76 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. ABRAHAM AMRINE (deceased), an old and highly respected pioneer of Union County. was born March 18, 1818, and died June 24, 1878. He was the third son of Henry and Mary Amrine, who came to Union County in 1821. He passed his boyhood and early life on his flat her's farm, and assisted him in clearing it up. September 12, 1839, he was united in marriage to Miss Nancy Mackelfish, a native of Pickaway County, where she was born, April 26. 1818. Her parents, George and Malinda, Mackelfish, came to this county in 1833, and settled near Richwood. where they both ended their days; the former died August 25, 1861, and the latter April 16, 1860. Mr. and Mrs. Amrine were the parents of eleven children, of whom six are living: Mary M., wife of John Neulove; Sarah E., wife of Oliver Shaw; Elsworth, married Elizabeth Johnson; Henry N., married Sarah E. Wells, Martha E., wife of Lewis Bonnette, and Abraham, who married Ora Lee. In 1889, Mr. Avarice purchased 103 acres of the farm he left at his death. It was in its primeval state when he settled on it, which was in the fall of 1839. By earnest and constant labor he cleared up his farm to a cultivated state, and made additions, till he became the owner of 406 acres of valuable land, on which he made most of the improvements. He em. barked in life with small means, and in the woods; but by his untiring industry, economy and good business management he accumulated large property. he displayed a lively interest in all religious and educational matters. he and wife were members of tire Marysville M. E. Church, wit with which church he was identified for over forty-two years. He served in the capacity of class leader for eighteen years. He aided liberally in the erection of the M. E. Church of Marysville, with which he was associated till his death. HENRY N. AMRINE, farmer , P. O. Marysville, son of Abraham and Nancy Amrine, was born on the homestead April 17, 1851. He was brought up to farming, and has always pursued that avocation, in connection with keeping thoroughbred Spanish Merino sheep, which he has followed the last five years with fine success. If is marriage occurred October 3. 1872, with Miss Sarah E. Wells, a native of Licking County, where she was born February 11, 1852. Her parents were Joseph and Mary Wells. Five children were the issue of this union: Mary O. Nancy C., Alice G., Henry C., and an infant daughter, deceased. Mr. Amrine owns a well improved firm of ninety-one acres. He is identified with the society of K. of P. and I.. O. of R. M. Politically, he is a Republican. Mr. A. is a member of the M. E. Church. HENRY AMRINE, a prominent farmer of Paris Township. was born on the old Amrine Ironic. stead November 21, 1821. He is a son of Abram and Mary Amrine, and a grandson of - -, who were among tire earliest pioneers of Paris Township, and whose history is given in the general history of tire township. Mr. Amrine is the fourth son and seventh child of ten Children. He passed hits early life on his father's new and forest like farm, and received his training in the common schools of the county. In 1842, soon after his marriage, he located on 100 acres of land. which now constitute a part of his extensive farm His marriage occurred April 26, 1842, to Miss Martha Irvin, (laughter of William and Amelia (Evans) Irvin. The former came from Ireland with his parents some time prior to the Revolutionary war. His father was a soldier in that war, and received wounds from which he died a short time after its close. Mrs. Irvin was born in Staunton, Va ; her parents were natives of Wales, and also emigrated to America before Revolutionary days. Mrs. Amrine is a native of Madison County, Ohio; was born April 14, 1820. Mr. and Mrs. Amrine were blessed with three children, two of whom are living, viz. : Alfred, born February 7, 1843, married January 12, 1869, to Mi.,, Lucy Edson, and have two children-Nellie and Curtis ; Mary A., the Youngest child was born January 22, 1849, and was married November 1, 1868, to If. Whelpley ; they have two children-Edwin and James. Asbury L., the second child, was born July 14, 1845, and died November 14, 1848. Mr. and Mrs. Amrine started in life together, like many of their pioneer contemporaries, in limited circumstances and with few advantages. The farm on which they settled was largely and heavily timbered at the time, and it was through tire strongest exertions that they overcame the many difficulties and obstacles of their pioneer life, and Required for themselves a competence. By their active energy and industry they have accumulated large and valuable property, their farm consisting of over 700 acres of well improved land. besides large herds of livestock. In these years of their existence their lives have not been given wholly to the accumulation of wealth ; they have displayed a deep and active interest in the religious and educational institutions of the county and State. For many years they have been prominently identified with tire Old Amrine. M. E Church and its missions. They are among the largest contributors to the Ohio Wesleyan Univer- PARIS TOWNSHIP.77 sity, having bestowed about $30,000 on that institution. Of late years Mr. Amrine has devoted his attention to raising fine sheep and horses, and has been successful in that avocation. His political affiliations have always been with the Republican party. WILLIAM P. ANDERSON, druggist, Marysville. This gentleman was born in Montgomery County, Pa., January 31, 1836. His parents, John and Sarah (Price) Anderson, were natives and residents of that county. Being left an orphan at the age of five years, under the old law of Pennsylvania, was bound out to learn the saddler's trade, and when but twelve years old, had made everything in the harness line, from a whip to a saddle; at the age of thirteen, engaged at farm work ; between the ages of fifteen and twenty-one. learned both tailoring and cabinet-making. The subject of this sketch came to Ohio in 1856, locating in Lancaster, Ohio, where for a short time he worked at the carpenter's trade. In 1857. was appointed one of the officers of the Ohio Penitentiary, then under the Wardenship of John Ewing, of Chillicothe; resigned in 1858, and in connection with his brother-in-law, John H. Shearer. came to Marysville, Ohio, the same year, and engaged in the publication of the Marysville Tribune, and was also appointed Deputy Sheriff under Gen. A. Wiley. In 1861, was appointed Postmaster under President Lincoln's administration. Early in 1863, was appointed Deputy Provost Marshall for the Eighth Congressional District, resigned both positions in1863, and enlisted in the Ninth Ohio Independent Cavalry, known as the President's Escort, or Union Light Guards. Shortly after arriving in Washington, D. C, was detailed by Col. Wisewell, Military Governor of the District. for clerical duty on general and regular court maritals. Subsequently, by special order of Secretary of War Stanton, was transferred to the War Department proper and assigned to duty in the Briefing Department, where, soon after, he was placed in charge of the briefers, which position he held until mustered out with the command. At the organization of the Thirty-ninth Congress, December, 1865, received the first appointment as one of the officers of House post office. During the last session of the Thirty ninth Congress, served as private secretary to Capt. Ira Goodno, Door-keeper of the House. In the Fortieth Congress, was appointed one of the officers in the Doorkeeper's Department, and remained in the service until 1875, when he resigned. During his service in the War Department he briefed the document ever signed by President Lincoln. In the fall of 1875 he engaged with a house in Columbus as a commercial traveler until 1879, when he purchased the interests of J. J. Gledhill in the drug business in this city. John W., his son, having practical experience, is associated with him. Major Anderson, as our subject is familiarly known, is a member of the Ohio State Pharmaceutical Association, Mustering Officer of the Fifteenth District of Ohio O. A. R., and has taken all the degrees of Masonry in the York and A A. Scottish Rites, excepting the 33d. He has served as member of the City Council, and has always taken an active part In public affairs, and strongly attached to the interests of the Republican party. He was married February, 1858, to Miss Martha A. Kishler, daughter of John Kishler, late of Somerset, Perry Co., Ohio. John Willis and Emma E. are the fruits of this union. F. T.. ARTHUR, merchant, Marysville. Charles and Harriet A. (Mealey) Arthur, the parents of our subject, were both natives of Maryland, and migrated to the West and formed home in the early settlements of Delaware County, where she died in 1881. He is at this time a resident of Delaware, having an interest in the Delaware Woolen Mill Company, with which he was formerly connected. They were the parents of five children, four of whom are living. The subject of this sketch was born in Delaware Co., Ohio, in 1840. He wits raised on a farm and received his education in the schools of that county. In August, 1862, he enlisted as private in Company C, One Hundred and Twenty-First Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for the term of three years, and served in the fortunes of the Army of the Cumberland. On the battle field of Perryville, October 8, 1862, he was wounded in the left arm by a minnie ball, but filled his place in the ranks until discharged by reason of disability at Franklin, Tenn., April 29, 1863, as Second Lieutenant. He re-enlisted May 2. 1864, as private in the One Hundred and Forty fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and wag discharged as Commissary Sergeant at Camp Chase, August 2.5, 1864, by reason of expired tenure of service. Mr. A. came to this county in 1865, and in the following year engaged in the mercantile It business, which he followed until after his election to the office of County Clerk, in 1869. Three years afterward he was re-elected to the same position, and served two terms of three years each. During this time he engaged his spare moments to the study of law, and became so proficient that he was admitted to the bar at Columbus, by the Supreme Court, January 7, 1874. At the close of his public duties he again embarked in the mercantile trade, and occupied his present commodious store in January, 1882. He carries a large and complete stock of dry goods, and controls a fair and lucrative trade. Mr. A. was married in May, 1863, to Miss Alice M., daughter of David and Mary E. (Hempstead) Welsh. One daughter, Amelia H., born to bless this union, lived through the sunny summer of her youth, and just while life was sweetest, and the brightest flowers grew about her pathway, the reaper called her home. Her demise occurred August 2.5, 1882. D. D. Welsh was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, August 2.5, 1817. He settled as a farmer near this city in 1838, and was married, September 29, 1839, to Miss Mary E. Hempstead; she was born in Utica, N. Y., in 1818, and with her parents, Nathan and Polly Hempstead, came to this county in 1838. In 1843, he moved to Jackson County, Mich., where he died the following year. He was 78 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. a Captain of a company in the war of 1812, and raised a family of ton children, six of whom we still living. Mr. Welsh was one of the original stockholders of the Marysville Bank, and dealt largely in stock. He was left an orphan when six years of age, and was thrown upon his own resources. He made every movement available. and by perseverance and economy attained position and wealth. He was elected County Treasurer in 1861, and filled that position at the "a of his death in 1868. He owned, at the time of his death, 700 sores of land in this county, and was a man beloved and respected by all who knew him.. JOHN BARKER, farmer, P. O. Marysville, was born in Marysville Sanitary 12, 1880. He is a son of John Barker, of Virginia, and Mary Hoyt Barker, a native of Pennsylvania. They were married in the Keystone State, and came to Marysville, where they resided a short time. Mr. Barker bought 100 acres of lead on the north side of Mill Creek, which he occupied a few years. then removed to the old Squire Amrine farm, and in 1885 located on the farm now owned and occupied by our subject. Mr. Barker died near Lewisburg, September 7, 1870. aged seventy-three; and Mrs. B. departed this life, October 28, 1858. in her fifty-seventh year. They had twelve children, of whom the subject of this sketch is the youngest. He was married October 29, 1857, to Harriet F. Turner, a daughter of Edmund Turner. by whom he has had two children-Edward H., born December 17, 1862 ; and Phebe A., born February 18, 1877. Mr. Barker hits always occupied the homestead, which contains 158 acres; he also has twelve acres in Allen Township, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He is a member of the Masonic Order, and in politics is Democratic. JOHN W. BARNES, farmer, P. O. Marysville, was born in Harrison County, Ohio. June 19,, 1888. His parents were Levi and Susan (Rodgers) Barnes ; the former was born near Baltimore, Md., and the latter in Harrison County, Ohio. They removed to Guernsey County, Ohio, when our subject was but three years of age; Mr. Barnes died in 1846 and the following year John came with his brother, William Barnes. to this county and remained two years; in 1849 he returned near Cambridge and in 1850 came back to this county. where he has since reaided, except. while in his country's service. He entered the army in July, 1862. as a member of Company K, Ninety-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry; after serving a year in the Western Army, he was transferred to the Department of the Gulf. He fought through the siege of Vicksburg and at Jackson, Carsion Cross Beau,. Sabine Cross Roads, Forts Gaines, Morgan, Spanish and Blakeley, and a number of minor battles; he was discharged at Mobile, Ala., July 15, 1865, at the close of the rebellion. He returned home and resumed his former avocation, which he has since followed. He was married, November, 1856, to Mrs. Catharine Hale, a widow of Jones Hale and a daughter of Athens Oliphant. Mrs. Barnes was born in Ross County, Ohio, November 30, 1833. They were blessed with six children, viz.: Lydia L.. wife of J. A. Bump; Boland J., married Anna Beightler; Lorenzo D., married Sarah J. Spain; Samantha J., Aaron B. and Georgiana. Mrs. Barnes had two daughters by her first husbandSarah, wife of William Epps, and Mary J., wife of Stephen Pyers. Mr. Barnes made his start in life by working by the month, and what he now owns is the fruits of his own labor. His farm contains ninety-five acres. and is under a good state of cultivation ; he is by occupation a farmer and stock-raiser. He and his wife are members of the United Brethren Church; he is connected with the Grand Army of the Republic, and in politics is a Republican. GEORGE BEECHER. The subject of this sketch is a leading, influential citizen of Union County, was born near Utica, N. Y., April 18. 1827. His father, Zina Beecher, was born near New Haven, Conn., and was a first cousin to Lyman Beecher, the father of Henry Ward Beecher. His mother, Lucretia Sanford. was also born near New Haven, His parents were married in Connecticut, and moved to Herkimer County, N. Y., and in 1836 to Licking County, Ohio, where Mr. Beecher died September, 1868. Mrs. Beecher died February 4, 1880, at the ripe age of ninety-six years. She was a remarkably firm and intelligent lady, and retained her mental faculties up to the last. She was the mother of six sons and three daughters, of whom all the sons and one daughter are living-Lucretia (deceased); Beri. who resides in Granville. Ohio; Almelia deceased ; Lyman, who occupies the homestead in Licking County ; Edwin, of Fairfield, Ill.; Mary, wife of Carter Wilcox ; George, the subject of this sketch; Charles, of Cincinnati, attorney for the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad, and Walter, the youngest, resides in Mill Creek Township, this county. Mr. Beecher, our subject, was reared to manhood on his father's farm. For four years after he was of age, he worked for a salary of $100 per year. April 17, 1852, he came to Union County, and located on 185 acres of land in Mill Creek Township, which was in nature's original state. He cleared this farm, and continued to make additions till he now owns a body of land containing 509 acres, all of which he acquired by his untiring industry and-successful business management. In the fall of 1877, he purchased forty acres adjoining the corporation of Marysville on the east, sad erected on it a commodious frame residence. Mr. Beecher is engaged extensively in rearing fine sheep, and is ranked as one of the leading sheep-raisers of the county. For the last two years he has bought and shipped draft horses to Mansfield, doing a large and successful trade. He is a man of much force of character, and in the pursuits of life has been eminently successful. His marriage was celebrated January 16, 18.52, with Miss Rosanna Rogers, a daughter of M. W. and Mary Rogers, formerly of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Beecher is a native of Licking County, was born July 5, 1828. Three children are the fruits of this union-Alice A., wife of Marion Taylor, Clara and Mary L. Page 79 Blank Page 80 Picture E. E. Hazen PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 81 SAMUEL BEIGHLER, farmer, P. O. Marysville, eldest son of Tobias and Sarah Beighler, was born in Paris Township December 10, 1828. He was reared and brought up on his father's farm, and was educated in the common schools. He was married April 12, 1849, to Miss Ann J. Fawcett, a daughter of Jesse and Philadelphia Fawcett. They have six sons living Asbury H., an attorney at law in Marysville; Warren, Jasper, John, Elwood and Tobias. Mr. Beighler purchased and located on his present farm in the spring of 1868. He cleared his hem from the "stump," and has well improved it. Mr. B. and wife are members of the United Brethren Church. Politically he is a Republican. He owns a farm of ninety acres, and is engaged in agriculture. A. H. BEIGHTLER, attorney, Marysville. The Beightler family whose record maybe found In this volume, comprises one of the most extensive connections of the pioneer settlers. The subject of this sketch is a son of Samuel and Ann J. (Fawcett) Beightler, and was born in Paris Township, Union County, in 1852. He was raised on a farm and received his primary education in the high schools of this city, where he began the study of law in the office of R. L. Woodburn, in 1874. He was admitted to the bar April 20th, 1877, and the same year began the prac of his profession in Marysville, where he has since been constantly and actively engaged. He has served the township as clerk, and since his admission to the bar has filled the office of secretary of the Agricultural Society. he is a member of the Lodge and Chapter F. & A. M. at Marysville, and of the Commandry at Urbana and connected with the Presbyterian Church of this town. Politically Mr. B. is a stanch Republican. He was united in marriage to Miss Laura 0., daughter of G. T. Dorland, of Cincinnati, in 1880. Two children, Alice and Gordon R., are the issue of this union. IRA BELVILLE, farmer, P. O. Marysville, son of Nicholas and Anna, Belville, was born in Paris Township April 19, 1939. He passed his early life on his father' a farm and received a common schooling. August 19, 1861, he married Caroline Smith, a daughter of Andrew and Jane Smith. She departed this life August 4, 1864, and August 4, 1867, Mr. Belville was again married, this time to Mrs. Rachel Draper, widow of Nelson Draper (deceased), and daughter of Adam Shirk. Three children were the fruits of this union: Anne L., Mary R. and Ada Rimy. Mrs. Belville died June 15, 1878. She had two children by her former husband ; of these one (Biance), is living. Hannah is deceased. In 1867, Mr. Belville took up his residence on his present farm. He is engaged in the pursuits of farming and rearing stock. His farm is located in Taylor and Liberty Townships and contains 81 acres. He has been prominently connected with the Grange, and in politics is Democratic. ROBERT BELT, farmer, P. O. Marysville, was born near Newark, Ohio, June 16, 1822. His parents, Benjamin and Rachel Crouch, were natives of Maryland and Pennsylvania respectively. They had nine children, of whom four are living: Leibe A. (wife of Samuel Park), Ella (wife of Asa Park), Robert and Wesley. Robert was reared on the homestead in Licking County and occupied it till 1846. In April, 1864, he came to Union County and bought 146 acres, his present farm. He was married in 1844 to Mary Park, a daughter of John and Margaret Park. She bore him ten children of whom five are living, viz.: Gilbert, George, Frank, Lucy and Ella. Alvin died October 22, 1846, Benjamin died October 21, 1864, Henry, December 1, 1864. and Isabell December 14, 1864. Mrs. Belt departed this. life January 6, 1865, of typhoid fever. The three children, Benjamin, Henry and Isabell, who preceded her but a few days, died from the same fever. Mr. Belt was again married, January 29, 1866, to Mrs. Mary C. Wells, widow of Joseph Wells, and daughter of Ezekiel and Sarah Cunningham. Mrs. Belt was born in Licking County September 2, 1832. She had two children by her first husband; one (Sarah E.) is living, now wife of Henry N. Amrine. Mr. Belt has cleared and well improved his farm which was covered with woods when he located on it in 1864. He has been a successful farmer; of late years he has devoted especial attention to rearing fine sheep. He and his wife are members of the M. E. Church of Marysville. He is associated with the Masonic fraternity. and in politics is a supporter of Republican principles end doctrines. He owns a farm of 148 acres, with good improvements, loomed near Marysville. TOBIAS BIGLER (or Beighler), was born in Barks County, Pennsylvania, Jane 1, 1805. He is a son of George and Elizabeth (Lookenbill) Beighler, who were natives of Pennsylvania. The original name was spelled Beighler, but was subsequently changed to Bigler and since to Beightler. The name is of German origin, the grandfather of our subject having emigrated from Germany to the United States prior to the American Revolution. Tobias, the subject of this sketch, is the second son and fifth child of a family of eight children, of whom two are living, viz.: George, Elizabeth, Solomon. Rebecca, Sophia, Tobias, Sallie and Enoch. When our subject was four years of age, his parents removed to Licking County, Ohio, and the following year to Fairfield County, where he spent his boyhood and early manhood. He worked by the month at the small salary of $7 till he came to this county in the latter part of 1825. He "squatted " on land owned by James Dines for a short time then purchased one hundred acres of woodland for which he paid $450.. He cleared the site for his house. His dwelling place for several years was in the solitude of nature's wild dominion which was the habitation of the deer, wolf and bear. Mr. Bigler began the work of clearing and improving his farm and making additions -to his original purchase till his farm now contains 225 acres; of this 215 acres are well-improved 82 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. and under a high state of cultivation. Mr. Bigler was married January, 1827, to Miss Sarah Amrine, & daughter of John and Ornzie Amrine, and a native of Pennsylvania. Twelve children were the fruits of this union; of these eight are living, viz.: Samuel, Mary A., Andrew, John, Eliza, Daniel, Harrison and James M.; Abraham, Lewis, Solomon and George are deceased. Mrs. Bigler died March 25, 1862, and June 5, 1862, Mr. B. celebrated his second marriage with Nancy Barrows, daughter of Jeremiah and Mary A. Burrows. Of two children by this marriage one (Wilson H.) is living Nancy is deceased. Mr. Bigler is one of the sturdy old pioneers of Union County; he located within its limits when an almost unbroken forest, with no capital save his energy, which he diligently displayed in hewing down the monarchs of the forests and clearing up his farm. The broad acres with all their wealth of soil and improvements are the fruits of his years of arduous toil and industry. He is now bordering on the seventy-eighth year of his age, but is in possession of strong mental powers and a good physical condition. HAMILTON BLUE, farmer, P. O. Marysville, was born in Ross County, Ohio, May 24, 1819. He is a son of William and Margaret (Hamilton) Blue, natives of Old Virginia. Mr. Blue was born December 12, 1796, and Mrs. Blue, January 4, 1798. Mr. Blue's parents, John M. and Catharine Blue, removed to Ross County in 1808; his wife's parents, Alexander and Mary Hamilton, settled there about the same time. Mr. and Mrs. Blue were married May 28. 1818, and had lour sons-Hamilton, Josiah, David and William. They removed to Union County in 1882, and located in Paris Township, where Mr. Blue died, May 12, 1879. His widow lives .with Josiah, the second son. Hamilton was reared to manhood on a farm, and was educated in the common schools. October 20, 1839. he united in marriage with Susan Orahood, a daughter of Samuel and Polly Orahood, and a native of Hardy County, Va. She was born February 29, 1816. Her death occurred June 20, 1873, leaving one son and five daughters-Alexander, Melissa (wife of Joseph Snider), Mary E. (wife of Charles Amrine), Margaret (wife of Peter Heckel), Susan (wife of Jacob Reed) and Clarinda. Mr. Blue married the second time, October 29, 1876, to Mrs. Mary Martin, widow of Benjamin Martin and daughter of John and Euthania Thompson. Mrs. Blue was born in Virginia, October 29, 1817. She had nine children by Mr. Martin-Caroline (wife of John Johnson), Riley, Charles C., Mattie (wife of Alexander Blue) are living. Mr. Blue settled on his present farm in 1851; and has since occupied it, engaged in farming and rearing stock. Ilia farm contains 125 acres, and was all in woods when he located on it. He has cleared it up and aided in making many of the improvements of his neighborhood. He and wife are connected with the Christian Church. He is associated with the Masonic fraternity anti in politics with the Democracy. JOSIAH BLUE, farmer, second son of William and Margaret Blue, was born in Ross County, Ohio, October 24, 1822. When ten years of age, his parents removed to Union County, and young Blue spent the rest of his early life on his father's farm, in the northern part of Paris Township. He married, September 10, 1846, to Malinda Orahood, a daughter of Samuel and Mary Orahood. Mrs. Blue was born in Union County, and died in February, 1848. and left one son and one daughter-Lewis F. and Nancy. Mr. Blue's second marriage occurred in 1851, with Mrs. Susanna Orahood, daughter of Levi and Susan Wells, and widow of Joseph Orahood. Of six children by this union, four are living-Sarah (wife of Silas G. Gray), Lucy, Dorcas, Dells, William and David. In 1851, Mr. Blue bought fifty-one acres of his present farm, find made additions till he now owns 171 acres, most of which he cleared and improved from the "stump." He is connected with the Masonic order and Democratic party and is a successful farmer. R. S. BONNETTE, Superintendent of the County Infirmary, was born in Ohio County, Va., February 10, 1834. He is a son of John and Ann M. Bonnette, who came to Union County in 1840 and located in Leesburg Township, where our subject was reared to manhood. September, 1862, he volunteered in Company I, One Hundred and Twenty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He participated in the following principal battles: Perryville, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Kenesaw Mountain, and a number of minor battles. he accompanied Gen. Sherman on his march to the sea, and participated in all the engagements of note. In the spring of 1864, he was commissioned Sergeant. and served in that capacity until discharged. He returned home and farmed till 1868, and engaged in the grain trade in Dover, which he carried on till 1873. He returned to his farm, and was engaged in its pursuits till March, 1882, when he was appointed to his present charge. He has managed the institution successfully and creditably. He was married, October 9, 1856, to Heater A. S. Brown, a native of Union County, born March 16, 1837, and a daughter of S. P. G. and Sarah Brown. They have three children-Elbert W. (married Glennie Dodge). Linnie E. and Nelson 1. Mr. and Mrs. Bonnette are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Bonnette is identified with the IOOF and G. A. R., and in politics is a Republican. He served as Trustee of Leesburg Township two years. His farm in Leesburg contains 118 acres of well improved land. JOHN K. BORGER, was born in Bavaria, Germany, May 8, 1841, and in 1843 was brought to America by his parents, William and Elizabeth B. Borger. They settled in Columbus, and in 1858 remove d to Darby Township, and in 1861 to Union Township, where Mrs. B. departed this life September 11, 1870. John is the youngest of five children. When fifteen years of age he took up the trade of bricklaying, with George A. Fox, of Marysville and followed PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 83 it three years, since which time he has pursued the &vocation of farming and keeping stock, October 18, 1866, he was joined in marriage to Miss Maggie Magerlein, who was born in Bavaria, Germany, and came to this country with her parents, Leonard and Eve Magerlein, when only a child. She bore seven children, of whom six are living, viz. : John F., John L., Mary A., Latin L., John W. and George E. Charlie C. is deceased. Mr. Borger died August 20, 1882. Mr. B. was the possessor of 175 acres of rich land, fifty-two acres of which are situated in Paris Township. It is adorned with a substantial brick residence and other good improvements. Mr. Borger was a good, law-abiding citizen. he was a member of the Lutheran Church and a Democrat. JOHN BRAUN, tailor, Marysville, is a native of Germany, where he was born in 1842. He crossed the waters to the land of the free in 1831, and loomed at Columbus, Ohio, where he worked at his trade until 1874, at which time he came to this city and engaged at his evocation with Otte Brothers. Here he has bent his energies to his task with scarcely one day of relief or relaxation. He was, however, possessed of the true German element, and by strict economy anti indomitable energy has made fine possessions. He erected a brick block of buildings in East Center street at a cost of $7,000, which is a fine addition to the street. Mr. Braun was married in 1865 to Miss Coney, daughter of Stephen Childers, a native of this county. Five children born to this union are all living, viz.: Clara, John, Harvey, Adam and Georgia. JOHN M. BRODRICK, attorney, Marysville. John M. Brodrick, prosecuting attorney, is a native of Allen Township, Union County, where he was born May 19,1854. His parents, Isaac, Jr., and Sarah P. (Hoff) Brodrick, with their respected and venerable ancestors, were among the pilgrims and founders of Allen Township, who built their cabins in the forest. and scattering the a seed of that better intelligence, which, growing year by year, has transformed the dense forest into well cultivated fields and waving grain. A history of their settlement appears in another portion of this work. The subject of this sketch was raised on a farm, and learned to labor with his hands. He received his primary education in the district schools, and academy at Lewisburg. He began teaching school when eighteen years of age, and two year: afterward began the study of law in the office of Porter & Sterling, of this city. He was admitted to the bar September 5, 1875, and began the practice of his profession in this city November 1, 1876. He was elected Prosecuting Attorney in November, 1881, and fills that position at this time. He has also served two terms as Corporation Clerk, and has, by close application and attention to business, cultivated and sustained a large and well merited practice. He is a loyal Republican. a member of the Masonic fraternity, and past officer in the IOOF Mr. B. was married April 16, 1878, to Miss N. M. G., a daughter of B. T. Benton, and a native or Delaware, Ohio. One child, William F., is the issue of this union. AARON BROWN, farmer, P. O. Marysville. a native of Fayette County, Pa., was born March 2,1813. His parents, Vincent and Amelia (Wilson) Brown, came from Pennsylvania to Union County in 1830 and settled in Darby Township, where Mr. Brown died in 1847 and Mrs. B. in 1862. Aaron is the sixth of nine children. He was reared to manhood a farmer boy. April 15, 1848. he united himself in marriage with Elizabeth Brown, a daughter of Christopher and Elizabeth Brown, and a native of Pennsylvania, where she was born November 11, 1826. Of seven children by this marriage only two are living: Amelia, and Harriet, wife of David H. Smith. Mr. Brown resided in Darby Township till 1866, when he removed to the farm he now occupies. He owns 129 acres of land, and is by occupation a farmer. THOMAS BROWN, Ex-Judge of the Probate Court, was born in County Antrim, Ireland, March 25, 1819. In 1824, his parents Allen and Margaret M. Brown, came across the waters and settled in Clermont County, Ohio, where they resided two years, in IS27 removing to Campbell County, Ky., and in 1829 to Highland County, Ohio, where they were among the earliest pioneers. Mr. Brown bought a farm and kept a country tavern on the Cincinnati & Chillicothe Stage Road, fifteen miles west of Hillsboro. He entertained the "pioneer travelers" for twenty years, and died January 10, 1860. His widow followed him in September, 1876. They were the parents of six children, of whom our subject is the second. He was reared on a farm till fifteen, when he began and served an apprenticeship of four years and a half at tanning at Point Pleasant, Ohio, the birth place of Gen. Grant. At the expiration of this time he entered upon a course in Miami University, of Oxford, Ohio, and remained a student three and a half years, when, on account of ill health, he retired and taught school three years. In 1844, he engaged in the mercantile trade in Highland, and in 1846 removed to Marysville, where he continued in merchandising till 1851, where he was elected Probate Judge. In 1860. he was appointed to the same position to fill a vacancy. While Probate Judge he read law and was admitted to the bar in 1864. After practicing law two years, he again engaged in mercantile pursuits, retiring in 1870. The following year he embarked in the insurance business, and now represents the following companies, viz.: Hartford, Continental, North British and Mercantile, Lancashire Sun, Ohio, Dayton, Niagara and Michigan Mutual. Judge Brown was twice Mayor of Marysville and two terms Infirmary Director. He was first married April 4, 1849, to Miss, Mary E. Root, who died September 12, 1873, leaving four children; William M., Matilda R., wife of W. M. Liggett, Margaret S., wife of W. F. Gallaher, and Harry E. His second marriage occurred November 4, 1875, to Miss Sarah A. Carpenter, daughter of James Carpenter, of Delaware County. Judge Brown and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. 84 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. B. V. BUFFINGTON, physician, Marysville. Dr. Buffington has attained considerable prominence as practitioner of this city and has won a merited reputation. He was born near Harpers pers Ferry, Va., in 1838. In infancy, his parents, Samuel and Nancy A. (Wheatley) Buffington, moved and settled in Pleasant Township, Clark Co., Ohio, being among the pioneers of that town hip. Subsequently they selected a home at Milford Center, Union County, where they yet reside. Here the subject it of this sketch was brought up and received hie common school education. At the age of twenty-two years, he began the study of medicine in the office of Dr. Leonard, of Urbana, and after four years of constant application and service, began the practice of his profession. He passed graduation at the Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati in 1873, and as a student of that school has built up a large practice. Dr. B. became a resident physician of Marysville in 1868, and has firmly established himself as a successful doctor and esteemed citizen. He was married in New Carlisle. Clark Co., Ohio, in 1874, to Miss J. H. Johnson, a native of that county. Three children were born to this issue, two of whom are living, viz.: Edna B and Opel A. Dr. B. is associated with the IOOF society. JOHN Q. BURGNER, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, was born in Delaware County Ohio, October 21, 1853 ; his parents were William Burgner and Mary A. Kile, his wife, the former of German and the latter of Scotch descent. William Burgner was born in Pennsylvania, in 1826, and when two years of age came to Ohio with his parents, settling in Fairfield County. 1860, he removed to Delaware County, and in 1872 came to Richwood, this county, where he now resides. His wife died in 1856. The subject of this sketch was raised principally on a farm and acquired his education in his native county. In 1872, he removed with his father to Richwood, and in the autumn of 1875, engaged with him in the mercantile trade under the firm name of William Burgner & Son. In October, 1881, he was elected Clerk of the Courts on the Republican ticket, and assumed the duties of his office in February, 1882. Mr. Burgner is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of Marysville, and is identified with the Masonic fraternity and Knights of Pythias. AMOS BURRIS, farmer, P. O. Marysville, was born on the Whitewater River, in Indiana, September 4, 1825. When three years of age, his parents, Jeremiah and Mary (Billater) Burris, removed to Adams County, and in 1841, to Union County. His father was a soldier in the war of 1812, and died near Marysville December 25, 1863, aged seventy-two years. Amos, the subject of this sketch, was reared to manhood on the farm. May 15, 1844, he was joined in marriage with Miss Polly A., daughter of Moses and Elizabeth Amrine, by whom he has had six children, viz.: Randolph F., William M.. Martha, wife of Alonzo Reed, Josephine. Mahlon and Edgar. Mr. and Mrs. B. are connected with the United Brethren Church. He owns a farm of forty-six acres and is engaged in tilling the soil. J. L. CAMERON, attorney, Marysville, is a native of Union City, and was born in Jackson Township May 22, 1814. His parents, Joseph and Sarah (Reed) Cameron, were natives of Pennsylvania and Virginia respectively. They founded a home in Jackson Township, in 1821, and were among its earliest and most respected pioneers. He a was a successful farmer and resided on the homestead to the close of his life, in 1873. His devoted companion, who survives, is in the seventy-third year of her age. They were the parents of eight children, seven of whom are living. The subject of this sketch was reared on the homestead, where he was diligently engaged until the 7th day of October, 1868, when he joined the forces of the Union Army, in Company C, Twelfth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and was discharged as Corporal, at Chattanooga, Tenn., August 81, 1865. He participated in the battles of Cynthiana, Ky., Laurel Gap, Va., Mount Sterling, Ky., June 9, 1864; Wytheville, Va., December 16, 1864; Saltville, Va.. December 20, 1864; Marion, December 22, 1864; and on the memorable Stoneman raid, in February, 1865. Returning to peaceful pursuits, he began the study of law under the preceptorship of lion. J. W. Robinson, of this city. He was a pupil apt to learn, diligent and persevering in application to his studies, and became thoroughly versed in the arts of law. He was admitted to the bar in 1867, and soon after began the practice of his chosen profession in Marysville, where he has since been successfully engaged. It is but justice to say of Lawyer Cameron, that he was without the aid of advantageous circumstances, but has risen from the humble walks of life, to be classed among the leading attorneys at the bar of Union County. He was married, in 1872, to Miss Emma, daughter of William Toomire, of Champaign County, Ohio. Two children born to this issue-Mabel and Richard, are both living. Mr. C. is a member of the Masonic fraternity and a veteran in the ranks of the G. A. R. B. F. CARMEAN. dry goods. Marysville. This house established business in this city April 1, 1880, under the firm name of B. F. Carmean & Co. The copartnership dissolved the following year, and B. F. Carmean, succeeding the company, became sole proprietor. He carries a stock of about $20,000, and has a large and increasing trade. Mr. C. is a native of Ohio, born in Van Wert County, in 1854. His parents, Smith and Sarah A. Carmean, were natives of Maryland and Pennsylvania, respectively. His father died in 1855, and in 1857, his mother moved to Auglaize County, where the subject of this sketch lived a "farmer boy " until eighteen years of age, and since then has been engaged in selling dry goods. Prior to Mr. Carmean's locating in this city, he lived in Washington C. H., Ohio, where, in 1879, he was married to Miss Millie J. McElwain, a native of Fayette County. PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 85 JOHN CASSIL, deceased. Judge John Cassil was a son of Alex and Mary (Gray) Cassil, natives of Pennsylvania and Scotland respectively, and was born in Washingten County, Penn., February 19, 1803. His father moved to Jefferson County, Ohio, when he (John) was quite young. Subsequently he settled in Greene County, where both his parents died. The subject of this sketch was married in Jefferson County, Ohio, April 7, 1825, to Miss Drusilla Gladden, a daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Munn) Gladden, and a native of Jefferson County, Ohio, where she was born June 12, 1806. After marriage he became engaged in the woolen mills at Steubenville, Jefferson County, and in 1883, he removed to this county and purchased the land now known as the Mason Gill farm, upon which he settled. After ten years of farming, he took up his residence in Marysville, and for some years edited the Marysville Argus (now the Tribune). In 1842, he was elected Clerk of Courts, afterward served the county as Auditor, and wag Associate Judge some years. At the breaking out of the rebellion he recruited Company F, Sixty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as First Lieutenant, and resigned as Captain, June 21, 1862. He was wounded at Fort Republic, and though the wound was not Seri. ous. he did not recover from the effects of it for some months. He re returned to his home in 1863. At the time of his death he wits Justice of the Peace. and Mayor of this city; in early life he associated with the Christian Church, and was a man widely known and highly esteemed. His demise occurred at the residence of his son in Jasper County, Mo., June 16, 1864. He was the father of thirteen children-Gustavus A., a resident of New Mexico ; Hannah, widow of James Kinkade of this city; Mary G., deceased Samuel, deceased; Joseph G., a printer at Woodfield, Monroe Co., Ohio; Alexander G., who enlisted in the Nineteenth Ohio Battery, and afterward raised a company of colored troops (artillery) in Tennessee, and died at the Soldier's Hogue, Dayton, Ohio, December 19, 1882; Mary J., wife of Hon. J. W. Robinson; Reuben, a resident of Fort Bend County, Texas; Edward, deceased; James M., a resident of Fort Bend County, Texas; Martha E., at home: David G , deceased, and Drusilla, deceased. A. S. CHAPMAN. The parents of the gentleman whose name heads this notice were Roswell Riggs Chapman, born in Blandford, Mass,, September 21, 1793, and Phoebe Stansbery, born in Scotch Plains, N. J., March 1, 1798. In 1803, the Chapman family came to Ohio with the Scioto Company. and located at Worthington, Franklin County. This company was composed of Members of the Episcopal Church. and was intended to establish an Episcopal settlement under the leadership of Col. James Kilbourn, who was its first minister. The Chapmans, who were Presbyterians in their religious belief, took the place in the colony of a family which failed to emigrate, and settled on the west side of the Olentangy River, about three miles above Worthington. The oldest son, Roswell Riggs Chapman, enlisted in Capt. Levi Pinney's Company in the war of 1812, served as a musician, becoming fife major of his regiment, and was taken prisoner by the British at Detroit upon the surrender of that post by Gen. Hall. After his return, he engaged as clerk for the Scioto Company in their store, subsequently forming a partnership in the dry goods, grocery and general produce business with his uncle, Dr. Daniel Upson. In the spring of 1816, he was married to Phoebe Stansbery. His health failed in 1826, and in 1827, being threatened with consumption, he went South, thinking to derive benefit from the change. The disease, however, had too strong a hold upon him, and he died on a steamer on the 13th of December, 1827, and was buried at Natchez, Miss. His wife. Phoebe Stansbery. was the only child of Judge Recompense Stansbery, who emigrated to Worthington, Ohio, in 1810. coming through Pennsylvania, down the Ohio River on a flat-boat and up the Muskingum as far as Zanesville, thence by wagon to Granville, in what is now Licking County, Ohio, an,] across the country to Worthington. Between the latter points there was then no road, and he was compelled to clear his way with an ax. Mr. Stansbery occupied a prominent position in the new settlement. In 1814, he was appointed Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas; wits Justice of the Peace, and in that capacity Married many of the early settlers, among them Orange Johnson and wife, pioneers of Columbus. He was for twenty-five years Postmaster at Worthington; was a large landholder and stock owner, having at one time 1200 sheep, when the region was yet thickly infested with wolves. He died in 1843. Albert Stansbery Chapman was born in Worthington, Franklin Co., Ohio, April 26, 1823, and passed his early years in acquiring an education. At the age of twelve, he began attending school at Blendon, under the instruction of Rev. Ebenezer Washburn, remaining two years, and next became a pupil of the Worthington school, taught by Rev. R. K. Nosh. At the age of eighteen years, he began reading medicine and teaching school during the winters. In 1843. He entered as clerk the dry goods establishment; of his uncle, Ira Reynolds, at West Liberty, Logan Co., Ohio, where he remained until 1846, going thence to Richland, in the same county, where he established a Store of his own. In 1846, he removed to the village of Newton, in Liberty Township, Union Co., Ohio, engaging in mercantile business, and remaining until the fall of 1847, when he returned to Richland and entered into partnership with his brother in merchandising and the manufacture of saleratus and boots and Shoes. In 1854, he again came to Union County, settling at Marysville, and embarking in the dry goods