HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY - 575 all his contemporaries. He bought other land until he owned 700 acres. On that farm he passed away in November, 1893. The maiden name of his wife was Harriet Lutz. She was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, a daughter of Hon. Samuel and Elizabeth (Seatherolf) Lutz. Mrs. Zurhmely died in December, 1893. She reared six children, named Mary Elizabeth, John, Jennie, Ella, Clarabelle and Samuel L. Samuel L. Zurhmely is now in active practice as a physician in Kingston. He graduated from the literary department of the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, and then pursued his studies at the Ohio Medical University at Cincinnati. After a few years of practice in the South, he returned to Ross County and has built up a good business at Kingston. DANIEL CHESTNUT is one of the notable pioneer names of Ross County. He was distinguished not only by his very early settlement there, but also by his services as a minister and teacher. Born in Rockingham County, Virginia, he acquired a good education for that time, qualified as a teacher and was ordained as a minister of the Methodist Church. It was in 1797 that he came into Northwest Territory, first locating on the south bank of Paint Creek, across the river from the City of Chillicothe. After a time, on account of the unhealthfulness of the locality, he moved to the present site of Massieville and bought 640 acres of land. Ile made improvements by the erection of a double log cabin and remained a resident in that community until his death. He was one of the first Methodist preachers in that part of Ross County, and supplied the pulpits in many places. He was also the teacher in some of the pioneer schools, and altogether a man whose influence was spread over an entire generation. He filled the office of justice of the peace for several years. The mother of his children was Margaret Blain, who was also born in Virginia. They reared ten children. Of these their son, James Blain Chestnut, was born in Scioto Township of Ross County in 1809, grew up on the home farm and eventually bought the interests of the other heirs to the homestead. He continued an active and prosperous farmer of that community until his death at the age of sixty-three. James B. Chestnut married for his first wife Nancy Ann Truitt, who spent her entire life in Ross County. Her five children were named Daniel, Samuel, Charles, Martha and Philip S. Daniel was a soldier in the Union army and a prisoner of war eighteen months, and afterwards served as court bailiff at Columbus until his death at the age of seventy-seven. COL. JOHN MCDONALD was one of the most conspicuous of the early scouts, explorers, Indian fighters, and settlers of Ross County. A few years ago Dr. J. B. F. Morgan read before the Ross County Historical Society a sketch of Colonel McDonald's career, and that sketch was sub- 576 - HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY sequently published in The Old North West Genealogical Quarterly. It is from this course and manuscript that the following paragraphs concerning this noted pioneer character are drawn. His paternal grandfather, Thomas McDonald, was born in the Highlands of Scotland, near Lockshin, about the beginning of the eighteenth century. His wife was Henrietta Gray. They died and were buried in their native Highlands about the year 1770, having reared a family of four sons and two daughters, John, Daniel, William and James, and Nancy and Catherine. The sons John and William came to America, John in 1770 and William in 1772. William McDonald, father of Colonel McDonald, became a resident of the Colony of Pennsylvania. He had married Effie McDonald, who was a daughter of William McDonald and Elizabeth Douglass, both of whom were born, reared and married near Lockshin in the Highlands of Scotland. They also came to America in 1772 and settled in the Colony of Pennsylvania. In a memorandum made in his family bible, Colonel McDonald said : "My father and mother were of the same clan and were distantly related. Their ancestors were herdsmen as far back as tradition gives their history. They, like all the Highland clans were soldiers, always ready to attack for plunder or resist encroachments on their rights. My father was a very active but little man, of violent temper and impetuous in all his pursuits. In his friendship he was kind and as true as the needle to the pole. My mother was a most amiable woman ; patient in adversity and affliction in which she was sorely tried. Her confidence in the watchful protection of an Unseen Arm rendered her weak and resigned spirit conspicuous to all who knew her. I believe she was censured or reviled by no man or woman." William McDonald died on the 4th day of September, 1823, aged seventy-eight years. Just four days later his wife joined him in the realms beyond. Their bodies were laid to rest on Fruit Hill, west of Chillicothe. The ashes of Colonel McDonald's maternal grandparents also commingle with the dust of Fruit Hill, the home of Governor McArthur and of Governor Allen. Colonel McDonald was the oldest in a family of seven children, five sons and two daughters. The sons were John, Thomas, James, William and Hiram. The daughters were Nancy and Henrietta. The sons John, Thomas, James and William distinguished themselves in the War of 1812, while Hiram died in childhood. The daughter Nancy became the wife of Gen. Duncan McArthur, who in after years became governor of Ohio. The daughter Henrietta married Judge Presley Morris. Col. John McDonald was born January 28, 1775, in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, which was then on the border of civilization in an English colony. About 1780 his father moved with the family over the mountains and settled at a point on the Ohio River called Mingo Bottom, about three miles from Steubenville, Ohio. That was the extreme limit of civilization, and in those years there was continuous warfare between the whites and Indians. At the age of five years Colonel McDonald began the education that fitted him for the responsi- HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY - 577 bilities that he so nobly bore in future years. The frequent incursions of the savages upon the homes of the whites taught the youth to court danger. The necessities of the table developed a skill with the rifle that was only equaled by the savage dweller in the wilderness. The labor required to hew out homes in the heavy forests developed the muscles of the boy to their greatest strength in manhood. By dint of industry and never-failing perseverance, John McDonald added to the above qualifications the rudiments of an English education. His boyhood days were spent chopping, grubbing, picking, burning, building cabins to live in and forts for defense ; hunting in daytime to furnish meat for the table, and standing sentinel at night to give warning to the family in case of a raid from the Indians. About 1790 the McDonald family moved to Kentucky, which at that time was a continental battleground between the whites and Indians. Simon Kenton, the celebrated frontiersman, was a resident of the community in which the McDonalds located. Though twenty years older than McDonald, a strong attachment sprung up between the two. McDonald was a lad just to the liking of the adventurer, and they were most constant companions. It was with the daring Kenton that McDonald made his first incursion against Indians. He was solicited to join a company being organized by Kenton to avenge the death of a couple of hunters who had been killed, but his father forbade him going. His eagerness was so intense that he disregarded his father's will and secretly took a rifle from the cabin and joined in the chase. After that he was constantly employed, scouting, hunting and surveying. As surveyor he engaged in the most dangerous calling to which the frontiersman was exposed. Writing of others and not of himself, McDonald has left some detailed accounts of early exploring expeditions on the frontier. He says : "Men not only placed their lives in peril every day, every day they were in the country of the savages, but every hour; every moment had to be guarded with the strictest precision. Their food consisted alone of what the forest afforded. No tent to shelter them from the pelting of the rain or protect them from the blast of the merciless winds; no ambulance to carry the wounded, no hospital to receive the sick, no surgeon to stop the ebbing tide. All this done for the paltry sum of seventy-five cents a day. But the adventure, the daring, the captivity, the dying at the stake of noble men seemed to be necessary for the development of the wilderness with its savage wigwams into a settlement covered with beautiful homes." In the spring of 1792 McDonald joined Gen. Nathaniel Massie's settlement at Manchester, on the Ohio River. He accompanied Massie and his men on many surveying tours and was engaged in several contests with the savage foe. One of his early experiences with the Indians occurred within the limits of what is now Ross County. Doctor Morgan himself heard the story told from the lips of Colonel McDonald, and the following account of the tragic incident is quoted by Doctor Morgan from another source : "Early in the month of November Lucas Sullivant, a land speculator and surveyor from Virginia, collected a corn- 578 - HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY pany of twenty-one men to go on a surveying tour in the Scioto country : notwithstanding the Indians had been severely beaten by General Wayne a few months previously, yet the country was far from being in a state of peace. Attached to this country were three surveyors John and Nathaniel Beasley and Sullivant. McDonald was connected with this company. Every man carried his own baggage and arms which consisted of rifle, tomahawk and scalping knife. Having taken Todd's trace, they pursued their journey until they came to Pink Creek at the old crossing; from thence they proceeded