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Himes, of Richland county, Ohio. They have one child, Hugh, born May 19, 1876. Mr, Paxton is a Democrat in politics.

JACOB EICHELBERGER was born in Vermillion township March 21, 1831. On September 4, 1851, he married Susannah, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Conn, early settlers of Ashland county, both of whom are dead. They have had children as follows: Louisa, born July 22, 1852; Elizabeth, born November 29, 1854: Mary, born November 6, 1856; Rosanna and Barbara, born May 25, 1858; Samuel, born November 12, 1861; Clara, born April 9, 1863; Elmer E., born May 4, 1866; Benjamin, born May 22, 1871. Of these, two are dead-Elizabeth, who died February 17, 1864, and Benjamin, who died November 5, 1872. Louisa is the wife of Cyrus Miller, and lives in Mifflin township. They were married in 1870, and have three children. Rosanna is the wife of Henry Daubenspeck, and lives in Vermillion township. They have three children. The other four are at home assisting the father on the farm, and the mother in the household duties, In politics Mr. Eichelberger is a Democrat, but in home elections casts his vote for the man he considers most worthy of the confidence of the public, and best fitted to take care of their interests, regardless of political views, He is not connected with any church, but recognizes the importance of churches and schools as a public benefit, and the contents of his purse are used to their benefit many times.

WILLIAM McNAULL was born in what is now Montgomery township, Ashland county, Ohio, about four miles east of Ashland, November 18, 1816. His parents came to Ashland county in 1815, and may well be classed among Ashland county's pioneers. They teamed from the State of Maryland, and entered land in what was at that day a wilderness. Here they went to work in good old fashioned pioneer style. They raised a family of six children, all of whom lived to maturity. William, the subject of this sketch, remained with his parents until he was about twenty-three or four years of age, when his disposition led him to investigate distant countries, States, and territories, which he continued to do for several years, occasionally returning to the scenes of his childhood, and in March, 1865, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Adams of Vermillion township. They have no children. The place where they now live has been their. home since their marriage. 'The farm was cleared almost entirely by Mr, McNaull or under his directions. He has a good farm and it is well improved. He is a Democrat in politics, and is a good neighbor, highly esteemed as a literary man, far superior to many who have had equal privileges. Mrs. McNaull is a member of the Presbyterian church at Hayesville, Ohio.

WILLIAM TANGEMAN was born in the kingdom of Hanover, Germany, December 31, 1831. In 1851 he left Germany with the determination of trying the new world, and upon his landing here went directly to Cincinnati, Ohio, and remained engaged in the wholesale tobacco trade, until 1855, when he moved to Mansfield, Ohio. In April he married Miss Margaret Schiedt. In Mansfield he remained two years in the tobacco business, when he disposed of his business in Mansfield and 1eturned to Cincinnati, where he remained eight years, and in 1865 he purchased a farm near Loudonville, Ashland county, Ohio, and in 1867 sold this farm and bought and removed to where he now resides, about one mile west of Hayesville, Ohio. They have eight children-three sons and live daughters, all except the oldest son being at home and single. Mr. Tangeman has served his township as trustee, and his school district as director. In politics he is a Democrat, but is a man with many friends in both parties. Mr. Tangeman and wife are members of the German Evangelical church in Vermillion township. The oldest son, Charles W., is in Mansfield, Ohio, practicing medicine.

SOLOMON ARNOLD, proprietor of the Vermillion hotel at Hayesville, Ohio, was horn February 18, 1841, in Vermillion township. He remained and worked on the farm until he was twenty-seven years of age, and married Miss Harriet Vangilder, of Vermillion township, November 9, 1859. His father died May 31, 1874, and his mother died May 16, 1860. In 1870 Mr. Arnold moved from the old farm home to Hayesville, Ohio, and kept a livery stable, and in 1872 he took possession of the Vermillion house, and has managed it for the past eight years in connection with the livery business.

JOHN M. RITCHIE was born where he now resides, January 28, 1840. His parents emigrated to Ohio from Pennsylvania in 1835. They purchased a farm that has been their only home in this State for a period of forty- five years. The parents names are Samuel and Elizabeth. Mr. Ritchie died February 13, 1844, at the age of thirty-one years and nineteen days. Mrs. Ritchie is still living; at the advanced age of about seventy-five years. The exact age cannot be given, on account of the family record having been destroyed by fire when she was a child. She is quite smart, and says she is young, or at least feels as young as she did years ago, She, with her daughter, Miss Martha Jane Richie, occupy the home with John and his family. The old home is now owned by Miss Martha and her brothe1 John, the subject of this sketch. In addition to his share of the old home, John owns a tract of land of forty acres which he purchased some years ago of Philip Smith. On September 2, 1875, Mr. Ritchie was married to Miss Mary A. Robinson, of Richland county, Ohio. They have two sons-Samuel N,, born October 7, 1876, and Charles E., born October 18, 1877. Mr. Ritchie is a farmer. He has served the people of Ashland county as director of the infirmary. In politics he is a Democrat. He makes no profession of religion, but recognizes churches and schools as very necessary to the well being of any community, and supports them liberally. His aged mother is a member of the Presbyterian church at Hayesville Ohio.

MR. J. H. BOYD was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, May 20, 180; came to Ohio with his wife and three children in 1850. Mr. Boyd's father accompanied him, and located near where Mr. Thomas Stafford now lives, his mother having died May 26, 1827, at the age of thirty-eight years. The subject of this sketch

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located on a tract of land a short distance from where he now lives, where he remained about twenty-five years. In connection with his farm Mr. Boyd has owned and operated a flouring mill, which he kept in operation about twenty-three years. His father died in the spring of 1869, at the advanced age of eighty-five years, and even at that age was quite active, showing very little the weight of so many winters. They seem to be a long-lived people, as an uncle of Mr. J. H. Boyd is still living in Washington county, Pennsylvania, at the wonderful age of one hundred years. Mr. Boyd has given his time entirely to farming', with the exception of the mill just mentioned. January 31, 1839, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Burns, of Ohio county, Virginia. She died February 18, 1861. By this union there were three children Rebecca Mary, born April 3, 1840; James T., born Septembe1 9, 1843; Emeline, born July 6, 1845, all of whom are living, married, and have families of their own. Rebecca, the wife of Alva Ingman, a farmer of Mohican township, has two children. James lives on the old home farm, and has three children; and Emeline is the wife of Porter Craig, and lives in Lawrence county, Illinois, and has two children. February 26, 1863, Mr. Boyd married Miss Kesiah Nailor, of Mohican township. They have one child, Edward E., born May 24, 1864. He is at home with his parents. Mr. Boyd is a Republican in politics; and is a member of the Presbyterian church at Hayesville, Ohio. He has been connected with the Presbyterian church for over forty-five years. Mrs. Boyd is a member of the same church.

MICHAEL SHEMBERGER, was born in York county, Pennsylvania, January 28, 1823, In 1828 he came to Ohio with his parents, who located in Vermillion township. They bought a farm, a short time after they landed in the township, adjoining the place where their son Michael, the subject of the sketch, now lives. The old home also belongs to him. The parents remained here until their death. His fathe1 died December 17, 1870, and his mother March 15, 1879. On January 22, 1850, the subject of this sketch was married to Miss Rowanah Bennett, daughter of Peter and Sophia Bennett, who came from Maryland at an early day and settled on the Black fork, in Mifflin township. They remained here but a short time, when they bought a farm in Vermillion township and moved there, and about 1857 sold their property, and moved to DeWitt county, Illinois, where they died a few years later. The family of Michael Shemberger and wife consists of five boys and one daughter, all of whom are living except Mary Ann, the sixth child who died at the age of five years, four months and twenty-two days. Those now living are all single, and are at home with their parents. In politics he is a Democrat, as also are his three sons. He and his wife are members of the English Lutheran church at Peters- burgh, Ohio. Mr. Shemberger is not an office-seeker, though he has served his neighbors as supervisor, and is held in high esteem by all who know him. The public welfare of the county gets his share of encouragement at all times.

JAMES M. ECHELBARGER was born in Vermilhon township, October 17, 1846, and was married January 12, 1871, to Arminda Kyle, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Kyle, of Vermillion township. They have four children : Nellie Jane, born November 19, 1871; Cora Almina, born September 17, 1874, died October 23, 1876; Hiram Martin, born April 22, 1876; Ralph, born April 14, 1880. Mr. Echelbarger is a farmer; he has sixteen acres of his own, and farms about forty acres on shares for Martin Kramer. In politics, he is a Democrat.

ROBERT WILSON was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, May 3, 1816, and came to Ashland county with his parents in 1820, his father having purchased eighty acres of land where Robert now lives. At the time they came to this place there was an abundance of game, turkey and deer principally. Indians were numerous, but peaceably inclined toward their white brethren. They were true pioneers, and as such are quite well remembered by the old settlers in the community at the present time. They began the improvement of their land, and by perseverance and hard knocks, such as our grand old forefathers and mothers could endure, the old forests gave way and the waving fields of grain took their place. Robert, the subject of this sketch, remembers quite well the privations and hardships of those early days. In 1839, November 14th, Mr. Wilson married Martha Jeannette Roison, who came from Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, with her parents when she was about three or four years of age. They had seven sons and one daughter. Two sons died in infancy; one son, James, the oldest of the family, died in the army; he was a private in the One Hundred and Twentieth Ohio volunteer infantry, and served as such from the data of his enlistment to the time of his death, which took place at Milliken's Bend, Louisiana, February i 1, 1863. Three sons and one daughter are married, and doing for themselves. The youngest child, Robert, jr., remains with his father. Mrs. Wilson having died Mr. Wilson afterwards married Anna E. Greenwood, widow of Charles Greenwood, of Holmes county, Ohio. To them have been born one child. Mr. Wilson is one of the best known men in this section of the county. In politics he is a Republican. Both himself and wife are members of the United Presbyterian church at Hayesville, Ohio.

ADAM BAUN was born in York county, Pennsylvania, February 25, 1819, and came to Ohio before he was married, about the year 1839, and worked in the gristmill for Mr. Daniel Smith, by the year; here he worked six years and a half, and purchased a tract of land of Hugh Finley; he then worked for Andrew Newman and Joseph Boyd a period of ten years, in the mill still owned by Mr. Boyd, but not now in operation. In the fall of 1843 he returned to Pennsylvania and married Miss Rebecca Lechman, of York county. She died June 28, 1857. They had two children, one son and one daughter. The son, Adam, jr., was a soldier in the late war, in the One Hundred and Second Ohio volunteer infantry, company B, and after a service as a soldier almost three years, and a prisoner six months at Castle

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Thunder, at Cahoba, Alabama, while on his way home at the close of the war, April 25th he was lost on the boat Sultana, near Memphis, Tennessee. This came with crushing weight on father and sister, and many who knew him well in the neighborhood where he was raised. February 25, 1859 Mr. Baun was married again, this time to Miss Ruby Ann Snyder, whose parents lived in Crawford county, Ohio. She died April 7, 1878. By this union there were three sons—Allen C., the oldest, is in the west; Lewis A. and EdWard I. are at home; they are all single. Sarah J., born April 14, 1845, is at home, filling the place that only daughter and sister can. She takes entire management of the household cares and duties. Mr. Baun has a fine farm and manages it to good advantage, as the appearance about his farm is proof. He has bought and sold stock for many years, having many times driven over the mountains. When he first came to Ohio he had but twenty dollars, since which, by hard work and good management, with a small amount he received from his father's estate, he has a competence. In politics he is a Republican. Mr. Baun is not a member of any church, but is a liberal supporter of all such institutions.

WILLIAM GLENN was born, in 1822, in Mohican township, Ashland county, Ohio. His father Joshua Glenn emigrated from Harford county, Maryland, in 1818. He was one of the pioneers of Ashland county. His home was a log cabin, and was surrounded on all sides by forest. Here the subject of-this sketch was born. He remained and labored on the farm until he was over thirty years of age, and many an old oak fell beneath the heavy blows of his axe. The forest gradually gave way and in its place waving fields of grain were to be seen, On September 23, 1852, Mr. Glenn married Miss Caroline Ewing, daughter of William Ewing, of Vermillion township, another of Ashland county's pioneers, having come from Pennsylvania to Ohio in 1813 and located in Mohican township on the 17th day of March, 1853. William and his wife moved to Green township, on a firm owned by his father. Here they remained four years, when he purchased a farm in Milton township, and moved there. He sold this farm some two years later and returned to his mother's farm in Mohican township. After a year's stay there he bought a farm in Mohican township and lived there five years, at the end of which time he sold and moved to a farm owned by his father-in-law, in Montgomery township. At the end of one year he bought and moved where he now lives. This, in all probability, will be his future home. They have tou1 children. One daughter and three sons. One son is married and lives on his father's farm. Mr. Glenn has never sought public office. He is a Republican in politics. His wife and daughter are members of the English Lutheran church at Jeromeville. Mr. Glenn does not belong to any church, but is in hearty sympathy with the truths of the Bible. The son is a member of the Presbyterian church at Hayesville.

MR. SAMUEL ECHELBARGER was born in Vermillion township, October 23, 1843. His parents emigrated from Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, about the year 1823 with their parents. His father was then a boy about fifteen years old, and his mother a girl of thirteen summers. They were married on the seventeenth day of May, 1829. They moved at once to a farm in Vermillion township owned by his father, and which is now owned by Mr. William Goard. This farm fell into his possession at the death of his parents for the care he had of them in their old age, This farm, which consisted of forty acres, he traded by giving some bo0t money for eighty acres known as the Ferry farm. About the year 1850 he sold this farm and purchased the farm on which Samuel and his mother now live. On July 9, 1877, Mr. Echelbarger died. Mrs. Echelbarger is still living with her son Samuel, aged seventy years. On February 9, 1868, the subject of this sketch was married to Miss Eliza Ann Kyle. She died May 10, 1877. They had four children—three daughters and one son. The son is all the child now living. One daughter died in infancy, one at the age of fifteen months and one at the age of four years. On December 3, 1878, Mr. Echelbarger married Miss Elizabeth Endinger, a sister of Mrs. N. I). Ryland. By this union there have been no children. Mr. Echelbarger is a Democrat in politics.

N. D. RYLAND was born in Knox county, Ohio, February 19, 1846. His parents came to Ashland county about the year 1850, and bought a farm about a mile and a half south of Hayesville, where they remained until the fall of 1857, when they sold the farm and emigrated to Randolph county, Missouri. In the fall of 1861 they returned to Ohio, and bought a farm one mile south of Hayesville. The next spring he sold his farm and removed to the farm of James Ewing, and, at the end of two years, bought a farm adjoining the one owned by N. D. Ryland, where they lived some ten years, when they concluded they would leave the farm, and try town life. They rented the farm and moved to Hayesville, where they now reside. The subject of this sketch, N. I). Ryland was married April 6, 1871, to Eliza, daughter of John and Barbara Endinger, of Mohican township. In 1874 they purchased the farm on which they now live. They have two children, one son and one daughter-- Willis Howard, eight years old, and Effie Blanche, four years old. In politics Mr. Ryland is a Democrat, but is a man who does not allow politics to interfere with his business affairs or his association with neighbors. With the exception of running a threshing-machine four years, his whole time has been given to his farm. Mr. and Mrs. Ryland are members of the Presbyterian church in Hayesville. They have bright prospects before them, as both are young and hard workers, and are highly respected by the community in which they live.

SAMUEL CRAIG was born in Allegheny c0unty, Pennsylvania, December 25, 1814. In 1834 he came to Ohio with his parents, and located where William Craig now lives. Samuel was twenty years of age at the time. On November 22, 1837, he was married to Miss Jemima, daughter of James and Rebecca Stafford, of Vermillion township. They moved into a house on Mr. Craig's farm, where they remained most of the time until 1846. Mr. Craig then bought the farm in section

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sixteen, Vermillion township, on which they now live, and which has been their home ever since, and is likely to be the remainder of their lives. They have had nine children, seven of whom are living; two died when quite young—a boy and a girl; two sons and one daughter are married: James S., who married Miss Barbara Mosser, of Vermillion township; Daniel, who married Miss Lydia Youngling, of Vermillion township; Rebecca Jane, who married William Sites, and now lives in Mifflin township, Richland county; Albon, Mary Ann, Elizabeth and Ella are at home, Mr. Craig has a fine farm, and gives it his undivided attention. He has been assessor and trustee a number of years, and has been elected to other township offices, which he declined to fill, as his farm required his whole time. He is a man with many friends in the community that has been his home so many years. He is a hard worker and a good manager. Mr. Craig is a Democrat in politics, though at home elections leaves politics out of the question, and votes for the man he considers best fitted to do credit to the trust conferred by the people. He belongs to no church, but is a liberal supporter of religious and educational institutions, and considers them necessary for the well being of any community.

THOMAS CRONE was born in Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, October 27, 1800; and married Fannie Starkey February 18, 1823. In 1840, with his wife and seven children, he came to Ohio, and located in Mohican township; where he remained one year, when he moved to Perry township and remained three years. Then he moved to Chester township, Wayne county, remained four years, and returned to a farm adjoining the one he first located on. There he remained until the spring of 1877, when he moved to the farm on which he now resides. All his life he has been a farmer, and has now one of the best farms in this section of the county. Mrs. Crone died April 16, 1865. One son, James, was a soldier in the One Hundred and Second Ohio volunteer infantry, and served till the close of the war, a term of nearly three years; he is now married, and lives in Green township. The children, with the exception of three daughters, are married and live in Ashland county. One married daughter lives in Clinton county, Indiana. Mr. Crone is yet bright in mind, and as active as men of his age can expect to be. In politics he is a Democrat; and he has been township trustee. He is a member of the United Presbyterian church, at Hayesville, Ohio.

WILLIAM DAVIS was born in Mifflin township, August 28, 1836. He is a son of Isaac and Francis Davis, who are among Ashland county's early settlers, a sketch of whose lives will be found elsewhere in this work. The subject of this sketch remained with his parents and worked on the farm until he was eighteen years of age, when he left home to learn the carriage making trade with Ames & Leach in Ashland. Here he remained about two years and a half, when he, in company with John Burnett, went to Iowa and worked at his trade and on a farm; and in about eighteen months returned to Ohio and worked at his trade some three years and a half, when he enlisted August 14, 1862, as a private soldier in the First Ohio independent battery, and remained and served his country until the close of the war, and was discharged on the twenty-sixth day of June, 1865. He was faithful in the discharge of a soldier's duties, as he was only excused from service about two weeks during the whole term. At Cloid mountain and many other places he saw hard fighting, and engaged on severe raids and hard marches, and with many others of his comrades withstood the necessary privations and hardships of a private soldier. On October 5, 1865, he was married to Miss Rebecca Sechrist, of Richland county, Ohio. He remained one year with his father, when they moved to Vermillion township and commenced life for themselves. They have ever since made this their home, his whole time being given to the steam saw-mill, at what is known as Steam Corner, in the northwest corner of Vermillion township. They have three children--two daughters and one son. Mrs. Davis died May 14, 1874, and on the nineteenth day of November, 1874, he married Mrs. Barbara Callin, widow of Hugh Catlin, of Montgomery township. They have no children.

WILLIAM H. STRICKLAND was born December 8, 1824, on a tract of land located by his grandfather as early as 1815. The Stricklands are well known as a pioneer family of Ashland county, a sketch of whose lives will be found elsewhere in this work. William H., the subject of this sketch, when a babe, left his birthplace, his parents moving to a farm near the northeast corner of Vermillion township, where he remained until he was a man of twenty-two years of age, when he married Mary, daughter of Jacob Eichelbarger. Mrs. Strickland died March 21, 1848. They had one child, a daughter, now the wife of George Kelley, of Vermillion township. February 19, 1850, Mr. Strickland again married, Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Hough, of Montgomery township. They had two children, one son and one daughter—the son is at home and is single, and the daughter married David Hostetter, of Richland county, Ohio. Mrs. Strickland died June 29, 1871. April 1, 1873, he married Catharine E., daughter of Jacob Smith, of Vermillion township. They have one child, a son, now four years old. Mr. Strickland owns the farm on which he first saw the light, which he purchased about five years ago, It is a fine farm, and will, probably, be his home the remainder of his life. He has acted as supervisor and school director a number of years; is a good neighbor and a kind husband and father, and a hard, earnest worker. In politics he is a Democrat, and he and his wife are members of the English Lutheran church.. at Jeromeville, Ohio.

JOHN BELL was born in Wayne county, Ohio, October 3, 1827, and settled in Ashland county in April, 1836. He was married June 12, 1849, to Elenor McCrary, daughter of J. D. S. McCrary, of Ashland county, Ohio. Their children were: Sarah A., born March 10, 1850; William H., born January 17, 1852; I). W., born November 9, 1853; Mary I., born September 3, 1855 ; G. W., born July 12, 1857; Nancy J., born July 7, 1859;

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Emma L., born June 22, 1863; Elizabeth M., born July 4, 1865; Flora, born September 23, 1867 ; Hatty M,, born August 18, 1869; Lilly, born August 22, 1874; an infant born June 27 1861; an infant born May 8, 1862; two infants died, one on June 29, 1861, and one September I 1, 1862. In politics Mr. Bell is a Republican. Both himself and his wife are members of the United Presbyterian church.

BENJAMIN S. MCKINLEY was born in Juniata county, Pennsylvania, July 31, 1825. In 1835, he came to Ohio with his parents, and settled in what is now Mohican township, Ashland county. September 10, 1848, he was married to Sarah Ryland, daughter of William and Catharine Ryland, who were among Ashland county's early settlers. Mr. and Mrs. McKinley's parents are dead. They have four children, two sons and two daughters: Judson, Lillie Alice, Emer, and Sadie Agnes. Lillie Alice is the wife of Abraham Hossler, who owns a farm adjoining his father-in-law, Emer married Mary Brubaker, of Mohican township, and owns a farm adjoining Mr. Hossler. Judson owns a farm adjoining his father's place, but as he is yet living in single blessedness, he makes his home with his parents. Sadie Agnes is yet unmarried and lives at home. Mr. McKinley is one of the most thorough, go-ahead farmers of Vermillion township, and is a neighbor highly respected by all who know him. Though a very hard worker for a man of his age, he is genial and companionable. He loves a good horse, and has the gratification of having some that he has raised on his own farm. In politics he is a Democrat. Both himself and wife are members of the Presbyterian church at Hayesville, Ohio.

ANTHONY R. SIGLER was born in Jeromeville, Mohican township, Ashland county, February 14, 1821. At a very early day his parents came from Pennsylvania and may well be classed among Ashland county's early settlers. The subject of this sketch remained with his parents until he was married, July 4, 1848, to Miss Eliza Duncan; daughte1 of Joseph and Catharne Duncan, who came to Ashland county at an early day, and located in what is now Vermillion township. To this couple have been born three children ill boys. The oldest, Willard Dexter, died at the age of eight months. Joseph H. and John Marion are still living, both married and doing for themselves, Joseph H. married Miss Julia Ann Van- gilder, and John M. married Miss Zentippa A. Humbert. John lives with his parents, and Joseph lives on an adjoining farm. Mr. Sigler, the subject of this sketch, is a min of many friends. Having spent his whole life in Vermillion township, he may well be called one of its prominent farmers. He has many times served as a trustee of the township, and but for his positive refusal, could at the present time hold that office or a better one. He is a Democrat in politics, but in home elections gives his vote for the man he considers most worthy of the trust of the people, without regard to politics.

CONRAD FOX was born in Bavaria, Germany, June 18,- 1829, and at the age of three years, in company with his parents, brothers, and sisters, he left the old world for a home in the new.: Soon after the arrival of the Fox family in America they came to what is now Vermillion township, Ashland county, and here the children have lived and prospered by their own good management and hard work. Conrad, the subject of this sketch, remained with his parents until he was married, April 16, 1852, he married Miss Gertrude Hirshler, daughter of Henry and Christena Hirshler, who died in Germany when she was about eight years old. When she was sixteen years old, in company with her brothers, John and Henry, she came to Ohio. Immediately after they were married they bought the farm on which they still live, nearly three miles northwest of the village of Hayesville. They have two children; Adolph, born April 16, 1854, and Amanda, born February 21, 1859. Adolph is married and lives on his father's farm. Amanda is single and remains at home with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Fox are members of the German Lutheran church, near where they live. Mr. Fox is a Democrat in politics, and is a man highly esteemed by his neighbors, He has one hundred and forty-two acres of land in one of the most fertile sections of Vermillion township. He is a good farmer, and his family and farm have his whole time,

H. J. HOUGH was born in Ashland, Ohio, January 24, 1847. William Hough, his father, was an early settler in Ashland, and in 1848 removed to Crawford county, Ohio, where he died in 1862. H. J. remained with his parents until after the death of his father, when he went to different parts of the State to see how other people live, and in 1864 enlisted in the service of his country, and served till the close of the war. In 1875 he returned to his native county, and located in the village of Hayesville. January 24, 1877, he married Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel Smith, of Vermillion township. 'They have one son, born September 4, 1878; and named Daniel Leslie. January 4, 1878, Mr. Hough engaged in the hardware, tin and stove business, under the firm name of Hough & Boyd. December 31st the partner ship changed to Hough & Maag, who are at present doing a thriving business, enjoying the respect of all who patronize them.

JOHN BECK, son of Jacob Beck, one of Ashland county's pioneers, and a sketch of whose life will be found elsewhere in this work, was born May 11, 1850. February 15, 1870, he married Miss Amanda Aby, of Mifflin township. They have four children, all daughters: Nettie Celesta, Rella May, Alice Arvilla, and Catharine, an infant. Mr. Beck is a Democrat in politics.

WILLIAM BECK, son of Jacob Beck, one of the prominent pioneers of Vermillion, was born November 9, 1846, and was brought up to hard work on the farm, where he learned industry and perseverance. August 18, 1870, he was married to Miss Mary Ann Helbert, daughter of Jacob and Catharine Helbert, of Vermillion township. They have four children, three sons and one daughter-William Sylvester, Lewis David, Arabella, and Jacob, who is but one year old. Mr. Beck is a Democrat in politics. He gives his whole time to farming.

MRS. KELLY, widow of Patrick Kelly, is a daughter of John and Rosa McNaull, who were among Ashland county's pioneers. Her father has been dead about

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twelve years, and her mother is living with Mrs. Kelly, and is upwards of eighty years of age. Mr. Kelly came to Ohio from Pennsylvania when he was a boy, and saw many of the privations of the early settlers. June 20, 1839, Mr. and Mrs. Kelly were married, and commenced life in earnest for themselves. They bought land in Vermillion township, and by perseverance, secured an elegant home in the northwest portion of the township, They have nine children—Rosa, Mary, Susan, John, James, Sarah, Emily, William, and Michael; of these eight are living; Susan, the third child, died at the age of eight years and nine months. Mary is the wife of John Harper, son of Thomas Harper, of Vermillion township—they live in Abilene, Kansas; Sarah is the wife of Henry Sheller, of Vermillion township; the six unmarried children are at home, or at least recognize their mother's house a welcome home, when business does not call them elsewhere. Mr. Kelly died February 18, 1859. Since his death Mrs. Kelly has managed the farm, and as her children grew to an age to be of assistance, they cheerfully took their part. They certainly deserve much credit for good management. Mrs. Kelly now owns over two hundred and fifty acres of well improved land in Ashland county.

JOHN K. CRONE was born in Juniata county, Pennsylvania, December 23, 1823, and at the age of sixteen years he came to Ohio with his parents and located in what is now Mohican township, Ashland county, Ohio. He remained at home until he was thirty-five years of age, with the exception of a few years in which he lived with his aunts, the Misses Starkey, sisters of his mother, and during which time he rented and worked the Daniel Pocock farm in Mohican township. In August, 1868, he was married to Mrs. Greenlee, widow of John Greenlee, of Lake township, Ashland county. They have had four children, one of whom died at the age of two years. Mrs. Crone, after her marriage to Mr. Crone, had a daughter who died at the age of eleven. Three children are yet living—John Alvie and Mary Alma, are twins. George Walter is six years old. Mr. Crone is a farmer and a man held in high esteem as a neighbor and friend. He is a Democrat in politics, though in home elections he allows his judgment to decide as to the man most fitted to fill the trust conferred by the people, with little thought as to politics. He is one of the township trustees, and has enterprise sufficient to fill any office creditably that may be entrusted to him.

ROBERT SIGLER was born in Vermillion township, Ashland county, Ohio, January 4, 1823. His father, Henry Sigler, was one of Ashland county's pioneers, having emigrated from Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, at an early day. Here the subject of this sketch was reared in pioneer style, and assisted in reducing the wilderness to the lovely country we now find it. Robert was the fifth of a family of tweve children. He remained at home until he was married in April, 1865, to Miss Catharine Graber, who was born in Germany. They have had four children, two of whom are dead. One died in infancy, and one at the age of thirteen years. Willis and Maudy are living. Willis is seven and Maudy two years old. Mr. Sigler is a good neighbor and a hard worker, giving his whole time to his farm and his family. He is a Democrat in politics. Mrs. Sigler is a member of the Church of God in Vermillion township, about one mile from Mr. Sigler's residence. Mr. Sigler does not seek public office, but has the interests of his county at heart, and never fails to support any public improvements.

JACOB BECK was born in Germany, December 4, 1808, and came to America in 1835, making the trip from Amsterdam to New York in a sailing vessel in seventy days. It was a discouraging voyage, and the hearts of the passengers would sometimes sink ; and when they were at last permitted to set foot on land in this free America, their hearts went up in thankfulness to the good being for His preserving care. Mr. Beck remained about five years in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and on the twenty-fourth day of January, 1841, he was married to Barbara Schilling, of that city, and in September of the same year, with all his earthly effects, consisting of a bed and what they could pack in two chests, they started for the west with a covered wagon and one horse; and soon after arriving in what is now Vermilion township, he purchased a tract of land, on which Was a log cabin, and went to work in earnest to improve his land. Many a giant oak fell to the ground from the heavy strokes of the axe swung by his strong arm. Those were times that tried men's souls, and Mr. Bcck and his good wife endured their hardships and privations as only the sturdy pioneers could. Mr. Beck has the satisfaction, in his old days, of seeing good improvements about him, where once was a howling wilderness, and his children in good circumstances. He is a man highly esteemed by his neighbors as a trustworthy Christian man, who has done well his part to make Vermillion township what it is— one of the finest townships in the State. He now owns over three hundred acres of excellent land, in a good community, with excellent school and church privileges. Ever since he came to this county, he has been a member of the German Lutheran church. On the ninth day of April, 1880, his wife died, and his three sons are all married, and he is alone in the home in which he has seen many pleasant days and some sorrows.

DR. E. V. KENDIG was born is Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, January r 1, 1838. He came to Ohio in 1861 and located in Hayesville, Ashland county. Shortly after arriving in Hayesville he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Samuel Glass of that village. Here he remained and prosecuted his studies with unflinching determination, and in March, 1864, graduated from University Medical college of New York city. Returning at once to Hayesville, he enlisted as assistant surgeon in the Second Ohio heavy artillery, and served his country faithfully in this position for a period of one year, when the war closed, and he again returned to Hayesville and began the practice of medicine, September 21, 1865, he married Miss Mariah Kauffman of Richland county, Ohio. They have three sons, Harry, Willard, and Ralph. The doctor, by his untiring energy and ability, has secured a very large practice. As a phy-

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sician Dr. Kendig ranks high, and by his kind manner is much beloved by his many patients.

WILLIAM CRAIG was born in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, September 28, 1812, and removed with his parents to Vermillion township, March 28, 1833. The family then consisted of father, mother, and ten children, The subject of this sketch was the oldest but one, and was then twenty-one years of age. Immediately after their settlement here William left home and began work at his trade, that of blacksmithing, near where the infirmary now stands. Here he remained fourteen years, and worked earnestly at his chosen trade. In November, 1837, he married Miss Barbara Whittington, daughter of James Whittington, of Vermillion township, one of Ashland county's old pioneers. He died September 30, 1846. Mr. Craig boarded with the Whittington family about four years prior to his marriage, and doubtless his energy and ability as a workman won the heart of the woman who has been his helpmate these many years. In 1849 Mr. Craig moved to Hayesville, and worked at his trade till 1855, when he purchased the old home farm and moved there, and took the management of the farm. His mother having died in 1847, his father remained with his son until he died in May, 1871. Mr. Craig has served the people of Vermillion township as trustee six years, and the county as infirmary superintendent. Aside from this public service lie has given his time to his farm, which is a good one. This aged couple are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Hayesville, and have been for a period of thirty-six years. He is a Democrat in politics, but has many warm friends in both parties. He is a man of kind heart, a good neighbor, and a man well known in every township in the county. He was defeated by only ten votes in 1874 for nomination for the office of county commissioner. They have ten children, all living, eight daughters and two sons. All but one are married. The youngest son, William, jr, is single.

