HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 1225 Delay, J. H.. King, Aaron Will, B. C. Gibbon, S. B. Ulloms, A.W. Brown, A. M. Wright, H. C. Jones, M. R. Barnes, J. S. Will, Paris Horton, W. J. Rannells, C. O. Dunlap. The present officers are: J. 0. Pugh, N. G.; Santford Ullom, V. G.; J. W. Delay, Recording Secretary; A. Will, Permanent Secretary; J. S. Will, Treasurer; M. R. Barnes, Daniel Will, and H. P. Ambrose, Trustees. SCHOOL OF M’ARTHUR. The school of McArthur is a source of pride to her people, and there are perhaps few, if any, towns of its size in the State, having about 1,000 population, which has shown so much sptrit in regard to their educational interests. The concentration at the county seat of intelligent and energetic business men may in a measure account for-the advancement of all those interests which tend to promote culture and refinement. According to the oldest residents it was about 1818, or a few years later, that the first schools were taught in private rooms located at different places in the village. Among the first teachers was a Mr. J. Stanclift, who was a man of more than ordinary ability for his. day, teaching-in a hut on the lot where Dr. Wolf's residence now stands, and the same lot has credit for containing the first store in town. Others of those pioneer teachers were: John Johnson, Anthony Burnside, John Dodds, who taught about five years, a Mr. Kimey, George W. Shockey and the present famous temperance lecturer of Springfield, Ohio, "Mother Stewart," as she is now commonly known, who half a century ago lived in McArthur. The teachers above mentioned mostly taught in rented rooms, but in or about 1828 lot No. 98 was bought and a very fair structure erected, 20 x 24, mostly by subscription funds. The house answered for schools, church and township house a number of years. It was furnished with plank seats and desks, the teacher generally furnishing his own furniture—a splint-bottom chair and a half-dozen beach withes. The district was not set apart as an independent school until in 1853, after which the enumeration of the district cannot be obtained from county records until 1858, in which year it was: Males, 165; females, 159; total, 324. In 1870 there were: 317 white males, 208 white females, 3 colored males, 4 colored females; total, 532. In 1881–'82 there were: 187 white males, 169 white females, 4 colored males, 1 colored female; total, 361. The decrease is very large, but statistics prove it true. 1226 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. As time advanced the school of McArthur increased in the num-ber of its pupils, and the same interest was manifested to meet the increasing demand for more room and for more varied and higher branches of education. The house on lot No. 98 was owned by. the Board of Education until 1865 when it was sold to james Lantz. The Board of' Edu-cation in the summer of' 1859 bought ti,vo and one-fifth acres of their present school lot (since an acre has been bought and added to it), and the same fall commenced the brick work of the present building. It is a two-story brick, 62 x 66 feet, in the center of the lot of three and one-fifth acres in the northwest part of town, occupying a commanding site. The valuation of the McArthur school property is a little over $7,000. In the fall of 1860 J. P. Spahr took charge as superintendent of the first school taught in the new building', holding his position two years. He was energetic, well qualified, a good disciplinarian, but for some unexplained reason remained only two years. In September, 1862, W. H. Travis took charge, and the school under his management advanced rapidly. Ill health, however, caused him to resign a position he had so nobly filled. His death occurred not long. afterward. His unexpired term in the spring of 1864 was completed by W. A. Gage. In the fall of 1864 Edmund Sheffield took charge. His suc-cessor was John L. Hatfield, a man who stood high as an instructor and disciplinarian and taught by moral examples as well as precept. Ile has since occupied the professorship's chair of Greek at the Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. The Rev. William Watkins followed, and though a man of fine attainments was not adapted to the profession of a teacher. He was followed by M. R. Barnes. Prof. Barnes was Superintendent for some twelve years, or until the close of the present school year, the term ending 1883. His successor is Prof. W. R. Kelley, who opened the school in September, 1883. NORMAL INSTITUTE. This institution was first organized in the summer of 1867, under the name of the " Vinton County Teachers' Association." The officers elected were as follows : President, M. R. Barnes; Vice-President, L. O. Perdue, J. S. Huhn and Frank Darby; Secretary, J. M. M. Gillivray; Treasurer, A. S. Asbury; Executive Committee, C. D. Gist, B. F. Albin, J. J. De Figh and D. B. Zeiler. HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 1227 The Association held its first institute under its present organization during the first week of September, 1867, under the instruction of Prof. E. Tjappan and W. H. Young, of the Ohio University. Fifty-five teachers were in attendance. Interesting meetings have been held each year since organization, eminent instructors being present, assisted by home teachers. Aug. 7, 1882, the Teachers' Institute convened at Hamden, Ohio. This year, the first time that it had been removed from McArthur, where it had been held during all previous years, the Institute was conducted the same as in former years, with an instructor, Prof. Harvey, assisted by our home teachers. A very interesting session was held, and it was agreed to hold the next session in McArthur. The officers elected for the coming year were: President, G. F. Gilbert; Vice-Presidents, T. S. Cox and Fletcher Hawk; Secretary, N. C. Darst; Treasurer, Jno. C. Pugh. The Vinton County Teachers' Institute has a constitution and by-laws, which controls its affairs and regulates its membership. The objects of this association are the improvement of the teachers, the advancement of the interests of education, and the cultivation of enlightened public sentiment regarding the public school system. The president and secretary with those other members appointed by the president constitute the executive committee, having power to control and direct the same, subject to the by-laws and instructions of the institute. VINTON COUNTY NATIONAL BANK. Jan. 7, 1867, was organized Vinton County Bank, the following persons subscribing to the stock, each share representing $500: H. S. Bundy, ten shares; H. F. Austin, ten; A. A. Austin, ten ; E. D. Dodge, ten ; D. V. Rannells, six; A. Wolf, six; Frank Strong, four; J. W. Delay, twenty; J. J. McDowell, ten; untaken, fourteen; total amount of stock $50,900. They elected J. J. McDowell, J. W. Delay, A. Wolf, H. F. Austin and E. D. Dodge, Directors, J. J. McDowell being President, and J. W. Delay Cashier. The association continued in business without any change until Sept. 1, 1868, when there was an agreement effected with the banking firm of Will, Brown & Co., doing business in McArthur, to consolidate (said firm having been organized and commenced business about the same time as did the Vinton County Bank). The two firms on that date consolidated under the firm name of the 1228 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. Vinton County Bank, the capital stock. being increased to $75,000, the following being the list of stockholders: H. S. Bundy, H. F. Austin, A. A. Austin, E. D. Dodge, D. V. Rannells, J. W. Delay, Andrew Wolf, Daniel Will, Charles Brown, Aaron Will, Thomas B. Davis. On Jan. 9, 1869, the bank elected the following Board of Directors : Chas. Brown, Thomas B. Davis, Andrew Wolf, J. W. Delay, Daniel Will, David V. Rannells, E. D. Dodge. The Board of Directors organized by electing Daniel Will, President, and J. W. Delay, Cashier. The organization continued in business successfully until Oct. 1, 1872, when it