business in company with his brother and Isaac Channell. In the fall of 1855, owing to the failure of his health consumption threatening him-he closed out his business, purchased the old homestead at Worthington, and moved upon it, having lived there during his youth with his grandfather, Judge Stansbery. Being compelled from the state 86 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. of his health to seek out-of-door employment, Mr. Chapman acquired a taste for farming, and in 1862, purchased the farm in Jerome Township, Union County, now owned by John Curry, containing about 182 acres. In the spring of 1870, he located a second time at Marysville, entering into partnership with his son in the agricultural implement business, under the firm name of 0. S. Chapman & Co. In 1874, he and others organized the People's Bank, at Marysville, and in 1876, he formed a partnership with John S. Fleck, under the firm name of Fleck & Chapman, for the purpose of manufacturing doors, sash and blinds, end dealing in lumber. The business of this firm has increased from $7,000 in 1876, to $60,000 in 1882, over two million feet of lumber, and fifty cars of. shingles, and both handled in a year. When he came here, in 1874, he subscribed stock to a company formed for the purpose of manufacturing tubs, spokes, feather strips, etc., and became its superintendent and treasurer. He disposed of his stock when he become a partner in his present business with Mr. Fleck, in 1875. Mr. Chapman is still interested in agriculture, and in company with his son owns 386 acres of land in Jerome Township. When twenty-two years of age, Mr. Chapman married Miss Eveline M. Couch, of Springfield, Ohio, and to them have been born three children, of whom Charles Stansbery Chapman, present cashier of the People's Bank at Marysville, is the oldest, and the only survivor; Frank, the second child, died at the age of five years; Minnie, the youngest, was married in 1871, to A. J, Reicherts, of Delaware, Ohio, and died in 1872, leaving one child, who is living with her grandfather Chapman. Mr. Chapman, being left at the early age of four years without the example and counsel of a father, found that he must place dependence on himself in the great battle of life, and consequently determined to devote himself to study and become master of any business in which he should choose to engage. During his whole life it has been his aim to deal fairly and in good faith in his business transactions, and his word being once given has never been strictly kept. Being of a careful and cautious nature, he has never engaged in wild or vision ary speculations, but preferred the natural growth and legitimate profits of regular business. By strict attendance to business matters, with industry and economy he has accumulated not great wealth, but a sufficient competence. Charles Stansbery Chapman. oldest son and only Surviving child of A. S. and Eveline (Couch) Chapman, was born in Union County, Ohio. November 16, 1646; was educated in the schools of Worthington, Franklin Co., Ohio, and in 1870, came to Marysville, and engaged in business with his father. He has also been a member of the stock company which operates the People's Bank since its organization, and has hold the position of cashier from the beginning of the bank's existence. This position he fills admirably, and his genial and gentlemanly qualities insure for him popularity and the respect of patrons and citizens generally. He is a joint owner with his father in a large farm in Jerome Township. the two engaging extensively in stock-raising. Mr. Chapman's energies are always alive to public improvement and business advancement-traits which he inherits from his father. In 1870, he married Anna T., daughter of James Kinkade (now deceased), of Marysville, and two children - Frank T. and Max, have blessed this union. F. J. CHERRINGTON. photographer, Marysville. This social gentleman is a germ of the Buckeye State, and was born near Gallipolis, Ohio, in 1845, his parents, Jefferson and Mary (flank) Cherrington, being distinguished among the early and respected pioneers of Galila County. His father was a farmer and resided in that county until his death. He was in early life a teacher of schools and music, and a life-long member of the M. E. Church. The subject of this sketch was raised on a farm and learned to labor with his hands, Attaining age and having a natural taste for photographing, he learned the trade and established himself in business at Logan, flocking County, Ohio. Four years afterward he came to this city and opened the gallery on Alain street, and opposition of no merit being offered in the Main street studio, he purchased the concern, since which time he has had control of the trade in the city and county surrounding. He is a thorough student of his profession, and produces the most approved styles of photography. Mr. C. during the rebellion gave his service to the one hundred day call in the One Hundred and Forty-first 0. V. I. He was married in 1874 to Miss Hattie, a daughter of George Strong, of Logan, Ohio. Two children born to this union are both living, viz.: George N. and Winnie M. D. S. CLEMENT, retired, P. O. Marysville. David S. Clement, one of Union County's prominent pioneers, was born in Madison County, Ohio, July 15, 1831. He came to this county when a youth with his parents, where he acquired his education, and locating fit the southwestern part of the county, engaged in the mercantile trade. Here he built up a large business and named the place Irwin, which name it yet retains, and has become a populous village. He secured the first post office, and was virtually the founder of Irwin He served as Postmaster for ten consecutive years, and for a long period was Justice of the Peace. In 1865, he joined a colony and emigrated to Hannibal, Mo., and four years later returned and settled in Marysville, where he has since made his home. He subsequently engaged in the greenhouse business until 1882, when he retired from the active duties of life, to the comforts of his home and family.. His companion in marriage, whose maiden name was Lydia A. Miller, is a daughter of James Culver Miller, and his mother (Zelinda) was a descendant of the celebrated Burnham family, which is found in the early records of Massachusetts and Connecticut. The coat-of-arms to the name was granted on the 25th of October, A. D. 1517, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, to Sir PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 87 William Burnham, of the West of England. The records go to show that the Burnham family spring from three brothers who landed at Cape Ann about the seventeenth century. Two of the brothers (John and Thomas), settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts, and Joshua at a place called Black Point in New Hampshire or Maine. The present representatives of the family come of the fifth generation, of which Ebenezer is the head. He with his sons (John and Josiah) were soldiers in the Revolutionary war. Hiram G. Miller, great grandson of Ebenezer, was born June 28, 1828, and is a resident of this county. Mr, and Mrs. Clement are the parents of one child-Estella (wife of Henry Burnett, of this city). HON. J. B. COATS. Probate Judge, Marysville. John B. Costs was born in Guilford, Windham Co., State of Vermont, on the 5th day of September, A. D. 1821, in which State, with the exception of about two years' residence in the State of Massachusetts, he continued to reside until a few weeks prior to reaching majority. He was principally engaged in farm I labor during this time, leaving home to engage in the battle of life, on his own account, when a little over thirteen years of age. He received such education as the common schools afforded at hat time, and after leaving home made it a point to attend school during the three winter months, until arriving at majority. In 1842, he bid adieu to his native hills and started for Ohio. selecting it as, in his judgment, the best of the then Western States, arriving at Xenia in September of the aforesaid year. After attending school at the latter place for a few months, to add to his then limited store of knowledge, and familiarize himself with the customs of the country, he commenced teaching near Jamestown. Greene Co.. Ohio. He continued teaching and labor ing on a farm up to the year 1848, during which time he had read law with John H. Watson, of Xenia, at which place he was admitted to the bar, on the 17th day of June, A. D 1847. In 1848, his health having become so impaired as to incapacitate him for entering upon the practice of his profession, he returned to his native State to recuperate, where he remained for about a year and a half, engaged in teaching and various pursuits a portion of the time. His health being restored, he returned to Ohio and located in Marysville, in December, 1849, entering into partnership in the practice of law with P. B. Cole, Esq., which partnership continued for about two years. Soon after coming to Marysville, he engaged in editorial labors, at intervals, as assistant editor of the Marysville Tribune. then under the control of the late Hon. C. S. Hamilton; being a pronounced Whig in politics, he labored in various ways to insure the success of that party till it ceased to exist, when he became a Republican. In November, 1858, he purchased the Tribune of Mr. Hamilton, assumed the editorial control of the same and continued to act in that capacity for one year, when he sold out. During his brief editorial career, he still continued in the practice of the law, in partnership with John L. Porter under the firm name of Coats & Porter. This was continued with an interruption of a few years up to 1862, when Mr. Porter went into the army. In 1858, he began acting as assistant editor of the Union Press and so continued until 1859; and in 1861 he assumed the editorship of the same paper, and in this capacity acted until the paper changed hands, some time in 1868. While engaged editorially, he labored with zeal to promote the success of the Republican party, and was a delegate in the convention of July 13th, 1854, at Columbus, which practically formed that party, and to which he has adhered during the years of its existence. The first office he was called to fill was that of Justice of the Peace, to which he was elected in 1861, serving three years, and Main elected to the same office in 1857. In 1859, he was elected to the office of Prosecuting Attorney of the county, a position that he held for three successive terms, when he retired. At the October election, in 1869, he was elected to the office of Probate Judge, which office, by successive elections, he now holds, having entered on his fifth term. At the April election, in 1 878, he was elected a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, to which position he had been nominated by a Republican convention, held in March of that year. It is but justice to Judge Costs to say that he did not seek this, and during the canvass, prior to his nomination, spoke the use of his name, believing it not in the fitness of things that he. while holding one office, should seek, or be elected to, another; but on receiving the nomination, he deemed it but justice to his friends who had placed him in nomination, that he should accept, and leave the matter in the hands of the people, to whose decision in the premises, he felt willing to submit with cheerfulness. He had numerous competitors for the nomination, which, as he had foreseen, caused some bitterness of feeling, and his competitor at the polls being an independent candidate, made the contest a very lively one, out of which he came with a majority of thirteen, in a very light vote. On April 20, 1854, Judge Costs married Catharine P. Vastine, of Delaware County Ohio, daughter of John and Catharine (Hetrick) Vastine, who removed to Iowa in 1854, and remained until their deaths. By this marriage three children have been born, to wit: John Wilber (who died in 1872 in his eighteenth year), Frances D., born October 19, 1866, and Charles N., born June 8, 1861, JOHN CODER, grocer, Marysville. The parents of John Coder were among the, earliest pilgrims of Ross County, Ohio, and all classified with the pioneers of York Township, Union County, where they settled in 1836. Simon, his father, was a native of Pennsylvania. and his mother, whose name was Jane Gault, was a Virginian. He was a blacksmith by trade, but cleared a farm in York and Taylor Townships. He is a resident of York Township at this time, and is in the ninety-second year of his age. His estimable wife died in May, 1848. They were 88 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. parents of eight children, five of whom art living. The subject of this sketch was born in Rose County October 81, 1827. He was raised on a farm, and learned the trade of his father, at which he worked, when he came to this city in 1856. He first opened a shop on Main street, and for twenty-six years applied himself diligently to his profession. In the spring of 1882, he opened to the public a choice stock of groceries in his present location, and enjoys the good will and trade of a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. Mr. Coder was married in December, 1847, to Miss Catherine Staley, a native of Greens County, Ohio. This union hits been blessed with four children, three of whom are living, viz.. Jennie, William F. and Charles O. Mr. Coder numbers among the oldest resident business men of the city. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Order of Red Men and Methodist Episcopal Church. DANIEL COE, deceased, was born in Washington County, Penn., March 3, 1801. When eleven years of age, his parents died, and he was brought to live with his brother in the West, the family living in Jefferson County, Ohio, where he grew to manhood. Here he met and married Miss Mary Gladden, a daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Munn) Gladden, who were pioneers of Jefferson County in 1795, where she (Mary) was born on January 18, 1804 This couple pioneered their march of settlement to Union County in 1834, and founded a home on the hanks of the Big Derby, where Mr. Coe passed the remainder of his days. His death is recorded January 17, 1851. He was a farmer and was highly esteemed. He was the father of twelve children, five of whom are living, viz.: Philip, Joseph, a resident of Massachusetts, entered the ranks of the Union army in 1861, in Company D, Thirteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as a private, and served through the battles in which that regiment engaged, and was promoted to First Lieutenant; Sarah, wife of J. W. Robinson ; Lizzie, who was married in February. 1855, to Dr. Swayne, a celebrated physician of this county, by whom she had four children-Isabella, Mary, deceased; Martha and John. Dr. Swayne died in 1863, and in September, 1867, she married L.. H. Smith, now a resident of Kansas, by which she has one child, Jennie; and Mary. wife R. Henderson. of Minneapolis, Minn. Mrs Coe moved to and occupied her residence at Marysville in 1854, and is now surrounded by the younger generation. She has thirty-seven grand-children and five great-grandchildren. She is in the enjoyment of good health and is now in the seventy-ninth year of her age. Daniel and Mary Coe were life-long members of the Presbyterian Church and among the oldest and most respected citizens. EDWARD EVERETT COLE, attorney, Marysville, was born in Marysville, Ohio, March 17, 1863. He taught school in Milford Centre one term in the winter of 1870-71, and entered the sophomore class at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in September, 1871. In the fall of 1872, he entered the junior class at the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, sod graduated from that institution in 1874. In the same year he removed to H untington, Ind., where he was connected with the Indiana Herald as local editor for some time. He returned to Marysville in 1875, studied law with his father, Judge P. B. Cole, and was admitted to the bar February 18, 1876. Since that time he has practiced his profession at Marysville. GEORGE COLMAN, the subject of this sketch, is one of the wealthiest and most influential Germans of Union County. He was born in Byrne, Germany, April 14, 1828, and is a son of John A. and Mary (Kreitline) Colman ; the former a native of Byrne, was born August 9. 1797, and the latter it native of Newburg, Germany, was horn March - - They emigrated to the United States in 1840 and settled in Darby Township, where Mr. Colman purchased a tract of woodland containing 160 acres. He, with his family, occupied it till his death, which occurred May, 1879. Mr. Colman, oar subject. is the fourth of a family of twelve children. He was reared to manhood on a farm, and acquired his education in the common schools of the day. which were by no means noted for their excellence. When of age he embarked in life for himself, working by the month at wages of $8 per month. He was employed as a month -laborer for seven years, at a salary ranging from $8 to $18 per month. At the expiration off his term he had saved of the fruits of his "hard and honest toil" $1,400. He invested in seventy-one acres of land, now forming a part of his home farm, on which he located in the latter part of 1855. His farm was in its original state, and no improvements had yet been made. Mr. Colman began the work of clearing and improving his farm. He made subsequent additions to the original purchase, till his home farm now embodies 600 acres, besides 375 acres located in Jerome Township. Mr. Colman is a representative of that thrifty class of Germans who had intelligence sod principle, and although he went to do for himself when a poor boy, by his ceaseless industry and energy he has acquired large and valuable property, now owning, in all, 975 acres of finely improved land. He is a man of honor and integrity, and his success in life has been honorably achieved. He displays an important interest in all public enterprises, and is considered one of like most successful farmers of Union County. He was married April 17, 1855, to Mary C. Miller, daughter of John and Rebecca Miller. Mrs. Colman, a native of Germany, was born in May, 1833. Of ten children by this union. seven are living, viz.: John A., William G., John H., John M., Lizzie, Mary, and Emanuel L. Barbara, Anna and an infant are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Colman are members of the Lutheran Church, and Mr. C. is in political affairs a Republican. GEORGE W. COURT, retired, Marysville. George Court was born March 26, 1835, in Marion County, Ohio, where he was left with limited means and education, and only through his indomitable energy and frugality has made life a pronounced success. He was raised on a farm, Page 89 Picture of Henry Hazen Page 90 Blank PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 91 and in 1856 began learning the carpenter's trade, and teaching school during the he winter. In 1859, he entered upon the mercantile pursuit in which he was engaged until 1868, when he removed to Richwood, Union County. Here he became associated in business with T. P. Cratty, with whom he has since been more or less connected. Mr. Court engaged largely in building and improving property; erected several dwellings and storehouses in Richwood, and otherwise aided in the improvement and growth of the town. In 1877 he was elected County Treasurer, and the following year became a resident of this city. He pursued the hardware trade during the year 1881, since which time he has been dealing in real estate and landed property. He was married in Marion County, Ohio, in March, 1861, to Miss Eliza, daughter of Thomas Phillips, of that county. Two children born to this issue are living, viz.: Minnie and Edward. Frederick Court, grandfather of George, was a native of Germany, who settled in Virginia in - Joseph, the father of this subject, was born near Harper's Ferry, Va. He was married in Marion County, Ohio, to Miss Maria Sherman, a native of Vermont. Frederick and family moved and settled in Ross County, Ohio, in 1816, thence to Marion County, where he died in 1842. Joseph raised a family of nine children-six boys and three girls--all of whom are living, as follows. George, eldest; William, Sarah, Mary, Louisa, John, Joseph, Stephen and Frank. OTWAY CURRY. It is impossible, in this volume, to give an adequate sketch of Mr. Carry, for the thousamd particulars which might be included can only be dwelt upon in an extended account of his life, such am only he who is most intimately acquainted with his character and career is competent to prepare. Otway Curry was born March 26, 1804, on the site of what is now Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio. and was the son of Col. James Curry, a veteran officer of the Revolution, who came with his family to the territory now included in Union County in 1811. Otway Carry was a pupil in the log schoolhouse near the home of his boyhood, and also received much instruction from his parents, of a higher order than that imparted by the half-educated teachers whose services were in demand among the pioneers-even though they performed a good work in their way. The father was summoned to Chillicothe, a member of the Legislature, in 1812; the eldest son went out with the army to do battle for his country, and the rest of the family remained upon the farm under the superintendence of the prudent and patriotic mother. Alone in the wilderness, surrounded by savages, they were never molested, though often alarmed. On one occasion their horses showed every indication of fear; their dogs barked furiously, now rushing into the cornfield, and then retreating with bristling hair, as if driven. The family, concluding that Indiana were near, prepared to fight as well as pray. The mother, in marshaling her forces, stationed young Otway and his brother Stephenson on guard, Otway at the house corner, and Stephenson at the bars, with loaded guns at a rest, and charged them to take aim and fire as soon as they saw an Indian. Fortunately, there was no attack made upon the domestic fort. As the boy grow to man's estate, he read the small but choice collection of books in his father's library; and, before he came of age, he attended a select school in the neighborhood taught by Mr. C., a farmer of good education. In 1823, being determined to learn a trade, he went to Lebanon, Ohio, and there learned the art of carpentry. He was subsequently located a short time each at Cincinnati and Detroit, and later at Marion, Ohio. In company with Henry Mason, both possessed of a romantic nature, he made and launched a skiff at Millville, a small village on the Scioto River, and descended that stream to it its mouth, proceeding thence down the Ohio to Cincinnati. At the latter point he engaged passage for himself and a box of tools, on a flatboat, and voyaged slowly down the Ohio and Mississippi to Port Gibson, where he spent one year. About this time he summoned courage to offer anonymously some verses to the newspapers, among which were his sweet poems, "My Mother," and "Kingdom Come." His lines won for him admiration at the outset, and it never diminished in degree during all the subsequent years. Returning to Cincinnati, he contributed more freely to the press, over the signature of "Abdallah," and at this time formed the acquaintance of William D. Gallagher, who was induced to seek, upon perusal of his stanzas, "The Minstrel's Home." This acquaintance was improved by time, and unbroken by jealousy, envy, or serious misunderstanding. On leaving Cincinnati, Mr. Curry returned to his father's house, in Union County, where he passed the winter of 1828-29, dividing his time between the muse and the young lady. Miss Mary Noteman, who was about to and did, in December, become his wife. In 1829, he again visited the South, and spent four or five months at Baton Rouge, contributing, meanwhile, poetical productions both to the Cincinnati Mirror and the Cincinnati Chronicle. Upon his return, he settled in Union County and engaged in agricultural pursuits, which he prosecuted with industry tiII1839. While on his farm, he courted the muses as opportunity offered, and issued some of his best verses from his rural home. He first appeared in public life in 1836, as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, to which he was re-elected in 1837 and 1842. While serving his lost term, he purchased the newspaper known as the Greene County Torch Light, and removed to Xenia; he changed the name of the paper to Xenia Torch Light, and conducted it in an able manDer for two years, when he sold out and returned to Marysville He had previously, in 1888, 92 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. associated himself with William D. Gallagher in the publication, at Columbus, of a literary monthly magazine called the Hesperian. It was of a high order, but not being adequately sustained, was discontinued at the end of the third volume. Mr. Curry had studied law before his removal to Xenia, but had practiced little up to that time. He became master of his profession, and one of his ablest competitors said of him that, "although he entered the law late in life, and practiced it scarcely ten years, yet he had no superior as a sound lawyer, within the range of his practice, and bade fair, if his life had been spared a few years longer, to become an eminent legal mind." In 1850, he was elected a member of the second Ohio Constitutional Convention, and with manly firmness and dignity he resisted some of the principles of the Instrument which that able body elaborated. In 1858, he purchased the Scioto Gazette, a daily paper published at Chillicothe, whither he removed. He continued to edit this paper with characteristic ability about one year, at the expiration of which time, owing to the failing health of his wife, he sold out and returned to Marysville, where he resumed the practice of his profession. In January, 1854, he was President of the Ohio Editorial Convention, at Cincinnati, and made many friends among the members, who had before known him only by his writings. He became a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1848, and continued in that relation until his death, which occurred February 16, 1855, after a severe illness of two weeks' duration. A well-known biographer (the late Bishop Thomson) wrote of him: "Mr. Curry's name is without a spot. In early life he labored with his hands, in later years with his mind-always rendering either moral or material benefit for all that he received. When called to office, it was by unsolicited suffrages, and, when placed in power, he was no tool of party. No speeches for sinister ends, no motion for faction purposes, no empty declamations or busy demonstrations or crafty schemes disgraced his political career. Guided by a sense of duty to his country, he walked heedless alike of private threats and popular clamor. At the bar he was the shield of innocence, the terror of guilt and the moderator of Justice. Though liable, like other men, to be deceived by his client and influenced by his passions, he would not enforce what he deemed an unjust claim or prosecute a just one in an unjust mode. As an editor, he manifested the same integrity, though sorely tried. Once determined on his course, he stopped at no obstacles, heeded no persecution, and declined no conflict. He was, however, too modest, unambitious and averse to public life for a leader. He was a man of great social and domestic virtue. As a neighbor, he was considerate, peaceful, obliging and hospitable; looking with patience upon the weakness, and with silence upon the wrongs of others, he cherished no malignity, fomented no disputes, flattered no patron, and pierced no victim. Though not insensible to in meanness and injury, he was too respectful of himself and too charitable toward others to indulge in any utterances that would give pain, unless they were necessary to a prudent maintenance of right. He was as far from being a cynic as a parasite. * * I a his home he found a paradise. Thither his steps tended when the toils of the day were over ; there, among his little ones, he talked as a child, he thought as a child, he played as a child; there, too, he rejoiced with the wife of his youth, and found in her smiles a recompense for his labors and a refuge from his cares. He was a man of fervent and unostentatious piety, and he delighted in simplicity of worship. * * * * Mr. Curry's chief characteristic was his taste. His mind was in harmony with nature; he had a relish for all beauty. To him it was not in vain that God painted the landscape green, cast the channels of the streams in graceful curves, light ed up the arch of night, and turned the gates of the day on golden hinges amid the anthems of a grateful world. No thirst for wealth, no conflict for honor, no lust for meaner pleasures destroyed his sensibility to the harmonies and proportions of the universe. From a child, he was fond of nature and solitude; as he grew up poets were his companions; with them he sympathized; with them he sat, side by side, in the enchanted land of song; to see, to enjoy what the idle, the worldly and the profane cannot-this was not merely his pastime, but his living. A luxurious melancholy chastened his spirit and mellowed the light which it reflected. * * * * The love of beauty is usually associated with the capacity to reproduce it; that is taste, this is art. Mr. Curry's art was not proportionate to his taste ; it manifested itself in the sweet music of his flute and the sweeter strains of his verse ; the former is lost in the empty air, the latter will float down the river of time. His poetry will not be relished by the masses; it has no paeans of battle, no provocations of mirth, no mockery of misery, no strokes of malice. It is the song of a religious soul; faith is the bond which links its stanzas, a faith that brings heaven near to earth and man into fellowship with angels. Like wine, it will be pronounced better as it grows older; not because it will improve, but because the world's taste will. What he uttered we may suppose was little compared with what he bore away with 'him into heaven, where he will take up the harp that he laid down too early on earth." Rebecca S. Nichols, herself a gifted poetess, and a friend of Mr. Curry, speaks thus us eloquently of him: "Within the holy fire of poesy burned clear and bright, refining the material man and lifting the more ethereal element of our twofold nature up to the realms of love and faith and peace, where the indwelling soul preludes the feast of immortal joys. No petty ambitions, no goading desires for name and fame among the great of earth ever soiled the bosom of our friend. To more quietly in his accustomed round of prescribed duties-to enjoy the communion of chosen and congenial minds-to yield himself up to the manifold enchantments of PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 93 inspiring nature-to utter in verse, smooth and musical as his favorite streams, the live thoughts of the passing moments, made up the sum of his daily happiness ; and if a shade of Badness, as of some secret 'and acknowledged sorrow, bordered the placid beauty of existence, it only added tenderness to the hearts of those who knew and loved him, and made them more eager to minister to his simple and unadulterated pleasures." Mr. Curry was a man of fine form, tall and well proportioned, possessed a broad, lofty brow, and an open countenance. He wore no beard and was seen always in office and street freshly and cleanly shaven. His taste was unacceptionable in dress, in language, in reading, and, indeed in all things. He was extremely cautious and careful, both in his speech and his writings, and nothing from his pen was ever permitted to go to the press until it had first been scrutinized, word by word, for the sake of correctness and improvement. From this fact, the criticism which his poems will bear is easily explained. He was, in all respects, a man which any community could ill afford to lose, and the sorrow of his friends and relatives at his untimely taking away wag profuse and most sincere. Mr. Curry was married December 17, 1828, in the identical great frame house in which Zachariah Noteman now lives, to Mary, daughter of Andrew Noteman, of Jerome Township, on Darby Creek. Miss Noteman, born August 13, 1806, was a very handsome woman, and was known far and near as the "Darby Beauty." She had large, lustrous, dark eyes, dark brown hair, and was of a quiet, engaging disposition. She was for many Years a member of the Methodist Church, an unassuming Christian woman, and a devoted wife and mother. Her father, it is said, was opposed to the marriage, because of young Curry's too great fondness for books, and the improbability of his ever, in consequence, becoming a thrifty farmer. But the old gentlemen soon became reconciled and was, until the day of his death, a devoted friend of his son-in-law. Soon after the marriage, he gave his daughter and her husband a fine farm on Darby Creek, adjoining Plain City, at present known as the Jones farm. Mrs. Curry died at Marysville, Ohio, April 21, 1856, following her husband to the old Marysville churchyard in just one year two months and six days. By this marriage there was born to Mr. and Mrs. Curry but two children, a daughter and a son. The eldest. Mary Aletha, was born September 21, 1829, and the son, Llewellyn, November, 28, 1831. Mary was married at her father's house in Marysville, June 24, 1846, to William Cooper, merchant, of Xenia, Ohio (deceased in 1849). She died at her home in Marysville March 18, 1872. Llewellyn studied law with his father and Hon. J. W. Robinson, and in the year 1857 he removed to Chicago, where, as successively lawyer, journalist and broker, he has since resided. The following are some of Mr. Curry's choicest poems: TO MY MOTHER. My mother! though in darkness now The slumber of the grave is passed, Its gloom will soon be o'er, and thou Wilt break away at last, And dwell where neither grief nor pain Can ever reach thy heart again. Sleep on-the cold and heavy hand Of death has stilled thy gentle breast; No rude sound of this stormy land Shall mar thy peaceful rest: Undying guardians round thee close, To count the years of thy repose. A day of the far years will break On every sea and every shore, In whose bright morning thou shalt wake And rise, to sleep no more- No more to molder in the gloom And coldness of the dreary tomb. I saw thy fleeting life decay, Even as a frail and withering flower, And vainly strove to while away Its swiftly closing hour : It came, with many a thronging thought Of anguish ne'er again forgot. In life's proud dreams I have no part, No share in its resounding glee; The musings of my weary heart Are in the grave with thee. There have been bitter tears of mine Above that lowly bed of thine. 94 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. It Seems to my fond memory now, As it had been but yesterday, When I was but a child, and thou Didst cheer me in my play; And in the evenings, still and lone, Didst lull me with thy music-tone. And when the twilight hours begun, And shning constellations came, Thou bad'st me know each nightly sun, And con its ancient name; For thou had'st learned their lore and light With watchings in the tranquil night. And then, when leaning on thy knee, I saw them in their grandeur rise, It was a joy, in Booth, to me But now the starry skies Seem holier grown and doubly fair, Since thou art with the angels there. The stream of life, with hurrying flow, Its course may bear me swiftly thro' I grieve not, for I soon Shall go, And by thy side renew The love which here for thee I bore, And never leave thy presence more. THE BLOSSOMS OF LIFE. Life is like a sweeping river, Ceaseless in its seaward flow- On whose waves quick sunbeams quiver, On whose banks sweet blossoms grow- Blossoms quick to grow and perish; Swift to bloom and swift to fall; Those we earliest learn to cherish Soonest pass beyond recall. Shall we lose them all forever? Leave them on this iiarthly strand? Shall their joyous radiance never Reach us in the spirit land? Soon the tide of life up-flowing Buoyantly from time's dim shore, Where supernal flowers are growing, Shall meander ever more, There the hopes that long have told us Of the climes beyond the tomb, While superber skies enfold us, Shall renew their starry bloom. And the bloom that here in sadness Faded from the flowers of love, Shall with its immortal gladness Crown us in the world above. AUTUMN MUSINGS. 'Tis autumn. Many and many a fleeting age Hath faded since the primal morn of Time; And silently the slowly journeying years, All redolent of countless seasons. pass. PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 95 The spring-time wakes in beauty, and is fraught With power to thrill the leaping pulse of joy, And urge the footsteps of ideal hope With Flowery lightness on. In peerless day Resplendent summer garlandeth the world; And contemplation through her sky serene Ascends unwearied, emulous to lead, To marshal, and to proudly panoply The votaries of ambition as they rise. These, with their gilded pageants, disappear, And vestal Truth leads on the silent hours Of autumn's lonely reign. The weary plea Creep o'er the waters, and the sun-brown plain Oft whispering as they pass a long farewell To the frail emblems of the waning year, The drooping foliage, and the dying leaves. This is the time for care; to break the spell Of ever-fading fancy; to contrast The evanescent beams of earthly bliss With the long, dread array of deepening ill. The ills of life are twofold those which fall With lead-like weight upon the mortal clay Are transient in their kind; for the frail dust Erelong shall blend with the innumerous sands, And atoms of the boundless universe, Absorbed in the unfelt, unconscious rest Of lifeless, soulless matter, without change. Save when the far-off period shall arrive Of shadowy nothingness. The deadlier ills That tinge existence with unbroken gloom Are lost to melioration, for they hold The ever-during spirit in their grasp, And in their kind a withering permanence. To linger in unrest- to be endowed With high aspiring, endless, limitless! On thought's unshackled pinions to outride The air-borne eagles of the Appennines; To pierce the surging depths of endless space; To revel in the stalwart fervidness Of its careering formal to sweep sublime Through the far regions of immensity, Then fall astounded front the dreaming height, And wake in wildering durance: these are thin That well may dim the sleepless eyes of care. And thou, too, Friendship, pilgrim-child of heaven! The balm that brings the spirit sweet relief From the keen stings of sorrow and despair, 'Tie thine to give; yet the deep quietude Of the bereaving tomb bath shrouded oft The morning prime of beings formed for thee. THE GREAT HEREAFTER. 'Tie sweet to think, when struggling The goal of life to win, That just beyond the shores of time The better days begin. When through the nameless ages I cast my longing eyes, Before me, like a boundless sea, The Great Hereafter lies. Along its brimming bosom Perpetual summer smiles And gathers like a golden robe, Around the emerald isles. 96 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. There in the long blue distance, By lulling breezes fanned, I seem to see the flowering groves Of old Beulah's land. And far beyond the islands That gem the wave serene, The image of the cloudless shore Of holy Heaven is seen. Unto the Great Hereafter Aforetime dim and dark I freely now, and gladly, give Of life the wandering bark. And in the far-off haven, When shadowy seas are passed, By angel hands its quivering sails Shall all be furled at last. THE CLOSING YEAR. The year has reached its evening time, And well its closing gloom May warn us of the lonely night That gathers round the tomb. But many a distant year and age May slowly come and go, Before the sleepers of the grave Another spring-time know. And yet, beyond the gloomy Yale, Where death's dark river flows, On sunniest shores our faith is fixed Our deathless hopes repose. We trust that when the night of time Shall into morning break, We shall, from long and heavy sleep, With song and gladness wake. THE TIME TO DIE. Part not when the sleepers wake At the young day's glimmering break Part not in the golden light When the early morn is bright, And the mist-clouds dark and dim All around thee sweep and swim ; Through the radiance of the dawn Let thy spirit linger on. Part not in the fervid noon, When the worlds where, swift and soon, Thou with plumy wing shalt stray, Seem so far, so fallen away. Part not in the balmy eve, When the passing sunbeams leave Wavering crimson all around, And the free wind's lulling sound And the tones of human mirth Bind thee to the homes of earth. Rest thee, till the light and power Of the waning twilight hour Leave thee, girt with shadows dread Gathering darkness round thee spread. PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 97 Linger till the stars outshine, With their long and silent line, Winding up the solemn sky, To the zenith steep and high; Then along the fearful track Let thy spirit wander back, Where the times eternal came, Ages without end or name. Muse upon the millions vast Of the unremembered past- Older than the hills their birth, Changing with the changing earth; Countless host succeeding host, Order after order lost; Planted in existence bright, On the verge of endless night, In this flickering life of pain But a moment to remain; Hurrying to eternal sleep In their rocky mansions deep. Muse upon the coming time, When the ancient hills sublime Shall be desolate and sere, And the seas shall disappear. All shall be one mighty tomb, In whose overwhelming gloom Every form of life shall bow; And of all that greet thee now, Many a loved and loving one, Not a whisper, not a tone, On the wave or on the shore, Shall be heard, forevermore. Musing in the feeble light Of the still and starry night, Soon shall thy sad spirit yearn For the time to part, and turn From the shadowy things of naught To the land of life, thy thought From the things of lowly dust To the far-off Heaven, thy trust. Then upon the closing eye Heavy shall the midnight lie Then shall be the hour of doom; Gird thee for its fear and gloom Calmly from thy cumbering clay In the silence pass away. It is said by one who saw Mr. Curry dying, that his dissolution Wes even as described in the last lines of the above poem-calmly and in the silence his spirit left the cumbering clay and the poet's heart was still. The following "Fourth of July Ode" was written by Otway Curry,* and was first song at a celebration held at Bigelow's Grove, Pleasant Valley, Madison County, Ohio, July 4, 1833, under the leadership of Nelson Cone. The same gentleman led in singing it forty-five years later--September 27, 1878, at a re-union of the Curry family on Mr. Cone's farm in Jerome Township: God of the high and boundless heaven, We call upon Thy name; We tread the soil that Thou beat given To freedom and to fame. Around us, on the ocean waves, Our starry banners sweep ; Around us, in their lowly groves, Our patriot fathers sleep. *The song as here given is found in The Hesperian for July, 1838. 102 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. With fearless hearts and stalwart hands, They bore their eagles high O'er serried arms and battle brands, Careering in the sky; For freedom, in her darkest day, Their life-blood bathed the plain; Their moldering tombs may pass away, Their glories shall remain. God of the free! Thy children bless, With joy their labor crown; Let their domain be limitless, And endless their renown. Proclaim the morn of freedom's birth O'er every land and sea, Till her pure spirit from the earth, Even as the heavens are free. THE GOINGS FORTH OF GOD. God walketh on the earth. The purling rills And mightier streams before Him glance away, Rejoicing in His presence. On the plains And spangled fields, and in the mazy vales, The living throngs of earth before him fall With thankful hymns, receiving from His hand Immortal life and gladness. Clothed upon With burning crowns the mountain-heralds stand, Proclaiming to the blooming wilderness The brightness of His coming, and the power Of Him who ever liveth, all in all I God walketh on the ocean. Brilliantly The glassy waters mirror back His smiles, The surging billows and the gamboling storms Come crouching to His feet. The hoary deep And the green, gorgeous islands offer up The tribute of their treasures-pearls and shells And crown-like drapery of the dashing foam. And solemnly the tesselated hills, And coral domes of mansions in the depths, And gardens of the golden sanded sea, B'end, with the anthems of the chiming waves, Their alleluias unto Him who rules The invisible armies of eternity. God journeyeth in the sky. From sun to sun, From star to star, the living lightnings flash, And pealing thunders through all space proclaim The goings forth of Him whose potent arm Perpetuates existence, or destroys From depths unknown, unsearchable, profound, Forth rush the wandering comets: girt with flames They blend, in order true, with marshaling hosts Of starry worshipers. The unhallowed orbs Of earth-born fire, that cleave the hazy air, Blanched by the flood of uncreated light, Fly with the fleeting winds and misty clouds Back to their homes, and deep in darkness lie. God journeyeth in the heavens. Refulgent stars, And glittering crowns of prostrate Seraphim Emboss His burning path. Around Him fall Dread powers, dominions, hosts and kingly thrones. Angels of God-adoring millions--join With spirits pure, redeemed from distant worlds, Page 99 blank Page 100 Picture of LeRoy Decker PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 101 In choral songs of praise: "Thee we adore, For Thou art mighty. Everlasting spheres Of light and glory in Thy presence wait. Time, space, life, light, dominion, majesty, Truth, wisdom--all are thine, Jehovah I Thou First, last, supreme, eternal Potentate I" The following is the famous "Log Cabin Song." written by Mr. Carry in 1840, and sung at the great Columbus Convention, on the 22d of February, in that year; tune, " Highland Laddie:" Oh, where, tell me where, was your buckeye cabin made? Oh, where, tell me where, was your buckeye cabin made? 'Twas built among the merry boys that wield the plow and spade, Where the log cabins stand in the bonnie buckeye shade. 