PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. - 251 hundred and sixty acres of land on section 29. In his agricultural operations Mr. Moore evinces the thoroughness and skill which have made his fields uniformly fertile and from which he realizes a comfortable income. His buildings compare favorably with those of the intelligent men around him, and he is looked upon hy his fellow-citizens as a valued member of the community. He votes the Republican ticket, and socially, belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Spring Valley. ADDISON W. BUTT. Closely identified with the recent history and development of the city of Springfield is the record of the life of Mr. Butt, whose portrait appears on the opposite page, and the principal events of whose life we record. He is President of the Springfield Implement Company of this city, where he is recognized as one of the stirring citizens and is identified with the leading enterprises. He is a New Yorker by birth, his early home being in Chautauqua County near the Pennsylvania line, and he first opened his eyes to the light October 14, 1835. His father, George Butt, a native-born Pennsylvanian, was from Erie County, and his paternal grandfather was Wendell Butt, a native of Germany. The latter emigrated to America with his parents when a lad of six years, they settling in Pennsylvania where they all spent the remainder of their lives. The father of our subject was a farmer by occupation and was also master of the miller's trade which he followed considerably in his native State. He left Pennsylvania in 1836 and located on a farm near LaPorte, and., where he carried on agriculture successfully and invested some of his capital in city lots at Milwaukee, Wis. On account of the hard times which followed, however, most of these were subsequently sold for taxes. The mother, Mrs. Olive (Wyllis) Butt, died in Indiana in 1838. She was born in Chautauqua County, N. Y., and was the daughter of Orin Wyllis, who was likewise a native of the Empire State and spent his last days in LaPorte County, Ind. After the death of his wife George Butt returned to Erie County, Pa., and became interested in milling, which he carried on for a number of years. Then returning to Indiana he embarked in the same business at LaPorte, continuing thus employed until 1854. At that time, in company with his son, A. W., he established a general store under the firm name of George Butt & Son, which they conducted until 1857. Addison then disposed of his interest in the business and the father, later selling out, crossed the Mississippi into Kansas where he sojourned four years. Returning now to LaPorte, Ind., our subject in the spring of 1861 established an agricultural implement house and continued in the business until 1865. Next he operated as a traveling salesman and general agent in the States of Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, for the John H. Manny Reaper Company, remaining in the employ of this firm until 1868. Next he became connected with the firm of Thomas & Mast, of Springfield, Ohio, traveling through the East as far as New York City, north to the lakes and west to Nebraska and continued with this firm until it was dissolved. Later he was a member of the firm of P. P. Mast & Co., and became a stockholder of the company, which engaged in the manufaeture of farm implements. Mr. Butt disposed of his interest in the above enterprise in 1886 and then became connected with the Albion Mannfacturing Company, of Albion Mich., of which he was President, remaining with this company until the year of 1888. At this time, accompanied by his wife, he made an extended tour through the West, visiting Colorado, California and Oregon, and on his return visited Denver, Omaha, Kansas City, and Chicago. During the following spring, going to North Carolina, he invested a sum of money in the Asheville Furnitnre Company which was subsequently merged into the Asheville Furniture and Lumber Company. Upon the organization of the latter Mr. Butt was made President. In 1889 he purchased the old Springfield Manufactnring Company and formed it into a stock company which was organized under the name of the Springfield Implement Company of which Mr. Butt was made President, which posi- 252 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. tion he still holds, not only in that eompany, but also in the Asheville Furniture and Lumber Company.. The marriage of Addison W. Bntt and Miss Frances G. Bagley, of LaPorte, Ind., was celebrated at the bride's home November 4, 1862. This lady was born March 18, 1840, in Mercer, Pa., and is a daughter of Asher F. and Elizabeth Bagley; the former of whom was a native of Avon, Gene-: see County, N. Y., and the latter of Pennsylvania. They first settled in Lake County, Ohio, and subsequently removed to LaPorte, Ind. They are now deceased. Nine children have been born of this union, four Sons and five daughters,' all of whom are living. They bear the names, respectively, of Edwin B., T. Albert, George A., Frances, May and Maude (twins), Addison W., Daisy E. and Nina O. Politically, Mr. Butt is a sound Republican and a warm defender of the principles of his party. In 1882 he was elected President of the Springfield Athletic Club, which at the time was greatly straightened financially and in debt $700. Mr. Butt assumed charge of affairs and introduced many attractions so that the yonng men of the city were furnished with a pleasant place of resort and in a large measure kept away from saloons and other objectionable places. At the end of three years under his wise management the debt was liquidated and the club had over $1,000 in the treasury. Mr. Butt was one of the charter members of Anthony Lodge No. 45, F. & A. M., and belongs to Springfield Chapter No. 48, R. A. M., also Palestine Commandery No. 33, K. I. Asher F. Bagley, the father of Mrs. Butt was in former years a prominent merchant of Pittsburg, Pa., and at one time a member of the Pennsylvania Legislature from Mercer Connty. After removing to Ohio he settled in Painesville and engaged in the manufacture of carriages and buggies; Upon his removal to LaPorte, Ind., he extended his busness as a carriage manufacturer and engaged in this until his death, in the seventy-seventh- year of his age. His wife, Mrs. Elizabeth (Scott) Bagley, died in her seventy-sixth year. Mrs. Butt received careful parental training and a good education and grew np an attractive and intelligent young lady. She has proved herself in all respects the suitable partner of her husband and has preserved in a marked degree the beauty of her Younger years- The family residence is a handsome modern structure, with extensive grounds, pleasantly located on Fernscliff Avenue. ABNER S. BUCK, Justice, of the Peace, Notary Public and Collecting Attorney in Xenia, in former years devoted considerable attention to the study of law, and engaged in the regular practice five years. He has just passed the seventy-second year of his age, having been born September 20, 1818, and is a native of this State, his birth occurring at Washington Court House which for some years was the home of his parents, Samuel. and Sarah (Smith) Buck. Samuel Buck was born in Westmoreland County, Pa., May 7; 1780, but when a boy of nine years removed with his parents, John and Martha (Wasson) Buck to Lexington, Ky. Grandfather Thick was a native of County Antrim, Ireland, where he was married and whence he emigrated with his estimable wife to America during. Revolutionary times. He soon entered the army, fighting on the side of the Colonists, and after the struggle was ended, settled on a farm in Westmoreland County, Pa. A few years later, he in 1789, started with his little family down the Ohio River, running the gauntlet of savage Indians, and arrived safely at the infant town of Lexington, Ky., where he sojourned for a period of ten years. Then, in 1799, he changed his residence to the Territory of Ohio, locating upon ground now occupied by the flourishing city of Chillicothe, but which was then scarcely marked by a human habitation. He occupied himself in farming pursuits and finally removed to Fayette' County, where he spent his last days, departing hence in June, 1823. Grandmother Buck survived her husband about twelve years dying in 1835, at Greenfield, Ohio. Samuel Buck, the father of our subject, did not accompany his father's family to Ohio although coming to the State that 'same year, 1799, making PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 253 the journey alone on horseback. Eleven years prior to this he had entered the service of the Government as clerk in the Quartermaster's department, being stationed at Ft. Pickering, Tenn., which occupied the present site of the city of Memphis. Upon his retnrn to Lexington he rode three hundred miles without seeing the face of a white man but one. he lived for a time in Fairfield County, then joined the Buck family in Fayette County, they settling ten miles south of the present site of Washington Court House. In the meantime the father of our subject, who was studiously inclined, had employed his leisure time in the reading of law and later was a student in the office of William Creighton of Chillicothe, Ohio. In February, 1813, he was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of his profession at Washington Court House. He had now been married six years, being wedded in 1807 to Miss Sarah Smith. He continued' the practice of his chosen profession until 1862, making his headquarters at Washington Court House, and Wilmington, Ohio, but later for twenty years was a member of the Greene County bar. He was a prominent man in his community, holding some of the local offices and at one time was the prosecuting Attorney of Fayette County. He affiliated with the Democratic party until 1855 and then identified himself with the Republicans. He died in Jefferson Township, Greene County, Ohio, October 27, 1862, leaving a family of five sons, one of whom met his death in the army while fighting the battles of his country. Samuel Buck was a man of decided ideas and a member in good standing of the Reformed Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Sarah (Smith) Buck, the mother of our subject, was born in New Jersey near the city of Philadelphia, Pa., September 29, 1789. Her parents, Abner and Jemima Smith, settled with their respective parents near Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio, in 1805, and on the 7th of December, 1807, pronounced the word which made them partners for life. Thereafter they spent the most of their lives in Ohio, and Grandmother Smith died about 1820. Abner Smith departed this life September 11, 1818. The early years of the subject of this notice were spent at Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio, where he, completed his education and commenced the study of law in his father's office. He was admitted to the bar of Greene County, May 22, 1841, and commenced the practice of his profession, being for a time engaged as a teacher. He came to this county in 1842, and has resided within its limits for the long period of forty-eight years. He took np his residence in Xenia twenty-two years ago and has been a witness of its growth and development from that time, while at the same time actively interested in its material welfare. He was elected Justice of the Peace in April, 1876, an office which he has since continuously held by successive re-elections. The fact that he is well spoken of by his fellow-citizens is sufficient indication of his character as an official and a private citizen. Esq. Buck chopped, two hundred cords of wood during the time he was studying law. FRANKLIN PIERCE BRYAN is the leading business man of Fairfield, Greene County, and a man of prominence and influence throughout the township, well liked by his acquaintances and respected for his business enterprise and zeal, his good citizenship and his upright Christian character. He deals in groceries, hardware and general merchandise, and does a large bnsiness. - He is of Irish extraction in the paternal line, and.a descendant of a worthy family, at least two .generations of whom were natives of Frederick County, Md. The grandfather of our subject was Peter Bryan of the above named State and the Owner and operator of a large tract of land. He came to Ohio, locating. on Government land at Baltimore, Stark County, where he improved a farm and became a large landowner and prominent and influential citizen.. His son Henry, accompanying him to Ohio when a boy, was educated in Stark County, remaining on the farm until he was grown to manhood. He then went to Dayton where he married and soon afterward located in Fairfield, this county, where he learned. wagon-making and put up a shop of his 254 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. own. He worked at the business from 1844 until the spring of 1871, when he sold out and retired until fall. After that rest he embarked in the grocery business as a member of the firm of Louck & Bryan, the connection continuing until 1876, when the senior partner was bought out by our subject, and the firm became Bryan & Son. The business was carried on under this style nntil September, 1889, when the father sold his interest to our subject and retired from business. Henry Bryan was a man of prominence and influence, and had an extensive acquaintance throughout the county in which he had made a successful career. He was Treasurer of Bath Township thirty-three years, or from 1856, until his death, December 5, 1889. When called from time to eternity he had reached his three-score, years and ten. In politics he was a Democrat and in religion a believer in the doctrines of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he was a Trustee and Steward. During the raid of Gen. John Morgan he took the field against the raiders. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Lydia Petry. She was born in Lancaster, Pa., and is a daughter of Henry Petry, a baker who came to Ohio in an early day, locating at Dayton. He ran the first coffee house in that city. Subsequently he removed to Fairfield, this county, where he built a bakery, which he carried on until he retired from active life. He diet' in 1870 at the age of eighty-six years. His daughter, Mrs. Bryan, is yet living, her home being in Fairfield, and her age seventy-one years. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. She is the mother of three children--Laura I., wife of L. C. Mitman of Bath Township; W. H., a blacksmith at Osborn, and our subject. The gentleman with whose name we introduce this sketch is still a comparatively young man, having been born June 6, 1852. Fairfield is his birthplace and here he was reared and educated, receiving excellent instruction in the Fairfield High Schools. He learned carriage painting, following it from the time- he was seventeen years old until 1871, when he went to Dayton and found employment in the carriage shop of Decamp, and later in the agricultural works of Dodge& Stoddard, where he remained about five years. He then returned to Fairfield, bought out John Louck and became his father's partner in business, enlarging the stock and remodeling the store, which is now 20x57 feet. In addition to the grocery stock they deal in hardware and queensware, having a good trade in those lines and doing the largest grocery business in town. In 1879, Mr. Bryan started in the undertaking business with Robert Miller under the style of Miller & Bryan. The business is in charge of the senior partner, the firm doing all in that line in the vicinity, having their own building and the goods, hearse, carriages and horses needed. When in September, 1889, our subject bought out his father's interest in the business which they were carrying on, the style was changed to F. P. Bryan, under which it has since been run. Success has attended his efforts in life, and beside his business investments he owns a good residence and four lots. The estimable lady who presides over Mr. Bryan's cozy home and whose companionship is his chief delight, is a native of Bath Township, where she was reared and educated. She bore the maiden name of Nettie Wilson and became the wife of our subject, September 21, 1876. Their happy union has been childless. William Wilson, the grandfather of Mrs. Bryan, was a native of Kentucky who came to this county about 1800 while still a young man. He entered land in Bath Township, upon which he made improvements until the War of 1812, when he enlisted, while in the army contracting a disease from which he died in July, 1812. he had married ;Miss Catherine Heffley, a native of Maryland who came to this section about 1805- After her husband's death Mrs. W ilson left the farm and made her home with her father, Michael Heffley, where she died in the spring of 1813. William Wilson, Jr., who was born in Bath Township, October 14, 1812, was thus left an orphan at the age of six months, and was reared by his grandparents 'until seventeen years of age. He was then apprenticed at the blacksmith's trade under Jacob- Griner, at Byron, where he spent three years as an apprentice and one year as a journeyman. He then bought the shop and tools' and carried on the business for himself eighteen years. At PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 255 the expiration of that period he sold out and bought a small farm in the neighborhood which he operated until 1855, when he traded for a larger estate north of Byron, upon which he resided until 1872. He then retired to Fairfield, where he died December 4, 1881. He was Justice of the Peace two terms, and belonged to the Reformed Church forty-four years- In May, 1834, he was united in marriage with Elizabeth Watts, who died March 13, 1877. Mr. Bryan of whom we write is the present Treasurer of Bath Township, having taken his father's place in that office. He has been Treasurer of Fairfield for six years, and has also been a mem- her of the Common Council four years. Few men of his years have taken a more prominent stand than he in public affairs or have served with greater credit in official capacities. His vote and influence are given to the Democratic party. He is active in the Methodist Episcopal Church and Sunday-school, holding various offices. JOHN T. McLAUGHLIN, M. D. The medical profession of Springfield, is honored by the presence in its ranks of Dr. McLaughlin, who, to a thorough knowledge of Therapeutics as understood by the Eclectic School of Medicine, combines the keenness of perception and accurate judgment which gives him skill in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. He belongs to various medical associations and is medical ex aminer or surgeon to various societies and corporations. He is still considerably on the sunny side of fifty, bidding fair to spend many years in use-fulness and increasing reputation in his chosen work. Dr. McLaughlin inherits a high degree of intellectuality from his parents, both of whom were teachers of large experience and much scholarship. His father, George F. McLaughlin, was born and reared in Maryland, coming to Ohio when still a single man. In this State he married Miss Rosanah F. Monroe, of Champaign County, who afterward assisted him in the Bellefontaine schools, of which he was the principal for a number of years. He died in 1845, when our subject was but eighteen months old. The wife and mother survived until 1878, when she breathed her last in Urbana. The natal day of Dr. McLaughlin was March 29, 1844, and his birthplace Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio. He remained with his mother, attending school at Urbana during his boyhood and youth, completing his studies there in the Urbana Collegiate Institute from which he was graduated in 1864. Having read medicine with Dr. A. H. Balridge, he entered the Eclectic Institute of Cincinnati from which he was graduated in the spring of 1867. He then returned to Urbana, where he began the practice of his profession, -remaining there during 1867 and 1868. He then removed to Xenia, Greene County, remaining in that city five years,. gaining experience and winning an excellent reputation. He then removed to Springfield in the spring of 1875, where he now enjoys a lucrative practice which is steadily increasing. Dr. McLaughlin belongs to the National Eclectic Medical Association, the State Eclectic Medical Association and the Central Ohio Eclectic Medical Society. He is medical examiner for the Order of Chosen Friends and Grand Medical Examiner to the Ohio Division of the Independent Forresters, in which organization he holds membership. He is also surgeon for the Ohio, Indiana & Western and the Ohio & Southern Railroads, as well as physician and surgeon to the Springfield Hospital. His studious habits are kept up as well as his many calls will allow, and he endeavors to keep fully abreast of the times in his knowledge of the recent investigations and theories of the medical world. His personal character is honorable, his manners pleasing, and he is one upon whom his fellow-men look with respect. ROBERT MILLER, senior member of the undertaking firm of Miller & Bryan, is operating at Fairfield with a good understanding of his business and is looked upon as one of its representative men. He comes of a good fam- 256 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. ily, is well-to-do financially, liberal and public-spirited, a Democrat in politics and an active member of the German Reformed