was converted into and commenced a business as a National Bank, the title adopted being " The Vin-ton County National Bank, of McArthur, Ohio." The capital stock was $100,000, held by the following persons, each share representing $100: Daniel Will, 270 shares; J. W. Delay, 130; Chas. Brown, 125; E. D. Dodge, 12); Anirew Wolf, 100; H. S. Bundy, 100; D. V. Rannells, 50; A. Will, 35; Jacob G. Will, 30; Jacob S. Will, 30; T. B. Davis, 10. The stockholders re-elected as Directors, Daniel Will, Andrew Wolf, Chas. Brown, H. S. Bundy and J. W. Delay, and the Directors organized by electing Daniel Will, President, and J.W. Delay, Cashier. The Bank has since pursued a conservative and successful career without any change in its executive pfficers and but two changes in its Board of Directors, the first resulting from the resignation of H. S. Bundy, that vacancy being filled by the election of Aaron Will; the second from. the death of Charles Brown, the vacancy being filled by the election of Jacob G. Will. In November, 1878, it was deemed advisable by the Board of D:rectors to reduce the capital stock of the bank to $50,000 and surrender one-half of its circulation, which was accordingly carried into effect, and the stock retnains at this date, July 1, 18.83, at $50,000, being held as follows: D. Will, 200 shares; J. W. Delay, 105; E. D. Dodge, 60; A. Wolf, 50; D. V. Rannells, 25; Aaron Will, 20; J. S. Will, 20; J. G. Will (estate), 15; T. B. Davis, 5. The present Board of Directors are: Andrew Wolf, E. D. Dodge, J. S. Will, Daniel Will and J. W: Delay, the executive officers being Daniel Will, President, and J. W Delay, Cashier. THE TOWN HALL The town or village of McArthur and the township of Elk united together for the purpose of erecting a town hall, the cost to be equally divided between town and township. This hall is now, HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 1229 July, 1883, in process of erection, the basement and foundation wall to the floor of the first story being completed. The building is expected to be finished during the year. The basement will be used by the fire department; the first floor will be divided into fine large stores, and the second floor used for City Hall and offices for city and township officers. The building fs to be two stories high, built of brick, and to be well finished. The contract was for $5,000, the hall to be completed September, 1883, but the cost will probably exceed that amount. The lot cost $1,000. RAILROAD AT M'ARTHUR. McArthur became a railroad town on the completion of the Ohio & West Virginia road, Aug. 17, 1880. This road passes through the center.of the county from north to sOuth, crossing the C. W. & B. R. R. at McArthur Junction, about three miles directly "south of McArthur. The amount of freight shipped from McArthur during the first year was 12,912,825 pounds, mostly coal and iron ore. For the year ending April 1, 1883, the shipment from this point was 13,169,156 pounds, an increase of 256,331 pounds over the first-year's business. The sale of tickets at McArthur during the year ending April 1, 1883, amounted to $5,264.23. This road now belongs to the Columbus, Hocking Valley & Toledo system, and is locally designated as the River Division. THE FLOURING MILL of Gilman & Gold is located near the railroad in the east part of the town. It was erected in 1856 by BroWn, Hawk & Co., with O. W. Gilman as contractor, who, on its completion, purchased one third interest, and since 1867 has held an equal interest with his partner. The building is a four-story frame, eighty feet long by thirty wide, and is furnished with four sets of burrs, with a capacity of about eighty barrels per day. It also has a 100 horse-power engine with a smoke stack seventy-five feet high. Messrs. Gilman and Gold own a coal bank near the mill from which they obtain the fuel with which to feed their engine. In 1878 they built an addition to the original building, 80 x 15 and two stories high, in which they placed woolen machinery for the purpose of doing custom work. The present valuation of the building and contents is about $18,000. 1230 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. BIOGRAPHICAL. B. G. Allender, bookkeeper for Star Furnace Company, Jackson, Ohio, was born in Washington County, Pa., Nov. 18, •832, the sixth of ten children of William and Sidney (Wilson) Allender. He is of German descent. His father was a native of Pennsylvania and settled in Vinton County, Ohio, in 1859, where he died in 1870, his wife dying in October of the same year. Our subject's early education was received in the common schools, and in 1855 he graduated from Duff's Commercial College, of Pittsburg, Pa. In 1859 he came to Vinton County and clerked till 1864 when he went out as assistant sutler in the army under R. E. Phillips. He returned home in 1865, and in 1866 was engaged by the Zaleski Furnace Company as bookkeeper, remaining with them till 1870. Jan. 1, 1871, he commenced keeping books for A. B. and A. R. Clark & Co., wholesale grocers, Cincinnati; Ohio. He was with thetn till 1881, the last three years as traveling salesman. In May, 1881, he accepted his present position and moved to Jackson. In 1865 he purchased land in Elk Township and now owns 160 acres in this county, forty of it lying in Eagle Township. Mr. Allender married Sarah, daughter of David Cooper, of Vinton County. They have one child—Mary E. Archibald Arnold, retired merchant, McArthur, is a son of Levi Arnold, who was born in Hampshire County, Va., and died at the age of forty-nine years. His wife, Mary Elizabeth Booker, native of Maryland; died in McArthur, Ohio, in 1858, aged about eighty-two. Of their mine children our subject is the eighth, and was born in Hampshire County, Va., in 1814. He in 1833 came to Ohio, and located in Wesley Township, Washington County, where he worked at his trade, that of a blacksmith, and in October, 1839, located in McArthur, where he continued his trade. This he followed until the fall of 1858, at which time he opened the first hardware store of the town, but, January, 1863, he was succeeded by George Lantz and Francis Shades. He bought a farm in Southern Indiana which he carried on until October, 1879, when he returned to McArthur and lived a retired life. He has been a mein. ber of the Methodist Episcopal church since 1840. He was always willing to assist in furthering the interest of the church, and has served as Class-Leader, Steward, Trustee and Superintendent of Sal)_ bath-school a number of years. Mr. Arnold was married in 1834 to Tabitha Emily, daughter of Captain Thomas Fry. She died in HISTORY OF HOOKING VALLEY - 1231 1840 leaving three children, two still living. Mr. Arnold's second wife was Salome Brandenberry, whose maiden name was Aultman; she died in 1845. His third wife was Effie Taylor, whose maiden name was Aultman, a sister to his second wife. Her father, William Aulttnan, was one of the -first settlers of Columbus, Ohio. She died in 1877 leaving three children, two living. His present wife is Elizabeth ThrockmOrton, who was born and reared in Scioto County, Ohio. Prof. M. R. Barnes, Superintendent of Public Schools, McArthur, was born in Barnesville, Belmont Co., Ohio, June 12, 1839. He received his early education in the Lafayette Academy, and later entered the Ohio University at Athens, and would have completed his collegiate course, but many of the students were from the South, and the approaching of the war in 1860 1eft the school almost studentless, and had quite an effeci upon its operations. During his collegiate life teaching at intervals was necessary to accomplish his desired end. In the midst of the late Rebellion he offered his services as a volunteer, but was rejected and soon after took up the study of medicine, but from dislike of the profession, in 1866 he withdrew and resumed teaching the following year, by taking charge of the schools in McArthur, where be has ever since been successfully engaged as Superintendent. The schools