GEORGE W. LONG was born in Canton, Stark county, Ohio, February 22, 1831; came to Ashland county with his parents when he was about seven years old, and settled on a farm in Lake township, Wayne county, now Ashland county. Here he remained and worked on the farm until he was about eighteen years old, when he went to Mohicanville and learned the boot and shoe trade. This trade he followed until the spring of 1852, when he started for the gold fields of California, and en-. gaged in mining. He went by overland route, and in 1856 returned to Ohio by water, and in the same year, September 30th, was married to Miss Catharine Mohre, daughter of Jesse Mohre, of Lake township, Ashland county. Mr, Long had sent money from California and purchased a farm about two miles from his father's place, and soon after he was married moved and began improving his own farm. For a period of ten years they lived here, when they sold their farm in Lake township and purchased the farm on which they now live. They have six children—three s0ns and three daughters. The oldest daughter married Mr. John Eighinger, of Vermillion township. She was married September 30, 1879—just twenty-three years after her father and mother. Mr. Long has been township trustee a number of terms in Vermillion township, and was trustee one term in Lake township previous to coming to Vermillion. Both himself and wife are members of the English Lutheran church. In politics he is a Democrat, but is a man highly esteemed by both parties, as he is moderate in his views, and gives his best time to his family and farm.

EMANUEL SHELLER is a son of John Sheller, who came to Ohio from Pennsylvania in a very early day. He has raised a family who are all grown and doing for themselves. Emanuel, the subject of this sketch, was born in Mifflin township, Richland county, Ohio, in 1848, February 5th, December 28, 1875, he married Miss Susan Swoveland, daughter of Peter Swoveland, of Miffin township, Richland county, an early settler there. They have but one child, Stella, born November 28, 1876. Mr. Sheller farms the old home place, and is an - industrious, energetic man, and a good neighbor

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HENRY SHELLER was born in Richland county, Ohio, December 23, 1844. He remained with his parents, and worked on the farm until he was thirty years of age, January 25, 1875, he married Miss Sarah M. Kelly, daughter of Patrick Kelly, one of Vermillion township's early settlers. She was born March 7, 1850. The subjects of this sketch moved to where they now reside soon after they were married, on a farm owned by Mr. Sheller's father. Mr. Sheller and wife have spent almost their entire life in Vermillion township. They have one child, Emily Almina, born December 13, 1878. Mr. and Mrs. Sheller are descendants of pioneer blood, and are well calculated to meet the perplexities of life, and he useful members of society. Mr. Sheller is a Democrat in politics. He and his wife are members in good standing of the English Lutheran church.

W. G. GALLOWAY was born in Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, November 3, 1815. His fatber, John Galloway, moved to Ohio October 23, 1830, and settled in Vermillion township. In 1816 he came to Ashland county, and took up a tract of land, near where he afterwards settled, and then returned to his home in Pennsylvania, where he remained until 1830, and, of course, forfeited the claim of 1816. The subject of this sketch remained with his parents until he was twenty-seven years of age, and worked on the farm. In May, 1842, he married Miss Ann Bradley, daughter of John Bradley, who died when she was a child, in the State of Delaware. She came to Ashland county with her mother a short time before the settlement of the Galloway family. They have had seven children ; two sons died when quite young; the other five are living. They are all married but one son. Mr. Galloway has served the people of Ashland county six years, in the capacity of infirmary director, and has been justice of the peace nine years. Mrs. Galloway died December 3, 1877. Mr, Galloway is a man highly respected. In politics he is a Democrat, though he has many friends in both parties.

T. C. HARVEY was born in Green township, Ashland county, in 1842. At the age of ten years he removed with his parents to Vermillion township, two miles south

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of Hayesville. In September, 1867, he left the farm and entered the drug store of J. Kinninger, at Hayesville, as clerk. In 1869, in company with Mr. J, R. Swartz, he purchased the stock and commenced business for himself. The firm then being Swartz & Harvey; this partnership was dissolved in 1872, and Mr, Harvey continued the business alone. In 1879 Mr. Swartz returned from Toledo, Ohio, and again entered business with Mr. Harvey, under the firm of Harvey & Swartz, and at present they are doing a thriving business. Industry and ability have their reward. In the fall of 1870, Mr. Harvey was married to Miss Sarah J. Armstrong, daughter of Dr. Armstrong, one of the pioneers of Ashland county. They have no children living.

JOHN HARVEY was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, in 1810. William Harvey, his father, moved with his wife and three children to Ashland county, Ohio, in 1835, and located at Hayesville, where the subject of this sketch kept a tavern fo1 about four years, when he bought a farm in Green township, known as the Kent farm, and moved there. After residing there ten years he removed to his present home, two miles south of Hayesville. This farm he has improved handsomely, and now, in the seventieth year of his age, lives in ease, and, in his declining years, has but little care. William, his oldest son, is married, and lives in Johnson county, Missouri, and was one of Ashland county's brave soldier boys, having served his country a little over three years; Thomas, Wilson, and Sarah Ann live in Ashland county; Frank, the youngest son, is practicing medicine in Mansfield, Ohio. Mr. Harvey was married to Miss Ruth Culbertson, of Wayne county, in 1838. Mrs. Harvey was born in 1814, and is quite active.

THOMAS STAFFORD was born September 15, 1815, in Jefferson county, Ohio. Nathan Stafford, his father, moved from Jefferson county in September, 180, and bought a tract of land from Ephraim Palmer, where he remained until his death, in September, 1847. The subject of this sketch made his father's house his home until he was marrred, March 5, 1839, to Phebe, daughter of David and Betsy Stevens, who came to Vermillion township in 1832, and located on a tract of land adjoining Mr. Stafford's farm, where they lived the remainder of their lives, Mr. Stevens to the ripe age of nearly eighty years, having deceased in 1866. Mrs. Stevens died in 1877, aged eighty-two years, ten months, and six days. Mrs. Stafford says, that though her father and mother lived to such an advanced age, yet their minds were bright, and they were not childish, as most persons are at that age. The parents of Mr. and Mrs. Stafford, the subjects of this sketch, were surely pioneers, and are remembered by many who are much younger. They have four children, one son and three daughters, three of whom are married and have gone to try the realities of life for themselves. Amanda M. was born in December, 1 83 9, and is the wife of J. N. McClanahan, an attorneyat-law at Chariton, Iowa. They were married in September, 1872, and have three children-Arvilla, the second child, who was born in 1842, and remains with her parents; David L., who was born in August, 1846, and was married February 13, 1873, to Miss Martha E. Heiser, of Mohican township, Ashland county, and has three children; the youngest child is the wife of T. C. Nelson, married in December, 1876, and lives in Hayesville and has one child, Mr. and Mrs. Stafford still live on the farm that was their first purchase about thirty-four years ago. They have a fine farm, and seem quite contented, as they well may, to make it their home the balance of their days. Mr. Stafford has served the interests of his township as supervisor, and has, for many years, held the office of school director. They are cheerful, and are well calculated to await old age without regret for the past. Mrs. Stafford died at the age of eighty-two years and a few days, about three days previous to the death of Mrs. Stevens. The mother of Mrs. Thomas Stafford purchased in Green township, in 1844, and remained there about two years and a half, when they purchased their present home.

JOHN C. WOLF was born in Germany, March 20, 1848, and emigrated to America, when he was but four years of age, with his parents. They located in Richland county, Ohio; here he remained until 1854. November 16, 1878, he was married to Elizabeth Vesper, daughter of Michael and Mary Vesper, residents of Orange township, Ashland county. In April, 1879, Mr. Wolf was chosen by the people of Ashland county as superintendent of their county infirmary ; and he is a man well calculated to fill such a position to the satisfaction of the people. He is of a sociable and pleasant disposition, though he possesses sufficient firmness to manage the affairs of his office in such a manner that the people appreciate and are fully satisfied with their choice. He has many warm friends among those who are intimately acquainted with him. No children, as yet, have come to vex or cheer this young couple.

HENRY F. REES was born in Brooklyn, New York, December 16,1848. In 1852 he came with his parents to Vermillion township, Ashland county, and located on land adjoining the farm of Clark A. Barton. His father died in 1862, and his mother in 1879. The subject of this sketch was married to Barbara Baumann, of New York city, June 14, 1877. They have one child, a daughter, born September 7, 1879. Mr. Rees is farming the old homestead place. He is a man of literary taste, is a good neighbor, and a man well calculated to make a neighborhood what it should be.

DAVID CIPHERS was born in Vermillion township, Ashland county, Ohio, March 12, 1842, about half a mile north of Hayesville, on the farm he now owns. The old log cabin, in which he was born, still stands just across the road from his present residence, and is a fair sample of the homes of the hardy pioneers. Were it not that we can occasionally see one of these old landmarks, it would be hard to believe that this now beautiful and well improved country was once the scene of hardship, where only the sturdy and determined pioneer could abide. The subject of this sketch is the son of David and Catherena Ciphers, who came to Ohio from Bedford county, Pennsylvania, in 1835. Mr. Ciphers was married June 4, 1868, to Eliza Latimer,

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daughter of John Latimer, of Mifflin; her mother died in Wayne county, Ohio, a number of years ago. Mrs. Ciphers died January 5, 1877, leaving two daughters, who are the cheer of their father in his loneliness. Mr. Ciphers gives his whole time to his farm, and deals quite extensively in cattle: He is a model farmer, and a man highly esteemed as a neighbor and friend.

MICHAEL CULLER, jr., is the son of one of Ashland county's pioneers. His father, Michael Culler, from Frederick county, Maryland, made a trip to this part of Ohio in 1814, but did not purchase land till about 1815, or 1816, when he made another trip and purchased a quarter section of land of Phillip Zimmer, the story of whose life and adventure as a pioneer and Indian hunter is familiar to nearly every boy and girl in Ohio. .Mr. Culler at that time was not married, and would come to Ohio and improve his farm during the spring and summer, and in the fall return to his home in Maryland. In the fall of 1819 he married Miss Barbara Thomas, a resident of Frederick county, Maryland, and moved at once to his new home in Ashland county, Ohio. The subject of this sketch was born February 1, 1822, and remained and worked on the farm with his parents until he was married in 1858, April 6. He married Miss Michal Swearingen, daughter of Nicholas Swearingen, a resident of Vermillion township. After marriage they returned to the farm, where they now reside. They have had five children, four sons and one daughter. Two sons died in infancy. The two sons and one daughte1 now living are all at home. Mr. Culler has been justice of the peace, and is a man held in very high esteem by his neighbors.

CLARK A. BARTON was born in Wayne county, Ohio, October 16, 1844. In 1854 he came to Ashland county with his parents, and located in Milton township, about three miles southwest of Ashland, December 20, 1866. He was married to Miss Maggie E. Christy, daughter of Robert Christy, an old pioneer of Chester township, Wayne county, Ohio. They have two children, one son and one daughter, Grace M., born October 12, 1873, and Charles W,, born August 19, 1877. Mr. Barton was infirmary director six years. He gives his undivided attention to his farm, which in appearance ranks second to none in Vermillion township. Mr. Barton is a genial, companionable friend, and a man highly esteemed by his neighbors. In 1867 they moved on the farm in Vermillion township, where they now reside, and commenced life in earnest for themselves.

JOHN RISSER was born in Bavaria, Germany, February 4, 1825, and emigrated to America with his parents, Jacob and Mary Risser, in 1834. His parents located in Vermilhon township, on a tract of land adjoining the farm where the subject of this sketch now lives. On January J0, 1850, Mr. Risser married Miss Catharine Grabill, of Vermillion township, daughter of Joseph and Hertzler Grabill, who resided on the farm now owned by Mr. Risser. They have seven children, three sons and four daughters. Two daughters are married and live in Ashland. Amelia is the wife of E. S. Briggs, a boot and shoe merchant; Mary, married Uriah S. Shelly, a minister of the Mennonite church, but on account of poor health was compelled to quit the ministry and is at present engaged as clerk in his brother-in-law's boot and shoe store. The other children are all single, and live at home with their parents. Mr. Risser gives his time entirely to his farm, and deals largely in fine draft horses.

JOSEPH R. SWARTZ was born in Perry township, Ashland county, Ohio, in 1843. His father, Jacob Swartz, was one of Ashland county's old pioneers, having removed, when a young man, from Bucks county, Pennsylvania. Joseph R. remained on the farm until he was fourteen years old, when he left home and engaged as a clerk in the dry goods store of C. C. Coulter, of Rows-

burgh. Here he remained eighteen months, then accepted a position in the same business with M. A. McHose, just across the street from Coulter's place of business, remaining there, with the exception of a few months, until he enlisted in the Forty-second Ohio volunteer infantry in September, 1861: He served his country for a period of three years and two months as a private soldier, engaging in more than a dozen hard fought battles, coming out of the war at the expiration of his term of enlistment, after all the hardships and privations to which a soldier is exposed, without a scar, but with the satisfaction of knowing he had served his country faithfully, and that the old flag waves over a free people. On May 14, 1868, he married Miss Samantha Ciphers, of Vermillion township. They had two children, one son and one daughter. In 1864 Mr. Swartz engaged in the dry goods business with J. Kinninger, at Hayesville, as clerk, and in 1867 he was surprised to find Mr. Kinninger had recognized his ability to such an extent, that without solicitation on Mr. Swartz's part, the firm was changed to Kinninger & Swartz. In 1869, in company with T. C. Harvey, he purchased the stock, and the firm was changed to Swartz & Harvey. This partnership continued till 1872, when Mr. Swartz left Hayesville and engaged in business at Toledo, Ohio. In 1879 he returned to Hayesville, and again engaged in business with Mr. Harvey, where he is at this writing, the firm being Harvey & Swartz.

MR. MCCLURE DAVIS was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, February 23, 1825. In 1833 his father, Ephraim Davis, moved to Ashland county, and located in Vermillion township on a farm adjoining the farm now owned by the subject of this sketch. His father died in 1864, and his mother died in 1840. Mr, Davis worked with his father on the farm until he was twenty-one years of age, and then engaged in teaching, mostly in winter, for a period of about nine years. In 1853, March T0th, he married Miss Mary Jane Baker, daughter of Zachariah and Edee Baker, who were among the pioneer families of Ashland county. He1 father died in 1863, but her mother is still living at the advanced age of seventy-nine years. They have five children, three sons and two daughters, The oldest daughter is the wife of 'Thomas Budd, of Vermillion township. The other four still live with their parents. Mr. Davis has filled either township or county offices for a number

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of years. He was justice of the peace six years, and twice elected county commissioner, in which position he is now serving.

FREDERICK FOX was born in Bavaria, Germany, October 28, 1822, and emigrated to America with his parents in 1833, August 28th; they arrived in Vermilion township, Ashland county, after a tedious journey of twenty days from New York city. Vermillion township has been the home of Mr. Fox ever since. Mr. Fox left home to learn the saddler and harness trade in Mansfield, Richland county, at the age of nineteen. On September 6, 1849, he was married to Miss Eliza Jane Blackburn, of Green township, Ashland county; she came from Bedford county, Pennsylvania, with her parents in 1832. Mr. Fox worked at his chosen trade in Hayesville continuously about sixteen years, at the end of which time he moved to his farm, where he worked winters at his trade and summers tilled and improved his farm. At the end of four years he returned to Hayesville, stayed about two years, when he again returned to the farm, where he has remained ever since. They have had ten children, eight sons and two daughters; nine of whom are living. Charley died at the age of seventeen months, January 25, 1868. Joseph Benton, born August 7, 1850; Lewis B, born December 24, 1852; Justice, born November 3, 1854; Curtis Buchanan, born January 10, 1857; Lillie Irene, born May 5, 1859; Franklin, born July 28, 1861 ; Conrad C., born February 3, 1864; Coates, born August r 1, 1866; Morris, born January 24, 1869; Mary Margreta, born August 20, 1872.

MR. H. BUTCHER was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, in 1837. At the age of fifteen he left home and learned the blacksmith trade, at which he worked about twenty years. Mr. Butcher came into Hayesville, Ashland county, Ohio, in 1859, and was married June 9, 1867, to Miss Amanda Smalley, of Ashland. In 1862 he hired to the government as a mechanic. In about six weeks after he was promoted to the superintendency of the Franklin shops at Nashville, having under his control about twelve hundred men. This position Mr. Butcher held one year, when he was appointed by Captain Irvin, acting assistant quartermaster, as store-keeper for the government at Nashville, holding this position until Lee's surrender. Afte1 the war closed Mr. Butcher remained in Nashville one year, and worked at his trade. For four years he has been mayor of Hayesville, justice of the peace three years, and postmaster four years, which position he still occupies. A daughter, aged eight years, is the only child.

JACOB MILLER was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1824. In 1830 he emigrated with his parents to America, and located in Wayne county, seven miles northeast of Wooster. Michael Miller, his father, died in 1842, July 30th. In March, 1858, his mother died. In 1850 Mr. Miller married Miss Mary Risser, daughter of Jacob Risser, of Vermillion township, Ashland county, Ohio. In the spring of 1.860 he moved to the farm formerly owned by his father-in-law in Vermillion township, Ashland county, Ohio, where he now lives. They have had seven chil

dren, two of whom are dead. One son and one daughter live in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. One daughter lives in Loudonville, Ohio, and one son and one daughter live at home.

GEORGE BUCHANAN was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1800. In about 1831 he came to Ashland county, Ohio, and located in Vermillion township, on a farm near Hayesville. In 1829 he married Miss Elizabeth Bragg, and has one son hving in Newton, Iowa. Mrs. Buchanan died September 5, 1833. February 27, 1840, Mr. Buchanan was married to Mrs. Rosena Miles. 'They have seven children-three sons and four daughters. Two sons and three daughters are married. Mr. Buchanan taught school in Alabama a number of years previous to locating in Ashland county, since which time his business has been that of a farmer. He has served in the capacity of justice of the peace.

MARGARET. ISAMAN, widow of Jacob Isaman, was born in Mifflin township, Ashland county, Ohio, February 5, 1824. Philip Pressler, her father, came to Ohio from Pennsylvania in 1822, and erected a log cabin in the woods, and, by untiring energy and the assistance of his good wife, the old forest trees gave way, and in their stead it was not long until he had the pleasure of seeing waving fields of grain. Mrs. Isaman relates to the writer that her good mother, in order to assist her husband in clearing a spot to raise some garden stuff, would bend some saplings and tie a sheet to them, and place her babe in this as a cradle. But this is the kind of stuff our forefathers were made of, and to their hardships we are indebted for the appearance of this lovely country. Mrs. Isaman was twice married; first time, July 22, 1847 to Jacob Stoufer, who died in 1852. 'They had three sons, two of whom are married, The youngest, Samuel, is single. October 29, 1857, she married Jacob Isaman, by whom she had three children, two sons and one daughter, Mr. Isaman died September 2, 1877. Mrs. Isaman has a beautiful farm, containing over one hundred acres, and with the help of her boys keeps it in good shape. They are good, industrious young men, and are well calculated to take good care of their mother in her declining years.

DAVID FOX was born in Bavaria, Germany, near the river Rhine, in 1819. In 1833, he emigrated with his parents to America, locating in Vermillion township, Ashland county, Ohio. Conrad Fox, his father, died July 28, 1872, and his mother died January 10, 1851. 'Squire David Fox learned the harness business in Hayesville, and worked at it continuously about eighteen years, when he turned his attention to the hotel, farming and stock raising business. At the end of sixteen years he quit hotel keeping, and gave his whole attention to farming, with the exception of serving the community for a number of years in different official positions. In 1868 he was elected justice of the peace; re-elected in 1877, and again in April, 1880. At the advanced age of sixty-one years, he is active, industrious and cheerful. In December, 1840, he was married to Matilda Watson, They have five children, four sons and one daughter. The oldest son, a physician, died in Kansas in 1877.

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Mr. Fox studied law and was admitted to the bar in Mansfield, Ohio, in 1874. He has had the advantage of but three months schooling in America.

JOHN S. GRABILL was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1818. In the fall of 1833 he left Germany in company with his parents and arrived in America Christmas week of 1833, spending the holidays of that year in Philadelphia. In January, 1834, they left Philadelphia for Ashland county, Ohio, traveling some five or six weeks by team, and located in Vermillion township. Mr. Grabill was fifteen years old when he arrived in Ashland county, and has resided in Ashland county ever since, His father died in 1845, and his mother at a later date, Mr. Grabill has given his whole time to farming, and by industry, economy and good management occupies a front rank among the best farmers of Ashland county. On August 21, 1845, he married Miss Nancy Harper, of Vermillion township. They had one son, Samuel, born AuguSt 29, 1846, who was married March 13, 1877, to Miss Anna Ewing, by whom he has two children. Father and son live in the old house happily. In 1877 Mr. Grabill made a southern tour, visiting Atlanta, Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Charleston, and many other cities, returning by the way of Washington city.

JOSEPH BENTON FOX was born in Hayesville, Ashland county, Ohio, in 1850. He worked with his father on the farm until he was seventeen years old, when he learned the harness business, at which business he continued two years. In 1869 he returned to the farm, teaching school winters, and in 1876 engaged in the dry goods business with T. C. Harvey, at Hayesville, in which position we find him working earnestly, doing a little business outside of the mercantile in the way of a broker, buying and selling paper. Mr. Fox is an earnest business man. On September 11, 1879, he married Miss Christiana Wallace, of Vermillion township, Ashland county, Ohio.

O. H. SCOTT was born in Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, in 1821, and came with his parents to Jefferson county, Ohio when he was three years old. Hugh Scott, his father, died in Jefferson county, soon after, and, at the age of six years, Mr. Scott came with his mother to Ashland county, stopping about six months in Green township, when they moved to Vermillion township, where he now lives, and located in the woods, in a small log cabin. Mr.-Scott had five brothers, at that time, somewhat older than himself, who were quite a help to their mother, and from their willing hands the old forest gradually gave way to waving fields of grain. At the age of twenty-one Mr. Scott learned the carriage-making business in Hayesville, and worked about ten years at the business, when he determined to try his luck in the gold fields of California. His trip over the plains was one of interest, though full of perils and hardships. After an experience of about three years, mostly as a miner, he 1eturned to his old home in Vermillion township. His mother died in 1855. Mr. Scott was married to Miss E. J. Tawney, of Ashland county, in 1858. They have nine children, three sons and six daughters. Two little boys died when about a year old.

JOHN M. LONG was born September 24, 1834, in Canal Fulton, Stark county, Ohio. When he was about three years old his parents removed to Lake township, Ashland county, where he remained and assisted his father on the farm until he was twenty years of age, when he went to California, by water, via. New York and the isthmus of Panama, and engaged in mining in company with his two older brothers, George and Peter, By strict attention to business, at the end of four years he was able to return to the old home, and purchased the farm he now lives on. On May 12, 1859, he married Mary Jane Laird, of Vermillion township. They have five children, four sons and one daughter, all at home cheerfully doing all in their power to make home the most desirable place on earth. Mr. Long has filled township offices tw0 different times, and is held in high esteem by his neighbors. He now owns a farm of one hundred and forty-two acres.

CLEARCREEK TOWNSHIP.

LOUIS COWIE, was born in Scotland, in 1814, came to America in 1842, and settled in Ashland county. In 1849 he was married to Christiana Copland, by whom he had seven children, four of whom are living. He remained in the country but three years, when he returned to Scotland, remaining there nine years. He again returned to America, and is now residing in Clearcreek township. His wife died in the year 1869. He is a consistent member of the Presbyterian church, and is a citizen esteemed for his integrity and worth.

HUGH B. MCKIBBEN was born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, May, 1804. His wife's maiden name was Isabella Chambers. He came into Ashland county in 1828, and settled in Clearcreek township, four miles northwest of Savannah, He was the father of eight children: William C., Elizabeth Jane, Mary, Sarah, James A., Robert, Hugh, and Martha Belle. Mary, married James Brinkerhoff in 1849, and died in September, 1854, leaving one daughter. James A. died May 16, 1858. The father died September 26, 1868, his wife surviving him until the year 1879, November 14th. Both were earnest members of the Presbyterian church, and were industrious and worthy people. Robert was married to Mary P. Platt, March 31, 1864. Their children are one son and one daughter. Robert still occupies the old homestead.

JOHN G. BROWN was the second son of William Brown, and was born in Ireland, in the year 1818. In 1835, he came to America and settled in Ashland county (then Richland county), near Savannah. When he arrived at the age of thirty, he was married to Sarah Calhoun, September 26, 1848. Their children's names are: Maggie J., Mary C., and Alexander M., all of whom are living. The oldest of the family was the

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census enumerator in 1880, for Clearcreek township, and accomplished the work creditably, and with dispatch. Mr. Brown commenced life as a school teacher and was successful in getting together a sufficient sum to purchase a farm of one hundred acres. The land was covered with a dense forest, and after building himself a cabin, he set about clearing up the farm. By hard labor and a wise economy, Mr. Brown has grown from poverty into one of the substantial farmers of Clearcreek township. He and his family are all members of the church, and are recognized everywhere as estimable and worthy people.

DANIEL HUFFMAN, a native of Virginia, was born in Brooke county, March 9, 1793, and came to Ohio in 1818. He was first married May 20, 1815, to Nackey Holmes, by whom he had thirteen children, seven sons and six daughters. Three sons and four daughters are still living. His first wife died May 0, 1837 ; he married for his second wife Barbara Wagner, whose maiden name was Stoner, January 10, 1838, by whom he had two children-John Q. and Martha E.; the latter is deceased. Daniel Huffman died November 18, 1876. He was a worthy old man, and enjoyed the confidence and esteem of all who knew him.

ISAAC COLEMAN was born in the year 1832, and with his parents came to Ohio in 1840, and settled in Orange township, three miles north of the town of Orange. April 10, 1856, he was married, and farmed the old homestead for his father for fourteen years Then he moved to Montgomery township, and, after a short residence there, went to Iowa. After remaining there a brief time, he came back to Richland county, and, finally, to the old home, which he purchased of his father. This he sold, and removed to Clearcreek township, and bought the old Shaw farm. He is the father of five children: Arabella, Jennie, Eva, Charles, and Emma. At the age of two, Eva was killed by a log falling upon her. The loss was a severe one to the fond parents. The other children are all living. Mr. Coleman is a man of enterprise and industry.

GEORGE SHRIVER, son of David Shriver, was born in what is now Ashland county in 1833. In June, 1858, he was married to Laura McCook, by whom he had five children: Loren J., deceased; John E., Willard C., Albert H., and one son dying in infancy unnamed. The Shrivers are an old family, and fuller sketches of their ancestors will be found elsewhere in this work.

J. R. SHRIVER, son of an early pioneer, was born in Richland county in the year 1837, June 4th. June 17, 1866, he was married to Jennie Mercer, by whom he has had two children: Martha Olena and Frona Belle. He resides, at present, in Clearcreek township, three and one-half miles southwest of Savannah, near the old homestead.

ISAAC BUCHANAN is a son of James Buchanan, and was born in Ashland county in the year 1839. He lived on the home farm until 1868, when he was married to Miss Anna M. Wilson. He is an esteemed citizen, and at present one of the trustees of his township,

T. W. HUNTER is the second child of George and Rosannah Hunter. He came to Ashland county about the year 1864, from Indiana, and settled in Clearcreek township. The greater part of Mr. Hunter's early life was given to teaching school, which he followed with success and profit. He made his home with his father until his marriage, June 9, 1870, to Miss Addle J., daughter of James Wharton, an early settler in Milton township. They have two children, Estella and Pearl. Mr. Hunter purchased of his father the farm where he now resides. His means being limited this incurred a heavy debt, and although meeting with a severe reverse in the loss of his house by fire, he has by industry and hard work cleared his farm of all incumbrance, and is now enjoying that independence which comes of easy circumstances. Mr. Hunter is one of the young and enterprising farmers of Clearcreek township, and both he and his lady who comes of old pioneer stock, are highly respected by all those who know them.

E. R. BUFFENMIRE was born in Ashland county in 1843. March 12, 1861, he was married to Sally Ann Myers, by whom he has had three children, Jennie B., Todd, and Blanche. Shortly after his marriage he left his young bride and enlisted for three years in the army. He was engaged in sixteen different battles, the severest of which was the siege of Vicksburgh. He was a brave soldier, and served his country faithfully and with honor until he was discharged, December 2, 1864.

GEORGE MACKEY was a native of Scotland; he was born in the year 1801. In 1835 he came to America, on the "Lady of the Lake," and settled in Ashland county, near Savannah. He was married in 1838. He has adopted three children, and cares for them as his own. He is a man of charity and integrity, and he and his aged wife still live near the town of Savannah.

PETER VANNORSTRAND came to Richland, now Ashland county, as early as 1816, and settled four and one- half miles south of Savannah, in Clearcreek township. He was born in Westmorland county, Pennsylvania, in 1807, and May 24, 1832, was married to Nancy Shaw, by whom he had seven children, three sons and four daughters: John, George, Jesse, Elizabeth, Mary, Ellen, and Delilah. Jesse, Elizabeth, and Delilah, are the only ones living. George died in the army. Mrs. Vannorstrand died June 24, 1872.

WILLIAM FERRELL, son of Obediah Ferrell, was born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, in 1812. He came to what is now Ashland county, with his parents in August, 1816. On April 18, 1844, he was married to May Huffman, a daughter of an old pioneer family. To them have been born eleven children, six sons and five daughters, One daughter died in infancy, and Ohediah on February 15, 1868, at the age of twelve. All are settled in life, except Daniel, George W., Lilly and Lewis, who live with their parents on the old homestead. Mr. Ferrell is a prominent citizen of Ashland county, and is honored and respected by all who know him.

ROBERT J. SIMANTON was born in Northampton county, Pennsylvania, May 1, 1835, and settled in Montgomery township, in 1851. He remained one year, and then removed to Clearcreek township, where he has since

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resided. In 1858 he was married to Miss Elizabeth Vannorstrand, daughter of an old pioneer family. They have had three children—Alda, George, and Todd—all of whom are living, but George. He has been a man of energy and thrift, and enjoys the esteem of his neighbors and friends.

ALBERT SHRIVER was born in Ashland county, Ohio, on the old homestead now occupied by his parents, in 1843. On September 3, 1872, he was married to Mary I. Burns, by whom he had five children Edna D., Alice M., Albert W., William, and an unnamed who died in infancy. Mr. Shriver is one of the thrifty farmers of the county, and resides near the old home farm.

THOMAS BRYTE, son of John and Elizabeth (Ford) Bryte, was born January 28, 1830. In 1855 he went to California, where he engaged in a grape-vine and dairy business, which he followed for sixteen years. Then he returned to Ashland county and purchased the farm known as the old John Eaton homestead, where he still resides. On the southern borders of this farm are evidences of an ancient fort, a description of which is given elsewhere in this work. Mr. Bryte's father was an old pioneer, an extended sketch of whom is found elsewhere.

ALEXANDER CALHOUN was born in Ireland, November 4, 1796. He was married to Margaret Morehead, by whom he had eight children. In 1831 he sailed on the steamer Colossus for America. First he settled in Ashland county, where he purchased a quarter section of land in Orange township, known as the old John Patterson homestead, and resided there until his death, in 1870. Matthew, the elder son, resides in Clearcreek township, and was married June 21, 1848, and had three children. Mr. Calhoun is a prominent farmer and worthy citizen of the township.

BENJAMIN EMMONS was born in 1780, and came to Ohio in the spring of 1812 and settled at Wooster, where he remained two years. Then he removed to Rowsburgh, where he purchased a quarter section of land, which lie owned and had possession of until 1817. He then sold out to Michael Rowe, and he and his wife, the spring following, loaded what furniture they had in an old Pennsylvania wagon bed, and started life anew in the woods two miles north of Ashland, on what is now known as the Savannah and Ashland road. While the cabin was building they were obliged to sit around the campfire for a period of six weeks, at night taking shelter in the wagon box. By hard toil he succeeded in clearing up almost every acre of his farm.' Upon this farm he resided until his death in 1852. His wife's maiden name was Ann Adams, of Jefferson county, Ohio. They had eight children—Jane, Henry, John, Benjamin and Isaac, twins, born on Christmas day, 1820; Sarah, Ann and Hugh. All are living save Jane, John, Ann and Hugh. Isaac, the only representative of the family living in Clearcreek, was married in 1853 to Susan Harriet Wertman, by whom he has had eight children—Hugh, John, Clara, Abby, George, Harry, Hattie and Jay—all unmarried save Hugh.