Church. Mr. Miller was born in Bath Township, May 2, 1826, and was reared to farming pursuits. His father died when he was a lad of ten years and thereafter he was his mother's chief assistant on the farm. His education was limited to the elementary spelling book, Pike's arithmetic and the New Testament. He never saw a blackboard until his school days were over, these terminating when he was sixteen years old. After reaching his majority, he was joined in wedlock with Miss Deborah A. Kinney, the wedding taking place at the bride's home in Bath Township, October 5, 1848. Mrs. Miller was a native of the same township as her husband and was born February 10, 1830. Her father, John Kinney, was a native of Pennsylvania, an early Settler of Bath Township and became one of its most prominent and successful farmers. After his marriage Mr. Miller settled with his young wife upon a rented farm of one hundred and twenty acres near the old homestead and where they lived for a period of ten years. He then purchased the heirship to his mother's estate and secured the home farm, paying therefor $40 per acre and until the outbreak of the Civil War was successfully engaged in farming and stock-raising. During the war he served in the State Militia and assisted in driving Morgan from the soil of the Buckeye State. In 1874 Mr. Miller, having resolved to retire. from the arduous labors of farm life, rented his place and removed to Fairfield of which he has since been a resident. In 1879 he embarked in the undertaking business, which is the source of a comfortable income. He owns his residence and several lots in the city and is looked upon as one of the solid citizens who have been no unimportant factor in lending . dignity and importance to the community. Mrs. Deborah A. (Kinney) Miller departed this life at the family residence in Fairfield April 21, 1886. Of - the three children born to her and our subject, the eldest, a daughter, Vinette J., met a painful death at the age of three years, being fatally burned, her clothing having caught fire from a candle which she was carrying; Sarah M. died at the age of four years; Robert Edwin, the only surviving child, is pursuing his studies in Heidleburg College. at Tiffin, this State, and expects to graduate in the class of 1892. Mr. Miller cast his first Presidential vote for the Democratic candidate in 1848 and has always supported the principles of the Democratic party. Until recently, he has been quite active in politics, frequently officiating as a delegate to the county and State conventions. He was Township Assessor for a period of sixteen years and until resigning in 1887. For many years he was a School Director in his district and is now the Treasurer of the school funds. He has been a member of the Town Council of Fairfield two different terms. Socially, he belongs to the Masonic Lodge at Osborn. The father of our subject was Capt. Thomas Miller, a native of Lancaster County, Pa., and born in 1801. The paternal grandfather was Robert Miller, likewise a native of that county and who occupied himself as a contractor and builder. He came to Ohio .as early as 1807. and purchased of Elias Kerkendall three hundred and twenty acres of land at 43 per acre, a part of which is included in the land owned by 'his grandson Robert. He resided upon this until his death, the circumstances of which were very painful, as he was fatally injured by being thrown from a vehicle, in which he was riding. Capt. Thomas Miller was a farther by oceupation and gained his title by services in the Ohio State Militia. He was a man of note in his community, an Elder in the Presbyterian Church and departed this life September 26, 1836. He was married in early manhood to Miss Sarah Wolfe who was born in Lancaster County, Pa., in 1800. Grandfather John W.- Wolfe was also a native. of that county, where he learned the trade of a tailor. He emigrated to Ohio about 1805, and purchasing 4 large tract of land became well-to-do 'and was a prominent and public-spirited citizen. He passed the .closing years of his life at the old homestead in Bath Township. The mother of our subjeet, after the death of her first husband Mr. Miller, contracted a second marriage with Judge Simeon Dunn of Trenton, N. J. Judge Dunn was likewise an early settler of Bath PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 257 Township, a very intelligent man and a leading politician. He served as a soldier in the War of 1812, and about 1830 or 1832, represented the county in the State Legislature. He was for years a Township Trustee and served as Associate Judge for fourteen years. To Thomas S. and Sarah Miller was born a family of eight children, viz: Elizabeth, Mrs. Drake, now a widow and a resident of White County, Ind.; Robert, our subject; John and Abraham deceased; Christiana, Mrs. Nickey, a widow, residing in Muncie, Ind.; Mary, Mrs. Stine, of Walla Walla, Wash.; Margaret, Mrs. Newman, a widow, who is residing in Quincy, this State, and Sarah, Mrs. Batdorf, of Bath Township. There was born to the mother by her second marriage three children—Francis and Joseph L., deceased,. and Thomas S-, whose home is in Decatur, Ill., but who is now sojourning at Ann Arbor, Mich., for the purpose of educating his son. WILLIAM H. HARRY. Probably no man in Greene County has a more intimate acquaintance with its political history than he with whose name we introduce thiS sketch. Mr. Harry was born in Xenia, March 14, 1835, at No. 22, West Market Street, where he spent all his life until the fall of 1889, when he removed with his family to the corner of Union and Galloway Streets. He is the son of Samuel Harry, a native of Frederick, Md., and who was born April 6, 1791. The father of our subject served as a ,Sergeant in the War of 1812, and about 1820 came to Old- town by way of New Orleans and up the rivers. He was a wagon-maker by trade and had been Superiutendent of the Washington navy yards, engaged in the manufacture of gun carriages. When taking a trip South, he remained in the Crescent City a few months, whence he came directly to this county and settled in Xenia, in 1822. He bought property west of the Bradley Hotel and carried on wagon-making until being elected Sheriff of Greene County, in 1846. He served two terms, and was noted for his bravery and fidelity to duty. Dur the imprisonment of Jesse Ramsbottom, who had been convicted of the murder of his wife, he prevented the lynching of the criminal by a mob who were determined to take his life before the regular process of the law could be earried out. He died at his home in Xenia, March 22, 1867. The father of our subject was first married to Miss Sarah, daughter of Thomas Towler, who was one of the earliest settlers of Xenia, and they became the parents of four ehildren. Only one -was reared to matnre years, Mary A., Mrs. Peacock, of Indianapolis. His second wife was Mary, daughter of Benjamin and Catherine (Marsh) Manor. The Manor family came from the vicinity of Winchester, Va., during the pioneer days of this county. This second marriage, resulted in the birth of one child only, William H., the subject of this notice. The mother is still living, making her home with her son, our subject, and is now seventy-four years old. The paternal grandfather of our subject was James Harry, a Quaker preacher, who married a Miss Rush and died in Maryland. They were the parents of two sons and three daughters. Grandmother Harry died near Xenia at the advanced age of ninety-six years. The Harry family traces its ancestry to Scotland. The subject of this sketch attended the city school of Xenia during his boyhood days and later entered Antioch College, which he left in the fall of 1858 from the junior class. He spent the greater part of the following year in the Recorder's office, and was then Assistant Clerk of the Probate Court until after the outbreak of the Civil War. He promptly responded to the first call for troops, enlisting in Company E, Twelfth Ohio Infantry, in the first call for three months, and going to the front, participated in the battles of 'Winchester, Wapping Heights, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court House, Tolapotomoy, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Monocacy, Opequanland, New Market, Cedar Creek and Sailors's Creek, which latter was his last battle, and he had the satisfaction of witnessing the surrender of Lee at Appomattox. He remained in the service until August following. and was then given an honorable discharge. This included two enlistments, as at the expira- 258 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. tion of his first term of three months Mr. Harry re-enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Tenth Infantry, after which he fought at Winchester and the Wilderness. He accompanied Sheridan on the Shenandoah campaign, and was in all but three of the thirty-five battles with which his regiment engaged. After the battle of the Wilderness he was promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant for meritorious conduct on the field, and about three months later was made Adjutant of the regiment. In the winter of 1865 he was tendered a Captain's commission for gallantry after breaking the lines at Petersbnrg. He received his final discharge at Columbus, Ohio, about July 1, 1865. In the spring of 1867 Capt. Harry was appointed Chief Clerk of the Seventh Assessors' District of Ohio, and he served as Assistant Assessor and Surveyor of distilleries, then as Gauger up to the election of President Cleveland, when, being a Republican, he stepped out, He identified himself with the Masonic fraternity in 1865, and has been a warm defender of its principles for a quarter of a century. It is hardly necessary to state that he votes the straight Republican ticket. Mr. Harry was wedded to Miss Caroline E., daughter of Judge J. J. Winans, of Xenia, in October, 1869, and they are the parents of three children—Mary C., Samuel and James W. Mrs. Harry was born in October, 1846, in Xenia. Her mother bore the maiden name of Caroline Morris. EDWIN I. THORN, M. D. There are few practitioners within the limits of Greene County who, according to their years, have attained to a more enviable position than that of Dr. Thorn, who is still on the sunny side of fifty, having been born October 31, 1847. His native place was Yellow Springs, and he was the youngest in a family of five children, the offspring of Isaac and Hannah (Smith) Thorn, both of whom were likewise natives of this county, and are now deceased. The paternal grandfather of our subject was William Thorn, a native of Pennsylvania, and of German descent. He emigrated to this, county at an early day, and spent his last years near Cedarville. His son, Isaac, Who was reared on the