are in good condition, arid he has now six assistants. When he took charge of the schools they were poorly arranged, but he has gradually graded them and established a course that is creditable to the school and profitable to this community. Since here he has served about twelve years as County Examiner. Ezra P. Bothwell, McArthur, is a son of' James and grandson of Alexander Bothwell. The latter was born in Scotland, but prior to his majority settled in Ireland, where he married, and where James was born, in 1785. Near the close of the eighteenth century Alexander, with a small family, came to America. He died near Winchester, Va. James, when a young man, made his home in Pennsylvania, where he married Charlotte, daughter of John Potter, of Fayette County, who was born Jan. 22, 1788. In 1810, soon after this marriage, they settled in Alleghany County, M d., but in 1814 came to Ohio, locating in what was then Athens (now Vinton) County. When they came to Ohio they had two children, and nine were afterward born to them. Mrs. Bothwell in early life learned the tailor's trade under Thomas William, of Geneva, Penn., and, after coming to Ohio did much work in 1232 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. that line for the few who chanced to want an extra job of tailor-ing done in the new colony. She was a zealous Christian, noble-hearted, always ready to assist in case of sickness, and was known for miles around for the outgrowth of her benevolence. Night was never made too hideous by the howling of the wild denizens, or dreadful by storm or cold, for her to bridle her old horse and ride almost any distance to perform a good deed for the sick or afflicted. On coming to this vicinity they settled just west of the present site of McArthur. At the raising of their cabin all the neighbors for six miles around were invited, and all told were thirteen, including Mr. Bothwell. James Bothwell lived a life of usefulness to his family and to Southern Ohio when the great State . was in her infancy, but death released him in 1863. Of their fam-ily Ezra P. is the ninth and was born near McArthur, Ohio, Nov. 3, 1825. He has always resided in this vicinity and has been extensively engaged in the agricultural pursuit, wine growing, and furniture manufacturing. He now lives in McArthur and has a family of wife and several children. Hon. H. S. Bundy, Wellston, Jackson Co., Ohio, is a son of Nathan and Adah M. (Nichelson) Bundy, his father a native of Hartford, Conn., and his mother of Dutchess County, N.Y., where they were married, but soon after, in 1816, settled in Marietta, Ohio. Two years later settled near Athens where he leased college land, and took it from a dense wilderness to a good degree of improvement, and then learned that the title was worthless. He was one of the pioneers of Athens County, coming here in 1818. He was killed in 1832 by the falling of' a tree. His wife died in Jackson County, Ohio, in 1880, aged eighty years, three months and nine days. Of their three children H. S. is the eldest and the only one who reached maturity, the others dying in infancy. He was born Aug. 15, 1817, in Marietta, Ohio. In 1834 he came to McArthur and soon after went to Wilkesville, where, in 1837, he married Lucinda, daughter of Zatnri Wells. In 1839 they moved to McArthur, where Mrs. Bundy died in December, 1842, leaving three children—William E., Sarah A., wife of Major B. F. Stevenson, of Washington, D. C., and Lucy J., now Mrs. J. C. H. Cobb, of Jackson County, Ohio. From 1839 to 1846 he was engaged in the mercantile trade in McArthur. In 1844 he married Caroline,. daughter of Judge Paine, of Jackson County, and in 1846 moved on the Judge's farm, which he afterward bought and still owns, beine his present beautiful .residence. His second wife died in HISTORY OF HOOKING VALLEY - 1233 1868 leaving two daughters—Julia P.,wife of Judge J. B. Foraker, of Cincinnati, Republican candidate for Governor of Ohio, and Eliza M., wife of Harvey Wells. Mr. Bundy was married in 1876 to Mary M. Miller. In early life Mr. Bundy attended 'a short term of private school under the tutorship of David Pratt, of Athens, but his educational privileges ceased when he was fourteen years of age. His natural talent and home study combined with his uprightness of principles and enterprise have given him a place among the eminent men of Southern Ohio. Soon after locating on the farm, in 1846, he commenced the study of law at home, and in October, 1850, was admitted to the bar. In 1848 he was elected to the State Legislature to represent the counties of Gallia and Jackson; during the term voted to repeal the " Black Laws." In 1850 he was a candidate to represent the counties of Jackson, Gallia, Athens and Meigs, and was elected by an overwhelming majority. In 1855 he was elected to the State Senate from the district composed of Jackson, Pike, Scioto and Adams counties, where the Democratic majority of his predecessor was 1,800 and Buchanan's majority in 1856 was 2,500, and Mr. Bundy as a Republican was favored with a majority of 376. In 1860 he was a Presidential elector from his congressional district, and stumped the entire district. In 1862 he was a candidate for Congress, but was defeated by the Hon. W. A. Hutchins by a majority of 1,900. Two years later they were both again candidates in the same district, and Bundy received a majority of 4,000 to the Thirty-ninth Congress. During this Congress he voted for colored suffrage of the "District of Columbia" and the reconstruction measure adopted by that Congress which seemed to make it improper to be a candidate for re-election. In 1872 he was again a candidate from the same district for the Forty-third Congress, against the Hon. Samuel A. Nash, and received a large majority; while in this Congress he supported and voted for the " Civil Rights Bill," and was unanimously renominated for the Forty-fourth Congress, and was defeated by a majority of 1,900 by Colonel Vance. In 1842 he became a member of the Methodist church, and in 1872 was one of the first two lay delegates for the Ohio Annual Conference that convened at Brooklyn, N.Y. He was again a delegate to the General Conference that met at Cincinnati, Ohio. 'In 1848 he bought his present farm and has since been extensively engaged in the furnace and mineral interest of his county, now owning the Latrobe and . keystone Charcoal Furnace with 10,000 acres of land; - 78 - 1234 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. also owns the Eliza Furnace with over 300 acres of the best of coal Ind ore lands. His son William E. first served three months in he late war; then in 1862 re-enlisted in the Seventh Ohio Cavalry, and on Dec. 14, 1863, was severely wounded near Bean's Station, Tenn. In January, 1864, he returned home, and after a severe illness he rallied and married. He became engaged in business, but Jan. 4, 1867, he died leaving a wife and one child. The former was killed by being thrown from a horse in 1868, and the child, William E., is now a bright student at Athens. M. M. Cherry, attorney and Mayor of McArthur, is a son of Moes R. and Sarah Cherry, both natives of Washington County, Pa., be of Scotch-Irish extraction and she of Irish. They were married in their native county about 1826, and two years later settled near Claysville, Guernsey Co., Ohio. In 1838 they settled in Washington Township, Hocking Co., Ohio, where they now reside. From 1828 to the time of coming to Hocking County he followed the tanner's trade but since then has been a farmer and land owner. Df their ten children our subject is the eighth, and was born in Hocking County, Ohio, Feb. 5, 1846. He matured to farm life and received a common-school education. He then attended the Muskingum College at New Concord three years. He commenced teaching very young and followed it for fifteen years. In 1876 he was elected Justice of the Peace in Swan Township, Vinton County, and soon after commenced reading law. In 1878 he moved to McArthur, and in June of