JOHN CUPPY was born in the State of Virginia, 1797. In 1816 he made a visit. to Ohio, but did not make a permanent settlement until the following fall, when he came to Ashland county, erected for himself a rude log cabin in the woods in Clearcreek township. In 1817 he was married to Malinda Wheeler, of Baltimore, Maryland. They had seven children—Susan, Eleanor, Mary A., Caroline, Edwin, Abraham, and Wesley. Abraham, the only son living, has possession and resides upon the old homestead. October a, 1860, he was married to Margaret Eaton, by whom he had seven children. Mr.. Cuppy is a prominent citizen of Clearcreek township, and a son of one of its pioneers. September 6, 1876, his father died, at the age of seventy-nine years; and his mother died May 1, 1869, at the age of sixty-nine years,

DAVID HART came into Ashland county from Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1831, and settled in the woods, one mile and three-quarters northwest of Savannah. Immediately after his arrival he set about erecting for himself a cabin. In 1835 he was married to Miss Anna McCorkle. Robert, who is the only living representative of this family living in this State, resides on the old home farm, which he inherited from his father. On September 18, 1861, he was married to Jennie Gault. To them were born four children, all of whom are living, viz.: Mary, Charles, John, and Wylie, Mr, Hart is an extensive wool-grower, and a prominent farmer in this county. David, his brother, was a member of the Twenty-third regiment Ohio volunteer infantry, and died in two months after returning home, from disease contracted in the army.

MOSES COOK PERCIVAL, son of Milton and Hannah Percival, was born in Cuyahoga county, Ohio, moved to Ashland county in the fall of 1850, and settled three miles south of Savannah, on the Olivesburgh road, where he still resides. He has been twice married—first to Mary Wright, by whom he had five children: Hannah, Sophia J., Adeline M., Moses Cook, and J. Milton. Moses Cook died July 19, 1878, after having served about five years in the ministry. Mrs. Percival died June 3. 1857, and, on January 11, 1859, Mr. Percival married Margaret Ann Scott, by whom he has had three children—James Gates, Grace D., and Alice Scott. Mr. Percival is a man of intelligence and a great reader.

WILLIAM J. VERMILYA was born in Delaware county, New York, in the year 1803. January 21, 1829, he was married to Ruth W. Benson, by whom he had nine children : Frances, Emily, Phila, Eliza, Sidney, Elkanah, Chancey, John and Albert. In 1838 he came to Ohio, and settled in Ruggles township, three miles north of Savannah. He died at the age of seventy-six. But two sons survive. John was married January 2, 1868, to Mary Frizzel, and resides near Ashland. In the fall of 1879 lie was elected justice of the peace, his father having held the office a number of years before he died.

WILLIAM KIRKTON, in company with his wife and an intimate friend, George McKay, came to America in 1835, bidding farewell to his native Scotland. They sailed in the "Lady of the Lake," which was soon after lost. He settled in Clearcreek township, but afterward removed to Ruggles township, where he purchased eighty acres of land, but sold this soon and bought one hun-

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dred and forty acres in Clearcreek township. They have had nine children, six of whom are living. Mr. Kirkton still resides in Savannah, in apparently good health for one of his years, being seventy-six years old.

WILLIAM BURNS, son of David Burns, was born in what is now Ashland county in the year 1821. In the fall of 1849 he was married to Miss Jane McKibben, by whom he had six children: Mary B., Tirzah L., David M., J. Bartlett, Maggie C., and Ida M., all of whom are living but J. Bartlett and Maggie C. Mary married Albert M. Shriver. Tirzah L. married William C. Shriver, and lives in Iowa. David Burns died at the ripe old age of seventy-three years in 1863.

DAVID SHRIVER was born February 25, 1808. In the year 1833 he moved into Ashland county, and settled about three miles southwest of Savannah, where he still resides. January 24, 1833, he was married to Rebecca Scott, by whom he had eight children—George, Elizabeth, Ebenezer, Mary Ann, Albert, William, Harvey W., Silas Elmer.

ELIJAH F. BRYTE, son of John Bryte, who was an early settler of Ashland county, was born in this county, in 1834. In 1862 he was married to Martha Ekey, by whom he has had five children—Elmore S., Thomas T., Ada R, Artie, dead, and one daughter dying in infancy, unnamed. Mr. Bryte lives about four miles southwest of Savannah. He is a prominent farmer and a worthy citizen.

GEORGE BURGETT was born in Germany about the year 1766. He emigrated to America and settled in Washington county, Pennsylvania. Here he married Miss Fannie Rodgers, June 25, 1791, by whom he had nine children, all of whom are deceased but Joseph, Eliza and Susannah. George, the youngest son, came to Ohio in the spring of 1813, and settled in what is now Ashland county, about three miles west of Ashland. At this time but one lone log cabin made up the town of Ashland, or as it was then called Uniontown, and so dense was the forest, they were compelled to cut a way for the teams. He lived but three years after his settlement here, and his wife died seven years later. All the hardships common to pioneer life, they experienced. Joseph is the only living representative of this family now in the county. He was married June 12, 1829, to Ann Rayburn, by whom he had six children—J. R., Fannie, Eliza J., George F,, Sally, and Melissa, all of whom are living but Fannie and George. Two of the daughters, Eliza and Sally, married ministers, Melissa married George B. Masters, with whom Mr. Burgett makes his home; he has reached the ripe old age of seventy-nine years, and is in the full possession of his faculties.

WILLIAM GREGG came to Ashland county in 1829; he is a native of Ireland, and was born May 12, 1826. March 15, 1855, he was married to Martha Jane Tenant, by whom he had four children, three of whom are living. March 10, 1862, his wife died. He was married again September 11, 1862, to Martha Graham, by whom he had five children.

D. H. COLEMAN, a native of Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, came through by wagon in the spring of 1839, and settled in Orange township. In the year 1855 he was married, and was the father of six children, four sons and two daughters: Mary D., Margaret A., Joseph S., John, Oscar E. and William. Joseph S. and Margaret A. are deceased. Mr. Coleman is a worthy citizen.

JOHN FERRELL, son of Obediah, was born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, in 1816. When he was but three months old, his father moved to Ohio and settled in Ashland county, three miles northwest of Ashland, on a farm adjoining Mr. Burgett. They commenced life in a log cabin, he remaining with his parents until the death of his father in 1844; his mother lived three years longer and died in 1847. The subject of this sketch was married in 1850, to Eliza Gries, by whom he had five sons and five daughters. Mr. Ferrell now resides in Clearcreek township, with his family around him, enjoying the reward that energy and industry are sure to bring.

JOHN LEISTENSNIDER emigrated to this country from Germany in the year 1836, and first located at Harrisburgh, Pennsylvania, where he worked at his trade, that of tailoring, until 1839. He was then married to Catharine Schwartz, and at once moved to Lewisburgh, York county, Pennsylvania, where he started in business for himself, which he carried on successfully for thirteen years, and by hard labor and constant toil he accumulated a little fortune of about two thousand and four hundred dollars, which he took with him to Savannah, Ashland county, Ohio, in 1852, and invested it in a farm just west of the village. Here he again opened a merchant tailoring establishment, a business he followed for twenty-one years. He then disposed of his stock and removed to the farm where he now resides. Mr. Leistensnider is the father of ten children : Mary, Henry, Philip, Caroline, Julia, Emma, Martha, Theodore (who died in infancy), one died in infancy, unnamed, and George, who resides on the home farm. Our subject has labored under more than ordinary disadvantages and is entitled to a great deal of credit for the success he has attained. Born of poor parents with but little opportunity for schooling, he has raised himself by dint of hard toil, industry, and good management, from a poor boy with but nine coppers in his pocket when he landed at Baltimore in 1836, to one of the most substantial and leading citizens of Clearcreek township. Although suffering somewhat from the effects of his long continued toil "on the board," he now lives in easy circumstances in one of the pleasantest homes to be found in the county. Mr. Leistensnider is a man of good judgment, independent in thought and action, hospitable and courteous, and highly regarded by his neighbors.

JAMES CHAMBERLAIN was born December 8, 1796, in Pennsylvania, and settled in Ashland county in the year 1823. On June 22, 1826, he was married to Sarah Peterson, who was born December 8, 1806, by whom he had ten children: John, Mary, William, Josiah, Elizabeth J., James, Washington, H. Harrison, Weden, and Abraham. His first purchase of land was made when John Beebout was living. Both were members of the Disciple church. He was one of the party who laid out

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the old roads that ran from Ashland to Norwalk. He was an industrious man and possessed of a good mind. A. N. Chamberlain, his son, was born in this county October 15, 1846. December 14, 1867, he married Mary Stout, a daughter of one of Ashland's pioneers, by whom he had two children Tuly J., born January 16, 1869, and Cloah A., born July 14, 1871. He is a farmer of prominence and resides near the old homestead.

JACOB STONER was a native of Pennsylvania, where he •was born in the year 1775. He was twice married. In the year 1835 he moved into Ashland county from Pennsylvania. He died in 1856 John, the youngest child by his first wife, was married in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, in 1833, to Judith Miller, by whom he has had eleven children: Jacob, Philip, William, Christian, John, Abraham, Hannah, Elizabeth, Eliza J., Minerva, and Iona Annetta. Four of Mr. Stoner's sons were brave soldiers in the late war : Philip, William, Christian and John. Philip lost an arm at Fort Donelson, and Christian gave up his life at the battle of Winchester. He was supposed to have fallen into the hands of the rebels, and was never heard of. Philip was in the service ten months. William served a little more than four years. He received several slight wounds. John was in sixteen months and was mustered out at the close of the war. Abraham is the resident minister of the Reformed church at Norristown, Pennsylvania. All his children are married but two. He is one of the most substantial and respected farmers in Clearcreek township, and is familiarly known as "Uncle John Stoner."

THE SHIVELY FAMILY were early settlers in Ashland county, and were formerly from Pennsylvania. They settled on the farm where Walton Hafer, a grandson, now lives. They raised but one child, Elizabeth, who married Levi Hafer. She lived with her mother until the latter's death, which occurred January 25, 1880. Susan Shively was born in the year 1803, and was a woman of great energy. She retained the use of her faculties up to the time of her death. The daughter, Elizabeth, was married about the year 1855, and had two children: Walton, born October 16, 1856, and Dora E. who died at the age of three. Mr. and Mrs. Hafer now reside at Shiloh, Richland county, Ohio. Walton, who occupies the old homestead, was married October 24, 1878, to Miss Carrie Beelman, a native of Richland county. She is the mother of one child, Clyde L., born August 30, 1879. She is a member of the Winebrenerian church. Mr. Levi Hafer served two years in the late war, and was a good soldier.

CHRISTOPHER MYKRANTZ was a native of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, and was born in the year 1788. At the age of twenty he was married to Catharine Poorman, who was his senior by six days only, and by whom he had three children: Betsey, who was born in 1808, and died April 19, 1880; John, who was born in 1810, and died in 1870; Jacob, who was born December 8, 1819, and is the only living representative of the family. The father made the trip to Ohio in wagons in the year 1822, and settled in Ashland, when he engaged in the hotel business, which he followed for a period of six years, when he purchased the Lawrence farm, a short distance from Ashland, where he resided for thirteen years, when he again returned to Ashland, where he resided until his death, in April, 1872. His wife died three months previous. Jacob married, first, Susan McLaughlin, by whom he had eight children. She died November 26, 1868. On March 1, 1870, he was married to Rachel Minker, by whom he has had one son, George M. Mr. Mykrantz resides in Clearcreek township, three miles northwest of Ashland, and is one of the foremost men of the township..

MICHAEL LEHMANN was born in Germany, near the city of Worms, February 8, 1804. In the year 1829 he was married to Susannah Krehbiel, emigrated to Ohio in 1845, and in the spring of 1846 Settled in Ashland county, two miles southwest of Savannah. Jacob, his son, still resides on the old homestead. On August 27, 1863, he was married to Elizabeth Shriver, by whom he has had three children-John A., who was born July 1864; Mary, who was born September 0, 1866; Susannah, who was born February 5, 1871. The father died March 21, 1879; the mother, September 3, 1867. Jacob is one of the most successful farmers in the township, and a prominent citizen.

JOHN CUBBISON, a native of Pennsylvania, was born in the year 1794. On October 25, 1821, he was married to Jeannette Glenn, by whom he had eight children. He came to Ohio in the fall of 1837, and settled two miles northeast of Savannah, and here resided until his death, which occurred March 23, 1852. His wife survived him but three weeks. In this same year John, Alexander and Jeannette died, all within a few days of each other. Mary died in the year 1863; Hugh resides in Kansas; Margaret in Belmont county, Ohio; Sarah in Ruggles township; and Joseph on the old homestead. The latter was married to Margaret Marshall, December 31, 1862, by whom he has had three children. He is a prosperous farmer and a good citizen.

JAMES LAWSON was born in Scotland in the year 1778. He married Margaret E. Lamond, by whom he had seven children. They emigrated to America in 1834, and setted in Savannah, where he resided until the following spring, when he purchased a farm of fifty acres three miles southwest of Savannah, on which he resided until he died in 1861, at the ripe old age of eighty-three. His wife survived him but one year. His son James married Mary A. Gault, June 7, 1876, and still owns and occupies the old homestead. Both arc faithful members of the Presbyterian church, and he is one of those sturdy honest Scotchmen, a number of whom reside near Savannah.

L. FRIZZEL was born in the State of Maryland in the year 1815, and came to Ohio prior to the organization of Ashland county, and settled near Olivesburgh, where he remained about two years. When he landed at Olives- burgh he had three one-half dollar pieces in his pocket, and all of his baggage, beside the suit of clothes he wore, tied up in a handkerchief. He removed from Olivesburgh to Savannah, and engaged with an old pioneer by the name of Smith, at fifty cents per day to take

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charge of and drive his team. When twenty-one years old, his employer started him on a trip to Baltimore with one hundred and sixty bushels of clover and timothy seed. In this venture he was successful, and it was the beginning of a career that has proved to be a successful and prosperous one. He soon after married the daughter of his employer, and has, by industry, perseverance and pluck, amassed a good fortune, and is one of the leading members of the Methodist church, and a prominent man in the township.

MIFFLIN TOWNSHIP.

NEWTON A. HART was born September 2, 1811, and his wife, Elizabeth, was born April II, 1818. To them have been born fourteen children, as follows: Mary, born December 18, 1836, married Christian Leiter, and lives in Morrow county, Ohio; James, born July 17, 1838, married Lucy Myers, and lives in Ashland; Alfred, born July 17, 1840, married Mary Eighinger, and lives in Ashland ; John, born December 22, 1841, and died February 21, 1851; Margaret, born January 1, 1844, married Peter Stutz, and lives in Ashland; Amanda, born December 21, 1845, and died December 25, 1874 ; Catharine, born January 3, 1848, married Benjamin G. Rahl; Newton A., born December 27, 1849, died February 11, 1850; Barbara, born November 26, 1850; Abram, born January 23, 1853, married Ellen Clark ; Irene, born January 26, 1856, married Charles Cook ; Elijah, born January 19, 1858; Samuel, born May 13, 1860; and Fian, born September 10, 1863.

HARRISON HOOVER was born in Mifflin township, Ashland county, October 4, 1833, on the farm he now owns, which was entered by his father, Joseph Hoover, who came here in an early day. He is the only living child ; there were two other children, one of whom died in infancy, and Daniel W., who was younger, but is now deceased. In 1852 his father died, and his mother died in 1870. M. Hoover was married May 0, 1875, to Sarah E. Mourey, who .was also born in the same county. They have reared two children, both of whom are living: William Harrison, born March 28, 1877; and Ollie May, born July 7, 1879.

JOSEPH MOUREY was born in Pennsylvania, April 3, 1825. When about three years old, his parents removed to Ohio and located in what is now Ashland county. Mr. Mourey has always lived here. May 16, 1851, he was married to Hester Shull, who was born in Richland county. 'They have had five children, all living and married : Mary A., who married Robert McCracken; Sarah E., who married Harrison Hoover; Nannie, George McClenan, and Charles Curtis.

JOHN WESLEY VAIL was born in this township, on the Copus farm, September 13, 1849, where he has always resided. He is a grandson of Mrs. Vail, whose father was a Copus, and was killed by the Indians at an early day, as is mentioned elsewhere. He was married September 5, 1871, to Miss Ellen Bochelden; she was born in December, 1849. They have 1eared a family of two children, both of whom are living. They are Lawrence Wade and Hattie May, Lawrence W. was born October 9, 1872, and Hattie M, was born May 14, 1875,

DANIEL KAUFFMAN was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, June 30, 1810, He is the fifth child of Dr. John and Anna Kauffman, who were also born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. His father was born August 22, 1764; his mother, May 28 1768. They resided in Pennsylvania until the year 1827, when they removed to this county and located in Mifflin township, Richland county, a part of this township before Ashland county was formed, where they lived until their deaths. His father died June 16, 1845, aged eighty years nine months and twenty-four days; and his mother died September 7, 1849, aged eighty-one years three months and nine days. Daniel Kauffman came here with his parents and made his home with them until he was married, which was on March 25, 1841, since which time he has resided in this township. He was married to Miss Linda Cronninger, who was born in this township, August 21, 1818. She is the fifth child of Leonard and Elizabeth Cronninger, of whom mention is made elsewhere in this work. The fruits of this union are seven children-Maria M., who was born January 12, 1842, and was married to a Mr. Stephen M. Cole, March 14, 1870; Elizabeth C,, born October 23, 1843, and married to Samuel C. Fry, April 21, 1871; Anna B. born February 7, 1847, and married to Milton Charles, September 20, 1866; Sarah D., born January 12, 1853; Alice G., born December 21, 1857, and married to B. B. Hout, October 0, 1878. The ones deceased were John F. and Henry C. John F. departed this life January 4, 1869, aged twenty-three years eleven months and twenty-one days; Henry C. died March 17 1879, aged twenty-four years and twenty-four days. Mr. Kauffman is a millwright by trade, and made that business a specialty for a period of thirty years; but for the past twenty years he has paid all of his attention to farming. Mr. Kauffman's grandfather was also born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania; his great-grandfather was born in Switzerland, and came to Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in 1717.

LEVI B. LAMBRIGHT was born in Pennsylvania, January 5, 1810. When a babe his parents removed to this State and located in this township. He was married May 3, 1860, to Miss Sarah Copus, who was born in this county and township, January 10, 1837. They have reared a family of eleven children, ten of whom are living: Mary, born June 15, 1861; Margary, born September 22, 1862; she is married to Adam Miller; Rachel J., born April 5, 1864; William W., born November 5, 1865; Sarah Catharine, born September 19, 1867; Levi Curtis, born October 22, 1872; Harriet N., born August 1, 1873; N. A., born October 16, 1877. Margaret I. was born July 1, 1869, and died August 4, 1870. Mr. Lambright is numbered among the old set-

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tlers of his township; has always paid his attention to farming, and now owns one of the best farms in this part of the county. His wife is also identified with the earliest settlers of the county. Mr. Lambright's eyes have been affected for the past fourteen years; he was totally blind for about four months. But since he bad them operated upon he can see just enough to get around. Cataract is the trouble.

JAMES W. LEMON was born in Mifflin township, February 16, 1852. He is the second child of John and Harriet Lemon, of whom mention is made elsewhere in this work. He was married February 24, 1874, to Miss Harriet Brubaker. The fruit of this union is one child, named May U. Mr. Lemon has been in the mercantile business since he became of age, and prior to that he clerked for his father together with farming. He is now engaged in the mercantile business at Mifflin.

GEORGE W. MILLIGAN was born in Vermillion township April 30, 1836. For six years he has lived in Mifflin township. In 1861 he was married to Nancy E. Copus, who was born August 17, 1840. They have had five children, all of whom are living: William H., who was born July 10, 1862; Frances Marian, born April 8, 1867; Anna S., born July 3, 1872; Mary A., born March 20, 1874; George B., born September 11, 1878. Mr. Milligan has always farmed from boyhood, and now carries on the farm of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Margerrie Copus, who is identified with the early history of the county.

SAMUEL HECKMAN was born in Stark county, Ohio, April 17, 1840, where he resided until the age of about eight years, when he went to Wayne county to live with his uncle, Jacob Arnold, his parents, Abraham and Mary Heckman, having died prior to his going there; his father died when he was about eighteen months old, and his mother died just previous to his going to live with his uncle. He remained with his uncle until he was fourteen years old, when he went to live with another uncle, named Philip Hoover, in the same county. With him he remained three years, when he went to work for a man by the name of Fulk, and with him went to the State of Illinois. After remaining there six months, he returned to Wayne county, Ohio, staying this time about eighteen months, when he went back to Stark county again, where he remained about seven months, when he came to Ashland county and located in Mifflin township, where he has since resided. February 27, 1862, he was married to Catharine Brubaker, who was born on the farm Mr. Heckman now owns, October 15, 1838. She is the only living daughter of John and Catharine Brubaker, of whom mention is made elsewhere in this work. The fruits of this union are two children. One is living-Lester, who was born March 30, 1867; the one deceased was Franklin, who was born March 11, 1865, and died July 17, 1865, aged four months and six days. ,Mr. Heckman has never turned his attention to pohtical matters, although he has served his township as trustee.

DAVID S. BENNIGHOF was born in Mifflin township, this county, March 22, 1856. By occupation he is a school teacher; and he also carries on a farm. He is the seventh child of Jacob and Mary L. Bennighof, who came to this county about forty-four years ago. They came from the old country in 1832 and located in Wayne county, then came to this county. Mr. Bennighof's father died April 2, 1877, aged seventy-two years and some months. His mother is still living. There were eight children in the family -John, Jacob, Elizabeth, Lucilla, Charlotte, Peter, David and Benjamin, who are all living. Only two are living at home-David and Benjamin.

LEWIS P. YEATER was born in Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, November 29, 1838, where he resided until 1854, when his parents removed to this county and located in Mifflin township. October 19, 1865, he was married to Miss Amelia Wertsbaugh, who was also born in Pennsylvania, twelve miles from Chambersburgh, in Cumberland county. The fruits of this union are five children, four of whom are living: William P., who was born November 27, 1867; Henry A., born August 26, 1873; Maud, born March 30, 1876; Mary, born October

1878. The name of the one that died was Norma A. departed this life October 22, 1874, aged four years, five months and thirteen days.

EDWIN PARKES was born in England, December 25, 1835, where he resided until he was twenty-seven years old, when he came to this country and located in Cincinnati, where he remained one year, and then went to Louisville, Kentucky, and remained there a short time, when he removed to Mt. Vernon, and from there to Mansfield, where he remained fifteen years, when he came to this county and located in Mifflin township, where he has charge of and runs a tannery. He also owns a tannery in Mansfield, and has run that for a period of fifteen years, the tanner and currier business being his trade. On August 1o, 1857, he was married to Mary Ann Borham. She was born October r, 1834. The fruits of this union are eleven children: Julia N., who was born in England, May 15, 1858; Emily M., who was born October 5, 1859; George P., who was born April 13, 1861; Edwin J., who was born February 13, 1863; Frank, who was born October 24, 1865; Harry, who was born December 25, 1867; John William, who was born October 19, 1869; Howard, who was born October 14, 1872; Edna R., who was born April 12, 1874; Arthur L., who was born September 8, 1876; and Walter L., who was born December 2, 1878. The first four named were born in England, six were born in Richland county, and one in this county. Mr. Parkes has neve1 paid much of his attention to political matters, although he claims to support the Democracy.

JOHN LUTZ was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, January 18, 1836, where he resided until the age of fourteen years, when his parents removed to this county and located in Milton township. He lived there ten years, when he was married and returned to Richland county, where he lived three years when he removed back to this county, and located in this township (Mifflin), where he has since resided. He was married November 10, 1860, to Eliza Keever, who was born in this

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county June 26, 1839. They have had three children. Henry, who was born November 25, 1861; Amanda, J., born September 4, 1863; and Alice C., born July 21, 1871.

MRS. NANCY J. PETTERSON is the widow of the late J. A. Petterson, who was born in Vermillion township, this county, June 19, 1846. He died March 27, 1878. Mrs. Petterson was born in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, April 1, 1848, where she resided until the age of nine years, when her parents removed to this county. She was married April 5, 1868. The fruits of this union are six children. John F., born June 4, 1869; Nettie M., born March 29, 1872; Almira, born June 1, 1874; Grace A., born April 6, 1878. The ones deceased were Lester, who died in March, aged about three months; and the other, one who died in infancy.

ENOCH COUN was born in Mifflin township September 11, 1849, where he has always lived, with the exception of seven years when he resided in Mifflin township, Richland county. October 17, 1871, he was married to Sarah Eby, who was born in Mifflin township, Richland county, September 21, 1849. The fruits of this union are four children, three of whom are living: William Curtis, who was born Octobe1 9, 1872; Byron O., who was born July 15, 1874; Amos L., who was born July 3, 1879. The one deceased was named Allen G, Thurman, and was born July 1, 1876. His death was caused by his clothing catching fire, burning him so badly that he only lived from Tuesday until Thursday; he died. April 8, 1880. Our subject, Mr. Coun, has run a threshing machine for the last seventeen years. When not in the season for threshing, he pays his attention to the carpenter trade.

JACOB S. BLACK was born in Ashland county, May 27, 1834. In the late war, he was a member of company B, Forty-eighth Illinois volunteer infantry; he enlisted September 2, 1861, and participated in all the battles the regiment engaged in, until he received an injury at the battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee, February 15, 1862. Soon after, he was honorably discharged on accounts of wounds 1eceived, which disabled him from performing duty as a soldier. He is the second child and only son of James and Nancy Black, who came to this county at an early date. His mother has lived here since 1830. His father came here about 1804. He came from Maryland when about two years old. He is among the early settlers, as mention is made elsewhere. He died October 12, 1835. His widow survives him. Jacob S. was married July 9, 1867, to Miss Agnes Hogaith, who was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, April 1, 1858. She was only two years old when she came to this country. She has resided in this township eleven years, coming from Illinois here with her husband. The fruits of this union are five children : James C., who was born June 4, 1868; Benjamin William, born July 9, 1870; Homer A., born September 22, 1872 ; Edward Jacob, February 24, 1874; Thomas Ross, born August 17, 1876. Mr. Black is a shoemaker by trade, and is constable of his township.

ISAAC H. MATTHEWS was born in Vermillion township, this county, February 18, 1853, where he resided until the eighth year of his age, when his parents removed to Jeromeville, where they resided four years. Mr. Matthews was married March 24, 1875, to Miss Harriet Barr, who was born in Mifflin township, Richland county, where she resided until she was married. She was born January 8, 1858. The fruits of this union are two children, Ira O. and an infant. Mr. Matthews is constable of his township. He carries on all kinds of blacksmithing in all its branches, having worked at that trade since he was a small boy.

JOHN SCOTT was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, July, 6, 1817, where he resided until the age of seventeen years, at which time his parents removed to this county an located in Vermillion township. Mr. Scott has always lived in the county, with the exception of two years spent in Hancock county, He has lived in this township twenty-three years, Andrew Scott, his father, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1769, His mother was born in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, in 1785. They reared a family of twelve children, all of whom lived to maturity. Their names were: Margaret, Elizabeth, Jane, Sarah, Mary, John, Duncan, Andrew, Joseph P., Alexander, David, and Jason. All are living but Elizabeth, Sarah, and Duncan, and all are married but Jason. John is the sixth child, and was married April 25, 1837, to Miss Julia Ann Arnold, who was born in Vermillion township. The fruits of this union are twelve children, ten of whom are living: Catharine A., who was born May 24, 1842; John F., who was born March 6, 1844; Harriet Jane, who was born December 22, 1845 ; Calista C., who was born October 25, 1847; Julia I., who was born March 12, 1850; Mary Amanda, who was born April 7, 1852; Joseph P., who was born January 19, 1857; James R., who was born January 7. 1860; Ann E., who was born November 16, 1862; and Arizona, who was born October 5, 1868. All are married but three-Joseph P., James R., and Arizona. One child died in infancy, and Andrew departed this life July 2, 1841, aged fifteen months. Mr. Scott is a farmer. He run a threshing-machine for twenty-eight years in succession, and from time to time since, but, for the past six years he has paid all his attention to his farm and stock. Arizona, the youngest, is the only child living at home.

PETER ZEHNER was born in Mifflin township, this county, October 29, 1836, and was married January 24, 1861, to Hannah Boyer, who was born in Butler county, Pennsylvania, March 15, 1839. When six months old her parents removed to this county, since which time she has resided here. The fruits of this union were eleven children, nine of whom are still living: John I., who was born February 1, 1862; Sarah Ann, who was born June 23, 1863; William H., who was born September 20, 1864; F. and G, Nety, who was born October 12, 1866; Leah, who was born February 12, 1868 ; Joseph, who was born March 7, 1870; Hannah S., who was born November 9, 1871; Malinda, who was born April 17, 1876; and Peter, born December 14, 1877. Those deceased are: Leonora, who died September 7, 1875, aged about

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twenty months; and Caroline, who died February 20, 1880, aged three months. Mr. Zehner is a carpenter and contractor, to which business he pays all his attention, his sons carrying on the farm. In connection with his carpentering business, which he has followed for over twenty years, he has carried on the undertaking business for the past five years.

JOHN K. AMEND was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, August 15, 1837. In 1843 his parents removed to this township. He is the fourth child of John and Elizabeth Amend. There were six children, as follows: Nancy and Frances, who were twins; Jacob and John K., our subject, also twins; Louis and Isaac; one named Leah died while in Pennsylvania; all the others are still living, and all are married. Mr. Amend's father departed this life December 13, 1863, aged sixty years, five months and seventeen days. His mother died June 14, 1870, aged sixty-seven years, five months and ten days. He was married October 10, 1871, to Miss Lovina Stoner, who was born August 21, 1845, in Richland county, where she resided until the age of twelve years, when her parents removed to Williams county, this State. They remained there until she was twenty-three years old, when she came back to Richland county, where she remained until she was married. The fruits of this union are five children, named respectively Allen 0., who was born September 18, 1871; Amanda M., born June 9, 1873; Celia M., born September 18, 1875; Lorella J., born April 30, 1877; and William A., born May 10, 1879. Mr. Amend is by occupation a school teacher, as well as a carpenter and farmer, but has turned all of his attention to his farm for the past fourteen years, He now owns a good productive farm of one hundred and twenty acres in this township. He served his township as clerk one term.

GOTLIEB KOCH was born in Wayne county, this State, December 15, 1823, where he resided until the age of ten years, when his parents removed to this county, and located in Mifflin township, where our subject lived until he was twenty-three years old, when he went to the State of Indiana. He remained there twenty-nine years, when he came back to this township, where he has since resided. He is the oldest child of John and Barbara Koch, who came to this county at an early day. His father died in March, 1871. His mother died in December, 1825 or 1826. Our subject, Gotlieb, was married December 13, 1846, to Miss C. Hault. They have reared a family of fifteen children, ten of whom are living, and named: Christian, born February 3, 1848; George W., born September 18, 1852; Josiah, born January 23, 1854; Mary J., born January 11, 1856; Louisa, born August 31, 1857; Martin Luther, born September 15, 1861; Amanda, born May 27, 1864; Isaiah, born October 31, 1866; Simon R,, born February 2, 1869; Lida Ann, born March 17, 1871. Those who are dead were Joseph, born August 12, 1849, and died September 21, Or; John, born April 30, 1851, and died October 3, 1851; Levi, born April 15, 1859, and died December, 1874; Barbara, born March 7, 1860, and died October 9, 1860; and Rosa Ann died

when about six weeks old. Mrs. Koch was born in Germany, August 29, 1827. She came to this country at the age of five years. Mr. Koch has paid his attention to farming from boyhood, which vocation he still follows, and now owns one of the best productive farms in his township, containing three hundred and twenty-six acres.

NICHOLAS MATTHEWS was born in Milton township, this county, November 3, 1833, and this county has always been his home. He was married March 24, 1852, to Miss Angeline Sigler. She died March 24, 1874, aged forty years. The fruits of this union were eight children, all of whom are living; Isaac H., Mary S., Isabel, Clara, Elseya, Charles M., Benjamin H., and Jennie. Mr. Matthews is a blacksmith by trade, and is proprietor of his shop in this place; he has carried on this business since 1850.

JOHN BAKER was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, September 2, 1830; when abont seven years of age his parents removed to this State and located in Wayne county, where they remained about eighteen months, when they came to this county. He was married April 18, 1852, to Margaret Conn, who was born in the township December 9, 1832. The fruits of this union are ten children, eight of whom are still living, They are Elizabeth, who was born July 16, 1852; Lorenda, born May 6, 1854; Flora, born December 27, 1855; Samuel S., born August 10, 1858; John D., born July 16, 1862; Sherman G., born September 2, 1866; Robert G., born August 28, 1868; and Semildia, born August 9, 1873. The ones deceased were Tula B., born in May, 1868, and died when about seventeen months old; and Alfreta, who died in March, 1861, aged five weeks. Mr. Baker is by trade a blacksmith. He now carries on a shop in this place, and has his share of public patronage.

