although for many years he was identified with agricult ural pursuits. He was born in Crawford county, Pennsylvania, December 15, 1836, and is a son of John and Mary (Foster) Woodward. The family is of English lineage and the ancestry can be traced back to one of six brothers. Five of these brothers were over six feet in height and were in the King's Guard. The one who was under six feet came to America, settling in Massachusetts, and was the founder of the family in the United States. John Woodward. who was born in Massachusetts, removed to Vermont when a young man and there operated a farm until 1869, when he took Up his abode in Cortland county, New York. Seven years later he removed to Crawford county, Pennsylvania, settling in Spring township, where he purchased land and became a prominent, influential and well-to-do agriculturist. When be was a young man he served for one year with the Green Mountain boys in the Revolutionary war under that brave and intrepid officer, Colonel Ethan Allen. He married into the Washburn family, which is still one of the prominent and well known families of Vermont. To John Woodward and his wife was born a son named for his father, John. His birth occurred near Rochester, Vermont, in 1795, and he removed with 'his father to the Empire state when but fourteen years of age. After his parents removed to Pennsylvania he lived for a year in Geneseo county, New York, and then joined his father and mother in the Keystone state. Becoming a farmer there, he accumulated some money and became the possessor of one hundred and fifty acres of land. In politics he was a Republican from 1856, when that party was ,first organized, and held sev- ROBINSON'S HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY - 433 eral township offices, while his religious faith was with the New Light, or Christian, church. He remained upon a farm until he reached the age of four-score years, when he sold his property and for two years lived with his daughter in Winneshiek county, Iowa. He then spent nine years with his son, Samuel F. Woodward, and then went to live with another son at Girard, Erie county, Pennsylvania, where his death occurred February 24, 1889, his remains being interred in Spring township, Crawford county, Pennsylvania, where he had lived for so many years. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Mary Foster, and was born near Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1,794, there remaining until she was eight years of age, when she accompanied her parents to Crawford county, where she was married to John Woodward in 1819. She possessed great activity of both mind and body, and was particularly skillful in any kind of housewifely arts, including weaving. She possessed much natural skill as a mathematician and in her life displayed many graces of character and kindly acts which endeared her to all who knew her. She entered into eternal rest in 1856, at the age of sixty-two years. Her father, George Foster, wad born in the north of Ireland, of Scotch-Irish ancestry, was a farmer by occupation and was married near Belfast. Unto John Woodward and his wife were born six children, of whom Mrs. Mary J. Nicholson, the eldest, died in Hamilton county, Iowa ; Charlotte, who became Mrs. Huntley, died in Erie county, Pennsylvania; John, who was a liuetenant in the Pennsylvania militia, is now living in Erie county, that state; Caroline is the wife of H. P. Nicholson, a resident of Winneshiek county, Iowa; and George died in 1863, six months after his marriage. He had great talent as a portrait painter, and had he lived would doubtless have become famous in that line. His own portrait, painted by himself, now hangs in his brother's residence in Osborn as an evidence of his remarkable talent. Samuel Franklin Woodward was the fifth of the family in order of birth. He received a common-school education, and displayed more than the ordinary talent for learning. He seemed to have inherited his mother's- mathematical ability and at the age of nineteen he began teaching in his own township. In the summer months he attended Kingsville Academy in Ashtabula county, Ohio, and was graduated from that institution in the class of 1853. While in school he never had but one fellow pupil who was his equal in mathematics, and he earned much of his tuition money by acting as teacher "of mathematics and surveying. In 1853 he filled the chair of mathematics in his alma mater for four and one-half months during the absence of the regular professor, and he is still one of the best mathematicians in the county. Among his fellow students in college were J. C. Burrows, who is. now representing the state of Michigan in the United States senate; J. B. Burrows, now a lawyer of Painesville, Ohio; also S. W. and A. W. Chapman, E. H. Gilkey and many other prominent men who have attained eminence in national fame. In 1854 Mr. Woodward started westward, journeying by way of the canal to the Ohio river, thence proceeding down the latter river by steamer to Maysville, Kentucky. He had intended stopping at that place and 434 - ROBINSON'S HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY. teaching, but was dissatisfied and soon afterward made his way to Iowa, where he remained two months. During that time he invested some money in real estate, buying government land in Black Hawk county. Two or three years later he purchased more land lying in Webster county, Iowa, and at one time he owned over four hundred acres, but has since disposed of all of it. After two months spent in Iowa Mr. Woodward returned to Pennsylvania and in August, 1854, went to Montgomery county, Ohio, on the opposite side of Mad river from Osborn, in this county. There he began teaching, remaining in Montgomery county until 1859, when he located in Osborn, where he followed educational work until 1860. On the expiration of that period he became principal of the school at Fairfield. In 1862 Mr. Woodward began dealing in fruit trees and successfully followed that business for twelve years. During the first five years lie traveled with his men and always came in at the end of the week with the largest sales. His motto was : "One thing at a time and that well done." He was very successful, and by honest dealing made an excellent reputation for himself and the firm. In one clay he delivered seventy-three thousand dollars' worth of goods and received sixty-five hundred dollars and twenty-three cents, in cash. He has done from twenty to sixty thousand dollars' worth of business in one year. In 1874, feeling that the oversight of so large a business was too severe a strain, he retired and invested his money in real estate. On the 1st of April. 