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BIOGRAPHICAL PICTURE OF HON. RUPERT BEETHAM HON. RUPERT BEETHAM, president of the Fourth National Bank of Cadiz, and representative from Harrison County, has been closely identified with the business and civic affairs of Harrison County for twenty years, having located in Cadiz in September of 1900. He was born at Greensburg, Trumbull County, Ohio, on August 29, 1877, and is the son of the Rev. John and Mary (Rennison) Beetham, natives of northern England, who came to America in 1867. Rev. John Beetham was a member first of the Erie Conference and later the East Ohio, that finally merged into the North-East Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He served many pastorates during his more than thirty years of active ministry, namely, North Jackson, Windom, Talmadge, Bedford. Niles, Hopedale, Gnadenhutten, West Lafayette. Leesville, Vienna, Jewett, Canton, Thompson and Somerton. He was a strong and vigorous preacher, and in the majority of his appointments he served the time limit for pastors then in vogue. He came of a family of musicians and was himself a noted singer as well as being accomplished on the piano, pipe organ, violin, cello and flute. His "ditties" like "Mary and Martha" and "The Spider and the Fly" were great favorites wherever he resided. Mary Rennison Beetham, though the mother of seven children, was always active in church work, and was one of the district officials of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society for many years. She was declared, by one of the prominent Methodist ministers to be "a gifted woman, of keen intellect, remarkable memory, and an eloquent speaker." To Rev. John and Mary Beetham were born the following children: Mrs. Mary W. Mohn, Uhrichsville, Ohio; John S., supervisor of agents, Lake Shore Railroad, Cleveland, Ohio; William N., superintendent of schools, Wellsburg, West Virginia; Alfred C., a practicing physician of Bellaire, Ohio; R, Emory, pastor of the Oakland Methodist Church, Shenley Park, Pittsburg; Rupert Rennison, the subject; Charles S., of Jewett, Ohio, traveling salesman for the Twin City Grocery Company. Thus seven members of the family, all born in different towns, chose different vocations and located in different places. Rev. Beetham died at Jewett in December, 1905, the mother having died at the same place in October, 1890. Both are buried at Gnadenhutten Ohio. Rupert Beetham as a boy attended the various schools where his father was located in his ministry. He completed his high school course at Canton after spending one year at Scio College, and later completed his law course at the Ohio State University, paying his own way from money earned in teaching school in Short Creek Township, this county, during the Winters of 1917-19. In school he was ever an active member—always taking part in the literary societies, the debating teams, the baseball, football and track teams. He played football two years at Canton High School and one year at Ohio State, and was never on the losing side of a contest in this sport. He received a number of medals for track victories while in high school and there made records of twenty feet for the broad jump and over forty feet for the hop, step and jump. He played baseball for many years and was a member of the Scio College team of 1895- that went through the season with seventeen victories. He was admitted to the bar in 1900 and immediately entered upon the practice of the profession in Cadiz in partnership with Judge W. T. Perry. In the same month—September—. he was married to Crete McLaughlin, of Short Creek Township. As a candidate for prosecuting attorney in 1905 he was defeated by E. S. McNamee. In December, 1905, he was appointed postmaster of Cadiz by President Roosevelt, upon the recommendation of Congressman Weems, though the appointment was without solicitation on the part of Mr. Beetham. He was re-appointed by President Taft in 1910, and served until April 1. 1914. During his term of office city delivery was established, the postoffice moved into new quarters, and an additional rural route added to the office. In August, 1914, he was nominated for representative by the republicans and elected by a majority of about 600; two years later he was re-elected, and in 1918, elected for a third term, he had a majority of over 1,000, while in 1920, elected for the fourth time, he had a majority of nearly 2,500, woman suffrage increasing the county vote. It is as a representative that Mr. Beetham is most widely known. Always a hard worker in the Assembly, he became one of the best posted members of that body and few measures were ever before it that he could not give an inquiring member information thereon. In his third term he was elected speaker pro tern and republican floor-leader. The Ohio State Journal, commenting on the caucus, stated: "Mr. Beetham became the almost unanimous choice of his colleagues for speaker pro tem and majority floor-leader, though he was not a candidate for. the position. Many voted against him for speaker because they wanted to see him in the other position. He is the logical man for floor leader, having a good voice, command of language and being a ready debater." His task as floor-leader was a difficult one by reason of the fact that the governor and the Assembly were of different political parties. Many times strife ran high when matters of great importance were before the Assembly, and the division of the tax schools added to the party division, 486 - CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES making the task an unusually hard one. One paper in commenting on the situation stated: "Beetham is a man of action. When the time comes to move he is for going. He is aggressive." When the ratification of the dry amendment of the Federal Constitution was before the House the wet leaders sought to delay action, but the result is described editorially by the Martins Ferry Times: "Obstructionists methods were squelched under the able leadership of Representative Beetham of Cadiz, floor leader of the Republican majority, and long before the sun waned ratification had been formally recorded. Harrison County and the state at large have just cause today to congratulate Representative Beetham to whom the public at large owes a debt of gratitude." The Legislative reporter at the close of his stormy session commented upon Mr. Beetham's work as follows: "Representative Beetham of .Harrison County is the recipient of unusual praise and favorable comment as the result of his work as Republican floor leader of the House. * * * This season closes with Beetham possessing the liking, confidence and esteem of the House, every newspaper man and every employee. He is not a large man physically, but otherwise he is large. He is quiet. courteous and square. Beetham was a good floor leader. He would make a good senator, or a good member of Congress." The Steubenville Herald-Star stated: "Mr. Beetham was the republican floor leader of the House during the last session and showed himself to be masterly in that capacity." At the republican party caucus held in Columbus on December 15, 1920, Representative Beetham was, without opposition, chosen the party candidate for speaker of the House, and on January 3d following was elected to fill that place. The press of the state commended the selection. The Cleveland Leader stated "that with his selection the party has started to carry out an efficiency program." The Ohio State Journal commended some of the Speaker's proposed innovations in the Assembly, among them being the shifting committee to be established with a view of eliminating useless, silly and duplicated bills, and editorially stated: "This committee probably would do the state more actual service than any other standing committee * * *. We are for it." The Cleveland Plaindealer stated "that the new Speaker had given his doctrine that the 'way to be a good republican is to be a good citizen,l and the way to 'play politics' is to perform the task assigned us." The Uhrichsville Chronicle stated: "He has become so well and favorably known throughout the state that he stands in the front ranks of Ohio republicanism, and it is not all an unreasonable prediction that within the next few years he is likely to be governor of the Buckeye State." Senator Harding had an early booster in Mr. Beetham. It was while floor leader in January, 1920, that he introduced the resolution inviting Senator Harding to address the Assembly on Roosevelt's birthday. This address was widely distributed. At the early meeting of republicans in Steubenville Mr. Beetham declared that "Harding will make a great president. He will not attempt to do it all, but will gather about him one of the greatest of cabinets." Three times during the campaign he was a visitor at Marion. Rupert Beetham has been a member of the Cadiz Board of Education since his election in 1904, and has always taken a keen interest in the school management. He has served as a director of the Chautauqua Association since its organization, and been the platform manager since 1914. When the Red Cross was organized in 1917 he was elected the chairman, and in 1919 was chairman of the drive for the Salvation Army. "Methodist born and Methodist bred" Mr. Beetham has been a member of the Official Board of the Cadiz Methodist Church since coming to Cadiz. He has served as church treasurer. Sunday school teacher and superintendent. In 1908 he was an alternate delegate of the East Ohio Conference to the General Conference held in Baltimore, and in 1912 attended the General Conference in Minneapolis as a delegate. After serving several years as a director of the Fourth National Bank he was in January, 1918, elected president of the institution and has since given his time to this bank, though he still owns and operates his farm in Short Creek Township. In September of 1900 Mr. Beetham was united in marriage to Miss Crete H. McLaughlin, daughter of Hon. Samuel K. and Belle (Snyder) McLaughlin, of Short Creek Township. Mrs. Crete Beetham was educated in the country school near Hurford and the Hopedale Normal College. She was a lady of admirable traits of character, being known among her friends as one unusually kind. She died on August 28, 1918, leaving four children, namely; Mary Isabelle, now a sophomore at Ohio Wesleyan University; Samuel McLaughlin, a senior in high school; Rupert Rennison, Jr., and Charles John. HON. DAVID ADAMS HOLLINGSWORTH. One Of the notable men of Ohio in the present generation is David A. Hollingsworth, lawyer and statesman, of Cadiz, who has won an enviable place in the annals of the state and now, after his long, active and useful public career, enjoys the full confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens in business and private life. Mr. Hollingsworth is a native son of Ohio and is descended from a family which has been identified with the history of the country since pre- Revolutionary days, and through succeeding generations has played useful and ofter important part in the nation's affairs, and has furnished soldiers for every war in which the colonies and the United States have been engaged. The family line of descent, briefty, is as follows: (1) Valentine, Sr.; (2) Thomas; (3) Thomas; (4) Thomas; (5) Levi; (6) Elihu; (7) David A. The original American ancestor, Valentine, Sr., was born in Cheshire, England, of Saxon stock, about 1630 to 1640, and married (first) Catherine, daughter of Henry Cornish, High sheriff of London; his second marriage was with Ann Calvert, a near relative of Cecilius Calvert (Lord Baltimore). Valentine, Sr., came from England with William Penn in the good ship "Welcome" in 1682, and in the same year he PICTURE OF RESIDENCE OF DAVID A. HOLLINGSWOTH CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES - 487 established his family-seat on the west side of the Brandywine, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was prominent in his county, and was its representative in the Assembly in 1683, 1687 and 1695. Levi Hollingsworth, son of Thomas (4), was probably the first of the family to settle in Ohio. He was born in April, 1764, and on May 28, 1789, he was, married to Mary Harry in Friends Meeting at Kennet, Pennsylvania. He removed to near Flushing, Belmont County, Ohio, in 1804, and died there on June 1.1, 1829. Elihu Hollingsworth, son of Levi, was born at Flushing, Ohio, on January 12, 1813, and died on November 17, 1897. He married on July 11, 1839, Lydia Ann Fisher, who was born in Virginia and was descended from early American immigrants of a distinguished German family. Her father, Barak Fisher, was born in October, 1766, and died in Virginia on December 3, 1831. He was an influential land owner in Virginia, but was unalterably opposed to the institution of slavery, and always cultivated his plantation with free labor. After his death his widow,. Rhoda, removed with her five children to Belmont County, Ohio. David A. Hollingsworth, son of Elihu, was born at Belmont, Ohio, on November 21, 1844. His boyhood days were spent under the parental roof at Flushing, Ohio, dividing his time when old enough between school and assisting in his father's store. In his sixteenth year, though under lawful military age, young Hollingsworth enlisted in 1861 In Company B, Twenty-Fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and saw about two years of hard service as a private soldier. He was then honorably discharged on surgeon's certificate of disability and returned home, but soon afterward was commissioned a lieutenant in the Ohio State Militia by Governor Tod, and was for a time engaged in drilling and preparing reserve state forces for active field duty. Later be entered Mount Union College, where he prepared himself to begin reading law. He was admitted to the Ohio bar September 17, 1867, and in March, 1880, was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States. He entered the practice of law at Flushing, of which town he was soon afterward elected mayor. He located in Cadiz in 1869, and since that time has been engaged in the practice of his profession in Harrison and adjoining counties, a period covering over half a century. He Was elected prosecuting attorney in 1873 and re-elected in 1875. Mr. Hollingsworth entered the domain of state politics in 1879, in which year he was elected as a Republican to the Ohio State Senate from the Harrison-Belmont County District, and was re-elected in 1881. His record while serving in the State Senate was notable, especially so in committee work. As chairman of the judiciary committee he rendered invaluable assistance to the Senate in its work, and in so doing distinguished himself as an able lawyer. Upon the resignation of Atty.-Gen. George K. Nash in 1883, Governor Foster appointed Mr. Hollingsworth to fill the vacancy, and he resigned as senator to accept the office. and served until January 14, 1884. when. declining to he a candidate for the position, he returned to his private practice at Cadiz. Of his service as a state senator the book "Biographical Sketches of Prominent Representative Citizens of Ohio" (1884) presented the following: "In the Senate he (Mr. Hollingsworth) took a leading part, serving as chairman of the committees on judiciary, on Federal relations, on privileges and elections and on railroads, turnpikes and telegraphs. In the last mentioned position he was especially vigilant in guarding the interest .of the people against the powerful railroad and other corporation influences of the state." A writer at this time in one of the leading newspapers of the state, said: "Senator Hollingsworth's voice and vote are always felt in favor of the common people as against corporate monopolies, and the journals of the Senate will show his active and intelligent support of all measures intended for the benefit of the working class, such as those to provide for the safety and ventilation of mines, to require railroad companies to construct fences, crossings and cattle-guards at their own expense, to give labor a prior lien for wages in the construction of railroads, to prevent families of railroad employes from being deprived of the benefit of the homestead and exemption laws of Ohio by the attachment of their wages in other states, to prohibit members of the Legislature and other state and county officials from accepting from railroads free passes, to prevent gambling in grain or cornering the provision markets, to preserve the purity of elections, and to prevent speculation or graveyard insurance, which has been completely broken up in this state by what is known as the 'Hollingsworth Law,' a measure introduced and successfully championed by him against powerful and determined opposition." Mr. Hollingsworth was also watchful of the agricultural interests of the people, and he was the first member of the General Assembly to call attention to the threatened reduction of the wool tariff in 1883. which he did by securing the adoption of a joint-resolution opposing the recommendation of the tariff commission on that subject. This resolution was afterward presented to the United States Senate by Senator Thum Sherman, While serving as attorney-general of the state, Mr. Hollingsworth demonstrated his ability as a sound judge of law in his handling of the difficult legal questions which claimed his official attention, among which were two of unusual importance, involving, as they did. the public revenues of the state. One related to the validity of an act passed by the General Assembly providing for the taxation of monies, credits and personal property converted during the year into "greenbacks," or other nontaxable securities for the time the owner might hold such money, etc.. during the tax year. His opinion in support of the act happened to be the first one he was called to write after his appointment, and it naturally aroused the opposition of a number of the wealthy men of the state who had previously been in the habit of avoiding such taxation by ignoring the law as unconstitutional. Many of the ablest lawyers at the bar also questioned his opinion, and it was promptly taken into court for adjudication. After a number of 488 - CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES contrary decisions in the lower courts it finally reached the United States Supreme Court, where it was successfully argued by General Hollingsworth and sustained by the court. The other question grew out of the enforcement of what was known as the "Scott Liquor Tax Law." The constitutionality of the law was questioned, saloon keepers resisted the collection of the tax, and the matter was brought before the State Supreme Court. General Hollingsworth presented and argued the case on behalf of the state, and the court sustained the law. However, in 1884, the provisions of the law were nullified by a partisan decision, after the personnel of the court had changed. But this latter decision was never accepted as sound law, either by the people or the bar of the state, and soon afterward the General Assembly substantially re-enacted the law in the form now found on the statute book and known as the "Dow Law," and its validity has long since ceased to be questioned. On the same day upon which Attorney-General Hollingsworth completed his term the "Ohio State Journal" said editorially : Attorney-General Hollingsworth, after a busy term of eight months, today retires from office, leaving a clear docket for his successor. Besides attending to the usual number of trial causes in the Supreme and other courts on behalf of the state, he has officially rendered exactly two hundred written opinions and has collected and paid into the state treasury the sum of $40,652.76. He will return to Cadiz and hereafter devote his attention exclusively to private practice." Years afterward these official opinions of General Hollingsworth were printed in book form and kept in the attorney general's office as authoritative references on the subject. They substantially cover all the angles of the many-sided temperance and prohibition questions in the state during the last half century, which finally resulted in the recent sweeping prohibition amendments to the State and Federal Constitutions, and it is said by lawyers that not one of these opinions has ever in principle been reversed by the courts. Always a teetotaler in practice, Mr. Hollingsworth was an early and bold advocate of general prohibition, but always insisted on opposition being strictly confined to the forms of law, so long as the traffic was recognized as legitimate by the state. In 1881, as shown by the journal of the Ohio State Senate of that year, Senator Hollingsworth offered for adoption a joint-resolution proposing an amendment to the State Constitution providing for state-wide prohibition, probably the first ever offered in the state, but only three senators voted with him on the resolution. Again, as chairman of the State Republican Convention in 1582, Mr. Hollingsworth openly declared himself in favor of a plank in the platform calling for prohibition, and nil his speech before that convention he urged the adoption of such a plank. And afterward, in the halls of Congress. Mr. Hollingsworth continued his support of prohibition until nation-wide prohibition came in 1919. In 1908 Mr Hollingsworth was elected a member of Congress and thereby attained a long cherished ambition. In that year he was elected a member of the Sixty-first Congress, as a Re publican from the Sixteenth Ohio District; in 1914 he was elected a member of the Sixty- fourth Congress from the Eighteenth District (the district having been changed in the meantime), and in 1916 he was returned to Congress, receiving in the latter election a plurality double that of his former election, though the national and state Republican tickets were both defeated that year. After serving three terms, Mr. Hollingsworth retired from Congress, having declined to receive a re-nomination. Mr. Hollingsworth's career in Congress was at once a credit to himself and an honor to his . constituents, as well as to his state. Even as a new member he gained early recognition, if not prominence, by his stand on the question of abrogating "one man" power in the House, by having the committee appointments made by the House itself instead of by the Speaker. His action in assisting, if not in really initiating the above movement, stamped him as a member of independent thought, also as a man of much resourcefulness and native ability as a legislator, and soon the attention of the nation was attracted to him. He was in reality an independent but by no means an insurgent, and generally he supported the measures proposed by his party, but not until after he had pointed out any defects in the proposed measures, if defects there were, as he saw them. He supported by speech and vote a protective tariff; he supported all just claims of Union soldiers and their dependents; he favored neutrality until German aggression forced war upon this country and then voted for a declaration of war and for war measures generally; he favored a volunteer army; he voted and spoke for the "Roosevelt Division" and offered his services to accompany it, and received a personal letter of appreciation from Colonel Roosevelt ; he opposed a great increase of big battle ships, but favored submarines. submarine destroyers and other small naval craft. On many of the above measures Mr Hollingsworth delivered concise, forceful and eloquent addresses, and his speeches won for him a reputation as an orator and a keen and ready debater. For ninny years Mr. Hollingsworth has been in demand as a public speaker, and he has delivered many addresses on state occasions, not alone at home but at different parts of the state. Mr. Hollingsworth was one of the organizers of. the Ohio State Bar Association, and in 1908 acted as its chairman, and delivered the annual address at the meeting of the association at Put-in-Bay in that year. He is a Methodist, a Mason, an Elk, a Knight of Pythias. and a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. No man in Harrison County holds higher standing as a lawyer, as a public servant. rs a citizen and as a man than does Mr. Hollingsworth. His life has been one of consistent progress from the time he was a struggling young attorney until he voluntarily retired from Congress at the Psalmist's age of "three score and ten," and although active in his profession he has well earned the rest and quiet life he is now enjoying. At Cadiz on April S, 1575, Mr. Hollingsworth was united in marriage with Belinda, a daughter of the late Dr. John McBean, long a lead- CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES - 489 ing physician of Cadiz and Harrison County, and a native of Scotland. His father, a member of the McBean clan, married Jeane Campbell, of the Campbell clan. To the marriage of Mr. Hollingsworth two sons were born, Henry and Donald, both of whom died in early childhood. The wife and mother died March 30, 1918, at the family homestead in Cadiz. JAMES HUSTON. A publication of this order exercises one of its most consistent and important functions when it enters memorial tribute to honored pioneer citizens whose lives and labors have lent dignity and honor to the communities which the publication represents. 'rims there is special satisfaction in being able to present a review of the career of the late James Huston, who was one of the sterling pioneers and early merchants of Carroll County and whose character and ability made him a worthy leader in community affairs. Mr. Huston was born in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, on the 17th of April, 1813, and was a son of John and Rachel (McNaughton) Huston. In the old Keystone State he received his youthful education and he was seventeen years of age when he accompanied his parents to Carroll County, Ohio, where the family home was established on a pioneer farm near Mechaniestown, his parents having there passed the remainder of their lives. In the earlier period of his residence in Carroll County James Huston was engaged in farm enterprise in Fox Township, where later he engaged in the operation of a grist mill. Finally he established a general merchandise business at Mechanicstown, where he continued the successful enterprise until 1853, when he engaged in the same line of business at Carrollton, the county seat. There he developed a large and representative business in the mercantile line, besides becoming a leading grain dealer of the county. In 1868 he purchased a hardware store at Carrollton, and this he conducted in partnership with his son Vincent E., under the firm name of J. Huston & Son, until 1886, when he retired from active business, his death having occurred on the al day of January, 1887, and in his passing the county having lost one of its most honored and revered pioneer citizens. Originally a democrat in politics, Mr. Huston was among the earliest and most loyal supporters of the cause of the prohibition party, and in all of the relations of life he exemplified the finest sense of personal stewardship and the finest type of character. Through his own ability and efforts he achieved substantial and worthy success. and no one man had more influence in furthering the business prosperity of Carrollton than did he. For the accommodation of his mercantile business he erected the store now occupied by the Carrollton laundry, and later he erected the substantial and attractive brick block which perpetuates his name and memory. In addition to his alliance with the hardware and general merchandise business he was associated with James Hayes in the ownership of a well equipped clothing store. His old home in Carrollton was situated on the lot on which his daughter Emma (Mrs. Fawcett) later erected one of the finest modern houses in the city, the same being her home at the present time. Mr. Huston took loyal interest in all things pertinent to the communal welfare and was liberal and progressive in his civic attitude. Both he and his wife were zealous members of the Presbyterian Church. In the year 1838 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Huston to Miss Christine Emsley, who was born in England, on the 2d of January, 1819, a daughter of Thomas Emsley, who came with his family to America and remained for some time in Washington County, Pennsylvania, whence he finally came to Carroll County, Ohio, and engaged in farming near Mechanicstown, where he passed the remainder of his life. Mrs. Huston passed to the life eternal on the 31st of December, 1881, and her memory is revered by all who came within the sphere of her gentle and gracious influence. Mr. and Mrs. Huston became the parents of three children: Amanda became the wife of Cyrus A. Shober and was a resident of Carrollton at the time of her death, September 4, 1868, her only child, Emma, having become the wife of a Mr. Ruh- man and having become the mother of one daughter, Harriet, who is the wife of Charles H. Woodworth and who has one daughter, Jannet Ruth. Emma, the second daughter, was reared and educated at Carrollton and after the death of her first husband, J. V. Cellars, she became the wife of Robert Crozier Fawcett, who was long associated with Vincent Huston in the hardware and clothing business at Carrollton and whose death here occurred in 1910, his widow remaining in the fine home which she erected, on Second Street, southwest, and having long been a gracious figure in the representative social life of the community in which she has resided during the greater part of her life. Vincent Emsley Huston, only son of the subject of this memoir, well upheld the honors of the family name in connection with civic and business affairs, and was one of the leading merchants of Carrollton, as senior member of the firm of Huston & Fawcett, at the time of his death. March 26, 1894. ANDREW H. BAKER. Residing on, the old Baker homestead in Archer Township, Andrew H. Baker is proving his worth to his community as a farmer and good citizen. He was born on his present farm October 10, 1867, a son of Martin V. Baker, who was also born on this homestead. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Sarah J. Henderson, was born in German Township, Harrison County, a daughter of Andrew Henderson. Until 1886 Andrew Henderson, who was one of the pioneers of German Township, continued to be one of its progressive agriculturalists, but in that year he moved to Iowa, taking all of his family with him with the exception of Mrs. Baker, and there he spent the remainder of his life. The children born to Andrew Henderson and his wife were as follows: Robert, Samuel, William, James, Rebecca, Sarah, Mary, Susan and Elizabeth. He belonged to the Presbyterian Church. The paternal grandfather, Otha Baker, was born in Maryland, and his second wife, who was the mother of Martin V. Baker, bore the first name of Mary. They had the following 490 - CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES children: Otha, Sheridan, Evan, Martin V., Abraham and Elizabeth, and they, with their parents, all belonged to the old Bethel Methodist Church of this neighborhood. Coming to Harrison County at an early day, Otha Baker was one of the pioneers of Archer Township, where he entered 320 acres of land from the Government, and this land is still owned by his descendants. Martin V. Baker was reared on this homestead entered by his father, and became the owner of 280 acres of it, and here be rounded out his useful life. He and his wife became the parents of the following children: Andrew H., whose name heads this review; Jennie, who married Charles Thompson; and Mary, who died at the age of nineteen years. Mr. and Mrs. Baker early connected themselves with the old Bethel Church. Andrew H. Baker was sent to the schools of his home district and the Brown School on the edge of Green Township. Remaining at home and assisting his father in operating the homestead, he inherited it and now owns 272 acres of as valuable land as can be found in the county, and on it he is raising diversified crops and livestock, and is doing a large and profitable business. In 1892 Andrew H. Baker was united in marriage with Frances Kent. a daughter of Dr. W. W. Kent, and they have two children, namely: Donald C., who married Virginia Hanna, lives near his father and is giving his attention to farming a portion of the homestead: and Isabel Frances. Like the other members of the family, Mr. Baker, his wife and children, belong to the old Bethel Methodist Church, which has for them all so many memories connected with their family and others, some of whom have become members of the Eternal Church. CHARLES M. BUSBY. Rumley Township, Harrison County, claims Mr. Busby not only as one of its native sons but also as one of its progressive and representative business men. He owns and resides upon his farm of 125 acres near the village of Jewett. and is a director and vice president of the Jewett Creamery Company and has been an active member of The Harrison County Fair Board for many years. Abraham Busby. Sr.. grandfather of Charles M., was born eighteen miles distant from the city of Baltimore, of English and Scotch descent. The Bushy family is an old one in England. where many men of the family were prominent in the law and in educational matters. Dr. Richard Busby. of this family, was for years head master of Westminster Schools, serving in that capacity under two kings and under Cromwell, and, next to Arnold, of Rugby .School. he was regarded as England's most famous schoolmaster. His bust is in Westminster Abbey. The family in England were members of the Friends' Church, and the American ancestors of the family came to this country to escape religious persecution. They settled in Baltimore, where the great-grandfather Busby acquired land, part of which later became the site of the Court House. Abraham Busby, Sr., married in Maryland in 1815, Deborah Kemp, who was born in Maryland, of English descent. The Kemps in England were also members of the Friends Church and, like the Busbys, came to America seeking religious liberty. The Busby family stood for the union of states as against secession and slavery, and in politics were democrats. Abraham Busby, Sr., served as captain in the War of 1812, and. for his services as an officer in that war acquired a land grant in Archer Township, Harrison County, upon which he settled soon after the close of hostilities between the United States and England. After coming to Harrison County he and wife became members of the Methodist Church, and worshipped at Bethel M. E. Church in Green Township aim at Jewett, Ohio. Abraham, Sr., served for many years as a justice of the peace in Archer Township, and became prominent, locally, as a composer of music. He and wife became the parents of the following children: Joshua, Sheridan, John, Elizabeth, Amanda, Benjamin, Abraham, Jr., Deborah, Edward, Shadwick and Van Buren, all of whom are now deceased with the single exception of Abraham, Jr., who is now in his ninety-sixth year. Abraham Busby, Jr., was born in Archer Township on January 28, 1826. He has spent all of his life in Archer and Rumley townships, and now, and for the last twenty years has made his home with his son, Charles M. He married Sarah, the daughter of William Stahl, a pioneer of Rumley Township. She was born in Rumley Township on December 25, 1829, and died May 5, 1900. She was a member of the Lutheran Church, while her husband is a member of the Methodist Church. To them were born the following children: Susanna, who married Albert Royer, .a retired farmer now residing at Greenville, Pennsylvania ; James William, a carpenter, residing at Kissimmee, Florida, since 1913; Prof. Elmer D., who has been an instructor in different prominent colleges for over thirty years, and is still engaged in educational work, residing at Minneapolis, Minnesota ; and Charles M., the subject of this sketch. Charles M. Busby was born in Rumley Township on the 22d of May, 1867. Hie was reared on the home farm in Rumley Township, anti gained his early education in the district schools, after which he attended the high school at Jewett and was for one year a student in Scio College. He taught school one year and thereafter was engaged in farm enterprise in Rumley Township until about the year 1893, when he established his residence in the village of Jewett and engaged in the manufacturing and sale of ice cream. He continued the enterprise until 1917, when the business was reorganized and became the Jewett Creamery. Mr. Busby was one of the organizers and incorporators of the new company and is its vice president at the present time. For fully a quarter of a century he has purchased concessions for the serving of food and beverages at picnics held within a radius of twenty miles of his home, and has had similar concessions at various county fairs. Thus he has gained specially wide acquaintanceship in this section of Ohio. and his popularity CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES - 491 is of unstinted order. His political allegiance is given to the democratic party and he is chairman of the County Central Committee. He and his wife are communicants of the Lutheran Church at Jewett. On the 14th of August, 1889, Mr. Busby was united in marriage to Miss Minnie Rutledge, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Lewis) Rutledge. Benjamin Rutledge was born in the State of Maryland February 2, 1822, and his wife was born in Cadiz Township, Harrison County, on the 5th of February, 1826. Benjamin Rutledge was a child at the time his parents established their home in Harrison County in 1828, and here he followed for many years the trade of wagon-maker, his home having been on a small farm in Green Township. His children were as follows: Mary Margaret, Sarah Ella and Henry Parker died in childhood; James and Frank were the next two in order of birth ;tad Martha was the seventh child; Milton was born June 18, 1860; May Bell, March 22, 1862; Samuel, September 21, 1864 (died in childhood) ; Ella, September 14, 1866; and Minnie (Mrs. Busby), March 7, 1867. To Mr. and Mrs. Busby have been born five children, all of whom are living except the eldest, their names being here entered in the respective order of their birth: Harry R., Myrtle Marie, Sarah, Paul and Carrie. Harry R. Busby entered the nationls military service at Camp Sherman on the 1st of September, 1918, and there he contracted influenza, which resulted in his death on the 1st of the following month. Myrtle Marie Busby became the wife of Roy Dennis and they have three children—Margaret, Charles and Florence. JUNIUS C. FERRALL. In every cursory survey of the activities of those who have wielded large influence in the furtherance of the civic and material advancement of Carroll County and its attractive judicial center, the vigorous little city of Carrollton, it becomes evident that few have exerted so strong and benignant progress-making influence as Judge Ferrall, whose loyalty has been not merely that of sentiment but also that of constructive action. His interests have been varied and important and as one of the leading citizens of Carroll County, as well as a scion of an honored pioneer family of this favored section of the Buckeye State, he is entitled to special recognition in this publication. Judge Junius C. Ferrall was born in Harrison Township, Carroll County, on the 6th of December, 1851, and is a son of Edwin and Mary A. (Huston) Fermat], the former of whom was born at Saltsburg, Pennsylvania, December 29, 1821, and the latter of whom was born May 6, 1831. The parents were residents of Carrollton at the time of their death, the father having passed away March 7, 1913, and the mother on the 6th of August, 1918. Hon. Edwin Ferrall was nine years of age at the time of the family removal from the old Keystone state to Carroll County, Ohio, where he was reared to adult age and where his early education was obtained in the common schools. He was a son of James Ferrall, who was born at Lynchburg, Virginia, and who later became a resident of Pennsylvania and whose first visit to the Ohio wilderness was made on a hunting expedition, in which he gained trophies of deer and other wild game. After returning to Pennsylvania he there married Susanna Snyder, and it was the year 1829 that they established themselves as pioneers on a farm near the present village of Mechanics- town, Carroll County, Ohio. From this place, in Fox Township, they later removed to Harrison Township, and there they passed the remainder of their lives, Mr. Ferrall having been a prominent pioneer merchant and farmer in this section of the state. James Ferrall was a staunch democrat and served as a member of the first board of commissioners of Carroll County, besides having been otherwise influential in community affairs. He had four sons and two daughters, and the names of the sons were Edwin. Calvin, John and George. Edwin Ferrall was reared on the pioneer farm in Carroll County, and as a youth he here proved his constructive energy in connection with the basic industry of agriculture. In 1850 was solemnized his marriage to Miss Mary A. Huston, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Howey) Huston, who established their home in Carroll County in 1828. Mr. and Mrs. Ferran became the parents of four children, of whom Judge Junius C., immediate subject of this review, is the eldest, the other children being Robert J., Lannes L. and Anson E. Edwin Ferrall became a man of prominence and distinctive influence in Carroll County, and as a young man, in 1857, he was elected sheriff of the county, an office in which he served two consecutive terms. In 1873 he was elected to the state senate on democratic ticket, was prominent democrat and was one of the most venerable and highly honored citizens of Carrollton at the time of his death in his 92d year. As a boy, in 1862-3, Judge Junius C. Ferrall gained an appreciable experience in connection with the 'newspaper business, as he was employed within these years in the offices of the Carroll County Union, the Carroll Union Press, the Carroll Free Press, and the Carrollton Courier. For a short time thereafter he was a clerk in the mercantile establishment of Isaac Crumrine, and later he held a similar position in the general store of McCullough & Ferran, of which firm his father was junior member. The father finally purchased his partner's interest in the enterprise, which was thereafter continued under the title of E. Ferran & Son until the autumn of 1872, when Junius C. Ferrall, the junior member of the firm, went to Rockyford, Colorado, and became bookkeeper in a general store which supplied the requirements of men on neighboring cattle ranches. In 1874 Judge Ferrall returned home, but soon afterward he accepted a position as traveling salesman for the wholesale mercantile house of C. Atwell & Company, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He remained thus engaged until the spring of 1879, when he returned to Carrollton and formed a partnership with James T. Smith, with whom he was associated in purchasing the general merchandise business here previously conducted by Charles Rukenbrod, James T. Smith and John Couch. The firm of Smith & Ferrall continued the business until the autumn of 1880, when Mr. Ferrall purchased his partner's in- 492 - CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES terest and assumed full control. He continued the enterprise until 1887, when he was elected judge of the probate court of Carroll County, as candidate on the democratic ticket.– To insure the proper management of his mercantile business he at this juncture admitted William M. Shepherd to partnership. and after having served two terms as probate judge he purchased his partnerls interest in the business, of which lie continued the executive head until March, 1898. As a leader in the local ranks of the democratic party Judge Ferrall was a candidate for presidential elector in 1884, and in 1897, he again led a "forlorn hope," as democratic candidate for state senator. Judge Ferrall virtually initiated his special activities in the furtherance of the industrial and commercial advancement of Carrollton when he became one of the organizers of the Carrollton Granite Brick Company, and later his progressiveness and liberality were further shown by his becoming one of the incorporators of the Carrollton Electric Light Company, of which he continues the active general manager to the present time. He was one of the pro moters of the first telephone line established in Carroll County, in 1898. and became an official of the Carroll County Telephone Company, In 1899 the company sold its equipment and business to the Bell Telephone Company. Judge Ferrall is vice president of the Cummings Trust Company and a director of the Selo Bank Company, of Selo, Harrison County. He has shown marked initiative and administrative ability, as well as liberality, in the promotion of measures and enterprises that have been of great value in furthering the progress of his home city and county, and has been one of the most enthusiastic in the promoting of the "Greater Carrollton." His enthusiasm has been potent in the commercial awakening of Carrollton, and he well merits the unqualified esteem in which he is held in his native county. Member of United Presbyterian Church and Knights of Pythias Lodge. On the 27th of September. 1877, was solemnized the marriage of Judge Ferran to Miss Emma M. Simpson, daughter of Alexander and Eliza (Latta) Simpson, of Carroll County. In conclusion is entered brief record concerning the children of Judge and Mrs. Fermi]: Ida A., who was born February 9, 1880. is the wife of Harvey S. Allen, of Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, and they have three children—Mary M., James F. and Ralph W. Edwin S., who was born in June, 1881, is now executive head of the E. S. Ferran Company, wholesale and retail dealers in grain, feed and building supplies. at Canton, Ohio; he married Miss Vern Beatty and they have had four children—Emma Elizabeth, Junius B., Robert and John Edwin. the last mentioned being deceased. Esma A.. who was born in March, 1885, is the wife of George Spanagel, of Canton, Stark County, and they have four children—Marian Elizabeth, Emma Louise, Jane Fredericka, and Pauline Ethel. Mary Latta is the widow of John H. Ransberger, late a member of the firm of McCarty, Armstrong & Ransberger, of Canton, Ohio. HON. ROBERT G. KEAN. Standing prominent among the eminently capable and intelligent men who have been active in the administration of the public affairs of Carroll County in the past is Hon. Robert G. Kean, a valued and highly esteemed resident of Carroll, now living retired from all business or political cares. A native of Carroll County, he was born, April 25, 1844, in Washington Township. a son of John Kenn. Jr.. and grandson of John Kean, Sr. Born and reared in Ireland, John Kean, Sr., married in early manhood, and soon after that important event was impressed into the British army. After serving therein for two or three years, he deserted. and came on a sailing vessel to America. the land of promise. Locating m Washington County, Pennsylvania, he taught school for awhile, and there, in 1814, was rejoined by his wife and children. Migrating with his family to Ohio, he lived a short time in Salem, from there coming to Washington Township, Carroll County, where he leased a tract of land, and in addition to farming taught school, having the distinction of being the first teacher in the county. Subsequently moving to Bergholz, Jefferson County. lie resided there the remainder of his life. He was a democrat in politics, but not an office seeker. To him and his wife, whose maiden name was Mary McNiel, nine children were born. some in Ireland and some in Ohio, their names being as follows: Mrs. Jane Kelley, Mrs, Rosanna Sweany, John. jr., Mrs. Mary A. Miller, Francis, Mrs. lsabel Fulton, Mrs. Matilda Wallace, Daniel, and William. John Kean, Jr., was born in County Antrim, Ireland. came with his mother to America, and after joining his father in Pennsylvania come with his parents to Ohio. Growing to manhood in Carroll County, he was educated in the rural schools, and while assisting in the pioneer task of redeeming a farm acquired a thorough knowledge of the various branches of agriculture. After his marriage he lived on rented land until 1832. when he purchased the 160 acres of land subsequently owned by his son John. and the 160 acre tract in section 2 now owned by his son Robert. both tracts being located in Washington Township. Carroll Comrty, where he resided until his death. September 19, 1847. He was a republican in politics and a member of the United Presbyterian Church. John Kean, Jr., married. in 182'7. Jane McMaster, who was born in Washington County. Pennsylvania, December 5, 1809. amid died on the home farm. in Washington Township, Carroll County, Ohio, March 4. 1900. Her parents, George and Elizabeth (George) McMaster, came to Ohio in pioneer times from Washington County. Pennsylvania. Ten children were born to John Kean. Jr., and his wife, namely: James, Mrs. Mary Donaldson, Mrs. Elizabeth McClellan, Mrs. Christian Stephenson, Mrs. Matilda George, Mrs. Hannah Crafts, Mrs. Isabel Carey, John, a farmer in Washington Township, and Robert G., the subject of this brief sketch, and William, who became a Presbyterian minister. Growing to manhood on the parental farm, Robert G. Kean attended the winter terms of the district schools, gaining a practical educa- CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES - 493 tion. Enlisting for service in the Civil war in 1862, in Company H, Ninety-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, he was subsequently promoted, being discharged as sergeant of his company. Having acquired title to 160 acres of land in Washington Township. Carroll County, he was actively and profitably engaged in general farming for a number of seasons. In 1903 he sold a part of his land, disposing of the remainder of the tract in 1903, and has since lived retired in Carrollton, where he bought his present home property, at 527 North Lisbon Street. Influential in public affairs, Mr. Kean served as justice of peace for nearly half a century. first in Washington Township, and later in Carrollton. In 1889 he was elected to the State Legislature. going as a representative of Carroll County, and was re-elected in 1891, when he represented both Carroll and Harrison counties. He introduced the bill that resulted in the building of the courthouse at Cadiz. Harrison County, the bill being bitterly opposed, but being finally passed by act of the Legislature. Mr. Kean married. March 30, 1869, Sarah McBurney, who was born in Monroe Township, Carroll County, Ohio, March 10. 