THE HISTORY OF MARION COUNTY, OHIO

1883 - By Leggett, Conaway & Co.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

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(1907-MARION COUNTY, OHIO HISTORY - LETTER M)

JOHANN ALBRIGHT (ALBRECHT) MACK (Richland Township) was born November 5, 1823, at Rosswag, Wuerttemberg, Germany, the son of Stephen and Magdalena (Fallsheer) Mack, who emigrated to America in 1840, locating in Richland Township, buying ninety-five acres of land. They raised a family of six children. The mother died in 1859, aged fifty-four years, and the father died in 1867, aged seventy-three years. Our subject having obtained a limited education, married upon the anniversary of his birth in 1859, Miss Susanna Gable. Eight children have crowned this union- Peter (deceased), Henry (deceased), Jacob, David, Abraham, Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Graham; Amanda, wife of Samuel Milisor, and Anna L. Mr. M. inherited the old homestead of ninety-five acres, and by industry and frugality he has become possessed of 199 acres more; he values the home place at $100 per acre. His house, which he built at an expense of $3,000, was burned in 1882. A neat new house stands upon its site today, occupied by his son David. At present, our subject is living in Marion; he and wife are members of the Evangelical Church, with which he has been officially connected for many years. Mr. M. holds to the principles of Republicanism.

GEORGE MACK (Pleasant Township) (1907) was born July 16, 1840, a native of Pleasant Township and a son of Matthias and Christiana (Smith) Mack, his father came from Rosswag, Wuerttemberg, Germany, about 1830, settling where our subject now resides, where he bought 160 acres. He reared a family of six children, cleared with his boys' aid, 100 acres of forest land and died in 1874 at the age of seventy. The mother passed away in 1873, at the age of sixty-one. Our subject inherited and bought the old homestead, and added by purchase forty acres more, all valued at $90 per acre. His buildings are good, and the farm in fine repair. Mr. M. has good stock, his Durham shorthorn being fine and valuable. He is an able worker, having cleared fifty acres himself. He was first married January 29, 1872, to Caroline Schwartz. Four children were born to them, one dying young. The names of the living are William W., Mary A. and Bertha A. His wife died in 1879, at the age of twenty-nine. His last union took place August 16, 1881, to Mary A. Smith, of Sandusky County, Ohio. The family are members of the Evangelical Church.

T. J. MAGRUDER, (Marion Township) proprietor of Magruder's "Novelty Saddle Works," was born in Clark County, Va. October 1, 1826. His parents, Ninian and Elizabeth (Lyons) Magruder, were natives of Maryland and Virginia. Mr. Magruder died in 1829 and his widow married, in 1831, Philip Puller. and in 1836 removed to Belmont County, Ohio; thence to Fairfield County in 1838, where they resided until her death in 1869. Mr. N. Magruder was married first to Grace Townsend, of Maryland, and secondly to Elizabeth Lyons, of Virginia. He was the father of fifteen children, six of whom are living; and Mrs. Magruder had three children by her second husband, all living. T. J. Magruder, the youngest of his father's living children. was reared on a farm till twelve years of age, when his stepfather removed to Rushville, Fairfield County; in 1842, he went to Mechanicsburg, Champaign County, and learned his trade with his brother, James L. Magruder. With him he was a partner one year, then went to Woodstock, thence to Bellefontaine after two years and a half. At the latter place, he was a member of the firm of Rutan, Magruder & Co.; continued in that business about eighteen months; then sold his interest and engaged in the drug trade with Dr. W.A. McCandliss, William Fisher and O. S. Knapp. Selling out his interest to Dr. McCandliss, he, in December 1853, came to Marion, and January 2, 1854, established " Magruder's Novelty Saddle Works," under the firm name of Rutan & Magruder. One year later, he bought his partner's interest, and has since been alone. He is the pioneer saddler and one of the oldest business men of the town. He carries a large stock and employs on an average six men. He is the patentee of the Magruder harness trimmings, and has made several other important improvements, both in saddles and harness. He was married, February 18, 1855, to Miss Elizabeth Fribley, who was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, February 3, 1831. They have had four children, three of whom are living, viz., Mary R., wife of E. J. Short, of Bellefontaine, Ohio; Charles O. and James William. Mr. and Mrs. Magruder are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Magruder is a member of the official board and an active worker in the Sunday school. He was a delegate to and a member of the Finance Committee at the first State Sabbath School Convention of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was also on the Finance Committee of the People's Temperance Reform Convention, held at Columbus in 1881. He is a member of the IOOF, both subordinate and encampment, with the rank of Past Grand. He was Township Treasurer eight years, Corporation Treasurer several years, a member of the City Council and School Board. and was a Director of the Middletown pike two years.

SAMUEL MAHAFFEY (Salt Rock Township) (1907) is a native of Donegal County, Ireland, and was born April 7, 1836. His father was a farmer, which occupation Samuel has always followed. He, with his mother and five brothers, came to the United States in 1847, and settled in this county. Until twelve years of age, Mr. Mahaffey attended the parish school in Ireland, and, after coming to Marion County, a few months in the township schools. In the fall of 1858, he was married, and the same year bought 120 acres of land in Salt Rock Township. He has since made other purchases, so that the homestead now consists of 240 acres. His residence is on Section 24. Mr. Mahaffey is politically a Democrat, and is an active worker in the interests of his party. In December 1879, he was elected County Commissioner, and reelected in 1872. During his official career, he served the people faithfully.

JOHN W. MALONE (Grand Prairie Township) was born November 10, 1838, in Grand Prairie Township, and is a son of Francis and Rachel (Walters) Malone. His father was born in Ross County, Ohio, in 1811, and came to Grand Prairie Township about the year 1835, where he remained until the spring of 1857, when he moved to Indiana. He was Trustee of this township for some years, and was an honest and, respected citizen. John W. Malone, the subject of this sketch, is the owner of sixty acres of land; has held various offices in the township, such as Trustee, etc.: is a Democrat, and an upright and honored citizen of Grand Prairie Township. He has a family of eight children-Ellery E., Electa J., Maggie E., Nina O., Viola A., Elfreda E., Erma G. and Mason W. The grandfather of our subject, Richard Malone, was an early settler in this township, and a soldier in the war of 1812.

BRYAN MALONEY, (Prospect Township) farmer, was born June 13, 1835, in the parish of Kilgobbin, County Kerry, Ireland. The names of his parents were John and Mary (Shayhan) Maloney. The mother died in Ireland: subsequently the father, with his five children, emigrated to America, landing at the port of Quebec, Canada, July 4, 1847. The names of the children were Bridget, Bryan, Mary, Patrick and Julia. From Quebec the family passed to Kingston, and thence to Syracuse, N. Y., where they located, and in 1852 the family moved to Delaware County, Ohio. Bryan Maloney was married in 1858, at Delaware, Ohio, to Margaret Deen, a daughter of John Deen, now of Galion, Ohio. Seven years after his marriage, on April 5, 1865, he came to Marion County and bought 110 acres of land in Prospect Township, where he now resides. It was then mostly wild land. He has since added to his farm so that the homestead now consists of 196 acres. Of this farm, Mr. Maloney has cleared of its timber 125 acres. December 15, 1874, Mrs. Maloney died, leaving six children, named Mary E., Josephine, Julia, James, Margaret and Bridget. Mr. Malony was married the second time May 2, 1876, to Johanna Tobin, a daughter of William Tobin, and by this marriage there are two children-William and Bryan. The subject of this sketch is one of the foremost farmers of Prospect Township and enjoys the respect and esteem of its citizens in a high degrees. He is a member of the Catholic Church.

CHARLES MARGGRAF (Claridon Township) was born in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, July 27, 1855, the son of Gustavus and Catherine (Bookmiller) Marggraf. He obtained his education in the common school. In 1878, he engaged in the restaurant business until 1880. He was then in the same business with C S. Munson, at Bucyrus, three years. January 1, 1883, he returned to Caledonia and engaged in the mercantile trade with J. D. Hinds, entering $3,000 worth of stock. He is a member of the IOOF (officially connected), of the Sons of Temperance, and of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

GUSTAVUS MARGGRAF (Claridon Township) was born in Saxony, Germany June 25, 1826, the son. of Frederick and Christine Marggraf, who came to America in 1840, settling near Bucyrus, Ohio. The mother died in 1839, and the father in 1874. When aged fourteen years, Gustavus learned the shoe-maker's trade, which he has followed the most of his days. He married, November 27, 1845, Catherine Ohm, born January 19, 1824, and of their ten children since born, eight are living-Caroline, born December 23, 1846; Charles E., July 27, 1848; Gustavus, December 10, 1849; Amanda, May 16, 1853; Emaline October 7, 1856; Matilda, October 7, 1858; Edward, August 28, 1860, and Louisa. August 19, 1863. Frederick W. was born April 5, 1852, and died March 13, 1852, and Anna M. was born May 10, 1865, and died October 19, 1870, Mr. M. is an industrious and respected citizen. He has a comfortable home, and ten acres adjoining the village. He is a member of the IOOF, and he and wife are members of the Lutheran Church. In politics, he is a Democrat.

J. C. MARKERT, (Marion Township) of the firm of Markert, Schoenlaub & Co., general merchants, was born in the Grossalmerode, Hessen-Nassau. Germany, July 6, 1846. His father, Francis Markert, was born December 17, 1812, and his mother, Sophia, nee Hutter, January 6, 1816. They immigrated to America, landing in New York January 1, 1865, settling at Scranton, Penn., where Mr. Markert died, July 2, 1876. Mrs. Markert now resides in Marion. J. C. Markert is the eldest son and second child of six children. At the age of fourteen, he began and served three and a half years at the potter's trade. In May 1864, he emigrated to the United States, and in April 1865, went with his parents to Scranton, Penn., where he remained till 1869, at which time he came to Berea, Ohio. He there attended college, and during vacations worked at the carpenter's trade in Cleveland. In 1872, he attended the International Union Business College, and in April 1877, came to Marion. He was engaged in the grocery and queensware trade with George Dietsch about a year and a half, when Mr. Dietsch sold his interest to William Gracely, and October 22, 1881, J. J. Schoenlaub was admitted as a partner. November 35, 1881, they established the " People's Store," and carry a stock of dry goods, groceries, glass and queensware, to the amount of $16,000. In June 1878, Mr. Markert married Miss Katie Doering, daughter of William and Katie Doering. Mrs. Markert was born in Cleveland, Ohio, September 19, 1851. Two children were born to this union -Charles A., April 18, 1879, and Oscar H., April 18, 1881. Mr. and Mrs. Markert are members of the German Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Markert belongs also to the Royal Arcanum. He owns a residence on the corner of West and Canal streets and three lots on West Street.

JOHN MARKEY (Marion Township) (1907) was born in Stark County, Ohio, November 1, 1817, son of Henry and Hester (Risher) Markey, natives of Maryland. They were early settlers in Stark County, the father dying in 1819. and the mother in 1829. John Markey was married, November 28, 1841, to Caroline Weeks, daughter of John M. and Martha Weeks, and six children have been born to them-Jackson, born September 14, 1842; Marshall (1907), September 15, 1844; John H., March 18, 1846, George, March 5, 1848; Martha A., February 7, 1851; and Thomas H., October 10, :1855. Mr. Markey, having acquired the rudiments of an education, taught four winters. He moved from his native county to Seneca County, remaining three years; then came to Crawford County, where lie remained twelve years, but he settled in Marion County in 1869. He owns 545 acres of land in Marion County, besides farms in Illinois, Iowa and Michigan. He devotes his time and attention to the direct supervision of his home farm and to the buying of mortgaged notes, In politics, he is a Republican, and in his personal habits strictly temperate.

JAMES F. MARSH (Montgomery Township) was born in Clinton Township, Seneca Co., Ohio, June 20, 1830, and is the son of Peter and Elizabeth (Foresman) Marsh, the former a native of Northampton County, Penn., and the latter of Lycoming County, Penn. The parents of James F. settled in Seneca County, Ohio, in 1826 or 1827, and moved to Hale Township, Hardin Co., Ohio, in 1841. where they passed the remainder of their lives. They were among the first settlers of Hale Township. The mother died in 1860, and the father in 1865. James F. Marsh remained with his father on the farm in Hale Township, which he helped clear up, until twenty-three years of age. Soon afterward, June 9, 1853, he was married to Celinda La Rue, who was born March 31, 1834, in Montgomery Township, Marion County, a daughter of Maj. William La Rue, the founder of the village of La Rue. In 1862, Mr. Marsh, with his family, moved to Ringgold County, Iowa, where he resided two and one-half years. During this time he enlisted in the military organization known as the Border Brigade, Stricklins Guard, to serve on the Union side in the war of the rebellion. He was commissioned First Lieutenant, and served six months, principally in Missouri. In 1865, he returned to La Rue Village, where he has ever since resided, and where, in the immediate vicinity, himself and wife own 613 acres of valuable land. Mr. and Mrs. Marsh have a family of three children-William L., born December 25, 1855, now in the hardware business in La Rue; Mary Ellen, born February 25, 1860, now the wife of E. Anderson, hardware merchant, La Rue; and Arthur F., born February 11, 1871, living with his parents. Mr. Marsh served he Trustee of the township for nine years, as also in various other local offices, and has always taken an interest in all public affairs and improvements. He and wife have been members for many years of the Presbyterian Church.

SAMUEL B. MARSHALL, M. D., (Montgomery Township) is a native of Lancashire, England, born February 17, 1836, the son of Thomas and Mary (Taylor) Marshall, who came to America in 1842, going to St. Louis, Mo., a number of years, but settling permanently at Sidney, Ohio, in 1847. They engaged there in farming, and in the manufacture of woolen goods. In 1872, they purchased a farm in Big Island Township, but resided in New Bloomington. At this place the father died in 1874, aged sixty-two years, and the mother March 16, 1883, aged seventy-two years. Our subject having obtained a good education at Sidney Academy and other places, commenced the study of medicine under the instruction of Dr. Kidder, of the same place, with whom he continued four and a half years. July 3, 1862, he enlisted as a private in Company A, Fifty-second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, participating at Perryville, Stone River, Chattanooga (both battles), and in all the battles from there to Atlanta. He was slightly wounded at Marfreesboro while acting as Assistant Surgeon. He was honorably discharged in 1864. He then received an appointment as Hospital Steward in United States Army, and subsequently Assistant Surgeon. In 1866, he returned home. After renewing his medical studies, he moved to New Bloomington, and commenced practicing in 1868. He has a drug store at present, and is doing a profitable business in connection with his extensive practice. He married Sarah E. Arnold, daughter of Putman and Sarah E. Arnold, of English ancestry, and natives of the Buckeye State. They are the parents of five children, four living-Monteith T., born December 12, 1869; Evlyn N., September 15, 1874; Wilber J., September 29, 1878, and Mary Z., August 1, 1882. The Doctor is an enthusiastic Republican was elected Chief Magistrate in 1882, and was commissioned Notary Public the same year. He is member of the F. & A. M. and of the IOOF at La Rue. He and wife are also members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Agosta, Ohio.

JACOB F. MARTIN (Richland Township) is a highly respected citizen. He was born in Baden. Germany, November 17, 1817, the son of Christopher and Margaret Martin, who came to America in 1830, requiring forty-nine days in passage, locating in Pennsylvania, but came to Richland Township in 1833, settling where Jacob now lives, buying at first twelve and a half acres, but made it forty acres in time. His family numbered six children. In 1853, their father died, aged sixty years. The mother still survives, aged eighty-seven years. Jacob F. commenced working by the day and month, when aged sixteen years, and continued till his marriage, which occurred in the summer of 1858, to Miss Casiah Anderson, daughter of Abraham and Mary Anderson, of Marion Township. Ten children have been born to this union, four dying young. The living are James H., George C., Charles S., Mary M., wife of Frederick Augenstein, Maria E. and Haly. For sixteen years he labored as tanner for Thomas Henderson in Marion; but in 1850, he purchased his present residence, then of 160 acres, adding since forty acres, valued at $75 per acre. He also owns 320 acres in Paulding County, Ohio. His farm is in excellent repair, with good improvements; he is cultivating the best of stock. His family belong to the Evangelical Church Association, in which he formerly acted as class. leader, but during the past five years has been local preacher. Mr. Martin had two sons in the late war-James H. and George C., both honorably discharged. For eleven years, he was Township Clerk. and County Commissioner for one term.