1875, he broke ground for his large fine brick home, which is of modern architectural design. He oversaw the erection of this building and on the 24th of November he moved into the house, which is one of the finest in this section of the county, costing about ten thousand dollars. It is surrounded by a beautiful and well kept lawn,' and the house in the interior is designed in white walnut. He also has a very select library of many choice volumes. On the l0th of November, 1856, Mr. Woodward was united in marriage to Mary C. Sloan, a native of Wayne township, Montgomery county, Ohio. She was born in Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, July 3, 1833, and was only a year old when her parents came to Ohio, the journey being made in a one-horse covered wagon. .Mrs. Woodward received a good education, and at the age of eighteen years began teaching, but, not finding the work congenial, she discontinued it after nine months. She was a daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth (Crook) Sloan. Her father was born in Lebanon county, Pennsylvania, in that part which was afterward cut off to form Dauphin county. He was a son of John Sloan, a native of that county, of Scotch-Irish descent. In 1833 he came to Wayne township, Montgomery county. Alexander Sloan followed his father's occupation farming,—but being a natural mechanic, able to make anything Out of wood, he became a fine cabinet-maker, and also did the carpenter work upon his farm at Jersey Shore, Lycoming county, Pennsylvania. In 1834 he also came to Ohio, locating near his father, where he continued agricultural pursuits for a number of years and then turned his attention to loaning money. Elizabeth Crook, his wife, was born in Somersetshire, England, and came to America when four years of age. She was the mother of seven children, five of whom are now living : ROBINSON'S HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY - 435. James S., who resides upon the old homestead farm in Wayne township, Montgomery county ; Elizabeth S., who resides with our subject; Lucinda R., now Mrs. Powell, of Champaign .county, Ohio; and William H., who is a farmer of the same county. Mrs. Woodward has always manifested considerable poetic ability and talent, but she never devoted her time to literary work until 1880' since which time she has given much attention to the writing of poetry. She has published a book of miscellaneous poems entitled, "Roses and Thorns," and has another book almost ready for publication, called "Darkness and Dawn.'' She writes upon local and national themes and many of her poems have elicited the .highest commendation from capable critics. She has a broad mind and deep sympathy added to her artistic temperament, and her literary work’s of a very high character. We take pleasure in publishing at the end of this review one of her poems that gives a. glimpse of the old educational institution of learning of the pioneer days, and thus possesses .historic value. The reader will see that the merit of the poem is so great that no "apologies" should be made to Woodworth for its. copying his metre.. It is the equal of "The Old Oaken Bucket" in pathetic description, and will carry the memory of all of our older readers back to the clays when they went to the "deestrick" school in the log house of the early days, with its hewed log benches, succeeded later by rough lumber benches. Mrs. Woodward was a "scholar" in the log schoolhouse she so fittingly describes, and the Rev. D. Berger, of Dayton, Ohio, was there one of her teachers. In his political views Mr. Woodward is a Republican, having supported the party since its organization. Prior to that time he was a member of the Free Soil party. For five years he served on the Republican central committee' and at various times has been a delegate to the county and state conventions. He was also a member of the first school board of Osborn, and for twenty consecutive years filled that position with the exception of a brief period of two years. He Was also clerk of the board at the time of the building of the schoolhouse. He served as a member of the first town council of Osborn and continued in that position for fifteen years. In 1890 he was. a member of the state board of equalization. He has always been very active in politics but of late years has largely left political .work to younger men. Mr. Woodward is a Rationalist, while his wife is a Spiritualist. He is a Mason, having attained the Royal Arch degree, while with the lodge. at New Carlisle he is connected. He has been three times a delegate to the grand lodge and is also a member of the Knights of Pythias fraternity of Osborn. Mr. Woodward may-well be .called a self-made man, as his advancement in life has come as the direct result of his earnest and capable efforts, his judicious management and careful investments. He stands to-day a. strong man; strong in his individuality ; strong in purpose and in his good name; and his wide acquaintance in Greene county has gained for him many friends who hold him in the highest regard for his many excellencies of character. The following is the poem written by Mrs. Woodworth: 436 - ROBINSON'S HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY. THE OLD LOG SCHOOLHOUSE. (With a mental apology to the spirit of Samuel Woodworth). How oft' like a dream of the golden-hued morning, The visions of childhood rise up to my view, And backward I hie me to youth's radiant morning, When life was all brightness and skies were all blue; The sweetest and dearest of all youthful pleasures, With fondness and love I remember them still, Came to my young life when I carried my treasures— My books—to the schoolhouse on top of the hill. The dear old log schoolhouse, The time-honored schoolhouse, The schoolhouse that stood on the top of the hill. I loved the old schoolhouse, though woodsy and homely, With long high-backed desks standing back ‘gainst the wall, With little high windows to let in the sunlight, And long, narrow benches with no backs at all. The tall spreading trees, which were scatered around it, Their tops stretching skyward, I gaze on them still, And many the pleasures we gleaned from the streamlet- The streamlet that ran by the foot of the hill. The beautiful streamlet, The clear limpid streamlet, The streamlet that ran by the foot of the hill. When lessons were ended, and lunch we had taken, We'd play base and blackman, and have rarest fun ; Or, gather in groups, and tell stories and riddles, And swift flew the moments till school hours begun. Blest years of my childhood ! 