800 - MADISON COUNTY, OHIO. 1850, and came to Ross county, Ohio, from the northern states, with his parents. In 1889, when thirty-nine years of age, he removed to Pickaway county, Ohio, where he rented' seven. hundred acres of land from William Bowser, which he cultivated for four years, then moved to Fayette county, Ohio, where he died in 1898. Austin Bogard was road supervisor for two terms. Both he and his wife, Lavinia (Van Gundy) Bogard, were members of the Christian church, but the wife has her letter in the Methodist church. She was born on April 15, 1849, in Ross county, Ohio, and is now living at Bloomingburg, Ohio. Shortly after his marriage to Almeda Beatty, in 1898, Jacob H. Bogard rented land in Fayette county, but in 1905 he rented the present farm of one hundred and thirty-eight acres, in Range township, upon which he has made improvements of buildings and fences, and now is the owner of the same. To support a family of eight on the proceeds of one hundred and thirty-eight acres of land and still save enough to become the owner in eight years, is no easy task, but Jacob H. Bogard did this very thing, purchasing, in 1913, the farm he had rented only eight years before. There are four acres of this farm that are in orchard and graded stock is one of the principal revenues. Almeda Beatty, who became the wife of Jacob H. Bogard in 1898, was born in 1877, in Jackson county, Ohio, and was reared on the farm of her parents, James and Sarah (Roland) Beatty, who now live at Lancaster, Ohio. Jacob H. Bogard and Almeda (Beatty) Bogard are the parents of six children: Paul, Ircel, Arthur, Charlotte, Austin and Eskline. Jacob H. Bogard is a Democrat and lends all his support to the benefit of that party. He follows the creeds of the Methodist church, doing all within his power to make its tenets a practical factor in his daily life. Fraternally, he is a member of the Knights of Pythias, in which lodge he is held in great esteem. He has been a hardworking man, accumulating his possessions through sheer force of character and well-directed energy, and has the respect and regard of all who know him. ROBERT H. SCHRYVER. One of the glories of the American social and industrial system is that it affords an opportunity of reaching success through individual effort. When this effort has' finally brought one the satisfaction of achievement, probably no greater service can be rendered' in a community than that of opening to. others a 'means by which they may realize a desired ambition. As secretary of the Building and Loan Association of Mt. Sterling, Robert H. Schryver, during his early business career, found ample opportunity for helping citizens in his community along the lines of business enterprise. Robert Schryver was born at Mt. Sterling, Ohio, on the 9th day of August, 1873, and is the eldest of the six children born to Martin W. and Barbara H. (Campbell) Schryver. The other children are: Florence N., who has charge of the Fayette Hospital, at Washington C. H., Ohio; Guy H., who is an automobile salesman and mechanic, residing in Chicago; Clyde H., general manager of the Chicago Merchandise and Equipment Company, Union Stock Yards, Chicago; Mrs. Helen R. Hosler and Mrs. Maude Waldo, who live in Mt. Sterling. Martin W. Schryver was born in Pickaway county, Ohio, on October 12, 1848. He was reared on the farm, and after attending the district schools came to Mt. Sterling and began teaching school. He is proud of the fact that he' was one of the first teachers in the school. He was successful in that vocation and remained connected with the Mt. Sterling schools for several years, serving as superintendent of the schools there in the years 1869 and 1870. MADISON COUNTY, OHIO - 801 Martin W. Schryver came to Mt. Sterling in August, 1869, and brought the first printing press to the town in 1871, and established the Mt. Sterling Review, afterward changed to The Husbandman. He was a member of the council and clerk of that body from 1873 to 1877, during which incumbency he drew the plans and specifications, and superintend the building of the stone culvert on South Columbus street, a mammoth undertaking at that day. He was a member and clerk of the school board from 1878 to 1885, during which time the high school department was added to the common course. Mr. Schryver organized the Mt. Sterling Building and Savings Association, 1869, and was secretary most of the time during its eleven years of existence, and in 1871 organized the Mechanics' Building and Loan Association. After a few years this association fell into incompetent hands and failed. Mr. Schryver was appointed receiver, and by husbanding the scattered assets, closed the business up with but little loss to the stockholders. In connection with several other public spirited citizens he aided in organizing the Mt. Sterling Building and Loan Company, in 1889. This was succeeded in 1898 by the "Security," for which Mr. Schryver drew up the constitution and by-laws. and which is still in successful operation. He was a member of the board of directors of that company from its organization, and was secretary from 1891 to 1898 and again served as organization for several years from 1905. In addition to the foregoing, it should be stated that upon quitting the newspaper business, with which he had been associated for ten years, Martin W. Schryver started the first and only book store in Mt. Sterling. Later, he moved to Columbus, looking for a more lucrative field, but a year later, he returned to Mt. Sterilng and, in partnership with his son, the subject of this review, started a general merchandise business. After he retired from business he went west and became interested in a large tract of land near Spokane, Washington. Since then he has traveled extensively and is now located at South Mansfield, Louisiana, where he has a plantation of a thousand acres. His wife, who died in 1891, was the daughter of Robert Campbell and was born in Westfall, Pickaway county, Ohio, in 1851. Martin Schryver was the son of Jacob Howard Schryver, a native of Pennsylvania, who later became a farmer in Pickaway county, Ohio, and then, through his interest in politics, became county clerk of the county in which he lived. In the public schools and high school in Mt. Sterling, Robert H. Schryver received his education. When he was eighteen years old he began farming on twenty-five acres of ground which his father had bought at the edge of Mt. Sterling. He finally left the farm and engaged In the mercantile business with his father. Later he sold out to his father and became interested in the building and loan association, and also in fire insurance and real estate. In 1905 he sold half of his fire insurance and real-estate business to C. M. Neff. With O. W. Loufborrow, in 1904, he bought the telephone plant at Mt. Sterling, of which he became president after its organization into a company. Following the organization of the telephone company, his rise in the affairs of Mt. Sterling was rapid. He became vice-president of the First National Bank, the largest bank in Madison county, in 1905, and two years later he became president. One who, though engaged in the active affairs of business, still devotes part of his time to improving and beautifying the city in which he lives, leaves an indelible mark upon its history. For the betterment of a greater Mt. Sterling, Mr. Schryver, in 1913, saw the need of adding more lots to the town, because of its ever growing population, and with his associates formed a company (of which he is president) and laid out lots in "Maplewood Addition," which was added to the corporation of Mt. Sterling. In New York City, on the 21st of April, 1895, was solemnized the marriage of Robert H. Schryver to Lida E. Henkle, who was born in Fayette county, Ohio. in 1873. (51) 802 - MADISON COUNTY, OHIO. She is a daughter of Curren and Caroline, (Bryan) Henkleoth of whom were born in Ohio, where the former was A minister and farmer in Fayette county, until 1892, when he came to Mt. Sterling and engaged in the lumber business with his sons. After his death, which occurred in 1894, his wife continued to live in Mt. Sterling. Mrs. Schryver is a graduate of the Washington county high school and also of Hillsboro College, Hillsboro, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Schryver became the parents of six children: Alfred, who was graduated from Culver Military Academy, at Culver, Indiana, and is now attending school at the University of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia ; Harold, who died in infancy; Barbara, who died in her tenth year; Caroline, Martin and Naomi are still at home. Well qualified for leadership in public affairs and distinctively a man of action, Mr. Schryver has taken part in county politics as a member of the Republican party. He has contributed largely to .the support of the Methodist church, of which he is a member. He is also identified with the Masonic fraternity, being a member of the blue lodge, the Scottish Rite and the Mystic Shrine, at Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Schryver is also a member of the, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; the Knights of Pythias, at Mt. Sterling; and the Farmers Grange. CHARLES A. DORN. In this review of the life of Charles A.Dorn, resident in Range township, Madison county, Ohio, the reader will at once perceive that he is a man whose strength of character has been unusual, and whose life of constant effort has been crowned with more than ordinary achievement, .Born on February 8, 1868, on his father's farm, in Ross county; Ohio, he was early taught that thrift and well-directed energy were the necessary attributes for the completion of a worthy career. Limited to the district schools of Range township, Madison county, and to those of Pickaway county for his book learning, his practical education was given an impetus through his chosen vocation of husbandry and broadened rapidly under the pressure of every-day necessity. Until his marriage, which occurred when he was twenty-four years of age, Charles A. Dorn remained at home with his parents, Peter and Katherine (Uhrig) Dorn, and assisted his father in the cultivation of the home place. For seven years after his marriage he rented land from his father and during that time his accumulations were such that he was able to purchase ninety-seven acres, thus being qualified to follow his agricultural pursuits independently. Charles A. Dorn, among other improvements, erected a six-room house, with bath, in the year of 1900. Fourteen years later, a barn, thirty-eight by eighty which he planned himself, was built, several wells were dug and adequate tiling laid to insure proper drainage. The origination of ninety-seven acres of unimproved land, has been added to until, at the present time, it consists of three hundred and fifty acres, entirely protected by fencing, and upon which nine thousand dollars' worth. of improvements have been made breeding of Duroc-Jersey hogs is a specialty on this well-regulated farm. of which Charles A. Dorn is the scientific .manager and owner. On June 22, 1892, Charles A. Dorn was united in marriage to Jessie D. Field, who was born on March 10, 1873, in Sedalia, Ohio, and who is the daughter of Dr. Orestes G. and. Josephine. (Dille) Field. Jessie. D. Field was the first pupil to graduate from the school at Sedalia, Ohio, Dr. Orestes G. Field, her father, was born on January 19, 1832, in Gorham, New York, and was the son of Dr. Able Field, who left New. York state, when his son, Orestes, was, only five years of age, and settled in. Darby Plains, Madison county, Ohio. A few years later the family removed to Plain City, Ohio and it was there that Orestes G. began the. study, of medicine in the office of his father. In 1858 he was graduated from the Starling Medical College, and the same year began the MADISON COUNTY, OHIO - 803 practice of medicine, in connection with his father, in. Big Plain, Ohio. While in Range township, school teaching was combined with his medical practice. On March 19, 1862, he received his commission as an army surgeon, at Columbus, Ohio, and served in that capacity until