to Old Chillicothe, now Frankfort, and thence on to Deer Creek where they camped at the mouth of Hay Run. This is a point about two miles southeast of Clarksburg and about six hundred yards north of Brown's Chapel in Deerfield township. "In the morning Sullivant, McDonald, Colven and Murray were selected as hunters for the day. They started down towards the mouth of the creek intending to take its meanderings back to camp. They had not proceeded more than a hundred rods when a flock of turkeys came flying towards them and alighted on the trees above them. McDonald and Murray were on the bank of the creek near a pile of driftwood. Murray having no thought that the turkeys might have been frightened by Indians stepped up to a tree and shot a turkey. He then stepped back under cover from the turkeys and McDonald took the position left by his companion. He was taking aim when the crack of a rifle greeted his ear. He whirled on his heel in time to see his companion fall to rise no more. Looking in the direction from which the messenger of death came he saw several Indians with their rifles leveled at him. As quick as thought he sprang over the bank into the creek, when they fired but missed. The Indians now resolved to take him prisoner. Their entire company made pursuit. For the distance of a hundred yards or so the land was open and gave the Indians a fair chance to measure speed with the young athlete. McDonald succeeded in reaching a thicket of undergrowth which gave him protection long enough to allow him to gather his wind. The thicket was too small to allow him to make his escape unobserved. He was driven from his hiding place into the open timber, and was compelled again to call his brave legs into action. Now was a race for life. The Indians were close upon him with the young athlete in the lead, the entire company yelling like demons incarnate. For some moments McDonald imagined that he could feel the Indians' hands grabbing at his collar. Finally he cast his eyes about him and found that his pursuers were trying a flank movement upon him and he also learned that he had gained several rods upon them. The object of his pursuers was to chase him into a fallen tree top and there make sure of their capture. They succeeded in driving him to the tree top, but no doubt they were greatly chagrined to see him make a single bound and clear every limb of the fallen tree alighting safely upon the other side. This so astonished the Indians that they stood for a moment in amazement. This short halt put McDonald safely in the lead in the chase, but he was not out of reach of the rifles. The Indians again took up the pursuit, firing as they ran. Several balls whizzed HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY - 579 closely by, but failed to disable the desired captive. At this juncture he met Sullivant and three others of the company. Sullivant immediately threw away his compass but clung to his rifle. Their only safety was in rapid flight. The Indians were too numerous to encounter. As they ran the Indians fired upon them, one of the balls striking Colven's cue at the tie, which shocked him so much that he thought himself mortally wounded; but he succeeded in making his escape and ran up the creek and gave alarm at the camp, stating that he believed all were killed but himself. Those at the camp fled as soon as possible. McDonald and his party ran across the highland and after running three miles struck a prairie. Casting their eyes over it they saw four Indians along the trace. They thought of running around the prairie and heading them off; but not knowing how soon those in pursuit would be upon them, and perchance they would be between two fires, they adopted the better part of valor and hid themselves in the grass until the Indians were out of sight. After remaining there some time they went to camp and found it deserted. "Just as they were about to leave the camp they found a note in a split stick saying 'if you come follow the trail.' It was then sundown and they knew that they would not be able to follow the trail after night. When night came on they steered their course by starlight. They had traveled the distance of seven or eight miles. It was a cold dreary night and the leaves being frozen the sound of their footsteps could be heard some distance. All at once they heard something break and run as if it was a herd of buffaloes. At this they halted and remained silent for some time. They finally returned cautiously to their fires. Supposing that it might be their companions, McDonald and McCormac concluded that they would creep up slowly and see. They advanced until they could hear them cracking hazel nuts with their teeth. They also heard them whisper to one another but could not tell whether they were Indians or white men. They cautiously returned to Sullivant and after consultation concluded that they would call which they did and found to their joy that it was their friends and companions who had fled from them. They had mutual rejoicings, but poor Murray was left a prey to the Indians and wolves. They now commenced their journey homeward and after three days travel reached Manchester." Doctor Morgan also relates another incident of Colonel McDonald's experience as surveyor. This was in the spring of 1795, when General Massie headed a party of surveyors from Manchester. This became known in local history as the "Starving Tour." There had been unusual weather conditions for some days, and there was crust on the snow sufficiently strong to bear the weight of wild game, but men would break through. This practically prevented hunting or pursuit of game, and the party was almost at the limit of starvation before a change of weather occurred and game could be found to satisfy their ravenous appetites. After relating the incidents of the tour, Colonel McDonald introduced what was unusual to him, a personal testimony. He added : "The writer of this narrative accompanied General Massie on this 580 - HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY tour and had previously passed through many trying scenes; but the hardships and privations of this tour were the most trying to the firmness, resolution and fortitude of the men that we ever saw or experienced. Only reflect on the critical condition of twenty-eight men, exposed to the horrors of a terrible snow storm in the wilderness, without hut, tent or covering; and what was more appalling, without provision, without any road or track to retreat on, and nearly 100 miles from any friendly aid or place of shelter, exposed to the truly tremendous and pitiless pelting of the storm of four days continuance, and you can fancy to yourselves some faint idea of the suffering of the party." In 1794 Colonel McDonald and his brother Thomas joined General Wayne's army as rangers or spies. It was the duty of this company to traverse the Indian country in every direction in advance of the main army. The most daring and intrepid men were selected for this company. Upon their bravery and skill as Indian warriors depended the success of General Wayne's army. McDonald proved to be a man of unquestionable bravery and skill and had a combination of qualities that made him a valuable member of General Wayne's advance guard. One of his biographers says that Colonel McDonald under the leadership of Massie and Sullivant traversed the whole of the Virginia Military District and located thousands of acres of land, while the Indians were roaming the forests and living in permanent villages on the banks of the various streams. He had a thorough knowledge of Indian habits and tactics. Daring, yet cautious, trained to habits of self denial and hard labor, he had nerves that never quivered in the presence of danger. He was courageous enough to attempt any task imposed, and was prudent and judicious enough to conduct it to a successful close. In 1796 he accompanied General Massie's colony to the Scioto Valley and assisted in establishing the first settlement on the waters of the Scioto River. He assisted in surveying and laying out the first capital of Ohio, Chillicothe, and afterwards assisted in razing the forests to the ground, preparatory to erecting the beautiful homes in town and country of which the present generation so justly boast. The most important event of his life occurred on the 5th day of February, 1799. On that day he married Catharine Cutright, who became his guardian angel. She proved a most faithful and devoted wife. She underwent the hardships of a frontier life with a bravery that was unexcelled. They were employed in the various vocations to be found in the infant settlement until 1802, when they purchased a tract of land on Poplar Ridge, Ross County, and converted it into their future home, where they dwelt for half a century. At the time of his marriage the brunt of the struggle for implanting civilization in the great Northwest had been passed. The days of greatest danger were gone. He and his companions who had been in the very front of the advance guard now began to reap pleasures and benefits of a life of peace which their labors had made possible. It is pleasant to know that some of the men who endured the hardships of frontier life, who served in the army, who assisted in the surveys of the rich valley HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY - 581 and rolling uplands and otherwise prepared the way for the advancement of civilization, found in the land over which they had marched and fought and dared hidden dangers, happy homes and comfort in their declining years. To the marriage of John McDonald and Catharine Cutright were born six daughters and one son. The late Ex-Senator John C. McDonald was the youngest child. Senator McDonald died near the old homestead in July, 1905, aged eighty-five. About fifty grandchildren were the result of the marriages of the children of Colonel McDonald. Many other descendants in subsequent generations are still living. After the time of danger had passed and Colonel McDonald was settled to the peaceful