0, halcyon school days, Though long years have flown, how I cherish you still ; The fondest and sweetest of memory's pleasures, Cling round the old schoolhouse on top of the hill. The dear old log schoolhouse, The time-honored schoolhouse, The schoolhouse that stood on the top of the hill. The old *pig-pen tree, how we loved to explore it, And wonder how long since its life first begun ; How long since its branches first swayed in the breezes, And lifted its head to the life-giving sun. Though life has been checkered by many a sorrow, Fond mem'ry turns back to the old places still, Though gone the old land-marks, I fondly remember The clear old log schoolhouse on top of the hill. The time-honored schoolhouse, The dear old log schoolhouse, The schoolhoue that stood on the top of the hill. The old spelling matches. 0 how we enjoyed them, 'Twas Anna and David, and Mary and John Were always first chosen ; we vied with each other, And great was the generous rivalry shown. ROBINSON'S HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY - 437 Our spelling quartet has been scattered and broken, And one has passed on, but we think of him still ; We greet him no longer—his form lies enshrouded Far, far from the schoolhouse on top of the hill. The clear old log schoolhouse, The time-honored schoolhouse, The schoolhouse that stood on the top of the hill. My teachers in mem'ry all rise up before me, I look in their faces—their voices I hear; Their kind commendations when lessons were perfect, Their generous praise which to each was so dear. They all have passed on, and their mem'ry I cherish, The old house is gone, yet I gaze on it still, Like all mundane things, it was destined to perish, The dear old log schoolhouse on top of hill. The time-honored schoolhouse, The dear old log schoolhouse, That stood all alone on the top of the hill. *An immense hollow tree in which pigs slept. MARY C. SLOAN WOODWARD. Osborn, Ohio, June 5, 1902. DAVID B. WATT. The occupation to which he was reared David B. Watt has made his life work, for he is still following farming and stock-raising in Xenia township, owning a valuable tract of land. of one hundred and fifty acres on the Jamestown pike, the rich fields, highly cultivated, bringing to him a good return for his labor. Mr. Watt was born in this township, February 21, 1855, and is of Scotch descent. His parents, William and Sarah G. (Carruthers) Watt, were both natives of Scotland, and the former having spent the days of his boyhood and youth in his native land, came to the United States when twenty-one years of age, spending a short time in New York city, where he worked at the carpenter's trade, which' he had learned in the land of his birth. Continuing his westward journey, he established his home in Bainbridge, Ohio, where he followed carpentering and building until. 1849, when he came to Greene county, and turned his attention to agricultural pursuits in Xenia township. He purchased the farm of one hundred acres upon which our subject was born, and to that property he added from time to time. After some years he removed to Cedarville township, where he bought a tract of land upon which he remained for twenty-three years, when he retired from active business life and removed to Xenia, there to spend his remaining days in the enjoyment of a well earned rest. He took up his abode there about 1884 and his death there occurred on the 6th of June, 1894, when he was seventy-nine years of age. Throughout the greater part of his active business life he had followed general farming and stock-raising and had prospered in his undertakings. Truly a self-made man, he came to this country with nothing but the tools which enabled him, to work at carpentering, and as the years passed his industry and enterprise brought to him a very gratifying competence.. A Republican 438 - ROBINSON'S HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY. in politics, he took a deep interest in the growth and success of his party, doing all in his power to promote its advancement. About 1874 he was elected and served as county commissioner, In early life he was identified with: the Whig party. Long a consistent Christian, holding membership in the Presbyterian church, for many years he served as one of its elders. He was laid to rest, in Woodland cemetery, at Xenia, and his wife, surviving him about two years, passed away June 9, 1896, and was then laid by his side. She was in her, seventy-ninth year at the time of her death. Before her marriage she was a member of the United Presbyterian church, but afterward placed her membership in the church to which her husband belonged. She was always active and interested in church work and her services in that regard were very valuable. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Watt were born ten children: Mary E., now the wife of D. H. Cherry, a resident farmer of Xenia township; Sarah J., the wife of Warren Johnson, of Wichita, Kansas, where he is engaged in the raising of fruit and vegetables; Margaret E., who died at the age of eighteen years; James B., who is engaged in the wholesale clothing business in Chicago; John C., a; minister of the Presbyterian church,, of Columbus, Ohio; Agnes G., the wife of R. E. Nash; David B., of this review; Robert C., who is a farmer and stock-raiser living near Cedarville, in Cedarville township; Emily H., who died at the age of four years; and Rosetta, who died at the age of eighteen months. David B. Watt spent the first ten years of his life upon the home farm in Xenia township and then went with his parents to Cedarville township, where he remained for fourteen years, removing thence to his pres ent farm on the Jamestown pike, in his native township. While under the 'parental roof he had received ample training in the work of the farm, early becoming familiar with the labors of field and meadow and the best methods of caring for stock. In the public schools