GEORGE CONN was born in Washignton county, Maryland, August 13, 1823. When at the age of seven years his parents, Samuel and Elizabeth Conn, removed to this county and located in Mifflin township, where our subject has since resided. His father died in 1833, three years after he came here; his mother survived him, and died November 19, 1879, aged eighty years eight months and seventeen days. Mr. Conn is the seventh of eleven children. He was married May 31, 1848, to Miss Phebe Sunday: They have reared a family of eight children, one of whom died in infancy. Seven are living, as follows: Enoch, born September 11, 1849; Susan, born April 22, 1852; Mollie Ann, born October 22, 1855; Belinda, born June 10, 1858; John, born November 30, 1861; Morris, born February TO, 1866; Emma L., born February 4, 1870. Mr, Conn has seven grandchildren living. One of his grandchildren, a little boy, named Allen Thurman Conn, while playing with a bonfire was burned so badly that he died April 8, 1880. Mr. Conn has always paid his attention to farming.

JACOB STAMAN, SR., was born November 5, 1812, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and in 1824 came with his father to Mifflin township. He died in 1866 on the old farm, near what is known as Staman's mill, aged about

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fifty-three years. He left four sons, William, Abraham, Curtis J., Francis L., and five daughters, Anny, Mary M., Fanny B., Harriet E., and Elizabeth H. The sons are all married but one, Francis L., and all the daughters but Elizabeth H. Mrs. Fanny Staman, formerly Miss Fanny Lantz, married Mr. Laman in 1842, in Richland county.

WILLIAM A. BACHELDER was born in Mifflin township, this county, November 22, 1855, and has always lived in the township. During life he has paid the most of his attention to hunting and trapping, together with farming; but, for the past few years, he has turned all of his attention to the timber business. Now he is general dealer in all kinds of timber, such as walnut, cherry and oak.

JOHN LEMON was born in Paisley, Scotland, May 8, 1803, and came to Philadelphia in 1816, and worked in the factories and attended the first two power looms ever used in that city, two years. From thence he came across the mountains in 1818, and located one mile west of the present site of Hayesville. It was then called Hayes' cross-roads. In 1839 he located in Mifflin township. William Lemon, his brother, had been doing business with John Scott prior to that time. In coming across the mountains he remembers that he met a man on horseback going east to purchase goods. Mr. Lemon ate dinner with him. McClenchy was his name, and he was doing business at Mansfield, Ohio. Mr. Lemon has been in the mercantile business since 1840, and has sold goods with the late John Scott in Hayesville seven years, from 1855 to •1862. Twice he has been married; the first time to Jennie Stewart, who died about 1843, and to Harriet Keffer in 1858. By the first wife his children were one daughter, Mrs. Dr. Yocum, now dead; and four sons by his second wife-William W., James W., John R. and Henry F., all living, Mr. Lemon by close application and upright dealing has acquired a good property. He is now in the mercantile business in Mifflin.

ROBISON KEFFER was born November 12, 1804, in Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, and came to Ashland April 18, 1834, where he worked at the trade of boot and shoe making about fifteen years. About 1857 he commenced keeping tavern in Mifflin, and in 1865 to 1868 kept store and gave up the hotel in 1874. About 1878 he returned to his present residence, and a son engaged in the hotel business. In 1820 he was married to Sarah Dyer, by whom he had seven children-three boys and four girls (and two who died), all grown and married. Mr. Keffer is not now engaged in regular business. He possesses good health and seems to have a good memory. He has had much experience as a hotel keeper, and made many acquaintances.

WILLIAM J. WILSON, JR., was born in Vermillion township, this county, June 4, 1852, where he resided until the age of twenty-three years, when he came to Mifflin township, where he has since resided. He was married July 5, 1875, to Margaret Jarvis. She died sixteen months after marriage. His second and present wife was Miss Rebecca Agnes Boon. They were married July 3r, 1877. The fruit of this union is one child, whose name is Eva May. She was born December 17, 1879, and is still living. Mr. Wilson has followed farming from boyhood, and expects to make that his vocation in the future. He now carries on the farm owned by his father.

SAMUEL MOORE, SR., was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, July 15, 1806. He resided in Pennsylvania until the year 1834, when he came to this State and located in this county and township. It was then Richland county. He was married in May, 1827, to Miss Rebecca Dissinger. The fruits of this union are eleven children, ten of whom are still living, and named Mary, Moses B., Amanda, John H., Lucy, Joseph, Samuel, Catharine, Elizabeth, and William C. The one deceased, Rebecca, died February 19, 1874, aged twenty-eight years and some months. All the children are married, and all but four born in the county. Mary, Moses B,, Amanda, and John H. Mary was married to John Burke; Moses, to Miss Mary Hunter; Amanda, to Henry Burke; John H., to Mary Reding; Lucy, to Joseph Miller; Joseph, to Sarah Hershy; Samuel, to Mary E. Ohl; Catharine, to Martin Kagey; Elizabeth, to George Buchanan; William C., to Bessie Morgan; Rebecca, to Samuel Rollen. Mr. Moore has thirty-three grandchildren hving, besides nine who are dead, and has five great-grandchildren now living. He always paid his attention to farming, but of late years he has lived a retired life. His son, Samuel, jr., carries on the farm, and has for the past ten years.

DAVID WERTMAN was born in Mifflin township, this county, on the old Squire Doty farm, December 5, 1831, where he resided until the year 1869, when he removed to this township. He was married December 15, 1853, to Miss Rachel Garver, who was also born in Mifflin township April 22, 1832. The fruits of this union are nine children, eight of whom are still living, as follows: Agnes, who was born January 21, 1855; Josiah F., born April 17, 1857; John W., born March 30, 1859; Oscar A., born April 19, 1861; Anice C., born February 21, 1864; Leah, born March 29, 1866; Jennie, born June 25, 1869; George, born November 5, 1873; Nora, born March 9, 1875. John W. departed this life December 16, 1863, aged four years eight months and seventeen days. Agnes and Josiah F. are married; Agnes to Frank Vantelburg, and Josiah to Elizabeth Stofer. Agnes has two children, named Arthur and Olive E. Josiah has one child, a babe. Mr. Wertman is by trade a carpenter, and followed that vocation until the late war broke out; but since that time he has paid all of his attention to farming, which he still follows. He never meddled much in political matters, but always cast his vote for the Democracy; and has served his township as trustee for three terms.

BENJAMIN BRUBAKER was born in Milton township, this county, June 10, 1835, where he resided until the year 1864, when he removed to Vermillion township, where he lived one year. From thence he removed back to Milton township, remaining four years, when he came to this township, where he has since resided. He was married, March 17, 1859, to Lydia Roland, who was also

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born in the county. They have reared a family of seven children, fou1 of whom are still living, as follows: Daniel, Annie, Reuben, and Mary E. Those who died were Sarah, Samuel, and Almira. Mr. Brubaker is the sixth child of Peter and Mary Brubaker, of whom mention is made elsewhere in this work.

JOHN W. WHISLER was born in Jackson township, this county, February 1, 1853, where he resided until the age of ten years, when his parents removed to Milton township. From thence they removed to Mifflin township in 1873, where Mr. Whisler has since resided. He is by profession a school teacher, but of late years, having been superintendent of the Louisville school, his health has failed him and he had to resign his charge, since which time he has paid his attention to farming, but expects to resume his profession. He was married, March 29, 1877, to Miss Martha E. Baker. To them has been born one child, Orson L.

DILLMAN SWITZER was born in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, April 1, 1827. When at the age of two years, his parents removed to Wayne county, this State, where he resided until the year 1848, when he 1emoved to this county, and has since resided here, with the exception of four years, when he resided in Medina county, Ohio. He is by profession a school teacher and a carpenter, and has followed both as his vocation for the past twenty-five years, and prior to that time he worked at farming. He was married August 1, 1849, to a Miss Mary Davis. They have reared a family of nine children, seven of whom are still living, and named respectively, John D., Susan F., Rufie A., George H., Hannah M., Fannie, and Adam A, The ones deceased were Amos D. and Howard S.

MARTIN KAGEY was born in Shenandoah county, Virginia, on December 14, 1801; emigrated to Mifflin township, then in Richland county, in 1825, and located on his farm in 1827. He married Nancy Charles in 1828. He has resided on his farm ever since. Mrs. Kagey died in March, 1869, aged seventy years. His family consists of five boys and two girls : John, Christian, Daniel' (died in army, 1863), Martin, and Henry ; Mary, wife of John Landis, and Annie, single.

SAMUEL KAGEY was born in this township, December 24, 1835, and has always resided in the township. March 10, 1859, he was married to a Miss Ester Croninger, who was also born in this township August 1, 1833, The fruits of this union are eight children, all of whom are still living, and named, respectively, Martha Ann, Mary, Daniel, Austin, Flora C., William A., Ester, Elizabeth; and Martin B. Mr. Kagey is the fifth child of Martin and Nancy Kagey, of whom mention is made elsewhere in this work. Mr. Kagey has, by economy and industry, made for himself and family a good home,

CHRISTIAN KAGEY was born in this township, October 24, 1833, and has always lived in the township. March 26, 1857, he was married to a Miss Hannah Ballich, who was born in Richland county, August 13, 1837. They have reared a family of eight children, six of whom are still living, and named, respectively: Rufus L., born December 21, 1857 ; Sarah Ann, born July 29, 1859, Harriet J., born May 18, 1862; Mary B., born November 5, 1863; Jacob E., born August 15, 1866; and 011a M., born April 13, 1873. The ones deceased are Jennie, who died January 29, 1873, aged three years, eleven months and twenty-four days; and one who died in infancy. Mr. Kagey has always paid his attention to farming, which vocation he still follows. To political matters he never paid much attention, although he has represented his township as trustee for several terms, as well as assessor, and is land appraiser for this year. He is the fourth child of Martin and Nancy Kagey, who settled in the county in 1827, and who is mentioned elsewhere. By industry and good management he has made for himself and family a good home.

JOSEPH ZEHNER was born in Richland county, July 4, 1833. When a babe his parents removed to Ashland county, and settled in Mifflin township. He is the tenth child of Samuel and Christiana Zehner, His father died in 1854, aged sixty-seven years. His mother died in 1867, aged about sixty years. He has always lived in the county, with the exception of about eleven years he spent in California and Nevada territory. He was married, January 9, 1872, to Miss Anme Apple, in this county. The fruits of this union are four children, named respectively: David, who was born December 9, 1873; Minnie, born December 7, 1874; Irene, born January 5, 1876, and Bertha, born January 19, 1879. Mr. Zehner has always paid his attention to farming, with the exception of the time he spent in the west, at which place he turned his attention to speculating and mining, He now owns a good farm and intends td make that and the raising of stock his future business. He is comfortably situated in regard to this world's goods, and together with his family, are respected by all who know them.

WILLIAM LATIMER was born in Stark county, this State, April 8, 1815. He is the youngest child of James and Elizabeth Latimer, who came here when our subject was ten years old, in April 1825, and settled on the farm he now owns, and where he has since resided. His father departed this life about thirty years ago; his mothe1 about twenty years ago, Mr. Latimer was married in January, 1839, to Miss Sarah Nutter, who was born in Virginia, January 18, 1815; her parents came to this State at an early day, and located in Richland county, and she lived there until her marriage with Mr. Latimer. The fruits of this marriage are nine children; two are dead. The oldest, James, died while in the late war, aged about twenty years; and Sarah died June 5, 1850, aged three years nine months and five days. Seven are still living, named: Elizabeth, who was born March 16, 1842; Nancy Jane, who was born September 8, 1843; Harriet, who was born December 3, 1844; John, who was born December 4, 1845; William St. Clair, who was born April 13, 1851; Martha Amanda, who was born January 1, 1853; and Zachariah, who was born January 20, 1857. He has nine grandchildren. Mr. Latimer has always paid his attention to farming, and he has, by industry and economy, saved a good home, and enjoys the respect and esteem of all in the community where he resides.

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JOSEPH MILLER was born in Union county, Pennsylvania, November I 1, 1828, where he resided until the year 1841, when his parents, Jacob and Catharine Miller, removed to Clarion county, Pennsylvania, in the northwestern part of the State, where they remained two years. From thence they removed to Wayne county, this State, where they remained one year, and then they removed to Ashland county, where our subject has since resided. November 24, 1859, he was married to Lucy Ann Moore, who was born in this county, where she has always lived. Samuel Moore, her father, is 0ne of the oldest surviving settlers in the county. The fruits of this union are two children, both of whom are still living, and named Catharine J., who was born July 24, 1861, and Rebecca E., who was born March 18, 1871. Mr, Miller is by trade a carpenter as well as a cooper, and has always followed both of those vocations from boyhood first; the cooper trade, and later he paid his attention to the carpenter trade until the past year, since which time he has been farming. For a period of thirty-six years he has lived in this county, and is considered by all who know him to be an upright citizen and neighbor.

C. F. ENGLE was born in Nassau, Germany, March 11, 1841, and at the age of seven years his parents removed to this country and settled in New York city, where they remained one year, when they came to this State and located in Vermillion township, this county, where our subject remained until the year 1861, when he removed to Mifflin township, where he has since resided, with the exception of the time he spent in the late war. Mr' Engle followed farming as his vocation previous to the war, but since that time he has been engaged in the mercantile business at this place. He is also postmaster, and has been since 1875. He was married July 28, 1867, to Miss Mary Hart. They have reared a family of three children, two of whom are still living, and named respectively, Walter M. and Emma. The one deceased, Charles H., departed this life July 21, 1871, aged one year, two months and eleven days,

ABRAHAM BARR was born in Richland county, this State, August 13, 1845, where he resided until the year 1861, when he removed to this township, where he has since lived. He has been twice married ; first, June 21, 1855, to Carlina Baum. She died March 2, 1873. He was married to his second wife, Miss Martha A. Gochnauer, March 18, 1880. She was born in Wayne county, December 9, 1841. Mr. Barr has one child, Benjamin F. He has always paid his attention to farming, which avocation he still follows on the farm he now owns in Mifflin township.

J. F. BENNIGHOF was born in Germany, February 27, 1830.. When at the age of seven years, his parents, John and Charlotte Bennighof, emigrated to this country, and located in Vermillion township, where they lived three years. They then removed to Mifflin townShip, where the subject of this sketch has since resided. He was married, January 8, 1856, to Miss Susan Young, who was born in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, January 8, 1829. Her parents removed to this county in 1836, and she has since lived in the county. The fruit of this union are eight children, six of whom are still living, and named respectively, John D., born April 30, 1858; Mary C., born November 15, 1859; Susannah, born December 4, 1861; Hannah, born August 5, 1863; Allen J., born March 18, 1865, and William H., born December r 1, 1868. The ones deceased are Jacob and one who died in infancy. Jacob died December 18, 1870, aged four years and three days. Mr. Bennighof is by trade a carpenter and a painter, and has followed those avocations, principally the carpenter trade, from his boyhood. Politically he is a Democrat, and has represented his township as justice of the peace for nine years, and has been a member of the board of education for twenty-five years, being its presiding officer twenty-three years. He has helped build every schoolhouse in the township. By good management and industry he has made for himself a good home, and is considered by all who know him, to be a gentleman whose character cannot be impeached.

SAMUEL CULLER was born in Frederick county, Maryland, in the village of Jefferson, November 26, 1809. When at the age of fifteen years, his parents removed to this county and township, where Mr. Culler has since lived. He is the oldest child of Philip and Mary Culler. His father died in 1855, and his mother in 1845, on the farm in the southeast quarter of section thirty-six, where they settled one month after they came here. Samuel was married March 22, 1849, to Sarah A. Blust. The fruit of this union are twelve children; all of whom are living, as follows : Philip M., who was married March 11, 1880 he was born June 13, 1810 ; Henry D., born September 17, 1851, who is now practicing law in Mansfield, Ohio, he being attorney for Aultman, Taylor & Co ; Margaret L., born July 24, 1853 ; William H., born August 7, 1855 ; John F., born December 23, 1856 ; Mary S., born September 27, 1858; Sarah A., born June 3, 1860 ; Thomas J., born August 8, 1861; Laura E., born May 23, 1863 ; Almira V., born April 25, 1865 ; Samuel S., born April 4, 1867 ; and Joseph E., born April 6, 1872. Mr. Culler is among the early settlers of this county, and is identified with the Seymour, or more properly the Zimmer and Culler families of the township. He relates many incidents pertaining to pioneer life that are not only interesting but instructive to any one who may be fortunate to hear him. He remembers at one time when a boy his father sent him to Sandusky City with some grain to buy salt and other things for family use. His father gave him all the money they had, which was ten cents. He went to Sandusky alone, and came back without spending the money. He also recalls many hardships and privations that at that time all had to endure, that the present as well as the future generations will never know or experience. His great-grandfather on his mother's side was in the war of the Revolution, and was commissioned by General Washington as captain. His great-grandfather on his father's side was in the war at the time Braddock was defeated by the French and Indians at Bloody Run, Pennsylvania, as well as in the Revolutionary war. His grandfather was born in this country,

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and several of his sons participated in the war of 1812. His uncle Henry held a commission as second lieutenant at first, and when discharged was first lieutenant. Samuel Culler is what is termed a self-made man, never having had the advantages of a common school education. But to-day he is justice of the peace, and has held that office from time to time for nearly twenty-one years, as well as various other offices of trust in his township. He votes the Republican ticket, and his township is Democratic fully three to one.

SEBASTIAN CULLER, is the eighth child of Michael and Barbara Culler, who was born in Mifflin township, May 6, 1833, and has always resided there, on the old homestead farm. He has always. followed farming from boyhood, and now owns the farm his father bought of Philip Zimmer, which contains one hundred and sixty acres. The deed for the land was signed by Philip Zimmer. Michael Culler died July 28, 1874, aged eighty-six years. His wife died July 16, 1873, aged seventy-nine years,

JOHN P. CULLER was born on the Seymour farm, or what is better known as the Zimmer farm, in this township, in the house in which Zimmer was killed, July 3, 1820, and Mifflin township has always been his home. He is the first child of Michael and Barbara Culler, of whom mention is made elsewhere in this work. Mr. Culler was married February 22, 1865, to Amanda Keffer, who was born in this township July 29, 1842. Her father and mother came to this county at an early day, as is mentioned elsewhere. Her parents, together with Mr. Culler's parents, were among the earliest settlers of the county, and have a very prominent part in this work. Mr. Culler has always farmed it from boyhood, and now makes that his vocation.

JOHN SUNDAY was born in York county, Pennsylvania, September 29, 1797, and came to Mifflin township, Richland county, in the fall of 1818. He was married to Miss Leah Gardner, November 7, 1822. She was the daughte1 of William Gardner, who was a justice of the peace for Mifflin twenty-one years, and died in June, 1855, aged seventy-nine years. Mr. Gardner settled in Mifflin township in April, 1810, but again returned to Fairfield county, Ohio, having sold his farm to Andrew Newman in 1812. He then .purchased what is now known as the Simpson farm, in 1812, upon his return from Fairfield county, upon which there were some improvements. Mrs. Gardner baked bread for Martin Ruffner during the summer of 1812. Ruffner had built a cabin and was clearing his land, aided by a bound boy named Levi Berkinhizer, and doing his own cooking, keeping a sort of bachelor's hall, Mrs. Gardner doing his baking, as before stated. His wife came on a short time before Hull's surrender; but she returned soon to friends near Utica, Licking county. Mrs. Sunday knew young Berkinhizer quite well, and often played and romped with him. Martin Ruffner was a stout, broad-chested man, and perfectly fearless. Young Berkinhizer brought word from Zimmers of the prowling Indians, and Ruffner immediately went to the relief of Zimmers, not expecting to bring on a fight, believing that the Greentown Indians were his friends. Berkinhizer remained in the cabin all night alone. Ruffner and the old gentleman, the old lady and Catharine Zimmer, were all found dead the next day, and only conjecture told the story of their fate. They were buried in two graves not a great ways from the cabin of Zimmer, Frederick Zimmer and wife returned to Licking county almost crazed by the murders, when he committed suicide, by shooting himself. Philip Zimmer, and his wife Elizabeth, subsequently quit-claimed their land to Michael Culler, who had purchased the old farm. Levi Berkinhizer, if still alive, resides about one mile from Norwalk, Huron county, where he located after the war. William Gardner was present at the burial of the Zimmers and Martin Ruffner. Mrs. Sunday was born April 25, 1804, in Fairfield county, and has been in Mifflin nearly seventy-six years. Her memory is quite good, and the old lady may reach eighty-five years of age. Her venerable husband is now eighty-three, and seems quite active and sprightly. They have several grown sons and daughters, some of whom are married. They possess a good property and will not want in the future. John and Leah Sunday have raised a family of seven children, five of whom are still living. They are Mary, Phebe, Joseph, Harrison A., and Leah. William and Belinda died in infancy.

JOSEPH SUNDAY was born in Mifflin township, September 25, 1830, where he has always resided. November 13, 1853, he was married to Miss Margaret Zeitler, who was born in Germany, near the river Rhine, February 24, 1834. The fruitS of this union are four children, three of whom are living, as follows: Samantha E,, who was born August 5, 1854, and married William C. Winters September 29, 1875; Lizzie, who was born September 2, 1860; Celina, who was born October 20, 1862. The other died in infancy. Mr. Sunday has always paid his attention to farming. He is the fourth child of John and Leah, of whom mention is made elsewhere, they being among the early settlers of the county.

ANDREW SUNDAY was born in Mifflin township, Jul 1, 1835, and has always resided here. By trade he is a carpenter, and follows that as his vocation. March 14, 1858, he was married to Miss Ida M. Edwards. The fruits of this union are nine children, five of whom an living, as follows: Mary H., Susan I., Annie, Wade H., and Margaret A. The ones deceased were Ella, Cyrus, and Nettie, and one that died in infancy.

JAMES FRANKLIN BUSH was born in Bucyrus, Crawford county, Ohio, February 27, 1845, where he resided until he was nineteen years old. When at the age of sixteen, he commenced working at the trade of carriage painting, at which he remained about three years, when he removed to Tiffin, Ohio. In Tiffin he remained about two years, and from that time until 1875 he has been doing business in different places throughout the State. Since 1875 he has been carrying on business in Ashland. During the late war, Mr. Bush enlisted as a member of the One Hundred and First Ohio voluntee1 infantry, but, owing to his youth, he was rejected. Occtober 17, 1867, he was married to Miss Rosa E. Swine- ford, who was born in this county, October 15, 1850,

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The fruits of this union are five children, three of whom are still living, and named, respectively, Clarence F., who was born November 25, 1869; George O., born August 31, 1874; and Zoa, born May 7, 1879. The ones deceased are Ida, who departed this life October 27, 1878, aged six years, eleven months and thirteen days; and Field, who died October 23, 1878, aged two years. Mr. Bush is now engaged in the manufacturing of carriages and buggies; and he also makes carriage and sign painting a specialty. He is considered proficient at his business, and aims to please every one, and with good success.

PERRY TOWNSHIP.

S. P. COUNTRYMAN, second son of Christian and Barbara Countryman, was born in Perry township, Ashland county, Ohio, in the year 1847. He resided with his parents until the time of his marriage, in 1871, to Miss Selina Myers, daughter of a pioneer family. To Mr. and Mrs. Countryman were born two children, both sons. Mr. Countryman is one of the most substantial and enterprising young farmers of Perry township. Mrs. Countryman is an earnest member of the Albright church, and has always assisted in its support. While Mr. Countryman is not associated with any church organization, he is a firm advocate of law and order. By dint of hard labor, frugal habits, and wise economy, he is now the possessor of quite a nice property.

WILLIAM W. HARRIS, eldest son of James G. and Rachel Harris, was born in Wayne county, Ohio, near Orrville, and there resided with his parents until the time of his marriage, in the year 1840, to Miss Catharine Crites, daughter of an early pioneer family, The fruit of this union was ten children, two sons and eight daughters. Their names are as follows: Mary E., Rachel A., Sarah J., Eliza, James W,, Louisa, Lucy, Georges Irvin, Minerva, and Theresa; all of whom are living. Our subject came to Perry township in the spring of 1841, and purchased a small tract of land, on which he resided for a period of five years; he then purcbased the farm on which he now lives, and settled immediately in the woods; here he reared and educated his little family. Mr. Harris is one of the most industrious and prosperous farmers in Perry township. Mrs. Harris is an active member of the Lutheran church, and has always been one of its most liberal supporters, and while Mr. Harris is not associated with any church organization, he is a firm advocate of law and order. His aged mothe1 is yet living, at the astonishing age of ninety- one years, and is a remarkably well preserved old lady for one of her advanced years. His father lies sleeping at the old Morr cemetery.

ANDREW JACKSON, the seventh son of Henry and Hannah Jackson, was born February 28, 1828, in Mohican township, Ashland county. He resided with his parents until the time of his marriage, March 21, 1850, to Miss Maria Swiegart, of Wayne county. To them were born nine children, four sons and five daughters. Their names are as follows: Catharine, John, Elizabeth, Melissa, William H., Mary, Andrew, Calista, and Amasa. Those deceased are John, William Henry, Calista, and Amasa. John died at the age of twenty-three; the others in early childhood. Andrew Jackson purchased the farm on which we now find him, in Perry township, in the year 1856. Both himself and his wife are active members of the Reformed church, and have been among its most liberal supporters. He has served in all the various positions of honor and trust, For two terms he served as infirmary director of the county, as justice of the peace in his township two terms, and repeatedly acted as township trustee, thus bespeaking for him the full appreciation of the people in his faithfulness and ability. He also served for eight different terms as director of his school district, His father and mother lie buried side by side in the old Meng cemetery.

MR. J. MYERS, second son of Abram and Susannah Myers, was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, in 1822. He lived with his parents until he had reached his majority. In 1847 he was married to Miss Elizabeth Miller. To them have been born eight children, five sons and three daughters, as follows: Abraham, Augustus, May Isabel, George F., John J. S., Elizabeth L., David E., Catharine E., and Elmore Oscar, all of whom are living but Abram and Elmore, who died in early childhood. He came to Ohio in the fall of 1866, having previously purchased the farm on which we now find him a beautiful tract containing one hundred and sixty- six acres. Although Mr. Myers is not an early settler, he has one of the most comfortable homes in Perry township. Both himself and his wife are earnest members of the Albright church, to which they contribute liberally in its support.

JOSEPH EICHELBERGER, third son of Adam and Susan Eichelberger, was born in Pennsylvania in 1836, and came to Ohio in company with his parents in 1840, and resided with them until the time of his marriage, in the year 1858, to Mary Myers. He lost his wife in 1872, and was again married, in 1874, to Miss Sarah Wise. Mr. Eichelberger and his wife are earnest members of the Albright church, and have been among its most liberal supporters. He is a hard-working, industrious, and frugal citizen, and, by dint of hard labor, careful judgment, and wise economy, he has accumulated quite a handsome property.

ELIZA MORR, daughter of Jacob Myers, of Ashland county, Ohio, was born in Center county, Pennsylvania, October 31, 1829, and removed with her father's family to Ohio when a child. Her father settled on the farm that is now owned by his son George, on which but a rude log cabin stood. Mrs. Morr was married October 18, 1855, to Emanuel Morr, son of John Morr. By this union four children were born, viz.: George Milton and Harvey P., both of whom reside at home; and two who died in infancy. Mr. Morr was a member of the Evan-

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gelical church at Perry, and was a consistent and devout Christian man ; he took a very active part in the interests of both church and school, and was a liberal contributor to all enterprises tending to promote the common interests of the vicinity in which he lived. His was a well spent life, his aim being to gain a competence that would leave his family in affluent circumstances. He departed this life January 24, 1877, and was much esteemed and respected by all who knew him. Mrs. Morr is a most estimable lady, and, with the support of her two sons, still carries on the business of the farm on which the kind father and husband had for many years devoted his labors. George M. was born April 31, 1859, and Harvey P. was born July 26, 1867.

HENRY WORST was born in the year 1775, in the State of Pennsylvania, Berks county. In the year 1799 he was married to Miss Barbara Donet, and came to Ohio in the year 1814 and settled immediately in the woods on the farm now owned by his son Samuel. The farm showed no signs of improvement whatever, to give evidence of civilization or advancement. Here he reared and educated a family of eleven children—seven daughters and fou1 sons. Their names are as follows: Catharine, Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah, Margaret, Henry, Susan, Jacob, Samuel, Nancy and George, six of whom are dead Catharine, Elizabeth, Mary, Margaret, Sarah and Nancy. Our subject died in the year 1869, surviving his wife for a period of twenty years. This aged couple lie buried side by side in the Mount Hope cemetery. Few pioneers are more deserving of a kind remembrance than Mr. and Mrs. Worst.

SAMUEL WORST, the subject of this sketch, was born in the year 1817, on the farm now owned by him, and the old Worst homestead. Mr. Worst was thrice married, first in the year 1838, May 3d, to Miss Mary Martin. The fruit of this union was nine children—five sons and four daughters: Elizabeth, John, Margaret, Nancy, George, Mary, Samuel, David and William. John, the eldest son, died in early childhood. Mr. Worst lost his wife in the summer of 1868, In the year 1878 he was again married to Miss May Facker. She died eighteen months later, in the month of October, 1879. Again he was married to Miss Lucy Besecker. Himself and wife are earnest members of Jerome Baptist church.

DANIEL SHIDLER was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in the year 1787. In the year 1831, he came to Ohio, bringing with him his wife and five children four sons and one daughter, and made a settlement in Orange township, on a farm which he had previously entered. Here he resided for a period of one year, and left for Holmes county, where he remained for eight years, when he returned to Perry township, and located permanently on the farm now owned by his son Hartman. In the meantime, he had two daughters born to him, making seven in all. Here he remained until the time of his death, in 1864. His wife survived him until January 31, 1867. Both lie buried side by side in the old Lucas cemetery. Hartman, the third son, and the subject of the following sketch, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, September 13, 1826. Now

he owns and resides on the old Shidler homestead, in Perry township. In the year 1852, he was married to Miss Susannah Shutt. The fruit of this union was six children—one son and four daughters, as follows: Charles W,, Laura A., Cordelia E., Ida I., Jennie M,, and one who died in infancy, unnamed. While Mr. and Mrs. Shidler are not associated with any church, their most earneSt sympathies are with the Christian church. Our subject has served as trustee of his township, and has always taken an active part in the educational interests of his neighborhood. Mr. Shidler has always been a hard working, industrious man, and, by the aid of a kind father, wise economy, and careful judgment, he has acquired quite a handsome property, and his acres now number, in total, three hundred and eighty-seven and one-half, all well improved.

ADAM EICHELBERGER was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in 1801, and was married, in 1827, to Miss Susannah Westheffer. The fruit of this union was seven children, five sons and two daughters, viz.: Simon, William, Joseph, Catharine, Adam, David, and Susan, all of whom are living. Mr. Eichelberger came to Ohio in the year 1839, and settled near Wooster, Wayne county, where he resided for one year, when he removed to Perry township, and purchased a tract of land containing one hundred and forty-eight acres. His settlement was almost surrounded with timber, with no improvements save a rude log cabin to give evidence of his having had a predecessor. This aged couple yet reside on the old homestead, and both have passed their three score and ten. Simon, the eldest son, and subject of the following sketch, was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, in 1828, and resided with his parents until he arrived at the age of nineteen, when he learned the trade of carpenter and joiner, which occupation he industriously pursued for a period of eight years. He was married in 1852 to Miss Sarah Ambrose. To them have been born five children, four sons and one daughter, viz.: Agnes, Horace, Henry, Elmore, and Newton. The latter died at the age of eleven years. Himself and wife are members of the Evangelical Association. His present home is what is known as the old Ambrose homestead.

ANDREW WIREMAN was born in Petersburgh, Adams county, in 1806, came to Wayne county in the fall of 1827, where he located, and for the first twelve months followed chopping for a livelihood. He then learned the trade of a mason, which occupation he industriously pursued for almost fifty years. Mr. Wireman was married in 1831 to Miss Sarah Baker. To them were born twelve children, four sons and eight daughters, viz.: Sevilla, Margaret, Samuel, Elizabeth, John B., Sophronia, John K., Sydna H., Orline, Irena, Minnie, Etta, and Barton Leroy. Three are deceased John B., Elizabeth, and Sydna H. Elizabeth died when just budding into womanhood, the others in early childhood. The subject of this sketch came to Perry township March 15, 1854, Himself and wife are members of the Lutheran church.