vocations of his farm, he was accorded the recognition which his valuable work and strong character entitled him to. Several times he was elected justice of the peace, and served as military officer, being captain, major, lieutenant-colonel and colonel. When the War of 1812 broke out he enlisted as a volunteer in the First Ohio Regiment. His well known skill and bravery again placed him in the front of danger. As soon as the regiment reached the enemy's country he was detailed as a spy, and was soon afterward appointed quartermaster and paymaster of his regiment. He continued to perform those duties until the surrender of the army by General Hull. He was made a prisoner at the surrender at Detroit. In 1813, having been exchanged, he was made a captain in the regular army, and in 1814 was in command of a regiment at Detroit. He remained in the service until peace was declared in 1813 and the army disbanded. He then returned to civil life. In 1817 he was elected to the State Senate, in which capacity he served two terms. In 1834, when nearly sixty years of age, Colonel McDonald began writing reminiscences of the first settlements along the Ohio and its tributaries, and also began preparing the book that he called McDonald's Sketches. This book consisted of biographical sketches of General Duncan McArthur, Gen. Nathaniel Massie, Capt. William Wells and Gen. Simon Kenton. To this work he devoted much time. As he was not an educated man the labor was very great. No task of this kind had ever before been undertaken by a frontiersman. He was the only pioneer of the Virginia Military District who attempted to record in historical form the deeds of his comrades on the frontier. In giving a history of the four individuals above mentioned he painted a magnificent pen picture of the settlements of the western wilderness. A large portion of the information found in Howe's History of Ohio and also the History of the Great West by the same author, was compiled from the manuscript of this old pioneer. Much of his original manuscript has been entirely lost. It was borrowed by Benson J. Lossing, the historian, with the privilege of selecting such as he might want to use and with the promise that all should be returned. Instead of its being returned it was all lost. In this manuscript much history that today would have been greatly appreciated by the present generation was lost. One of McDonald's biographers said : "It was impossible for McDon- Vol. II-7 582 - HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY ald to have been an educated man, and hence his writings have not the ease and grace of a cultured literary style ; but he was a man of strong vigorous mind; he had much to say ; it was a labor of love to relate the adventures of his old comrades in arms, the pioneers of Southern Ohio ; and in his own way he told the story of their lives and left a lasting monument to their memories. He was very modest as an author and was reticent in regard to himself in a degree that has been regretted by all his readers. His personal knowledge of all the scenes which he has depicted and his participation in the adventures he has described, is often only suggested by the author's graphic style and minute attention to detail. Considering the slow and painstaking labor of composition which his sketches published in book form and in newspaper press must have cost the writer, his task was an immense one. Contemplating of the difficulty of production, the reader's feeling of gratitude is increased and the admiration for the sturdy pioneer author intensified. It was not ambition that led to this frontiersman's employment of the pen in his old days, but the desire to save from oblivion the record of the hardships through which the early explorer passed, the sterling traits of character they possessed, and perhaps to revive in his memory the faces and the manners of those who had been the companions of his young manhood's days." Colonel McDonald spent his declining years in his home on Poplar Ridge, Ross County. He devoted much time to reading the current news and writing for various newspapers. In his last years his eyes became inflamed by constant use and for many years before death he was entirely blind. On the 11th of September, 1853, he anchored his bark in that distant harbor where the blinded eye is restored to sight by the benign rays of the eternal sun. JESSE B. MALLOW. Half a dozen generations of the Mallow family have been identified with Ross County. It is one of the oldest names in Concord Township, where it was established more than a century ago. Few families have contributed more to the substantial progress and betterment of Ross County than the Mallows. Their record begins with Adam Mallow Sr., who was born in Pendleton County, Virginia, about 1750. His was a somewhat remarkable career. When he was about six years of age he and his mother were captured by Indians. They were taken as captives south to the vicinity of New Orleans. They endured all the horrors of Indian captivity for six years. Finally Adam was returned as an exchanged prisoner. He was a young man when the colonies began the struggle for independence. and in the ranks of the Virginia troops he played a valiant part in that war. For many years after the revolution he continued farming and planting in Pendleton County. In 1806 he came with his family, including his son Adam, to Ohio. At that time the barrier of the Allegheny Mountains was unbroken by any highway except the old National Road, and the family made the journey over the rough trails and traces with wagons and teams. After much difficulty they located HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY - 583 in Ross County, and since that year the name has been one of prominence in this section of Ohio. Adam Mallow, Sr., married Sarah Bush, who was also a native of Virginia. His death occurred in Ross County in 1840 and his widow survived him and passed away at 'the age of ninety-seven years. Adam Mallow, Jr., was born in Pendleton County, Virginia, in 1778, while the Revolutionary war was still in progress. He was a young married man of twenty-eight years when he came to Ross County and `located in Concord Township. There he bought land and was not only a sturdy farmer but a citizen of recognized prominence. When the War of 1812 broke out he joined the United States forces and rose to the rank of major. After that war Major Mallow continued farming until his death on August 11, 1834. Major Mallow married Phoebe Dice, who died three weeks after her husband. Their nine children were named John, Rebecca, Catherine. Simon, Jesse, Sarah, Delilah, and Gilead. Simon Mallow, grandfather of Jesse B. Mallow, was born on the old homestead in Concord Township in 1810. He proved a man of great industry and made a conspicuous success as the manager of his farming interests. He acquired extensive tracts of land in Ross County, and spent all his life in Concord Township. His wife's name was Malinda. Adam G. Mallow, who represented the next generation, was born in Concord Township April 6, 1837. He grew up on a farm and made farming and stock raising his regular vocation. He acquired more than local note as a breeder of Shorthorn cattle and was one of the men who introduced some of the best of that stock in Ross County. His animals were awarded many first prizes in competition with the best herds in the country. He was also prominent in local affairs, and for twenty years served as a member of the township board of trustees. His death occurred August 12, 1892. Adam G. Mallow married Jennie Galbraith, a daughter of Dr. Robert and Margaret (Scofield) Galbraith. She died in 1890. Her children were two sons: Jesse B. and Edgar. Edgar is a physician in active practice at Dayton, Ohio. Jesse B. Mallow, who represents the fifth successive generation of the family in Ross County, was born on his father's farm in Concord Township August 12, 1870. After graduating from the Frankfort High School he spent two years in the agricultural department of the Ohio State University at Columbus. His father then gave him two hundred acres of land and he immediately applied his theoretical knowledge in a practical way as a farmer and stock raiser. He has also done a great deal of feeding and buying and selling of livestock, and has conducted his enterprises on a very large scale, thus contributing to Ross County's enviable position among the agricultural centers of Ohio. Mr. Mallow now owns 1,200 acres of choice farm land in Concord Township. His home is one of the finest residences in Frankfort. He is also a well known financier, and for several years was vice president of the Merchants and Farmers Bank at Frankfort. After 584 - HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY becoming one of the organizers of the Commercial Bank of that town in 1912, he took the post of vice president and still fills that position. Mr. Mallow served as senator of the fifth and sixth districts, consisting of Ross, Fayette, Green, Clinton and Highland Counties. He affiliates with the republican party. Fraternally Mr. Mallow is affiliated with Frankfort Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, Chillicothe Chapter No. 9, Royal Arch Masons, Chillicothe Council Royal and Select Masons, and Chillicothe Commandery No. 8, Knights Templar, and is a Scottish Rite, thirty-second degree, and also a Shriner at Dayton. In 1890 Mr. Mallow married Nannie James, a daughter of Strawder and Rebecca (Bush) James. Her grandfathers were Reuben James and Jacob Bush. Mr. and Mrs. Mallow have reared two children, Eula and Adam G. Eula is the wife of Doctor Smith of Frankfort and they have a daughter named Lillian. Doctor Smith's Grandfather Byron Lutz served in the Senate two terms. Adam G. Mallow married Lizzie Peterson, and their son is named Jesse B., Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Mallow are active members of the Presbyterian Church. JOSEPH WILLIAMS. Especially worthy of mention in a work of this character is Joseph Williams, a veteran of the