'Twas built, etc. Oh, what, tell me what, is to be your cabin's fate? Oh, what, tell me what, is to be your cabin's fate ? We'll wheel it to the Capital, and place it there elate, For a token and a sign of the bonnie Buckeye State. We'll wheel, etc. Oh, why, tell we why, does your buckeye cabin go? Oh, why, tell me why, does your buckeye cabin go? It goes against the spoilsmen, for well its builders know It was Harrison that fought for the cabins long ago. It goes, etc. Oh, who fell before him in battle, tell me who? Oh, who fell before him in battle, tell me who? He drove the savage legions, and British armies, too, At the Rapids and the Thames, and old Tippecanoe. He drove, etc. By whom, tell me whom, will the battle next be won? By whom, tell me whom, will the battle next be won? The spoilemen and leg-treasurers will soon begin to ran, And the log - cabin candidate will march to Washington. The spoilsmen, etc. O what, tell me what, then, will little Martin do? O what, tell me what, then, will little Martin do? He'll "follow in the footsteps " of Price and Swartwout, too, While the log-cabins ring spin with Tippecanoe. He'll follow, etc. Calvin W. McLain, of Jacksonville, Ill.. in a letter, dated January 81, 1888, mentioning the foregoing popular song, and the moving of the campaign log cabin from Marysville to Columbus, says: "I was then but fifteen years old, and of course cannot give as good & history as one who passed through it at mature age. The first I knew of the song, 'O where, tell me where was your buckeye cabin made,' was a short time before the Columbus Convention of February 22, 1840, in my father's* office in the court house at Marysville; he was then County Auditor I think. Otway Curry had written the song, and he had his flute playing, and my father singing. There may have been others present, I cannot say; at any rate, that was the first rehearsal, and they were all wild over it. I was then the printer's devil for the paper called Our Freedom, and at once secured a copy of the song, went to work printing it, and was the first to put it in type and print it without help. The log cabin was then being built; I cannot recollect about the dedication speeches, etc. When the start was made for Columbus, it was before daybreak. I had not obtained permission to go, but secreted myself in one corner of the cabin until we were well out of town, and then showed my his bundle of the song; consent was given me to go. In addition to yourself, I believe one of the Winget boys was along, but think he did not go through. Well I remember the muddy and toilsome drive until we struck the pike near Jefferson ; then all was excitement in that cabin, preparing. for the first grand entry. There we met the delegation from the west, and the town was full of people to remain overnight. The song was sung as we drove through the streets to the hotel, and there was a rush of people from every direction. On * Stephen McLain. 102 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. arriving at the hotel the crowd closed in on us and demanded the song again; once more was not enough, it had to be repeated, and each verse was followed by such shouts as roused the country round about. This first public rendering of the song I cannot better describe than by telling the experience of a relative of mine from near Urbana. He was a stanch Presbyterian of the Scottish type. He told me afterward that at this time, while we were singing the song, he was approaching the town on his way to Columbus; he heard these shouts at intervals, and, as he rode along, came to the conclusion that his party (he was a strong Whig) was going crazy, and he then and there decided that he would not take any part, or in any manner have anything to do with such wild operations. But he approached slowly, and arrived in time to bear the last verse, when he joined with the crowd an I yelled as loudly, threw his hat as high, and out as many antics as any one; farther than that, he did not stop it nor sober down until he got home again. As for myself, in looking back over forty-three years, I have made music a study in all conditions of society -social, religious, political and nation al - and have engaged wit It a thousand soldier voices in 'Shouting the battle-cry of Freedom,' during the war, but have never seen anything to excel the effect produced by this song. "After the song was finished the second time, everybody wanted a copy of it. I was seated in front with the driver, and handed out my bill songs; my hands were cold and numb; I could not handle the money as it rolled in, but by the assistance of all on board, in a short time the songs were all gone, and until late at night I was in demand to teach the tune to the purchasers. At Jefferson we met another log cabin, I think from Springfield, Ohio, but, it had been built after ours. I claim that the Marysville cabin was the first built for that campaign. I was in the printing office at the time and had access to all the exchanges, and this fact was impressed on my memory. The next day on to Columbus, the Springfield party singing the questions, and the Marysville cabin boys the replies. I cannot describe the scenes at Columbus; suffice it to say that by the time we got there every one of the party was on the roof of the cabin. Crowds swayed from street to street to hear that song again; when the procession was over, the jam around us was so great it was impossible to move, and sing we had to as long as there was anybody on board. We finally wound up by driving in front of the Statesman office; the first verse brought Sam Medary to the window, when we gave him some items for his next issue. Several printing offices published and sold the song. The State Journal office, learning I was the first typo, gave me free all the songs I could saki, and my pockets were well filled when I got home. I cannot now recollect the persons who composed the party, except Mr. Curry and my father. One more incident and I am done: Some years ago, while visiting at Urbana, Ohio, I called at Ab Jennings', then living there, but since moved to Springfield, Ohio, While talking with Mrs. Jennings about Marysville, she excitedly arose and left the room; she soon returned with a flute in her hand, and with a flourish announced, 'that is the identical flute used by Otway Curry in playing while your father sang the log cabin song!' Of course I did reverence it. Yours truly, CALVIN W. McLAIN." COL. W. L. CURRY, Auditor of Union County, was born on the old Curry homestead in Jerome Township, June 25, 1839. He is the third son of Stephenson and Sarah D. Curry, and a grandson of Col. James Curry, whose history is given elsewhere in this -work. His early life was passed on his father's farm, his education being acquired in the common schools a and in the Marysville Academy, and Otterbein University, at Westerville. At the age of eighteen years he engaged in the profession of teaching, which he followed during the winter seasons of four years. On April 24, 1861, in response to the country's first call for volunteers, he enlisted in a company for the first three months' service that was not mustered into service, as the "three years' call " was issued before the company was recruited to the required number. On September 8, 1861, he enlisted in Company K, First Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and in October, 1861, was appointed Orderly Sergeant of his company. His regiment was assigned to the Army of the Cumberland, and after serving on scouting duty in Kentucky during the winter of 1861, they marched with Gen. Thomas' army to Pittsburgh Landing, in April, 1862, and participated in the siege of Corinth. On June 16, 1862, Sergt. Curry was commissioned Second Lieutenant, and on March 3, 1863, was promoted to First Lieutenant of his company. The next engagement in which he took part was at Booneville, Mississippi, followed by Courtland, Alabama, where he was taken prisoner. He was exchanged in February, 1863, returned to his regiment and took command of his company and participated in the campaign of Gen. Rosencrans' army, from Murfreesboro to Tullahoma and on to Chattanooga. In August, 1863, he was assigned to the command of Company M, and fought at Alpine and Lafayette, Ga., and at Chickamauga. He commanded this company on the famous raid of the rebel cavalry chieftain Gen. Wheeler through Tennessee, in the rear of Rosencrans' army, in October, 1863, and fought at McMinville, Murfreesboro, Shelbyville, Farmington and Mussel Shoals, Ala. Lieut. Curry and his company re-enlisted as veterans at Pulaski, Tenn., January 4, 1864, and after We veteran furlough of thirty days had expired, he joined Sherman's army, early in the spring of 1864, and fought at Moulton, Ala., Peachtree Creek, Noon-day Creek, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, and in Kilpatrick's daring raid around the Confederate army in Atlanta, August, 1864. In September, 1864, he was appointed Quartermaster of his regiment, and when Sherman started on his march to the sea, the First Ohio Cavalry marched with the army of Gen. Thomas to Tennessee to intercept Hood, and from there to PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 103 Louisville, Ky., to mount and equip. On December 14, 1864, Lieut. Curry was promoted to the rank of Captain. A few days after his arrival at Louisville, he was violently thrown from his horse and received injuries from which he has never recovered and on account of which he was discharged at Nashville, Tenn., December 30, 1864. Returning home he engaged in merchandising in New California, and in 1869, removed to Plain City, where he was engaged in the same business two years. In 1871, he removed to Richwood, where he was engaged in the drug trade until his election to the office of County Auditor, in October, 1875. He is now serving his third term as Auditor of Union County. He takes an active interest in everything pertaining to military matters, is considered the best authority on military law and history, and devotes a great deal of time to the interests of his comrades, in matters of pensions, bounties and other interests. He is now serving as commander of Ransom Reed Post, Grand Army of the Republic. He served for five years as Lieutenant Colonel of the Fourteenth Regiment Ohio National Guards. Col. Curry is a Republican in politics and always takes an active interest in the affairs of his party and in all political matters. He was married, December 21, 1865, to Martha J. Robinson, daughter of J. D. Robinson, of Jerome Township. She was born in Jerome Township April 12, 1843. Three children have been given to bless this union, of whom two are living-Ivaloo and Lucile. Mr. and Mrs. Curry are members of the Presbyterian Church at Marysville. JAMES CURRY, fourth son of Stephenson and Sarah D. Curry, was born in Jerome Township, Union County, Ohio, January 4, 1842. he followed farming until February 6, 1865, when he enlisted and served one year in Company B, One Hundred and Eighty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under Gen. Steadman, in Georgia. Resumed farming: for one year, and in April, 1867, began his collegiate course at Vermillion Institute, Hayesville, Ohio, where he delivered an oration at the triennial reunion of old students, August, 1869. He entered the junior class of the University of Wooster, Ohio, in the spring of 1871, this being the first year of its existence, from which he graduated September 18, 1872, with the degree of A. B., and in 1875, he received - the degree of A. M. from the same institution. He was chosen professor of mathematics in Vermillion Institute previous to graduation from the university, and served in that capacity as teacher of Latin and Greek from April, 1872, to June, 1873. He was married to Miss Maggie A. Sloan, of Hayesville, Ohio, September 30, 1873, and went to California to attend the San Francisco Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church. He was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of San Francisco, March 18, 1874, graduated from the seminary April 29. 1875, and received a call to become pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Carson City, Nev., which he declined, to continue in mission work at San Pablo and West Berkeley, Cal. Under his ministrations a church was gathered up and organized in each place. He was ordained to the gospel ministry and installed pastor of the church at San Pablo, August 28, 1876, while a beautiful house of worship was erected at West Berkeley in 1879. He was elected President of the Alumni Association of the San Francisco Theological Seminary at its organization October, 1880, and was twice re-elected, and delivered the first alumni and decennial oration of the seminary in San Francisco, April, 1881. He resigned his pastorate at San Pablo, February 1, 1883, to concentrate his labors at West Berkeley. At the present time (February, 1883,) he resides in West Berkeley, Cal., is in charge of the Presbyterian Church there, and Moderator of the Presbytery of San Francisco. N. P. DAVIDSON, physician, Marysville, was born in Perry County, Ohio, October 10, 1849. He is the third son of Nicholas and Strait (Linn) Davidson. He was reared on a farm in his native place till fifteen years of age, when he left home to do for himself. He spent one summer working by the month in Pickaway County, then went to Clay County, Illinois, where he remained till 1872. He taught school, of winters for four years, working on the farm during the summer. In the fall of 1872 he returned to Ohio, and entered the National Normal School at Lebanon, in which he remained as a student two years. He resumed teaching and followed it in Warren, Fairfield and Hooking Counties, three years. He read medicine under Dr. G. W. Dawson of Gibsonville, Hooking County, finishing his course in 1877. He attended the Columbus Medical College, graduating February 24,1882. In 1877-78, he practiced with his preceptor in medicine, and in 1879 began the practice at Oakland, Fairfield County, where he continued until the fall of 1881. In March, 1882, he established himself in Marysville, when he is practicing his profession with success. On February 23, 1877, he was united in marriage with Miss Anna Shepherd, daughter of William and Jenette Shepherd, and a native of Xenia, Ohio. Dr. Davidson and lady are associated with the Presbyterian Church of Marysville. Dr. D. is a member of the Union County Medical Association, and Examining Surgeon for the Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Company. He had been a member of the Odd Fellows fraternity for twelve years, having joined Clay City, Illinois Lodge in 1871. LE ROY DECKER, jeweler, Marysville. This enterprising character, with J. B. Cross, established business in this city in 1874, under the firm name of Decker & Cross. This copartnership dissolved the following year and Mr. Decker succeeding, became sole proprietor of the concern. He carries a stock comprising choice selections, in diamonds, watches, clocks, silverware and a full line of jewelery in valuable and artistic designs. He certainly displays fine and judicious judgment in his purchases, buying almost exclusively from the manufacturers. Therefore he is enabled to present to the public a line of goods, equal to any establishment of our larger cities. 104 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. Marysville may well feel proud of this class of enterprise, and the purchaser or visitor will &Iways meet with a pleasant and hearty welcome from its generous and social proprietor. The subject of this sketch whose portrait appears in this volume, emanates from the Buckeye State, and was born in Delaware County, Ohio, in 1845. His father, Frederick Decker, was a native of New Jersey, who, with his family, occupied an early settlement in Bucyrus. Crawford County, Ohio, and was distinguished as a pioneer and mechanic. He was a millwright by occupation, and erected one of the first mills in Bucyrus. Ohio. Subsequently he removed to Delaware County, Ohio, where he erected several mills which stand to-day as monuments to his enterprise and. mechanical abilities. For the past twenty-five years he has been engaged in farming, and is at this time, August, 1882, residing on the homestead near Millville, Delaware County. He retains the ownership of the Millville Mill an edifice of his construction located near the homestead. His wife, whose maiden name was Mary A. Munson, wait born in Now Jersey, and joined her husband in his success and sorrows until death called her from its scenes. Her demise occurred in Delaware County, in 1855. She was a Christian lady, a fond mother and devoted wife. Le Roy Decker was reared on a farm and was taught to toil with his hands. In 1863, he joined the boys in blue in Company D, One Hundred and Forty-fifth 0. N. G., and served four months in the field. The regiment was stationed at Arlington Heights performing duty at Forts Craig and Tillinghast. Returning to peaceful pursuits, he was married July 4, 1865, to Miss Maria L. Winget, a native of Delaware County, and's daughter of W. C. Winget, with whom he subsequently became associated in the mercantile trade at Ostrander. This connection dissolved nine years later, during which time Mr. D. learned the jewelry trade with Spencer Lincoln, of Delaware, after which he further pursued his studies in the wholesale house of G. T. Dorlin, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and became a thorough student and master of his profession. Mr. D. is a member of the Blue Lodge and Chapter in the Masonic fraternity of this city, and the Raper Commandery, No. 19, of Urbana Ohio. The family are members of the Presbyterian Church. His living children are Ella A. and Edith M. DAVID EDWARDS, book-keeper, Marysville, is the eldest son of Jesse P. and Abrilla 'Stephens) Edwards, both natives of Bedford County, Penn., who came to Ohio in 1847, and selected a home in Licking County, where they resided until 1861, when they moved and settled in Jerome Township, Union County, where they yet remain. The subject of this sketch was born in Bedford County, Penn., September 16, 1836. He received his primary education in the schools of Clyde, Sandusky County, completing his education at the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, Ohio, and for two years prior to the Rebellion taught school in Licking County. In the spring of 1861, he further pursued his studies in the National Normal School at Lebanon, and the following year taught school at that place. In the summer of 1862, he came to this city, and in August enlisted as First Sergeant in Company K, Ninety-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He participated in the first engagement against Vicksburg, under Sherman, and at Arkansas Post, January 11, 1863. The following spring he was discharged at Jefferson Barracks, near St. Louis, on account of disability. Returning to peaceful pursuits, he was appointed Assistant Assessor of Internal Revenue, under C. S. Hamilton, and discharged the duties of that office two years, at which time he was appointed Postmaster. In this position he served two years, and resigned. Subsequently he became associated as assistant agent of the C., C., C.. and I. R. R., and became General Agent and Express Agent, July 1, 1872. This avocation he followed owed for ten years, and in July, 1881, he engaged as book-keeper for the Butter Tub Factory, in whose employ he is at this time engaged. Mr. Edwards has served on the School Board two terms, and also in the City Council. He ran on the Independent ticket for Clerk, in 1881, and is a citizen well known and highly esteemed. He was married in 1864 to Miss Lucinda, a daughter of Oliver Brooks, a native of Licking County, Ohio. This union has been blessed with four children, three of whom are living, viz.: Dwight B., Orra. H. and Arthur H. Mr. Edwards is a member of the Masonic order, the G. A. R., and connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically, he is a Republican. JOHN S. FLECK, of the firm of Fleck & Chapman, planing-mill, Marysville, is a son of John and Mary (Abrams) Fleck, both natives of Cumberland County, Penn., who settled in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, in 1833. The following year he moved and entered upon a mercantile pursuit at Carrollton, Ohio. In the spring of 1842, he purchased and settled upon a farm in Jerome Township, Union County, which at that time was mostly wooded. Here he industriously worked in clearing the land and plying his trade, shoe-making. He was an energetic man, and a citizen widely known and esteemed. He lost his wife by death in 1858. His demise is recorded in 1872. The subject of this sketch was born in Cumberland County, Penn., January 4,1827. He became a citizen of Marysville in the fall of 1844, and engaged as an apprentice at the carpenter's trade with Samuel Restler. Three years after he took contracts for building, and entered largely upon the work of his profession. In 1876, he formed the above copartnership, and the firm erected the mill where they have since carried on a large and successful trade in the manufacture of sash, doors and building material. The building covers four lots and has a frontage on Main street of 264 feet. It is fully stocked with lumber, and the house employs from fifteen to twenty men. This firm began business with a capital of $2,500 each, and the sales for year 1881 were $45,000. The estimate for 1882 is $60,000. Mr. Fleck was married in 1849, to Miss PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 105 Anna Rose, a native of Lancaster County, Penn., by whom he has three children, all living, viz.: Mary F., Edwin and Charles H. GEORGE A. FOX, farmer, P. O. Marysville, was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1824. He, with his step-father, William Boerger, and his wife, Elizabeth, emigrated to this country in 1844. Andrew Fox, father of this subject, died before he (George) was born. He sought employment at Columbus, Ohio, where he became engaged and learned the trade of a bricklayer. This avocation he diligently pursued until 1853, when he moved to this county, and two years afterward purchased his present estate, consisting of seventy-two and three-fourths acres, thirty-three sores of which he in the limits of the corporation. He also has another farm of 133 acres in Paris Township, most of which is under cultivation. He was united in marriage April 1, 1850, with a daughter of Adam Kuhlman, of this county. Five children born to this union are living, as follows: Emanuel, George W., John L., Nettie M. and Frederick C. Mr. Fleck served in the ranks of the United States Army in 1847, during the war with Mexico, enlisting in Company B. of the Fourth Ohio Infantry, serving until its close, in 1848. He is a Trustee of the Lutheran Church of this city, and a min whose success in life has been marked by energy, economy and unremitting attention to business. GEORGE EMANUEL FOX, contractor and builder, Marysville, Ohio, was born in Darby Township, this county, November 6, 1851, and is a son of George A. and Susanna Kuhlman Fox, natives of Bavaria, Germany, who came to America in 1844 and 1840, respectively. George is the eldest of five children-four sons and one daughter. He removed with his parents to near Marysville in 1854, from Columbus, Ohio, to which place they went soon after his birth. At the age of thirteen, he began learning the trade of masonry and bricklaying, and, seven years later; went to Columbus, in which place and others he followed his trade ten years, and then returned to Marysville. He is an efficient workman, and as monuments to his skill we mention the City Hall, Robinson Building, German Church, Tribune Building, Gunderman Building and a number of elegant private residences. He also built school buildings at the following places: Woodstock, Milford Centre, and Irwin Station. He was married January 24, 1876 to Miss Josephine. daughter of Andrew and Margaret Burger, who has borne him four children, viz., Carrie, Nettie, Katie and Mary. Mrs. Fox was born March 19, 1853. Both are members of the German Lutheran Church. Mr. Fox affiliates with the Democratic party and is a member of the City Council. GEORGE W. FOX, Chief of Fire Department, Marysville, was born in Paris Township March 20, 1855, and is a brother of George E. Fox, whose sketch appears in this work. He was reared to farm pursuits until eighteen years of age. at which time he began learning masonry and brick laying with his father, with whom he served three years. He was afterward connected with his brother in the same business three years, and assisted in the erection of the buildings spoken of in George E.'s sketch. He has been a member of the city fire department since 1878, and was elected its chief in April, 1880, and re-elected in 1882. He was married January 17, 1878, to Barbara, daughter of George and Mary Geier, by whom he has had two children, viz., Mary and George William. Both Mr. and Mrs Fox are exemplary members of the German Lutheran Church, and are socially esteemed by their many friends and acquaintances. Mrs. F. was born at Columbus, Ohio, in 1855. WESLEY GARRARD, merchant, Marysville. This establishment was opened to the public by its present proprietor, November 19, 1858, at that time located in a building on the present site of the Farmers' Bank. This institution gained notoriety, and became widely known as the Buck-horn Store, by the sign of the horns over the door. The took consists of groceries, hardware and notions in fact any article not to be found elsewhere, from a wooden toothpick to an anvil, may be had at Garrard's. He purchased the premises of his present location, which he occupied in 1872. His stock is complete, and his trade solid and substantial. Mr. Garrard is a native of Harmony Township, Clark Co., Ohio, where he was born June 9, 1839; he is the only child of Joseph and Lucy (Allen) Garrard, the former a son of Jacob Garrard, a native of Pennsylvania, and a pioneer of Clark County. He afterward moved to Madison County, where he died. The maternal grandparent, Elijah Allen, was a native of Virginia, a soldier in the war of 1812, and among the pioneers of Madison County. The parents of our subject moved with the family to this city, where he, Joseph, lived to the close of his life, November 23, 1880. He was a social, genial, warm-hearted, home-loving man, who left a host of friends to mourn his loss. The wife and mother, who survives, is in the sixty-seventh year of her age. Mr. Garrard has been elected Justice of the Peace several terms, and will serve until April, 1884. He was Mayor of this city six years, and is serving the second term on the School Board at the present time, July, 1882, also serving the third year as School Trustee, and is an honored member of the Masonic order. His marriage to Miss Dorcas Cheney, of Jackson Township, Union County, was celebrated in 1859. Three children born to this union are all living, viz., Frank H., Pearl C. and Clyde E. SAMUEL G. GILCRIST, farmer, P. O. Marysville, was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, February 1, 1837. He is a son of Thomas C. and Eleanor (Guthrie) Gilcrist, the former a native of Brooke County, W., Va., and the latter of Harrison County, Ohio; his father was born August 1, 1812; his parents, William and Jane (Smith) Gilcrist, were among the earliest settlers 106 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. of Belmont County; they removed to Greene County about 1840, where they both died. Thomas C. Gilcrist married Ellen Guthrie, who bore him eight children, viz.-Samuel G., the subject of this sketch; William S.; Austin; Adalaide, wife of William A. Hollenback; Elizabeth J., wife of B. F. James; Robert A.; Mary R., wife of Nathan Hollenback, and Thomas F. Mr. and Mrs. Gilcrist resided in Harrison and Greene Counties till 1855, when they located in Mill Creek Township, this county, and the following year removed to Bureau County, Ill., where Mrs.. G. died January 14, 1862. Samuel G. our subject, was reared to manhood by his parents, and was educated in the common schools and high schools of Princeton, Ill.; he followed teaching, of winters, for ten years; in 1862 he removed to Marshall County, Ill., and in 1865 returned to Union County and located on the farm that he now occupies. His marriage occured September 9, 1862, with Miss Elizabeth Longbrake, a daughter of Levi Longbrake, one of the wealthiest citizens of Union County. Mrs. Gilcrist was born in Paris Township, September 30, 1844. Four children were the fruits of this union-Franklin M., born April 22, 1865; Levi L., born February 14, 1868; Ellen G., born May 13, 1872, and Samuel S., born August 8, 1878. Mr. Gilcrist owns a productive and well improved farm of 226 acres. He is engaged in the pursuits of agriculture and rearing fine stock, and ranks as one of the successful farmers of the county. He and wife are associated with the Disciples' Church, and are also connected with the Grange, with which Mr. Gilcrist has been prominently identified since its organization. He is now serving the fourth year as Master and has also filled various other offices of that Order. He is a member of the Board of Township Trustees, and in politics is Republican. MICHAEL GUNDERMAN, farmer, P. O. Marysville, was born in Germany, April 13,1826; at the age of ten years his parents, George P. and Sophia Gunderman, emigrated to America and settled in Hamilton, Ohio, where they resided till 1840 and removed to Union County. Mr. Gunderman died in Marysville June 16, 1868, and Mrs. G., December, 1876. Michael is the eldest of eight children; he was reared to manhood on a farm and married, January 27, 1857, to Miss Elizabeth B. a daughter of John W. and Elizabeth B. Borger. Mrs. G. was born in Germany, January 10, 1836. Their nine children are as follows: Anna M., wife of John Teargardener, Elizabeth M., Anna M., John G., John K., Anna B., Lydia, John W. and John M. When Mr. G. was sixteen, he started for himself at wages of $3 per month, and now owns 105 acres of fine land, He is by occupation a farmer; for thirty-five years he followed the carpenter trade. Politically he is Democratic; he and family are members of the Lutheran Church. HON. CORNELIUS S. HAMILTON (deceased). This gentleman, the circumstances of whose tragic death are well-remembered by the citizens of Union County, for many years occupied a very prominent position in his county and State. He was chosen to represent the Eighth Congressional District of Ohio, in the fall of 1866, and at the time of his death, December 22, 1867, was yet a member of the National Legislature. The editor of the Marysville Tribune wrote of him as follows: "No event has ever occurred in our midst that has cast so deep a gloom over our community as the death of Hon. C. S. Hamilton. He was one of the few men living of whom it might have been said in truth that 'he had no enemy.' He was always foremost in every enterprise designed to build up the interest of Marysville, as well as the entire county. He has left behind him monuments of enterprise that will call up his name for generation to come. He sympathized deeply with every work of charity designed to allay the miseries of others, or to carry on the religious enterprises of the day, and his purse and heart were ever open to all calls made upon him at home and from abroad. It has been truthfully said of him by a contemporary that he was 'a man of decided convictions and an iron man, and had an impatience amounting to almost intolerance on half-way measures.' No one was ever in doubt as to the position of Mr. Hamilton on any question. He was a radical in every sense of the term, believing firmly in the doctrine that no truth could be safely compromised with error; and thus believing, he acted upon the principle of rejecting any compromise which would have the least tendency to thwart any salutary end desired to be secured. This characteristic was backed by a judgment that never failed to inspire confidence in his views and sentiments. he possessed innate powers of mind, and such a clear conception of right , is enabled him to grasp everything he desired to accomplish and give it, a practical turn, and every opposition manifested to what he considered to be right and proper only tended to develop a force of character which was irresistible. He was no dogmatist, but was always willing to hear the suggestions and opinions of others. He was one of the comparatively few public men whose mind was schooled to travel in the right direction from a high sense of honor. This gave him a strong hold on the affections of the people, which they at different times acknowledged by electing him to responsible positions in the State and Nation. Few men to our knowledge have combined more of good traits and less evil ones than Mr. Hamilton. he was the noblest work of God,' an honest man.' There was not a heart in Union County that was not touched by his untimely death. We are passing through a season of sorrow and gloom such as we have never witnessed. The town and county, as well as the family and friends, are bereaved of one whom to know was to love and respect, and his name and virtues will be cherished for or long years to come." Mr. Hamilton was the first person sent to Congress from Union County. He had been long PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 107 an honored member of the bar of his county, and, at a meeting of that body shortly subsequent to his death, resolutions of respect were tendered to his memory, and earnest and heartfelt sympathy to his family. In Congress, the news of his death was received as a great shook, while the press of Washington City and other prominent points united in paying tribute to the memory of the good man fallen in the midst of his lifework. Hon. William Lawrence, of Ohio, a fellowcongressman, performed the duty of announcing his death in the House of Representatives, and in the course of his remarks gave the following facts in the history of the deceased : "Cornelius Springer Hamilton was born January 2, 1821, in the Township and County of Muskingum, in the State of Ohio, where he resided with his parents until they and he removed to Union County early in 1839. His father and paternal grandfather were men of commanding personal presence, fervent piety, and much native force of intellect. An uncle, Rev. Samuel Hamilton, was, in the early part of his life, and perhaps to the age of fifty years, a man of very superior gifts. The mother of the deceased-of the family of the Springers-like her kinsmen, was distinguished by great force of character. She was diffident, quiet, with deep piety, untiring energy, and strong, vigorous intellect. The paternal and maternal ancestors belonged to the class of independent farmers. The father died only a few months since in the seventy-ninth year of his age ; and though he raised twelve children, ten sons and two daughters, every one of whom when the youngest reached majority, yet i t is said-and truly-that he did not live long enough ever to have heard one of his children swear an oath, to see one chew or smoke tobacco, or to know of one ever having been intoxicated, or even to have taken a dram at a place of public drinking. The energy, industry and pure morality of the parents were inherited by their children, including the deceased. Up to his eighteenth year, he labored assiduously on the paternal farm in Muskingum, with the ordinary advantages of common schools for two or three months each winter during the latter half of this period. After the removal to Union County, for two years he directed and with great energy and determination assisted the labor by which the father's newly-acquired forest of 1,500 acres was in rapid process of being converted into delightful farms. During his twentieth and twenty-first years, he devoted about eighteen months with great industry in improving his education at Granville College. He early gave evidence of superior intellectual power, and during the years of his farm labor he was a daily student of history, biography, or other works. His early but well-read library consisted of Weem's Life of Washington, the Life of Marion, History of Western Adventures, Goodrich's History of the United States, histories of Rome and Greece, and American Biography, to which were added by his uncle, Rev. C. Springer, Johnson's Rambler, Boswell's Life of Johnson, and the Spectator. Upon the removal to the forest home in Union County, a good supply of works of standard poets was added-those of Pollock, Milton, Shakespeare, Pope, Goldsmith, Campbell, Lamb, Kirke White and Rogers, not omitting Burns. Though few, if any, surpassed Mr. Hamilton on that great forest farm in daily labor, yet he was a devoted and industrious student of these great masters. He realized the necessity of great application to develop the mind and store it with abundant knowledge, and he has illustrated the words of a great author of antiquity " 'Nil sine magno, Vita labors dedid mortalibus; ' " or, as Wirt has, with some latitude, translated it into his own almost unrivaled eloquence: 'There is no excellence without great labor. It is the fist of fate from which no power of genius can absolve.' "The age of twenty-two found this rising man a fine English scholar, with a rare knowledge of the authors I have named, and of that. book of books, the Bible, which a father's care and a mother's love had earnestly and always taught him to study, to reverence, and to obey; whose precepts he accepted and through life made a rule of practice and of faith by practice, rather than in professions, or in adherence to any particular and established school of doctrine. Of him it maybe truly said, 'he loved virtue for virtue's sake,' and with a firm belief in the truths of Christianity his 'life was in the right.' "He continued his agricultural pursuits up to about the year 1847. In the meantime, about 1845, he held the office and performed the duties of Land Appraiser and Assessor in his county. In 1850, he was elected a member of the Constitutional Convention which, during its sittings in 1850 and 1851, framed the present Constitution of the State of Ohio. He was soon after admitted to the bar and engaged in the practice of the law. About the same time, he became the editor and proprietor of the Marysville Tribune, which he conducted with marked ability, contributing much to mold the political and moral sentiment of the community in which he resided. In 1856 and 1857, he represented his district in the Senate of Ohio with a fidelity and an ability which secured for him a high reputation throughout the State. During the first session, he was made chairman of a committee intrusted with the important duty of investigating certain alleged frauds connected with the leasing of the public works of the State. His investigations and researches were prominent topics of discussion by the press and political parties, but the concurrent testimony of all connected with them is that he dared to do what he conceived to be his duty, and no party fealty could induce him to swerve from that, whatever might be the peril to him personally or to the party whose general principles he supported. In the discussions to which this led he wielded a pen the power of which has never, perhaps, been more for- 108 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. cibly felt in any State controversy; but it belongs rather to the history of Ohio than to especial consideration here. When the national Internal revenue act of July 1, 1862, was put in operation, he was appointed by President Lincoln Assessor of the Eighth Congressional District of Ohio, and performed the duties of the office with an ability, energy and fidelity which commanded the public approval and the confidence of all in his unsullied Integrity. After the Philadelphia Convention of 1866. being opposed to the policy of President Johnson, he was relieved of the position he had so well and so faithfully filled. In August, 1866, he was nominated as a candidate for Congress in the Eighth Ohio District, and in October of that you was elected over his oompetitor by over 1,800 majority. "While engaged in his duties here as a member of the present Congrees, during the post mouth, he was notified by his wife that one of their sons was seriously afflicted with indications of insanity. He immediately repaired to his home to. find his worst fears realized. On Saturday, December 21, he had made arrangements to remove the insane son to an asylum on the Monday following. On the in morning of the next day, the Sabbath, while engaged in feeding his stock, the son, in a At of frenzy, bereft of reason and unconscious of crime, with a strip of plank struck the fatal blows which, fracturing the skull of his father, produced instant death. This am is described in perhaps the last letter ever written by our departed colleague, thus: 'He has been one of the most quiet, industrious and exemplary boys I ever know, and my chief reliance for the ment of my affairs and the control of my other children in my absence.' "Thus passed way, in the prime of manhood, by a sad calamity, just as he had entered on an enlarged sphere of usefulness, one among the able and useful men of the Nation, honored and beloved by all who know him. 'Few men in Ohio wielded an abler pen, or wielded it from higher' convictions of duty, then did Mr. Hamilton. * * * * * When the Thirty-ninth Congress commenced the discussion of the great work of reconstruction, Mr. Hamilton wrote and published a masterly pamphlet in favor of extending suffrage to men in all the late insurgent States, regardless of race or color. It attracted wide attention and produced a deep effect on the public mind, being at the time of its publication in advance of public opinion. * * * " He has passed from earth to the ' sublimer views of another and a better world which Christianity has unfolded with such inexpressible glory-where this corruptible shall put on incorruption and this mortal shall put on immortality.' Men pass away, but the lofty spirits that conceive, and, from right motives. execute good works here, these cannot perish: "' These shall resist the empire of decay, When time is o'er and worlds have passed away; Cold in the dust the perished heart may lie, But hat which warmed it once can never die.' "Mr. Speaker, I move the adoption of the following resolutions which I send to the Clark's table: "Resolved, That in the death of Hon. Cornelius S. Hamilton, late Representative in Congress from the Eighth District of Ohio, this House has lost a worthy and useful member, the country a most estimable citizen, and his family, relatives and associates a steadfast and valued friend. " Resolved, That, to give expression to our due appreciation of the talents, attainments and patriotism of the deceased, and to indicate their regret and sorrow for his lamented death, the members of this House will wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days. "Resolved, That these resolutions be spread upon the Journal of the House of Representatives, and that a copy thereof be sent by its Clerk to the family of the deceased. "Resolved, That, as a mark of respect for the memory of the deceased, this House do now adjourn'' The announcement of Mr. Hamilton's death was made to the Senate by Mr. McPherson, Clerk of the House, and the members also adopted similar resolutions to those pawed in the House. Mr. Hamilton was married to Miss Louisa Vansant, in Muskingum County, Ohio, and left the wife and six children. three sons and three daughters, to mourn him. He was the fifth in descent from Charles Christopher Springer, the Swede, of Wilmington, Delaware, so favorably referred to by Clay in his Annals of the Swedes, and by Ferris in his Original Bottlers on the Delaware. I. N. HAMILTON, physician, Marysville. Dr. Hamilton is a descendant of a State pioneer family. His father, William Hamilton, was a native of Virginia, from which State he moved to Muskingum County, Ohio, In 1800, being among the first settlers to fell the trees and clear a cabin spot in Springfield Township. He served the county some years as Commissioner, and became widely and popularly known. He was a zealous worker in the cause of Christianity, and devoted many years as a local preacher of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He grounded the first -Methodist organization west of the Alleghanies, at Janesville, Ohio, and farther extended his labors in making long circuits. In 1838, he purchased 1,600 acres of land in Claibourne Township, Union County, upon which he afterward moved and settled with his family. The tract was a dense forest, and he, with his boys, set to work felling timber for a clearing. Large sugar trees yielded a good crop of sugar and molasses, which was followed by the first sown crop of corn, and the work of clearing went on until 500 acres of dense forest had given way to smiling fields, and his acres of woodland rapidly gave place to acres of wheat. On this Page 109 Picture of J. F. McCullough Page 110 Blank PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 111 farm he lived and toiled and sorrowed and rejoiced for thirty years, and in the bosom of it his body now rests in a peace. He was the original organizer of the Methodist Protestant Church of Richwood, in 1838, and founded similar Institutions at Essex, Pharisburg, Scioto and other points. At the time of his death, in 1868, he was in the seventy-eighth year of his ago' His first marriage, to Miss Elizabeth Ewing, occurred in Virginia; she died leaving four children. His second wife, Lydia Springer, was a native of Virginia, who died after bearing eight children. The subject of this sketch was the seventh son of William and Lydia (Springer) Hamilton, and was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, June 26, 1828. He was raised on a form and learned to labor with his hands. He received the common school education of his day, and gave much of his spare time to the study of medicine. He remained on the farm until twenty-two years of age, and in 1852 entered upon a course of study in Starling Medical College. Subsequently, he began the practice of his profession at Amity, Madison Co., Ohio. Two years later, he removed to Unionville, Union County, and in 1862 he returned to the college for graduation. The Doctor became a resident physician of Marysville, In 1868, being in constant practice since that time. He enlisted in 1862, as private in the three months' call of the Eighty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was detailed Surgeon of the regiment, in which rank he served the call. He has been Examining Surgeon for pensioners, the past twelve years, served this city in its Council, is a member of the School Board, a tried member of the Masonic fraternity and of the G. A. R. Also of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The Doctor was married in 1850, to Miss Margaret C., a daughter of Michael Cramer, a pioneer of Union County, where she was born. Six children were born to this union, three of whom are living, viz.: Charles S., Frank N. and Michael N. The oldest son. George O., died at the residence of his parents, on Friday, September 1, 1882. He was a member of the Franklin County bar, and after his death a meeting of the bar was held at Columbus, with a full attendance, appropriate speeches were made and a touching memorial prepared. He was born January 11, 1851, and spent two years reading law in the office of Piper & Robinson, at Marysville, after which he attended Harvard Law School. He was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court of the State, May 27, 1874, and shortly afterward formed a partnership with Col. M. C. Lawrence, then one of the leading lawyers of Union County. In October, 1877, he went to Columbus as a, member of the firm of Hamilton & Henderson, and continued in the practice there until compelled to give it up by reason of failing health. In July, 1878, his health began failing, and for two years thereafter he struggled to maintain his place at the bar, but in vain; and at lost was compelled to give it up and return to his home, where he died COL. JOSEPH G. HAWKINS, deceased, was born in Goshen, Litchfield County, Conn., January 11, 1828. His father, Joseph Hawkins, was a native of that State and a relative of the Grants, the immediate ancestors of Gen. U. S. Great. Him mother, whose maiden memo was Submitt L. French, was also a native of the said State. When Joseph was a more infant, his father, with his family, consisting of himself, wife and the subject of this sketch, came to Ohio, and settled in Summit County, near the town of Hudson, where he purchased a farm and commenced business am a farmer, dairyman and stock raiser. The mother of Joseph died when he was about two years of age. His father again married and continued to reside on the farm first purchased by him, until his death, which occurred in August, 1872. Here Joseph lived, at. tended school and worked on the farm during his early years. His education was chiefly ob. tained in the common schools, with some time spent at the "Bissel School," near Hudson, finishing with a term or two at Cheater Academy, in Geauga County. He continued with his father until May, 1847, when he enlisted at Columbus in the company commanded by Capt. M. C. Lilley, Fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Col. C. H. Brough commanding. The regiment, was ordered to Mexico, going first to Matamoros, and, after a short stay, to Vera Cruz, which was reached on September 18th. From Vera Cruz, with the forces under Gen. Joe Lane, he marched toward the City of Mexico, participating in all the battles fought by Lane's command until reaching Puebla, from which place the regiment turned back, by reason of the expiration of the term of its enlistment, having been in service fourteen months, two more than the term for which it had been originally enlisted. Mr. Hawkins returned to his home, and again engaged in labor on his father's farm, where he continued until November 20. 