the same year was admitted to the bar, since which he has practiced his profession. His election to the Mayor's office dates from April, 1882. In 1869 he was married to Alice Payne, .of Swan Township. They have two sons and two daughters. Abram Clark, farmer, section 5, located in this township in 1855, on the place where he now lives. He was born in Athens (now Vinton) County, Ohio, in 1842, and is a son of Robert Clark, an early settler in the above county. He was reared on the farm and obtained a common education in the district schools. At the age of twenty-one years he began life for himself. He enlisted as a private in 1864 in Company C, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Ohio National Guards, three-months' service, and served nearly five months. The exposure of camp life disabled him physically, he having never been well since. He was discharged in 1864. Since his return he has followed the avocation of a farmer and stock-raiser. He owns 240, acres of land. He was married in 1864 to Emma, laughter of John L. Dillon, of this county. Their children are—Pearley, Martha J. and John R. HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 1235 William Cottrill, ex-Sheriff and farmer, is a son of Henry and Mary (McLaughlin) Cottrill, both natives of Virginia. His father came to Ohio in 1824 and located in Lee Township, Athens County, where he married Rebecca Daily. They were the parents of five children. His wife died in 1834 and he then married Mary McLaughlin, daughter of Hugh McLaughlin. They had four chil-dren, William being the eldest. Mr. Henry Cottrill died in Meigs County in 1867. William was born in Lee Township, Athens County, March 7, 1836. When he was a year old his parents moved to Meigs County, where he was reared and educated. He was married Aug. 16, 1856, to Caroline, daughter of Caleb Wood, who died in 1865, kaving four children. Mr. Cottrill afterward married Martha J. Gregory, a native of Vinton but reared in Meigs County. They have three children. In 1872 Mr. Cottrill moved to Vinton County and settled on his farm in Vinton Township, section 12, where he owns 312 acres, yielding both ore and coal. He was elected Assessor of the township in 1873, and in August of the same year was elected Justice of the Peace, to which office he was re-elected in 1876 serving until 1878. In 1875 he was elected County Commissioner, and at the expiration of his three years' term was honored with the office of County Sheriff in the fall of 1878, and the first of 1879 he moved to McArthur to fulfill his official duty. In 1880 Mr. Cottrill was honorably re-elected to the same office, which he filled with honor and integrity. John Coulter, farmer, residing on section 11, was born in 1800 in Bedford County, Penn. He is a son of John Coulter, a native of Pennsylvania, who removed to Guernsey County, where he remained till death. Our subject lived on the farm with his parents till he reached his majority. He resided in Guernsey County till 1848 when he bought his present farm containing 100 acres to which he has since added twenty acres. He has been very suc-cessful in his farming pursuits, at which he has been engaged most of his life. Formerly he was also engaged in stock raising. He was blessed with a family of twelve children, eight of whom are living—George W., Margaret A., John T., Rebecca E., Joseph C., Jane, Catherine, and Benjamin. Elizabeth, Sarah and two who died in childhood are deceased. Mrs. Coulter died in 1875 or '76. Two of his sons enlisted in the late war as privates. They served till the close of the war and received an honorable discharge. Henry W. Coultrap, attorney, came to McArthur, Ohio, in 1871 ; read law under H. C. Jones. He was admitted to the bar in the 1236 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY fall of 1874 and has since been practicing law in McArthur. He from early life lived in Vinton County, Ohio, where he received the common-school education and subsequently graduated from Ohio University at Athens, Ohio. Daniel Cram, farmer, was born Aug. 1, 1815, in Hillsboro County, N. H., a son of Azel and Lydia (Lewis) Cram, natives of New Hampshire, who lived and died in their native State. The former died in 1831 and the latter in 1832. Our subject was reared on the farm in New Hampshire where he lived till after his father's death. In 1837 he came to his present place, where, in spite of disadvantages and hardships, he has succeeded in life, and from a wilderness of forty acres he has made a good home, and at present owns a well-cultivated farm of 139 acres, where he is en-gaged in farming and stock-raising, making, a specialty of the latter. He was married in 1838 to Mary A., daughter of Moses Blackman, who settled here at the same time as Mr., Cram. They have had a family of ten children of whom six are living—James M., Axle J., George A., Frank, Elizabeth and Stephen S. Those deceased are—Charles, Lydia, and two who died in infancy. James M. enlisted in an Iowa regiment in the late war. George Crow, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in 1832, in Morgan County, Ohio, a son of Philip Crow, a native of West Virginia. He was one of the pioneers of Morgan County, in which be became a permanent settler. Our subject was reared on the farm and resided in Morgan County till 1854, when he removed to Monroe County, Iowa. Three years later he removed to Decatur County, Iowa, livinz there till 1860. He then returned to his native county, remaining there till 1865, when he removed to his present farm, when he purchased 218 1/2 acres, being mostly under a state of cultivation. He has a large number of sheep of the Spanish merino breed. He has on his farm a comfortable dwelling and other substantial out-buildings. He was married to Julia Ann Bone, daughter of Samuel Bone, one of the early settlers of Morgan County. Twelve children have been born to them, nine of whom are living—Alice A., Ellen E., Samuel W., Elizabeth H., Ida B., Catherine, William H., Frank W. and Adda B. Hiram W., Ione and Bruce E. are deceased. Himself and wife have been members of the Methodist Episcopal church a number of years. G. W. Dalton, agent of the C., H. V. & T. R. R., at McArthur, Ohio, is a son of William Dalton, who is an early settler of Vinton County, now living in Swan Township. G. W. was born in HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 1237 Hocking County in 1855. He was reared to farm life and received the rudiments of a common-school education. At the age of twenty-two he commenced to learn telegraphing at Zaleski, on the M.& C. R. R., and while there he learned the principles of general railroad office work. In 1878 he was employed to operate in an office for J. W. Bowen, of McArthur, who had a line of telegraphy to Portsmouth, Ohio. Aug. 18, 1880, he took charge of the railroad office at Creola, and in October, 1881, was transferred to McArthur. Here he has charge of the ticket, freight, Adams Express and telegraphing. In 1881 he married Isabelle Alexander. They have one child. Nathan C. Darst, Deputy County Auditor, McArthur, Ohio, is a son of Andrew J. and grandson of Isaac Darst. The latter was fora number of years a farmer in Meigs County, Ohio, where he died soon after the close of the late war. Of his sons Andrew J. was the eldest, a native of Meigs County, Ohio, but in 1865, he, with his family, moved to Wilkesville, Vinton County, where he died in 1868. In early life he received a fair education, and while quite young commenced teaching, which he followed until his death. By this avocation he accumulated some means and became a landowner, but having been unfortunate when a youth, sickness settling in his lower limbs, he was unable to walk, and he never cultivated his land himself. His wife was Belinda Lam berson, whose parents were from Pennsylvania, but she was a native of Ohio. After his death his wife married and now lives in Iowa. Her children by Andrew J. Darst were three—Nathan C., Frances E. and William D. The two youngest