1847. Her parents, Samuel and Sarah Jane McBurney. were pioneer settlers of that township and well- to-do farmers. Mr. and Mrs. Kean have no children. Politically Mr. Kean supports the principles of the republican party. Religiously he and his wife are active members of the United Presbyterian Church. HOMER J. RICHARDS. For over twenty years Mr. Richards' activities have made him a factor in the business affairs of 'Carrollton, where he is looked upon as one of the men of enterprise and distinctive leadership. For the past ten years he has been one of the partners and manager of the L. & M. Rubber, now The Tuscan Rubber & Tire Company (see history of the company). Mr. Richards was born at Harlem Springs in Carroll County December 28, 1876. Three generations of the family have lived in the county from pioneer times to date. His paternal grandfather, Otho Richards, came to Carroll County at a very early time and married Miss Elizabeth Little. He spent his life as a farmer and died in this county. John Richards. _father of Homer J., was born in Carroll County in 1842 and soon after completing his education in the common schools he enlisted in 1861 in the Eightieth Ohio Infantry. He was in service until wounded at Corinth, after which he was granted an honorable discharge, but subsequently reenlisted in the One Hundred and Ninetieth Ohio Infantry and served to the end of the war. He was also captain of a company of Home Guards. He was an active republican, a member of the Masonic Order and he and his wife were Methodists. John Richards married Mary Hayes, who was born in Carroll County in 1843. Her father, Richard Hayes. and wife were natives of Ireland, but spent their active lives in Carroll County. Mrs. Mary Hayes Richards is still living in Carrollton. In the old community where he was born at Harlem Springs, Homer J. Richards spent his youth, and in addition to the advantages of the local schools attended Scio College one year. As a young man he received a good commercial training in his father's store, and when the family moved to Carrollton in 1897 he engaged in the hardware business and was an active merchant here for about ten years. Following that he assisted in the organization of the Carrollton Savings Company and remained with that institution as its cashier for a year and a half. He and his brother Howard Richards and Doctor Williams then bought out the L. & M. Rubber Company in 1910 and since that date Mr. Richards has been the moving spirit in that well known business. Politically a republican, he has never sought the cares and responsibilities of office. He is a Knight Templar Mason and a member of the Methodist Church. In 1904 lie married Miss Martha Lawler, a daughter of J. V. Lawler. The Lawler family is one of prominence in Carroll County and more is said of them on other pages. To Mr. and Mrs. Richards were born six children : John; Emma, who died ,at the age of seven years: Joseph; Mary; Thomas. and Martha. JOHN W. WELLING has been a resident of Harrison County from the time of his birth, has been associated with progressive farm industry in the county and since 1902 he has been successfully established in the lumber business at Scio, a thriving village in North Township. Mr. Welling was born in Athens Township, this county. November 14. 1858. and is a son of David and Mary Elizabeth (Black) Welling, the former of whom was born in Pennsylvania, where was solemnized his first marriage, of which six children were born. From the old Keystone State he came as a pioneer to Harrison County, Ohio. where he endured the full tension of arduous toil involved in the reclaiming of a farm from the forest. and where he eventually gained a substantial prosperity as an exemplar of agricultural industry. He was one of the honored pioneer citizens of the county at the time of his death, in 1864. Soon after his arrival in Ohio his first wife died, and later he married Mary Elizabeth Black of Guernsey County: where she was born and reared. She survived her husband about eight years and was summoned to the life eternal in the year 1872, both having been devout members of the Presbyterian Church and numbered among the organizers of Nottingham Church of this denomination. In politics Mr. Welling was a democrat. David and Mary Elizabeth (Black) Welling became the parents of seven children: Margaret Jane became the wife of Finley S. Butler and is now deceased; William Wallace is deceased: Nancy Jane, deceased, was the wife of Walker Hollowell; Martha A. is the wife of Joseph White; George W. was a prosperous former in Washington Township and is now living virtually retired at Freeport, Harrison County; Harriet Caroline is the wife of John ̊tibia, now residing in Iowa ; and John W., of this sketch, is the youngest of the number. John W. Welling acquired his youthful education in the district schools of Athens and Nottingham townships, and was .six years old 494 - CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES at the time of his father's death and fourteen years old at the time of his mother's death. He early began to lend his constructive aid in the work of the home farm and the basic industries of agriculture and stock-raising long engaged his attention after he had initiated his independent career. His marriage occurred in 1879. and thereafter he was actively identified with farm industry in Morefield and Nottingham townships until 1902. when he removed from his farm to the village of Scio, where he has since developed a prosperous business in the handling of lumber and builders' supplies. He is one of the progressive and public-spirited citizens of the village and has served as president of its Board of Trustees since 1918., with effective administration of the municipal government. His political support is given to the democratic party; he is affiliated with the Scio Lodge, F. & A. M., Cadiz Chapter No. 171 Royal Arch Masons, and also with the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of Steubenville. In his home village he is a member also of the lodges of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias. He and his wife are earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in their home village, and he is serving as a steward of the same. On the 18th of December, 1879, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Welling to Miss Sarah A. Bartow, daughter of Elijah and Margaret Bartow, of Harrison County, and the children of this union are five in number: Cora is the wife of John C. Moore, of New Philadelphia, Ohio; Mary is the wife of Rev. George W. Strothard, a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and at the time of this writing they reside at Cuba, New York, where Mr. Strothard has a pastoral charge; Grace is the wife of Rev. Harry L. Dunlavy, now pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Coltauer, New York; Neva is the wife of Buford C. Windom, who is engaged in the drug business at Russell, Kentucky; and Virginia remains at the parental home. Of Rev. H. L. Dunlavy it may further be stated that when the nation became involved in the great World war he went to Europe for service with the Young Men's Christian Association. He was stationed in Russia several months, later passed three months in the city of London, and held the position of secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association (luring the period of his earnest service abroad. GEORGE D. CUSTER, M. D., has been engaged in the successful practice of his profession at Scio, Harrison County, since 1892, and has gained secure vantage-ground as one of the able and representative physicians and surgeons of his native county, with the additional prestige of being a scion of one of the prominent pioneer families of this favored section of the Buckeye state. Doctor Custer was born in Washington Township, Harrison County, November 10, 1851, and is a son of Robert F. and Margaret (Baker) Custer, the former of whom was born at New Rumley, this county, and the latter near the village of Tippecanoe, same county, she having been a daughter of George and Jane (Birney) Baker and her father having been one of the sterling pioneers of Washington Township, where he and his wife continued to reside until their death. Mr. and Mrs. Baker were active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, In the faith of which they reared their eight children, namely: Mary, Elizabeth, Birney, John, Margaret, Sarah and Deborah. Robert F. Custer was a son of Jacob and Sarah (Webster) Custer, with whose names shall ever remain pioneer honors in this section of Ohio, the latter having been a daughter of William Webster, who came to this part of the state in a very early period. Jacob Custer was born at Jessups, Maryland, where his father, Emanuel Custer, died when somewhat more than 100 years of age. At an early period in the history of Ohio Emanuel Custer made a visit to this state, where he took up a section of government land,—a property which he later gave to his daughters, his children having been six in number: Jacob (the Harrison County pioneer), John and Emanuel (died in Maryland), Charlotte (Mrs. James Cummings), Susan (Mrs. John Hendricks), and Mary (Mrs. Joseph Cummings). Reared and educated in his native state, Jacob Custer there learned in his youth the trade of blacksmith. He was a Young man when he came to Ohio and settled in Rumley Township, Harrison County, where he took up wild land and instituted the development of a farm. He reclaimed his land to cultivation, and in the meanwhile continued to follow his trade to a greater or less extent. He was the founder of the village of New Rumley. which he platted, and after a number of years had passed he removed to Jefferson County, though he eventually returned to Rumley Township, where he died in the year 1862, when seventy-two years of age, his wife having died in 1830, at the age of thirty-seven years. He was a brother of John Custer, who was the father of Gen. George A. Custer, the gallant officer and intrepid Indian fighter who met his death in the historic massacre which perpetuates his name. Jacob and Sarah (Webster) Custer became the parents of eight children: William Webster, M. D., was for nearly half a century engaged in the practice of his profession at Scio, Harrison County, and his nephew, Dr. George D. Custer of this sketch, became his virtual successor; Alexander died at the age of four years; Stewart F. was a resident of Conotton, Harrison ,County, at the time of his death; John M. and Henry L. established their home in New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County, Ohio; Robert F. became merchant at Selo, Harrison County; Isaac N. became a representative dental practitioner at Westerville, Franklin County, Ohio; Vincent died at the age of seven months. Jacob Custer and his wife were devout communicants of the Lutheran Church and he was one of the founders of the New Rumley Church of this denomination. Robert F. Custer was for some time engaged in the mercantile business at Perrysville, Carroll County, and in 1874 he established at Scio, Harrison County, the general merchandise business which continued to, engage his attention during the remainder of his active career, his CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES - 495 death having here occurred on the 5th of January, 1919, and his wife having preceded him to eternal rest. Both were zealous members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Of the tour children Dr. George D., of this review, is the eldest; Sarah J. was the wife of Dr. G. M: Weller and later Joseph Phillips; Mary Belle died in childhood; and Rev. Addison R., a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church, resides in the city of Dayton, Ohio. Dr. George D. Custer gained his preliminary education in the public schools of Perrysville, Carroll County, and Scio, Harrison, County, in which later village he also attended Scio College. In preparation for his chosen profession he entered Columbus Medical College, in the capital city of his native state, and there he continued his studies two years. He completed his technical course in the celebrated Starling Medical College, now the medical department of the University of Ohio, in which institution he was graduated as a member of the class of 1S79. In 1880, after thus receiving his degree of Doctor of Medicine, lre entered upon his professional novitiate at Uhrichsville, Tuscara was County, where he developed a good practice and where he remained until 1892, since which year he has continued in active general practice at Scio, with a business whose scope and importance attest alike his professional ability and zeal and his secure hold upon popular confidence and esteem. In 1902 he opened a well equipped drug store, which lre has since conducted in connection with his professional work. The Doctor is affiliated with the Harrison County Medical Society, the Ohio State Medical Society. and the American Medical Association. He has had neither time nor inclination for special political activity, but is a staunch supporter of the principles of the republican party and is loyal and progressive as a citizen. He and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church of their home village and he has served twenty years as a member of its board of trustees. On the 10th of September. 1871, was solemnized the marriage of Doctor Custer to Miss Jennie C. Kirby, who was born and reared in Carroll County and who is a daughter of John and Sarah Kirby. Doctor and Mrs. Custer have two children : Earle E. is the wife of Ross R. Mortland, of Seto, Ohio, and they have two children. Paul Custer and George A.; Layke K.. now a resident of the city of Detroit. Michigan. married Miss Anna Dickey and their one child is living. A daughter, Lyllian Earle, died, aged one year; a son, George D.. named in honor of his paternal grandfather. JAMES E. MORRISON was a resident of Harrison County from his boyhood until his death. and left upon the community the impress of strong, noble and useful manhood. He became one of the representative farmers of Freeport Township, and upon his fine old homestead film; he continued to reside until his death, on the 23d of March, 1908. Since that time his widow and sons have effectively continued the management of the farm. which comprises 161 and 35/100 acres and which is devoted to diversified agriculture and stock-raising, with special emphasis given to the dairy department of the progressive farm enterprises. James E. Morrison was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, on the 30th day of August, 1856, was about nine years of age at the time of the family removal to Harrison County, Ohio, in 1864, and he was reared to manhood in Freeport Township, the while he was given excellent educational advantages, as gauged by the standards of the locality and period. The genealogy of the Morrison family of Harrison County traces back to John Morrison, who was born and reared in County Antrim, Ireland, where he became a farmer and where he also followed the trade of stone mason. There he married Miss Nancy Taggart, and they became the parents of five children—James, Mary, John, Nancy and Rachel. Soon after the death of their parents Mary and John came to America. In the late '30s James Morrison married Mary Ervin. of County Antrim, her parents, John and Jane (Wallace) Ervin, having been of Scotch ancestry and their religious faith having been that of the Seceder Church, as it was then known. In the year 1847 James Morrison came with his family to the United States and established his home in Washington County, Pennsylvania, where he engaged in farming and where he also followed the trade of stone mason. In September, 1864. he came with his family to Harrison County. Ohio, and purchased the farm in Freeport Township that later was owned by his son, James E., the subject of this memoir. Here he continued his activities as a former during the remainder of his active life, and here his death occurred October 19, 1886, his widow passing away December 13, 1889. Both were earnest members of the Covenanter Church, and his political views were in consonance with the tenets of the republican party. They became the parents of nine children, and the four who-attained to years of maturity and survived the honored parents were Samuel W., Nannie C. (Mrs. William J. Blackwood), Jennie A. (Mrs. Marshall McCall) and James E. James E. Morrison was a loyal and public- spirited citizen. was a republican in his political sentiment. and was a zealous and influential member of the Reformed Presbyterian Church at Londonderry, in which his widow and sons likewise hold membership. On the 12th of November, 1887. Mr. Morrison wedded Miss Jennie M. Forsythe. who was born and reared in Freeport Township, this county, and who is a daughter of Wiliam and Rose A. (McKeown) Forsythe, the latter a daughter of Alexander McKeown. who was an honored pioneer settler of Harrison County. William Forsythe was one of the representative farmers of Freeport Township at the time of his death, in August, 1871. and his widow's death occurred in February of the following year. both he and his wife having been earnest members of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, in which he served as an elder. Of the children of William and Rose A. Forsythe the following brief data is available: Jennie M.. widow of the subject of this memoir, was born September 20. 1863: Arthur M., who became a prosperous fa rmer in Guernsey County. was born June 13. 1865: Nannie M.. who was born March 26. 1867. married David 496 - CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES C. Sleeth, of Guernsey County, now deceased, her second marriage being to George Rapp, a contractor of Cleveland, Ohio; and William A., who was born January 29, 1869, is now (1921) superintendent of the city schools of Canton, Ohio. William Forsythe was a son of Matthew and Margaret (Glenn) Forsythe, natives respectively of County Antrim and County Derry, Ireland. Their marriage was solemnized in Pennsylvania, whence they came to Ohio in October, 1840, the closing years of their lives having been passed in Harrison County, where Mr. Forsythe died in 1874, his wife having passed away in 1872, and both having been members of the Reformed Presbyterian Church. Their children were three in number—William, Jane (Mrs. Jesse Alexander), and Margaret (Mrs. James Alexander). Mr. and Mrs. James E. Morrison became the parents of three children—Samuel W., James R. and Ralph M., the last named having died on the 6th of June, 1918, and the two surviving sons being associated in the management of the old home farm. James R. Morrison was born on the farm which is now his place of residence, and the date of his nativity was December 12, 1889. His native county must ever honor his name by reason of the gallant service which he gave in connection with the nation's participation in the great World war. He entered service October 6, 1917, and thereafter was stationed at Camp Sherman until the 10th of December, 1917, when he was transferred to Camp Hancock, Georgia. There he was assigned to Company H of the First Motor Mechanics Regiment, with which he embarked February 8, 1918, on the Government transport "President Lincoln" and sailed for France. It is worthy of incidental note that on a later return trip this vessel was sunk by the enemy. Mr. Morrison landed with his command at St. Nazaire, France, and there he was stationed during the entire period of his active service in France. He was granted furloughs on three occasions, and on one of these passed ten days in the city of Paris. besides which he availed himself of the opportunity of visiting the great battlefields of Rheims, Chateau Thierry and Soissons. On the 26th of June, 1918, he sailed for home, and shortly after his arrival he received his honorable discharge, on the 14th of July, 1919, at Camp Sherman. The Morrison family are members of the Reformed Presbyterian Church. the members of which denomination do not vote. for the reason that Christ is not acknowledged in the Constitution of the United States as King of Nations. or the Bible accepted as the Supreme Law of the land. JOHN ROSS RUTLEDGE. Representing one of the older families of Carroll County, John Ross Rutledge, though he grew up at the old homestead in Union Township has found his work chiefly in Carrollton, where for several years past he has been in charge of the shipping department of the Tuscan Tire & Rubber Company. Mr. Rutledge was born in Union Township June 8, 1874. son of William and Susannah (Buchanan) Rutledge. His maternal grandparents were John and Mary Buchanan, the former born in 1807 and the latter in 1809. They reached Union Township at an early day, and lived out their lives in the county, Mary Buchanan dying in Union Township, while he passed away in Loudon Township. The paternal grandparents of Mr. Rutledge were Robert and Jane B. Rutledge, who early founded a home. in Union Township and lived there, useful and honored members of the community the rest of their days. William Rutledge was born in Union Township in 1846, and spent practically all the days of his life on the home farm. Educated in public schools, he lived the life of a quiet and industrious farmer, and died honored and respected in 1907. Susannah Buchanan, his first wife, died in 18S4. He was a republican in politics and an active member of the Methodist Church. They were the parents of four children: Charles W.; Mary J., wife of Cornelius Brackin; John Ross; and Ira Lee. For his second wife William Rutledge. married Lydia M. Tope, who is still living, the mother of one child, Frank H. Rutledge. John R. Rutledge grew up on the homestead and made the best possible Use of the advantages of the public schools. For several years he followed farming, but in 1907 came to Carrollton and for a number of years was an express agent, at first with the Pacific Express and later with Wells Fargo & Company. Following that for three years he was a clerk for A. J. Stoody, and in 1917 took up his present duties in charge of the shipping department of the Tuscan Tire & Rubber Company. Mr. Rutledge. is a republican and a member of the Methodist Church. In 1897 he married Miss Eva E. Tripp, daughter of Sylvester and Mary Tripp, who belonged to the era of early settlement in Carroll County. Her father is still living, at the age of seventy- eight years. Mr. Rutledge had the misfortune- to lose his wife January 9, 1917, the year in which they would have celebrated their twentieth wedding anniversary, Two children were born, Sylvia Ann and Ralph McRae. The son is in the seventh grade of the Carrollton schools. The daughter, who finished her education in the Carrollton High School. became the wife of Clarence Gotschall. Mr. Gotschall responded to the draft in 1918, but a short time after he began training at Camp Sherman was stricken and died with the influenza. He is survived by one son, Homer. PETER A. CRUMRINE. The attractive little city of Carrollton, judicial center and metropolis of Carroll County, naturaly has made distinct appeal to many of those native sons who have here gained substantial success in connection with farm industry and who have finally been justified in retiring from the labors and exactions of the farm. Thus the city has gained a goodly quota of sterling retired farmers, and among the number is he whose name introduces this paragraph. Mr. Crumrine was born in Perry Township, this county. July 10, 1856. and is a son of John and Margaret (Binger) Crmnrine, both of whom were born in Pennsylvania. Peter and Elizabeth CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES - 497 Crumrine, grandparents of the subject of this sketch, came from the old Keystone State to Carroll County in the pioneer days and settled in Lee Township, where they effected the development of a productive farm and where they passed the remainder of their lives. They became the parents of six sons—John, Isaac, Henry, Peter, David and Madison, and also of one daughter, Mrs. Brown. John Crumrine was a boy at the time when the family home was established in Carroll County, and here he eventually became a successful farmer, as the owner of one of the excellent farms of Perry Township, but for more than a quarter of a century he devoted his attention to the operation of what was known as the Dawson Mill in that township, this grist mill having been operated by water power. In Perry Township he and his wife continued their residence until the time of their deaths. Both were originally communicants of the Lutheran Church, but later united with what is known as the Christian Union Church in Perry Township. Mr. Crumrine was in the 100-days' service as a soldier in the Civil war, and in later years maintained active affrliation with the Grand Army of the Republic. His political support was given to the republican party. It should be recorded that the paternal and maternal great-grandparents of Peter A. Crumrine were born and reared in Germany and immigrated to America about the year 1812. John and Margaret (Binger) Crumrine became the parents of nine children—Mary, Jane, Frank, Emma, Spencer, Peter A., Elizabeth, John and Belle. Peter A. Crumrine found his childhood and youth compassed by the influences of the home farm and profited duly by the advantages afforded in the public schools of his native township. He has been specially vigorous and progressive as a farmer, his first farm, of ninety- four acres, having been in Loudon Township, and later his operations having been continued on a farm of 108 acres east of Carrollton in Center Township. He also became the owner of property in the city of Carrollton. He finally sold his farm in Center Township and thereafter resided at Carrollton about four years. He then purchased a tract of thirty-five acres in Center Township, and this property he improved by the erection of a modern house and other good farm buildings. On this model little farm he continued to reside until 1920. when he sold the property and purchased his present attractive residence at 434 South Lisbon Street, Carrollton, where he is now living retired. He is a staunch democrat, and while residing in London Township he served several terms as township trustee. Both he and his wife are active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in their home city. October 14. 1875, recorded the marriage of Mr. Crumrine to Miss Martha M. Abel, who was born in Perry Township, this county. May 28. 1853, a daughter of Nathan and Ruth Ellen (Crim) Abel, both likewise natives of Carroll County. Conrad Abel. grandfather of Mrs. Crumrine. was one of the pioneer settlers in Loudon Township, where he and his wife continued to reside until their deaths. The maternal grandparents, Charles and Christena (Abel) Crim, likewise became early settlers of Loudon Township, where they passed the residue of their lives. Nathan Abel remained on his farm until his death and was one of the substantial farmers and influential citizens of Loudon Township. His political allegiance was given to the democratic party, and both he and his wife were communicants of the Lutheran Church. Of their eleven children William and Emeline died in infancy, the names of the other children being here entered in respective order of their births: Margaret, Angeline, Minerva, Martha Ann, Jacob, Ruth Ellen, Laura, George and Florence Olive. Mr. and Mrs. Crumrine have no children. N. A. SMITH owns and resides upon a well improved farm of 105 acres in Cadiz Township, and in Stock Township he owns also one-half of the old homestead farm of 120 acres, on which he was born, the date of his nativity having been February 15, 1857. He is one of the popular representatives of a family that was founded in this county nearly a century ago, and is a son of John P. and Anna (Welch) Smith, the former of whom was born in Stock Township, on the same farm that later figured as the birthplace of his own children, and the date of his birth was February 22, 1822. His wife was born in Franklin Township, a member of another of the sterling pioneer families of Harrison County. John P. Smith was a son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Perigo) Smith, whose marriage was solemnized in the State of Maryland. Daniel Smith was born in the year 1774, either in Germany or Maryland, from which state he finally removed to Pennsylvania, where he remained until. 1818, when he came with his family to Ohio and settled in Jefferson County, whence in 1821 he came to the present Harrison County and entered an entire section of Government land in Stock Township, where he and his sons reclaimed much of the tract from the forest and developed productive farms. He was one of the organizers of the First Methodist Episcopal Church in his township and was zealous and liberal in its support, as well as one of its influential members. He was a staunch democrat in politics, and as an enterprising and forward-looking citizen he contributed much to the initial development of Harrison County along both civic and industrial lines. He died on the 14th of July, 1856, and his remains were the first to be interred in the cemetery at Pleasant Valley, The names of Daniel Smith and his wife have high place on the roll of the honored pioneers of this now favored section of the Buckeye State. They became the parents of ten children: William P.. Joab, Maria, Harriet. Millie, James, Joel Jesse, Nathan and John P. John P. Smith remained on the old' home farm until 1858, when he removed to an adjoining farm. which continued to be his place of residence during the remainder of his signally active and useful life. He became the owner of a valuable landed estate of 475 acres, the greater portion of which he retained until his death, and he was one of the leading farmers and influential citizens of Stock Township, 498 - CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES where he served several years as township trustee. Both he and his wife were active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Pleasant Valley. They became the parents of ten children: Margaret E. became the wife of Lewis Brown; William K. became a successful physician and surgeon at Deersville, Harrison County; Susan is the wife of B. W. Havener: Mary Jane married Samuel Miller; Edna is the. wife of John Logan; Amanda was the next in order of birth : N. A. is the immediate subject of this sketch; McKinney resides in Harrison County; Martha is the wife of William E. Cramlet; and David is engaged in the practice of medicine at Newark, Licking County. In Stock Township N. A. Smith protited fully by the advantages afforded in the public schools, and his entire active career has been marked by close and successful association with farm industry in his native county. He continued a farmer in Stock Township until 1892, when he purchased and removed to his present well improved farm in Cadiz Township. The house on the place was erected before he came into possession of the property, but the other excellent farm buildings have been erected by him and indicate his progressiveness as well as the prosperity that has attended his well directed activities as an agriculturist and stock grower. As before stated, he also owns a part of the old home farm on which he was born, in Stock Township: Mr. Smith has always taken a loyal interest in community affairs, though never a seeker of official preferment, his political allegiance being given to the republican party and he and his wife being members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In December. 1883, Mr. Smith was united in marriage to Miss Kate McGuire, a daughter of Sampson McGuire. of Stock Township, and they became the parents of three children: Carl C.. Mary and John. Carl C. Smith was one of the gallant young Americans who sacrificed their lives in the great World war, and the name of this patriotic young man shall ever be held in high honor in his native county and state. He entered service in July, 1917. and was made first lieutenant in the medical corps with the Thirty-seventh Division of the American Expeditionary Forces in France. where he was in active service in the sanguinary campaigns of the Argonne Forest and the St. Mihiel sector. He died in France February 17, 1919, and the grief of his parents. his young wife and his many friends is tempered by the memory of his heroic service and tragic death in the cause of humanity. He went with his command to France in July, 1918, and there remained until his death. His body lies interred in the bloodstained soil of heroic France. He married Miss Lottie Punteny, who remains in Harrison County, and is survived also by their two children. John P. and Martha C. Mary. only daughter of the subject of this review. is the wife of John E. Warren. John, the surviving son. remains at the parental home. LIVERTON O. SNYDER, whose whole life has been spent in Harrison County. where, beginning at the bottom of the agricultural ladder, he has progressed through his innate qualities of industry, perseverance, economy and integrity to the ownership of a highly productive farm in Freeport Township and the position of a substantial, influential and useful member of the community, was born in Nottingham Township, Harrison County, November 7, 1862, a son of Levi and Rhoda (Bell) Snyder. George Snyder, the paternal grandfather of Liverton 0. Snyder, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, whence he moved with his wife, Polly, to Coshocton County, Ohio, when his family was still small, and there passed the rest of his life in farming. He and his worthy wife were consistent members of the Presbyterian Church and the parents of five children: Levi, Samuel, Margaret, Hannah and another daughter. Levi Snyder was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and was still a child when taken by his parents to Coshocton County, Ohio. There he secured his education in the public schools and carried on farming until his marriage, following which he moved to Nottingham Township, Harrison County, and took charge of his father-in-law's farm. There his wife died in 1875, and in 1876 he returned to Coshocton County, Ohio, for one year, after which he came back to Harrison County, settling in Freeport Township, where he was engaged in farming until his death. He died in 1891, in the faith of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Snyder married for his first wife Miss Rhoda Bell, who was born in Nottingham Township, Harrison County, a daughter of Alexander Bell. Mr. Bell was one of the pioneers of Nottingham Township, to which community he came alone and settled on a tract of land on which but two acres had been cleared. Here he erected a small log cabin, and then returned to his eastern home and brought back his wife and two children, and settled down to agricultural pursuits, in which he was engaged during the remainder of his life. He was one of the substantial men of his community mid a faithful member of the Presbyterian Church, having helped to build the first church of that faith in his adopted township. He and his worthy wife were the parents of seven children: Alexander, Liverton, Colmer, Robert, Hiram. Rhoda and Sarah Jane. Levi and Rhoda (Bell) Snyder became the parents of four children: Sarah Jane, who married J. E. Lafferty; Anna Bell, who married M. M. Richie, Liverton. Ohio; and Leora, who married Boyd Kerr. After the death of his first wife Mr. Snyder married Julia A. Moore. Liverton 0. Snyder attended the public schools of Nottingham township and Freeport township. and as a young man engaged in agricultural pursuits on his own account. On October 22. 1891, he was united in marriage with Laura A. Longsworth, daughter of Warren and Mary (Smith) Longsworth, natives of Guernsey County, and granddaughter of Basil and Elizabeth (Boyer) Longsworth and John and Elizabeth (Edwards) Smith. Warren Longsworth was born in 1831, and spent his entire life in agricultural operations on the farm on which he was born in Washington Township. He and his wife were members of the Methodist Protestant Church and the parents of the following children: Laura A.. Ulysses S. Grant, John W.. Elwood R.. CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES - 499 and Mary Elizabeth. During the first year after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Snyder moved to Guernsey County, where they spent one sear, lhen returning to Freeport Township, Harrison County, where they have continued to maintain their bona'. During the past twenty-five years they have resided on their present well-cultivated farm of 144 acres. Mr. Snyder has met wilh success in his farming and stock raising operations. Ids good management and modern methods having combined with his industry to bring him prosperity. He is well known throughout his section of Harrison County. and within his wide circle of acquaintanee enjoys the reputation of on intelligent. upright, public-spirited and well-disposed citizen. Mr. and Mrs. Snyder are the parents of one son: Seth L., born February S. 1894, a farmer of Freeport Township. He married Miss Belle Cummins and has one child, Ruth Marian. Mr. and Mrs. Snyder are consistent members of the Presbyterian Church at Freeport. the movements of which they have supported liberally. Having managed his own affairs so capably, he has been called upon by his fellow-citizens to manage public matters, and during a period of seven years was a member of the Board of Trustees of Freeport Township. MAHLON SHAW. In the vigorous little industrial city of Minerva, situated on the line between Carroll and Stark counties, is essentially one of the most influential citizens and men of affairs, as he is here vice-president of the Minerva Savings & Trust Company. one of the substantial financial institutions of this part of the state, and is also vice president of the Owen China Company, a substantial manufacturing concern. Mr. Show was born in Washington Township, Carroll County, Ohio. August 23, 1844, and is a representative of a prominent and honored pioneer family of this county. He is a son of Josiah C. and Maria (Walton) Shaw, the former of whom was born in Jefferson County, Ohio. October 30, 1816, and the latter was born in Augusta Township, Carroll County, August 6, 1823, a daughter of Gabriel and Mary (Townsend) Walton. Josiah C. Shaw was a son of Nathan and Ruth (Crawford) Shaw, whose names have high place on the roll of the sterling pioneers of Carroll County. Nathan Shaw and his wife were both natives of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, where the former was born June 17. 1777, and the latter July 25, 1782. their marriage having there been solemnized on the 15th of May, 1802. Nathan Shaw was for a time engaged in boat building on the Monongahela River in Pennsylvania, and it was in the early part of the nineteenth century that he came with his wife to ()Ili() and settled in Jefferson County, and when a few years later they came to the present Carroll County and numbered themselves among the earliest settlers in Washington Township. which was at that time an untrammeled forest wild. Mr. Shaw reclaimed a farm from the forest, and concerning him the following statements have been written: "Nathan Shaw was one of the best farmers of his section and time. He took great pride in fruit-growing and developed one of the tinest pioneer orchards in Carroll County. The public road through his premises was lined with black-morella cherry trees, and his apple orchard consisted of numerous varieties of the choicest kinds." Mr. Shawls death occurred October 28, 1853, his wife having passed away October 13. 1830, the remains of both being interred in the Herrington Cemetery in Augusta Township. where the first grave was that of their son-in-law. George Long. who was accidentally shot and killed in October, 1823, while hunting deer in that township. Mr. and Mrs. Shaw became the parents of one son and six daughters: Mary became the wife of George Long, mentioned above. and after his tragic death she finally married John Morgan, with whom she removed to Scioto County, where she passed the remainder of her life; Cassandra married Simeon Westfall. and both were residents of Carroll County at the time of their deaths; Elizabeth became the wife of Robert Denniston, and her remains rest in Corinth Cemetery at Mechanicstown; Christena, the wife of Joseph Caskey. remained in Carroll County until her death: Margaret, wife of Silas Caskey, likewise died in this county: Josiah C., the only son, was the next in order of birth; and Mary, who first married Peter Abrahams and after his death became the wife of Henry Pedler, was a resident of Columbiana County at the time of her death. Josiah C. Shaw was reared to manhood on the pioneer farm of his father and gained his education in the common schools of the locality and period. He was a boy at the time of the family removal to Carroll County, and he so effectively applied himself to his studies that he became eligible for pedagogic honors and as a young man was for several years a successful teacher in the rural schools. He became one of the representative farmers of Washington Township, where also he operated a saw mill tor a number of years. In 1852 he removed with his family to Brown Township, where eventually he became the owner of a fine landed estate ' of nearly 600 acres, on which he erected a large residence on the line between Brown and Augusta Townships. There his death occurred on the 10th of January. 1883, and his remains rest in the cemetery at Minerva. He was one of the progressive and influential men of the county, was tirst a Whig and later a republican in politics, and he filled various offices of local trust, besides having been elected ni 1870 a member of the Board of Equalization for Carroll and Stark counties. He was a charter member of Oak Ridge Grange No. 661, and in connection with his farm enterprise he became one of the leading sheep-growers of this section of the state. A man of generous and affable nature, tolerant and kindly in all of the relations of life, he commanded the unqualified confidence and esteem of all who knew him and his memory is held in lasting honor in the county that represented his home during virtually his entire life. • His widow, who will celebrate on the 6th of August. 1921, the ninety-eighth anniversary of her birth, still resides in Carroll County, as one of the most venerable and revered pioneer women of her native county, she being held in affectionate regard by all who  500 - CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES have come within the compass of her gentle and gracious influence. Mrs. Shaw is a daughter of Gabriel and Mary (Townsend) Walton, both natives of Pennsylvania, where the former was born November 17, 1777, of English lineage, and the latter September 8, 1781, of Welch ancestry. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Walton was solemnized, March 12, 1801, at New Garden. Columbiana County, Ohio Territory, and they became the parents of eleven children. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Walton returned to Pennsylvania, where they remained three years in the city of Philadelphia. They then came again to Columbiana County, Ohio, whence, about the year 1815 they came to Carroll County, where Mr. Walton took up 640 acres of Government land in the present Augusta Township. Here he died April 18, 1845. and his widow passed away November 15, 1862. Josiah C. and Maria (Walton) Shaw became the parents of four children: Jesse W., who was born in Washington Township August 26, 1842, developed one of the finest farm properties in Brown Township and is one of the venerable and honored citizens of his native county, where he has continuously ,maintained his residence save for a period of fifteen years passed in the city of Alliance, Stark County. He was a gallant soldier of the Union in the Civil war, in which he served as a member of Company F, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He took part in many important engagements, including the battle of the Wilderness, in which he received a severe wound which fractured the bones of his right leg and incapacitated him for further service, besides entailing injury that has caused him a measure of trouble during his later life. He has been an appreciative and honored member of the Grand Army of the Republic for many years. Mahlon Shaw, immediate subject of this review, was the second son. Eli D. likewise upheld the prestige of the family name in connection with farm industry in Carroll County, and he served twenty years as county surveyor. He achieved distinctive success in life and was president of the Minerva Savings & Trust Company at the time of his death in 1915, at the age of sixty-three years. Ida Theona, the only daughter, was born March 19, 1860, and she died on the 8th of April, 1876, at the age of sixteen years. Mahlon Shaw was reared on the old home farm and received the advantages of the district schools and of well conducted seminaries at Minerva and Malvern, after which he entered Mount Union College, in which he was graduated as a member of the class of 1871. In the meanwhile it had been his to give four months of service as a soldier of the Union in the Civil war. In May, 1864, he enlisted as a private in Company K, One Hundred and Fifty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he continued in service until the close of his term, when he received his honorable discharge. After leaving college he was for a time employed in a white-lead factory at Alliance, Stark County, and in 1872 became actively associated with operations in the oil fields of Butler County, Pennsylvania, where his original service was in the drilling of wells. He continued his alliance with the great oil industry about thirty-five years, and he achieved marked success in which connection his operations extended into Kentucky and Indiana, as well as in Pennsylvania. He became well known as a successful oil operator and was a member of leading oil exchanges in Pennsylvania. In 1908 Mr. Shaw became a substantial stockholder in the Owen China Company of Minerva, and after having served for some time as its president and treasurer he abated his executive activities to a certain extent, though he is still a director of the company and as its vice president is influential in the directing of its policies. He has been for about fifteen years actively identified also with the Minerva Savings & Trust Company, of which he became vice president upon the death of his brother Eli D., who had been its president. In politics, though never animated by any desire for official preferment, Mr. Shaw is a staunch republican, and as a liberal and public-spirited citizen he takes deep interest in all things pertaining to the welfare of his native county, where his circle of friends is limited only by that of his acquaintances, his popularity being not curtailed by reason of the fact that he has remained in the ranks of eligible bachelors. JOSEPH F. STRAUSBAUGH. To those who have never had the opportunity of visiting a modern Harrison County farm, the mention of farming may bring to mind a team of hot, tired horses, a hand plow and a horny-handed, dusty son of the soil, toiling endlessly from sun-up to sunset. Those who have such ideas would be considerably surprised if they visited the farm of Joseph F. Strausbaugh of Archer township, where they would find powerful machinery taking the place of the ordinary plow of former years, and comfort and recreation in plenty for the farmer and his family. No longer are the rural districts isolated. First the telephone and then the automobile brought the farmer into close contact with the centers of industry, and many who in former years left the farm for the city are returning to the soil, realizing that the land makes better returns for the time and money expended upon it, and at the same time affords healthful and happy living conditions difficult to secure in the more congested districts. Joseph F. Strausbaugh belongs to a family of agriculturalists, and he was born in his present county, in Green Township, on July 17, 1852, a son of Michael Strausbaugh, who was born in Adams County, Pennsylvania, in 1811, and died in Archer Township, Harrison County, Ohio, in 1S70. His wife, who was Mary Morehead before her marriage, was born in Adams County, Pennsylvania, a daughter of James Morehead. Michael Strausbaugh was one of the early settlers of Green Township, but in 1864 moved to Archer Township, which continued to 14 his home the remainder of his life. He and his wife had the following children: Daniel S., Jambes M., Joseph F., and Mary Jane, who married Charles Dudgeon. The parents were Presbyterians, and refrred the children in the faith of that church. Joseph F. Strausbaugh attended the district schools of Green and Archer townships, and at the same time learned to be a farmer. When he was a young man he began farming, and has PICTURE OF H. S. BARRICKLOW CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES - 501 continued in this line ever since. and has also worked considerably as a carpenter. His homestead comprises fifty-seven acres of well-improved land. In 1883 Mr. Strausbaugh was married to Helen Dudgeon, a daughter of William Dudgeon, and' they became the parents of the following children: Ray V., who married Ethel Walker, and has two children. Eugene and Paul. and lives at Steubenville, Ohio; Metta. who married Harry Coen and lives at Mingo, Ohio; Lola who lives at Canton, Ohio; Doyle. who is a veteran of the great war; and Frank, who is also a veteran of the same mighty war. Mr. and Mrs. Strausbaugh belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church at Jewett, and are held in the highest esteem by their associates in the church just as they are by their neighbors. Doyle Strausbaugh entered the service on April 2, 1918, and was trained at Camp Sherman. On June 28, 1918, he sailed for France from Hoboken. and landed at Brest, France. He served with Company F, One Hundred and Third Infantry. Twenty-Sixth Division, and was in the Saint Mihiel and Verdun offensives. On April 5, 1919, he landed at Boston, Massachusetts, and was discharged on April 24. at Camp Sherman. Frank Strausbaugh entered the service in September, 1917, and after he was trained at Camp Sherman he sailed for France in June, 1918. landing at Brest. France, after which his command, Company L, Three Hundred and Thirty-Second Infantry, Eighty-Third Division. was sent to Italy. He returned to the United States about the middle of April. 