Civil war, and a highly respected resident of Chillicothe, who, having accomplished a satisfactory work as a farmer, is now living retired from active business. A son of Robert Lee Carter Williams, he was born April 23,- 1842, in Springfield Township, Ross County, Ohio. His paternal grandfather, John Williams, was of English ancestry, and a life-long resident of Virginia, where he followed the trade of a carpenter. One of his sons, James, settled permanently in Gainesboro, Tennessee ; another son served for a long period in the United States navy ; and another son was a sailor, engaged in the merchant marine service. Born and reared in Orange County, Virginia, Robert Lee Carter Williams learned the shoemaker's trade at a time when all footwear was made to order, by hand, before the establishment of shoe factories. Leaving his native state in 1830, he and his two brothers-in-law, Washington Peecher and Samuel Partlow, came with their families to Ohio, making the entire journey overland, with teams, and bringing all of their worldly goods with them. The party forded the river at Galliopolis, and for a time after coming to Ohio Robert L. C. Williams lived near Schooley's Station. Removing to Springfield Township, Ross County, he located on land belonging to his father-in-law, and there in addition to farming he worked at his trade to some extent, making shoes to order, living there until 1857. Going in that year to Pickaway County, he resided in the vicinity of Kinderhook for a time, and on his return to Ross County settled in Union Township, where his death occurred in the seventy-third year of his age. The maiden name of his wife was Nancy Partlow. She was born in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, a daughter of John Partlow, a native of Virginia, born of English ancestry. The owner of a large plantation, which he operated many years with slave labor, John Partlow sold his landed estate in 1834, and, coming to Ohio, HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY - 585 freed his slaves. Purchasing several tracts of land in Ross County, he subsequently resided here until his death, making his home with his children. Mr. Partlow married Mildred Ballinger, who spent her entire life in Virginia, dying in 1833. She reared two sons, Daniel and Samuel, and three daughters. Mrs. Nancy (Partlow) Williams died November 19, 1879, aged seventy-six years. To her and her husband, seven children were born, as follows : John M.; Sarah ; Ursula; Joseph, the subject of this brief personal narrative; Orland ; David M.; and Jeremiah. John M. enlisted twice for service in the Civil war ; he first joined the Seventy-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and while scouting in Virginia was severely wounded, and honorably discharged from the service. Recovering his strength, he enlisted in the Twelfth Ohio Cavalry, and continued with his company until the close of the war. Orland enlisted for a period of three months in an independent company. As a boy and youth Joseph Williams attended the rural schools when opportunity offered, between sessions assisting in the care of the farm, being thus engaged when the tocsin of war rang throughout the land. In 1862 lie enlisted in Company G. Sixtieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and continued with his regiment in all of its engagements until honorably discharged from the service, March 10, 1864. Mr. Williams again enlisted, in June, 1864, in Company H, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and with his command went first to Kentucky, and thence to Knoxville, Tennessee. In the fall of 1864, he was sent out with a foraging party into the Powell Valley, in Southwest Virginia, and there being captured by the enemy was held a prisoner-of-war for three days and nights. Mr. Williams and two of his companions dug under the cabin walls, and made their escape. They separated immediately after getting out of their prison, and Mr. Williams never again heard from the others. He, however, made his way through the darkness to a small cabin occupied by a negro, who gave him some corn bread, the first morsel of food which he had tasted since his capture. The negro then piloted him across the mountains, and at daybreak Mr. Williams hid in the top of a tree, where the negro left him, promising to send him another guide. About nine o'clock he heard firing, which he felt sure was from his own side of the army, and starting in the direction from which the sound came he reached a Union camp in about two hours. Mr. Williams. was then sent to Knoxville by train, and subsequently remained with his command, which he there rejoined, until after the close of the war, receiving his honorable discharge in June, 1865. Returning home, Mr. Williams worked as a farm hand for two years. In 1867, desirous of establishing himself as an independent farmer, he bought a team and some agricultural implements, rented a tract of land, and began work on his own account. Very successful in his undertakings, he bought, in 1875, a farm lying near Andersonville, and for more than thirty-five years managed it with the same systematic skill and enterprise that he had previously shown in his work, making many and valuable improvements on the place. This farm, which he still owns, he 586 - HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY occupied until 1911, when he removed to Chillicothe, where he is now living, retired from active labor. Mr. Williams married first, in 1872, Mary E. Thompson, who was born in Ross County, a daughter of John and Maria (Anderson) Thompson. She died in 1879, leaving one daughter, Viola, wife of Jacob Pabst. In 1886 Mr. Williams married for his second wife Nora C. Michael, who was born in Union Township, Ross County, a daughter of John and Catherine (Hauser) Michael. Of this union two children have been born, namely : Selora and Joseph C. Selora married Grover C. Stout, and they have two children, George Williams and Bernice Catherine. Completing the course of study in the district schools of Union Township, and in the public schools of Chillicothe, Joseph was graduated from the Chillicothe Business College, and has now a position as bookkeeper. Mr. and Mrs. Williams are both members of the Union Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church at Andersonville. Mr. Williams was a charter member of the W. H. Lutz Post, No. 338, Grand Army of the Republic, of which there are now but four surviving members, and served as chaplain during the existence of the organization. Although not a politician in the accepted sense of the term, he has filled various offices of trust and responsibility in the township, having been supervisor of roads, a member of the school board, and for a number of years was justice of the peace. GEORGE BORST, JR. A well-known and prosperous business man of Chillicothe, George Borst, Jr., holds high rank among the self-made men of our times, his success in life being entirely due to his patient industry, forethought, and wisdom in taking advantage of every offered opportunity for advancing his material interests. A son of George Borst, Sr., he was born December 16, 1858, in Chillicothe, of German ancestry, his paternal grandparents having been life-long residents of the fatherland, although two of their sons, John and George, emigrated to America. John Borst located in Ross County, Ohio, soon after his arrival in this country, and for a number of years thereafter was in business as a farmer and livestock dealer. He subsequently removed to Kansas, and there spent the closing years of his life. George Borst, Sr., was born and educated in Bruchsal, Baden, Germany, where he spent his early life. In 1852, accompanied by his five children, he came in a sailing vessel to this country, being ninety days in crossing the broad Atlantic. From New York, where he landed, he proceeded by rail to Cleveland, thence by canal to Chillicothe, and here he was variously employed until his death, in his eighty-fifth year. The five children that he brought with him were as follows: Jacob, John, Magdalena, Anna, and Kate, all of whom completed their education in this city. Although not of military age when the breaking out of the Civil war occurred, the two sons offered their services to their adopted country, Jacob enlisting in the Eighty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and John, who lost his life in the Battle of Murfreesboro, becoming a member of the Sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. After coming to Chilli- HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY - 587 cothe, George Borst, Sr., married for his second wife Catherine Schaeffer, a native of Germany. Her father, John Schaeffer, came from his native country to the United States with his family, and for many years was engaged in general farming in Huntington Township, Ross County, although his last days were spent in Chillicothe. By his second marriage, George Borst, Sr., became the father of five children, also, namely : George, Clara, Mary, Fred, and Caroline. George Borst, Jr., first attended the parochial schools, later completing his early studies in the public schools of Chillicothe. Beginning life as a wage-earner at the age of thirteen years, his first employment was in a truck garden. Giving up that work, he entered the employ of Henry Sulzbacher, a merchant tailor, and after serving as a general utility boy for a time entered the tailoring department, and there became proficient at the tailor's trade. Mr. Borst subsequently continued with Mr. Sulzbacher until 1898, when he resigned his position to embark in the coal business, with which he has since been actively and successfully identified, having built up a substantial and profitable trade in the city. Mr. Borst married, in 1882, Anna J. Sommers, who was born in Chillicothe. a daughter of Henry and Caroline (Albright) Sommers, who came from Germany to Ohio, locating in Chillicothe. Louine, the only child horn of the union of Mr. and Mrs. Borst, died when but two years and