are living with their mother. Nathan C. was born in Meigs County, Ohio, Nov. 26, 1854, but from eleven years of age lived in Vinton County. He received his rudimentary education in the common-schools, which he improved at the Wilkesville Academy. By close application of study and stability of mind, he, at the age of seventeen, commenced teaching, which he followed until 1881,when he was appointed DepayAuditor of Vinton County, Ohio. in which capacity he is now serving. In January, 1880, he was married to Miss Mary C. Schall, of German descent, but a native of Vinton County. They have two children — Lena M. and Thomas E. William Buckley Davis, the first child born in Mount Pleasant, Hocking (now Vinton) County, Ohio, born June 17, 1844, is a living, wide-awake, successful merchant at Sacramento City, Cal. His great-grandfather, Thomas Davis, of Revolutionary note, 1238 - HISTORY OF HOOKING VALLEY. was at the taking of Lord Cornwallis, and his grandfather, William B. Davis, a veteran of the war of 1812, for whom he was named. He takes great pride in having been born in this inlet village of noted integrity and good morals, and in its never laving had a saloon. Mr. Davis is a man of remarkable mind, being able to relate the minutia and details of business transactions A youth and early manhood with as much fullness and certainty is the trades of yesterday. He served as drummer boy of the Eighteenth Ohio Infantry from 1861 till 1865, re-enlisting prior to the expiration of his first term of service. Simeon P. Deaver was reared on a farm and educated at the common schools. He was born in Perry County, March 24, 1825, and upon attaining his majority began life for himself with a capital of $250. He located in Swan Township, Vinton County, in 1850, living on a farm there till 1880, when he came to his present place on section 9, Elk Township, where he purchased 200 acres of excellent land. He is also engaged in stock-raising and mines considerable ore, the red limestone being plentiful on his estate. He was married in 1850 to Elizabeth Milligan. They have had a family of seven children, three of whom are living—Emma P., Susan and George M. The deceased are—Hypatia, Sullivan D., Trieunis and an infant. Mrs. Deaver died in 1873, aged forty-six years; and in 1874 he married Cynthia (Aikin) Dunkle. Mr. Deaver has served as Trustee of Swan Township two consecutive terms. His parents, Jonas and Susanna (Hoover) Deaver, were natives of Baltimore County, Md., and Loudoun County, Va., respectively. The former came with his father, Jonas Deaver, to Ohio, in 1802, Henry Hoover locating with his family in the same county about that time. Jonas Deaver made a permanent home in Perry County and died July 4, 1871, at the age of eighty-five years. He was the father of thirteen children, three being deceased. Those remaining are—Misael, Jonas B., David H., Nancy, Elizabeth, Simeon P., Martha, Mary, Hamilton H. and Lloyd T. Our subject's grandfather, Jonas Deaver, Sr., was a native of Wales and served in the war of the Revolution under General Sullivan. Captain J. W. Delay, Cashier of Vinton County National Bank, is a son of Ambrose Delay and a grandson of Rev. Jacob Delay. The latter was born in Greenbrier County, Va., July 18, 1780, and died in Jackson County, Ohio, Oct. 13, 1845. His wife was Mary Crouch who survived him until Dec. 24, 1854, when she died at Berlin Crossroads, Jackson Co., Ohio. Jacob Delay was HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 1239 extensively known throughout Southern Ohio as one of the pioneer Methodist ministers, and was retnarkable for his great decision of character as well as his forcible and positive ma.nner of preaching the gospel. Although he was a native of Virginia he was of Eng-lish extraction and became an early settler in Jackson County, Ohio. He was the father of eleven sons and one daughter, five sons still living. Ambrose was the seventh, and was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, in 1810, and died in Jackson County, Ohio (Berlin Crossroads), April 1, 1861. His wife, Rebecca S. Whitman, was born in Greenbrier County, Va., in 1811, but died in Union County, Iowa, June, 1881. Their family consisted of six sons and four daughters, three sons and one daughter still living. J. W. Delay is the oldest and was born in Jackson County, Ohio, Jan. 10, 1839. As his father was a farmer J. W. devoted his sum-mers to the farm and his winters in school. At the age of seventeen years He entered the Ohio University, where he spent two years, at which time he was tendered a clerkship in a store and accepted, but two years later engaged at the Latrobe Furnace as bookkeeper. In this capacity he served until July, 1861, when he enlisted in the United States army, and Aug. 10 was enrolled in Company K, Thirty-sixth Ohio Infatitry, mustered and appointed First Sergeant. June 6, 1862, he was promoted to Second Lieutenant, and Jan. 16, 1863, to First Lieutenant. About this time he was placed on detached ,service on staff duty in the subsistence department, in which capacity he served during. the war, having been commissioned Oct. 21, 1864, by the President of the United States as Captain of United States volunteers, and brevetted Major July 10, 1865, just four years from date of first enlistment. He participated in the battles of Lewisburg, Va., within five miles of the settlement of his grandparents on both sides; the second battle of Bull Run,Va., and South Mountain, in 1862. During the following winter his regiment was in General Rosecrans's campaign from Murfreesboro, participating in the battles of Chickamauga, Mission Ridge and many incidental fights of that campaign. In the winter of 1863—'4 returned east and participated in the campaign of Generals Crooks and Hunter in West Virginia; subsequently in all the battles of the Shenandoah Valley under General Phil. Sheridan, serving until the war was ended. Upon his return home in July, 1865, he entered the firm of F. Austin & Co. at Buckeye Furnace, Jackson Co., Ohio, and engaged in the manufacturing of pigiron, where he remained until October, 1866, when, 1240 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. together with Mr. Austin and others, he came to McArthur and organized the Vinton County Bank, but did not move his family until January, 1$67. When the above bank was organized he was elected Cashier, and continued, by re-elections to hold the same position until the consolidation with the other bank in McArthur in 1872, forming the Vinton County National Bank, of which he was again chosen Cashier. During the late war, April 11, 1861, he was married to Miss Samilda J. Buck. They have four sons and three daughters, all living. Rev. J. F. Dickson was born in County Fermannah, Ireland, Nov. 21, 1836, a son of James and Margaret (Trimble) Dickson. When he was thirteen years of age he came to America with his elder brother and sisters. In 1860 he came to Vinton County, Ohio, where in 1862 he married Mary R. Howell, a daughter of Joseph Howell, an early settler of Meigs County, Ohio. He moved to Vinton Connty in 1856, where he died in 1881, widow still living, aged seventy-nine years. In early life Mr. Dick-son was desirous of obtaining an education but was obliged to rely on his own resources. He attended the Ohio University at Athens and subsequently taught in Jackson County, Ohio. He taught five years, preaching occasionally in the meantime, and in 1860 entered the ministry of the Methodist church. He was on the Mt. Pleasant circuit two years, but the most of the time was in Meigs and Gallia counties. Since 1872 has been located in Elk Township and has superintended his farm. He has sixty-six acres of ore and coal land, the most of his livelihood being made from his coal. Rev. John Dillon, a member of the Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was one of the best men that Vinton County ever contained. He was born in Zanesville, Ohio, Oct. 27, A. D. 1815. His &tiler was John Dillon, Sr., owner of the