JOHN MARTIN (Claridon Township) is a native of the Emerald Isle, born in May 1817. His parents, Thomas and Margaret (Martin) Martin, died in their native land. He was married in 1848, and in 1865 crossed the sea with his family of seven children, locating in Claridon Township, where he has since mostly lived. His wife, Hannah, was born December 25, 1825. Their children were born in the following order: Margaret, May 3, 1858; Isabella, May 9, 1852; Jane M., January 1854; William, June 22, 1857; Thomas H., July 23, 1860; John G., May 5, 1862, and Frank L., October 25, 1865. Upon his advent to Claridon Township, Mr. Martin had but $400, but now he is the owner of 160 acres of well improved land, valued at $75 per acre. He is a respected man and a sound Republican. Himself and wife are members of the Free-Will Baptist Church, to which he gives financial aid.

DR. JOHN T. MARTIN. (Green Camp Township) Dr. Martin's parents, Joseph P. and Deborah (Bosworth) Martin, were married March 12, 1835, at Ontario, Ohio; the former dying, Mrs. Martin moved to Marion County in 1871; thence to Richwood, Ohio, where she still resides. Her husband was quite influential in local politics, and was the father of three sons, the oldest dying an infant, and Stewart at the age of two years; John T. alone survives. He was born at Ontario, Richland Co., Ohio, September 23, 1844. He grow to manhood and was educated at the Ontario Academy. He began reading medicine at his native place under the instruction of Dr. J. W. Craig, now of Mansfield, Ohio. At intervals he taught during this time. He took his first medical course at the Cleveland (Regular) Medical College, graduating in 1871. He supplemented this by studying at the Cincinnati College of Medicine and- Surgery. He commenced practicing at Blooming Grove, Ohio, settling permanently at Green Camp in November of 1871, and he now has a good practice. Dr. Martin enlisted in his country's defense in May 1861, entering into service June 6. He was a member of the first company organized in Richland County for three years-Company D, Twenty-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under Capt. William A, Seaton. He served twenty-one and a half months, in many engagements, never flinching from the performance of duty. He also belonged to the Sixth Division of the Fifteenth Brigade. His honorable discharge dates Galveston, Tex., February 18, 1863, by reason of disability, Dr. Martin has been the father of six children, five living-Merit L., Frank C., John R., Maggie M. and Harry C.; Craig, the third son died September 15, 1874. The Doctor and his wife are members of the Christian Church. He is also a Mason, six years at Prospect, and is connected with the Marion County Medical Association.

ISAAC MASON, (Claridon Township) son of Joseph and Sarah (Towers) Mason, born in Scott Township January 29, 1848. His education was received in the district school. He lived with his parents until his twenty-sixth year, and was married, August 6, 1874, to Miss Alpha Lucas, a daughter of Abraham and Catherine (Leach) Lucas. Their only child is George T., born June 26, 1876. Our subject is a successful farmer, and has the control of 140 acres of carefully cultivated land, stocked with finely graded stock. He has recently erected a neat home, surrounded with comfortable buildings. Mr. Mason is an industrious farmer and belongs to the Democratic school of politics.

JOSEPH MASON (Scott Township) is a solid and substantial citizen, born in West Torrington, England, February 28, 1817, with Robert and Mary Mason as parents. His mother died the year Joseph was twenty-one. His father brought him and his brother to the old Mason farm in Crawford County, Ohio, in 1840, where his father died in 1874, aged eighty-two or eighty-three years, owning 330 acres. February 28, 1842, Mr. Mason married Miss Sarah Towers, daughter of Thomas and Nancy Towers. Their children are Mary, wife of Samuel Weir; Louisa, wife of John Mathews; Helen, wife of James Noblet: Isaac, who married P. L. Lucas, daughter of A. Lucas; Ann, wife of Thomas W. Monnett; Harry, who married A. Clutter, daughter of Samuel Clutter; Thomas, who married M. Lucas, daughter of A. Lucas Elizabeth, wife of Oliver Lindsay; Jane, deceased, and Lydia, wife of W. M. Coulter. In 1847, Mr. Mason purchased his present home of 120 acres, to which he has added 240 acres; he also owns 22 acres in Tally Township and 140 acres in Claridon Township. He is a stanch Democrat. Is Township Treasurer, also Infirmary Director of the county, and has held many minor offices. His farm was crossed by Gen. Crawford upon his way to attack the Indians. His estate is not less than $35,000 at present. The character of his fields and the quality of his fences declare him to be one of the neatest farmers in Marion County. His blooded stock speaks well for his enterprise. He believes in tile and uses it advantageously.

ALBIN D. MATTHEWS, (Marion Township) (1907) son of John B. Matthews, was born on the old homestead in Pleasant Township April 4, 1824; was reared on the farm and educated in the Marion select schools and Ohio Wesleyan University. He engaged in teaching when eighteen, and taught five years, at the expiration of which time he embarked in the mercantile business, following it till the fall of 1855, when he was elected County Treasurer and moved to Marion. He was reelected in 1857, and in 1860 he resumed merchandising at Marion, Ohio. Selling out in 1867, he traveled in charge, by appointment, of Delhi, Norton, La Rue and Middletown Circuits. In 1871, he was again elected County Treasurer, and reelected in 1873, making four terms that he filled the office. Mr. Matthews is an honorable, upright man, and is universally respected and esteemed. In 1876, on his retirement from office, he engaged in the grocery business. April 27, 1847, he was married to Miss Jane E., daughter of Thompson E. and Ruth Roberts. Mrs. Matthews was born in Stark County, Ohio, in October 1824, and departed this life January 28, 1865. This marriage was blessed with eight children; five are living-Albin D.; Henrietta M., wife of H. D. Morrill; Mary B., wife of John C. Roil; Willie W. and Joseph T.(1907) Mr. Matthews was married a second time, December 16, 1886, to Mrs. Eleanor T. Bowe, daughter of Lewis Jury. She had two children by her former husband, one daughter, who died in 1872; and the son, A. Rush Bowe, is still living, now in New Mexico. Mr. Matthews and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr. Matthews is a member of the Chapter and Council of the F. &. A. M., and in politics adheres to Democratic principles.

JOHN B. MATTHEWS, (Marion Township) deceased, one of the earliest pioneers of Pleasant Township, was born in Talbot County, Md., in 1772; his parents were also natives of Maryland and of English origin. Mr. Matthews was by trade a shoo-maker, having learned his trade in early life. In 1811, he migrated to Ross County, where he was married. He enlisted in the war of 1812, and after his term of service expired he returned and settled there and remained in that county till 1819, when he removed to Delaware County, and in December 1821, came to what is now Pleasant Township, Marion County. On his location there, he entered forty acres, and subsequently eighty acres more. These lands he cleared, improved and occupied till his death, which occurred March 27, 1847. His widow survived him thirty-one years, lacking one day, her death taking place March 26, 1878. She was born in Kentucky in January 1799. They had a family of twelve children, nine of whom died many years since. Of the living, Albin D., above mentioned, is the eldest.

J. N. MATTHEWS (Marion Township) was born in Pleasant Township. Marion County, January 21, 1837, son of the last mentioned. Mr. Matthews was reared on the homestead, and his advantages for an education were limited to the common schools of his native place. He was engaged in farming in Pleasant Township till 1858; then he removed to Jones County, Iowa, at which place he resided till 1871, when he returned to Marion County and started a store in Green Camp. In 1874, he admitted his son-in-law, D. H. Porter, as a partner. Mr. Matthews was the first Mayor of Green Camp. and filled the office of Treasurer of Green Camp Township four years. In 1878, he was elected Judge of Probate. and reelected to the same official position in 1881. November 22, 1855, he was married to Miss Mary M., daughter of John and Martenia Williams. Mrs. Matthews was born in Pleasant Township, January 22, 1837. Of their six children, four are living, viz., Emma J., wife of D. H. Porter; Cora B., wife of W. W. Patten; Edwin W. and Vena Z. Judge Matthews is a member of the Church of Christ, and Mrs, Matthews of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically, he has always been a Democrat.

JOHN MATTHEWS (Big Island Township) was born May 14, 1844, in County Derry, Ireland, whose parents, James and Jane Matthews, came to Philadelphia in 1851, landing June 30, after one month's passage. They continued five years at the above place. He remained with his parents until his twenty-second year, when he rented farms for thirteen years. He bought his home in 1877, consisting of 160 acres, paying $7,300; it is worth to-day $10,000. Upon this farm are 900 rods of tile. Mr. Matthews makes a specialty of wheat and corn. He and wife have been members of the United Presbyterian Church for several years. January 21, 1869, he married Miss Louisa Mason, daughter of Joseph Mason, of Scott Township. Their children are six in number-Minnie J., Wesley J., Florence A., David K., Isabella and John F. Matthews.

JACOB MAUTZ (Richland Township) is one of the substantial citizens of Richland Township. He was born August 29, 1834, in Pennsylvania. His parents, Godleib F. and Christina Mautz came to Pleasant Township in 1830; the mother still survives. Mr. Mautz obtained his education in the common schools, and married, August 24, 1858, Miss Margaret Beoler, daughter of Christian Beoler, of Crawford County, Ohio. Their children have numbered ten, three dying young. The names of the living are Mary, Christian F., Catherine, Henry, Matilda, Albert and Harry, Mr. M. purchased his present residence in 1864, consisting then of 100 acres, which he has increased to 354 3/4 acres, valued at $80 per acre. He gives special attention to the raising of wheat and corn, and the fattening of cattle. He also keeps Clydesdale horses. He built his house in 1880, costing $3,000. He has officiated as Township Trustee ten years, and was formerly Director of the "Home Insurance Company." He and family belong to the Lutheran Church, in which he has acted in nearly every capacity, at present a Trustee.

MRS. ELIZABETH McCLELLAN (Montgomery Township) was born in Camden, Canada, December .13, 1819. Her parents were of Holland and English ancestry, and natives of Massachusetts and New Brunswick severally. They came to Big Island Township in 1846. They were the parents of fourteen children, eight of whom are living --William, Phildra, Samantha, Elizabeth, Fannie, Jane, Violet and Andrew. The mother died in 1855, aged sixty-eight years, and the father in 1860, aged seventy-five years. Their names were Artem and Ann (Cook) Cushman. Our subject married Benjamin McClellan in Canada, September 27, 1840. He was the son of Thomas and Esther (Barrett) MeClellan, of Scotch and German descent respectively, and natives of New York. They were the parents of eight children, five living -Julia A., Angeline, Eliza, Catherine and Nelson. Mr. and Mrs. McClellan were blessed with seven children, three living-Helen, born October 28, 1841; Harry A., March 30, 1845, and Eliza G., November 15, 1862. The names of the deceased are Harriet, died in 1861, aged eighteen years; Horace in 1852, aged two and a half years; Fannie, in 1853, aged eleven months, and Jane A., in 1868, aged eleven and a half years. Mr. McClellan was born January 19, 1813. He bore during life an honorable character, was a consistent Christian, and died February 28, 1863. His widow, a highly respected lady, is the owner of 120 acres of good land. and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

JOHN L. McCLENATHAN (Richland Township) was born May 10, 1857, in Morrow County, Ohio, son of Blair and Mary A. (DalrumpIe) McClenathan. Their fathers both came from Ireland, but they migrated from Pennsylvania in 1837, and settled in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. They remained there till 1853, when they came to Morrow County, Ohio. They arrived in Marion County, October 1868, with a family of seven children. The father accumulated a property, of $20,000, and died August 18, 1870, aged fifty-nine years the mother is still living with our subject, aged seventy years. Mr. McClenathan obtained a fair practical education at the district school. He married. December 31, 1870, Delora C. Bolinger, daughter of George and Mary A. (Singer) Bolinger. This union has been crowned with the birth of three children-Elsie, Mary 1. and Cora. Our subject inherited ton and a half acres, but has been renting seventy-nine acres of the old home farm for a number of years. His family worship at the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he entertains the principles of the Democracy.

JOHN W. McDOLE, (Montgomery Township) the only son of William McDole, is a native of Logan County, Ohio, born September 29, 1845. Having received a limited education, he married, September 29, 1870, Mary A. Henry, daughter of Samuel and Susan (Walker) Henry, of English and German ancestry respectively. Daring these years of married life, he has been devoting his energies to farming. He has a good farm of eighty acres; is a well known farmer, a live Republican, and a member of the IOOF.

JAMES McDONALD (Claridon Township) was born in Washington County, Penn., September 3, 1820. His father, Mark McDonald, was a native of Northamptonshire England, and his mother, Ann McKnight, of Ireland. They came to the United States when young, and were married in the above county. They had seven children-Mary, James, William, Martha M. and John B.; Sarah Jane died in infancy. Mr. McDonald died April 11, 1859, aged seventy-nine years; his wife died August 27, 1869, aged also seventy-nine years. Our subject obtained a pioneer education, and October 7, 1847, he married Rispah, a daughter of Asa and Eunice (Keys) Llewelyn, natives of the same county, and of Irish and Welsh ancestry. The former was born March 13, 1791, and died September 10, 1856; the latter was born October 11, 1788, and died September 4, 1853. To Mr. and Mrs. McDonald have been born eight children--Eunice J., born December 6, 1849; Mary A. B., June 22, 1858; Rufus P., January 27, 1.860; John B., January 1, 1862, and George B., April 10, 1864. Mark was born May 11, 1848, and died January 9, 1854; Mary A., born April 1, 1853, and died aged sixteen days; William, born October 20, 1855, died February 14, 1865. Mrs. McDonald was born July 10, 1822. Mr. McDonald removed from Pennsylvania to Marion County in the spring of 1866, locating in Waldo Township, but came to his present home in 1872. He has seventy-nine acres of land well drained and fenced, valued at $100 per acre. He takes pride in cultivating the best varieties of all stock. He is a member of the Democratic party and of the Presbyterian Church.

THEODORE McELHENY (Montgomery Township) is a native of Montgomery Township, born April 21, 1851, the son of Thomas D. McElheny, of Anglo-Irish ancestry, and natives of Ohio. Having acquired a thorough, practical education in the common school, he married, December 27, 1881, Miss Susan C. Smith, daughter of Nathan and Mary (McDane) Smith, of English ancestry, and also natives of Ohio, Muskingum County. Her people are noted for their longevity. Mr. and Mrs. McElheny have one son-John F., born January 20, 1883. Oar subject has been devoting his entire attention to his farm, making a specialty of breading and feeding fine stock for market. By his industry, he has accumulated property valued at $10,000. He is highly respected; a correspondent of the Marion Independent and Ohio Farmer, and takes a prominent part in State elections. He is a Republican and a successful farmer.

THOMAS D. McELHENY (Montgomery Township) was born in Perry County, Ohio, February 22, 1819, son of George and Esther (Davis) McElheny, of Irish and Scotch ancestry, and natives of Pennsylvania. They were the parents of seven children, Thomas D. being the youngest and the only surviving one. They moved to Marion County in 1832, settling in Montgomery Township, entering 160 acres of land near where La Rae is now located. One year later, he purchased sixty-five acres more, paying the unreasonable price of $600. This he cleared and improved, and was a successful farmer generally. He held many local offices, and was one of the leading, men of his day. Our subject obtained his education in the district schools, and has been farming the old homestead all his life. July 2, 1814, he married Miss Nancy Davis, daughter of William H. and Mary Davis, natives of the State of Delaware and parents of twelve children, seven living. Their names are Joshua, Maria, Nancy, Mary, William, Harriet and Jane. The deceased are Sarah, Elizabeth, Robert and Priscilla. Mr. and Mrs. McElheny have been blessed with two children-Ann (born July 19, 1845) and Theodore (born April 21, 1851), both residing at the old homestead. The son was married January 4, 1882, to Miss Catherine Smith, daughter of Nathan and Mary Smith, of Hardin County, Ohio. The name of their one child is John Fulton (born January 18, 1883). Our subject is devoting his entire attention to his farm, rearing a great deal of fine stock, and keeping his farm of 196 acres in excellent repair. He is public spirited- -ever ready to help any enterprise that will redound to the benefit of the people. He was Trustee of the township for nine years. His family are members of the Patrons of Husbandry, and also of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He affiliates with the Republican party.