six months old. Active in municipal affairs, Mr. Borst has rendered excellent service as a public official, having been a member of the board of equalization, and for three years was president of the city council. Fraternally he is a member of Logan Tribe No. 9, Improved Order of Red Men. FREDERICK ENDERLE. A well-known resident of Chillicothe, Frederick A. Enderle is an industrious, wide-awake man, who, by means of thrift and wise investments of his money, has acquired considerable wealth. He now owns and occupies the old Cross Keys Tavern, one of the oldest houses in the State of Ohio, and a place of historical interest. A native of Ross County, he was born, November 23, 1866, in a log house, in Scioto Township, of German ancestry. Alois Enderle, his father, was born May 22, 1825, in Baden, Germany, where his parents spent their entire lives. With two of his sisters, Barbara Ender and Katherine Hanks, he came to this country in 1864, and located in Scioto Township. After working for a while at various employments, he accepted a position as stationary engineer at Harmon's tannery, and retained it for twenty-six consecutive years, having been very faithful in the discharge of his duties. He died May 24, 1914. His wife, whose maiden name was Francisco Kohler, was born in Baden, Germany, and died in Ross County, in June, 1896, leaving five children, as follows: Frederick A., the special subject of this sketch; Peter; Elizabeth ; Joseph ; and Alois. Acquiring his education in the parochial schools, Frederick Enderle learned the barber's trade when young, and followed it as a journeyman for thirty-nine years. In 1894 he established himself in business at 588 - HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY Chillicothe, where he has continued until the present time, his success having been assured from the first. In 1898 Mr. Enderle purchased the Cross Keys Tavern property, situated on the northwest corner of High and Arch streets. The property at that time consisted of the old tavern, a house containing seven large rooms, and an old barn. The lot had a frontage of 66 feet on High Street, and of 198 feet on Arch Street. The house had become dilapidated from ill usage, and scarce fit for habitation. Mr. Enderle has since placed it in thorough repair, and in addition to installing modern improvements and conveniences, has put on a spacious veranda, and added four rooms. He has also built an 8-room modern house on the rear of the lot, a 7-room house on High Street, and a double 16-room house on Arch Street. The Cross Keys Tavern was built as early as 1800, and was owned and conducted by William Key, who placed in front of the building two large keys, crossed. During the War of 1812, 600 prisoners were confined at one time on the hotel property. Federal soldiers encamped on the banks of the Scioto, and it is related that a soldier lad, about nineteen years old, came one day to the hotel, intending to return to the camp at night. But the proprietor, telling the boy he had business at the garrison the next day, prevailed upon him to remain over night and go back with him to the garrison the next morning. There was then a standing offer of $50 for deserters, and the tavern-keeper on reaching the camp turned over as a deserter the young soldier, who was later shot. It has been authoritatively stated that the first Constitution in the State of Ohio was written by Mike Baldwin in the barroom of the Cross Keys Tavern, on the head of a whiskey barrel, the writer using a wine cask for a seat. Mr. Enderle married, November 28, 1894, Julia Zander, a native of Scioto Township. Her father, Martin Zander, was born in 1824, in Bavaria, Germany, and was there reared and educated. Three of his sisters, Mrs. John Entrest, Mrs. Andrew Orth, and Mrs. Philip BoInt, came to America in early life, and he, too, came when young to this country. He lived first in Chillicothe, later entering the employ of Governor Worthington, at Adena, where he spent the remainder of his life, dying in 1868. The maiden name of the wife of Martin Zander was Frances Merkle. She was born in Baden, Germany, the birthplace of her father, Michael Merkle, who emigrated with his family to Ohio, locating in Chillicothe, where he reared his five children, Frances, August, Michael, William, and Magdalena. Mrs. Zander died at the age of eighty-six years, leaving five children, as follows : Joseph ; Josephine ; James; Martin ; and Julia, now Mrs. Enderle. Mr. and Mrs. Enderle have two children, Edwin and Helen. He and his family are active and faithful members of St. Peter's Church. Mr. Enderle is a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters ; of the Knights of St. George ; and of the Order of Eagles; and of St. Ignatius Men's Society. Mrs. Enderle is a member of the Catholic Ladies of Columbus. HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY - 589 LUTHER B. YAPLE. Worthy of special mention in this volume is Luther B. Yaple, of Chillicothe, who has gained distinction not only as a successful lawyer, but as a practical and progressive horticulturist, owning one of the largest orchards in Ross County. He was born September 12, 1865, in Colerain Township, Ross County, Ohio, on the same farm on which the birth of his father, Aaron D. Yaple, occurred, April 19, 1837. He is a descendant in the fifth generation of the immigrant ancestor, Philip Yaple, a native of Germany, where the surname was spelled "Jebel," the line of descent being through John, Sr., John, Jr., Aaron D., and Luther B. Emigrating to America in colonial days, Philip Yaple located in Pennsylvania, becoming an early settler of the Wyoming Valley. Enlisting in the Continental army during the Revolutionary war, he was absent from his home at the time of the Wyoming massacre, in July, 1778. Subsequently removing to New York State, he settled on Lake Ithaca in pioneer days, and having purchased land was there a resident until his death. John Yaple, Sr., was born in the Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania, in that part of Berks County that is now included in Lebanon County, in 1765. Accompanying the family to New York, he subsequently settled in Danby, not far from Ithaca, taking up land, and engaging in farming. About 1812, accompanied by his family, he came to Ohio, crossing the intervening country with teams, and bringing all of his worldly possessions with him. He first located in the Scioto Valley, near Circleville, where but little of the land had then been improved, and owing to the bad drainage malaria was very prevalent. Leaving the fertile lands of the valley on that account, he came to Ross County, and having purchased a tract of heavily timbered land in what is now Colerain Township built a log cabin in the wilderness, being particular to locate near a spring. There having been neither railroads, canals or convenient markets at that early day, he in common with his neighbors, which were few and far between, lived on the products of the land or the wild game found in the vicinity, all of the sugar used being made from the sap of the maple trees. The farmers raised sheep and flax, and the energetic women of the household were accustomed to card, spin and weave, and make all of the clothing worn by the family. Clearing quite a tract of his land, he lived there until his death, in November, 1846. He married Rachel Dupay, who was born in Wyoming, Pennsylvania, July 30, 1770, and died March 18, 1842, on the home farm. John Yaple, Jr., grandfather of Luther B., was born in Danby, Tompkins County, New York, near Ithaca, May 24, 1801, and after coming with his parents to Ross County attended the district schools; and as soon as able to be of use assisted in clearing the land. He became an expert in the art of making shingles, all of which were rived by hand, and also shaped in the same manner. Succeeding to the ownership of the parental homestead, he added to the improvements already made by erecting substantial frame buildings, and there continued as a farmer until his death, in October, 1876. His wife, whose maiden name was 590 - HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY Laura Morse, was born in Litchfield County, Connecticut, January 14, 1804, and died on the home farm, in Colerain Township, in April, 1890. Aaron D. Yaple spent his entire life on the farm where his birth occurred, he having inherited the land from his father. Industrious and enterprising, he carried on general farming successfully, and in addition was engaged to a considerable extent in the growing of fruit. He lived to a good old age, passing away September 15, 1914. The maiden name of his wife was Henrietta Black, who still occupies the Yaple homestead. She was born, in October, 1843, in Colerain Township, being one of the seven children of the late Caleb Black, who married Sarah Parks. Mr. Black was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, of Scotch-Irish ancestors, and as a young man migrated to Colerain Township, where he bought land, and was thenceforward engaged in tilling the soil. Three children blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron D. Yaple, namely : Luther B., the subject of this brief sketch ; Alice, wife of Allen Cupp ; and Pearl, living with her widowed mother. Having gleaned his first knowledge of books in the rural schools, Luther B. Yaple afterwards attended the Circleville High School and the Otterbein University, in Westerville, Ohio. He was subsequently employed as a teacher in Colerain Township for three years, during which time he turned his attention to the study of law, reading at home under the instruction of Judge Alfred Yaple, of Cincinnati. On October 6, 1887, Mr. Yaple was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court, and in July, 1888, began the practice of his profession in Chillicothe, where he has built up a large and lucrative clientage. In 1898 Mr. Yaple purchased a farm lying two miles west of the Chillicothe courthouse, and has since taken active interest in its improvements. When it came into his possession