the close of the Civil War. Returning to Sedalia, Ohio, this highly-educated man, beloved and cherished by a host of friends, remained until he passed to his abode in the silent city, in the year of 1895. His marriage to Mrs. Josephine (Dille) Latham occurred in 1866. She was born on January 1, 1848, near Washington C. H., Fayette county, Ohio. Her education was received in the Circleville Academy, at Circleville, Ohio. The Latham family were very aristocratic, being direct descendants of the old Kentucky family of that name. Each member of this family received a. splendid &Ideation, and the only child of Mrs. Josephine (Dille) Latham,. Mrs. Lillian (Latham) Clawson, of Range township, was a school teacher for several' years previous to her marriage. Dr. and Mrs. Orestes G. Field were the parents of two children: Jessie D. and Francis Floyd, a graduate of the Starling Medical College, who graduated in 1898 and is now located at Newton Falls, Ohio, where he has a fine and growing practice. He was graduated from the high school at. Sedalia, Ohio, on May 22, 1894. Francis Floyd Field also organized and was president of the Groveport Bank, in Franklin county, but has resigned. To the union of Charles A. and Jessie D. (Field) Dorn have been born four children, whose names follow : Howard F., born on May 8, 1893, and who is a graduate of the high school. at Sedalia, Ohio, also of the Ohio State University, at Columbus, Ohio, and is now at home assisting his father ; Josephine, born on May 28, 1901; and Evelyn and Elenor Mae, twins, born on January 17, 1910. The mother of these children is a woman of talent and charm and a worthy helpmeet and mother. She is endowed with the gift of oratory and won a gold medal in an oratorical contest, given by the Women's Christian Temperance Union. Charles A. Dorn is a. Republican, and is a member of the Presbyterian church. An honored member of the Free and Accepted Masons. surely Charles A. Dorn is well blessed with all a man can wish and now, in the prime of life, can view with satisfaction the work of his past efforts and gain inspiration for future achievements in the blessings of today. CLOYD D. LOOKER. There is no calling fraught with greater potentialities for the future than that of an instructor of youth, for "as the twig is bent the tree will grow." During comparatively recent years the subject of the needs of childhood has been so generally discussed and methods for the training of children in home and school have been so altered, that it is not too much to say that the men and women of the coming generation will enter on their duties and responsibilities with a much better equipment, physically, mentally and morally, than any previous generation has ever done. One excellent result of this awakened interest in child life is the closer bond which is coming about between parents and teachers; parents beginning to realize that they owe much of their child's character and ability to the man or woman who has him in charge for the greater part of the day throughout the greater part of the year. One of, the popular younger teachers in Monroe township, Madison county, Ohio, is Cloyd D. Looker, the subject of this sketch. Mr. Looker resides in Plumwood and served Monroe township as superintendent of its schools. from 1911 to 1915, in addition to being principal of the Plumwood school. Mr. Looker was born in Fayette county, this state, at Yatesville, on August 19, 1889, a son of Levi and Abbie (Durflinger) Looker, the former being a son of Joseph Looker, who was one of the early school teachers of that section. Levi Looker was 804 - MADISON COUNTY, OHIO. for the most part of his life a farmer and truck gardener and lived for a good many years in the southern part of the county near Sedalia. He was a veteran of the Civil War, having served for three years as a private in Company G, Fifty-fourth Regiment. Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was with the western division of the army under Grant and was with him at Shiloh. Levi Looker was twice married, the children by his first marriage being Byron (deceased) ; Howard, residing in Fayette county, this state; and Laura, wife of Will Hume, of London, this county. To his second marriage were born, William, a farmer in Fayette county; Nettie, wife of C. E. Douglas, of Mount Sterling; and Cloyd, the immediate subject of this sketch. Levi Looker was for a number of years a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in the tenets of that faith he carefully reared his family of children. Cloyd Looker received his elementary education in the district schools near his home, and was graduated from the Sedalia high school. He then went to Lima for more advanced education, attending college at that place for one year, followed by studies at Wittenberg and Oxford. His first position in his chosen field of endeavor was filled in Range township, this county, after which he was superintendent of the Monroe township schools for four years. Mr. Looker is now a student at Ohio State University. taking a four-year course in the college of arts and education. On July 26, 1911, Cloyd D. Looker was united in marriage with Hazel Groves, daughter of J. M. and Myrtle (Brown) Groves, both born in Fayette county, the former descended from sterling old English stock. There were three children in the Groves family, Mrs. Looker being the eldest. The others are Forest (deceased) and Mabel, wife of Edward Heath, a farmer of Sedalia. Mr. Looker's fraternal affiliation is held in the Knights of Pythias, through Evening Star Lodge No. 736, at Sedalia. He votes independently in politics, his choice falling on the candidate himself rather than any party platform which he may represent. Mr. Looker holds his church membership with the Methodist Episcopal church. in the faith of which he was reared by his conscientious father. Mr. Looker is regarded as one of the promising young men of this section, and having kept so fair a record in the past, he gives promise of still greater influence for good and a still fuller and broader manhood, as the years pass over him. Realizing fully the importance of the life work he has chosen, and bending his best energies to his task, he is well worthy of the high degree of esteem in which he is held throughout the township. COURT M. NEFF. The Neff family are among the descendants of those Hollanders who figured so distinctly in the making of early American history, and in Court M. Neff, the reader finds a true type of those sturdy pioneers, who first chose their homes in the East and South; but who later, as the trend of population moved westward, were as quick to see the opportunities of the vast new land and became active in the work and preparation of future homes as were those of other nations. The grandparents of Court M. Neff, Jacob W. and Elizabeth Neff, were natives of Virginia. George W. Neff, son of Jacob and Elizabeth Neff, was born near Parkersburg, Virginia, January 5, 1823, but left there when twenty years of age. George W. Neff came to Pickaway county, Ohio, where he engaged in farming until 1871, removing thence to Madison county, Ohio, where he purchased eighty-one acres of land in Pleasant township. He was married to Elizabeth Marshall, who was born on September 12, 1825, in Bedford, Pennsylvania, and of this union eight children were born, six of whom are now living to mourn the loss of their father, which occurred in 1900. MADISON COUNTY, OHIO - 805 Elizabeth (Marshall) Neff, was the daughter of Rev. James M. and Sarah (Murray) Marshall; the father a native of Ohio and the mother a native of Ireland. Elizabeth (Marshall) Neff taught school in the early days of Pickaway county, Ohio. Mrs. Neff died on December 10, 1906. Both husband and wife had been great workers and supporters of the Methodist church. Court M. Neff, one of their eight children, was born on February 21, 1869, in Pickaway county, Ohio, and was reared on the farm in Pleasant township, Madison county, Ohio. He attended the district schools for a time, completing his schooling by attending one year in Delaware and two years in the schools of London. After concluding his days as a student, he began teaching, first in the district schools of Madison county, where he taught for eight years, and later teaching for six years in Fayette county and resigned and then served as rural mail carrier, the first carrier on rural route No. 2, out of Mt. Sterling. Subsequently, Mr. Neff became connected with the Security Building and Loan Association, in which company he served as clerk for three years. In 1909 he became a stockholder of the company and an insurance agent with Robert H. Schryver. Mr. Neff is now secretary of the Security Building and Loan Association, also a stockholder and director of the grain company. Mr. Neff is now a property owner in Mt. Sterling and one of the representative citizens of this thriving town. Mary E. Anderson, daughter of William P. and Lucina (Young) Anderson, both natives of Pleasant township, Madison county, Ohio, became the wife of Court M. Neff in 1894. Mrs. Neff was born on April 8, 1874, at the home of her parents in Pleasant township. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Neff was blessed with one child, Mary L., who was born, on April 18. 1902. Mr. Neff is chorister of the Christian church, of which he is an active member. He holds a membership in the Knights of Pythias, also in the Free and Accepted Masons, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His political sentiments are with the Democratic party and his progressive ideas make him a most likable gentleman and valuable help to both church and state. NATHAN GILLESPIE. The complex requirements necessary to the modern farmer of the present age demand a more liberal education than was essential in the days of the forefathers. Each decade rapid advancement in agricultural lines is noted, as well as in other professions and trades. In agricultural lines the heavy and extremely laborious tasks have been largely supplanted by scientific methods, employing machinery with its various uses, and the soil, once replete with all its virgin richness, has become depleted of its many necessary ingredients, and prolific harvests now require a scientific rotation of crops and a knowledge of what and how much is deficient in the land. The raising of graded stock demands study and experience. The old log school house has gone and it has been replaced with the convenient, well-built school buildings of the present day, in which the farmer's children are advanced from grade to grade, with minute calculations for their fitness to undertake their labors in the future. The obligations devolving upon the parents on the farm, in this age, are numerous and most essential to the welfare of their children and the prosperity of their respective communities. Nathan Gillespie, born on November 15, 1856, in Range township, Madison county, Ohio, procured for himself a broad, liberal education, which has been so essential in his duties as a father and a citizen. He is a man of vigorous mentality and is endowed with a strong, unbiased judgment, which is responsible for the full confidence of his fellow citizens bestowed upon him. 806 - MADISON COUNTY, OHIO. Living on the farm and of Scotch-Irish descent, Nathan Gillespie, son of Joseph and Sarah H. (Shepherd) Gillespie, who are referred to. in the sketch of Isaiah Gillespie, attended the district schools and later the National Normal College at Lebanon, Ohio. After completing his studies, at Lebanon, he took a commercial course at the business college. In 1878 Nathan Gillespie removed to his father's farm and became a tenant, and from this beginning, with his vigorous activity, he soon emerged as the owner of one hundred and ten acres of land deeded to him by his father. On this farm are found all the modern improvements, which are the result of the handiwork of Nathan Gillespie, who has added. to the original acreage of one hundred and ten acres and is now the owner of two hundred and fifty-six acres of well-improved land. The raising of graded stock has become a specialty on this farm. During the year 1878, which marked the