1919, and was discharged at Camp Sherman May 1 of that year. This is the only family in Archer Township to have two sons in the overseas service, and were also fortunate inasmuch as the stars with their service flag did not turn to gold; and young men were returned home safe and second in spite of active participation in some the hard-fought engagements of the last days of the war. HENRY S. BARRICKLOW, While Henry S. Barrricklow, of Cadiz, is a native of Harrison County, having been born December 10, 1847, in Athens township, his ancestry dates back to Holland. His great-great-grandfather, Daniel Barricklow, and his brother, Darrick Barricklow, came from the lands of Holland to America, settling in Sussex County, New Jersey. The brother settled on Long Island. In Holland the name was spelled De Barick of the Baricks, but over the generations Americanized it. Joseph Barricklow, father of Henry S., was born June____ in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. _____ (Bartow) Barricklow, the mother of Henry S. Harricklow, was born May 21, 1813, _____ County, Ohio. She was a daughter of Eli and Charity (Leverage) Bartow, the family being of French-Canadian stock. The Bartows were among the pioneers of Harrison County. There was but one house in Cadiz when they came to the county. They had lived for a time in Guernsey County. The grandfather, Hendrick Barricklow, was born in 1772 in Middlesex County, New Jersey, and he married Maribah Ogelvee, who was born in Cecil County, Maryland. Conrad Barrick low, of the preceding generation, was born in 1742, in Middlesex County, New Jersey. The Barricklows certainly belong to the Colonial period in United States history. The wife of Conrad Barricklow was Sarah Miller. He was a Minute Man in the War of the Revolution, and was wounded at the battle of Monmouth, New Jersey. There were five children in this Colonial Barricklow family : Anna, 1768; Daniel, 1770; Hendrick, 1772. to whom H. S. Barricklow traces his lineage; John, 1775; and Farrington. 1777. Few families have more record of their colonial ancestry. As a young man Hendrick Barricklow learned the tailor's trade in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, but later he abandoned the trade and worked on flat boats up and down the Ohio River. In 1809 he moved with his family to Athens Township, Harrison County, where he bought a quarter section of land, the title or patent being signed by President James Madison when the -property was transferred from the Government to him. He died in April, 1852, on this land he had acquired from the Government in Harrison County. The children born to Hendrick and Maribah Barricklow were: Sarah. John, Joseph, Ann, Henry, Julia, Conrad and Farrington. The four older ones were born in Pennsylvania and the others in Ohio. There is Revolutionary ancestry in both the Barricklow and Ogelvee families. Joseph Barricklow became a farmer and stockman in Harrison County, buying the homestead of his father and dying there April 13, 1875, while his wife died February 29, 1895. They were members of Hankins Methodist Church. Henry S. Barricklow is their oldest son. His sister, Maribah, who died in 1919, was married twice, wedding, Simeon Pickering and Washington J. Vance. The brother, Joseph E, Barricklow, who died in 1905. married Mary Walker. In 1882 Henry S. Barricklow married Lizzie B. Haverfield. She died September 13, 1S83, and in 1893, Mr. Barricklow married Lizzie McFadden. Their children are: Harold J., Bessie, Mary Helen, Pauline, Henry S., Jr., and Gretchen. The family are members of the Methodist Church in Cadiz.. Harold J. Barricklow was the first Harrison County boy to enlist in the World war. He was in a Tank Brigade and had six months overseas service in France. H, S. Barricklow has extensive farm interests and until 1916 when he located in Cadiz he had always lived in the country. Up to one year ago Mr. Barricklow owned 738 acres of which he has since sold 147 acres. Beside city property in Cadiz, Columbus, Ohio, and Fargo, North Dakota, he owns land in Ohio, Kansas, Nebraska, in North and South Dakota which, added to his Harrison County land, makes Mr. Barricklow one of the largest land owners of eastern Ohio. He also holds large interest in coal and oil lands. For more than thirty years he has been a director of the Harrison National Bank in Cadiz, and for the last few years has been vice president of that institution. While Mr. Barricklow has always lived in Harrison County, his' business activities are not confined to one locality. He has been a successful man and has accumulated sufficient property to take care of him when he ceases business activities. 502 - CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES HORACE G. KERR owns and is giving his atten tion to the vigorous operations of the fine old homestead farm which figures not only as the place of his birth but also as that of his father, the latter's parents having come to Harrison County in 1828 and here established their home on this farm in Cadiz Township, the place hav- ing been at that time a tract of forest land, with no improvements, and theirs having been the herculean task of reclaiming the land to cultic- vation. James Kerr was born and reared in Scotland, and after his marriage he and his wife removed to Ireland, where the wife and mother died. Their son Alexander was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, and in the early years of the nineteenth century he came with his father to America. They settled near West Liberty, Ohio County, West Virginia, and there James Kerr remained until 1850, when he came to Harrison County, Ohio, where he passed his declining years in the home of his son Alexander and where he died in 1856, at the age of eighty-eight years. Alexander Kerr was reared to manhood in West Virginia, and among his early experiences after coming with his father to America was that of clerking for a time in a mercantile es- tablishment in the City of Philadelphia, Penn- Sylvania. In West Virginia, which was at that time still a part of Virginia, he married Mary Blair, a daughter of Raunel and Annie Blair, of Brooks County, and in 1828 he and his wife came to Harrison County, Ohio, and established their home on the frontier farm which has been developed into the well improved homestead now owned by their grandson, Horace G., of this review. Mrs. Kerr passed to eternal rest in 1838, at the age of forty years, and Mr. Kerr was seventy-four years of age at the time of his death, about the year 1860. Of the chil- dren the first born, Elizabeth, died in childhood, as did also the second, Mary Ann; Jane never married and was about seventy-four years of age at the time of her death, as one of the revered pioneer women of Harrison County; Alexander B., father of Horace G., was the next in order of birth; and Evelyn died when young. The religious faith of the family was that of the Presbyterian Church, and incidental to the religious differences in the church relative to the question of slavery, Alexander Kerr, who was an uncompromising abolitionist, was led to se- cede from the parent church and become one of the organizers of the local branch of what was known as the Free Presbyterian Church. A man of strong convictions and will power, he was a leader in community sentiment and action, and in the period leading up to the Civil war he was actively identified with the historic "Underground Railroad," through the medium of which many fugitive slaves were assisted to freedom. He served several years as trustee of Cadiz Township. It is worthy of note that this sterling pioneer was opposed to the use of whis- key, the drinking of which was in those days taken as a matter of course, and that he was the first man in his community to abolish the use of whiskey by men working in the harvest fields —a regulation to this effect having been adopted by him on his farm and he having stood firm against all protests against his action. Alexander B. Kerr, owing to the conditions of time and place, had limited educational advantages in his youth, and he early began to bend his youthful energies to the arduous work of the pioneer farm. He passed his entire life on this old homestead and was the owner of a well improved farm of 140 acres at the time of his death. In 1857 was solemnized his marriage ! to Miss Lucy Smith, who was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, in December, 1832, a daughter of William and Mary Smith, her father ! having been a soldier in the War of 1812 and having passed the closing years of his life on his farm in Washington Township, Harrison County. His widow was a resident of Steubenville, Jefferson County, at the time of her death. Alexander B. Kerr continued to give his close attention to the work of his farm until the exigencies of the Civil war resulted in a further call for volunteers in 1863, when he left his wife and children on the farm and went forth ; to aid in defense of the Union. In that year he enlisted in Company K, One Hundred and Seventieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he served in defense of the national capital and I later took part in the famous campaign and varied battles of the Shenandoah valley of Virginia. Though he was never wounded or captured, he was prostrated by fever and was confined several weeks in a military hospital. Upon ! the expiration of his term of enlistment he returned home and resumed the management of his farm, three and one-half miles west of . Cadiz and consisting of 140 acres. He was a staunch supporter of the cause of the repub- ! lican party, was affiliated with the Grand Army of the Republic, and he and his wife held membership in the Presyterian Church. Of their , children Horace G., of this sketch, is the second in order of birth, and in his home remains his only, an elder, sister, Mary who has never married; William died in January, 1901, in his native county; and two children died in infancy. The devoted wife and mother passed to the life eternal September 19, 1881, and Alexander B. Kerr died in October, 1907, honored by all who knew him. It may be recorded that his maternal grandfather, Raunel Blair, was a patriot soldier in the war of the Revolution, after the close of which he secured land in Ohio County, Virginia (now West Virginia), but the closing years of his life were passed in the state of Vermont, the Blair family having been founded in New England in the early colonial period of our national history. Horace G. Kerr was identified with the activities of the old homestead farm from the time of his boyhood, and is now owner of this valuable farm of 140 acres. From 1883 to 1885 he was engaged in the livery business at Cadiz, 'and thereafter he conducted a shoe store at that place until October, 1887, when he became a locomotive fireman on the Panhandle Railroad. He continued to be thus employed until 1891, and in 1893 he returned to and assumed active management of the old home farm, in the operation of which his vigorous and well directed activities have brought to him substantial returns. In 1880 Mr. Kerr married Miss Emma Lewis, daughter of Reed and Millie Lewis, of Harrison County, and the one child of this union is George CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES - 503 B., who married Miss Norma Cooper and who has been engaged in the drug business at Bartlesville, Oklahoma, since May, 1912. The second marriage of Mr. Kerr was solemnized in April, 1901, when Miss Carrie A. Hines became his wife. She was born and reared in Cadiz Township as were also her parents, Daniel and Martha (Laughlin) Hines, who there passed their entire lives. Mr. Hines died April 9, 1910, and his wife passed away in March of the following year. Both were active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They became the parents of three children: Ina B., who died when young; Jessie, the wife of James Frazier; and Carrie A., wife of Mr. Kerr, is the youngest of the number. ROBERT BROTHERS, former county auditor of Carroll County, has spent most of his active life in railroad service and is a clerk. in .office of the W. L. E. Railway Company at Carrollton. The record of his family runs back into the pioneer times in Carroll County. His great- grandparents were Stephen and Elizabeth (Castleberry) Brothers, who were among the first settlers in Brown Township, Carroll County, where they bought land and made a home in the wilderness and where both of them spent the rest of their years. In their family were twelve children, Benjamin, Joseph, William, Isaac, Levi, John, Abram, David, Francis, Jacob, Margaret and Mrs, Yengling. Of this family Levi was born in Maryland June 22, 1799, and was .a youth when brought to Carroll County. He married Lydia Clark, who was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, September 13, 1799. They were married in Columbiana County and during 1820 moved to Carroll County and settled in Brown Township. A portion of their farm is still owned by their son Richard Brothers. This land had been entered by Richard Vaughn, grandfather of Lydia Clark, who was the daughter of George and Anna (Vaughn) Clark. A great-grandson of George Clark, Henry Clark, now owns the old homestead. Levi Brothers and wife were the parents of thirteen children, and those to reach mature years were George, Joseph, Lydia, Stephen, John, Austin, Fannie and Richard. Three of the sons, Austin, John and Stephen, were soldiers in the Civil war, all were wounded in battle. John being shot through the chest and Austin through the mouth. These soldier brothers are still living except Stephen. the oldest of the family, who died about 1908. Richard Brothers, father of Robert Brothers, was born in Brown Township of Carroll County September 13, 1840, and has spent his life of practically fourscore years in that same community. He attended common schools and select schools at Minerva, and after his education turned his attention to farming. At one time he owned a hundred acres of the old homestead, and still retains fifteen acres. In March, 1920, he moved to Minerva, and is now living retired. He is a democrat, but the only office in which he has consented to serve has been as a member of the school board. In 1867 Richard Brothers married Miss Mary J. Woods, a cousin of Isaac B. Woods and a daughter of Robert Woods and granddaughter of William Woods. The Woods family were pioneers near Waynesburg in Brown Township, and other references to the family are made on other pages. Richard Brothers and wife lived to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary, and she died. November 26, 1919. To their marriage were born seven children: Frank W., Levi C., Robert, Lulie, William, Lydia and Joseph. Robert Brothers, who is a member of the fourth generation of the family in Carroll County, was born in Brown Township August 3, 1873, and spent his youth in the environment of the old homestead. He attended district school there, later completed a course in the Ohio Normal University at Ada, and for two years was a successful teacher. In 1893 he began railroading with the Pennsylvania system at Cleveland, where he remained about five years. In 1899 he returned to Carroll County and was elected and served one term as county auditor. After retiring from office with a creditable record he engaged in the hardware business for two years at Carrollton, but for the past seven years has given all his time to his duties as freight agent. Mr. Brothers is a democrat and for many years has been influential in party circles. He is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church. February 26, 1907, he married Miss Gertrude Sterling, who was born at Carrollton, July 6, 1873, daughter of Milton C. and Jane Elizabeth (Atkinson) Sterling. Her father was born at Carrollton in 1843 and died in 1897. Her mother was born at Carrollton in 1846 and died in 1903, being a daughter of Isaac Atkinson, a relative of the Isaac Atkinson whom history calls the father of Carroll County. Milton Sterling was a son of Samuel Sterling, and this family is also represented elsewhere. Milton Sterling was reared and educated at Carrollton, worked in the Sterling drug store and was in business for himself many years, and since his death the business has been continued by his daughters, Mrs. Frank Ebersole and Mrs. Robert Brothers. This is the oldest drug store in the county. Mr. Sterling was a republican and a member of the Methodist Church. He and his wife were survived by two daughters, Fredalina, who graduated from the Carrollton High School in 1890, and was a successful teacher for seven yews, until her marriage to Mr. Frank Ebersole. The other daughter, Gertrude, who became Mrs. Brothers, was also educated in the Carrollton High School. EMMETT A. TAYLOR, cashier of the Freeport State Bank. is one of the reliable financiers of Harrison County, and a man who stands very high in public confidence. He was born in Wheeling Township, Belmont County, Ohio. August 24, 1865, a son of James and Louise (Thompson) Taylor, and grandson of William and Margaret (Gillespie) Taylor. James Taylor was born in Belmont County, and his wife was born in Morgan County, Ohio, she being a daughter of Samuel Thompson. On her motherls side she is descended from the Dunn family of Morgan County. James Taylor was a farmer of Wheeling Township, Belmont County, for a number of years. The children born to him and his wife were as follows: Em- 504 - CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES mett A., William, Nannie and Mary, the last named child dying when small. Emmett A. Taylor was reared on his father's farm in Wheeling Township, and he acquired his educational training in the schools of his neighborhood. After he reached his majority he began farming, but was not content to remain in the rural districts, and so in 1003. left the farm and went to Cambridge, Ohio, where he was weighmaster and pay roll clerk for the Forsythe Coal Company for eight years. Leaving that concern, he became shipping clerk for the Hoyle & Scott Lumber Company, and held that position for three years. The last three years he lived at Cambridge he was manager of the Cambridge Ice & Storage Company and of the Guernsey Creamery Company, the two latter companies being owned by W. C. Brown of Columbus, Ohio. In October, 1918, Mr. Taylor came to Freeport to accept the position of cashier of the Freeport State Bank, and since then has continued to discharge its duties. On May 17, 1899, Mr. Taylor was united in marriage with R. Nelle Coleman, a daughter of Joseph and Eliza Coleman, and they have one daughter, Audrey L. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor are members of the Presbyterian Church and earnest in their support of the church. Mr. Taylor is a member of Freeport Lodge No. 415, F. & A. M., and Uhrichsville .Chapter No. 114, R. A. M. He is a man who has steadily won his way in life through his tidelity and uprightness, and he holds the confidence not only of those who are closest to him, but all with whom he is brought into contact. WILMER C. EDWARDS is the owner of a fine farm of 108 acres in Cadiz Township, Harrison County, a property which he purchased in 1918, and he also owns twenty-three acres in Athens Township, He is proving himself one of the vigorous and resourceful exemplars of agricultural industry in his native county and is a representative of a family that was founded in the Buckeye State in the pioneer epoch of its history. Ignatius Edwards, his great-grandfather, was born and reared in Pennsylvania and came with his family to Ohio in the early part of the eighteenth century and established a home in Belmont County. His son, Henry Edwards, was reared to manhood in Belmont County, and as a young man was united in marriage to Miss Katherine Schatzer, with whom lre finally established his home at Charlestown. a little village in Cadiz Township, Harrison County, where he engaged in the work of his trade, that of shoemaker, and where he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives. Their children were six in number —John, Ignatius, Henry, Jr., Rachel, Martha and Jane. The father not only followed his trade but also engaged in farming in Cadiz Township, an unassuming, reliable citizen of sterling character. Henry Edwards, Jr., father of Wilmer C., of this review, was born in Belmont County, April 30, 1842. When he came to Harrison County he first settled in Athens Township, but the year 1881 established himself upon a farm in Cadiz Township, where he remained until his death in 1891, his venerable widow hill remaining on the old homestead at the time of this writing, in the spring of 1920, and being a devoted member of the Presbyterian Church, as was he also. Mrs. Edwards, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Deyarmon, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, November 24, 1844, and is a daughter of David and Sarah (Paxton) Deyarmon, early settlers in that county. M and Mrs. Edwards became the parents of four children who attained to years of maturity, and of the number Wilmer C., of this review, is the youngest: Lorena Bell, now deceased, became the wife of Edward Philpott and is survived by three children-----Craig, Flora Bell and Mary; Alice, the second child, remains with her widowed mother on the old homestead; Lizzie Catherine, deceased wife of Charles Hagadorn, became the mother of three children—Harold, Raymond and Donald. Wilmer C. Edwards was born in Athens Township, Harrison County, December 18, 1879, and his early educational discipline was obtained mainly in the Science Hill School in Short Creek Township. He has been continuously associated with farming enterprise from the time of his early youth, and came into possession of his present excellent home farm in 1918, as previously noted in this sketch. He is one of the progressive farmers and stock-growers of the younger generation in Cadiz Township, and he and his wife have a host of loyal friends in their native county, both being members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and his political allegiance being given to the republican party. In 1901 was solemnized the marriage of fir. Edwards to Miss Clara Warren, eldest daughter of James and Elizabeth Warren, of Cadiz Township, and they have a winsome little daughter, Leone, who holds gracious sovereignty in the attractive family home. CHARLES F. BARNES has been continuously engaged in school work since 1804 and has been a popular and successful force in connection with educational affairs in his native county. He is now superintendent of public schools for a district comprising six townships in the northeastern part of Harrison County, including the village schools at Scio, where he maintains his residence. Mr. Barnes was born in Moorefield Township, Harrison County, on the 10th of March, 1869, and is a son of John G. and Ada J (Figley) Barnes, the former of whom was born on Belmont Ridge, Harrison County, on September 18, 1840, and died on April 22, 1873, and the latter was born in Moorefield Township, a daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Guthrie) Figley. Joseph Figley was one of the representative farmers of Harrison County for many years, and his father, Adam Figley, was one of the sterling pioneer settlers of the county. Joseph Figley and his wife were zealous members of the Presbyterian Church. They became the parents of three children : Ada J., Thomas J., and Robert Marion, and two sons, who died young. The paternal grandparents of the subject of this review were Richard and Susannah (Dorey) Barnes. Richard H. Barnes was born September 0, 1827, in Prince William County, Virginia, and was a young man when he came to Ohio, where he became a pioneer in the work of his CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES - 505 trade, that of cabinet-maker, and where he was called upon to manufacture many coffins for deceased citizens in the early days. He and his wife held the faith of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and they were honored pioneer citizens of Harrison County at the time of their deaths. Their children were six in number—John G., William G., Emmaline, Mary A., James M. and Adaline, all deceased except Adaline, who married S. M. Bendure, and resides at Moorefield, Ohio. John G. Barnes was reared in Harrison County and here was a student in Hopedale College at the time when the Civil war was precipitated on the nation. His youthful patriotism caused him promptly to abandon his college work and to tender his aid in defense of the Union. He enlisted on August 14, 1862 in Company C, One Hundred and Twenty-Sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which gallant command he took part in many important engagements marking the progress of the great conflict, and he continued in active service at the front for nearly three years, within which time he won promotion to the rank of sergeant. He was wounded in the knee at the battle of Cedar Creek on October 19, 1864. He was honorably discharged on June 25, 1865, and was mustered out at Washington, D. C. After his discharge he returned home, and after a due course of effective technical and practical discipline he became a skilled architect. He continued in the active work of his profession during the remainder of his life and was about thirty-three years of age at the time of his death. His venerable widow, now in her seventy-fourth year, resides at Scio, where she and her two sons established their home in 1890. She is a devoted member of the Presbyterian Church, as was also her husband, and at one time they held membership in the Nottingham Church of this denomination in Nottingham Township, Harrison County. Of the two children Charles F., of this sketch, is the elder, and the younger son, Frederick M., is now a resident of Rossville, Illinois. The district schools of Harrison and Belmont counties afforded Charles F. Barnes his, preliminary educational discipline, and in 1890 he and his mother and brother established their home at Scio, where he forthwith entered Scio College. In this institution he was graduated as a member of the class of 1904, with the degree of Ph.B. In 1888 Mr. Barnes taught his first term of district school in Moorefield Township, and thus made a modest entry into the pedagogic profession, in which he has since achieved marked success and high reputation. He has been continuously identified with educational work since 1894. In September, 1899, he became a grade teacher in the public schools at Seto. where later he became principal or the high school. His effective service later brought him promotion to the position of superintendent of the Scio schools, and since 1914 he has served as district superintendent of schools, for six townships of his native county, as noted in the opening paragraph of this article. In this connection he has manifested excellent executive and administrative ability in addition to his well won pedagogic talent, and with the earnest co-operations of the teachers and patrons of the schools of his jurisdiction he has brought them up to a high standard of modern efficiency. He and his wife are numbered among the most zealous members of the Presbyterian Church at Selo, and he has served several years as an elder of the same. His well fortified political convictions are shown in the loyal allegiance which he accords to the democratic party, and he is affiliated with the local lodge of Free and Accepted Masons at Scio. On the 1st of January, 1894, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Barnes to Miss Alice B. Robinson, who was born in Brooke County, West Virginia, and Who is a daughter of Elijah and Sarah (Freshwater) Robinson. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes became the parents of five children— Beatrice L., Bernice V., Thelma G., Edward Everett and Virginia Louise, the last named having died at the age of eleven months. Beatrice L. is now the wife of W. Eugene Masters, M. D., who is engaged in the practice of his profession at Boyerston, Harrison County, and they have one child, Helen Louise. WILLIAM A. ZELLARS, M. D. Since 1892 Dr. William A. Zellars has lent dignity and stability to professional affairs at Freeport, while maintaining a high professional reputation and participating actively in the life of his adopted community. He is a native of West Lafayette, Coshocton County, Ohio, born April 30, 1866, a son of Michael and Melona (Roderick) Zellars. The paternal grandfather of Doctor Zellars, John Zellars, was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, whence he removed at an early day to Coshocton County, Ohio, and there followed the trade of blacksmith during the remainder of his life. He and his wife, Catherine, were the parents of two children: Michael and Daniel. Michael Zellars was born in Coshocton County, and during a long and honorable career followed the pursuits of farming, contracting and building, and died, highly esteemed, in 1903. He married Melona Roderick, a daughter of Absalom and Margaret (Barcroft) Roderick, the former a native of Virginia who married and moved to Coshocton County and there rounded out a worthy career in the pursuits of agriculture. He and his wife had seven children: James, Absalom, Jr., William A., Iva, Elizabeth, Ellen and Melona. Mrs. Zellars died in 1893, in the faith of the Methodist Church, of which her husband had been a member also. Their six children were as follows: Kemuel, who lives at Coshocton; Ellen, the wife of Charles Bagnell, of Williamsburg, Virginia ; Loretta, the wife of C. H. Williams, of Coshocton : Rachael, the wife of Dr. D. M. Criswell, of Plainfield, Ohio; Dr. William A.; and Jessie, of Logansport, Indiana. William A. Zellars graduated from West Lafayette High School, following which he pursued a course of two years at the Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, and then took up his medical studies at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore, Maryland. Graduating with the degree of Doctor of Medicine from that institution in 1891, he located at Washington, Ohio, for a short time, and in 1892 came to Freeport, where he has since been in the enjoyment of a constantly increasing and lucrative practice. He is a broad-minded and progressive prac- 506 - CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES titioner, a careful observer of the courtesies and amenities of his profession and at all times a seeker of its most intelligent and praiseworthy compensations. He maintains membership in the Harrison County Medical Society and the Ohio State Medical Society, and as a fraternalist belongs to the Masonic Blue Lodge at Freeport and the Royal Arch Chapter at Uhrichsville. With his family he belongs to the Methodist Church. Doctor Zellars has several business connections and is vice president of the Freeport State Bank. On January 31, 1894, Doctor Zellars was united in marriage with Miss Mary Craig, of Washington, Ohio, daughter of John and Mary Craig. Mrs. Zellars died in 1909, having been the mother of two children : Virginia and Robert, the latter of whom died in infancy. THOMAS J. SALTSMAN. Bankers represent composite business more definitely than any other one class of workers in any community, and their attitude is incidentally potent in the formulation and direction of public opinion, even as their ability and character have influence in the stabilizing and protecting commercial and Industrial affairs and community interests in general. The fine little city of Carrollton, judicial center of Carroll County. is fortunate in having as one of its leading figures in the control of financial interests of broad scope and importance a man of such sterling worth and such well proved initiative and executive ability as Mr. Saltsman; who hats gained through his own ability and achievement a high reputation as a financier and who is president of the Cummings Trust Company, one of the strong financial institutions of this part of the Buckeye State. Mr. Saltsman was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, March 2'0, 1859, and the place of his nativity was a farm situated in the vicinity of the village of Tunnel Hill. He is a son of John K. and Jane Saltsman, the former of whom died in 1911 and the latter in 1916. Mr. Saltsman was six years old when his parents came to Carroll County and established their home on a farm near Mechanicstown, but two years later the family removed to West Salem. Wayne County. Thomas J. Saltsman acquired his early education in the public schools of his native state, and after the removal of the family to Wayne County he remained with his parents until August 23, 1875. when he came to Harlem Springs, Carroll County. where he took a clerical position in the general merchandise store of John Richards and Joseph Peterson. He thus continued to be associated with this firm for nine years and seven months. and after Mr. Peterson purchased the interest of Mr. Richards he admitted Mr. Salts- man to partnership in the business, which was thereafter continued under the firm name of Peterson & Saltsman until the junior member sold his interest and in February, 1885, returned to West Salem, Wayne County. After there holding a clerical position for eighteen months he came to Carrollton. where for the ensuing two years and ten months he was employed in the retail mercantile establishment of Kerns & Friedler. On the 1st of July. 1889, he initiated what has proved a signally successful and influential career in connection with banking enter prise, for on that date he took a position in the bank of James P. Cummings, an institution from which has been developed the present Cummings Trust Company, of which Mr. Saltsman is the president. This mere statement vouches for the exceptional ability that has been shown by Mr. Saltsman, for his advancement to his present important official position was won through effective service and through his admirable grasp of all executive details of the banking business. He has made a close study of economic and financial matters and has become a recognized authority in his chosen field of enterprise, which he has dignified alike by his sterling attributes of character and by his high sense of personal stewardship in safeguarding the interests of the community at large. He maintains duly conservative policies in his banking institution, but not at the sacrifice of the progressive methods that are demanded with ever changing conditions. His success and prestige have been won through his own ability and efforts and no citizen commands a fuller measure of popular confidence and esteem. Both he and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church in their home city. On March 30,J886, Mr. Saltsman married Miss Jennie M. Taylor, at Harlem Springs, Ohio. Their five children are: Nellie, a teacher in the public schools; Olive, also a teacher in the home schools; William T., now assistant treasurer of the Savings Department of the Cummings Trust Company; and Isaac and Richard, twins who are now in their second year at Mount Union College and are making good as students. WALTER O. DEFORD. A prominent, prosperous and highly esteemed citizen of Carrollton, Carroll County, Ohio, Walter 0. DeFord was for many years intimately associated with the promotion of the financial and material prosperity of his home city, and having accomplished a satisfactory work is now living retired from active pursuits, devoting his time and energies to his personal affairs. A native of Carroll County, he was born December 8, 1874, in Augusta Township, of Huguenot ancestry. being a lineal descendant of one Jean DeFord. the immigrant, the line of descent being thus traced: Jean. John,' John, William, John W., and Walter 0. In 1685, on the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV, Jean DeFord, accompanied by his bride, Marie (Marchand) DeFord, fled from Toulouse, France, and later, in 1686 or 1687, came to America, settling in Kent County, Maryland, where all of their children, thirteen sons and one daughter, were born. From these sons all of the DeFords of this county are descended. The daughter became the wife of a Mr. Merchant, of Philadelphia. The old Huguenot family Bible brought from France by the immigrant ancestor, who inscribed therein the names of himself and family, is now in the possession of DeFord of Baltimore, Maryland, a second cousin of the subject of this sketch. John DeFord, a native of Kent County, Maryland, served as an officer in the Revolutionary war. Through the depreciation of continental money he lost his entire fortune, and subse- CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES - 507 quently migrated to Pennsylvania, settling in Fayette County, then a part of Westmoreland County,. He became owner of a mill near Red Stone Creek, and was accidentally killed while carrying, on horseback, a grist across the creek. He was married, and was the father of two sons, John and Merchant. John DeFord, a native of Kent County. Maryland, was a lad of eighteen years when his parents settled in Pennsylvania. Coming to Carroll County, Ohio, in 1811, he entered a tract of land, and then returned to Pennsylvania. He made several other entries of land in Ohio, the last entry having been made in 1826, when he had title to 900 acres. For full forty years he was a hotel keeper in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, at the foot of Laurel Hill, near Hopgood, which was named in honor of his wife's father. Coming from there to Carroll County, Ohio, in 1842, he settled in Washington Township, where he continued his residence until his death. December 25, 1873, at the remarkable age of one hundred :Ind two years. He was a democrat in politics. and a member of the Protestant Church. John DeFord was twice married. He married first, in 1799, Mary Hopgood, a daughter of Rev. John Hopgood, a Baptist minister of Fayette County, Pennsylvania. She died in 1815, leaving six children. Hannah, John, William, Mrs. Harriet Broomfield, of Keen, Elizabeth and Daniel. He married for his second wife Lydia.'" Broomfield, a native of Pennsylvania. She died in 1838. leaving one son, who settled in Kansas City, Missouri. William DeFord was born in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, April 28, 1807, and was there educated, attending first the public schools and later Madison College, of which Rev. Henry B. Bascom was then president. In 1822 he visited friends in Wooster, Ohio, and in 18.35 came here to stay. Settling on a farm in Carroll County, he carried on general farming most successfully for many years. He was a democrat in politics until 1861, but after that time was an active worker in the republican ranks. During the Civil war he assisted in raising troops, and in 1863 was elected as a representative from Carroll County to the State . Legislature, serving with such ability that he was re-elected to the same high position in 1867. He served for several terms as a justice of the peace. Religiously he was a member of the Protestant Methodist Church. He married in 1838 Mary D. Williams, who was born in New Jersey in 1801, and died September 10, 1875, in Carroll County, Ohio. Two sons were born of their union, as follows: Nathan, a merchant and miller, who settled near Rochester, Ohio; and John W. John W. DeFord was born on the home farm in Washington Township, Carroll County, Ohio, May 29, 1840. He received excellent educational advantages in the ..days of his youth, and was well drilled in the various branches of agriculture. Inheriting from his father 160 acres of land in Washington Township and 100 acres in Augusta Township, he carried on general farming with highly gratifying results for many years, making his home in the meantime in Augusta Township. Coming to Carroll County on February 22, 1916, he made his home with his son Walter 0. DeFord until his death, which occurred April 26, 1916. He was independent in politics, voting for the best men and measures, and attended the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which his wife was a member. He married Elvira Croxton, who was born January 18, 1838. Her father, William Croxton, was born at Croxton's Run in West Virginia in 1800 and died in 1888. .William Croxton married. Jane McGee on April 12, 1827. She was born in Amsterdam, Ohio, September 16, 1808, and died in 1845. Of the Croxton family there were nine children, four daughters and five sons. The Croxtons came to Ohio from West Virginia in 1812 and located on what is known as the Simpson Harvey farm near Carrollton. William Croxton, who spent his last years in Kansas. was a stanch republican, and he and his wife were members of the Methodist Church. Mr. and Mrs. John W. DeFord had two children, union C. and Walter 0. Union C. DeFord was born and bred in Carroll County, Ohio. Being admitted in early life to the Ohio bar, he acquired an enviable reputation as a lawyer, and for a number of terms served as probate judge of Carroll County. Going to Lisbon, Ohio, in 1903, he remained there three years, and then moved to Youngstown, Ohio, where as junior member of the firm of Harrington & DeFord he was attorney for the Heim & Osborne Corporation. His first wife, whose maiden name was Eva R. Rice. died in early womanhood, leaving one son, John W. De- Ford. He married for his second wife Grace M. Whitcraft, a daughter of Henry Whitcraft, and they have one child, Sarah W. DeFord. Henry Whitcraft, one time mayor, organized the J. P. Cummings Bank Company and the First National Bank, which in 1900 were consolidated under the name of the Cummings' Trust Company. He was prominent in Masonry, belonging to Lodge, Commandery and Shrine. Walter O. DeFord was brought up on the home farm and acquired his rudimentary education in the rural schools of his native township, later completing his early studies at the State Normal School in Ada. He was subsequently telegraph operator at Malvern on the Cleveland & Pittsburg Railroad for awhile and afterward accepted a position in the office of his brother, judge of probate, at Carrollton, where he also became one of the original members of the Carrollton Band, of which very few are now living. In 1900 Mr. DeFord was made assistant cashier of the First National Bank, which on June 1, 1906, was merged into the Cummings Trust Company. In 1911 he formed partnership with Dr. Miller of the R. E. Miller Motor Car Company, and they had the first agency for the Ford and Dodge cars. In September, 1916, the partnership was dissolved and Mr. DeFord retired. Accepting the position of assistant secretary of that organization he held it until June 1, 1916, when he retired from active business. Mr. DeFord has acquired property of much value, owning the old John M. Thompson residence, and with his brother having title to the parental homestead and to 640 acres of land in Butler County, Kansas. He invariably supports the principles of the republican party by voice and vote, but has never been an aspirant for 508 - CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES official honors. He is a Knight Templar Mason and belongs to the Shrine. Ile is not affiliated with any religious organization. but his wife and children attend the Lutheran Church. On October 14. 1903. Walter O. DeFord was united in marriage with Clara L. Byder. of Carrollton, Ohio. a daughter of John G. and Margaret t Buck) Byder. neither of whom are now living. Mrs. Byder's death having occurred in October. 1901. and Mr. Byderls. April 25. 1919. Mr. and Mrs. DeFord have two children. Ethel P., born December 6, 1904; and Deane C., born June 4, 1006. GRIFFITH LEMMON passed his entire life in Short Creek Township. Harrison County, became one of the substantial farmers and honored and influential citizens of his native township, and was a representative of a sterling pioneer family of the county, where his father settled in the early days and reclaimed a productive farm in Short Creek Township. The father, who likewise bore the personal name of Griffith. was born in Ireland, and was one of the venerable pioneer citizens of Harrison County at the time of his death. Both lie and his wife were members of the old Scotch Seceders Church. which in America has been developed into the United Presbyterian Church. His children were six in number-William, James. Mary, Fannie, Jane and Griffith, Jr. Griffith Lemmon, Jr., was born in Short Creek Township on the 26th of November, 1829, and on his fine old home farm in this township he remained from his young manhood until his death, which occurred June 25, 1908. His wife passed away September 4, 1905, and both had been zealous members of the Presbyterian Church. As a young man Mr. Lemmon wedded Miss Rebecca Elizabeth Pogue, who was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, on the 3d of July, 1S30, a daughter of George and Nancy Pogue, who were residents of Harrison County, Ohio, at the time of their death. Mr. and Mrs. Lemmon became the parents of seven children, and their lives were earnest, faithful and unassuming, marked by Christian faith exemplified in. their daily walk and by the kindliness and tolerance which ever beget popular confidence and esteem. Of the children the eldest was Robert P., who was born September 15, 1857, and whose death occurred September 2, 1910; Virginia, who was born May 27, 1859, is the wife of Isaac P. Lewis; Mary B„ who was born July 1, 1861, is the wife of Thomas F. Mitchell; Ruth A., who was born July 3, 1863, is the wife of John H. Siebert; Ida R., who was born April 3, 1866, is the wife of Charles D. Martin; Alma Viola, who was born January 20, 1869, is the wife of Robert M. Francis, of whom individual mention is made on other pages of this volume; George G. was born April 9, 1873, is a farmer in Smithfield Township, Jefferson County. Ohio, and the maiden name of his wife was Mabel Nailer. ROBERT M. FRANCIS is one of the substantial agriculturists and stock-growers who are gaining maximum returns from the fine farm lands of Harrison County. He is a sterling citizen of Short Creek township, where he has a well-improved farm of 153 acres. devoted to diversified agriculture and to the raising of excellent types of live stock. with special attention given to the breeding of Percheron horses. Jersey cattle and Chester White swine. He is liberal and progressive as a citizen and man of affairs, is a republican in politics, he and his wife hold membership in the United Presbylerian Church at Harrisville. Mr. Francis was born in Jefferson County. Ohio. on the 20th of April. 1862. and is a son of Robert and Catherine (Sutherland) Francis, both likewise natives of that county. where the respective families settled in the pioneer days. Walter and Martha (Finney) Francis, paternal grandparents of the subject of this review, were pioneers of Smithfield Township. Jefferson County, where they developed a productive farm. the old homestead having been the birthplace of their nine children-William, Martha, John, James, Elizabeth. Walter, Robert. Joseph and Margaret. Robert Francis passed his entire life in Jefferson County, where he owned a valuable farm of 174 acres and where he gained special prominence in the raising of fine wool sheep. Both he and his wife were well advanced in years at the time of their deaths. They became the parents of a fine family of twelve children, namely: Mary Elizabeth, Martha, Anna, David, Selina, Esther, Adaline, Kate, William, Robert M., Ross and Minnie. Robert M. Francis gained his youthful education in the public schools of his native county, and there, in Smithfield Township, he initiated his independent activities as a farmer. There he continued operations until 1903, when he removed to the village of Adena, that county, where for the following six years he was engaged in the real estate and building business. He then, in 1910, removed to the farm which is now his place of residence, and here unqualified success has attended his vigorous activities as an agriculturist and stock-grower. His first wife, Ella, was a daughter of Hamilton Kerr, of Harrison County, and she died in 1902', leaving no children. In the year 1905 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Francis to Miss Alma Viola Lemmon, daughter of the late Griffrth Lemmon, to whom a memoir is dedicated on other pages of this work. Mr. and Mrs. Francis have two children -Elizabeth Rebecca, born December 24, 1908; and Robert Floyd, born February 13, 1910. FREDERICK C. HARRAH. The Harrahs are a Pioneer Harrison County family, Frederick U. Harrah having been born at the same farmstead as his father, February 10, 1874, and he has always lived there. The Harrahs live in Green Township, the father, Leslie Harrah, dying there February 15, 1901. He married Susannah F. Mansfield, who is still living, aged seventy- one years, with her son. There is a previous record of the family in an old history. Frederick C. Harrah supplemented his common school education by attending Scio College from 1803 to 1896, and as a young man he began farming where he has always lived, combining the livestock business with agriculture. On August 30, 1906, Mr. Harrah married Lena, CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES - 509 Stringer, a daughter of John M. and Susannah (Buchanan) Stringer, their biography also appearing in an old history. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Harrah are Clarence Claud, Charles Dean and John Barclay. The Harrahs are members of the Beech Spring Presbyterian Church. FLORENTS E. HOFFEE has. effectively proved his executive and administrative ability during his incumbency of the position of cashier of the Minerva Savings & Trust Company at its Malvern office in Malvern. Carroll County, and is one of the prominent and popular representatives of financial enterprise ill his native county. Mr. Hoffee was born in Rose Township. Carroll County, on the 11th of March. 1863, and is a son of Simon and Catharine (Sheraw) Hoffee, the former of whom was born in Shelby County. Ohio, April 12, 1828. and the latter of whom was born in Carroll County in 1832, a daughter of Sebastian and Elizabeth (Myers) Sheraw, who established their home in Rose Township about the year 1830 and who here passed the remainder of their lives. Simon Hoffee was about six years of age when in 1834 his parents came to Carroll County and established their home on a pioneer farm in Rose Township. which continued to be their place of residence during the remainder of their lives. Simon Hoffee was reared on the old home farm in Rose Township and received the advantages of the common schools of the locality and period, In his youth he learned the trade of shoemaker, but the major port of his active career was given to farm enterprise in Rose Township. He was a man of energy and marked business acumen, was successful in his farm enterprise, was an active and loyal advocate of the principles of the democratic party, and both he and his wife were communicants of the Catholic Church. He passed away on the 11th of November, 1915, as one of the representative pioneer citizens of the county, and his widow entered into eternal rest on the 21st of April, 1916. They became the parents of seven children, Sylvanus, Margaret, William, Florents E., Franklin H., Urban L. and John E. Margaret, William and Franklin H. are deceased. He whose name initiates this review gained his earlier graded school in the village of Magnolia. Later he attended the Ohio State Normal School at East Sparta, and thereafter he continued his studies for some time in Mount Union College. For eight years he was a successful and popular teacher in the public schools, principally in Carroll County, and he then engaged in the clothing and shoe business at Malvern, where he developed a prosperous enterprise that continued to engage his attention for a period of eighteen years. Since January, 1909, he has held the otfice of cashier of the Minerva Savings & Trust Company at its Malvern office, and he has wielded much influence in the upbuilding of the substantial and important business of this representative financial institution. In the mercantile business he was associated with George W. Hemming and R. P. Hemming, and in 1903 they erected a substantial brick building, forty-four by seventy-two feet in dimensions and three- stories in height, which is known as the Hoffee & Hemming block and in which they established their well equipped store. this being one of the best business blocks in the village, and one of the best and most patronized stores on Sandy Valley. The democratic party receives the unqualified allegiance of Mr. Hoffee, but the only public offices he has consented to hold are those of treasurer of the village of Malvern. :member of the village council and member of the board of education. He and his family are communicants of the Catholic Church. In September. 