farm, when approaching manhood, turned his attention to the medical profession, and beeame successful and prominent as a physician, having an extensive practice in the early days in this and Clark Counties.. He was actively engaged in his practice at the time of his death, which oecurred from cholera in the city of Springfield, when he was in the forty-ninth year of his age. The mother of our subject survived. her husband many years, and died in California in February, 1890. The subject of this notice was but two years old at the time of his father's death, and remained with his mother in Springfield during his boyhood and youth. He attended the district school until fifteen years of age, then going to Richmond, Ind-, became clerk in a dry-goods store, and was thus occupied for eighteen months. Then deciding to enter the medical profession, he went into the office of his uncle, Dr. E. Thorn, of Yellow Springs, and when sufficiently advanced in his studies, took his first course of lectures In the Michigan State University at Ann Arbor. His second course was taken during the. winter of 1867-68, at the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, from which he was graduated in the class of the latter year. In entering npon ,the practice of his profession, Dr. Thorn associated himself in partnership with his uncle, which partnership continued until the death of the latter, October 2, 1876. Thereafter Dr. Thorn continued his practice alone, and is now in the enjoyment of an extensive and lucrative business. In the meantime, -October 12, 1871, he was joined in wedlock with Miss Rebecca A., daughter of Elder R. Stewart, the wedding taking place at the bride's home in Clifton, Greene County. Mr Stewart and his wife were both natives of this State. Mrs. Thorn was born May 7, 1849, in Yellow Springs, received a good education, and remained with her parents until her marriage. This union resulted in the birth of three children—Carrie S., Una Maude, and Edwin ID. The little family occupy a snug home in the northern part of the city, and number their friends 'and associates among its cultured people. The Doctor is a member of the Ohio State Medical Society, and keeps himself thor- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 261 oughly ted upon the new theories and the model methods of practice. Although no politician, he gives his uniform support to the Repnblican party, is the friend of education, and has served for several years as a member of the School Board. ISAAC K. HOSTETTER. One of the most extensive business enterprises in Osborn, Greene County, is that of the subject of this sketch, who is a grain buyer and the proprietor and manager of a flour and feed store. He owns a large elevator and is the only man of the place engaged in shipping from that point ; in prices he is obliged to compete with the mill and larger cities, yet he makes the business profitable and has a large trade. He also owns the large brick bnilding in which his office and flour and feed store are situated, an attractive residence and other property. In the ancestral history of most families there are interesting incidents of an historical nature and such is the case in that of our subject. his great-grandfather Hostetter, with three brothers, came in from Germany to America, and with two of them entered the Revolutionary army, aiding the cause of American freedom until the close of the War. One of the brothers, however, hired with the English army, acting as an enemy to his brothers and the cause they espoused. The Americans got after him, but the English helped him to Canada and gave him a large tract of land there. The grandfather of our subject was Henry Hostetter, a native of and farmer in Lancaster County, Pa., whence he removed to Adams County. There he remained until his death, continuing his agricultural employment and also freighting to Pittsburg. George Hostetter, father of our subject, was born in Lancaster County, Pa., and adopted the occupation to which he had been reared. He located in York County, but in 1849 came to the Buckeye State, settling in Wayne Township, Montgomery County. There he continued his farm work for several years and then bought town property in Osborn and abandoned farm life. He moved into town in 1856, residing there until his death, August 5, 1887, when he had reached the extreme age of eighty-eight years. He belonged to the Mennonite Church. His wife was a native of Adams County, Pa., was of German ancestry and a daughter of Peter Keplinger, a Pennsylvania farmer. Mrs. Susan Hostetter died in 1866, leaving four children of whom the subject of this sketch is the youngest. The first-born, Peter, died in Indiana, in 1883, at the age of fifty-eight years; Maria, Mrs. Forry, lives in Champaign County ; Emanuel is a resident of Osborn. The gentleman of whom we write was born in Hanover, York County, Pa., October 31, 1833, and during his boyhood attended the subscription schools, the temple of learning being a log building with slab benches, puncheon floor, and the other primitive fittings with whose description we are all familiar. In 1849, he accompanied his father to Ohio, making the journey by river and canal to Dayton, and remaining with his parents until eighteen years old. He then began working at the carpenter's trade and in 1853, when twenty years old, began contracting and building in partnership with his brother Emanuel. The partnership continued four years and was then dissolved and our subject continued the business alone until 1860, when he went to Dayton, and found employment in the sash and blind factory. Mr. Hostetter belonged to the Ohio State Militia or Natioral Guards, which were called out in 1864. Responding to the call on May 6, he was mustered into Company K, One hundred Fifty-fourth Ohio Infantry, at Camp Dennison, and sent to the department of West Virginia. He was present as an active participant in the battle of New Creek, Va., where he saw hard fighting; the command to which he belonged was then sent out after guerrillas and had two heavy skirmishes, at Greene Springs and Moorefield. During his short but active army life Mr. Hostetter had bullets pass through his clothing and other narrow escapes from death, but was able at all times to perform the duties required of him as a brave man should. Being sent back to Camp Dennison September 18,1864, he was mustered out of the service receiving an honorable discharge. Returning to the shop in which he had been employed Mr. Hostetter was made foreman of the mechanical department, but not liking the position he 262 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. returned to blind making as soon as a man could be found to fill his place. He remained in the employ of the company until the spring of 1870, when he' came to Osborn, and on April 3, embarked in the grain business in partnership with his- brother, under the firm name of E. Hostetter & Co. The firm did a successfnl business for fifteen years, when the connection was dissolved, our subject buying out his brother, and continuing the business alone. He has manifested business tact and judgment of a high order, eonducts his affairs according to honorable methods, and is respected by his fellow-men. In Donnelsville, Clark County, November 4, 1865, the ceremony was performed which united the lives and fortune of our subject and Miss Letitia Leffel. This lady was born in the place where she was married and is a well-informed, agreeable and useful woman, whose Christian character affords a bright example to those about her. She has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church since she was twelve years old. Her father, Peter Leffel is a :devout and active Christian and for many years has- been a Class-Leader in the same church. He is an old settler of Clark County and a prominent farmer, his home being on Jackson Creek near Donnelsville. Mr. Hostetter is a charter member of Fairfield Post No. 64,. G. A. R. and takes an active part in its work. The Methodist Episcopal Church is that of his choice and he attends and supports it in every way possible, being now a Trustee. In politics he is- a stanch Republican, not only casting his vote for that party but wielding all his influence in its favor. When twelve years old he had an attack of scarlet fever, which left him slightly deaf. A portrait of Mr. Hostetter and wife is shown elsewhere in this volume. JAMES BRYSON. Among those who, after years of untiring industry and the practice of a prudent economy ore now able to enjoy the reward of their toils, may be mentioned Mr. Bryson, who is in the enjoyment of a comfortable home in the shape of a valuable farm finely located in Xenia Township, Greene County. He came to this place in the fall of 1880 and siuce that time has not engaged in any active business or labor, simply looking after his property and wisely giving himself a needed rest and the enjoyment of the society of his friends. The Bryson farm is situated about one and onefahalf miles north of Xenia and forms one of the prettiest pictures in the landscape of that region.. The proprietor is recognized as one of the old landmarks of this county and one who has been no unimportant factor in advancing its prosperity. Every man who has redeemed a portion of the soil from the wilderness and erected thereon a comfortable homestead, has thus contributed to the developn-ent of the county and is worthy of honorable mention. Mr. Bryson was born March 1, 1815, in Northumberland County, Pa., and lived there until the spring of 1834. He was reared amid the peaceful surroundings of country life and trained to the habits of industry and sentiments of honor which have made him what he is to-day among his fellow citizens. He acquired a practical education in the common schools and when leaving school chose farming for his vocation, of which he made an art and a science and in which he has been more than ordinarily successful. In the spring of 1834 Mr. Bryson concluded to seek his fortnnes on the soil of Ohio and accord. ingly in company with his father came to this county. They secured a tract of land on the Clifton Pike, running from Oldtown to Clifton, and James, working with his father, lived there until the fall of 1880. In the meantime he was married in Xenia Township, March 17, 1853, to Miss Nancy A., daughter of William and Elizabeth Bradfute. Mrs. Bryson was born January 10, 1828', in Cedar ville Township, this county, of which her parents were early pioneers and where they spent the closing years of their lives. The young people commenced the journey of life together under the old rooftree and became the parents of four children : William B., the eldest, is on the old home of Mr. Bryson; Nettie died when ,four years old; Robert E., and Agnew E. The former resides on a farm in this township, the latter at home. Since starting out upon his own acconnt Mr. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 263 Byron has been uniformly successful. At one time he was the owner of about seven hundred acres of land in this county. There are few men possessing a Letter knowledge of the value of property and he has for some time been one of the Real-Estate Appraisers of Xenia Township. Mr. Bryson during his early manhood affiliated with the old Whig party, but since its organization has been n a stanch supporter of the Republican party. Both he and his estimable wife are members in good standing of the Third United Presbyterian Church, in Xenia, of which Mr. Bryson offieiates as Elder. While actively engaged in farming he made a specialty of stock-raising which netted him handsome returns. The parents of our subject were Robert and Hannah Bryson, natives of Pennsylvania and supposed to be of Scotch-Drish ancestry. The parental household consisted of eight children. JAMES C. STEWART. The farming community of Xenia Township, recognizes in Mr. Stewart one of its leading representatives in point of honesty, reliability, and good citizenship. At present he occupies forty acres, where he has a snug home and is surrounded by all the comforts of life. He is of Southern antecedents, a native of York County, S. C., and was born July 29, 1814. He is thus approaching the seventy-sixth year of his age, and has had a large experience of life, and without making any great stir in the world, has fulfilled his duty as an honest man and a good citizen, and earned the confi- dence and esteem of those around him. The immediate progenitors of Mr. Stewart were Robert M. and Elizabeth (McElroy) Stewart, likewise natives of South Carolina, and the father was a soldier in the War of 1812. After laying aside his musket, he resumed his farming pursuits, to which he had been reared from boyhood, remaining in his native State until 1818. He then came to this county and settled four miles east of the resent site of Xenia, where he spent the remainder of his days, dying March 6, 1867, at the age of seventy-nine years. The wife and mother had passed away prior to this time, at the age of sixty-five. Their six children were named respectively: Violet, Jennie, James C., William B., Samuel M., and Margaret. Three of these are living. The paternal grandfather of our subject was William Stewart, a Revolutionary soldier, who was born in the city of Glasgow, Scotland, and who came to America during the Colonial days, when a young man of twenty years. He settled first in Pennsylvania, and later removed to South Carolina. He was married to a sister of Patrick Calhoun, who was the father of John C. Calhoun, and there were born to them two sons and seven daughters. Up to the election of Van Buren, he supported the Democratic party, but at that time he became a Whig, and later a Republican. He was in the early days a slaveholder. He died in 1830, at the advanced age of ninety-one years. He traced his ancestry to the royal Stuarts of Scotland. The family was first represented in this country by three brothers, the younger of whom was named William, and from whom it is supposod the forefathers of our subject descended. The subject of this sketch obtained his education in the common schools of this county, to which he was brought when a lad of four years. After leaving school, he occupied himself as a teacher for twelve years, beginning at the age of nineteen. Aside from this he followed farming pursuits all his life. In 1863 he settled on his present place, and has become one of the old landmarks whose namo will be held in kindly remembrance long after he has departed hence. He was first married in November, 1836, to Rebecca, daughter of David and Elizabeth Hopping, of Ohio, and there was born to them one child, a son, James, who was graduated from Miami University, and during the Civil War enlisted in the Union service as a member of the Ninety-fourth Ohio Infantry; he died in the army a year later. Mrs. Rebecca Stewart died at her home in Xenia Township, in May, 1838. Mr. Stewart was then married to Miss Lavina J. Brewster, who traced her ancestry to the Plymouth Colony; her parents were Samuel and Mary (Dinwiddie) Brewster, who spent their last years in Sugar Creek and Xenia Townships. 264 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. Mr. Brewster occupied himself as a farmer, and was one of the earliest pioneers of this county. Of the second marriage of Mr. Stewart there were born four children: Mary E., the. wife of M. W. Sears, of Dayton; Joanna, Mrs. Ira Townsley, of Iowa; Henrietta G., wife of the Rev. R. E. Lackey, of Pennsylvania; and Mattie R., who is at home. Mr. Stewart has for many years been a member of the United Presbyterian Church. In addition to the homestead where he resides, he owns one hundred and sixty acres of land in Ringgold County, Iowa. His great-grandfather was banished from Scotland on account of his religious views. MRS. MARY E. BALL, wife of Cyrus M. Ball, is one of the most energetic and ambitious little women in Clark County. Being possessed of ample means, she has employed them in making her home beautiful, and has had erected for herself and husband the largest and finest brick mansion to be found in the Buckeye State outside of its large cities. Mrs. Ball, having been reared in the country, prefers to live amid the beauties of nature and where she can give free rein to her artistic desires and enjoy to the full the unrivaled paintings done by the Great Master. She hopes to spend many pleasant hours in the studio which is being made a feature of the new home, being herself an artist and finding one of her chief enjoyments in depicting upon canvas the beauty which is present to her mind. She was known in her maidenhood as Miss Mary E. Linson and is a native of Madison County, in which her grandparents were early pioneers and large landowners. They were George and Elizabeth (Hutcenpellar) Linson. Her father, John Lipson, married Nancy,daughter of David and Mary (Gray) Stroup. In her early life Mrs. Ball received every advantage of education and training which the means, good breeding and fine position of the family afforded, and her cultured mind, fine manners, and worth of character are a result to be admired. She has no children, but her home is brightened by the presence of her two sisters. Her husband being incapacitated from physical exertion by paralysis, she has oversight of their temporal affairs and ably conducts them. Mr. Ball owns eleven hundred acres of land in this vicinity, the most of it being fine farming land. Mr. Ball represents two excellent families which have been known in this county for many years- His father, Eulass Ball, was a graduate of Lexington Medical College and, locating at Clifton, was one of the pioneer physicians of this county. he afterward removed to South Charleston and engaged in the mercantile business, buying his goods in Philadelphia and hauling them by teams from Cincinnati. While in business in Sonth Charleston he was married to Miss Margaret, daughter of Mungo Murray of Scotland.; Mr. Murray, one of the earliest settlers of this county, was the owner of a large amount of land, among which is the estate occupied by our subject, which fell to the daughter Margaret at her father's death when she was but eighteen years old... A nice frame house was built in 1837 on the ground now occupied by the present mansion. This .gave place in 1868 to a fine brick structure, which in its turn was torn down to make room for the present one. The site is one of the finest, being slightly elevated above the. pike leading from South Charleston to Springfield, and overlooking the beautiful valley of the Little Miami River, which stretches away to the northeast. Cyrus M. Ball was married, January 15, 1878, to his present wife. The mansion which was begun in April, 1889, and which when completed will represent a cost of about $35,000, deserves special mention in this work, as it is without doubt the largest and finest farm house in- the State, if not in the United States, and will stand as a monument to the builders for many years. The walnut, cherry, white 'oak, and other woods used as. finishing lumber, have been cut from the premises of Mr. Ball. No convenience to to be had in any city will be omitted from this elegant dwelling, which will be furnished with hot and cold water throughout, lighted by gas which can be ignited by electricity, supplied with electric call bells, and connected by telephone with South Charleston, one and a half miles distant. In addition to the numerous fireplaces throughout the PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 265 building it will be heated by two large furnaces, each of which will take a stick of wood five feet long. Fourteen radiating pipes from each convey the heat to any part of the building desired. Each floor is abundantly supplied with lavatories, elegantly finished in marble and brass mountings. Including the basement, the building is four stories high, the dimensions being ninety-nine feet in width from north to south, and one hundred and ten feet long. A porch from nine to fourteen feet wide and one hundred and thirty feet long, encircles the front, the roof being supported by fifty-five turned and carved pillars. This veranda being about five feet above the ground makes a charming promenade overlooking the road and the Miami Valley. The hasement floor will be used for kitchen, dining-room, laundry, dairy, cellar, and furnace room. A tramway from the rear of the building to the furnaces and cellar will carry material which can then be distributed by means of an elevator to any of the upper floors. On the first floor will he found the parlors, library, sitting-room, reception room, private sittingfaroom and bed room, conservatory, main diningfaroom and hall. So roomy is the mansion that on this floor a wagon drawn by two horses could be driven from the hall .through the parlor, diningfaroom and sitting-room and ample room afforded in the hall to pass another team. From the private sitting-room on the north, Mr. Ball can have a full view of the road in front and the barns and other outbuildings in the rear. The conservatory is 16x18 feet, with a glass dome eighteen feet in diameter and is separated from the dining-room by a partition through whose crystal purity guosts can see the tropical plants which will adorn it. The opposite side of the dining-room will be furnished with a large mirrored sideboard, which will reflect the beauty to those whose backs are toward the conservatory, and give the impression that the latter is duplicated. The second floor is given up to