MICHAEL MORR was born in the State of Pennsylvania, in the yea1 1796, October l0th. He was married to

DR. I. F. MARKEL is a son of Israel Markel, of Ashland, and was born on his father's farm in Orange township, October 3, 1850. His boyhood and youth were spent on the farm, where he remained until he was eighteen years of age, attending the district schools during the winter months, and thus laying the foundation for an education. At eighteen he attended the Savannah academy for two years, after which he taught district school for two years in Troy and Orange townships. About this time his father removed to Ashland, and he commenced the study of medicine with Drs. Cowan & Myers, with whom he remained eighteen months, when he attended a first course of lectures at Jefferson Medical college, Philadelphia. At the close of the session he returned to Ashland, and in the fall of 1875 attended a second course of lectures at the same college, from which he graduated in March, 1866, receiving a prize offered by the demonstrator of anatomy, for the best dissection in the anatomical rooms. In May of the same year he opened an office for the practice of medicine in the village of Mifflin (or Petersburgh, as it is generally known), where he still remains. He is a close student, and by giving careful attention to the details of his profession, has built up an extensive practice, and gained the confidence of the community in which he lives. September 14, 1876, he was married to Miss Anna Hill, who was born near Olivesburgh, Richland county, November 6, 1852. Dr. Markel has a fine collection of Indian antiquities, consisting of stone hammers or tomahawks, fleshers, arrow and spear points, and other articles, to which he is constantly adding.

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Miss Christinie Stover. To them were born eight children—four sons and four daughters. Their names are as follows: Julia Ann, George, Michael, Sarah, Harriet, Jacob, Henry, and Christinie, all of whom are living. In the year 1828, May 22d, he came to Ohio, and made permanent settlement in Perry township, immediately in the woods, with no improvements save a rude log cabin and a barn of the same to show traces of his having a predecessor. Here he raised his little family. The wife and mother departed this life December 9, 1845, leaving a family of eight children and a fond husband. The husband survived his companion until the year 1877, June l0th. Mr. Morr was a man who had always taken an active part in educational and church affairs, was a kind parent, and a citizen, respected and esteemed where- ever known. This worthy couple lie side by side in the old Mokle cemetery.

GEORGE. MORR, the eldest son of Michael Morr, and the subject of the following sketch, was born in the year 1829, February l0th. He resided with his parents until the time of his marriage, in the year 1853, December 15th, to Miss Mary A. Frankhouser. The fruit of this union was eight children five sons and three daughters: William P., Elmore, Emma, Martin, Ellen, Celia, Arthur and Franklina. Two have died—Ellen and Celia—both of a fever, and but four days intervening between their departures. They died in early childhood, in the year 1871. At the age of nineteen Mr. Morr learned the trade of carpenter and joiner, which occupation he has industriously and very successfully pursued for more than thirty-three years, and has been the most extensive contractor that ever operated within the limits of his county. Himself and wife are earnest members of the Evangelical Association.

MICHAEL MORK, JR., second son of Michael and Christinie Morr, and subject of the following sketch, was born in the year 1831, February 15th, and resided with his parents until the time of his marriage to Miss Mary Ann Stover, in the year 1854, December 30th. The fruit of this union was four sons—Hiram H., John P., George W., and David V., all of whom are living. He and his wife are members of the Evangelical Association.

MICHAEL WISE was born in Center county, Pennsylvania, October 25, 1820. His father, George Frederick Wise, emigrated to Ohio in 1822, locating in what is now Perry township, Ashland county: Seven years previous to his coming he entered one hundred and sixty acres of land, and to this tract he brought his family, consisting of his wife and seven children—four sons and three daughters. They erected a log cabin in the dense forests, and at once began the improvement of his chosen home. These were times that required sinews and perseverance, and this they brought in abundance from their eastern home. This was his only home. As it improved it naturally became more and more attractive to them. 'There were born in this Ohio home six children—two sons and four daughters, making a family of thirteen children. By earnest endeavor, father and sons soon had the satisfaction of seeing the sturdy old forest trees give way, and in their stead waving fields of grain. Mr. Wise lived to the age of eighty-eight years, and had it not been for a sad accident he might have lived many years longer. He fell on the frozen ground and fractured his thigh which caused death in about six days. Mrs. Wise is still living on the old homestead. She is ninety-one years of age, being the oldest person now living in Perry township. Well may we call them pioneers, for such they certainly are in every sense of the word. Michael, the subject of the following sketch, was not two years old when his parents removed to this county, and he grew up in pioneer style, learning well the lesson to earn his bread by the sweat of his brow. He made his home with his parents until he was married to Sarah Weaver, daughter of Thomas and Julia Ann Weaver, of Perry township. To them have been born eight children, three sons and five daughters: David, Mary M., Sarah, Rebecca, Emma, Harriet E., John A., and George Morgan. David, Rebecca and Sarah, are married, and all live in Perry township. The other five are at home with their parents. Mr. Wise is a good farmer, and has one hundred acres of fine land. He is a man highly esteemed as a neighbor and friend. He is forward in improvements that tend to elevate the character of the people, though his time is principally given to his family and his farm.

ELIAS MORA, third son of Andrew and Elizabeth Morr, was born in Pennsylvania in the year 1825, and came to Ohio with his parents, with whom he resided until he reached his majority, when he learned the trade of carpenter and joiner, which occupation he industriously pursued for twenty years. He was married in the twenty-seventh year of his age to Miss Sarah Myers, daughter of one of Ashland county's pioneers. The fruit of this union was eight children—six sons and two daughters: Oliver F., Emma J., Albert A,, John P., Daniel L., Benjamin W., Harvey M., and Maggie Anna, all of whom are living. Mr. and Mrs. Morr are both earnest members of the Evangelical Association, and have always been among its most staunch supporters.

DANIEL MYERS, fourth son of Jacob and Mary Myers, was born in the State of Pennsylvania in the year 1836, and came with his parents to Ohio when but an infant. He resided at the old homestead until the time of his marriage, in January, 1861, to Miss Elizabeth Felgir, of Wayne county. To them were born three children, one son and two daughters. Their names are as follows: Lily U., Melvin S., and Artie A., all living. Mr. and Mrs. Myers, and also the eldest daughter, Lily, are members of the Evangelical church. Our subject has repeatedly been elected to the office of trustee, thus bespeaking for him the full confidence of his people.

ADAM EICHELBERGER, JR., fourth son of Adam and Susan Eichelberger, was born in the State of Pennsylvania in the year 1840, and came with his parents to Ohio when but an infant, and with them resided until his marriage, in 1862, to Miss Jane McFadden. To them have been born five children, three sons and two daughters, all living: Laura, Clinton, Carrie, William F., and Ira. Himself and wife are members of the Evangelical Association.

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sylvania, in the year 1797. He was married in the year 1827, to Miss Lanah Humer. To them were born five children, two sons and three daughters: Sarah, Susan, Louisa, John, and Adam. Two are deceased; Susan, who died in early infancy, and Adam, who died in childhood. Our subject came to Ohio with his family in the year 1870, and settled in Orange township, and resided with his son John for part of the first year, after which he removed to Perry township, and made his home on a farm owned by his son John, where he resided for four years, after which he made his home with his son until the time of his death, in 1876, July 14th. He now lies sleeping in the old Morr cemetery. His worthy widow still survives him, at the age of seventy-two years, and is a remarkably well preserved lady for one who has seen the frost of so many winters. She makes her home with her son, John, who feels it a duty to protect and care for her in her declining years.

JOHN EICHELBERGER, eldest son of George Eichelberger, and subject of the following sketch, was born in Pennsylvania, in the year 1838. He came to Ohio in the fall of 1862. He was married in the year 1865, to Miss Catharine Myers. His first purchase of land was in Perry township; he afterwards made several purchases, and we now find him on a beautiful farm near Rows- burgh. To Mr. and Mrs. Eichelberger have been born five children, one son and four daughters: George Elmore, Mary Zeulima, Clara Virginia, Minnie Bell, and one who died in infancy, unnamed.

HENRY SEALER, the eldest son of George and Amanda Sealer, was born in Lebanon county, Pennsylvania, in the year 1843. He resided with his parents until .in his nineteenth year, when he left the parental roof, and went out in the service of his country. He served as a valiant soldier for eighteen months, and remained until the war was over, when he returned to his home uninjured and crowned with all the honors to which our brave boys were justly entitled. He then learned the trade of a carpenter and joiner, which occupation he industriously and successfully pursued for a period of nine years. He came to Ohio in the year 1867, and settled near Wooster, Wayne county, where he made his home for six months; he then operated in Medina county for a short time, and afterwards in Smithsville, and thence came to Perry township, to the place where we now find him. He was married in 1868 to Christiann Garn. To them have been born three children, two sons and one daughter; their names are as follows: Amanda Nora, Henry Melvin, and Uebrtis, all living, Mr. Sealer purchased the beautiful farm on which he now resides in the year 1876.

MATTHIAS CAMP was born in the State of Pennsylvania, Westmoreland county, in the year 1744. He came to Ohio in the year 1815, and made his home with his brother Anthony, in Baughman township, Wayne county, where he followed clearing and chopping until the time of his marriage, in 1821, to Miss Sarah Evans. He then rented a cabin of his brother, where he remained for one year, when he purchased a quarter of land in Perry township, Wayne county, and began settlement immediately in the woods with no implements whatever. Here our hero commenced life in earnest. He at once set about the erection of a house in which to shelter his little family. His structure was a rude cabin with stick chimney, puncheon floor, and greased paper for windows, and with nothing for a door but a quilt or coverlet, and when all was completed he looked upon it and called it good. To him were born eleven children, seven sons and four daughters. Their names are as follows: Silas, James, John, Anthony, Mary, Evans, Wesley, Margaret, Sarah, Agnes and Matthias, Three are deceased: Margaret, Anthony and Matthias. Here, in this pioneer home, our subject reared his family, situated as he was, directly in the forest. It required a strong will and earnest determination to conquer, and as evidence the wilderness was soon made to give way, and waving fields of grain told that his labors had not been unrewarded, and each year as he was prospered he continued improving his farm until it now compares favorably with the best farms in the county. By dint of hard labor, careful judgment, and wise economy, this pioneer father has acquired quite a handsome property, sufficient to carry him through his old age, Silas, Anthony, and Matthias all served in the war of the rebellion in company C, Forty-fourth regiment. Matthias died of disease at Louisville, Kentucky, and Anthony died at the battle of Lookout Mountain, from a mortal wound, surviving but for two hours. Their brother Silas brought them home, and they both lie side by side in Wayne county, Silas remained until the close of the war, receiving a slight wound, but nothing serious. Frank W. Eckerman, of the same company, was mortally wounded at Dallas, Georgia, the wound proving fatal, July 4, 1864, at Chattanooga, He now lies buried in the sunny south in an unknown, but not an unforgotten, grave.

JOHN CAMP, third son of Matthias Camp, was born in 1826 in Perry township, Wayne county, and resided with his parents until the time of his marriage, in 1853, to Miss Ellen Campbell, daughter of one of Ashland county's early .pioneers. The fruit of this union was eleven children, five sons and six daughters: May C., Margaret J., Alice Emma, Lydia A., Warren C., Matthias G., Arthur E., John W., Sarah E., Eunice E., and one who died in infancy unnamed. Eunice E. also died in infancy, and Matthias died in early childhood. Mr, Camp now resides in Perry township, on the farm adjoining the old homestead. He and his wife are active members of the Methodist Episc0pal church, and have always been among its most liberal supporters.

C. S. MCFADDEN, sixth son and twelfth child of John and Catharine McFadden, was born in Wayne county, Ohio, in 1832, and resided with his parents until the year previous to his marriage, December 6, 1856, to Miss Lydia Fry. To them were born four children, one son and three daughters, viz.: Sarah, Ellen, Emma, and Al- die. One died in infancy, unnamed. Sarah E. died at the age of twelve years. The wife and mother died in May, 1878, leaving two little daughters and a fond husband. Mr. McFadden was married again, in December,

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1878, to Miss Sarah Jane Greenlee, daughter of one of Ashland county's pioneers, a sketch of whose life appears elsewhere in this volume. Mr. McFadden is a retired farmer, living at his ease in Rowsburgh, this county. He comes from pioneer stock, his parents settling in Wayne county at a very early period. They came to Ashland county in the spring of 1853, and remained here until the time of the death of his father, September 12, 1860, his mother surviving her husband about four years. The subject of our sketch came to Wayne county a poor man. Commencing life immediately in the woods, he had, by dint of hard labor, careful judgment, and wise economy, accumulated quite a handsome property. Mrs. McFadden is an active member of the Disciple church, and has been one of its liberal supporters.

LUDWICK FRIDLINE, third son of Conrad and Sarah Fridline, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1821, came to Perry township with his parents when an infant, and is now the owner of the old homestead, where his parents lived until the time of their death, his mother dying in 1844, and her husband surviving her until the year 1870, living to the ripe old age of seventy-eight years. He was a man respected and esteemed wherever known, and his loss was deeply felt among his friends and acquaintances. Ludwig, the subject of our sketch, was married in the year 1859 to Miss Elizabeth Boffenmyer. To them have been born thirteen children, viz.: Henry H., Irvin, Sarah E,, Jacob, Mary A., U. S. Grant, Alvy, Elsura, Emma, Noah E., Ehzabeth, Alma, and Clara,

RICHARD S. SMILIE, second son of John A. and Catharine Smilie, was born in Chester township, Wayne county, Ohio, in the year 1841. With his parents he came to what is now Perry township, Ashland county. After moving about several times his father finally made a permanent settlement in Vermillion township, and there remained until the time of his death, in 1867, surviving his wife about fourteen years. Mr. Smilie was a man esteemed wherever known. Richard, the subject of our sketch, was married in the year 1866 to Miss Frances Dorland. The fruit of this union was three children— one son and two daughters. Their names are as follows: Jessie, J. Paul and Millie. Mr. Smilie lost his wife December 12, 1879, leaving him with three little children. He served as clerk of his township for one term, and is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and has always been one of its most liberal supporters. Mr Smilie enlisted in the service of his country August 25, 1862, for a period of three years, and was taken prisoner in the spring of 1864, and discharged July 7, 1865, as a prisoner of war, and came out without a scar, although he was not without his hairbreadth escapes, at one time having his pipe and tobacco knocked out of his mouth by a shot from the enemy.

C. C. FUNK, eldest child of Hugh and Elizabeth Funk, was born in Wayne county, in the year 1831, and there resided with his parents until the time of his marriage, April 19, 1854, to Miss Mary Jane Foltz, daughter of an early pioneer family. Immediately after marriage, Mr. Funk came to Perry township, where we now find him, and purchased a beautiful farm of one hundred

and eight acres. To Mr. and Mrs. Funk were born three sons. Their names are as follows: Harvey H., Walter W. and Leroy L., all living. While Mr. F. has not aspired to official position, the citizens of Perry elected him to the office of trustee at three different times. As a soldier, he went forth in the discharge of his duties, occupying the position of first lieutenant. He enlisted as one of the hundred day men, and served for one hundred and thirty-two days, returning to his home and family uninjured, and crowned with all the honor to which he and his rank were entitled. Mr. and Mrs. Funk are both active members of the Disciple church, and have been among its most liberal supporters. His life has been devoted to school teaching, and that of

farming. The schools he taught, number fifteen in all, and, as proof of his ability and success, they were all within a mile and a half of his home. By the aid of a kind father and his own energy and perseverance, he is now the possessor of one of the finest homes in the county. Mr. Funk is also a dealer and breeder of thoroughbreds and high grades of cattle. Mr. Funk has in his possession a most valuable dog, that has been doing all the churning until the last eight years, churning in that time over fifteen thousand pounds of butter. The name of this member of the family is Shep, and is now in the twelfth year of his age.

SAMUEL FRIDLINE, fifth son of Conrad and Sarah Fridline, was born in Perry township, Ashland county, then Wayne county, in the year 1826, on the farm where his brother Ludwick now lives. He made his home with his parents until the time of his marriage, which was in the twenty-fourth year of his age. He was twice married; first to Miss May Ann Harpster, by whom he had one child, who died in infancy, unnamed. Immediately after his marriage he and his young wife moved to Mohican township, where he purchased a small farm of sixty-two acres; His wife died thirteen months after. He was married again May 9, 1854, to Miss Rachel Zimmerman. To them have been born nine children, eight sons and one daughter. Their names are as follows: Francis M., Eli, May E., William, Elsy, Samuel, Harvey, William Henry, and one who died in infancy, unnamed. Mr. Fridline resided in Mohican for a period of twelve years, when he returned to Perry township and purchased an additional tract of sixty-seven acres nea1 the old homestead, and now owns two hundred and fourteen acres. Mr. Fridline was a soldier in the service of his country, going out when the call for one hundred days' men was made: He served out his time and came to his home without a scar. He lost two brothers in the war. Jacob died at Paducah from a wound received at Vicksburgh, and Harrison died from disease at Baltimore. They were both brought to their homes, and lie buried in the Meng cemetery in Perry township.

ISAAC ZIMMERMAN, the eldest son of Eli and Elizabeth Zimmerman, was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, in the year 1830, and came to Ohio in company with his parents in the fall of 1838. On the organization of Ashland county, he came to Perry town-

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ship. His father resided here until the year 1865, when he removed to Mohican, and to-day is one of the largest landholders in the county. Isaac, the subject of our sketch, purchased the old Zimmerman homestead in Perry township, and has added many noticeable improvements. He was married in the year 1859 to Miss Susan Ely. To them have been born five children, three sons and two daughters. Their names are as follows : Judson A., Zenas W., Isadore, John E., and Etta May, deceased, who died in early childhood. So great is his ambition to improve, advance, and reach the zenith in farming, that he has purchased fine specimens of wheat at the enormous price of fourteen dollars per bushel, sowing the present season forty-eight different specimens. By dint of hard labor, wise economy, and careful judgment, Mr. Zimmerman has accumulated an extensive property, being the possessor of three hundred and fifty-three acres of land. Mrs. Zimmerman is one of the staunch members of the Reformed church, and has always been one of its most liberal supporters, and while Mr. Zimmerman is not associated with any church organization, he is a firm advocate of law and order.

JOHN SNYDER and family emigrated from Adams county, Pennsylvania, October 20, 1833, and arrived at Jeromeville on the above mentioned date, with but one shilling in his pocket, which was expended on the following morning for one pound of butter. Fortunately for him, his services were much needed, he being a carpenter. He at once contracted to erect a barn on what is now known as the Glass farm, and by the aid of his four willing sons, Levi, Jeremiah, H. K., and William, his task was soon completed. In the spring of 1836 he leased the Meng farm, and for a period of three years he combined cabinet-making with farming. After the expiration of his lease, he made several removals, when he finally returned to Perry township and settled on the Schwartz farm, where he remained until the death of his wife. Two years after this sad occurrence he and his family, with the exception of Henry, moved to LaGrange county, Indiana, where he followed cabinet-making and contracting, meeting with severe losses by fire. Yet, with all his trials and reverses, he lived to the ripe old age of eighty-four years, retaining his full vigor and strength of mind. Henry, the subject of this sketch, and the only representative of the Snyder family residing in Ashland county, was born in the State of Pennsylvania, in the year 1817. He came to Ohio with his parents, and now resides in Perry township. He was twice married first, in the year 1837, to Miss Anna Meng. To them were born five children, four sons and one daughter, as follows: Andrew Phillip, John H., Jacob M., Samuel, and May Margaret Ann, all of whom are living but Samuel, who died at the age of eleven years, from an injury received from the kick of a horse; the daughter also died in early childhood, at the age- of two years. The wife and mother died in the year 1875, leaving a family of three children. Mr. Snyder was again married, in the winter of 1879, to Elizabeth Meng. He is an earnest member of the Reformed church, and has always been one of its most liberal supporters.

ADAM MISH, seventh son of John and Magdalene was born in the year 1808, in the State of Pennsylvania. Frankhn county, near Strasburgh. In the year 1832 was married to Miss Elizabeth Colsmith. The fruit of this union was nine children—six sons and three (laughters. Their names are as follows: John A., Washington, Sarah, William Augustus, Ann, Jeremiah, Adam, Mary, and Simon, all living but Washington, who died in early childhood. In the year 1845 he emigrated to Ohio and purchased a beautiful tract of land, containing one hundred and five acres. Hue he began life in earnest, immediately in the woods, with no improvements whatever, save a rude log cabin, and a rickety barn of the same mould. But he was determined to conquer; and with a courageous heart and positive will, the forest was soon made to give way. Here he reared and educated his family. The wife and mother died in the year 1874. Three of Mr. Mish's sons volunteered in the war of 1861 William, Jeremiah, and Adam—serving honorably their full time, and returning to their home uninjured, and crowned with all the honors to which our brave sons were entitled. He is an earnest and active member of the Lutheran church, and has always been one of its most liberal supporters.

CHRISTIAN COUNTRYMAN, fifth son of Peter and Rosanna Countryman, was born in the State of. Pennsylvania, in the year 1817, and came to Ohio in the yea1 1847, and leased the farm on which he now lives. Here he began life in earnest immediately in the woods, He was married in the year 1844, to Miss Barbara Kline. To them have been born eight children, two sons and six daughters; all are living. Their names are as follows: Elizabeth, Jacob, Nancy, Simon Peter, Ann Maria, Mary Ellen, Sarah J., Lettie Levina; all married but Jacob and Levina. All were born in this State but Elizabeth, who was born in Pennsylvania. Both himself and his wife are earnest members of the Lutheran church.

GEORGE MYERS, second son of Jacob and Mary Myers, was born in Pennsylvania in 1822, and came to Ohio with his parents in 1836. He lived with his parents until the twentieth year of his age, when he went to Ashland to learn wagon- and carriage-making, which occupation he followed for a period of twenty-two years. He was married, in the fall of 1858, to Miss Elizabeth Morr, daughter of a pioneer family. To them were born nine children, viz.: F. E., Celena, Philip A,, Miranda M,, Sevilla E., Alvah N., George D., Minnie, and Effie Centennie—all living but Minnie. Both Mr. and Mrs. Myers are members of the Evangelical Association, and have been among its most liberal supporters. He was elected to the office of infirmary director in 1870, which position he occupied six successive terms, and has repeatedly served as trustee of his township.

ALFORD SCOTT, third son of James and Mary Scott, was born in Ashland county, then Perry township, Wayne county, in the year 1840, and lived with his parents until the time of his marriage, in the year 1860, on Christmas day, to Miss Mary Margaret Meng. To Mr. and Mrs. Scott have been born three children—one son and three daughters, as follows: Laura, Ellen, one

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dying in infancy, and Elmore D., the only surviving heir; Laura died in early childhood. While he is not associated with any church organization, he is a firm advocate of law and order. For a period of four years he served as trustee of his township. His father and mother arc both deceased, and lie buried in the Jeromeville cemetery.

WILLIAM SCOW, the eldest son of James and Mary Scott, was born in Ashland county, then Wayne, in the township of Perry, in the year 1828. He resided with his parents until he became eighteen years of age, when he went forth in the world to care for himself. He learned the trade of carpenter and joiner with George Irwin, which occupation he industriously pursued for a period of eighteen years. In the meantime, he purchased a lot at Golden Corners and erected a home. Afterwards he purchased eighty acres of land situated in Kane township, Wayne county, and there resided for a period of five years. During that time, he met with a severe loss by fire, yet he withstood all these reverses, determined to conquer. Then he moved to Plain township, and bought a farm of one hundred and fourteen acres of land, which he cultivated for five years. Then he sold it and returned to Perry township, and located on a beautiful home, where we now find him. Twice he was married; first, in the year 1850, to Miss Mary Ann Young. To them were born two children, both daughters: Sarah Jane, and Maria M. In 1859 his wife died, leaving two children. In the year 1862, he was again married, to Miss Elizabeth Garbrerich, The fruit of this union was eight children—four sons and four daughters. Their names are as follows: Simon A., Fietta L., Henry M,, Albertos, Emma E., Elsie Eugene, Arminda, Eva May, all of whom are living but Henry, who died in early childhood. Himself and wife are earnest members of the German Baptist church, and have always been among its most liberal supporters. His father and mother are deceased, and lie buried side by side in the Jeromeville cemetery.

JONATHAN MYERS, eldest son of Joseph and Mary Myers, was born in the State of Pennsylvania in the year 1821, and came to Ohio in company with his parents in the year 1836. He made his home with his parents until the time of his marriage in 1848 to Miss May Spangler, daughter of a pioneer family. To Mr. and Mrs. Myers have been born twelve children, seven sons and five daughters, as follows: Jacob, Mary, Henry, Emma, Jane, William, Elmore, Katie, Clemont, and Holbert; all of whom are living. His first permanent settlement was on the farm on which he now resides. While our worthy subject is not associated with any church, he is a firm advocate of law and order, His father and mother are both deceased, and lie buried side by side in Zion cemetery. He has always been a great man for hunting and recreation. In fact, he is a man who believes in pleasant employment.

WILLIAM N. SHISLER was born in the State of New Jersey, Sussex county, in the year 1794, and came to Pennsylvania in company with his parents about the year 1816. He was married in the twenty-fourth year of his age, to Miss Margaret Townsend. The fruit of this union was eight children, four sons and four daughters, as follows : Henry, Lydia, Hylandreth, Sophia, Theresa, Elizabeth, William Wheeler, and Townsend. Three are deceased: Theresa, William W., and Hylandreth, who died in early infancy. Our subject came to Ohio in the year 1822, and made a settlement in Perry township, Wayne county, now Ashland. His first purchase was eighty acres, on which he resided for four years, and which he also improved. He then sold, and bought a quarter near by, where he lived until his death in the year 1857, January 24th. His wife survived him until the year 1870, March 4th. This worthy pioneer couple lie sleeping side by side in the old Morr cemetery. The only representatives of the Shisler family residing in Perry township are Townsend and Henry, the subject of the following sketch. He was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in the year 1818, January 8th. He came to Ohio with his parents in the year 1822, and lived with them until the time of his marriage, August 26, 1841, to Miss Christina Morr. To them were born six children, four sons and two Baugh- ters: Harriet, born August 23, 1843—died at the age of three years and six months; William A., born February 14, 1848; Similda Ann, born March 4, 1851; Oliver L., born June 17, 1853; Enoch H., born November 21, 1858; Stephen A., born November 10, 1862. Our subject located on the farm on which we now find him, immediately in the woods, with no improvements whatever to give evidence of civilization or advancement. Here he reared his little family. He has repeatedly been elected to the office of trustee, thus bespeaking the full confidence of his people. He and his family are members of the Evangelical Association, and have been among its most liberal supporters. Those of the family who are married are William, who was twice married, first to Miss Malinda Falk. His second companion was May Rosswiler. He is in the ministry. Similda married William Rittenhouse, and resides on the farm adjoining her old homestead. Oliver T., who was married to Miss Sadie May Rickle, is living on the farm of her father.

ANDREW MORR was born in the State of Pennsylvania, Center county, in the year 1794. He was married to Miss Elizabeth Stover in the twenty-fourth year of his age. To them were born twelve children, seven sons and five daughters: Jacob, Catharine, Christinie, Harriet, Andrew, Adam E., Elizabeth, Samuel, Philip, Henry, Enoch, and Julia Anna, all living but Andrew. He came to Ohio May 22, 1828, and settled on the farm now owned by his s0n Jacob. This worthy pioneer departed this life in the year 1858, in the sixty-fourth year of his age. The wife and mother survived him until the year 1877, dying at the age of eighty years. Jacob, who now resides on the old homestead, was born June 22, 1817. He lived with his parents and aided his father until the time of his marriage, in the year 1840, August 27th, to Miss Sarah Dundore. The fruit of this union was seven children, four sons and three daughters. Their names are May E., Andrew P.,

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Malinda, Adaline, Benton S., Jacob W., and Stephen A., all living but Adaline and Benton, who died in early childhood. Those married are, Mary to David Weiker; Andrew to Mary Jane Weikre, who died after five years of married life he was afterward married to Miss Mary R. Ambrose; Malinda to Lemon Schnaders. The other members of the family reside at their father's home, Mr. Morr and his family are members of the Trinity church, and have been among its most liberal supporters. Andrew, the pioneer father of the Morr family, was one of the organizers of the Trinity church of Perry township, and was leader and exhorter in the church for over twenty-five years. His wife was born in 1797.

DAVID WEYANT, eldest son of Jacob and Margaret Weyant, was born in the State of Pennsylvania, Washington county, in the year 1815; he made his home with his parents until after he had reached his majority.; he then left the parental roof, and came to Ohio in the year 1838, and took up his abode in Doylestown, where he purchased property, and there resided until the spring of 1848. He was married in the year 1838, September 26th, to Miss Rachel Nowland. To Mr. and Mrs. Weyant were born five children, three sons and two daughters; their names are as follows: Margaret A., Jacob H., Martha S,, Noah I., and Harvey I.; all of whom are living and married—Margaret, to Henry Morr; Jacob, to Lizzie Scott; Martha, to Solomon Mouser; Noah, to Lizzie Fridline; Harvey, to Catharine Jackson. Our subject is grandparent to eleven grandchildren, Mr. Weyant lost his wife in the year 1864, February 26th. She left a family of five children. Our worthy subject was married again September 27, 1866, to Miss Rosanna Gallwitz. Himself and wife are earnest members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church General Synod, and have always been its staunch supporters; he has been repeatedly elected to the office of trustee. His parents are both deceased; his mother is buried at Ginger Hill, Pennsylvania, and his father sleeps in the old Meng cemetery in Perry township. He has been elder in his church for almost forty years, and never shrank from what he thought a duty.

JOHN RUDY was the eldest child of Frederick and Elizabeth (Smith) Rudy, of Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, and was born October 18, 1806. His father died when John was but a boy of seven years. His widow survived him, and was married again, to Jacob Jennings, by whom she had two children, One, a son, is one of the wealthy and prominent men of Ashland, and is engaged in the banking business, After the death of his father, John was "put out" by his guardian, and served his first master two and one-half years, when he again returned to his mother. His guardian then bound him out the second time, to a man to learn the weaving trade, as that was then a paying business. He remained at this until he was eighteen years old, when he again returned to his mother, where he lived until he was thirty- two years of age. He was then married to Sophia Spangler, by whom he has had four children, two boys and two girls, as follows: Elizabeth, Jacob S., who died in infancy, Jennie, and John Edward. Two only are living—Elizabeth and Jennie, both married, leaving hod the old people alone. John Rudy, our subject, removed to Ohio in the year 1833, and first settled on the farm now owned by Murray & Ewing. His first purchase of land was one hundred and thirty-seven acres. This he traded for a farm of ninety-one acres, upon which a sawmill was located. This business he followed successfully for twelve years, when he exchanged it for the fine property on which he now resides. Although not a member of any church organization, his sympathies and inclinations are with the Church of God, of which his wife is an earnest and consistent member, Mrs, Rudy is a lady of very youthful appearance for one of her years, and has withstood the ravages of time, and although having worked hard all through life, she shows but few traces of it. Mr. Rudy is a staunch Republican, and firm advocate of the party measures and principles, Although well advanced in years he has kept pace with the times, and is a farmer of advanced ideas. Mrs, Rudy has been a kind and judicious mother and loving wife. This old couple live in a pleasant home, surrounded by every comfort, and can look back over the past with satisfaction at what they have accomplished. Every one has a good word to say of "Uncle John Rudy," as he is familiarly known. He is one of Perry township's most respected citizens.

ALEXANDER ALLISON, second son of James and Elizabeth (Smith) Allison, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1805, and emigrated to Ohio with his parents in 1809. They first settled in Jefferson county, Ohio, on a rented farm, where he remained for a period of nine years, when he again started with his little family to seek a more desirable home, which he found on coming to Ashland (then Wayne) county. He made a permanent settlement in Perry township, where he remained until the time of his death, in 1839, surviving his wife about thirteen months. Their children were: Jane, Catharine, and Alexander. The only representative of the family is Catharine, who resides in Wayne county, near Wooster, performing a duty that seems to her a pleasure, that of caring for the orphan children of her deceased sister, Alexander, the subject of this sketch, was twice married, first to Miss Alice Firestone, in 1830, and settled on the farm where we now find him, adjoining the old homestead of his father. His home, at that time a rude cabin, was situated almost in the woods, with no improvements whatever to give any token of civilization. Here he reared his little family, and the dense forest that so closely surrounded him was soon made to yield to his strong will, and waving fields of grain soon gave evidence that his determination had been earnestly put into execution. In fact, the means with which he purchased his pioneer home he earned by clearing and chopping. To Mr. and Mrs. Allison were born seven children, two sons and five daughters, viz.: Nancy, Elizabeth, John F., Rachel, Mary Ann, Eliza J., and Alexander C.—all living but Eliza J., who died just after developing into womanhood—John F, died in infancy. The wife and mother was taken from her earthly home

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July 9, 1844, at the age of thirty-one years. Mr. Allison married for his second wife Miss Elizabeth White, in 1851. To them were born six children, three sons and three daughters, viz.: William W., John P., Alice Catharine, Ann Isabel, Margaret Edith, Thomas B.—all living but Margaret Edith, who died at the age of one year and ten days. Mr. Allison still resides on the old home place. He is a gentleman advanced in years, but is in his full strength and vigor, and a man remarkable for his memory and accuracy. Scarcely too much can be said of this worthy pioneer. Himself and wife are consistent members of the Presbyterian church, and have always been among its most liberal supporters.