start of his successful life in the agricultural line, Nathan Gillespie was united in marriage to Josie E. Counts, who was born on July 24, 1855, in Range township, Madison county, Ohio. She is the daughter of Peter and .Susan (Popejoy) Counts. The father, Peter Counts, was born in Ross county, Ohio, and came to Madison county, Ohio, where he herded cattle and devoted himself to farming until about the time of his death, which occurred. in 1877, at Danville, Ohio. Susan (Popejoy) Counts, the mother, was born on November 2, 1812, in Ross county, Ohio, and died on June 18, 1915, at the remarkable age of one hundred and three years. From the union of Nathan Gillespie and Josie E. Counts, four children have been born: Earl N., who married Lena Richardson, is a farmer living in Range township, Ohio; Effie is at home; Lelia M.,. who married W. A. Anderson, lives in Tennessee; William Paul, who is living on the home farm, is married to Louise Blaugher, formerly of Paint township, Ohio. In his political life, Nathan Gillespie is a Democrat; in church affairs, a Methodist, and in his fraternal relations, he. belongs to the Free and Accepted Masons. In educational affairs he has been an untiring worker, having served as a member of the school board, in Range township, for nine years. Personally, Nathan Gillespie is a most affable gentleman, honest and sincere in his business relations, wholesome and clean in his domestic and social life, with a sense of honor and uprightness which commands for him a position as one of the most influential citizens of Madison county, Ohio. BURTON B. CRAWFORD. The truest aristocracy is unselfish, conscientious service to one's family and to one's fellow men; the best claim to respect is that of sincere effort, along worthy avenues of endeavor, and the surest road to success is the selection of work which is best suited to one's ability and education. So, in the annals of Range township, Madison county, Ohio, appears the name of Burton B. Crawford, one of twelve children born to William and Sarah (Blizzard) Crawford, six of whom are now living. Burton B. Crawford, born on February 26, 1853, in Paint township, Madison county, Ohio, chose for his life work that which he was best adapted for, the vocation of husbandry, and in this special sphere has met with more than ordinary success. William Crawford, born on February 14, 1799, in Scotland, was the son of George and Amelia (Blizzard) Crawford, natives of Scotland, who removed to Virginia, where they remained until their deaths. He came to Madison county, Ohio, from Virginia, when a young man, and began teaching school in Range township, which occupation he followed for several years. Reaching the decision that a salary, no matter how large, was not a true recompense for the denial of pleasures to be gained through honest effort for himself, he purchased one hundred and forty acres of land, in Paint township, Madison county, Ohio, and engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death, which MADISON COUNTY, OHIO - 807 occurred on February 4, 1875, in London, Ohio. The wife of William Crawford, Sarah (Blizzard) Crawford, was born on October 11, 1811, in Range township, Madison county, Ohio, and was the daughter of Burton and Amelia (Willoughby) Blizzard, natives of Virginia. Her death occurred on April 24, 1888. The parents of Sarah (Blizzard) Crawford, Burton and Amelia (Willoughby) Blizzard, came to Madison county, Ohio, in the early days, and purchased land from the government for fifty cents an acre. This land consisted of nearly fourteen hundred acres and covered part. of the area known now as Range township, and, this unimproved wilderness, populated. entirely by savage Indians, became the home of the Blizzard family. They were the first white people to settle in Madison county, Ohio, and their nearest market was Chillicothe, Ohio. They drove from Virginia in a covered wagon, subsisting on game and wild fruits gathered by the way, and after they were settled in this new wild life, spun and wove the material from which they, made their garments. They became, the parents of eleven children, none of whom are living. Burton Blizzard was born on August 7, 1781, and died on April 11, 1860. Amelia (Willoughby) Blizzard was born on January 18, 1788, and died on October 2, 1881, at the age of ninety-three years. On Memorial Day, when our heads are uncovered in silent respect for those brave men who bled and died for their country's freedom from slavery; when the solemn requiem is sounded for those whose bravery rings loud in our hearts, and in the annals of America's history; when their deeds of daring and heroism are recounted, for the benefit of their descendants—another note, as sweet, and loud and clear as a clarion call, should be sounded, and a song sweeter than any .yet written should be sung above the graves of those pioneers who carved, from the cruelest savagery, "the land of the free and the homes of the brave." Another memorial day might well be set apart for the strewing of beautiful, sweet-scented flowers, .upon the graves of those who unflinchingly met a savagery, greater than any encountered in so-called "civilized warfare." And on that day the silent palaces of our pioneer dead should be draped with blankets of trailing arbutus, a flower typical of their lives. Burton B. Crawford was reared in Paint township, Madison county, Ohio, and attended the district schools of that section. When twenty-three years of age, he removed to Range township, where he was employed as a farm hand at a monthly wage, covering a period of three years. He then rented eighty acres of the Blizzard land and married the same year, 1879, Frances Gillespie, who was born on February 15, 1851, in Range township. In 1886 he purchased the present farm of one hundred and twenty-five acres, which had been sadly neglected, and at once set out an orchard and made other necessary improvements. The house and barn were built, almost entirely, from timber on the farm, and the breeding of Shorthorn cattle became one of the principal industries. The farm has been increased, until at the present time it consists of two hundred and twenty-five acres of some of the best land to be found in Madison county. To the, union of Burton B. Crawford and Frances .Gillespie, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Shepherd) Gillespie, have been born ten children: Mrs. Nettie Barrett, living in Paulding county, Ohio; Joseph, a farmer of Pleasant township, Ohio; Sarah, wife of William Bogard, who resides in Springfield, Ohio; Benjamin, a minister living in Pataskala, Ohio; Mrs. Louisa Johnson, at home; Frank, now in British Columbia ; Bert, deceased; Mrs. 011ie Dacie, now of Columbus, Ohio; Mrs. Millie Keifer, in London, Ohio; and Marion, deceased. Burton B. Crawford, politically is an independent voter. He has been township trustee for two years and a school director for four years. The life of Burton B. Crawford has been one worthy of true regard and loyal friendship. 808 - MADISON COUNTY, OHIO. JAMES WITHROW. Among the representative citizens. of Madison county, Ohio, there is no one who occupies a more highly-respected position than does James Withrow. As a self-made man he stands as a shining example of what can be accomplished by hard, conscientious work and strict attention to business. He is a most enterprising and successful farmer of Paint township, where he owns two hundred and four acres, comprising what is known as "Five Oaks Farm." Mr. Withrow is a veteran of the Civil War, having enlisted early in the war and served three years as a soldier in the Union army. James Withrow was born on January 18, 1842, in Paint township, Madison county, Ohio, the son of George Washington and Catherine (Truman) Withrow, the former of whom was born in Madison county, Ohio, February 27, 1813, and the latter was born in New York state, January 29, 1815. Catherine Truman came with her parents to Ohio when six years of age. She was married to George Washington Withrow on January 27, 1833, and to them were born fourteen children, seven of whom died in infancy. The seven children who grew to maturity were as follows: Margaret, born on May 7, 1834, married Albert Rankin, married, secondly, Isaac Kemp, who died in 1913, and she now lives in Union township; William, August 3, 1837, died on August 5, 1904; James, who is the subject of this sketch; John, July 12, 1844, is a resident of California; Lucy, July 6. 1846, is the wife of James McDonald and lives at Crescent, Iowa; David, July 26, 1850, lives in Paint township; Fannie, May 6, 1855, is the widow of Richard Armstrong and lives in Indiana. George Washington Withrow was the son of James and Mary (Stockton) Withrow, the latter of whom was a native of Pennsylvania and the daughter of Robert Stockton. James and Mary (Stockton) Withrow were the parents of eight children. James Withrow died in August, 1823, and his wife, who was born in 1778, died in April, 1841. Both were buried on the home farm, now a portion of the Paint township cemetery. William Withrow, from whom the family is descended in this country, was a native of England, who, upon coming to the United States. located in Pennsylvania. where he resided until his death. James Withrow, who married Mary Stockton, was a son of William Withrow and came from Pennsylvania to Ross county, Ohio, in 1801. Five years later, in 1806, he immigrated to Madison county. George Washington Withrow first purchased one hundred and seven acres of good land and added to it until, at one time, he owned twelve hundred acres. He was a farmer and stock raiser, a Whig in politics, but subsequently a Republican. He could justly be termed a Prohibition Republican. George Washington Withrow served as county commissioner and as township trustee. In early life he was a member of the Washingtonians and Sons of Temperance. and when forty years of age became a convert of the Methodist church and served as a trustee, steward and class leader of the Newport church. He was also a member of the Masonic fraternity. No man was better known in Paint township than he and no family is more highly respected than that bearing the name of Withrow. George Washington Withrow died on June 3, 1890, and his wife on April 5, 1886. James Withrow, the subject of this sketch, received a good common-school education. Until he reached maturity he lived at home on the farm, attending school in the winter. On July 22, 1861, he enlisted in Company K. Twenty-sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as a private, and was mustered out as a non-commissioned officer on July 21, 1864, having served three years. He was severely wounded at the battle of Mission Ridge and has always suffered from the effects of that wound. After returning home from the war, Mr. Withrow engaged in farming with his father and remained with him for five years. Later he purchased land until he now owns as fine a farm as can be found in Madison county. MADISON COUNTY, OHIO - 809 James Withrow was married on October 2, 1865, to Clara V. Peck, the daughter of Gideon and Deborah (Kilgore) Peck, the former of whom was born in Ross county, Ohio, February 14, 1814, and the latter was born on January 3, 1815. Mrs. Withrow was the youngest child in her parents' family and was born on December 26, 1845. Mrs. Withrow's parents were married on April 17, 1834. They were the parents of five children, of whom three are living: James, born on March 30, 1835, died on September 28, 1898; Sarah, November 4, 1836, is the widow of Clinton Rayburn, of London; Emma A., January 26, 1839, married Uriah Hussey on June 25, 1861, and lives in Indiana; Hagar, November 14, 1841, died on November 9, 1854; and Clara, the wife of Mr. Withrow. Mr. and Mrs. Gideon Peck came to Madison county, Ohio, and settled in Paint township on a farm in 1837, having moved to this county from Ross county. They remained in Paint township the rest of their lives. Mrs. Withrow's father died in 1879 and her mother in 1903. Mr. and Mrs. James Withrow have been the parents of three children, only one of whom' is living, Jennie, Sarah and May. Jennie died in infancy. Sarah married Edward Blaugher and to them were