Mather McKINSTRY, (Tully Township) the subject of this sketch, is very comfortably and pleasantly situated One mile south of Martel, in Tully Township. He was the son of John and Mary McKinstry; the former was born in Antrim County, Ireland, in 1773, and was brought to this country when only eighteen month's old. He passed the majority of his days in Franklin and Washington Counties, Penn. In the war of 1812, he belonged to the "Light Horse Brigade," and was on his way to do service when he was discharged at Pittsburgh. His family consisted of six children, all of whom are living. Maria, aged seventy-six years, the widow of James Brownlee, resides with our subject, who is next to the youngest. Mr. McKinstry was born in Washington County, Penn., June 10, 1815, and, receiving a limited education, came west with his parents in 1833, settling where he still resides. His father entered 160 acres, and purchased eighty acres more lying immediately west of the first, paying $600 for the latter. Thus did Mr. McKinstry's father invest $800 in a wilderness. Around his father's hearth fire also played Maria, Rosanna, James, Thomas and Rebecca. The McNeals, the Dicksons, the Nasters, the Bentleys and the Clydes were their near neighbors. Mathew grew up to manhood and married Miss Phebe

Garberson, a daughter of William and Eleanor (Slater) Garberson, and they have had eleven children, five married-four daughters and one son; the names of his sons-in-law are J. F. Morrow, J. W. Hubbert, R. R. Douce and John Neff. all strong temperance Republicans; the name of his daughter-in-law is Nettie (Williams) McKinstry. He began in life by purchasing 160 acres, but has added to that at until he owns 451 acres of highly tillable and. He has given his time and energies exclusively to the farm, with the above result. He is a leading farmer of his township, and an exemplary citizen; is a stanch Republican, representing the temperance wing. He has acted as Clerk of his township, and himself and family are members of the Presbyterian Church at Iberia. Mrs. McKinstry is an agreeable lady, and vies with her husband in giving the stranger a cordial reception within their doors.

A. B. McMURRAY, M. D., (Marion Township) (1907)was born in Steubenville, Ohio, February 25, 1837. His father, James McMurray, was born in North Ireland and emigrated to America in 1832, settling at the above place. His mother was a native of Steubenville and a daughter of James Workman, also a native of Ireland. He established an academy at Steubenville and superintended it, until his removal to a farm in the same county, where he died. James and Nancy McMurray were married at Steubenville and lived there until the death of Mrs. McMurray in 1812. Mr. McMurray was a wholesale notion dealer in New York City for twenty years, and a manufacturer of woolen goods at Steubenville, Ohio. He came to Marion in 1872, and died October 1875. Dr. McMurray was reared in his native town and educated in the public schools of that place. He attended at Fredericksburg Academy, in 1858, to finish his studies in languages and chemistry, and immediately began the study of medicine with Dr. J. W. Smalley, now of Upper Sandusky, and remained with him and Dr. James Martin three years. He attended lectures at Cleveland Medical College, graduating in 1871; came to Marion and engaged in the practice of his profession, which he has since followed, and has established a successful practice. In October 1862, he was married to Miss Charlotte A. Cramer, a daughter of Henry and Margaret Kramer, and they have had eleven children, nine of whom are living, viz., Mary M., James A. (1907), Anna, Alexander P., Hattie, Bessie G., Henrietta, Herbert and Ethel. Dr. McMurray and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church; he is a Knight Templar, and a member of the IOOF and K. of H., and also of the Ohio State Medical Society, American Medical Association and Marion Count Medical Society, and is at present Coroner and City Councilman.

THOMAS J. McMURRAY, (Marion Township) (1907)brother of the above and member of the firm of McMurray & Fisher, was born in Steubenville, Ohio, March 2, 1841. He was brought up in his native town till seventeen, when he went to Wooster and served a regular apprenticeship of three years at carriage painting, with John Wilhelm. He worked for John Beistle in Wooster till September 6, 1862, when he joined the "boys in blue" in Company H, One Hundred and Second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He served in the Army of the Cumberland and was honorably discharged at Nashville, Tenn. July 8, 1865, after which he engaged in his trade at Florence, Ky.; from there he went to Orville and worked for Steele & Moore until September 1866, when he and Mr. Moore came to Marion and established a carriage manufactory. Mr. McMurray has been a leading member of the business throughout the changes of the firms to the present October 10, 1867, time, and is a successful business man. His marriage, with Miss Ella Randall, daughter of Levi Randal, was blest with five children, two of whom are living-George W. and Charlie (1907). Mr. and Mrs. McMurray are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church; Mr. McMurray is identified with the IOOF, K. of H. and G. A. R. He was a member of the City Council, 1872-73.

ALLEN McNEAL, (Tully Township) the subject of this notice, was born in Washington County, Penn., Juno 17, 1809, and came with his parents to Marion County in the spring of 1827, where they settled upon a farm in what is now Tully Township, which farm he owned at the time of his death. He lived in this county on that farm or in the near vicinity in Morrow County. He was descended of Scotch-Irish stock and developed many of the characteristics of that strong-minded, rugged people. His long residence in this county, his prominence, extensive acquaintance, and his strong personality demand more than passing mention. Of strong and vigorous mind, wide and extensive general information, he was logical in thought, loved argument and always attracted attention to his views. It is said that he attended school but about three months, yet by solitary study he acquired a liberal education, including nearly all the sciences taught in our colleges. He was not satisfied either with a smattering, but was only contented when he had mastered a study. Of modest and retiring disposition, he was noted for preferring the right to the merely popular. Notwithstanding his lack of mere policy in his action he was appreciated. In early manhood, he was elected and served as Colonel of his regiment of Ohio Militia. He was also repeatedly elected to offices in his township, although he was always in the minority party. He attracted fed more attention and became more widely known because of his determined opposition to slavery than for any other reason, and any notice of him would be lacking which did not note this fact, He was an original Abolitionist. It he ever had a hobby it was a worthy one, for it was human freedom and political equality. He was originally a Whig, but soon become a free soiler, and was a member of that party until the organization of the Republican party, which then resolved against the territorial extension of slavery. He was the candidate of the Abolitionists for Congress of course without hope of election. Everybody now says that slavery was wrong. Allen McNeal said so when it was dangerous so to express himself. He made speeches against the "crime of ages" when it was the custom to break up such meetings and to mob and egg the speakers. He passed through these scenes never faltering or wavering in what he deemed his duty. He practiced, too, what he professed, keeping a station on what was known as the Underground Railroad, and helping many a poor fugitive on his way from the darkness of slavery to the light of freedom. The poor, oppressed and needy always demanded more of his attention and time than their more fortunate neighbors. No man was too poor, if he behaved himself, to sit with him at his table. All who happened at his home at the right time were invited to partake of his hospitality, but the laborer, white or black, sat down first. In those days, when prejudice was strong, his action was frequently resented, but the visitor who would not sit with a black man would have to wait. For many years, this course brought upon him ridicule and scorn, but later it won the respect of all. He was radical in all matters of belief. He thought the use of liquors as a beverage, and the use of tobacco, injurious, and was consequently an abstainer and an advocate of abstinence. He was public spirited. He was one of the founders and particular friends of Ohio Central College at Iberia, which, through the influence of him and men like him, years ago opened its doors to all, male and female, white and black. He continued official connections with this school until his death. After his removal to Morrow County, but a short time ago. he assisted in organizing a Farmers' Club in that community, which proved to be eminently successful and profitable, and during his illness he prepared a paper or lecture which was read before the club only last March. He was a religious man. In early life, he joined the Associate, now the United Presbyterian Church. and for forty years last past he was Ruling Elder and the Clerk of the session of the Church of Iberia. His Christianity was of the quiet unobtrusive kind, never boastful or arrogant, and was evidenced rather by his life, and his discharge of religious duties than by speech. He was, in religious matters, as in all others. radical and thorough in his belief, yet sufficiently charitable to believe that others might honestly entertain views differing with his. He was so extreme in his views as to the proprieties of speech that he would not tolerate about him the use of the apparent most innocent of expletives or by-words, always saying "Let your yea be yea" etc. He was in, sympathy with every cause that aimed at the assistance and elevation of the poor, and his sympathy was evidenced by work and actual giving rather than by talk. Circumstances rather than choice seem to have made him a farmer, for his wish was to practice law, yet he pursued his calling with a good measure of success. His motto was, "Whatever is worth doing, at all, is worth doing well," and he tried to live by it. A useful and respected member of the community, he enjoyed its confidence and friendship, and was universally respected. He died at his residence in Iberia, Morrow Co., Ohio, on Sabbath, July 1, 1883, aged seventy-four years and fourteen days. His funeral services were hold at the United Presbyterian Church in Iberia, and was largely attended.

J. F. McNEAL, (Marion Township) (1907) attorney, was born in Iberia, then in Marion County, April 28, 1840. He is a son of Allen and Nancy (Struthers) McNeal. who were natives of Washington County, Penn., and early pioneers of Marion County. Mr. McNeal, the subject of this notice, passed his early life on a farm and obtained his education at Iberia College, Iberia, Ohio. April 22, 1861, he enlisted at the first call for troops, in Company I, Third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was discharged at the expiration of the three months service, August 22, 1861, and the following day, August 23, reenlisted in Battery E, First Ohio Light Artillery. He served in the Department of the Cumberland and participated in a number of the leading battles of the war. Among those in which he was active were Perryville, Stone River, Mission Ridge, Chickamauga, and a number of minor engagements. He was honorably discharged at Columbus, Ohio, September 1, 1864, having served three years in the front ranks of the army. He came home, and on the 8th day of April 1865, entered the office of Judge 0. Bowen as a law student. After prosecuting a course of two years, May 16, 1867, he was admitted to the bar in Champaign County. He immediately entered upon the practice of law in Marion, forming a partnership with J. C. Johnston, which continued three years. He practiced with Philip Dombaugh in 1876 for about four months, and January 1, 1879, the present law firm of McNeal & Wolford was formed. Since 1872, Mr. McNeal has practiced in the United States Circuit and District, Courts. Mr. McNeal has, since his admission to the bar, devoted himself uninterruptedly to his profession, and has built up a large and successful business, extending into the higher courts of the State and United States, Mr. McNeal stands high as a lawyer and is one of the leading members of the Marion County bar. He is a gentleman of high sense of honor and integrity, and never encourages litigation, when it is to the interest of his client to avoid it. Mr. McNeal is Republican in politics and has always taken an active interest in the success of his party. He has frequently been requested to become a candidate for important offices in the district, but he has declined. He served his village as Mayor two terms, and was a member of the City School Board for the same length of time. May 9, 1867, he was married to Miss Annie M. Francis, daughter of A. P. Francis, deceased. Two sons are the fruits of this union-Lewis B. and Alfred F. Mr. McNeal is a Knight Templar.

THOMAS McNEFF (Bowling Green Township) was born in Ireland in 1838; his parents, Thomas and Mary (Rane) McNeff, both died in Ireland. Mr. McNeff emigrated to the United States in 1853, landing on the shores of America a poor boy, with only his two hands and a stout heart with which to make his way in the land of his adoption. The same year, he came to Marion County and engaged as laborer on the railroad. He followed that occupation for twelve years, and then engaged in agriculture on his own farm of eighty-three acres in Bowling Green Township, which he has made by his own labor a valuable, well-improved farm and a comfortable home. He has been a resident of the county for about thirty years, and is a well known and respected citizen. He was married, February 17, 1861, to Winnie Gilrain, a daughter of Thomas and Mary (O'Harra) Gilrain; her parents were natives of Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. McNeff have had seven children, named as follows: Mary A., Sallie, James, Ella and Maggie, all of whom are living; John and Michael are deceased. Mr. McNeff and family are members of the Roman Catholic Church, and in politics he adheres to the principles of the Democratic party.

WILLIAM B. McWHERTER (Grand Prairie Township) moved from Pickaway County, Ohio, and settled in Wyandot County in 1820, and from thence to Marion County in 1826. He was married to Jane Morral November 9, 1826. They had six children, all now (1883) living in Marion County, with the exception of one daughter, now Mrs. Margaret Gordon, who lives in Kansas. Mr. McWhorter, son of the above, was born in Marion Township March 29. 1830. He was married, March 18, 1856, to Fidelia Allen, and April 3, 1856, he took up his residence in Grand Prairie Township, where he purchased 160 acres of land. He has since added land, so that the homestead now consists of 310 acres. His first wife died, and he was married the second time. He has nine children, seven by the first marriage and two by the last. Mr. McWhorter is one of the most prosperous and prominent farmers in the township.

GEORGE N. MEARS (Montgomery Township) was born in Brown County, Ohio. January 6, 1823, the son of Samuel and Sarah (Gardner) Mears, of Scotch and Irish descent, and natives of Ohio. They were residents of Brown, Highland, Clark, Wyandot and Sandusky Counties. They were pioneers inmost of these counties, zealous Whigs, and died in Wyandot County, he in 1854, and she in 1873. Our subject was married, December 27, 1848, to Sarah J. Johnson, daughter of Jonathan Johnson, and one heir was born to this union-Princess A. (born October 9, 1849, dying in 1860). This wife was born February 28, 1831, and died March 9, 1853. Our subject again married, October 20, 1855, Eliza J. Porter, daughter of Robert and Harriet Porter, and three children have blessed this union, two living-William L. (born August 15, 1856), and Ada E. (born May 25, 1863). George D. died March 28, 1862, aged four years. This wife was born December 10, 1828, and died September 3, 1866. He married the third time, May 7, 1868, Deliah Porter, sister of the above, born September 1, 1830, and the name of their child is Ida B. (born May 19, 1871). Mr. Mears having obtained a limited education, commenced life in earnest, and has been farming and dealing in stock so extensively that today (1883) he owns 380 acres of land, valued at $100 per acre. He values his property at $50,000. He is an esteemed citizen, a stanch Republican, and a liberal supporter of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

ROBERT MEARS, (Montgomery Township) the son of Samuel and Sarah J. (Gardner) Mears, was born in Wyandot County, Ohio, December 16, 1838. He received a fair education at the district school, and enlisted in defense of his country, September 8, 1861, in Company M, Third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, engaging in the following battles: Stone River, Chickamauga, Jonesboro, and many skirmishes. He was engaged during the Atlanta campaign, having his mule shot from under him at Dalton, Ga.; during his entire service, he never asked to be excused from duty. He was Sergeant, and was honorably discharged at Columbus, Ohio, having served three years and four months. Returning home, he married, February 5, 1874, Miss Martha Brown, a daughter of Hamilton Brown, and four children were born to them-Frank H., Glenneary M., Pearl and Lena. He owns a fine farm of 100 acres, and valuable property in Illinois; he is a member of the F. & A. M. and of the Republican party.

JOHN MEINHART, (Green Camp Township) son of John and Anna Mary (Albrecht) Meinhart, was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, October 22, 1845. His father was born in Huttengesass, Hessen-Nassau, Germany on November 18, 1805, and his mother in September 3, 1812 in Huttengesass, Hessen-Nassau, Germany. He was a miller by trade, and they migrated to America in 1835, purchasing land in the above county. To them were born twelve children-Mary, Harriet, John and Sarah surviving. Elizabeth, Peters, Philip and five others are deceased. Mr. Meinhart died in 1866, but his wife is at present a resident of Waldo Township. The common schools were the only source of Mr. Meinhart's education, his people moving there in 1851. He preferred the calling of a farmer, and has been carefully following it since early manhood. He was joined in marriage, March 26, 1871, to Josephine, daughter of Dexter and Barbara (Smith) Stockwell, who were natives of Vermont and Germany respectively. Three of their five children are living-Clara E., George and Cordelia, aged eleven, eight and five years respectively. Mary and Anna are deceased. Mr. Meinhart cultivates his farm of sixty-three acres, with care, and is an esteemed citizen, a firm Democrat and an Odd Fellow, and a member, with his wife, of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

MRS. ELIZABETH (ADAIR) MELVIN, (Bowling Green Township) widow of Bartholomew Melvin. was born in Madison County, Ohio, July 13, 1806; she was the daughter of John and Jane (Ross) Adair. They were natives of Virginia, and settled in Madison County, Ohio, in 1804, where Mrs. Adair died June 3, 1838; Mr. Adair's death occurred in 1858. Elizabeth, our subject, was married to Bartholomew Melvin August 1, 1826. He was a son of John Melvin, a native of Tennessee. He came with his parents to Madison County, Ohio, in 1805, where he lived until his death in 1856. Twelve children were born to this marriage, viz.: William A., Margaret A., Charles D., Mary A., John J., Augustus L. (1907), Eliza M., Joseph B. and Benjamin L. are living; Samuel, Jane B. and Nancy M. are deceased. All are married excepting Augustus A., who is the main support of his aged mother. Mrs. Melvin has been a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for over sixty years, and is a very intelligent, highly esteemed lady. She is now in her seventy- seventh year.