LEVI H. KIPLINGER was born February 12, 1832, in Jackson township, Ashland county, and was the fourth son of Henry and Elizabeth (Switzer) Kiplinger, who were natives of Pennsylvania. They moved to Ohio about the year 1825. By trade he was a blacksmith, and worked at his trade the greater part of his life, although he combined farming with it. His experience was similar to that of all other pioneers of that day. He could remember when the entire cash capital of the community was a half-dollar piece, which was sometimes in his possession, and then in others. In his trade he was an expert, and was sought out by people far and wide to do their work. In the year 1872 he died, in his eightieth year. His wife survived him two years, and died at the age of eighty years. Our subject lived with his father until sixteen years of age, when he learned the cabinet trade, which he worked at for fifteen years, when he went into the army, and had the honor of serving under that gallant commander, General James A. Garfield. He served with honor and distinction until he lost his arm at the battle of Thompson Hill. He went all through the fight until about four o'clock in the evening, when the fight had just about closed, when he received the shot that cost him his arm. He received the wound the first day of May, 1863, A complete record of the fight is given in a history of the Forty-second regiment. Mr. Kiplinger was married to Lucinda Deibier, September 29, 1853. To them have been born seven children—five boys and two girls. He has led at active hfe, and since 'his discharge from the service of his country he started in the mercantile business, which he has carried on successfully. He has served his county as sheriff one term, he being the first and only Republican sheriff ever elected in the county, carrying the election by the bare majority of four votes. He is an ardent Republican and a staunch supporter of its principles and measures. He served his county as he did his country —with honor and distinction. He has been a faithful officer, a conscientious and law-abiding citizen, and a man who enjoys the confidence and esteem of all his neighbors and citizens. He is well preserved, and being comfortably situated in a pleasant home, he is freed from the cares and anxiety of business; and he can look back with satisfaction and contentment to his record of the past, which has been full of activity and danger as well as honor. To men of his character our country owes a debt of gratitude, and they Should ever be held in remembrance for the deeds they have accomplished. Too much cannot be said in their praise. He has been postmaster of Redham ever since the expiration of his term as sheriff.

AMOS FUNK was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, February 5, 1823, and was the oldest son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Funk. They both removed to Wayne county, Ohio, in the year 1831, where he lived until his removal to Indiana, where the father died in 1873. His son Amos, and the subject of our sketch, moved into Ashland county about the year 1850. Previous to his removal from Wayne county, he was married to Matilda Jane Kramer, of Ashland county, May 23, 1844. To him have been born eight children, five of whom are living: Elizabeth, deceased; Benjamin; John, who died in infancy; Christian, who died in infancy; William F., Lewis A., Stanzie E., and Abner W. Mr. Funk's first purchase was twenty acres of land, where he now lives. He has increased his possession now until he is the owner of a tract of one hundred and forty-four acres. Mr. and Mrs. Funk have been consistent members of the Church of God, and have been liberal supporters of the same. Mr. Funk is one of the substantial farmers of Perry township. He is a man of a very strong physical organization, and has been able to endure the great labors that have been necessary for him to undertake. In connection with his farming, he carried on a saw-mill, which he has operated successfully for twenty-five years. Mr. Funk generally acts with the Republican party, and is a firm advocate of its measures and principles. For one of his years, he is a well preserved man, and is surrounded by a family of intelligent children, and in a pleasant home.

DAVID BUFFENMIRE, fifth son of Henry and Mary Buffenmire, was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in the year 1814, and emigrated to Ohio in 1826, in company with his parents and their family of ten children, coming in a wagon with five horses. Mr. Buffenmire first made a settlement two miles south of Rowsburgh, immediately in the woods. Here he soon erected a rude log cabin in which to shelter his little family, and here he began life in earnest. The forest which completely surrounded him was soon made to give way to his determined will. Here Mr. Buffenmire reared his family and remained until the time of his death in the spring of 1849. His wife survived him until the year 1867, when she, too, was taken from her earthly home, leaving seven children. David, the subject of this sketch, cared for his aged mother through her declining years, from and after the death of his father. He was twice married, first in 1835, to Miss Phebe Ann Meng, by whom he had four daughters: Mary Ann, Amanda, Elizabeth and Annetta. The wife and mother died in the spring of 1838. Mr. Buffenmire married for bis second wife, Miss Sarah Otto. To them have been born five children, three sons and two daughters, as follows : Franklin, Emma, Harvey, E. Stanton, and Martha. Franklin died in infancy, and Emma in early childhood. Mr. and Mrs. Buffenmire are members of the Lutheran church, Mr, Buffenmire, by careful management, wise

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economy, and sound judgment, has acquired quite a fine property.

ELIJAH EBERT, third son of Joseph and Leah Ebert, was born in Wayne county, Ohio, in the year 1848, March 11th. He lived with his parents until the time of his marriage, in 1866, to Miss Christiann Sweitzer. The fruit of this union was five children, four sons and one daughter—Ira, Irvin, Oscar, Alonzo, and Dora D.; all living but Alonzo, who died in early childhood. Mr. Ebert came to Ashland county in the year 1863, and located on a farm near Lafayette, where he resided until the year 1867, when he came to the town of Lafayette, and there established himself in the general mercantile business, making boots and shoes a specialty. He is one of the enterprising business men of the county; respected and esteemed. A valiant soldier in the war of the Rebellion, he went forth in the discharge of his duty to his country. In August, 1864, he enlisted with Captain George Streby, of Wayne county. He served until the war closed, when he was honorably discharged, and returned to his home in Ashland county, and since that time his life has been taken up in business pursuits.

WILLIAM MAURER was born in Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, April 30, 1813, and was the son of John and Barbara (Rotharmal) Maurer. They removed to Ohio in 1822, and took up a piece of land containing eighty acres, on which they built a rude log cabin, where they commenced pioneer life, and many are the incidents that can be related of these early times that were common to the lot of the pioneer. Wild game abounded, and the forests were filled with deer and other animals. The beautiful fields of Perry township, now teeming with the rich waving grain, were then covered with a dense forest of trees, out of which must be carved a home for our pioneer settlers. With courage and fortitude they entered upon their work, and to-day their posterity are reaping the benefit of the labors of these hardy old pioneers. The wife and mother lived to the remarkable age of one hundred years and a few months. She was a woman of great endurance, remarkable for her courage and fortitude, and possessing her faculties up to within a few years of her death. She was the mother of eight children, five boys and three girls, whom she reared with care. Three only have survived her—Isaac, who lives in Fremont; Mrs. Jackson, and William, the subject of this sketch, both of whom reside in this county. William Maurer lived with his parents until he became a man, and then took it upon 'himself to care for his aged parents. Now that they have passed away, the dutiful son can look back to it as a duty pleasant to have been permitted him to perform. He was married to Catharine Garn, a native of Guilford, Franklin county, Pennsylvania, who moved to Ohio in 1872, and settled in Ashland county. Here her father died upon the old homestead, the mother having died before their removal from Pennsylvania. The marriage of Mr. Maurer occurred March 12, 1839. To them were born four children, three boys and one girl—William G., Adam R., John D., and Mary A., who died when just blossoming into womanhood. This loss was a severe stroke to the fond parents. She was the only daughter, and much beloved by all who knew her. Mr. Maurer's occupation has been that of a farmer, and has followed it successfully. Although he has passed the age allotted to man he is still well preserved, and presents a hearty and rugged appearance, and seems able to withstand many years more the ravages of time, Both Mr. and Mrs. Maurer have been for over thirty-five years consistent members of the German Reformed church, and have been faithful followers of the teachings of the Holy Scriptures. He has never aspired to political position, although he has served his township in various capacities. He has been an honest and industrious man, commencing life in poverty, and, after meeting with reverses, he has steadily pursued his course through life, and has now surrounded himself with every comfort necessary to his happiness. The oldest son has been driven to the far west by the breaking down of his health. He is a young man of more than ordinary bus mess abilities, and has occupied many positions of trusf. Mrs. Mauer has been a fond and judicious mother, loving her children as only a mother knows how, and has been a loving companion to her husband for forty-one years. This old couple are pleasantly located in a nick home, and enjoy the esteem and good will of all who know them. He is one of Ashland county's pioneers.

ARTHUR CAMPBELL, JR., is the oldest son of Arthur and Lydia (Ecker) Campbell, and was born September 20, 1833, in Perry township. Mr. Campbell commenced his trade, that of carpenter and joiner, when he was twee ty years of age, and has followed it continuously up to the present time (1880). On December 9, 1856, he was united in marriage to Elizabeth Swartz, of this county, The fruits of this union are eight children, six living : Cassius Clay, Elmer (dead), Minnie May, Clara, Jane twin of Laura E., who is dead, Owen Grant, Arthur Herman, and Elizabeth L. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell are earnest and consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is a firm advocate of the principles and measures of the Republican party, and his vote is generally cast for the men who represent it. He had been trustee of his township one term, and notwithstanding the township is strongly Democratic, he was elected to fill that office by the aid of Democratic votes, who broke away from party and voted for the man. Mrs. Campbell is a careful and judicious mother and loving wife. They are pleasantly situated in a comfortable home near the town of Rowsburgh. Mr. Campbell still• continues at his trade, besides cultivating a farm of eighty acres.

JOHN A. CAMPBELL was the only son of John and Agnes Campbell, and was born in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, June 21, 1803. He removed to Ohio with his father in 1833, and settled on the farm where his widow still resides. Previous to his removal to Ohio he was married to Margaret Clark, of Somerset, Pennsylvania. The year 1849 brought to him a great affliction, in the loss of his father, adopted son and wife. He and his father had never been accustomed to a life on the farm, having devoted their time, while in Pennsyl-

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vania, to business matters, and, although not understanding much of the manual labor that is common to the lot of a farmer, the father and son carried on farming extensively. The mother died in 1835. There was a family of six children: Ann, Margaret, Isabella, Jane, Matilda, and John A., whose name is at the head of this sketch. The only surviving member of the family is Matilda, who is well preserved and has an astonishing memory for one of her years. She has reached the age of seventy-nine, and is a highly esteemed old lady. She came from a family noted for their longevity and hardy constitutions. Our subject was married the second time to Mary Jane Hamilton, a native of Green county, Pennsylvania, whose father came to this county in 1820. This event took place November 4, 1852. To them have been born two children: Josephine M., who married Henry Dorland, and Walter H., who resides with his mother. Mr. Campbell died June 21, 1866, after a brief illness. He and his wife were earnest, consistent members of the Presbyterian church. He was a man of delicate constitution, of large experience, of a genial and social disposition, a worthy citizen, and highly esteemed as a citizen and a Christian man.

BENJAMIN FUNK is the oldest son of Amos and Matilda Funk, a sketch of whose life will be found elsewhere in this work. Our subject was born May 1, 1847, in Wayne county, Ohio. At the age of twenty-one, he attended school at Smithville, and there completed his education. Following this, he taught two terms of school in his home district, After working a part of his father's farm on shares for three years, he was married to Eliza E. Foltz, a native of Wayne county. This event occurred April 10, 1873. To them have been born three children, all boys: Captain Perry, Adelbert R., and Charles H. Mr. Funk is a young and promising farmer, of good habits, is industrious, enterprising, and pleasantly situated in a nice home, and is very happy in his family. Upon his place he has put a nice and commodious house, and his farm is well improved. In religious belief, his sympathies are with the Church of God, that branch of the church best exemplifying his view of the Christian religion. In politics he is a staunch Republican, and an advocate of its measures and principles. Mr. Funk devotes his attention to the breeding of a superior grade of stock, making a specialty of the Berkshire pig. Besides this, he owns a fine stock of sheep, and devotes some attention to the raising of grain. He is a fanner of advanced ideas, careful and prudent, and thorough in everything he undertakes. Mr. Funk served his cpuntry during the war a term of four months, going out to its aid at the early age of seventeen. His children will ever look back with pride at this part of their father's, career in life. He was a member of the One Hundred and Sixty-third Ohio volunteer infantry.

SAMUEL SHEETS was born September 9, 1796, in the State of Maryland, and came to Ohio in the year 1805, and settled in Columbiana county, where he resided until he reached his majority. Soon after arriving at man's estate he was married to Miss Elizabeth Wolf, in the year 1819. The same year he moved to Congress, Wayne county, Ohio, where he lived until the spring of 1832, when he again moved to Montgomery township, Ashland county, and began settlement immediately in the woods, with no improvements whatever save a lonely rude cabin. By earnest labor and perseverance, Mr. Sheets was soon able to erect a more commodious home in which to place his little family. By economy, industry and good management, he succeeded in acquiring quite a fine property. He died in the year 1872, at the ripe old age of seventy-five years eleven months and twenty-three days, leaving a wife and seven children. The wife and mother survived him six years, when she was called away. Both Mr. and Mrs. Sheets were earnest members of the Lutheran church, and strong advocates of the cause of Christ.

JACOB SHEETS, fourth son of Samuel Sheets, was born in Wayne county, Ohio, December 12, 1829. In 1832 he came with his parents to Ashland county, and remained with them until the year 1868. In 1860 he was married to Miss Emeline Jacoby. He is one of the most substantial farmers of Perry township; is a prominent citizen, 1espected and esteemed. He served as trustee for four terms. Both himself and his wife are members of the Lutheran church.

JACOB KREADY was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in the year 1819, and immigrated to Ohio in the year 1855, and settled in Perry township, Ashland county, where he purchased a beautiful farm of one hundred and sixty-nine acres, which he at once set about to improve. Afterwards, he bought seventy acres, comprising in all two hundred and thirty-nine acres. Twice he was married. First, in the twenty-fourth year of his age, to Miss Nancy Musser, by whom he had six children three sons and three daughters: Lizzie, May, Henry, Benjamin, and Frances, one dying in infancy, unnamed. In the year 1851 his companion was taken from him, leaving four affectionate children. Mr. Kready was married again in the year 1855, to Miss Rachel A. Baird, of Adams county. The fruit of this second union was six children—three sons and three daughters: Alikasiah, William Clayton, Laura E., Edward B., Tratia Ann, and Samuel F., all living but Alikasiah and William Clayton. Mr. Kready still lives on the old homestead where he first made settlement.

JOHN P. SMALLEY is the youngest son of John and Ehzabeth (Bradfield) Smalley, and was born on the place where he now resides, June 28, 1823. His father was a native of New Jersey, and his mother was a Virginian by birth. The father was a soldier of the war 0f 1812, and endured many of the hardships that were common to the lot of the soldiers of that war. He was married in Jefferson county, Ohio, in the year 1807. He was born in the year 1777. He was one of the early settlers of Ashland county, then Wayne county, coming here as early as the year 1819, when the beautiful fields we now see in Perry township were covered with a dense wilderness. His experience was similar, and his hardships the same, as those endured by the pioneers of that early day, graphic accounts of which we read elsewhere in this volume. John P., the subject

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of this sketch, lived with his parents until his marriage to Sarah A. Davis, a native of Delaware county, New York. This event took place December 23, 1847. To them have been born eleven children, eight of whom are living: John A., Matthew R., Lindsley H,, Frank E., and Charles A.; McClellan, who died in early childhood; Sarah E., who died in childhood; Anna M., Harriet E., Lottie and Sanidda, died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Smalley have been earnest, consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church for the past twenty years—that branch of the Christian religion best exemplifying their beliefs. He has been recording steward for the last nine years. He has served his county two terms as county commissioner, and was a careful and faithful officer. Mr. Smalley has, by dint of hard work and careful management, accumulated a fine property, Commencing in poverty, he is now surrounded by a nice family of children and has one of the pleasantest homes in the township, Mr. Smalley is one of Ashland county's most highly respected citizens. He is noted for his careful habits and good judgment in all matters of a public or business nature. He is spoken of by his neighbors and citizens as one of Perry township's substantial farmers, and is well regarded by all who know him. He has held the office of township clerk nine years in succession, and was land appraiser as far back as 1860. He held this position in 1870 and also assisted in 1880. He has never aspired to official position, but has been sought out by his fellow citizens, and the office has eve1 sought the man.

J. N. MCFADDEN, the only son of John and Susan McFadden, was born in the year 1837; he resides with his widowed mother in Perry township. In the year 1877 his father died, leaving two children and a faithful and devoted wife. The subject of our sketch is one of the substantial and enterprising farmers of Perry township, and the owner of a pleasant home.

THOMAS OSBORN was born in England, near Southampton, in the year 1785, May 27th, and emigrated to Ohio in the year 1829, and first made a settlement in Perry township, where his widow now resides. In the year 1831, August 18th, he was married to Margaret Campbell, a daughter of one of Ashland county's early pioneers. To them were born nine children, four sons and five daughters. Their names are as follows: Ann E., Matilda J., Arthur, William, Margaret, Lydia, Susan, Thomas, and an infant who died, unnamed. Thomas also deceased in early childhood. The husband and parent died in the eightieth year of his age, leaving a kind and devoted wife and seven children. He settled immediately in the woods, and by dint of hard labor, careful management and wise economy, left his widow nicely provided for. Mr. Osborn was a kind husband and an endearing father, and his loss was irreparable. The wife and mother, together with her two daughters, Margaret and Susan, still reside on the old homestead, the daughters caring for their aged mother in her declining years. For the last thirty years she has been an earnest member of the Lutheran church, and has always been one of its most liberal supporters. At the age of twelve he left his home and followed the sea for eight when he came to New Jersey, and remained one year, and thence to Pennsylvania, where he lived until the year 1829, when he came to Ohio.

R. V. SMALLEY, fourth son of Richard and A. Smalley. was born in Montgomery township, Ashland county, in the year 1847. He resided with his parents until the time of his marriage, in the year 1876, to Miss Barbara Jane Golbert. While he is not associated with any church organization, he is a firm advocate of law and order.

EMANUEL KAUFMAN, the only son of Rudolph and Elizabeth Swartz Kaufman, was born in Wayne county (now Ashland), July 31, 1824. In the year 1822, his father immigrated to the State of Ohio, from Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and made settlement on the farm now owned by his son Emanuel, and there resided until the time of his death, on March 24, leaving his only child and a devoted wife. Mrs. Kaufman was married again, February 3, 1828, to Jacob R. Swartz. The fruit of this union was six children—three sons and three daughters: Henry, Elizabeth Ann, Amanda, Catharine, Owen and Joseph, all living but Henry and Amanda. Emanuel was married, June 10, 1851, to Miss May Webster. To them were born twelve children six sons and six daughters: Errin C., Henry W., Emma A., Elmore B., David N., Mary E., Wilham S., Della M., Ora E., Sarah V., Emanuel G., and one who died in infancy, un named. Mr. Kaufman and his wife are both earnest members of the Lutheran church. The names of those who died are: Elmore, who died in early childhood, af the age of seven; Mary, who died at the age of three years; Della, who died in infancy, and Henry, who died just before reaching his majority. His loss was deeply felt by the fond parents.

JACOB ECKER, third son of Abraham and Elizabeth Ecker, was born in Wayne county, Ohio, in the year 1820. In 1837, he came to Ashland county, then Wayne, in company with his father, and settled in Pen) township, residing here until the time of his father death, November 11, 1859, his mother surviving until the year 1872. Abraham Ecker was one of Ohio's early pioneers, coming to the State as early as the year 1818. He left a family of ten children, the only repro sentatives of the household now living in the count) being Mrs. Barbara Bringolf, Mrs. Susan Tolbert, and Jacob, who resides on a farm adjoining the old homestead. Jacob Ecker was married first to Anna Garver, in the year 1845. To them were born three children, one son and two daughters. Their names are as follows: David Newton, a twin, his twin sister dying in infancy, unnamed, and Mary Elizabeth. David grew to manhood, enlisted in the war of 1861, and never returned, losing his life by disease at Clarksburgh, Tennessee, in 1863. Having always been a dutiful son, his loss was deeply felt by the fond family. Mr. Ecker lost his wife May 14, 1848, and was left with two affectionate children. September 17, 1854, he married his second wife, Ann Ellen Brandt. The fruit of this union was six children, one son and five daughters: Emma Viola, Nona

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Ann, Mary Ellen, Lulu Loretta, Lillie May, and Charles Wesley. Two are deceased, Emma and Lulu, one dying in infancy, and the other in early childhood. Mr. Ecker is one of the most substantial farmers of Ashland county. He has served repeatedly as treasurer of his township, thus bespeaking for him the confidence of the people. Both himself and wife are earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and have been among its most liberal supporters. For twenty-four years he operated successfully a fine grist-mill, making a handsome fortune therefrom; but he has now retired, and the old mill has been torn away.

WILLIAM WEIKAL, third son of Daniel and Mary Weikal, was born in Columbia county, Pennsylvania, in the year 1817. At the age of seven years he accompanied his parents to Venango county, where he resided until the twentieth year of his age, after which he made his home with his brother Samuel until the time of his marriage to Miss May Ann Ketner, June 13, 1841. He then purchased fifty acres of land, and erected a fine and commodious house, and there began life in earnest. There he lived for a period of twelve years, when he disposed of his farm to his brother Samuel, and removed three miles distant to a quarter of land owned jointly by himself and his brother, whose interest he afterward bought. Here he again made settlement immediately in the woods, with no traces whatever to give evidence of civilization and advancement. By his strong will and earnest determination to succeed, he soon erected good buildings, and waving fields of grain soon gave evidence that his intentions had been fully executed. Here he reared his family of fourteen children, seven sons and seven daughters. Their names are as follows: John Aaron, David, Isaac Newton, Margaret Malinda, Ellen Jane, Albert K,, John Milton, Ann Eliza, Uriah D., Emma Ann,- Isa Alice, Hattie May, William F., and Dora, all of whom are living but John A., Isaac Newton, Ann Eliza and Dora. Mr. Weikal immigrated to Ohio in 1865, and settled in Perry township, where he purchased a farm of two hundred and ten acres, known as the old Row farm. Both himself and his wife are earnest members of the Evangelical church. Mr. Weikal's family are much scattered, but four remaining at home. David, the eldest son living, resides in Pettis county, Missouri. Mr. Weikal has always made it a rule in his family, to give to each child on leaving the parental roof, two thousand dollars, which always comes at atime when most needed. Few parents are more deserving of honor and remembrance. Mr. Weikal has other sons in the differest western States, whom he has also equally aided. To him his children owe a deep debt of gratitude. Albert K. is livmg in the town of Newton, Iowa, following his occupation, that of painter. John M. and Uriah D. are living in Edwards county, Kansas, where they are located on good farms.

WILLIAM OSBURN, second son of Thomas and Margaret Osburn, was born in Wayne (now Ashland) county, September 15, 1839. He resided with his parents until he attained his majority, in the spring of 1861, when he enlisted 'in the service of his country for three months,

and, before the time expired he re-enlisted for a period of three years, serving his full term. He was engaged in almost every serious engagement, and, with the exception of several slight injuries, he returned to his home crowned with all the honor to which the faithful are entitled. In 1867 he was married to Miss Lydia Lucas. To them have been born six children, viz.: Jacob, Thomas, Channing, Lydia, Miriam, and Alice. The subject of our sketch is the possessor of three separate tracts of land, containing in all one hundred and twenty-three acres. He comes of pioneer stock.

DAVID MCCONNELL, fourth son of William McConnell, was born in the State of Pennsylvania, Mercer county, January 15, 1813. He emigrated to Ohio in the year 1815, in company with his parents, and lived with his father in Wayne county, where he first settled, until the twenty-third year of his age, when he was married to Miss Matilda Firestone. He then rented his father's farm, which he superintended for three years. Then he came to Ashland county and purchased a little farm of fifty acres in Perry township and began life in earnest, immediately in the woods, with no improvement whatever, save a rude log cabin, to give any traces of civilization or advancement. To Mr. and Mrs. McConnell were born eleven children, four of whom were born in the pioneer home. Through his strong will and earnest determination the forest was soon made to give way, and waving fields of grain soon gave evidence that his intentions had been fully executed. Here he reared and educated his little family, and as Heaven prospered him be was able every few. years to add more acres to his pioneer farm, and to-day has one of the most pleasant and comfortable homes in Perry township. The names of his children are as follows: James, who lives in Missouri; Sarah, who lives at home; Rachel Flora, who resides in Seneca county; Nancy, who lives at home; Annis Shonnaker, who resides in Seneca county; John, who is superintending the home place; David, who makes his home in Ashland; Alice Spotts, who lives in Wayne county; and Florence, Burzilla and Rebecca, deceased. Mr. McConnell is one of the most substantial pioneer farmers in the township. Mrs. McConnell is an earnest member of the Lutheran church, and has always been one of its most liberal supporters, while the husband is not associated with any church organization: He is a strong advocate of law and order. James enlisted in the Forty-second regiment, company C, September 25, 1861, and served three years under T. C. Bushnell, and was in the fight at Vicksburgh and various other engagements, and was captured by the enemy at Champion Hill and kept in custody for about three weeks, when he was paroled. He was exchanged about three months later, when he again joined the army.

DAVID WEILER, youngest child of Joseph and Rosanna Weiler, was born in Chester county, Pennsylvania, in 1825, and emigrated to Ohio in company with his parents in 1834. They first made a settlement in Wayne county, where his father rented for a period of five years, and afterwards purchased a quarter section of land near Smithville, where he resided until the time of his death,

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in 1858 or 1859, surviving his wife but eight years, and leaving a family of ten children. The only representatives of the Weiler family residing in the county are Mrs. Sarah Van Nest, who resides in Rowsburgh, and David, the subject of our sketch, who lives one mile west of Rowsburgh. David purchased the farm where we now frnd him, in the year 1856, and he at once set about improving his home. In 1849 he was married to Miss Anna Eberly. The fruit of this union was six children, two sons and four daughters, viz.: Tillitha J., George W., Ida May, William Sherman, Lota E., and Mary F. Those living are Lora and Mary, the others having died in infancy. Mr. Weiler is one of the most substantial farmers of Perry township, and is a worthy and respected citizen. He has served in the various township offices, thus bespeaking for him the full confidence of the people. His wife died in the summer of 1879. Mr. Weiler was one of the valiant soldiers of the Rebellion, serving in company I, of the One Hundred and Sixty-third regiment, one hundred days' men.

RICHARD SMALLEY was the eighth child and frfth son of Richard and Catharine (Emmond) Smalley. The father was a native of New Jersey, and the mother of Virginia. Their first settlement in Ohio was in Jefferson county, where our subject was born. They moved into Ashland county about the year 1820, and settled on the farm which is still in the possession of their son, Richard. A half-section of land was his first purchase, on which he built a log cabin and commenced his pioneer life in earnest. At this time, the now beautiful fields of Perry township were a dense wilderness, and it took courage and a brave heart to face the hardships they had to undergo. Our subject left home before reaching his majority, and worked as a farm hand for Captain Andrews, of Ashland, continuing at this ten or fifteen years. Then he bought a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, near Olivesburgh. After making several purchases of land, and as often changing his residence, he was married to Ardilla Vantilburg, of this county, in the year 1840. To them have been born nine children, five of whom are living. Their names are as follows: Henry C., who was a soldier in the hundred-day service; John W., who was a brave soldier, and died in St. Louis in the service of his country, and now lies buried in his native county; Daniel, who was a soldier, and was killed at Athens, his remains now lying somewhere in the "sunny south," in an unknown, but not forgotten, grave, his body never having been found; Richard V.; Jacob, who died in infancy; Silas W.; Dr. Benjamin F.; one, an infant, unnamed; and William E. Two only live at home —William and Silas. Although not members of any . church organization, Mr. and Mrs. Smalley are peace loving and law-abiding citizens. By dint of hard work, industry, and a wise economy, Mr. Smalley has risen from a poor man to be one of the thriftiest and most substantial farmers of Perry township. Both Mr. and Mrs. Smalley come from old pioneer stock, and to them posterity will look with mingled pleasure and pride for the results they have achieved.

JOHN G. BRINGOLF, the only son of Jacob and Catharine Bringolf, was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in the year 1824. He came to Ohio in 1846, and settled in Ashland county, and for the first twelve m0nths pursued his trades of blacksmith and carpenter. He then commenced clerking, which he followed for a period of two years, after which he engaged in farming, which he followed for ten years. At this time he began the practice of dentistry, which he followed successfully for an other decade. He then settled in Rowsburgh, where we now find him, and erected a handsome and substantial home and business rooms, in which he engaged in the retail grocery business. He is also postmaster, which appointment he received in August, 1879. On July 14, 1847, he was married to Miss Barbara Ecker. To them were born two children, a son and a daughter, Joseph E. and Deborah A. The daughter died in early childhood, at the age of four years. Our subject is one of the prominent and substantial business men of Perry town ship. Both himself and his wife are earnest members of the Lutheran church. Mr. Bringolf has served his town ship two terms as justice of the peace, two terms as clerk, and two years as treasurer, thus showing that he enjoys the confidence of the people for his faithful discharge of the trusts bestowed upon him.

TROY TOWNSHIP.

ADAM SMITH, son of Henry and Leah Smith, was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, May 3, 1831, and came to Ashland in the year 1846 with his parents. He has been a resident of the county ever since, with the exception of about three years that he spent in Cali fornia. He was twice married; first, on July 18, 1859, to Elizabeth Richards, daughter of Wesley and Jane Richards, who was born in Wayne county, July 5, 1840. The fruit of this union was seven children, as follows: Loren C., Leah J., Willis J., Lewis H., John W., Martin R,, and Nora E., all of whom are living. Mrs. Smith died July 9, 1877. Mr. Smith was married July 30, 1879, the second time, to Miss Jennie Pickard, second child of John and Mary A. Pickard, born November 16, 1850. Both Mr. and Mrs. Smith are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. When Mr, Smith came to Ashland county the farm he now owns was all woods. Mr, Smith served in the office of trustee of Troy township one term. When Mr. Smith went to California he went by the way of New York; from New York he went to Aspinwall; from there crossed the isthmus to Panama; from there to Gargonia, Mexico; and from there to San Francisco, and then to Sacramento, and took the steamer up the river to Red bluff, in Chasta county, and from there to Trinity county, and footed it forty miles over the mountains to work in the mines. He remained there three years and four months, and by this time he had made a good start and returned home.

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ELISHA P. PHELPS, sixth child of Elisha and Weighty Phelps, was born in New York State, May 6, 1864. About the year 1848 he emigrated to Lorain (now Ashland,) county, Ohio, and was a resident of Ashland county up to the time of his death, which occurred November 5, 1867, at the age of sixty-three years and six months. The subject of ou1 sketch was married to Miss Jane Kniffin, who was born in Ulster county, New York, July 4, 1811, and was married February 3, 1831. The fruit of this marriage was three children-Charles W., George W., and John D., all living. Mrs. Phelps is still on the farm, which is cultivated by her son, John D. Phelps. She is an earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and is one of its most liberal sup- .porters.

GEORGE W. BOWERIZE, second child of Christian and Elizabeth Bowerize, was born in Frederick City, Maryland, November 15, 1818, and emigrated to Richland (now Ashland,) county, Ohio, with his father, about the year 1829. Mr. Bowerize's sr., was the thirteenth family of old Orange. The township was all in woods at that time, and running full of wild deer. Mr. Bowerize moved to Troy township, December 18, 1845, and has been a resident of the township ever since. October 17, 1844, he was married to Eve A. Stober, daughter of Jacob and Catharine Stober, who was born in Lebanon county, Pennsylvania, April 31, 1821. The fruit of this marriage was nine children-William W., Ephraim C., Louisa K., George H., Sarah E., John F., Eliza E., Hiram J., and Charles C.; all living. At present four of the sons and one daughter are still at home. Both Mr. and Mrs. Bowerize are members of the German Reformed church.

JOSEPH L. PARKER, eldest child of Josiah and Elizabeth Parker, was born in Westchester county, New York, May 10, 1795, March 11, 1814, he was married to Miss Eunice Phelps, daughter of Elisha and Weighty Phelps, who was born in Seneca county, New York, November 23, 1797. To them were born eleven children: Wesley, Ceoleous E,, Nelson, Charlotte, Mary A., Julie A., Elisha, Josiah, Hannah, Samuel, and Nathaniel. Of these, four are dead and seven living.. About two years after the subject of our sketch was married, he moved to Pennsylvania, and remained in the State about four years. From there he moved to Columbiana county, in the year 1825, and from Columbiana county he moved to Mahoning county, then Trumbull, and thence to Ashland in the year 1832; and has been a resident of the county ever since. Both Mr. and Mrs. Parker are earnest members in the Methodist Episcopal church.