iron furnace and forge, mills, etc., of Dillon's Falls, one of the most indefatigable men that ever lived, and who by his industry and public spirit added largely to the wealth of the State. Rev. John Dillon received his education at the Ohio State University, at Athens, and then studied law in Zanesville, under General C. C. Goddard. In 1838 he left Zanesville with Dr. Edwin H. Hughes to seek a fortune in the further west. He fixed upon Mt. Carmel, Ill., as the field in which to practice his chosen profession; but he had hardly commenced his promising career as a lawyer before he was converted at a Methodist camp-meeting and immediately HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 1241 commenced to preach. Returning to Zanesville he soon after joined the Ohio Conference and became one of its leading and most useful members. He filled various and important relations as Pastor and Presiding Elder, and was a member of the General Conference of 1868. At the breaking out of the late war he entered the service of his country and was elected Chaplain of the Eighteenth Ohio Volunteer Regiment, and for three years did brave and valuable service for his country. Mr. Dillon settled upon his farm of 300 acres near Zaleski, Vinton County, in 1854. His uniform kindness and consistency of conduct won for him the love and esteem of all who knew him. He was a preacher of uncommon ability, and in the discussion of all law questions had few equals in discernment, skill and tact. His last illness was protracted and severe, doubtless the result of exposure and overwork of body and mind. He died in full triumphs of the Christian faith, Aug. 6, 1876, in the 61st year of his age. His widow, Mrs. Ann Newell Dillon, with two sons, Washington M. and Asahel Dillon, and one daughter, Hannah M., still live on the farm three miles west of Zaleski. The eldest daughter, Mrs. Belinda G. Chase, lives in Salem, Oregon. Two sons, Edwin H., and Goodcelle B., live in Elmwood, Ill., practicing dentistry, their sister Edith, living with them. Another son, John, is with his cousin W. M. Dillon, in Sterling, Ill., all of whom are respected and beloved by all who know them. E. D. Dodge, hardware merchant, is a son of James and grandson of Caleb Dodge who were both natives of Maine. In 1811 Caleb, with his wife and two sons, James and Edward, leaving some of the older children in Maine, came through as far as Columbus, Ohio, where he died, but the widow and her two sons came on to what is now Vinton County and settled in what is Elk Township, on the waters of Raccoon Creek. Edward, the oldest son, soon bought property and erected a horse-mill and distillery, one of the first in the county. He became a patriot in the war of 1812 and rose to the rank of Major, serving through the struggle. He then settled in Vinton County and endured the hardships of the early pioneer life, remaining until about 1835 when he with his wife and seven children moved to Missouri. James, the youngest brother, was born in Maine in 1802, but from 1811 lived in what is Vinton County, Ohio. He lived with his brother Edward until his marriage to Mary A. England. He then settled on a farm on Raccoon Creek as renter. He was a hard worker, close observer and endured many 1242 - HISTORY OF HOOKING VALLEY. hardships as a pioneer, but by all these exertions he accumulated a neat competency and cared for his mother until her death, at the age of ninety-three years. His early boyhood days were mostly spent in the distillery and mill, but from the time of his marriage he followed farming. He was a mall of systematic principles and after he had once started would save a little at a time till he had $50, when he would enter forty acres. This he continued until he had 320 acres. In 1840 he moved to McArthur where he engaged in the trading of cattle, mules and horses, but in 1847 engaged in mercantile trade. He died in 1861 and his wife in 1862. Of their four children—Caleb (deceased), Edward D., Clarissa, and S. Vinton—Edward D. is the eldest living and was born in Elk Township, March 16, 1827. He was reared through the pioneer days and had few school privileges, but his father moved to town mostly to educate his children. Here Edward improved the opportunities and acquired a fair education, and in 1847 joined his father in business, since which his business life in McArthur has been unbroken save a short time. In 1856 he married Sibilla, daughter of John Simpson, of Morgan County, Ohio. She had taught school several terms, was a practical woman and made a valuable assistant in the store, but died in 1863, leaving no children. Mr. Dodge was married July 4, 1877, to Catharine Liston, who was a native of Gallia County, Ohio. She received a good education and has taught a number of terms in the High School in McArthur. They have one child—Mary. When the banking business was started in McArthur, he was one of the prime movers and devoted time to obtaining stockholders.' He has been one of the stockholders as well as a director from the beginning. Mr. Dodge as a business man has been remarkably successful and now owns about 400 acres in Vinton County, besides Western land. His accumulations are totally the result of his own legitimate efforts together with that of his noble companions. Henry Dudleson is a son of William Dudleson, a native of Wyandot County, and Mahala (Dutcher) Dudleson, a native of Delaware County, Ohio. They were married in Wyandot County, and moved to Hamden, Vinton County, in 1838. Two years later they settled in Licking County, where in 1841 our subject was born, and where both parents died in 1850, just one month apart. They had nine children, but our subject is the only survivor. Part Of his boyhood was passed in Delaware County with his Grandfather Dutcher. In 1852 he went with his uncle, Jerry Dutcher, to Vin- HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 1243 ton County, Ohio, where he has since resided. In 1862 he enlisted in the One H'undred and Fourteenth Regiment, Company F, Ohio Volunteers, under Captain Karns. He was at Camp Circleville, Marietta, Memphis, Tenn., and from there transported to Vicks-burg. In the first attack on that city Mr. Dudleson was wounded in the hand, losing the index finger. He was wounded in the left knee also, by a rifle ball. He remained in the service until after the attack on Arkansas Post, when he was taken to the Pendacia Hospital, and from there discharged in 1863. In 1868 he married Eliza J. Dutcher (no relation), by whom he has had three children —William E.; James H. and. Nancy M. Mr. Dudleson's wife died in 1881. Since the war he has followed farming and stock-dealing. He is a Democrat, and in 1882 was elected County Commissioner by a handsome majority. He is a well-to-do citizen, willing to assist in all enterprises having for their object the benefit of the community. C. O. Dunlap, M. D., McArthur, Ohio. Through along line of genealogy the Doctor is a lineal descendant frotn Scotland or North of Ireland, where the name was spelled Dunlop. His ancestors emigrated to America prior to the Continental war, and settled in Pensley Ferry, N. J. The Doctor, on his maternal side, is grand-son of Judge Joseph Kaler and great-grandson of Frederick Kaler. On his paternal side he is a son of Samuel B. and grandson of Joseph Dunlap. The latter was a native of New York, born in 1791; was reared there and married a Miss O'Neal. They finally settled in Chillicothe, Ohio, where he practiced dentistry until 1868, when he was stricken down with paralysis and died in 1870. They bad two daughters and two sons. The daughters both mar-ried professional men, one a, dentist and the other a minister. The sons both became dentists. Of the family, Samuel B., the father of C. O., was the youngest, and was born in Chillicothe in 1829. He was reared in his native town, where he is nos,v practicing his profession which he has followed about thirty years. His wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Judge Kaler, of