WILLIAM A. MELVIN, (Bowling Green Township) a substantial citizen and farmer, was born in Union Township, Madison County, July 27, 1830. He remained on the farm with his father until twenty-three years of age, in the meantime securing a good education. From this time he depended on his own resources. He was married, October 19, 1853, to Margaret, a daughter of James and Sarah Ewing. By this union there were four children, all deceased. His wife died July 13, 1877, and he was married the second time, April 27, 1883, to Sarah J., daughter of James and Elizabeth (Sherrick) Self, formerly of Hocking County, but now of Bowling Green Township. James Self served three years in the war of the rebellion. Mr. Melvin is the owner of seventy-one acres of valuable land, on which he resides. He has served as Trustee of the township four years, is a member of the F. & A. M. and of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is a Democrat. His father, Bartholomew Melvin, was born in Tennessee in 1796, and came with his parents to Ohio in 1806. They were early settlers in Madison County, where he (Bartholomew Melvin) died March 10, 1856. His wife Elizabeth is still living.

ISAAC A. MERCHANT, (Claridon Township) (1907) son of John T. and Rebecca A. (Gruber) Merchant, was born in Marion Township May 26, 1844. He received a limited inheritance from his father, to which lie has been adding, until he owns at present 159 acres of excellent land, drained by 1,500 rods of tile. His suitable frame residence was built in 1868, at an expense of $1,500, and his barn and abed in 1874, at a cost of $800. He values his farm at $100 per acre, and is engaged in raising grain and graded stock. May 2, 1864, he enlisted in the war, Company B, One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Regiment Ohio National Guard, and has in his possession a written expression of gratitude for efficient services from President Lincoln. October 24, 1867, he married Miss Frances E. Haines, a daughter of L. C. and Ellen (Bogan) Haines; the former a native of Pennsylvania, and the latter of Virginia. One child blesses this home-Stella E., born December 28, 1870. Mrs. Merchant was born August 25, 1846. Mr. Merchant is an influential citizen, a stanch Republican and with his family a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with which he is officially connected.

JOHN T. MERCHANT (Marion Township) (1907) was born in Jefferson County, Va., April 1, 1814, the son of Isaac and Eleanor (Thomas) Merchant, who came to Ohio in 1836, settling in Seneca County. They had a family of eleven children, seven living, of whom our subject is the eldest. His father was in the war of 1812 and his grandfathers, Isaac Merchant and Leonard Thomas, were soldiers of the Revolution, the latter serving entirely through it, attending the surrender of Lord Cornwallis. John T.'s parents died in the country of their adoption, the father in 1851, and the mother in 1870, aged eighty four years. Mr. Merchant, the subject of this notice, began to work in a paper mill when he was but eight years of age (when paper was manufactured by presses); remained at this until his twentieth year, when he started for Cincinnati, walking across the mountains, and from thence by boat. Failing to find employment in his trade, he became a deck-hand upon the boat "North America," making five trips to Now Albany, Ind. In the fall of 1835 he visited this county, and in the following year came again, working for wages ($10 to $12 per month) in Salt Rock Township, two years. Having saved $90, he married and commenced renting farms, one and one-half years in Salt Rock Township and two years in Marion Township. In 1844, he purchased eighty acres in the eastern part of this township and lived upon it seven years. Then he bought sixty-two acres in the corporation of Marion, and continued upon it until 1860, when he sold the latter and purchased his present farm of 300 acres, the most of which he has improved. In 1860, he built a frame house for $1,300, and in 1861 a barn for $400. He was married, September 28, 1838, to Miss Rebecca A. Gruber, born in Virginia November 18, 1852, a daughter of Christian and Elizabeth (Mourer) Gruber. She died in March 1875, leaving five children-Ann E., wife of George Carhart; Eliza E., wife of W. R. Burt; Asa L. Christian B.(1907) and Jay T. (1907) Mr. Merchant again married, November 20, 1875, Miss Salome Utah, a daughter of Jacob Ulsh. She is a native of Marion Township, born March 22, 1845, and the mother of three children-Jacob U., Fannie I. and Bettie B. Mr. Merchant began in life with nothing; but, by his energy and perseverance, he has amassed a good property. He is Republican in sentiment, Royal Arch Mason, and has been Trustee of the Township five years. He has been gate-keeper for the Marion County fair since its organization, twenty-seven years.

CALEB MERRITT, (Claridon Township) son of Caleb and Sarah (Frier) Merritt, was born in Orange County, N. Y., October 20, 1819. His parents were natives of the same State. His father served during the entire war of 1812. They were married in the above State; moved to Ohio in 1830; purchased land in Medina County, residing therein eight years, and then moved to this county Grand Prairie Township, several years; thence to Scott Township. The father died near Letimberville in 1853. His widow moved to Iowa, where she still resides. Mr. Caleb Merritt continued at home until marriage, which event occurred December 1, 1843. His wife was Prudence Walker, a daughter of Isaac and Mary (Dennis) Walker, natives of Delaware. They emigrated to Ohio, settling in Marion County, in 1824. The father died in 1863, aged sixty years; the mother in 1841, aged about forty-five years. Caleb and Prudence Merritt are the parents of eight children Isaac, born March 9, 1847; George W., born February 12, 1850; Mary J., December 12, 1854; Sarah A., May 8, 1858; Emma C., May 28, 1862; Hattie E., December 10, 1864; Ella A., April 27, 1868, and Ida M., September 22, 1870. Mr. Merritt is the owner of 320 acres of fine land, valued at $60 per acre. He devotes his entire attention to the farm, and raises a great deal of fine stock. Speaking politically, he is a Republican. In 1841, an Indian murdered his father-in-law at Upper Sandusky, Ohio, concerning which the Indians hold a court martial, witnessed by Mr. Merritt; the jury returned a verdict of "Guilty," and the penalty, "Death by shooting," was executed in the presence of thousands.

MRS. ELIZABETH M. MESSENGER (Big Island Township) is the widow of Col. Everett Messenger. She was born July 20, 1820, the only child of Caleb and Jane Johnson. Her father was a native of Rhode Island, and her mother of Vermont. The Johnsons were originally from London, England, while her mother's people were from Wales, Her grandfather, Ezekiel Johnson, was a Revolutionary soldier. Her parents moved to Champaign County, Ohio, in 1819, but they came to Big Island Township in 1820, entering 400 acres. Mr. Johnson drove to this place twelve cows, twenty sheep and several hogs. The Indians were plentiful in that early day. Mrs. M. recalls "Gray Eyes," "Big Trees," "Johnny Cake" and "Between the Logs." Deer and wild cats were numerous. Her father built the first grist mill (horse power) in Marion County. Mr. J. died in 1833, aged forty-nine years; his wife in 1861. Mr. and Mrs. Messenger were married August 27, 1834, ten children crowning this union, three dying young. Their names are Lucy A. (who married Mr. Smith and since deceased), Reuben W., Newton J., Mary E. (wife of William P. Van Houten), Everett, Jr., John. son C. and Ira J. Mr. M. first purchased eighty acres, just east of Mr. Johnson's estate, but in time he increased his farm to 1,800 acres, and he was worth at one time not less than $100,000. For thirty-five years, he was an extensive stock-buyer, driving to Detroit and later shipping to New York. He had an office at the Chicago Union Stock Yards. From 1865 to 1878. he shipped regularly to New York as high as eight to twenty cars of live stock per day. He invested in railroad stocks and the lead mines of Missouri. He was made Colonel of a home company, and passed by that designation ever afterward. He was a man of uncompromising integrity and liberal views, and was elected to the Lower House of the State Legislature one term. His family associate with the Pleasant Hill Church, of which he was Elder and Treasurer. He died in 1880, aged sixty-eight years.

EVERETT MESSENGER (Big Island Township) was born June 20, 1845, a native of Big Island Township, and the son of Newton and Patience Messenger. He remained at home until the war, when he enlisted, in March 1864, in Company B, Sixty-fourth Regiment Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry. He engaged at Rocky Face Ridge and Resaca, where he was wounded in the head. His father brought him home after lying some time in the hospital. The following October he returned, and was with Hood's raid. His discharge dates December 6, 1865. He was also wounded in the left side. June 28, 1866, he married Miss Jane Irvin, daughter of James and Elizabeth Irvin, of County Tyrone, Ireland. His death took place September 16, 1880, leaving six children-Elizabeth A., Charles N., Mary J., James, Alice and Everett. He is a trader and general jobber and a member of the G. A. R.

ORREN MESSENGER (Big Island Township) is the oldest male resident of Big Island Township, having been born May 29, 1822, at Marietta, Ohio, whose parents, Reuben and Hannah Messenger, came from Connecticut in 1818, and to Big Island Township in 1824, locating the following year where Orren now lives. His primitive home was surrounded for years by fierce wild cats, wolves, deer and Indians. Orren's grandfather, Payne, was a Revolutionary soldier. His father was Magistrate for thirty consecutive years. Mr. M. married, in 1846, Miss Nancy Prettyman, daughter of James and Sarah Prettyman. She died two years later, leaving one child-Matilda, wife of Charles Thompson. In 1850, he married again, Miss Sarah Wolff, daughter of Henry and Susan Wolff. Their children number eight; they are Henry, Wayne, Susan (wife of Thomas Smith), Van, Jane, Elsworth (dead), Albert and Almon (twins). Mr. M. began buying out the old homestead in 1849. He owns at present 180 acres, worth $70 per acre. He is making a specialty of wheat this year (1883), having sixty-five acres. Mr. M. has done many a heavy day's work; for example, in 1850, he cradled five acres of oats in a single day; another day he cut three acres of timothy. He was never excelled in mowing, outstripping the noted Tommy Smith.'' He never found the man who could keep up raking and binding after him. He has split 300 rails in one day, and sheared eighty sheep in the same length of time, and fifty sheep upon the average His mother died in 1870, aged ninety-four years.

MRS. PATIENCE MESSENGER (Big Island Township) is the widow of Newton Messenger. She was born April 14, 1812, in Maine, the daughter of John and Amy Bickford, a soldier of 1812, who came to Marietta in 1815; then in Zanesville and Morgan County until 1831, when they moved to Marion County, locating where she now resides. Mrs. Messenger is one of seven children. Both her grandfathers, Benjamin Bickford and Jonathan Stevens, engaged in the Revolutionary war. About her father's door came the deer to skip, the wolves to howl and the Indians to beg. Her people went to Delaware and Urbana to mill. Mr. and Mrs. Messenger's marriage took place December 11, 1831. He was a native of Connecticut, born in 1804. His parents came to Marion County in 1825. Their children have been eleven, one dying young. They are George, Amy (wife of James Smith), Norman, David, Elizabeth (wife of Simon Sheppard), Everett, John, Maria (wife of William Worington), Harriet (wife of John C. Weston) and Rivirius. At marriage Mr. M. entered forty acres, which he increased in time to 1,200 acres, his property being worth at loss $50,000. For twelve years he was engaged buying stock, driving, at one time 1, 500 hogs to Detroit. He was a hard laborer, one day raking and binding five acres of good wheat. They were both members of the Christian Church, of which he was a Trustee. Mr. M. was highly respected by his neighbors, continuing, in office nearly the whole of his life. In the township he was Trustee, Treasurer, Assessor, Justice of the Peace for thirty-six years, and he held the office of County Commissioner for six years. His death occurred in 1882, aged seventy-seven years three months and twelve days. Mrs. M. still survives, the grandmother of forty-one and the great-grandmother of three children.

REUBEN W. MESSENGER, (Big Island Township) a native of Big Island Township, was born April 8, 1844, the son of Col. Everett and Elizabeth Messenger. He obtained a good education, having attended the Marion High School and Delaware College a few terms. Returning home, he continued with his parents until his marriage, which occurred October 22, 1867, to Miss Violet 'Wiley, daughter of William and Fanny Wiley. Their children have been eight, five surviving -Lillie B., Effie M., Col. W., Beatrice A. and Nevey D. Since marriage, Mr. M. has been renting five years before coming where he now lives, which was in 1871. At present he has charge of 160 acres. He is an industrious young man.

HENRY METZ (Montgomery Township) is a retired farmer, was born in Monongalia County, W. Va., November 10, 1822, and is a son of Leonard and Barbara (Michaels) Metz. (See sketch Big Island Township.) He married, May 23, 1845, Harriet Van Houton, daughter of Peter and Mary (Brady) Van Houton, natives of Now Jersey. Eight children have blessed this union-Mary, Leonard, Catherine, David, Olive and Harry are living. Our subject was a babe when his father came to Marion County, consequently he has been identified with the pioneers; he spent the best of his life among the logs; he devoted his entire attention to farming and the raising of stock until he came to La Rue; he enjoys the confidence of his fellow-citizens, has amassed a fine property, and politically is a Democrat.

JAMES METZ (Montgomery Township) is the second son of Leonard and Barbara (Michaels) Metz, born January 1, 1826. He married, May 18, 1871, Sarah M. Brown, daughter of John K. and Angeline D. (Lyon) Brown, of Union County, Ohio. Ten children were born to them, seven living Ann E., Clarinda M., John K., Sarah M., Delia J., William M. and Mary L. Elijah W., Deborah H. and Alpheus W. are deceased, The father was one of the early settlers of Union County, Ohio, and died February 1, 1875, aged about seventy-three years; his wife died one year later, aged sixty-seven years. Mr. Metz has ever been a resident of this county, has a fine farm of ninety-eight acres, and is a Democrat. He values his property at $8,000.

LEONARD METZ, (Big Island Township) aged eighty-nine years, is, beyond question, the oldest man in Big Island Township. His birth took place November 10, 1794, in Washington County, Penn., the son of Margaret and Leonard Metz, both from Germany. His father acted as gun-cleaner in the Revolution, and he himself volunteered for the war of 1812, and was on the march for Norfolk when peace was declared. Leonard came to Big Island Township in 1822, entering the northwestern section of the township, all of which he has given his children save 140 acres, upon which he continues to reside. When he first arrived, his neighbors were the Woods, the Carpenters and the Hopkins. The following year came Hugh Smith, Mahlon Marsh and Enoch Clark. Wild cats, door and bears were plenty in that primitive day; the first year of his residence, Mr. Metz killed 160 deer. For fifteen years the family went to the Indian mill at Upper Sandusky. He was acquainted with many of the Indians -Walkers, Abe Williams and the chief Warpole. Mr. M. first married Miss Barbara Michaels, in 1815, and there were sixteen children born to this union, eight dying young, and but six living today. Mrs. Metz died in 1868, aged seventy-one years. April 4, 1870, he married Ellen C. Potter, daughter of Samuel and Cyrene Potter, of Cardington, Ohio. They have two children-Laura E. and Delzon L. Mr. Metz has cat and split 200 rails in a day, and has reaped with a sickle thirty-five dozen of wheat. He is at present quietly farming, rearing good stock of all kinds, and is well preserved in body and mind.

JOHN METZGER (Claridon Township) was born in Claridon Township March 17, 1844, and is a son of Philip and Phoebe (Shuetz) Metzger. who emigrated from Graben, Baden, Germany to the United States in 1835, locating in Richland Township. In 1845, they settled in Claridon Township, where he died March 11, 1862, aged fifty-nine years. His wife survived him until August 12, 1883, when she died aged seventy-five years. Our subject was born, reared and educated in his native township, securing a good English education. He married, November 7, 1876, Eva E. Cope, born May 12, 1858, and a daughter of Henry and Lydia (Klinefelter) Cope. Their one child is Earl, born October 5, 1878. Mr. Metzger has always followed farming, and is the owner of eighty acres of desirable land, valued at $75 per acre. He has recently erected a fine, commodious residence, costing $2,500, Mr. Metzger is a worthy and an enterprising citizen; he is independent in politics, and a member of the IOOF and Grange; he is a member, with his wife, of the Evangelical Church-Canaan Chapel.