it had an orchard containing 7,000 fruit trees, including apple, pear, peach and cherry trees. The farm had been previously rented, and the fruit trees had been sadly neglected. He immediately turned his attention to the care of the orchard, and has since replaced all of the peach and pear trees with apple trees, and now has a fine orchard of 7,500 apple trees, all in a bearing condition. He raises a variety of apples, including the Rome Beauty, Jonathan, Mann, Grimes Golden, and Ben Davis, all of which find a ready sale in both the southern and western markets. On January 27, 1897, Mr. Yaple was united in marriage with Etta F. Roach, who was born in Madison County, Ohio, October 9, 1871. Her father, Reuben W. Roach, was born on a farm in Gallia County, Ohio, where his parents, Simeon and Phebe (Koontz) Roach, natives of Virginia, were pioneer settlers. In early manhood he embarked in farming in Madison County, from there removing to Scioto Township, Ross County, and later taking up his residence in Chillicothe, where his widow, whose maiden name was Mary Workman, still resides. Her parents, Lewis and Narcissus (Worley) Workman, natives of Belmont County, Ohio, spent their last years in Chillicothe. Mr. and Mrs. Yaple have three children, John, Virginia, and Philip. Religiously Mr. and Mrs. Yaple are members of the Episcopal Church, in which he is serving HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY - 591 as vestryman. Socially Mr. Yaple was one of the founders of the Sunset Club, of which he is a charter member. FRANK L. GIBBS, M. D. For nearly a score of years actively engaged in the practice of medicine at Chillicothe, Frank L. Gibbs, M. D., has met with unquestioned success in his chosen work, and well deserves the reputation which he has won of being one of the most skilful and faithful physicians in the city. He was born in Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio, a son of John H. Gibbs. Lewis Gibbs, the doctor's grandfather, a native of Norristown, Pennsylvania, served as a lieutenant in the Union army during the Civil war. Previous to his enlistment, he had been engaged in the iron business at Niles, Trumbull County, and after the war was similarly employed at New Lisbon. Moving from Ohio to Pennsylvania, he spent the closing years of his long and useful life at Phoenixville, Chester County. He married Miss Ophelia Fields, who died at her home in Phoenixville, at the advanced age of ninety years. John H. Gibbs was born in New Lisbon, the county seat of Columbiana County. Ohio, and there learned the trade of a machinist. Offering his services to his country in 1864, he enlisted in Company —, Eighty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he remained until receiving his honorable discharge at the expiration of his term of enlistment. Returning to his native county, he resumed work at his trade in Salem, where he is still residing. His wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Heacock, was born in Salem, a daughter of Jeremiah and Dorothy Heacock, both of whom lived to be quite old, Mr. Heacock dying at the age of eighty-six years, and Mrs. Heacock at the age of eighty-nine years. Mr. Heacock was one of the old-time stage drivers of Columbiana County, and Doctor Gibbs has the horn with which he used to herald his approach to a town. Mr. and Mrs. John H. Gibbs are the parents of two children, the doctor, and Bessie, who is cashier in a dry goods establishment at Salem. After his graduation from the Salem High School with the class of 1890, Frank L. Gibbs was for three years a bookkeeper in the office of the Mullins Architectural Sheet Metal Company. Desirous of entering the medical profession, he studied under the tutorship of Doctor Thompson, in Salem, and then entered the Pulte Medical College, at Cincinnati, from which he was graduated in 1896. Immediately locating in Chillicothe, Doctor Gibbs opened an office on Second Street, and has since been actively and prosperously engaged in the practice of his profession in this city, having built up a large and lucrative patronage. Doctor Gibbs married, in 1906, Mrs. Elizabeth (Harman) Ruhrah, who was born in Chillicothe, a daughter of Fletcher D. and Joanna Harman, and widow of Edward P. Ruhrah. The doctor is a member of the Ohio State Homeopathic Society, and of the American Institute of Homeopathy. Fraternally he is a member of Scioto Lodge No. 6, Ancient Free and Accepted Order of Masons; of Chillicothe Chapter No. 4, Royal Arch Masons; of Chillicothe Council No. 6, Royal and Select Masters; 592 - HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY of Chillicothe Commandery No. 8, Knights Templar ; of Chillicothe Camp, No. 4111, Modern Woodmen of America, of which he was clerk for twelve years; and of Chillicothe Aerie, No. 600, of which he is physician. For four years he served as county coroner. ELMON R. TERRY. Courteous, painstaking and accommodating, Elmon R. Terry, of Chillicothe, is one of the best county clerks Ross County ever had, and its clerks have always been capable and efficient, the affairs of his office being administered so wisely, conscientiously and thoroughly as to meet with the approval of all concerned. A son of John C. Terry, he was born January 10, 1878, on a farm in Jackson County, Ohio. His paternal grandfather, Paul Terry, a native of Ontario, Canada, migrated to Ohio in pioneer days. Locating in Jackson County, he subsequently married Mary Collins, who was born and reared in that part of the state, and from that time until his death, in 1855, while yet in the prime of life, he was engaged in general farming. Born in Jackson County, Ohio, near Berlin Cross Roads, May 12, 1843, John C. Terry was but a lad when his father died, and ere reaching his teens was thrown upon his own resources. Industrious and resourceful, he worked at various occupations until the outbreak of the Civil war, when, in 1861, he enlisted in Company D, Seventy-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as a private. Going with his command to Virginia, he served in the Army of the Potomac, to which his regiment was assigned, being under command of Generals McClellan, Hooker and Meade. He was at the front in many of the more noteworthy engagements of the war, including those at Chancellorsville, Antietam and Gettysburg. At the latter battle, on July 4, 1863, he was severely wounded, suffering the loss of a leg. Subsequently honorably discharged on account of physical disability, he returned to Jackson County. A few months later he migrated to Neosho County, Kansas, where he bought land, and was engaged in tilling the soil for six years. Trading that farm for one in his old home county, Jackson County, Ohio, he resided there until 1894, when, removing to Deer Creek Township, in Pickaway County, he bought a farm lying about a mile north of the Ross County line, and occupied it thirteen years. In 1907 he took up his residence at Williamsport, and there lived retired from active pursuitsuntil his death, in 1911. The maiden name of the wife of John C. Terry was Sidney A. Clark. She was born March 24, 1858, on a farm near Limerick, Jackson County, Ohio, a daughter of David and Clara (Byron) Clark, and granddaughter of Hiram and Sidney (Almira) Clark. Her great-grandfather, Thomas Clark, was born in Virginia, of early English ancestry. Coming to Ohio in the very first years of its settlement, he purchased a tract of timbered land close to the present site of Limerick, and immediately began its improvement. All of that part of the country was then in its virgin wildness, bear, deer, wild turkey, and all other kinds of game native to that section being plentiful, and roaming at will. He built a substantial log house in 1816 in the wilderness, making the nails used in its con- HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY - 593 struction by hand, and riving the boards that covered the roof. Clearing the greater portion of his land, he lived there until his death, at the age of four score years. His wife, whose maiden name was Sidney Van Sky, survived him, passing away at the venerable age of eighty-eight years. Mrs. Sidney (Clark) Terry died September 3, 1895, several years before the death of her husband. She was the mother of seven children, as follows : Elmon R., Blanche, Marcus, Elva, Clyde, Minnie, and Hoyt. Obtaining his elementary education in the rural schools, Elmon R. Terry was graduated from the Williamsport High School with the class of 1899, and then commenced a professional career, teaching for two years in Woodlyn, and subsequently being similarly employed in different places for six years. In 1906 Mr. Terry came to Chillicothe as secretary for the Charles B. Hurst Company, with which he was associated until June, 1909. In October, 1909, he was made deputy county auditor, and held the position until 1912, when he resigned to snake the race for the office of county clerk. Successful in his efforts, he was elected to the position in November, 1912, and served so ably and acceptably that he was reelected in 1914, his continuance in the office as well as his being chosen as the democratic candidate for county auditor on August 8, 1916, are evident proofs of his efficiency. Mr. Terry married, in 1901, Bessie M. Evans, who was born in Deerfield Township, a daughter of Allen and Roxanna (Bostwick) Evans. Mr. and Mrs. Terry have one child, Clarice Pauline Terry. Politically Mr. Terry is a democrat, and fraternally he is a member of Chillicothe Aerie, No. 600, Fraternal Order of Eagles, and of Chillicothe Lodge, No. 52. Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Both Mr. and Mrs. Terry are members of the Walnut Street Methodist. Episcopal Church. HENRY C. TULLEYS, of Bainbridge, Paxton Township, was an honored veteran of the Civil war, having gone from Ross County in early boyhood to fight for the preservation of the Union. He represented one of the oldest families of Ross County and his own career was one of accomplishment and achievement in keeping with his honorable ancestry. He was born in Bainbridge, Ohio, October 28, 1845, a son of Jacob and Julia A. (Middleton) Tulleys. Both parents were natives of Ohio and his father, who was born in Paxton Township of Ross County in 1800. was a bricklayer and plasterer by trade. He followed that line until his death at Bainbridge. Of the children of these parents, seven in number, five are still living: Rebecca, seventy-three years of age and a maiden lady ; Mary. widow of Vincent Vore, and living in Bourneville, Ohio : Henry C., William, of South Salem ; and Emma, widow of George W. Gaultney. In the village of Bainbridge Henry C. Tulleys spent his early days. He attended school during the winter terms until he was about fourteen. At the age of nine he lost his father and thereafter he had to expend his young strength in assisting in the support of the family. Thus his youth was one of considerable privation and with little leisure. 594 - HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY He continued that routine until past sixteen years of age, and then, on July 8, 1862, enlisted in Company H of the Eighty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. That regiment served in the Army of the Tennessee, and participated altogether in about twenty battles. Mr. Tulleys was with his command faithfully and diligently discharging his duties as a soldier until after the close of the war. He received his honorable discharge June 20, 1865, as a corporal. With the conclusion of his military career he returned to Bainbridge, and then began learning the trade of plasterer and brick layer. He followed the trade for many years and eventually became a contractor and carried out a number of important contracts, including the plaster work in the Fayette County Courthouse. Finally his health broke down under the continued strain of his business, and in 1887 he left his trade and became clerk for E. C. Rockhold, whom he faithfully served for twenty years, and was the principal man in the business. In August, 1873, Mr. Tulleys married Margaret A. Miden, who was born in Paxton township of Ross County January 9, 1850. Mrs. Tulleys grew up near Bainbridge, and was of German ancestry in the paternal line. Mr. and Mrs. Tulleys have two sons. Charles E., who was born in 1874 and was educated in the Bainbridge public schools, is now bookkeeper in the Sears & Nichols Canning Company of Chillicothe ; by his marriage to Mary C. Cameron he has two children, Grace being a graduate of the high school and a brilliant young musician, and Charles H., who was born February 19, 1909. Frank M., the second son, is a graduate of the local schools and is now route clerk in the postoffice at Greenfield, Ohio. For many years Mr. Tulleys was closely affiliated with his old comrades of the war. He did much to found and maintain Sergeant McKell Post, No. 42, Grand Army of the Republic, of which he was a past commander. He attended many of the state and national encampments of the Grand Army. Politically he was a republican, and his fellow citizens entrusted to him the duties of several local offices. Mr. Tulleys died September 3, 1916. LOUIS BREHMER. For at least forty years Louis Brehmer has been a factor in local business affairs at Chillicothe, and has gone through all the grades of service from boy clerk in a retail store to executive positions in several of the city's best known commercial establishments. What h€ has accomplished has been through his individual initiative and ability, and he is highly esteemed in the county seat not only for his accomplishments but for his unquestioned integrity in all his relations. He was born December 22, 1861, in Ross County, and is a son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Scholl) Brehmer. His father was born in Germany, and on coming to America located at Chillicothe, where he followed his trade as a cooper for about twenty years. He finally retired from business and spent his last years in the enjoyment of a well earned competence. Of his seven children, five are still living. HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY - 595 The fifth in order of birth, Louis Brehmer grew up in Chillicothe, obtained a public school education, but when only fifteen years of age found work as clerk in a local grocery store. He spent nine years in that employment, and then turned his competent service and experience to other lines. For two years he was bookkeeper with the Union Shoe Manufacturing Company. In 1910 Mr. Brehmer became one of the active men in charge of McKell & Co.'s large wholesale and retail queens-ware house at Chillicothe, and has since been manager of the business and also looks after the office and the books of the concern. Besides this connection lie is also vice president and treasurer of the Home Telephone Company. Mr. Brehmer is a member of the Presbyterian Church and is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He has done much in a public spirited way to promote good government especially in his home city. He served four years as a member of the Chillicothe City Council and for one term was president of that body. In politics lie is a republican. Mr. Brehmer married in Chillicothe Miss Clara Phillips. They have one son, Dr. H. Brehmer. who is now a specialist of the eye, ear, nose and throat, and rising young practitioner practicing at Chillicothe. CLINTON C. RILEY. M. D. An able and skilful physician, the late Clinton C. Riley, M. D., of Chillicothe, devoted his time and energies to the duties of his exacting profession, during his comparatively few years of active practice making rapid strides along the pathway of success. A son of James V. Riley. He was horn in 1854, in Huntington Township, Ross County, of pioneer stock. His paternal grandfather, James Riley, a native of the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, came to the Northwest Territory with Gen. Nathaniel Massie, the original owner of a portion of the land now included within the limits of Chillicothe. Securing a tract of wild land, he improved a homestead, and there spent his remaining days. His wife, whose maiden name was Kittie Dye, was horn near Maysville, Kentucky, where her parents, companions of Daniel Boone, were pioneer settlers. Born in Ross County, Ohio, James V. Riley was reared to agricultural pursuits. and during his early manhood carried on general farming in Huntington Township for two years. Subsequently purchasing land near Massieville, he made a specialty of raising small fruits, being one of the first to cultivate strawberries for the market. He succeeded in that branch of horticulture, which he continued until his death, at the age of seventy-six years. He married Elizabeth Myer, who was born near Lyndon, Buckskin Township, where her parents were early settlers. She died in 1904, aged seventy-three years. Obtaining the rudiments of his education in the common schools, Clinton C. Riley subsequently attended Prof. J. H. Poe's School in Chillicothe, and the Lebanon Normal School. Determining to enter the medical profession, but without the means to defray his college expenses, 596 - HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY he taught school several terms, in the meantime studying medicine for a year under the preceptorship of Dr. G. S. Franklin. Going then to Columbus, he was graduated from the Starling Medical College with the class of 1880. Immediately locating at Massieville, Doctor Riley met with encouraging success from the start. Coming from there to Chillicothe, he built up an excellent practice, remaining in this city until his death, in 1893, while yet in manhood's prime. Doctor Riley married October 20, 1887, Miss Josephine Griesheimer, of whom a brief personal account immediately follows. The doctor was a member of the Ross County Medical Society. JOSEPHINE ( GRIESHEIMER) RILEY, M. D. A woman of high mental attainments, talented and cultured, Josephine G. Riley, NI. D., of Chillicothe, has met with eminent success in her professional career, and is giving the best of her life to the relief of suffering humanity. A daughter of the late Esq. Adam Griesheimer, she was born in Chillicothe, on the paternal side coming from noble French ancestry. Her paternal grandfather, Jacob Griesheimer, was born in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, where his immigrant ancestor settled on leaving France, his native land, just after the bloody revolution that caused so many of the French people to seek refuge in other countries, and to there lose their identity by assuming other names, the doctor's French ancestor having taken that of Griesheimer. Jacob Griesheimer, accompanied by his family, sailed for America in 1848, after an ocean voyage of sixty-five days landing in New York on the 15th day of June. Making his way to Buffalo, he there embarked on a lake boat for Cleveland, and from that city came by way of the canal to Chillicothe, being five days on the canal. Purchasing a tract of land that is now included within the city limits, he engaged in truck gardening, and continued a resident of the city until his death, at the age of seventy-six years. His wife, Annie Margaret Griesheimer, survived him, attaining the age of eighty-eight years. She reared seven children, as follows : Margaret, , Martin, Adam, Peter, Catherine, and Conrad. Born and reared in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, Esq. Adam Griesheimer attended the public schools regularly and received a liberal education. Coming with his parents to Chillicothe in 1848, he embarked in mercantile pursuits, and conducted a profitable business for many years. After retiring from the mercantile business, he served as justice of the peace, which position he held for many years. He believed in a liberal education, and mastered law by self-study. He died in 1906, having been a resident of Chillicothe fifty-eight years. His wife, whose maiden name was Caroline Feik, was born in Munich, Germany, and came to this country with her parents, landing in Boston, from there going to Buffalo, thence by way of Sandusky coming to Chillicothe. Her father, Mr. Feik, was a veterinary, and remained in Chillicothe until after the death of his first wife. He subsequently married again, and moved to Marietta, Ohio, where he spent the remainder of his life. Doctor Riley was one of a family of ten children, as follows : HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY - 597 Louisa, Charles, Charlotte, Adam, Jr., Catharine, Albert C., Caroline, Josephine, Helena, and Frederick. Louisa Griesheimer married John T. Myers, and died in 1891, leaving two sons, Herbert A. and Harry E. Her son Herbert A. is serving at present as private secretary to Hon. Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior. Caroline I. Griesheimer received a liberal education when young, and after teaching in the public schools for a time, she served as deputy clerk in the Probate Court office. After successfully passing the United States Civil Service examination, she was appointed to a clerkship in the Treasury Department at Washington, 1891. The Civil Service Commission .asked for her transfer to the commission's rolls where she is engaged in educational and legal work. She is the only woman in the employ of the Civil Service Commission having the title of examiner. Miss Griesheimer being a woman of great force of character and a brilliant scholar took up the study of law, and graduated with honor from the Washington College of Law, receiving the degrees of Bachelor of Laws and Master of Laws. She has been admitted to practice in the Supreme Courts of the District of Columbia, the Appellate Courts, and the Supreme Court of the United States. She also graduated from the Columbian College, receiving the degrees of Bachelor of Science and Master of Science. Miss Griesheimer believes that every woman should be given a sound and practical education. She takes a deep interest in educational matters. the Child Welfare Movement, Child Labor Laws, Juvenile Courts, Social Economy, and matters affecting the welfare of humanity. Josephine Griesheimer acquired her preliminary education in the public schools of Chillicothe, and at the age of sixteen years secured a position as teacher in the public schools of Adelphi. She afterwards obtained a similar position in Chillicothe. and taught successfully in this city until her marriage with Dr. Clinton C. Riley, of whom a brief sketch may he found on another page of this volume. After the death of her husband, Mrs. Riley resumed her former profession, and for three and a half years taught school. Resolving to enter upon a medical career, she entered the medical department of the National University at Washington, where she was graduated with the class of 1901. She ranked very high as a scholar while there, winning the faculty gold medal by keeping at the head of all of her classes during her entire course. In June. 1901. Dr. .Josephine Riley passed the examinations of the State Medical Board of Ohio, and has since been actively engaged in the practice of her profession in Chillicothe. where she has established a large and lucrative patronage. Doctor Riley has one child, Albert A. Riley, who is now attending the George Washington University, Washington, D. C. Doctor Riley is a member of the Ross County Academy of Medicine, and also of the Ohio State Medical Society. She is examining physician of the Ladies' Auxiliary, Baltimore & Ohio Trainmen. Fraternally the doctor is a member of Rebekah Lodge, No. 26, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Vol. II-8 598 - HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY EDWARD LOUIE ALBRIGHT. In the work of making Chillicothe a " City Beautiful" in reality, and in adding to its reputation as a clean, healthful, and attractive abiding place, much credit should be given to Edward Louie Albright, director of public service, who is performing the duties devolving upon him in this responsible position so efficiently and conscientiously, and with such thoroughness, as to win the approval of all concerned. He was born in Chillicothe, March 30, 1876, a son of Frederick Augustus Ferdinand Albright, and a representative of one of the first German families to locate in the city. His paternal grandfather, Joseph Albright, was born, reared and married in Littenweiler, by Freiburg, in Breisach, Baden, Germany. In 1839, accompanied by his family, he came to Chillicothe, leaving the. fatherland April 17th and arriving in Chillicothe July 4th, seventy-eight days after setting sail. He first lived in a log house, but afterward purchased a vacant lot at 215 North Street, and there built the house now occupied by his grandchildren. Although a cabinetmaker by trade, he followed carpentry after coming to this country, continuing it until his death, at the age of sixty-nine years. On April 1, 1816, he was united in marriage with Christine Elizabeth Oberlander, who was born June 30, 1798, in Oberhain, by Königsee, Fürstenthum, Schwartzburg-Rudolstadt, Germany, and died April 25, 1867, in Chillicothe. Eight children were born of this union, as follows : Margaret, Caroline, Julia, Louise, Frederick Augustus Ferdinand, Pauline, Elizabeth, and John Frederick. Frederick A. F. Albright was born June 18, 1830, in the same part of Schwartzburg-Rudolstadt, Germany, that his mother was, and as a lad of nine years came with his parents to Ohio. Learning carpentry when young, he was employed as a bridge carpenter when the Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad was built. He also assisted in the building of the Chillicothe Courthouse, and was the last survivor of the carpenters that worked on St. Peter's Church. He was an expert workman, and after a few years at carpentry became a millwright, and followed that trade during the remainder of his active life. Succeeding to the ownership of the old homestead, he occupied it until his death, January 30, 1906, at the age of seventy-five years. The maiden name of the wife of Frederick A. F. Albright was Caroline Rosena Gehring. She was born July 6, 1837, in Oberheldrung, Königgratz, Breisach, and died in 1882 in Chillicothe. Her parents, Henry and Sousiana Gehring, came from Germany to America in 1854. and after living a number of years in the Prussian settlement, about nine miles south of Chillicothe, moved into this city, and here spent the remainder of their lives. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. F. Albright reared nine children, namely : Christina Phillipena Louise, Annie, Carolina Sallie Mary, Carolina Dora, Elizabeth Anna Carolina, Frederick Christian Joseph, Henry Philip, William Julian Ferdinand, and Edward Louie. Completing his early education in the public schools- of Chillicothe, Edward Louie Albright secured a position with the Marfield Milling Company, serving a part of the time as office clerk and bookkeeper, and HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY - 599 part of the time as manager of the feed store, remaining with the firm five years. Learning then the millwright trade, he followed it until 1903, when he was made assistant street superintendent. At the end of four years in that position, Mr. Albright was appointed superintendent of streets, and during the six years that he served in that capacity proved himself so eminently capable and efficient that he was appointed to his present official position as director of public service, an office that includes, among other duties, the superintendency of the streets of the city. Mr. Albright married, April 29, 1908. Nancy Ann Routt, who was born in a log house on the farm of her father, Thomas Jefferson Routt, near Hallsville, Ross County. Her paternal grandfather, Henry Routt, was born at Staunton, Virginia, October 13, 1802, and after coming to Ohio spent a few years in Chillicothe, from here making an overland journey with teams to Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, where lie and his wife spent their remaining days. Born May 11, 1830, in Chillicothe, Thomas Jefferson Routt was fifteen years old when he accompanied his parents to Clay City, Illinois. Not liking his new home, he soon returned to Chillicothe, walking the entire distance. After his marriage he settled on a farm near Hallsville, and after occupying it forty-two years, came to Chillicothe. and died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Edward L. Albright, December 13, 1913. He was three times married, Mrs. Edward L. Albright having been the only child of his third wife, whose maiden name was Clarissa Jane Hines. She was born in Ross County July 19, 1835, and is now living with Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Albright. Tier father, Philip Hines, was born in Pennsylvania. a son of Jacob and Mary Elizabeth Hines, who were horn in Pennsylvania, of German ancestry. Coming to Ross County. Philip Hines purchased a farm in Harrison Township, and there lived until his death, at the age of ninety years. In addition to clearing and improving a farm, he followed for many years his trade of a weaver, making carpets, coverlets, and various kinds of cloth, all of which found a ready sale. Sarah Maddox, who became the wife of Philip Hines. was born in Kentucky, a daughter of Isaiah Maddox, a pioneer of Ross County. She died at the age of sixty-five years. Mr. and Mrs. Albright have one child, Ferdinand Thomas Albright. Both Mr. and Mrs. Albright attend the German Evangelical Church. Fraternally he is a member of Aerie No. 600, Fraternal Order of Eagles. GEORGE J. SCHMITT, who died at his home in Scioto Township a few years ago, was a resident of Ross County only a few years, but became well known as an industrious and capable farmer and a citizen who commanded confidence by reason of his unwavering integrity and the honorable relationships formed during his many years spent as a farmer in this section of Ohio. He left a widow and a large family of children, most of whom still reside at the old estate in Scioto Township. A native of Germany, George J. Schmitt was born at Friedelsheim March 30, 1857. His father, John Schmitt, was a native of the same