JOHN PARMENTER, JR., second child of John and Sally Parmenter, was born in Cortland county, New York, June 4, 1814. In the year 1836 he emigrated to Wayne county, Ohio, with his father, and remained there until the year 1852, when he moved to Richland county, and remained there two years, and in 1854 moved to Ashland county, where he has since resided, February 28, 1843, he was married to Miss Sarah, daughter of John and Rachel McDonald. To them have been born eight children: Frances E,, John D., Rachel A., William Z., Lancaster W., Mary C., Linneus C., and one who died in infancy. The children have all left the parental roof but one, Linneus C. Mrs. Parmenter is an earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

E. C. BRANDEBERY, son of Abraham and Sarah Brandebery, was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, August 28, 1831, and removed to Ashland county in October, 1834, with his father, where he has ever since lived. January 31, 1855, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Bailey, daughter of Joseph and Rebecca Bailey, who was born in Clearcreek township, Ashland county, February 13, 1838. To them have been born six children, as follows: Mary L., Albert E,, Alletha A., Gertrude, Elias, Q. V., all of whom are living but one, Mary L., who died at the age of four weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Brandebery are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. The subject of this sketch started out in the world with nothing, and by hard work, wise economy, and careful management he is the possessor of a good farm.

CORNELIUS BISHOP, second child of John and Catharine Bishop, was born in Orange township, Ashland county, Ohio, July 16, 1821. In 1845 he moved from Orange to Sullivan township, and remained there twelve years, and in the year 1858 he came to Troy townsbip, where he has since resided. August 21, 1845, he was married to Miss Sarah Hazel, daughter of Hugh and Ruth Hazel. To them were born five children, as follows: Mary J., Louisa, Albert W., Ida and John. Two of the children are still at home, two are residents of Troy township, while Albert W. is a ministe1 of the gospel in Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Bishop are members of the United Brethren church. The subject of our sketch is one of the prominent farmers of his township, and has at various times been elected to township offices. He is a class-leader in the church, and superintendent of the Sunday-school.

ALVIN CRITTENDEN, son of Medad and Sarah Crittenden, was born in Ruggles township, Ashland county, Ohio, October 1, 1855, and moved into Troy township in 1877, where he now lives. February 7, 1877, he was married to Miss Ida E. Ford, daughter of Laban and Sarah Ford. They have one child, Sarah A., born March 18, 1878. Both Mr. and Mrs. Crittenden are members in the church, Mr. Crittenden belonging to the Congregational and his wife to the Methodist Episcopal church.

JOEL BRUCE, oldest child of Josiah and Betsey Bruce, was born in Windsor county, Vermont, February 16, 1815. In the yea1 1837 he removed to Ashland county, Ohio, and in 1838 settled in Troy township. He was married twice; the frrst time to Caroline Smith, August 24, 1836. To them were born two children, Mary M. and Alden. Mrs. Bruce died in October, 1866. For a second wife he married Mrs. Julia A. Jacobs, widow of Hiram Jacobs, September 5, 1867. A short time after he settled in Troy township, he was elected- to the office of constable, in that township, and served in that capacity for nine years. Afterward he served five years as trustee. During his service as constable, he became accustomed to auctioneering goods, and followed that

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occupation for eighteen years. Since that time he has been engaged in farming.

C. D. FAIR, son of Jacob and Eve Fair, was born in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, February 17, 1825, and moved to Holmes county, Ohio, with his father about the year 1832. About 1850, he came to Ashland county, and has been a resident of the county ever since. February 7, 1847, he was married to Sarah Richard, daughter of David and Nancy Richard, who was born in Holmes county, February 7, 1829. To them were born twelve children, as follows: Jacob W., Susan, Israel, Margaret, Sarah J., Daniel R., George W., James M., Nancy E., Jonah H., Harvey W., and one who died in infancy. Susan and Margaret are also dead.

GEORGE BECK, son of Leonard Beck, was born in the province of New Brunswick, February 24, 1815, and emigrated to Harrison county, Ohio, with his mother, five sisters, and two brothers, about the year 1830, and, in 1847, removed to Sullivan township, Ashland county, where he remained until 1865, when he removed to the farm where he now lives, in Troy township. He was married December 26, 1839, to Miss Delilah Miller, daughter of Peter and Catharine Miller, who was born in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, December 16, 1817. To them were born eight children, viz.: Martha J., William H., Titus F., David, George, Mary E., Eliza C., Ollie S., and Enoch G., but five of whom are now living. William, the oldest son, died in the service of his country, having been a member of company K, One Hundred and Forty-second regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry. Both Mr. and Mrs. Beck are members of the United Brethren church.

ORLANDO CRITTENDEN, son of Medad and Sarah Crittenden, was born in Ruggles township, Ashland county, February 18, 1849. He moved to Troy township December 2, 1869, and has been a resident of the county ever since. He was married to Miss Ellen J. Stratton, daughter of Alexander and Isabelle Stratton, July r, 1869. To them were born two children- Wanda E. and Immer O. both living.

JACKSON TOWNSHIP.

JOHN H. ELDRIDGE, son of Henry and M. Eldridge, was born in Jackson township, Ashland county, December 9, 184o. He was married to Lucy A. Matthews, oldest child of Chester C. and-Elizabeth Matthews, October 12, 1865. He was a soldier in the late war, in battery D, First Ohio veteran volunteer light artillery, for four years. Both Mr. and Mrs. Eldridge are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

SAMUEL BERRY, son of Jacob and Elizabeth A. Berry, was born in Jackson township, Ashland county, December 16, 1823, and has always resided there. He was married to Miss Malinda Shutt, daughter of Philip and Elizabeth Shutt, February 27, 1851. They have had nine children, as follows: Lure, Newton, Myrtle C., Margaret C., Olive J., Alma M., Charles V., Franklin W., and one who died in infancy. Margaret died at the age of twelve years. Both Mr. and Mrs. Berry are earnest members in the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Berry has held the offices of treasurer and trustee of Jackson township three terms each.

SAMUEL EICHER, son of Abraham and Esther Eicher, was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, November 21, 183o. He came to Wayne county, Ohio, with his mother, in the year 1852, and there remained until the year 1856, when he removed to Ashland county, and remained in the county two years. He then moved to Medina county, remaining there five .years, and in the year 1861 moved back to Ashland county, to the farm where he now lives. He was married to Miss Mary J. Keller, August 16, 1854. The fruit of this union was six children: William A., Quincy L., Ida F., Salena J., and two who died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Eicher are both earnest members in the Methodist Episcopal church.

BENJAMIN BUZZARD, son of Jacob and Hannah Buzzard, was born in Center county, Pennsylvania, March 8, 1816, and in the year 1840 moved to Wayne county, Ohio. January 12, 1845, he was married to Miss Mary Mellinger, third child of George and Catharine Mellinger, who was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, November 26, 1822, and came to Ohio, Wayne county, with her parents, when at the age of four years. Mr. and Mrs. Buzzard are members of the Brethren church.

JACOB KIPLINGER, son of Jacob and Barbara Kip- linger, was born in Pence valley, Pennsylvania, March 22, 1808, and emigrated to Ashland county, Ohio, in about the year 1824, and settled on the farm where his son Emanuel now lives. In the fail of 1832 he was married to Lizzie Keen, daughter of John Keen, sr. The fruit of this union was seven children-Polly, Emanuel, John, Rebecca, Hannah, and two who died in infancy. Polly, John and Rebecca are also dead. Emanuel was born February 5, 1840, and has lived in Ashland county since his birth, with the exception of about eight months that he lived in Medina county, Ohio. Emanuel Kip- linger was married August 23, 1866, to Miss Peggy A. Landis, daughter of Samuel and Christinie Landis, who was born in Ashland county, Jackson township, December 28, 1845. They have had seven children-Ida E., Alice L., Christina E., Rosa J., Viola M., Charlie F., and Harvey E., all living but Alice and a baby who died in infancy. Although Mr. Kiplinger is a member of no church, he is a strong advocate of law and order.

MICHAEL STENTZ, son of Philip and Polly Stentz, was born in Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, February zo, 1828, and came to Wayne county, near Wooster, with his father, when he was but two years old, and moved from Wayne county to Richland, now Ashland county, in February, 1837. He remained in Ashland county until the year 1855, when he moved to Illinois, and remained until 1864. In that year he came back to Ash-

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land county to the farm where he now lives. March 18, 1852, he was married to Miss Mary Robertson, daughter of Samuel and Alice Robertson. The fruit of this union was nine children-John R., Alice M., James F,, Ellen J., Florence J., Denton E., Cela L., and two who died in infancy. Florence also died March 25, 1864, aged two years. Both Mr. and Mrs. Stentz are members in the Methodist Episcopal church.

DAVID ESHLEMAN, son of Joseph and Margaret Eshleman, was born in Wayne county, Ohio, February 24, 1843, came to Ashland county in 1864, and has lived in this county ever since, with the exception of about six years that he lived in Wayne and Lorain counties. He was married June 20, 1867, to Harriet, daughter of Samuel and Christena Landis, who was born in Ashland county, June 5, 1848. They had six children, viz.: Rosella M., Christena, Lovenia E., Sophronia G., Alberta, and one who died in infancy. Christena is also dead.

HENRY MYERS, JR., son of Henry and Margaret Myers, was born in Center county, Pennsylvania, in 1781, and about the year 1830 emigrated to Jackson township, Ashland county, Ohio, and settled on the farm on which his son now lives. He was married to Barbara Foreman, daughter of Michael and Elizabeth Foreman. They had nine children, viz.: George, John, Rebecca, Daniel, Susan, Eliza, William, Henry, and Reuben-all living but Daniel and Henry. William, the seventh child, is still on the old home place. He was born in Center county, Pennsylvania, September 24, 1830, and was married March 31, 1866, to Mary, daughter of Peter and Elizabeth Miller, who was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, June 4, 1848. They have raised three children, viz:: Corren, Orlando, and Henry P. But one of the three is now living-Henry P. Mr. and Mrs. Myers are both earnest members in the Evangelical church, and are among its most liberal supporters. Mr. Myers still lives on the old home place, his mother living with him. She has reached the ripe old age of eighty-four years. Henry Myers, her husband, died in March, 1861, aged seventy-two years. They were among the earliest settlers of Ashland county, and were respected and esteemed by all who knew them.

LEVI HOUSEHOLDER, son of Michael and Martha Householder, was born in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, May 21, 1815. In April, 1848, he came to Ashland county, where he has since resided. Twice he has been married ; his first wife was Hester Hamer, widow of William Hamer, to whom he was married in March, 1836. The fruit of this marriage was five children: Mary A,, Michael A., Abraham, Carohne and Oliver, Mr. Householder lost his first wife July 27, 1864. The second time he was married August 17, 1865, to Margaret J. Patterson„ daughter of James and Barbara Patterson, who was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, April 28, 1822. Both himself and wife are members of the Presbyterian church.

JAMES E. CHASE, only son of Seth Chase, was born in Seth county, Ohio, October 19, 1824. Nine years after the death of his father he 1emoved to Ashland county, where he now lives. For two years he served as representative from Stark county, and two terms from Ashland county. In the year 1851, he was married to Jane Doty, of Stark county, and to them have been born eight children: Mary J., Eleanor S., Samantha, James B., Orland D,, Sherwood M., and Nelson H., all living, and Franklin, deceased. Mrs. Chase is a member of the German Reformed church. Mr. Chase has held the office of treasurer of Jackson township two years, and has served as school director for twenty-five years; and he says that in the last ten years he has had an estate on his hands continually, showing the confidence people have in him.

MICHAEL BOWERS, son of Ulrich Bowers, was born in Germany March 25, 1814, and was but four years old when his father died. In 1830 he left Germany and settled in New York State, where he remained eighteen months. From there he moved to Columbiana county, Ohio, and remained there six years. Then he moved to Wayne county, and lived there twelve years. From there he removed to Ashland county, in 1852, where he now lives. Both himself and wife are members of the German Reformed church.

JACOB FAST, son of Martin Fast, was born in Ashland county, Ohio, September 12, 1821, and is living on the homestead at this writing. Mr, Fast was married twice, his first wife was Elizabeth Nice, to whom he was married September 7, 1848. To them were born four children, as follows: Irene T., Joseph E., Mary S., Samuel C.; all of whom are living but Samuel C. Mr. Fast married, for his second wife, Melissa M. Burlingame, July 20, 1865. The fruit of this marriage was two children Edwin F. and Cora E. Mr. and Mrs. Fast are members of the Disciple church. Mr. Fast has held the office of justice of the peace since 1852, with the exception of one term.

JOHN KEENER, JR., was the first son of John Keener, sr., and was born in Pennsylvania, December 5, 1801, In April, 1820, he came to Ashland county with his father, and settled in Mohican township, and in 1828 moved to Jackson township. He has been twice married. First to Margaret Worst, on October 16, 1828. The fruit of this marriage was twelve children, six living, and six dead. He was married the second time to Sarah Fast, on the eighteenth day of February, 1872. Mr. and Mrs. Keener are both members of the Disciple church. Mr. Keener has held the office of constable and supervrsor of Jackson township for several years.

JOSEPH WEIKEL, son of Daniel Weikel, was born in Venango county, Pennsylvania, February 25, 1829. On January 2, 1866, he came to Jackson township, Ashland county, to the place where he now lives. On October 25, 1849, he married Margaret Long, in Venango, Pennsylvania. The fruit of this marriage was nine children- Henry T., Mary J,, Margaret M., George W., Joseph A., Leah E., Emma, Joseph U. G.; four of whom survive- Mary J., George W., Emma, and Joseph A. being dead. Mr. and Mrs. Weikel are both members of the Evangelical Association.

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county, Pennsylvania, February 25, 1823. In April, 1833, he removed to Wayne county, Ohio, with his parents. In the year 1858, he left Wayne county and came to Ashland county, to the farm where he now lives. On the twenty-fifth of March, 1858, he was married to Miss Mary B. Gout. The fruit of this marriage was three children: John, Melissa, and Jane- all living. Mr. and Mrs. May are both members of the Disciple church. With a little assistance from his father, hard work, and careful management, Mr. May has got as well improved farm as you will find one in Ashland county.

RANKIN F. WELCH, son of Ephraim Welch, was born in Orange township, Ashland county, December 13, 1833, one and a half miles west of the place on which he now lives. Twice he was married, his first wife being Druzella A. Frink, to whom he was married in February, 1867. The fruit of this marriage was one child, Gilbert P., who is still living. His second wife was Mary L. McDonald, to whom he was married May 1, 1879.

THOMAS MILLER, son of Thomas Miller, sr., was born in York county, Pennsylvania, April 7, 1823, and came to Orange township, Ashland county, in the year 1835, and in the year 1837 moved to Jackson township, where he now lives. In April, 1845, he was married to Miss Margaret Robertson. Their children were nine in number, as follows: Alice, John, Pierce, Rachel, Orville, Otis, Ada, and George M., all of whom are living. Although Mr. Miller is a member of no church, he is a strong believer of right and law. He is the largest landholder in Ashland county.

JOHN WELCH, son of Ephraim Welch, was born in Orange township, Ashland county, Ohio, February 7, 1830. October 1, 1861, he moved to the old Bryen place, in Jackson township. He was married to Miss Rebecca Robertson, December 6, 1853. To them were born four children, Vernon H., Alice B,, Bernie E., Leclair S., all of whom are living. Mr. Welch is one of Ashland county's largest landholders.

THOMAS DEARMON, son of James DeArmon, was born in Ashland county, June 22, 1839, on the farm lying north of that on which he now lives. He was married to Augusta L. Fluke, of Ashland, May 7, 1868. They have six children : Annie, Winfield, Francis, Edwin, Guy, and Ernest, all of whom are living. Mr. DeArmon has frlled the office of justice of the peace• of Jackson township one term.

WILLIAM BERRY, son of Jacob Berry, was born in Wayne (now Ashland) county, Perry township, July 14, 1821. January 8, 1846, he was married to Miss Margaret Shutt, To them were born thirteen children, as follows: Philemon F., Mary M,, Susannah E., Emma J., Lydia E., Milton M., Katie M., Wilson C., William C., Alice C., Lola B., Orville E., Lewis E., all of whom are living but Wilson, Philemon, William and Lola. Mr. Berry died September 15, 1873, leaving a widow and nine children. Mr. and Mrs. Berry were members of tile German Reformed church. Mrs. Berry, assisted by her son, still manages the farm. At the time of his death, William Berry was justice of the peace in his township, which office he had held for nine years.

C. C. MATTHEWS, son of Jesse Matthews, was born in Trumbull county, Ohio, March 18, 1815, and came to Wayne, now Ashland county, when but three years old, with his father, ever since remaining on the farm on which his father first settled. December 19, 1839, he was married to Elizabeth Cole, and raised fourteen children: Lucy A,, Harriet E., Rebecca J., Emma C., Athaliah, Mary N., Joseph E., Thomas L., Martha S., Sarah M.C., Jessie I. O., Newton E., Ettie C., and John E.,all of whom are living except Martha S. Both himself and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He has served three terms as constable in Jackson township. In speaking of the early days, he says he has heard wolves howlmg around his house many a night.

JOHN IRWIN, son of Jacob Irwin, sr., was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, October 15, 1804, and moved to Stark county, Ohio, with his father in the fall of 1816. In 1826 he removed to Holmes county, and in 1838 moved to Jackson township, Ashland county, to the farm where he yet lives. In January, 1844, he was married to Hannah Mast, of Holmes county. They have had six children: Sarah, Archibald M., Amanda, Lucinda, Louisa, and Ellenora, all of whom are living except Ellenora.

JOHN BYERS, son of Frederick and Annie Byers, was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, March 11, 1863. He emigrated to Ashland, now Wayne county, Ohio, July 8, 1836, Before leaving Pennsylvania he was married to Miss Francis Ditwiler, March 6, 1827. They have raised a family of.six children: Edward, Anna E., William, Frederick, Jane, and Catharine, all living but Edward and Anna E. Mrs, Byers died February 25, 1879, aged seventy-three years and six months. Mr. Byers served in the office of township treasure1 three years,

GEORGE POORMAN, son of Matthias Poorman, was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. From there he emigrated to Stark county, Ohio, at about the age of twenty. He was there married to Nancy Oberland in 1830. The fruit of this union was five children, as fol lows: Hiram, Catharine, John, Jeremiah, and Elesan, all living but Elesan and Catharine. In the spring of 1862 Mrs. Poorman emigrated with her little family to Ashland county, Jackson township, to the farm where she now resides. Her husband, George Poorman, died February 27, 1846, leaving his wife with the care of a family upon her. Mrs. Poorman is a member of the German Reformed church, and is one of its most lib eral supporters. By wise economy and careful manage ment, Mrs. Poorman has supplied each of her sons with a farm.

HENRY SWITZER, son of David Switzer, was born in Jackson township, Wayne, now Ashland county, June 1, 1833. In 1851 he moved to Wayne county, and remained there five years. He then moved back to Jackson township, where he now lives. He was married to Anna E. Landis, September 2, 1856, and has one child, Amanda J., still living. Mr. Switzer is a member of the German Reformed church, and his wife is a mem-

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ber of the Evangelical church. He has held the office of trustee six years; he also served as land appraiser ten years ago, and is in that office again.

ANTHONY KLINE, son of John Kline, was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, April 10, 1832, and emigrated to Wayne county, Ohio, in the year 1842, with his father, and, in 1859, removed to Jackson township, Ashland county, about two miles east from the place where he now lives. In the fall of 1861 he married Susan Kane. The fruit of this marriage was six children, vix.: George E., Jeremiah W., John F., James, Clarence, Effie J., and Ira—the last named being dead. Elizabeth Kane, mother of Mrs. Kline, lives with her daughter. She has reached the ripe old age of seventy-seven years. She is an earnest member of the Evangelical church, and is one of Ashland county's pioneers. Mr. and Mrs. Kline are members of the Evangelical church, and are among its most liberal supporters. He has filled the office of trustee two years in Jackson township.

HERMAN KANE, son of J. C, and Elizabeth Kane, was horn in Schenectady, New York, December 15, 1840, Came to Ohio in the year 1857, with his father, and settled on the farm where he now lives, in Jackson township, Ashland county, Ohio. In 1859 he was married to Mary Kane. The fruit of this marriage was eleven children: William, Eugene, Ernest, Edna, Minnie, Florence, Maud, Guy C., Bertrand, Kenneth, and Louie all living but William.

JAMES A. DINSMORE, SR., was born in York county, Pennsylvania, March 0, 1788, January 3, 1828, he entered a tract of land of three hundred and twenty acres, and in the year 1833 moved his family to Ashland county, then Wayne, to the farm where his widow and two of his children still live. On the fourteenth of March, 1826, he was married to Miss Grizell Collins. The fruit of this union was seven children: Catharine A., Tabitha 1\4., David C., Jewett E., Andrew A., Rachel M., and James R. W., all of whom are living. Mr. Drnsmore and wife, and all the family that belong to any church, belong to the Presbyterian church. When Mr. Dinsmore became possessor of his farm of three hundred and twenty acres, there were but fourteen acres cleared. To protect his family from the wild beasts of the forest, he erected two log cabins. When Mr. Dinsmore came to Ashland county, he brought an agent with him. They had but one horse, and they would do, as the old saying is, "Walk and hitch." After a great deal of hard labor to prepare something for his family, that they need not suffer, he departed this life January 7, 1863, at the ripe age of seventy-five years. His son James still superintends the old home place. David Dinsmore, first son of James A. Dinsmore, is practicing medicine in Iowa, while Andrew S. is a preacher of the Gospel iii Philadelphia. Tabitha M. married Rev. Beer, of Ashland; he is now a judge in Bucyrus. Jewett E. married J. R. Reed; they now reside in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Catharine A. was married twice; first, to Augustine M. Hay, the second time to William Collins, in Green county, Ohio. Rachel is still at home with her parents.

SIMON CLOUSE was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, February 14, 1815. Mr. Clouse, with his father, moved to Wayne county, Ohio, about the year 1820, and about the year 1852 moved to Ashland county, to the farm where he now lives, in Jackson township. He was married to Sarah Newcomer, of Wayne county, March 30, 1841. The fruit of this union was seven children: Mary, Jasper, Lewis, James M., Jacob, Leander, and Oliver. Of these, four are living: Mary, James M,, Leander, and Oliver, the other three being dead. Mr. Clouse and wile are members of the Evangelical church, and are among its most liberal supporters. When Mr. Clouse came to the place where he now lives, it was all in woods. The first thing for him to do was to erect a log cabin, in which to shelter his family. Then he set out to clear and cultivate the soil. Now he has a well improved farm in Jackson township.

JACOB PLICE, oldest son of Jacob F. and Mary B. Plice, was born in Pennsylvania, March 4, 1821, and came to Ohio about the year 1830, with his father, who settled in Orange township, and about the year 1832 moved into Jackson township, where he has remained up to this date. Jacob Plice was married to Miss Mary Cole, sixth child of Thomas and Athellah Cole, August 20, 1846. She was born in Ashland county, December 9, 1827. The fruit of this union was six children— George E., Thomas V., William A., Mary R., John, and Samuel V, Of these, four are living—Thomas V., Mary R., John, and Samuel V. Mr. and Mrs. Plice are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He has served as constable of Jackson township.

ANDREW MOGLE, son of Valentine Mogle, was born in Center county, Pennsylvania, June 13, 1825, He moved to Ohio with his father in the year, 1835, and located in Montgomery township, Ashland county. He was married March 27, 1851, to Miss Nancy McFadden, daughter of John and Catharine McFadden, who was born April 22, 1820. Mr. Mogle is a member of the Albright church, and one of its most liberal supporters.

JONAS WILTROUT, son of Jacob Wiltrout, was born in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, January 21, 1825, He came to Ohio with his father in the year 1836, to Jackson township, Ashland county. He was married to Miss Eliza Priest in February, 1846. The fruit of this marriage was eight children, Edward, Jane, Erastus, Estella, Lincoln, Myron, Libby, and Elmore, all of whom are living. Both Mr. and Mrs. Wiltrout are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

DAVID HEIFFNER, the only living representative of his father's family, came to Orange township in company with his parents, in the year 1817, He now owns and occupies the old Heiffner homestead. His father and mother are both deceased, and lie sleeping side by side, in the family cemetery. In the year 1828 he was married to Miss Margaret Hartman, and to them were born fourteen children, five sons and nine daughters. Mrs, Heiffner died in the year 1852. Mr. Heiffner was again married in 1856, to Mrs. Sophia Marks. The fruit of this second marriage was one son, Richard. Mrs. Heiff-

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ner was the widow of George Marks, by whom she had five children. He and his wife are earnest followers of the Christian religion, and have always been staunch supporters of the cause of Christ.

PHILIP FLUKE was born in the year 1791 in the State of Pennsylvania, Bedford county. He married in or about the year 1810, to Miss Mary Summers. To them were born eleven children, seven sons and four daughters —Henry, born 1811; Lewis, born 1813; Samuel, born 1814; Philip, born 1816; Catharine, born 1819; Jacob, born 1820; David, born 1822; Eliza, born 1825; Lucinda, born 1826; Margaret, born 1829; John, born 1831. He came to what is now Orange township, and made permanent settlement immediately in the woods with no traces whatever of civilization. Here he began life in earnest. He immediately set about the erection of a rude log cabin, in which to shelter his little family. This done, he at once proceeded to clear up and improve his pioneer home, and by his strong will and earnest determination to conquer, the forest was soon made to give way, and waving fields of grain soon told that his intentions had been fully executed. Here he reared and educated his family, and each year, as he was prospered, he kept constantly addmg more acres to his first purchase, until he had accumulated eight hundred broad acres of valuable lands, and as each son left the parental roof, the father presented him with a farm of one hundred acres. Our subject departed this life in the year 1876, surviving his wife but six weeks. This worthy aged couple now lie sleeping side by side in the old St. Luke cemetery, and are deserving of a kind remembrance.

JOHN FLUKE was born in Orange township in 1831, on the farm now owned and occupied by him, being the old Fluke homestead. He resided with his parents until the time of their death, caring for them in their declining years. November 24, 1864, he married Elizabeth McDowell. The fruit of this union was three children, one son and two daughters, viz.: James M., Mary S., and Esther C.—all living but Mary, who was a bright little daughter of five summers, and the loss to the fond parents was irreparable. The wife and mother died February 15, 1879, leaving a broken family of two affectionate children and a kind and devoted husband, who had ever been ready to share ahke with her all the cares and disappointments that are so common in life's pilgrimage. Mr. Fluke was married again, February 5, 1880, to Freelia A. Thomas, daughter of one of Ashland county's early pioneers. He is one of the most substantial and enterprising farmers of Orange township, his home denoting more than ordinary thrift. By dint of hard labor, careful judgment and wise economy, he is now the possessor of one of the most pleasant homes in Orange township. Both Mr. and Mrs. Fluke are earnest followers of the Christian religion, and have always been staunch supporters of the cause of Christ. They are surrounded by almost every comfort that a gracious Heaven could confer, and, as they pass along life's journey, they can look back without regret upon a well spent life.

PHILIP STENTZ was born in the State of Pennsylvania, where he was married to Mary Hoover. To them were born seven children, three sons and fou1 daughters: Mary and Susan (twins), John, Michael, Catharine, Simon, and Sarah, who died in early childhood. He came to Ohio about the year 1831, and first made a settlement in Wayne county, four miles north of Wooster. There he purchased a tract of land and resided seven or eight years. Then he came to Clearcreek township, and remained until the time of his death, in 1870; he survived his life's companion eleven years. They were buried in the old Herb cemetery, in Clearcreek township.

JOHN STENTZ, the oldest son of Philip Stentz, was born in Pennsylvania, December 10, 1823. He resided with his parents until the year 1843, when he was married to Delilah Fast. The fruit of this union was seven children, five sons and three daughters. Their names are as follows: Madison, Irvin, Philip M., Wilson D., Perry C., Isabel and Augusta E. Madison and Isabel are deceased. The wife and mother departed this life March 17, 1864, leaving a broken family of six affectionate children and a kind and devoted husband. Mr. Stentz was again married February 22, 1866, to Margaret Culberson, daughter of one of Ashland county's early pioneers. To them was born one child, who died in infancy, unnamed. Mr. Stentz is one of the most substantial and enterprising farmers of Orange township, his home and surroundings denoting more than ordinary thrift. Both himself and wife are members of the Reformed church, and have always been among its most liberal supporters.

JOHN BISHOP was born in Frederick county, Maryland, January 22, 1793. At the age of thirteen years he went with his father to Green county, Pennsylvania. His father being very poor, John was obliged to earn for himself a livelihood, and he at once engaged with a man by the name of Estell for the small pittance of ten shillings per month, and -remained faithful to his first employer until in his twenty-first year. In the year 1814 he came to Licking county, Ohio, remaining one year, when he returned to his father's home, and upon his suggestion the family also came to Ohio, in the spring of 1815, and settled in Licking county, John coming through to Orange township, Ashland county, then Richland. He was married in the year 1819, March 9th, to Miss Catharine Heiffner. To them were born eleven children, six sons and five daughters: Jacob, Cornelius, Elizabeth, Mary Ann, Hannah, John, Mahala, Isaac N., Joseph, Sarah J. and Henry. The first purchase made by Mr. Bishop was a tract of land containing eighty acres, almost completely covered with timber, with no improvements whatever save a rude log cabin to give evidence of his having a predecessor. His motto was "excelsior," and his earnest determination was to conquer. Possessed of a great amount of energy and in the full vigor of manhood, many were the mighty oaks that yielded to this worthy pioneer. The dense forest was rapidly cleared away, and waving fields of grain soon told that his intentions had been fully exe-

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cuted. After improving his home he sold and purchased different other tracts, owning at one time two hundred and eighty acres of valuable lands. He died in the year 1878, March 12th, at his home in -Orange township, surviving his wife about • two years. This aged couple were esteemed and respected wherever known, and to them Ashland county owe a deep debt of gratitude.

JOSEPH BISHOP, the fifth son of John Bishop, was born in Orange township in the year 1838, May 3d. He lived with his parents until the time of his marriage, in 1860, to Miss Eleanor Smith. The fruit of this union was one son, Charles G. Mr. Bishop is one of the most substantial and energetic farmers of Orange township. By dint of hard labor, careful judgment, and wise economy, he is now the owner of quite a pleasant home. Both himself and his wife are active members of the German Reformed church, and have been among its most staunch supporters. His son, Charles, is a member of the Methodist church.

STEPHEN BARRICK, the eldest son of George and Sarah Barrick, was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, in the year 1826. He came to Ashland county in company with his parents in the year 1834, and with them made his home until the time of his marriage, in the year 1850, to Miss Catharine Chilcote. She died in the year 1866. Mr. Barrick was married again in the year 1868 to Miss Martha A. Chilcote. To them have been born one son, George W. Mr. Barrick is one of the most substantial and enterprising farmers in Orange township. At the age of nineteen he learned the trade of carpenter and joiner, which occupation he industriously and successfully pursued for more than twenty-five years. He was elected to the office of assessor three successive times, 1871-2 and '73. He was elected as commissioner of his county in the fall of 1875, and re-elected in 1878, thus bespeaking for him the full confidence of his people. Himself and wife are earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

HENRY FLUKE was born in the State of Pennsylvania in the year 1811, and came to Ohio with his parents when but a small boy, and resided with them until his marriage in 1836, to Margaret Switzer. The fruit of this union was four children, two sons and tw0 daughters. Their names are as follows: Mary Ann, Wilson, Amanda and Enos, all of whom have left the parental roof, except the elder son, Wilson. Mr. Fluke died in December, 1875. Esteemed and respected wherever known, his loss to family and friends was one irreparable. Mrs. Fluke has been an active and earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal church for almost forty years. Being an energetic, industrious and frugal man, Mr. Fluke, by dint of hard labor, careful judgment, and wise economy, acquired quite a fine property, His widow resides at the old home in Orange township, with Ler son Wilson, who superintends the farm, and cares for his mother in her declining years.

DAVID FLUKE was born in the State of Ohio, in the year 1822, and resided with his parents until the time of his marriage, in 1845, to Miss Hannah Stine. The

fruit of this union was frve children—two sons and three daughters, as follows: Lucinda, Celia Ann, Laura Jane, Perry M., and one son who died in infancy, unnamed. Mr. Fluke died in the fall of 1866. Mrs. Fluke resides at her home in Orange township, with her children, Laura and Perry, who superintends the farm and cares for his widowed mother, in 'her declining years. Both Mr. Fluke and his wife were members of the Reformed church.

THOMAS S. CULBERSON, the eldest son of Robert and Elizabeth Culberson, was born in Harrison county, Ohio, in 184. He remained with his parents until the time of his marriage, in the year 1851, to Jane Jackson, They raised a family of eleven children—eight sons and three daughters, as follows: Elizabeth M., Joseph J., John W., Robert S., George S., Oscar P., James E,, Thomas C., Anna M., Mary M., and Frank B., four of whom are deceased—Elizabeth, Robert, James and Anna. Mr, Culberson resides on the old homestead. He and his wife are earnest members of the Presbyterian church.