JACOB MILLER, JR., (Waldo Township) farmer, P. O. Waldo, was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, February 1, 1811, and is a son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Weaver) Miller, natives of Old Virginia, where they were married. In 1791, they moved to Ohio and settled in Fairfield County. Mr. Miller bought land there, and in 1827, came to what is now Waldo Township, in the eastern part of which he entered 160 acres of land; he subsequently removed one mile north, and died in January 1865, aged eighty-six. Mrs. Miller died in January 1856, aged seventy-two. Our subject's paternal grandfather, Christian Miller, served in the Revolutionary war, and his maternal grandparents, John and Weaver, came from Germany. Our subject is the third son and fifth child in a family of seven children. He was reared mainly in this county, and received his education at the common schools. He remained on the homestead, which he had assisted in clearing, till he came of age, when he bought fifty acres where he now resides. All this was woodland, but was soon cleared by our subject and cultivated; he now owns fifty-four acres. On February 8, 1834, Mr. Miller was united in marriage with Charity, daughter of Thomas and Deborah Rogers. She was born in Pennsylvania, June 23, 1810. Their family numbered ten children, eight living-Catharine, wife of Martin Walton; Mary, wife of Alva Rhoads; Deborah, wife of Henry Rupp; George W.; Thomas; Eliza both, wife of Daniel Corytendall; Sarah A., wife of Daniel Cutchall, and Jacob M., Delilah and Rebecca are deceased. Mrs. Miller died August 24, 1880. Mr. Miller has been a member of the United Brethren Church for thirty-five years, is the oldest member of Olive Branch, and was one of the principals in building that church; is an earnest leader in it. and is Class Leader and Trustee. In politics, he is Republican.

MRS. MARY MILLER (Scott Township) is the widow of James Miller, and was born December 21, 1818, in Clinton County, Penn. Her parents came to Scott Township from Fairfield County, Ohio, with the Hipsher family in 1823. Her father's father was a Revolutionary soldier. She married James Miller, son of Thomas H. and Sarah Miller, April 14, 1840. Their children are Eliza, Isabel (wife of Nelson Myers), Thomas L. and Jones J., who married, January 12, 1882, Mary A. Stagle, and who cares for the home place today. Seven months after their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. 31. moved upon their 240-acre farm, to which in subsequent years they added many acres, owning at one time 700 acres. Notwithstanding his vast estate, he became badly involved through sickness and giving bail in law suits, and a year or two before his death he made an assignment. He died aged seventy-nine years, known and regarded as an honest man. His life was insured slightly, so that Mrs. M., with the forty acres presented her by her father, has a competency. Mrs. M. has been a member of the Universalist Church for the past twenty years.

MATHEW O. MILLER (Bowling Green Township) was born in Cumberland County, Penn., May 16, 1830; his parents, John and Hannah (Gelvin) Miller, were both natives of Pennsylvania; the first was born in April 1815, and the latter in 1807. They came to Ohio in 1846 and settled in Montgomery Township, where Mr. Miller purchased ninety-six acres of laud. Mrs. Miller died on this farm in 1879; Mr. Miller now resides at Agosta. Mathew G. Miller lived on the farm with his father till the commencement of the civil war, when he volunteered as a soldier, to serve in the ranks of the Union army. He enlisted November 14, 1861, in Company G, Eighty-second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was present and participated in the battles of second Bull Run, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. At the last-named battle, he received a gunshot wound through the hip, disabling him from duty. He was sent to the field hospital, remaining there fifteen days; thence to Harrisburg, Penn., and from there to the hospital at Camp Chase, Ohio, where he recovered. After an absence of five months, he returned to his company, then stationed at Chattanooga, Tenn., about November 30, 1863. Subsequently he was present at the battles of Dallas, Buzzard's Roost, Resaca, Duck River, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek and Atlanta. He was with Sherman's army to the sea, and was captured by the rebels during the engagement at Bentonville, N. C. He was a prisoner for two weeks and was confined in the famous Libby Prison; he was paroled and sent to Camp Chase, Ohio, where he was honorably discharged from the service, June 12, 1865, having served in the war three years seven months and two days. He returned home, and December 28, 1865, was married to Clara A., daughter of Hormal and Nancy (Berry) Porter. By this marriage there are two children-John S., born December 15, 1866; and Mathew N., born May 30, 1870. Mr. Miller resides on his farm in Bowling Green Township; is a member of the IOOF at Green Camp, and is a Republican.

OBADIAH MILLER, (Claridon Township) one of the old pioneers and prominent citizens of Claridon Township, was born at Snarford, ten miles northeast of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, January 13 1819. The Miller family were land-renters in England, and the farm on which our subject was born, containing 150 acres, had been in their possession for two hundred years. The last of the family to possess this property were John and Alice (Priddon) Miller, the parents of our subject. They gave up this homestead in 1832, and embarked for the United States, landing at Quebec, where Mrs. Miller, a daughter and a son were drowned and all their effects destroyed. Mr. Miller worked out the passage of himself and sons to Cleveland, Ohio. He wont from there to Richland County, but settled permanently in Huron County, where he again married. He departed this life in Marion County April 13, 1858. The subject of this sketch was reared partially on a farm and educated in the pioneer schoolhouse. When fourteen years of ago, he was bound to Henry Layman, at Mansfield, to learn the carpenter's trade, but the sudden death of Mrs. Layman throw him upon his own resources; he, however, prosecuted his chosen trade, and became a master mechanic. His work may be seen on many of the older structures of the county. In partnership with J. Q. Lakin, he built the stone jail at Marion in 1843; he also built the old brick house belonging to George Ulsh in 1844-45, and in 1840 the frame residence of the late William Thew. After bar completing the Ulsh mansion, he visited his native land, returning to Claridon Township in 1845. He was united in marriage with Martha Thew, a daughter of Richard and Ann (Bobhamly) Thew. Four of their seven children are living-William T., born October 19, 1850; Mary L., February 13, 1856; Alice A., November 28, 1.859, and Francis H., May 3, 1867. Elizabeth T., born February 22, 1847, died February 4, 1862; Emeline, born May 1, 1853, died September 22, 1861; David E., born May 6, 1862, died August 21, 1864. Mr. Miller's first purchase of land was from Benjamin Geer, and consisted of 160 acres, located in Canaan Township, Morrow Co., Ohio, for which he paid $650. He hold this property eighteen months, when he sold one-half of it to David Christy for $650, and the remainder to his brother, Samuel Miller, for $350. He then bought an eighty-acre lot, of a German named Allsbaugh, for $700, to which he has been adding until he now owns 777 acres of valuable land, worth $70 per acre. This is the product of Mr. and Mrs. Miller's hard and skillful labor. He is a leading farmer of the county, and lately has been making a specialty of rearing fine sheep. He is liberal as a citizen, a Republican in politics, and, with his wife, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His portrait, as a representative pioneer, is given on another page of this volume.

T. S. MILLER (Scott Township) was born September 24, 1828, in Pennsylvania. His parents were Thomas H. and Sarah Miller, the father coming from London, Eng.' He came to America with a brother while both were youths. When Thomas S. was only six weeks old, his parents started for Ohio, stopping in Scott Township in 1828, entering 800 acres. The father died in 1842, leaving an estate of $12,000. The mother died January 25, 1879, aged ninety-six years. Mr. Miller lived with his parents during their lives. He married, March 6, 1860, ,Miss Ann Clathart, daughter of Christian Clathart, originally from Germany. Their children are three Melville P., Flora B. and Ida L. He received from his father forty acres of plain land and forty acres of timber, to which he has added 105 acres, also owns thirty-four acres in Tully Township. In all, he possesses 230 acres, valued at $15,001 to $20,000. Mr. M. has seen many sick days, but is still vigorous. Ile is identified with the Grangers, being a member of Lodge No. 1080 at Letimberville.

THOMAS SNYDER MILLER, (Montgomery Township) farmer and hotel-keeper at La Rue Village, is one of the oldest residents of the place; he was born, March 26, 1823, in Montgomery Township, Chester Co., Penn. His parents, George and Margaret (Snyder) Miller, were natives of the same county. The grandfather of our subject was George Miller, a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and was killed while in that service. His wife, Catherine, died at the house of her son George, in Adams County, Penn. The maternal grandfather of our subject was a soldier in the war of 1812. When T. S. Miller was six years of age, his parents moved to Adams County, Penn., where he lived till thirty-six years old. This afterward became historic ground, as the sanguinary and fiercely contested battle of Gettysburg commenced within a short distance from the homestead. In 1855, in company with his wife, her mother, two sisters and a brother, he came to Ohio and located at La Rue. The place then had the appearance of simply a pioneer clearing, stumps being the most prominent feature of the landscape. The village then consisted of only about a dozen houses, all told. Seven years after his arrival at La Rue, his wife died. Her maiden name was Margaret Leber, and he married her in Pennsylvania in 1849. Within ten years after his arrival at La Rue, all those who came with him had died. Mr. Miller passed his early years on a farm, but while still young learned the carpenter's trade at Strasburg, Penn., which business he followed until 1853, since when he has given his time and attention to hotel-keeping at La Rue. He has built four houses in the village for his own occupancy; the first was in 1856, and the last one is the Commercial Hotel building, where he lives. Mr. Miller has a farm adjoining the village, which he also attends to. In politics, he was formerly a Free-Soil Democrat, but since 1861 has been a Republican; he has served the village in various official positions; he was the first Village Treasurer, serving for thirteen or fourteen years; also Treasurer of Schools and School Director for many years, member of the Council, etc., etc. He is a charter member of Day Lodge, No. 328, IOOF, of which he has acted as Treasurer for over twenty years; he has been a firm advocate of the temperance cause all his life, and was a member of the first temperance society organized in his section of Pennsylvania; belonged, at different times, to the Sons of Temperance, Good Templars, etc.; he has been a member of the Presbyterian Church since 1855. he was formerly a member of the Lutheran Church, but as there was no congregation of Lutherans here he joined the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Miller was married again, January 1, 1863, to Margaret M. Bailey, at her father's, William Bailey house, three miles from Gettysburg, Penn. They have two children-Ida Nancy, born August 10, 1864, and Henry F. M., born April 6, 1866. They are living at home with their parents.

WASHINGTON E. MILLER (Montgomery Township) is a native of Delaware County, Ohio, born May 1, 1824. the son of Royal and Mary (Pangbourn) Miller, of English extraction, the latter a native of New York and the former of Vermont They came to Ohio at a very early day, stopping first at Ports. mouth, then at Delaware, but settling permanently in Big Island Township, about 1826. They had a family of five children, only two living-W. E. and Emaline. Green G. died May 22, 1858, aged forty-two years; John T. died in 1870, aged about fifty-three years, and Emma A. died in 1851, aged twenty-four years. Our subject acquired a fair practical education in the district schools. He married, April 22, 1850, Sarah S. Mason, a daughter of Rev. Joseph and Sarah (Sprague) Mason, of English ancestry. Mrs. Miller's grandfather Mason, is said to have been the first white man who set foot on Ohio soil at Marietta, this occurring about 1787. The above marriage has been blessed with six children. all living, save Adele S., who February 8, 1865. The surviving are Curtis M., born December 7, 1851; Emily P., December 25, 1852; Princess L., March 26, 1856; Frank, May 8, 1858, and Vallandingham E., July 17, 1862. The mother was September 12, 1824, and died March 6, 1882. Mr. M. began life with limited resources, but through industry and economy has accumulated property to the amount of $15,000, all the work of his own hands; he has been a citizen of the county fifty-six years, and is a stanch Democrat.

WILLIAM MILLER, (Claridon Township) first son of Obadiah and Martha (Thew) Miller, was born on the old homestead October 19, 1849. The common schools of Claridon Township gave him his education, closing his school career at the age of twenty years. September 15, 1872, he was joined in marriage to Miss Julia A. Underwood, daughter of Jesse and Isabel (Sargent) Underwood. Only one of their three children is living-Charles E. (1907), born February 14, 1875. Flora L., born May 15, 1876, died December 25, 1877; James, born October 16, 1880, died April 1, 1882. Our subject is an industrious young man, having in charge his father's farm, consisting of 420 acres of valuable land. He rears graded stock-- largely horses, hogs and cattle. He often turns off $1,000 worth of stock and $2,000 worth of grain annually. He votes the Republican ticket.

JACOB MILISOR (Pleasant Township) is one of the oldest settlers, in residence, in the county; his settlement here occurred in 1819. He was born April 11, 1808, in Fairfield County, Ohio, and is a son of Barnum and Elizabeth (Server) Milisor, who came in the above year, entering in 1820 eighty acres of land. He increased this with another eighty acre lot and cleared forty acres. Their family numbers eleven children. The father died in 1863, aged one hundred and two years; the mother passed away in 1854, aged ninety-one years. Their forefathers came from Germany. When they first arrived, there were only two houses in Marion, and Jacob Idleman was their (only neighbor. They went to Fairfield County, Ohio, for milling purposes. The hominy hopper was popular in that day. Our subject entered 120 acres, and later added forty acres more, all of which is valued at $80 per acre. His brick house was built in 1854. He was a great hunter in early life, sometimes bringing home five to six deer per day; and in his lifetime has killed not less than 500 deer. As a laborer, he has reaped with sickle forty dozen of wheat, or mowed three acres of grass, in a day. Mr. M. spent seven years upon the Ohio Canal, cutting stone. His oldest brother, Barney, served in the war of 1812. As a citizen, our subject was a Justice of the Peace for twelve consecutive years. He was First Lieutenant of an independent company for a number of years. September 25, 1834, he married Margaret Barks, daughter of John and Rebecca (Odel) Barks. They have had thirteen children; their names are Ursula (deceased), Newton (deceased), Sarah J. (wife of George Moon), Jasper, John W., M. Ellen (wife of John Gooding), Barney F., James B., Henry E., Sarah A., Isadora, William E. and Samuel V. Mr. and Mrs. M. belong to the United Brethren Church, in which he has served in nearly every official capacity. They are both vigorous for their years.

BARNEY F. MILLISOR, (Claridon Township) the son of Jacob and Margaret (Barks) Millisor, of Pleasant Township, was born August 28, 1847. He remained at home, obtaining a fair education, until his marriage to Miss Catherine Brunson March 8, 1877, a daughter of James and Rachel (Abrahams) Brunson. Mr. arid Mrs. Millisor's children are Lulu, born June 5, 1879, deceased; Lowes A., born December 2, 1880, and Ora B., December 16, 1882. Mr. Millisor has always given his attention to agriculture, having now 128 acres of fine land, valued at $65 per acre, from which he realizes $800 to $1,200 annually. Mr. M. is a liberal and highly- respected citizen; in politics, a Democrat. He and his wife belong to the United Brethren Church in Pleasant Township.

C. L. MOHR, (Prospect Township) senior partner of the firm of C. L. & J. F. Mohr, general merchants, of Prospect Village, was born in Macungie Township, Lehigh County, Penn., August 13, 1838. When fourteen years of age, he learned the tailor's trade at Delaware, Ohio, where he remained two years and returned to Prospect; fur the following four years he was engaged in that business, and in 1859 he removed to Essex, Union County. Ohio, and started a general store. this proved a success. In 1862. he returned to Prospect Village, since which time he has been engaged in general merchandising there. Politically, he advocates the principles represented by the Democratic party, in the affairs of which in his section he takes an active and influential part. He has served his follow citizens in various offices, among which was Township Treasurer for several years, City Clerk, Councilman nine years, and as a member of the School Board for the special district, which he helped to 'organize, for fifteen years, a position which he also filled while living in Union County. Mr. Mohr has always taken a deep interest in the educational and religious matters of the township, freely contributing of his time and means for the support of institutions of the kind. He was one of the Building Committee of the Reformed Church of Prospect, in the erection of which he contributed largely. He has been a member of the church consistory and has filled other offices in the service of the church at different times. Mr. Mohr was married February 26, 1863, in Prospect Township, by Rev. J. H. Stepler, pastor of the Reformed Church, to Miss Mary H. Adams, a native of Delaware County, Ohio, and of English descent. There have been four children born from this union, only two of whom are living -Lydia C. and Eliza C. The deceased were Charles F. and Edwin V.