1849, when he was united in marriage with Miss Isabel Jane Stuart, oldest daughter of Col. William Smart, of Delaware County, Ohio, an estimable young lady, with whom he happily lived up to the breakIng out of the rebellion. To them were born two children, a son an a daughter; Leroy S., born September 1, 1851, developed into an amiable, sprightly led and died April 7,1864. Submitt C., the daughter, is now living, is an intelligent and well educated young woman, the wife of Mr. Charles Kelsey, of Marysville. The widow and mother of these children resides in Delaware, Ohio, and receives a pension from the Government. Soon after his marriage, Mr. Hawkins settled on a farm, in Summit County, where for about three years he engaged in farming and dairy business. He moved to Marysville January, 1852, and engaged in the grocery trade; but finding this occupation not congenial to his taste and habits of life, he soon abandoned it, and engaged in various pursuits of a more active nature, being constantly employed in some of the various branches of industry, up to the time of the attack on Fort Sumter. On receiving the 112 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. intelligence of this act of treason and rebellion against the Government, his patriotic soul became fired with Indignation. He forthwith prepared a roll, inscribed his name thereon, and, mainly by his own exertions, raised a company, for the three months' service, under the call of the President for 75,000 men. On the organization of the company, he was unanimously elected Captain, and the organization completed by electing M. C. Lawrence as First Lieutenant, and Isaiah Slocum Second Lieutenant. This being done, Capt. Hawkins went to Columbus, reported to the proper authorities, and his company was accepted for duty, to report at Camp Jackson at the earliest moment practicable. His purpose being made known, the citizens of Marysville resolved the departure should be signalized by appropriate services. The patriotic ladies of Marysville resolved that they would not be outdone, and decided to present a flag to the company when ready for camp. With commendable zeal and industry they act to work; they readily found material for the red and blue, but nothing suitable for the white was obtainable at the stores. Miss Emily A. Carter, an estimable, patriotic young lady, was the fortunate possessor of a beautiful dress of the desired material, which she generously donated, and in due time the flag was completed. It was arranged that on the morning of April 25, 1861, the company should meet the citizens at the Methodist Episcopal Church, and after appropriate ceremonies, the flag be presented. Accordingly, as designated, the citizens assembled, the company filed in and took seats reserved for them; brief addresses followed, and an appropriate and fervent prayer by Rev. James Smith, at the conclusion of which the company was drawn up in line in front of the church, where the flag was presented, with a most eloquent, stirring and patriotic address, on behalf of the ladies, delivered by Miss Mary Coe, now the wife of Maj. R. R. Henderson, Minneapolis, Minn. Lieut. Slocum received the flag, on behalf of the company, and responded in a feeling manner, and in words fitly chosen. Then came the leave-taking between the soldiers and their families, after which the company fell into line, marched to the depot, and were soon off for Columbus. Reaching the city, it marched to Camp Jackson and was assigned to the Thirteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, then nearly full. On organizing, A. Sanders Pratt was commissioned as Colonel, Columbus B. Mason, Lieutenant Colonel, and Joseph G. Hawkins, Major. On May 9, the regiment reached Camp Dennison, near Cincinnati, where it was re-organized and enlisted for three years. On re-organization, W. S. Smith, an officer who had served in the regular army, was commissioned as Colonel, Lieut. Col. Mason and Maj. Hawkins retaining their former positions. - June 30, the regiment was ordered to West Virginia to re-enforce Gen. 'McClellan, and accordingly proceeded, by way of the Ohio River, reaching Parkersburg, Va., on the 1st of July, one thousand strong. July 14, the regiment boarded cars on the Parkersburg Branch Railroad for Oakland, Md., and from thence marched to Greenland Gap. On arriving at that place, no enemy being found, the regiment returned, by way of Oakland, to Clarksburg, Va., thence to Sutton, on Elk River, and went into camp on the bills, where it was joined by infantry and artillery, so that the combined force amounted to about five thousand. During the stay here, the Thirteenth was occupied in picket duty and scouting. Early in September, the army under command of Gen. W. S. Rosecrans set out in pursuit of a large force under the rebel Gen. John B. Floyd, and came up with him on the 10th, strongly entrenched at Carnifax Ferry, where a fierce and hotly contested battle was fought, in which the Thirteenth was engaged, occupying the extreme left of the line. In this engagement the Thirteenth, both officers and men, exhibited such coolness and bravery that it won the lasting respect of the commanding General, and thereafter he regarded it with much favor. There, Col. John W. Lowe, of the Twelfth, fell early in the action, and later in the day, Col. William H. Lytle, of the Tenth, was severely wounded. Here also fell the first Union County soldier killed in the service up to this time-Ransom Reed, of Maj. Hawkins' old company. The enemy retreated during the night and their works were taken possession of by the Union troops early next morning, and soon thereafter the Thirteenth took up a position at Gawley Bridge. While here, Maj. Hawkins, on October 25, was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, to succeed Lieut. Col. C. B. Mason, resigned. The Thirteenth now formed a part of Benham's brigade, and with it, on November 6, crossed the Kanawha River, and camped at Loup C reek, where McMullen's battery joined the brigade, and on November 12 the whole force set out in pursuit of Floyd, then in command of the entire rebel army operating in West Virginia. On this march, Col. Hawkins, with his regiment, led the advance, and came up with the rear of the rebel army in full retreat, at or near Cotton Hill. Col. Hawkins deployed skirmishers, while he steadily advanced, delivering a well directed fire into the rebel ranks at short range. The skirmishers, in the mean time, were hotly engaged, one of whom shot and mortally wounded Col. Croghan, in command of the rebel rear. Col. Hawkins soon came up; and assisted in conveying the wounded and dying officer into a house near by, and proffered medical aid, to which the Confederate Colonel replied : "Sir, you can do nothing for me." At this time Gen. Benham came up, and recognizing in the dying man a once dear friend and class-mate at West Point, with a voice tremulous with emotion exclaimed : My God! Croghan, is this you? " The recognition was mutual, and was afterward described by Col. Hawkins to the writer as the most affecting scene he had ever witnessed, which soon ended in death-Col. Croghen expiring within thirty minutes. PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 113 The rebels immediately fled on the fall of Croghan, were followed by the Union troops as far as Fayetteville, through which Floyd passed and kept up his flight until he reached Louisburg. Fayetteville was found deserted, and the pursuing forces halted and occupied the houses of the place during their stay there. The Union forces turned back from this place, and having driven the entire rebel forces from West Virginia, were ordered to Jeffersonville, Ind., near Louisville, Ky., to which point they were conveyed by way of the Ohio River on transports, the Thirteenth going into camp immediately opposite the latter place. As the army removed from West Virginia, Col. Hawkins obtained leave of absence and visited his family at his home in Marysville, it being his first since going into West Virginia, and proved to be the last as well. He remained a few weeks, mingling in friendly intercourse with his old friends and fellow-citizens and during the time united with the Presbyterian Church of Marysville, and remained true to its teachings and precepts to the end of life. On December 11, his regiment received orders to join Gen. Buell, then about to march southward in pursuit of Bragg. Col. Hawkins hastened to join his regiment, and came up with it on the march, below Louisville; marched with it, first to Elizabethtown, thence to Bacon Creek, where a few days were spent in a thorough and rigid drill in order to better prepare the men for the bloody conflict anticipated in the near future. February 10, 1862, he received orders to march on Bowling Green" a strongly fortified place occupied by a large rebel force under Gen. John C. Breckenridge. He immediately pushed forward with his command and entered the place on the 15th, it having been evacuated on the approach of the Union forces. On the 22d, he was ordered, with his regiment, to proceed by cars on the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, and head the advance of Buell's army, then moving against Nashville, which place was reached on the 26th; crossed the Cumberland and camped about two miles beyond on the Murfreesboro pike. About this time, Col. Hawkins assumed the command of the regiment, in the absence of Col. Smith, who was then, or soon thereafter, promoted to Brigadier General. March 1, he was ordered, with the Seventeenth Brigade, to which his regiment was then attached, to proceed to Lavergne, to aid a detachment of Federal troops that had been attacked by the rebels. The enemy retreated on the approach of reenforcements, and the regiment returned to camp. March 10, Col. Hawkins was ordered to report with his regiment to Gen. Crittenden, and April 2, with that division, joined the forces under Gen. Buell, then marching to re-enforce Grant at Pittsburg Landing. On this march the troops suffered many hardships. It was excessively fatiguing, yet borne with fortitude and cheerfulness by all. On the evening of April 6, the column under Buell was forty miles from Pittsburg Landing. Marching was resumed early on the morning of the 6th, and. as soon as the sound of the battle was heard, the speed of the column was accelerated, and Savannah was reached some time in the afternoon, which is about ten miles from the scene of the conflict. From Savannah, Nelson's Division took the advance, closely followed by Crittenden's Division. On reaching Pittsburg Landing, the division under Crittenden was formed in line of battle on the right of Nelson's command, where it remained during the entire night, without food or shelter, officers and men lying on their arms, and resting on the damp ground. To add to their discomfort, a cold, drizzling rain set in, that continued through a part of the night. About 8 o'clock, on the morning of April 7, the order was given to advance. Col. Hawkins, with his regiment, soon became hotly engaged with a heavy force of rebels, supported by the famous Washington Battery of New Orleans. He ordered a charge, and led it against this battery in a hand-to-hand struggle, and the battery was taken. Col. Hawkins sprang from his horse, and finding it impossible to take the guns off the field, the horses attached being killed, he spiked one of the guns, and then with soft mud so completely filled and stopped up the others, that the entire battery was rendered useless for a long time thereafter, in consequence of the mud being hardened like bricks in solidity, by the intense heat of the guns. Soon after the capture of this battery the enemy retreated, and the battle of "Shiloh" was fought and won. The Thirteenth Regiment lost heavily in this engagement, in killed, wounded and missing. Of the officers, Maj. Ben. P. Runkle and Capt. R. R. Henderson were severely wounded, and Capt. Isaac R. Gardner soon after died from the effects of wounds received. Silas Kimball and Felix Field, two brave soldiers from Union County, members of Hawkins' old company, were killed and buried on the field. Soon after this, Col. Hawkins was promoted to Colonel, his commission dating April 7,1862, the day on which he was engaged in the battle of Pittsburg Landing. He next led his command on Corinth, which place was evacuated by the enemy on May 31. He then joined Buell in his advance on Chattanooga, crossed the Tuscumbia River on June 5, crossed the Tennessee to Florence, Ala., and proceeded to Shallow Creek, and from thence to Huntsville, reaching the latter place on July 1, after a fatiguing march, in which both officers and men endured great hardships from dust, exposure to a broiling Southern sun, and nearly famishing from thirst. After this, the regiment was engaged for a short time on detached duty, guarding the Chattanooga Railroad, and on the 16th joined the division at, Stephenson, Ala., and went into camp at Battle Creek, where it remained until August 20. On the above mentioned date the regiment was ordered to advance in pursuit of Bragg, who had left Chattanooga and was well on his way toward Louisville. Such was the celerity of movement, that Louisville was reached in advance of the rebel forces, the Union troops having passed Bragg's army on a parallel road, reaching the city September 26. On this march the soldiers endured suffering, fatigue and privations scarcely equaled in the his- 114 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. tory of human endurance, all of which was borne without a murmur, and was shared equally by officers as well as privates. After a much needed rest, again pushed forward, on October 1, in pursuit of Bragg. On the 8th, McCook and Rosseau came up with him near Perryville, Boyle County, Ky. A severe and bloody engagement ensued. Col. Hawkins with his regiment in Crittenden's Division. forming the right thereof, pursued the retreating rebels, under Bragg, from Perryville, through the valley of Rock Castle River; November 8, reached Glasgow, having accomplished the distance by forced marches in twelve days. On reaching Nashville, the Thirteenth encamped and rested for a brief time from its late fatiguing march. Gen. William S. Rosecrans, &brave and accomplished officer, having on October 30, 1862, been assigned to the command of the Army of the Ohio, to succeed Buell, joined the forces near Nashville prior to the arrival of the Thirteenth. December 2, reviewed the Fifth Division of which the Thirteenth formed a part. Gen. Rosecrans recognized the Thirteenth as a part of his command of the preceding year; paid it a high compliment-for its soldierly appearance, at the same time reminding the officers and men That he bore some very pleasing remembrances of the "Old Thirteenth," as he was pleased to call it, while serving under him in West Virginia. On the morning of December 26, the Thirteenth, with Crittenden's Division on the left, Thomas the center, and McCook the right, made the grand advance. The Thirteenth, being in the advance of the division, met and defeated Wheeler's Cavalry, after a severe fight. Two of this regiment were killed, several wounded, and Lieut. Bates, of Company B, taken prisoner. The enemy was forced back, and Lavergne was reached on the morning of the 27th, on which day that town was evacuated by the enemy. The 28th, being Sunday, was observed as a day of rest by the entire army. by order of Gen. Rosecrans. On the 29th the march was resumed, the whole line advancing toward Stone River, which was reached on the evening of the same day, except the column under McCook, which, by reason of resistance from the enemy, did not get in until near noon of the next day, the 30th. On reaching Stone River, Col. Hawkins was ordered with his regiment on outpost duty, and was thus engaged up to the morning of the 31st, when he was called in, and ordered to take up position in line with the brigade to which the thirteenth was attached, being the Fourteenth, and constituted the Second Brigade of the Fifth Division. On coming into line, the regiment was ordered, with the division, to cross Stone River and attack the enemy, but had scarcely commenced the advance, when the order was countermanded. The right, under McCook, having been driven in the center, was considered in danger. Col. Hawkins immediately countermarched his regiment, and proceeded on the double quick back to the Murfreesboro pike, where he assisted in rescuing a train that had been attacked by the enemy's cavalry. Soon after rescuing the train, Col. Hawkins received orders to form on the right of his brigade, which brought him on the extreme right, also, of- the Second Brigade. The line being formed, it was ordered by Gen. VanCleve to advance down a slope thickly covered with cedars, cross an open field, and attack the enemy posted in the wood beyond. Col. Hawkins having reconnoitered the position of the enemy, and knowing its strength, as it was concealed in the wood, which was little more than a dense thicket of cedars, swarming with rebels, informed VanCleve that the enemy was too strong for the force he was ordering to attack it, and further informed him that the enemy's line was so posted that by the time the attacking force should reach within musket range of the enemy, it would be outflanked and exposed to an enfilading fire. Gen Van Cleve retorted in language discourteous and offensive, implying a doubt of the Colonel's courage, to which Col. Hawkins replied in courteous, yet feeling language "Gen. VanCleve, I am not a coward. I have not spoken for myself, but out of regard for my men. I will go in if it takes my life; but I do dislike to see my men slaughtered, without accomplishing any good result." He then turned, placed himself at the head of his regiment, and gave the order to advance, which he led down the slope. In passing through the cedar thicket on the ridge at the top of the slope, his line became broken and slightly disordered, but on emerging from it the well-known voice of its leader brought it into line, when it advanced steadily across the open field, in the face of a terrible fire from the enemy tearing through its ranks. The Fifty-ninth Ohio and Forty-fourth Indian& led the advance, but were soon driven back. The second line, composed of the Thirteenth Ohio and Eighty-sixth Indiana, opened a well-directed fire into the enemy that for a time held it in check, advanced, and took shelter behind a rail-fence, on reaching which the Thirteenth was ordered by Col. Hawkins to lie down. Col. Hawkins alone remained standing, observing the movements of the enemy. His men besought him to follow their example by lying down, but, regardless of self and solicitous regarding their safety, he replied: "am but one man." The response came from many voices: - You are everything to us." While standing thus, and seeing that he was being outflanked, and in the act of giving an order to his men, he fell dead on the field, pierced by two balls, one entering and passing through his body just above the hips, the other passing into his neck near the base of his brain, killing him instantly. With him fell many others of his command. Maj. Dwight Jarvis now assumed command, continued to fight until nearly Surrounded, when he fell back with the remnant of the regiment, leaving the body of its beloved Colonel on the field in the hands of the enemy, where it remained until some time on the follow- PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 115 ing Sunday, when it was recovered and sent home to his sorrowing and stricken family. Col. Hawkins seemed to have a presentiment, in the morning, when ordered into the battle, that he would not come out alive, and when receiving the order to cross Stone River, he gave his horse into the care of his colored servant, saying to him: "It's too rough for a horse, and if you never see me again take good care of him." This horse had borne him through all his term of service, enduring with him hunger, thirst and fatigue, and to it he felt strongly attached. His wishes in this regard were carried out by his faithful servant, and the horse was sent home to the Colonel's widow. In the death of Col. Hawkins, his regiment lost a cool, brave and kind commander. He was beloved by them in life, and his memory will be cherished in their hearts so long as one of that noble band survives. The Nation lost one of its noble and loyal defenders, who laid down his life in its defense, heroically contending for the country and cause he loved. The community in which he lived mourned the loss of an honored citizen who had proved faithful to every trust reposed in him, while his wife and children were bereft of a kind and affectionate husband and loving father, to whom the loss woe irreparable. His remains were transferred to his home, and after appropriate and impressive services, with the honors of war, he was laid to rest in the cemetery at Marysville, where a beautiful monument has been erected to his memory, mainly through the contributions of his fellow-officers and soldiers of the -Old Thirteenth." The writer has given more of a detailed history of the movements and services performed by the Thirteenth Regiment than perhaps is generally allowable in a biographical sketch of one of its This has been done for several reasons, among which may be enumerated the following: First, Col. Hawkins was with this brave and gallant regiment in all the dangers, fatiguing marches, sufferings and exposure through which it passed, sharing in all up to the time he gallantly fell at its head; and secondly, being inseparably connected with it, a history of the Sam( is his true biography, and its gallant deeds, noble and honorable record, his highest and best eulogy. D. W. HENDERSON, physician, Marysville. The records of this family show them to be of ancient Scotch and Irish origin. The family were allied to the famous house of Stuarts, Caldewood Durham, J. W. Clair Lang, and other distinguished families. It has always been influential, and essentially military; no Scotch family having furnished more gallant soldiers to the British army or navy, or the East India service. The principal house is now only represented in the person of George W. Mercer Henderson, Esq., a son of Douglass Mercer, who assumed the name, and a Lieutenant General and Colonel of the Sixty-eight British foot, by royal license. Alexander Henderson, with William and John, who were soils of Hugh, in the County of Fife, were the first of the van who came to the colonies about the middle of the seventeenth century. The brothers located in the boundaries of Maryland and Virginia, and raised families, but were lost sight of in the permanent settlement of the country. David W. Henderson is a son of John and Annie (Jack) Henderson, who were among the pioneers of Union County, Ohio, in 1837. Her father, Col. James Jack, was one of the original settlers of Pennsylvania, and an officer in the Revolutionary war. The subject of this sketch was born in Indiana County, Penn., October 4, 1823. He was fitted for college at the Marysville Academy, and entered the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, remaining until near the close of the Freshman year, when in May, 1847, he volunteered his services to the United States in the Mexican war, from which he returned in July, 1848. He at once began the study of medicine under the direction of Dr. R. Hills, of Delaware, Ohio, completing his studies at the Starling Medical College, from which he graduated in February, 1852. The following spring he selected a home in Marysville, where he has since followed a constant and successful practice. He has performed some of the major operations both in surgery and obstetrics, and is a member of the Ohio State Medical Society. He was commissioned Surgeon of the Ninety-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteers at its organization, and remained on duty in the field until April, 1883, when his ill health compelled him to resign, and he returned to his practice. He is one of the oldest practitioners of the medical profession, in the county, and has accumulated a handsome property through the years of incessant toil, and contributed largely to the promotion of public interests, while laboring for the relief of suffering humanity. As a citizen, a man and a physician, he enjoys the esteem and confidence of all who know him. Dr. Henderson is one of the Directors of the Marysville Library and Literary Association, a member of the Board of Education and Board of Health, and ex-President of the ex-Soldiers and ex-Sailors Association of Union County. His marriage to Miss Anna Hathaway, of this county, occurred December 29, 1857. Two sons born to this union are both living. R. M. HENDERSON, Cashier Marysville Bank, Marysville, is a son of Thomas and Ethlinda (Magee) Henderson, natives of Washington County, Penn., who settled in Dover Town. ship in 1840, where he resided until the close of his life in 1873. He was a substantial farmer and a reliable man, and esteemed by all who knew him. The widow is yet a resident of the homestead, and is the mother of text children by this marriage, nine of whom are living. The subject of this sketch was born in Brooke County, W. Va., April 14, 1840. He spent the early years of his life on the farm, and in 1861 became engaged as agent for the C. , C., C. R. R. at that time the Springfield, Mt. Vernon & Pittsburgh R. R. This position he abandoned in 1865, and, 116 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. locating in this city, formed an association with O. M. Scott in the sale of agricultural implements and sewing machines, and represented several companies in the insurance business. This firm dissolved in the fall of 1869, at which time he entered upon the duties of his present position in the Marysville Bank, where he has since been constantly engaged. Mr. Henderson was married September 11, 1868, to Miss Sarah A., daughter of Dr. M. W. Peck. a native of Connecticut. Three children born to this issue are all living, viz : Eddie L., Myrta and Willie. JOHN HOBENSACK, County Sheriff, Marysville. Sheriff Hobensack inherits the blood of the German, who with his progenitors, bequeathed to posterity the valor of the illustrious name. "Our Ancestry, a gallant race, Patterns of every virtue, every grace." The grandparents of John and Hannah Hobensack, with the maternal connections, John and Rachael Fetter, emigrated to the American shore in 1773, and founded homes in the wilderness of the Keystone State, where they lived, sorrowed, rejoiced and died. Their rude cabins have long since given place to the commodious residences of their children, and the advance of civilization has embraced their settlement in the populous Montgomery County. They were patriots of the Revolutionary war, and both were officers through that struggle. The paternal head subsequently erected a large distillery, where he carried on an extensive business to the close of his life. Isaac and Emily (Fetter) Hobensack, the parents of our subject, were both natives of Montgomery County, Penn. They subsequently moved to Bucks County, Penn., where she died in 1876. He was a farmer by occupation, but at this time is living in retirement at his home. The subject of this sketch, whose portrait appears in this work, was born in Bucks County, Penn., September 16, 1833. He was reared on the homestead, and on August 5, 1862, joined the legions of the Union army as a private in Company F, First New Jersey Cavalry. He was subsequently commissioned Second Lieutenant, and received rapid promotion to First Lieutenant and Captain of the company. For meritorius conduct on the field, he was brevetted Major, Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel of the regiment, and gave a gallant record to ibis arm of the service, participating in all the hard. fought battles of the Army of the Potomac. He was wounded at Cedar Mountain, Va., August 9, 1862, and carried off the field. During action at Brandy Station, Va., and while in command of the Second Battalion, he, with eighty-seven of his men, were taken prisoners. He was stripped of his boots and hat, and taken to Centerville, Va., in the midst of the rebel army. During the first night of confinement, he with several others, escaped to the Union lines. He was spin wounded at New Hope Church, Ga., but continued in active service to the close of the war. In 1866, he occupied a farm in the north of Union County, Ohio, where he resided until his election as Sheriff in October, 1880, at which time he took up his residence in Marysville, and assumed the duties of his office. His abilities and integrity as an officer needs no comment. His record during the first term gave him hosts of friends, and at the convention held in September, 1882, he was re-nominated by acclamation, and is now serving the second term He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, IOOF and Senior Grand Commander G. A. R. He was married in his native county in 1854, to Miss Margaret Krewson, a native of Bucks County, Penn., who died in 1860, leaving one son, Isaac K His second marriage to Miss Emma E. Mayberry, of Bucks County, occurred in 1865. Nine children born to this union are all living, viz.: Henry If., Annetta, John W., Lincoln C., Lawrence, Carrie V., Maggie H., Ola If. and Elsie. The family are connected with the Baptist Church. ABRAHAM HORNBECK, farmer, P. O. Marysville, was born in Pickaway C ounty, Ohio. December 17, 1833. He is a son of George and Lucy (Michelfish) Hornbeck, the former a native of Mason County, Ky., was born May 6, 1795, and the latter of Virginia, was born November 21, 1805. They were married in Pickaway County in 1820, And in 1839 with six children removed to this county and located on the farm now owned and occupied by Abraham Hornbeck. They resided there until 1870 and removed to Shelby County, Ill., where Mr. Hornbeck died March 7, 1874. Mrs. Hornbeck returned and has since lived with Abraham, He was brought up to manhood on his father's farm. When twenty years of age he went to do for himself and followed working by the month till he wag married, November 2, 1861. Mrs. Hornbeck nee Eliza Dines, was A daughter of James C. and Providence Dines, natives of Kentucky. The former, Mr. Dines was born August 4, 1796, and Mrs. Dines was born November 9, 1800. They were the parents of seven children, of whom three are living. Nlr. and Mrs. Hornbeck have had three children. Mrs. Hornbeck had six children by her former husband, James C. McCrary. Of these one is living. His name is James C.; he was born November 4, 1849. Mr. And Mrs. Hornbeck are members of the Christian Church. Mr. Hornbeck is a Republican He owns a farm of 237 acres. S. L. IRWIN, harness and saddlery, Marysville. Mr. Irwin is a descendant of a pioneer family, and was born in Marysville in 1849. He is a grandson of John Irwin, who pioneered his march of settlement to this county in 1830. His father, Samuel K., was a native (if Union County, and by trade a cabinet maker, but in early life became engaged in teaching school At various places. and was among the first tutors of the early times. His wife, Elmina Tucker, was a. native of Vermont, by whom he had five children. The living are Corydon S., Elmina L., wife of A. W. Allen, of Plain City, Madison County, and S. L. Cyprian L., third son, was a soldier in the ranks of the Union army, who was missed and is supposed to have been killed at PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 117 the battle of Shiloh, April 7, 1862. The parents have joined the absent children in that better home, while that which remains is interred in the cemetery of this county. The subject of this sketch was born at Marysville, January 7, 1849, and enlisted in 1864, in Company H, One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Ohio National Guards, and served in garrison duty south of Washington, D. C., until the close of the war. He succeeded W. S. Smith in the harness and saddlery business in 1874, and at this time carries a stock of from $2,000 to $3,000, being the most complete line of its kind in the city. At the time of his purchase it was a small business and stock, but Mr. I. has, by due application to business, cultivated a permenent and established trade. His marriage to Miss Flora A. Winget, a native of this county, and a daughter of T. M. Winget, a respected pioneer of this city, took place in 1878. Mr. Irwin is a member of the Masonic order, and is connected with the Presbyterian Church of this city. GEORGE JORDAN, Recorder, Marysville, is the youngest son of William Jordan, a native of Scotland, who embarked to the United States when twenty years of age. He wits married in Belmont County, in 1832, to Miss Nancy Westlake, a Virginian. The same year he moved and settled in this county, where he passed the remainder of his life. The widow and mother resides with our subject, and is in the eightieth year of her age. They raised a family of nine children, eight of whom are living. He, William, was a mason by trade, but purchased a farm, which the boys worked while he labored at his avocation. The subject of this sketch enlisted in 1862, in Company C, Seventeenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served in the ranks until wounded on the field of Chickamauga, September 20, 1863. He received an ugly wound on the left arm, shattering that member, and rendering it almost useless. He was placed in a Government wagon, where he lay three days crossing the Cumberland Mountains to Bridgeport. Thence he was conveyed by cars to Nashville, where his arm was operated upon. He had the care of a board of physicians, who experimented on the shattered arm, and it was decided he must suffer amputation ; but the physician in charge gave the one single chance to save that useful member, and although he did not recover its use, 'tie left to mark a page in his life's history, and the service he freely gave his country and its flag. In consequence, he was honorably discharged, and upon recovery he bent his energies in attaining an education in the schools of this city, and attended Mercantile College. at Columbus, taking a course of telegraphing and penmanship. In 1872, he embarked in the mercantile trade at Pottersburg, and four years later returned to the home farm, where he was engaged until his election to the office of County Recorder in 1882, where he is at this time engaged. He has a farm of seventy acres in Allen Township, and a residence in this city. He was married in the fall of 1865 to Miss Nancy, daughter of Abraham Holycross, a native of Allen Township. Their children are Delmer N., Samuel N., Frank A. and William F. Mr. Jordan served as Clerk and Director in Allen Township, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and Grand Army of the Republic. Politically, he is a thorough Republican. ASHLEY KIGHTLINGER, contractor, Marysville. This family is of German extraction, the pilgrims of whom settled in Pennsylvania, where the parents, Abraham and Nancy, were born. They were among the pioneers of 1812 to Morrow County, Ohio, traveling from Pennsylvania with ox teams. They raised a family of six boys and six girls, eleven of whom are living. Five of the boys were soldiers in the three years' service of the Union army in the late rebellion, one of them enlisting the third time. Some of the children subsequently settled in Tazewell County, Ill., where the father died in the seventy-third year of his age. The subject of this sketch wee born in Morrow County, Ohio, in 1836. Left. an orphan when young, he had the rugged edge of life to fight, and without means he warted out, finding employment in Indiana, and by strict economy and perseverance he wits enabled to save enough to purchase thirty-five acres of land in Paris Township, paying $25 per acre for the same. This was the stepping-stone to his further success, which has been earned by bard labor and honest toil. In 1879, he moved to this city, and settled on his commodious place of fourteen acres, where he has since been engaged in teaming and contracting. he enlisted in the ranks of the Union army August 9, 1862, in Company K, Ninety-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war. He participated in the battles of Chickasaw Bluff, Miss., December 29, 1862; Arkansas Post, January 11, 1863; Mobile, Ala., December 22, 1864; Sabine Cross Roads, La., April 8, 1864; Fort Gaines, Ala., August 2 to 23, 1864; Fort Morgan, Ala., August 5 to 23, 1864, and others. He was wounded at Vicksburg with a piece of shell, but lost no time in consequence. The marriage of Mr. K to Miss Amanda, daughter of Benjamin C. and Cynthia A. Grubb, occurred in October, 1858. Willie E. is the only living issue of this union. Mr. K. is a member of both branches of the IOOF. order, of the G. A. R., and connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church. M. C. LAWRENCE (deceased). Col. M. O. Lawrence was born in Marysville, Union Co., Ohio, April 20, 1882. His parents, William C. and Rosana, (Piper) Lawrence, were both natives of Pennsylvania, and among the early pioneers of Delaware and Union Counties, the former was a graduate of Washington College, Pennsylvania, and a practicing attorney of this city until his death. The subject of this sketch acquired his education in the schools of this city, and began the study of law in the office of Judge Cole; he was admitted to the bar in 1858, and forming a partnership with his preceptor, began the practice of his chosen profession. He was one of the best-read lawyers in this district, and his opinions on questions of law were highly valued. 118 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. His honor and integrity won without reproach and he was a successful practitioner. At the breaking out of the rebellion, he was among the first to respond to the call for troops. He joined the ranks of the Thirteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry in April, 1861, and was commissioned First Lieutenant Company F, in which rank he was discharged at the expiration of service, August 25,1861. Resuming practice until August 8, 1862, he enlisted as Second Lieutenant for the purpose of recruiting, and was commissioned Captain of Company A, One Hundred and Twenty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which rank he joined the forces of Gen. Buell in his pursuit of Bran. He participated in the battles of Perryville, Ky., October 6 to 8, 1862; Chickamauga, Ga September 19 to 28, 1863; Lookout Mountain, Tenn., November 24, 1863; Mission Ridge, Mo., February 8, 1864; Resaca, Ga., Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., June to July, 1864; the Atlanta campaign, Buzzards Boost, Ga., February 25, 1864, and most of the hard-fought battles in which that regiment was engaged; as an officer, he was the most efficient, and as a soldier one of the bravest and coolest that ever met the rattle of musketry or the glittering bayonets of the foe; he was in command of his regiment, as a Captain, on the field of Chickamaugs, where he displayed valor, intrepidity and fearless bravery, attaining laurels which live imperishable to his name. For meritorious service, he was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment November 10, 1863, in which rank he was compelled to resign, by reason of failing health, October 2. 1864, and returned to his home. In 1865, he was chosen and elected a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, and was reelected to the same position in 1867. serving both terms with great satisfaction to his oonstituents.. In 1873, he represented this district in the Ohio State Senate. He died December 15, 1881.. He was a Royal Arch Mason, and a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. His wife, Mrs. Clinda F. Lawrence, who survives, is a daughter of James and Angels Turner, who were pioneers of Union County in 1884, both deceased. Col. Lawrence was, In many public matters, prominently identified with the county. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence; all are living-Anna, J., William O. and Marcenas T. ADISON LEE, farmer, P. O. Marysville, a native of Hampshire County, Va., was born May 20, 1819. His father, Thomas Lee, was born in Old Virginia; he served eighteen months in the war of 1812. Adison's mother, Anna Good, was a native of West Virginia; her father was a Revolutionary patriot, and died subsequently in Virginia. Adison's parents migrated to Ohio in 1833 and settled in Clark County, where they resided one year, then removed to Leesburg, Union Township, where Mr. Lee died in March, 1865. Our subject was reared on a farm, and occupied the old homestead till 1865, when he removed to his present location. February 17, 1843, he was united in marriage with Mary A. Belville, a daughter of Joseph and Sarah Belville, and a native of Belmont County. Mrs. Lee was born June 17, 1818; nine children were born to this union; of these six are living-Joseph T.; William S.; John M.; Henry R.; Louisa J., wife of Columbus Hildreth; and Melissa A., wife of Samuel Myers; Anna, Sarah and Samuel are deceased. Mr. Lee owns a good farm of 241 acres, and is engaged in its pursuits in connection with rearing stock. He started out in life a common laborer, and by industry has made for himself valuable property. He and wife are members of the Christian Church, in which he has acted as Clerk for thirty years; his political associations are with the Democratic party. TEMPLETON LIGGETT, furniture manufacturer., Marysville, one of the city's oldest and most respected citizens, was born in Warren County, Ohio, December 6, 1818, and is a son of John and Mary (McCormick) Liggett, natives of Rockbridge County, Va., who were among the early pioneers of Xenia, Greens roe, Ohio, where they both died. The subject of this sketch came to this county in 1849; he became engaged in the lumber trade and erected the first steam saw-mill in Union County, below California, in Jerome Township. Here he was engaged for ten years, and removed to the Ohio White Sulphur Springs. Returning in 1874, he opened a steam sawmill in this city, and in the summer of 1882 moved to his present quarters, and is, engaged in the manufacture of furniture, turning and job-work, his being the only turning shop in the city. He served as Justice of the Peace three years, and is widely known as Squire Liggett. His marriage to Miss Rebecca, daughter of Alex Patterson, occurred December 31, 1849. She was a native of Logan County, Ohio, born August 26, 1828. Four children born to this union are all living, viz., Laurila A., Celina, William K., who is connected with his father in business, and Mattie. The parents and one of the children are members of the Congregational Church. W. M. LIGGETT, County Treasurer, Marysville. The family of Liggetts were among the hardy pioneers of Warren County, Ohio, where John, the father of our subject, was born. His wife, whose maiden name was Mary Lamme, was a native of Greene County, Ohio. The parents joined in the early settlement of Jerome Township, Union County, where the subject of this sketch was born November 4, 1846. He was reared on the homestead farm, and, receiving a common school education, passed a course of studies in the University at Urbana, Ohio. He gave his service to his country's flag and joined the boys in blue February 29, 1864, in Company K, Ninety-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served in the fortunes of that regiment until after the close of the way. He participated in the battles of Cane River, La., April 24, 1864; Pleasant Hill, La., April 9, 1864; Fort Gaines, Ala., August 2 to 8, 1864; Fort Morgan, Ala., August 8 to 28, 1864; Fort Spanish, and all other battles in which the regiment was engaged. In July, 1865, he was transferred, by order of the War Department, to the Seventy-seventh Ohio Volun- Page 119 Blank Page 120 Picture of J. K. Dodge PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 121 teer Infantry, from which he was discharged as Sergeant at Brownsville, Tex. He mustered out of service at Columbus, Ohio, March 26, 1866. Returning to peaceful pursuits, he became associated with C. L. Robinson in the livery business. In the spring of 1878, he disposed of his interest to accept a call as Assistant Cashier of the Marysville Bank, which position he occupied until called upon to perform the duties of County Treasurer in September, 1880. He was re-elected in 1882, and in this official trust has rendered faithful and efficient service to his constituents. Mr. Liggett is Colonel of the Fourteenth Ohio National Guards, and Adjutant of the Post G. A. R. He we.,; married July 3, 1876, to Miss Matilda R., daughter of ex-Probate Judge Brown. of this city, where she was born. Two children, Madaline and Robert, are the issue of this union, both living. DANIEL LONGBREAK, farmer, P. O. Marysville Mr. Longbreak was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, March 5. 