sleeping rooms which are large, light and airy. Each is finished in a different wood, on which may be seen some handsome carving done by the architect and builders. The rooms aH open from a large and well-lighted hall, and immediately in front a turret swell affords place for a cozy little sewing-room, overlooking the road north and south for miles. On the third floor will be a large hall for dancing or other social use, and the art room, will( h is especially adapted for its purpose, being finished in white and lighted by many large and low windows. The antique room is prepared for the collections of relics, and on this floor will also be found the store room for supplies, the tank room and a number of others. AMOS SEITZ, senior partner of the firm of A. & J. Seitz, who own and operate the Tremont City Mill, in Clark County, was born Deeember 21,1842. His father, Andrew Seitz, was a native of Pennsylvania, and of German ancestry. He married Mary Circle, a native of Virginia and also of German descent. About 1830 he came to Clark County, about ten years later moving into Tremont City and becoming owner of an old mill which stood where the new mill now stands. He conducted it as a gristmill, sawmill and distillery, continuing in business in Tremont City many years. He departed this life some years since, but his wife still survives at her former home. The Tremont City Mill was erected by the father of the present proprietors in 1859, and is a frame building four stories in height. It was put up as a gristmill, but in December, 1889, was refitted with a full roller process of the Centrifugal System. The machinery was manufactured by Barnard & Leas of Moline, Ill., and cost about $1,700. The capaeity is now thirty barrels in twenty-four hours, and beside their custom work the Messrs. Seitz do considerable merchant work, manufacturing two special brands—the Centrifugal and the Fancy Family, the former being the better brand. The power used is an overshot water-wheel built of wood and supplied from a millrace connected with Chapman's Creek. During a part of the dry season, when water becomes scarce, they are obliged to use an engine put in in the fall of 1889. It was manufactured by Russell & Co., of Massillon, and has a capacity of forty horse-power. Two millers and one teamster are employed. The flour which is not 266 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. ground for cnstom work is mostly sold to Springfield bakers, though grocers also share the product to some extent. The subject of this sketch was reared to manhood in this his native county, a portion of his time being spent on a farm, but the greater part of it in a mill. The common schools of the county afforded him good fundamental instruction and developed in him the love of knowledge which has impelled him to add to the limited advantages of his early years much information gleaned from papers, books, and his fellow men. He is there fore wellfainformed on topics of general interest, especially in those matters which relate to his chosen work. He is classed among the leading business men of Tremont City and is looked upon as a worthy representative of a pioneer family. His political adherence is given to the Democratic party, and his religious- faith is that expressed by the creed of the German Reformed Church. In Miss Dora B., danghter of David Martin, of Tremont City, Mr. Seitz discerned many pleasing qnalities such as led him to desire her for his companion in the journey of life. His regard being reciprocated they were united in marriage March 11, 1880. Their happy union has been blessed by the birth of 'three children: Charles E., Mattie B., and Emma E., who form a bright and interesting group around the family fireside. JOEL SWIGART. This upright man, reliable citizen and prosperous farmer has grown up in the locality in which he lives, and where his father and grandfather were early settlers. He is the fourth child born to Michael and Sarah (Nave) Swigart, whose family comprised eight children. The others were Elizabeth, the wife of William Huston, who died leaving five children: Barbara, wife of Archibald Huston, and the mother of fourteen children, both she and her husband being now dead; Martha, who married Basil Orey, and both are now deceased, having left two children; David, who died unmarried; Michael, who lives in Sugar Creek Township, Greene County; Sarah, now deceased, who was the wife of William Tobias, and the mother of two children ; Solomon, who also lives in Sugar Creek Township. The father of this family was born in Pennsylvania, and was the son of Peter Swigart, a native of Saxony, Germany, who came to America during the Revolution as a Hessian soldier. After the struggle closed Peter Swigart settled in Somerset County, Pa., marrying. an American woman who bore him six children. The father of our subject was the eldest child and accompanied his father to this State in 1811, their location being in Beaver Creek Township, Greene County, where the elder Swigart died in 1839. He had taken a heavily timbered farm from the United States Government when the township had very few white settlers, the maternal grandfather of Our subject having also been a pioneer there, whence he had come from Maryland. A year after'. he came to this State Michael Swigart removed into Sugar Creek Township, settling on the farm now owned by his son Michael, and accumulating an estate of six hundred and fifty-two acres, prior to his death in 1865. The farm upon which he located was entirely raw land, and he and his sons cleared it and broke the virgin soil. Both the parents of our subject were members of the German Lutheran Church, in which the father was an-Elder for many years. He took an active interest in politics and affiliated with the Whig party. The death of his wife took place in 1833. The gentleman of, whom we write was born on November 18, 1820, on the farm now occupied by his brother, Michael Swigart. His school privileges were limited to an attendance of three months a year at a subscription school in a log schoolhouse; the people being very poor during. his boyhood. He well, remembers seeing. Indians in this locality and wild beasts in goodly numbers. Whenever the mother wished to eall, her boys into the house she would go to the door and cry "Indians," when the lads would rush pell-mell to their home. Our subject was a strong, robust boy, and during his youth was obliged to do a large amount of heavy work. He gave his services to his father, working steadily for him until he was twenty-two PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 267 years of age, when he married and was given ninety-eight and three-fourth acres of land on' section 33, where his days since then have been spent. The only improvement upon the land was a small log cabin, but in 1858, he built a substantial residence at a cost of about *1,500, while various other improvements have been made by him, all such as befit the estate of an enterprising and prosperous farmer. By his personal efforts twenty-five acres of the land was cleared, and the remainder he had put in proper condition for tillage and now sixty acres are under the plow. He subsequently added to his real estate a tract of eighty acres, one-half mile north of the home farm. Until he was fifty years of age Mr- Swigart was a hard worker, but at that time he began to feel the strain of his previous arduous toils and he has since remained somewhat broken down in health. In Miss Margaret Hedtleson, of Beaver Creek Township, Mr. Swigart found united the qualities which he thought desirable in a companion and helpmate, and after a successful wooing she became his wife January 12, 1843. Her parents, John and Eva (Smeltzer) Hedtleson, are natives of Maryland and were early settlers in the township in which their daughter was born September 24, 1824, and in which she grew to womanhood. After having shared her husband's joys and sorrows for nearly thirty years, she breathed her last in 1872, leaving behind her a memory to which her husband has ever been faithful. The fruit of this happy union was five children, all of whom are now deceased except the firstfaborn. The snrvivor is Sarah Jane, whose natal day was August 31, 1844, and who married Thomas Haverstick, a native of Xenia, and is yet living with her father on the farm on which she was born. The date of her marriage was December 10, 1872, the union being a childless one. The deceased children of Mr. Swigart, are Elizabeth Ann, who died in infancy-; Mary Catherine, who died at the age of twenty-four years; Elmira, wife of John D. Fink, who -died in Jannary, 1887, without offspring; and Ida Belle, who died at the age of twelve years. Mr. Swigart has taken an active interest in politiacal affairs and has always been a Republican, although in the local elections he votes for the man and not the party. His fellow-citizens recognize the deep. interest he has in educational affairs and the faithful manner in which he discharges the duties of an official and have retained him as a member of the School Board in District No. 2, sixteen years. He is a member of the German Reformed Church in which he has held the office of Elder and of which his deceased wife was also a member. The respect of his fellowfacitizens has ever been his and he can look back over a well spent life and enjoy the pleasure that comes from a remembrance of duties well performed. J. J. BROWN. Among the business establishments of Springfield, none are more defaserving of patronage on account of the excellent stock found therein, the honorable methods employed, and the enterprise manifested by the proprietor, than the drugfastore of the gentleman above named. Mr. Brown has been a resident of Springfield for a number of years, and has become quite well-known both as a business man and as a citizen whose character entitles him to the hearty respect of all who know him. He is thoroughly aequainted with the business of a pharmacist, in which he, has, had the best of instruction, and an extended experience. Among the early settlers in Pennsylvania, was Grandfather Brown, a man of English descent, and of the Presbyterian faith, who numbered among his family a son James. This son was born in Uniontown, November 4, 1806, and became a practical druggist. He married Sarah J., daughter of John Sessford, one of the oldest inhabitants -of Washington, D. C. .In 1836 the young couple- removed from the capital city to Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio, where they spent many years. The husband breathed his last at Washington Court House, Fayette County, May 8, 1881, his widow surviving until February 23, 1885. To them were born six sons and four daughters, the subject of this sketch being the third