McArthur. She died in April, 1860, leaving two children—C. O. Dunlap, and Ella F. (died in 1870). Samuel B. married for his second wife Amy F. Brown. They have three children. Dr. C. O. Dunlap was born in Pontiac, Oakland Co., Mich., July 12, 1856. The next year his parents catne to McArthur, but later moved to Carlinsville, Ill., where his mother died as above stated. From that time the Doctor was under the jurisdiction of his grandfather Judge Kaler, of McAr- 1244 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. thur. Here he received his literary education. He then took up the study of medicine under Dr. D. V. Rannells, his present part-ner. In February, 1878, he graduated from the Columbus Medical College, and immediately entered upon his profession in McArthur where success has attended his deserving efforts. He was married Feb. 28, 1881, to Alice, daughter of Henry S. Hamilton, of Mc-Arthur. John T. Foreman, ex-County Auditor, McArthur, is- a son of David Foreman and was born in Noble County, Ohio, in 1847, but his parents in 1854 became residents of Swan Township, Vinton County, where he was reared to farm life and received a common-school education. He took a selected course in the Ohio University at Athens, where he completed his study. From 1871 to 1875 he was engaged as teacher. During 1875 he was elected County Auditor, and entered upon duty in November of the same year. Two years later he was re-elected. During his first term the State Legislature passed a bill for Auditor's term to cover a period of three years, hence his second term was accordingly. As an officer he was zealous and much esteemed. While residing in the county he was a member of the Elk Township Board of Trustees, and since in McArthur has been identified with the Town Council. In 1868 he became a member of the Masonic fraternity in which he has filled various official capacities. His wife was Cynthia A. Gustin, of Vinton County. They have three children. O. W. Gilman, born in St. Lawrence County, N. Y., is a son of John T. and Mary (Fenton) Gilman, natives of New Hampshire and Connecticut, now living in Buffalo, N. Y. His mother is eighty-four and his father eighty-seven years of age. They have lived together since 1818. Of their seven children our subject is the fourth and was born in 1830, and from six years of age lived in Buffalo, where he received the common-school privileges and also learned the trade of millwright, beginning at fourteen years of age, complet-ing when twenty-one. In 1852 he took a trip by Panama to California where for three years he followed his trade together with operating mills sixty miles above San Francisco, in Bodaga Red Woods. In 1855 he returned to Buffalo and engaged in contracting, but in 1856 came to McArthur under contract to build the steam mill here, of which he now owns a half interest, elsewhere mentioned. The same year be married Mary, daughter of Aaron Lantz. Mr. Gilman is a practical miller, and in 1868 with C. P. Ward bought the water mill now owned by Gilman & Gold. HISTORY OF HOOKING VALLEY - 1245 Since in this county he has contracted and built the County Infirmary in 1872 and 1873, a number of the largest bridges in the county, furniShing the plans for nearly all of them, and is still a practical architect and draftsman. He and wife have had five children, four now living. W. D. Gold, miller, McArthur, Ohio, is of German extraction. His grandfather, Conrad Gold, was born in Germany but came to America and married. They subsequently settled in Fairfield County, Ohio, and finally in Pickaway County, where they both died. William, the father of our subject, was the third son of the above, born in PickaWay County, Ohio, in 1816. He was reared in his native county and married, but in 1851 moved into Hocking County, locating on Pine Creek, Benton Township. In 1853 he moved to Vinton County and engaged as engineer at the Vinton Furnace. There he remained until his election to the Sheriff's office of this county, entering upon his official duty Jan. 1, 1857, serving one term. He was subsequently appointed to serve out the unexpired term of Archibald Norris. At the expiration of this term he resumed his trade, blacksmithing, together with fruit-growing, which he followed until 1881 when he moved to Missouri. While he was living at Vinton Furnace, in 1855, he buried his wife, who left four sons, all now living. He afterward married Lydia D. Lowell. Three daughters have been born to them. Of the sons above mentioned our subject is the youngest and was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, in 1844, but since a youth has been a resident of Vinton County. Here he received a common-school education. In 1862 he enlisted in the Thirteenth Ohio Regimental Band and served in military duty a little over a year. He was during this time in the battle of Pittsburg Landing. He returned home and engaged in the sutler business with his brother. Fifteen months later he returned to Ohio and married. Then engaged in the mercantile trade in Illinois, but in 1866 he settled in McArthur where he has since been engaged in the milling business and is now an equal partner of 0. W. Gilman in the two mills of this place. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity, both the blue lodge and chapel. He and his wife have two daughters. Mrs. Gold is Eliza A., daughter of J. C. P. Brown, and was born and reared in Vinton County. Her mother is Mahala, daughter of Isaac B. Lottridge. She was born in Athens County and has always lived near Athens and McArthur. 1246 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. David Hawk was born upon the old home-place in 1828 and is a son of Jacob Hawk, Jr. In 1857 he was married to Sarah L. Barker and afterward located upon his present farm. He owns 161 acres of land in the homestead and 170 acres in Swan Township. He farms largely in grain and stock, keeping a flock of 200 sheep. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hawk, three of whom are living—Cynthia A., Cora A. and Sarah E. The deceased were—Louisa, Dora M. and Mary E. Mrs. Hawk died Jan. 21, 1883, aged forty-four years and eleven months. Joseph, F. Hawk, a son of Jacob and Anna (Switezer) Hawk, was born Sept. 27, 1820, in Elk Township, where he has always resided. He and his sister Rebecca own 320 acres of well-improved land. His father was born in Pocahontas County, Va., and is a son of Jacob Hawk, Sr., of German descent. The Hawk family settled in Athens County (now \Tinton), two miles west of McArthur, in 1816. Here Jacob Hawk, Sr., died in 1849 and his wife, in 1853. They were among the successful and enterprising pioneers of the county. They had a family of fifteen children—John, Abram, Isaac, William, Henry, Samuel, Reuben, James, Eli, David, Jacob, Rebecca, Sarah, Christina and Nancy. Jacob, Jr., was married after his parents came here, and in 1818 located on the land where Joseph F. now resides. He had a family of eight children—Sarah, Joseph F., Jacob B., John S., George (who died in infancy), Rebecca, David and Allen. Jacob Hawk, Jr., died at the old homestead Jan. 14, 1873, aged seventy-eight years, three months and twenty-three days. His wife died March 12, 1870, aged seventy-eight years, six months and ten days. Voss Hoffhines, farmer, postoffice McArthur, is a son of William and Mary (Coon) Hoffhines, his father of German parentage and his mother a daughter of George Coon. His father was a soldier in the war of 1812. His parents were married in Pickaway County, Ohio, and in 1819, with four children, came to Vinton County and settled on section 33, Elk Township, where his father entered eighty acres of land, but gradually increased his possessions until he had quite a tract, which he divided with his children. He donated an acre for a cemetery, the first burial being a child of Nelson Hoffhines. In 1823 he erected a tannery on section 33, and manufactured the leather for his own use, having but little to sell. Of his six children Voss was the fifth and was