he had acquired a good English education and was thus well equipped for the practical duties of business life when he started out on his own account. In 1880 Mr. Watt was united in marriage to Miss Annie Fleming, who was born in Franklin, Ohio, and removed to this county when about six years .of age. Her parents were Joseph B. and Margaret (Bosserman) Fleming. Her father was born in Pennsylvania and was a tinner by trade, following that pursuit throughout the greater part of his active business life. He was also interested in the canning factory in Xenia. He is still residing in Xenia and is now connected with: the Baldner Motor Company. The mother of Mrs. Watt is still living as is, her grandmother. Unto our subject and his wife have been born three children: William F., who is engaged in farming with his father; Robert Bigger and Jennie May. The parents are members of the Presbyterian church and are widely and favorably known in this !Community. Throughout their, married life they have resided upon their present farm which Mr. 'Watt purchased in the spring of 1-880. Here he has one hundred and fifty acres of rich land and in the conduct of general farming and stock-raising he is meeting with creditable success. He has for twenty-five years made a specialty of raising Cotswold Sheep, being the first to introduce the variety in this section of': the state, and he usually keeps a number of imported sheep at the head of his flock. He has taken many premiums at the county ROBINSON'S HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY - 439 as well as the state fairs. In politics he is an active Republican, but is not an aspirant for office. F. M. KENT, M. D. The state of Ohio with its pulsing industrial activities and rapid development has within its confines many men of marked ability and high character in the various professional lines. He whose name initiates this review has gained recognition as one of the able and successful physicians of Greene county, and by his labors, his high professional attainments and his sterling characteristics has justified the respect and confidence in Which he is held by the medical fraternity and the local public. He makes his home in Spring Valley, but was born in Bellbrook, Greene county, August 31, 1864, his parents being George W. and Mary (Snodgrass) Kent. The father, who was probably born in, Montgomery county, this state, was a tailor in early life and later purchased a small tract of land near Bellbrook, whereon he spent the greater part of his life, but his last days were passed in Spring Valley, where he died, when about seventy-three years of age. His widow is still living there. In their family were four children, of whom the Doctor is the youngest, the .others being E. M., a grocer of Spring Valley; E. S., who is engaged in conducting a men's furnishing store in Dayton; Ida, the wife of Dr. W. H. Finley, of Xenia. The Doctor spent his early life upon his father's farm at Bellbrook, where he continued until 1883. His early education, obtained in the district schools, was supplemented by study in the Normal School at Lebanon and at Yellow Springs, and when nineteen years of age he began teaching, following that profession in Spring Valley and in Sugarcreek township for four years. He began preparation for the practice of medicine as a student in the office of Dr. Finley of Spring Valley, and in 1887 matriculated in the Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati, in which he was graduated in 1889. He began practice in Lowell, Ohio, where he re-. mained for a year and a half, and had a good patronage from the beginning, but seeking a broader field of labor he came to Spring Valley and has here practiced with success, owing to his ability and 'close attention to his professional duties. The Doctor was married at the home of the bride in Mechanicsburg, Ohio, June 3, 1891, to Miss Martha Graham, a daughter of the Rev. T. B. and Abigail (Taylor) Graham. She is a lady of superior culture and knowledge, who was educated in the common schools and at 'Adrian, Michigan, and afterward engaged in teaching school for several years. She was teaching in Bell-brook when she became acquainted with the Doctor. Her parents still reside at Rich-wood, Ohio. The Doctor and Mrs. Kent have three children, Kathleen, George Graham and Thomas Marion, all born in Spring Valley. Dr. Kent votes with the Democracy and in 1893 was appointed a pension examiner and served for five years. He is a member of Spring Valley Lodge, No. 302, I. 0. 0. F., is its examiner, and in the present year, 1902, he became a member of Xenia Lodge, No. 668, B. P. 0. E. In the line of his profession he is connected with the Greene County Medical Society and with the State and National Medical Societies and by the interchange of thought which forms a feature of those organizations he keeps in touch 440 - ROBINSON'S HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY. with the progress which is continually carrying the science of medicine toward perfec- tion. His life is a. busy one, so frequent are the demands made upon his professional skill, and it is therefore well that he takes a deep and abiding interest in his work, in which he has attained a high degree of proficiency. MATHEW C. ALEXANDER. Mathew C. Alexander, who is a representative of the farming interests of Greene county, was born in Xenia township, January 3, 1825, and is still living within its borders. His parents were John and Rebecca (Hook) Alexander. The father was born near Wheeling, West Virginia, and the mother was a native of the Old Dominion. The former came to Greene county with his parents, Mathew and Isabella (Kendall) Alexander. The family has ever been noted for loyalty, in citizenship, a characteristic that has been manifested by valiant military service. The grandfather of out subject had two brothers who laid down their lives on the altar of their country at the battle of Brandywine in the Revolutionary war. John Alexander offered his services to the government in the war of 1812. After coming to this country he was married to Rebecca Hook and they took up their abode upon a farm, the cultivation of which claimed his attention throughout the years of his business career. He was industrious, energetic and reliable, and all who knew him entertained for him respect and confidence. His political support w as given the Democracy, and