1889. was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Hoffee to Miss Emma Rennie, who likewise was born :01.(1 reared in Carroll County and who is a daughter of George :111c1 Adaline (Perola ) Remmie. both now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Hoffee have three children—Lela who continued her studies in the public schools until she had completed a course in the Malvern High School and is now her fatherls able assistant in the banking office; Mabel, likewise profited by the advantages of the local high school and remains at the parental home. as does also Raymond, who is still attending school at the time of this writing, 1920. MORRIS CHARMS. Born anti bred in a far- off eastern country of Europe. Morris Charms, of Carrollton, came to America a short time before attaining his majority, and in the years that have since elapsed has fully demonstrated his respect for American ways, methods and institutions, and has acquired an honored position among the loyal and valued citizens of Ohio. He is a self-made man in every sense implied by the term, and a brief record of his life may furnish to the rising generation a forcible example of the material success to be obtained by persevering industry and thrift. He was born September 15, 1885, in Russia, where he received his preliminary education. Immigrating to the United States in 1905. Mr. Charms located in Cleveland, Ohio, where he attended night schools, acquiring excellent knowledge of the English language, and during the day he became familiar with various branches of industry. Coming from that city to Carrollton on February 14, 1011, lie embarked in mercantile pursuits as a dealer in shoes and men's furnishing goods, his store being located on Main Street. Energetic, enterprising and progressive, Mr. Charms met with success from the start, having become owner not only of the substantial building, 28 by 130 feet, in which his business is located, but of one of the finest residences in Carrollton. A man of pleasing address. courteous and genial in manner, he has made friends with all classes of people, and as he has the distinction of being the only Jew in the city his popularity was plainly shown when he raised, without difficulty, the tidy sum of $1,100.00 for the Jewish Relief -Fund. He speaks seven different languages and has assisted greatly as interpreter, giving his services freely. Mr. Charms married in February, 1912, Rebecca Comp, of Cleveland, and they are the parents of two children : Eleanor, born December 25, 1915; and Gladys, born February 28, 1919. Religiously Mr. and Mrs. Charms are valued members of the Jewish Church. Frater- 510 - CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES nally Mr. Charms is a member of Carroll Lodge No. 124, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Carrollton; of the Order of Knights of Joseph; of Benedict Spinoza Lodge No. 92, of Cleveland, Ohio, and also of the Modern Woodmen of America. JUDGE JOHN BOROUGH WORLEY. But few, if any, of the native born sons of Harrison County in the present generation have attained a greater prominence in their chosen fields of endeavor or have gained greater personal popularity as a man and citizen than has Judge John B. Worley, lawyer and jurist of Cadiz, and judge of the Common Pleas, Court of Harrison County. He is in the third generation of his family in this county—a family which has had part in the annals of the county for over a hundred years. The pioneer of the family in Harrison County was Thomas Worley, grandfather to the present generation, who cane into Ohio from Pennsylvania at the beginning of the nineteenth century and settled on his own land in Athens Township in 1809. He was a charter member of the Dickerson Methodist Episcopal Church which was one of the pioneer churches of the county and which is still in existence. He had four sons and six daughters, the sons having been Thomas, David, Daniel and James, all of whom are deceased. Daniel Worley, third son of Thomas, the pioneer, was born on the old Worley homestead in Athens Township in 1812, and died on the same farm in .1887. Before the building of railroads in Harrison County he frequently made trips by wagon to Baltimore, Maryland, hauling local products to the city markets and returning with merchandise for the local stores. His return from the east over the National pike, driving a six-horse team hitched to a wagon laden with needed goods and supplies, was an event in the community. The round trip in those early days required approximately six weeks; the -same trip at the present time can be made easily with an automobile in four days. Daniel married for his first wife Sarah Peregoy, who bore him three daughters, Temperance, Mary and Sarah. For his second wife he married Mary Goodwin, who was born in Short Creek Township, this county, in 1826, of Quaker parents, and died in 1903. She was the daughter of Jesse Goodwin, a pioneer of Short Creek Township. To the second marriage were born the following children : William S., Jesse A., Emory L.. Martha M., Emma L. (deceased), John B., Flora Alice and Lafayett B. Judge John B. Worley, son of Daniel and Mary (Goodwin) Worley, was born in Athens Township on February 4, 1863. As a boy he attended the district schools during winter and helped with the work on his father's farm in summertime. He was graduated from Franklin College with the class of 1888, spent three years in reading law under able preceptors, and was admitted to the bar in 1891. He entered the practice of law at Zanesville, Ohio, but a year later opened an offrce in Cadiz, and from that time on, with the exception of the time he has spent on the bench, he has continued in active practice in this city. He soon demonstrated his ability as an able attorney and took rank with the leaders of the bar. His ability as a lawyer and his personality as a man won him the esteem and confidence of the community to such a degree that it followed as a natural consequence that he should be called upon to enter the domain of public affairs. He served one term as mayor of Cadiz (1896-98) and then was elected Probate judge (1899-06). After serving two terms on the bench he retired in February, 1906, to private practice. In 1912 he was elected Common Pleas judge in the Eighth Judicial District, and in 1918 was elected Common Pleas judge for Harrison County under the law providing a Common Pleas judge for each county, and he is still presiding over that court. At the time of the change in the judicial districts by constitutional amendment giving each county in Ohio at least one Common Pleas judge, it was also provided for the creation of the position of chief justice of the Supreme Court, who should have general supervision of the courts of the state, with power to call upon local judges to render service outside of their own jurisdiction. Under this system the chief justice has frequently called upon Judge Worley to render judicial service in many of the larger counties of the state, at different times assigning him especially to cases of more than ordinary importance, and during the last few years Judge Worley has presided on the bench at Cleveland, Akron, Elyria, Newark and other large cities. From the time of the entrance of the United States into war with Germany and until the armistice was signed Judge Worley was very active in local World war work, and he probably rendered a greater amount of official and personal service than did any other one man in Harrison County. Even before this country had entered the war he was outspoken in his belief that the United States should go to the assistance of the allies, and advocated a declaration of war against Germany long before war was declared. He presided at the first war meeting and by virtue of his official position he recommended for appointment the members of the county Draft Board. He was chairman of the executive committee of the County Red Cross Chapter, was chairman of the local Advisory Board, was chairman of the County War Organization, and was chairman of the last four Liberty Loan campaigns. In 1895 Judge Worley was united in marriage with Auta A. Groves, daughter of John F. and Levin Groves, of Belmont County, Ohio. Mrs. Worley taught in the public schools of Urichville, Ohio, for eight years before marriage. During her life in Cadiz she has been active in all community welfare work. To Judge and Mrs. Worley have been born a son and daughter —John G. and Mary Kathryn. John G., a graduate of Princeton College, class of 1920, was in training at Camp Sherman at the time the World war came to a close with the signing of the armistice. Mary K. was graduated from Maryland College for Women with the class of 1920. Judge Worley and family are members of the Cadiz United Presbyterian Church, of which church the judge has served as elder. PICTURES OF JOHN B. WORLEY, AUTA A. WORLEY, MARY K. WORLEY AND JOHN G. WORLEY CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES - 511 ISAIAH LAMBORN ( LAMBORN BROTHERS ) . The late Isaiah Lamborn and his wife, of Green Township. are commemorated in the annals of the community by Lamborn Brothers, the two sons who are in active management of the Lamborn estate in Harrison County. The mother died February 21, 1908, and the father July 17. lhree years later. Isaiah Lamborn was born November 10, 1850, and died while yet comparatively a young man. Isaiah Lamborn was a son of Thomas Lam- lawn, of Chester County, Pennsylvania. His mother was Mary (Hayes) Lamborn, of the same community. Thomas Lamborn was a Pennsylvania farmer, but in the early '80s he removed from Chester County. Pennsylvania. to Cayuga County, New York, thence to Woodson County, Kansas. For a few years he followed firming and then engaged in the hardware business there. The children of that generation are: Israel. Isaiah, Joseph, Charles and Mary. The Lamborns were members of the Friends Church, Pennsylvania having been the scene of the activities Of William Penn in colonial history. As a young man Isaiah Lamborn begun farming in Cayuga County. New York. but in 1876 he removed to Short Creek Township. Harrison County. Ohio. In 1882 he removed to Belmont, where he remained twelve years. In 1893 he came to the farm of a little more than a quarter section in Green Township, where be and his wife died later. His wife was Anna. a daughter of David and Amy (Smith) Hall. Their children are: Howard H.: Amy P.: Mary. wife of George Stringer, of Hopedale: Alice. wife of. Harry Blaney, of Ellen Grove. West Virginia Edith, wife of Adam Dunlap: and Chester Earl, olro married Bessie B. Elliott, and they have a daughter. Maxine Annabelle. and a son, Robert Earl. A brother, Charles. died in 1906. Since the death of the father mind mother. Howard H. and Chester E. Lamborn have farmed the homestead. In 1912 they started a fruit farm, planting an orchard of 200 peach trees, seventy- five apple trees and a dozen pear trees, and in 1921 they planted 200 apple and 300 peach trees. JOHN M. GARVIN. The late John M. Garvin. of Cadiz, passed his entire life in Harrison County. became one of its strongest members of the bar, was a safe counsellor, a strong advocate before courts and juries, and continued his active practice of the law at Cadiz, the county seat, until the time of his death, which occurred July 4. 1897. He was a Man of sterling character and was influential in the affairs of his county and community, and in addition to building up a large and lucrative law practice he served two terms as prosecuting attorney of his county- and one appointed term in that office. He also served two terms as clerk of courts at the time he was studying law. He was a leader among men. was foremost in the organization of the Farmers and Mechanics National Bank of Cadiz, Ohio. of several building and loan associations. and was prominently mentioned for state and district offices, but consistently and persistently refused to suffer his name to be used for any office outside of his own native county. of Harrison. He was one of the most forceful and resourceful trial lawyers at the bar'. Mr. Garvin was born at New Athens, Harrison County, Ohio, on the 16th day of May, 1845, and was a son of Daniel and Catharine Davis Garvin. his father having been an early settler at New Athens, where he long continued in business as the village blacksmith (also farming some), and both he and his wife continued their residence in Harrison County until their deaths. Both were consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They became the parents of seven children: Davis, Mary, Nancy, Rebecca „John M., James and Margaret. The subject of this memoir acquired his early education in the public schools of his native village and in a course at Franklin College, located in New Athens, Ohio, and from 1862 to 1870. saving the time he was a soldier in the Civil we I', turned his attention to teaching in the common schools of the county and in the Cadiz High Schools. He early formulated plans for his future career. and in consequence therewith read law in the law office of Hon. David Cunningham of Cadiz. He was admitted to the bar in 1870, and thereafter continued in the practice of law until his death, his life having been guided and governed by the highest principles of justice, and his profession having been ',tutored by his worthy achievements therein. He was a republican in politics. and held membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church, as does his widow also. On June 14. 1862, he enlisted as a private in Company C of the One Hundred and Twenty- Sixth Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry to serve three years during the Civil war, and he served with his regiment in its many battles. On May G. 1804. at the battle of the Wilderness, Virginia. he was wounded. and on April 5, 1865, he was discharged at Alexandria, Virginia, by reason of gunshot wounds received in action. His death was caused by this gunshot wound. As a young man Mr. Garvin married Miss Anna Lyons Bennett. and at her death she was survived by two children, Louisa. who is the wife of Webster B. Slusser. of Cleveland: and Norris Cunningham, who resides at Billings, Montana. On February 17. 1892, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Garvin with Miss Addle D. Grider. who was born on Wheeling Island located in the Ohio River. near the City of Wheeling. West Virginia. She is the daughter of Lawrence Francis and Rebecca Jane (Martin) Gilder. who passed the closing years of their lives at Cadiz. Harrison County. Mr. Grider was born ill Lititz. Pennsylvania. and came to Harrison County with his family in the '60s. He established his home in Cadiz, where for many years he followed the trade of painter, and he was of the venerable and honored citizens of the county at the time of his death. Both lie and his wife were zealous members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Of their two children Mrs. Garvin is the elder, and Martha A.. her sister. resides in Cadiz. Mr. and Mrs. Garvin became the parents of Philip Lawrence Garvin, who resides in the 512 - CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES city of Cleveland, where he is associated with the Standard Oil Company. In June, 1917, he enlisted in the nation's service in connection with the great World war. He became a member of the One Hundred and Twelfth United States Enginers, and his company was assigned to duty at the headquarters of the Thirty- Seventh Division. With his command he went to France in June, 1918, and there he participated in the historic and terrific Argonne and St. Mihiel campaign, After the signing of the armistice he remained in France until April, 1919, when he returned to his native land, accompanying his command to Camp Sherman, Ohio, where he was honorably discharged. Among the men of affairs in Harrison County none were nearer the hearts of the people and none left a greater impress than John M. Garvin. ROY HENRY ADAMS. The Adams name has been carried to the fifth generation in Green Township through Roy Henry Adams in the fourth and a son bearing his name in the fifth generation of the family in Harrison County. John Adams, who brought the name to the United States, came from Ireland. It was in the spring of 1805 that he established a home in the wilderness of Harrison County. The children in his household were: William, James, Samuel, Hannah, Joshua and John. It is through Samuel Adams the name is perpetuated in local history. John Adams, the Irish emigrant, died in 1812, and he lies buried in West Grove Cemetery. In 1840 the wife was laid beside there. At the age of sixteen years Samuel Adams was thrown upon his own resources, and he began farming for himself. In time he married Sarah, daughter of David Chambers. Their children . are: Joshua, Rachel and John. The mother died February 7, 1851, and on April 2, 1857, Mr. Adonis married Mary, a daughter of James Clark, of Athens Township. Their children are Clark and Sarah- Elizabeth. While in its early history the Adams family in Harrison County had been Friends; the Adams family of this time are Presbyterians. Samuel Adams was spoken of as a self-made' man, having made his own way in the world. The Commemorative Record sayS: "He had no capital save a good constitution, willing heart and hands, coupled with energy, perseverance and a determination to succeed." and he lived to realize his ambition. In most instances, however, the pioneer plodded along without much definite vision of the future. It is through Clark, the son of the second marriage, that the Adams name is perpetuated to posterity. He was born September 12, 1861, and on November 20, 1884, he married Dora, a daughter of Henry Copeland, of the. same com- munity. , Their children are: Mary V., born November 2, 1885, on June 19, 1907, became the wife of Ralph E. Galbreith; Samuel Wylie Adams was born February 29, 1888,' and while he was almost twenty-seven years old when he died. May 1, 1914, he had only celebrated half a dozen birthdays. On January 1, 1914, S. W. Adams married Pauline Moore. R. H. Adams was born November 24, 1889, and Chester Clark was born December 14, ten years later. R. H. and C. C. Adams are the farmers at the old family homestead today. In the study of calendars it is noted that R. H. Adams, born November 24, 1889, came into the world the year the figure 9 came into the calendar to remain permanently 111 years. While Mr. Adams lives he will never write a letter without using the figure 9 in dating it. There had not been a nine in the calendar for ten years until the time of his birth. The Adams family has now been in Harrison County more than a century. Clark Adams died October 19, 1907, and his wife died May 24, six years later. While all the Adams family had common school advantages, R. H. Adams attended the Cadiz High School three years. However, the death of his father changed his educational plans and he returned to the farmstead. On June 25, 1913, he married Ocie Belle Henderson, a daughter of Aca and Delilah (Barrickman) Henderson. At that time Roy II. Adams bought the interest of his brother in the homestead and the latter now lives in Cadiz. He has acquired the ownership of 1.40 acres. Thoroughbred Jersey cattle and Ohio Improved Chester White hogs are the live-stock specialties there. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. R.. H Adams are: Henderson LeRoy, born April 27, 1915; and Pauline Virginia, born November 16, 1918. While Mr, Adonis is a Presbyterian, his wife holds membership in the Christian Church. In the old days when the circuit rider's horse knew the location of all the corn cribs in Harrison County, they would no doubt have belonged to church together, but conditions are different in the twentieth century. "Where the pot boils the strongest, the preacher stays the longest," is antedated everywhere in .1920-the Tercentenary of the church in the New World. When the Pilgrim Fathers landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620 they constituted themselves the first church in America. WILLIAM VANCE Scow. Although living now in retirement at Hopedale, William Vance Scott has business interests in the community in addition to the fine farm he owns in .Green Township. Mr. Scott was born May 21, 1850, in Washington County, Pennsylvania. His father, Josiah N. Scott, was born there in 1813, and the mother, Rachel Vance, was born three years later in the same community. Mr. Scott bears the maiden name of his mother. She was a daughter of William and Hannah (Patterson) Vance, and they lived in Cross Creek Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. William Vance was a Pennsylvania farmer, and the old Vance Fort was located on his farm in Cross Creek Township. He was at one time in the Pennsylvania Legislature and was speaker of the House. He served as a member of the Federal Grand Jury at Columbus one session. He was appointed by Governor Herrick as a delegate to the Farmers' Congress on two occasions. His children are: Joseph, Patterson, Allison, James, Thomas, John S., Cynthia, Elizabeth, -Caroline; Anna, Rachel (the mother of William Vance Scott), and Jane. The Vances of that generation were Presbyterians. Gen. Samuel Scott, the grandfather of W. V. Scott, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES - 513 His wife was Mary Wylie, and the name Wylie as well as Vance has been carried down through the different generations. In civil life General Scott was a blacksmith by trade. While the blacksmith is not so much in evidence today when there are so many factory products, older persons remember how necessary a good blacksmith was in every frontier community. The poem, "The Village Blacksmith," will always live in literature. The children of Gen. Samuel Scott were: Josiah, William and Samuel. William V. Scott, of Hopedale, is a son of the oldest son of General Scott, Josiah N. Scott, who in his day was a real son of the American Revolution, his father being the soldier. W. V. Scott easily establishes his eligibility to membership in the Sons of the American Revolution. His wife died in 1866, and he died in 1894, at the advanced age of eighty-one years, after having spent all of his life in Washington County, Pennsylvania. Their children are: Hannah Lauretta, Mary Anna, Samuel Clark, Lina, Alla M., William Vance, Jennie and Josiah Ernest, the latter a physician at New Hope, Pennsylvania. It was in 1882 that W. V. Scott removed from Washington County, Pennsylvania, to Harrison County, Ohio, locating on a farm in Green Township. He had been a farmer in Pennsylvania, and he is a farmer in Ohio. In the spring of 1919 Mr. Scott abandoned the farm and took up his residence in Hopedale. He owns a farm of 173 acres in Green Township, where he lived thirty-seven years. Mr. Scott is one of the Board Of Directors of the First National Bank of Hopedale, having always been a stockholder and being elected director at the time of its organization. He helped organize the Hopedale Telephone Company, and has served as president and is now a member of the Board of Directors. He is the mayor of Hopedale and a justice of the peace of Green Township. On June 8, 1880, Mr. Scott married Mary E. Smith, a daughter of William K. and Isabelle (Wylie) Smith. Their son, William Wylie, married Leola Caldwell, and the grandchildren in the family are William Walter and Wanda. Mrs. Scott died August 7, 1.913, and later Mr. Scott married Effie McFarland. She is a daughter of Ebenezer and Mary Jane (Byers) McFarland, of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. William Wylie Scott was graduated from Athens (Ohio) County; then spent three years at a medical college in Baltimore. He graduated from the Medical College at Chattanooga, Tennessee. and also from the Medical Department of Western Reserve University, Cleveland. Ohio. and is now a prominent and successful physician of Canton, Ohio. AUSTIN BROTHERS, now one of the most venerable native sons of Carroll County still residing within its borders, is entitled to special recognition in this history, both by reason of his own worthy life and achievement and on account of being a representative of one of the honored pioneer families of the county. After having borne to the fullest extent "the heat and burden of the clay," he is now living in gracious retirement in the attractive village of Oneida, secure in the high regard of all who know him. On the old homestead farm in Brown Township, this county, Mr. Brothers was born July 14, 1835, a son of Levi and Lydia (Clark) Brothers, the former of whom was born in the State of Maryland June 1, 1799, and the latter of whom was born in Columbiana County. Ohio, on the 13th of September of the same year, a date that indicates conclusively that her parents were numbered among the earliest settlers of that county. The marriage of the parents of the subject of this review was solemnized September 19, 1822. Levi Brothers was a son of Stephen Brothers, of whom more specific mention is made elsewhere in this volume, and was a boy at the time of the family removal from Maryland to Ohio,. where his father took up a tract of Government land in what is now Brown Township, Carroll County, where he reclaimed a farm from the virgin forest and where he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives, as sterling pioneer citizens of the county. Levi Brothers was reared under the conditions and influences of the pioneer days and in due course of time became one of the substantial exponents of farm enterprise in Brown Township, where he developed a productive farm and was loyal and liberal as a citizen. His political allegiance was given to the democratic party and both he and his wife were zealous members of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Brothers passed away October 5, 1867, and his widow's death occurred on the Gth of November of the following year. They became the parents of thirteen children, and of the ten who attained to years of maturity brief record is consistently entered: Mary Jane was born October 31, 1823; George C., February 10, 1826; Joseph, September 16, 1827; Stephen. September 25, 1829; Lydia October 1, 1831: John, July 28, 1833; Austin, July 14, 18.35; Fannie, August 30, 1837; Richard, September 13, 1840.; and William. May 24, 1843. Of the number only two are living in 1920. Austin Brothers was reared to the sturdy discipline of the pioneer farm, received his educational training in the common schools of Brown Township, and there he eventually engaged in independent farm enterprise. Later he was successfully engaged in the same line of industrial enterprise in Brown Township, and after there remaining twenty-five years he felt justified in retiring from the heavy labors and responsibilities that had so long been his portion. and he has since maintained his home at Oneida, where he is enjoying, in the gracious evening of his life. the peace and prosperity that are justly his due. Mr. Brothers is unswerving in his allegiance to the democratic party, and while he never desired or sought official preferment his civic loyalty led him to give thirty-five years of effective service as school director of his district. Lasting honor shall attach to the name of Mr. Brothers by reason of the loyal and patriotic service which, as a young man, he rendered as a soldier in the Civil war. He responded to the first call for volunteers by enlisting in July, 1861, as a member of Company A, Thirty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 514 - CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES with which lie went to the front and with which he took part in many of the most notable engagements of the great conflict between the states of the North and the South. He was wounded several times, the most serious wound being received when he vas shot through the mouth, but he did not falter in patriotism, and as soon as possible resumed his place with his regiment, his service continuing until the close of the war. He took part in the battle of Cheat Mountain, and the historic Atlanta campaign, including the siege and battle of Atlanta, in which he was wounded, and other engagements in which lre participated were those of Green Briar, West Virginia ; Camp Allegheny; McDowell and Cross Keys, Virginia; Port Republic; Harpers's Ferry (where he was taken captive) ; Port Gibson; Raymond and Jackson, Mississippi; Champion Hill, Siege of Vicksburg, Baker Creek, Clinton, Mississippi; Kenesaw Mountain; Nackajack Creek; Peach Tree Creek; and the great battle of Atlanta. In later years .Mr. Brothers has vitalized the more gracious memories and associations of his military career by his active atfiliation with the Grand Army of the Republic. After the close of the war and the reception of his honorable discharge he resumed his alliance with farm enterprise in his native county, and he is still the owner of valuable farm property in Brown Township, where he gives personal attention to various portions of farm work and thus keeps himself in the tine physical condition that makes him in appearance and vitality deny the years that are his, for he is not satisfied to remain supine or inactive, and takes satisfaction in knowing that he is still able to get results when he applies himself to any piece of work in connection with his farm property. In the year 1868 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Brother to Miss Mary Jane Rogers, who was born in Steuben County, Ohio, in 1846, a daughter of John and Martha (Orem) Rogers, who came to Carroll County and passed the closing years of their lives in Brown Township, the father having served in the Civil war as a member of Company F, Thirty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, the same regiment in which Mr. Brothers gallantly served during the entire period of the war. In fitting conclusion of this review is given a brief record concerning the children of Mr. and Mrs. Brothers: Irvin is a bachelor and remains at the parental home: Verner died July 4. 1896, aged twenty-tive years: Laura was united in marriage January 1. 1902, to Charles A. Walter. who died in 1008, and she is now a practical nurse by profession. the while she maintains her home with her parents: Stella died in 1881, at the age of ten months: Herbert, who has a rendering plant in Cleveland, was united in marriage in 1908 to Miss Blanche Zuschlag. and they have one child. Lillian. HOMER R. VASBINDER made an excellent record in connection with mercantile business in Carrollton until 1920, when he disposed of his business and has since been connected with the Bowman & Hosterman Company, manufacturers of aluminum ware, Carrollton, Ohio. Homer Raymond Vasbinder was born in Harrison County, Ohio, April 7, 1864, and is a son of Samuel B. and Nancy (Buchanan) Vas- binder, the former of whom was born in Harrison County July 2, 1834, and the latter was born near Carrollton, Carroll County, June 17, 1839. Ephraim Vasbinder, father of Samuel B., was born in Pennsylvania May 4, 1809, and his wife, whose maiden name was Maria Buchanan, was born near Jewett, Harrison Connor, Ohio, June 26, 1805, her parents having beeu numbered among the earliest settlers of that county. Ephraim Vasbinder was a youth when he came to Ohio, and in Harrison County was solemnized his marriage to Maria Buchanan, his parents likewise having been pioneer settlers of that county. He became a prosperous farmer and continued his residence in Harrison County until his death in 1847, his widow passing away in 1849. John Buchanan, maternal grandfather of Homer R. Vasbinder, was born in Pennsylvania in 1807, and he and his father entered land near Jewett, Harrison County, Ohio. Later he came to Carroll County and purchased a tract of wild land in Union Township. This he reclaimed into the productive farm now owned and occupied by his grandson, Ross P. Buchanan. He passed the closing period of his life near Amsterdam, Ohio, his wife, whose maiden name was Mary W. Pettenger, having died on the old homestead in Union Township July 6, 1860. Ephraim and Maria (Buchanan) Vasbinder became the parents of four children —William, Jacob, Margaret and Samuel B. John and Mary (Pettenger) Buchanan had five children—William, Samuel, Nancy, Susan and John. Samuel B. Vasbinder was still a boy at the time of the death of his parents, and he was then taken into the home of his uncle, Samuel Slemons. He learned the shoemaker's trade, to which he gave his attention until 1866, when he established himself in the boot and shoe business at New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County. There he remained until 1873, when he removed with his family to Perrysville, Carroll County. Later he established his home on a farm in Monroe Township and there he continued his residence until his death in 1903, his widow now maintaining her home at Carrollton. Mr. Vasbinder was a stalwart republican and was affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, his religious faith having been that of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which his widow likewise is a zealous member. At the time of the Civil war Mr. Vasbinder was called into military service, but was soon returned from camp to his home, as it was found that his services would be of greater value iU the making of shoes for the soldiers in the field. Of his children the eldest is John 0., deceased: Laura is the wife of Alfred A. Stewart, of whom mention is made on other pages of this volume; Homer R., of this review, was the next in order of birth; Sylvia L. is deceased; Leona E. is the wife of George A. Davis, of Harrison County; and Henry B. and Myrta A., of Sherrodsville, Ohio. Homer R. Vasbinder gained his rudimentary education in the schools of New Philadelphia and was about nine years old at the time of the family removal to Perrysville, Carroll County, where he continued his studies in the public CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES - 515 schools. Later he attended Harlem College at Harlem Springs, for one and one-half years, and thereafter taught in the district schools during the winter terms and applied himself to farm work during the intervening periods until he took a position as clerk in a general store at Bowerston, Harrison County. On the 1st of May, 1903, he became a clerk in the mercantile establishment of Henry Butler at Carrollton and in May, 1911, he engaged independently in the grocery business in this city. He built up a prosperous enterprise, to which he continued to give his attention until January 1, 1920, when he sold his stock and business. He is unwavering in his support of the principles of the republican party and is affiliated with the Knights of the Maccabee. In 1889 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Vasbinder to Miss Nancy C. Davis, and of their eight children three died in infancy. Roy D. is associated with the management of a leading hardware store at Carrollton. Harold married Miss Florence Williams, daughter of Dr. John R. Williams, of whom individual mention is made on other pages, and she died in January, 1920, being survived by one child, Irene. When the nation became involved in the World war Harold Vasbinder entered military service at Camp Sherman, whence he was transferred to Waco, Texas, where he continued in service from 1918 until December 26, 1919, when he received his honorable discharge. He is a graduate of the Carrollton High School and is now residing at Carrollton. Mary Lois was graduated in the Carrollton High School and is now a successful and popular teacher in the public schools of Carroll County. Ellen was graduated in the Carrollton High School, later took a course in a business college in the City of Cleveland, and she is now the wife of E. 0. Sala, editor and publisher of the Minerva News. Perry J. is employed in the Carrollton office of the American Express Company. Mrs. Nancy C. (Davis) Vasbinder passed to the life eternal in 1906, and in 1910 Mr. Vas- binder was united in marriage to Mrs. Anna (Tinlin) Gottschall, widow of Harvey Gottschall and a daughter of George S. Tinlin, a merchant at Carrollton. By her first marriage Mrs. Vas- binder has one child, Harvey A. Gottschall, who was but three days old at the time of his father's death and who was a classmate of Harold Vasbinder both in the public schools and in Sunday school. He served as a member of the Marine Band in the navy during the country's participation in the World war, and was stationed the greater part of the time at Newport, Rhode Island. He is now associated with a leading brokerage firm in the City of Cleveland. His wife, Georgette, is a daughter of George W. Dunn, of Carrollton. GILBERT G. DICKERSON. A man of industry and enterprise, possessing mechanical skill and ability of high order, Gilbert G. Dickerson, of Georgetown, is widely known throughout Short Creek Township as one of the foremost blacksmiths in this section of Harrison County, his superior workmanship and his prompt attention to the wants of his patrons having won him a substantial business. A native of Harrison. County, he was born November 24, 1866, in Cadiz Township, a son of Thomas Hudson and Hanna (McCoy) Dickerson, being one of a family of ten children. His parents removing when he was a child to Short Creek Township, Mr. Dickerson there obtained his early education in the Science Hill School, and as a young lad worked out by the month. In 1888, shortly after attaining his majority, he responded to the lure of the far West, making his way to the Territory of Washington, where he remained eleven years. The financial returns for his labor in that section not being very satisfactory, Mr. Dickerson returned to Ohio, and for two years thereafter was engaged in breaking colts in Harrison County, training them for track work. Locating in Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1902, he was in the employ of the United States Coal Company for six years, and since that time has been a resident of Harrison County. Establishing a smithy in the village of Georgetown, Short Creek Township, 1911, he has since been actively employed at his trade, having an extensive and remunerative patronage. Mr. Dickerson married in 1903 Bertha Rhodes, an adopted daughter of Greenberry Frier. Two children were born of their marriage, namely: Raymond, born in 1903; and Lillian L., who was born January 8, 1905, and died in infancy. Mrs. Dickerson lived but a comparatively short time after her marriage, her death occurring January 18, 1905. Mr. Dickerson, true to the religious faith in which he was reared, is a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Georgetown. Fraternally he belongs to Lodge No. 8476, Modern Woodmen of America, of Smithfield, Ohio. J. C. HAVERFIELD. The fact that he was born March 12. 1842, made J. C. Haverfield of Cadiz old enough to enlist as a Union soldier in the Civil war. He was only twenty when he enlisted in Company H, One Hundred Twenty- sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, giving two years and seven months to the service of his country. He was in some of the most decisive battles and on July 9, 1864, was made a prisoner of war, spending seven months in Confederate prisons. Mr. Haverfield had some thrilling experiences, and at the battle of Spottsylvania Courthouse a soldier at his right was shot through the head, another at his left received a bullet in the hip, and the soldier in his rear was shot through both wrists. He helped a comrade carry the wounded men to the rear and renewed the attack when a minnie ball struck down the comrade, but he reached the front uninjured. In one battle he was slightly stunned by a piece of spent shell, but at the end of the war he returned to Harrison County without serious physical injury. Realizing the need of a better education after his return from the Civil war, Mr. Haverfield entered Hopedale College, but the loss of the family home by fire necessitated his leaving school and returning to work at the family homestead. He is a son of Alexander and Catharine (Shimer) Haverfield, who always lived in Cadiz Township. The grandfather, John 516 - CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES Haverfield, came to Harrison County when there were deer and wolves in the forest. The Haverfields have been United Presbyterians and republicans, and for a time Alexander Haver- field was a member of the Board of Directors of the Harrison County Infirmary. He was an elder in the church and a director in the Harrison National Bank—a busy, progressive, pioneer citizen. In 1870 J. C. Haverfield married Mattie G. Thompson. She was a daughter of R. G. and Jane Thompson. who lived in Carroll County. While Alexander Haverfield lived they remained with him on the farm, but in January, 1876, they removed to Cadiz, where Mr. Haverfield engaged in the hardware trade as a member of the firm of Harrison and Haverfield. However a few years later he returned to the farm. His children are: Della Verne, wife of Charles E. Glover, of Columbus, and their children are Martha Isabelle, John Haverfield and Charles E. Glover; Harvey B. Haverfield, a railroad man living at Cleveland, married Maude Gill- vary ; Calvin Leroy Haverfield, a dentist in Akron, married Cordelia Kesler; Ralph F. Haverfield, who married Edith Hale, lives in Columbus; Lida Orvetta Haverfield, a teacher of music; William R. Haverfield, a traveling salesman living in Columbus; and Melvin George Haverfield, who married Vera Nottingham, is a mining engineer and lives in Baxter Springs, Kansas. In 1895 Mr. and Mrs. Haverfield again left the farm and they now live in Cadiz again. He had spent fifty years on the farm. He is a member of Cadiz Post Grand Army of the Republic, and while he came out of the Civil war without injury, it is related that a brother, James H. Haverfield, who responded to the final call for one hundred days men, lost his life in the first engagement, and a cousin who saw him fall helped a comrade carry him to the rear and across the river, where they laid him to rest in a small garden, and his remains now lie buried in an unknown grave. The Southland is dotted with many unknown graves of Northern soldiers, just as the cemeteries of France today contain all that was mortal of the young World war soldiers who went overseas at the call of their country. A. CLARKSON GROVE, M. D. In the attractive and thriving village of Jewett, Burnley Township, Harrison County, are maintained the residence and professional headquarters of Doctor Grove, who has a substantial and representative practice and who is one of the influential citizens of the village, as well as representative physician and surgeon of his native county. Doctor Grove was born in Cadiz Township, this county, on the 18th of March, 1864, and is a son of Thomas C. and Sarah (Croskey) Grove, sterling citizens of whom more specific mention is made on other pages, in the sketch of another of their sons, Thomas E., so that a repetition of the record is not required in the present connection. Doctor Grove gained his early education in the district schools of his native county and his higher academic discipline was received in Franklin College. In the autumn of 1885 he was matriculated in the celebrated Starling Medical College in the city of Columbus, an institution that now constitutes the medical department of the University of Ohio, and in the spring of 1889 he was graduated with the well earned degree of Doctor of Medicine. Well fortified for the exacting work of his chosen profession Doctor Grove established himself in practice at Jewett in August of the same year, and in the passing years he has built up and retained a large and representative practice, the character and extent of which demonstrate alike his professional ability and his personal popularity. He insistently keeps in touch with the advances made in medical and surgical science, and maintains affiliation with the Harrison County Medical Society, the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. As a citizen he is loyal and progressive, and takes marked interest in all things touching the welfare of his home village. Both he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church at Jewett. In June, 1893, was solemnized the marriage of Doctor Grove to Miss Elizabeth J. Aiken, who was born and reared in Harrison County and who is a daughter of Josiah Aiken. Doctor and Mrs. Grove have two children, June Augusta is a graduate of the Jewett High School and also of the musical conservatory of Westminster College at New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. She married Ralph Bragg, of Boston, Massachusetts, a graduate of Amhurst College, who enlisted with the Twenty-fifth Regiment of Engineers for the World war and served many months in France. He is now an engineer with the A. D. Taylor Landscape Gardening Company of. Cleveland, Ohio. Thomas A. Grove was graduated from the Jewett High School 'as a member of the class of 1920. SAMUEL B. PORTER. Just now and then a man performs the sacred function of enrolling his ancestry the second time in the annals of any given community. The men of today owe it to the men of yesterday to commemorate their deeds of privation and endurance in bringing about the transformation from. savagery to civilization in any community. Now that a "Who's Who" of Harrison County is again in prospect, Samuel B. Porter, of Cadiz, again waves the family banner and keeps the memory green of his immediate ancestry. While Mr. Porter now lives in Cadiz, the farmstead in Athens Township, where he was born, October 8, 1843, has been in the Porter family name since it was entered from the Government in territorial days in Ohio, within a year or two from the beginning of the nineteenth century. S. B. Porter is a son of David and Theresa (Stone) Porter, who were pioneer residents of Harrison County. In his days of farm activity Mr. Porter was among the leading agriculturists of Green Township, although he was born in Athens Township. The Porter family in Harrison County harks back to Samuel Porter, who came from Pennsylvania. He was a saddler and always worked at the trade. He trained with the democrats from the organization of the party. His son, David Porter, was born February 5, 1802, just PICTURE OF W. L. ENGLAND M.D. CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES- 517 before the family came from Washington County, Pennsylvania, to Harrison County. He married Theresa Stone, of Belmont County. She died in 1859, and lies buried in Crab Apple Cemetery in Belmont County. David Porter died December 22, 1885, and be lies buried in the cemetery at Cadiz. The Porters have been Presbyterians throughout the family history. While David Porter refused office in party affiliation, he was always active in affairs of the democratic party. The children born to David and Theresa (Stone) Porter are: Sarah. John D., Mary, Samuel B., James, David S. and Theresa Elizabeth. When he was twenty-one years old Samuel B. Porter married Margaret, a daughter of John and Eliza (McFadden) Dickerson. For ten years they lived on a farm In Athens Township, when they located in Green Township. Mrs. Porter died there in 1900. He remained on the farm until May, 1918, when he moved to Cadiz. Mr. Porter owns two farms, there being 242 acres in the Green and 160 acres in the Cadiz farm. The building site in Green Township is one that commands a fine view of the surrounding country. On October 31, 1906, Mr. Porter married Josephine Thornberry. Their sons and daughters are: Mary Belle, wife of Fry Shepler. They have one daughter, Myrtle, and they live in Chicago. David D. Porter married Harriet Haverfield. Emma Alice is the wife of John Croskey. Samuel Augustus farms the land in Green Township. Eliza May is the wife of William Corbley and lives in Cadiz. While living in Green Township. S. B. Porter served as trustee of the township four years, The Porters were given' common school advantages as they were growing into manhood and womanhood, D. D. Porter attending public school in Cadiz, Green and Short Creek townships, and later he studied business methods in the Buchanan Business College at Hopedale. As a young man, however, he turned his attention to agriculture. On April 6, 1898, he married Harriet C. Haverfield. She is a daughter of Nathan and Mary A. (Harper) Haverfield. They located on a farm in Green Township, and in 1902 moved to their present home, the farm having been in the Porter family name for more than one hundred years. The deed from the Government was issued to the ancestry in the Porter family. The children born to D. D. Porter are: Everette H., December 8, 1901; David P., August 16, 1906; and Mary Doris, June 13. 1910. As in the past generations the Porter family are members of the Presbyterian Church in Cadiz. WILLIAM L. ENGLAND, M. D. Few men of Harrison County have been more closely identified with the professional and business life of the county, or have won a greater measure of the esteem of his community than has Dr. William L. England, who for the past forty years has been a successful physician of Jewett. Doctor England is descended from an old Pennsylvania Quaker family which has been in Ohio for over 100 years. Isaac England, grandfather of the Doctor, was born in eastern Pennsylvania. He came to Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1806, and a few years later he settled in Cross Creek Township, that county, on 135 acres of land, for which he paid $1,200, and this land is still in the family name. He became the father of a son, David, and a daughter, who married a Mr. Green. David England, son of Isaac the pioneer, was born in Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio. in 1809. He spent practically his entire life upon the old England homestead, where he died in 1901. He married Elizabeth McGrew, who was born near Smithfield, Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1830, the daughter of Finley and Deborah (Blackburn) McGrew. Finley McGrew was long a prosperous farmer in Jefferson County, where he reared a large family. The McGrews were Quakers. David England and wife became the parents of the following children: Elma, who has never married ; Isaac Newton, who served as an enlisted soldier during the Civil war as a private in Company H, Fortieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was taken sick, confined to the hospital and finally was invalided home, where he died as a result of his disabilities in 1863; Deborah, who married Stephen Morton, a Civil war veteran ; Oliver, who met death by drowning when he was twenty-one years of age; David, who was a resident of Steubenville, Ohio, where he died in January, 1920: William L., subject of this review, and John B., a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, who died at Senecaville, Ohio, in 1917. Doctor England was born near Steubenville, Ohio, on April 18, 1853. He was educated in the district schools. Hopedale (Ohio) Normal School and the Slatelick Academy in Pennsylvania. He taught school for six years, and in 1878 entered the Columbus (Ohio) Medical College, where he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, class of '81. In April, 1881, he entered the general practice of medicine in Jewett. In 1884 he engaged in the retail drug business, and since that time he has practiced medicine in conjunction with his drug store. For many years Doctor England has been active in the busines and civic affairs of Jewett, and has greatly contributed to the growth, development and welfare of his adopted city and of the entire community. In 1898 he assisted in the organization of the Jewett Bank, the only banking institution in this part of the county, and since its organization he has been its president and one of its guiding spirits. In 1909-10 Doctor England erected the England Block on Main Street, which is regarded as the best business property in Jewett. The block is of yellow-faced brick, forty-one by seventy-five feet in dimensions, two stories and is in every way a modern business building. The first floor is occupied by the England Drug Store and the James A. McKee Company's mercantile establishment, while the entire second floor is devoted to the England Auditorium, Jewett's only public hall. So it will be seen that Doctor England has done his full share in the civic as well as professional and business life of Jewett. On October 6, 1881, Doctor England was united in marriage with Sadie, the daughter of 518 - CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES Thomas and Malissa (Martin) Roberts, and to them have been born three children, as follows: Thomas, who died an infant in 1885; Elizabeth, who became the wife of Dr. C. H. Lynch and they are residing at Middletown, Ohio; and William, who married Susan Beeman and resides at Galion, Ohio. In addition to their own children, Doctor and Mrs, England have reared two nephews, Paul R. and John R. England. The former was hut two weeks old when he was taken into Doctor England's home. He was educated in the Jewett High School, the Scio School of Pharmacy and the Philadelphia School of Pharmacy, and is now the proprietor of the England Drug Company of Alliance. Ohio. He married Carrie Dennis. John R. became an inmate of the England family when he was eight years of age, and that was his home until, at the age of eighteen years, he enlisted in the United States Marines for service in the World war Ho died in the Portsmouth (Virginia) Naval Hospital on Christmas day, 1917. Doctor England and wife are members of the Jewett Methodist Episcopal Church, in the work of which they take deep interest. In all the relations of life, professional, business and social, Doctor England has lived up to high standards and ideals. and by doing so he has now a lasting place in the esteem of his fellow- citizens which will serve to keep him in grateful remembrance by the people, especially by the many to whom he has ministered professionally for so many years. JOSEPH H. LONG, deceased, was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, June 21, 1845, and in the same county his parents, James and Sarah (Kell) Long, passed their entire lives. There the father was born in the year 1819. a son of Hubert and Abigail (Kell) Long, the former of whom for many years followed the vocation or blacksmith at Connellsville. Fayette County. Later he purchased a small farm near that place. where he continued to work at his trade in connection with his farming operations and where he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives. They had the following children: Jo Ines, John. Samuel, William, Robert, David, Sarah and Mary. Mrs. Sarah (Kell) Long was born at Connellsville, Pennsylvania, and was a daughter of Gustavus and Abigail (Smith) Kell, the former of whom was born in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, and the latter at Connollsville, Fayette County, in which latter county Mr. Kell became a prosperous farmer. His three children were Sarah, Celinda and Caroline. Both he and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. James Long was reared and educated in his native county, and in addition to his successful activities as an agriculturist and stock-grower he engaged in the buying and shipping of wool. He was venerable in years at the time of his death, in 1904, and his loved and devoted wife died a month later in the same year. They became the parents of nine children—Joseph, Kell, Robert, David, Harriet, Mary, Catherine, Nancy and Sarah. Of the children Mary and Catherine died in childhood. The parents were life-long members of the United Presbyterian Church and were held in high esteem by all who knew them. The public schools of his native county afforded Joseph H. Long his youthful education, and as a young man he continued to be associated with farm enterprise during the summer seasons, the while he taught in the district schools during the intervening winter terms. Eventually he engaged independently in farming in Franklin Township, Fayette County, and the passing years brought to him due returns for his earnest and well directed activities as an agriculturist and stock-grower in his native county. There he served twenty-three years as a justice of the peace, and in his rulings he made the office justify its title, his fairness and mature judgment enabling him to render judicial decisions that conserved equity and justice and that added to his strong hold upon the confidence and esteem of the community that long represented his home. He was ft supporter of the principles of the democratic party until the prohibition party was organized and always afterward he was a member of that party. He was an earnest member of the United Presbyterian Church in his home village. On the 7th of November. 1867. was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Long to Miss Ann Elizabeth Essington. daughter of Jacob Essington, of Fayette County. Pennsylvania, and they have been residents of Cadiz. Ohio. since 1905. They became the parents of four children: James married Miss Margaret Hall, and his death occurred in 1S97. he being survived by his widow and one child, Elizabeth ; Clifton, married Ida Clifton and they are now officers of the Thorn Hill School in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania : Walter K.. a graduate of Westminster College, and who now resides in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, married Allene Davis. of Madisonville. Kentucky: Narcissi is deceased. Joseph H. Long died June 10. 1920. FRANCIS M, HEAVILIN, who is a popular representative of one of the sterling pioneer families of Harrison County, and who is one of the vigorous and successful exponents of farm enterprise in Archer Township. was born in Stock Township, this county, September 16, 1851, and is a son of Isaac and Susannah (Bricker) Heavilin, both likewise natives of Harrison County. where the former was born in Cadiz Township August 3, 1811, and where the latter was born in Green Township in November, 1823. Her parents, Henry and Lydia (Meisor) Bricker, were pioneers of the county, as were also Samuel and Mary (LaPort) Heavilin, paternal grandparents of him whose name introduces this paragraph. Samuel Heavilin came to Harrison County in the first decade of the nineteenth century, when this section of the Buckeye State was little else than a forest wilderness, and he secured 160 acres of Government land in what is now Cadiz Township, From the forest wilds he developed a productive farm, and here he and his wife passed the residue of their lives, both having been consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They became the parents of a fine family of thirteen children, namely; Elizabeth, CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES - 519 Nancy, Rhoda, Mary, Margaret, Lydia, Abraham, Isaac. Jacob, John, Samuel, Daniel and Ephraim. Isaac Heavilin was reared under the conditions that marked the pioneer epoch in the history of Harrison County and in his youth he learned the shoemaker's trade, to which he gave his attention during the greater part of his active life, though he accumulated farm property and aided his sons in their active management of the same, his farm having comprised 123 acres. His marriage was solemnized in Cadiz Township and both continued to maintain their home in Harrison County until their deaths, when venerable in years and secure in the high regard of all who knew them. Mr. Heavilin was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and his wife held membership in the Presbyterian Church. in the faith of which she was reared. They became the parents of time children—Henry. Francis M. and Albert W. Albert W. Heavilin died September 14, 1917, and the other two sons still remain in Harrison County. Francis M. Heavilin is indebted to the schools of Cadiz Township for his early educational training, and in that township also he initiated his independent activities as a farmer. In 1875 he purchased and removed to his present fine homestead farm of 14S acres in Archer Township and in the same township he now owns another well improved farm, which comprises 130 acres. He has been especially progressive in his enterprise as an agriculturist and stock- grower, and his excellent management of his farm properly has gained to him the maximum returns, wink, he has been specially successful in the raising of sheep. His political support is given to the democratic party, and he and his wife are active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church known as Asbury Chapel. March 4. 1875. recorded the marriage of Mr. Heavilin to Miss Jennie Anderson, daughter of Hugh and Catherine Anderson, representatives of old and honored families of Harrison Township, and of the ten children of this union brief record is given in conclusion of this review: Anna is the wife of Arthur Beck, and they have three children—Elizabeth, Frances and Anna. Anderson R. married Miss Geneva Miller, and they have two children— Martha and Mary. Howard I. is a successful representative of farm enterprise in his native county. Beatty died in 1915. Leroy married Ada Beall and after her death wedded Blanche McKee, Ada Ruth being the one child of the first marriage and Albert M. being the child of the second marriage. Harry married Miss Wilma Auld. Robert P. is more specifically mentioned in a later paragraph. Vincent F. remains at the parental home. Pearl died in 1916. Nellie J. is the wife of William G. Given. and they have two children, Frank A. and Ada Jane. Robert Park Heavilin was born in Archer Township. October 25. 1887. and in his boyhood and youth he profited by the advantages afforded in the public schools of this township. At the age of nineteen years he learned the trade of telegraph operator. and as a skilled operator he continued in the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company about ten years. In the spring of 1919 he established his home on his present excellent farm of 100 acres in Monroe Township, Harrison County, where as a successful agriculturist his youthful experience is coming into practical and effective utilization. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and his wife holds membership in the Baptist Church. On April 24, 1916, he wedded Miss Winnifred Barger, daughter of James C. Barger, of whom individual mention is made on other pages of this work. Mr. and Mrs. Heavilin have two children—Phyllis Jane and Eugene Vincent. ELMER E. GREEN. In the heart of every man there lies a deep and abiding love for the place of his birth, and the one who is fortunate enough to secure possession of his family homestead is to be envied. Elmer E. Green of Washington Township is one of the farmers of Harrison County who is thus favored, for he owns the farm on which he was born on November 3, 1863, and here he has passed his entire life, so that he is thoroughly identified with the locality and has taken part in its later development. He is the son of James S. and Eliza (Petty) Green. The grandfather, Richard Green, was born in Maryland, and came to Ohio at a very early day, settling in Tuscarawas County. Ills children were as follows: William, Robert, Joel, John. Barbara and James S. The last named was born in April, 1822, and died March 31, 1901. He married Eliza Petty, who was born in Nottingham Township, Harrison County, Ohio. While still a young, unmarried man James S. Green came to Tippecanoe, Washington Township, Harrison County. Ohio. and worked at his trade of wagon-making. In about 1852 he bought 230 acres of land in Washington Township, and remained on his farm the remainder of his life. He and his wife had the following children: Thompson. Albert, George (deceased), Elizabeth, Ellen. Lafayette. Margaret, Elmer E. and Almeda. Both parents were consistent members of the United Brethren Church. Elmer E. Green was reared on the homestead and attended the local schools. He assisted his father in the farm work. and when the latter died inherited eighty-four and one-half acres, containing the homestead. and here he is carrying on general farming and dairying with gratifying success. On August 4. 1886. he was married tc Lona Johnson. born in Nottingham Township, a (laughter of Adolphus and Sarah Anna (Rowland) Johnson. Adolphus Johnson was a farmer and blacksmith of Nottingham Township who died November 30. 1918, his wife having passed away November 30. 1910. The children born to Adolphus Johnson and his wife were as follows: Ellen. Rhoda. William (deceased). Lona. Emma. Frank. Susan (deceased), Olive, Lloyd and Maud and Forrest, both of whom are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Green became the parents of the following children: Florence. who married George Carrothers. has two children. Carl and Nellie: Iva, who died March 14. 1918. married Harvey Blackwell, had three children, George, 520 - CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES Mabel and Wilma; Olive, who married Chester Blackwell, had four children, Zelma, Harry, Vivian and Clyde; Sadie, who married Edward Mallernee; Jesse, who is mentioned below; Brady, who is at home; and Elwood and Viola, who are also at home. The family all belong to the United Brethren Church. For four years Mr. Green served as assessor of Washington Township, and since January, 1920, he has been one--of the trustees of the township. Jesse M. Green is one of the veterans of the great war, and entered the service July 24, 1918. He was stationed at Camp Sherman and assigned to Company E. Three Hundred and Thirty-sixth Infantry, Eighty-fourth Division. His organization sailed for France September 3, 1918, and after landing he was transferred to Company F, Three Hundred and Sixty-second Infantry, Ninety-first Division. Mr. Green served on the Belgian front from October 31 to November 11, the day of the signing of the armistice. He arrived in the United States on his return home April 16, 1919, and after receiving his honorable discharge came back to the farm. Although he is fortunate in escaping injury, he doubtless will carry with him through life the effects of his experience just as the veterans of the war between the states have done. No man of peaceful disposition can leave the ordinary occupations of life and become a soldier at the front without feeling the results upon his return home. Fortunately for the men and country Americans are very adaptable, and the majority of the returned soldiers will be the better citizens for their sacrificial service and take a deeper interest in the affairs of the Government they risked their Jives and limbs to save. SAMUEL BEACH. As executive head of the Beach Milling Company in the village of Malvern, Mr. Beach became a prominent representative of industrial and commercial enterprise in Carroll County. He takes due pride in claiming Ohio as the place of his nativity, and is a representative of a family that early became one of prominence in connection with civic and material development and progress in Ashtabula County. He was born in that county April 23, 1845, and is a son of Joshua H. and Amy Ann (Kyle) Beach, the former of whom was born in Connecticut, a scion of colonial New England stock, and the latter was born in the State of New York, where their marriage was solemnized, he having accompanied his parents on their removal from Connecticut to the Empire State. Joshua H. Beach was a young man when he came to Ashtabula County, Ohio, and joined his older brother, Marvin W., who had there settled about the year 1823 and who became an influential pioneer citizen of the county. The subject of this sketch was but three days old at the time of his mother's death, and he was fourteen years old when his father's death occurred, in 1859. He was the younger of two children, his older sister being Maria Cecelia. who was a resident of Cleveland, Ohio, at the time of her death. For his second wife the father married Mrs. Harrison Hunt, her family name having been Poole, and of this union was born one child, Rosalie. Joshua H. Beach was a carpenter by trade, and as a young man became a successful contractor and erected a number of the early houses in Trumbull and Ashtabula counties. He was a whig in politics until the organization of the republican party, when he united with the latter, to which he gave his allegiance until the time of his death, only a few years later. Samuel Beach gained his early education in the schools of Trumbull County, and was sixteen years of age at the inception of the Civil war. His youthful patriotism was not long to be curbed, for in 1863 be enlisted as a private in Company C, One Hundred and Seventy- seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he proceeded to the front and with which he took part in seventeen engagements, principally of minor order. He continued in service until the close of the war and after receiving his honorable discharge 'returned to Ohio. For some time thereafter he was employed in a shop in which were manufactured farm implements, principally forks, in Trumbull County, and later he engaged in the manufacturing of handles for farm tools. Thereafter he passed a number of years in the oil regions of Pennsylvania, where he was identified with oil producing activities. About 1896, in partnership with his eldest son, Charles R., he erected a grist mill at Jefferson, the judicial center of Ashtabula County, Ohio, and after operating this mill three years they sold the property and went to Albion, Pennsylvania, where they engaged in the general merchandise business and also conducted a feed store. There Mr. Beach remained twelve years, at the expiration of which he disposed of his business interests in Pennsylvania and returned to Ohio. In July, 1910, he established his residence at Malvern, and here he erected the thoroughly modern flour mill which has since been successfully operated under the corporate title of the Beach Milling Company. Though Mr. Beach still continues his interest in this industrial enterprise he is now living virtually retired and his son Charles R. has the active management of the substantial business. Mr. Beach has been an ardent supporter of the principles of the republican party from the time of his youth. He is affiliated with the Grand Army of the Republic and is now probably the oldest member of the Lodge of Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Geneva, Ashtabula County, with which he has been affiliated since 1872. In 1867 was recorded the marriage of Mr. Beach to Miss Susan Davis, who was born March 6, 1849, a daughter of Robert and Sallie (Colvin) Davis. She was born in Pennsylvania, as were also her parents, and was a child at the time of the family removal to Geneva, Ohio. Her parents in later years returned to Pennsylvania and established their home in Erie County, where the father died January 29, 1892, at the age of sixty-eight years, and where the mother died in 1902, at the age of seventy-seven years. They became the parents of nine children: Lester died in January, 1920, at Ashtabula; Demetrius died in 1914; William died about 1915; Susan is the wife of Mr. Beach, of this review; Polly died in 1875, when about twenty-five years of age; Leona, Lois and Emma CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES - 521 and Ella, twins, are the younger daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Beach became the parents of two children, Charles R. and Lynn H. Charles R. Beach was born in the year 1868, and received his early education in the public schools of Ohio and Pennsylvania and in an academy at Waterford in the latter state. He has long been associated with his father in business anti now has the active control of the prosperous enterprise of the Beach Milling Company, as previously noted in this review. He married Miss Louise Chenot, whose death occurred February 16, 1918. They became the parents of four children—Heber (died in March, 1917), Robert, Samuel (named in honor of his paternal grandfather) and Susan Rose. Lynn H. Beach was born November 20, 1876, and gained his youthful education principally at Waterford, Pennsylvania. He served four years in the United States Navy, and within this period made the voyage around the world. After retiring from the navy he took a course in electrical and steam engineering, to which he devoted his attention for several years. He installed the Delco electric light system in the mill of the Beach Milling Company and is now associated with his brother in the active operation of this mill. He married Miss Maude Lawton, of Harrison County, and they are popular factors in the social life of Malvern. FRANK B. HOSTERMAN, manager of the Bowman-Hosterman Company, manufacturers of aluminum ware and toys at Carrollton, has been vigorous and resourceful in the development and upbuilding of the prosperous industrial enterprise conducted by this company and is one of the staunch and progressive business men of his native county. He was born in Loudon Township, Carroll County, June 1, 1863, and is a son of Peter and Rebecca (Hibbs) Hosterman, the former a native of Harrison County and the latter of Carroll County, where her parents were early settlers. Peter Hosterman was a son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Winnings) Hosterman, both of whom were born in the state of Pennsylvania and the former of whom became one of the pioneer settlers in Harrison County, Ohio, where he established his residence in 1805 and became one of the substantial farmers of German Township. There he died August 8, 1850, the date of his birth having been December 20, 1782. He was a democrat in politics, and he and his wife were communicants of the Lutheran Church. Peter Hosterman was reared under the conditions of the pioneer period in the history of Harrison County and in his youth he learned the blacksmith's trade. He was a young man when he came to Carroll County and engaged in the work of his trade, and he also became actively associated with farm enterprise. He was one of the sterling citizens of Loudon Township at the time of his death, in 1881, and his second wife, mother of the subject of this review, died in 1887, their children having been one son and two daughters, Nora and Ellen. Eight children were born of the first marriage of Peter Hosterman. He was a republican in political allegiance and held to the faith of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Frank B. Hosterman gained his early education in the public schools at Kilgore, Loudon Township, and after attaining to adult age was for some time engaged in independent farm enterprise in his native township, where he conducted operations on a farm of 100 acres. At the age of eighteen years he entered upon an apprenticeship in the woodwork department of the carriagemaker's trade, and to his trade he devoted his attention about six years. For nearly a score of years thereafter he followed the carpenter's trade, and he then became identified with the manufacturing of toys and novelties at Carrollton, the outgrowth of this enterprise being the substantial manufacturing industry now conducted under the title of the Bowman-Hosterman Company, Mr. Hosterman being one of the owners of the substantial business, of which he assumed individual control in 1917. His only son, Faber, is actively associated with him in the management of the business, the company being incorporated under the laws of the state. Politically Mr. Hosterman is found aligned in the ranks of the republican party, is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, and he and his family hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1885 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Hosterman to Miss Mary McIntyre, likewise a native of Carroll County, who died in 1902, leaving three children. Faber, who is associated with his father in business, as previously noted, married Miss Lena Price, of Akron, she having been born in Henry County, Missouri, and they have one son, Franklin Boliver, born September 8, 1920. Freda is the wife of Forrest Marshall, of Carrollton, and they have two children, Dean and Mary. Donna is the wife of Homer Algeo, of Carrollton, their one child being a daughter, Mary. In 1904, Mr. Hosterman married Emma Dehoff, of Carroll County. JOHN B. STEWART is a representative of the fourth generation of the Stewart family in Carroll County, with whose history the name has been identified for an entire century. Mr. Stewart is now one of the principals of the Stewart Company, which conducts a substantial general dry goods business at Carrollton, and is one of the vital business men of the younger generation in his native county. He was born in Perry Township, Carroll County, January 8, 1882, and is a son.of Alfred A. and Laura B. (Vasbinder) Stewart, the former of whom was born in Perry Township June 4, 1858, and the latter was born at Jewett, Harrison County, April 27, 1861, their marriage having been solemnized October 16, 1879. Alfred Anson Stewart passed his entire life in Carroll County and was long numbered among the successful and influential farmers of Perry Township, his death having occurred January 25, 1916. His widow is now a resident of Carrollton. In earlier years he was actively associated with the operation of the tannery owned by his father, but the basic industry of agriculture received the major part of his time and attention throughout his active career. He was a republican in politics and was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, as is also his 522 - CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES widow. Mr. Stewart was the owner of one of the finest farm properties in Perry Township, and was loyal and liberal in connection with all community interests. Alfred A. and Laura B. Stewart became the parents of five children, whose names and respective dates of birth are here noted: Ella May, August 12, 1880; John Buchanan, January 8, 1882; Ralph Melville, January 19, 1884 ; Homer Arthur, June 21, 1886 (died February 24, 1887) ; and Harry Ross, December 18, 1887. Miss Ella May Stewart was graduated in the Carrollton High School in 1901, and thereafter was employed as a clerk in the local mercantile establishment of the Sheherd & Balzer Company, besides which she held a position at Alliance, Stark County, for two and one-half years. In 1915 she became associated with her mother and brother John B. in the general merchandise business at Carrollton, and in January, 1919, the business was removed to the present location, on the south side of the Public Square, the building having been purchased by the Stewart Company and having long been known as the Baker Block. The store of the company is 30 by 120 feet in dimensions and is modern in equipment in every department, the while the concern controls a large and representative trade. John B. Stewart continued his studies in the public schools until he had completed the work of the junior year in the Carrollton High School, and ,thereafter he took an effective course in a leading business college in the city of Cleveland. For a time he was employed as a bookkeeper in Cleveland, Ohio. He next spent six years as salesman for the Canton Hardware Company, thereafter was for six years with the Alliance Hardware Company, and for a time he was similarly associated with the Klein-Heffelman hardware establishment at Canton, Ohio. In January, 1915, he returned to Carrollton and became associated with his mother and sister in purchasing the stock and business of Harry Butler, since which time the enterprise has been successfully continued under the title of the Stewart Company, general dry goods, with Mr. Stewart as general manager. Mr. Stewart gives his support to the cause of the republican party, and is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity and the Independent. Order of Odd Fellows. He and his wife hold membership in the Methodist EpiscOpal Church. August 4, 1906, was marked by the marriage of Mr. Stewart to Miss Elizabeth Kelly, of Toronto, Jefferson County. The.two children of this union are: Arthur, born October 12, 1908; and Ethel, born January 3, 1910. Ralph M. Stewart, next Younger brother of the subject of this review, likewise is a member of the Stewart Company. He married M)se, Mary Tope, of Carrollton, and they have one child, Helen. Harry R. Stewart, youngest of the brothers, died at the age of fourteen years. Edward Stewart. grandfather of he whose name introduces this review, was long one of the most prominent and influential citizens of Perry Township, where he owned not only a valuable farm but also a tannery, which he operated for many years. He was born in Perry Township February 21, 1826, of staunch Scotch- Irish lineage. His grandfather, Edward Hill Stewart, was born and reared in Maryland and he and his wife, whose maiden name was Susannah Clay, were pioneer settlers in Jeffel'son County, Ohio, where they passed the remainder of their lives. Edward Stewart was a son of Mahlon and Elizabeth (Park) Stewart, who became residents of Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1804. and who came in 1820 to what is now Carroll County, where Mr. Stewart secured a tract of wild land in the present Perry Township. Here he reclaimed a farm from the forest and was one of the honored pioneer citizens of the county at the time of his death, in 1879, when nearly ninety-two years of age, his wife having passed away in 1871. He assisted in the organization of Carroll County and owned the land on which the present village of Perrysville stands, he having laid out that village in 1835. He was influential in public affairs in the county, was originally a whig and later a republican in politics, and both he and his wife held membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church, though Mrs. Stewart was a birthright member of the Society of Friends. Edward Stewart was reared under the conditions of the pioneer days and assisted in the reclamation and improvement of the home farm. In 1847 he wedded Miss Martha Ann Davis, of Harrison County, and they became the parents of eleven children. Mr. Stewart was owner of one of the finest farm properties in Perry Township at the time of his death and was one of the county's progressive and influential citizens, with secure place in popular confidence and esteem. As a republican he was elected county commissioner, in which office he served with characteristic efficiency and acceptability, and he and his wife were zealous members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Perrysville. Both were venerable in years when they passed from the stage of life's mortal endeavors. JOHN C. STUBBINS, of Cadiz, Harrison County, was born in Cadiz on the 15th of December, 1844. He is a son of Mordecai and Mary (Crozier) Stubbins, the former of whom was born in Baltimore County, Maryland, and the latter in Ireland. Mordecai Stubbins was a son of Rev. Henry Stubbins, the family name of whose wife was Parrish, and they were numbered among the pioneer settlers of Harrison County, to which state they made the long overland journey from Maryland with teams and wagons. Rev. Stubbins was one of the pioneer clergymen of the United Brethren Church in this section of the Buckeye State, and he and his wife continued to reside at Cadiz until their death. Mordecai Stubbins was reared to manhood in Harrison County, and as a skilled wagonmaker he was for many years engaged in the work of his trade at Cadiz, where both he and his wife died when well advanced in years. Of their children the first-born, Henry, died in infancy; Margaret became the wife of Thomas Brooks; Amanda married John Bayless; John C., of this review, was the next in order of birth and the youngest of the family, he being now the only survivor. The parents were active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church for many years prior to their death. CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES - 523 John C. Stubbins is indebted to the pioneer village schools of Cadiz for his early education, and as a young man he here learned the trade of shoemaker. He was working at his trade and was about sixteen years old at the outbreak of the Civil war, and his youth prevented him from entering forthwith into military service. His patriotism was not long denied such recognition, however, for in February, 1864, he enlisted as a private in Company K, One Hundred and Seventieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, his term of enlistment being for one hundred days. He proceeded with his command to the front, and on the 18th of July, 1864, took part in an engagement at Snickers Ferry, Virginia, besides participating in the battle of Winchester, that state, on the 24th of the same month, and taking part in many skirmishes. He made an excellent record as a gallant young soldier and received his honorable discharge September 10, 1864. He returned to his home at Cadiz, and for twelve years thereafter he here continued to work at his trade. He was then appointed city marshal, of which office he continued the efficient and valued incumbent for the long period of twenty-two years. Since 1901 Mr. Stubbins has served as bailiff of the court and is one of the popular officials at the county building. He is a republican in politics, is an appreciative and honored member of the local post of the Grand Army of the Republic, the ranks of which have been greatly thinned by the one invincible foe, death, and he is identified also with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. On the 17th of July, 1872, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Stubbins to Miss Leora Houser. who was born and reared in Harrison County, a daughter of the late Wilson L. Houser, who was born at Cadiz April 1, 1828, a son of one of the early pioneer families of Harrison County, Ohio. Wilson L. Houser continued his residence at Cadiz until his death. Mr. and Mrs. Stub- bins have no children. ORLANDO K. MARTIN. In reviewing in this history the records of the time-honored families of Harrison County it is specially gratifying to note that Orlando K. Niartin and his only brother. William H., are associated in the ownership and work of the fine old homestead farm in Cadiz Township, on which they were born and reared, in the management of which they have been constantly allied from the time when their honored father became incapacitated by blindness. William Hamilton Martin, the older brother, was born on this farm, May 17, 1855, and has remained a bachelor, his home having been maintained with his brother continuously since the death of their parents. They own, in addition to the old homestead which comprises 120 acres, another tract of fifty acres in the same township, and they are numbered among the substantial and representative agriculturists and stock-growers of their native county. The birth of Orlando K. occurred July 23, 1857. George Martin, father of he whose name introduces this review, was born on the farm later owned by Aaron Ross in Cadiz Township, and the date of his nativity was March 1, 1817. He was a son of Arthur and Margaret (Ury) Martin, the former a native of Ireland and the latter of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Fifteen days after the birth of their son George the parents removed to the farm now owned and occupied by their grandsons, and there they passed the remainder of their lives, as honored pioneer citizens of the county. In a previous publication, issued prior to the death of George Martin, appeared an appreciative estimate that is worthy of reproduction, with slight paraphrase, in this connection : "George Martin was a young than whose jollity and lightness of spirits contributed largely to the merry makings of the early days in Harrison County, and he grew to manhood much as did the other farm boys of those early days. On the 3d of January, 1853, he married Miss Rachel H. Kennedy, daughter of John and Matilda Kennedy and a native of Tuscarawas County. Ohio. In February following their marriage they came to the home which was to be theirs during the remainder of their earnest and worthy lives, the loved wife and mother having passed to the life eternal January 17. 1881, at the age of forty-nine years. In 1877 Mr. Martin lost the sight of his left eye, and soon the other eye became sympathetically affected. Though he went to the medical department of the celebrated University of Michigan for consultation and treatment, in spite of all that could be done, his sight gradually became dimmer, until at last the flickering spark of day went out, leaving him to grope his aged way in midnight darkness. His farm is cared for by his sons. George Martin's work is finished, but he is sustained and comforted by the filial devotion of his children and by the affectionate regard of his many friends." This venerable pioneer passed away August 14, 1895, at the age of seventy-eight years, and he is held in affectionate memory in the county that was his home during his entire life. Of the three children the eldest is Angelina, who is the wife of Rev. A. B. Conwell and who now resides at Colorado Springs, Colorado, William H. being the second and Orlando K. the youngest of the children. Orlando K. Martin, like his brother, gained his early education in the schools of his native township, and his entire active career has been marked by association with the work and management of the old home farm, which is endeared to him by many gracious memories and associations. He and his brother are staunch republicans, and he has served three terms as trustee of his native township. At the November election of 1920 be was elected sheriff of Harrison County on the republican ticket. He and his wife, as also his brother, hold membership in Asbury Methodist Episcoijal Chapel, and he is affiliated with the lodge of Knights of Pythias at Cadiz, the county seat. On the 23d of July, 1884, was solemnized the marriage of Orlando R. Martin to Miss Emma E. Carson, who likewise was born and reared in Harrison County, a daughter of David L. and Ella (Wells) Carson. Mr. Carson was born in Nottingham Township, this county, November 24. 1842, and his wife was born in Cadiz Township on the 2d of October of the same year, a daughter of Charles and Mary (Day) Wells, her 524 - CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES father having been a pioneer settler and influential citizen of Cadiz Township and having served two terms as county commissioner. Mr. Wells died January 19, 1901, at a venerable age. His children were four in number—Sarah Margaret, Mary Ellen, Amanda Elizabeth and Laticia Isabel. William Carson, father of David L. .Carson, was born in Nottingham Township, a son of John and Hannah (Rogers) Carson, who were born and reared in Maryland, where their marriage was solemnized and whence they came to Harrison County, Ohio, about the opening year of the nineteenth century, to become very early settlers in Nottingham Township, where Mr. Carson reclaimed a farm from the virgin forest and where he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives. William Carson and his wife, Elizabeth, became the parents of three sons and five daughters. David L. Carson, eldest of the children, continued as one of the representative farmers of Cadiz Township until his death, which occurred March 6, 1908, and his widow passed to eternal rest on the 3d of October, 1912. They became the parents of the following children: Emma E., Charles, Margaret, Minnie, Clara, Walter, who resides at Gales- burn, Illinois; Harry, deceased; Reid, a resident of Illinois; Ernest, residing at Columbus, Ohio ; and George, likewise a resident of Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. Orlando K. Martin have but one child, Clara B., wife of Halbert B. Heastan, a teacher in the public schools of the city of. Passaic, New Jersey. S. FRANK GROVES. Farming and stockraising engage the undivided attention of a large proportion of the substantial men of Washington Township, where may also be found many of Harrison County's most intelligent and reliable citizens. As a rule they are quiet, hard-working, unassuming men, who go about their important duties in a practical, sensible way, and through their labor and agricultural knowledge contribute their full proportion of food for the world. There are an unusual number of well-kept estates in this section, but there are few that excel in any way the finely cultivated and well-improved farm of S. Frank Groves, who has owned and operated this place since 1895. S. Frank Groves was born in Rush Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, October 9, 1865. His parents were James and Nancy (Fleming) Groves, both of whom were born in Harrison County and were married in Washington Township. Shortly afterward James Groves removed to Tuscarawas County and settled in Rush Township, where the rest of his life was passed as a general farmer. He owned two valuable farms, one containing 260 acres in Tuscarawas County, and the other comprising 116 acres lying in Washington Township, Harrison County. His death occurred January 4, 1904, and that of his wife on July 13, 1902. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They were the parents of four children, namely : Alfretta, Emma Laura, Violinda Allen and S. Frank, all living except Violinda. S. Frank Groves had excellent educational privileges in the public schools of Rush Township, and as the only son of the family remained with his father until his own marriage, follow ing which be began farming on his own account in Rush Township, Tuscarawas County. He had been well trained in farm work from boyhood, and, furthermore, took a deep interest in his farm and stock and prospered accordingly. In 1898 he came to his present place in Washington Township, Harrison County, and this has continued his home ever since. He owns 131 acres in his home farm and forty-five acres of the old homestead in Tuscarawas County. The fine improvements and substantial buildings on his Washington Township farm have all been placed here by Mr. Groves. He is a progressive and enterprising farmer, carrying on his undertakings with the aid of modern machinery and according to approved methods. In 1890 Mr. Groves was married to Miss Anna Bell Boyd, daughter of George and Eliza V. (Markle) Boyd, and they have two children: Nellie B. and Franklin Eugene, both of whom have been well educated and both are at home. Mr. Groves has always taken a good citizen's interest in public affairs but has never been particularly active in politics. As a good farmer, fair-minded neighbor and reliable citizen, Mr. Groves is held in regard by all who know him. RICHARD H. LEE has long held prestige as one of the representative civil engineers in northeastern Ohio, has been actively concerned with important railway construction work in a professional capacity, and though he has now passed the psalmist's span of three score years and ten, he continues to give effective service in the profession which he has followed from his young manhood. Mr. Lee is an honored representative of one of the oldest and best known families of Carroll County, where Lee Township was named in honor of his paternal grandfather, and he maintains his home at Carrollton, the judicial center of the county. Carroll County was organized in 1833, and it was more than a quarter of a century prior to that year that Alexander Lee, grandfather of Richard H., established himself as a pioneer settler within the borders of this county. He was born in County Donegal, Ireland, and was a young man when he established his home in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, where was solemnized his marriage to Martha Hammeli. Within a few years after their marriage the young couple came to Ohio and located in Jefferson County, whence, in 1806, they came to what is now Carroll County and settled in the midst of the virgin forest that then marked Lee Township. Here Alexander Lee reclaimed a productive farm, endured the full tension of pioneer life and did well his part in the initial civic and industrial development of the county, both he and his wife having remained on their old homestead until their death. They were earnest members of the Presbyterian Church. They became the parents of six sons and three daughters, and of the number Ezekiel R., father of the subject of this review, was the eighth in order of birth. Ezekiel R. Lee was born on the old pioneer homestead, in Lee Township, in the year 1813, and here he passed his entire life, as a substantial and successful exponent of agricultural in- PICTURE OF RICHARD HENRY LEE CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES - 525 dustry. He died November 23, 1860, in the prime of his strong and useful manhood, and in all of the relations of life he had well upheld the high honors of the family name. It may be noted that his father, the founder of the family in Carroll County, had gone back to Pennsylvania for a visit, and that he died while thus absent, the pioneer conditions having been such as to make transfer of news slow and inadequate, with the result that his family never learned where this honored pioneer was laid to rest after his death, when well advanced in years. As a young man Ezekiel R. Lee married Jane Ann Bebout, who was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, June 17, 1827, and who survived him by more than half a century, she having been eighty-nine years of age at the time of her death, on the 16th of February, 1916. She was a daughter of John and Rebecca (Howey) Bebout, the former a native of New Jersey and the latter of Pennsylvania, where their marriage occurred and whence they came to Carroll County, Ohio. in 1836, their home being established on a farm in Washington Township, where Mr. Bebout passed the remainder of his life, his widow having passed the closing years of her life in the home of her daughter Jane A., wife of Ezekiel R. Lee, and both having been active members of the Presbyterian Church. Ezekiel R. Lee was reared and educated under the conditions that marked the pioneer days in Carroll County, and in addition to gaining a plethora of experience in connection with farm work he also learned the tanner's trade, at Cadiz, Harrison County. However he devoted the major part of his active career to agricultural and live-stock industry, and he and his brother were prominent stock drovers in the early days. He was a vigorous abolitionist in the period leading up to the Civil war and he cast his last vote in support of Abraham Lincoln for the presidency, his death having occurred the year prior to the inception of the Civil war. Both he and his wife were zealous members of the Presbyterian Church. Of their children, Richard Henry, whose name introduces this review, is the eldest ; John B. died in March, 1876; Horace G. is a resident of Canton, Stark County; Alexander died in infancy; and James A. resides at Harlem Springs, Carroll County. Richard Henry Lee was born on his father's farm, in Lee Township, Carroll County? and the date of his nativity was November 24, 1848. Ambitious, self-reliant and of alert mentality, he was not satisfied to avail himself merely of the advantages of the common schools of the locality and period, as is demonstrated by his having pursued higher studies in Harlem College, at Harlem Springs, and by his finally entering Cornell University, at Ithaca, New York. In this latter institution he completed a thorough course in civil engineering, and to the profession for which he thus fitted himself he has devoted his attention during the long intervening years, which have recorded his association with a large amount of railroad surveying work, as well as a number of years' service as county surveyor of Carroll County. He is now one of the venerable citizens of Carrollton, with a wide acquaintanceship throughout this section of the state, and with a record of achievement that adds much to the distinction of the family name. Mr. Lee is a stalwart republican, holds membership in the Reformed Church, and his wife is a member of the Presbyterian Church. On the 7th of April. 