son. The father followed the example set by his forefathers, and belonged to the Presbyterian Church, in which he 268 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. was a Deacon many years. The maternal ancestors were of the Episcopalian belief. The gentleman whose name stands at the head of this sketch, was born in Hillsboro, Highland County, October 9, 1839, and passed his school days in his native place, attending the public schools and Hillsboro Academy. After completing his studies, he entered his father's drug-store, where he learned the nature and use of drugs and their compounding. When the Civil War broke out, he felt so strong a desire to assist in the preservation of the Union, that he abandonod his work and enlisted in 1861. The name of Mr. Brown was placed upon the muster roll of Company A, Sixtieth Ohio Infantry, and upon the organization of the company, he was made Orderly Sergeant. He was soon afterward promoted to the rank of Sergeant Major, and after ward to that of Acting Adjutant of the regiment. On the expiration of his first term of service, he re-enlisted as a member of the Twenty-fourth Ohio Battery of Light Artillery, in which he was made First Lieutenant,and served three years. During his army life he took part in the battles at Cross Keys, Harrisonburg, Port Republic and Harper's Ferry, at the latter place being taken prisoner by the enemy. His captivity did not last long, however, as he was soon exchanged. The generals commanding the forces with which he fought, were Milroy, Schenck, Fremont, Pratt and Shaler. After the surrender of Gen. Lee, in May, 1865, he was honorably discharged, and returning to his home, resumed the occupation in which he had previously been engaged. Mr. Brown remained in Hillsboro until 1876, he having sustained a heavy loss by having his drugstore destroyed by fire in 1875. In May of the next year he came to Springfield, and purchasing a drug stock of Dr. J. R. Squire & Co., embarked in the business here, which he has continued from that date. He still occupies the same stand, carrying a full line of drugs, medicines, oils, glass and fancy articles. On June 18, 1872, he led to the hymeneal altar Miss Ella Bowers, of Hillsboro. She is a daughter of William T. and Mary (Kinley) Bowers, was born in Cincinnati, and is not only intelligent and well-bred, but is a fine specimen of Christian womanhood. She has borne our subject one son, George. The entire family circle are consistent members of St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, in which Mr. Brown has for some time served as Trustee. He has been a m ber of the church since 1853, having become Christian at the early age of twelve years. JACOB MITZEL. In a county which eon- tains so large a number of thoroughly com! petent farmers and stock-raisers as does Clark County it would be almost impossible to determine who deserves pre-eminence over all others. But it is a comparatively easy task to select in each township some men who represent the class to which they belong, in its best elements of worldly activities and upright character. One of these is to be found in Jacob Mitzel, who resides in German Township, near Tremont City, and whose life it is our purpose to briefly record. Our subject is the seventh child in a large family of whom the following members survive: Elizabeth, widow of Benjamin Stump, York County, Pa-; Catherine, whose home is in the same county; Frederick, of Dauphin Connty, Pa.; Christie A., Scranton, Pa.; Jacob; Lydia, whose home is in York County, Pa.; Emanuel, of Tremont City, Ohio; and Amos, York County, Pa. Their parents were Jacob and Catherine (Flintchbaugh) Mitzel, both of whom were natives of the Keystone State. In York County, Pa., February 26, 1831, the eyes of our subject opened to the light. His educational advantages were somewhat meagre, there being no free schools in the section in which he was reared, but in the subscription schools he acquired a good. fundamental education to which he has largely added by reading and observation. His home was on a farm until eighteen years of age, when he began to learn the trade of a mason and bricklayer, at which he served an apprenticeship of three years. He then worked as a journeyman for a short time, after which for many years he PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 271 carried on the business of a contractor. About 1863 he abandoned that occupation and tnrned his attention solely to farming. He owns a fine farm of one hundred and twenty-two acres, under excellent cultivation, with a fine set of buildings and other improvements to match. The residence was built in 1863, and is one of the finest farm homes in northern Clark County; the barn was erected in 1873, and it also is a credit to the estate. On June 12, 1860, Mr. Mitzel and Miss Elenora A- Neff became husband and wife. Mrs. Mitzel is a daughter. of Adam and Margaret Neff, formerly residents of German Township, both of whom are now deceased. She has been an efficient helpmate, has looked well to the ways of her household and is honored and revered by its members. She has borne her husband font children, two of whom-- Arvilla M. and Lucien C., are deceased. Laura L. is the wife of George Koehler, a teacher, and Adam still makes his home under the parental roof. Mr. Mitzel is independent in politieS; voting for the best man irrespective of party prejudice. Much interested in the cause of education he' has served efficiently as a Sehool Director for number of years. he is a member of the Grange Lodge of Tremont City. All worthy movements for the elevation of society and the prosperity of the 'public are favored and supported by him. Both he and his wife belong to the Reformed Church in which he has served as a Deacon and an Elder ISAAC EVANS. Foremost among the substantial farmers of Spring Valley Township, may be properly mentioned Mr. Evans, who has likewise been more than ordinarily successful as a stock-raiser. Like many of his compeers, he was born in this township, nine miles south of the city of Xenia, this event occurring December 8, 1835. Robert and Sarah (Coppock) Evans, were both natives of Newberry District, S. C., the father born November 9, 1797, and the mother March 13, 1799. They were reared in the Quaker faith, to which religion they adhered all their lives. Upon leaving their native State, Robert Evans and his family traveled overland with a four-horse team, and a one-horse wagon to Greene County. They began their journey September 24, 1829, and reached their destination October 24, following. They made their headquarters at the home of Samuel Speer, the stepfather of Mr. Evans, for a few days, then secured four hundred acres of land south of the present village of Spring Valley. There they settled and endured all the hardships and privations incident to pioneer life. The parents spent the 'remainder of their days at the farm which they built up, the father dying November 9, 1868, and the mother June 17, 1871. Mr. Evans, in addition to carrying on farming extensively, also officiated as- a surveyor.' In South Carolina he followed Milling. In this county he ran a grist and saw mill, these being located a mile and a quarter south of the village, on the Miami River. To the parents of our subject' there was born a family of fifteen children, six of whom died in infancy. The nine who grew to mature years, were named respectively: Rebecca; Moses, who died leaving nine children ; Esther, who married. Lewis Hartsock, went first to Indiana then to Illinois, and finally to Kansas, where she died leaving two sons and three daughters; Lydia, the wife of William Stanfeald; Mary, Mrs: Isaac M. Barret; Sophia, Mrs: Carrol Whitney; Isaac;` Nancy' J., the wife of Martin Peterson ; Margaret, 'the wife of Aaron Crites. The father of our subject .was the son of Moses and Lydia (Hasket) Evans. who were likewise natives of South Carolina. Grandfather Evans died there at about the age of forty years, leaving six children, viz: Robert, Rebecca, Thomas, Moses, Mary, and- Isaac. His widow subsequently was married to Samuel Speer, and emigrated from South Carolina in April, 1826, locating on the land now occupied by Isaac, our subject, and where grandfather Speer died October 1, 1856. His partner had preceded him to the silent land, her death taking place August 19, 1852, when she was aged seventy-nine years, two months and twenty one (lays. Of this marriage there were born three children, and they, like their ancestors, grew up in, and adhered religiously to, the Quaker faith. They were 272 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. named respectively: James, John, and Samuel. All were married and left families. The father of Moses, was Robert Evans. Mrs. Sarah (Coppock) Evans, the mother of our subject, was the daughtor of Joseph and Esther (Patterson) Coppock, both of South Carolina, who came to Miami County, this State, about 1812. Subsequently they returned to their native State, and both died there in 1819. Isaac Evans spent his boyhood and youth on the pioneer farm, and by close attention to such opportunities as were afforded him, obtained a practical education. His early studies were pursued at a subscription school which was afterward raised to the dignity of a public school. Later he became a student at Bacon's Commercial College at Cincinnati, from which he was graduated in 1857. After that he had charge of his father's books in the mills for four years. These mills were conducted under the firm name of R. Evans & Sons. The above-mentioned partnership was dissolved in 1864, when Isaac Evans purchased the homestead of his paternal grandmother, this comprising one hundred and seventy acres of land with good buildings. Later he added to his real estate by the purchase of one hundred and sixty acres more. The larger portion of his property has been accumulated by his own industry. He is a man highly honored in his community, and has been intrusted with many positions, serving as Township Ti ustee, and in 1880 was elected Township Appraiser. He cast his first Presidential vote for Abraham Lineoln in 1860, and has since given his uniform support to the Republican party. Miss Matilda C. Stump became the wife of our subjeet January 31, 1860, the wedding taking place at the bride's home in Spring Valley Township. Mrs. Evans was born January 19, 1836, in Spring Valley Township, to Jonas and Prudence (Smalley) Stump, who were natives of Virginia, and are now living in this township. Six children came to bless the union of our subject and his estimable wife, these being named respectively: Frank S., who married Miss Catharine S. Eberly, of Warren County, Ohio; Minnie B., the wife of Joseph G. Gest; Louie A., Alta M., William J., and Charles R. In