both he and his wife were valued and consistent members of the United Presbyterian church. His death occurred in 1865, and Mrs. Alexander survived for only about a year, passing away in 1866, at which time her remains were interred by those of her husband's, in the Xenia cemetery. They were the parents of eight children, of whom Mathew Clark is the eldest, the others being : Mary L., the widow of Simpson Drake, and a resident of California; James H., who is living in Buchanan county, Iowa ; John, deceased ; Isabella, who is living with our subject; George, who has passed away ; Charles G., who died of typhoid fever in the army while serving as a member of Company D, Seventy-fourth Ohio Infantry ; and Josephine, who lives with her brother, Mathew. In the common schools near his home Mathew Clark Alexander pursuel his education, becoming familiar with the branches of learning which fit one for life's practical duties. He also received ample training in farm labor, early becoming familiar with the duties of the field and meadow, and he and his two sisters reside upon a part of the old homestead, where he operates two hundred and thirty-three acres of land in the eastern part of Xenia township. He has placed his farm under a high state of cultivation, devoting his energies to the raising of crops best adapted to this climate, and also to stock-raising, making a specialty of Shorthorn cattle and Poland-China hogs His business is well conducted and his careful supervision and capable management have brought to him success in his undertakings. He represents a worthy family that from pioneer days has been actively and honorably identified with the history of Greene county. ROBINSON'S HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY - 443 JAMES H. DAUGHERTY. Carlyle has said that "biography is the most interesting as well as the most profitable of all reading." It serves the two-fold purpose of honoring the living and perpetuating the memory of those who have at one time occupied a position of prominence and distinction in any of the avenues of life which contribute to the world's progress. James H. Daugherty was for some years an active factor in business circles in Greene county and his efforts were so discerningly directed that he won creditable success; while his uniform honesty and reliability gained. for him an honored name. A native of Greene county, he was born near Spring Valley, on the 14th of January, 1827, his parents being Michael and Lucinda (McReynolds) Daugherty. Being identified with mercantile interests he carried on a general store at Spring Valley in connection with his father for several years: After selling his interest in that enterprise he built a mill for the manufacture of linseed oil about two miles from Spring .Valley. There he carried on an extensive and successful business, giving. employment to a large force of operatives. He remained there until his. retirement from active business life, in 1880, at which; time he removed to Xenia, where his remaining days were passed. He had conducted all his business affairs with keen discernment and unfaltering honesty and his. capable management and unflagging industry brought to him very creditable and de-. sirable success. He became one of the pros. perous residents of the. county and the last six years of his life were spent .in the enjoyment of the fruits of his former toil. Mr.. Daugherty was twice married. He first wedded Miss Pamelia Goe, and unto them was born a son, Charles M. Later our subject was joined in wedlock to Miss Cynthia Compton, a daughter of Henry Compton, who was a native of North Carolina, but had been brought to Greene county when eight years of age. The second marriage of Mr. Daugherty was Celebrated on the 15th of August, 186o, and . was blessed with two children, but Ella E. died at the age of eight months, 'while Rosa D. became the wife of F. N. Shaffer. Mr. Daugherty died in August, 1886. In his death Xenia lost one of its worthy citizens, for he was a man of sterling worth, possessed of characteristics that endeared him to many friends. His life was at all times guided by principles of an up-right manhood, by reliability in business, by fidelity to every trust reposed in him, and when death came he left behind him an untarnished record. FRANK NEWTON SHAFFER. The life span of Frank N. Shaffer covered but thirty-five years, yet within that time he attained an enviable reputation at the bar and developed a character of upright manhood that endeared him to all with whom he was associated and made his death one deeply regretted throughout the entire community as well as in his own household. Mr. Shaffer was born in Xenia, on the 3d of September, 1865, and was a son of the Rev. J. F. Shaffer. He was reared amid the refining influences of a good Christian home and his boyhood's training left its impress upon his life. He acquired his literary education in the public schools of Xenia and Wittenberg College, of Springfield, Ohio, in which he was graduated on the completion of the regular course with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. For one year thereafter he engaged in :teaching school in Missouri, but with a desire to become a member of the 444 - ROBINSON'S HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY. legal profession he entered the law department of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, and after completing his studies there was admitted to the bar of Ohio in June, 1888, upon passing a successful examination. He located for practice in Xenia, and here in his native city Mr. Shaffer soon won a good clientage. He possessed strong mentality, keen analytical power, was logical in argument, forceful in his presentation of. a case and won a position of. distinction. at the bar. On the 25th of September, 2888, Mr. Shaffer was united in marriage to Miss Rosa D. Daugherty, a daughter of James H. and Cynthia (Compton) Daugherty. They became the parents of one daughter, Louisa B., a 'bright little girl, whose birth occurred January 5, 1895. It. was .on the 17th of September, 1900, that Mr. Shaffer was called to .his final 'rest and the community mourned the loss of one of its valued and representative men. He was popular in social circles because of his unfailing courtesy, his deference to the opinions of others and his deep :and never failing interest in his fellow man. He was always