DAVID MOHR, (Prospect Township) Prospect Village, was born in Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County, Penn., May 19, 1804. He was reared to the business of a miller, commencing as helper in his father's mill at the age of eleven years, where he remained until nineteen years old, when fie contracted to pay $40 and work nine months as pay to learn the tobacconist's trade. He worked at this three years; the following seventeen years he worked at farming and milling a part of the time on his own account. In I848, lie bought fifty acres for $3,300, on which he lived some four years, and in the spring of 1852 came to Ohio and located with his family on a farm north of Prospect Village, adjoining the corporation, where he remained until fall, when he moved to Prospect Village, where he has resided ever since. He has been engaged as miller at Marion and Prospect Village at different times, and in 1858, in company with his son, W. H. Mohr, entered into trade in a general store at Prospect Village, under the firm name of W. H. Mohr and Co. This firm continued till 1862, when C. L. Mohr bought out W. H. Mohr's interest and the firm became D. Mohr & Son. This was continued until 1869, when David Mohr sold his interest to his son, James F. Mohr, and the firm has ever since been C. L. & J. F. Mohr. Mr. David Mohr has now retired from active business and still resides at 'Prospect Village. The ancestors of Mr. Mohr were all of German origin and very early settlers of Pennsylvania. His father and grandfather Mohr were both named Frederick, and were also natives of Pennsylvania. His farther was a miller by trade, and also carried on farming; he died in Pennsylvania. His mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Eckel, a native of Pennsylvania; her father's name was Henry Eckel, a native of Germany. David Mohr was married, October 12, 1 34, in Macungie Township, Lehigh County, Penn., by the Rev. Daniel Zeller, of the Reformed Church, to Miss Catharine Neimeyer, born May 8, 1817, a daughter of Conrad and Lydia (Diefenderfer) Neimeyer, all natives of Lehigh County, Penn. The father of Conrail Neimeyer, above mentioned, was also named Conrad, and was born on the Atlantic Ocean while his parents were emigrating from Germany to America. His father died on the voyage. The father of Lydia (Diefenderfer) Neimeyer was named Henry Diefenderfor; his wife's name was Susannah Jarret. He died in Macungie Township, and she in Berks County, Penn. When David Mohr came to this county in 1852, he brought with him his wife and family of five boys, as follows: William H., Charles L., James F., Mandes M. and Alvin D. The first two were born in. Macungie Township, Lehigh County, Penn., and the others in Upper Milford Township. One son-Albert C.was born in Prospect, Ohio; all are now living

JAMES F. MOHR, (Prospect Township) merchant, Prospect, Village. Mr. Mohr enlisted in the war of the rebellion in 1861, at Marion, Ohio, in Battery H, Fifth United States Artillery. He served in' various engagement.- with his battery, among which were the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Stone River, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and in other minor engagements. His term of enlistment having expired, he was honorably discharged from the service at Nashville, Tenn., October 24, 1864. Mr. Mohr is a son of David Mohr and was born in Upper Milford Township, Lehigh County, Penn., September 12, 1840. He has been a member of the firm of C. L. & J. F. Mohr, general merchants of Prospect, since 1869. He was married at Marion. Ohio, by the Rev. A. D. Matthews, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to Miss Ann Eliza Gooding, of Marion. They have a family of three children-Ivy Dell, Paulena R., and Mary E.

EDMOND L. MOLLOY (Marion Township) hails from Ireland, County Limerick, born April 20, 1846. His father, Dennis Molloy, was a native of County Tipperary, and his mother, Mary (Burk) Molloy, the same county as himself. His parents, after marriage, sailed for America in 1850, settling in York State, Franklin County. In 1865, they moved to Marion County, locating in Marion Township. Mr. Molloy died July 9, 1872, having been a consistent member of the Catholic Church. Mrs. Molloy resides three miles north of the city, at the age of sixty-one years, an earnest member of the same church. The family numbered twelve, of whom Edmond L. is the second. He was reared on a farm and was educated in the common schools. remaining at home until he had attained his majority. He began as clerk in 1874 for Thomas Breen; June 2, 1875, he entered the grocery and liquor trade for himself, doing a good business and carrying a stock of $1,500. November 18, 1880, he was married to Miss Anna Cusick, a daughter of Bartholomew Cusick. The name of their one son is Dennis A. Mr. Molloy owns three buildings (doing business in one) and a residence on North Main Street. The family are members of the Catholic Church, with which he has been connected since childhood.

ABRAHAM MONNETT (deceased). (Scott Township) (1907) Few of the pioneer settlers of Marion County ever rose to a position of such prominence as a citizen and a man of sterling worth and business ability as that attained by tile honored and highly esteemed subject of this sketch, Mr. Abraham Monnett. He was a descendant of Mr. Abraham Monnett, who with his family moved from Virginia to Ohio in the year 1800, settling near the village of Chillicothe, Ohio. His family consisted of Isaac, Thomas, Margaret, Jeremiah (father of our subject), John, William Osborn and Elizabeth. Jeremiah Monnett returned to Virginia, where he married Miss Alice Slagle. They settled near Cumberland, on the Potomac River, residing there until 1814. Ile then, with his family, consisting of his wife and five small children, one of whom was the subject of this memoir removed to Ohio, settling in Pickaway County. Their trip was attended with many difficulties, and probably would not have been undertaken but for the timely assistance of a Widow Jones, who accompanied them to this State. Upon arriving at the above destination, Mr. Monnett had only $5 in money, his team and a small supply of household goods. He was a regularly ordained minister of the M. E. Church, and a resident of that county until 1835, when lie removed to Crawford County, locating four and a half miles south of Bucyrus, living there until his death, in September of 1863. Mr. Abraham Monnett was born on the 12th of October 1811, in the Old Dominion, near the Maryland line. He passed his life in the place of his nativity until he removed with his parents to Ohio. In that early day of the settlement of Pickaway County, but limited opportunities were afforded him for obtaining an education. Always active, energetic and decisive in character, he had, before leaving the above county with his father in 1835, exercised a potent influence in local matters: and while residing there, he joined a company of militia and became its First Lieutenant. His commission for the office was signed by George McArthur. Soon after coming to Marion County, he purchased forty acres of land in Scott Township, and about that time he became a member of the Marion County Militia, and succeeded to the First Lieutenancy again. In June of 1836, he returned to Pickaway County, and, on the Birth of that month, married Miss Catherine Brougher, who had been an orphan from her fourth year, and by whom he received $2,500, the proceeds of a sale of land of which she was the heir. This, with the exception of $120 given him by his father, was the only means received by him, and the only part of his extensive fortune not acquired by his individual energy, industry and economy. Shortly after his marriage, Mr. Monnett took up his residence in Scott township. In 1838, he commenced handling cattle, bringing them often from Illinois, the drive requiring sometimes thirty-five days. Later in life, he assisted in the organization of the Marion County banking institution, in which he continued to hold an interest, and of which he was President from June 1864, until his death. He was also President of the Farmers' Bank at Marion, and at the head of the Crawford County Bank of Bucyrus, where he spent most of the time during the last years of his life. Mr. Monnett owned at one time in Marion. and Crawford Counties 11,000 acres of choice land. Truly, this was, a princely fortune for one to accumulate, whose early life was environed by the vicissitudes incidental to pioneer life, and whose school was located two and a half miles from his father's residence. Mr. Monnett was not only successful in financial affairs, but in the rearing of a family children to honorable manhood and womanhood. They are situated as follows: Ephraim B., farmer, of Dallas Township, Crawford County; Martha, wife of G. ff. Wright, of Marion; Oliver, farmer, of Dallas Township, Crawford County; John T., of Grand Prairie Township; Alcy, wife of James Malcolm, of Bucyrus, Augustus, farmer, of Bucyrus Township, Crawford County; Marvin J., farmer and stock-dealer, of Dallas Township, Crawford County ; Mary J., wife of George Hull, banker at Findley, Ohio; Madison W., Teller in Crawford County Bank of Bucyrus; Nelson, on the homestead in Scott Township Amina J., wife of Calvin Tobias, Bucyrus; and Kate, wife of Lewis Ross, farmer, of Dallas Township, Crawford County. Mrs. Monnett died February 8, 1875, and May 30, 1877, Mr. Monnett was again married. The name of this wife was Mrs. June Johnston, daughter of Samuel Ludwig. In his early manhood, Mr. Monnett was identified with the Whig party, but since the formation of the Republican party he cast his vote and influence for its support. His first Presidential vote was for J. Q. Adams. Mr. Monnett was a man of unbounded public enterprises, and no movement either of a public or private character was ever presented to him but what it received his cordial and generous support. He was liberal to a marked degree, and no man in Marion County gave more to religious, educational and benevolent enterprises than Mr. Monnett. He aided by contribution to build the majority of the Methodist Episcopal Churches in the county. This was the church of his choice, and he held a membership relation with it from the time he was eighteen years of age In 1850, he bestowed a large sum on the Female Seminary of Delaware, and, in 853, to the Ohio Wesleyan University at that place. Mr. Monnett's life was one of usefulness and success equaled by very few. He was a man of uncompromising honor and integrity, and enjoyed the respect and esteem of all who knew him. He departed the scenes of this life March 7, 1881, leaving a large estate and a name that was pure and free from any stain.

JOHN T. MONNETT, (Grand Prairie Township) son of Abram Monnett, was born in Scott Township February 26, 1840. He was reared upon the old homestead and received his education in the common schools. His marriage occurred September 17, 1863, to Miss Minerva Harvey, daughter of William and Mary Harvey; she is a native of Marion Township, where she was born November 16, 1844. They have three children-Byron E., Eva F. and Lola M. Mr. Monnett's farm numbers 830 acres, and he is engaged in farming and rearing stock; his specialty is raising short-horn cattle. He is a member of the Agricultural Board, of the Republican party, and, with his wife, of the Methodist Episcopal Church

JOSEPHUS MONNETT (Scott Township) (1907) is one of Marion County's substantial young men. November 28, 1846, he was born to Thomas and Hannah Monnett, who came to Scott Township from Licking County, Ohio, about 1830. His father was a Marylander, who owned 400 acres at his death, which occurred in 1859, aged fifty years. Josephus education was obtained wholly in the common school. He came into possession of 100 acres from his father's estate, purchasing his sister's share for $800. He purchased his present place, consisting of 160 acres, in 1880. He also has 200 acres in the western part of the township, and 300 acres in the eastern part, upon Sections 26 and 23-in all 660 acres, valued at $40,000. His beautiful home was built before he obtained it, at a cost of $3,000. A new barn stands near the house. He is farming upon an extensive scale, raising this year. 1883, seventy acres of corn and forty acres of wheat, tiles 300 or 400 acres annually. He keeps good stock, has 400 sheep -a small number for him-and is a Granger of six years' standing. He is Clerk of Board of Education of the township, while he and wife have been members of the Methodist Church since youth -twenty-one years-he acting in all capacities. December 28, 1871, he married Miss Malinda Carmean, daughter of Curtis Carmean. They have had six children-Hattie, Ollie, Charley (deceased), Oscar (deceased), Nettie and the baby. The baby's name is Ada Edith.

M. H. MONNETT (Scott Township) is beyond question the richest man in Scott Township. He is a twin brother of Madison Monnett, and they were born August 8, 1851. He is the son of Abraham and Catherine Monnett (see sketch of Abraham Monnett). Mr. M. H. Monnett, having obtained a common school education, married, October 27, 1874, Miss Ella Carmean, a daughter of Curtis and Harriet Carmean, of Ross County, Ohio. The name of their one child is Arthur A. Monnett. He bought his present home in 1878, consisting then of eighty acres, but he owns at present 560 acres of fine "plain land;" 160 acres lie south of the road, and 320 acres north; the latter is a mile in length, and a half mile in width. He also has an eighty-acre lot in Crawford County, through which the Scioto flows. In addition to this, he owns twenty-one city lots in Toledo. He has a large bank account, and at the least estimate he is worth $44,000. Upon his plains graze (1883) 120 head of cattle, many of them of the Kentucky grade. This season he is building a $7,500 residence, to be finished with all the modern improvements.

HENRY N. MOON (Montgomery Township) is a native of Big Island Township, born May 1, the son of Rev. Gideon H. and Mary B. (Smith) Moon, of English and natives of Vermont and Maine severally. They came to Big Island and were married there in 1841; ten children were born to their union, six are living: Henry N., Ellen M., Amanda E., Flora B., William and Orrin D. Esther, Eber B., Marilla and Thomas are deceased. Moon moved to Big Island about 1838, settling in the beech woods. years later, he was ordained to the ministry, and has preached over years. He went to Wayne County, Ill., in 1872, and lives there still. Our subject obtained a good education, finishing at the La Rue Schools, and taught at intervals for three years. January 21, 1869, he married Leah A. Hover, daughter of Isaiah and Mary (Scribner) Hover, of German and English ancestry, and natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio severally; his came to Marion County in 1837, and his father entered 200 acres of land August 10, 1837, receiving a title from President Van Buren. Isaiah and Mary Hover had thirteen children, nine living-Sanford S., Martha S., Leah A., Sylvanus, Isaiah. Ellen M., Doratha M., Olive E. and Minnie E., .Samuel H., aged thirty-three years, and three infants are deceased. Mr. Moon commenced life with scarcely anything, but has today (1883) fifty seven acres of good land, valued at $60 per acre. He is a respected citizen, a Republican, and with his wife a member of the Free-Will Church of LaRue.

CHARLES MOORE, (Marion Township) senior member of the firm of Moore Bros., was born in Marion May 9, 1858. His parents, John and Margaret Moore, were early pioneers of Marion County. He is the youngest son of a family of eleven children. He graduated in the High School in the class of 1876, and had clerked at intervals for P. O. Sharpless and J. W. Freeland up to that time. In the fall of 1876, he engaged as a clerk for J. M. Heller, continuing till August 1877, when he formed a partnership with G. C. Stone, which firm dissolved in March 1879; at this time the firm of Moore Bros., comprising Charles, William and Thomas, was formed. This firm keeps a full stock of groceries, books and wall paper, and enjoys a good trade.

JOHN E. MOORE, (Bowling Green Township) a farmer of Bowling Green Township, was born in Pleasant Township, this county, September 25. 1854. His parents, David C. and Margaret R. (Berry) Moore, were natives of Ohio and Virginia respectively and of Irish and English descent. They now reside on their homestead in Pleasant Township, where they have lived for about thirty-three years. They have five living children-Rebecca S., Benjamin F., John E., Mary A. and Clara. One of their children died in its second year. John E. Moore was raised to the life of a farmer, and remained with his father until his marriage, which occurred September 11, 1877, to Princess Topliff, a daughter of Lewis and Dorcas (Bent) Topliff. Then he took up his residence in Bowling Green Township, on a farm consisting of 152 acres of land, formerly owned by Lewis Topliff. He now devotes his attention to faming and the raising of stock. His home is located one half mile west of La Rue. Himself and wife have two children-Gracie, born April 9, 1881; and Della, born June 23, 1882. Mr. Moore is a substantial, well-to-do citizen, and in politics is a Republican.

WILLIAM H. MOORE, (Marion Township) the oldest photographer in Marion County, was born in Kent County, R. I., October 19, 1827. His father, Thomas Moore, was a native of County Tyrone, Ireland, and emigrated to the United States in May 1822, locating in Rhode Island; his mother, Susan (Love) Moore, was a native of Kent County, R. I. They married there and Mr. Moore was engaged as a weaver and dresser tender in the cotton factories until 1834, when he removed with his family to Ohio and settled in Pleasant Township, where he purchased 240 acres of woodland; he cleared a site and erected a log house, which he occupied ten years. He died March 26, 1871; Mrs. Moore died in Green Camp Township, November 6, 1867. They had four children, two of whom are now living-William H., and Martha A., wife of John Vestal, of Marion. Mr. W. H. Moore, the subject of this sketch, was brought up on a farm and received his last school training in the Marion Academy. He began teaching in 1850, and followed it during the winters for six years. He studied photography with F. L. Frary, and in the spring of 1855 established himself in Bennett's Block; here he remained until his removal to his present rooms on Main Street. Mr. Moore was married, October 6, 1853 , to Miss Elsie Morris, daughter of Benjamin Morris. Mrs. Moore is a native of Marion Township, Marion County, was born February 25, 1834. They have two children-Mary O., wife of G. W. Schrote, of Marion, Ohio; and Elizabeth A., wife of W. M. Haynes, cashier of the People's Bank of Portland, Ind. Mr. Moore and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church; Mr. Moore has been a member since 1857, and for a number of years an officer and leader, and an active teacher and worker in the Sabbath school.

DAVID MORRAL. (Montgomery Township) the third son of William and Mary (Watkins) Morral, was born in Salt Rock Township September 25, 1857. He obtained a good education, and was married, October 31, 1878, to Eliza H. Davidson, a daughter of James and Minerva (Dalzell) Davidson, of German and Irish extraction, and the parents of seven living children--Elizabeth, John, William, George, Jane, Hugh V. and Eliza H.; two deceased are Mary A., aged nine years, and Albert, aged two years. Mr. Morral receiving but a trifle from his father's estate, has today, through unceasing efforts, a farm of eighty acres, valued at $75 per acre. Recently he erected a comfortable frame house, and made other valuable improvements. He is an enthusiastic Republican, and a highly respected citizen.

MILTON MORRAL, (Montgomery Township) first son of William and Mary (Watson) Morral, was born August 19, 1851. He obtained a good education, finishing at the Lebanon Normal School; he taught seven successive winters, but for the past five years, has been devoting his attention to dealing in stock; he owns 150 acres of valuable land worth $65 per acre. He is a prominent and an enthusiastic Republican. In 1870, he was nominated for County Recorder, and made a very creditable race, though not an aspirant for the office; he has been Trustee of the township four years, and in 1883 was elected Assessor; he is an active member of the F. & A. M., and was the first Master Mason at La Rue.

SAMUEL MORRAL, SR., (Salt Rock Township) was born in Salt Rock Township July 31, 1829. His father, Samuel Morral, was born in Virginia in 1800, and came with his father, William Morral, to Pickaway County, Ohio, when he was quite young. In 1818, his parents moved, bringing him with the rest of their family to Salt Rock Township, where they settled. William Morral, above mentioned, was a Captain under Gen. Hull, during the war of 1812, and his son Samuel, the father of our subject, was a Captain in the general militia, and at the time of his death owned 430 acres of land. He left a widow and five children, four by his first wife, and one by the last. Samuel Morral, the subject of this sketch, was married, February 16, 1853, to Margaret Harmon, of Wyandot County. He had very limited means at the start; his worldly possessions were comprised in two colts, valued at $125. When twenty-five years of age, he bought fifty-three acres of land in Salt Rock Township, but he gradually increased his landed estate, so that he now has 205 acres of land, and also owns one-half interest in the tile works at Morral, at which place lie was in the grain business for some years. This town was named in honor of his father. The subject of this sketch has been Treasurer of the township for the past five years, and now fills that office. Himself and wife have a family of nine children, and he is a member of the Church of God.

SAMUEL MORRAL, JR., (Salt Rock Township) son of William Morral, and nephew of the preceding, was born in Salt Rock Township in 1854. He owns a farm, where he lives, of 200 acres, and is principally engaged in stock-farming. He was married, in November 1879, to Jennie King, of this township. In politics, he is a Republican.

WILLIAM L. MORRAL (Montgomery Township) (1907) is the fourth son of William and Mary (Watson) Morral, born April 2, 1861. Having obtained a practical education, he was married, December 25, 1880, to Miss Jennie Huff, daughter of Joseph and Margaret Huff, of English stock, and natives of Ohio. The mother died in 1882, aged forty-four years, but the father is a resident of Scott Town. William L. devotes his-energies to his farm of eighty acres, and to stock dealing. His farm is valued at $70 per acre, and in stock matters he has made a success; he is a stanch Republican and a respected citizen.

ALBERT B. MORRIS (Green Camp Township) was born on the old homestead, January 11, 1858, the son of the next mentioned. He attended the common schools and one term at the Ada Normal School. Not able to go longer on account of failing health, he returned to agricultural pursuits, and married Miss Tillie J., the daughter of John and Margaret (Uncapher) Rayl. The latter had seven heirs-Hannah L., Tillie, Joseph, Thomas, James, William and Edward-the first and third of whom are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Morris have Maggie M. and an infant. Mr. Morris has a productive little farm, is a young man of promise, a faithful Odd Follow and a Republican.

JOHN R. MORRIS. (Green Camp Township) Mr. Morris' parents, Benjamin and Sarah (Riley) Morris, were descendants of Wales, but natives of Delaware. The former was born in 1787 and served six months in the war of 1812. Mrs. Morris was born in 1797, and they settled in Circleville, Ohio, soon after marriage, having in time a family of twelve children, seven surviving-William R., Elizabeth J., John R., Stephen, Elsie, Joseph and Sarah A. Isaac, Maria, Lydia E., Benjamin and an infant are deceased. Their parents' decease occured but two days apart. John R., our subject, born at Circleville, Ohio, June 10, 1824, was brought into Marion County when four months old, and has resided here since. He grew to manhood, and April 2, 1850, was wedded to Mary E., daughter of Thomas and Susan (Love) Moore, of Irish and English ancestry respectively. Their children number five; William H. and Martha A. are living. Mrs. Morris dying, Mr. Morris again married, August 24, 1878, Jennie Funk, daughter of Austin and Eveline (Timmons) Funk, who have three living heirs-Dortha E., Martha A. and Jennie, born December 12, 1854. John R. is the father of four children-Lydia E., born February 7, 1851; Albert B., January 11, 1858; Frank D., November 20, 1868; and Susan, December 19, 1855, Dying January 4, 1856. Mr. Morris has a farm of 157 acres, which he tills with great care, and his residence is one of the most desirable in the township. He has the honor of being one of the oldest pioneers in the county-since 1824. He is an estimable citizen, a Republican in politics and a Methodist in church relations.

JOSEPH MORRIS (Montgomery Township) is a native of Marion Township, born August 9, 1835, the son of Benjamin and Sarah A. (Reiley) Morris, of English ancestry, and natives of Delaware. They were married in Pickaway County, Ohio, July 4, 1815, and came to Marion County in 1824, Having acquired a practical education in the common schools, Joseph remained with his parents until marriage, which occurred September 25, 1856, to Caroline McNeal, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth McNeal, natives of Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. Morris have had five children, four living-Elizabeth E., Marshall A., William H. and Thomas 0. Isaac J. died in 1878, aged sixteen years. Mr. Morris commenced with nothing, but today he has a farm of eighty acres (when purchased, all forest), in a good state of cultivation, which he values at $75 per acre. He is worth $7,000. As a citizen he has a good reputation. Is a Republican, and, with his wife, a member of the Union Presbyterian Church.

JOSEPH MORRIS (Richland Township) is an estimable citizen, living in the eastern part of Richland Township. His birth took place in Burlington County, N. J., June 23, 1804. In 1680. his great-grandfather, George Morris, came to America, a mere boy, settling in the above State. His grandfather, Anthony Morris, had a family of fourteen children. He is the sixth child of Joseph and Rachel (Zelley) Morris, who came to Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1821, rearing a family of twelve children, only four of whom are living. The Morrises have been Quakers for generations. His mother became such subsequent to marriage. This is probably the only Quaker family in the county. Our subject having received a common school education, married, November 27, 1828, Miss Jane Warrington, daughter of Abraham and Reziah (Woolman) Warrington, and seven children have crowned this union. Their names are Abraham W.; Tabitha, wife of Thomas E. Hartley; John P., Joshua, Keziah. Rachel E. and Joseph C. Mr. Morris came to Richland Township in 1837, locating where he now resides, where he entered 120 acres. Through industry, he at one time owned 400 acres of land. He has at present a 100-acre farm, having disposed of the remainder mostly to his children. He built a frame house in 1848. During the past forty years, he has been cultivating a nursery, sending many specimens to distant part of the State. During the civil war, Mr. M. visited many parts of the East and South, inspired by his love for humanity, leaving tracts, clothes and contraband goods, wherever he found a waiting opportunity. He was also a member of the "Underground Railroad." Some years later, he published a record of his life and labors in a work known as " Reminiscences of Joseph Morris." Its every page bespeaks a life prompted by the highest motives. He is still a Quaker in custom, act and word, and a worthy citizen, honored by all who know him. Though in his seventy-ninth year, he is still vigorous, reaping this season twenty-six dozen of wheat with a sickle, He spends his winters in Florida, where he has a little farm of twenty acres, upon which he has 300 orange trees.

REV. WILLIAM R. MORRIS (Montgomery Township) was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, December 10, 1819, the son of Benjamin and Sarah (Reiley) Morris, of English and Welsh ancestry, and natives of the State of Delaware. At an early age, they came to the above county, and were married July 4, 1815. Mrs. Morris was the daughter of John and Elsie (Mitten) Reiley, and one of twelve children, seven still surviving-William R., Elizabeth, John R., Stephen, Elsie, Joseph and Sarah Z. The deceased were Isaac, born May 4, 1816, died September 22, 1838; Maria, born July 4, 1817, died October 12, 1830; Lydia, born October 23, 1828, died February 4, 1849, and Benjamin, born November 7, 1830, died March 21, 1842, and an infant son. Mr. W. R. Morris was brought to this county when only six years of age, his parents settling in Marion Township, and he has since remained in this county. He obtained a good practical education in the common and high schools at Marion, completing his school-days when aged twenty-three years. He taught more or less for four years, receiving from $12 to $15 a month. He was married in Wyandot County, Ohio, April 10, 1845, to Sarah A. Curlis, daughter of Jacob and Charity (Albertson) Curlis, of German descent, but natives of New Jersey. They were the parents of seven children, three surviving-David; Sarah A., born April 16, 1882; and John F. The names of the dead are-Elizabeth, Citturrah A., Rachel and Daniel. Mr. and Mrs. Morris have five children, whose names are Olive E., born October 1, 1846; Jacob, November 4, 1848; Benjamin W. January 1, 1851; John F., May 10, 1853; and David M., April 24, 1856; the four eldest are married. Mr. Morris owns a fine farm, consisting of 265 acres, and is one of the best farmers in the township, and enjoys the full confidence of his neighbors. He is a stanch Democrat; was appointed to fill the vacancy on the Board of County Commissioners, caused by the death of W. H. Harvey, and subsequently was elected to that office in 1863. He was Trustee of the township eight consecutive years, is a prominent member and liberal supporter of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with which he has been officially connected as a minister for many years.

ADAM T. MORROW, (Prospect Township) miller at Prospect, was born June 14, 1844, in Washington County, Penn., and is a son of Joseph and Julia A. (Jump) Morrow. He followed the occupation of a farmer till twenty-seven years of age, when he and his brother, Joseph K., formed a partnership and established a carriage and wagon-making shop at Prospect. This business continued for seven years, when they, in 1877, traded their shop as part payment for and bought the Prospect mill, since which time he has been engaged in the milling business. The firm is known as Morrow Brothers. Mr. Morrow was married, December 20, 1877, to Miss Araminta F. Beem daughter of Jacob Beem, of Claiborne Township, Union County, They have two children --James L. and Earl S. Mr. Morrow is a Prohibitionist and a member of the Baptist Church

JAMES MORROW, (Claridon Township) the son of Hugh and Martha (Nealey) Morrow, was born in Washington County, Penn., October 16, 1817. His parents, natives of the Emerald Isle, crossed the ocean before marriage. Their children numbered five-William, of Union County, Iowa; Dorcas, widow of George Williams, of Guernsey County, Ohio, and James. The above are the living, but the dead were an infant daughter and Rev. John Morrow, a prominent minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church He was born in the same county and State as our subject September 25, 1809. and died at Nashville, Tenn., in September 1871. In 1836, the family removed to Guernsey County, Ohio, where they both died-Hugh Morrow in 1845 or 1846, and Mrs. Morrow in the summer of 1852. Mr. Morrow picked up a fair education, and lived with his brother until he was married, January 15, 1840, to Miss Elizabeth Cunningham, born January 23, 1818, a daughter of James and Eleanor (Scott) Cunningham. The former, a native of Ireland, came to America when nineteen, and married a native of Guernsey County. He died in that county in 1856 or 1857. His wife survived him about three years. Five out of six children belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Morrow are living-Hugh J., born February 18, 1841; John F., January 18, 1843; Martha and Eleanor (twins) February 13, 1848, and William E., August 31, 1853. Simon A., born March 27, 1845, died July 3, 1870. Mr. Morrow removed from Guernsey County to Marion County in 1850, locating on his present farm, consisting of 240 acres of desirable land. At one, time he owned 500 acres. He is a leading and much respected farmer. He is a sound Republican, and a member of the Marion Presbyterian Church, as is also his wife.

JAMES H. MORROW, (Prospect Township) the oldest son of Joseph Morrow, resided on the farm until the fall of 1862, when he entered the ranks of the Union Army as a member of Company D, Sixty-fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He rendered his country gallant service for nearly three years, and fought in several hard battles. He was killed in an engagement on Rocky Face Ridge, near Atlanta, and now sleeps with the many fallen heroes of the civil war, covered with the laurels of a faithful soldier.

JOHN F. MORROW (Claridon Township) was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, January 18, 1843, son of James and Elizabeth (Cunningham) Morrow; the former a native of Washington County, Penn., and the latter of Guernsey County, Ohio. They lived fourteen years, subsequent to marriage, in her native county; then, in 1850, came to this county, where they have since resided. They are the parents of six children, five of whom are living-Hugh J., John F., Martha and Eleanor (twins) and William E. The name of the deceased was Simon A. Our subject obtained a practical education in Iberia College. 'He remained with his father until he was married; which took place December 28, 1871, to Miss Ezamiah McKinstry, a daughter of Mathew and Phebe (Garberson) McKinstry. Three children have been born to them two are living-Myrtie, born March 16, 1877, and Hortie, October 3, 1879. William Jay was born September 21, 1872, and died January 5, 1881. Mr. Morrow 'is the owner of eighty acres of valuable land. He rears a good deal of blooded stock, making that pursuit a specialty. Himself and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, and he affiliates with the Republican party.

JOSEPH MORROW, (Prospect Township) farmer, was born in Washington County, Penn. He, with his wife, Julia A. (Jump) Morrow, and family of three children, came to Ohio in 1853, locating on seventy-five acres of land in Pleasant Township, where Mr. Morrow died, September 1855, a member of the Baptist Church; his widow now resides in Prospect Village. They had four children-James M., Adam T., Joseph K. and Sarah A. The last was born in Marion County; the three first in Pennsylvania.

MORROW BROTHERS, (Prospect Township) proprietors of the Prospect Mills. This mill has three run of stone for wheat and one run of stone for corn. It is otherwise fitted with modern mill improvements, and has a capacity for grinding eighty barrels of flour every twenty-four hours. The firm buys wheat for grinding purposes only, and also do a general custom business; they grind annually 35,000 bushels of wheat and 10,000 of corn.

JOSEPH K. MORROW, (Prospect Township) of the firm of Morrow & Brothers, was born August 27, 1850, in Washington County, Penn., and is the son of Joseph and Julia A. (jump) Morrow. Mr. Morrow is a member of the Baptist Church, and in politics is a Prohibitionist He has served as Village Councilman two terms, and is much esteemed as a citizen.

HENRY MORGENTHALER, (Marion Township) cooper, was born in Rosswag, Wurtemberg, Germany, December 13, 1821. His parents, Frederick and Sarah (Bauer) Morgenthaler, were also natives of Wurtemberg, and emigrated to America in 1840, arriving in New York on the 2d of May. They then came on to Pleasant Township, Marion County, where they both died. Henry was apprenticed when fourteen to the cooper trade and served two years. He came to the United States in 1840 and worked one year in New York City, fourteen years in Philadelphia, Penn., and in 1854 came to Marion, where he still follows his trade. In 1845, he was married to Catharine Brow, and they have five children-Callie, Sarah, Henry, John and William. In 1864, he was a member of Company B, One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Regiment Ohio National Guard.

AMOS C. MOUNTS (Pleasant Township) was born in Pleasant Township, and is a son of Humphrey and Sarah (Fleming) Mounts; the former, of German descent was a soldier of the war of 1812 and came from Maryland; the latter, of Irish extraction, came from Pennsylvania. His parents settled where he now resides about 1820, entering eighty acres of land and clearing one-half of it. The death of his father took place in 1862, while the mother lived until 1880, aged eighty-two. They reared a family of thirteen children, eleven becoming adults. Our subject, having received a moderate education, enlisted in 1861 in Company D, Twentieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He served nearly four years, being honorably discharged as Sergeant, He was engaged at Fort Donelson, Pittsburg Landing, Corinth, Vicksburg and in many skirmishes. He was under Grant and Sherman, going with the latter to the sea. He bought and inherited the old homestead of 156 acres, clearing fifty-six acres himself. He keeps none but the best graded stock. November 23, 1865, he married Miss Sarah Phillips, daughter of Thomas and Margaret (Mays) Phillips. The name of their one child is Henry N. His wife belongs to the Presbyterian Church, while he is a Free Mason, a member of Lodge No. 444, at Prospect, Ohio. During the past two years, our subject and Mr. Kanable have been building and repairing a pike from Marion to Prospect, Ohio.

DAVID MOUSER (Marion Township) is a native of Pickaway County, Ohio, born September 21, 1810, the son of James and Mary (Potts) Houser, natives of Virginia and of Anglo-Germanic descent. They moved to Marion County in 1833. stopping one year in Marion Township, but settled permanently in Grand Prairie Township. He died in 1861, aged eighty years; and she in 1844, aged about fifty-six years. David, having obtained the rudiments of an education, commenced to learn the blacksmith's trade of his father when aged thirteen years, and has followed this business for fifty years or more, acquiring a good property and a comfortable home in Marion. He is the oldest blacksmith in the county, having devoted his life to this occupation. He is a member of the Regular Baptist Church, to which he contributes liberally. He first married, February 8, 1828, Lucy Thar, and nine children blessed this union, four of whom are living-Abigail, born November 28, 1832; Louisa A., April 16, 1838; Mary C., April 6, 1842; and Ellen L, June 19, 1852. The deceased are Rebecca J., born May 13, 1830, dying July 7, 1832; James, born March 13, 1835, dying January 12, 1838; William T., February 1, 1841, dying May 11, 1841; Emily, July 14, 1844, dying February 28, 1845; and Silas P., February 1, 1846, dying July 7, 1848. This wife was born May 17, 1808, and died December 31, 1863. He married his present wife November 6, 1881, Mrs. Elizabeth Jones, Isaiah Jones' widow.

ISAAC MOUSER, (Montgomery Township) deceased, came to Marion County as early as 1834, and bought 240 acres of wild land near Scott Town; here he lived until 1841, when he moved upon a farm of eighty acres one and a half miles east Marion. About eight years later, he sold the 240 acres near Scott Town and bought of Gen. Rowe the Histler farm of 320 acres joining the eighty acres east of Marion. Here he erected a fine residence and other buildings and lived there until the spring of 1864, when he was killed by a train on what is now the N. Y., P. & O. Railroad. He left a widow and six children. His son, George Ambrose Mouser, enlisted in the spring of 1861 in the second military company raised in Marion County, to serve as a soldier in the war of the rebellion, and died in October of the same Federal so. year of typhoid fever, at Cumberland, Md. He was a talented young man, 'and considered a natural orator. He was popular in his regiment, and would no doubt have made a brilliant record had it not been for his untimely end. Another son, Homer S., was also out in the 100-day service. Isaac Mouser was married to Ann Eliza Strawbridge, a daughter of Justus Strawbridge, who came from England when a boy and settled in what was Columbia County, Dear Harrisburg, Penn. Justus Strawbridge married Ann Maus, a daughter of a wealthy German family who traced their ancestry to the nobility of Germany. After Isaac Mouser's death, his widow moved to Shelbyville, Ill., where she died in March 1875; her remains were brought back and buried in the Marion Cemetery. The children of Isaac Mouser and his wife, Ann Eliza (Strawbridge) Mouser, are as follows: J. A. Mouser, a practicing physician at La Rue, Marion County, Ohio; Homer S., a lawyer at Shelbyville, Ill.; Abram C., a lawyer in Sullivan, Ill.; Isaac J., a lawyer in Huron, Dakota. Of the daughters, Mary J. married Daniel Jacoby and resides in Abilene, Kan.; and Emily H. married Rev. George W. Burns, who now owns a farm near Bloomington Ill., and preaches in the vicinity. All the boys except Isaac J. are classical graduates of the Ohio Wesleyan University and Mary J. is a graduate of the Ohio Wesleyan Female College of Delaware, Ohio.

J. A MOUSER, M. D., (Montgomery Township) was born in Salt Rock Township, Marion County, Ohio, December 13, 1835, and is the son of Isaac and Ann Eliza (Strawbridge) Mouser. The Doctor was reared to the life of a farmer. At the ago of twenty, he commenced teaching school, and in March 1856, became a student at the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, where he graduated in a the classical course, June 26, 1862. He soon afterward commenced the study of medicine, with Dr. R. L. Sweney, of Marion, with whom he remained two years. He attended medical lectures at the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati two winters, graduating March 2, 1865, and was examined and accepted as Acting Assistant Surgeon of the United States Army, and sent to the post hospital at Camp Butler, Illinois. He was married, March 1, 1864, to Sarah E. Delong, a daughter of Dr. H. P. and Ann S. (Holmes) Delong. From this marriage there were eight children-May Delong, Ambrose Henry, Grant Earl (1907), George, Maud, Lloyd, Howard and Roy Homer. At the close of the war, Dr. Mouser came to La Rue July 31, 1865, and commenced the practice of his profession in partnership with Dr. Delong, which continued until 1869; since then he has practiced alone. In politics, the Doctor was a Republican until 1872; since that time he has acted with the Prohibition party. He has ever been an earnest advocate of, temperance, and has taken an active part toward the suppression of the traffic in intoxicating liquors within the vicinity of La Rue. The Doctor has served the citizens of La Rue Village as Councilman two terms, and as member of the Board of Education about ten years, of which he is now the President. He is a member of the F. & A. M., IOOF and the P. O. S. of A., and also a member of the Ohio State Medical Society, and one of founders of the present Marion County Medical Society. He is very pleasantly situated in La Rue, but has recently made purchases of property at Abilene, Texas, with which place he was so favorably impressed that he has some idea of moving there with his family.

JOHN B. MOUSER, (Marion Township) son of Isaac B. and Mary M, (Ireland) Mouser, was born on the old homestead September 24, 1852; was educated at the common schools, remaining at home until he attained his majority; then commenced to work in Big Island Township for Titus & Wortbridge, learning engineering. He was employed by this firm three years, when they dissolved, and he formed a partnership with Mr. Titus. They purchased the saw mill and did a good business for one year, under the firm name of Titus & Mouser. The latter came to Marion in 1878, entering the Huber Machine Works. His particular business is to test engines, but he is called to any and all of the machinery departments, sometimes acting in the capacity of chief engineer. In 1881, he became a stockholder in the company. He is an efficient engineer and a highly respected young man. He is a straight Republican, a member of the Free-Will Baptist Church and of the I0OF., the Mizpah Encampment, No. 50.

ROBERT I. MOUSER, (Salt Rock Township) farmer, was born in Salt Rock Township in 1845, and is at present one of its substantial citizens. He enlisted in Company M, Third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and served as a soldier in the Union army for two years, during the great civil war, and was taken prisoner by the rebels, and confined for five months in the infamous and notorious Andersonville (rebel) Prison. Mr. Mouser is the owner of a fine farm of eighty acres.

W. M. MUNTSINGER, (Marion Township) merchant, was born in Marion, Ohio, June 16, 1846, son of Michael and Mary Margaretha (Gresley/Graessle) Muntsinger. The father emigrated from Sessenheim, Alsace-Lorraine, Germany (France) when a young man and located at Marion, and the mother emigrated from Ellmendingen, Germany with her parents, Bernhardt and Caroline (Meier) Graessle, when a child and settled in Marion. They were married August 17, 1845. Michael Muntsinger was a weaver by trade, and followed it here a number of years; he was also engaged in. Mrs. Huntthe grocery business. His death occurred January 8, 1865. Singer now resides in Toledo. W. M. is the oldest of eight children. He grew to manhood in Marion and was educated in the high schools. At an early age, he began clerking in his father's store, and in 1861 engaged in the mercantile business, and has been successfully engaged in it ever since. He occupied the old Ault & Gordon stand until March 1878, when he moved to his present place in the Masonic Block. He carries a well-selected stock of dry goods, to the amount of $10,000, and is doing a good business. He married, in July 1869, Mrs. Magdalena Hecker, daughter of F. X. Zachman, and a native of Waldo Township. They have two children-Bertha E. and William A. Mr. and Mrs. Muntsinger are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

JAMES C. MUSTAIN (Montgomery Township) was born in Virginia, October 25, 1817, the son of Healey and Elizabeth (Butcher) Mustain, of English and German ancestry respectively, but natives of Virginia. This family migrated to Ohio in 1813, settling in Logan County six years when they moved to Marion County, locating in Bowling Green Township. among the first settlers. He was born May 6, 1787, and died February 12, 1863, aged eighty-one years; his wife was born March 15, 1791, and died June 26, 1866, aged seventy-five years. James C., having received a limited education, married, December 16, 1841, Sarah Johnson, daughter of Joseph and Matilda (Lobdell) Johnson, of English ancestry, but natives of Ohio and New York. They were the parents of six children, only two living--Sarah, born February 23, 1823, and Levi, May 30, 1825. The deceased are Mary, Samuel, Rebecca and Jared. James C. and Sarah Mustain have had two children-Maria A., born May 5, 1853, and James C., born October 6, 1849, died April 27, 1875. Mr. Mustain has always given his attention to farming, but for thirty-one years has been a resident of La Rue, purchasing the first lot sold in this village; he is a respectable citizen; himself and wife have been members of the Baptist Church for the past twenty years; in politics, he is a Republican.

ELIAS MYERS, (Montgomery Township) a retired farmer, born September 12, 1814, in Hampshire County, Va., is the son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Puckman) Myers who came to Licking County, Ohio, in 1816, remaining there ten years, when they moved to Franklin County, Ohio, and came to Marion County in 1829. They settled in Montgomery Township. Elizabeth, the wife, died May 12, 1829, and Jacob in 1856, in Missouri, aged seventy two years. The name of their second child is Jonathan. Having obtained a limited education, Elias Myers began when fourteen years of age to learn the tanner's trade, which he completed when twenty years old; that same year he commenced the tanning business for himself in Montgomery Township, Continuing in that avocation for twenty-five years. When a young man, he with his father, Jacob Myers, and Washington Armstrong, built the first mill, ground the first flour and sawed the first log in this township. La Rue was then a wilderness. Mr. M. married, September 18, 1836, Jane Walker, a daughter of James and Elizabeth Walker, natives of Delaware, and the parents of six children, four of whom still survive--John, Jane, Mary and Eliza Walker. Jane, the wife of Mr. Myers, died September 18, 1839, leaving one child, John, who also died aged twenty three years. Mr. Myers married again, June 24, 1.841, Parmelia, the widow of Richard Tamany, and a daughter of Peter and Elizabeth Spracklen. This family worships at the United Brethren Church. Mr. Myers was a farmer for a number of years. and in politics is a Republican.

GILBERT N. MYERS, (Montgomery Township) Esq., was born in Montgomery Township May 16, 1842, the son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Davis) Myers (see Jonathan Myers' sketch). Having attained a fair education, Mr. Myers followed the business of teaching at intervals for ten years. About this time, he spent three years visiting the West, including Nebraska and Kansas and Colorado, etc. Returning, he married, May 12, 1874, Miss Harriet Ward. daughter of David and Margaret (Pangburn) Ward, and settled in Dudley Township, Hardin Co., Ohio. and lived there seven years. Two children crowned this union-Gilbert C. (deceased) and Vesta L., aged (1883) six years. This wife died September 22, 1877, aged thirty-two years. Mr. Myers married again May 5, 1881, in St. Elmo, Illinois, Anna Hollis, daughter of Henry T. Hollis, M. D., and Ruth (Teeters) Hollis, and they have had one child-Hattie M. While living in Hardin County, Ohio, Mr. Myers served as Justice of the Peace three years, and in 1873-74 edited a newspaper in connection with J. J. Hopkins. He came to La Rue in 1881, where, in 1882, he was again elected Justice of the Peace, a and in 1883 to the office of Treasurer of the township. He is now filling both of these offices satisfactorily. He is a respected citizen, and is identified with the IOOF, the Freemasons and. the Republican party.

JOHN J. MYERS (Pleasant Township) was born September 30, 1827, in Pleasant Township, the son of Joseph and Nancy (Jones) Myers, who came from Pennsylvania about 1820, settling where our subject now resides and buying 110 acres of land. They reared a family of two children. The father died in 1828, aged thirty-two years, while the mother continued until 1880, aged seventy-three years. John J.'s great-grandfather, Wagoner, was a Revolutionary soldier. Our subject's education was obtained in the common schools. He inherited and purchased the old homestead; also, in 1882, eighty acres more adjoining, making 190 acres of good land, valued at $90 per acre. He built his barn in 1860, at an expense of $500, and his house in 1867, for $1,500. He has fine stock, especially Cotswold sheep. Mr. H. has cleared in his time fifty acres of heavy timbered land, and often has cradled four acres of wheat in a day. He was married to Elizabeth Snyder, daughter of George and Christina (Ulsh) Snyder, April 8, 1852. The names of their four children are S. Ella (wife of William Stiffler), Samuel W., W. Scott and Louis J. Our subject and family are consistent members of the United Brethren Church, with which he has been officially connected for thirty years.

JONATHAN MYERS (Montgomery Township) is a retired farmer, born in Licking County, Ohio, December 25, 1819, the son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Ruckman) Myers, of German and English ancestry respectively, but natives of Virginia. They were the parents of two childron-Elias and Jonathan. The father was born June 14, 1787, and died June 3, 1857, aged seventy years. The mother, born March 14, 1784, passed away May 12, 1839, aged fifty -five years. Mr. Myers first settled in Marion in the fall of 1829, and settled upon the banks of the Scioto, in Montgomery Township, the spring of 1835, December 24, 1839, he married among the first pioneers of the township. Elizabeth Davis, daughter of William H. and Mary (Johnson) Davis, of Welsh and English ancestry, and natives of Delaware. They were the parents of fourteen children. The living are Asa Edward, Gilbert Nelson, Harvey Wilson, William Jacob, Joshua Davis, Sarah Mariah, Nancy June, Robert Jonathan, Permela Luella and James Samuel. The deceased are Mary Elizabeth, George, Sr., George, Jr. and John Henry. Mrs. Myers was born January 16, 1823, and died September 10, 1869, aged forty-six years. Mr. Myers began life a poor boy, and has given his attention almost exclusively to farming (though for ten years he worked some at tanning), and is the owner today of 300 acres of well-improved and valuable land, besides town property in Lincoln, Neb., and a beautiful residence in La Rue, where he lives at present. He is not an office-seeker, though he has served as Trustee of the township. He is worthy of the respect of all, and enjoys the same. He is a member of the Free-Will Baptist Church, and the Republican party; is still hale and hearty.

MRS. MARY MYERS (Pleasant Township) is Daniel Myers' widow anti a daughter of Michael and Elizabeth Jacoby, of Richland Township. Her birth took place January 8, 1836, and her marriage occurred October 18, 1855. Six children were born to this union-Addie E., Michael J., Wesley J., Nettie A. (invalid), Ambrose H. and Homer T. They rented, the first fifteen years of married life, the old Worline farm, buying their present farm of 256 acres in 1870. This is valued at $75 per acre. Their $1,500 house and $500 barn make an attractive home. Mr. Myers died in 1874. aged forty, having been Treasurer of Richland Township, Trustee of Pleasant Township and a Class Loader at the time of death. The family also belong to that church. Mrs. M. is a respected and intelligent lady, and conducts the farm, with the aid of her sons, in a commendable manner.

WILLIAM J. MYERS (Montgomery Township) is the son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Davis) Myers, a native of Montgomery Township, born July 5, 1845, He acquired an education in the common schools and remained with his parents until his marriage, which took place October 1, 1873, to Miss Emma Topliff, daughter of Lewis and Dorcas (Bent) Topliff, and five children have been born to them. Their names are Louis E., born October 9, 1874; John S., July 19, 1876; Princess L., January 15, 1879; William, December 15, 1882; and Mary E., died September 4, 1881. aged five and a half months. Our subject has been devoting his entire attention to the art of farming, and so successful have been his efforts that he owns 242 acres of fine land, located one and a half miles north of La Rue. Recently, he has made valuable improvements. He is energetic, highly respected, a member of the IOOF, a Republican, and, with his wife, a member of the Free-Will Baptist Church.

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