born two children, Louise and Clara. The mother of these children has been dead many years. Louise married Paul Gillespie, of Range township. Clara married Claude Dorn and has one daughter, Jean Elizabeth. May Withrow is the wife of Owen Taylor and has three sons, Marvin, Wayne and James. They live in London, Ohio. A Republican in politics, Mr. Withrow has served as township trustee for three years. He served as commissioner of Madison county for seven years and as school director for fourteen years. Mr. and Mrs. Withrow are active and devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Newport. Mr. Withrow served as superintendent of the Sunday school for twenty-five years, and as trustee of the church for forty years, he has also served as steward. On October 2, 1915, Mr. and Mrs. Withrow celebrated their golden wedding. ISAIAH GILLESPIE. To successfully cultivate a tract of land, and at the same time rear, carefully and well, a family, is a difficult thing of accomplishment and the best index to a man's character. Isaiah Gillespie, of London, Range township, Madison county, Ohio, has done both, and by his well-directed efforts and virile nature has won a commendable success in life. Isaiah Gillespie was born on February 11, 1843, in Range township. Madison county, Ohio, and is the son of Joseph and Sarah H. (Shepherd) Gillespie. To Joseph and Sarah H. (Shepherd) Gillespie nine children were born: Eliza J., deceased; James S., of Washington C. H., Ohio, a retired farmer; Isaiah, a farmer of Range township; Margaret, deceased; Samuel, living near St. Paris, Ohio; Mrs. Frances Crawford, living in Range township; Ruth, widow of R. B. Jones, living in Springfield. Ohio; Nathan, of Range township, this county ; and Joseph. who lives at Dayton, Ohio. Joseph Gillespie, the father of this family, was born on July 8, 1807, in the state of New York, and in early childhood moved to Fayette county, Ohio. with his parents. Fayette county was the scene of his boyhood, where he learned the trade of blacksmith. at which vocation he worked for four years, in Bloomingburg. Ohio, from from the age of seventeen until twenty-one, inclusive. Continuing at this trade of the anvil, he also engaged in farming, combining the two, and in Madison county found it wise to follow both occupations until his death, which occurred on December 5, 1890. Sarah H. (Shepherd) Gillespie, the wife of Joseph Gillespie. was born on May 29, 1819, in Ross county, Ohio, and died at the advanced age of seventy-eight years. her 810 - MADISON COUNTY, OHIO death occurring on February 17, 1897. Her parents were natives of Virginia but of English extraction. Reared within one-half mile of where he now resides, Isaiah Gillespie has been a dominant factor the growth and expansion, of his community. He received his education in the Concord district school, located in Range township. He remained on the farm until twenty-eight years of age, when he began work with his brother-in-law, continuing for two years. On November 4, 1877, Isaiah Gillespie was united in marriage to Mary A: Mulford, born on September 29, 1855, in London, Ohio, and shortly afterward rented land from his father, which he cultivated until 1886. About this time be fell heir to seventy-five acres, upon which he made improvements and additions, until at the present time he is the owner of one hundred and twenty-seven acres of well-improved land. Mary A. Mulford, his first wife, was a graduate of the Union schools and taught for three terms in the district schools, after her graduation. To their union were born three children; Edward, Carl and Harris. Edward 'farms the home place, and is a breeder of. Shorthorn cattle and a fancier of full-blood stock. Carl is a natural. artist and has made a specialty .of doing landscapes and cattle in oil. One of his paintings, was exhibited at. the. London fair and was awarded a prize. The picture was a June landscape, showing, a few dead trees in the foreground. Harris is a graduate of the Ohio State University and the Drew Theological Seminary, of Madison, New Jersey. He began his ministry in 1910, and now has a pastorate at Hannibal, Ohio: He married Sadie Lou Smith, of Atlanta, Georgia, and has two children, Isaiah Harris and Margaret Irene. The mother of these children died on October 13, 1883. On November 17, 1887; Isaiah Gillespie was united in marriage to Rachel M. Fox, who was born on January 15, 1850, in Clinton county, Ohio, and died on November 29, 1903: Isaiah Gillespie is a Democrat, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. This short and simple review is wholly inadequate to depict the virtues, or the sterling worth of this highly-respected citizen, who holds the sincere regard of all wno know him. ISAIAH SHEPHERD A remarkable instance of progressive husbandry over old methods is shown on the modern farm of Isaiah Shepherd, of London, Range township, Madison county, Ohio. and . the increase in land values has been so great as to elicit surprise. The parents were pioneers in Ohio, the father having been born in this state more than one hundred years ago, in 1802, and the mother, in 1818, in Ross county, Ohio. Andrew and Nancy (Price) Shepherd came to Range township in 1835 and bought the present farm of six hundred and forty acres' for six dollars an acre. This place Mr. Shepherd cultivated for thirty-nine years, until his death, which occurred in 1874. In those days only the crude methods were used in the building of homes and the cultivation of the crops, but those very methods, inefficient as they were, became the groundwork of present-clay success. Without the inspiration and example of those old pioneers, the civilization of today, would be of a much lower order than it now is. Both Andrew and Nancy (Price) Shepherd were members of the Methodist church, and they carefully reared their children in that belief. The mother passed away in 1906, at the age of eighty-eight years. Isaiah Shepherd is one of seven children boric to Andrew and Nancy (Price) Shepherd, four of whom are living at the present time, and was born on March 12, 1849, in Range township, Madison county, Ohio. His education was very limited, and was received in the district schools of Range township. MADISON COUNTY, OHIO - 811 He remained on the home place until twenty-four years of age, at which time his father gave him one hundred acres of land nad he at once proceeded to begin agricultural operations for himself. On February 11, 1872, the marriage of Isaiah Shepherd and Susan Newman, daughter of William and Adeline (Belle) Newman, natives of Ohio, was solemnized. Her parents were formerly of Morgan county, Ohio, in which place she was born, on. January 15, 1852, but removed to Madison county in 1880, and settled in Range township, where they farmed until their death. Isaiah and Susan (Newman) Shepherd are the parents of eight children. Milton, of Mt. Sterling, Ohio; an infant, and Addle J., deceased; Francis M., who lives in Range township; Edward, a graduate of Lebanon College, and now going to college at Athens, Ohio; Mrs. Myrtle Call, a resident in Range township; Russell, deceased; and Horace, who lives in Range township. Isaiah Shepherd has added to the original farm of one hundred acres given him by his father, until at the present time it consists of one hundred and sixty-two acres, well improved, with proper buildings and all necessary equipment for modern farming. Upon this place there still remains eighteen acres of timber. Several prizes have been won by the sons of Isaiah Shepherd on the products of this farm at the London, Ohio, fairs. The old homestead was a log cabin and very different from the present home. Oxen were used for the cultivation of the crops, one team having weighed two thousand pounds each. The politics of Isaiah Shepherd are Democratic, and he has always been, a strong advocate of all party policies. His religious principles are based upon the creeds of the Methodist church, of which he is a member. HARRY HEATH. A farm of two hundred acres, located in Madison county, Ohio, reveals to the view of observing persons the thrift which has been the dominant factor in the life of Harry Heath, a resident of Sedalia. Madison county, Ohio. Formerly a renter on this land, he is now the owner, beside which he owns a modern home in the town of Sedalia. Harry Heath, born on March 24, 1868, in Pickaway county, Ohio, is the son of Andrew and Emma (Lambert) Heath, to whom nine children were born, seven of whom are living to cheer the "Indian summer" of their lives. The town of Derby now hides from view the old landmarks of his boyhood home, and the former fields of grain are now obliterated by the commercial scenes which have taken their place. Andrew Heath was born on September 12, 1831, in Pickaway county, Ohio. He came to Madison county, Ohio. in 1887, and settled in Sedalia, where he owns property. Emma (Lambert) Heath was born on March 20, 1841, in Maryland, and came with her parents to Franklin county, "Ohio, when only four years of age. Both Andrew and Emma (Lambert) Heath are living, and are members of the Sedalia, Ohio, Presbyterian church. Harry Heath was reared on his father's farm and received his education in the district schools of Pickaway county. Of the many men in Range township who follow agricultural interests, none are more industrious or worthy of respect than this energetic citizen, who, in addition to his other interests, is manager of the Riddle farm. He keeps a very high grade of stock, which he has been busy selling for four years. In 1889 Harry. Heath was united in marriage to Louie Bethards, who was born in 1869, in Range township, Madison county, Ohio. They are the parents of the following children : Edward C., who is farming on the Riddle land, and Emma and Guy, who are at home. Harry Heath is a stanch Republican and lends his enthusiastic support to that party in all its elections, considering the good of the people in connection with the. 812 - MADISON COUNTY, OHIO. various candidates for office. That he takes an active interest in all questions pertaining to the public welfare is evidenced in the fact that he is a member of three of the most prominent orders in the world, the Free and Accepted Masons, the Knights of Pythias and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. With all of his business, fraternal and family interests, Harry Heath finds time to attend the house of worship and to assist, in every way possible, the upbuilding of the community. JOHN R. WINGFIELD. Very many counties in the United States have the serious problem of caring for thousands of orphan children, homeless little waifs who long for the love and affection they have lost and who would respond to such care, by developing into noble characters, if only given the chance. There are thousands of homes where the sound of a child's voice is sorely needed to complete the home atmosphere, and this question would be so easily solved if these empty hearts would only respond to the hungry call of these lonely children—unfortunately left to work out their own destinies, unaided by home environment or loving advise—thereby making complete the homes and hearts of those to whom nature has denied this supreme pleasure. John R. Wingfield, Sedalia, Madison county, Ohio, is one that responded to this call and who firmly believes the Master's words, "And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me." John R. Wingfield, born on February 9. 1834, in Albermarle county, Virginia, was one of twelve children born to Robert C. and Eliza (Elson) Wingfield, both natives of Albermarle county, Virginia. Only six of these children are now living. Robert C. Wingfield was born in 1802, remaining in Albemarle county until thirty-eight years of age, when he emigrated to the state of Missouri, traveling in a covered wagon. Sixty miles west of St. Louis he purchased a farm and remained there for some time. While living on this place, in Lincoln county, he was thrown from a horse and injured for life. Returning to his old home in Virginia, in 1849, he bought four hundred acres of land; later he sold this and purchased five hundred and eighteen acres of land In Upshure county, Virginia, in 1854, and resumed his agricultural pursuits. Born in 1802, he passed away in the month of February, in the year 1867, at the age of sixty-five years. Robert C. Wingfield was the son of John and Anna (Buster) Wingfield, both natives of Virginia. Eliza (Elson) Wingfield was born in 1811 and died in 1887, at the age of seventy-six years. John R. Wingfield came to Madison county, on March 19, 1865, at the age of thirty-one years and settled in Range township, where he rented a farm near Danville. The present farm, of one hundred and eighteen acres, was purchased in 1873, for the sum of fifty dollars and fifty cents per acre. After making the initial payment there still remained two thousand five hundred dollars to be paid, and having practically nothing left this seemed quite a problem. but undaunted he went to work, made immediate improvements, and by diligent effort succeeded in paying for the place which he now owns. The original home was a story and a half house, eighteen by thirty-eight feet, and the barn was a mere planked-up shed, large enough to care for four horses. John R. Wingfield received very little education in the subscription schools which he attended in Virginia, but he has steadily progressed, demonstrating that an education is not absolutely necessary in order to gain a competency nor yet to attain a place of respect among one's fellow men. John R. Wingfield has assisted in the building of the pike roads of Range township, having extended one mile through his own labors. In 1856 he was married to Sarah E. Walker, who was born on January 11, 1836, in Virginia. and as no children blessed their union, they adopted the daughter of Charles and Samantha J. (Gallagher) Rhodes, natives of Ohio. This daughter, Cora A. Rhodes, having lost her mother when MADISON COUNTY, OHIO - 813 only three years of age, was carefully reared and given an education by her foster parents, and is now married and with her husband is operating the home place for this man who has truly applied his religion in a practical way. Cora A. (Rhodes) Counts is the mother of two boys, Paul W. and Roger D. That John R. Wingfield has the confidence of his fellow citizens is shown by the fact that he was township trustee for eighteen years. He is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons and of the Presbyterian church. Politically, he is a Democrat, also a deacon in the church in which he is a member. CHARLES S. BETHARDS. Next in importance to the raising of food is its preparation for use and its distribution. And here, as elsewhere, the honest man, be he producer or merchant, fills his place in a community life with as much importance as he whose name is writ large in history. When public health depends upon honest dealing, who shall say that one's work is valueless though it be only concerned with the marketing of the product? Both as teacher, and as manager of a large grain elevator, Charles S. Bethards is a man worthy of place among the leaders of local business enterprises. Mr. Bethards, manager of the Vent & Riddle Company, was born on July 14, 1868, in Range township, this county, his parents being Thomas N. and Louise (Barker) Bethards. Thomas N. Bethards was twice married, and to the first union were born two children, these being Charles S. and Mrs. Louie Heath, of Sedalia, Ohio. Thomas N. Bethards was a native of this township, being born in 1839, and always followed the occupation of farming in this immediate vicinity, owning at the time of his death, in 1891, twenty-five acres of land. Louise (Parker) Bethards was born in Sedalia, Ohio, in 1835, and died in 1870. She was the daughter of Thomas and Margaret Parker, who were well-known farmers, coming from Maryland. Both parents of the subject of this sketch were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Thomas N. Bethards was a man of patriotic principles and of courageous character. Not long after the Civil War was declared he enlisted at Xenia, Ohio, in a company that was formed at Sedalia, in the Seventy-fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He had the honor of serving under General Sherman, and remained in the war for three years and three months. His second wife was Eliza Edwards, and there were no children born of this marriage. The early career. of Charles S. Bethards was marked by no special favoritism of fortune; born and reared on a farm, his educational advantages were only such as were procurable in the rural schools of this township at that dine. That he made the most of these advantages, however, is shown by the fact that as soon an his own early education was completed, he began teaching. That was in the year 1888, the place being in Stokes and Range townships. After being a teacher for fourteen years, during which time he served with distinction and devotion, he came to Sedalia, and entering upon a business career, immediately became manager of the Vent & Riddle Elevator Company, a position which he has held ever since. Mr. Bethards has been versatile enough to carry on more than one line of business, for when a branch of the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton railroad was built to Sedalia, he became their agent. Later he was employed also by the American Express Company. Never quite able to divorce his interests entirely from agricultural work, Mr. Bethards still operates his splendid farm, upon which he has placed many valuable improvements. He owns thirty-three acres of land in this township, and has nine lots in Sedalia. In 1890 took place the ceremony which united Charles S. Bethards and Gertrude M. Ervin in matrimony. His wife was born in Madison county, and is the daughter of 814 - MADISON COUNTY, OHIO. William and Clara (Carr) Ervin, who are natives of this county. Only one child was born to Mr. and. Mrs. Bethards, a daughter, named Lucile M.   Mr. and Mrs. Bethards have always been devoted in. their religious life, be earnest members of the Christian church. The subject is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons. Also of the Knights of Pythias. He is a man who stands high in the business and social life of the community in which he lives. As a business man his judgment is respected, and in the broader fields of activity, where strong character is an asset, Mr. Bethards is an acknowledged force. NEWTON K. COOK. By the simple process of substitution, the popularized exhortation "back to the farm" may be pertinently changed to. the admonition. "stick to the farm." The one comes in the form of practical advice to the prodigal, who, having had visions of the towering city with its dreamed myriad of pleasures and countless opportunities, has left the farm ; and the other is a plea for the youth, to remain on the farm and to cast aside the illusionary visions of an urban life so attractive to the growing mind of the youth. Among the number of those discreet persons who have succeeded in casting aside the visions of a life off the. farm and who have faithfully devoted their entire lives to the vocation of husbandry. is Newton K. Cook, a prosperous. and well-known farmer of Pleasant township, Madison county, and the proprietor of one hundred and twenty-five acres of as fine land as can be found in Pleasant township. Newton K. Cook was born on April 29, 1868, on the farm where he now lives in Pleasant township, the son of John and Elizabeth (Heath) Cook, both of whom were born in Pleasant township. The father was born, on May 2, 1842, and the mother in 1844, near the present home of her son, Newton K. She was the daughter of David and Nancy (Thomas) Heath, natives of Ohio. Reared on the farm. John Cook remained on his father's farm until the outbreak of the Civil .War, at which time he enlisted in the Fortieth Regiment. Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was being mustered at Camp Chase. ..He served faithfully throughout the entire war, and upon its conclusion returned to Madison county and again took up farming. He rented the farm upon which his son, Newton K., now lives. In . the meantime his wife had inherited some land in Benton county, Indiana, and the family removed to that county in the early seventies. Eight years later, however, John W. Cook sold the land in Benton county and removed. with his family to Pickaway county. where he bought a .farm. situated five miles from Mt. Sterling. After the death of Elizabeth (Heath) Cook, in 1884, the farm in Pickaway county was given to the two sons, Newton K. and Harry John Cook remained on the farm with his two sons only a short time after the death of his .wife, removing. to a farm near Derby, Ohio. Marrying the second time, lie lived with his wife on the Derby farm for a period of twelve years, after which time the family removed to Ashville, North Carolina. in quest of health for one of their children. The family lived in North Carolina for eight years or until the death of Mrs. Cook. John Cook then removed to Oklahoma. where he is now living and engaging in the hotel business. To John and Elizabeth. (Heath) Cook two children were born, Newton K., and Harry. The former is the subject of this sketch, and the latter is engaged in the hotel business at Chicago, Illinois. Like his father; Newton K. Cook was reared on the farm and wisely chose farming as his life work. He received his elementary education in the public schools in Benton county. Indiana, and later supplemented his elementary training by attending the Derby high school for a period of two years. When twenty-three years of age, he rented land in Fairfield township, Madison county. Five years later Newton K. Cook moved to Pickaway county and located on the farm which his mother had bequeathed to him and MADISON COUNTY, OHIO - 815 his brother. He remained in Pickaway county for two years, at the expiration of which time he returned to Madison. county and located on the farm he now occupies, which he had inherited from his, grandfather, David Heath.. Having made many improvements on the farm, Mr. Cook has brought it up to a high state of. productivity and strictly modern in every detail. In 1890 Newton K. Cook was united in marriage with Minnie Anderson, who was born on March 24, 1870, in Pleasant township, the daughter of William P. and Leonora (Young) Anderson. Two children have been born to this happy union, Edith and Sherman, both of whom are living at home with their parents. In politics Newton K. Cook is an ardent Republican, and is vitally interested in the politics of Madison county and Pleasant township. He has been trustee of Pleasant township for a period of eight years, and has filled this office to the entire satisfaction of the people of this township. Mr. and Mrs. Cook are members of the Christian church and active in the various circles of the church. Mr. Cook is identified with the Knights of Pythias lodge at Mt. Sterling. WILLIAM COWAN. With untiring perseverance, even as a boy, William Cowan, of Mt. Sterling, Madison county, Ohio, has demonstrated in his life's work, to a, remarkable degree, what may be accomplished by one man. Storting among strangers as a, farm hand at the tender age of eleven years, this mere boy not only undertook to do something but did it and in the doing. succeeded. Many, men, struggle from boyhood to mature years but do not guide their labors with a proper mixture of thought in order to insure results. William Cowan is a man among men, a thinking, capable farmer, investor and business man. He was born on March 6, 1852, at Chillicothe, Ross county, Ohio, the only child of Harvey and Sarah , (Roberson) Cowan. In 1877, at the age of twenty-six years, William Cowan was married to Ellen Jukes, who was born in May, 1.857, Lafayette, Indiana, and was the daughter of William and Margaret (McMahon) —lakes. Three children have, blessed the lives of William and Ellen Cowan, namely : Mrs. Minnie Francis, who lives at Columbus, Ohio ; Mrs. Carrie Cannon, living at Columbus, and Mrs. Nellie Waldo, who also lives at Columbus. In 1878, one year after his marriage, William Cowan rented land in. Ross county, Ohio, for seven years and then had a threshing rig and continued to operate, in that line for a period of some thirty years. He