JOHN RICHARDS, second son of Leonard and Elizabeth Richards, was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, in the year 1806. In the fall of 1813 he came with his father's family to Wayne county, and there resided until the time of his marriage, in the summer of 1828, to Miss Sarah Riddle. They had. d family of eleven children, six sons and five daughters, as follows: Elizabeth, Samuel, Harriet, William, Allen, James, John, Margaret, Mary, Jane, and Bownan, three of whom are deceased—Harriet, who died at the age of forty-two; and James and William, who enlisted in the war of 1861. James died of disease contracted while in the service, at his father's home in Orange township. William died in hospital at Murfreesborough, and lies sleeping in the sunny south, in an unknown but not an unforgotten grave. They were both brave soldiers and dutiful children. Mrs. Richards died in 1867, and he was again married in 1869, to Miss Barbara Summers, who died in the spring of 1879. Mr. Richards is a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and has always contributed liberally to its support.

G. W. MILLAR, fourth son of Thomas and Rachel Millar, was born in Orange township, Richland county (now Ashland), in the year 1838. He made his home with his mother until the time of his marriage, in the year 1863, to Caroline Porter. To them were born three children, two sons and one daughter, as follows: Ermine, Denton, and John, all of whom are living.

JOHN RITCHEY was born in the State of Virginia, in 1801, and in 1804 came with his parents to Ohio, and settled in Columbiana county. In 184 he was married to Lucinda Wolf, by whom he had eight children, five sons and three daughters: Samuel, Jesse, Simon, Jacob, Sarah Ann, Phebe, and Catharine, and one son who died in infancy, unnamed. In 1833 Mr. Ritchey came to Orange township, and in 1839 his wife died. In 1839 he was married again, to Fannie Millinger, and had ten children, four sons and six daughters, as follows: William, Joseph, James, George, Mary, Elizabeth, Fannie, Rebecca, Lucinda, and one who died in infancy,

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unnamed. While not associated with any church, he is a firm advocate of law and order.

ALFRED MCFADDEN, second child of Daniel and Margaret McFadden, was born in Green township, Wayne county, September 25, 1833, and moved to Orange township, Ashland county, with his father, when quite small, He has been a resident of the county since that time. He was married August 13, 1857 to Elizabeth Richard, daughter of D. and Nancy Richard, who was born in Holmes county, Ohio, September 23, 1834. To them have been born frve children, as follows: Dianna, Pierce, Oliver, Leander, and Essa, all living. Four of the children arc still at home. Although Mr. and Mrs. McFadden are members of no church, they are both strong advocates of law and order.

JAMES HEIFFNER, third child and second son of Henry and Elizabeth Heiffner, was born in Orange township, Ashland, then Richland county, July 15, 1824, and has been a resident of the township ever since. He was married to Elizabeth Shaw„ daughter of William and Elizabeth Shaw, April 27, 1847. To them have been born three children: Ira, and two who died in infancy. Ira is still living and a resident of Troy township. Although Mr. Heiffner is a member of no church, he is a strong advocate of law and order. When Mr. Heffner started out in the world his father gave him but a small start, but by hard work, wise economy, and careful management, he is now the owner of two fine farms.

JOHN CREVELING, fifth child of John and Charity Creveling, was born in Columbia county, Pennsylvania, October 22, 18r o, emigrated to Ashland county, Ohio, October 5, 1837, and has been a resident of the county ever since. On March 23, 1837, he was married to Sophia, daughter of William and Sophia Roseberry, who was born in Columbia county, Pennsylvania; July 4, 1817. To them have been born five children, as follows:. William N., Isaiah F., John W., Philip, and Moorress. Of these but two are living, Isaiah F. and William N., the latter being still at home. Both Mr. and Mrs. Creveling are earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and are among its most liberal supporters.

DAVID R. HALL, fourth child of George and Margaret Hall, was born in Orange township, Ashland county, Ohio, August, 30, 1832, and has since resided here. He is a single man, and living with his aged mother, and one sister.

ISAAC MASON was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, December 7, 1813, moved to Orange township, Ashland county, in October 1833, and settled on the farm where he now lives. On March 10, 1836, he was married to Eunice, daughter of Henry and Eunice Miller, who was born in Union county, Pennsylvania, June 11, 1814, and came to Ohio, with her parents, about the year 1830. To them have been born ten children, viz,: Levi P., William H., Sarah E., Emily, Parvin L., Angeline, Helen J., Callie, and two who died in infancy-Emily also died at the age of two years. Both Mr. and Mrs. Mason are earnest workers in. the Methodist Episcopal church.

DAVID SMITH, JR., was born in Perry township, Wayne county (now Ashland), Ohio, December 4, 1824, and moved to Orange township about the year 1839, where he has since resided. He was married to Rossetta, daughter of John and Anna Bails, who was born in Wayne county, April 11, 1 834. They have had a family of eight children, as follows: Iva A., John B., James N., Maggie E,, Emmit H., Stewart S., Etta M., and Emma C., all living but James N. and Stewart S. Four of the children are still at home. Mr. Smith and wife are earnest members of the Presbyterian church.

HENRY WERTZ was born in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, April 17, 1817, and came to Ohio with his father and mother, Henry and Magdalene Wertz, who settled in Holmes county when Henry was quite small. In the spring of 1858, he moved to Ashland county, and has been a resident of the county ever since. On October 3, 1843, he was married to Sophia Rudy, (laugh ter of Abraham and Elizabeth Rudy, who was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, March 5, 1819. Mrs. Weitz is a member of the Brethren church. Mr. Wertz is a member of no church, but respects the religious convictions of others. He has served in the office of trustee of Orange township three terms, the last coming in the year 1874.

THOMAS W. RICHARDS, son of Wesley and Mar) Richards, was born in Maryland, September 5, 1827 He came to Ohio with his parents when two years of age They settled in Columbiana county, and after some years removed to Ashland. He was married to Miss Mariah Bowlby, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Bowlby, December 2, 1846. To them have been born eleven children as follows: Irene, Louisa, Ira C., John A., Susan, Hattie, Mary, Elizabeth, Lydia, James, anc Minerva. All are living but Louisa, who died June ro 1879; aged twenty-eight years. Both Mr. and Mrs Richards are members of the Methodist Episcopa church.

GEORGE W. BARNHILL, second child of Robert and Eliza Barnhill, was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, Jul) 3o, 1843. The family came to Ashland county in the year 1853, and he has since been a resident of the county. His wife was Miss Alice Fluke, daughter 01 Samuel and Catharine Fluke, to whom he was married January 27, 1869. They have had four children, as fol lows: Leffie E., Thomas Y., Gertrude, and one who died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Barnhill are both earn est members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and are among its most liberal supporters. Mr. Barnhill is a class leader, and fills the offrce of trustee, also, in his church,

CHARLES E. BARNHILL, third child of Robert and Eliza Barnhill, was born in Carroll county, Ohio, October 10, 1850, and moved to Ashland county in 1853, where he has resided ever since. October 26, 1876, he was married to Helen M. Wallace, daughter of William and Christiana Wallace. They have one child, Mary E. They are both members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

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Elizabeth Barnhill, was born in Jefferson connty, Ohio, March 3, 1813. The family moved from Jefferson to Carroll county, and remained nine years; then moved .,to Ashland in the spring of 1853, since which time he has been a resident of the county. March 4, r841, he was married to Eliza Jackman, daughter of George and Margaret Jackman, who was born in Jefferson county, August 6, 1819. They have three children: Mary E., George W., and Charles C. They now live with their son, George. Both are members of the United Brethren church.

JERIAH JOHNSON, oldest child of John and Mary Johnson, was born in Wayne county, Ohio, January 5, 1827. In the spring of 1857, he came to Ashland county, and was a resident of the county up to the time of his death, which occurred February 23, 1872. May 20, 1852, he was married to Lydia Hoover, daughter of Philip and Catharine Hoover, who was born in Stark county, Ohio, January 13, 1830. They had a family of eight children, as follows: Sylvester, Harris L., Wilbert H.. Clement H., Mary A., Jerusha A., Emma C. and one who died in infancy. All the others are living except Sylvester. Mrs. Johnson is a member of the Presbyterian church; and, with the assistance of her three sons, does the farming on the old place.

MICHAEL VESPER, youngest child of Christian and Magdalene Vesper, was born in Bavaria, Germany, July 4, 1819. In the year 1833 he immigrated to Pennsylvania, and remained there until May, 1835, when he came to Ashland county, where he has since resided. January 16, 1848, he was married to Mary Sattler, daughter of Lewis Sattler. To them have been born twelve children, as follows: Catharine, Margaret, Elizabeth, Franz, Michael, Magdalene, Christian, Susan, Minnre, George P., David, and Theodore A., all living. Mr. Vesper and wife are both earnest members of the German Reformed church. In 1879 he was elected trustee of Orange township, but, on account of sickness, he had to resign.

JONAS FAST, son of William and Anna C. E. Fast, was born in Ashland county (then Richland), April J0, 1836, and has always lived in this county. October 6, 1864, he was married to Mary A., daughter of Elias and Sarah Marshall, who was born in Ashland, July 8, 1845. Their children are: Clement L. V., Cladean, Ida B., William E., John L., Edea M., and one who died in infancy. Mrs. Fast and wife are members of the Disciple church.

DANIEL RICHARD, son of Frederick and Madeline Richard, was born in Alleghany county, Maryland, April 4, 1818, and came to Ashland county in the year 1851. May 31, 1830, he was married to Miss Marcy Markel, daughter of Jacob Markel, To them have been born ten children, as follows: Jacob, Sarah, Margaret, Elizabeth, Israel, Daniel D., Nancy, Solomon, Mary A., and Samuel; of whom seven are living and three are dead. Mrs. Richard died March 25, 1872. Both were members of the Presbyterian church. Since the death of his wife, he has been living with his daughter and son, Samuel. His son Daniel, was born in Holmes county, December 10, 1839, and came with the family from Holmes to Ashland county, April 14, 1851. December 23, 1862, he was married to Jane A., daughter of William and Mary Murray. They have three children Clement L., Israel H. and Leana I. Mr. and Mrs. Richard are members of the Christian Union church.

WILLIAM PETERS, only child of Daniel and Mary Peters, was born in Lebanon county, Pennsylvania, December 8, 1823. In April, 1837, he came to Richland (now Ashland) county. He was twice married, his first wife being Rebecca, daughter of Edward Murray, to whom he was married November 2, 1845. To them were born eleven children-John, Edward, Levi, William, George, Mary J., Catharine, Louisa, Mertle, and two who died in infancy. Of these but two are living, William and Catharine. His second wife was Mary Murray, sister of his first wife, to whom he was married February 24, 1870. Mr. Peters lost his first wife July 20, 1869, at the age of forty-two years one month and twenty-nine days.

HARVEY ROBERTS, fourth son of Aaron and Matilda Roberts, was born in Dearborn county, Indiana, December 25, 1826. When he was eighteen months old, his parents emigrated to Ohio and located in Orange township, near the village of Orange, in Ashland county. The land had some improvements, such as our pioneer fathers were accustomed to make, and all they expected in those early days. The family consisted of five children, four sons and one daughter, when they came to Ohio, as follows: John, Ezekiel, Lewis, Sarah Ann, and Harvey. Two daughters were born in Ashland county, Hannah and Amanda. The pioneer father, Aaron Roberts, died March 17, 1834, aged forty-three years five months and six days. Mrs. Roberts died October 4, 1873, at the age of seventy-nine years nine months and seven days. Two sons of this family are dead, John and Lewis. Ezekiel left home in 1840, bound for New Orleans. The family received one or two letters from him, since which time no word has come, and the supposition is that he died in a southern clime of yellow fever or some of the contagious diseases that are so common in the south. Amanda is the widow of Jacob Young, and lives in Colorado. Her sister, Sarah Ann, is unmarried, and makes her home with her widowed sister. Hannah is the wife of Ephraim Fast, and lives in Huron county, Ohio. Harvey, the subject of the following sketch, now owns and lives at the old homestead. February 8, 1855, he was married to Mary Risher, of Tuscarawas cbunty, Ohio. They have had seven children, two of whom died in infancy, George Winfreld, and Clark. Those living are John Lambert, James Adison, Howard Milton, Horace Allen, and Leora Loveda. John is married and lives in Clearcreek township, Ashland county. James Adison is a carpenter, and works at his trade in Richland county, but makes his father's house his home. The other three children are at home, assisting the father on the farm, and the mother in her household duties. Mr. Roberts owns in addition to his farm, two and a half acres improved land in the town of Ashland, which will in all probability be

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his home in his old age, should a kind Providence permit him to remain here. In politics he is a Republican, and is a man highly esteemed by his neighbors in the community in which he has lived so many years.

WILLIAM PATTERSON was one of Ashland county's pioneers. He was born in Ireland, but at the age of four or five years his parents emigrated to America, locating in Brooke county, Virginia. At the age of about twenty-six, in the year 1815, he came to Clearcreek, Ashland county, Ohio, and entered a tract of land which was not to his liking, and in 1818 he entered another tract consisting of one hundred and sixty acres of land in the same township, which he improved, and continued to live upon the remainder of his life. In 1819 he was married to Jane Freeborn, daughter of William Freeborn, who was among the first settlers in Ashland county, The Patterson family consisted of eleven children, six of whom are still living. Freeborn and John arc married and live in Steuben county, Indiana. Mary Jane, Sarah, Clark and Alexander, occupy the old homestead in Orange township, Ashland county. They have added seventy-six acres to the original farm, making one of the finest farms in the township. Mr. Patterson died May 13, 1867. Mrs. Patterson died March 19, 1857. To record the lives of these pioneers on the sacred pages of history is a pleasant task, as they well deserve the gratitude of coming generations for the sacrifices and hardships they were compelled to endure in reducing the wilderness to the beautifully improved condition we now find it, Mr. Patterson was a Democrat in politics, and his four sons adhere to the same views,

THOMAS BROWN was born in Ireland, and came to America when a young man in company with his mother, one brother and three sisters. After remaining a short time in Philadelphia they came to Ohio, and, soon after arriving M r. Brown purchased a tract of land in Orange township, Ashland (then Richland) county. In 1841 he married Jane, daughter of Charles and Catharine Stewart, of Richland county. At- the time he bought the farm in Orange township there was a log cabin on it, and part of the land was cleared, so that by building a log barn they were pretty well prepared to farm. The day after they were married they took quarters in their new home, where they lived ever after, and where we now find Mrs. Brown living pleasantly with her three sons and one daughter. Mr. Brown died February 6, 1858, leaving Mrs. Brown with five small children, the oldest, a son, being about fifteen years old. Prior to the death of Mr. Brown they had lost, by death, three children. Since his death, the mother, with the assistance of her children, has added eighty acres to the original farm, and they now own two hundred and twenty-five acres of excellent land, with good improvements, in one of the most fertile sections of Ashland county. Mrs. Brown is a kind neighbor, and well deserves the respect and admiration of those who know her, for the manner in which she has managed the family affairs. She is a woman of good judgment, and though she has seen the hardships that early settlers could not shun, she is as ac

tive and bright as many who have not seen such trials. In politics Mr. Brown was a Democrat, and the sons adhere to the same party principles. Mrs. Brown and he1 four children are members of the Presbyterian church at Savannah.

WILLIAM SHIDLER, only son of Jacob Shidler, was born in Orange township, Ashland county, Ohio, September 2, 1847. His father came to Ashland county from Holmes county with his parents when he was a young man; Ashland county was ever after his home, The farm on which William now lives, and which he owns, is the farm his father purchased when he was married, and where he raised his family, consisting of William, the subject of this sketch, and his sister, now the wife of Hugh Murry. Mr, Shidler died Octobe1 3, 1866, and Mrs. Shidler died February 5, 1877. November 5, 1872, William Shidler married Elizabeth Myers, daughter of John and Barbara Myers, of Clearcreek township. The fruit of this union was three children, Maud, Lloyd and Charley Jay. Maud, the oldest, died at the age of fifteen months, Mr. Shidler is a Democrat in politics, is an industrious farmer, and is a companionable man, much respected by his neighbors. He has been for six years assessor in Orange township. His farm is considered one of the best grain farms in the township. -

DAVID BIDDINGER was born in Orange township, Ashland county, Ohio, August 3, 1823, his parents being among Ashland county's pioneers. Philip Biddinger, his father, is still living in Troy township, at the advanced age of eighty years; his mother died four years ago. 'Squire David Biddinger made his home with his parents until he was married, January 16, 1848, to Fannie Peck, daughter of Jacob and Lydia Peck, of Orange township. They setted in Troy township, on a tract of land owned by Mr, Biddinger prior to his marriage. Here they resided eight or nine years, when they moved to Orange township, on Mr. Peck's farm, and remained about ten years, when they bought the farm on which they have now resided some fourteen years. They have four children, all of whom were born in Troy township: Lydia A., Sarah Adaline, Mary Jane, and John Willard. Lydia is the wife of Gilbert M. Clark, and lives in Huntington township, Lorain county, Ohio. Sarah married Edmond U. Pollinger, and lives in Richmond township, Huron county, Ohio. Mary Jane is the wife of Jacob F, Singer, and lives on a farm adjoining Mr. Biddinger's. John W. married Lizzie Tedrow, of Harrison county, Ohio, and lives in the same house with his father, working the farm in common with him. 'Squire Biddinger is an industrious farmer, and highly esteemed by all, He is now serving his fourth term as justice of. the peace; he has also been trustee a number of years, as well as school director and road supervisor, which shows his ability and enterprise in local affairs. In politics he is a Democrat. Both himself and wife are members of the church of the United Brethren in Christ, at South Troy union chapel, but a short distance from where they now reside.

JOHN GEIER was born in Bavaria, Germany, April 21,

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1825. May 3, 1848, he left his native country in the ship Birmingham, and after a tedious voyage of sixty-five days they were overjoyed to behold New York city, in our free America. Tongue cannot describe the fears and anxieties of passengers in those early days, when the trip across the ocean required so many days and even weeks and months. He came at once to Pennsylvania, and lived for five years in Beaver, Washington and Allegheny counties, and then came to Ohio and engaged as miller for John Ralston, in Orange township, Ashland county, where he remained about one year, April 6, 1854, he was married to Elizabeth Heiffner, daughter of Valentme Heiffner, of Orange township, who was an early settler in Ashland county. To them were born six children: Henry, Stephen, Mary, John W., and James A. The third child, a son, died in infancy; Mary died at the age of four months and nineteen days. The four sons are living with their parents, assisting in making home pleasant. Mr. Geier for many years gave his attention to the milling business, a trade he learned in Germany. During the past nine years he has devoted his time to his farm. He is a man who takes a live interest in county and township affairs, having served as supervisor and school director a number of years. He loves his chosen trade, that of milling, but his health will not permit of his following it. He is a very competent man in a mill, and holds a certificate from Germany. In politics he is a Democrat. Both himself and his wife are members of the Christian Union church located in Orange township, near where they now live.

HUGH MURRAY, third son of William and Mary Murray was born m Orange township, Ashland county, Ohio, September 29, 1834: William Murray came to Ashland county when he was a small boy, about the year 1812. Mrs. William Murray, who came about the same time, at the age of twelve years, is still living with her son Hugh, at the advanced age of eighty years. The Murray family are well known in all parts of the county as one of the first families to settle here after the war of 1812 closed. These heroes of Ashland county deserve to be remembered by coming generations, as it was to their hardships and privations that the present and coming generations owe a debt of gratitude. William Murray was married November I, 1825, to Mary Chilcote, daughter of Mordecai and Ruth Chilcote, another family that came to Ashland county as before mentioned, After their marriage they lived in different portions of Orange township, and in 1834 they moved to the farm on which mother and son now live, in section five, near range sixteen, the northwest corner of the township. Mrs. Murray says she well remembers the log cabin days when quilts were often used as doors. When they- came to this farm it was a wilderness, and it required plenty of nerve and will to cope successfully with the hardships necessary to provide bread and clear the land. For Ashland county these hardships are the things of the past, and to record the names of these good pioneers on the sacred pages of history is a pleasant duty. They had a family of eleven children, but five of whom are living. George fell at Stone River, near Murfreesborough, Tennessee, while defending the American flag. He was a private in company H, Thirtieth Indiana volunteer infantry. James was one of Michigan's calvary boys. Hugh was a member of the One Hundred and Second Ohio volunteer infantry, company K, He returned after a service of three years to the old home in Ashland county. On September 25, 1870, he was married to Jane Shidler. They have two boys—Guy B. and Harold Fay. He owns the old homestead, consisting of one hundred and sixty acres, and has added eighty acres, making one of the most desirable farms in the township. The scenes of his childhood, no doubt, still linger in his mind, the more so as he has the pleasure of associating with his good mother, a pleasure that few men of his age are allowed. In politics Mr. Murray is a Democrat, and is a man of many friends, and as a neighbor is highly esteemed.

SAMUEL LEIDIGH was born in Lebanon county, Pennsylvania, February 17, 1801. In 1836 he came to Ohio and purchased eighty acres of land near Little, Pittsburgh, Wayne county, Here he resided about one year, when. he sold his farm and .moved three miles east of Wooster, on the Canton road, where he rented the Henry flouring mill, and operated it for a period of three years, when he bought the Stover mill and fifty acres of land, two miles west of the village of Orange, in Orange township, Ashland county (then Richland), where he has remained ever since, and is well known in the county. They have had a family of seven children—five sons and two daughters, five of whom are living. The youngest son, Reuben, was lost on the boat "Sultana," when on his way home from the war, as an exchanged prisoner, after a service of nearly three years as a private soldier in the One Hundred and Second regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry, This waS indeed a sad bereavement to the family, and such an one as many of Ashland county's good families were called upon, in those days of bloodshed, to realize. Elizabeth, a daughter, aged thirty-six years, died in May, 1869. Isaac and Samuel are married, and Mary Ann is the wife of Jacob 'Kissel], a farmer of Orange township. Isaac farms his father's land, and Levi, Israel and Samuel manage the mill. Mrs. Leidigh died April 16, 1879. The mill, under the management of the three sons, is in a very prosperous condition, running to its full capacity. They ship by rail from Nankin, a station about three miles east of the mill. In 1868 Mr. Leidigh built a new mill, as the old one had not sufficient capacity. He has also added to his land, until he now owns three hundred and ten acres of excellent land, all in Orange township, not far from his residence.

A. C. FAST came to Ohio from Pennsylvania when a small boy with his parents, who located in Orange township, Ashland county, on a tract of land, where the widow of the subject of this sketch now lives in as pleasant a home as is to be found in the county. Mr. Fast purchased this place, after the death of his father, from the other heirs, subject to his mother's dowry; she died about two years later. January 23, 1840, he married Catharine Fluke, daughter of Philip and Mary

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Fluke, who were among the early settlers of Ashland county, a sketch of whose lives will be found elsewhere in this work. Immediately after thei1 marriage they moved to the place that proved to be their home ever after. Mr. Fast died November 26, 1862, They had eight children; three died in infancy, and five are still living, all grown, and doing for themselves. Their names are as follows: Wilson, Judson, Jennie, Byron, and Mary B. Wilson is married, and is a successful law practitioner in Sedalia, Missouri. Judson is unmarried, and lives in Kelton, Utah, where he is a successful Railroad man. Jennie is the wife of Mr. James Jacoby, and lives on a farm in Dakota. He is quite a stockman. Byron is unmarried, and lives with his mother at the old homestead. He is one of the most successful farmers in Orange township, and is a young man highly respected as an intelligent, go ahead man, such as any community might well be proud of. Mary B. is the wife of William Alger, and lives in Villisca, Iowa, where he is engaged in the banking business. To place the record of such a family on the sacred pages of history is a pleasant duty. Wilson Fast was a soldier for a period of nearly three years, in the One Hundred and Second Ohio volunteer infantry. He was on board the fated boat "Sultana"on his way home, and was one of those who successfully battled with the waves and miraculously made his way to land after a severe struggle, and reached home, and was warmly welcomed by a fond and anxious mother, and brothers, and sisters, arrd friends. The loss of a number of his comrades on board the boat from which he made his escape touched his sympathetic nature, and destroyed considerably his anticipated pleasure on reaching the home of his childhood.

MILTON TOWNSHIP.

HENRY KEEVER, one of the early settlers of Milton township, was born in Frederick county, Maryland, in the year 1803. He was the oldest child of Andrew and Margaret Keever. Both of his parents died when he was but a lad. He then went to live with his grandfather, and moved with him to Ohio, in the year 1811, and first settled in Harrison county; here the grandfather died, and Henry, who was then a young man of sixteen, removed with his grandmother and sister to Milton township, Richland county, now Ashland county. His first purchase was a tract of land in Milton township, where he still resides. His settlement in Ashland county dates back to about the year 1819. In 1832 or 1833 he was married to Caroline Baum. They have had ten children--Eliza, Mary, Philip, Sarah, Henry P., Aaron, Susan A., Caroline, Franklin and John; all of whom reside within the State. He and his wife have lived together for nearly a half century, upon the same place where they first set up housekeeping, and both are well preserved, and in the full possession of their faculties. A grubbing hoe, a horse, and one dollar and fifty cents comprised his capital, when he first started in life. He is now one of the substantial farmers of Milton township. His life has been a frugal and industrious one, and he enjoys the esteem of his fellow citizens.

ROBERT NELSON, who was born in the year 1769, came from Northampton county, Pennsylvania, in the year 1816, and settled in Milton township, Ashland county, then Richland county. In the year 1801 he was married in New Jersey, and brought with him to Ohio his wife and nine little children. He experienced all the trials and hardships common to the life of an early pioneer, and died, after a useful and well spent life, at the age of seventy-five years, in the year 1844. His wife survived him until the year 1862, when she died at the ripe old age of eighty. At the time of her death there were eleven children living, four sons and seven daughters. The only ones now residing in Ashland county are Scott, Sophia and Nancy. After the death of his father, Scott purchased from the heirs the old homestead and there resides to this day (1880). In the year 1854 he was married to Rosanna Wells, by whom he had two children—James B. and Miranda. The latter married Alonzo Poff. James lives with his aged father at the old home. Mr. Nelson has been a prominent and worthy citizen, and is one of the leading men of Milton township.

CHRISTIAN ROLAND, born in Pennsylvania in the year 1823, came to Ohio with his parents about the year 1833, and settled in Milton township. In the year 1844 he was married to Mary Brubaker, whose parents were early settlers in Ashland county. Their children are: Moses, Henry, Maria, Sarah, and Ann; all of whom are living. After an active and useful life, he died May 23, 1876. He was a preacher of some considerable note, and followed his calling up to the time of his decease. His widow still survives and lives upon the old homestead, surrounded by her children. He was a man esteemed for his worth and integrity, and an earnest man in the church.

LANCE FERRELL is a native of Milton township, and was born August 19, 1829, August 20, 1849, he was married to Susan Nelson, daughter of a pioneer family of Ashland county. To them were born eight children, seven daughters and one son: Sarah E., who was born September 14, 1856, and died in early womanhood, fou1 years after her marriage to Amos Jameson; Laura A., born September 7, 1853; Ella E., born January 14, 1856; Forrest A., born May 20, 1859, died April 4, 1863; Nettie A., born February 28, 1861, died March 26, 1862; Cora B., born July 8, 1864; Minnie E., born November 30, 1866; and Zettie, born January 24, 1871. Mr. Ferrell lives on what is called the Short farm, near the old homestead. Both himself and wife are members of the Lutheran church.

HENRY VANTILBURG was a native of New Jersey, where he was born December 8, 1779. September 6, 1810, he was married to Jane Shaw, in Jefferson county,

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Ohio, where he lived till the year 1819, when he moved with his family to Ashland county, Montgomery township, where he resided until his death, in 1863, at the advanced age of eighty-four. He was the father of ten children: Julia Ann, Jane, Nathan, Mary, Henry, Matilda, Elizabeth, Sarah, Siniaette, and Franklin A. His wife survived him until the year 1874. Prior to her death, three of her married daughters died—Mary Holbrook, Sarah Shannon, and Siniaette Goudy. The representatives of the family living in the county are Julia Riley and Franklin A. The latter owns and occupies the old homestead. He was born in 1829, and in 1855 married Mary Shipley, by whom he has had four children, one son and three daughters: Ida, who married Franklin Masteis; Jennie, Delbert and Luzettie. Soon after Mr. Vantilburg's settlement in Ashland county, he commenced the erection of a barn, in which to store his grain, and encountered many difficulties. It is related that he would load two of his horses with wheat, and carry it a distance of seven miles to Jeromeville; where he would exchange his grain for wrought nails, giving one bushel of grain for two pounds of nails. He was a conscientious and law-abiding citizen, avoiding strife and contention. The only lawyer's fee he was ever called upon to pay was five dollars for the preparation of his will. His was an honorable name to be placed on the list of Ashland county pioneers.

ADAM FIKE was a native of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and came into Milton township in 1835, with his wife and three little children. At the age of thirty, he was married to Elizabeth Lutz. The names of their children were: Susan, Emanuel, C, L,, and Adam, the last dying in early childhood.

C. L. FIKE: was born in Pennsylvania, October 2,1823, and came to Ohio with his parents in 1835. Twice he has been married ; the first time to Mary Ann Buckley, who died in June, 1869, leaving a family of three children. Mr. Fike re-married August 4, 1872, to Amanda McQuait, by whom he has had two sons, Joseph Leander and Henry. He has led an industrious and honorable life, and is looked upon by all who know him as one of the most influential farmers of Milton township.

WILLIAM G, IMHOFF, is the youngest of the seven children of William H. and Susan Imhoff, and was the only son of the family born in Ohio. His father moved into this State about the year 1834, and settled upon the farm in Milton township, where his son now resides. There were seven children, and only one, William G., now resides in the county. One son, Alexander, is a Lutheran minister of some reputation, and resides in Urbana. The father died in 1872, and the mother in 1876. William G. was born April 16, 1840, on the place where he still 1esides. Octobe1 17, 1861, he was married to Martha Brown, of Richland county, by whom he has had six children: Albert R., William W., Susan D., Maggie R., Mattie A., and Elvero. Mr. Imhoff lives upon a farm of two hundred and forty acres, which denotes more than ordinary thrift and enterprise on the part of its owner, the buildings ranking with some of the best to be found in the township. He is an enterprising and thrifty farmer. Both he and his wife are members of the Lutheran church.

JOSEPH POLLOCK, a native of Virginia, born in 1801, came to Ohio with his father in 1816, and settled in Milton township. They were obliged to camp out in the wilderness until they could erect a cabin. During the time it required to construct a house, Mr. Pollock learned the art of cooking jonacakes, which were regarded as quite a luxury in early pioneer times. When summer was ended he had his cabin completed, and he then returned to Virginia for his wife, and the following spring they made the trip to their new home in wagons. The old original log cabin is still standing on the farm now owned by his son Robert. The children of Joseph and Nancy (McKenzie) Pollock were : David, James, Sarah, and Robert—all of whom are living, save James. Robert, the only living representative residing in Milton township, was born in 1834, and in 1865 was married to Freelove Gates, by whom he has had six children: Joseph Ellsworth, Sarah Nina, Harry Lee, J. Scott, and A. Z. Two are dead—Joseph E. and one dying in infancy, He is a prominent farmer and a worthy citizen.

SAMUEL URIE was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1792, and moved into Ashland (then Richland) county, in 1814. In the fall of 1815 he was married to Rachel Stephenson, by whom he had nine children: Thomas, Samuel, Andrew, John, George, Elizabeth, Mary Ann, Rachel, and Nancy. Elizabeth, John, and Andrew are dead. At the age of fifty-six, in the year 1848, Mr. Uric died. His wife still survives him. Samuel Urie was born in 1826, and was married in 1849 to Henrietta Nelson, by whom he has had five children: Elizabeth, Arabella, Loren, Ellsworth, and Willis. Arabella is deceased. Mr. Uric is a quiet, inoffensive man, of good habits, and a worthy and much esteemed citizen, and lives in full view of the old homestead,

JAMES HAZLETT, first son of John Hazlett, was born September 27, 1830, in Milton township, on the place where he now 1esides, and which is the old homestead of his parents. His father settled in the woods, occupying an old log cabin, but by hard toil, industry, and the aid of his eldest son, he cleared away the forest and carved out for himself a pleasant home. James was married in the year 1852, April 27th, to Miss Mary Ann Riddle, by whom he had seven children: Elmira, William Loren, Rosetta, John, Lucy, Mary, Ophenia, and Frank. William Loren died in infancy. May 3, 1866, Mrs. Hazlett died, and for his second wife he married Sarah J. Horn, by whom he has had one son, Christopher. He and wife are consistent members of the Disciple church, and liberal supporters of that branch of the Christian. religion.

GEORGE W. HAZLETT was the second son of John Hazlett, and was born May 2 I, 1842. He lived with his father, and aided in clearing up the farm, until 1862, when his father died. Seven years later, in 1869, he was married to I.ibbie Thomas, who was born June 22, 1840. Both are earnest Christians, and members of the Disciple church.