addition to general farming, Mr. Evans makes a spe cialty of fine stock, in whieh industry he has been very successful. He was an active Union man during the Civil War, and has always given his influence to those enterprises calculated to advance the interests of the people around him. We take pleasure in showing a portrait of Mr. Evans in this work. SMITH S. TWICHELL, one of the Trustees of Moorefield Township,owns and occupies a well-regulated homestead on section 11, and is numbered among the stirring and successful men of this part of Clark County. he was born in Oswego County, N. Y., May 27,1836, to Luther and Susan (Wilson) Twichell who were natives respectively of New Hampshire and Vermont. The Twichell family was originally from Scotland and was first represented in America during the last century, the- first settlement being made in New England. The father of our subject was born in 1801 and lived in his native State until a young man of twenty years, when he was married. He emigrated to Minnesota in 1854, and died there two years later. The wife and mother survived her husband for a period of twenty-seven years, remaining a widow and dying in Ohio in 1883. The parental family consisted of nine children of whom the following survive, viz: Minerva, Mrs. Sawyer of Des Moines, Iowa; Polly A., Mrs. Twichell of Hastings, Minn.; Daniel W. of Champaign County, this State, and Smith S., our subject. The deceased are Allen A.; Susan S.; Louisa, Luther L. and Lyman. Mr. Twichell of whom we write remained a resident of his native- county until a young man of twenty years, then going to Minnesota, occupied himself there at farming until 1869. He had re. ceived a very good education, completing his stud-. ies at Falley Seminary, in Fulton, N. Y., and subsequently taught school one year. With this exception he has been engaged in agricultural pursuits his entire life. After the outbreak of the Civil War he entered the Union Army, enlisting August 22, 1862, in Company K, Eighth Minnesota Infantry, PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM - 273 which was first assigned to the Army of the West and was sent out after belligerent Indians. Later they were made a part of the Army of the Cumberland aud Mr. Twichell participated in the battle of “the Pines" in the South and was in one battle with the Indians, besides numerous skirmishes. He escaped unharmed and at the expiration of his term of enlistment received his honorable discharge July 11, 1865. Upon leaving the army Mr. Twichell returned to Minnesota and thence in 1869 came to Wyandot County, this State, where he sojourned several years. He removed thence, in 1875, to Clark County, of which, with the exception of six years spent in Champaign County, he has since been a resident. He was married November 25, 1868, to Miss Virginia, daughter of Seaton and Harriet (Miller) Hedges. She was born in Clark County, October 19, 1839, of parents who were natives respectively of Virginia and Kentucky. Mr. Hedges left the Old Dominion in 1819, settling near Urbana, Champaign County, this State, in the pioneer days. He lived there a number of years then re. moved to Clark County, settling in Moorefield Town3hip on the farm now occupied by his sOn-inlaw, Mr. Twichell. He built a log cabin in the woods and this after eonsiderable remodeling and enlargement, is still standing, a valued relic of the past and constitutes one of the oldest landmarks in the township. In making the journey hither first, Mr. Hedges rode on horsebaek over the mountains from Virginia to Ohio accompanied by his eldest brother Jonas. The wife and mother died in 1853, when comparatively a young woman. Mr. Hedges departed hence September 13, 1877. They were the parents of thirteen children, of whom the following survive: Eliza, the wife of T. D. Crow of Urbana, this State; Tabitha, Mrs. Alexander Wills of Harrisburg, Dll. ; Samuel, of Pittsburg, Pa. ; Mary who is living in Moorefield Township; Mrs. Twichell, and Fletcher are residents of Pittsbnrg, Pa. The deceased are, Lizzie, Lueretia, Emma, Robert,William, Anna and Wesley. Mr. and Mrs. Twichell are the parents of two children only—Clayton H. born July 18, 1871, and Allen Foster, July 11, 1875. For six years during his residence in Champaign County, Mr. Twichell served as Superintendent of the County Infirmary and he is now serving his third term as Township Trustee. Politically he is a sound Republican and he uniformly gives his encouragement and support to the enterprises calculated for the general good of the community. Both he and his estimable wife are prominently connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church, attending services at Moorefield Chapel. Mr. Twichell officiates as Class-Leader, Steward and Trustee. His property embraces one hundred and fifty-three acres of choice land under a good state of cultivation and supplied with substantial modern buildings. In his labors of securing a competence Mr. Twichell has been materially assisted by his estimable wife, who has shared with him the heat and burden Of the day and deserves equal credit for the fact that they are now in a position to rest upon their oars and enjoy the fruits of their toil. In addition to his other duties, Mr. Twichell is serving as Land Appraiser of Moorefield Township. Socially, he belongs to William A. Brand Post, No. 96,. at Urbana. JOHN KENDIG. This section of Ohio is indebted to Pennsylvania, and particularly to Lancaster County, for a nnmber of her most enterprising and progressive agriculturists. The father of our subject was one of this class, and he of whom we write is a native also of the Keystone State. John Kendig, Sr., lost his father when he Was quite small, and had to work his own way from the time he was twelve years old. He worked out by the month until his marriage when he rented land, continuing his farming operations in his native State until 1839. He then became a resident of 'Ohio, choosing a location in Wayne Township, Montgomery County, where he became the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of land, improved it with two good sets of buildings and the needful fences, orchards and other trees. He died on his farm in 1878. During his young manhood he had taken part in the War of 1812. His wife, Susan Rheinhart, was also born 274 - PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. in Lancaster County, Pa., her father being a farmer there. She also is now deceased, having breathed her last cheered by the faith of the Mennonite Church. The family of the worthy couple above mentioned included eight sons and daughters, of whom we note the following; Mrs. Elizabeth Roher lives in Tippecanoe City, Miami County; Mrs. Nancy Lutz lives in Wayne Township, Montgomery County; Mrs. Mary Kay died in Shelby County; Mrs. Susan Hebble lives in Bath Township, Greene County; Mrs. Christiana St mer died in Montgomery County; Daniel, who is now retired from businoss, lives in Washington, D). C.; the subject of this notice is the next in the family circle; Martin lives in Bath Township. The latter enlisted in 1861, and served until the late war was over, being slightly wounded in his country's cause. On New Year's day, 1833, John Kendig, of this notice, first saw the light of day, his birthplace being four miles from Lancaster, Pa. When a lad of six years his parents came to Ohio, the household goods being piled into a wagon, which was drawn by four horses, and upon which the parents and five children rode. Eighteen days were occupied in transit, and the children walked a part of the way over the mountains. As soon as he could handle an ax or drive, young John was set to work on the farm, and at the age of twelve years he put up a cord of wood per day, and they hauled it to Knessley distillery. At that early day the school-houses were built of logs, with a huge fireplace, a mud and stick chimney and furnished with slab benches; they were kept np by subscription, and afforded but limited advantages to the youth of the locality. The education of our subject therefore has been mainly self obtained. In 1854, when twenty-one yoars old, young Kendig took charge of his father's farm, working it on shares for about nine years, his hard work and energy bringing him a fair degree of success. In 1863 he came to Greene County, and purchased one hundred and thirty-six acres of partly improved land in Bath Township, on section 12, paying $33 per acre for it. It was very much run down, but during the next two years it was placed in a much better condition, was freed from incumbrance, and sixteen acres had "been added. During this time Mr. Kendig had cleared thirty-five acres. In 1870, he began building, the first structure erected being a barn, 40x72 feet. The stone for the foundation was procured on his own farm, and also the logs, and the oak frame was made from his own timber, other lumber being hauled from Xenia. Other buildings were erected as fast as possible, a large framo house being completed in 1875. It is in the form of a Greek cross, the dimensions being 32x48 and 32x36. The improvements include a corn house and all other necessary buildings, a windmill and two tanks from which water is forced into the house, an orchard which contains many varieties of fruit, ornamental shade trees, and a beautiful lawn. In 1880, Mr. Kendig purchased the adjoining farm of one hundred and fifty-three aeres, which had the same kind of improvements as his home place, and which now is furnished with a nice residence, barn, fences, etc. Some eighteen aeres of this have been cleared by himself. The entire landed estate of three hundred and five acres forms one of the finest and richest farms in the township. Forty-five aeres are devoted to timber culture, and the remainder being cleared, is mainly devoted to the cultivation of corn, wheat and elover. There is a fine spring in the pasture and the open ditch, which formerly drained the estate, has been tiled and is now plowed over. The distanee to Xenia is eight miles, over a pike road, and it is five miles to the nearest market. The land is kept in fine condition by the use of the best fertilizing agents, the crops therefore being first-class in quality and quantity. Cattle, hogs and horses aro raised, the latter being a fine grade of Norman draft horses, large and powerful. Mr. Kendig formerly raised Cotswold sheep. He is assisted in the management of the home farm by his eldest son, while the second son lives upon and manages the adjoining estate. The estimable woman who for thirty years has been Mr. Kendig's companion and helpmate, became his wife April 8, 1858, in Wayne Township, Montgonery County. Her maiden name was Sarah Mitman, and she is the second child of Peter and Lydia (Huffman) Mitman. Her parents were