found on the side of progress and improvement and was a member of the Presbyterian church, in which he served as deacon. Faultless in honor, fearless in conduct and stainless. in reputation, he will long be remembered by those who knew him as man of genuine. Worth, deserving of the highest regard. LEWIS A. KEMP. Lewis A, Kemp is. enjoying a well earned rest after years of active labor in the fields. He is an honored retired 'farmer liv ing in Bellbrook where he has many warm friends who esteem him highly for his genuine worth. He was born on a farm two miles east of Dayton, Ohio, in Montgomery county, July 30, 1825, and is a son of Isaac and Margaret (Herring) Kemp. The fa-the was born in Frederick county, Maryland, about 1786, and the mother's birth occurred near Basil, Switzerland, about 1798. When three years of age she was brought to America, the family locating in Frederick county, Maryland. Her father was quite unfortunate in that he had his barn destroyed by lightning and seven years later he had another barn burned in the same way. He also experienced difficulty in obtaining- possession of property because of a law which forbade a foreigner to hold land. Therefore he left the south and made his way to Greene county, Ohio, about 1805. Here he purchased a section of land on Beaver creek. The same year Ludwig Kemp, the paternal grandfather of our subject, arrived in Ohio and purchased a tract of land near Dayton, to which he removed his family in the spring of 1806. Isaac Kemp was then not quite twenty-one years of age. He remained in Ohio until the following autumn, when he returned to Maryland in order to attend sdhool there. Later he engaged in teaching and during the war of 1812 he was in Maryland at the time two drafts were made, but was not physically able for service. About 1813 he returned to Ohio and entered into partnership with his father in the distillery business. In 1823 he was married on the Herring farm, in Beavercreek township, to Margaret Herring, whose father gave him sixty acres of land near Dayton, and upon that tract he built a hewed log house, making it his ROBINSON'S HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY - 445 home throughout life. Later, however, the house was 'covered with weather-boarding, and otherwise modernized. Five children were born unto Mr. and Mrs. Kemp, but only -three reached mature years, including Lewis A. and his twin brother, Jacob. H., who for a few years engaged in the grocery business in Dayton, and later became a farmer of Beavercreek township, Greene coun ty. He married Ellen LaFong, who is still living in Beavercreek, but the brother of our subject' died in January, 1900, leaping three .children. The other brother, John D. Kemp, became a practicing physician after graduating from the Baltimore University. He taught school. in order to earn the money that enabled him to complete his college course together with that furnished him by the subject of this review. He married Harriet Holdeman at Emporia, Kansas, having known her, however, in Montgomery county, Ohio. Establishing an office in Dayton, he there successfully practiced until April 17, 1884, when he departed this life, leaving one child. While practicing in Vandalia, he was elected to the lower house of the state legislature by the Democratic party, serving for two terms, covering four years. He was then elected. to the state senate to represent Preble and Montgomery counties and was an active and valued member of the assembly, leaving the impress of his individuality upon the legislation enacted during his service. He was also a director of the Southern Asylum at Dayton,. filling that position at the time of his death, which resulted from an injury caused by his horse running away. He was then about fifty-four years of age, having been born in 1830. Thus it is that Lewis A. Kemp is the only surviving member of the family. He is well known, not only in Bellbrook, but throughout Montgomery and Greene counties, where he has a large circle of friends. During his boyhood Mr. Kemp remained upon the home farm attended the county .schools and there studied surveying. He afterward engaged in teaching and later was for some time a student in the schools of Dayton. He afterward resumed his work as an educator and followed the profession altogether for about twelve years, beginning when he was twenty-one years of age. At length, however, he turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, operating his father's farm, and through a. long period he successfully carried on business along that line. When he had acquired a considerable competence he resolved to enjoy a good rest from labor, and well does he merit this retirement, for in former years his career was one of unflagging industry, enterprise and unfaltering honesty. On the 24th of March, 1839, in Montgomery county, Lewis A. Kemp was married to Hester Ann, Taylor, whose birth occurred on the farm where their marriage was celebrated. They remained in Montgomery county until 1873 when Mr. Kemp came with his family to Greene county, having purchased two hundred and four acres of land near Bellbrook. He also, however, retains possession of one hundred and twenty-four acres in Montgomery ,county. Six children have been born to this marriage: .Stephen A., who resides near Emporia, Kansas, where he is engaged in cattle raising, was married in that state to. Mrs. Ida Stanford. John died at the age of three years. . Josephine is the wife of W. E. Strain, of Greenville, Ohio, and has two sons. Lewis Augustus engaged in the 446 - ROBINSON'S HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY. cattle business at Emporia, Kansas. Addie is the wife of Walter Weller, of Montgomery county, and has one daughter. Horace S., who is operating his father's farm in Greene county, was married near Emporia, Kansas, to Ida David, and has two children. The wife and mother was called to her final rest in September, 1890, at the age of fifty-seven years and eleven months and was laid to rest in Bellbrook cemetery. On the 15th of June, 1896, Mr. Kemp was again married, his second union being with Mrs. Mary E.. Harris, nee Brown, of Bellbrook. She was born in Sugarcreek township, a daughter of George and Matilda (Peoples)Brown. She was .first married March 14, 1874, to Clinton Harris and they had three sons, Claude, of Sugarcreek township; James Leroy, also of the same