1811, and is a son of George and Susannah (Catrow) Longbreak, both natives of Virginia. The subject of this sketch was raised on the homestead farm, and was married in 1837 to Miss Melinda, a daughter of Judah Dodge, and a native of this county. To this union five children were born, four of whom are living, viz., Junie, wife of Adam Weaver, of Franklin County, Kan.; Will H.; Susannah, wife of J. A. Jewell, of Franklin County, Ran., and John It. Mr. Longbreak had but a. limited education, but was taught to labor with his hands, and by perseverance and close application to his business, could easily rest from the reward of his toil. He occupies a neat residence in this city, with four acres of land, and in Paris Township ham a well improved farm of 292 acres. he is a stanch and reliable citizen, a good neighbor and a lover of borne. LEVI LONGBREAK, farmer, P. O. Marysville. This patriarch, whose living features may he found in the pages of this volume, has stood the storms of threescore years and ten. His parents, George and Susannah (Catrow) Longbreak, were both natives of Virginia, who pioneered their march of settlement to Fairfield County, Ohio, in 1806. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, a farmer by occupation, and resided in his new home until 1813, when he founded a permanent settlement in Clark County, Ohio. His death occurred four years later in 1817. They were the parents of seven children, four of whom are living, as follows: Nancy, wife of J. K Ritchey of this city. Sarah, widow of Chester Farnham (deceased); Daniel and Levi. The widow and mother. with her children, moved, and occupied a farm in Dover Township, Union County, Ohio, in 1830, where she lived to the close of her life in October, 1856. The subject of this sketch is the youngest living son, and was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, in November, 1812. He was reared on a farm, and learned to labor with his hands. This occupation he has followed through life, and the elements of his success are found in his industry and economy. His possessions of landed property in Dover Township will cover 260 sores, in addition to 428 acres of well-cultivated land in Paris Township. He settled on his present estate in this city in 1869 at that time consisting of eighty-nine sores in the corporation limits. A small fraction of this land has been divided into, and sold as, building lots, upon which have been erected comfortable and commodious dwellings, adding to the beauty and growth of the city. He is one of the founders and directors of the Union County Infirmary, and of the Farmers' Bank, and has always taken an active part in all public and private improvements, His marriage to Miss Annie, daughter of Judah Dodge, of this county, occurred in 1839. Of the nine children born to this union, but four are living, viz., Elizabeth, wife of Samuel Gilchrist; Levi L, who. married a daughter of Dr. Stoddard, of Wooster, Ohio, and is a prominent lawyer of Minneapolis, Minn.; Sarah, and Clarissa, wife of John Castle, of Philadelphia, Penn. GEORGE LOVELL, boot and shoe dealer, Marysville. George Lovell, one of our oldest and respected business men, was born in County Northampton, England, June 7 , 1829, and migrated to the United States in 1855. He located for one year at West Jefferson, Madison County, when he removed to this city, and in the fall of 1856, established himself in business on Main street. He has occupied various points for business in the city, and in 1864 he admitted Thomas Martin as a partner. This firm carried on a successful trade for ten years, and was dissolved in 1874, Martin retiring. In 1876, Mr. Lovell occupied his present location, where he enjoys a large custom trade and a liberal patronage in the sale of manufactured goods. He was married, in 1861, to Miss Rosanah Martin, a native of Ireland. This union has been blest with three children, two of whom are living, viz.: Thomas, who is associated with his father in the store, and Mary. The family are members of the Catholic Church. WILLIAM O. MALIN, harness-maker, Marysville. This family springs from Virginia stock, but the original name (Melon) seems to have undergone a slight change. William Melon, the grandfather, was a pioneer to Champaign County, Ohio, in 1800. He was all auctioneer. but cleared a farm and lived and died there. Malin: Melon, his son, and the father of our subject, was a native of Greenbrier County, Va. He was married, in 1816, to Miss Mary Thornton, and with the family occupied the unbroken lands of Urbana Township. He lived to enjoy the blessings of this union but a short period, dying at Walnut Hills when our subject was but six months old. William C. Malin was born in Urbana Township, Champaign Co., Ohio, April 7,1817. When fourteen years of age, he began an apprenticeship to the harness-making trade with John Hamilton, of his native place. With him he served seven years, after which he worked in Various places until he came to Marysville March 19, 1840. Here he soon became established in 122 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. business, and is to-day one of the oldest business men of the city. He survived several partnership relations, and was connected with the firm of Sellers & Morelock, in the old tannery, at that time near the Tribune building. He was in the mercantile trade about one year, and has sustained a reputation as an auctioneer for thirty years. He served the city as Constable, and was Deputy Sheriff under William M. Robinson some years. He was elected Sheriff of the county, in 1850, and served two terms. His selection as an officer at the annual county fair has won him a noted reputation. Every year the thousands that visit the fair find the genial face of William Malin to accept their tickets. Since its organization he has lost but two years at his post. Mr. Malin was married at Clinton, Oneida Co., N. Y., November 11, 1841, to Miss Mary Kinney, a native of Oswego County, N. Y., who died after ten years of wedded life. Three of the five children born to this union are living, viz. : Emery F., Mariah and Jennette. He was again married November 11, 1851, to Miss Charity A. Irwin, a native of Claylick, Licking Co., Ohio. This union has been blest with seven children, four of whom are living, viz. : Frankey, Clinton, Carrie and Maud Emery F., the eldest son, was in the naval service during the rebellion, two years, and visited many foreign countries. Subsequently he was promoted to Adjutant of the Eighty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He served as Clerk under Gen. Rosecrans, and was with Sherman on his grand march to the sea. Politically, Mr. Malin is a descendant of the Old-Line Whigs, and at present a stalwart Republican. THOMAS MARTIN, Deputy Sheriff, Marysville. Deputy Sheriff Martin is a son of Michael and Catherine (Holton) Martin, and was born in county of East Meath Ireland, October 31, 1841. His parents were both natives of the same place, and the family embarked to the United States in 1850. After a residence of three years in New York City, they moved and located on a farm in Paris Township, where the parents passed the remainder of life's journey. The subject of this sketch was raised on a farm, and learned to labor with his hands. He joined the ranks of the Union army, in 1861, in Company F, Thirteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for three years' service, in which he experienced the perils of war. He engaged in the battle of Rich Mountain, W. Va., July 11, 1861; Carnifax Ferry, W. Va., December 10, 1861; Shiloh, Tenn., April 6, 1862; Corinth, Miss., April 80 to May 30, 1862; Battle Creek, Tenn., June 21, 1862; Perryville, Ky., October 6, 7 and 8, 1862; Stone River, Tenn., December 81, 1862, where he was wounded and taken prisoner. He was sent to Richmond and confined eleven days in Libby Prison when he was exchanged, and joined the regiment at Stone River. He followed the fortunes of battle at Chickamauga, Ga., September 19 and 28, 1863 ; Mission Ridge, Tenn., November 25,1863, where the Thirteenth distinguished itself in storming the heights, and were the first to plant the stars and stripes upon the ramparts of the enemy's works, besides capturing artillery. Then followed the pursuit of Longstreet, and a spirited fight at Bull's Gap, Tenn., September 24, 1864. The regiment then joined Sherman in his march through Georgia. At the close of the Atlanta campaign, the army divided. and he, with the regiment, joined Gen, Thomas, at Nashville, through the battle of Franklin, Tenn., September 2, 1864. He was mustered out at Chattanooga, at the close of the war, and on his return to peaceful pursuits, opened a boot and oboe store at Marysville. This business he followed successfully until 1874, and forthe two once! ing years engaged in buying an a shipping Iva stock. From 1876 to 1880, he followed farming, but is now in the stock trade. He was appointed Deputy under Sheriff Hobensack, January 3. 1880, in which capacity he has proved a faithful and capable officer. He is a member of the IOOF. society, Improved Order of Red Men and of the G. A. R. He filled the office of Coroner from 1870 to 1872, and from 1876 to 1878. He has served as Deputy Sheriff six years, four of which were under Sheriff Sharp. He was married, in 1870, to Miss Lucy F. Smith, a native of Union County. Five children born to this union are living, viz. : Maud, Thomas A., William S., Robert B. and Jesse E. SAMUEL MCALLISTER, contractor, Marysville, is a native of Adams County, Penn., Where he was born September 18, 1829, and with his parents came to this county among the pioneers. He was raised on a farm where he remained until nineteen years of age, when he went to learn the carpenter's trade with William Crawford, on the Scioto River. After a service of two years, he moved to Logan County, and the following year formed a partnership with his employer, Moses Morrow, in the carpentering business. This firm dissolved after a short time, and he associated himself with James Young, of Kenton. Ohio. During this association, he formed the acquaintance of Miss Louisa J., a daughter of John Russell, of Virginia, to whom he was married in 1854. Subsequently, he moved to this county and settled on a farm in Dover Township, which he had purchased. This farm he sold six years afterward and purchased eighty-two and a half sores in Leesburg Township. In the spring of 1864, he took up his residence in Marysville, which he has since made his permanent home. In the fall of 1864, the One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Regiment Ohio National Guards was called into service, and Company C, of which he was Captain, being consolidated, he went into the field as First Lieutenant of Company K, and served through the call. On his return to peaceful pursuits, he became largely engaged in stock dealing, and soon after was elected Street Commissioner. In this capacity he performed serviceable work in grading the streets of this city. Probably no man has laid out more labor in making sound street improvements. Subsequently, he formed a contract for building the first half mile of road from Marysville to Dover, otherwise known as the Delaware pike. This com- PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 123 pleted, he will complete the road from Richwood to Rush Creek. He served the county as Street Commissioner two years, and has always taken an active interest in public improvements. He is a member of the Masonic order and G. A. R. His children are Alice, Henrietta, M. Blanche, Willie, Frank, Dottie, Walter Edwin, Minnie Gertrude, Charlie and Robert Russell. SMITH N. McCLOUD, druggist, Marysville, of McCloud & Brother. This firm established their present business in this town in 1871, and carries a stock of considerable value and enjoy a lucrative trade. Mr. McCloud was born in Madison County, Ohio, December, 9, 1845. He is the son of Dr. Charles and Mary Jane (Carpenter) McCloud. Dr. Charles McCloud settled in Canaan Township, Madison County, in 1831, and for twenty years was engaged in the active practice of medicine. He was a prominent man in politics and an active worker in the Whig party. He represented his county in the Ohio Legislature, in the session of 18444.5 and was a member of the Constitutional Convention that framed the present Constitution of Ohio. He was born Febuary 2, 1808, and in 1832 married Mary Jane, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah Carpenter, who was born August 29, 1813. They became the parents of four children, viz.: Mary, now the wife of Dr. E. C. Robinson, of Plain City; Rodney C., a, druggist at Plain City; Sophronia, wife of Dr. Milton Lane, of Lincoln, Neb., and our subject. Mr. S. N. McCloud was married in 1868 to Miss Nora. Filler, of this town. Six children have been born to themCharles F., Imogene E., Lena E., John Jay, Nora May and Nellie G. HUGH McFADDEN, farmer, P. O. Marysville, a highly respected citizen of Paris Township, was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., October 16. 1799. His parents, John and Sophia (Kelley) McFadden, emigrated from Ireland in 1795, and settled in Pennsylvania. In 1802, they removed to Mason County, Ky. Mr. McFadden followed flat-boating on the Ohio and Mississippi for a number of years, and finally died in New Orleans. Mrs. McFadden removed to Brown County, and subsequently to Clinton County, where he died in 1820. Our subject is the second son and child of a family of seven children. He was engaged in farming and mercantile pursuits in Clinton County till 1861, when he came to Marysville and resumed merebandising on East Center street. He followed it till 1864, when he removed to his farm, which he had purchased in 1861. He was married February, 1822, to Miss Mary West, daughter of Robert and Henrietta (Fairfax) West.. Mrs. McFadden was born in Fairfax County, Va., December 25, 1799. She was a lineal descendant of Lord Fairfax, who emigrated to America with a colony in the eighteenth century and settled in Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. McFadden were blessed with nine children ; of these, three are living-Fairfax W., married Sarah Morton; Hugh, married Mary Allen; and Harrison W., a physician at Magnetic City; Mary, Hannah, La Fayette, Charles, Silas and Eliza J. Silas enlisted in the struggle for liberty when eighteen years of age, and died June 27, 1881, from disease contracted while in the service. 'Mrs. McFadden departed this life May 24, 1882, after a brief illness. Mr. and Mrs. McFadden had lived together for sixty years, and were earnest, consistent members of the Christian Church. Mr. McFadden is in politics a Republican. He owns a valuable and well-improved farm of 300 acres. D. F. McKITRICK, dealer in boots and shoes, Marysville. This house was established in 1869, and was the first regular boot and shoe store opened to the public of Marysville. The proprietor occupied his present premises in 1872. He carries a complete and varied stock, and has a steadily increasing trade. He is the manufacturer and patentee of McKitrick's button fastener, which is a model improvement over all others, and is coming into universal use. The subject of this sketch was born in Delaware County, Ohio, in June, 30, 1840. His father, George McKitrick, was a native of Licking County, Ohio, and a pioneer merchant at Beachtown, Jerome Township, Union County, where he was successfully engaged in business to the close of his life, in 1847. His wife, whose maiden name was Caroline Hill, who survives, was it native of Pennsylvania, and at this writing, July, 1882, a resident of Delaware County, Ohio. They were the parents of five children, four of whom survive, as follows : D. F., eldest son, James H., Israel W. and Clara, wife of T. It. Brannon, of Canal Dover, Ohio. Mr. McKitrick enlisted in 1864, in Company C, One Hundred and Seventy-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which service he contracted lung trouble and failing health, and was returned home just before the close of the war. He was married, in 1865, to Miss Rachel E., daughter of J. M. Robinson of this county. To this union four children have been born, three of whom tire living, viz.: Ida M., Fannie V. and Nellie M. The family are connected with the Presbyterian Church of this city. WILLIAM McMANNIS, farmer, P. O. Marysville, a soldier of the late rebellion, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, March 14, 1837. He is a son of James and Esther (Calvert) McMannis, the former a native of Berkeley County, Va., and the latter of Belmont, County, Ohio, and a grandson of Luke McMannis, a native of Ireland, who crossed the Atlantic in a British fleet in the early part of the Revolutionary war. On his arrival in the United States, he enlisted on the American side and served five years as a private under Gen. Washington, and died in Virginia, at an advanced age. William was reared to his majority in his native place. August 16, 1862, he enlisted as a member of Company E, Ninety-eighth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He served in the Western Department and participated at the battle of Champion Hills, where he received a gun-shot wound in the left leg which disabled him about four months. At the expiration of this time he rejoined his regiment at Franklin, Tenn., where he received his honorable 124 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. discharge from the service August 2.5, 1863. He went to Noble County, and in 1868 to Paris Township, this county, where hi has since followed the evocation of a farmer. November 7, 1861, he was married to Hannah Berry, a native of Noble County, born February 19, 1841, and a daughter of Zechariah and Rachel Berry. They hays had no children, but have taken two to raise-Della May Elliott, born May 27, 1877, and Arthur Staley, born March 28, 1868. Mr. and Mrs. McMannis are members of the United Brethren Church. He is a Prohibitionist. His farm contains seventy-eight acres and is well cultivated. LEWIS MILLS, farmer, P. O. Marysville, a native of Paris Township, was born July 25, 1846. He is a son of Thomas and Sophia (Dines) Mills, the former a native of Maryland, and the latter of Warren County, Ohio. They came to this county, where they both died. Mr. Mills departed this life August 23, 1871, and Mrs. M., September 17, 1864. Our subject is next to the youngest of eleven children, of whom six are living. He was reared on a farm and educated in the district schools and Marysville public schools. He followed teaching of winters and farming of summers from 1866-70. he resided most of the time in York, Union and Taylor Townships till the spring of 1881, when he purchased the farm he now occupies. November 17, 1870, he married Miss Sophronia, Hamilton, a native of Taylor Township and a daughter of John and Lucy (Griffin) Hamilton. Their children are Ads, Lucy, Somalia A. and Mary. Mr. Mills owns a farm of 171 acres. His political views are Republican. JOHN MITCHELL, JR., retired, Marysville, is a ion of John Mitchell, who was the youngest of eight children, and was born in Cumberland County, Penn. He moved to Milford Center in 1823, being among the pioneers a of that township. The same year he was married to Miss Susanah Kingery, a Virginian. He was a hatter by trade, and began the struggles of life with little, if any means. He applied himself closely to his business, and with the elements of energy and frugality accomplished success. He was of a quiet unostentatious nature and a lover of home. In 1835, he purchased 500 acres of land upon which he resided until near the close of his life, in 1882, in the eighty-second year of his age. The widow who survives him resides in this city at the advanced age of eighty-one years. Their children are Rolls, eldest son, who married Anne. Deland, and resides in Platt County, Ill.; John, Jr.; William D., who enlisted in August. 1861, in Company B, Thirty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was killed at the battle of Atlanta, July 22, 1864; James, who enlisted in same regiment and served the full time of enlistment, and was discharged in August, 1864; and George D., who married Sarah Converse, of this county. The subject or this sketch was born in Milford Center, Union Township, February 13, 1826. He was raised on the homestead farm, and in 1847 was married to Miss Harriet, daughter of William and Mary Stansfield. She was of English descent, and with her parents came to this country when she was seven years of age. Her father was a merchant at Columbus, Ohio, some years, and died while on a visit to Illinois in 1836. His widow subsequently removed to Shawnee County, Kan., where she died in 1861. Mr. M. disposed of his estate in Union Township, in 1876, and moved to this city, where he has since lived in quiet retirement. He served his native township as Justice of the Peace eight years and Trustee for seven years, and was otherwise identified with the township. He is the father of six children, five of whom are living, viz.; Emily L., Elizabeth A., Francis I., John M. and Carrie M. HUGH MOORE, one of the oldest citizens of Union County, was born in Charleston, Va., August 2, 1795. His parents, Jonathan and Elizabeth (Long) Moore, were natives of New Jersey and Virginia, respectively. His father served from the beginning to the termination of the Revolutionary. war, as a member of a body-guard to Gen. Washington. In 1812, he, with his family, removed to Cincinnati, and the following year to Lebanon, Warren County. He died at the extreme ago of one hundred and one years, and his wife in her one hundredth year. Hugh was the eldest of five children. He was reared on a farm till of age. In 1840, he went to Perry County, Ill., where he lived till 1846, when he returned to Warren County, and in 1848 came to this county and located in Paris Township. He was a fife-major in the late war between the United States and Great Britain, and served six months. He was married, and had eleven children ; of these six are living. James, his eldest son, was born in Warren County, January 25, 1824; he married February 28, 1858, to Miss Christiana Belville, daughter of Joseph and Sarah Belville, by whom he has had three children, viz., Nicholas B., Henry A. and Hugh. Mr. Moore owns and occupies the home farm, which contains 116 acres, and is engaged in the avocation of farming. A. MOREY, one of the old citizens of Marysville, where he has been in business thirty-five years, was born in Perry County, Penn., from whence his parents moved in 1836 to Delaware County, Ohio. They located in Scioto Township, where both now live, at the ripe old ages of eighty-four and eighty-six, respectively. His father, Jacob Morey, was born in Lancaster, Penn., and his mother, Barbara (Jacobs) Morey, was born in Dauphin County, Penn Our subject was born in 1822, and in 1838 he came to Marysville, where he remained until 1840, when he removed to Columbus, Ohio, and finished his trade, cabinet-making. Returning to Marysville in 1848, he opened a small place for manufacturing cabinet ware, on the northeast side of the public square. In the following year, he effected a partnership with Samuel Resler, who was succeeded by Judge Cassil, both connections being dissolved after a short duration. Mr. Morey then continued the business alone, and soon added steam power to his works. Shortly after PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 125 ward, he associated with himself two parties from the East-Sanderson and Warner-to engage in the manufacture of cane seats and split-bottom chairs. After the lapse of about a year, he purchased the interests of both of these men. and entered into partnership with G. W. Hupp, of Mechanicsburg, who, five years later, retired from the firm. Mr. Morey then moved his buibling to the site on which it now stands, and has since carried on business under the firm name of H. W. Morey & Co. In 1848, Mr. Morey was married to Miss Abbie B. Kinney, a native of Oswego County, N. Y , by whom he has had the following children: Henry W., Charles D., Franklin Pierce, deceased, William F., John F., Albert H., Carrie, deceased, and Estelle M. Mr. Morey has been a member of the Odd Fellows society for thirty-six years, has passed all the chairs, and for a time filled the chair of Deputy; Se is also a member of the Encampment - charter member of that body here, and has passed all the chairs. He was a charter member of the Marysville Ledge I. O. R. M. and acted at one time in the capacity of Deputy of that society. He is a member of the Congregational Church, and for twenty years has had charge of the choir of the church at Marysville. H. W. Morey, the eldest son of the above and a practicing dentist at Marysville, was born in Paris Township, this county, in 1849, and was educated at the public schools of this city. He studied dentistry under Dr. Powell, and in 1872 graduated from the Philadelphia Dental College. He is a thorough master of his profession, and is kept constantly employed in attending to a large and lucrative practice. In the spring of 1881, he was elected a member of the Board of Council, and in the fall of the following year he was elected Coroner of the county, an office of which he is the present incumbent. In 1874, he married Miss Clara A. Woods, a daughter of Samuel Woods of Union Township. This union has been blessed with one child-Dana.. ANDREW S. MOWRY, civil engineer, Marysville, was born in Smithfield, R, I., September 4, 1832, and is a son of Enos and Julia A. (Vose) Mowry, both natives of that State. He, Andrew, was educated at the Providence Seminary at Greenwich, R. I., and studied for a surveyor in the office of Henry F. Walling, in whose employ he remained eight years. In 1857, he came to the West, and located at Waukesha, Wis., and made the first map produced in that county. He subsequently mapped Ross, Madison and other counties in Ohio, in the interest of Walling, and in February, 1864, came to Union County under a contract with the county, to make plats for the land appraisers. He was elected Surveyor in 1866, and served nine years. He run and made the first gravel road in this county, and made an efficient and capable officer. He was married December 2, 1862, to Miss Joanna Doolittle, a native of Oneida County, N. Y. One child, Adale, is the issue of this union. Mr. M. has been connected with the Masonic order during his residence in this county, and with the Presbyterian Church of this city. Politically, he is a stanch Republican, and cast his first vote for Abraham Lin cola. THEODORE MULLEN, liveryman, of the firm of Robinson & Mullen. Marysville, was born in Paris Township in 1843. His parents, Charles and Sarah (Bancroft) Mullen, were both natives of Ohio, and his father a life-long resident of this county. His grandfather, Joseph, a Virginian, was a pioneer of Marietta and Madison Co., Ohio, and settled in this county, when Charles was five years of age. He afterward moved to Mahaska County, Iowa, where he died in the ninety-eighth year of his age. Charles died in this county in February, 1882. Theodore was left motherless when eight years of age, and in March, 1862, he walked to Columbus, Ohio, and enlisted as a private in Company B, Sixty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was promoted to Corporal for meritorious conduct at the battle of Gettysburg. He served in the fortunes of the Potomac army, participating in the battle of the second Bull Run, Va., August 30, 1862 ; Fredericksburg, Va., November 6 to 16, 1862; Gettysburg, Penn., July 1 to 3, 1863; Mission Ridge, Tenn., November, 1863; Lookout Mountain, Tenn., November 24, 1863, and Dallas or New Hope Church, Ga., where he was wounded in the right arm, and taken prisoner while being conveyed to the Chattanooga Hospital, but paroled the following day, and sent to Nashville, Tenn. Convalescing, he was transferred to Columbus and discharged in December, 1864. Mr. M. is the embodiment of robust health and vigorous constitution, but the wound received on the field of New Hope Church is still troubling him, it having never healed. He was raised in this city, and is a dyer by trade. He served as Superintendent of the woolen mill of the Robinson Bros., of this city, for seventeen years, and until the establishment closed in. 1880. In June, 1881, he joined his fortunes with J. B. Robinson in the livery business, and the firm have produced the most complete and thorough establishment of the kind in the city. Mr. Mullen was married in 1867, to Miss Lydia, daughter of Samuel S. Jewell, of this county. Of the two children born to this issue, one is living-Edward. Mr. Mullen is a member of the K. P. and G. A. R. societies, and a sterling Republican in politics. JOSEPH NEWLOVE, deceased. This estimable gentleman, whose demise occurred after the compilation of this sketch, was born at Wold, Newton, Old England, in 1806, and with his parents, Joseph and Ann (Brown) Newlove, migrated to the American shore in 1821. They founded a settlement near Springfield, Ohio, and were among the early, pilgrims of Clark County, where both parents died. They raised a family of eight children, but one, Edward, of whom survives. The subject of this sketch remained on the homestead farm until twenty-one years of age, when he started alone and unaided in the battle of life. In 1849, he purchased and settled upon a farm in Pharisburg, Union County, now occupied by his eldest 126 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. son, Garrison. In 1852, he was elected County Auditor, and took up his residence in Marysville, assuming the duties of the office in the spring of 1853. Completing his term he was engaged in the management of the Marysville Bank several years, and in 1860 was again elected Auditor of the county, in which capacity he officiated six years. He was one of the prime movers in- the organization of the Farmers' Bank, founded in 1868, and presided over its management to the close of his life. He was a man of quiet, unostentatious habits, a good neighbor, a, faithful friend ad esteemed citizen. He was married December 6, 1827, to Miss Martha, daughter of Cornelius Carter, a native of Kentucky. Of the children born to this union, six are living-Garrison ; Ann, wife of Joseph Maskill of this county; Martha E., wife of Alphonso Young, of this county; John, Brown, and Benjamin C., of this city. JOHN NEWLOVE, the first soldier to enlist in Union County, and one of its bravest "boys," was born in Harmony Tp., Clark Co., Ohio, August 11, 1839. He is a son of Joseph and Martha Newlove, and a grandson of Joseph Newlove, who emigrated to the United States from England. John is the third son and sixth child of a family of eight. He was reared in his native place till his parents removed to Union County, and acquired his education in the Marysville Public Schools. April, 1861, he enlisted for three months in Company D, Second Regiment Ohio Volunteers Infantry. He met the enemy at the first battle of Bull Run, the first engagement of the war. He was discharged at the expiration of the three months, and August 26, 1861, he re-enlisted in Company D, First Ohio Cavalry, for three years. He was appointed Fourth Sergeant and in 1863, was commissioned Commissary Sergeant. He participated in the following leading engagements : Stone River, Chickamauga, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta and Pittsburg Landing, and a number of minor battles. He veteranized April 8, 1864, and reenlisted in the same company, and served with distinguished bravery and patriotism till after the close of the war. He was the first man to discover the rebel chieftain Jeff. Davis, and for assisting in his capture received as his portion of the $100,000, $402. He was honorably discharged 8, September, 1865, at Columbus, Ohio. January 5, 1866, he was married to Miss Mary Amrine. daughter of Abraham and Nancy Amrine, and a native of Paris Township, where she was born May 8, 1840. They have had six children, of whom five are living-Arthur J., Maud, Abraham, Misty and Lucius J.. Joseph A. is deceased. Mrs. Newlove is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Marysville. Mr. Newlove is identified with the orders of K. of P., I. O. of R. M. and O. A. R. Politically, he is a stanch Republican. His farm contains 173 acres of well improved and highly cultivated land. He is engaged in agriculture and stock-raising; he breeds and rears Poland-China bogs, and thoroughbred Spanish Merino sheep, and is a regular and prominent exhibitor at the Fair. F. H. OTTE, of the firm of F. ff. & W. Otte, merchant tailors, dealers in ready-made clothing, Marysville. F. H. Otte, the senior member of this firm, is one of the busy and enterprising spirits of Marysville, and was born in Hanover, Germany, March 23, 1836, and embarked to the United States in 1853. He served as journeyman tailor in the mother country, and plied himself at his trade for one year in Buffalo, N. Y.; he then removed to St. Catherines, Ontario, and remained until 1865, from which time he became a traveler at large, going to Richmond, Ind., and after it nine months' stay went to Cincinnati, Ohio, and fifteen months later to Memphis, Tenn., thence to New Orleans, Lit., and Mobile, Ala., from which point he returned to Cincinnati, Ohio, three times. Returning to Cincinnati in the fall of 1861, he met and married Miss E. R. Albertzart, a native of Oldenburg, Germany. After marriage, he returned to Buffalo, N. Y., and the following year returned to Cincinnati, thence to Richmond, Ind., and in 1865 to Summersville, Butler Co., Ohio, where he opened a merchant tailoring and clothing house, and for three and a half years settled down to business. He then returned to Mobile. Ala., from which point he journeyed to Red River County, Texas, and La Mar County. Thence to Jefferson, Madison County, where he assumed the proprietorship of it hotel; subsequently he went to New Orleans, La., thence to St. Louis, and to Cincinnati, Ohio, from which place he at last found a haven of rest among the good people of Union. Here he established business in the spring of 1871, and in October of the same year, his brother was admitted a partner to the concern. In 1872, the house occupied their present commodious quarters, where they have had enough trade to keep them busy constantly. The firm carry a stock of about $15,000, and have a large custom trade in connection with their sales department. Mr. O. is a progressive, energetic business man, and worthy of the success he has attained. Of the seven children born to him five are living-Rosa, William. Estella, Lorentz and Clements. WILLIAM OTTE, of the firm of F. H. & W. Otte, merchant tailors, Marysville. This industrious cutter and tailor is a native of Hanover, Germany, where he was born in August, 1838. he crossed the Atlantic to the American shore in 1857. He located at Cincinnati, Ohio, and soon afterward went to Richmond, Ind., where he worked diligently at his trade for fourteen years and until his removal to this city in 1871, at which time he was admitted as a partner in the clothing store of his brother. The brothers have proved themselves capable workmen, which is evidenced by the large stock and increasing trade of their popular establishment. The Otte brothers have gained hosts of friends during their business career in Marysville, of which they are entirely worthy. The subject of this sketch wits married, in 1867, to Miss Kate Werner, a native of Richmond, Ind. Seven children born to this union are all living, viz : Ella. Louis, Mat he, Frank, Walter, Minnie and Annie. Mr. Otte is a member of the IOOF society. PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 127 ANDREW J. PARKER, farmer, P. O. Marysville, was born near Baltimore, Md., January 1816. His parents, George and Priscilla (Harrison) Parker, were also natives of Maryland. father was a soldier of the Revolution, and was at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis. He in his native State, at the advanced age of ninety-seven years. His father emigrated from and with a colony. He had three sons-George (who settled in Maryland), Sawney (settled in Pennsylvania) and Fielder (who settled in Virginia). George was the father of two sons first wife, and seven sons and one daughter by his last wife. Our subject is the eldest the second set of children. He was reared on a farm, and married, October 10, 1844, to Elzira Frey, a daughter of Isaac Frey, a soldier of the war of 1812, and a grand-daughter of a Revolutionary patriot. Mrs. Parker is a native of Loudoun County, Va. She bore seven children-two sons and five daughters, viz.: Martha (wife of Isaac Frey), Isaac, Hannah (wife of Benjamin &win Deal), Jura (wife of Simon Hall), Thomas, Sophena (wife of George Hall), and Mary. W. and Mrs. Parker are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Parker is connected with the Masonic Order, and in politics is a Republican. R. L. PARTRIDGE, bridge builder, Marysville. R. L. Partridge, whose portrait appears in this volume, is the only living of four children born to his parents, Cyrus and Lucina (Carpenter) Partridge. The former was a native of Vermont, and the latter of Washington County N. Y. They migrated to the West at an early day, and were among the pioneers of Franklin County, Ohio, where he died in 1836. The widow and mother subsequently became a resident of Marysville, Ohio, where she lived to the close of her life in 1860. The subject of this sketch sprang from the Empire State, and was born in Wilmington, Essex Co., N. Y., in 1828. He came to this city in 1836, where he was reared and educated under the core of, and learned wagon and carriage making with, Rowland Lee, a half-brother. He subsequently became engaged in the carpenter trade, which he followed until 1866, when he began contracting and bridge building. Mr. Partridge has erected nine tenths of the bridges in Union County, and at this time, 1882, employs from five to fifteen men. He was a member of the first military organization in the county, and during the Mexican War and late rebellion took an active part in raising men and money for the cause. He has served in the City Council, was Township Clerk and Trustee some years, and has always recognized and assisted in all public improvements. He was married in the fall of 1846 to Miss Maria Wolford, who was born in what was known as the Campbell place, Marysville, in 1825. Her parents, Adam and Catherine Wolford, settled upon sixty five acres of land west and south of the new court house, in 1820, which at that time was a dense woods. Their cabin was erected in the rear of the present residence of Mr. Mulford, which became a hallowed spot for church gatherings and pioneer meetings. Palatial residences and public edifices of modern design occupy the soil of this worthy pilgrim, while his spirit and that of his devoted companion have long since pioneered their settlement to that better land. The only landmark remaining at this time to recall the incidents and cherish memories of these associations is the old well over which was suspended , the old oaken bucket, the iron bound bucket, the moss covered bucket, that hung in the well." Adam Wolford was a carpenter by trade, and erected many of the first houses in Marysville. He was engaged in the construction of the old court house, and was a citizen esteemed by all who knew him. Mrs. Partridge and William Wilford of this county are the only living representatives of his children. Mr. and Mrs Partridge are the parents of six living children, as follows: Asenath, A. Jennette (wife of H. C. Vosburg), Frances L. (wife of S. L. Sager), Flora L., Catherine O. and Lillian. Mrs. Partridge is the oldest native born citizen now residing in Marysville. David E. Wolford, a brother of Mrs. Partridge, was born and raised in Marysville. He enlisted three times in the Union service during the late rebellion, and while in the service contracted a disease of the lungs, from which he died three weeks after leaving the army, in 1866, aged twenty-five years. LEVI PHELPS, deceased. Of this sturdy pioneer, so well remembered by the older settlers of the county, but little can now be obtained compared with what might have been learned previous to his death. Levi Phelps was born in Colebrook, Litchfield Co., Conn., October 16,1789. In 1810, he removed to Ohio and located at Granville, in the county of Licking, and a few years later took up his residence near what was afterward the village of Homer, in Union Township, Union County, where he and his brother Sylvester built a woolen mill, in which they invested all their means. Mr. Phelps had been a soldier in the war of 1812. The woolen mill erected by himself and his brother had been in operation but a short time when it was destroyed by fire. For few years thereafter, Mr. Phelps taught school during the winter months in the vicinity of Milford Center, and on the 3rd of October, 1826, he married Sarah Cooper, removing soon afterward to Marysville. He became the father of six children, of whom the only survivor is Cyrus A. Phelps, Esq., now Cashier of the First National Bank of Springfield, Ohio. Mr. Phelps was chosen to fill numerous public offices, as will be keen by reference to the list elsewhere. All of his children were born in Marysville His wife was one of the original members of the Presbyterian Church of Marysville, organized in 1827, and Mr. Phelps became a member of the same later in life. He lived in Marysville from the time of his first settlement there until within two months of his death. He removed with his wife to Springfield, Ohio, in August, 1863, and the two made their home with their son, Cyrus. Levi Phelps died at the residence of his son on the 128 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 27th of November, 1863, at the age of seventy-four years. He is remembered as a zealous partisan in politics. He was an ardent admirer of Henry Clay and always -voted with the Whig or Republican party. He was by all men justly regarded as an upright man, a good citizen and a kind neighbors and died leaving both a good name and a good estate. L. PIPER, attorney, Marysville. Robert Piper, grandfather of our subject, was a native of Ireland, who with a brother; crossed the ocean to the Colonies in 1790. The brother located at Cape Girardeau, Mo., and Robert settled in Pennsylvania, where he married Miss Susannah Cochran, who was born September 16, 1781. He moved and settled in Union Township in 1818. His death occurred while on the road between Chillicothe, Ohio, and his home, on October 18, 1813. Their children were Eleanor Margaret, William C., Mary Rosannah and Jane. His widow subsequently married John Porter, by whom she had two children, Maria and Susan. Her death occurred August 14, 1824; William C. Piper, father of this subject, was born in Washington County, Penn., and was six years of age when he moved with his fattier a family to this county. He worked diligently on the homestead farm until a young men, when he went to learn the carpenter's trade at Milford. In 1834, he was married to Miss Hannah F., daughter of Richard Gabriel. She was born on the homestead farm in Union Township, October, 1811. In 1844, he purchased the farm upon which his widow and children now reside, where he passed the remaining years of his life. He filled the office of Township Trustee for thirty-three consecutive years and was prominently identified with the Township in various ways. The Whig party solicited his candidacy for County Sheriff but he respectfully declined. He was a man of refined taste-, a great reader, quiet, and unostentatious in his habits, and a lover of home. His death Is recorded in May, 1876. He was the father of seven children, six of whom are living. The subject of this sketch is the eldest of the children, and was born on the homestead farm in Union Township, November 22, 1886. He secured his primary education in the select schools of that township, and pursued two years of study at the Otterbein University, Franklin County, Ohio; subsequently he entered the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, from which institution he graduated in June, 1864. The following year, he began the study of law in the office of Col. Lawrence, of this city. He was admitted to the bar by the District Court of Delaware County in June, 1867. On March 16, 1869, the law firm of Robinson & Piper was formed, under which association he has since been continuously engaged. In October,1869, he was elected Prosecuting Attorney. and re-elected to the same office in the fall of 1871. He served as County Examiner from 1867 to 1874, and was a member of the School Board for eleven consecutive years, most of which time he served as Clerk of the Board, which position he title at this time. He enjoyed the position of Superintendent of Schools from January, 1867, to the close of the following year, and has always taken an active part in educational affairs. During the rebellion, he enlisted as a musician in the brigade band, but after a short service was taken sick and while lying in the hospital the band was discharged. Mr. P. was reared in the Presbyterian Church at Milford, and has been an Elder of the Presbyterian Church of this city since 1878. He is connected with the order of Masons and the G. A. R. His marriage to Miss Martha, daughter of Daniel and Mary Coe, occurred April 29, 1869. She was born October 13, 1845, and died June 16, 1882. Four children, the fruits of this union, survive her loss, as follows: Kate, William C., Ralph M. and Ruth. JOSEPH POWERS, farmer, P. O. Marysville, was born in Monroe Township, Madison Co., Ohio, in December, 1813. His grandfather, Walter Powers, was by birth a Virginian, of Dutch descent, and a soldier of the Revolutionary war. His parents, Robert and Mary (Higgins) Powers, were both natives of Virginia, who located at an early time in Belmont County. Ohio, thence going to Madison County, Ohio, in 1808, where he purchased 900 acres of land from Robert Means, the original proprietor and an officer of the Revolutionary war. Here he founded a, home, raised his family and lived until 1821, when he, with his devoted wife, were called to join in the settlement of that better land. He, with a brother (Joseph), gave their services to their country in the war of 1812, and both were distinguished pioneers of the State. The subject of this sketch is the eldest of three living children. Left an orphan when nine years of age, he was bound out to one James Burnham until becoming of age. He remained in durance about seven years, when he started out for himself, and was employed working on a farm and driving cattle over the mountains. After marriage in 1836 to Miss Julia E. McCoy, he returned to the homestead and rented farms until his removal to this county in 1848. He purchased 250 notes of land west of this city, where he resided until 1877, when he purchased seven acres of land on West Center street upon which he erected his present residence. He has made a subsequent purchase of twenty-five acres and added to his farm, which is thoroughly drained with 1,000 rods of tile, and is well-cultivated and productive. His wife died in 1849, leaving four children, two of whom survive (William M. and Joseph W.). His present wife Helen (daughter of Aquilla Turner), is a native of Clark County, Ohio. Of the children born to this union seven are living, viz.: Charles, Napoleon, John, Phebe A., James, Temperance and Thomas. William M. enlisted in the ranks of the Union army under Capt. Smith, of the Sixty-sixth Regiment, and was discharged on account of failing health in 1862. He again enlisted in the six months' service, and again in 1864 as a recruit. Also. Joseph W. served through the war and both brothers were with Sherman on his memorable march to the sea. Mr. P. was Township Trustee about eight years, Page 129 Picture of Elijah K. Fox Page 130 Blank PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 131 and is one of the oldest and most respected pioneers of the county. He is connected with the M. E. Church. EDWARD POWERS, farmer and stock-miser, P. O. Marysville, a native of Madison County, Ohio, was born April 8, 1819. He is a son of Robert and Mary (Higgins) Powers, who were natives of the Old Dominion. They died, the former in August and the latter in September of 1821. Our subject was then placed in the care of Andrew and Mercy Amrine, who soon came to Paris Township. He remained with Mr. Amrine and family till fourteen years old, then went to Springfield and spent one year working at the cabinet trade. The next four years he employed in learning the carpenter trade in Marysville. The site of Marysville was then marked by only eight houses, and Mr. Powers aided in constructing many of the more substantial business houses and residences that now form a part of Marysville. Mr. Powers pursued his early chosen trade but a few years, till his marriage, which occurred December 26, 1840, with Miss Polly A. Dines, a daughter of James C. and Providence Dines, and a native of Lebanon, Ohio. She was born June 5, 1821. This union resulted with seven children, viz.: Annette, born February 26, 1842, wife of J. M. Horney ; Providence, born February 4, 1844, wife of H. A. Westlake; Mary, born December 9, 1847, and died May 11, 1849; Chambers, born April 28, 1849, married Inis Smith; Frances E., born November 15, 1858, wife of E. B. Knotts; Charlie, born April 26, 1867; and Clara, born February 7, 1869, wife of T. S. Blue In 1856, Mr. Powers located on his present farm. For the last ten years, he has devoted especial attention to keeping Spanish Merino Sheep, which he exhibited at the Annual County Fair of 1881, and was awarded the first premium. He was one of the first to introduce PolandChina hogs. He has been a member of the County Agricultural Society since its organization, and was one of the agricultural board two years. Politically, he is a Republican. He is identified with the Masonic Order and Grange. He owns &large and well-improved farm. Of winters, for the list twelve years, he has dealt in furs, doing a large business. JOHN C. PRICE, stock-dealer, Marysville, was born in Madison County, Ohio, in March, 1882. His parents, Henry and Eliza (Corey) Price, were natives of Maryland and Connecticut, respectively. His grandfather, John Price, was a native of Connecticut, and settled in Ross County at a very early day. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. Subsequently, he removed to Madison County, Ohio, where he passed the remainder of his life. Henry was raised on a farm in Ross County, and was largely engaged in stock dealing, making long trips with cattle over the mountains. He accumulated a large landed property, and was widely and favorably known. He raised a family of six children, four of whom are living, viz.: Job. C., the subject of this sketch; Annette, wife of T. S. Snow, of Lima, Ohio; Robert and Russell. His death occurred in 1853. His wife survived until 1880. Mr. Price came to this county and city in 1869, since which time he has been largely engaged in stock-dealing. He has served many years as Land Appraiser, and in the election of 1878, was selected as County Sheriff, which office he occupied the following year. He was re-elected in 1875, serving two terms with great satisfaction to his constituents. At the breaking-out of the rebellion in 1861, he joined the ranks of the Union army in Company F, Thirteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served about two years in the field. He re-enlisted in the Forty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served through to the close of the war. He participated in the battles of Carnifax Ferry, W. Va., in 1861; Shiloh, March 2 to April 6, 1862; Corinth, April 80, 1862; Knoxville, Tenn., September 1868; Resaca, Ga., May 13, 1864; Altoona Mountain, May 25, 1864, where he received a wound in the left arm, and from the field hospital was transferred to the hospital at Camp Dennison, where he was confined until the wound healed, and he was honorably discharged. Mr. Price is a member In good standing of the Masonic fraternity, IOOF Order, and is one of the active business men of the county. He was married in 1858 to Miss Rhuma Dawson, a native of Champaign County, Ohio. Their living children are Effie, wife of J. C. Gunthrie, Alice and Durell, the latter a graduate of Marysville High School. EDWARD S. PYNE, retired, Marysville, is a son of David and Anna (Panning) Pyne, and was born at Fayetteville, Onondaga County, N. Y., October 26, 1840, and spent his youth at Cazenovia, N.Y. He began the battle of life in his youth, and selected the business that crowned his efforts with success. When fourteen years of age, he left home to fill a situation as salesman in the dry goods house of William H. and J. F. Hubbard, at Susquehanna, Penn. Three years later, he returned to his home. After a service at Syracuse, N. Y., he became engaged at Gibson, Penn., where he formed the acquaintance of Everett Whitney, with whose son A. J. he afterward became engaged in the dry goods trade at Marysville. This copartnership being consolidated, the firm of Whitney & Pyne opened a stock of dry goods to the public in October, 1862. This firm conducted a large and successful trader for fourteen years. In 1876, Whitney retired from the firm, and in the following year Mr, Pyne disposed of his interest to W. H. Robb. Mr. Pyne subsequently purchased a small stock of goods, but after a short time disposed of it, and retired from active business. Since that time he hag dealt considerably in real estate, and aided materially in the growth and development of the city. He served nine years as Deputy Collector of Union and Delaware Counties, and has always taken an active interest in all public improvements. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Pyne married January 8, 1865, to Miss Mary, a daughter of William Lee, a 132 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. native of Troy, Rensselaer County, N. Y. Two children born to this issue are living, viz.: Har. riet and Edward F. TABER RANDALL was born in Windsor County, Vt., November 5, 1806. His father, Joshua Randall, a native of Plymouth, Mass., was born May 10, 1758; and his mother, Keziah Hawley, was born in Connecticut in 1767. They were married in Keene, N. H. In 1809, they removed to Essex County, N. Y., and in 1818 to Franklin County, Ohio, where they resided till 1825, and removed to Huron, which afterward became Erie County, Ohio, where Mr. Randall died May 20, 1828. He was a Revolutionary patriot. having served from beginning to end as a minuteman in that war. Among the important battles in which he was engaged were Bunker Hi% burning of Charleston and New Bedford, and Sullivan's expedition to Long Island. He married for his first wife Hannah Randall, by whom he had four sons, all now deceased. By his second wife, Keziah Hawley, he had four sons and four daughters; of these, two are living-Phebe, widow of Evans Carr deceased, and Taber, the subj ect of this sketch. The latter was reared and brought up to the shoe-maker's trade. In 1825, when eighteen years of age, he taught his first school in what is now Mill Creek Township. He then went to Huron County with his parents and taught one winter. In February, 1828, he returned to Mill Creek Township anti resumed teaching, which he followed in all twelve years. In 1844, he was elected Justice of the Peace of Jackson Township, and was four times chosen to that office. The last term, however, he resigned before its close, to accept the position of Clerk of the county. He served in this official capacity from 1854 to 1869, inclusive. From 1871 to 1879, he was employed in indexing the records of deeds and mortgages from 1820 to 1879. Mr. Randall was Clerk of Jackson Township sixteen years, and of Paris one year, and was the first Postmaster at Essex, Rush Creek Post Office. Since his residence in Marysville, he filled the office of Justice of the Pence one term. On January 1, 1882, he was married to Alias Elizabeth Cheney, a daughter of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Owen) Cheney. She died in February, 1854, leaving four children-Phebe J.. Mary K., Richard H. and Hannah E., all of whom are now deceased. Mr. Randall was married the second time, November 18, 1860, to Mrs. Jane Brophy, widow of William Brophy, and daughter of Stephenson and Sarah D. Curry. Mrs. Randall was born in Jerome Township in August, 1883. She had one child by her former husband-Ida M., wife of L. H. Davis, of Delaware, Ohio. Mr. Randall is connected with the Masonic order and in politics is a Republican. J. N. RATHBUN, gardener, Marysville. The history of Union County presents the name of Rathbun among its distinguished families and pioneers. John Rathbun, the grandfather, was the first to locate a settlement, and clear a spot for a cabin in Darby Township, where he lived to the close of his earthly existence. He was a practicing physician, and during his time was popularly and favorably known. Charles, his son, and father of our subject, was born and reared on the homestead, and adopted the profession of his father, in which he became successful. He moved and began the practice of his profession in Marysville in 1845. He secured a large practice, and remained with this people until 1862, when he removed to Washington County, Ind. where he died. His wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Russell, was a native of Darby Township. The subject of this sketch is the eldest of seven living children, and was born on the homestead in Darby Township January 3, 1932. For twenty-five years, he was engaged in the mercantile trade in this city. In October, 1861, he enlisted his services to the Union army in Company F, Sixty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He received promotion to the command of Company C, at Bridgport, Ala., and was a participant in the battles of Port Republic, June 9, 1862, where he received a wound in the side, and for a short time suffered confinement. Again in the field, he met the foe at Gettysburg, July 1, 2, 3, 1863 ; Lookout Mountain, November 24, 1863; Ringgold, Ga., September 11, 1868; Pumpkin Vine Creek, Ga., May 26,1864; Peach Tree Creek, Ga., July 19, 1864; and Atlanta , Ga., July 21, 1864. He was mustered out at Atlanta, Ga., October 7, 1864. In 1880, Mr. R. settled on his present place, consisting of six and one-fourth acres of choice land, where he carries on extensive gardening operations. He was married July 5, 1853, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Tur ner, and a native of Marysville, who died December 25, 1879. His present wife, Miss Mary C. Cranson, is a native of Allen Township, Union County. One child, John, Jr., has been born to this union. Capt. Rathbun is a solid Republican politically, a respected member of the I. O. O. F. society and G. A. R. S. L. REED of the firm of S. L. Reed & Son, grocers, is a son of James Reed, who called himself James Reed the first, a native Pennsylvania, who was brought by his parents, Samuel and Elizabeth Reed, to this county. They were among the early settlers of Darby Township. James Reed married Miss Annie Robinson, who was born in Darby Township. The whole family connections show them to be among the earliest pioneers. The subject of this sketch was born in Darby Township, Union County, September 17, 1822. He was raised on the homestead farm, where he remained until twenty-one years of age, when he went to Milford Center and worked at tanning and in the mill for sixteen successive years, during which time he resided in Greene County. In 1866, he returned to this city, and for fifteen years engaged in draying. This he abandoned in 1882 and established himself in the grocery business, which he has since conducted profitably and with increasing trade. He succeeded Thompson & Weld in this trade, and carries a large stock of well-selected groceries, crockery, etc. He was married in 1843 to PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 133 Miss Margaret F., daughter of James Boals, of this county. Of the children born to this union, eight are living, as follows: Martha A., wife of William Longbrake; Elizabeth J.; James H. married Elizabeth Sanderson; Alvira; Delia, wife of William Rhulen; Emma; Cyrus, the junior member of the firm, and Robert Dyer. Mr. Reed is connected with the Presbyterian Church, and is widely known as a reliable business man and a worthy and esteemed citizen. JOSEPH K. RICHEY, farmer, P. O. Marysville. The subject of this sketch, whose portrait appears in this work, is a native of Beaver County, Penn., where he was born September 19, 1811, and is a son of William and Mary (Kane) Richey, the former a native of Cumberland County, Penn., and the latter of North Ireland; her parents were Scotch Protestants, and migrated from Scotland to the place of her nativity, thence to the United States when the mother of our subject was four years of age. The parents settled in Westmoreland County, Penn., where they passed the remainder of their days. The grandparents of Joseph, on his father's side, Adam and Elizabeth Richey, were of the same origin, and emigrated at an early date to the American shore and settled in the same county in Pennsylvania, where they both died. They had eight children, five sons and three daughters. The sons were James, Thomas, Adam, William and John. The two eldest were soldiers in the Revolutionary war; James served through the war and afterward settled in North Carolina. William, the father of our subject, was first married in Westmoreland County, Penn., to Miss Catherine O. Hale, who bore him three daughters, Elizabeth, Nancy and Mary. He moved with his family to Madison County, Ohio, in the spring of 1813, and settled in Darby Township, where he resided until 1819, when he moved to Dover Township, Union Co., where his wife died. By his second marriage, to M Dry Kane, he had nine children, eight of whom are living, viz.: Martha, William, Catherine, James, Sarah, Ann, Margaret, Adam and Joseph K. Our subject, the youngest, was married December 24, 1835, to Miss Nancy, daughter of George and Susannah Longbrake. Mrs. Richey was born August 1, 1817, in Clark County, Ohio. This union produced four sons and three daughters, four of whom are living, as follows: Adam; Jay H.; Mary, wife of H. Lovelace; and Louisa, wife of V. Turner. George, youngest son, enlisted in Company F, Sixty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was killed by a shell on the battle-field of Port Republic, June 9,1862. Mr. Richey cleared the land of the homestead, and at this time owns 525 acres, 400 of which are improved. He has taken an active interest in the growth and improvement of the county since its organization. He was Assessor of the Milford & Irwin pike, it being 'the first gravel road erected in the county. He served nine years as County Commissioner, and was one of the board in the construction of the first gravel roads in the county, to which improvement his last term was devoted in superintending. He has also filled other offices of minor importance, and is one of our oldest and most respected citizens. W. H. ROBB, retired. This worthy citizen and soldier is a son of John and Margaret (Hillis) Robb, the former a native of Washington County, Penn., and the latter of Kentucky. Robert, the grandparent, was born in Washington County, Penn., and served in the American Army through the Indian wars. Subsequently, he moved with his family to Kentucky, and was A distinguished pioneer of Lewis County, where he lived to the close of his life. John Robb was a participant in the war of 1812, and in the spring of 1842 moved and settled on a farm in Liberty Township, Union County, Ohio, where, together with his wife, they lived, rejoiced and sorrowed for twenty years, and together died in 1865. The subject of this sketch, whose portrait appears in this work, was born in Lewis County, Ky., in January, 1826. He was raised on a farm, but was engaged as a salesman until his election as County Sheriff in 1854. This official position he occupied two terms, when he pursued the mercantile trade, and in 1861 was elected Representative from this county to the State Legislature. At the close of his term, he gave his service to his country's flag, and raised Company E, of the Eighty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, three months' service, in which he was commissioned Captain June 3, 1862, and was mustered out at Delaware, Ohio, September 25, by reason of expired term of service. In 1864, he raised Company C, of the One Hundred and Seventy-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he enlisted as a private, and was discharged therefrom as Captain May 12, 1865, by reason of disability resulting from wounds received in the service. He participated in the battles of Decatur, Tenn., August 18, 1864; Overalls Creek, December 4, 1864, and in the charge during the battle of the Cedars he was severely wounded in the right arm, and conveyed from the field. He was confined in the hospital at Murfreesboro, Tenn., from December 4, 1864, until April 6, 1865, when he returned to his home. In the fall of the same year, he was elected County Treasurer. His abilities and fitness in the discharge of this important trust gave him re-election in 1867, closing his service the second term. In the spring of 1870, he was appointed United States Revenue Collector, in which capacity he served the Government five years. Subsequently he pursued the mercantile trade a few years, when he retired from the active duties of life. Mr. R. has passed the chair of High Priest in Masonry, and is Quartermaster in the G. A. R. He was married in Union County, Ohio, in 1850, to Miss Eliza J. Green, a native of New York State, who died after two years of wedded life. His second marriage, to Miss Amelia J. Turner, a native of Clark County, Ohio, occurred in 1855. This union has been blessed with four children, all of whom are living, viz.: Ella, eldest daughter, is a teacher of schools in Philadelphia; Willis 0. a Professor of languages and literature in the Cincinnati College both 134 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. graduates of Wesleyan University; Lillie and Lina, graduates of Farmers' College, Cincinnati. The family are connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church of this city. JOHN W. ROBINSON, farmer, P. O. Marysville, son of John W. and Elizabeth Robinson, early pioneers of this county, was born in Darby Township January 11, 1831. He spent his early life on his father's firm, and received his education in the common schools of his native place. February 8, 1855, he was united in marriage with 'Miss Sarah Cole. a daughter of Daniel and Mary Cole, natives of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Robinson, a native of Washington County, Penn., was born May 24, 1831. Seven children were born to this union, viz.: Joseph H., Mary E., Aaron F., Jennie C., Carrie B., James E. and John C. In the spring of 1858, Mr. Robinson purchased. his present farm, where he has since resided, He owns 240 acres of well-improved land at a convenient distance from Marysville. He has always followed the avocation of agriculture and stock-raising, and with success. he was the organizer of Grange No. 404, mud served as its first Master; is now Treasurer of the County Grange. He is serving his second term as member of the Board of Township Trustees. Politically, he is a Republican. He and family are associated with the Presbyterian Church of Marysville. AARON B. ROBINSON, merchant and attorney, Marysville. The subject of this sketch is a lineal descendant of Union County's earliest pilgrims, and was born in Darby Township November 10, 1833, and is a son of John W. and Elizabeth (Mitchel) Robinson, natives of Pennsylvania. Judge David Mitchel was the first to settle in the limits of Union County, some time prior to 1800. He became prominently identified with its interests, and occupied the chair of Associate Judge a number of years. Aaron B. Robinson was reared on the homestead farm, and leaned to labor with his hands. He acquired a primary education in the schools of this city, and entered Jefferson College at Cannonsburg for the completion of his collegiate studies. In the Junior year, his health failed him, and he was obliged to return home. Subsequently, he began the study of law, and in 1858 attended the Cincinnati Law School. He was admitted to the bar the following year, and began the practice of his profession in connection with his brother, Hon. J. W. Robinson, in that city. He volunteered his services to the Union army during the rebellion, and entered the service on the 22d day of August, 1862, as Captain of Company I, One Hundred and Twenty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and participated in most of the battles in which the regiment was engaged. He was wounded on the field of Chickamauga, Ga., September 19, 1863, and sent home, where he remained three months, when he returned to his regiment and served through to the close of the war. He received promotion to Colonel of his regiment, but was mustered out as Lieutenant Colonel June 17, 1865. Returning to peaceful pursuits, he joined his brother in the manufacture of woolen goods in a mill located near Military and West streets. The brothers did an extensive business in this establishment, which closed in 1880, after a long and successful career. In 1879, Mr. Robinson erected the large and commodious store of his present premises, where he carries on an extensive trade in dry goods, carpets, etc He is at this time, July, 1882, serving his second year as Representative to the Ohio Legislature, to which he was elected in 1879. Mr. Robinson was joined in marriage in 1868 to Miss Keziah, daughter of Alfred and Harriet Wilkins, whose family history appears in this portion of the work. Four children born to this union are all living, viz.: Harriet E., E. Gertrude, Martha E. and Alfred J. Mr. Robinson is a member of the G. A. R., and the family are members of the Presbyterian Church. JOHN B. ROBINSON, of the livery firm of Robinson & Mullen, Marysville. Mr. Robinson is politically a representative of the old-time Jacksonian Democracy, of loyal inheritance, who gave his service to his country's flag, and on the battle-field secured the legacy herein transmitted to his children, his country and his home. He was born in Jerome Township, Union County, in June, 1841. He was raised on a farm, mud enlisted at Camp Chase, in Company B, Thirty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, August 9,1861. The regiment was assigned to the Army of the Potomac and entered the field in September, 1861. He participated in the battle of Bull Pasture Mountain, Va., May 8, 1861, and was among the prisoners captured at Harper's Ferry, Va., October 11, 1861. He was exchanged, and joined the forces under Gen. Grant at Vicksburg, Miss., and was assigned to the first line of advance through the siege and fall of that place, May to July 4, 1863; also in the battle of Raymond, Miss., May 12, 1863; Champion Hills, Miss., May 16, 1863. At the close of Vicksburg, the regiment returned to Ohio on veteran furlough, was consolidated and joined Sherman at Resaca, Ga. He was in the advancing line at Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., June, 1864, and. at Atlanta, Ga., was placed on the first skirmish line of advance before that place. Closely following the siege of Atlanta was Jonesboro, Ga., from August 19 to September 7, 1864. Then joining the victorious legions he marched with Sherman to the sea. He was again selected as one to. advance the line against Savannah, Ga., December 10, 1864. He was among the gallant leaders in the battle of Goldsboro, N. C., March 21-24, 1865, and at the surrender of Johnston to the Union forces at Raleigh, April 26, 1865. Thence taking up the line of march homeward, through the grand review at Washington, and thence to Louisville, where he was discharged. Through all the privations and perils of war, he came out unscathed, and physically a more robust man. Returning to peaceful pursuits, he engaged in farming, and in October, 1878, was married to Miss Sarah C., a daughter of Jesse and Jane Gill, of Union Township. Five children born to this Union are all living, viz.: James E., An- PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 135 drew, Flora, Laura and Pearl, and all the grandchildren of Charles M. and Margaretta, (Roney) Robinson, residents of this city. The subject of this sketch moved to Marysville in 1873 and began dealing in stock. He has a pure thoroughbred Norman, imported from, Francs, in 1867, at a cost of $3,000. His weight is 1,800 pounds, and in color he is white as snow. Mr. Robinson erected the stable he now occupies in 1878, and in June, 1881, Theodore Mullen was admitted a partner. This enterprising firm keep nothing but good stock, both in horses, buggies and carriages, and consume the great bulk of the city trade. They are courteous and obliging, and are worthy of the patronage they receive. C. L. ROBINSON, commission merchant, Marysville. This family is among the oldest and most respected of Union County pioneers. Grandfather, Thomas Robinson, left the Keystone State in 1805, and settled in Darby Township, where he passed the remaining years of his life. He raised a family of six children, five sons and one daughter, three of whom are living. The subject of this sketch is a son of John M. and Mary J. (Roney) Robinson, and was born on the homestead, in Jerome Township, October 13, 1846. He was raised on a farm, and in 1862, enlisted in Company E, Eighty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served four months in the field. In August, 1863, he re-enlisted in Company G. One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served in the field until March, 1864. Returning to peaceful pursuits, he was for one year engaged as a salesman at Columbus, when he established himself in the livery and stock business at Plain City, Madison County. In 1871, he removed to Marysville and became engaged in the live-stock and commission business at Cleveland, Ohio, where he was established under the firm name of Hunt & Robinson. For the past four years, the firm of Hunt, Robinson & Greenlee, have, with a large capital, carried on an extensive trade in the purchase and sale of sheep, hogs and cattle, at the Cleveland stock yards. Mr. R. spends the summer months at his home in this city, where he is connected with the wool trade. He is possessed of an active, persevering temperament, and is always busy. He is a member of the IOOF. Lodge, of Plain City, and of the G. A. R., of this city. His marriage to Miss Julia Shipman, a native of ?lain City, Madison County, Ohio, occurred in 1868. GEORGE P. ROBINSON, Marysville, is an offspring of one of the hardy pioneer families of Union County. His grandfather, Thomas, was among the foremost to erect a cabin in the limits of Darby Township, where he lived and died. His parents, Adam P. and Nancy J. (Marshall) Robinson, were both born in Darby Township in 1812. He was a resident of his native township until 1873, when he took up his residence in Marysville, where he died October 24, 1881. His life companion, who survives, is in the seventieth year of her age. The subject of this sketch was born on the homestead August 9, 1843. He remained at home until the breaking out of the rebellion, when he joined the boys in blue of the Fortieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, enlisting in Company D, August 13, 1861. He participated in the battles of Duck River, Tenn., April 26, 1863; Chickamauga, Ga., September 19, 1863; Mission Ridge, Tenn., November 24, 1863; Lookout Mountain, Tenn., above the clouds, November 25, 1863; Pound Gap, Ky., April 19, 1864; Dalton, Ga., May 9, 1864; Resaca, Ga., May 13, 1864;. Kenesaw Mountain, June 10, July 2, 1864; Peach Tree Creek, Ga., July 19, 1864; Atlanta, Ga., July 21, November 9,1864; Jonesboro, Ga., August 19, 1864; Lovejoy Station, Ga., July 29, 1864; and Buzzard's Roost, Ga., February 25-27, 1864. He was honorably discharged at Atlanta, Ga., October 7, 1864, and returned to his home. He engaged in teaching school and working on the farm until 1872, when he moved to North Lewisburg and opened a hardware store. Two years later he returned to this city stud engaged in teaching and mercantile trade until 1875, when he was elected County Recorder. He was re-elected in 1878, and occupied that position six years. He is an honored member of the Masonic fraternity, of the K. of P. and the G. A.. R. His marriage to Miss Lydia E., daughter of Rev. P. Webster, and a native of Knox County, Ohio, occurred November 18, 1873. one child-Winefred C., is the only issue of this union. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson are con. nected with the Presbyterian Church. JAMES HAMILTON RONEY, son of James and Rachel (La Rue) Roney, was born in Chester County, Penn , January 14, 1831. When two years of age, his father moved to Franklin County, Ohio, and eight years later, on the death of his parents, James went to live with a married sister, ,Mrs. Margaretta Robinson, in Jerome Township, Union County. On the 27th of September, 1853, he married Rebecca, daughter of William and Nancy (Bain) Bigger, and in the spring of 1867 moved to Marysville, where he and his family of three children-Anna, Nellie and Willie -still reside. Mr. Roney has been for more than thirty years a stock-dealer, and is the largest shipper in the county. DR. A. SABINE, Marysville. William (1) Sabine, the first progenitor, appeared in the town of Rehoboth, Mass., at the organization of the town in. 1642. When he came to America, is not known ; but tradition says he came from Wales or the South of England, where he found refuge in flight from France. He was a Huguenot, and was a man of considerable culture, and possessing wealth, as is shown in the account of his estate and gifts for the relieving of the wants of those who suffered from the ravages of the Indians. He was one of the leading spirits of Rehoboth, in schools, church, and in affairs at Plymouth. We do not know who was his first wife, but she died shortly after 1660. He married second, Martha, daughter of James and Anna Allen, of Medfield, Mass. He died February 9,1687.His will was made June 4, 1685, and 136 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. probated in Boston, July 17, 1687, during the administration of Gov. Andros. The original will is on file in Boston. In it are mentioned sixteen of his twenty children. His children by his first wife were all born in Rehoboth, except the two eldest, whose place of birth is unknown. Benjamin (2) Sabine, fourth child by his first wife, was born May 3, 1646, in Rehoboth, where he resided until 1675, when he removed to Roxbury, Mass., and in 1686 was one of the thirteen pioneers who settled Woodstock, Conn., and joined the same year in purchasing a large treat of land lying just mouth of Woodstock Mashamaquoit, the present town of Pomfret. He lived in Woodstock until 1706, when he removed to his new purchase. He died in Pomfret July 21, 1726, aged eighty. He married, first, Sarah, daughter, of John and Rebecca Polly, by whom he had four children. He married, second, Sarah Parker, July 6, 1678, by whom he had seven children. Nehemiah (8) Sabine, second child of Benjamin by his second wife, was born in Roxbury January 10, 1681. He married Elizabeth Boyden, of Medfield, Mass., where he resided until about 1716, when he returned to Pomfret. He died July 6, 1746. He had seven children. Nehemiah (4) Sabine, fifth child of Nehemiah, Sr., was born in Medfield, Mass., September 9,1718. He married Ruth Cooper, December 3, 1735, and had five children. He died July 4, 1746. Nehemiah (6) Sabine, born in Pomfret, Conn., April 8, 1741; married Mary Rice, May 12, 1763, and settled in Tolland, Conn., where eight children were born. Nehemiah Sabine [Nehemiah (6), Nehemiah (4), Nehemiah (3), Benjamin (2), William (1)], born Tolland, Conn., March 18, 1777. Married, March 28, 1792, Susannah, daughter of Joseph Hawkins (son of James Hawkins, who came from England at an early day). He was a blacksmith. Soon after marriage, he embraced religion, united with the Methodists. and was soon licensed to preach. Was preaching in Vergennes, Vt., in 1793; Whitestown, N. Y., in 1795; Pitsfield, N. Y., in 1798; St. Armans, Lower Canada, in 1800; Highgate, Vt., 1802, and in 1806 purchased a farm at Dunham, Lower Canada, where he remained until 1812. When war was declared between England and the States, he embraced the first opportunity to cross the line into Vermont, where one of his parishioners was on picket Capt. On the 20th of September, 1812, with one two-horse and one three-horse wagon, and a family of nine children, he started for Ohio. Arrived in Worthington about the middle of November, 1812, where he wintered. During the summer of 1813, he purchased a farm on the mouth bank of Little Darby, on the post road, in what is now Union County, and built a cabin, Roswell, Laura and John F. occupying it immediately, the remainder of the family not being able to join them until spring, on account of high water. He died December 20, 1814, of "milk sickness." His wife, Susannah (Hawkins) Sabine, survived him, and died from injuries received in falling, at the home of her son, John F., in Marysville, Ohio, at the advanced age of ninety-four years. Their children were as follows: Hiram, born March 18, 1793, died September 20, 1814, of milk sickness; Hylas, born November 16, 1796, died December 9, 1834, of consumption ; Dr. Roswell, born January 29, 1798, died March 11, 1875, of pneumonia; Laura, born September 12, 1800, died March 10, 1880, of dropsy; John Fletcher, born December 9, 1802, living; Phebe, born January 31, 1805, died September 20, 1815, of milk sickness; Asbury, born January 13, 1807, died April 8, 1845, of consumption; Rebecca T., born January 15, 1800, living (wife of Andrew Keyes) ; Dr. Charles W., born June 21, 1811, died February 15, 1842, of consumption; William R., born December 23, 1813, died June 24, 1835, of consumption. Milk sickness was really the primary cause of death of those who died with phthisis consumption. John Fletcher (7) Sabine, born December 9, 1802, in Highgate, Vt., came to this county December 1, 1813. His father dying when he was but twelve years old, the support of the family devolving upon him. He married, September 17, 1828, Euphenna, daughter of David Clement. Purchased at farm on Little Darby, near the homestead of Walter Dun, in the spring of 1828, where he resided until January, 1856, when he moved to Marysville, where he now resides. In politics, he was a Whig. He cast his first vote for Adams (John Quincy) in 1824, and has voted at every Presidential election and State election since. He was one of the first "Free-Soilers" in like country. Was elected Justice of the Peace in 1829 and held that office continuously until elected Auditor in 1855. Was elected Infirmary Director and held the office until forced to resign on account of ill health; but as soon as his health was partially restored, was reelected and now is Clerk of the Board of Directors. The following are his children: Hylas, born July 5, 1829, married Anna Ware, October 8, 1857; Anna W. Sabine, born February 24, 1864; Wallace C. Sabine, born June 13, 1868; Andrew Sabine, born January 11, 1831, married Louisa Leonard, October, 1860, son born April 23, 1863, wife died May 19, 1863, child died July 12, 1863, married Nannie Christabelle Brown, October 28, 1978, one child-Christabelle Sabine, born May 14, 1881; Hannah Sabine, born February 21, 1837, married Christopher Houston, March 26, 1861, four children-Alexander, born January 3, 1862, Archie born 'May 12, 1864, Freddy, born March 23, 1867, Anna Christine, born April, 1871 ; Marcha, born March 16, 1839, died May 28, 1865, one son-Clement, Mitchell, living. Andrew (8) Sabine [John T. (7), Nehemiah (6), Nehemiah (5), Nehemiah (4), Nehemiah (3), Benjamin (2), William (1)], was born January 11, 1831, and educated in the district school, Marysville Academy, and Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio. He attended medical lectures at the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Penn., in 1854-55-56, graduating in 1856.Practiced medicine in Rosedale, Madison Co., Ohio, for one year, when he received an appointment as physician to the Central Lunatic PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 137 Asylum, Columbus, Ohio, where he remained for three years; resigning this position, he located, in the fall of 1860, at Atchison, Territory of Kansas, where he soon obtained a good business in his profession. In May, 1861, being informed by Senator Jim Lane that Kansas would not be ,called on for troops, he immediately returned to Ohio and presented himself to the First Exam. ining Board; not having ten years' experience as a physician, he could not be commissioned as Surgeon, but received the second commission, issued to Assist Surgeons, and was assigned to the Twenty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was recruiting in Camp Chase; he assisted in the examinations of the recruits for this regiment. His commission was not issued until the 2d of July, although he was with the regiment and on duty for about one month previous. Went to the Kanawha Valley, Va., in July, 1861, and was constantly with the command, much of the time the only medical officer. The duties were very arduous-nearly all of the soldiers were taken from comfortable homes and the exposure incident to camp life caused a vast amount of sickness; at one time in camp on "Big Sewell Mountain," we had nearly three hundred cases of measels. He went into winter quarters in Fayetteville, Va., but as moon as he got comfortably situated the Twenty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry was ordered to Louisville, Ky., January, 1862, to report to Gen. Don Carlos Buell; was assigned to Hascall's brigade, Thomas 1. Wood's division. As soon as the troops were organized into brigades and divisions, they were moved out on the road to Bowling Green, where the rebels were in force strongly fortified. We moved out in about six inches of snow, which soon became mud. This was a campaign which caused a large amount of sickness and was very severe on the surgeon, as the only sleep he could get would be on his horse on the march. While in Nashville, his regiment was complimented in general orders for", drill, cleanliness and health" He was with Buell at Pittsburg Landing; here he had a large amount of surgical experience ; was appointed Medical Purveyor, and issued many tons of medicines during the siege of Corinth, and settled his accounts without the lose of a single package of medicine; was with his command, which was the first to enter Corinth. During the summer of 1862, he campaigned in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky; was at McMinnville, Tenn., when Buell's army commenced its race with Bragg, for Louisville, Ky.; at the Perryville fight, followed Bragg nearly to Cumberland Gap, and returned to Nashville by the way of Columbia, Adams Co., Ky. At the battle of Stone River, was in charge of the hospital for Crittenden's corps. During the engagement, was twice taken prisoner; once taken to the Cedar brush by Dick McCan's Partisan Rangers to be hung, but was released by the opportune passing by of rebel Gen. Joseph Wheeler, who ordered him back to his hospital; the second time taken escaped while the rebels were retreating. After the battle of Stone River, was ordered to report to Gen. Straight, who was going out on a reconnaissance to find where the rebel army had gone; was without provisions most of the time and the tremendous rains made every stream a river. Turning suddenly cold on the day of his return, his clothing was frozen so solid that he had to be helped from his horse and carried to a fire and thawn out. Wag promoted to Surgeon for meritorious services and commissioned February 16, 1863, assigned to the Seventy-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and joined this r egiment immediately at Young's Point, La. Soon after his arrival was appointed on an Examining Board of Surgeons, to examine candidates for Surgeons and Assistant Surgeons, who had been elected by vote of regiments, without. regard to qualifications. Participated in all of the campaigns of Steele's division around Vicksburg, and during the battles that preceded the investment, and during the siege was one of three Surgeons who constituted the "Operating Board." After the surrender, he was Division Surgeon for his division on the campaign against Gen. Jo Johnston's army, which resulted in the capture of Canton, Miss., and the destruction of machine shops and many miles of railroad, and the second capture of Jackson, Miss. On the re-organization of the Army of the Tennessee, the Seventy-sixth Ohio Infantry was assigned to the First Brigade, First Division of the Fifteenth Army Corps. In the movement across from Memphis, Tenn., to the relief of Chattanooga, the First Division marched from Corinth, south of the Tennessee River, to cover the main body of troops, who were going by rail. Soon after leaving Corinth, the division encountered about 10,000 rebel cavalry, and fought with them every day until the balance of the army had reached the vicinity of Chattanooga. This was a very bard campaign for the Surgeon, as they never left a wounded soldier to the mercy of the enemy. All of the wounded were taken with the command and well cared for until they reached Stephenson, where the wounded were sent to the hospital, and the command reached Chattanooga and was bor rowed by Hooker and participated in the "battle above the clouds." Next day was in the battle of Mission Ridge, and after this was, November 27, in the bloody Ringgold fight, Taylor's Ridge. These engagements following in such rapid succession, gave the Surgeons an immense amount of work. In the winter of 1863-64, on the organization of the army for the Atlanta campaign, he was re-appointed one of the three Surgeons who constituted the "Operating Board " for the First Division, Fifteenth Army Corps, and continued to serve in this capacity until the close of the war. Was constantly with his command during the Atlanta campaign in the "march to the sea," and the winter and spring campaign through the Carolinas. Served four years and one month in the field, and during the whole time he was never absent from his command when it was on the march or in any skirmish or battle, and was always out with a detachment of the command when it went on any expedition, and frequently was out with other 138 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. commands. He never hesitated in obeying the orders of his superior officer. Never excused from duty on account of sickness. Repeatedly performed all operations that are incident to battles - amputations of toes, foot, leg and thigh, many successful amputations through upper third, and neck of femur, excisions of shoulder joints, elbow and knee joint, and very many of shaft of bones, of ribs, and all manner of wounds of head and every portion of the human system. He Was mustered out with his command at the close of the war. In l866, he purchased a quarry of hydraulectum and built a mill on Silver Creek, in Clark County, Ind., six miles from Jeffersonville. He was successful in business, and invested some of his earnings in a Savings Bank; the cashier stole the money and much of the deposits, and he, with three other directors, have paid the depositors out of their private funds. This logs, With a large amount of security debts, has materially diminished his finances. He returned to Ohio in 1878, and is mow engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery in Marysville, Ohio. FRED. J. SAGER, County Surveyor, Marysville, is the youngest son of Frederick and Michell (Jolly) Sager, natives of Union County. The former was a farmer and miller by occupation. He built the mill at Unionville and operated it until his death. He died November 6, 1858, aged forty-eight years two months and twenty-eight days. He was the sixth child of a family of thirteen children. He and his brother John owned the land and laid out the town of Unionville. Michell Jolly was a daughter of John Jolly, an early settler of this county. He was a man of literary habits, and possessed a very good education for his time. In 1795, he wrote a treatise on mathematics, which is still in existence in manuscript form. It is an exhaustive work, showing considerable ability, and embraces the science of mathematics in all its branches, including geometry, trigonometry and surveying. He taught school, surveyed, kept accounts for farmers and served as the educated man of the settlements for miles around. Christian Sager, the grandfather her of our subject, was one of a family of six children, and a native of Loudoun County, Va. He married Elizabeth Shover at Frederickstown, Va., and in the beginning of the present century, came to Ohio with his parents, George and Elizabeth (Sheets) Sager. The latter were the parents of mine children. The subject of this sketch was born at Unionville, this county, September 26, 1851. When four years old his mother died, and two years later he was made an orphan by the death of his father. He was raised by three uncles until fifteen years of age, when he went to Delaware and worked his way through the union school and partly through college. He sawed wood, made garden and did odd jobs around town to obtain the means necessary to enable him to complete his education. After leaving school, he taught for two or three years in Delaware and Union Counties, and then began surveying. In the fall of 1875, he was elected Surveyor of Union County, taking his seat in the following spring, and Is still the incumbent of that office, having been re-elected at the fall elections of 1878 and 1881. He has made an efficient and worthy servant of the public, and has accomplished work that shall stand as a monument of his ability long after his official term shall have expired. He has engineered over 200 miles of gravel road, and over 100 county and township ditches. In connection with the surveyors of the adjoining counties he has located, established and permanently marked the boundary lines of the county. He was one of the charter members of the Ohio Society of Surveyors and Civil Engineers, a scientific organization, embracing most of the prominent engineers of the state, and having for its design the mutual benefit of its members in the discussion of scientific questions and other matters relating to the profession. Mr. Sager has been an active member of the society, and was elected President of the organization for 1882, and re-elected to the same office for the year 1883. He has made a study of and extensive