removed in 1885 to Range township, Madison county, Ohio, where he rented four, hundred acres of farm laud, continuing as a renter on that property for eleven years. During that period he bought forty-three acres in Range township and rented several more farms. He rapidly increased his farming operations. and in 1910 purchased fifty-seven acres more in Range township, in addition to the forty-three acres he had previously purchased. William Cowan has been prominent, not only in the farm line but as a stock man and has made numerous exhibits at the Madison county fairs of both grain and stock. He has always been at the front in his busy life and is. a stockholder, in the First National. Bank of Mt. Sterling. also in the Security Building and Loan Association of Mt. Sterling, Ohio. Politically he is a Democrat and in 1901 was elected as trustee of Range township. This office he resigned in 1907 and the same year he was again honored by the election as trustee of Pleasant township. In his faith be is a Methodist and takes a deep interest in the church and its affairs. He is a member of the men's choir of the church, Mrs. Cowan is. also a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and is an earnest worker in the Missionary Society and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. In lodge life Mr. Cowan is a member of the Knights of Pythias. Now, in 816 - MADISON COUNTY. OHIO. the sunset of his life, at the age of sixty-four years, he is reaping the benefits of a successful career, honored by his legion of friends, he and his wife are enjoying all the comforts of home in their modern residence, located in the heart of Mt. Sterling, where they moved in 1907. SAMUEL J. PAULLIN. Samuel J. Paullin, of Sedalia, Range township, Madison county, Ohio, is the son of Uriah and Martha (Green) Paullin, to whom seven children were born. Letetia, who married Capt. Noah Jones, of the Fourth Ohio Cavalry, both deceased ; Samuel J., whose name heads this review ; Mary M. Klever, whose husband is a breeder of fancy Poland China hogs and Shorthorn cattle, and lives in Bloomingburg, Ohio ; Sarah C. Hankins, of Fayette county, Ohio ; and Matilda J. Clark, who lives in Washington C. H., Ohio. Two of the seven children died in infancy. Samuel J. Paullin was born on September 29, 1849, in Fayette county, Ohio. The father, Uriah Paullin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Paullin, was born on February 24, 1813, in Greene county, Ohio. His parents were natives of New Jersey. Uriah Paullin bade adieu to his paternal home in 1843 and purchased land in Fayette county, Ohio, where he was one of the early settlers who cleared and prepared the land for cultivation and habitation. He was a very liberal, hardworking, industrious man, giving generously to those less fortunate than himself. At the time of his death he owned three hundred and seventy acres of land, which he had accumulated by hard work and perseverance. His wife, Martha (Green) Paullin, whose parents, Thomas and Marguerite (Job) Green, came from Virginia in a covered wagon of the "Lange" type, was born on February 14, 1824, in Plain City, Madison county, Ohio. Samuel J. Paullin, the second born of Uriah and Martha (Green) Paullin, received his early education in the district schools of Paint township, Fayette county, Ohio, later taking a high school course at Bloomingburg, Ohio. After completing his high school course he entered the college at Yellow Springs, Ohio, where he completed his education. In 1872, when twenty-three years of age, Samuel J. Paullin began a two-year course of teaching but soon decided that the life of a farmer presented a broader scope of living and upon this decision entered the agricultural field, in Fayette county, Ohio. Five years later, on January 1, 1879, Flora A. Core, daughter of Abraham and Clarinda (Clarridge) Core, was united in marriage to Samuel J. Paullin and they removed, almost immediately, to Madison county, Ohio, where he purchased one hundred and seventy-five acres of land, unimproved, and began rather extensive improvements. A nice home was built and maple trees set out for shade. Later a large barn was erected for the comfortable housing of stock, and in 1882 he began the breeding of Shorthorn cattle and has had several public sales of the same, as well as exhibits. He discontinued the breeding of cattle in 1906. Flora A. (Core) Paullin, was born on October 21, 1857, in Fayette county, Ohio, and came to Madison county, Ohio, when a child of seven years. Her father was a very extensive farmer and stock man and at one time during his career fed from two thousand 'to three thousand sheep. During a storm the father was killed by a frightened horse but the mother is still living at Sedalia, Ohio. Flora A. (Core) Paullin received her education in the common schools of Madison county, Ohio, attended Freeport Normal school at Freeport, Illinois, for one year, and began teaching school at the age of seventeen years, following that vocation for a number of terms in the counties of Madison and Fayette. At the present time Samuel J. Paullin owns one hundred and seventy-five acres of well-improved land and a stockholder in the Farmers Bank, at Seladia, Ohio, of which MADISON COUNTY, OHIO - 817 bank he is also vice-president. He is a loyal Republican and takes an active interest in all local questions pertaining to party matters. Samuel J. Paullin has a very happy family consisting of himself and wife and eight children, all of whom have done their part in promoting the interests of the family and the welfare of their fellow citizens. Mrs. Merta E. Dorn, the first born, is living in Range township; Herman L. is living in the eastern part of the same township; Wilber, is assistant superintendent of the Industrial Insurance Company, of Columbus, Ohio; Edgar C. is living near Mt. Sterling, Ohio; Minnie A., is employed in the music store of Goldsmiths, in Columbus, Ohio; Elda, is a teacher in the primary school department, at Sedalia, Ohio; Martha H., is at home; Clara Helen married John Donahue and lives in Paint township, Madison county, Ohio. Samuel J. Paullin has been a member of the Free and Accepted Masons for forty-one years, he is also a member of the Knights of Pythias. Samuel J. Paullin and his wife are both members of the Methodist church. Mrs. Paullin has been the organist of this church for forty years. She is a member of the Ladies' Aid Society and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Mr. Paullin has served as school director. He has been vice-president of the Farmers Mutual Union Fire Insurance Company for fourteen years. This company has grown from $100,000 to $3,500,000. THOMAS MONTGOMERY While the man who has taken advantage of opportunity is ever a source of emulation and pride, his success grows dim when compared with that of the one who, without early advantages, has wrested victory from apparent failure through sheer force of character. For this reason, the man whose life forms the subject matter of this sketch is well worthy of the commendation which a study of his career must call forth. Thomas Montgomery, a well-known farmer of this county, was born on July 15, 1855, on the farm which is still his home. He is the son of Robert and Sarah (Horrell) Montgomery. Robert Montgomery was born on February 6, 1825, in Madison county, Ohio, near Newport, and was reared on the farm of his father, Hugh Montgomery, a native of Pennsylvania. He remained a farmer in this county until his retirement in 1900, when he made his home with his son, Thomas, until the time of his death on March 19, 1915. When he passed away he had lived more than the allotted four score and ten, for he was ninety years, one month and nineteen days old. His wife, who was born in Madison county, died when her son, Thomas, was only four years of age. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery were born in the order named, as follow : John, a farmer in Mahaska county, Iowa; Christopher. deceased; Thomas; a fourth child who died in infancy; and Jane, who died single. Having attended the district schools only, Thomas Montgomery has had to be content with a meager education. During vacations and after school hours he worked on his father's farm, of which he began to take entire charge in 1885. Mr. Montgomery has always been progressive in his ideas on agricultural subjects, and has from time to time placed on his property valuable improvements. He is now the owner of two hundred and twenty acres of land on which are located modern buildings. Besides his farming interests, Mr. Montgomery is an owner of stock in the First National Bank of Mt. Sterling. In 1886 Thomas Montgomery was married to Carrie Lane, who was born in Fairfield township on October 2, 1864, and reared in Pleasant township. Mrs. Montgomery is the daughter of William and Elizabeth (Morain) Lane of Madison county. The two children born to Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery are Elda, deceased, and Mrs. Edna Reay, of Pleasant township. (52) 518 - MADISON COUNTY, OHIO. Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery are members of the Christian church, in which they have been very active. Mr. Montgomery is a Republican, and has served this county by his membership on the school board, which duty he has performed conscientiously. By his industry his genial nature and his honesty Mr. Montgomery has long enjoyed the esteem of all who know him, and is regarded as one of Madison county's most worthy citizens. EDWARD B. MEADE, M. D. If there is one profession above all others where faith and optimism are essential, it is that of the physician. Coming as he does in daily, almost hourly contact with the pain and sorrow of life, he must be endowed with a skill so great and a personality so strong that it unconsciously belittles the power of these adverse forces, and transforms them into health, harmony and happiness. Dr. Edward B. Meade, a physician and surgeon and former mayor of Sedalia. was born on December 7, 1860, near London, Ohio, and is the son of Lewis and Anna (Keating) Meade. Lewis Meade was a native of Cuyahoga county, Ohio, having been born there in 1840. He came to this county when a young man, rented and managed large farms and became prominent in this line of work which he followed until his death in 1910. His wife was born about 1842, in New Orleans, Louisiana, and died in 1905. To them were born three children, Emma, later Mrs. Sheppard, who is now deceased; Mrs. Marguerite Woodman, of South Charleston; and the subject of this review. Edward B. Meade remained at home until his eighteenth year, attending the district schools of Range township: For a short time he attended the college at Lebanon, Ohio, and subsequently was graduated from the Columbus Business College. In 1885 he attended the Starling Medical College, at Columbus, Ohio. from which institution he was graduated in 1888. He immediately began the practice of medicine in Sedalia, where he remained ever since. Besides his medical practice Doctor Meade has retained an interest in farm life, and owns one hundred and twenty-five acres of valuable land in Range township. He has given some attention to the breeding of trotting horses and has owned at different times many of whom he has been justly proud. Doctor Meade at one time owned "Lady Ashland," whose record as a pacer was 2:10 1/3. While the Doctor never engaged in the racing business, he is well known among horse dealers and has marketed a great many fine animals. Edward B. Meade's marriage to Jennie E. Pancake was solemnized in 1887 she being a native of Range township, where she was born on May 2, 1864. Mrs. Meade is the daughter of James S. and Eleanor (Foster) Pancake. She is a woman of culture and refinement and was educated at the Wesleyan University, at Delaware, Ohio. Only one of the three children born in this home are living, this being Edward. now attending Dartmouth University, at Hanover, New Hampshire. He was born on December 12. 1895. The other two children born to Doctor and Mrs. Meade were Iva and Helen. Doctor Meade, who is a Republican, was at one time a member of the city council and was later elected mayor of Sedalia. This position he filled with honor to himself and credit to the people whom he served. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. in which denomination he was for a number of years a member of the official board. Doctor Meade is prominent as a member of the Free and Accepted Masons. The man who can be a success not only in an exacting profession of this kind. but who can also so win the respect of a community as to become its chief executive. must indeed be a forceful personality and a man of high principles and exemplary conduct. MADISON COUNTY, OHIO - 819 JOHN W. CHENOWETH. A writer on agricultural subjects has said, "The farm must supply in the future, as it has in the past, the leaders in statesmenship, science, art, commerce and industries of all kinds." To be a successful farmer, therefore, requires characteristics involving the same qualities which make for success in other lines of human achievement. Although the pathway of the present subject was made somewhat less rugged by the inheritance of land, yet, in retaining this and adding to it he developed the same traits of character which all successful men must possess. Mr. Chenoweth was born on September 9, 1846, in Pleasant township, Madison county, Ohio, being the son of Jeremiah B. and Eliza (Foster) Chenoweth. Jeremiah B. Chenoweth, who was of Scotch-Irish descent, was quite prominent in his time, being owner at his death of fourteen hundred acres of land, and well known in the county. He was the son of John and Margaret (Ferguson) Chenoweth and was born on September 22, 1816, near London, Ohio, in Fairfield township. He was a prosperous and hard-working farmer, but always had time for an interest in affairs concerning his native county. He remained at home until a young man, and then did farm work away from home until 1847, when with his earnings he was able to purchase the present farm of over one thousand acres. When he bought the same it was covered with timber and swamps, but the improvements which he immediately began to make soon increased the value from the original sale price of seven dollars an acre. The first home of this pioneer and his wife was a log cabin, and in this they lived from 1837 until 1860. when they built a fourteen-room house which later burned down. Eliza Foster was born on April 2, 1824, in Ross county, Ohio, her parents, James and Margaret (Bowyer) Foster. natives of the same county. They came to Madison county about 1825 and located in Range township. The mother died in 1906. To Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah Chenoweth were born nine children, the eldest and youngest being girls who died in childhood. The children were: Martha, deceased; James F., killed in the Civil War; John W., the subject of this sketch; Daniel, Nelson P. and George W., all of whom are deceased; Scott, a retired farmer of London; Newton, who lives in Muncie, Indiana; and Mary A.. deceased. The boys born in this home and who later died all reached manhood before their death. John W. Chenoweth was married twice, his first wife being Alice Henry, to whom he was married in 1872. She was born in 1847 and died in 1874. Having been a widower for four years, Mr. Chenoweth then married Sarah C. Creath, born on February 23, 1852, in Pleasant township. who is the daughter of Owen and Harriet (Loofbourrow) Creath. Having attended .the district schools, in 1865 she was admitted as a student in the Mt. Sterling high school and later became a teacher in her eighteenth year. Her first school was in Pleasant township, and for the following nine years she taught in Madison and Fayette county schools. Mrs. Chenoweth's father was born on November 26, 1825, in Pleasant township, and migrated to Iowa with his family when still a young man, the journey being made in covered wagons, when even pioneers were few in number. This family settled in Washington county. During the war Mr. Creath enlisted at Washington, Iowa, in Company K. One Hundred and Thirteenth Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and was killed at the battle of Shiloh, or Pittsburg Landing, as it is sometimes called, in the first battle in which he took part. Mr. Creath was born on December 24, 1827, at Lancaster, Ohio. Both parents of Mrs. Chenoweth were Presbyterians. Mrs. Chenoweth had only two sisters. To this union were born six children, namely: Mrs. Mary Lohr. of London, Ohio; Fillmore Jackson,. who died in 1852; Mrs. Sarah Chenoweth; Mrs. Helen Lohr, of Augusta, Georgia : Elmira, deceased; Thomas L., of Range township. By his second wife Mr. Chenoweth became the father of three children, these 820 - MADISON COUNTY, OHIO. being Mrs. Mary Browning Brown, of Columbus, Ohio; Mrs. Helen B. Cook, of Columbus, Ohio; and Armour, who is married and living at home with the parents. Mr. Chenoweth is a Methodist and a Republican. He has been noted as a farmer for his expert and progressive methods in farm work and as a man capable of sincere and lifelong friendships. CHARLES F. SANFORD. The history of Charles F. Sanford has long been closely identified with that of Madison county, where his parents before him were early settlers. Mr. Sanford is of the highest type of ambitious and substantial citizenship, where his industry and integrity have been an inspiration to others, and whose influence for good has spread far beyond the limits of the community in which he resides. Charles F. Sanford, farmer of Monroe township, Madison county, was born on December 20, 1854, on a farm adjoining the one he now owns. He is the son of William F. and Caroline (Brown) Sanford. He grew to manhood on the farm, attended the district schools, and afterward entered the normal school at Worthington, Ohio, finishing his education at the National Normal School, at Lebanon, Ohio. After completing his education, Mr. Sanford taught school in Madison and Champaign counties for twelve years, during which time he saved a little money, with which he leased sixty-five acres of land from Mary A. Thurman. In about six years he was the manager of twenty-seven hundred acres of land, so continuing until the death of Mrs. Thurman, when the land was divided among the heirs. Mr. Sanford and Allen W. Thurman bought one thousand acres of this land, five hundred acres of which were covered with timber. They began to divide the land up and sell it in small tracts to suit purchasers, and this venture became very successful. Mr. Sanford later was induced to plat a town site, comprising one hundred and twenty-three lots, the town, which was named "Sanford," being built in what was known as the "Big Thurman Woods." When the United States postal department was asked to locate a postoffice in the new village the name Sanford could not be used, as a similar name for an Ohio postoffice was already in use. The name of Plumwood was then substituted. The village, however, stands today recorded in the original name, Sanford. Politically, Mr. Sanford has always been an active supporter of the policies of the Republican party, and has ,officiated as justice of the peace and as a member of the school board for many years, positions which he still fills. Mr. and Mrs. Sanford are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Plumwood, where the former is a member of the official board, and is active in the work, going as. a delegate to the conferences. Mr. and Mrs. Sanfdrd are active supporters of the temperance cause, Mrs. Sanford being president of the local. Woman's Christian Temperance Union, while Mr. Sanford is a member of the county committee of the Young Men's Christian Association. He has been a member of the Farmers National Congress for a number of years, serving as vice-president for two years and as president for the same length of time. He is a stockholder in the Exchange Bank at London, Ohio, and vice-president of the Farmers National Life Insurance Company, located at Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Sanford also served for six years as county school examiner of Madison county, Ohio. At the present time his real estate holdings amount to about one thousand acres of land, all located in Madison county, 'excepting a small part, which is located in Franklin county. William F. Sanford, father of the subject of this sketch, was born at Hoboken, New Jersey, in 1819, and his wife, Caroline (Brown) Sanford, was born on August 18, 1826, in Somerford township, Madison county. Mr. Sanford came with his parents to Ohio, locating in Somerford township, where he grew up and married. He started farm- MADISON COUNTY, OHIO - 821 ing for himself on one hundred acres of unimproved land in Monroe township, which he cleared, improved and ditched, and lived there until he died. He was a wonderfully resourceful man, and his wife, a good Christian woman, was a splendid and helpful companion in his life in the wilderness. William F. Sanford was a Republican, taking an active part in local politics and serving in all the township offices, and was highly esteemed as an honorable citizen of Madison county. He and his wife were the parents of ten children : One died when small; David B. Sanford, a farmer of Monroe township; Mary, the widow of John Williams, of Fayette county, Ohio; Charles F.; Marshall J., a prosperous attorney at Lima, Ohio; Louisa, who is the wife of John Sceva, president of the Farmers Bank at Mechanicsburg, Ohio; Marion, a farmer in Monroe township; Carrie, the wife of Percy Moore, a dry-goods merchant of Mechanicsburg; Fletcher, deceased, was a school teacher; and Arthur, deceased, followed the same profession. Eight of the family taught school in Madison county. Charles F, Sanford was united in marriage, December 28, 1892, with Nin Hankinson, daughter of W. C. Hankiuson. She was born on October 23, 1860, in Warren county, Ohio, and obtained her education in the public schools. Mr. and Mrs. Sanford began housekeeping in a log cabin, but Mr. Sanford being a man who accomplishes things, started in with the determination of winning out, and he has done so. In 1897 he built a beautiful country residence, substantial in character and conveniently arranged. He has always acted on the principle of "honesty being the best policy," which course accounts for .his large number of sincere friends. JOHN W. TOOPS. In recording the lives of those men who have contributed so largely to the success of Range township, Madison county, Ohio, through their own advancement, the name of John W. Toops should be added to the list, as he has made steady progress in agricultural lines and is worthy the respect and esteem in which he is held. Born on October 16, 1869, in Pleasant township, Madison county, Ohio, John W. Toops rapidly developed the sterling qualities that have piloted him through forty-six years of life. John W. Toops is the son of Frederick and Eliza (Stone) Toops and was reared in Pleasant township, where he received his preliminary education in the district schools, completing his schooling in the state normal, at Ada, Ohio, where he was a student for two terms. He held the position of teacher from 1890 until 1905, in the district schools of Pleasant township, Madison county, Ohio, but the promotion of his own business appealed more to his nature, and shortly after the closing of the last school term he purchased eighty-four acres of land, making many improvements and cultivating the same until 1909, when he bought one hundred and fifteen and one-half acres in Range township. Improvements were made on this last farm to the extent of remodeling the house and the painting of both house and barn. The house was painted white with trimmings of Tuscan red, while the barn was painted buff and trimmed in white. This well-kept farm is located three and one-half miles from Sedalia, Ohio, and to the passer-by it is a beautiful sight, as it indicates the good taste and management of the owner. By this one act alone, John W. Toops has revealed his true nature to the close observer. for here the soul of an artist is blended with that of a man who is not afraid to soil his hands with honest toil. Mr. Toops is a breeder of full-blood Hampshire hogs, and this year has fifty-eight acres planted to corn. At various times the products of this farm have been exhibited at the farmers' institutes, and have received unusual praise. Leona Anderson, born on September 24, 1871, in Pleasant township, Madison county, Ohio, daughter of John and Emma (Wickell) Anderson, was united in marriage to John W. Toops on June 14, 1894, and six children were born to them Herbert A., a 822 - MADISON COUNTY, OHIO. student at Ohio State University ; Marcia E. ; Everett A., a student in the high school at Sedalia, Ohio; Doris, Alice L. and Lois L., who are at home. Mrs. Leona (Anderson) Toops died on September 10, 1911, and Marcia is now keeping house for her father and family. Politically, John W. Toops is a Republican and enthusiastic for the advancement of his party. In his religious faith he is an independent believer with a natural optimism that is quick to discover the good in all things, leaving the dross unnoticed and untouched. THOMAS L. CREATH. Should you inquire of an expert on the subject of farming what are the essential personal characteristics of the successful farmer, he would reply that they are "a particular temperament, a strong physical constitution, a knowledge of crops and soils, and business tact." When, as in the case of the life history here briefly recorded, an ambitious youth starts out with no capital except his health and his determination to succeed, and middle age finds him a representative of his chosen line of work in his community, no better evidence is required to show that in the beginning he possessed the necessary qualifications. Thomas L. Creath was born on April 26, 1859, in Washington county, Iowa, and is the son of Owen and Harriet (Loofbourrow) Creath, mentioned elsewhere in this work in relation to the history of John Chenoweth. To them were born six children. Thomas L. Creath attended the East London schools and grew up in that vicinity, living with his mother, his father having been killed in the battle of Shiloh. He learned the blacksmith's trade after his marriage, when he located in South Solon, Ohio, and later in Chenoweth Corners, where he followed his trade for a period of six years. At the end of that time he again took up the vocation of his ancestors, renting the farm on which he lives at present, which he later bought. He is now the owner of one hundred and twenty-six acres of land which is equipped with modern improvements and has splendid new buildings, including a modern house. The barn is built of cement blocks, and there is a natural flowing well which is the only one of its kind in the community. Mr. Creath takes much interest in his stock. of which he raises a high grade. He has a Percheron and a Shire stallion, and raises Poland China and Duroc-Jersey hogs for market. At the London fair, where he has exhibited his horses, Mr. Creath has won many prizes. He is very proud of the first prize taken by one Of his stallions. Mr. Creath was one of the first to raise alfalfa in Range township, having begun this branch of agricultural activity in 1911. He had thirty-three acres of alfalfa in 1915. Mr. Creath is of an inventive turn of mind, for he has invented a corn shucker, which was patented the first time on November 10, 1903, and the second time on January 5, 1904. While the machine is a practical success it has never been placed on the market. Thomas L. Creath has been twice married. His first wife, whom he married in 1883, was Nellie Campbell, born in Pickaway county, Ohio, January 8, 1861, she being a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Campbell. Her death occurred on March 1, 1886. Of this union one child was born, this being Robert, born on January 25, 1885, and who died on February 17, 1902. Mr. Creath was married, secondly, to Myrtle E. Counts, their wedding having taken place on November 14, 1900, Mrs. Creath is a native of Range township, having been born there near Sedalia on January 15, 1873. She is the daughter of John and Belle (Jeffries) Counts, natives of Madison and Fayette counties, respectively. They are now living near. Sedalia, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Creath are the parents of two children, namely : Nelabel, born on February 17, 1902, and at present attending school ; and Owen, February 25, 1905, who passed away on September 2, 1905. Mr. Creath's political interests have been with the Republican party. He served on MADISON COUNTY, OHIO - 823 the school board for one term. Mr. Creath belongs to the Methodist Bethel church of which he is now district steward and trustee. He is not a member of any lodge. Mr. Creath takes a deep interest in matters pertaining to the welfare of the community and in the duties which have been entrusted to him he has been faithful and conscientious. A man of inflexible integrity, he justly deserves a place among those whose careers go to make up the annals of this county. SAMUEL I. GILLILAND. There is a common saying that every man may be a hero if he but chooses to do his duty, and does it well. And there are heroes in every walk of life, men who fight not for the sake of fighting, but for the right against the wrong, whether it be in commercial life, in politics or in the heart of obscure districts. Samuel I. Gilliland has fought to place the farmer on the plane of social prominence, where he rightfully belongs, and to show that his influence has a direct bearing upon the vitality and life of a community. He has also proved that a life of work on the farm can lead to the heights of success, as well as work done in the turmoil of thriving cities. Samuel I. Gilliland was born in Pickaway county, Ohio, on January 2, 1853, and is the son of Samuel and Malinda (Alkire) Gilliland. His father was born in Pickaway county. Ohio, on December 16, 1810. He was a farmer and the son of Andrew and Mary Gilliland, natives of Virginia. To the union of Samuel and Malinda Gilliland the following children were born: Mrs. Elizabeth Deyo, deceased; Andrew and William, also deceased; Mrs. Emma Hill, who is living in Kansas; Mrs. Lennie Morgan, who is deceased; Marion, who is also deceased; Mrs. Mary Cobble, a widow, who lives in Derby, Ohio; Robert, John and Mrs. Hanna Graham, all deceased; and Samuel. the subject of this sketch. The district school of log-cabin days, of which so little trace remains save in the most remote districts, was the center of educational activities, when Samuel Gilliland went forth, as a boy, to learn the three branches. Most of the pupils, if not all, were farmer boys, who faced the long walks and rough country roads with happy countenances, and who gradually became accustomed to the life of toil which made the trials of their later years easier to bear. Samuel Gilliland remained on the farm, working with his father, until his marriage to Marietta Skinner, in 1874.. For a time he rented a tract of land near Mt. Sterling and later, in 1898, he was able to buy a farm of his own, and now owns forty acres. He keeps a very good grade of stock and deals a great deal in sheep. Mr. Gilliland believes firmly in the improvement of the modern farm and has given every effort to make his home a model in this respect. His residence. Which was erected at a cost of three thousand dollars. is an example of what the country house of today can represent. Marietta Skinner was born on August 13, 1856, in Era, Pickaway county, Ohio, where she received her early education. She is the daughter of John H. and Elizabeth (Hetherington) Skinner. Her father was born in England, and came to this country when he was only twelve years old. For a time he lived in the state of New York and later came to Newark, Ohio. His death occurred in 1895. He was a tailor by trade. but worked at it only a. short while. as his interests were with farming and horse training. His wife, Elizabeth. was born in Pickaway county, Ohio, and makes her home with her daughter. Mrs. Gilliland. Of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Gilliland, Mrs. Anna Letitia Campbell is living in Pleasant township; and John H. is a bookkeeper in Columbus, Ohio. The latter was educated in the public schools and later took a business course at Bliss Business College in Columbus, Ohio. Before starting upon a business career he taught school for three years in Pickaway county. 824 - MADISON COUNTY, OHIO. Mr. Gilliland is a member of the Knights of Pythias. In politics, he gives his support to the Republican party and he and his wife are regular attendants at the Christian church. CHARLES C. HANKINSON In agricultural circles throughout this favored section of Ohio there are few names better known than that of Charles C. Hankinson, president of the Madison County Farmers' Club, who, for many years, has been particularly active in the work of promoting in every way the interests of the farmer and in seeking to elevate the standards of agriculture hereabout. Mr. Hankinson is not the first of his name to be thus prominently connected with the general promotion of agricultural interests, for his father, the lamented William C. Hankinson, of good memory throughout this part of Ohio, was, in his day, recognized as one of the best farmers and stock men in the whole Miami valley and will long be remembered as the man who first developed the Poland China hog, making that breed of swine one of the most popular in the world. Charles C. Hankinson was born in the Blue Ball neighborhood of Warren county, this state, on April 15, 1867, son of William C. and Hannah Jane (Craig) Hankinson, both natives of that same county. William C. Hankinson was a son of James Hankinson, one of the pioneers of this section of Ohio, who, as a young man, made his way from his home in New Jersey to Pittsburgh and thence by river to Cincinnati, arriving at the latter place with but fifty-four cents in his pocket. He made his way up country and entered a tract of "Congress land" near Franklin, in Warren county, where he settled down to the strenuous task of carving a home out of the forest wilderness, and there he spent the remainder of his life, living to the great age of ninety-three years. James Hankinson was a man of singularly robust and vigorous physique, of strong and upright character, a natural leader of men, a man of the true pioneer breed; who quickly assumed a prominent and influential position in the early life of the section in which he settled, and it is undoubted that his vigorous personality aided very largely in the creation of an established order in that then practically virgin country. His wife, who was a Cheesman, was a woman of fine character, she also having been of the pioneer type so essential in the formative days of this country, and she was ever a strong and competent helpmate of her sturdy husband. They were the parents of the following children, Deborah, Lydia. Rachel, Eleanor, Margaret, James, William Cheesman and one who died in infancy or early youth. William C. Hankinson, youngest son of the pioneer couple above referred to, received such education as was afforded in the primitive schools of his time and place, and grew up amid the natural stress incident to the development of a farm in the woodlands. He remained on the homestead place until his marriage, after which he bought a hundred-acre tract in the Blue Ball neighborhood, a part of his father's extensive land holdings, for which he paid one hundred and thirty-seven dollars an acre, and there he proceeded to make a home, the most of this land being wholly unimproved and much of it uncleared of the forest which encumbered it. From the very beginning of his farming operations, William C. Hankinson gave particular attention to the raising of hogs and also became an expert general stockman, long being' recognized as one of the best judges of stock and poultry in this section. It was he who first developed the particular breed of swine now so widely known as the Poland China, and it was in his house that he and Carl Freigau. of Dayton. made out the first pedigree sheet of the Poland Chinas, on which all registrations of this famous breed are now based. William C. Hankinson took a prominent part in civic affairs and was especially interested in the development of the local school system, for many years having served as school director