township, who married 'Catherine Avey and has one child; and George E., who .married Ethel Vaughan and lives in Dayton. Since casting his first presidential vote for Cass in 1848, Mr. Kemp has been a stanch Democrat. He was appointed to serve for three.years as school commissioner of Montgomery county. The probate judge wished to re-appoint him but sent him word that he would not give the office to a Vallandirigham man, whereupon Mr. Kemp returned the message that he was for Vallandingham, and therefore did not get the office, but the had the satisfaction of knowing that he had stood firmly by his belief. He served for two terms as township trustee and one year as assessor of Mad River township. He has been a member of the school board for fourteen years, was township clerk of Mad River township, filling the office at the time he removed to Greene county. For eighteen years he has been a member of the school board of Bellbrook. C. H. KYLE. Professional advancement in the law is proverbially slow. The first element of success is, perhaps, a persistency of purpose and effort as enduring as the force of gravity. But, as in any other calling, aptitude, character and individuality are the qualities which differentiate the usual from the unusual; the vocation from the career of the lawyer. Possessing all the essential characteristics of the successful lawyer, C. H. Kyle has advanced to a prominent position in the legal fraternity of Greene county. He makes his home in Xenia and is numbered among Ohio's native sons, for his birth occurred in Cedarville, Greene county, April .36, 1858, his parents being James and Maria J. (Tarbox) Kyle; the former a native of the Buckeye state, and the latter of Maine. Judge Samuel Kyle, the grandfather of our subject, came to Ohio in 1804 and located in what is now Cedarville township, Greene county, removing to this state- from Kentucky. He was one of the most extensive and prominent farmers of this section of the state, owning and '.operating twelve hundred acres of land. He was also a surveyor in the early days and was actively connected with surveying the county, his efforts contributing in no small degree to the progress and improvement of the community. In public affairs he was most faithful, reliable and 'capable, as is indicated by thirty-five years' service as associate judge. He left the impress of his- individuality upon the judicial history as well as upon the improvement of the county along Material lines and passed away at the age of seventy-eight years. James Kyle, the father of our subject, ROBINSON'S HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY - 447 followed farming throughout his entire life, being for many years a representative of agricultural interests in Cedarville township, but later he retired, living in Xenia in the enjoyment of the fruits of his farm labor. He died September 4' .1897, aged seventy-seven years. His, wife died in 1860. He had three children : Dr. J. M. Kyle, Presbyterian missionary of Brazil, 'South America; Mary Ellen, who died in 1865 at the age of seven years; and C. H., the subject of this review. C. H. Kyle pursued the greater part of his .education in the schools of Cedarville, but afterward entered Wooster University, at Wooster, Ohio, an institution under the care of the Presbyterian church. He there pursued a classical course and won the degree of Master of Arts in 1879. After his graduation he began the study of law in th.e office of Judge Munger, of Xenia, who directed his reading for two years, and on the expiration of that 'period he became a member of the senior class of the Cincinnati Law School, in which he was graduated in 1882 with the degree of LL.B. When he completed his law course and had. ben admitted to the bar he came to Xenia in 1883, and for almost twenty years has been a practitioner at the bar of Greene county. He is actively connected with a profession which has important hearing upon the progress and stable prosperity of any section or community, and one which has long been considered as conserving the public welfare by furthering the ends of justice and maintaining individual rights. His reputation as a lawyer has been won through earnest, honest labor, and his standing at the bar is a merited tribute to his ability. On the 9th of August, 1886, Mr. Kyle was married to Emma. J. McMillan, of Xenia, a daughter of James and C. Mary McMillan, the former a retired merchant of this city. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Kyle has been blessed with three children, as follows : James Porter, Mary Olive, and Ruth McMillan, all attending the public .schools of Xenia. The parents hold membership in the Third United Presbyterian 'church, of which Mr. Kyle is one of the trustees. For a number of years he has also been a member of the 'board of the .Young Men's Christian Association. He is one of the board of directors and the attorney for the Citizens' National .Bank of Xenia. His clientage has become of a distinctively representative character and claims 'his entire attention, and in the legal profession, he has advanced to a position prominent among the most skillful lawyers in his district. JOHN R. RIDENOUR. In an analyzation of the life, the work and the character of John R. Ridenour it is evident that undaunted enterprise, indomitable purpose and resolute principles have ever been potent elements in his career and have been the means of advancing him to a prominent position in the county in which he makes his home. He is now serving as postmaster of Alpha and the.r e. conducts a grocery store, being a well known factor in mercantile interests, of that place. Mr. Ridenour was born in Beavercreek township, July 20, 1835, and is a son of Henry and Mary Ann (Hyland) Ridenour. His father was born in Martinsburg, Berkeley county, West Virginia, in November, 1804, and the mother was born in Washington county, Maryland, near Hagerstown. 448 - ROBINSON'S HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY. Henry Ridenour came. to Ohio in the year 1828, at which time he located in Seneca county, where he engaged in farming. After two years, however, he returned to Maryland and was there married in March, 1830. Immediately afterward he brought his bride to Ohio and this time settled in Knox count. ty, but in the spring of 1833 he removed to Greene county, taking up his 'abode near where the village of Alpha now stands. Here he engaged in the operation of rented land until 1855, when with the capital he had act quired through his own efforts, he purchased sixty-five acres of land. To this he afterward added and at the time of his death was the owner of a good farm of ninety-five acres. He gave his political support to the Democratic principles as advocated by Jackson until 1856, when he espoused the cause of the new. Republican party and was one of its stanch adherents throughout his remaining days. His death occurred December 8, 1880, and his wife' who was a Member of the. Methodist. Episcopal church, died March 1, 1876, their remains being interred in Beaver cemetery. In their family were three sons and two daughters : Anna P.; a resident of Xenia; John R., of this re view; Upton H., who was killed in a runaway accident in December, .1862; Thomas Jefferson, of Osborn, this county; and Mary E., who is living in Xenia. After acquiring a common school education, John R. Ridenour devoted his entire time to farm work until he entered the army. He attempted to enlist in 1862 but did not pass muster and it was not until the 2d of May, 1864, that lie was received as one of the defenders of the Union in the field of battle. In June' 1863, he had become a member of the National Guard in the township and was mustered in at Camp Dennison in the following. May as second sergeant of Company D, One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Ohio Infantry. The regiment: participated in the battle of New Creek and was engaged in scouting and guard duty. In September, 1864, Mr. Ridenour was mustered out and returned home, resuming the quiet pursuits of the farm, where he remained for a year and a half. After his marriage he then purchased property near the fair grounds, at Xenia, continuing to engage in the tilling of the soil there until 1886, when he sold that farm and bought land in the western part of Beavercreek township, making his home at that place for three and one-half years. On the expiration of that period he carne to Alpha and in September, 1889, began the erection .of the building which he now occupies as a. store and postoffice. On the 30th of September, 1874, Mr. Ridenour was wedded to .Miss Sarah J. Prugh, of Montgomery county, Ohio. She is a member of the Methodist Protestant church and is a most estimable lady. Mr. Ridenour belongs to the Grand Army Post, to the Old Guard of Dayton, and is identified With the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In politics he has been a stalwart Republican. He became a resident of Alpha in September, 1889, and the following November was appointed by Benjamin Harrison as postmaster, serving continuously until Cleveland's administration. During the McKinley administration, Frank Merrick was appointed to the position, but on count of the criticisms which his administration invoked, lie was removed and Mr: Ridenour was again appointed and has served continuously since September, 1898. In 1871 he was elected justice of the peace and for three terms filled that position. He ROBINSON'S HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY - 449 also filled out an unexpired term as township clerk, while for one term he was township trustee. In public office he has ever been. found faithful, capable and trustworthy. He is public-spirited in an eminent degree. National progress and local advancement are causes both clear to his heart. Kindness, amiability and courtesy not only characterize his social relations but are a marked factor in his business life. WILLIAM V. RHOADES. William Vinicum Rhoades was born November 10, 1811, in Burlington county, New Jersey, and was a grandson of John Rhoades, a native of England, who, on crossing the Atlantic to America, took up his abode in New Jersey.. He had a family of three sons, James, Stephen and John, and two daughters, one of whom became the wife of Charles Parker, of South .Amboy, New Jersey, and their son, Joel Parker, was one of the governors; of that state. The other daughter married William Vinicum, an attorney, for whom William Vinicum Rhoades was named. Stephen Rhoades married Elizabeth Cooper, who was of Holland lineage, and their children were Isaac, William V., Jacob, Martha., Abigail, Elizabeth, Lavisa and Margaret. In the fall of 1816, Stephen started with his family from New Jersey to Ohio, making the journey by wag-on to Pittsburg. At that point their goods were transferred to a boat bound for Cincinnati, while the horses were driven overland to the same place. Later they removed to Warren county, Ohio, where at the age of fourteen years, William V. Rhoades began to learn the trade of wagon and plow, making under the direction of Joseph Giffins, at Ridgeville, completing a three years' apprenticeship there. He afterward worked for three years for Isaac Dunwiddie at Centerville, and then came to Xenia, where he entered the employ of Robinson & Lucas. Soon after, however, he. began business on his own account on West Water street in a building- a little west of Galloway street, and almost opposite the Barr property. On the 22nd of January, 1833, William V. Rhoades was united in marriage to Elizabeth Gowdy, a daughter of Robert and Nancy Gowdy, the wedding being celebrated at the home of the bride at the corner of Detroit and Water streets, the officiating minister being the Rev. John Steel; of the Associate Reformed church, and they were attended by Alexander Zimmerman and Martha Gowdy. Their first home was a little frame house which stood about a block east of Detroit street., on Main street, where William Horner's grocery is now located. With the exception of a. few years spent in St. Paris, Champaign county, they lived all their married life in Xenia.. Eleven children were born unto them, of whom two died in infancy. Elizabeth Ariminta was born July 8, 1834, and was married December 4, 1861, to Fred E. Hubbard, removing to Delaware county, Ohio. Robert Gowdy was born March. 6, 1837, and was married to Sarah Abigail Roberts, September 17, 1867, their home being now in St. Paul, Minnesota. Mary McBride, born September 3, 1839, became the wife of David Sherman, November 8, 1876, and they now reside in Xenia. James Marion was born February I, 1841' and at the outbreak of the Civil war he enlisted in Company F, Thirty-fourth Regiment of Ohio Volunteers, known as Piatt's First Zouaves. He died in the hospital at