1881, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Lee to Miss Mary Steeves, who likewise was born and reared in Carroll County, a daughter of Martin and Martha (Lee) Steeves. Mr. ,Steeves came to Carroll County from New Brunswick, Canada, and here he became a successful farmer and stock-drover. He was accidentally killed, in 1863, and his widow, surviving him by many years, was of venerable age at the time of her death. EDWARD MAPLE. After having long been numbered among the successful representatives of farm industry in his native county, Mr. Maple sold his farm and in the spring of 1920 removed to Carrollton, the county seat, where he is now living retired and finds merited surcease from the industrial labors and responsibilities that were formerly his portion. Mr. Maple was born in Center Township, Carroll County, on the 31st of May, 1851, and is a son of David and Elizabeth (Dray) Maple, the former of whom likewise was a native of Center Township, where he was born in the year 1821, and the latter of whom was born in Trumbull County, this state. David Maple was a son of John and Mary Maple, who came from Pennsylvania to Carroll County in the early pioneer era, before the organization of the county, and who settled in Center Township, where the father obtained a tract of land and reclaimed a farm from the forest wilds. On this old homestead he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives, reared their children and contributed their portion to the civic and material development of the county. David Maple early began to assist in the arduous work of the pioneer farm which was the place of his birth, and his educa tional advantages were those afforded in the primitive schools of the locality and period. He eventually became the owner of a valuable landed estate of 600 acres, and was one of the substantial farmers and honored citizens of Center Township at the time of his death in 1888, his wife having passed away in 1886. He was a republican in politics and his wife was a member of the Christian Church. They became the parents of six children—Edward, Jacob, Mary Elizabeth, Susan, Anna Theresa and George Washington. The old homestead farm gave its benignant influence and discipline to the childhood and youth of Edward Maple, and his alert mind broadened its ken through his application to study in the public schools of the locality. He learned all details of farm industry while yet.a youth, and when the father made provision for his children by giving to each a farm Edward received as his allotment an excellent place of 160 acres in Center Township. This farm, upon which he made many improvements of modern order, continued as the stage of his successful activities as an agriculturist and stock-grower until 1920, when he sold the valuable property and in April established his home at Carroll- 526 - CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES ton. where he purchased the attractive residence in which he and wife delight to extend welcome to their host of friends in the county. In politics Mr. Maple has never deviated from the line of staunch allegiance to the republican party, and while he has had no ambition for public office he gave effective service during his incumbency of the position of assessor of his native township. Both he and his wife hold membership in the Reformed Church. On the 27th of September, 1887, Mr. Maple was united in marriage to Miss Eliza Barnhouse, who was born in Perry Township, Carroll County, August 26, 1853, a daughter of Samuel and Susannah (Stewart) Barnhouse, both natives of Carroll County, where the respective families were founded in the early pioneer days. Mrs. Barnhouse was a daughter of Mahlon Stewart, a prominent and influential pioneer of whom more specific mention will be found in connection with other personal sketches appearing in this work, he having been the founder of the village of Perrysville, this county. Mr. Barn- house died in 1894. Mr. and Mrs. Maple have four children : Howard is married and resides in the city of Canton, Stark County, he having served two years during the nation's participation in the World war and having passed about one year in France, where he was assigned to the mail department of the service of the American Expeditionary Forces; Ralph E., of Carrollton, married Miss Bessie Noble, and they have two children, Marion and Joseph; and Oma and Curtis remain at the parental home. Edward Dray, maternal grandfather of Mr. Maple, was one of the men associated with pioneer ore mining and other kindred operations near Niles, Trumbull County, and be also served as a soldier in the War of 1812. He finally established his residence on a pioneer farm in East Township, where his wife died, and he passed the closing period of his life in the home of his daughter Elizabeth, mother of the subject of this review, where he died when about ninety years of age. JACOB M. HARSH has maintained his residence at Malvern for fully thirty years and has one of the fine homes of this attractive village, besides which he is the owner of one of the valuable farms of Carroll County and, gives his general supervision to its operations, the place being eligibly situated in Brown Township, about four miles distant from Malvern. Mr. Harsh was born in Harrison Township, Carroll County, September 26, 1841, and is a son of Samuel and Sarah (Eberly) Harsh, both natives of Pennsylvania, where the former was born in 1813 (in Washington County), and the latter in 1820. Lewis Harsh, father of Samuel, was born in Holland, and after coming to America he remained in Pennsylvania until 1821, when he migrated with his family to Ohio and became a pioneer settler in Carroll County. Here he purchased a tract of Government land in Washington Township, and this he reclaimed from the forest into a productive farm. On this pioneer homestead he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives. Their children were eight in number—Jacob, Adam, Abraham, Samuel, Margaret, Betsy, Susan and Hannah. Samuel Harsh was reared under the conditions of the early pioneer days in Carroll County, and though he attended school not more than six weeks in his boyhood, his alert mind and self-application effectively enabled him to overcome this educational handicap of his youth. He gave his entire active life to the basic industry of agriculture, and after having farmed in Harrison Township for a term of years he became the owner of a farm in Brown Township, where he remained until his death in 1881, his widow passing away in February, 1895, and both having been earnest members of the Reformed Church, the while his political support was given to the cause of the republican party. They became the parents of the following children—Lewis, Jacob M., Hitman, Nancy Jane, Sarah Catherine, Eliza Maria, James Madison and Alexander, the last named having died at the age of seven years. Jacob M. Harsh was reared in Harrison Township, and is indebted to its district schools for his early education. For the past fifty-six years (1920) he has lived within the borders of Brown Township, where he is the owner of a well improved farm of thirty-three acres, and the village of Malvern, as previously stated, has been his place of residence for thirty years. Though in the autumn of 1920 he celebrated the seventy- ninth anniversary of his birth, he is still hale and vigorous and takes great satisfaction in still maintaining his place in the ranks of the world's productive workers. Mr. Harsh is a loyal advocate of the principles of the republican party, has served nearly a quarter of a century as constable, and has also given effective service as health and truant officer in his home village. He holds membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church, as did also his wife, who remained his devoted companion and helpmeet for nearly fifty-five years, the gracious ties being severed by her death on the 7th of June, 1917. On the 8th of February, 1863, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Harsh to Miss Mary Elizabeth Clark, who was born in Augusta Township, Carroll County, in 1843, a daughter of John S. and Kate (Ward) Clark, the former of whom is deceased but the latter, at the remarkable age of ninety-six years, resides at Malvern, as one of the most venerable and loved pioneer women of the county. In the concluding paragraph of this review is given brief record concerning the children of Mr. and Mrs. Harsh: John married Miss Laura Rutledge, whose death occurred in June, 1891, and he died in 1902, at the age of thirty-seven years. They are survived by one daughter, Mae, who was born August 24, 1890, and who is the wife of Herman Champer, of Carroll County. Mr. Champer entered the military service of the nation in connection with the World war, and his service continued from May 28, 1918, until April 24, 1919. He was with the American Expeditionary Forces in France for seven months, as a member of the Ninety-First Division, and after receiving his honorable discharge he returned to his native county, where he and his wife reside in the village of Malvern. Samuel, the second son of the subject of this review, resides at Malvern and is still a bachelor. Nathan, a success- CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES - 527 ful farmer in Brown Township, married Miss Cora Morlege, and they have two children, Margaret and Harry. Rose is the wife of Harvey Thomas, of Carroll County. Ellsworth, a resident of Malvern, married Miss Emma Gotschal, and they have three children, Dora, Nellie and Walter. Margaret is the wife of Harvey Eckley, and they reside at Malvern. Thomas died at the age of two and one-half years. Harry Harsh, son of Nathan and grandson of the subject of this sketch, married Miss Lucille Wilkins, and they became the parents of three children, Hazel, Ruth (deceased) and Kenneth. HARRY C. HILL is senior member of the firm of Hill & Martin, which has developed a substantial and prosperous general produce business at Cadiz, Harrison County, where they handle poultry, butter, eggs, bides and furs. Mr. Hill has depended solely upon his own resources in making his way forward in the field of business, and his ability and ambition have not been denied a due reward. He is one of the keen and progressive business men of Cadiz and is well entitled to recognition in this publication. Mr. Hill was born at Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio, May 13, 1875, and is a son of Calvin and Nettie (Hines) Hill. Calvin Hill learned in his youth the trade of marble cutter, and this lie followed at Cambridge until shortly after the birth of his son Harry C., when he removed with his family to Cadiz, Harrison County, where he died about two years later, in 1877. His wife was born in Harrison County, a daughter of the late Christian Hines, who was a member of one of the well-known pioneer families of this county. Mrs. Hill died December 9, 1915, and of her children Harry C.. of this review. is the elder, the younger being Pearl. who is the wife of Charles B. Davis. of Manchester; Iowa. While still a mere boy, Harry C. Hill employed himself at whatever work he could obtain within the compass of his powers in order to aid in the support of his widowed mother, and in the meanwhile he attended the public schools of Cadiz with as much regularity as circumstances permitted. He has always been industrious and self-reliant, and his ambition early led him to take advantage of the opportunities that were presented to. him. He learned practical business methods in his varied experiences as a youth, and finally, in 1907. he became associated with Harry Warren Martin in establishing the business which they have since successfully conducted under the firm name of Hill & Martin, their energy. progressive policies and fair dealings having enabled them to build up a substantial and profitable produce business. October 22, 1903. recorded the marriage of Mr. Hill to Miss Catherine Neville. daughter of David and Martha Neville. of Cadiz. and the one child of this union is a daughter. Martha A. JOHN T. PITTIS. one of the prosperous farmers of Washington Township, is a man who deserves the prosperity which has attended him. for he has earned it in a legitimate way through his industry, thrift and business acumen. He was born at Deersville. Ohio. April 21, 1864, a son of Henry and Rachel (Birney) Pittis, and grandson of John and Mary (Dore) Pittis. John Pittis and his wife were both born in England, and came to the United States with their large family, settling in Franklin Township, Harrison County, Ohio. Their children were as follows: Edward, Robert, Thomas, William, who died in infancy, William II, Henry, Mary, Anna, Jane, Emma and Emeline, both of whom died young, and Julia. John Pittis was a farmer and became a large landowner. Henry Pittis was born in England, and came to this country with his parents. He and several of his brothers remained in New York City for a time, and there he learned the trade of stencil cutting. Later on he came to Deersville, Ohio, and after coming to this region alternated working at his trade with farming. His death occurred in 1871, but his widow, who was a native of Washington Township, Harrison County, Ohio, and his second wife, survived him until 1899. Both were consistent members of the Methodist Church. The first wife of Henry Pittis was Nancy Simpson, and she bore her husband three children : Charles, who is deceased. Emma and Clara. By his second marriage Henry Pittis had two children, John T. and Mary. The maternal grandparents of John T. Pittis were John and Hannah (McKee) Birney. Attending the local schools of Deersville, John T. Pittis grew up with a knowledge of farming, and as soon as he had reached his majority he began farming for himself in Franklin Township. Harrison County. In 1901 he moved to his present farm of 200 acres. ft portion of which is in Tuscarawas County and the remainder In Washington Township, Harrison County, his residence being located in the latter. He also owns seventy-five acres of land in another piece that is in Tuscarawas County and seventy acres in Nottingham Township, Harrison County. One of the best farmers in his locality, he is carrying on a general farming and stockraising business and his methods are so successful that many are adopting them as their own. In October. 1890, John T. Pittis was married to Ada Lukens. a daughter of William and Rosa (Clark) Lukens. and they became the parents of the following children : Harry L., of Phoenix. Arizona. died September 8, 1920: Henry M., who married Fern Baker, lives at Uhrichsville, Ohio: Mabel R., Walter, Dwight B. and Helen, all of whom are at home. Mr. and Mrs. Pittis are very active in the local Methodist Church, in which they are highly esteemed, as they are in other circles, for they are fine people in every way, and are numbered among the most representative citizens of Harrison County. WALLACE M. KIRKPATRICK is one of the representative farmers of the younger generation In Athens Township and is a scion of a family whose name has been closely identified with the history of Harrison County for a full century— that is. the year 1921 will mark the rounding of the one hundred years since James and Mary (Cochran) Kirkpatrick came to this county from Washington County, Pennsylvania. The honored pioneer, James Kirkpatrick, was born in Cecil County, Maryland, June 14, 1770, and his wife was born January 31, 1771. In 1801 they 528 - CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES removed from Maryland to Washington County, Pennsylvania, where they remained until 1821, when they came to Harrison County, Ohio. Mr. Kirkpatrick here purchased a tract of wild land in the northwest corner of the present Athens Township, but a few years later he removed with his family to Moorefield Township, where he purchased the southeast quarter of section 6. Here he reclaimed the productive farm on which he continued to reside until his death, which occurred May 16, 1840, his wife having passed away July 25, 1836, and both having been active members of the Presbyterian Church. The names and dates of the birth of their children are here made a matter of record : Hugh, September 21, 1795; Robert, April 29, 1797; Elizabeth, July 26, 1799; William, December 11, 1801; Mary, March 4, 1804 ; James, January 10, 1807; and John, June 11, 1809. These dates show that all of the children were born prior to the family immigration to Harrison County, and the last of the children to survive was Mary, who passed the closing period of her life in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Douglass, in Moorefield Township. William Kirkpatrick, son of James and great- grandfather of the subject of this review, was born in Cecil County, Maryland, and was reared to maturity in Washington County, Pennsylvania. He was about twenty years old when he accompanied his parents to Harrison County, Ohio. Here on the 25th of December, 1823, he married Sarah Guthrie, and they remained in Athens Township until 1837, when he purchased 160 acres of land in section 36, Moorefield Township, where he remained a prosperous farmer until his death, May 1, 1888 his wife having passed away January 14, 1885, both having been leading members of the Nottingham Presbyterian Church, in which Mr. Kirkpatrick served forty years as an elder. William and Sarah (Guthrie) Kirkpatrick became the parents of eleven children: James, Robert G., Joseph C., Hugh (grandfather of Wallace M. of this sketch), Mary J., Adeline, Sarah, Elizabeth, John, Nancy and Margaret. Hugh Kirkpatrick was born and reared in Moorefield Township, where he continued his successful activities as a farmer until the early '90s, when he removed to the state of Iowa, where he passed the remainder of his life. He had lived on a farm near Freeport, Ohio, several years prior to his removal to Iowa. The maiden name of his wife was Malinda Moore, and she was likewise a native of Moorefield Township. She is still living and hearty at the age of eighty-eight. Both she and her husband were zealous members of the Nottingham Presbyterian Church. Their children were eight in number, John, William. Madison, Samuel, Alvin, Walter, Belle and Anna. Madison Kirkpatrick, father of him whose name initiates this review, passed his entire life on the old homestead farm in Moorefield Township, and there he died in 1904, at the age of forty-nine years. He was an active member of the Nottingham Presbyterian Church. As a young man he married Miss Louisa Dunn, who was born in Flushing Township, Belmont County, Ohio, a daughter of Monroe and Jane (Bethel) Dunn. Monroe Dunn is still hale and hearty at the age of eighty-eight. Of this union were born three children, Ross, Wallace M. and Ella May, all of whom are living, the only daughter being now the wife of Howard McFadden. Mrs. Kirkpatrick finally contracted a second marriage, she being now the wife of Robert E. Holliday, and they reside in the village of New Athens, Harrison County, where they hold membership in the Presbyterian Church. Wallace M. Kirkpatrick gained his preliminary education in the public schools of his native township and supplemented this by one year's attendance in Franklin College. In initiating his independent career as a farmer he assumed charge of his father's home farm in Moorefield Township, and there he remained until 1916, when he purchased his present fine farm of fifty-seven acres in Athens Township, where he has made numerous improvements of modern order, including the erection of his attractive residence. He and his wife removed to this farm in 1917, and their pleasant home is known for its gracious hospitality and good cheer. Mr. Kirkpatrick gives his attention to diversified agriculture and stock-raising, and makes a specialty of raising pure-blood swine. He is loyal and progressive as a citizen, is a democrat in politics and he and his wife are members of the Nottingham Presbyterian Church, in which he is serving as an elder. In 1909 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Kirkpatrick to Miss Amanda Dunlap, daughter of Addison and Maria '(Brokaw) Dunlap, of Harrison County, where the Dunlap family likewise was founded in the pioneer days. Mr. and Mrs. Kirkpatrick became the parents of four children, of whom the first two, Edith and Ross, are living. Alma, died March 10, 1919. Edith was born September 20, 1910; Ross was born October 6, 1913; Alma was born. March 13, 1916; and Wilma was born May 5, 1920. JOHN H. SEEBIRT resides upon the fine old homestead farm which was the place of his birth and on which his father likewise was born. This property lies partly in Short Creek Township, Harrison County, and partly in Wheeling Township, Belmont County. the farm house being situated in the latter township. This land is a portion of the tract here secured from the government in the early pioneer days by Adam Seebirt, grandfather of him whose name introduces this paragraph. Adam Seebirt was one of the constructive forces in connection with the pioneer development of this section of the state and continued to reside in Wheeling Township, Belmont County, until his death. He reclaimed also a goodly portion of the land which he secured in Short Creek Township, Harrison County. His two children were Sarah and Eli. Eli Seebirt, as above noted, was born on the farm now occupied by his son John H., and here he continued his association with agricultural and live-stock industry from his youth until his death, which occurred on the 9th of January, 1899. His wife died in October, 1875, both having been representative members of the Wheeling Valley Presbyterian Church. They became the parents of three children, Cyrus, who died at the age of eighteen years; Susannah, who became the wife of James C. Dysart, and CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES - 529 whose death occurred June 18, 1918; and John H., who is the immediate subject of this sketch. John H. Seebirt was born on the 24th of February, 1852, and his early education was acquired in the district schools of Wheeling Township, Belmont County, where he has remained continuously on the old home farm. Here he owns a well improved place of 160 acres, forty-three acres of the tract being in Short Creek Township, Harrison County, and the remainder in Wheeling Township, Belmont County. He has 'been one of the enterprising and successful exponents of farm industry in this section of the state and is a citizen who has a secure place in popular confidence and esteem. He is a republican in politics and he and his wife hold membership in the United Presbyterian Church at Harrisville, as did also his first wife. As a young man Mr. Seebirt wedded Miss Ardella McCleary, daughter of Ephraim and Mary A. (Gillespie) McCleary. Their marriage was solemnized April 4, 1844, and they became the parents of eight children. Ephraim McCleary was born in the state of Maryland October 19, 1810, and in his youth he learned the trade of blacksmith. For many years he plied his sturdy trade at Harrisville. Harrison County, Ohio, where he remained until the spring of 1859, when he removed to a farm near that village. On this homestead his death occurred April 28, 1874, and his widow passed away May 19, 1886. Mrs. Seebirt was summoned to the life eternal on the 25th of November, 1879, and is survived by two children: Eli F. is an attorney at law and of late years is Common Pleas Judge of the courts of St. Joseph County. Indiana, also extensively engaged in the lot addition business in South Bend and Elkhart, Indiana. He married Elizabeth Gunn, and they have two children, Elizabeth and Rose- mood. Dora is the wife of Reed Hawthorne, formerly of Harrison County, but now is living on a farm in Saint Joseph County. Indiana. They have three children, Floyd, Kenpeth and Gladys. Floyd Hawthorne and his wife have one child, John Albert, whose arrival gave to John H. Seebirt the distinction of becoming a great- grandfather. On September 27, 1877, was solemnized the marriage of Eli Seebirt to Mrs. Sarah B. (Barto) Smith, daughter of Judge Barto, of Belmont County. On September 12, 1884, was solemnized the marriage of John H. Seebirt to Mary M. Taylor, and on August 25, 1885, Mrs Seebirt was summoned to the life eternal. On the 13th of October, 1892, John H. Seebirt Was married to Miss Ruth Lemmon, daughter of Griffith and Rebecca Elizabeth (Pogue) Lemmon, concerning whom adequate mention is made on other pages, in-the memoir dedicated to the honored father. Mr. and Mrs. Seebirt have one child, Craig L., who had the distinction of representing his native state as one of the nation's soldiers in France in the late World war. Craig L. Seebirt entered service at Camp Sherman on the 23d of July, 1918, and was assigned to Company D, Three Hundred and Thirty-Third Infantry, Eighty-Fourth Division. In September, 1918. he sailed with his command for France, where he was assigned to Company II, One Hundred and Thirty-Eighth Infantry, American Expeditionary Forces, with which command he was in active service on the Verdun front for thirty-two days, during which he experienced the full tension of the great conflict. He was in service at the time of the signing of the armistice and arrived in his native land April 29, 1919, his honorable discharge having been received on the 16th of the following month, after which he was overjoyed to resume once more the peaceful and gracious associations of the parental home. Mr. and Mrs. Seebirt have just reason to take pride in the splendid record made by their son as one of the gallant young Americans who played well their part in connection with the greatest war in the annals of civilization. On November 24, 1920, was solemnized the marriage of Craig L. Seebirt to Leona Maneta Gillogly, daughter of James and Dora (Smith) Gillogly, of Harrison County. WILLIAM M. SHEPHERD was born and reared in Carroll County, is a representative of one of the old and honored pioneer families of this section of the Buckeye State and has for many years been actively identified with mercantile and banking enterprises in the city of Carrollton, where he now owns and conducts one of the leading general stores of the city. He was born in Center Township, this county, March 21, 1861, and is a son of James and Sarah (Mills) Shepherd, both likewise natives of Carroll County, where the former was born in 1818 and the latter in 1826. William Shepherd, grandfather of him whose name introduces this paragraph, was born in Ireland, of Scotch lineage, and in his native land he married Miss Elizabeth Fee. In 1810 they became numbered among the pioneer settlers of Carroll County, Ohio, where they established their home in the midst of the forest wilds of Center Township. There Mr. Shepherd reclaimed a productive pioneer farm and there he continued to reside until his death, in 1860, his widow passing away in 1875, and having been,a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They were members of sterling Scotch-Irish families of County Cavan, Ireland, and a number of their kinsfolk likewise became pioneers of northeastern Ohio. William and Sarah (Clear) Mills were the material grandparents of the subject of this review, Mr. Mills having been born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and his wife in Jefferson County, Ohio. He was a soldier in the War of 1812', and upon coming to Ohio he filially settled in Jefferson County, where his marriage was solemnized. About the year 1824 he established his residence in Center Township, Carroll County, and in 1850 removed to Rose Township, where he died in 1863. his first wife having died a number of years previously and his second wife likewise having died in Carroll County. James Shepherd was reared on the old homestead farm and acquired his early education in the pioneer schools of Carroll County. He here continued his active and successful association with farm industry during the major part of his long and useful life, and his land holdings included his father's old homestead of 160 acres in Center Township. He was a republican in political adherence and his religious faith was that of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His 530 - CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES first wile died in 1863, and was survived by five children, Mary Ellen, Elizabeth Nancy, charlotte, Salina C. and William i1. For his second wife James Shepherd married Mrs. Eliza Jane Hill, and they became the parents of three children, Emma Alice, Margaret Gertrude and Lavina Jane. William M. Shepherd was reared to the invigorating discipline of the home farm, and after completing the curriculum of the district schools he took a course in the high school at Carrollton. At the age of seventeen years he engaged in teaching in the district schools of his native county, and his pedagogic service continued for five terms. He then became a clerk in the mercantile establishment of William H. Tripp at Carrollton, and later became similarly engaged in the general store of Judge Junius C. Ferrall, of whom individual mention is made on other pages of this volume. When Judge Ferrall was elected judge of the Probate Court of Carroll County Mr. Shepherd became manager of the store, in which he purchased a half interest. For several years thereafter the business was conducted under the firm name of Ferrall & Shepherd, and the junior partner then purchased the interest of Judge Ferrall and assumed full control of the well-established and prosperous business, which he has since continued with unqualified success as one of the leading mercantile enterprises of Carroll County. in 1901 he purchased the building in which his store is located, this substantial structure having been erected in 1841 and being one of the landmarks of Carrollton. He has remodeled the building and his store is now modern in equipment, appointments and facilities, with a comprehensive and select stock of goods in the various departments. The store has a frontage of forty-seven and one-half feet and a depth of ninety-three feet. Fair and honorable dealings, and efficient service, as combined with the personal popularity of the owner, have gained to this mercantile establishment a large and appreciative supporting patronage. In 1920 Mr. Shepherd was one of the organizers and the first president of the First National Bank of Carrollton. Essentially a business man, he has had no desire to enter the arena of practical politics, but gives loyal support to the cause of the republican party and takes deep interest in all things touching the welfare and advancement of his home city and county. Both he and his wife are earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with which •be united when he was sixteen years of age. June 20, 1889, recorded the marriage of Mr. Shepherd to Miss Mary E. Wbitecroft, who likewise was born and reared in Carroll County, she being a daughter of Henry Whitecroft, a sketch of whose career appears elsewhere in this publication. Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd have two children, Leland Henry and Lois Gertrude. Leland H. Shepherd was born June 19, 1890. and after his graduation in the Carrollton High School he entered the Ohio Wesleyan University in the city of Delaware. in which institution he was graduated. At the time of the nation's becoming involved in the great World war he enlisted in the aviation service of the Naval Reserve Corps, and he was receiving technical training at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at the time when the war came to a close. He is now a salesman for the Goodrich Rubber Company of Akron, Ohio, with headquarters in the city of Boston, Massachusetts. The maiden name of his wife was Ione Deggs. Miss Loi G. Shepherd, who was born in 1894, is a graduate of the Ohio Wesleyan University and is, in 1920, a teacher of Latin in the public schools of Ashland, Ohio. OLIVER BROUGH. Noteworthy for his good citizenship and many excellent traits of character, Oliver Brough has helped to establish Harrison county's reputation as a fine agricultural region, his farm in Stock Township being under a good state of cultivation and well improved. He was born October 18, 1851, in Ligonier Valley, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, on the same farm that his father, John Brough, first drew the breath of life. His paternal grandfather, Jacob Brough, a native of Germany, immigrated to the United States in early manhood, locating in Pennsylvania. Soon after his marriage he bought a tract of land in Ligonier Valley, Westmoreland County, and on the farm which he improved all of his children were born, their names having been John, George, Esther, Sally, Sarah, Elizabeth and Susan. Brought up on the parental homestead in Ligonier Valley, John Brough selected farming as his life work. Wishing to better his financial conditions, he went westward in the early '50s, and for five years lived in Lucas County, Iowa. Not meeting with the anticipated success in that locality, he returned as far east as Ohio in 1857, and having bought land in Cadiz Township, Harrison County, there continued his farming operations during the remainder of his life. John Brough married Sarah Dennison, who was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Thomas and S'arah Dennison, who were the parents of two other children, James and Margaret. Thomas Dennison was born and bred in Ireland. Coming to America, he settled in Ligonier Valley, Pennsylvania, where he followed the weaver's trade until his death. Children were born into the home of John and Sarah (Dennison) Brough as follows: Amos; Elizabeth, who married Samuel McCombs; Maria ; Jacob, a veteran of the Civil war, died while in service at Hilton Head, South Carolina ; Thomas, of Selo, Ohio ; Oliver, the subject of this sketch; and John. Both parents were worthy members of the Presbyterian Church. Acquiring his early knowledge of books in the district schools in Cadiz Township, Oliver Brough became familiar with the rudiments of agriculture while assisting his father on the home farm. The work proving congenial to his tastes, he continued his agricultural labors, and soon after his marriage assumed possession of the farm which he has since occupied. It is advantageously located in Stock Township, and was formerly owned by his wife's father and grandfather. It contains 175 acres of good land, and in addition to carrying on general farming with satisfactory results Mr. Brough is greatly interested in the breeding of high graded stock, mak- PICTURE OF GRACE C. EBERSOLE CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES - 531 ing a specialty of raising pure bred Short horn cattle and Delane sheep, a branch of industry which he has found quite remunerative. Mr. Brough married September 25, 1879, Rachel McKinney, who was born in Scio, Ohio, a daughter of George McKinney, Jr., and granddaughter of George and Mary (Campbell) McKinney, who came from Washington County. Pennsylvania, to Ohio in pioneer days, settling in Stock Township, Harrison County, on the farm now owned and occupied by Mr. Brough. Born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, in 1806, George McKinney was a lad of eight years when in 1814 he came with his parents to Stock Township, where he grew to man's estate. Subsequently learning the blacksmith's trade, he followed it in Selo, Ohio, a few years, and then returned to Stock Township, where he spent the remainder of his life as a farmer, owning and managing the farm which he had assisted his father in clearing from its pristine wildness. He married Elizabeth Conaway, a native of Stock Township, and they became the parents of five children, Martha ; Mary; Eliza Jane; Rachel, wife of Mr. Brough ; and Nannie. Both George McKinney, Jr., and his wife were active members of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. and Mrs. Brough have two children, Mary, wife of Homer F. Moyer, a well-to-do farmer of Stock Township; and Clarence L., who has the management of the home farm. A man of influence, Mr. Brough served for four years as a trustee of Stock Township. Religiously both he and his wife are faithful members of the Presbyterian Church. MARION W. SPIKER. The Spiker family has long identified with the history of Harrison county. Marion W. Spiker, a Cadiz Township farmer, was born July 24, 1848, in Stock Township. He is a son of William Spiker, whose time of life was from 1821 to 1853. His wife was Elizabeth Finical, born in 1817 in Washington County, Pennsylvania. M. W. Spiker is in the third generation of Spikers in Harrison County, his grandfather, Isaac Spiker, having been a pioneer farmer in Stock Township. He lived and died there. The children in the pioneer Spiker household were: William, Isaac, John, Mary, Catharine, Sarah and Christina. M. W. Spiker, of Cadiz, is a son of William, the oldest son in the second generation of the house of Spiker in Harrison County. As a young man William Spiker attended the public school„and he became a Stock Township farmer, dying in 1853 in that township. His children are: Sarah Ann, wife of Jeptha Barger; Emma, wife of William A. Berney ; Marion W.; Virginia, wife of J. L. Humphreys; John Wesley, deceased. The mother died in 1887. As in the pioneer Spiker family, they were all Methodists. Marion W. Spiker as a boy went to the district school in Stock Township, and he began farming there, but in 1887 removed to the farm In Cadiz township, one-fourth mile north of Cadiz, on the Cadiz and Steubenville road, where he owns sixty acres. Mr. Spiker made the improvements there himself. On September 21, 1870, Mr. Spiker married Martha Humphreys, born March 9, 1851, a daughter of William and Jane (Law) Humphreys. Their children are : William Clair, a graduate of Cadiz High School, Scio Business College and Cornell University in the class of 1900, in the department of civil engineering. He is employed as a civil engineer at Atlanta, Georgia. During the ship building rush in the World war he left his work and entered the Government service as an engineer in connection with ship construction. He was chief designer in the concrete department, and was in the ship yards in Philadelphia. He married Blanche Potter, of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. Their children are: Pierpont P., W. Sterling and Deryk P. Spiker. Minnie Jane Spiker was born in 1875 and died in 1903. She was a graduate of Cadiz High School and of Scio College. She also graduated from the Buckingham School of Canton. She was in the Cleveland School of Art at the time of her death. She had been there two years and expected to graduate. being an artist of much natural ability. She died August 17, 1903, in Cleveland. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Cadiz. MRS. GRACE C. ( CAMERON ) EBERSOLE. In nearly every city and large town of Ohio, as well as of other states, it is safe to say that at the present time women are to be found actively and earnestly employed in professional work, business circles or in the various lines of industry, and are making good in whatever position they are filling. Prominent among the number thus engaged is Mrs. Grace C. (Cameron) Ebersole, a woman of conspicuous ability, Indomitable energy and persistency, who is meeting with unquestioned success as a merchant, having a large and rapidly increasing trade in her home city. Carrollton. A daughter of the late Samuel J. Cameron, she was born in Carrollton, Ohio, March 19, 1876, of honored Scotch-Irish ancestry. James Cameron, the immigrant ancestor, a native of the north of Ireland, immigrated to America prior to the Revolutionary war, settling in Virginia. Entering land, he cleared and improved a homestead, on which he and his wife spent the remainder of their days. He married in Ireland Jane Sharp, and they became the parents of nine children, William, John, James, Joseph, Alexander, Samuel, David, Thomas and Margaret. Thomas Cameron, the next in line of descent, was the ancestor of the Ohio family of Camerons. the lineage having been continued through his son James. Thomas, who attained the age of ninety-two years, married Jane W. Maxwell, a daughter of William Maxwell, and continued his residence in Virginia. To him and his wife, who died in 1857, at the age of three score and ten years, ten children were born, James, Sarah, William, John, Joseph, Jane, Thomas, Elizabeth, Mary and Samuel. Their son James was born May 30, 1799, was the first member of the Cameron family to locate in Carroll County, Ohio. Coming here with his wife, he bought land in Washington Township, and was there engaged in tilling the soil until 1840, when, having been elected on the democratic ticket treasurer of Carroll County, he moved to Carrollton, where he was 532 - CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES subsequently engaged in business as a merchant until his death. Thomas Cameron, the seventh child of Thomas and Jane (Maxwell) Cameron, was born on the Virginia plantation February 19, 1812. Coming to Carroll County as a young man, he remained through one summer, and then returned to his native state. Soon after his marriage, in March, 1837, to Mary Jane Moorehead, he came again to Ohio and took up land in Washington Township, and on the farm which he improved lived and labored until 1863. Removing then to Carrollton, he lived retired from active pursuits until his death. Alexander Moorehead, the father of Mary Jane Moorehead was a life-long resident of Virginia, and was of Irish extraction. He married Nancy GibsOn, a daughter of James Gibson, who was captain during the Revolutionary war of a company of English troops. His sympathies were entirely with the colonists, and after the battle of Bunker Hill he refused to call out his company, saying "I will never rejoice over the shedding of human blood." He was tried, found guilty, and ordered to be executed. Escaping, he found protection in the hold of a vessel, where he laid for ten days before securing passage for America, where he was subsequently joined by his wife and children. The union of Thomas and Mary Jane (Moorehead) Cameron was blessed by the birth of nine children as follows: Alexander M., who during the Civil war enlisted in Company A, Thirty-Second Ohio Volunteer lInfantry, was killed at Harpers Ferry September 15, 1862; Eliza L.; Samuel J., father of Mrs. Ebersole; Nancy M.; James T.; Cyrus B.; Ezra B.; and Robert M. The father, a republican in politics, served for fourteen yedrs as clerk of Washington Township, and both he and his wife were worthy members of the Presbyterian Church. Samuel J. Cameron was born in Washington Township, Carroll County, Ohio, July 2, 1847, and in 1863 came with his parents to Carrollton. Leaving school the following year, he entered the office of the "Free Press" as printer's devil on April 4, 1864, serving under McCoy & Teter. Subsequently going to Columbus. he worked on a morning paper in that city for a year, and then returned to Carrollton to become foreman of the "Free Press". Buying McCoy's interest in the paper on July 1, 1869, he was junior member of the firm of Teter & Cameron for three and one-half years, when he bought Mr. Teter's interest, which on the very next day he sold to John H. Tripp, with whom he remained in partnership for eight years. Going east in 1881, Mr. Cameron purchased the outfit for the "Carroll Republican," and on April 21 of that year issued the first number of that paper, sending out 2,400 sample copies, and in six weeks' time he had 1,000 names on his subscription list. He succeeded well as a journalist, and continued his residence in Carrollton until his death, January 24, 1894. Samuel J. Cameron married January 21, 1873, Sarah E. Crumrine, who was born in Carrollton, where she is now residing, in 1852, being a daughter of Isaac Crumrine. Three children were born into the home thus established, namely: Charles C., born March 3, 1875; Grace C., the subject of this sketch; and Isaac Thomas, born May 5, 1885. A stanch republican in his political affiliations, Mr. Cameron served for two terms in the City Council. Isaac Crumrine was born in Carroll County, Maryland, in 1823, and as a boy came with his parents to Carroll County, Ohio, in early pioneer days. His father spent his last years in western Ohio, but his mother died on the home farm in Carroll County, Ohio, her death occurring before his. They reared the following named children. Henry, George, Peter, William, Martin, John, Eliza, David, Isaac and Sarah. Leaving the parental homestead at the age of eighteen years, Isaac Crumrine went to Canton, Ohio. where he served an apprenticeshi t the blacksmith's trade, which he followed T number of seasons. Returning to Carrollton, he opened in a brick building standing just west of the Stemple House the first hardware establishment in the place. Selling out at the close of the Civil war, he opened another store where the late George J. Butler was for many years engaged in mercantile business, and later established the store which was subsequently managed by his son George. Mr. Crumrine had also other interests, having been proprietor of an elevator and warehouse from 1878 until 1887. His death, which occurred September 11, 1887, was a loss to the community, and was deeply regretted by a host of friends and associates. Isaac Crumrine married Susanna Aller, and they became the parents of seven children, as follows: Two who died in infancy; Mary, who married George H. Swift; Sarah E.. who married Samuel J, Cameron; Anna, who became the wife of H. A. Kennedy; George D.; and Charles. Mr. Crumrine was a democrat 'in politics, and a member of the Lutheran Church. Grace C. Cameron was bred and educated in Carrollton, and after her graduation from the Carrollton High School in 1893, she taught school for five years in Canton, Ohio. On April 25, 1900, she was united in marriage with John Alvernon Ebersole, who was born in Carroll County, Ohio, May 10, 1869, and died April 19, 1904. He was a grandson of Judge John Ebersole, a pioneer of Carroll County, and one of its most highly respected citizens. A man of superior ability and talent, John A. Ebersole acquired an enviable reputation as a consulting engineer, and spent two years in Denver, Colorado, as superintendent of electrical construction of the five sugar plants being built by J. F. Kilby of Cleveland, the plants being located in Colorado at Loveland, Fort Collins, Greeley, Eaton and Windsor, and he held the position through the years of 1902 and 1903. and until his death in 1904. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, to which Mrs. Ebersole also belongs. Two children were born of their union, Margaret Grace, who died in 1903, aged two years; and Dorothy, at home. Mrs. Ebersole is a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. A woman of energy and enterprise, possessing excellent executive ability, Mrs. Ebersole embarked in business on her own account in 1906, opening a dry goods store on the Public Square. Succeeding from the start, she has built up a highly remunerative trade. and on October 4, CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES - 533 1920, assumed possession of her own building, adjoining the building occupied by the Cummings Trust Company, which is advantageously located on the Public Square. During the World war Mrs. Ebersole, in 1917 organized, the Red Cross of Carroll County, and in its interests she called on all parts of the county personally and in the membership drive in 1918 was county chairman of the Red Cross organization. In 1919 and 1920 she secured the rest room in the Court House which was furnished by the Red Cross organization. WILLIAM P. HANNA. While he is in the third generation from an Irish immigrant, William P. Hanna, of Cadiz, and his father before him are natives of Harrison County. He was born in Green Township, October 31, 1849, and his father, John M. Hanna, was born in the same locality June 16, 1814, and died there the day he was sixty-four years old. He was a son of William and Mary (McDonald) Hanna, who came from Ireland and were pioneers in Green Township. He was a carpenter and cabinet maker, like so many other pioneers who had acquired some useful trade before venturing into the wilderness of Harrison County. Nearly all the settlers who crossed the water knew something of handicraft before coming to America. John M. Hanna married Louisa Parry, a daughter of Stephen and Sarah (Smith) Parry. While she was born in Harrison County, her father came from Winchester, Virginia. When he reached Cadiz on New Year's night, 1803, there was a band of Indians camped where the Harrison County Court House stands today. He was a hatter by trade, and after a few years in Cadiz he removed to Salem. Jefferson County. He was in business there a few years when he returned to Cadiz, spending the remainder of his life in Harrison County. He was a Harrison County soldier in the War of 1812, there being few families who came to the community earlier than Stephen Parry. He had a son, Stephen, and a daughter, Louisa, who became Mrs. John M. Hanna. John M. Hanna was a farmer and lived all his life in Green Township. His children are: Sarah, wife of George A. Crew; Samantha E., wife of Ebeneezer Gray; William P. Hanna; Alice, the wife of John A. Copeland; and John A. Hanna. They all had common school advantages, and as a young man W. P. Hanna engaged in farming, continuing in that business in Green Township until in 1917 he sold the farm of 160 acres and removed to Cadiz. In 1894 Mr. Hanna married Susannah Laughrige, a daughter of Edward and Susannah (Conoway) Laughrige. Edward Laughrige was married twice, his first wife being Marjorie McConnell, and the children of that marriage were Jane, Joseph, Margaret, Thomas, Robert, Edward, Elizabeth, Nancy, John, William and Samuel. The mother died, and on April 1, 1869, Mr. Laughrige married Susannah Conoway, who became the mother of two children, John H. and Susannah. Edward Laughrige was a son of Edward Laughrige, who came from County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1809, living for a time in Wilmington, Delaware, before locating in Brooke County, Virginia, and later in Jefferson County, Ohio. The children born to William P. and Susannah (Laughrige) Hanna are: Virginia, wife of Donald Baker ; and John Edward Hanna, who married Lydia Meizer. On January 2, 1918, John Edward Hanna enlisted in the Sixth Cavalry, and on March 16th, he sailed from New York, landing at South Hampton, England, on March 28, and after few days in England he went on to France, where he remained "Somewhere, in France" for fifteen months. On the return voyage he landed at Newport News June 29, 1919, and on July 12 he was discharged from Camp Lee. His overseas service will be something he will remember to the end of his life, although it convinced him that there is no country like America. While a resident of Green Township Mr. Hanna filled different political offices, being a township assessor and for eleven years serving as trustee of the township. The Hanna family belongs to the Methodist Church at Cadiz. For more than one hundred years the Hanna family story has been part of the history of Harrison county. CLARENCE G. HILLIGAS, one of the enterprising and progressive young farmers of Short Creek Township, Harrison County, was born in this township on the 5th of March, 1881. and is a son of Francis A. Hilligas, of whom individual mention is made on other pages so that a repetition of the family record is not required in the present connection. He whose name introduces this paragraph gained his early education in the public schools of Short Creek and Green townships, and his alliance with farm industry has continued without interruption since his early youth. Since his marriage he has resided upon and had the general supervision of the fine old homestead farm of the late William Spicef Fox, whose daughter he wedded on the 21st of October, 1911. The marriage was solemnized by the Short Creek monthly meeting of the Society of Friends, known as the Hick- site Branch, of which the Fox family have been affiliated for many generations; it being one of the oldest and most influential in Harrison County, an account of which is found elsewhere in this publication. The farm of 100 acres on which Mrs. Hilligas was born and raised and which is yet her home was received as a heritage from her honored father. It is of historic interest. located on the Cadiz and Wheeling "pike" and besides being well improved and under a high state of cultivation it was one of the first rural homes in Harrison County to be equipped with a water system (1906) and with an electric lighting plant (December, 1916). Mr. Hilligas shows marked energy and progressiveness in the management of both the agricultural and livestock departments of his farm enterprise, being a successful breeder of registered Percheron horses and Scotch Shorthorns. He is a director of the Peoples National Bank of Adena, Ohio, and also of the Pittsburgh and Ohio Investment Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His political alliance is given to the republican party, and he served one term as township trustee. He aims to ever he on the side of moral and reform issues. 534 - CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES William Spicer Fox, father of Mrs. Hilligas and son of Charles James and Esther Cooper Fox, was the second of four children. He was born in Short Creek Township, September 22, 1839, and his death occurred January 28, 1908. In 1876 he married Miss Esther G. Moore, daughter of Jeremiah Moore and Sarah (Evans) Moore, of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, who departed this life May 23, 1913. They were members of the Society of Friends, as were their parents for several generations. Charles James Fox was a son of Josiah Fox, who was born in Falmouth, England, October 9, 1763, and who after receiving a good education, served three years as an apprentice to the shipbuilding business at Plymouth, England. He entered a seafaring life and visited many foreign ports. In 1793 he was employed by the United States Government to plan and supervise the building of ships to be used in the navy of the yet new republic. He designed several that became famous in the War of 1812, and for this he was "disowned" by the Friends, who ever opposed warfare. Early in the second decade of the eighteenth century he came with his family to Colerain, Belmont County, Ohio, and there he died at the age of eighty-four years. Charles James Fox was born in Washington, D. C., October 17, 1805, and developed and improved one of the fine farm properties of Harrison County, Ohio, which was his place of residence from his marriage until his death, June 21, 1895. William Fox gave his political support to the republican party. He served in various local offices and did a large amount of important work as civil engineer and general surveyor, was a justice of the peace, a notary public and a township trustee. He was one of the honored and influential citizens of the county and a member of the directorate of the First National Bank of Cadiz for two decades. Of his three children, Mary Moore was the first born. John Francis was drowned in 1897 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where he was attending the George School. Erie Esther is the wife of William Wilson McLaughlin, subject of individual mention on other pages of this work. Mr. and Mrs. Hilligas have three children, whose names and respective dates of birth are recorded as follows: Harold Fox, February 18, 1913; John Kenneth, May 5, 1915; and Rachel Esther, June 3, 1917. WALLACE L. HANDLEY has been engaged in the active practice of law at Carrollton, judicial center of Carroll County, for thirty-six years, and in both a professional and civic sense has kept pace with the splendid development and progress of his home city, whose bar numbered seventeen members at the time he here initiated practice. He has long maintained precedence as one of the leading lawyers of this section of his native state and his professional activities have not been confined to Carroll County. He has appeared in connection with much of the important litigation in the courts of Ohio during the course of many years, and his clientage has been at all times of representative order. Aside from his professional service he has been most enthusiastic and liberal in furthering the various agencies and enterprises which have made Carrollton a flourishing industrial center and attractive place of residence. His efforts have been for right, and with his combative spirit backed by unusual good judgment his influence in the community has been on a parity with his unqualified personal esteem. Wallace LaMoine Handley was born in Green Township, Harrison County, Ohio, January 13, 1856, and is a son of David and Lydia (Fogle) Handley, who likewise were bprn in that township, where their parents were early settlers. The childhood and early youth of Wallace L. Handley were compassed largely by the influences of the farm, and in the meanwhile he gained his initial cultural discipline by attending the district schools. He was twelve years of age at the time of the family removal to Uhrichsville, Tuscarawas County, where he continued his studies in the public schools. After several years of residence in that county the family returned to Harrison County, where the subject of this review attended the Normal College at Hopedale, and where he was favored in receiving special consideration and assistance from the late Cyrus McNeely, founder of that college and known as an educator of high attainments. While attending this college Mr. Handley also gave close attention to the reading of law. He continued his law studies under the effective perceptorship of Samuel M. Crain, then one of the strongest legal minds of the Carroll County bar. In 1881 he was admitted to the bar, upon examination before the Supreme Court of Ohio, being one of seventeen of a class of thirty-six who passed the examination, and he forthwith began his novitiate as a member of the bar of Carrollton. His were the personal qualities and the technical knowledge that make for success in the exacting profession of his choice, and he soon gained his share of the law business centered at Carrollton, which at that time had a population little in excess of 1,000 persons. It is but a matter of justice to state that at no period in the history of Carroll County has there been a lawyer who has here developed and maintained a larger and more important practice than has Mr. Handley, and such success bears its own significance, with no need for analysis or laudatory indulgence. More than twenty-years ago Mr. Handley was retained as local legal representative of the old Cleveland, Canton & Southern Railroad, now the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad, and he is now counsel for this road. He is also attorney for the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad, one of the New York Central lines. He has always had an extensive corporation clientele and in addition to his railroad connections represents the Bergholtz Telephone Company of Jefferson County, Ohio; The Eastern Ohio Telephone Company of Columbiana County, and the Metropolitan Paving Brick Company, Canton and Minerva, Ohio. He is also legal representative of a number of the most important industrial and financial corporations of Carrollton, among which is the Sebright China Company, with plants at Carrollton and Scio, Ohio, and his general law business has long been one of broad scope and importance. With full appreciation of the responsibilities which CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES - 535 personal success imposes, Mr. Handley has shown the utmost civic loyalty and progressiveness and has gladly paid his full quota of taxes, with no desire to minimize his resources. He has been in the forefront in the progressive movements that have inured to the growth and commercial and industrial importance of Carrollton, and was chairman of the citizens' committee through the splendid service of which $65,000 was raised at Carrollton for the purpose of securing the first pottery established here. He personally contributed $1,000 tot this fund, and his liberality has been equally noteworthy in connection with other enterprises projected for the advancement of his home city and county. Mr. Handley is a staunch advocate of the principles and policies for which the republican party has ever stood sponsor and he always has given loyal and effective service in behalf of the party cause and been influential in formulating and directing public sentiment and action in his county. He is the owner of numerous pieces of real estate at Carrollton, including his attractive home on Oak Hill, in which section of the city he has resided during the entire period of his professional life in Carrollton. He also owns interests in farms and some oil productions in Carroll County. He is an active church worker, supports all denominations and has a class of forty-two members in the Presbyterian Sunday School and takes great interest in this work. In 1877 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Handley to Miss Anna J. Wathey, who was born and reared in Carroll County and who was the only child of the late Zachary and Mary Wathey, early settlers of this county, where Mr. Wathey served as county commissioner and was otherwise influential in community affairs. Mr. and Mrs. Handley became the parents of three children: Winfield H. was born December 9, 1878; the second son was born April 23, 1882, and died on that date; and hachary Archibald, who was born December 13, 1886, died June 12, 1888. Winfield H., the one surviving son, is now residing on the Wathey farm. In August, 1908, Mrs. Handley was called by death, and since then Mr. Handley has maintained his home on Oak Hill and kept "the home fires burning." He has with him his two grandchildren, Lamoine and Irene, whose companionship has counted for much in the maintenance of their old home, and the loss of any one of the three means tel Mr. Handley the dissolution of the family home. JOHN S. ROSE is another of the substantial citizens who is contributing a generous quota to the furtherance of the agricultural and livestock prestige of Washington Township, Harrison County, where he owns the old family homestead of ninety-nine acres, to which he has added until the place now comprises 185 acres in Washington Township, with an adjoining tract of fifty-two and nine-twentieths acres in Nottingham Township. Through his own ability and well directed endeavors Mr. Rose has gained secure place as one of the successful and representative exponents of farm enterprise in his native county, and he is a sterling citizen who is well entitled to recognition in this history. John Stanley Rose was born in Washington Township on the 14th of April, 1854, and is a son of John S. and Betsey (Ford) Rose, both likewise natives of Harrison County and the latter a daughter of the late Clayton and Amy Ann (Alton) Ford, of whose eight children she was the seventh in order of birth, the names of the others being here recorded : Erasmus, John M., William B., Stephen D., Prudence, Emily and Julia Ann. John S. Rose, Sr.. not only became a prosperous farmer in Washington Township, but fo'r a number of years he gave no little attention to work at the trade of stonemason, in which he was a skilled artisan. He was still a comparatively young man at the time of his death, in 1864, and his widow survived him by more than forty years, her death having occurred August 31, 1909. They became the parents of twelve children—Francis Marion (resides near Thornville, Perry County), Sarah Elizabeth (deceased), Ruth Amanda, Arminta M., James (died at the age of eight years), Julia Ann (deceased), John Stanley, Amos O., Hiram S., Martin L. (died in young manhood), McClellan B. and Clement L. John Stanley Rose gained his early education in the district schools of Washington Township, and at the age of sixteen years he began working by the month as a farm hand, besides which his early experience included work at the trade of stone-mason. In initiating his independent career as a farm workman his cash capital was represented in the sum of one dollar and fifty cents, and he did not possess even a pocketbook in which to place this modest capital. He continued three years in the employ of one man, and thereafter was employed by the month or by the job or by the day until he attained to the age of twenty-three years, when, in 1878, he married Miss Sophia Garner, daughter of Edward Garner and a sister of Edward L. Garner, in whose personal sketch, on other pages of this volume, is given adequate record of the Garner family. After his•marriage Mr. Rose engaged in farming on his father's old homestead, and by gradually buying the interests of the other heirs he eventually came into full ownership of the property, to which he has added materially, as noted in the opening paragraph of this article. His entire farm property, well improved and under effective cultivation, is in one body and constitutes one of the valuable places of the county. Mr. Rose has won independence and prosperity entirely through his own efforts, with the earnest and valued co-operation of his wife, who has been a true helpmeet, and he is one of the successful agriculturists and stock- raisers of his native county, as well as one of its well known and highly esteemed citizens. He is a republican in politics, and he and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Deersville. They have two children: Albert Edward, the elder son, married Miss Nellie Edith McConnell and they now reside at Uhrichsville, Tuscarawas County. Lawrence V., who farms a part of his father's landed estate, married Miss Audry V. Mallernee and they have four children—Verna Viola, Helen Irene, Olive Pauline and Frances Lucile. Into their home Mr. and Mrs. Rose took Ora Allen Rose when he was a child of three months, and 536 - CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES they have reared him as a son, he being seventeen years of age at the time of this writing, in 1920. He is a son of M. B. Rose, brother of the subject of this sketch, and was an infant at the time of his mother's death. JAMES A. CUMMINS has been engaged in farming enterprise in Freeport Township, Harrison County, since the year 1889, and his success as a vigorous and forward-looking agriculturist and stock-raiser has been such as to mark him as a leading exponent of these industries in the county. His farm estate comprises 285 acres and is one of the well improved and valuable properties of Freeport Township. Of the family record of Mr. Cummins adequate information may be gained by reference to the personal sketch of his brother, David W. Cummins of Cadiz, on other pages of this volume. James .A. Cummins was born and reared in Washington County, Pennsylvania, and the date of his nativity was January 1, 1864, so that he was a right welcome New Year's arrival in the home of his parents, David and Elizabeth (Allison) Cummins. He received the advantages of the public schools of his native county and there remained on the parental farm until the time of his marriage, which incidentally led to his establishing his residence in Harrison County, Ohio, in the following year. On the 6th of February, 1888, he wedded Miss Addle L. Sproul, who was born and reared in Freeport Township, this county, and who is a daughter of the late Hugh and Jane (Shaw) Sproul. The old homestead farm of Hugh Sproul is that now owned and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Cummins, who maintained their residence in Washington County, Pennsylvania, for a period of about one year after their marriage and who then, in 1889, established their home on their present line farm. Hugh Sproul was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, on February 27, 1819, and died February 12, 1874. His wife was a native of the same county and state, born January 8, 1826, and died October 29, 1880. Her mother was a native of Ireland. Hugh Sproul was a son of Francis and Elizabeth (Edgar) Sproul, who were pioneer settlers in Moorefield Township. Harrison County, and whose children were eight in number—Francis, Adam. William. Margaret, James, Hugh, John and Mary. Mrs. Jane (Shaw) Sproul was a daughter of James and Elizabeth Shaw, whose only other child was likewise a daughter, Margaret. After the death of his first wife James Shaw married a second time, the family name of this wife having been Wilson, and they were residents of Harrison County at the time of their deaths. He married for his third wife Henrietta Ross. Mr. and Mrs. Cummins are the parents ,of four childern—Lena Belle, Harold Sproul, Mary Elizabeth and Laura Emily. Lena Belle is now the wife of Seth L. Snyder. a farmer in Freeport Township, and they have one daughter, Ruth Marian. In addition to his farming interests Mr. Cummins has been for the past score of years the president of the Eastern Ohio Mutual Fire & Tornado Insurance Company. He has been known for his distinctive progressiveness and civic liberality as well as for his business acumen, and has been influential in public affairs in Freeport Township, of which he served ten years as a trustee. His political allegiance is given to the republican party, and both he and his wife are zealous and representative members of the Presbyterian Church of Freeport, in which he has served about twenty years as a deacon and for practically a similar period as superintendent of the Sunday School, and at the present time (1921) is filling that position. His musical talent has made him further prominent in the affairs of this church, in which he has given more than twenty years of effective service as leader of the choir. JOSEPH H. McELROY owns and conducts the Rexall Drug Store in the city of Carrollton, and in its appointments, completeness of stock and effective service the establishment is maintained at a metropolitan standard. In addition to the customary lines of drugs, proprietory remedies, sundries, toilet goods, etc., Mr. McElroy has a fine sodawater fountain, which caters to a large and appreciative patronage, and handles the celebrated Columbia Graphanola and records and the Ansco Cameras, with requisite photographic supplies for same. Mr. McElroy was born in Harrison County, Ohio, May 31, 1881, and is a son of Joseph M. and Irene (Winnings) McElroy, of whom mention is made in ample detail on other pages of this work. The founder of this family in America was James McElroy, who was born and reared in Ireland, of Scottish lineage, and who settled in the City of Baltimore, Maryland, upon coming to America. Later he removed to Washington County, Pennsylvania, where he died in 1820. His son James came from Washington County, Pennsylvania, to Steubenville, Ohio, in an early day, and there he died in the year 1858. His son Joseph, grandfather of Joseph H. of this review, was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, and was a pioneer settler in Jefferson County, Ohio, where he passed the remainder of his life. His widow, whose maiden name was Mary Jana Lee, was a resident of Harrison County at the time of her death. Family records show that the McElroy family was founded in America as early as 1700— probably some little time prior to the opening of the eighteenth century. Joseph H. McElroy was reared in Harrison County, and his early educational discipline included that of the high school in the village of Jewett, that county. Thereafter he was graduated in the school of pharmacy of Scio College at Scio, Harrison County, and he then took a clerical position in a drug store at Wellsville, Columbiana County. Later he was similarly employed at Steubenville and East Liverpool, this state, and in one of the leading drug stores of the north side section of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1904 Mr. McElroy came to Carrollton and purchased the drug store and business of L. D. Stockon, and he has since conducted this store, . in which he has made numerous improvements, besides making the establishment distinctly modern in equipment and all details of service. He has designated his establishment the Rexall CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES - 537 Drug Store, in consonance with his policy of handling the celebrated Rexall preparations and drug supplies, and he has made his store one of the most attractive and popular in the city. Mr. McElroy is serving as a member of the Board of Education and takes lively interest in all things touching the welfare and advancement of his home city. In politics he maintains an independent rather than a partisan attitude. In 1903 was recorded the marriage of Mr. McElroy to Miss Maud Baird, of Solo, Harrison County, and of this union have been born six children, all of whom are living except the firstborn, Flora, who was born in 1904 and died in January, 1914. The names and respective birth dates of the surviving children are here recorded: Joseph, September, 1905; Harold, October, 1910; Mary, October, 1912; Lee, August, 1915; and Ruth, November 28, 1919. J. GRAHAM MURDOCK, now one of the venerable and highly honored retired citizens of Malvern, Carroll County, was here actively engaged in the drug business from 1863 until 1907, and during this long interval he held distinct prestige as one of the representative business men and ,loyal and progressive citizens of the village, which was one of most unpretentious type at the time when he here established his residence. Mr. Murdock was born at Wellsville, Columbiana County, Ohio, November 4, 1836, and was there reared and educated. He Is a son of William G. and Nancy (McClintock) Murdock, both natives of Pennsylvania, where their marriage was solemnized, though in the meanwhile Mr. Murdock had come to Ohio and established his residence at Wellsville, as one of its pioneer business men. He was born at Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1804, and was reared and educated in Washington County. At the age of eighteen years he came to Ohio and located at Steubenville, Jefferson County, where he served an apprenticeship to the trade of harnessmaker and saddler. After completing his apprenticeship he became associated with his brother in establishing and conducting a harness shop at Wellsville, Columbiana County, and it was in the year 1832 that he returned to the old Keystone state to claim his young bride, who accompanied him to the new home at Wellsville, their overland journey having been marked by a hazardous cross of the Ohio River, which was highly flooding at the time. This engaging young couple was destined to live in devoted and gracious companionship for nearly sixty years, and the bonds were severed only when the loved wife and mother was summoned to eternal rest August 9, 1890, at the age of eighty- four years. At the time of her death she was one of the most venerable and loved pioneer women of Wellsville, where her gentle influence during the long period of years had been benignant in community life and gained to her the affectionate regard of all who knew her. She was born at Washington, Washington County. Pennsylvania, and her marriage was solemnized at West Middletown, that state, in 1832. She was one of the charter members of the Presbyterian Church at Wellsville, and she and her husband continued as zealous and influential members of the same until their death, Mr. Murdock having served about half a century as an elder of this church. William G. Murdock was actively concerned in the development (did progress of Wellsville and was prominent and influential in community affairs. He served at one time as mayor of the city, which was a mere village when he there established his home, and he held also the office of township clerk, while it is altogether probable that he was the first president of the Wellsville Board of Education. He served about twenty-five years as justice of the peace and caused the office to justify its name. Of his many decisions not one met with reversal by courts of higher jurisdiction and his long incumbency of this office led to his becoming familiarly known as 'Squire Murdock. He was appointed by the State Legislature an associate judge of the county court, but declined to accept the position. He was active in politics and wielded much influence in the forming and directing of sentiment and action in his home community. He became acquainted with many leading men of his day and generation, including Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, secretary of war in the cabinet of President Lincoln at the time of the Civil war, and the subject of this sketch likewise grew to know the distinguished secretary in a somewhat more intimate way. William G. Murdock likewise served many years as a notary public, and as the leading citizen of Wellsville he delivered the address of welcome, at the solicitation of the president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, when that railroad sent its first train into Wellsville from Cleveland. He continued his residence at Wellsville until the time of his death, at the patriarchal age of ninety years, he having survived his wife by a few years. Of the six children two died in infancy, J. Graham Murdock, subject of this sketch, being now the only survivor ; Mary died in girlhood; and John M. is survived by one son, William. The Murdock family was founded in Maryland in the colonial days and representatives later became pioneer settlers in Washington County, Pennsylvania, where James Murdock, grandfather of him whose name initiates this article, was a millwright by trade and a resident of Cannonsburg at the time of his death. William G. Murdock was the eldest of his children. The pioneer village schools of Wellsville afforded to J. Graham Murdock his youthful education, and he continued Ills residence in Columbiana County until be established his home at Malvern, Carroll County, where be has since remained and where, as before noted, he was engaged in the drug business for more than forty years. He has been a loyal supporter of measures and enterprises that have inured to the civic and material advancement of his home village and county, is a stalwart republican in politics, and has served continuously as notary public since 1871, his present commission expiring January 6, 1923. He has served also as clerk of Brown Township and he is, in point of continuous association, now one of the two oldest members of the Malvern Presbyterian Church the other being Mrs. Joseph Fishel. His 538 - CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES wife likewise was a devoted member of this church, in the services and affairs of which she continued to take deep interest until her death, in 1907. In 1863 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Murdock to Miss Martha E. Hewitt, who was born in Ohio in 1844, a daughter of John and Isabella (Arbuckle) Hewitt. Mr. and Mrs. Murdock became the parents of four children, of whom the first, a son, died in infancy; Rena M. was born in 1872 and died the following year; Lila was born in 1874, and her death occurred in 1880; and John H., the only one who attained to maturity, was born in 1882 and died in 1903, about the time of attaining to his legal majority, his death having been a severe blow to his devoted parents and a source of sorrow to his many friends. Sustained and comforted by abiding Christian faith and by the gracious memories of the past, Mr. Murdock, though deprived of both wife and children, is passing the evening of his life in peace and comfort, surrounded by friends who are tried and true, and held in unqualified esteem in the county that has represented his home for nearly sixty years. JOHN RICHARD WILLIAMS, M. D. In point of years of continuous service Doctor Williams is the oldest physician and surgeon in Carroll County. From the standpoint of quality, rather than time, he is conceded to be one of the ablest professional men in this part of Ohio. An extensive town and country practice keeps him constantly busy, even after he has well earned a leisure through forty years of consecutive work. Doctor Williams was born in Carroll County February 18, 1858, son of Major Robert F. and Mary (McGuire) Williams. Major Williams, who was a native of Washington Township, Carroll County, removed to Carrollton in 1833. Early in the Civil war he organized a company of volunteers, was elected captain, and his company was mustered in at Camp Mingo August 22, 1862. The company was assigned to the Ninety-eighth Ohio Infantry, and for over two years Captain Williams was with his command in some of the severest campaigns of the war. He was in the bloody battle of Chickamauga, after which he was with Sherman's army during its advance on Atlanta and the Georgia campaign, including the battles of Buzzard's Roost, Resaca, Rome, Dallas and Kenesaw Mountain. During the advance on Atlanta Captain Williams was wounded by a minie ball in the leg, and on account of the crowded condition in the hospital and sultry weather gangrene set in, causing his death August 10, 1864. For about a month before he received the wound he was performing the duties of a major, and the commission for that rank was issued on November 3rd following his death. June 19, 1856, Major Williams married Miss Mary McGuire, the daughter of Hon. Elisha McGuire, whose career and prominent relations with Carroll County are described elsewhere in this publication. Mrs. Mary Williams was born February 20, 1838, and died May 16, 1904, her death being the direct result of a fall. She was the mother of five children: Lee, who died in infancy; John Richard; Robert C., who has a distinguished record as a soldier, having when a youth taught school in Carroll County, graduated in 1886 from West Point Milita'ry Academy, was commissioned a lieutenant and assigned to duty at Fort Randall, then Dakota Territory, and is now in the Philippine Islands, on the army retired list with the rank of colonel; Emma W., wife of Mr. W. A. Miller, a retired minister of Conneaut, Ohio; and Mary Atlanta, who was born while her father was in the Atlanta campaign, Major Williams having selected the name for her, although he never saw her. Four young children were left to the care of Mrs. Williams at the death of her husband, and she accepted and discharged her responsibility with a courage and fortitude that should make her example memorable not merely among her children and descendants. She kept her family together, reared and educated them. and saw them successful men and women long before her death. Doctor Williams was only six years old when his father died. He attended school regularly at Carrollton, but did much other work besides—clerking in a store for three years, and spending three years with a civil engineering party on railway construction work. He was also a teacher. In 1878 he began the study of medicine under that honored pioneer physician of Carroll County, the late Dr. L. D. Stockon, whose life is reviewed on the following page. He entered Bellevue Hospital Medical College of New York, remaining a student there from 1879 until his graduation in 1881. He then returned to Carrollton and became associated with Doctor Stockon; a partnership that was continued until 1800. Since then Doctor Williams has continued in individual practice until he has now given forty years to his profession. Inspired by a rugged devotion to duty and sustained by abounding physical health and a cheerfulness of spirit, he has performed his work year in and year out, making an aggregate of service that can not be measured by any of the ordinary standards of success. Even now his country travel in professional duty exceeds a thousand miles a month. Doctor Williams is exceedingly well preserved, and apparently can do as much work as he could in years gone by. He served four years as county coroner, twelve years as a member of the Board of Education in Carrollton, ten years on the Board of Public Affairs, and for six years was pension examiner. During the World war he was medical adviser on the County Draft Board. He is a member of the American Medical Association, is a republican and a Methodist. The troubles of others and the constant demand for his services have in a measure mitigated the deep personal sorrow of Doctor Williams in the loss within recent years of his beloved wife and his favorite daughter. December 13. 1881, Doctor Williams married Miss Irene Stockon, daughter of his former preceptor and medical partner, Dr. L. D. Stockon. Mrs. Williams was born in Carrollton December 13. 1863, was married on her eighteenth birthday. and only a short time after she was graduated from Beaver College. Ex- PICTURE OF JOHN R. WILLIAMS, M. J. LANAHAN, H. S. VASBINDER, IRENE VASBINDER, MRS. IRENE WILLIAMS, MRS. LOIS LANAHAN AND MRS. FLORENCE VASBINDER CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES - 539 cept the time spent in college her entire life was lived in Carrollton, and almost thirty-five years in the happy companionship of her husband. She died suddenly after two days of illness from the "grippe" January 21, 1916. The nobility of her character was matched by the many absorbing interests she found in the life of her home and the community about her. For many years she was one of the devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. and worked in church and other organizations through which she could give expression to her kindly, sympathetic nature. This constant sympathy she radiated to many of her husband's patients, and in this respect she was a valued partner in the success that has attended his practice. Mrs. Williams also possessed sonic of the rare qualifications of a business woman. Through her untiring efforts local capital took over the rubber factory, and he was largely responsible for the purchase of that plant by Doctor Williams and H. J. Richards. and her subsequent interest in its operation was an important chapter in the industrial prosperity it achieved. This industry was the L. & M. Rubber Company, or, as now known, the Tuscan Tire & Rubber Company, a large and profitable plant. Doctor Williams was one of the committee of three which raised sixty thousand dollars to start the Carrollton Pottery Company, the members of the committee becoming trustees of the property. He was also on the committee to secure the location in Carrollton for the Albright China Company, and one of the trustees of the property. The older daughter of Doctor Williams is Lois, who was born in Carrollton August 18, 1884. She was graduated from the Carrollton High School in 1902. Two years later she became the wife of Mr. M. J. Lanahan, a prominent shoe merchant of Carrollton. who died January 28, 1919. Since Mr. Lanahan's death she has shown much of the business and executive ability of her mother in carrying on the enterprise. She lives with her father, and assists in caring for her little niece, Irene. Florence, the younger daughter of Doctor Williams, was born in Carrollton November 8, 1895. She was a graduate of the Carrollton High School, also the Kent Normal School, having taken special kindergarten training at the latter, and was a teacher in the Carrollton public school for two years. being greatly loved by the children, to whom she was a "little mother." "Babe," as every one knew, her, was-talented in music and art, contributing liberally of the same in both school and church. She became the wife of Harold S. Vasbinder. She died January 25, 1920, three days after the birth of her only child, Irene, who is now being cared for in the home of Doctor Williams, the object of her grandfather's idolized affection, a love and devotion transferred to her from her mother, whose death was a bereavement that no philosophy can attenuate and must be accepted as it is, an irretrievable loss. L. D. STOCKON, M. D. There is abundant reason for the esteem in which the name Stockon is held throughout Carroll County, where almost from pioneer times members of the family have been identified with the medical profession, and also with banking and other extensive interests. The late Dr. L. D. Stockon was a physician by training and through early years of practice, but is best remembered for his extensive financial and business connections with Carrollton and the county. He was born at New Hagerstown in Carroll County, November 4, 1838, son of Dr. Samuel M. and Caroline (Winchell) Stockon. The Stockon ancestry is English. and the family has been in America for several generations preceding the late Doctor Stockon. His grandfather, Samuel Stockon, was a ship carpenter by trade. lived at East Haddon, Connecticut, and in 1810 moved to Hartford. Connecticut. where he followed gardening. Dr. Samuel M. Stockon at the age of fourteen became an office boy in a physician's office at Hartford, Connecticut. After two years he left and for about two years taught school on Long Island. He then resumed his medical studies in a doctor's office, and after a couple of years entered Barkley College at New York City. He served as under-physician in Bellevue Hospital until after the cholera epidemic of 1831-32. After graduating from the Bellevue Hospital Medical College he practiced for a short time at Collinsville, Connecticut. At Collinsville September 15, 1833, he married Caroline Winchell, of an old and prominent Connecticut family. Dr. Samuel M. Stockon brought his bride to what was then the far west, and for about two years did a country practice in the small village of Brimfield in Portage County, Ohio. From there he removed to New Hagerstown, Carroll County, and for twenty years or more was a physician who spent the greater part of the hours of each day riding or driving about the country looking after his patients. In 1858 he removed to Carrollton, where he continued his practice until 1877. From 1876 he conducted a private banking business until his death on July 30, 1888. His widow survived him to very advanced years. passing away September 19, 1904. The late Dr. L. D. Stockon had the example of his honored father before him in the choice of a career. He was educated in the public schools at Scio and Hopedale in Harrison County, and in 1859 began the diligent study of medicine with his father, with whom he practiced until 1877 and then with Doctor McLean and later with Dr. Williams. For fifteen years he conducted a drug store at Carrollton, from 1889 to 1904. and then sold. The late Doctor Stockon was president of the Carrollton Savings and Trust Company, and at the time of his death was reputed to be one of the wealthiest men in the county. His later years were given entirely to his extensive business affairs. These were the source of duties and responsibilities that he discharged with an eminent degree of fairness and justice to all concerned. He was a democrat in voting; until the democrats put up the free silver issue and was afterwards a republican, and a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Doctor Stockon died suddenly of heart failure October 29, 1906. His beloved wife had died just three weeks previously, on October 8, 1906. 540 - CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES They had been married nearly forty-five years. On November 23, 1861, Dr. Stockon married Miss Juliet R. Thomas, daughter of Osmon and Julia (Matthews) Thomas, of Streetboro, Ohio. Her father was a native of New York and her mother of Massachusetts. Dr. and Mrs. Stockon had six children: Caroline, Daisy and Samuel M.; all dying in infancy; Irene, the wife of the well-known Carrollton physician, Dr John R. Williams, to whom reference is made in the preceding sketch; Flora, who died April 13, 1917, was the wife of L. E. Keiper. There is a second son named Samuel M., who is living in Alliance, Ohio, conducting the Supreme Dairy Company. JOHN A. FRAZIER has been engaged in independent farm enterprise in Short Creek Township, Harrison County, since 1903, and in 1916 he purchased his present fine homestead farm, which comprises eighty acres, he having since sold twenty acres of the original tract of 100 acres. He is alert and progressive as an exponent of agricultural and live-stock industry, and gives special attention to dairy farming, in which his success is proving unequivocal. His political allegiance is given to the republican party, and he and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Harrisville, the while they are popular factors in the representative social life of their home community. Mr. Frazier was born in Belmont County, Ohio, on the 18th of January, 1879, and is a son of John P. and Melinda (Satzer) Frazier, both likewise natives of Belmont County. John P. Frazier was reared and educated in Belmont County and was there actively identified with mining enterprise, principally in the position of mine foreman, during practically his entire business career. He is now living retired at Maynard, that county, his wife having passed to eternal rest in August, 1919, a devoted member of the Wheeling Valley Presbyterian Church, in which he likewise holds membership. Mr. and Mrs. John P. Frazier became the parents of eight children: Louemma, George W., Temperance, William, John Addison, Joseph B., Myrtle and Elmer. John Addison Frazier acquired his youthful education in the Wheeling Valley public schools, and as a young man he gained practical experience in connection with farm industry. He remained in his native county until the autumn of 1903, since which time, as previously noted in this article, he has been actively identified with farm enterprise in Short Creek Township, Harrison County. On September 3, 1902, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Frazier to Miss Sadie Goodwin, daughter of Edwin Goodwin, of Short Creek Township, Harrison County. They have no children. ROBERT REID COCHRAN. The late Robert Reid Cochran was one of the well-known and highly- honored men of Cadiz Township, where he spent his entire life as a successful and progressive farmer and raiser of registered short-horned cattle, in which latter enterprise he was the pioneer in Harrison County. Mr. Cochran was born on "Oak Dale Farm" (the old Cochran homestead), one mile north from the city of Cadiz, on September 14, 1822, the son of Robert and Sarah Jane (Calhoun) Cochran, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania. Robert Cochran was born near the city of Harrisburg, in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, on September 15, 1771, the son of Samuel and Mary (Shearer) Cochran. As a young man he accompanied his parents on their removal to Allegheny County, that State, where the family settled on a farm on the Monongahela River, twelve miles distant from the city of Pittsburgh, at what was formerly Cochran Station, now the city of Duquesne. There, on April 24, 1800, he married Dorcas Neal ,who died on March 1, 1801, leaving a daughter, Dorcas (Mrs. Whittaker, deceased). In 1800 Robert Cochran came to what is now Harrison County, Ohio, and purchased a heavily-timbered tract of Government land, one-half mile north from where was later located Cadiz, the county-seat. After making a preliminary clearing on his land he built his log cabin and gradually made other needed improvements, and then returned to Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, where, on April 7, 1807, he was married to Sarah Jane Calhoun, who was born on January 8, 1787, in Mifflin Township, that county. Following their marriage they returned to Harrison County where together, they bravely faced the vicissitudes and trials of pioneer life, and to them the passing years brought success and happiness. Both died on their homestead, the former on February 1, 1861, at the venerable age of ninety years, the latter on April 4, 1867. They became the parents of the following children : Eleanor, born February 11, 1808, died September 17, 1867; Samuel, born March 31, 1811, died December 7, 1899; David Calhoun, born August 1, 1814, died October 30, 1883; Mary Ann King (Mrs. William Harvey Caldwell), born December 11, 1817, died July 23, 1899; Robert Reid (subject), born September 14, 1822, died September 2, 1902; Sarah Jane, born October 9, 1825, died August 5, 1911 (she never married and after the death of her parents always made her home with her brother, Robert Reid and his family ; she was a woman of culture and refinement, and her memory will always be cherished with pride and gratitude by her nieces and nephews). In his youth Robert Reid Cochran received educational advantages somewhat superior to the average of the locality and period. He early began to lend his aid in the work of the home farm of which he later became the owner, and which he developed into one of the finest rural estates in Harrison County. On this farm in 1811 Robert Cochran, Sr., built a brick residence which was the first brick house in Harrison County. This structure was razed in 1851 by Robert Reid Cochran; and was succeeded by a second brick residence on the same site, and in 1875 Mr. Cochran remodeled the latter into the present handsome and commodious brick residence, and this country-seat as well as its predecessors has always been noted for its cordial hospitality. CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES - 541 On October 10, 1867, Robert Reid Cochran was united in marriage with Rachael Prudence Hedges, who likewise was born and reared in Cadiz Township, the daughter of the late William Dunlap and Mary Jane (McClelland) Hedges. William Hedges was a representative of one of Harrison County's earliest pioneer families, his ancestors, Samuel Hedges, having come here from Virginia in 1800. accompanied by his wife Prudence Dunlap. Mrs. Cochran's mother was born in County Down. Ireland, and was four years of age when, in 1829, her parents, John and Jennie (Beatty) McClelland, came to the United States and eventually settled near New Philadelphia, in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. They became the parents of the following children: Rachael Prudence (Mrs. Cochran). born November 16. 1844: John Norwood. deceased: Sarah Jane (Mrs. Alexander Osburn) Margaret Ann : Samuel Beatty ; Martha Ellen. deceased. Mary Emma (Mrs. M. B. Osburn) and Clara. Cora. an infant son, and William. all deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Reid Cochran the following children were born: John William, Robert Emmett. Mary Eleanor, Frank McClelland. Samuel Hedges (deceased). Reid Burchfield and Henrietta King. John William married Grace Penwell, of Belgrade, Mont.. and resides at Lewistown. that State; and has one daughter, Kathryn Virginia. Robert Emmett married Sarah Ellen Hoffman, of Cadiz. Ohio, and resides on the farm in Cadiz Township. They became the parents of the following children: Mary Frances. Robert E., Jr. (married Mary Evangeline Thorpe), and resides in Portland. ,Ore.: Reid Hoffman. born December 30. 1897. died September 23, 1910; Alice Calhoun. born November 4. 1899. died August 27, 1902: John Frederick. born August 31. 1901. died August 26. 1902: Clyde Carson, Born May 31, 1903, died October 28, 1920; Harold Benton. William Hedges, Samuel Raymond and Helen Florence. Reid Burchfield. who is a civil engineer, married Eddie May Boatner. of San Luis Potosi. Mexico, and resides in that city. They have the following children: Reid B., Jr., Edward Boatner and Edith May. Mary Eleanor, Frank McClelland and Henrietta King remain with the mother on the old homestead, of which Frank has had the active management since the death of his father. Robert Reid Cochran was a man of sterling character and worthy achievement. loyal in all relations of life, an exemplar of the highest ideals of personal stewardship, and liberal and public-spirited as a citizen. He was a democrat in politics and a Presbyterian in religion. His father was a man of strong mind and fine characteristics, was an influential and useful citizen, and served many years as Justice of the Peace and surveyor. He also was a democrat and a Presbyterian. GEORGE W. GLOVER. The early life of George W. Glover of Cadiz was passed in Jefferson County, where he was born May 27, 1840, and his father, Josiah Glover, was also born there in 1814, and died there in 1897, the parents both being born in Smithfield Township. The mother was Mary Barkhurst, a daughter of William and Nancy (Hayne) Barkhurst. Both the Glover and Barkhurst families were pioneer residents of Jefferson County. The grandfather, Josiah Glover, and his wife, Nancy (Hall) Glover. came from near Baltimore to Jefferson County. Shortly after their marriage they located at Smithfield. He went to Missouri to look after some property when he was an old man, and died on a boat and was buried on the banks of the Mississippi River. Josiah Glover, father of G. W. Glover, was a farmer in Smithfield Township, and for many years he kept what was known as the Country Inn. It was a popular place with travelers and especially with drovers who were taking livestock to market. He always lived there. He was trustee of Smithfield Township for many years. His children are: Sarah A., Nancy, Susan. George W., Josephine, J. C., Elizabeth, Esther. Malona and William. The family belonged to the Holmes Methodist Episcopal Church. one of the oldest churches in Ohio. George W. Glover attended the village school of York, and later he was a student in Hopedale McNeally Normal, and as a young man he combined teaching with farming for a number of 3-ears. When he began teaching he received twenty-five dollars a month, but after four years he was paid forty dollars a month. He was a teacher twelve years, teaching three years in a graded school in Illinois. He finally taught in the public schools of Cadiz in 1869, but was forced to abandon the profession because of ill health. For the next seven years Mr. Glover engaged in the hoot, shoe and leather trade in Cadiz. In that time he was elected town treasurer and was also treasurer of the school board. For several years after quitting the store Mr. Glover bought and shipped livestock, and he also handled wool, buying and selling. In 1866 Mr. Glover married Jennie A. Jamison, a daughter of Walter .Tarnison. who was a pioneer settler in Harrison County. having come into the community in 1801—territorial days in Ohio. Mrs. Glover died in 1913. In 1864 Mr. Glover enlisted in Company H, One Hundred Fifty-Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in the Civil war, receiving his discharge after the close of the war, the following year. He is a member of the Cadiz Post, G. A. R., and he has been active in republican politics of Harrison County. In 1888 he was elected joint senator from Harrison and Belmont counties, Ohio, and for a time he served as bookkeeper in the office of the treasurer of state. Under the administration of Governor Bushnell Mr. Glover was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Deaf and Dumb Institutions of Ohio. He held this position for five years and became familiar in that time with the institutional life of Ohio. For many years he was a member of the Board of Examiners of Harrison County. Mr. Glover is a member of the Presbyterian Church in Cadiz. For many years he was engaged in the breeding of blooded race horses, some of which gained not only a local but national reputation. He perhaps exhibited more live stock in the eastern counties of Ohio and the state fairs of 542 - CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES Ohio and West Virginia and won more prizes than any other exhibitor in eastern Ohio. The most noted of these horses was "Florence Nightingale," known as the "Home Missionary Mare," which name was given her by the fact that her owner agreed to give one-tenth of her prize winning money to the Home Missionary Society. She was one of the best known and greatly admired horses ever exhibited on a track in this section, admired not only for her beauty but for her speed. SAMUEL Q. MORROW, treasurer of the Tuscan Rubber & Tire Company of Carrollton, has had many associations with the life and affairs of several communities Of Carroll County. For many years he was a successful educator, has filled various offices of trust and responsibility, and there are few citizens whose public spirit and work are better appreciated in the community. The Morrows have been residents of Carroll County for over fourscore years. The ancestry goes back to Ireland. One of the Irish family went to England and entered the employ of an English lord. He fell in love with the only daughter of the titled Englishman, his affections were reciprocated, and she eloped with her father's employe and they went to Ireland. She was disinherited, but according to all accounts lived very happy in her humble Irish home. It wad from this couple that the first American ancestor of Samuel Q. Morrow descended. His name was William Morrow. He had a brother Thomas who preceded him to America, though his experiences after that were unknown. The mother of Samuel Q. Morrow also bore the family name Morrow, and it is supposed that she was a descendant of this Thomas Morrow. William Morrow was born in Ireland, where he married, and about 1800 he immigrated to the United States, his only child dying on the voyage. After coming to this country fifteen children were born, two of whom died young. The sons who reached mature years were William, Samuel, James, Moses and Aaron, while the daughters were Mary, Lydia, Annie, Rachael, Miram, Keziah, Hannah and Phoebe. William Morrow in 1816 left Pennsylvania with his family and moved to Stark County, Ohio, settling near Minerva. As a pioneer he entered a hundred sixty acres from the Government, and made many improvements and lived there until his death, about 1857. His wife also died on the old homestead. Their son, James Morrow, was born in Pennsylvania in 1808 and was about eight years old when brought to Ohio. He grew up on a farm, was married in Carroll County, and then moved to Jefferson County, Ohio. In 1838 he acquired land in Carroll County, and on March 10, 1839, brought his family to Fox Township and lived on his farm there until his death in 1872. James Morrow married Priscilla Queen, who was born in 1811 and died in 1899. Her father was Samuel Queen, and she was a half sister of Jonah Queen, a name mentioned elsewhere in this publication. James Morrow was a republican in politics and a member of the Christian Church. He and his wife had eight children : Mail', who died in infancy ; William F.; Jane. who became the wife of Jacob Zerbe and now lives in Kansas; Lydia, who died young; Aaron, who died about 1917; Jonah, who lives in Carrollton; Obediah, who died young; and Hannah, wife of Amos Moore, of Jefferson County, Ohio. The third generation of the family in America is represented by the venerable William F. Morrow, who was born in Jefferson County June 1, 1838, but has been a resident of Carroll County since he was nine months old. He grew up ‘in the farm in Fox Township, acquired a public school education and also attended the Hopedale College. During 1859-60 he taught in Washington County, Illinois, but for over half a century applied his efforts to the trade of carpenter and farming. He owned a hundred thirty-three acres, including the original eighty acres acquired by his father in Fox Township in 1838. The Morrow farm was sold in 1919, in which year William F. Morrow removed to Carrollton, where he is still living at the age of eighty-two. He married Elizabeth C. Morrow, who was born in Pennsylvania November 27, 1841. She died March 27, 1910, at the old homestead in Fox Township. To their marriage were born nine children. The oldest, Louisa Jane, is the wife of John Griffith, and they have four children: Lera Bell, wife of Charles Palmer, Elma and Elva, twins, and Frank. John, the second of the family, married Etta Ferguson, and to their union were born five children: Edna, who died in infancy ; Dorothy, Joseph, John and Genora. Aaron, better known among his associates as "Tad," married Mary Kelley and has two children, Tipton and Edwin. The fourth of the family is Samuel Queen Morrow, who is a great- grandson of the original settler, William Morrow. Fred Morrow, the fifth child, married Lulu Twiss, and they had ten children: Paul, who died February 8, 1920, at the age of twenty- three ; Lloyd, Lillian, Merle, who was killed in 1917, Claire, Jay, Helen, Ethel, Nettie and Martha. Sarah P. Morrow is the wife of Alexander McLain and has no children. Amos Leroy, known as Bob, married Mary Jane Ford, of Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Anna is the wife of Judge William Moffett, a well-known character mentioned elsewhere in this history. Frank, who lives at Denver, Colorado, married Mary Barlowe, and has four children, Helen, Emmett, Edith and Margaret. These are the children of William F. Morrow, by his second marriage. His first wife was Elizabeth Gritfith, whom he married in 1862 and who died in 1866. The older of her two children is James William Morrow of Fox Township, Carroll County, who married Isabel Dennis and had six children, Guy, Floyd, Elizabeth, Ella, Freeman and Sheldon. The second is Mary, widow of John Elliott and the mother of Bessie, William, Harry, Elizabeth, Anna, Orville and Hazel. This is a remarkable family record. Past fourscore and with few of the infirmities of that age William F. Morrow is the father of eleven children, all of whom are living, and it would take a large auditorium to seat comfortably all his children, grandchildren and other descendants and relatives. William F. Morrow has been a republican from almost the birth of the party, CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES - 543 and is an active member of the Christian Church. Samuel Queen Morrow was born on the old farm in Fox Township August 18, 1873. In that rural environment he grew to manhood, attended the Greenbrier School in Fox Township, took an academic course at Mechanicstown, and in the intervals of teaching attended Mount Union College and the Ohio Northern University at Ada. He was graduated both in the commercial and pharmacy courses and in a general scientific course. The work of teaching engaged him continuously until 1900, in which year he took charge of the L. D. Stockon drug store at Carrollton. After leaving this business in 1904 he resumed teaching and was also in the insurance business until 1910. For the following three years he had charge of the business department of the Newcastle High School in Pennsylvania, and returning to Carrollton in June, 1913, became cashier and bookkeeper for the Tuscan Rubber & Tire Company, the business to which be has since devoted his time and efforts. Mr. Morrow served one term as coroner of Carroll County and has also been clerk and mayor of Carrollton. His long experience as an educator makes him a valuable member of the Carrollton School Board, and in January. 1920, he was chosen president of the board. Politically he is a staunch republican. is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Rebekahs, and is a member of the Lutheran Church. March 31, 1904, Mr. Morrow married Miss Clara Merrigan, of Carroll County. They have two children, Margaret and William Fred. GEORGE E. PRETTY in a comparatively brief career has made himself an important factor in the business affairs of Carrollton. One of the most important business institutions of the county is the Tuscan Tire & Rubber Company, with which he has been identified continuously for fifteen years, beginning practically when a boy. He is now head of the traffic and service department of the corporation. Mr. Pretty was born on a farm in Center Township, Carroll County, August S. 1888. son of William and Elizabeth Pretty. His parents were born in England. where they were married. and located in Carroll County in 1880. William Pretty was a farmer in Center Township until his death in 1902. All of their ten children are still living. George E. Pretty grew up on the old farm, and was only fourteen years of age when his father died. Besides the district schools he attended the Carrollton High School and in 1905. at the age of seventeen, entered the Mitzel Rubber Plant, now the Tuscan Tire & Rubber Company. He was a factory workman, being employed for a time in the dipping department, later had charge of the inner tube department, and. showing ability and readiness to assume responsibilities, has had an active part in the business management practically ever since he reached his majority. Since 1917 he has had charge of the traffic and service department. Mr. Pretty has also taken a considerable interest in politics and for the year 1920 has the responsibilities of executive secretary and member of the executive committee of the Carroll County democratic party. He has also served as clerk of the Election Board. He is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mr. Pretty in 1909 married Letha Davis, of Columbus, Ohio, a daughter of George Wesley Davis. Two of Mr. Pretty's brothers earned records as soldiers during the World war. Albert enlisted June 18, 1918, and was sent to Cincinnati and given an intensive course of instruction in cabinet making at the Hughes High School for about three months. Later he was at Camp Mead, Maryland, until the latter part of February, 1919, when he was sent to Fort Howard in the same state and received his honorable discharge in April. The other brother, Howard, left his work in the Tuscan Tire & Rubber Company's plant and enlisted June 18, 1918, in the naval aviation section. He was at the Philadelphia Navy Yard and July 5th sailed for France. He was on duty at Bordeaux until November, 1918, when he was sent to East Leigh, England, and in December returned to Pelham Bay, Long Island, and was granted his discharge in February. 1919. WILLIAM LEE SHARP, a druggist of Cadiz, was born in that city on July 14, 1862, the son of Dr. William T. and Elizabeth (Carnahan) Sharp. The Sharps are of English stock and the family was founded in America by William Sharp, great-grandfather of the present genera.- tion. who came over near the Revolutionary period. His son, John Sharp, was among the Harrison County pioneers. He married Catharine, a daughter of David Thompson, who was early in the community. However, in 1834 John Sharp and his wife removed to Holmes County. They were the parents of Dr. William T. Sharp, David. John, James, George, Samuel, Martha, M:rg.,ret an0 Joseph. William T. Sharp was born on the outskirts of Cadiz and spent his boyhood on the farm. He attended Franklin College and was graduated from a college in Guernsey County, Ohio. He read medicine under Dr. John McKean, of Cadiz, and was graduated from Jefferson Medical College in 18.59 with the degree of M. D. He began the practice of medicine in partnership with Dr. McBean. but in 1864 he opened a drug store, which he conducted in conjunction with his medical practice. On October 12, 1859, he np^rried Ell7A‘heth Carnahan. the daughter of John and Martha (Henderson) Carnahan, and their children are John Clarence, William Lee, Preston McCready, Caroline Martha, Mary Belle and George Cunningham Sharp. In the Carnahan lineage. Elizabeth was the fourth daughter in the family of John and Martha (Henderson) Carnahan. the others being: Henderson, Belle. Thomas L. and Martha. As a young man W. L. Sharp spent ten years as a Cadiz Township farmer, and in 1891 entered the drug store as the partner of his father. Since the death of his father he has conducted the business alone. On November 29. 1899, Mr. Scott married Lyda F.. a daughter of J. M. Stevenson. Their children are: John C.. born September 27, 1900; William Lee, who died when eighteen months old: and Lee. born April 18, 544 - CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES 1909. Through all the generations the Sharps have been United Presbyterians. The Stevenson family lineage shows John M. Stevenson was born in Lee Township, Carroll County, March 4, 1846, and that his father, David Stevenson, came from Londonderry, Ireland. The wife, Agnes Miller, was also born in Ireland and they were married there. Back of that the ancestry was Scotch, but it is known that David Stevenson was a young married man with four children born in Ireland. When he came to this country he located for a time in Steubenville, Jefferson County, coming finally to Carroll County. The children born in Ireland are: Matthew, Josiah, Fannie and John, the latter dying aboard ship while crossing the Atlantic and was buried in New York City. The children born in America are: Eliza Jane, Ellen, Mary Ann, David, William R. and John M. Stevenson. The Stevensons were also United Presbyterians. As a young man Mr. Stevenson was an auctioneer combined with his farm activities. In 1885 he moved from Carroll to Harrison County, locating in North. Township, near Scio, where he spent sixteen years as a farmer. In 1901 he removed to Cadiz, engaging for six years as a granite dealer. From Cadiz he removed to Cambridge, where he operated a livery and boarding stable six years. Mr. Stevenson finally returned to Cadiz, where he formed a business relation with Frank Longley, the firm being Longley and Stevenson, and they deal in granite. Since 1917 Mr. Stevenson has been sheriff of Harrison County. In 1869 J. M. Stevenson married Jennie M., daughter of Andrew George. Their children are: William R.; David; George, deceased; twins, Agnes and Anna ; Lydia, Mrs. W. L. Sharp; and Pearl, deceased. Mr. Stevenson holds membership in the Masonic and I. 0. 0. F. Lodges in Cadiz. CHRISTOPHER E. ARNOLD, the proprietor of a valuable farm of eighty-seven and one-half acres in Freeport Township, Harrison County, and a farmer and citizen of substantial standing, still in the prime of a useful life, is a native of Guernsey County,•Ohio, and was born July 29, 1864, a son of David and Delilah (Decker) Arnold. William Arnold, the paternal grandfather of Christopher E., was an agriculturist of Guernsey County, and there married Caroline Haden, by whom he had eight children: Henry, David, Azriah, Samuel, Lewis, Leander, Sarah Jane and Isabel. David Arnold was born in Guernsey County, where he followed the pursuits of the soil until about 1881, in that year removing to Freeport Township, Harrison County. He remained there only two years, however, subsequently moving to Nottingham Township, where he passed nineteen years in farming and raising stock, and finally located at Smyrna, Guernsey County, where his death occurred. He married Delilah Decker, who was also a native of Guernsey County, daughter of Joseph and Catherine Decker, farming people of that county, and the youngest in a family of six children, the others being: John, Lewis, Henry, Sarah and Mary. Mr. and Mrs. David Arnold were members of the Methodist Church and the parents of eight children: Retta, Anna, Ross W., C. E., Margaret, David H., Mary and Ida, of whom Margaret died when small. Christopher E. Arnold attended the public schools of Guernsey and Harrison counties and was reared as an agriculturist, residing on the home farm until his marriage, January 30, 1890, to Miss Susan Sears, daughter of David and Margaret (Morton) Sears. Following his marriage Mr. Arnold commenced farming in Nottingham Township, but after one year removed to Guernsey County, which was his home and the scene of his agricultural activities for twelve years. In April, 1903, he moved to his present farm in Freeport Township, where he has eighty- seven and one-half acres of land, all under a high state of cultivation and devoted to general farming and dairying. Mr. Arnold has a most modernly equipped estate in every particular, and his buildings are equipped with electric lights and other conveniences. He is an intelligent, systematic and progressive farmer, and has made an excellent record as a worthy representative of the best agricultural element of Harrison County. Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Arnold: Veda, who married Marshall Huston and resides on the Arnold farm, and they have a daughter, Helen Louise; Ethel, who married Kenneth Smith and resides at Canton; Ralph, who married Dora Morris, and lives at Canton, with one son, Wayne; Wade W., who entered the United States service September 19, 1918, was stationed at Cincinnati in the General Mechanics' School, received his honorable discharge December 20, 1919, and now resides at Canton, married Hallie Clark and has one son, Robert Leon; Kelly, who lives at Canton; and one son who died in infancy unnamed. Mrs. Arnold is a member of the Methodist Church at Smyrna. Mr. Arnold takes a good citizen's interest in public affairs, and creditably fulfills his obligations as a member of the community. He is a republican. DAVID SEARS Harrison County counts among its roll of departed citizens few who left behind more substantial evidences of association with its agricultural affairs than the late David Sears. As a farmer and public-spirited citizen he came and went among the people of Freeport Township from the time of his boyhood until his death, October 16, 1905, and there remains in his wake an impression of practical usefulness, of genuine, dependable character, due in part to his sterling ancestry, but more directly traceable to his untiring zeal and ready recognition of opportunity. Mr. Sears was born June 22, 1815, in Nottingham Township, Harrison County, a son of Jonathan and Susan (Sing) Sears, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Chester County, that state. His father came to Harrison County prior to the War of 1812, in which struggle he participated for a short time, and lived in Nottingham Township until 1818, when he went to Freeport and became a tanner, a business which he followed during the remainder of his life. He and his wife were faithful members of the Methodist Church and the par- PICTURE OF GEORGE H. COLLINS CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES - 545 ents of six children: Jonathan, Lemuel, George, David, Hannah and Susan. David Sears was but three years of age when brought by his parents from Nottingham Township to Freeport Township, and in the latter locality his education was acquired in the early public schools. He early adopted the vocation of farming as his life work, and this he followed without cessation during a long and honorable career, and not only accumulated a valuable property but won the esteem of his fellow-citizens in unqualified degree. To have known him was to have one's confidence in human nature strengthened and one's faith in the homely, straight-forward virtues which tend to public confidence fortified. Mr. Sears married Miss Margaret Morton. who was born in Harrison County, November 12, 1826, and died May 2, 1906. She was a daughter of Samuel and Jane (McKee) Morton, the former a native of Jefferson County, Ohio, and the latter of the state of Pennsylvania. Mr. Morton was one of the pioneers of Harrison County, and he and his worthy wife were the parents of ten children: Margaret, John, Esther, Thomas, Belle, Mary, Hannah, Archibald, Sarah and Elizabeth. Fourteen children were born to Mr. and Mrs. David Sears: Elizabeth Anna and Mary Jane. who died in childhood; Albert and Amanda, who are still residents of the old home farm and highly-respected citizens of Freeport Township, where they have numerous friends; John T.; James. deceased; Hannah B., who died when small ; Wesley D. deceased; Delno; Susan, the wife of Christopher E. Arnold, an agriculturist of Freeport Township; Charles; Jonathan, who died in infancy; Emma and Hattie. The old home property is still kept in the family name by Albert and Amanda Sears, who operate the property and carry on general farming and stock-raising in the same worthy and progressive manner that made their father successful. GEORGE C. RANKIN. No mediocre success has been that achieved by Mr. Rankin in his self- reliant activities, and he now has secure place as one of the representative business men of Carrollton, judicial center of Carroll County. where his well equipped jewelry and optical establishment has a large and appreciative supporting patronage. George Cummings Rankin was born in Jefferson County, Ohio. on the 8th of January. 1882. and is a son of William A. and Emma (Cummings) Rankin, both likewise natives of Jefferson County. The paternal grandparents of the subject of this sketch were Thomas and Ann Jane (Tennant) Rankin, the latter of whom was a daughter of a sturdy Scotsman who became one of the earliest settlers in what is now Lee Township, .Carroll County, where he reclaimed a pioneer farm arta where be continued to reside until his death, at the patriarchal age of 101 years and three months. William A. Rankin learned in his youth the trade of blacksmith, and this trade he followed actively at Amsterdam, Jefferson County, and at other places in this section of his native state. When George C. Ra-,kin was a lad of eight years he was taken into the home of the Law- rence family of Lee Township, Carroll County, and with this family he remained until he,was twenty years of age. He was afforded the advantages of the public schools of Carroll County, as well as those of the academy at Harlem Springs, this county, and thereafter he further fortified himself by taking a course in a business college at East Liverpool. It was also at East Liverpool that he initiated a practical apprenticeship to the jeweler's trade, in which he became a skilled workman. There he remained eight years, after which he worked at his trade six months in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and an equal period in Detroit, Michigan, in which cities he perfected himself in the art of engraving as applied in connection with the jewelry business. For three years he was employed at his trade at Flint, Michigan, and during the ensuing three years he was similarly engaged at Youngstown, Ohio, from which city he then came to Carrollton and established his present business, in which he is meeting with unqualified success. Mr. Rankin is affiliated with Hebron Lodge No. 55, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, at Youngstown; and he and his wife are zealous members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Carrollton, in which he is serving as a member of the Official Board. In June, 1910, Mr. Rankin wedded Miss Winona Cravin, who was born at Harlem Springs, Carroll County, and who died in February, 1916, no children having been born of this union. In May, 1918, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Rankin to Miss Eleanor Miller, who was born in Lee Township, Carroll .County, a daughter of John J. and Mary (Lee) Miller. Mrs. Rankin was graduated from the Carrollton High School, and prior to her marriage had been for eight years a popular teacher in the public schools. Mr. and Mrs. Rankin have a fine little son, George Erwin, who was born November 6, 1919. GEORGE H. COLLINS has been long and prominently associated with important business and industrial interests in his native county and is the efficient and popular cashier of the Jewett State Bank, a position of which he has been the incumbent from the time of the incorporation of this substantial Harrison County institution. He is one of the liberal and progressive citizens of the thriving village of Jewett, and is entitled to special recognition in this publication—not only by reason of his personal achievement but also on account of his being a representative of an honored pioneer family in Harrison County. Mr. Collins was born in Moorefield Township, Harrison County. on the 2d of September, 1850, and is a son of Zachariah and Rachel (Willoughby) Collins, whose marriage was solemnized on the 16th of August, 1849. Zachariah Collins was born at Fredericktown. Maryland, on the ith of April. 1829, and his wife was born in Knox County, Ohio, on the 14th of October, 1831. a daughter of Henry and Maria (Furnice) Willoughby. Henry Willoughby was born in England in the year 1800, and was a son of William Willoughby. When a lad of fourteen years he ran away from home and crossed the Atlantic Ocean to America. He settled in Can- 546 - CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES ada, and there entered the Canadian forces of the English army, in which he continued to serve seven years and six months. After his retirement from military service he made two visits to his native land, and finally he came from Canada to the United States and settled is Knox County, Ohio, whence he later removed with his family to Morrow County, though the closing years of his life were passed near Mount Vernon, Knox County, where he died in 1882. He was a life long communicant of the church representing the established Anglican faith, his membership in the United States having been maintained in the Protestant Episcopal Church, and his wife held membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church. His wife preceded him to the life eternal. Their children were ten in number. Mr. Willoughby was a mason by trade and did a large amount of important construction service at his trade during the period of his residence in Knox County, Ohio, he having been the master mason in the construction of that enduring stone structure, Kenyon College, at Gambier, Ohio. Zachariah Collins was a son of George and Eliza (Bear) Collins, both of whom were born at Fredericktown, Maryland, in which • state they remained until 1832, when with wagon and a four-horse team they made the long overland journey to Ohio and settled in Moorefield Township, Harrison County. In the village of Moorefield Mr. Collins engaged in the work of his trade, that of shoemaker, and later he turned his attention to farm enterprise in Moorefield Township, where he remained on his homestead farm until his death in 1870, at the age of seventy-four years, his wife likewise having been well advanced in years at the time of her death and both having been devout members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he gave earnest service in the office of classleader. They became the parents of a fine family of fourteen children, and the names of the eleven who attained to years of maturity are here designated: William, Amanda, Catherine, Mary, Zachariah, George P., Nicholas, John W., Cyrena, Eliza A. and Thomas. Zachariah Collins was about four years of age at the time of the family migration to Harrison County, where he was reared to manhood and received the advantages of the pioneer schools in Moorefield Township. As a youth he learned the shoemaker's trade under the direction of his father, and he had the satisfaction of personally manufacturing the first pair of boots that he himself used. In 1850, within a few months after his marriage, Mr. Collins purchased about three acres of land in Moorefield Township, and on this miniature farm he and his young wife established their home in a pioneer log house. Eventually Mr. Collins became the owner of an excellent farm of 163 acres in Moorefield Township, and on his land he platted a portion of the village of Piedmont. He remained on his farm, upon which he had erected good buildings, until his death, which occurred on the 12th of November, 1884, his widow remaining on the old homestead until May, 1901, when she purchased a residence in Jewett, Ohio, where she resided about three years. She passed away on March 18, 1904. Her remains were laid beside her husband in the Belmont Ridge Cemetery in Flushing Township, Belmont County, Ohio. She was a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The religious faith of Mr. Collins was that of the Protestant Methodist Church. Of the children George H., of this review, is the eldest; Nicholas B. is a lawyer by profession and is now a representative member of the bar of Ohio's capital city, Columbus; Elizabeth died July 5, 1864; Ann Eliza became the wife of David N. Reynolds, and they resided in Belmont County, but both died in Piedmont, Ohio; Parley A. is the wife of Frank J. Mead, of St. Clairsville, Belmont County; and William W., who remained with his mother on the old home farm, is now a resident of the city of Detroit, Michigan. In the Belmont Ridge district school, on the line between Harrison and Belmont counties, George H. Collins obtained his preliminary education, which was supplemented by a two years' course in the McNealy Normal School at Hopedale, where he was a student in 1869-70. Thereafter he devoted about six years to successful service as a teacher in the district schools, and in 1878 attended the celebrated Eastman Business College in the city of Poughkeepsie, New York. In the autumn of the following year he erected a store and dwelling house in the village of Piedmont, and in April, 1880, he installed in his store a stock of general merchandise, the same having represented a valuation of $2,800. He developed a substantial and prosperous mercantile business, to the management of which he continued to give his attention until 1893, when he sold the stock and business. In the meanwhile he had served two terms as postmaster of the village. After his retirement from business Mr. Collins passed one year on the old home farm in Moorefield Township, and for eighteen months thereafter he was engaged in farming in German Township. On the 1st of April, 1896. he established his home in the village of Jewett; where he has since resided. On the 5th of September, 1898, he here became associated with Dr. William L. England and Robert W. Read in establishing the Jewett Bank. They continued the enterprise successfully as a private bank until 1909, when the business was reorganized and incorporated under the present title, the Jewett State Bank, operations being based upon a capital stock of $25,000 and Mr. Collins having continuously served as cashier of the institution, the success of which has been in large measure due to his careful and conservative management and progressive policies. Mr. Collins is a republican in his political allegiance, has given effective service as a member of the village council of Jewett and also as a member of the municipal board of control. His wife is an earnest communicant of the local Lutheran Church, to which he gives liberal support. On the 11th of May, 1880, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Collins to Miss Elizabeth A. Hilbert, who was born in German Township. Harrison County, on the 6th of February, 1854. and who is a daughter of the late Henry and Margaret (Finnicum) Hilbert. Mr. and Mrs. Collins became the parents of two children. Earl H. was born April 9, 1881, and has served CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES - 547 since 1905 as assistant cashier of the Jewett State Bank. He married Miss Mary Hauck, and they have three children: Edwin H., born February 9, 1910; Hilbert S., born March 2, 1912, and Eleanor E., born May 12, 1914. Clara M. Collins was born June 22, 1883, and her death occurred on the 25th of August, 1897. NELSON B. SIMPSON is one of the progressive farmers of Washington Township, Harrison County, where he stages his productive enterprise on the fine old homestead farm which was the place of his birth. He is a popular representative of one of the oldest and most honored pioneer families of Harrison County, with whose civic and industrial development the family name has been closely associated for more than a century. The progenitor of this well- known Harrison County family was John Simpson, who was born in Ireland and who came to America in 1798, his marriage to Miss Mary McElroy having been solemnized in Washington County, Pennsylvania. About the opening of the nineteenth century John Simpson came with his family from Pennsylvania to Ohio and numbered himself as one of the sturdy, self-reliant and ambitious pioneers of Harrison County. He reclaimed from the virgin forest a productive farm in Stock Township, and with his noble wife he endured the manifold hardships and struggles which fell to the lot of the early settlers in this now favored section of the Buckeye State. Here these worthy pioneers reared their large family of children, who in turn took up the labors and responsibilities incidental to continued development and progress in the county, and the names of these sterling founders merit a place of honor in the history of the county. John Simpson, Jr., son of John and Mary (McElroy) Simpson, was born on the old pioneer homestead in Stock Township in the year 1814, and it was here that his father died in 1836. He was reared under pioneer conditions and influences, early gained fellowship with the arduous work of the pioneer farm, and in the meanwhile profited by the advantages of the primitive schools of the locality and period. At the age of twenty-five years he married Miss Margaret Law, of Monroe Township. Of this union were born the following children ; Mary Ann (Mrs. Joseph Patterson), Martha (Mrs. Robert Birney), Margaret (Mrs. Frank Welch), Matthew W., William, Frank and Ella. The parents were earnest members and supporters of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics Mr. Simpson became a staunch advocate of the principles of the republican party. Mr. Simpson's death occurred in the year 1877, and his wife survived/him by several years. Matthew W. Simpson. of the third generation of the family in Harrison County, was born on his father's farm in Stock Township on the 20th of August, 1846, and here he was reared to manhood, with educational privileges such as the common schools of the day afforded. September 18, 1869, recorded his marriage to Miss Rebecca Birney, who likewise was born and reared in this county and who is a daughter of the late John Barney. In the spring of 1871 Mr. and Mrs. Simpson established their residence on their present fine homestead farm in the eastern part of Washington Township, and here they have remained during the long intervening years which have compassed the development of their farm into one of the finest in the township. Mr. Simpson achieved unqualified success in his effective enterprise as an agriculturist and stock- grower, and on the place he erected in 1887 one of the most substantial, commodious and attractive farm houses in the county. This fine brick structure, designed by Mr. Simpson himself, is in the form of a Greek cross, with large bow windows extending from the ground floor to the roof projection. The building has a slate roof, and the interior finishing, in chestnut, black- walnut and oak, marks the house further as one of the most attractive in Harrison County. The farm estate of Mr. Simpson comprises 240 acres, and in the gracious evening of their long and useful lives he and his wife occupy their beautiful home and enjoy to the full the rewards of former years of earnest endeavor— secure in the high esteem of all who know them and honored as worthy representative of pioneer families of this section of the state. In connection with his extensive farm enterprise Mr. Simpson for many years conducted a substantial business in the buying and shipping of live stock. At the inception of the Civil war Mr. Simpson was too young to be eligible for military service, but on the 10th of May, 1864, at the age of seventeen years, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Seventieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he participated in a number of skirmishes and other minor engagements, his regiment having been assigned to the Army of the Potomac and his service having continued until September 10, 1864, when he received his honorable discharge. Mr. Simpson has ever been a stalwart in the local camp of the republican party, and he and his wife are earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he has served in various official positions. Of their three children Vincent, the youngest son, remains with the parents on the old homestead; John died in infancy; and Nelson B. is the subject of this sketch. Nelson B. Simpson has been continuously associated with the varied operations of the fine old homestead farm from his early youth, and his present farm, a part of the family estate, adjoins the homestead place of his father. He gained his youthful education in the public schools of his native county, and here he has proved a worthy successor of his honored father in the active prosecution of well ordered agricultural and live-stock enterprise. He is a staunch supporter of the cause of the republican party, is loyal and progressive as a citizen and takes deep interest in all things touching the wellbeing of his native county. He and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Freeport, as do also his parents. October 25, 1894, recorded the marriage of Mr. Simpson to Miss Margaret Hamilton, who likewise was born and reared in Harrison County and is a representative of an honored pioneer family. She is a daughter of Adam and Margaret (Mehollin) Hamilton, whose marriage was solemnized in 1856, the father having been 548 - CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES born in Moorefield Township and the latter in Cadiz Township, this county. Mrs. Hamilton was a daughter of Joseph and Margaret (McFadden) Mehollin. Adam Hamilton became a substantial farmer in Moorefield Township, but about the year 1858 he removed to Nottingham Township, where he passed the remainder of his life and where in connection with his farm enterprise he operated a saw mill for a number of years. His death occurred May 11, 1872, and his widow passed to the life eternal on the 20th of March, 1914, both having been earnest members of the United Presbyterian Church. They became the parents of five children: Sarah died at the age of eleven years; Joseph died on the 8th of February, 1918; John died in early childhood; Margaret, wife of the subject of this sketch, was the next in order of birth and is now the only surviving member of the immediate family; and Andrew died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Simpson have four children, Francis Clyde, Ralph Hamilton, Ernest Dorris, and Dwight Birney. Francis Clyde is at the home of his parents and is associated with his father in the farm work. Ralph Hamilton taught school three years in his home district and one year at Friendly Ridge, and is now a student at Elliott's Business College, Wheeling, West Virginia. Ernest Dorris is in the employ of the McLaughlin Steel Plant at Martins Ferry, Ohio. Dwight Birney is attending the Freeport High School. FRANK W. ADAMS, who is conducting a finely appointed clothing store at Cadiz, the judicial center of Harrison County, was born at Georgetown, this county, April 29, 1877, and is a son of Joseph W. Adams, Of whom specific mention is made on other pages of this volume, so that further review of the family record is not demanded in the sketch here presented. Frank W. Adams acquired his early education in the public schools of his native village, and while still a boy he began clerking in his father's general merchandise store at that place. In 1910 he became associated with the large department store of the Scott-Wright Company at Cadiz, and after having remained with this concern three years he and his brother Halfred J. in 1913 engaged in the retail clothing business at Cadiz, under the firm name of Adams Brothers, which continued until October, 1919, when H. J. retired from the firm. The business has been developed into a substantial and representative enterprise and the establishment is essentially modern in its equipment and service. In the store are to be found the best grades of men's clothing, in quantity and variety adequate to meeting the demands of the large and discriminating patronage, and the stocks of furnishing goods and men's shoes are also of the most approved type. Mr. Adams is liberal and progressive both as a business man and a citizen, his political allegiance being given to the republican party, and he has been a member of the republican executive committee of Harrison County for a number of years and is now its treasurer. In 1915 he was appointed a member of the city comacil to fill a vacancy and has been twice elected to that body. He is also a member of the County Board of Education. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church and is affiliated with the Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery of the Masonic order, and with the lodge of the Knights of Pythias. In 1901 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Adams to Miss Leora P. Lewis, daughter of Isaac P. and Nancy V. Lewis, well known citizens of Harrison County. Mrs. Adams passed to the life eternal in September, 1918, and is survived by three children, Virginia, William L., and Helen Leora. Mr. Adams was married on July 6, 1920, to Mrs. Hazel (Hunt) Tollinger, the daughter of Mrs. Mary E. Hunt. of Springfield, Ohio. Mrs. Adams has a son, Edward, by her former marriage. HALFRED J. ADAMS, a clerk in the Fourth National Bank of Cadiz, was born at Georgetown, Harrison County, February 15, 1879. He was afforded the advantages of the excellent public schools, and as a mere boy began to assist in the work of his father's general store. In 1905 he took the position of shipping clerk in the wholesale grocery establishment of the Speidel Grocery Company at Uhrichsville, Tuscarawas County, and with this house he continued until 1909. Thereafter he continued to be associated with his father's mercantile business at Georgetown until 1912, when he took a position in the department store of the Scott-Wright Company at Cadiz. In the following year he and his brother formed a co-partnership and established a retail clothing business at Cadiz, which they successfully conducted under the firm name of Adams Brothers, until October, 1919, when he withdrew from the firm and entered the employ of the Fourth National Bank of Cadiz. In March, 1913, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Adams to Miss Clara Robinson, daughter of Willis and Emma Robinson, of Dennison, Ohio, and of this union has been born one son, John Willis. JOSEPH W. ADAMS has for more than thirty years been successfully engaged in the general merchandise business at Georgetown, Harrison County, and is a representative of one of the well-known families of Short Creek Township, within whose borders he has maintained his home from the time of his birth to the present. He was born in the village of Georgetown, his present place of residence, and the date of his nativity was August 4, 1851. Joseph William Adams is a son of Joshua and Jane (Brown) Adams, both of whom were born in Ireland and both of whom were young at the time of the immigration of the respective families to America. John Adams, father of Joshua, came to the United States within a few years after his marriage and established his home in Harrison County, where he followed the work of his trade, that of cabinetmaker, and where he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives, Georgetown having been their place of residence during the greater portion of the time. Their children were five in number, John, James, Joshua, Hannah and Samuel. Joshua Adams learned the cabinetmaker's trade under the careful direction of his father, and this trade he followed at Georgetown during the major CARROLL AND HARRISON COUNTIES - 549 part of his active career. He and his first wife became the parents of five children, George, John, James, Henry and Joseph William. The death of Mrs. Jane (Brown) Adams occurred in 1865, and Mr. Adams later married Miss Ella Turner, the one child of this union being Ella, who is now the wife of Otto Jorne. Joshua Adams was venerable in years at the time of his death, and his second wife survived him by several years. Joseph W. Adams is indebted to the public schools of Georgetown for his early education, and as a young man he gained practical experience as a clerk in a mercantile establishment in his native village. In October, 1889, he opened his present general store, in which he has built up a substantial and prosperous business as one of the leading merchants and representative citizens of Georgetown. His political support is given to the republican party, and he is an active member of the Methodist Church, as was also his wife, whose maiden name was Mary Watson. Their marriage was solemnized in 1875, and her death occurred in 1907. They became the parents of five children : Georgia is the wife of Charles Giesey, of Harrison County : Frank W. and Halfred J. are both individually mentioned elsewhere in this publication; and Lillian and Fay remain at the paternal home. SAM F. DICKERSON, one of the old and honored families of Harrison County, dedicated his time and energies to the printing trade in early youth, and has been either a printer or a newspaper man for over a quarter of a century. He is owner, editor and publisher of the Cadiz Democrat-Sentinel, which of itself sufficiently identifies him in Harrison County citizenship. He was born at Dickerson Mill, Athens Township, Harrison County, December 7, 1875. Some members of the old Dickerson family were among the first actual settlers of Harrison County. He is a direct descendant of Joshua Dickerson, who was born in 1634 in Monmouth County, New Jersey, being the second male child to be born in that county. Descendants of Joshua Dickerson came from Fayette County, Pennsylvania, to Harrison County, Ohio, in 1800. The grandparents of Sam F. Dickerson were John C. and Eliza (McFadden) Dickerson. The former was a native of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and was a small boy when his parents settled in Harrison County and Athens Township. Samuel C. Dickerson, father of the Cadiz newspaper man, was born in Athens Township May 19, 1840, and succeeded to the ownership 1 of the old Dickerson mill established by his uncle Adam. He converted this into a steam power grist and saw mill and successfully operated it many years. During that time he also carried on farming and stock dealing and was widely known as a stock buyer all over this part of Ohio. He moved to the city of Cadiz in 1900 and thereafter lived retired until his death on August 27, 1918. His wife, the mother of Sam F. Dickerson, was Mary Elizabeth McCoy, who was born in Moorefield Township, Harrison County, March 7, 1843, daughter of Frank and Abigail (Lantz) McCoy. Frank McCoy was born in Cecil County, Maryland, in 1812. Abigail Lantz was born in Moorefield Township, daughter of Peter Lantz,. who married Mary Patterson, a sister of Rev. Samuel Patterson. Reverend Patterson was distinguished among the early ministers of Harrison County and for over forty years was pastor of Deersville and Feed Springs Presbyterian churches. Mrs. Samuel C. Dickerson is still living, and has her home with her son Sam at Cadiz. Sam F. Dickerson grew up on, the farm, attended district school and the Cadiz High School. At the age of seventeen, on leaving high school, he began an apprenticeship at the printer's trade in the office of the Cadidz Republican, then published by the late W. B. Hearn. He continued with the Republican for eight years. For several years he held situations as a printer in different cities, including Kokomo, Indiana ; Saint Louis, Missouri : Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Pittsburgh. At Pittsburgh for a time he was on the reportorial staff of the Pittsburgh Times. January 14, 1905, he purchased the Harrison County Democrat from W. H. Host and in December, 1911, bought the Cadiz Sentinel from the estate of the late W. H. Arnold, then consolidated the two publications under the name of the Cadiz Democrat-Sentinel. This has been continued under his ownership and editorial and business management, and has become one of the leading weekly newspapers in eastern Ohio. Miring his ownership an old fashioned country newspaper office has been transformed into a modern news and job plant, equipped with power presses, type setting machine and other up to date features. Mr. Dickerson is active in political, civic and church work, has served as a delegate to many conventions, including senatorial and congressional districts and state conventions. In 1916 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention at St. Louis. He is a member of the County Board of Elections and secretary of the Harrison County Agricultural Society. He is one of the active members of the Presbyterian Church at Cadiz. GEORGE W. WILLOUGHBY, who was born in Moorefield Township, Harrison County, February 22, 1875, is now one of the enterprising and progressive representatives of farm industry in Washington Township and is finding in his native county ample opportunities for successful achievement in connection with the great basic industries under the influence of which he was reared, his early educational advantages having been those of the public schools. He is a son of Samuel and Rebecca (McAdams) Willoughby, his father having for many years been engaged in farm enterprise in Harrison County, first in Moorefield Township and later in Freeport Township. He passed the closing years of his life at Deersville, this county, where his death occurred in 1915, his wife, who was born and reared in this county, having survived him by several years. They became the parents of eight children—Lizzie (as a child of four years met with an accident in which she was so severely burned as to cause her death), Lina,