born Oct. 16, 1820. He was reared to the farm life of the pioneer days. He received a limited education, and was obliged to walk a distance of two HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 1247 miles to school. Mr. Hoffhines started in life for himself in 1842, marrying that same year Polly Cassell, daughter of Abraham Cas-sell. She died leaving two children. He afterward married Mar-garet, daughter of William Creamer. They have two children. Mr. Hoffhines still lives on the farm where he settled in 1842. He has 400 acres of fine land and raises mostly wheat, corn and stock. He has as yet never examined his land for mineral. Paris Horton, manufacturer of and dealer in furniture, McArthur, is a son of Nathan, and grandson of Nathan, Sr., and Sarah Horton. Nathan, Sr., was a native of New York and his wife of Pennsylvania. He came to what is now Vinton County, Ohio, in an early day and died here; his wife subsequently died in Iowa. Of their six children Nathan, Jr., the father of our subject, was the third child. He was born in Pennsylvania and came to what is now Vinton County , Ohio, in minor life, where he married Arete, daughter of Isaac White, and ever after lived in the vicinity of McArthur. He was by occupation a millstone cutter and, farmer. He was a member of the Methodist church and died in 1855. His widow is still living. She was born in Elk Township, now Vinton County, Ohio, in 1821 and has thus far always resided in the county. Her father, Isaac White, was born in Maine and reared in Massachusetts. He married Mary, daughter of John Dunkle. They were early settlers of Vinton County, where they both died. He was by occupation a millstone cutter. Of their six children four are living, Mrs. Horton being the eldest. Paris and his twin brother Tyrus were born near McArthur, Aug. 31, 1840. He was reared and received his education in his Dative county. At the age of eighteen he commenced learning the cabinet-maker's trade and completed it in 1864. He has devoted his time to that occupation ever since. In 1867 he became proprietor of his present establishment, succeeding E. P. Bothwell, where he has made some additions and is now doing a good business. His wife is Augusta, daughter of Rev. A. M. Alexander, of Licking County, Ohio, where she was born. They have seven children. Mrs. Horton is a member of the Methodist church. He belongs to the I. O. O. F. and has filled all the offices up to and including Representative of the Grand Lodge of the State of Ohio. W. S. Hudson,, attorney and school examiner, McArthur, Ohio, is a son of S. B. and Abigail (Atkinson) Hudson, both lineal descendants of England, and now living in Morrow County, Ohio. The subject of this biography was born in Monroe County, Ohio, 1248 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. in 1851, but from early life matured in Vinton County, where his parents lived until 1882. His early or minor life was devoted to agricultural pursuits, devoting his winters to school. At the age of nineteen he entered the Ohio University at Athens, and graduated in 1875, having during his collegiate life taught more or less, by which he maintained himself. Subsequent to his graduation he taught four years. During this time he took up the study of law under H. C. Jones, and was admitted to the bar in 1880, and in 1882 was appointed School Examiner, to succeed Professor M. R. Barnes. Homer C. Jones, attorney at law, McArthur, was born Oct. 17,1831, a son of David and Maria (Bothwell) Jones. His father was the son of Moses Jones, and was born in Ross County, Ohio, May 10, 1804. He came to McArthur in 1823. In 1832 he bought eighty acres near what is now Vinton Station. He added to his first purchase until in 1855 he had 500 acres. He was extensively engaged in stock-raising, and was one of the first in the county to take an interest in improved stock. In 1855 he sold his farm and purchased the Bothwell homestead. He at one time owned one-fourth of' the Cincin-nati (now Richland) Furnace, and superintended the building of it. He and Dr. A. Wolf were afterward in partnership in the raising of fine sheep, and were the first men to bring Vermont merino sheep to Vinton County. David Jones was at one time quite a local politician, ancl in 1836–'37 represented Athens and Meigs counties in the State Legislature. He died in 1866, and his wife died the following year, leaving a family of seven children—Charlotte, now Mrs. J. W. Rannells; Homer C.; James K., a Captain in the Nine-tieth Ohio Infantry, now living in Missouri; Eliza A., now Mrs. J. A. Felton; Mordecai B., of Missouri; Cidna M., now Mrs. Elijah Rockhold, of Bainbridge; and David Warren, an attorney of Gal-lipolis. Homer C. Jones was educated in the Ohio University at Athens. In 1858 he was elected County Surveyor of Vinton County, and served till 1860. While holding that office be read law with the late Judge J . P. Plyley. In 1861 he enlisted in Company B, Eighteenth Ohio Infantry, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant. While in camp at Athens he was admitted to the bar by the District Court of Athens County. In the spring of 1862 he was detailed for duty in the signal corps, and having attended camp of instruction was assigned to duty on the staff of Brigadier-General T. J. Wood, Sixth Division, Army of Ohio, and with this command was at Shiloh. In September, 1862, Colonel Stanley had HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 1249 him return to the regiment to serve as Adjutant, but a few weeks later General Negley selected him as Aid-de-Camp. He retained this position till after the reorganization of the army under General Rosecrans, when he was assigned to duty on the field-staff of General George H. Thomas. He acted as Aid-de-Camp to General Thomas at the battle of Stone River, 'and was then. assigned to duty as Inspector General of the Fourteenth Army Corps, during the illness of Colonel Von Schrader. General Thomas presented him with. the Brigadier-General shoulder straps worn by him at Mill Springs, Shiloh and Stone River, which he now values very highly as a souvenir of General Thomas and the late war. He remained in the signal service on the staff of General John M. Palmer, who succeeded General Thomas, until the reorganization of his regiment as veterans in 1863, when, at the earnest solicitation of Colonel Stanley and the men of his company, he returned to his regiment and took command of the company. He was mustered out Nov. 9, 1864. On 'returning home he opened an office and has since been engaged in the practice of law. Captain Jones has always taken an interest in political matters. He was an alternate delegate to the National Convention at Philadelphia in 1872 that nominated General Grant to the Presidency, and was an Elector for the Eleventh District on the Republican ticket that year. In 1876 he was a delegate to the National Convention at Cincinnati that nominated President Hayes. In 1877 he was elected to represent the district composed of Meigs, Lawrence, Gallia and Vinton counties in the State Senate. His majority was only ten, and his seat was contested by Mr. Onderdonk upon the ground that he had received more colored votes than his majority, and the Senate being largely Democratic, Mr. Onderdonk won the day. In 1879 he was elected to the Senate by over 1,900 majority. He is now a member of the Republican State Central Committee. Captain Jones was married in 1861 to Lou F. Hawk, daughter of John S. Hawk, of McArthur. They have five sons. John H. King, shoemaker, McArthur, is a son of John S. and grandson of Seldon King, both born in Orange County, Va., where Seldon died. John S. was the only child and was brought up in his native State. He married Isabelle, daughter of William Atkins, of Orange County, Va. In 1835 he with his wife and five children removed to Washington, Guernsey Co., Ohio, subsequently to Muskingum County, Ohio, and finally to Columbus, Ohio, where he resided until his death. He was by occupation a shoemaker.