researches in the land tenure of the State. and has made an especial study of the Greenville treaty line, of which he has thorough and complete information. On October 16, 1876, he married Miss Frances L. Partridge, daughter of Reuben L. and Maria (Wolford) Partridge, two of the oldest residents of Marysville the latter being the oldest native born citizen living in the town. To this union one child has been born, viz.: Frederick P. Mr. Sager is a member of the IOOF. Lodge of Marysville. During the rebellion his brother, Francis M., enlisted in Company D, Fortieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and, after a year's service through the campaigns in Kentucky, he contracted consumption, and returning home, died in a few days. The only other survivor of Mr. Sager's parents is the present wife of J. P. Martin, of Darby Township. She is a graduate of the Ohio Wesleyan Female Seminary, of Delaware, of the class of '68. Mr. Sager also has a half-sister living, who is a daughter of hie father by his second marriage to Martha Marmon, of Logan County. O. M. SCOTT, hardware merchant, Marysville. The senior member of the firm of O. W. Scott & Bro., whose name appears at the head of this sketch, came to this city in the spring of 1860, and established business under the firm name of Henderson & Scott. In 1869, Henderson withdrew his interest, and Mr. Scott succeeding, carried on the business with an interval of two years until 1882, when his brother was admitted to the concern. Mr. Scott occupied his present location in February, 1880, but continued in the sale of agricultural implements and manufacture of tinware at the old stand. The firm carry a stock of $15,000 to $20,000, and occupy the upper floors in manufacturing, and employ from twelve to fifteen men. We may judge something of the magnitude of their business when we record their sales of nearly $75,000 for the year 1881. The subject of this sketch was born in Licking County, Ohio, Page 139 Blank Page 140 Elmore Y. King PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 141 in 1837, and is the second son of James and Mary (Joselyn) Scott, the former a native of Washington County, Peon., and the latter of Maine. The parents, with Hugh, the father of James, settled in Licking County, Ohio, and were among its early pioneers. James, with his family, removed to Delaware County, Ohio, in 1857, where he resided until the death of his wife In 1879, when he came to Marysville and is at this time, July, 1882, living with his son Judson J., in the seventy-sixth year of his age. O. M. Scott gave his services to his country in the three years call for volunteers, and enlisted September 14, 1862, in Company H, One Hundred and Twenty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was assigned to the Commissary Department most of the time, but participated in many of the hard-fought battles in which the regiment was engaged. He was wounded at the battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 18, 1862, while acting on the Staff of Gen. John G. Mitchell. He was discharged at Washington, D. C., as First Lieutenant, in 'May, 1865. He was married, in 1870, to Miss Hattie B., daughter of John Guthrie, and a native of Licking County, Ohio. Four children were born to this union. two of whom are living, viz.: Dwight G. and Mary. Mr. Scott is a member of the IOOF., G. A. R., and connected with the Congregational Church. G. L. SELLERS, grocer, Marysville. This enterprising citizen was born in Carroll County, Md., November 27, 1832. His parents, John and Catherine (Weaver) Sellers, were both natives of that State, and became residents of the West in 1836, returning to Maryland three years afterward, where he died in 1879. His wife, who survives, is in the eightieth year of her age. They were the parents of nine children, sit of whom are living. The subject of this sketch came to Marysville in 1853, and for four years conducted or superintended the tannery of his uncle, John Weaver. In 1857 or 1858, he was admitted a partner to the concern, where he was engaged until the spring of 1862, when he tendered his service to the Union army, and, with Capt. Robb, of this city, raised Company E, Eighty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and entered the field in rank of First Lieutenant, serving during the call, On his return in 1863, the firm of Sellers & Morelook was Instituted, and the firm erected a tannery east of the Tribune building. This firm dissolved in 1869, Mr. Sellers retiring from the concern, and in the following year he associated himself with W. M. Cartmell in the grocery business. This firm dissolved in January, 1872, and Mr. Sellers has conducted the business alone until 1880, when his son, John L., was admitted as a partner to the house. The concern carry a complete and choice stock of groceries, and have a' substantial trade. Mr. Sellers has been connected with the IOOF. society for twenty-five years, and filled all the chairs of that order. His marriage to Miss Eliza, daughter of Thomas and Eliza Snodgrass, was celebrated in 1857. Three children were the fruits of this union, two Of whom are living, viz., John L. and Effie E. The family are connected with the Presbyterian Church. JOHN H. SHEARER was born in Perry County, Ohio, December 10, 1816. His father, Daniel Shearer, was born in Franklin County, Penn., in the year 1781. He emigrated to Ohio, in the fall of 1805, and settled in what afterward became Perry County. He was. then in his twenty-fourth year, and was one of a family of twelve children, ten sons and two daughters, roost of whom subsequently scattered through several States, and the second and third generations. those who are living, have mostly become isolated and lost to each other. His mother, Martha Miller by maiden name, was a native of Lancaster County. Penn., but subsequently, with her father's family, moved to Dauphin County, same State, and from thence in the spring of 1806, to Fairfield County, Ohio. In the spring of 1807, the father purchased land, and located in eastern Fairfield County, which afterward was made a part of Perry County, in the vicinity of the present village of-Somerset. Both parents. it will be seen, were entitled to the honor of being among the early pioneers of (hat section, and did their full share in clearing out the interminable forests and changing the wilderness into a land of productiveness. The father's name receives mention in Howe's History of Ohio, as having been among the first settlers. He died in 1820, at the age of thirty-nine years, having contracted disease while in the army in 1813, from which he never recovered. This left the mother with four living children, and a partially undeveloped farm, to struggle with many hardships and privations incident to anew country. By prudent management the now old home farm," upon which the subject of this notice first drew the breath of life, and which he loves annually to visit on account of the early associations connected with it, was cleared up, and in due course of time the fruitful fields yielded a substantial return upon which to depend for support. The original family consisted of three daughters and three sons, six in all. Three of these, two daughters and one son, died in infancy. The other three, one daughter and two sons, are still living, having came down contemporaneously for sixty years without a break by death. The subject of this notice is the fourth child and second son. The mother, Mrs. Martha Kishler (having received this name by second marriage), died in Maryville, March 9, 1875, aged eighty five years. His first school term of three months was in the summer of 1824. This was taught by a pious Catholic lady by the name of Catharine McClusky. He and his sister, Mrs. Margaret Brunner, now also a resident of Marysville, aged respectively eight and eleven years, had to walk every day they attended school a distance of two and a half miles to reach the rude school cabin, and in the evening walk back, making a distance of five miles per day, or thirty miles per week, to lay a small groundwork for their education. There were not many Saturday holidays 142 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. for the teachers in those days. These daily journeys were made for two or three summers. They then moved into another district. and a new schoolhouse was soon after erected within half a mile of their home. Here there was usually a winter term of three months, about two-thirds of which time they were permitted to attend. At this place they completed their education, having attended some five or six broken winter sessions in all. The branches taught were spelling, reading, writing and arithmetic. Geography and grammar belonged to the higher branches, and were not taught in our schools of that day. Those branches were considered unnecessary as long as people had to put so much of their time in clearing up the forests and prepare for more comfortable homes. In those years, before machinery was called in to do the work, almost everything was done by hand; and it was a boy's highest ambition to learn some trade upon which he might depend in the future for a living, if necessary. By some strange intuition, which has always been inexplicable to him, considering his limited education, the subject of this notice, in the spring of 1836, drifted into the printing office of the Western Post. This was the name of the only newspaper published in Somerset, the village near which he was raised. He started in for an apprenticeship of three years. He served the first year with Louis J. Moeller, who during the next year sold the office to S. H. McAfee and J. W. Ream, with whom he served the remaining two years, filling his contract faithfully in all respects; and although his situation during the first year was in many respects disagreeable, no one ever heard him utter a complaint. After serving his time, he attended a three months' term of school in the summer of 1839, which closed up his schooling and gave him a basis for future business operations. In August, 1839, he purchased a half-interest in the Western Post establishment, and in connection with several successive partners, continued the publication of the paper till 1844, when he became the sole proprietor. In 1855, the county seat was moved by a vote of the people from Somerset to New Lexington. The printing business, never very good there, was afterward in a manner obsolete. Soon after becoming involved as surety for his supposed friends. he was forced out of business, and learned for the first time by aid experience how utterly impossible it is for a man to assume other people's responsibilities without sooner or later meeting with trouble. This calamity exhausted his effects, threw him upon the cold charities of the world --- and they are cold with many hundred dollars of debts unpaid. Hungry creditors, to whom he never personally owed a dollar, with the sympathy of the tiger, helped themselves to full satiety as far as they could go. He has lived, however to see some of those men in the same dilemma. and they have leaned by experience, what they could not seemingly learn from the ties of sympathy. It is unfortunate that so many do not learn in time that it is not a good plan to run the risk of assuming other people's debts. Through a chain of gracious providences, as plainly marked as ever occurred to the most favored, he landed, weary and foot sore, in Marysville, in the latter part of August, 1858, to lookout anew home. There were few railroads then, and his financed' having become exhausted in trying to meet the clamorous demands of his creditors, he was compelled on the ground of economy to do considerable of walking. One day, near the close of the month above named, he started from Somerset to make his way to Marysville, where an opening had been advertised in the Ohio State Journal. He walked from Somerset to Newark, a distance of twenty miles, and thence rode by rail to Milford Center. Lending there, he learned that the train north had gone out about five minutes before, and he was compelled to add five miles more to the day's journey to reach his destination. He arrived in Marysville about sundown, with blistered feet, weary in body and distressed in mind. The situation was desperate, and he felt as though heaven had spread her darkest curtain of despair over him, and earth had closed all its avenues of hope. The printing office-the Marysville Tribune - was owned jointly by C. S. Hamilton and Samuel McBartney, the former a two-third and the latter a one-third interest. Hamilton was from home at the time, but learning from McBratney that the office was for sale, he began making inquiries as to the conditions of sale. The price asked was $1,500, much more than it was worth in its dilapidated condition; but being prompted forward by some strange inspiration. he agreed to purchase it provided the payments could be made so he could be meet them when due. Without a dollar and apparently with a dark future before him, he entered into a contract to make certain payments to McBratney for his share of the office, making no special arrangements about Hamilton's interest. They drew up a paper, stating terms of payment. The purchaser was to have possession of the office on the 1st of October following, which would be at the close of the ninth volume, and make his first payment of $300 on the first day of the following April. The one prominent idea with the purchaser was to get into business again; but for months afterward he felt alarmed at his own temerity in venturing upon an experiment which involved so much money, and had apparently so little of promise in the way of pecuniary return. The article was drawn up in a hurried manner, and both parties signed it. The north bound train being about due, the purchaser hastened to the depot so depressed in mind and spirit at the blind venture he had made, that he forgot to pay his hotel bill. This did not come to mind till nearing Delaware. Notwithstanding his despondency, new providence seemed to thicken around his pathway at every step. On getting off the cars to make the change for Columbus, he felt sadly distressed over this circumstance; a stranger making a purchase of so much importance, PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 143 and then leaving the town without paying his hotel bill, would not sound well, and leave a dark feature unexplained. He inquired of the bystanders if they know any one there from Marysville. "Yes," said one of them," I live there." I called him to one side and explained to him the circumstance of my being at Marysville and forgetting to pay the landlord. He readily complied with the request to carry the money back and explain to the landlord how it happened. The image of this man will never fade from memory. He had what might be termed a rough exterior, but manifested such frankness of character and benignity of countenance that one might instinctively feel at home in his company. In the conversation, he asked "what was your business in Marysville? " The answer was, purchasing the Tribune office, and that the purchaser would be on in a month more to take charge of the office." The reader will never be able to enter fully into the feelings of the broken-hearted purchaser, when that stranger to him, so providentially in the right place, put his hand approvingly on Lis shoulder, looked him in the face and remarked, "I run rejoiced at this; I own a two-thirds interest in the paper, and it needs changing hands ; I am not able to run the office in connection with my other business, and you are the man I am looking for." These kind words fairly unmanned the purchaser and lifted a mountain from his heart. For the first time in his life he found the real meaning of the sentiment, - A friend in need is a friend indeed." They then withdrew to one side and talked over the situation. He was given a full history of him who was soon to be the new proprietor of the Tribune . Nothing was withheld, even down to the smallest minutiae of his pecuniary embarrassments brought on by the bad faith of others; that he wished to get away from his troubles, and if possible, begin life anew. The story, instead of repelling, as it would many others, knit the good Samaritan closer to the wounded stranger. he urged him not to wait a month before taking possession of the office, as was -designed, but to come at once, and occupy the ground, giving at the same time assurances that he would stand by the office in every emergency. and assist also for awhile in its editorial management; and if need be, p pecuniarily. Fortunately the latter proffer was never needed. This man, kind reader, was C. S. Hamilton. A better friend than he proved to be to the new purchaser of the Tribune, and stranger as he was. he makes the declaration broad and pointed, no man ever found. This strange and cordial coming together made them life friends. They were consequently much together in their social relations, suit always respected each other so brothers. The promptings of a grateful heart has caused the stranger a thousand times to exclaim. "God bless C. S. Hamilton." Though dead, his memory its impressed upon the mind as frostily as though these occurrences took place but yesterday. He was a man of marked characteristics; he despised meanness of every kind, and his advice was always in the right direction. A purer, and more warm-hearted man, and a greater sympathizer in the misfortunes of others, Union County never had. He was more than a father to the stranger, in the counsel and aid he afforded him to get him on his feet again. Thus in the good providence of God, he was enabled in the course of a few years to pay off the balance of his surety debts, and Mr. Hamilton in full for his part of the office. The good benefactor would often say, seeing the despondency of his ward. for such he actually was, "Never mind the debt owing to me; Mat clear up all your other encumbrances and leave mine till I ask for it." With such encouragement, and such backing, the new proprietor of the Tribune had a heart to work, which he did day and night, till final relief came by the hardest industry and closest economy. His history since he has resided in Marysville, is as well known to the citizens of the county as it is to himself. He took charge of the Tribune October 1, 1858, and for over twenty-four years has published it continuously without missing a number. There are many links in the chain of his experience with men, that might be of benefit to young men who are striving to lay a basis for future business operations; but the publishers of this history will conclude that. quite enough of space has been consumed already by these business experiences. It may be well enough. however, to drop this advice to those young men who contemplate going into business for themselves: Have a definite object in view, and pursue it wit It energy; and beware above all things of assuming responsibilities for others in whose business relations you have no interest whatever. Becoming surety for others never made any man rich but, has. brought countless thousands to ruin and poverty. He obliging where you can be, without injury to yourselves; have a due regard for the rights of others, and bear in mind that you must have respect for others, If you wish others to have respect for you. Honor and shame from no condition rise, Act well your part, there all the honor lies." The subject of this biography published a paper in Somerset for nineteen years, which added to the twenty-four years of journalism in Marysville, gives a period of forty-three years in the profession as editor and publisher. He has been twice married; first to Mat Ida Ream, September 8, 1842, with whom he lived twenty-two and a half years; she died in Marysville, March 26, 1865. Two children are living by this union-Mrs. Dr. Ziegler, of Columbus, and W. O. Shearer, of the Tribune office. The second marriage was with Mrs. J. A. Johnson, nee Carson, with It whom he lived thirteen years, lacking eight days. She died October 22, 1881. By this union there is one son-John H. Shearer, Jr. This last marriage was consummated October 22, 1868. And now In the winding up of this brief narrative, it may be well enough 144 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. to make an open acknowledgement that life at best is a struggle to those who start out without assistance or even friendly advice. It matters little, however, in the end, what the struggle may have been, so it has bean made honestly. The question after all, that concerns us most is the one that has been asked tons of thousands of times along the earthly journey, "If a man die shall he live grain? " HENRY SHERIDAN, proprietor of the Continental Hotel, Marysville, was born in Now York City May 23, 1849. His parents, Richard B. and Anna (Hughes) Sheridan, were also natives of New York City. Mr. Sheridan was a carpenter and joiner by occupation, which trade he learned when seventeen years of age. He followed it successfully for fifteen years. In 1855, he superintended the erection of the City Assembly rooms, between Nos. 442 and 450 Broadway, New York. After their completion, he was made manager, and had charge of them until 1865. He was a member of the School Board of the Fourteenth Ward, for six years, and died May 18, 1870, aged fifty years. His wife preceded him April 1, 1863; Henry, the subject of this sketch, was reared in the city, and educated in its public schools. He was associated with his father in the hotel business-managing the City Assembly Rooms till 1865, when they were destroyed by fire. He was then engaged in building till his father's death, when he and his brother, Frank Sheridan, took charge of the Central Hotel, corner of One Hundred and Thirtieth street and Third avenue, New York City. Mr. Sheridan remained In business at the Central till 1874, when he came to St. Paris, Champaign Co., Ohio. He conducted the American House till June, 1877, when he leased the Continental Hotel. Mr. Sheridan took charge of the "Continental " when it had a very small business, and by his judicious management he built up and established a large transient trade. The close attention which he bestows upon his guests, combined with his genial and accommodating manner, renders him a most admirable landlord. In December, 1882, much to the regret of the people of Marysville, Mr. Sheridan removed to Circleville. Ohio, and opened the New American House, the largest and most complete hotel in that city. Mr. Sheridan was married, January 4, 1872, to Miss Gussie Vanness, a daughter of George and Anna O. Vanness. Mrs. Sheridan was born in Hughesville, Warren Co., N. J., July 19, 1853. Mr. and Mrs. Sheridan were blessed with four children; of these two are living Charles Albert and Henry Chester. Harry LeGrand and Earl LaRue are deceased. ISRAEL SLACK, was born in Chester County, Penn., September 11, 1824. When, a boy, his parents, Thomas and Mary (Roney) Slack, died. He was taken by his uncle, Charles Roney with whom he remained till of age. In 1836, he came with his uncle and family to Washington Township, Franklin Co., Ohio. Mr. Slack is the youngest son. He was brought up on a farm, and received his training in the common schools. On April 6,1848, he was married to Miss Emily J. Urton, daughter of John and Keziah (Bishop) Urton, of Loudoun County, Va. They removed to Franklin County. Ohio, in 1827, where they both died, the former January 24, 1855, and the latter October 4, 1852. They were the parents of eleven children, of whom Mrs. Slack is the third daughter. She was born in Loudoun County, Vs., April 7, 1826. Mr. Slack resided near Dublin till the fall of 1849, when he removed to Jerome Township and purchased 117 1/4 acres of land, in 1852, in Mill Creek Township. The following year he located on it and remained a resident there until 1880, when he sold and removed to Marysville. He owns a farm of 146 acres in Paris Township, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising, making a leading feature of keeping fine horses. Mr. Slack served as a member of the Agricultural Board of the Fair, six years, and two terms as Trustee of Mill Creek Township. In the spring of 1882, he was elected to the City Council. Mr. and Mrs. Slack have reared and educated William H. Morrow, and now have a niece, Miss Fanny Slack. Mr. and Mrs. Black are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Slack is identified with the society of IOOF. JOHN S. SMART one of the old pioneers of Mill Creek Township, was born in Franklin County, Ohio, March 20, 1811. He is a son of Isaac and Susan (Swope) Smart, and a grandson of William Smart, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Isaac Smart and family emigrated to Ohio prior to the war of 1812, and settled near Columbus. He was called out against Great Britian, but peace was declared and the war closed without him serving. He died in Hamilton Township, Franklin County, in 1828, leaving six children by his first wife and six by his second wife. Our subject is the youngest of the children by the first wife. He was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools of the day, which were by no means noted for their excellence. His father died when he was but seventeen years of age, and he was left to do for himself. He spent several years among the farmers working at 26 cents and 371 cents per day, and $7.50 per month. He sometimes worked for three bushels of oats per day, which he sold for 10 cents per bushel, to be taken out in goods. In 1829, he came to Union County, and worked by the mouth till 1833, when he purchased fifty-three acres of land in Mill Creek Township. Mr. Smart began life a poor boy, but by indomitable energy and perseverance he acquired's handsome competence. His farm contains 211 acres of land, most of which he cleared and improved himself. He was married, May 20, 1833, to Miss Mary Robinson, daughter of Ass and Catherine (Myers) Robinson, early pioneers of Union County. Mrs. Smart was born in Franklin County May 16, 1816. Of eleven children born to this union nine are living, viz. : Catherine J., wife of Isaac Brackenridge; Joseph T., Olive P., lasso; Samantha, wife of Charles Richey; Asa, Susan, wife of James McCurgan; William, and Ettie, wife of Silas McKittrick. PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 145 John H. and Margaret A. are deceased. In October, 1881, Mr. Smart removed to Marysville, and retired from active pursuits. He and his wife are connected with the Presbyterian Church. He served so a member of the Board of Trustees of Mill Crook Township two years, besides other local offices of minor importance. Politically, he is Democratic. ELON E. SMITH, firm. Smith & Converse, livery stable, Marysville. Mon E. Smith springs from an old and respected pioneer family of Union. His father (Edward D.) was born at East Montpelier, Vt., July 26, 1818. Crocker Smith (father of Edmund) was also a native of Vermont, who, with bin family, selected a location in Darby Township in 1882, where he cleared a farm and passed the remainder of bin life. Edmund was raised on the homestead, and has a well-improved farm of 78 acres near the old location. He served the county as Commissioner one term, and has been Justice of the Pence upward of thirty years. During the late rebellion, he raised a company of horse, but on account of poor health did not enter the field. At this time he is suffering from severe injuries received by a kick from a colt, and is confined most of the time in doors. He is connected with the Church Universal of Plain City, and is widely and favorably known. He was married January 27, 1842, to Mine Elizabeth Dee, who died November 27, 1846. Two children were born to this union, both deceased his second marriage to Lavinia Bailey, a native of Essex County, N. Y., and a daughter of William and Laura McCauley, occurred October 7, 1847. Of the children born to this union four are living, of whom our subject is the eldest and only son, and was born in Darby Township in 1848. He has always followed farming as an occupation until his removal to this city In 1882, and under the copartnership succeeded Snodgrass in their present livery business. The Arm, although young in the business, are building up a large and reliable trade. They have good stock, and above all are reliable business men. Mr. Smith was married in December, 1869, to bliss Orinda J., a daughter of Caleb Converse, and a native of Darby Township. One boy (Harry E.) is the fruit of this union. J. D. SNYDER, bakery, restaurant and ice cream parlors, Marysville. Mr. Snyder is of German extraction and is possessed of the push and enterprise so prominent in that stock. His birth occurred at Lancaster County, Penn., in 1862, at which place his parents, Burnett and Elizabeth (Sentnor) Snyder, settled in the year of their emigration from Germany, 1882. She died when our subject was three years of age, and his father subsequently moved to Columbus, Ohio, and was engaged some years at his trade, a mason. He spent the latter years of his life at Dayton, Ohio, where he died in 1871. The subject of this sketch was married May 4, 1879, to Bliss Mary E., daughter of Richard and Catharine Ousler, a native of Manchester, Md. One child (Alice) born to this issue is living. Mr. Snyder is a member of the K. P. and IOOF. moieties, and the family are all members of the Presbyterian Church of this city. J. M. SOUTHARD, physician, Marysville. Among the prominent and successful practitioners In the medical profession of Union County, appears the name of Dr. J. M. Southard. His birth occurred in Adams County, Ohio, December 16, 1825. He was raised on a farm in Licking County, Ohio, and received his primary education in the common schools of that county. He read medicine in the office of Dr. Waters and Dr. Bowe, of Newark, Ohio, when he entered the Starling Medical College at Columbus, from which he graduated in 1854. After attending two courses of lectures in the same school, he moved to this city end began the practice of bin profession. He has established an extensive business and is among the hard workers of the fraternity. His parents, Isaiah and Elizabeth (Parnell) Southard, were natives of Pennsylvania and Maryland respectively, whose families were ere among the earliest pioneers of Licking County. Both are residents of that county at this time, living in the enjoyment of a ripe old a WILLIAM STALEY, farmer, P. O. Marysville, was born in Greene County, Ohio, October 17, 1833, and the following November his parents, Samuel and Catharine (Hall) Staley, removed to this county and located on the farm now occupied by George Wilbur. His parents were born in the year 1800, his father in January, and his mother in June. Mr. Staley was by occupation a miller, and in 1826 he built a mill on the Miami River. He died December 29, 1880. Our subject was reared by his parents till twelve years of age when he apprenticed himself to learn the blacksmith trade with John Cowder, of Marysville. He worked at his trade till his marriage, November 21, 1855, with Miss Roxie J. Amrine, a daughter of John and Nancy Amrine. He then purchased a farm near the Amrine Mill, which he cultivated eight years, then removed to Marysville and was engaged in the grocery trade with G. W. Donly seven months. In 1864, he bought his present farm. which contains eighty acres. He has since followed the pursuits of his farm and rearing Spanish Merino sheep. He has seven children, viz.: Julia B., Simon L., Walter M., Hattie, George W., Nettie and Jennie. One child (Josephine) is deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Staley are associated as members of the Amrine Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics, he is an advocate of the doctrines and principles of the Republican party. S. STERN & SON, clothiers, Marysville. This establishment was opened to the public in August, 1878. The house carries a stock of from $10,000 to $20,000, and bag a very satisfactory trade. The senior member of the firm was a native of Germany and embarked to the United States in 1847. He located in New York City, and for a short time engaged In the dry goods trade, when he went to Victoria, British Columbia, and opened a large stock of goods, of which 146 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. he was robbed by the Indians, who carried off the entire stock. He returned East and located again in business at Syracuse, N.Y., where he remained twelve years. He then moved his stock to Delaware, Ohio, where for fifteen years he carried on a large clothing business. Subsequently he took up his residence at Philadelphia, Penn., and engaged in business until his health compelled him to relinquish all active pursuits. Here he remained until his death, in 1881. He was married in Now York City in 1853, to Miss Regina Loewi, a native of Germany. The children born to this union all are living, as follows: Ralph S., eldest son, is in charge of the store at Delaware, Ohio; Hannah, wife of Lee Reinheimer, of Fairmount, W. Va.; Daniel S., in charge of the store at Marysville, Ohio. Ralph married Minnie Friedlich, of Piqua, Ohio. Less, residing at home with her mother at Philadelphia; M. E., also in the Marysville store; Fannie and Satie, both at home. M. THOMPSON, physician, Marysville, has been nearly a life-long resident of Union County. and his family were among its early pilgrims. His parents, John W. and Sarah (McClure) Thompson, were natives of Washington and Beaver Counties, Penn., respectively. They selected a home and moved to Paris Township. Union County, in 1845, where they both lived and died. He attained considerable prominence, and served the county as Recorder six years. The subject of this sketch is the eldest of five children, and was born in Beaver County, Penn., August 1, 1828. He received his primary education in the Marysville Academy, and in 1852 he began the study of medicine. He passed a thorough course of studies at the Starling Medical College during 1856-57, and for twelve years was a resident physician of Pharisburg. In 1869, he became interested in the growth and advancement of Marysville, and further increased its enterprise by forming a partnership with W. L. Miller, and erecting the Marysville Mills. This firm continued in successful operation until 1872, when the firm dissolved, and Mr. Thompson became sole proprietor. The building is 32x52 feet. three stories high, and cost about $12,000. it has a run of four buhrs of stone, and a daily capacity of forty barrels. Mr. Thompson has been quite successful in the milling business, which forms one of the largest manufacturing interests of the city. He was married, May 17, 1857, to Miss Elizabeth C. Hall. a native Of Cecil County, Md. The children born to this issue are John H., Charles A. and Jennie B. Mr. Thompson in a member of the Masonic order and the family are connected with the Presbyterian Church. ALVIN THOMPSON, retired, Marysville. John W. Thompson, the father of Alvin, was a native of Washington County, Penn. His wife, who was Sarah McClure, was born in Beaver County, Penn.. where they were married and passed a portion of their lives. In 1846, he moved with his family and settled on a farm three miles north of Marysville, where he resided until 1854, at which time he was elected County Recorder and took up his residence in this city. He was re-elected in 1857, and served in that position six years. They were devoted and life-long members of the Presbyterian Church, and journeyed together earth's pilgrimage until separated by death. His demise occurred in 1876; she survived until 1880. They were the parents of five children, three of whom are living, as follows: M. Thompson, whose sketch appears in this work; Hilton, who married Matilda Amrine, of Peoria, Ohio, and Alvin, youngest son and subject of this sketch, who was born in Carroll County, Ohio, in 1837. He was educated in the academy of this city, and served as Township Treasurer, anti Clerk, and Corporation ion Clerk for some years. At the breaking out of the rebellion, in 1861, he joined the forces of the Union army, in Company D, of the First Ohio Cavalry, and served in the field over three years. He participated in the battles of Stone River, December 3 1, 1862; Chattanooga, Tenn., August 21, 1863, and the Atlanta campaign, July 29 to August 1, 1864. He was appointed Postmaster of Marysville under President Johnson in 1867, which position he occupied until 1880. Subsequently, he engaged in the mercantile trade a short time, when he retired from the active pursuits of life. He was married in 1865, to Miss Ellen P., daughter of the Rev. James Smith, an eminent divine of the Presbyterian Church, and one of Union County's early pioneers. He officiated in the pulpit of the Presbyterian Church of this city until near the close of his life, and was a pastor who lived in the hearts of his people, beloved and respected by all. Mr. Thompson is a member of the IOOF, the G. A. R., and the father of two children, both of whom are living, viz.: Ella M. and Mary D. The family are connected with the Presbyterian Church. REV. HOMER THRALL, pastor of the Congregational Church, 'Marysville, was born in Granville Township, Licking County, Ohio. October 27, 1832. He is a son of Linus G. and Lucy (Walcott) Thrall, the former a native of Rutland, Vt.. and the latter of Washington County, Ohio. His father removed to Licking County, Ohio, in 1815, where our subject was born and reared. He was educated in Kenyon College. of Gambier, Ohio, from which institution he graduated in 1853. he took up the reading of law and prosecuted its studies with Buckingham & White, of Newark, and subsequently with Judge L. P. Marsh, of Zanesville; he was admitted to the Muskingum County bar in 1855, and the next year he went to Ottumwa, Iowa, and taught school; returning to Ohio. he resumed the profession which he followed till the rebellion broke out. He recruited Company B, of the Seventeenth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for the three-months' service. He was chosen its Captain and served PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 147 till the expiration of the term, when he returned home and organized Company D, of the Twenty-Second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was elected Captain, and acted in this capacity till November, 1862, when he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He was engaged in the following important battles: Fort Donelson, Shiloh, siege and battle of Corinth, and siege of Vicksburg, after which he, with his regiment, were transferred to Arkanass, and accompanied Gen. Steele on his expedition to Little Rock, thence to Brownsville, Tenn., and subsequently to Camp Dennison, Ohio, where he was discharged in November, 1864, with the honors of a faithful soldier and an efficient officer. At the close of his military career Col. Thrall returned home, and in 1867 entered the ministry of the Congregational Church at Alexandria, Licking County. He served on that charge a year and a half, then went to Litchfield, Medina County, where his pastoral labors continued till December, 1879, when he came to Marysville. Rev. Thrall has faithfully performed the duties of his sacred calling, and as both minister and pastor he is highly esteemed. On October 7, 1863, he was joined in marriage to Miss Emma Boudinot, daughter of Elisha and Henrietta Boudinot. Of five children born to this marriage two are living-Linus, born December 27, 1868, and Joupha, born February 20, 1878. Henrietta, Homer and Freddie are deceased. AARON W. TORRENCE, sign and decorative painter, Marysville, was born in Greene County, Ohio, August 14, 1834, and is a son of David and Sarah A. (Finney) Torrence, the former a Kentuckian by birth, and the latter was born on Braddock's Field, near Pittsburgh, Penn. His maternal grandparent, John Finney, was a State Pioneer and an early settler of Knox County, Ohio. Subsequently he moved to Greene County, where he died. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was with the American Army of 2,000 men that were surrendered by the recreant officer, Gen. Hull, at Detroit, August 16, 1812. The subject of this sketch was lett an orphan when a child, and was brought up in Xenia, Greene County, Ohio. He learned the art of sign and decorative painting, at which he became efficient and successful. He was married in 1854, at Xenia, Ohio, to Miss Jane G., daughter of Thomas Kennedy and a native of Virginia. Mr. Torrence came to this city in 1858, established his business, and in the following year located with his family. In December, 1863, he enlisted in the Second Brigade, Sixth Army Corps Band, and served until the close of the war. He was through the battles of the Wilderness, with Gen. Grant, at Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg and Monocacy. Returning to the peaceful pursuits of life, he has since industriously worked at his trade. The eldest of his three children, Ida, is the wife of Ira Gordon, a clerk in the Surgeon General's office at Washington, D. C.; Abba and Emma reside at home. Mr. Torrence is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and has been connected with the IOOF Society for the past twenty years. Politically, he is a thorough and stanch Republican. GEORGE TRAPP, farmer and brick manufacturer, P. O. Marysville, was born in Franklin County, Ohio, October 20, 1848. He is the eldest son of Frederick and Elizabeth B. (Borger) Trapp, who were natives of Bavaria, Germany. Mr. Trapp was born July 12, 1822, and emigrated to the United States with his parents in 1842. His death occurred in Franklin County, February 20, 1882. Mrs. Trapp was born _______now resides in Franklin County. George was reared to manhood on a farm, and received his education mostly in Central College. In 1874, he removed to Union County and purchased fifty acres, where on he now resides. February 25, 1875, he married Anna C. Nicol, a native of Union County, and a daughter of John G. and Margaret Nicol. She was born February 12, 1856. Their two children are Maggie M., born February 28, 1876, and Fred W. P., born March 14, 1879. Mr, Trapp is engaged in farming and brick-making since the spring of 1875. He and wife are members of the Lutheran Church. He is a Democrat. GEORGE H. TURNER, farmer, P. O., Marysville, is a native of Clark County, and was born January 20, 1822. His father, Aquilla Turner, was born in Harford County, Md., January 20, 1802. His parents, Thomas and Jemima Turner, migrated to the West, and settled in Clark County about 1807. They removed to Madison County in 1824-25, and in 1837 to Paris Township, Union County, where they both died in old age. Aquilla married Frances Judy, a native of Greene County, Ohio, and had ten children-five sons and five daughters. Mr. Turner died in January, 1871, and Mrs. T. is deceased. George is the eldest child. He was brought up on "farm and received his training in the common schools, and followed the pursuit of teaching five years. He was married October 18, 1859, to Mercy Barker, a daughter of John and Polly Barker. She was born near Marysville January 7, 1832. Of seven children by this marriage five are living: Henderson, Olive A., a teacher; James M., Mercy S. and Frances. Mr. Turner assisted his father in clearing up a farm of 191 acres of land, which was situated in woods when they first located it. In 1847, our subject bought seventy-five acres, and has occupied it since 1860. He has added to his first purchase till he has become the owner of 220 acres of well improved land. His occupation has always been that. of the independent farmer.. He and wife are associated as members of the Christian Church. Politically, he is a Republican. H. C. VOSBURY, furniture dealer, Marysville This gentleman springs from the Empire State, and was born in Broome County, N. Y., in 1847. In the pursuit of business he started Westward in 1865, finding a location in this city, where he became engaged with a produce mer- 148 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. chant. Two years afterward, he embarked in the same business at Columbus, Ind., which he pursued until 1871, when he returned to Marysville, and in 1875 opened a furniture store in the Huston building. In the spring of 1878, he occupied his present commodious quarters, which he has thoroughly Blocked with a complete assortment of furniture, caskets, etc He carries on undertaking, in which department he has invested considerable capital. He has an eye to business, and has succeeded In securing a large patronage. His father, Ambrose S., was a native of Broome County, N. Y., where he died in 1862. His mother, Harriet E. Tyrrell, was born in the same county, where she resided until the fall of 1882, when she moved to Nebraska. Mr. V. was married in 1870 to Miss Mary J., daughter of R. L. Partridge, of this city. He is a member of the Masonic order and IOOF society. DWIGHT WEBB, Postmaster, Marysville. Genial, social Dwight Webb is a fine type of Now England stock. His parents, William B. and Harriet (Clark) Webb, were both natives of Connecticut, and among the Pioneers of Clark County, Ohio. In 1850, the family moved and set, tied near Milford Center, Union County, Ohio, where they are at this time living. The subject of this sketch is the oldest of five living children, and was born in Clark County, Ohio, November 2, 1841. He was raised on a farm, and learned to labor with his hands. In August, 1861, he joined the ranks of the Union army, in Company B, Thirty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was returned home from Vicksburg January 25, 1864, to recruit for a commission as Second Lieutenant, which was received February 5, 1864, and was again promoted First Lieutenant October 12 , and placed in charge of Company F. July 18,1865, he was promoted to a Captaincy, and was serving in. that rank at the close of the war. He was a participant in twenty battles and skirmishes. Among the principal battles were Harper's Ferry, Va., May 28 and September 12, 1862; rear of Vicksburg and siege of that stronghold, May 18 to July 4. 1862; Maryland Heights, Va., July 4 and 7, 1864; siege of Atlanta, July 22 to September 2, 1864, and in the grand march with Sherman to the sea. He was taken prisoner while on a reconnaissance at Pocotaligo, S. C., and sent to Charleston, S. C., and, with four comrades, was placed under the charge of William J. Gayner, an attorney, and at that time Provost Marshal of that city. They were confined in a room over his office, and were well cared for by this gentleman, who undoubtedly entertained Union sentiments and was loyal at heart. They were afterward removed to the residence of his mother, and when paroled, February 16, 1865, left their cozy quarters, where they were found by the Union soldiers. James E., a brother of Mr. Webb, was killed at Harper's Perry. Returning to peaceful pursuits, Capt. Webb engaged in the mercantile trade for six years at Milford Center, at the expiration of which time he disposed of his stock in trade, and, with a purchase of horses, crossed the ocean to England. After three months absence he returned, and visited the oil regions of Pennsylvania. Here he made unfavorable investments, and returned to this city in 1872. In the opting of the same year he formed a copartnership with B. W. Keyes in the grocery business, with whom he was associated until his appointment as Postmaster of Marysville, in 1880. In this capacity he has proved himself worthy of the important position, and as a citizen, a public officer, a tried soldier and a man, he is highly esteemed. He was married in 1863 to Miss Daphne, a daughter of Andrew Keyes, a pioneer of Union County, of which she is a native. Three children were born to this issue, two of whom are living, viz.: Clara A. and William A. CONRAD WEIDMAN, farmer. P. O Marysville, was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, April 11, 1833. His parents, Louis and Elizabeth (Gates) Weidman, emigrated to the United States when he was but five years of age, and settled in Paris Township, this county, where Mr. Weidman died in March, 1863. Mrs. Weidman's death occurred February 16, 1882. Conrad remained on his father's firm till eighteen years of age, when he took up the saddler's trade and worked at it five years, then learned carpentering; which he followed till 1876, when he removed near Dover, and in April of 1877, he took possession of his present farm which contains 104 acres. October, 1858, he was joined in marriage to Mary Van Draw, who bore him eight children-Lizzie, Theodore, Lu Tell, James, Charlie, Tillie, Trusilla. and Luther, deceased. Mrs. Weidman is a daughter of John and Margaret Van Draw. Mr. W. and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. In politics, Mr. W. is a Democrat. EDWARD WELLER, tile manufacturer, Marysville. The first tile manufactured in Union County, was produced by Edward Weller in about 1855. He learned the trade of his father, Thomas, who was a native of Sussex County, Eng., and emigrated to the United States in 1827. He selected his home in Seneca County, Ohio, where he passed the remainder of his life; his wife's maiden name was Mary Rumnens, who died in the mother country when our subject was eight years of age. He (Edward) was born in Sussex County, Eng, in 1808. When twentytwo years of age, he sailed to America, and stopping two years at Schenectady, N. Y., he pushed on westward to Franklin County, Ohio, and to this county in 1834, locating at Watkins. In 1852, he occupied his present location, which at this writing embraces ninety acres of land. The tile manufactory is located convenient to his residence, where he is almost constantly employed; he has built up an immense business, and turns out on an average 100,000 tile per year. Personally, Mr. W. may be regarded as a self made man. He was almost destitute of means, but was possessed of strong ambition, a good constitution, and the natural elements of character and disposition to succeed. His hair is silvered with the frosts of seventy-five win- Page 149 - Picture S. J. Blake Page 150 Blank PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 151 ters, yet he may be found always at work with his men, making every moment valuable through life. In addition to his business he owns In various townships in this county, 533 acres of land, most of which is under cultivation. He was married in Sussex County, Eng., in 1828, to Miss Philadelphia Burgess, a native of that county. To this issue ten children have been born, eight of whom are living-Thomas, who married Finira Layman, and resides in Pennis County, Mo.; Harriet, wife of Nelson Hyland, resides at Kenton, Ohio; Betsey, married Age Carter, who enlisted in the Thirty-fourth Zouaves, was promoted to Captain, in which capacity he was acting when killed on the field at Winchester; Belinda, wife of David Moore of this county; John, who married Emma Judy, and are residents of this county; Edward, who married Vina Browning, resides at the homestead, and has three children-Ads, Tillie and Nellie; Mary, who married William Guy, and resides in Marion County, Ohio; and Melissa, wife of G. D. Hawley of this county. J. B. WHELPLY, retired, Marysville. This gentleman added one to the population of Union County March 24, 1827. His father, Joseph, was a native of Montpelier, Vt., who came to this county in 1813, and located in Union Township (at that time Ross County). He was one of the early pilgrims of Union County, and quite an early settler in Madison County, where he subsequently moved, and died in 1837. His wife, Mary Morrow, was a native of Syracuse, N. Y., whose family founded a home in Union County in 1817. Her death is recorded in February, 1882. The subject of this sketch was brought up on the homestead farm. In 1852, he became engaged in the mercantile trade at Milford Center, which he pursued successfully at that point and at Marysville for twenty years, when he retired from the active duties of life. He served the county as Sheriff four years, and was appointed County Treasurer to fill an unexpired term caused by the death of J, R. Russell in 1873. He was elected County Commissioner, in the fall of 1876, and is occupied in that position at this time. He had the entire supervision of the erection of the new court house, the duties of which position he discharged to the entire satisfaction of the people He entered the ranks of the Union army in 1861, as First Lieutenant in Company B, Thirty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served in the field until February, 1862, when he resigned on account of disability, and returned to his home. The same year he was appointed United States Assessor, which position he occupied until 1865. His life has been one of continued activity, and with energy and sagacity he has made life a success. His marriage to Miss Aspe C., daughter of Marova and Sophia Beach occurred in 1849. Her mother was a native of Vermont, and was brought with her parents to this State when seven years of age. They settied in Madison County where she survives the death of her companion. This union has borne them three children, two of whom are living-Hylas H. and Lizzie. A. J. WHITNEY, retired, Marysville, was a representative business man of Marysville seven years, and was born in Susquehanna County, Penn., November 28, 1829, and is a son of Everett and Julia (Merriman) Whitney, natives of Connecticut, and pioneers of Pennsylvania. Mr. W. came to this city in 1859, and soon after engaged in the dry goods trade. In 1862, he formed a copartnership with E. S. Pyne, under the firm name of Whitney & Pyne, and the conearn pursued &a extensive trade until 1876, when the firm dissolved, and Mr. W. retired. The awe year he organized the Peoples' Bank of Marysville, of which he was appointed President, and occupies that position at this time. Mr. W. is considerably interested in stock, and is associated with Mr. Winget in the introduction of Jersey stock, having made the first importation and sale of this choice breed in Union County. Mr. Whitney was married in February, 1858, to Miss Ruby Tuttle, a native of Pennsylvania, who died in 1870, leaving two children. He was spin married to Miss Kate Peck, a native of Milford, Conn. Three children were born to this union, two of whom are living. The family are connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church. GEORGE WILBER, farmer, P. O. Marysville, was born in Madison County, N. Y., August 8, 1811. His father, Owen Wilber, was born near Newport, Conn,; served in the war of 1812, and died in Madison County, N. Y., His mother, formerly Sarah Pierce, was also a native of Connecticut, and died at the birthplace of our subject. George was reared to manhood on a farm, and acquired his education in the common schools. In 1829, he married Margaret Miller, a daughter of Joseph Miller. She died in 1833, and left no issue. In 1834, he married for his second wife, Susan Cole, with whom he lived two years and two months, when she died. He celebrated his third marriage, November 28,1860, with Mrs. Annette Marshall, widow of Joshua Marshall and daughter of James and Fanny Coolidge, who were natives of Massachusetts and Vermont, respectively. The former was born July 24, 1792, and served in the war of 1812. He came to Union County, and died March 19, 1846. Mrs. Coolidge was born June 16, 1800, and same to Union Township, this county, in 1816. She died January 29, 1865. Mrs. Wilber was born in Allen Township, December 8, 1818. Mr. and Mrs. Wilber, have one child, George M., born July 3, 1862. Mrs. Wilber was the mother of nine children by her former husband ; of these five an living viz.: James C., born January 26, 1840; Ai, born April 2, 1847; Emily E., born April 25, 1851; Victor A., born September 28, 1853, and Sarah F., born March 14, 1856, wife of Lewis Demorist. In 1827, Mr. Wilber, removed to Lucas County, Ohio, and took contracts on the Wabash & Erie Canal on which he done $ 50,000 worth of work. subsequently, he returned to York State and in 1860 came to this county and located in the northern part of 152 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. Paris Township. During the period in York State before coming to Union County, he was engaged on canals. He Superintended the construction of the aqueduct over the Erie Canal, at Syracuse, N.Y., and was Superintendent of the Chenango Canal for a number of years. Daring his residence in Union County, he has been engaged in the pursuits of farming and stock-raising. He bought and shipped live-stock to the Eastern cities for a number of years. Since 1862, he* has devoted especial attention to keeping fine French horses, in which he has been successful. In 1866, he located on his present farm. He has been an active and useful citizen since he located in the county. He served as Superintendent of gravel roads of Paris Township, two years, and as Infirmary Director three years. He was a member of the Agricultural Board eight years, and one year he filled the office of President. He has been active in many of the more important improvements of the county, and has always performed a creditable part. He is identified with the Masonic Order and in politics is Republican. He is the owner of a valuable farm of' 150 acres, besides property in Marysville. Mrs. Wilber's first husband, Joshua Marshall, was a son of James and Charity Marshall. He was born February 28, 1807, and reared to manhood in Columbus. He came to Union County in 1840, and served his township as Treasurer four years, and also as Justice of the Peace. he filled the capacity of Commissioner of the county two terms, and died September 3, 1858. He was connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he was an able member. He was a member of the Masonic society. While in Columbus, he superintended the erection of the Insane Asylum, which was burned in 1878. N. C. WILCOX, firm of Wilcox Bros., dealers in clothing, boots and shoes, and wholesale notions, Marysville. This enterprising house established business in this city in 1879, succeeding J. W. Wilcox. The firm carry a fall and complete stock of goods, with an investment of $12,000 to $15,000, and have created a lucrative and enjoyable trade. The subject of this sketch was born in Noble County, Ohio, in 1845. For fourteen years prior to his coming to this city. he was engaged in the same business at Allensville, Vinton Co., Ohio. His father, Joseph Wilcox, was a native of Delaware, and settled in Vinton County, where he passed the remainder of his life. His mother, Mary J. McClenahan. wag born in Ireland, and is a resident of Vinton County, at this time. They raised a family of mine children, eight of whom are living. Robert S., the senior partner of this firm, is a native of Noble County, Ohio, and was engaged in business at Hampdon, in that county, for some years. Both brothers enlisted in the One Hundred and Seventy-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry in July, 1864, and served until the close of the rebellion. The firm possess good business qualifications, and are able at all times to be courteous, gentlemanly and obliging. J. M. WILKINS, dry goods, Marysville. We take some pride in the perpetuation of the Wilkins family, worthy as the present generation are, and possessing the persevering qualifications transmitted from its venerable head, for he, the father, was characterized by the luster of honor, nobleness and integrity. Alfred F. Wilkins, the father of our subject, was a native of Saratoga County, N. Y., from which point he made his way to Union County, and settled in the north part of the county, being among its primitive pioneers. He was a professional surveyor, and was elected Surveyor of the county in 1854. His competency and valued services re-elected him to The same position in 1857 and 1860. He was a faithful officer and discharged the duties of that office until January, 1864. He was Deputy County Treasurer, under David D Welch, from October, 1861, to the close of 1865. As Mayor of the city several years, he gave unbounded satisfaction, and during his eventful career, won the esteem of his fellow citizens, which, cherished in memory, will last as long as life and reason endure. He became widely and favorably known while proprietor of the American House, and at the time of his death, in 1876, was Justice of the Peace. His wife, Harriet J. (Stewart.) Wilkins, who survives, was a native of Saratoga County, N. Y., and bore him six children, all of whom are living, as follows: J. C., married Nannie Bradley, and resides in Springfield, Ohio; Beriah, married Emma J. Robinson, of this city; Keziah, wife of Hon. A. B. Robinson; Charles F., married Josie M. Buxton; John M.; and Joseph S., who was married, July 30, 1881, to Miss Minnie, daughter of George Camp, of this city, by whom he has one child. C. F. WILKINS, third son of Alfred F. and Harriet J. Wilkins, was born in York Township October 7, 1852. When four years of age his parents moved to Marysville, where he was reared to manhood. His education was principally received in the public schools of the town. From 1861 to 1866, he kept a fruit stand on Main street; he was then employed as clerk for the firm of J. C. and Beriah Wilkins, merchants, till March, 1870, when he took the same position in the factory store of Robinson & Robinson. In June, 1876, he became a partner in this establishment, and is an active member of the firm. In 1877-78-79, he was associated with Robinson & Robinson in the manufacture of woolen goods. In November, 1882, he purchased the book and stationery store of Joe S. Wilkins, but soon after disposed of it. Mr. Wilkins was married August 17, 1876, to Miss Josie M. Buxton, a daughter of Darius Buxton of this place. Mr. Wilkins is identified with the IOOF. and K. of P. Politically, he is Democratic. W. M. WINGET, Justice of the Peace and dealer in Jersey Cattle, Marysville, was a son of Calvin Winget, a native of Marietta, Ohio. His wife, Cynthia H. Irwin, was a daughter of Squire John Irwin, who was the hither of a large family, and became well known among the pioneer families of Union County. The subject of this. sketch, whose portrait appears in PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 153 We work, was born in Union Township, Union Co., Ohio, June 1, 1829. He acquired his education in the schools of this city, and located at Pleasant Valley, learning the sad saddlery and harness-making trade. He was married at Milford Center, Union County, November 29, 1853, to Miss Cynthia H. Culver, a native of this county, and soon after established himself in business at that place. He served Union Township as Clerk, fourteen or fifteen years, and in 1875, was elected Clerk of the Courts, of Union County, which office he filled two terms. He was Mayor of the city of Milford four terms, Justice of the Peace many years, and at this time Soto in that capacity. He enlisted, May 2, 1864, as Commissary Sergeant, One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Ohio National Guards, and served until the expiration of his term of service in August, 1864. He reenlisted September 2. of the same year, as Commissary Sergeant of the One Hundred and Seventy-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was honorably discharged as such May 29, 1865. During his long career among the business men of this city, he has become popular as a citizen, honored as a friend and neighbor, and respected by all. He has passed all the degrees in Masonry but one, and is an eminent officer of that fraternity, and also is a member of the G. A. R. His living children are Hattie, wife of C. W. Newman, of Madison County; William E., a student of medicine in the office of Dr. Blinn ; Lizzie, a graduate of the high school in the class of 1982, and Mary E. DAVID C. WINGET, retired, Marysville. This aged and respected pioneer is a native of Union Township, where he was born October 22, 1803. His father, Stephen, was a native of Washington County, Penn., who in company with Calvin Carey the maternal grandparent of our subject, crossed the Alleghanies on horseback with all their worldly goods, and located in Union Township in season to plant a crop in the spring of 1801. Returning to Pennsylvania in the fall, they brought their families and selected a home on the waters of the Big Darby. Carey made the first clearing where Franklin now stands, but afterward moved to Champaign County. Stephen lived to enjoy pioneer life but about seven years after his coming. The subject of this sketch was raised on a farm, but in early life served three years' apprenticeship at the carpenter's trade in Urbana., Ohio. He was a thorough and natural workman, and pursued his avocation until unable to do so, when he retired to the enjoyment of his long life of labor and reward. His mother, Hannah Carey, was a native of Washington County, Penn., and the mother of six children. Of this generation but two are living-David C. and ne sister, Phebe, wife of Capt. James Curry. Mr. W. was married in 1827, to Miss Rhoda, a daughter of Alex Reed, of this county; of the children born to, this union, four are living. as follows: Marion A., who married Anna Converse, and reside at Columbus; Curry, married Sarah Pratt, and reside in Dakota Territory; J. Preston, married Lizzie Phillips, and Harvey H., who is in the regular United States Army, located at Washington Territory. The second child, Calvin R., enlisted in the Seventy-third Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was Adjutant of that regiment when killed on September 20, 1863, on the field of Chickamauga. Also Curry, J. P. and Harvey, served in the Union army during the rebellion. Mrs. David C. Winget died in August, 1857, and he was again united to Miss Lucinda, daughter of James Reed, a pioneer family. Two children are the fruits of this union, one of whom is living-David F. at this time. July, 1882, engaged as telegraph operator at Catawba, Ohio. Mr. W. was at one time Mayor of Plain City, Madison County, and for some years served as Justice of the Peace, and in other important offices of trust. He numbers among the oldest living residents of Union County. SAMUEL B. WOODBURN. The genealogy of the Woodburn family proves their descent, in the paternal line. from the old Scotch-Irish Covenanters. The first of the name in the United States was Robert Woodburn, who emigrated about the year 1776. He effected. a permanent settlement at Carlisle, Penn., where he was married to Miss Mary Laidley, a native of Kentucky, who died leaving three sons. He again married, this time to Miss Sarah Barr, of Wash. ington County, Penn., by whom he had ten children-Mary, Elizabeth, Margaret, Sarah, Samuel B., the subject of this sketch, Martha, John, Jane, James and William. Samuel B., whose name heads this sketch, was born in Mercer County, Penn., January 22, 1812. In 1816, his family moved to Gallipolis, Ohio, and the following year to Greene County, where his father died in 1825 Samuel, being the eldest son, the charge of the family fell to him. He sought a location near Xenia, Ohio, and for six years was diligently engaged in hauling merchandise from that point to Cincinnati. By rigid economy, he was enabled in 1841 to join his brother John in the purchase of 110 1/2 acres of land in Jerome Township. Subsequently he bought his brother's interest, and laid out the village of New California. He served eight years as Commissioner of the Marysville, New California & Franklin County Free Turnpike, built under the free turnpike law, passed by the State Legislature in 1842. It has since become a gravel road, and Mr. Woodburn continues to act in the capacity of Commissioner. For eighteen consecutive years, he served Jerome Township as Justice of the Peace. During the rebellion, he was an active worker in raising money and men to fill the quota from Jerome Township, and it wag largely if not entirely due to his efforts that his township escaped the draft. His hair is silvered with the frost of threescore and ten years, yet his active energies predominate, and he is enabled to bear his part in the walks of men with the full vigor of his prime. His marriage to Miss Lovinia, daughter of John and Anna Henderson, occurred February 8, 1843. Of the ten children born to this union, seven are living-Robert L., Clois C., Florence A., Emma A., Louella, Hamer C. 154 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. and Maud. R. L. Woodburn, the eldest son and child, was born at the old homestead in Jerome Township. November 26, 1843, he entered the ranks of the Union army as First Corporal of Company B, Eighty-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, June 20, 1863, and served in the field till honorably discharged in February, 1864. His collegiate education was acquired in the Ohio Wesleyan University, from which institution, he graduated in the class of 1869. During the college term he became interested in, and acted as financial editor of the Western Collegian, now the College Transcript, a semi-monthly devoted to educational matters. He commenced the reading of law in 1869, under the preceptorship of Hon. J. W. Robinson and L. Piper. Completing his studies in November, 1871, he at once began the practice of his chosen profession in this city, where he has since been continuously and successfully engaged since his residence in Marysville, he has displayed an active interest in educational affairs. In August, 1870, he was instrumental in organizing the first Teacher's Association in the county. He has been a member of the Board of County Examiners since 1872, and clerk of the board since 1874. He was also a member of the committee that selected the design and superintended the erection of the fine school edifice, which is a worthy monument to the capacity of the board. From 1877 to 1881, he filled the chair of Prosecutor of the county with the highest satisfaction and efficiency. He was one of the founders of the Building and Loan Association, formed in July, 1872, and acted as its Secretary till the close of its successful career in 1881. In 1871, he became a Master Mason in Marysville Lodge, No. 158, F. & A. M., and in 1872 became a Royal Arch Mason in Marysville, Chapter No. 99. He took the Knight Templar degrees in 1873, at Raper Commandry, No. 19, at Urban&, Ohio, and in 1878 took the Scottish Rite degrees or 32, at Cincinnati Consistory. WILLIAM W. WOODS, deceased, was born May 18, 1814, on the Woods farm, on the Big Darby, about three miles below Milford, in Union County, and died at Marysville December 27, 1881, having been identified with the growth of every material interest of Marysville and Union County throughout a long and wonderfully active business life. He was the youngest child of Rev. Samuel Woods, a Presbyterian minister, who settled on Big Darby in 1807, and was the first pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Upper and Lower Liberty the latter having been first located on the Woods farm, but afterward removed to Milford, and the former on the James Ewing farm, near Plain City. These churches were his charge until his early death, April 27, 1815. Mrs. Woods, left a widow with five young children in what was then a wilderness, and with small means at her command, made a farm out of the wild land, with the aid of her boys, educated aII her children well, as education went in those days, and even sent one of them (Col. James F. Woods, now a prominent member of the Pennsylvania bar, and the only one of the children surviving), to college. It is needless to say that she was a woman of great energy, bat she also possessed in a high degree those rarer qualities, good judgment, sound common sense, and an industry and perseverance that no obstacle could defeat. Added to these, her high moral and social standing made her a women of mark in her town and neighborhood, William received something more than a common school education, having been for sometime in a select school, under the instructions of Hon. John Gabriel, who was a thorough scholar and a teacher of more than ordinary force and influence, and Judge Woods, in after life, often spoke gratefully of the instructions he received in this school. Otherwise his life, until twenty one, was scarcely more eventful than that of other boys on similar farms. It had enough of bard work, few comforts, and no luxuries, but it sent him into active business life a clean man, with no vices, a constitution like iron, and such physical health as few men enjoy. Life on the farm did not fill the measure of his ambition, but throughout his busy career he never lost his interest in farm operations. Even when engaged in several business enterprises, any one of which would have been burden enough for an ordinary man, no farmer in the county was better informed as to market prices of all farm products, and he was, in nearly all cases, a wise counselor, as thousands of friendly farmers who came to him again and again for advice can testify. And his knowledge of the duties of farm work and stock-raising was always a surprise to those who knew what treasures his well-stored mind possessed in other directions. His first experience in business wee as an itinerant book-agent, in Pittsburgh, Penn., and while only moderately successful, it was rich enough in experience, and he was an apt scholar. He never forgot this early experience, and always had a warm side for book-agents and roving canvassers of every sort, always receiving them with kindness and encouragement, and generally with something more substantial than sympathy. When this venture had lost its charm, he went to the old home of his parents in Washington and Westmoreland Counties, and embarked in business, but soon sold out and returned to Union County, and in August, 1837, located permanently in Marysville, forming a partnership with Stephen McLain, in a general mercantile business. The partnership lasted but a few months, but Mr. Woods continued the business successfully up to 1840, building up a prosperous trade. In the meantime, in 1839, he had married Miss Martha J. Thompson, who survives him. The year 1840 was the turning point of his business life. He bought and slaughtered hogs with the expectation of large profits; packed the pork, and shipped it to Montreal, Canada, where he sold it in the spring of 1841, at a lose that left him a bankrupt-about $13,000 in PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 155 debt, and with only $3,000 in assets-$2,000 in gold, the proceeds of his sales of pork, and the balance in notes. A debt of $10,000, in those early days, was appalling, greater then one of $150,000 would be now, but Judge Woods never faltered in the determination to pay every dollar of it. Right here he faced the very serious question whether he ought to apply his assets to his indebtedness, or hold it as capital. After advising with friends, he took the latter course, securing his larger debts by his brother's endorsement, giving notes held by him as collateral for smaller debts, and thus securing an extension of time on most liabilities. He then addressed himself to his work with that matchless energy and judgment that marked the whole of his subsequent career. His first move was to purchase depreciated bank paper. At the time of his failure in 1841, many of the banks in the West had failed, among them those at Urbana, Granville. West Union and many others. Their paper, in ordinary business, was worth but a small per cent, but by law, the bank issuing it was compelled to take it at par on debts owing to it. Mr. Woods' plan was to hunt up debtors of these banks and arrange to pay their debts to the bank. He then bought up the depreciated paper at a large discount, paid the debts, taking a mortgage or deed on the land on which the debts were levied, the debtors getting a share of the profits, and an extension of time. The profits of this business were $5,000 in one year, but the success was won by in amount of work that few could have accomplished in the same time. The money was bought of brokers in Cincinnati. Cleveland and Pittsburgh. Time after time Mr. Woods visited those cities, traveling always on horseback, and frequently when the roads were at their worst. But neither bad roads nor bad weather could discourage him. When the time came to go, he always started. The business of the first year had exhausted his money. It had been faithfully applied to the payment of his debts, but one half of his liabilities still stood against him. In casting about to find some other means to meet these debts, which he regarded as sacred,. he formed a partnership with Mains Wasson, in the mercantile trade, Mr. Wasson furnishing the capital and credit, and Mr. Woods contracting to do the work of the firm. This was in 1842, and times were hard and selling goods unprofitable. The people were poor, and if goods were sold, they must be sold on credit, and credit of indefinite length at that, but Mr. Woods was equal to the occasion. When customers owed and could not pay money, he would arrange with them to take stock, grain, or any sort of produce that he could market, and thus turn his goods into money and win trade. The business grew rapidly and prospered, and help was needed to do the work of the store, but Mr. Wasson held to the contract, and Mrs. Woods stepped in to aid her husband, keeping the books and doing other work in the store, so that, with the aid of a boy, he was able to carry on the business at a slightly increased expense. So the business went on until 1850. Times had improved, and the business had been highly profitable to both partners. Mr. Woods' debts were paid, dollar for dollar, principal and interest, to the last cent, and he was once more master of moderate capital. An anecdote of the time when he was struggling with this load of debts will give some idea of his wonderfully keen insight into men, and his persuasiveness. A farmer and son and hired man were working in a field, when they saw Mr. Woods coming down the road on horseback and at once guessed that he wanted to buy the farmer's wool, and after a hasty consultation, they decided that it would not be safe to sell it to him, as he had just failed and probably could not pay for it. The father went down to the fence, determined not to sell, but soon came back and said, "I sold him that wool." The son protested, but the father continued, "Well, I'd rather be swindled by Bill Woods than to sell to any other man in Union County and get my money." There was nothing in his after life in which Judge Woods gloried as he did in this manful struggle with an overwhelming debt, and there is no doubt that the ten years of life it cost him were thus well spent, ripening his character, establishing a good credit, and preparing him for an enlarged business career. About this date, the project of a railroad was started; Judge Woods, always public spirited, subscribed and paid $ 1,000 to the stock of the company, though he could ill afford such a sum, and rendered other aid that was invaluable. From 1850 to 1854, he again engaged in mercantile trade, and carried on the ashery business, on a large scale, the latter business being very profitable for several years. When the railroad was finished, he built the grain ware house, still in use in Marysville. and began dealing in grain, and at the time of his death the firm of which he was the head, practically controlled the grain trade for twenty miles along the railroad, a monopoly, it must be said, which was never abused. In 1854, Mr. Woods left the mercantile business permanently, and established the Bank of Marysville, in company with Mr. H. Anderson, of Marysville, and J. C. Evans, of Delaware. Later, Mr. Woods purchased the interests of his partners, and made a new alliance with Hon. C. S. Hamilton and Mr. David Welch, as partners, and Mr. T. J. Buxton, now President of the City Bank of Minneapolis, Minn., as Cashier. After the tragic death of Mr. Hamilton, another change took place, and the firm of Fullington, Phellis & Woods, was formed, under which title was built up the largest private banking business in Ohio, outside of the larger cities. In addition to these various enterprises, several of which were carried on simultaneously, and in all of which he was the master spirit, he was interested, from time to time, in the pur- 156 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. chose of wool, stock, and other farm products. He also bought and sold real estate, especially farm property, and was for several years the responsible head of the Marysville Lumber & Butter Tub Company, which, though not profitable In itself, gave employment to many men, and gave an impulse to the growth of Marysville, where such help was much needed. In 1875, he bought a large tract of fertile farming land in Minnesota, and at the time of his death, owned several of the finest stock and wheat farms, one of 2,400 acres, in that distant State. To all these interests he gave a more or less close personal supervision, and possessed a knowledge of details in each, that was scarcely less than marvelous, and which gave some hint of what he might have accomplished if he had early cast his rot in a large city, where, while following a single line of business, he might have found a field broad enough for the exercise of his unparalleled energies, without constantly pushing out in new directions. As it was, beginning in 1841, loaded with an appalling debt, and apparently hopelessly insolvent, he died in 1881, probably the wealthiest man in Union County. The qualities of head and heart that enabled him to win this success, are worthy of study and imitation. He possessed in an eminent degree a quick perception and sound judgment and business capacity of the highest order. His decision once made, he followed on to the end with rare skill, and an energy, patience and perseverance that often wrested victory from defeat. But above all, he was just and fair in all his business relations. No other man in Union County could rally around him such an army of attached employees. Always courteous and kindly, he added to this generosity in all his dealings as an employer. He always paid the highest wages of the time in cash. This insured him the beat service. His employees seldom left him, as long as he needed their help, and when they began life or business for themselves, he never lost his personal interest in them, and many of those who worked for him by the month, years since, are now among the wealthiest and most prosperous men in the community. They had learned the art of doing business in a good school, and had the secret of success, and few of them failed to consult "The Judge," in all important and in many cases trifling matters of business. In fact, during the latter years of his life, a large portion of his time was consumed by those who came to him for advice on all sorts of matters, business and personal. The kindly nature of the man invited confidence, and the care with which he considered every matter, even the most trifling, that was thus brought to his attention, insured a wise and well considered answer. Hundreds of Union County men can date the beginning of their success to following wise suggestions given by Judge Woods, without money and without price. Thus far the character of Judge Woods as a business man only, has been presented, as that wag the field in which he was most active. Yet no matter of public interest, escaped his attention. Never an extreme partisan, he took the deepest interest in the results of elections. Originally a Whig, he, at an early day, became sit anti-slavery man, and with that strong and helpful sympathy for the down-trodden and oppressed everywhere, black and white, he ranged himself with the Abolitionists at a time when it cost something to avow anti-slavery opinions. While his residence was too conspicuous to be made a depot for the "underground railroad," few fugitives passed that way who did not have a kind and encouraging word, and substantial help from him, before they crossed the bridge over the Scioto on their way to Canada. Old residents who recall those stirring times will remember the active part he took in several cases when slaves were retaken in Union County, especially that of "Bob and Lucinda," when the excitement ran high, and Judge Woods, with others, employed the ablest counsel in the county for their defense. His part in other cases caused frequent threats of mobbing, and on more than one occasion he was urged by friends to leave his home and remain away until the excitement cooled. It is not necessary to say that he remained at home, ready for consolation in any emergency. So much for the business and public life of one who, by virtue of his long and successful career, and his identification with every public enterprise, must appear as a conspicuous figure in the early history of Union County. That his matchless business qualities were Supplemented by a generous nature, as true as steel, and as tender as a woman's. those know best who were admitted to the inner circle of his friendship. At home he was thoughtful for others and careless of himself. In his later years, failing health called for fortitude and patience, but in the most intense suffering, that courtesy and thoughtfulness for others, which made for him so many warm friends, and was the most potent element of success in business, never forsook him, and the comfort and welfare of those about him were always uppermost in his heart. His widow and two daughters, the elder now Mrs. V. G. Hush, and the younger, Mrs. A. G. Wilcox, all reside in Minneapolis, Minn., which, at his own request, was the place of his burial. Judge Woods was a man of rare social qualities, possessing fine conversational powers, backed by a fund of anecdote and a keen sense of humor. He was also a good listener, qualities rarely found united, and was always a genial companion. To those less fortunate than himself, he was always most courteous and kindly, and no one who was deserving ever appealed to him for help in vain, and it is the poor who will remember him longest and respect him most. No man ever harbored less malice than he. His most intimate friends never heard him speak unkindly of his enemies, and he suffered bitter wrongs in silence rather than depart from that practice which was the embodiment of his faith, ,with malice toward none but with charity PARIS TOWNSHIP. - 157 all." While a liberal giver to every public enterprise, always ready to do his part, and more than his part, he aided the poor without parade, and indeed with the utmost secrecy. Many kind deeds were unknown, even to members of his own family, until his death brought to light many tear stained letters, thanking him for help in time of sore need. He never passed a blind beggar without giving, without considering his deserts. At one time when visiting Niagara with his daughter, the carriage passed a blind man at a gate, but, not having change in his pocket (he seldom carried money), drove by, and the circumstance was forgotten, until months afterward the daughter, in looking over old papers, found an acknowledgment of the receipt of $1, "for the blind man at the gate," by a gentleman in business near the locality, whose acquaintance Judge Woods had made in his brief stay. His friend added in a postscript, " You made this poor man happy for one day, at least." In the multiplicity of his cares, he had found time to recall this unfortunate, whom he had seen but once, and to whom he had never spoken. In 1849, when the Free-Soil party held the balance of power in the Legislature, he was (without his knowledge) elected an Associate Judge of the Common Pleas Court of Union County, and performed the duties of the office to the satisfaction of both people and bar until the adoption of the present Constitution in 1851. At the organization of the Republican party, Judge Woods joined it, and remained an active Republican and a zealous supporter of the Government during the war, giving liberally and freely of his me ins for the aid of soldiers and their families, as well as for all other purposes that could aid the Government in the prosecution of the war. Later he cared little about party, generally voting independently, but in his later years, inclining to the Democratic side, with that generous impulse that always led his strong nature to sympathize with the weaker party in all contest. He was in no sense an office seeker; his tests and ability led hire into business, and in that field his greatest triumphs were achieved. He was a man who was always equal to the occasion, and if he had been called into public life, the same sagacity which enabled him to distance competition in business would have soon made him a leader in any public body. JOHN H. WOOD, notion store, Marysville. John H. Wood is one of the oldest native-born business man of this city. His father, Ira Wood, was a native of Vermont, and among the early practitioners of medicine in Union County. He first located in a log house at the springs, and became a resident physician of Marysville in 1825. He was Justice of the Peace some years, and in 1839 was stricken with milk sickness, from which he died. His wife Margaret was born in the Keystone State, and lived threescore years and ten of her life, dying in 1880. The subject of this sketch was the eldest of eight children. and was born at the homestead, corner of Main and South streets, December 12, 1832. His father purchased this building in 1827, which at this writing remains the only old landmark near the business part of the town. Mr. Wood is a pharmacist by profession, and established drug business upon the site now occupied by McCloud & Brother, in 1856. Two years later, it was nearly destroyed by fire, but rebuilt and occupied until 1860, when Mr. Wood erected the present edifice. The following year the firm of Wood & Fields was established, but was dissolved in 1868. In 1871, he further improved the place by erecting his present business place. His brother Harvey became associated with him at this time, and they opened to the public a complete stock of notions. In 1880, Harvey withdrew from the firm, and Mr. Wood has since continued alone. He carries a very nest stock of about $4,000 to $5,000, and has a liberal patronage. He has served this city and township as Treasurer for the post fifteen years, and is connected with the IOOF and Masonic fraternities. Mr. Wood was married to Miss Alibis, a daughter of Dr. Rathburn, a pioneer physician of this county. Carrie and John E. are their living children. HARVEY S. WOOD, nurseryman. Marysville, is a native of Marysville, Union County, Ohio, where he was born December 10, 1839, and is the youngest son of Ira and Margaret Wood, natives of New York and Pennsylvania respectively. Ira with hie father, John U., were among the first families to join in the early settlements of this county. The subject of this sketch in early life was engaged as a salesman in his native city, And at The breaking-out of the rebellion. he gave his service to the Union army and entered the ranks of the Thirteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in April, 1861. He served the call of four months, and re-enlisted October 20, 1861, as private in Company F, Sixteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served three years. He received promotion to First Sergeant, in October, 1862, and Second Lieutenant the some year, in which rank he was taken prisoner at Chickasaw Bayou, Mississippi, December 29, 1862, and was confined in Libby Prison at Richmond, Va., until May 7, 1863, when he was exchanged and returned to the service at Vicksburg, and participated in the siege and surrender of that stronghold. Soon after the battle of Jackson, Miss., in 1863, the superior officer, Capt. Monroe, died, and Lieut. Wood succeeded to the command of the company, in which rank he served to the close. Prior to his capture, he engaged in the battles of Mill Springs, Ky., January 19, 1862; Cumberland Gap, Tenn., June 18. 1862; Tazewell, Tenn., August 6, 1862; Manchester, Tenn., August 29, 1862. He was honorably discharged November 25, 1864. Returning to peaceful pursuits, he was engaged in the dry goods business at Richwood, Union County, until the close of 1866, when he formed a copartnership with an uncle, in a wholesale notion house at Bellefontaine, Ohio. His uncle's death occurred the following year, and the stock was closed out. Mr. W. returned to Marysville and joined his brother John H. in the wholesale and retail notion busi- 158 - HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY. ness". This Arm dissolved in 1879, and he purchased and settled upon his present place, where he has been successfully engaged in the nursery business. He was married, in 1861, to Miss Sarah, a daughter of William and Isabel Phillips, and a native of Richwood, where her parents settled and lived to the close of life's journey. This union has been bleat with five children, all of whom are living, viz., Isabel L., Mary P., Arnie H., Sarah and Harvey. Mr. Wood served in the City Council four years, and has always taken an interest in all public affairs. He is a member of the Blue Lodge and Chapter of Masons, of Red Men and of the G.A. R. Politically, he is Republican. THADDEUS WOOD, farmer, P. O. Marysville, a native of Paris Township, was born November 6,1837. He is a son of Michael S. and Eliza (Thayer) Wood, the former a native of New York and the latter of Crawford County, Penn. They were married in Union County, and were the parents of nine children; of these, seven are living, viz.: Alpheus; Joseph E.; Demmis D., wife of O. J. Cowely; Clarinda A., wife of J. Smith Alexander; Thaddeus, the subject of this sketch; Michael P., and Emily E., wife of William Stillings. Ira and Lebbeus are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Wood resided on the homestead till 1865, when they removed to Marysville, where they both died. Our subject was reared to manhood on the farm where he was born. He was married December 23, 1860, to Mercy Reed, daughter of Zephaniah and Siddie A. Reed. Mrs. Wood was born in Paris Township August 30, 1840. They had eleven children, of whom nine are living-Eva, wife of Mahlon Burris, Lewis, Abbe, Harvey M., James M., William, George F., and Maud and Rodney (twins). In 1860, Mr. Wood located on the farm that he now occupies, which contains 133 acres. His occupation is that of farming and stock-raising. he and wife are members of the United Brethren Church. Politically, he is a Prohibitionist. (RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE)