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150 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: His land is all under cultivation, and is well improved. He has been successful since he came to the county, and from nothing he has made a good and comfortable home. While in France he served six years in the French Army, five years of which time he was on the Island of Martinet. In 1851 (in France), he was married to Christena Kaufman, who has borne him eight children, five living-Benjamin, Magdalena, Catherine, Christena and John. The deceased are Mary, Joseph and Josephine. He and entire family belong to the Catholic Church. In politics, he votes with the Democrats. REV. G. W. BRITTINGHAM, farmer, P. O. Aberdeen, was born in this county December 4, 1825. He is a son of Roland B. and Nancy Brittingham, the former a native of Maryland, and the latter of Kentucky. About 1808, they came to this county, and he purchased land in this township. He was successful in life and accumulated a good property. They were both members of the Bethlehem Church and much interested in religious matters. Eight children were born to them, three of whom are living, viz. : Margaret, Lucinda and G. W. The deceased are James, John, Mary J., Anna and William. Mr. Brittingham died in 1861, aged seventy-two years. Mrs. B. died in 1853, aged fifty-four years. Our subject was married September 4, 1846, to Abigail Shelton, of this county, by whom he had twelve children, eight living, viz.. Nancy, Evaline, Sarah, Margaret, Benjamin, David, George and Julia. The deceased are John W., Lucinda, Eliza and an infant. Mrs. Brittingham was born September 3, 1827, and died February 28, 1875. His second marriage was celebrated with Sarah C. Dryden. He owns a farm of seventy acres under good cultivation. In 1864, he enlisted in Company One Hundred and Eighty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, of which he was Second Lieutenant, and saw active service till the war closed. His brother John was a member of the same company. After his return from the war, he entered the ministry, and in 1866 was ordained by a committee of the Southern Ohio Christian Conference. JAMES BROOKOVER, farmer, P. O. Aberdeen, was born in this township in the year 1811 ; he is a son of Aceal and Margaret (Guffin) Brookover, natives of Virginia; the former was a son of Jacob Brookover and was born July 21, 1775. Jacob Brookover was of German descent and lived and died in Virginia. Aceal Brookover was reared in Virginia, where he was married, and, about the year 1800, he emigrated to this county, after a residence of one year in Mason County, Ky. Locating on this side of the river, he purchased fifty acres of land, which he afterward lost an account of defective title. He purchased other lands and was very prosperous, owning a large tract in the aggregate during his life. His land he cleared up and improved. He held the office of Trustee and Constable of this township for some years ; while in the latter office his fees for one year amounted to about $2. He was a liberal-minded man and always gave liberally to the building of churches, or in assisting to maintain charitable institutions. Although a Universalist in religious belief, he was never radical. He prospered during his life, and accumulated a good property. To them were born ten children, of whom four are living, namely Sarah Grimes, Adams County, Ohio ; Matilda Lusely, Missouri ; Mary G. Campbell, Aberdeen, Ohio and our subject. The deceased are Richard, this county ; John, Adams County ; George W., Indiana ; Andrew J., Brown County ; Nancy Case, this county ; and Polly, who died in infancy Mr. Brookover died October 25, 1850. Mrs. Brookover died in 1860, at the advanced age of eighty-four years. Mr. Brookover was an honored member of the Masonic order. George and Mary Guffin, parents of Mrs. Margaret Brookover, came from Virginia with the Brookovers, and lived one year in Mason County, Ky. ; then settled in Brown County, Ohio, living with Mr. Brookover. He died shortly afterward, and she soon aftcr the death of her hnsband. They were parents of several children, who came to this country with them. He a native of Ireland, and she of Germany. Their children were : Andy. Virginia, Elizabeth, Mary. He was reared on the farm, and in the district schools received a common education. He remained with his parents till of age. May 28, 1833, he was married to Margaret, the daughter of Wilson and Ruth (Ousler) Haymer, old settlers. After his marriage, he located on land he rented for a short time, when he purchased the old home farm on which he has since lived. He has no aspirations HUNTINGTON TOWNSHIP - 151 politically. He and his wife are members of the Bethlehem Christian Church to which they have been connected for nearly half a century. To them have been born nine children, five of whom are living, namely : Exira, Ann W., Naomi, Mary and Lewis. Mr. Brookover owns 240 acres of well-improved and highly cultivated land. JOHN BUCHANAN, farmer, P.O. Ripley, was born in Balfron, Scotland, in the year 1823. His early life was passed in his native village, where he received the rudiments of his education in the common schools of the town. After becoming of proper age, he was apprenticed to a shoe-maker and, after he had acquired the trade, he commenced business on his own responsibility. On June 6, 1849, he emigrated from Glasgow to New York, which latter place he reached after a voyage of forty-nine days. From New York he came by way of Buffalo and Erie to the Ohio River, then to Ripley, Ohio, on the old Mayflower. The latter place he reached August 6, following. He made his home in Brown County, Ohio, and for nearly three years followed his trade in Maysville, Ky. ; after which he engaged in farming, having purchased an interest in 198 acres of land, where Thomas Buchanan now lives. Here he carried on farming for several years, when he purchased his present farm of 184 acres, which is the result of different purchases. On this land he located in 1860, and it has since been his home. He has been successful in his business operations, and has a well-improved and highly cultivated farm. He has been Trustee of the township three terms and held some of the minor offices, such as School Director, etc. He has been a member of the School Board since 1861, and Superintendent of the Colored School Fund since its organization. He is a member of the Union Lodge No. 71, F. & A. M., Ripley Chapter, and Cincinnati Commandery No. 3. He and wife are members of the Huntington Presbyterian Church, of which he is a Trustee. He was married December 13, 1860, to Isabella, daughter of Samuel and Sarah Hiett, old settlers. To them have been born nine children, namely—Sadie J., Thomas S., Mary E., Swinton J., Anna Y., Margaret M., George H., Elizabeth S. and Samuel H., deceased. Mr. Buchanan returned to Scotland in 1854. and again in 1858, making five times he has crossed the ocean. Mrs. Buchanan was born in this township August 7, 1837. THOMAS BUCHANAN, farmer, P. O. Ripley, was born in Scotland in the year 1833, and is a son of Thomas Buchanan, Sr., a native of Scotland. Our subject resided in his native land until 1849, when he came to this country, and found work with one John Thomas in this township. His industry and economy enabled him, in 1851, to buy sixty-six acres, where he now resides ; and at the present time (1882) he owns 324 acres of land. He is a Free and Accepted Mason, belonging to Union Lodge, No. 71, Commandery No. 3, and Cincinnati Consistory. April 13, 1853, he was married to Ellen, the daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Gilbert) Hiett, by whom he has had ten children, viz., John, Thomas, Sarah A.. Janet, George, Griffith, Elizabeth, Ruth, William, and Samuel (deceased). Mr. Buchanan has been very successful, and is one of the foremost in improvement and prosperity. Samuel Hiett, father of Mrs. Buchanan, was a son of William and Mary (Daniels) Hiett, of Virginia, who settled in this township in 1806, buying 300 acres of land in the Hite Survey. Seven children were born to them, three of whom are living. Mr. Hiett was born July 14, 1803, He died in 1868. Mrs. Hiett died in 1866. JOHN B. CAMPBELL, retired, Aberdeen, was born in Aberdeen in 1805, and is a son of Evan and Margaret (Byers) Campbell. His father was born in Pennsylvania, and was a son of Matthew Campbell, a native of Scotland, who came to this country before the Revolution. In 1804, Evan Campbell settled in Aberdeen and bought a large tract of land ; he was a ship-carpenter by trade, and a hard working man ; he and his wife were members of the Methodist Church. To them were born nine children, viz., John B., Shelby, Evaline, Jane, and Exhira (living); the following are deceased, viz., Amanda, Margaret, Power and William. Mr. Campbell was born April 2, 1780, and died December 20, 1859. His wife died May 13,1849, aged sixty- one years eleven months and twenty days. Mr. Campbell was an old river man and followed boating extensively. When old enough, our subject went on the river, and has followed flatboating and steamboating for more than thirty years ; he saw 152 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES : the first steamboat that plowed the waters of the Ohio. He was married to Lydia, the daughter of Elijah and Elizabeth (Wentworth) Church. After marriage, he located in Aberdeen, where his family has since resided. Both parents are members of the Methodist Church, to which they have belonged for more than forty years. Eleven children have been born to them, eight living, viz., Theresa. Caroline, Jane, Mary, Fanny, Jessie, Benjamin, and Charles. The deceased are Louisiana, Isabella and John. Mr. Church came from New York about 1812 ; he was a stonemason, and he died March 12, 1852. She died June 11, 1859. They were parents of eleven children, of whom Mrs. Church alone survives. Matthew Campbell died June 18, 1819. Evan Campbell was married the second time to Nancy Johnson. Benjamin Campbell, son of John B. Campbell, was born in 1848, and enlisted September 15, 1864, in Company K, " Merrill’s Horse," which belonged to the Second Missouri Regiment, Gen. Fremont’s Body Guard. He saw active service ; was in a number of engagements ; was commissioned Corporal February I, 1865, and discharged September 19, 1865. August 11, 1872, he was married to Anna, the daughter of John Parks, by whom he has had five children, viz., Nellie, Lewis, Irene, Eugene, and Edward. JAMES M. CAMPBELL, deceased, was born in Bath County, Ky., in 1822, and was a son of Alexander and Elizabeth (Davis) Campbell, of Tennessee, who were afterward citizens of this county. Our subject was married to Sarah L. Howe, January 29, 1844, and resided on the farm until his enlistment in 1862, in Company F, Seventh Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. He saw active service until captured near Nashville, Tenn., February 25, 1864, when he was incarcerated in the Andersonville Prison, in which he died April 15, 1864. To Mr. and Mrs. Campbell were born six children, viz., William N., Mary A., Louisa, Thomas M., Joanna, and Amanda. William N. enlisted in 1864, in Company G, Seventieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served his country until the close of the war. JAMES CASE, retired farmer, P. O. Aberdeen, was born in Maryland in 1797, and is a son of Thomas W. and Cassie (Coxson) Case, natives of the above State, which they left in 1802, and went to Kentucky, where they lived till 1813, then came to this township, living here till they died. Seven children were born to them, two of whom are living, viz., James and John. In 1819, our subject entered the employ of Jesse and Peter Grant, for whom he followed boating on the river. In 1822, be was married to Nancy, the daughter of A. Brookover; four years later he sold his farm and purchased (with others) 2,000 acres of land of President James Monroe, 100 acres of which was his share, on which he lived until 1870, when he came to Aberdeen. He has been Trustee of the Township two years, and Assessor for the same length of time. Eight children have been born to him- Richard, Eliza, Thomas W., Margaret E., John N., Amanda, Mary, and Horatio, de- ceased. Mrs. Case was born in Maysville, Ky., in 1799, and died August 14, 1838. He married, for his second wife, Nancy Cady, who died about one year after marriage. Mr. Case has thirty-two great-grand-children, and, taking his descendants altogether, they make a very formidable army. For nearly fifty years he has been a member of the Christian Church. His first vote was cast for a Whig candidate, but latterly he has voted with the Democratic party. He is a man well preserved for his age, and although the weight of years bang heavily upon him, his mind is yet intact, and he can recount the scenes of his boyhood with a distinctness not often met with. GEN. JOHN COCHRAN (deceased), one of the most distinguished of the early citizens of Brown County, was born in Franklin County, Penn., September 19, 1781. His father, William Cochran, an early pioneer of Brown County, was a native of Ireland, and born in County Antrim in 1722. He was married in his native country to Ehzabeth Boothe, and about the middle of the last century emigrated to America. He served in the Revolutionary war and resided for some time in Pennsylvania, afterward in Kentucky, and about 1795 or 1796 came to the Northwest Territory and settled on the East Fork of Eagle Creek, near the present eastern boundary of Brown County. He died in March, 1814, aged ninety-two years. His wife, Elizabeth, died October 21, 1823. John was about nine years old when his HUNTINGTON TOWNSHIP - 153 father came to Kentucky. He lived for a few years in the vicinity of the old settlement at Washington. When a small boy he was at Fort Washington, on the site of Cincinnati, and saw corn growing on what is now Fourth street of the Queen City. He was with his father on his settlement north of the Ohio, as above stated, and when about eighteen years old became overseer of the Kanawha salt works, where he continued about seven years. Salt was one of the necessaries of life which it was most difficult for the pioneers of Kentucky and the Northwest Territory to obtain. John Cochran is said to have shipped the first boat load of salt down the Ohio to Louisville, Ky. He came to what is now Brown County about 1805 or 1806. He married Tamer Howard, daughter of Cyrus and Milly Howard, who was born in Montgomery County, Va. Her father for some years kept the ferry between Aberdeen and Limestone. John Cochran purchased a farm from Nathaniel Beasley, about six miles northeast of Aberdeen, on the East Fork of Eagle Creek, in what is now Huntington Township, on which he resided for the greater portion of the remaining years of his life. He served in the war of 1812 as Deputy Sergeant in the Commissary Department. He took much interest in the old militia musters and passed through all the grades from Captain to Brigadier General. He was known as Gen. Cochran. In the year 1824, he was first elected a Representative to the Legislature, and was re-elected in 1826, 1827 and 1828. In 1829, he was elected Senator from Brown and Adams counties, and was re-elected in 1830, thus serving six full terms in the General Assembly. Gen. Cochran had but little education from books in his early years, never attending school but three months in his life. He was, however, self educated. He was a man of strong mind and remarkable powers of memory. In his recollection of dates he was seldom found to be in error. He carefully cultivated his memory in his early business transactions by imprinting facts on his mind, and he became marked for the tenacity with which he could retain anything he heard or read. Gen. Cochran was the father of thirteen children, five sons and eight daughters-Joseph, John, Milly, William, Mary, Elizabeth. James, Tamer, Ellen, Thomas J., Sarah J., Malinda and Lydia. Of them, ten are now living. Mrs. Cochran died in 1855. She was an esteemed member of the Christian Church. Gen. Cochran was a Mason, and assisted in organizing the first Masonic Lodge in Brown County. In his business pursuits he met with good success, and died in possession of considerable property. In his old age he resided for a time in Illinois, but he returned to Brown County and lived with his children. His death occurred at the residence of his son-in-law, William Shelton, in Adams County. He lived eighty-three years and died on his birthday, September 19, 1864. His remains, with those of his wife, repose in the cemetery at Ehenezer Church. Gen. Cochran left behind him a high reputation for ability, sound judgment and patriotism, and his name finds a place among the honored men of Brown County. JACOB COOPER (deceased) was born in Monmouth County, N. J., November 30, 1805, and was a son of William and Elizabeth (Richmond) Cooper natives of the same State. The latter was a daughter of John Richmond, of German descent, while the Cooper family descended from the English. In 1812, William Cooper, with his wife and twelve children, emigrated to this county, with team and wagon, and purchased 103 acres of land in this township, upon which he lived and died. Their children were as follows : John, who died in Sandusky, Ohio, during the war of 1812 ; Joanna (deceased), Margaret, Sidney (killed by Indians), Thomas, Mary, Charles, Ellen, Zenas, Jacob, Eliza, Peter and David, who was born here. Our subject was but seven years old when his parents came to this township, so his younger days were spent in assisting in the labors of the farm. He was married to Margaret, the daughter of David and Ann (Dragoo) Flaugher, old settlers, in the year 1827. After his marriage he purchased seventy-five acres of land adjoining his father-in-law, to which he added by purchasing 130 acres. On this place he lived during his life and died December 30, 1880. He was a man of good judgment, quick discernment, and was honored with some of the offices of the township. To them were born thirteen children, six living, namely : Elizabeth, Catherine, Zenas, Philip, Ezekiel M., and 154 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: Harrison. They are all residents of the township. Belteshazer Dragoo was a son of Benjamin Dragoo, the first settler in the county. He, Benjamin, joined the Shakers. Ezekiel Cooper was born in this township June 6, 1841, and was a son of Jacob Cooper. His boyhood was passed on the farm and in the district schools ; he received a good practical education. He was married December 29, 1864, to Ella, the daughter of Dr. I). S. Guthrie, Higginsport, this county, whose sketch appears in the Lewis Township biographies. After his marriage he resided on the farm Joseph Fulton now occupies and which he, at that time, purchased ; four years afterward he sold it and purchased 103 acres where he now resides, to which he has since added fourteen acres. The farm is well and tastily improved, and in an excellent state of cultivation. To Mr. and. Mrs. Cooper four children have been born, three of whom are now living, namely : Mary E., Joseph L. and John R. Jacob D., the third child, departed this life December 15, 1879, aged five years, seven months and eight days. Mr. Cooper has held the offices of Trustee and Township Clerk. Mrs. Cooper was born in New Market, Highland County, Ohio, November 9, 1848. Mr. and Mrs Cooper are members of the Bethlehem Christian Church, with which they have been associated for more than twenty years. He is also a member of Aberdeen Lodge, No. 149, F. & A. M. Jacob, the father of E. M. Cooper. was a member of the same church and the same lodge. PHILLIP W. COOPER, farmer, P. 0. Aberdeen, was born in this township February 14, 1838, and is a son of Jacob Cooper; an old. settler; was married, March 1, 1866, to Tabitha, the daughter of Jacob and Abi (Neal) Marsh, after which he settled on Three-Mile Creek, where he lived ten years, then purchased 150 acres of land where he now lives ; he and his estimable wife are members of the Church, to which they have been connected for twenty years. Seven children have been born to them, six of whom are living, viz., Margaret, Nannie T., William W., Abi A. Albert B., Jacob L. and Martha E. Margaret died November 10, 1879, aged twelve years. Jacob Marsh was the son of Abraham and Elizabeth Marsh. Abi (Neal) Marsh was the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Warner) Neal nee Brichel ; her father, Martin Brichel, was a son of William Brichel, a native of Ireland, who settled in Virginia. To Jacob Marsh and wife were born the following children : Tabitha, William A. and Walter C., twins, Calvin T., Milliard F., Martha C., Benjamin, N. B., Henry M. and Cora L. H. L. P. COOPER. farmer, P. O. Aberdeen, was born where he now lives, on the old home farm of Jacob Cooper, December 6, 1852, and is a son of Jacob Cooper, an old settler, whose sketch appears in this work ; he was reared on the farm and in the district school received an ordinary education ; he was married, December 9, 1879, to Jessie F., the daughter of I. H. Worstell (whose sketch appears in this book), and located upon the old home farm, where he now resides. He owns 100 acres of well improved and highly cultivated land. Mrs. Cooper is a member of the Christian Church at Bethlehem. HENRY DAULTON, farmer, P. 0. Ripley, born on the old home farm June 4, 1845, and is a son of John and Martha (Kerr) Daulton. He was married to Kate, the daughter of James and Savina (Frazier) Harding, of Brown Co., Ohio, Feb. 7, 1865. To them have been born eight children, namely, Effie A., James W., Mattie, Mary, Sallie, George, Katie and Henry H. The old home farm consists of 230 acres of land. Mr. and Mrs. Daulton, Sr., were members of the Disciple Church. Mrs. Daulton is a daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Cochran) Kerr, natives of Pennsylvania, who settled in this county in an early day. They purchased land in Adams County where Robert Daily now lives, on which they lived until 1810, when they came to this township where they lived till they died. To them were born six children, namely, Marthae James, Ellen, John, Sarah and Tabitha, all of whom are living, except two. Martha and John live in this county. By Mrs. Daulton's first marriage with Enos Curry, she had two children—Mary and Thomas. She died in 1831 ; he died previously. Mrs. Daulton was born in Adams County in 1804. John Daulton, deceased, was born in Virginia, and when a child came to Maysville, Ky., with his parents, Moses and Mary HUNTINGTON TOWNSHIP - 155 (Fristo) Daulton, in the year 1790. Maysville was then called Limestone; he came to this county in 1801, when his youngest son was but one year old. He was married in Ohio, first to Lucy Perry, of this county, who bore him eleven children, namely, Mary, Frances, Jamese Nancy, Susan, Kate, George, Margaret, Thomas, Lucy and John, all residents of the county for many years. She died in 1838. His second marriage was celebrated with Martha Kerr, by whom he had five children, two are living, namely, Sarah and Henry. The deceased are Ellen, Anna and Susan. In 1814, he purchased 300 acres of land, where his aged wife now lives, and on which he lived during his life. He served in the war of 1812; he departed this life in 1852, aged sixty-two years. ELIJAH DAVIS, Postmaster, Aoerdeen, was born in Franklin County, Ind., April 5, 1822, and is a son of P. Davis, a native of South Carolina, and one of the first settlers in Franklin County, Ind., where he died. The early life of our subject was passed in Brookville, Ind. where he received the rudiments of his education. When of proper age, he began learning the carpenter,s trade, which he followed for several years, then went to Cincinnati and engaged in the work of a millwright, and for one man worked ten years. In 1865, he came to Aberdeen and engaged in the grocery business, and afterward the dry goods business, which he followed six years He was appointed Postmaster during Hayes, administration. In 1881, he built the grist-mill in Aberdeen, which is one, of the best in Southern Ohio, and cost $13,000. Mr. D. has been Trustee of the township two years, and has also been a member of the School Board and Town Council ; he was married, in 1856, to Miss J. Fulton, by whom he has had seven children, five of whom are living, viz., Lizzie, Joe, Hannah, Titus and Gertrude. The deceased-Grant and Sherman, twins. D. W. EARLY, farmer, P. 0. Hiett, was born in Kentucky in 1820 ; he is a son of D. W., Sr., and Elizabeth (Lyn':) Early ; he was born in Virginia, and at the age of fourteen came to Kentucky alone, with nothing but an ax. She (Elizabeth Lynn) was born in Pennsylvania, and was daughter of Andrew Lynn, who also located in Kentucky in an early day. In 1836, D. W. Early, with his family, came to this township and settled where our subject now resides, and where he died in 1862, aged eighty-nine years. He and wife were members of the Presbyterian Church, and very exemplary Christian people. Four children came to this county with them, viz.: Elizabeth, Martha, Amaud), and D. W. They hid three other children—Sallie, Euphemia and Andrew. Mrs. Early died in 1860, aged seventy-eight years. Mr. Early served in the war of 1812. Our subject was married in 1849, to Sarah J., daughter of John and Sarah Hook, and by her has had four children, viz. : John L., Walter D., Charles and George. Mr. and Mrs. Early are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which they have belonged since 1860. John Hook was born April 6, 1787 ; died July 4, 1867 ; Sarah, his wife died October 7, 1843, aged fifty-two years and two months. HON: ANDREW EVANS (deceased). The deceased, whose portrait appears in this work, was born in Huntington Township December 9, 1809 ; he was the son of John Evans, Jr., and Mary (Housh) Evans. John Evans, Jr., was a son of John Evans, Sr., who was born December 1, 1737, and died in Mary- land, May 18, 1802, and Hannah (Griffith) Evans, his wife, who was born January 25, 1738, and died April 27, 1816. John Evans, Sr., was a son of Thomas Evanse who was born of Welsh parents. John Evans, Jr., who was born in November 17, 1770, came West in 1792, and located in the vicinity of the Blue Licks in Kentucky. In the fall of 1800, he came to this tow nship, and purchased 535 acres, where he built a cabin into which he moved his family in the following spring. His family consisted of eleven children, viz.: Abraham, Benjamin, John, Andrew, Thomas, Amos, William, Hannah, Laban, Diana and Griffith, the latter being the only survivor. Benjamin became prominently identified with h.e politics of the county ; he was one of the Associate Judges of the county, filled the office of County Auditor from 1829 to 1831, and represented the Fourth Senatorial District in the Senate of the State. His father, John Evans, Jr., was a vigorous, enterprising man, and served as one of the Commis- 156 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: sinners of the county from 1808 to 1826; he was also Township Trustee for many years ; and filled other minor offices of the township. He enlisted as a private in the war of 1812, and participated in the " Lake expedition." Andrew Evans, the subject of this sketch, spent his boyhood days on the farm, receiving but a meager education, but being a boy of rare intelligence, he availed himself of every opportunity to learn, and succeeded in obtaining a better slore of knowledge than could usually be obtained in the imperfect schools of his day. Upon arriving at a suitable age, be took his place at the forge with his father, who was a blacksmith, and under the latter's instructions soon became a skillful artisan. Possessing much natural ingenuity, he was enabled to produce with little effort any piece of mechanism his fertile brain devised. He was married, June 3, 1837, to Mary, daughter of William and Mary (Daniels) Hiett, and by her had the following children : Samuel, whose biography appears in this work ; William H. and Abraham F., twins, whose biographies also appear in this work, Indiana ; John B., deceased ; Amos A., deceased ; Mary ; Isabella E.; Ann D., deceased ; Joseph H. and Lee A., sketches of the latter two also appearing in this work. Mrs. Evans was born April 21, 1815. Mr. Evans filled several offices in the township, among which was that of Justice of the Peace ; in the twelve consecutive years that be occupied this offrce, his decrees, judgments and other official acts met with the warmest approbation of the citizens of the township, and he only had to indicate his desire for the office to be re-elected. In the fall of 1864, he was elected to represent the county in the Legislature of' the State, and in this capacity continued during the legislative years of 1864 and 1865. He was the first Republican incumbent of that office ever elected from Brown County. The duties of this office were discharged with great precision, and in a manner to reflect honor on the officer as well as credit to his constituents. His term of service was during the administration of Gov. Brough, and his untiring efforts in behalf of the soldiers and of those dependent on them, met with the warmest praise from the Governor, who spoke of Mr. Evans as a man who forgot self in his interest for others. Mr. Evans was reared in the old Jacksonian school of Democracy to which party he was a strong adherent until the questions of State Sovereignty and Slavery were agitated, when he renounced his allegiance to that party, and attached himself to the Republicans, who always found in him a ready and enthusiastic partisan. In his business affairs, he exercised rare good judgment, which with his natural sagacity and perseverance, enabled him to accumulate a comfortable competency. For nearly three-quarters of a century, he went in and out before the people of this township, and by his kindness, affability and great generosity, he endeared himself to all with whom he came in contact. He was a man of strong conviction, and expressed his opinions without regard to public sentiment. With a determined and positive nature, he adhered strictly to the principles of right without regard to the feelings or interests of any. He was a man whose every act was tempered by kindness and Christian benevolence. In his death, society lost a kind and courteous gentleman, the community a good citizen, and his family a loving and indulgent parent. During the latter years of his life, he connected himself to the Huntington Presbyterian Church, in which he became a valued, energetic and consistent member. He was made a Ruling Elder, at the time he joined the church, and continued to serve the church in that capacity until his death. The following touching words were suggested to his son, Dr. W. H. Evans, by a night visit to his father's tomb : " How softly now the night's shadows fall All nature seems at rest ; Home of the dead, how silent all Lie, with my father blest." SAMUEL EVANS, farmer and Justice of the Peace, P. O. Hiett. The gentleman, whose portrait appears in this work, was born in this township April 18, 1834, and is a son of the late Hon. Andrew Evans. At the age of thirteen years, he began learning the blacksmith trade, and served an apprenticeship of seven years. He followed the trade and milling until February 18, 1862, at which time he volunteered in Company F, Seventieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was soon HUNTINGTON TOWNSHIP - 157 after in the front , he was Assistant Engineer in the construction of Fort Pickering ; when completed, he was detailed armorer of the armory at Memphis, Tenn., until November 26, 1862. On May 11, 1863, at Moscow, Tenn., he was detailed to assist in recruiting a colored regiment, which was sworn into service June 6, 1863, our subject becoming Second Lieutenant of Company B, Fifty-ninth United States Colored Infantry. October 2, of the same year, he was promoted for meritorious service to a First Lieutenancy, and assigned to Company H. This regiment did good service, and its officers and men were always cool and courageous. In the winter of 1864 and 1865, he was detailed to command one hundred men to help suppress a guerrilla warfare, in which he had many hair breadth escapes. August 23, 1865, he was detailed Provost Marshal at Jackson, Tenn., and had command of the post, and had charge of the Freedmen's bureau, serving there until January 25, 1866, when he was mustered out of service, and was discharged January 31, 1866. His war record is one that reflects great credit on him for bravery and the dauntless courage be always exhibited in combat. He passed through a host of battles, but was never seriously injured. Upon his return to civil life, he resumed the labors he had left when he entered the service, and his labors have been crowned with success ; he has been identified with many of the offices of the township ; was elected Justice of the Peace in 1872 ; a position he has since held, with the exception of one year (1878). In settling up estates, he has had a large experience-probably more than any other man of his age in the county ; he is a member of the George B. Bailey Post of the Grand Army of the Republic ; also a worthy member in the lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, which he joined in 1879. On October 24, 1867, he was married to Margaret E., the daughter of William and Elizabeth (Cochran) Shelton, who has borne him five children, viz., Ulysses S. G., Mary L., Andrew W., Joseph S. and Charles H. WILLIAM H. EVANS, physician and surgeon, P. 0. Hiett. Dr. W. H. and Abraham F. Evans were born Oct. 8, 1835, in Huntington Township and were twin sons of the late Hon. Andrew Evans, to whose sketch the reader is referred. The boyhood days of each were passed on their father's farm and together they attended the neighborhood school which afforded them the advantages of a common school education which was developed by a course of study in a local grammer school, which completed their literary education, They took a part in the performances of the labor on the farm, and during the winter season were engaged in a flouring mill then operated by their &then Thus their boyhood passed until they arrived at the age of maturity. At this period, they separated, W. H. remaining in the mill, where he continued his labor as before, and A. F. began the study of medicine. September 23, 1857, W. H. was united in marriage to Amanda, the daughter of Robert and Johanna (Cooper) Scott, of this county. The avocation of milling and farming he followed until 1860, at which time he removed to West Point, Tippecanoe Co., Ind., where he following farming one season. During this time (November 1, 1860), he lost by death his wife, aged twenty-two years five months and thirteen days. Two children had been born to them. namely, Samuel W., born July 12, 1858, and Andrew, born October 19, 1860. After the death of his wife, he disposed of his effects and with his two motherless babes, returned to his former home. The following year his two children died-Samuel, October 6, 1861, and Andrew A., September 19, 1861. Taking up the study of medicine with Dr. Guthrie, a physician of Aberdeen, he prosecuted his research in the science of medicine until his enlistment August 12, 1862, in Company Ee of the Eighty- ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. In the organization of the regiment, he was appointed a duty Sergeant. Soon after, the regiment moved to the front, and he followed the fortunes of the same in all of the marching and countermarching, and was a participant in the numerous engagements of the regiment up to August 14, 1863, at which time he was commissioned Hospital Seward of his regiment. This dates prior a few days to the memorable and sanguine battle of Chickamauga, during which he was engaged in carrying from the field of carnage those of our wounded boys who fell in that frightful holocaust of death. His knowledge of surgery enabled him to be of inestimable value to many whose 158 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: wounds were of such a character that would admit of no delay in dressing and careful attention. For his heroism and strict attention to the performances of his dangerous and arduous labors upon this field and many other of a like character, he received from many of his superiors, valuable testimonials for meritorious conduct and unflinching bravery that carried him into the most dangerous places in the discharge of duty. At Chickamauga, his regiment was fearfully decimated, coming from out the conflict with its banners scarred and tattered by the leaden missiles of death which laid many of its rank and file in a soldier's grave in a field they so nobly fought to win. Many more only escaped the instant death of bullet and saber thrust, but to fall into the hands of merciless and ungenerous foes, and to suffer incarceration in the awful prison pens, whose torture was worse than the inflicted punishments of the old inquisition. Following in the wake of this battle came the hotly contested actions of Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face, Tunnel Hill, Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Jonesboro and Sherman's march to the sea, in all of which the regiment was engaged. Decemoer 24, 1864, he was detailed Hospital Steward of the Fourteenth Corps, and remained in Savannah until the following March, when the war closed. He joined the army at Goldsboro and was discharged near Washington, D. C., June 7, 1865.. Upon his return to civil life, he read medicine with John W. Guthrie, of Aberdeen, until October following, when he went to Cleveland, Ohio, to Charity Hospital Medical College, and attended lectures there under the tutorship of Prof. R. N. Barr, then Surgeon General of Obio. He received a unanimous vote for the degree of Doctor of Medicine and was graduated February 21, 1866, and honored with a diploma. He returned to this township and began the practice. He married Maria, the daughter of Hon. John T. Gaines, December 5, 1867. He moved to Hiett September 30, 1868. To thew five children have been born—W. T. Sherman and P. H. Sheridan, twins, born October 1, 1868 ; Esther Early, born August 22, 1874 ; Minnie Myrtle, born February 16, 1876, and Wylie Weber, born November 30, 1878. He has a house and a lot of six and one-half acres ; he joined the Christian Church at Bethlehem, in 1856, and was the first of his family to join the church ; be was a licentiate minister of the Ohio Christian Conference for twelve years, when he resigned , he was the Republican nominee for Sheriff in 1870, and was defeated, the county being largely Democratic ; he was the Republican nominee of his (Fourth) district for State Senator in 1881, and was defeated by a reduced Democratic majority ; he has practiced his profession successfully and was always temperate. Dr. A. F. Evans, deceased, twin brother to Dr. W. H. Evans, was a graduate of the Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati, Ohio. March 7, 1860, he was married to Eliza, the daughter of Charles Kimble, of this county, after which he established himself in the practice of medicine at Pleasant Hill, Ind., till the spring of 1861, when he was taken sick and was greatly reduced physically. His brother, W. H. brought him to Aberdeen, Ohio, where he died May 14, 1862. Two children were born to them—Luna and Anna F. He was connected to the order of Masonry, and was an aceepted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. LEE A. EVANS, farmer, P. 0. Hiett, was born on the old home farm Oct. 16, 1858, and is a son of the late Hon. Andrew Evans. His early life was passed on the farm and in the district schools, where he received the rudiments of an education which was developed by a course of study at the Lebanon Normal Institute. He has taught two terms in the schools of this and of Union Townships, and was successful as an educator. He is a young man of fine musical talent. AMOS EVANS (deceased), son of John and Mary (Roush) Evans ; was born in Huntington Township. He was married to Angeline, the daughter of Samuel and Tenie Wilson. They settled on land now owned by John S. Thompson, and made it a permanent home during his life. Amos was a member of the Eighty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and enlisted in August, 1862. He was sent to the front, and saw active service until January, 1863. At Point Pleasant, W. Va. he shipped with the fleet on the boat B. C. Levi, lashed abreast Silver Side No. 2, and landed in Nashville, Tenn., February 9, 1863, at which place he was left aboard the boat unable to go HUNTINGTON TOWNSHIP - 159 ashore. Upon the retnrn of his companions, he was missing, and no trace nor vestige was ever found concerning him. He enlisted as a musician. He was the father of six children, three of whom are living—.Jane (Thompson), John W. and Jacob. The deceased are Laban, Griffith and Naomi. He was a farmer and miller by occupation, and an excellent mechanic. He was generally successful in business. The liviog children reside in this township. HENRY FLAUGHER, dealer in produce, Aberdeen, was born in this township in the year 1825, and is a son of Henry, Sr., and Rachel (Wallace) Flaugher, natives of Pennsylvania. Henry Flaugher, Sr., was a son of Adam Flaugher. of whom mention is made elsewhere, and was married to Rachel, the daughter of Nathan Wallace, and lived during his life in this township an honored and respected citizen. He was a soldier in the war 1812. To him was born thirteen children, seven of whom are living. Adam, Katie, Louisa, Nancy, Henry, Mary and Jane. The deceased were Rachel, Susie, Lucy, Ann, Betsy and Jacob. Mr. Flaugher died in 1864 at the age of eighty- four years. She departed this life in 1866 at the age of eighty-four years and seven months. Onr subject was reared on the farm, and received a common school education in the district schools. He remained with his parents until his marriage, which was celebrated in 1847, with Nancy, the daughter of Richard and Mary Brown, old settlers, of whom mention is made in this work. After his marriage he continued on the old Flaugher farm, which he operated until his coming to Aberdeen in 1872, since when he has been engaged in buying and shipping produce, and during three years of the time he has been Constable of this township. He is a member of the F. & A. M. Lodge at Ripley, Ohio, to which he has been connected since 1849. To Mr. and Mrs. Flaugher have been born five children, of whom only two are living-John H. and Richard. The deceased are Mary A., David and Nancy B. Mrs. Flaugher departed this life July 14, 188d, at the age of fifty-two years. The male members of this family were all Democrats. JESSE FLAUGHER, farmer, P. 0. Aberdeen, was born in Byrd Township in the year 1825, and is a son of George and Sarah (Modleswarth) Flaugher. The former was born in Maryland, and came to this county, as will be found in the biographies of this township. He was married to the daughter of Jacob Modleswarth, an early settler in this county and a native of Pennsylvania. George Flaugher died December- 24, 1858, aged upward of seventy years, his wife having died several years previously. They were parents of thirteen children, of whom eleven grew up—Mary, David, Catherine, James, Angeline, Jesse, Carrie, William, Sarah, George and Lavina. The others died in childhood. Mr. Flaugher, Sr., was a soldier in the war 1812, and a pensioner. He and wife were members of the Christian Church. He was a very successful farmer. Three of his children are living-Jesse, Lavina and Sarah. Our subject was reared on the farm, and was married to Margaret J., the daughter of William Smith, of Adams County, Ohio, in 1850. They were parents of four children—Samuel P., Campbell, Andrew (deceased) and John M. (deceased). At the above time, he was living in Byrd Township. Mrs. Flaugher departed this life November 5, 1852. His second marriage was celebrated in 1853, with Lydia, the daughter of Edward and Mary McDaniel, old settlers, of whom mention is made in this work. In 1871, Mr. Flaugher disposed of his property in Byrd Township, and came to his present place of residence. He owns forty acres of well-improved and highly cultivated land. He has assessed the land of this township once. He and family are members of the Christian Church at Bethlehem. Mrs. Flaugher was born in Kentucky in the year 1815. WILLIAM R. FLAUGHER, farmer, P. O. Ripley, was born where he now lives, in 1823, and is a son of Adam and Allie (Riggs) Flaugher. Adam Flaugher was a son of Adam, Sr.; Allie Riggs was a daughter of John Riggs, one of the early settlers in Mason County, Ky., having planted the first apple tree in Mason County ; he afterward located in this county, where he died in 1827, aged eighty-seven years. Adam, Jr., was one of the first settlers in this county. He served in the war of 1812, and had nine children, six of whom are viz.: Susan, Catherine, Rachel, Maria, Jacob and William R. The deceased are Henry, Martin and Zachariah. Mr. 160 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: Flaugher died in 1859, aged eighty-three years ; his wife was born in 1779, and died in 1864, Our subject was married to Parthena, the daughter of Jacob Wilson, in 1849. To them have been born ten children, viz.: Ephriam, Rufus, Emily, Wadey, Allie, Matilda, Sylvanus K. William M., Jesse and Mary B. Mr. Flaugher owns 185 acres of land, well improved; he is a member of the order of Odd Fellows and also of the Christian Church. TITUS B. FULTON, farmer, P. O. Aberdeen, was born in Mason County, Ky., July 20, 1813 ; he is a son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Bennett) Fulton, natives of Maryland, who were reared in Kentucky, having come to the above county with friends in childhood. The former was born in August, 1781. His parents died when he was a youth. He was married in Mason County, Ky., where he lived and followed milling. In 1831, he settled and lived in Union Township for several years. There he purchased 100 acres of land, where Joseph, his son, now lives. On this land he made a home and erected a mill. He was successful in this business transactions, and accumulated a good property. To them were born eleven children, of whom eight are living, four in this county, namely : Our subject, William, Joseph, Jacoline, Davis ; Rachel Humphrey, Bellefontain, Ohio ; Jane Boswell, Ripley, Ohio ; Elizabeth Stephenson, Union Township, this county; McDaniel, Champaign County, Ill. Mr. Fulton died March 22, 1866 ; Mrs. Fulton died at the age of seventy-one years. The boyhood of our subject was passed in the mill, and under the instructions of his father learned the business of milling. For thirty years he operated the mill near his residence, then sold, and in partnership with Mr. Davis erected a fine mill in Aberdeen in the year 1881, which they are now operating. In 1844, he settled where he now lives, renting the land for thirteen years, when he purchased and has since resided at the same place. His farm now consists of 139 acres of excellent land under cultivation. He has been Treasurer of this township for three terms. Mrs. Fulton is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Aberdeen. Mr. Fulton belongs to Aberdeen Lodge, No. 149, F. & A. M., which he has been connected with a number of years. He was married, January 6, 1843, to Miss Eliza, the daughter of James and Ellenor Higgins, of Missouri. To them have been born eleven children, seven of whom are living, namely, Lizzie Johnson, Anna Mefford, Edwin, Jacoline, Belle, Augusta and William. The deceased are Joseph, Amanda, Hannah and Carrie. Mr. Fulton began life without means, and every effort put forth by him has been crowned with success. WILLIAM FULTON, farmer, P. O. Aberdeen, son of Joseph Fulton, an old settler in this county, was born in Mason County, Ky., in the year 1824. He was seven years old when his father settled in Union Township. His boyhood was passed on the farm and in the district schools, where he received his education. He was married, in 1849, to Mrs. Lucy (White) Rainey, daughter of Uriah White, an old pioneer, of whom mention is made in this work. After his marriage, he located where he now lives, owning 100 acres of improved land. He served as Trustee of Huntington Township for nine years, and as Commissioner of the county for six years, being elected in 1868. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and his wife of the Methodist Episcopal. To Mr. and Mrs. Fulton have been born ten children, namely, Titus P., Tyre M., Gwinn M., William M., Lucy E., Eliza D., Mary F. Lizzie R., Maud G. and La Fayette. Mrs. Fulton was born in this county in 1823. F., F. has been successful in life, and his accumulations have resulted in a good and comfortable home. JOSEPH FULTON, farmer, P. O. Aberdeen, was born in Mason County, Ky., January 11, 1825, and is a son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Bennett) Fulton. Our subject was married to Mrs. Catherine A. Riggs (nee Cooper) December 5, 1861. She is a daughter of the well-known Jacob Cooper, deceased. Mr. Fulton owns 134 acres of choice land, on which he settled after his marriage. Seven -children have been born to him, viz. : Cory A., Cooper L., Titus B., Maggie C., Clara J., Charles D. and Joseph C. Mrs. Fulton's first husband, Mathias Riggs, to whom she was married in 1849, was a son of Nathan Riggs. Three children were born to them, viz.: Samuel, Emily C. and Wylie O. (deceased.) Mr. Riggs died July 27, 1857. HUNTINGTON TOWNSHIP - 161 HON. JOHN F. GAMES, farmer, P. 0. Hiett. Probably no man now living in Huntington Township is more favorably known than the gentleman whose name heads this sketch. He is a native of the township, in which he was born in the year 1810. His parents, J. W. and Sarah (Fryer) Games, were born in Jefferson County, Va., and in the year 1807 came overland with team and wagon to this township, in which they made permanent a home. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, having enlisted in the "general call," and did his country service in the famous Lake expedition. Six children were born to them, of whom only John F. survives. The deceased were William, Benjamin, Gideon, Mary and Ruth. Mrs. Games died in 1840, aged fifty years. Mr. Games was again married to Sarah Haines, by whom he had two children, viz., Josephine and William A.; the latter deceased. Mr. Games was a zealous Christian gentleman, and an acceptable member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He departed this life in 1856, aged seventy years. Our subject received a good, practical education in the subscription schools which were in vogue in his boyhood. By applying his mind assiduously, he qualified himself to teach, a profession he followed irregularly for ten years, and worn the reputation of being an excellent instructor. In 1831, he was married to Mary A., the daughter of Absalom Gardner, of Highland County, Ohio, by whom he had three children, two of whom are living-Evaline and William B.; Absalom (deceased). Mrs. Games died in 1836, at the age of twenty-five years. He married for his second wife Amanda, the daughter of D. W. Early. To them eleven children were born, seven of whom are living—Sarah E., David W., John W., Euphemia. A , Martha F., Maria P. and Andrew E.; the deceased were —Cornelia C., Mary E., Charles F. and Gideon G. Mr. Games owns an excellent farm of 225 acres, which is well improved, making a most desirable home in which to pass the remaining years of a busy and well spent life. His qualifications are such as denote the highest and purest principles of exalted manhood; and in recognition of his worth and sterling qualities, the citizens of his county chose him to represent the interest of the county in the Legislature, in which honorable body he served during the legislative years of 1856 and 1857. In local offices of the township, he has been fully identified, having served as Justice of the Peace nine years, and a Trustee one year. He has been religiously inclined from his boyhood, and night and morning at the family altar he leads in prayer and devotional exercises. In the Methodist Episcopal Church he has been a member a long series of years, during which he has reared a large family, conformably to the requirements of that church body. He is a man of quick and keen perceptions, with such strong natural forces that only give formation to an irreproach- able character. As a father he is kind and indulgent, and as a husband affectionate, forbearing and considerate ; generous to a fault, giving freely from his means at all times to promote the best interests of the community, whether in church, educational or civil affairs. Scrupulously just in all his dealings, untiring in his efforts to attain success himself and justice to his fellow-men, and yet, withal, he is modest and unassuming in his general deportment. WILLIAM B. GAMES, farmer, P. 0. Hiett, was born in the year 1834, and is a son of John F. Games. In 1856, he was married to Mary, the daughter of William Housh, who has borne him five children-Elizabeth E., John E., (deceased), Eva K., Henry L. and Hamer G. Mrs.. Games died in 1866, aged twenty- six years. His second marriage was celebrated with Susan H., daughter of Thomas Simpson, in 1868. Five children have been born to them—Elizabeth R., Mary A.. Katie B., Ethel H. and Arthur. He and his wife are members of the M. E, Church, and consistent Christian people. He owns ninety-one and three-fourths acres of well-improved land. D. W. GAMES, farmer, P. 0. Hiett, was born in 1841, and is a son of Hon. John F. Games. In October, 1861, he was enrolled in Company F, Seventieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he served till August, of the following year, when he was discharged ; but re-enlisted and served till the close of the war. In 1865, he resumed farming, and now owns 159; acres of excellent land. In 1866, he was married to Sarah J. Case, of Adams County, Ohio, by whom he had eight children 162 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES : Wilson, John, Joseph C., Carey M., Julia, Ann, Olan and Watson E. Mr. G. and his estimable wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. ELIJAH GARRISON, farmer, P. O. Aberdeen, was born in Mason County, Ky., April 3, 1829, and is a son of James and Mary (Sullivan) Garrison, natives of Virginia, who settled in Kentucky in an early day, where they lived for a number of years, when they removed to this county, and afterward removed to Indiana, where they now reside. Three of their children, viz., William, Susan and our subject, reside in Brown County. Our subject was reared on the farm, in Kentucky, until twelve years old, when he came to this county, and, in 1853, went to Indiana, where he lived till 1865, at which time he returned to Brown County, and located where he now resides. He owns 120 acres of land, and is a member of Charter Oak Lodge, No. 137, I. O. O. F. He and his wife are members of the Christian Church. They were married in 1850. She was Margaret, the daughter of John Steele, of this county, formerly of Virginia. Seven children have been born to them, viz., William R., James A., Thomas E., Sophronia, John, Mary J. (deceased), and Sarah B. (deceased). Mr. Garrison has been successful in life, and his every effort has been blessed with success. A. B. GILBERT, farmer, P. O. Aberdeen, was born near where he now lives October 28, 1810, and is a son of William and Margaret (Fryer) Gilbert. His father was born in Pennsylvania March 1, 1776; Margaret, his wife, was born December 16, 1777. They were married in Virginia, and, in 1808, with a family of five children, came to Ohio, and settled where our subject now resides. He here purchased 202 acres of land, for which he paid $2 per acre. He moved into a cabin that had been built by a man named Gunsalus, who held a lease on the land he had purchased. The land he cleared up and improved, and lived on during his life. He was a Justice of the Peace and Trustee many years, and during military days was a Captain of militia. He and his wife were members of the M. E. Church. To them were born the following twelve children, five of whom were born in Virginia—Elizabeth, Ruth, Nathan, John, Sarah, William, Alex. B., Rachel G., Walter G., Peggy, Robert D. and Benjamin E. Mrs. Gilbert died in 1822. Mr. Gilbert was married to Betsey Anderson, who bore him two children, namely Howey A. and an infant. His second marriage was celebrated with Betsey Ramy. He died October 28, 1830. A remarkable coincidence exists in the fact that his father and mother lay a corpse upon his birthday, and that his brother Nathan was married to his second wife upon the same day. William, Sr.e was a soldier in the war of 1812. Our subject was brought up, as are all pioneer boys, with plenty of hard work, privation and exposure. He was fond of hunting and fishingo and his spare time was spent in these sports in preference to attending school. He was married, in January, 1830, to Catherine, the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Cruzen) Housh, who settled in this township in 1804. After his marriage, he settled on the place where he now lives, and where fifty-two years of his life have been spent. He has been fortunate and unfortunate during life, and yet, has a competency for his remaining years. He has operated a saw-mill since he was thirteen years of age. To him have been born two children—Dyas and John. He has twelve grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. The father of Mrs. Gilbert was born in Pennsylvania, and her mother in Maryland. They settled in this township on the East Fork of Eagle Creek, where they purchased 200 acres of land, where he died about 1850. She died about 1864. They were parents of twelve children, of whom five are living, namely—Mary A., Catherine, Rachel, Lucy and Harrison. The deceased are—Anna, Betsey, Nancy, India, Wilham, Gilbert and Jackson. He held some of the minor offices of the township. He served in the war of 1812in the Lake expedition. Mrs. Gilbert was born in this township September 3, 1802. DYAS GILBERT, farmer, P. O. Aberdeen, son of A. B. Gilbert, was born October 9, 1830. In 1852, he was married to Harriet, the daughter of Aaron and Elizabeth (Moore) Pence, after which he located where he now resides. He has held the office of Trustee six years, and been identified with other minor offices ; he is a member of Aberdeen Lodge, No. 137, I. O. O. F., and Magnolia Encampment, No, 186, having passed the chairs of each. He is also a me,' ber of Ripley Lodge, Knights HUNTINGTON TOWNSHIP - 163 of Pythias; was first Chancellor Commander of Gretna Green Lodge, No. 99, K. P., and in the winter of 1881 was elected a Representative to the Grand Lodge at Columbus, Ohio. He owns 115 acres of good land, well improved. To Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert have been born nine children, viz.: Albertine, Sarah K., Hillis R., Nathan A., Mary L , Homer G., Minnie J., Effie B. and Cassius C.—deceased. Aaron Pence was a son of Peter and Susan (Roush) Penceo of Virginia, who settled in Adams County, Ohio, in 1797. , Aaron Pence died April 21, 1861. He was the father of ten children, six living, viz.: Alfred, Daniel, Harriet, Jacob, Frank and Peter. Peter Pence died in 1832, aged sixty-three years. His wife died in August, 1851. Elizabeth Moore, wife of Aaron Pence, is the daughter of Daniel and Lizzie (Davidson) Moore, of Virginia, who settled in Adams County, Ohio, in 1797. He died in 1815 ; he was a soldier in the war of 1812. Mrs. M. died in 1851. Thirteen children were born to them, viz.: William, Thomas, Daniel, Wesley, Nancy, Mary A.,, Hannah, Harriet, Elizabeth, Sarah, Rebecca and two that died in infancy. JOHN B. GLASSCOCK, farmer, P. 0. Aberdeen, was born in Kentucky in 1817, and is a son of Gregory and Elizabeth (White) Glasscock, natives of Virginia, who settled in this township in 1817, and followed farming ten years, after which the father bought cattle and drove them to Eastern markets for six years ; he then settled in Highland County, Ohio, where he died in 1851. By his first wife he had five children, viz.: Mary A., Samuel H., James W., John R. and Valentine. By his second wife (Susan Fristo) he had two children, viz.: Israel and Alanda. Mr. Glasscock, Sr. was a soldier in the war of 1812. His first wife died in 1827. Our subject was married in 1840 to Mary J., the daughter of Caleb and Matilda (Ross) Atherton. To them have been born eleven children, four of whom are living, viz.: Elizabeth F., Caleb A., Milton B. and Thomas H. Caleb enlisted, in 1861, in the Seventieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was veteranized in 1864, and discharged in d865. Mr. Glasscock owns sixty acres of land ; he and his wife are members of the Methodist Church, to which they have belonged many years. JOSEPH GRAY, farmer, P. O. Aberdeen, was born in this township in 1799, and is a son of John and Polly Gray, of whom mention is made in the sketch of James S. Gray. Our subject was reared on the farm and married Jane, the daughter of William and Elizabeth Kilgore, in 1818, since when he has lived in this township. He and his wife are members of the Christian Church, to which they have belonged for forty years; to them have been born sixteen children, eight of whom are living— William, Nancy, Lovina, Eliza, Mary A., Isabelle, Susan and Joseph ; the deceased are John, Oliver, Malinda, Abba, Mary, Jane, James and an inffint. Mr. Gray owns at present 200 acres of good land ; Oliver Gray was a member of Company F, Seventieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and died in Tennessee in 1862. JAMES S. GRAY, farmer, P. O. Aberdeen, was born in Kentucky in the year 1807, and is a son of John and Polly (Stewart) Gray. John Gray was a son of Matthew and Nancy Gray, natives of Pennsylvania, who settled in Mason County, Ky., in 1790. In 1821, the family located in Brown County and purchased 160 acres of land just south of California. Matthew Gray died in Kentucky. On the above land John Gray lived and died ; he was a soldier in the war of 1812. To him was born fourteen children, of whom the following are living—Joseph, James, Rebecca, Susan and Abba. Mr. Gray was born in 1777, died in 1860; his wife who was born in d775 and died in 1866. Our subject was married in 1829 to Mary Beverly, since when he has lived in this township ; to him and his first wife were born seven children -John, Thomas, Arthur, Mary J., Nancy, Rebecca and Amanda. Mrs. Gray died in 1857, aged fifty years. He was again married to Mary J. Paul, in 1862, who died in 1866, aged fifty-seven years ; his third and last marriage was celebrated in 1875, with Mary J. Prouty. His son Thomas was a member of a Missouri regiment; was taken prisoner and paroled. ALEXANDER GRIERSON, farmer, P. 0. Aberdeen, was born in Yorkshire, England, April 30, 1825 ; he is a son of John and Ann (Greenhow) Grierson; the former was born in Scotland in 1801, and at the age of eighteen years went to En- 164 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: gland; the latter was born in England in 1804. Mr. Grierson followed store-keeping in England till 1836, at which time he emigrated to America with his family and landed at Lexington, Ky., in July, of that year. He brought a herd of blooded stock with him for Walter Dun & Co.. Kentucky Central Importing Company. In 1841, he came with his family to Adams County, Ohio, and some years later removed to Brown County, Ohio, where he died January 8, 1869 ; his wife died March 5, 1873. Mr. Grierson followed teaching in Kentucky as private instructor for three years ; he was a man for fine attainments and was held in respect and esteem by all who knew him and was a member of the Presbyterian Church. To him was born the following children— Alexander Elizabeth (deceased), Margaret, John W, Richard (deceased), James, Will- iam F., Walter D., Robert G-., Alfred G-., Anna (deceased), Mary, (deceased), and David (deceased). Alexander was married in 1849 to Elvira, the daughter of John Scott. In 1861, he was elected Justice of the Peace, re-elected in 1869, and served two terms in all. He has been Trustee for the township two years, and is a member of Aberdeen Lodge, No. 149, F. & A. M. He owns fifty acres of land and is a well- to-do and intelligent citizen. Seven children have been born to him—John M., Amanda S., David A., Margaret, William F., Ross A. and Ann E. John W. Grier- son, merchant, California, was born in England in 1830 ; he followed farming until 1861, at which time he enlisted in Company Be Thirty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and participated in all the battles of the regiment, up to and including Chickamauga, in which he was wounded twice and seriously disabled. He carries one of the balls now in his right hip. After lying in the hospital for three months, he was put on post duty, where he served the balance of his time. He was a Corporal, and was discharged in September, 1864 ; upon his return to civil life, he came to California and embarked in the store business, in which he is now engaged. In 1867, he was married to Mahulda Williams, of Scioto County, Ohio, who has borne him two children—James A. and Anna G. W. D. GRIERSON, merchant, P. 0. Hiett, was born in Lexington, Ky., in the year 1839, and is a son of John and Ann Grierson, of whom mention is made in the sketch of Alexander Grierson. Our subject was only two years old when he came with his parents to Brown County, Ohio, where he was reared on the farm and received a common school education. He enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Eighty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry in 1864, and was immediately put on duty and saw active service until the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged and returned to his home. On his return to civil life he followed farming for a year or so when he opened a store of general merchandise at Hiett, where he has since transacted business. In 1873, he was appointed Postmaster (Grant's administration), a position he has since occupied. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. He was married in 1874 to Miss Mary, daughter of Andrew Evans, an old settler. They were parents of three children—Margaret, Sarah and Alphonso. HARRISON GRIFFITH, farmer, P. 0. Ripley, was born where he now lives, October 12, 1812, and is a son of Mason Griffith, who came from Virginia and located where our subject lives in 1812, and where he bought eighty acres of wild land ; he died in 1855, aged upward of sixty years ; his wife died in 1870, aged eighty-seven years. Our subject was married in 1844 to Miranda Thompson, by whom he has had ten children, viz., Mason, Frances, Mary E., Andrew T., Amanda J., Alexander W., Jesse, Lou, Emma, William T. S., and Susan B., deceased. Mr. Griffith owns seventy- three acres of land. He and wife have been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church for many years. Hezekiah and Eliza (Bennett) Thompson, parents of Mrs. Griffith, were natives of Maryland, and settled in Kentucky in 1821. In 1824, Mr. Thompson died, when his wife, with her four children, settled in this township for one year, then went to Ripley. She died in 1871, aged seventy-one years. Mrs. Griffith is the only one of her children living. JE8SE GRIFFITH, farmer, P. 0. Ripley, was born in this township in the year 1817, and is a son of Mason and Winnie (Willoughby) Griffith. They were born in Virginia, and came to Kentucky when single. They were married HUNTINGTON TOWNSHIP - 165 in Kentucky, where, they lived for several years, and about the year 1810 or 1812 he purchased land in this township, on which he resided many years. He then removed to Logan,s Gap, where he purchased land of Gen. Cochran, on which he died in 1854, at the age of about sixty-eight or sixty-nine years. To them were born nine children, of whom only two are living, namely, Harrison and Jesse. The deceased are Willoughby, Harriet, Lucinda, Jane, and Catherine, and two names unknown. He was a soldier in the war of d812, for which service he received two land warrants. He was a successful man in his business and accumulated a good property. Mrs. Griffith was a member of the Campbellite Church. Our subject was reared on the farm, and was married to Miss Melinda, the daughter of Richard and Mary (Housh) Brown, old settlers in this county. Our subject has lived in this township all his life, and in 1841 came to where he now lives. He owns twenty-four and one-fourth acres of land on the Ohio River. to Mr. and Mrs. Griffith have been born eight children, namely, Henry. Mary E., Richard, Oliver B., Nancy, Harrison, Reny and Wylie. Mrs. Griffith was born in this township in the year 1822. OWEN GRIFFITH, farmer, P. 0. Ripley, was born in Union Township, and is a son of Alfred and Phoeba (Parker) Griffith. Alfred Griffith was horn in Virginia, and was a son of John Griffith, a native of Virginia, who settled in Union Township in 1804. In 1808, they came to this township, and in 1812 settled on land that is now owned by Charles and Owen Griffith, where a permanent home was made. John Griffith died in 1840 ; his wife having died previously. Their sons all became residents of the county, and are all deceased. Alfred was married to Phoeba, the daughter of Solomon and Nancy Parker, of Kentucky. After his marriage, he located on his father,s farm, where he lived during his life ; he died in 1875, aged seventy-nine years. His wife died in d880, aged fifty-one years. He had been twice married, and by his second wife had seven children, viz., Owen, Adeline, Charles, Ellen, Frances, Elijah, and an infant. By his first wife, Ann Lacy, he had two children, viz., Leander and Ann. Our subject was born in 1852, and has always resided in the township. In d876, he was married to Mary, the daughter of James and Mary Cochran, by whom he had three children, viz., Ezra, Owen and an infant. He owns 116 acres of well-improved land. He and wife are members of the Christian Church. J. W. GUTHRIE, physician and surgeon, Aberdeen, was born in Highland County, Ohio, in 1841, and is a son of Andrew Guthrie, a native of Ohio. William, the father of Andrew, was from Pennsylvania, and located in Warren County, Ohio, in 1812. The boyhood of our subject was passed mostly in Martinsville, Ohio. His elementary education was developed in the Ohio Wesleyan University. He studied medicine under his father, who was a physician ; he entered the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1858, and graduated in 1859. The same year, he located in Aberdeen, where he has since given exclusive attention to the demands of his practice. In July, 186d, he enlisted in Company E, Forty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was detailed to hospital duty ; owing to ill health, he was discharged in December of the same year. In 1863, he was married to Mary, the daughter of Capt. J. C. Power. He was elected Mayor of Aberdeen in 1875, and is the present incumbent of that office. In 1882, he was elected Treasurer of the township. WILLIAM HAROVER, farmer, P. 0. Aberdeen, is another of the old and native-born citizens of Brown County ; he is a son of Alexander and Mary (Hite) liar- over, the former a native cf Virginia and the latter of Pennsylvania. In 1800, he, a single man, came to Kentucky, where he lived a short time, and then crossed the river and followed farming. He was married to Mary Elite, and afterward settled where John Brookover now lives. He was successful during his life, and accumulated a good property. He died in 1853, aged seventy-nine years. She departed this life in 1855, aged seventy years. To them were born thirteen children, eleven of whom grew up to maturity, namely, John, Milburne, Clinton, William, Alexander, Sarah, Mary, Elizabeth, Lucinda, Fatina, Cassandra and Marmon. Thomas died in childhood. After becoming of age, the children scattered, and, at present, our subject is the only son living in the county. Mrs. Harover was a member of the Christian Church. Sarah, the 166 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: mother of Mary Harover, came from Pennsylvania with John Grethredge, who purchased about 300 acres of land. She married a man by the name of Stephenson, and removed to Champaign County, Ohio, and afterward to Indiana, where b he died. Our subject was born in the year 18d2, and was reared on the farm. He was married to Sarah Haman, now known as Haymen, June 16e 1840; he soon after located where he now resides ; he owns 227 acres of well-improved land in the southeast corner of the county ; he is a member of the Christian Church, with which he has been connected a number of years. To him was born eight children, five now living—Francis M., Martin, Thomas, Marshall and Eliza (Pollard). The deceased are Clinton, John and Parkinson. Francis M. enlisted first in the Tenth Kentucky Cavalry ; afterward in thc One Hundred and Seventy-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was a Captain of one of the companies ; he was taken prisoner while in the One Hundred and Seventy-third, and incarcerated in the Andersonville Prison, where he was kept until the close of the war. JOHN B. HAWK (deceased), was born in Union Township, Brown County, Ohio, April 9, 1820, and was a son of Philip and Mary (Valentine) Hawk. Philip was also born in Union Township, and was a son of John and Susan Hawk, natives of Virginia, who settled in Huntington Township in an early day, and were among the first settlers. John and Susan Hawk were parents of twelve children, namely, Abe, Jacob, John, Philip, William, Nathan, Henry, Sallie, Betsey, Tenie, Katie and Rebecca. Nathan resides in Illinois. and Tenie (Wilson) in Aberdeen. Philip and Mary Hawk were parents of seven children, namely, Betsey, Susan. James, John, Nathan, Lewis and Jacob. Philip Hawk died in Bentonville, Adams Co , Ohio, in 1868. Mary, his wife, died .Tune 14, 1840. He was a farmer by occupation, and lived the greater part of his life in Union Township ; he served in the war of 1812, and was credited to this county. John B. Hawk was married to Penelope, daughter of Daniel and Susan Ann (Bean) Dragoo, August 15, 1839 ; they were the first couple the Hon. John F. Games united in marriage. After marriage, they settled in Union Township, and afterward lived in different localities in this county, and finally settled where his wife and son, John F.. now reside ; here he died July d3, 1872. To them were horn eight children, all of whom are living, namely, Mary, Samuel, Philip, Anderson, John F., Bianca, Jane, Nianna and Samuel. Philip enlisted in the Seventieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company F, in 1861, and saw active service throughout the war, participating in many of the hard-fought battles ; he wag veteranized in 1864, and was on the march to the sea; he was slightly wounded in the foot at Atlanta, and was discharged in 1865. Samuel enlisted in the latter part of 1863, in the same company and regiment, and served until the close of the war. Daniel and Susan (Bean) Dragoo, parents of Mrs. Hawk, were born in Brown County. Daniel was a son of Belteshazzar and Hettie (Butler) Dragoo, who settled here in 1794. Daniel lived in Union Township during his life; he was the father of seven children, namely, Amanda. Milton, Franklin, Sophia, Samuel, Susan and Penelope, all of whom are now She was a member of the M. E. Church. Mrs. Hawk was born in the year 1820; John F. was born in this township in 1850. He was married to Isabella, the daughter of Andrew and Mary (Hiett) Evans, old settlers, March 28, 1872. After his marriage, he located where he now resides. To them have been born four children, namely, India E., Mary P., Bessie R. and Olan B. He was reared on the farm, and received only a common school education. They are members of the Huntington Presbyterian Church, and are exemplary Christian people. Mrs. J. F. Hawk was born in this township March 25, 1849. T. HEATON, physician and surgeon, Aberdeen, was born in Eagle Township in the year 1837, and is a son of Joseph and Mary A. Heaton, who settled in the above township, the former born in Loudoun County, Va., and the latter in Ohio. He was a farmer by occupation and made a permanent home in the above township. He was a member of the Universalist Church and one of the oldest Masons of the county. They were parents of eleven children, four of whom are living in the county, namely, John, Joseph E , Indiana and our subject. The deceased are, wens, Susan, Esther HUNTINGTON TOWNSHIP - 167 J., and Amanda F. Thomas, Mary C. and Elizabeth are living in Illinois. He died in 1867 at the age of seventy-two years. She departed this life in 1869 at the age of seventy years. Our subject was reared on the farm, and in the district schools received the rudiments of his education, which was developed and completed in the Ohio Valley Academy, the Lebanon Normal School and the University of Michigan. Before completing his literary education, he began the study of medicine under a preceptor, and continued his study during college days. He afterward began the study of medicine at Ann Arbor, Mich., and graduated in 1861. The following October, he enlisted in Company B, Seventieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was appointed Hos- pital Steward by the Colonel, and in this capacity served till February, 1863, when he was commisioned First Lieutenant and was mustered into different companies, acting as Adjutant. He served till 1864, when he was mustered out on account of sickness. He was promoted to a Captaincy. Upon his return home, he began practicing with Dr. Cooper, of Eagle Township, with whom he remained until 1872, when he came to Aberdeen, and has since paid attention to the demands of his practice. He has been a member of the Board of Education and Town Council. He is a member of the F. & A. M. Lodge of Aberdeen, No. 149, and is now the W. M. Chapter No. 9, Maysville, and Council. He was married, in 1865, to Miss Mary Winters, of Brown County. Ohio, who has borne him five children, three of whom are living, namely, Jinkie B., Mary E. and Esther ; the deceased are Hettie B. and Joseph G. The Doctor received a wound in the side before Atlanta, at New Hope Church, which seriously disabled him at the time, and from which he has never fully recovered. JAMES HELM, dealer in coal and lumber, Aberdeen, was born in Mason County, Ky., in 1810, and is a son of Samuel H. and Phoebe Helm, natives of Kentucky, who removed to Huntington Township, Brown County, Ohio, in 1820. They settled on land previously near Decatur, where they lived for three years, then came to this township as above stated. He died at the age of sixty-three years, in the year 1837 or 1838. She departed this life previously. They were parents of seven children, of whom James alone survives. The deceased are Phoebe, Anderson, Caroline, Mary, James, Rebecca and Charlotta. Mr. Helm, Sr., was a member of the New-Light Church, and was much interested in religious matters. He belonged to the F. & A. M. Lodge, was a farmer by occupation and was very successful. He served in the war of 1812, and also in one of the previous Indian wars. His children all lived and died in this township, except Caroline, who died in Illinois. Our subject was reared on the farm, and in the subscription schools received a very limited education. He was ten years old when his parents came into this township, and lived with his parents until April 23, 1833, when he came to Aberdeen, and in six months went into the grocery business, which he followed till 1838. He then abandoned the grocery business and started a ferry (horse boat), which he ran till 1860, and during the same time ran the old brick hotel. He disposed of his ferry and hotel, and the latter came back on his hands. He farmed one year and then returned to Aberdeen, and has been in the coal, lumber and grain trade since 1859. He has always been an Overseer of the Poor. He is a member of the F. & A. M. Lodge of Aberdeen, No. 149, and is a charter member, being the first member initiated. He was married November 18, 1832 to Miss Susanna Banner, who has borne him three children (one of whom is living), namely, Ann E. Cheseman, wife of Joseph Cheseman. The deceased are Mary and Phoebe. Mrs. Helm departed this life in May, 1872. Mr. Helm was married the second time, June 4, 1874, to Ann Gates. T. F. HILL, grocer, Aberdeen, was born in South Bloomfield, Pickaway Co., Ohio, May 5, 1837, and is a son of Martin and Lucinda (Osburn) Hill. His father was born in Connecticut, and his mother in Virginia. He spent several years in this county, temporarily, teaching. Both are living, and at the present time reside in Charleston, W. Va. The boyhood of our subject was spent in his birthplace, and in the village schools he received the rudiments of his education, which was developed by a term of study at the Lebanon, Ohio, Normal School, previous to which he had been engaged in teaching—a profession he had followed successfully for twelve 168 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: or fifteen years. He enlisted, June 19, 1861, in Company H, Twelfth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was soon after sent to West Virginia, and saw active service throughout the war. He was on detached duty at headquarters for ten months, and afterward on detached duty in the Quartermaster's Department. He was commisioned a Second Lieutenant of his old company in 1862, and afterward promoted to First Lieutenant, and was assigned to duty in Company E, and afterward in Company H. He passed through a number of engagements, but received no wounds. He was discharged July 11, 1864. Upon his return to civil life, he located in Greenville, Ill., where he was engaged in merchandising six months. His health failing, he returned to Aberdeen and followed teaching in the village schoolo as Principal, for three years. In 1874, he engaged in his present business, and has since devoted his entire attention to it. He was married, Ootober 10, 1864, to Caroline, the daughter of John B. Campbell, an old settler, whose biography appears in this work. To them have been born six children, namely, John M., Charles W., Thomas L., Edith, Carrie C. and an infant, deceased. Mr. Hill is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, Lodge of Aberdeen, No. 142, and to the Grand Army of the Republic-George B. Bailey, Post, No. 215, of Aberdeen. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of the village, to which they have belonged for a number of years. Mrs. Hill was born in Aberdeen, in March, 1838. JOHN HIETT, farmer, P. O. Ripley, was born on the old home farm in the year 1840, and is a son of Samuel and Sarah (Gilbert) Hiett, both pioneer families, whose sketches appear in this work. The boyhood of our subject was passed on the farm, and in the district schools he received a common education. In 1861, he enlisted in Company F, Seventieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry ; was soon after transferred to the front, and participated in the battle of Pittsburg Landing. The regiment was in the army of the Tennessee. He saw active service throughout the war, and was in the great Atlanta campaign, during which time his term of service expired (in 1864). He also participated in the battles of Shiloh, Haines, Bluff, Jackson, Mission Ridge, Knoxville. Rocky Face, Tunnel Hill, Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain. and the battles in and around Atlanta, Jonesboro, and some lesser engagements. After his return to civil life, he began farming, and has since been a contractor on public works. He has been Assessor of the township twice, and was Deputy Tax Collector two years. He was married, in 1876, to Janet, daughter of William and Margaret McKenly, of Lawrence County, Ohio, who has borne him two children-Gertie V. and Maggie. W. G. HOUSH, farmer, P. 0. Hiett, was born in Huntington Township in the year 1832, and is a son of William and Eleanor (Hiett) Housh. He was born in 1804 in Huntington Township, and she in 1800 in Virginia. Our subject was reared on a farm, and before of age he began teaching, having been in attendance at the Wesleyan University. He followed teaching for eight years, a portion of the time at irregular intervals. He is also proficient in music, and has been an instructor to some considerable extent. He was married, in 1855, to Miss Sarah E., the daughter of John Games, an old settler, whose sketch appears in this work. After marriage, he taught school for awhile. He has lived in this township all his life, with the exception of four years, which he spent in Adams County, Ohio, two of which he spent in Manchester, where he was engaged in the plow and wagon factory. To Mr. and Mrs. Housh have been born eight children, seven of whom are living—Samuel D. and John H. (twins), Esther T., Mary E., E. H., William K. and Early F. ; the deceased, Amanda E. He and his wife are members of the Huntington Presbyterian Church, in which he is an Elder, a position he has held for a number of years. He enlisted three times, but was refused on account of disability. He then went in as a clerk in the Quartermaster Deparlment, and served the greater part of two years. He owns sixty-seven and three- fourths acres of improved land in this township, and 130 acres of improved land in Adams County, Ohio. ARMSTRONG HOWLAND, farmer, P. 0. Aberdeen, was born in Byrd Township, this county, in the year 1830, and is the son of Ichabod and Mary (Bean) Howland. The former came from one of the New England States, and was a son of John HUNTINGTON TOWNSHIP - 169 Howland, who settled in Mason County, Ky., in an early day, and removing to this side of the river, became one of the oldest settlers of Brown County. He had a large family, of whom a number became residents of the county, and all are deceased. Ichabod remained in the northern part of the county during his life. He served in the war of 1812. To him were born eleven children-Bean, Jonathan, Ralston, James, Shepherd, Nancy, Smith, Armstrong, Ichabod and Ichabod, and one who died unnamed. Mr. Howland died about 1853 or 1854, aged upward of seventy years. His wife died two or three years previously. Our subject was married to Cinderella, daughter of Jesse Ellis, an old settler, in 1852, after which he settled in the township, where he has since resided. He is a member of Charter Oak Lodge. No. 137, I. O. O. F., of Aberdeen, Ohio, to which he has been connected a nnmber of years. They were parents of twelve children, eight of who are living—Lafayette, Jesse L., Dora, Viva, William W., Dyas, Nina and Effie. The deceased are Amanda, James M., Mary, Alice and Nancy. WILLIAM A. HUTCHISON, farmer, P. O. Aberdeen, William Hutchison, the grandfather of our subject, was born in the Blue Mountains, in Loudoun County, Va., about seventy-five miles from Richmond, in 1757, and died in Brown County January 7, 1841, in the eighty-fourth year of his age. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, participated in the decisive battle in which Cornwallis was defeated, and stood near that General when he surrendered his sword to Washington. When about twenty-six years of age, he married Rebecca Cooper, a lady of about his own age, who was raised in his neighborhood. In 1795, he embarked in a flat-boat at Pittsburgh, and, coming down the Ohio River, did not land for fear of the Indians and Tories along the river until he arrived at Maysville, then but a station of a few log cabins. After eight years, residence at a fort four miles from Maysville, and where Washington, Ky., now stands, he bought sixty acres of land in Huntington Township, Brown County, Ohio, on which he lived until his death, as above given. His wife died in this township January 15, 1853, in the eighty-seventh year of her age. They were the parents of eleven children, all of whom lived to reach their majority ; they were all Baptists, and the men were Democrats. Their youngest son Samuel, father of our subject, was born in Brown County in 1810, and, on March 4, 1841, married Tamar Lock, who was born in Brown County in 1820, and died August 9, 1878 ; she united with the Christian Church when quite young, and lived as a consisteht member of that church until her death. By her Mr. Hutchison had eleven children, four sons and seven daughters. The father lived on the farm, originally purchased by his father, for sixty-nine years, and three years ago moved to Adams County. His son, William A., the subject of this sketch, was born in this township in 1845, and remained on the farm with his parents until twenty-seven years of age, when he commenced life for himself. He was married, December 19, 1872, to Fanny, daughter of Benjamin Payne, and a native of this county, where she was born November 23, 1851 ; by her he had three children—Micajah M., Clara B. and Nellie L. After his marriage, he rented his father,s farm until 1881, when he purchased 101 acres of land where he now resides. He and his wife are members of the Christian Church, to which they connected themselves eight years ago. C. C. LAWWILL, teacher and School Examiner, Aberdeen, was born in Huntington Township in the year 1855, and is a son of William H. and Louisa (McGhehay) Lawwill, early settlers. The early life of our subject was passed on the farm, and in the district schools, he received the rudiments of his education. By hard work and close application to his books, he fitted himself to teach, and held a first-class certificate at about the age of twenty years. He began teaching at the age of seventeen years and since has been regularly engaged in the work. He was appointed one of the School Examiners of the county in October, 188d, which position he still fills with credit to himself. He is a student at law, and engaged to some extent in pleading cases. He was married, in 1880, to Miss Emma, the daughter of Simon Covert, of Brown County, Ohio. He is a member of the Charter Oak Lodge, No. 137, I. O. O. F., and Gretna Green Lodge, No. 99, K. of P,, Aberdeen, also of the New-Light Church. T. W. MADDOX, farmer, P. O. Hiett, was born in this township in the year 1834, and is a son of Thompson and Sarah (White) Maddox, old settlers in this coun- 170 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: ty. Our subject was reared on the farm and in the district schools received the rudiments of his education ; he was married to Dorcas, the daughter of Thomas and Lucy (Shelton) Weeper, of Brown County, Ohio, in 1856. After his marriage, he located in Sprig Township in Adams County, Ohio, where he lived for some years, when he returned to the neighborhood of his birth. He owns 135 acres of well improved and highly cultivated land. He is a member of the Patrons of Husbandry, and he and wife are members of Methodist Episcopal Church, to which they have been connected fora number of years. He began exhorting in the Methodist Church, and in 1870 was licensed as a local minister in the sauce church. Since then he has labored whenever his health would permit, filling local appointments made by himself. They are both exemplary and consistent members of the church. To Mr. and Mrs. Maddox nine children have been born. of whom eight are living, viz., Samuel E., Lizzie, Thompson W., Lucy, David D., Sarah A., Robert, Katie and an infant. He has been successful in his business enterprises and his accumulations have resulted in a good home. Mrs. Maddox was born in this township in 1844. EDMUND MARTEN, dealer in fine horses, Ripley. Among the shrewd, enterprising and successful business men of Brown County, Edmund Martin stands prominently to the front. He is a native of the county, was born in 1837, and is a son of Edmund Martin, Sr., who was a horseman of considerable note, and who at the age of about twenty-eight years, began dealing in horses, which he shipped to the New Orleans market. He was successful in his deahngs, and was a man noted for promptness in meeting and discharging his obligations. He accumulated a good property, which consisted of 470 acres of excellent land, now owned by his children, who are well-to-do and respected citizens ; courteous in his deportment and of pleasing, affable manners, he made many friends. The boyhood of Edmund, Jr., was passed upon the farm, and having a love for horses, he early in life began dealing in the equine species, and has sent a number of' cargoes to the New Orleans market, and thousands of head to the Boston and New York markets. His superior judgment of horses is recognized by dealers and others in want of good animals and his recommendations are always accepted. In 1857, he received the indorsement of a number of the officials of the State, from the Governor down, recommending him to the British Government as an infallible judge of horses, and a man in every way honorable and responsible. In support ofsi this document, he, in 1857, shipped a cargo of horses to England, and accompanied the same in person. This movement was influenced by the " Empire Horse Association " to encourage Mr. Martin to put Amerioan horses on the English market, to supply the armies of Russia and Turkey then at war. To Boston he has shipped on an average 350 horses per year, and has sent many lots to Baltimore, Albany and Buffalo. He is a gentleman of commanding personal appearance, and his extensive intercourse with the world has given a quiet dignity and ease of manners that is singularly marked in him, his urbanity and high social qualities make him a most pleasing companion, whose presence is always sought by his innumerable friends. In 1862, he was married to Miss Catherine, the accomplished daughter of Robert Stephenson, by whom he has had seven children living, viz., Minnie, Fannie, Katie, Edmund, Berna, one unnamed and Eva, deceased. Mr. Martin owns 200 acres of finely improved land on which he resides. EZEKIEL MARTIN, farmer, P. O. Aberdeen, was born in this township in 1840, and is a son of Edmund and Mary (Greene) Martin. Edmund Martin was a son of Elijah Martin, of whom mention is made elsewhere. After his marriage, Edmund settled where his son Quincy now lives. He was a successful business man, and accumulated a good property. To him was born nine children, six of whom are living and reside in this county-Adaline, Samuel, Edwin, Ezekiel, Reuben and Quincy ; the deceased are Rufus, Johnson and Alexander. Mr. Martin was horn November 5, 1795, and died August 25, 1855. Our subject was reared on the farm and received only a common school education. He owns eighty-eight acres of' excellent land, and is one of the enterprising young men of Brown County. REUBEN MARTIN, farmer, P. O. Aberdeen, was born in this township in 1849, and is a son of Edmund and Mary Martin, of' whom mention is made in this work. Our HUNTINGTON TOWNSHIP - 171 subject was reared on the farm, and, on February 24, 1881, married Miss Maria A., daughter of John L. Brown, of Indiana, by whom he has had one child, viz., John L. B. Mr. Martin is one of Brown County, s young and progressive farmers ; he owns 135 acres of excellent land, which is one of the best improved farms in the township. QUINCY MARTIN, dealer in horses, Aberdeen, was born on the old home farm of Edmund Martin, in this township, September 10, 1850, and is a son of Edmund Martin, the son of Elijah Martin, whose sketch appears in this work. The boyhood of our subject was passed on the farm, and, in the district schools, he received a practical education. He remained with his parents until he attained his majority, after which he continued on the farm, and engaged in buying and selling horses and cattle in the local market. For nearly one year, he conducted a general store in Manchester, Ohio, which he sold, and returned to his farm ; he owns 156 1/4 acres of well improved and highly cultivated land. He was married, May 30, 1877, to Miss Irene, daughter of Capt. I. H. Worstell, of Aberdeen, an old settler whose biography appears in this work ; he is now paying exclusive attention to the pursuits of the farm, and has been successful in his undertaking. JAMES H. MARTIN, farmer, P. O. Aberdeen, horn at the old home of his father, in the year 1832, and is a son of Ephraim and Mary Ann (Helm) Martin, of whom mention is made in this work. Ephraim was a son of Elijah Martin. Our subject was reared on the farm, and in the district schools received a common education. Has been married twice : first, in 1854, to Margaret, the daughter of Jesse Ellis, an old settler, who bore him four children, one of whom is living namely, Mary, wife of Ivan Shelton. The deceased are Ephraim, Charlie and one unnamed. Mrs. Martin died in 1860, at the age of twenty- six years ; his second marriage was celebrated with Sarah, the daughter of Thomas Neeper, of this countyo in 1864. Sit children are the result of this last marriage, namely, Lucy, Carrie, Belle, Myra, Reuben and Anna ; he is a member of Charter Oak Lodge, No. 149, F. & A. M., of Aberdeen ; he owns 270 acres of improved land, which is all under good cultivation ; he and his wife are members of the Christian Church at Bethlehem. THOMAS M. MARTIN, farmer, P. O. Aberdeen, was born in this township November 23, 1842, and is a son of Ephraim and Mary Ann (Helm) Martin. Ephraim was a son of Elijah Martin ; was married to Mary A., the danghter of Samuel Helm, Feb. 16, 1826. After his marriage, he bought 265 acres of land, where he now resides. He was successful during his life, and accumulated a good property. To him were born ten children, five of whom are living, viz., Samuel H., James H., Edmund B., Thomas M. and Henry V. Mr. Martin was a member of Charter Oak Lodge, No. 149, F. & A. M.; he was born March 2, 1800, and died December 27, 1867 ; she was born September 4, 1806e and died March 11, 1864. Our subject was married, May 1, 1866, to Eliza J., the daughter of Massie Beasley. He owns 175 acres of excellent land, which is well improved. To. Mr. and Mrs. Martin have been born four children, viz., Mary J., Chambers B., Clara W. (deceased), and Albert R. (deceased). Mr. Martin is a member of Charter Oak Lodge, No. 149, F. & A. M., to which he has been connected for a n umber of years, and has held the office of Senior Warden for three years. His wife was born in this township in 1844. HENRY V. MARTIN, farmer, P. O. Aberdeen, was born in this township November 25, 1844, and is a son of Ephriam and Mary Ann (Helm) Martin, of whom mention is made in this work. Our subject was reared on the farm and had only the advantage of a common school education. He has been twice married ; first, January 15, 1867, to Miss Eva J., the daughter of William Galbreath, of Aberdeen, Ohio, by whom he had seven children, four living, viz.: Maud, Frank, Mary and Charley. Mrs. Martin was born February 9, 1845, and died February 8, 1879, aged thirty-four years. His second marriage was celebrated with Sallie V., the sister of his first wife, May 26, 1881. Mr. Martin owns 200 acres of well-improved land ; he is a member of Charter Oak Lodge, No. 149, A., F. & A. M. of Aberdeen, and also a member of Maysville, Ky., Chapter, No. 14, R. A. M. He and his estimable wife are members of the church, and live consistent with the requirements of the same. Mr. Martin is one of Brown County,s enterprising and successful farmers. 172 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: JOSEPH B. MARVIN, grocer, Aberdeen, was born in West Union, Adams Co., Ohio., in the year 1819 ; is a son of Oliver H. Marvin, a native of Utica, N. Y., who settled in West Union about 1815, and followed farming there until 1822 ; he then moved to this county, and in 1824 removed to Maysville, Ky , where he operated a bakery till 1832, when he returned to Aberdeen, and engaged in the same business ; he afterward moved to Lewis County, Ky., where he died in 1857, at the age of seventy-five years. He had six children, of whom only our subjectti lives in this county. A. sister, Malinda McDowell, lives in Oregon. The deceased are Leonard,William T., infants He was a soldier in the war of 1812, stationed at Sackett,s Harbor. Mrs. Marvin died in 1846, at the age of seventy-three years. The boyhood of our subject after his third year was passed in this county, and after becoming of proper age he learned the baker,s trade, which, on account of failing health, he abandoned and sought employment on the river, and followed it in different capacities for about seven years, after which he commanded the ferry-boat at the crossing for about a period of nine years. Then he went on a steamboat in 1845, and the following year opened a grocery in Aberdeen, where he has since been engaged with the exception of three years he passed in Adams County, Ohio, on the farm. He served as Constable from 1869 to 1871 continuously ; Mayor two years, and was Councilman a number of terms. He is a member of the Christian Church at Bethlehem, which he joined in 1843. Mr. Marvin has been successful as a business man, and has accumulated a sufficient competency. He was twice married first in 1841, to Miss Gray, daughter of Isaac Gray, an old settler ; she bore him five children, namely—Josephine and Thomas L. Hamer, lining, and Melissa Oliver and William J., deceased. Mrs. Marvin died in 1876, at the age of fifty-two years. His second marriage was celebrated with Margaret (Boyle) Bidle, daughter of Daniel Boyle, of West Union, in 1877. He owns town property in Aberdeen consisting of seven lots, five with buildings. REV. RUFUS H. McDANIEL, P. O. Decatur, was born in this township in the year 1850, and is a son of Hiram and Caroline (Lawwill) McDaniel, early settlers, whose sketches appear in this book. The boyhood of our subject was passed on the farm, and in the district schools ; he received the rudiments ofsi his education, after which he attended a select school at Bentonville, Ohio, and still later the academy at New Richmond, Clermont Co., Ohio, which completed his literary education. He paid some attention to theology, and began laboring in the ministry in the summer of 1869, since when he has labored in the Christian Church. He was a licentiate minister until the fall of 1874, when he was ordained during the Conference at the Bethlehem Christian Church. Since then he has labored regularly until the present year ; owing to a serious eye difficulty, he is incapacitated for labor. He was married in 1874 to Miss Maggie, the daughter of F. W. and Susan (Hawk) Dragoo, of Brown County. Ohio, who has borne him three children, namely—Clarence, Minnie M. and Eben. F. W. Dragoo is a son of Belteshazzar Dragoo, the first settler in Brown County. Hiram McDaniel, father of Rufus, was born in Mason County, Ky., in the year 1822, and is a son of Edward and Mary (Waldron) McDaniel, who settled in this county about 1822. Edward was a son of Watson and Nancy McDaniel, natives of Maryland. Hiram was but an infant when his parents came to this county. He was reared on the farm, and was married to Caroline, the daughter of John and Mary (Reed) Lawwill, early settlers in Brown County, and natives of New York. Hiram was married in d844, and afterward located in this township, where he has resided to the present time. To them have been born nine children, of whom six are living, namely—Mary, Sarah, Rufus H., Eliza J., Charles and Thomas. The deceased are Susan A., John L. and an infant. They are both members of the Christian Church, and are exemplary and consistent Christians. He owns thirty acres of improved land. N. W. NEEL, farmer and ex-commissioner, P. O. Decatur, born in.Huntington Tp., near the place where he now resides, in the year 1827 ; he is a son of Samuel and Mary Jane (Ousler) Neel, early settlers. The early life of our subject was passed on the farm, and when of proper age, he took up blacksmithing, which he followed in conjunction with farming for about twenty years. He received only a limited education HUNTINGTON TOWNSHIP - 173 in the district schools, which has been developed by observation in later life. He was married, April 4, 1850, to Miss Jemima, the daughter of William and Massie Bryant, of Adams County, Ohio. After his marriage, he settled in Byrd Township, just opposite to his present place of residence, where he resided for six years, after which he removed to and settled on his present place of residence. He owns eighty-eight and one-fourth acres of land on Eagle Creek, in the Northern extremity of the township. He has been officially connected with his township, in which he has served in the capacity of Trustee two terms. In 1879, he was elected a Commissioner of the county, in which capacity he has satisfactorily discharged the requirments of the office. He is a member of the F. & A. M. Lodge, No. 149, of Aberdeen. To Mr. and Mrs. Neel have been born nine children, six of whom are living, namely, Caroline, Mary E., Massie J., Amanda, William S. and Eliza. The deceased are Thomas, Serena and an infant. Politically he is a Democrat, and has voted with that party upon all questions at issue. JAMES PAUL, minister, P. O. Hiett, born in Huntington Township, this county, in the year 1828 ; he is a son of James and Fanny (Woods) Paul, natives of Pennsylvania, where they were reared and resided till after their marriage ; they then moved to Kentucky and settled in Mason County, where they resided four years, after which they removed to Brown County and settled on Eagle Creek. John and Polly Woods, parents of Fanny, were natives of Pennsylvania, and settled on Eagle Creek in the year 1800. He (John) was a Colonel in the Revolutionary war, and was killed by the Indians in Byrd Township, while on an investigating tour. The Penis made permanent homes in Brown County. Grandfather Paul's family consisted of eight children, namely, Gabriel, Isaac, Andrew, James, William, Michael, Nancy and Malinda. Michael, father of James, Sr., was of American birth ; his wife was one-fourth Indian of the Shawnee tribe, her father being a half-blood. The well-known Indian character Captain John was half-brother to the grandfather of our subject. To James, Sr., was born five children, namely, Andy, Margaret, Isaac, James and Fanny Ann. In 1830, he removed to Maryland, and four years later went to Illinois, where he died in June, 1879, aged eighty years. His wife died in 1837. Our subject was reared on the farm, and from the age of nine years, in the family of John Hiett, with whom he lived until twenty-three years of age. He was married in 1850, to Sallie Ann, -daughter of Eve White, of whom mention is made in this work. Since his marriage, he has followed farming in connection with ministerial work. He was ordained in the Christian Church, in the Southern Ohio Christian Conference, at Higginsport in 1878. Previous to this, he was a licentiate minister for fifteen years. To Mr. and Mrs. Paul have been born thirteen children, all of whom are living, namely, Eliza J., Zoa A., Margaret, Henry L., Jacob B., William D., George M., John W., Delila E., James E., Maria E., Wesley W. and Charles T. Mrs. Paul was born in Adams County, Ohio, in 1834.- James Paul enlisted in 1865, in Company K, One Hundred and Eighty- eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, where he did duty for several months, till sickness incapacitated him for duty. BENJAMIN P. PAYNE, farmer, P. 0. Aberdeen, was born in this township in 1822, and is a son of B. C. and Harriet (Hutchison) Payne, natives of Virginia. B. C. Payne came, when a young man, to Ohio, and settled in this township in the year d801. He worked at the cabinet-making trade till after his marriage, then went to farming. He was married to Harriet, the daughter of William Hutchison, of Virginia. who settled in this township in 1790, and is the oldest settler of whom we have any record. The father of oar subject followed farming after his marriage, and resided in the township till his death. He was constable about ten years, and served in the war of 1812. To them were born seventeen children, namely, Charlotta, William, George, Sandy, Rebecca, Mary A.., Louisa, Martha, James, Benjamin P., Susan, John, Elizabeth, Sophronia, Samuel, Fanny J. and Harriet. Mr. Payne died in September, 1867, aged eighty-three years ; his wife died in 1863, at the age of seventy-three years. Both were members of the Baptist Church of Aberdeen, and took much interest in religious work. Our subject was reared on the farm, and in the township has lived all 174 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: his life, with the exception of one year. He was marriede February 10, 1851, to Mary J., the daughter of John and Margaret Minten, of Adams County, Ohio. To them have been born five children, namely, Franoes J. Hutchison, Belle, J. R., W. H. and Harriet (deceased at the age of four years). Mrs. Payne belongs to the Baptist Church of Aberdeen, to which she has been connected since the age of fifteen years ; she was barn in Adams County, Ohio, in 1831. Her parents settled in Brown County about 1804, and soon after removed to Adams County, where they lived till his death, in 1859, at the age of eighty years. She died when Mrs. Payne was a small child. They were parents of one child—Mrs. Payne. By his first wife he had nine children, namely, Jane, Samuel, Margaret, Sarah, William, Eliza, Catherine, Anna and Polly. The mother was a member of the Methodist Church. Mr. Payne has been fairly successful during his life. DANIEL PENCE, farmer, P. 0. Aberdeen, was born in Sprig Township, Adams County, Ohio, in the year 1830, and is a son of Aaron and Elizabeth (Moore) Pence, who were probably born in Adams County, Ohio. Peter Pence was a native of Pennsylvania and settled in Adams County in a very early day, and among the first settlers of the County, where the family lived a number of years. Aaron Pence made it his home, where he died in 1862. His wife is still living. They were parents of ten children, of whom only our subject lives in Brown County. He was reared on the farm, and only received a limited education. At the age of eighteen years, he came to this county and became engaged in farming. He was married to Naomi, the daughter of Jacob Flaugher, whose sketch appears in this work. After his marriage, he settled in Adams County, where he remained for two years, and afterwards lived in Brown County and Kentucky, and in 1859 he came to where he now resides. He owns 135 acres of well improved and highly cultivated land. He has been Trustee of his township for two terms, is a member of Aberdeen Lodge, No. 137, I. 0. 0, F., a charter member of the Encampment, and a member of Gretna Green Lodge, No. 99, K. P. To Mr. and Mrs. Pence have been born six children, namely, Elizabeth A., Medaline, Mary C., David G., Susan, and Parthenia, deceased. Mrs. Pence was born where she now lives, in the year 1824. Mr. Pence has affiliated with the Democratic party upon all questions at issue. R. W. PURDY, physician, Aberdeen, was born in Hillsboro, Ohio, in 1831, and is a son of Thomas E. Purdy. At the age of seventeen, he began the study of medicine under :Dr. J. W. Washburn of New Market, Ohio, with whom he studied five years, and during the time took lectures at the Starling Medical Institute in Columbus, Ohio, from which he graduated in 1858. After graduating he practiced with his preceptor one year, and in 1860 went to Bradysville, Ohio ; later enlisted in Company E, Ninety-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he served till detailed to the hospital as steward. He was discharged in 1863, and returned to his home and practice. In 18 4, he enlisted in Company H One Hundred Eighty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until the war closed, in hospital No. 8, in Nashville, Tenn. After his return, he practiced in Bradysville until 188U, when he came to his present location. In 1858, he was married to Ellen Santel, by whom he has had nine children, six of whom are living, viz. : Margaret, Mary E., Thomas, Oleatha, Edgar and Clifton. CAPT. R. C. RANKIN, P. O. Ripley, was born in Nicholas County, Ky., in 1821, and is a son of Rev. John and Jane (Lowery) Rankin, natives of East Tennessee. John Rankin was a graduate of Washington College, Tennessee, in which he studied theology. In 1816, he came to Kentucky and preached until 1822, at which time he came to Ripley, Ohio, to take charge of the Presbyterian Church, in which he labored till 1866 ; he then went to New Richmond, Ohio, for two years ; thence to Illinois and spent one year, thence to Kansas, from which he returned in the winter of 1881 and 1882. He is now located in Trenton, Ohio, and in the ninetieth year of his age. The family was originally from Scotland, where they were obliged to leave in 1689, on account of religious persecutions, and flee to Ireland. John Rankin founded the family in this country in 1727. To Rev. John Rankin and wife were born thirteen children, all of whom grew up to maturity—Rev. Adam L., Isabella J., David (deceased), Richard C Rev. Samuel G. W Julia D. (deceased), John T., Dr. Andrew C., Mary E., HUNTINGTON TOWNSHIP - 175 William A., Rev. Arthur T., Thomas L. and Lowery. It. C. enlisted in 1861, in the Twelfth Ohio Regiment, and was mustered out after three months as a First Lieutenant. In July following, he enlisted in the Fourth Independent Cavalry ; served one year and was mustered out an Orderly Sergeant. In August, 1862, was appointed Second Lieutenant in the Seventh Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and was made First Lieutenant, and later, January 1, Captain, from which date he commanded a battalion of troops, till July, 1865. The Captain justly bears the reputation of a brave and efficient commander, a distinction and credit he won on many a bloody field of battle. Since his return to civil life, he has been actively engaged, and prosecutes his labors as a civilian with as much force and energy as he did in the days of his warfare. He was married, April 26, 1847, to Isabella (Porter) Wisner, by whom he has had ten children, seven of whom are living—Isabella J., William A., Almira, Alice, Laura, .Jessie and Richard C., Jr.; the deceased were Esther, Harriet and U. S. Grant., twin brother to R. C., Jr. The Captain is an honored member of Union Lodge, No. 71, Ripley Chapter, No. 82, and a member of the Wirt Liggett Post of the Grand Army of the Republic. L. C. A. RIEDLE, proprietor of the Aberdeen tannery, Aberdeen. This gentleman, whose portrait appears in this volume, was born in Germany April 29,1827. At the age of thirteen and a half years, he entered a tannery in his native land, in which he labored until March 4, 1851, when he shipped for New York ; and after working at his trade in Philadelphia, Delaware, Virginia, Kentucky and Cincinnati, he located in Aberdeen in 1861. In the tannery he has been engaged over forty years, and is thoroughly skilled in every branch of his business. He has bcen a member of the School Board seventeen years, and of the Town Council sixteen years. He is a Free and Accepted Mason, belonging to the lodge in Aberdeen, No. 149 ; he also belongs to the Chapter, Ripley, Ohio, Commandery, Maysville, Ky., and to the Cincinnati Consistory. On June 21, 1856, he was married to Miss C. Furch, of Germany, by whom he had eight children-Carrie, Maggie, Sophia, Anna Louise, Mena, Mary, Blanche, and George H., deceased. JOHN C. SCOTT, farmer, P. O. Aberdeen, was born in this township April 26, 18d3, and is a son of Robert and Joanna (Cooper) Scott. his father was born in Kentucky, and was a son of John, Sr., a native of Virginia, who settled in Kentucky about 1795, and in this township in either 1801 or 1802, in which he lived till his death. Robert was married to the daughter of William Cooper, and lived in this township till his death, which occurred at the age of fifty-six years. He was a Trustee of the township, and held other minor offices. During the old muster days, he was. Major of a military company. To him were born thirteen children-John, William, Jane, Nancy, Elizabeth, Martha, Exhira ; Amanda (deceased), wife of Dr. W. H. Evans ; Isabelle, and four died in childhood. February 9, 1837, our subject was married to Millie A. Howard, and in 1838 settled where he now lives. He owns 415 acres of land, which is in excellent farming condition. He and wife are members of the Christian Church, to which they have belonged for forty years. Ten children have been born to them, seven living—James R., John W., Ellen, Martha, Mary, Millie and Franklin ; the deceased are William, Tamar and Reny. John W. was a member of the Seventh Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and saw active service throughout the war. ROBERT SCOTT, JR., (deceased), was born in this township in the year 1835, and was a son of Robert Scott, Sr., of whose family mention is made. Our subject was reared to farm pursuits, and was married to Margaret Brookover June 18, 1865, after which he settled on the farm where his widow and her second husband now live, and where he died March 29, 1872. He was a member of Charter Oak Lodge, F. and A. M. To them three children were born-Edward C., Ira I. (deceased) and Ezekiel. Mrs. S. was married, the second time, to John Carrigan July 1, 1879, and by him has had one child—Andrew It. Mr. C. was born December 16, 1839, and is a son of James and Mary (Gray) Carrigan. Mrs. C. and her husband are members of the Christian Church. 176 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES O. B. SPEARS, tobacconist, Aberdeen. In the year 1879, Mr. Spears located in Aberdeen and engaged in the tobacco trade, and has since dealt largely in the article. During the three years he has been engaged, he has purchased on an average about 125,000 pounds per annum. For five years previous to his coming to Aberdeen, he was engaged in the same business, handling in the meantime large quantities. He was born in Brown County, Ohio, in 1849, and is a son of Spencer Spears, whose sketch appears in the history of Union Township. The boyhood of our subject was spent on the farm till he attained his majority, at which time he began handling tobacco. He is a member of the Gretna Green Lodge, No. 99, K. P., to which he has been connected some yea's, and is an honored and worthy member. F. M. STEPHENSON, farmer, P. 0. Ripley, was born in Union Township in the year 1843, and is a son of Mills and Eleanor (Flaugher) Stephenson, old settlers, whose sketches appear in this book. She was a daughter of David Flaugher, of whom mention is made in this work. The early life of our subject was passed in this and Union Townships, and he received a common school education. He was married, December 16, 1875, to Sarah E., the daughter of Hon. E. M. Fitch, an old settler, of whom mention is made in this work. After his marriage, he lived two years at Logan’s Gap, where he was engaged in handling and pressing tobacco, after which he removed to his farm, but still continued to handle tobacco. He owns 165 acres of well improved land, which has been accumulated by him since living on the farm. He still continues in the tobacco business, began in 1873. He has been Trustee of this Township two terms, and is a member of Ripley Lodge. No. 71, F. and A. M. and Chapter No. 82. He has the following children : Portia, Clay, Black, Marian, Oliver, and Eleanor West. JOHN STEWART, deceased, was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1789, and was a son of John and Agnes (Wilson) Stewart, natives of Scotland. After completing his education, he became a weaver, and in due time became a superintendent of men in a factory. In 1842, he emigrated to America, landing in New York in October ; he came to this township, and, in 1843, purchased 130 acres of land where his son Robert now resides. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and an esteemed and honored citizen. July 3, 1812, he was married to Janet Thomas, who bore him ten children, viz., Janet, Mary, Agnes, Margaret, John, Jane, David, and Robert ; two died in infancy. Mr. Stewart died January 24, 1875 ; his wife died July 30, 1880. She was born in. 1792. Robert was born in 1836, and was but five years old when his parents came to Ohio. He was married, March 12, 1868, to Evaline, the daughter of David and Mary A. (Terhune) Bradford, of Adams County, Ohio. To them have been born three children, viz., John B., Mary, and Janet. He and his estimable wife are exemplary members of the Presbyterian Church. After his marriage he located on the home farm (130 acres), and the helpless and declining years of his aged parents were passed under his tender care and watchfulness. JOHN W. SWISHER, P. 0. Hiett, was born in this township in 1834, and is a son of J. and Mary (Haines) Swisher, old settlers. Jacob Swisher, father of Jeremiah, also settled in this county in an early day. Our subject was reared on the farm, on which he worked till 1862, when he enlisted in Company E, Eighty-ninth Ohio Volunteer In fantry; he saw active service throughout the war, and participated in a number of the hard- fought battles. He accompanied Sherman,s army to the sea, and received two slight wounds. He was discharged at Washington, D. C., in 1865. Upon his return to civil life, he settled in the township where he has since resided, and been engaged in the agency business. JOHN S. THOMPSON, farmer, P. 0. Hiett, was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in the year 1845, and is a son of John and Agnes (Stewart) Thompson, natives of Scotland. Mr. Thompson died in 1857, aged thirty-six years ; and in 1858, Mrs. Thompson and her son, John S., came to this place, where he has since made a permanent home, while she resides in Kentucky. She had two children, viz., Ludwig and our subject. John S. was married in 1865 to Jane, the daughter of Amos Evans, by whom he has had four children, viz., Agnes, Amos, Ludwig, and Robert. Mr, HUNTINGTON TOWNSHIP - 177 Thompson owns a good farm, which is the place the Evans family settled on in 1800. He is a neat and tidy kind of farmer, and a progressive man in every respect. HON. J. C. WALDRON, farmer, P. O. Aberdeen. This gentleman, whose portrait appears in this work, was born in Adams County, Ohio, in 1817, and is a son of John and Rebecca M. (Cartwright) Waldron. John Waldron was a son of David and Martha Waldron ; he was a native of Scotland and she of Wales. They located in Adams County, Ohio, in 1806, where they lived and died. John Waldron was married to Rebecca, daughter of Peter Cartwright, and a relative of Peter Cartwright, of itinerant preacher fame. In 1829, he removed to near where our subject lives, and purchased fifty acres of land, on which be died in 1838, aged forty-five years. Eleven children were born to them, seven of whom are living, viz., John C., Francis P., Peter W., Mary, Margaret J., Eliza and Etheldra. The deceased are Andrew J., Elizabeth and two that died in infancy. Mr. Waldron served in the war of 1812. Our subject was reared on the farm, and had only twenty-nine days of schooling ; his father dying when he was young, the care of the family devolved upon him. On November 18, 1841, he was married to Eleanor, the daughter of James and Alice Howard, after which he purchased the interest of the other heirs to his father's estate, on which he lived until 1858, when he purchased other land, living thereon till 1869, when he came to his present place of residence. In 1869, he was the Democratic nominee for Representative of Brown County, was elected. and served in the Legislature two years ; he was re-elected and served two years longer. During the first time, he was Commit eeman in " privileges and elections," and on " railroads." The second term, in " claims and privileges " and " elections." During the time he was in the Legislature, it is said by one who knows, that Mr. Waldron was never called to a point of order, and that he never raised a question on a point of order without carrying his objection. He has served as Justice of the Peace fifteen years ; Assessor, four years ; Constable, seven years ; Clerk, one term, and Deputy Tax Collector, four years. He has been a delegate to the State Democratic Convention many times, and always attends the Democratic Congressional and Senatorial Conventions. In politics, he has been active for over forty years ; was reared in the school of Democracy, and has been a zealous and warm supporter of that party's principles ; he is a worthy member of the order of Odd Fellows, belonging to the subordinate lodge and Encampment ; he is also an acceptable member of the Christian Church, to which he has belonged for more than forty years. Mr. Waldron has made life a fair success ; he began with no means ; he has been liberal in his donations to worthy enterprises, and has always advocated public improvement. By his first wife he had six children, all deceased, viz., Susanna, Millie J., Robert B , James D., Lewis E. and an infant. Mrs. Waldron died October 22, 1868, aged forty-six years ; his second marriage was celebrated with Katie, the daughter of Edward and Orpha (Gray) McGee, March 2, 1872, and by her has had two children, viz., Caleb A. and Joshua. P, W. WALDRON, teacher and farmer, Aberdeen, was born November 13, 1834, and is a son ofsi John and Rebecca (Cartwright) Waldron. His early education was received in district schools, and afterward he enjoyed the privilege of a twenty-two months' term of study in the union school at Aberdeen, Ohio. He has followed teaching very successfully for a period of twenty-seven years in the schools of his township ; he has been Clerk and Assistant Clerk of the township for twenty years, and Mayor of Aberdeen one year; he is a member of Aberdeen Lodge, No. 137, I. O. O. F., and to Maysville (Ky.) Encamoment No. 133. May 13, 1858, he was married to Mary E., the daughter of Colvin Shaw, by whom he has had the following children : Elizabeth, Nellie, Jennie, Mary, Arbelia, William, Fred, Arthur, Lillie (deceased), and Frank (deceased). Mr. Waldron is a Democrat in politics ; his family and self are connected with the Christian Church. In August, 1864, he enlisted is Company D, One Hundred and Seventy-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, but was rejected after serving one month ; he commanded the Third Independent Battery Ohio National Guards for two years. ADAM WHITE (deceased) was born in one of the New England States July 13, 1765, and was a son of Peter and Eve (Fox) White, natives of Germany. In 178 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES : 1795, our subject came to this country, and for five years lived near the mouth of Eagle Creek, then settled where his descendants now reside, purchasing at the time 180 acres of land. He was married to Susanna Osborne, by whom he had eight children. He was a prominent man, and held many local offices which he filled with credit and satisfaction. The following are the names of their children, viz.: Daniel, Solomon and Eve, living; Catherine, Nancy, Adam, Christopher and Anna, deceased. Mr. White died March 28, 1854. She died April 6, 1852. He served in the Revolutionary war, substituting himself in his father's stead. Eve White, the daughter of Adam White, was born December 23, 1809. She was married to John White in 1831, by whom she had eight children, viz.: Sallie A., Henry, George H., Elizabeth and Abner, living, and. Nancy, Susan and Adam, deceased. George H. was a member of Company F, Seventieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry ; enlisted April 7, 1861, served till May, 1862, when, on account of disability, he came home on furlough. In January, 1863, he returned, and September 4, of the same year, was discharged. Abner was a member of the Sixty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Enlisted October 12, 1864, and served till the war closed. CORNELIUS WILSON, farmer, P. 0. Hiett, is a son of Stephen and Mary (Laney) Wilson, natives of Virginia, where they were born, and resided till after their marriage, when they emigrated to Ohio and settled on land on Brush Fork of Eagle Creek, where he purchased 130e acres of wild land. He erected a small cabin and immediately began cleaning up and improving. On this land he made a permanent home and prospered. He was a Trustee of his township, but in general was a gentleman with little or no aspiration for political honors. To him were born eight children, six of whom grew to manhood and womanhood, namely, Solomon, John, Cornelius, Mary, Sarah and Lucinda. Stephen Wilson died September 2, 1871, aged seventy-five years. His wife died October 20, 1870, aged seventy-five years six months and three days. Our subject was born on the old home farm in the year 1829. His early life was passed on the farm and he received only a common education in the district schools. He remained with his parents until his marriage, December 25, 1858, to Josephine, the daughter of John W. and Sarah (Haines) Games, old settlers, whose sketch appears in this book. After his marriage he settled where he now resides, and at present owns 225 acres of well- improved and highly cultivated land. To Mr. and Mrs. Wilson seven children have been born, six of whom are living, namely, Lillie L., John M., William K., Anna L., Homer G. and Sallie. Mary deceased, aged eleven months. He and his wife are members of the Fellowship Christian Church, with which they have been connected for twenty years. Sarah (Haines) Games, mother of Mrs. Josephine Wilson, was a daughter of William and Harriet (McKendy) Haines, who were among the early settlers. They were from Virginia, and settled here in an early day. They settled on land now owned by Jeremiah Swisher, which they purchased. Here they made a permanent home till their decease. CAPT. ISAAC H. WORSTELL, farmer, P. 0. Aberdeen, was born in West Virginia December 24, 1813; he is a son of William and Elizabeth (Evans) Worstell, the former born in Pennsylvania and the latter in Maryland. They were married in West Virginia where they lived until 1818, when he went to New Orleans, and from there walked to Aberdeen. There his family joined him. He owned land in Kentucky, and lived in Adams County, Ohio. Seven years before his death, he moved to Pendleton County, near Falmouth, where he died about 1842 ; she departed this life about 1839. They were parents of nine children, namely, Mahala, Isaac H., Jefferson, William H., Jane, Nancy, Eliza, Thomas and an infant daughter. The first three are the only ones living in this county. The boyhood of our subject was passed on the farm, and he received only a limited education in the subscription schools. After attaining his majority, 1834, he commenced running on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, to and from New Orleans, and made twenty-two trips to New Orleans, all but one being made in flatboats. For eight years he was running boats for himself and buying and handling freight. In June, 1844, he abandoned the river and went into mercantile business in connection with milling, the store being in Aberdeen. He was engaged in the above CLARK TOWNSHIP - 179 business until 1868, when he discontinued much of his business. From 1864 to 1868, he operated a still house, and also kept a grocery in Aberdeen several years since 1868. Now he is engaged solely on his farm. He owns 148 acres of well-improved and highly cultivated land. The Captain has been unsuccessful in some respects, but has made life a fair success. He was married in October, 1844, to Miss Cynthia Carroll, of Adams County, who has borne him nine children, four of whom are living, namely : Simon, Irene (wife of Quincy Martin), Jessie (wife of H. L. P, Cooper), and Charlie. The deceased are Naomi, John, Martha, Mary and Thomas. He is a member of Aberdeen Lodge, F. & A. M., of which he is a charter member, and one of the institutors. Previously he was connected with the Maysville, Ky., Chapter, R. A. M. The father of Capt. Worstell served thirteen months under Gen. Harrison in the war of 1812. Simon, the son of our subject, enlisted in the Twelfth Kentucky Cavalry, in 1862, for one year, and saw active service for fourteen months. He was disabled by an explosion and is now broken down in health. CLARK TOWNSHIP. HENRY ANDREWS, farmer, P. O. Georgetown, was born in Devonshire, Eng., May 27, 1841, and emigrated to America with his brother George in 1859. He was a son of John and Mary Ann (Pyre) Andrews. Upon his arrival in this country he commenced working by the month on a farm. He has since acquired considerable land of his own, and is now considered one of the most enterprising and successful farmers of his township. He was married, in 1869, to Miss Ann Applegate, who died in 1873, leaving two children—Thomas J. and Grace, and, in 1874, he married Mary Ellis, by whom he has had three children—Mary, John and Eva. In politics, Mr. Andrews is a Democrat. GEORGE ANDREWS, farmer, P. 0. Georgetown, was born in Devonshire, Eng., in 1844. He was reared in his native country, and, when fourteen years of age, came to America. Upon his arrival at Columbus, Ohio, he was stricken down with the small-pox probably contracted while coming across the ocean. Upon his recovery, he went to Maysville, Mason Co., Ky., where he went to work at $6.50 per month, remaining there over four years. He was then employed in a saw-mill, and soon rose to be engineer. After twelve years at this business, he had saved enough to go to farming. He now owns forty-two acres of land, and by industrious habits is likely to become a large farmer at no very distant day. He was married, in 1877, to Sally, daughter of Samuel Smith, and a native of Cincinnati. They have two children— Henry S. and Samuel B. Mrs. Andrews is a faithful member of the Catholic Church. Mr. A. is Democratic in politics. ROBERT A. BARNES, P.O. Hamersville, a prominent land-holder of Clark Township, was born in this township December 5, 1837. He is a son of Joseph and Asenath (Peddicord) Barnes, the former a native of Kentucky, of Irish descent, and the latter of Ohio, of German parentage. Joseph Barnes came to Brown County when lwenty-two years of age, and lived there many years. He now resides in Smilh County, Kan., in his seventieth year. Our subject was reared on a farm, and has always been engaged in agricultural pursuits and the raising of stock. He is well known throughout the township, and well respected by all. Mr. Barnes, political principles are purely Democratic. In 1862, he was married to Asenath Applegate, a daughter of Adam and Naomi (Wall) Applegate, natives of Pennsylvania, who located in this county over one-half century ago. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes are the parents of three children—George C., Charles A. and Clarilla. Mrs. Barnes is a member of the Presbyterian Church of Feesburg. Mr. Barnes is a member of the Democratic party, and is the, owner of 250 acres of good land, the old homestead on which his wife was born. 180 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: S. W. BLAIR, agent C. G. & P. R. R., Hamersville, is the son of Samuel Blair and a native of Clark Township, where he was born October 24, 1847. He received a common school education in his native township, and at the age of twenty years commenced teaching school, at which he continued nearly five years, a part of the time in Woodford County, Ill. He subsequently returned to Hamersville, where he engaged in mercantile business with his brother under the firm name of C. C. Blair & Bro. They met with good success in their enterprise, and, on the retirement of his brother, our subject continued the business until 1876, when his store was destroyed by fire. His loss was considerable, but by industry and economy he has succeeded in recovering his financial standing. He received the appointment of railroad agent at Hamersville, and in that capacity is giving universal satisfaction. He was married, in 1871, to Miss Isabelle Price, by whom he has had two children-Daisy Irene and Elmer Hamer. Mr. and Mrs. Blair are members of the Disciple Church. He is a Democrat, has acted as School Director, and is an earnest supporter of the public schools of his village, in which he takes the greatest interest. JOSEPH BOWERS, farmer, P. O. Hamersville, was born in Dauphin County Penn., September 19, 1819. His parents, John and Margaret (Weaver) Bowers, were of German descent. Mr. Bowers left the parental roof and started to make his own living at the early age of sixteen years. He embarked at Pittsburgh on the steamer Oswego as cabin boy ; the boat froze up on the first return trip from Louisville at Hanging Rock, and he had to walk to Pittsburgh. On the opening of navigation he shipped on the Dolphin as bar-keeper, and continued three years, then went to school a short time in Pittsburgh, then worked awhile in a blacksmith shop, and then worked at steamooat building for a couple of years, the most of the time in the finishing shop. All this time he was preparing himself for an engineer. He shipped for his first trip on the steamer Lilly as assistant engineer, and continued in the Wabash trade about three years on different boats. He then went on the Lower Mississippi trade, and was on the Mattamora when she sank in Cyprus Bend. He was in the Government service during the Mexican war on the steamer William R. McKee, on the Rio Grande, for nearly a year. He then went back to the Mississippi trade, where he continued on the different rivers of the South up to within a short time of the rebellion. During the civil war, he was enrolled as an engineer in the United States service, but was not called into active service. During his long and eventful career as a steamboat engineer, not a single life was lost by the carelessness or incapacity of the officers. Mr. Bowers was married in 1850 to Rahab Higgins, daughter of Wesley Higgins, a native of Brown County, and soon after, in 1854, settled in Clark Township, where he has since resided. He was in the huckster and grocery business for several years, and then bought his farm and went to farming. He raised three children, all girls—Emma B. (wife of Charlie De Vore), Sarah Ada (wife of George W. Moore), and Dora M. A. E. BROOKS, farmer, P. O. Hamersville, was born in Clark Township March 6, 1834. His parents were John and Nancy (Curliss) Brooks, the former born four miles south of Lexington, Ky., and the latter a native of Pennsylvania. They were among the early settlers to Brown County. Our subject received a good common school education, and spent six years of his early life in teaching. He now owns the farm upon which he resides, and is devoting his time to farming, making tobacco raising a specialty. He was married, in 1858, to Miss L. Neal, a daughter of John and Betsey Neal, who were early settlers in this vicinity. Seven children are the surviving issue of this union—Nancy V., John, Sherman, Ida, Thomas, Ora and Albert. Mr. and Mrs. Brooks are members of the M. E. Church, in which he has been a class- leader and Steward. He is an Odd Fellow, a Democrat and for six years was a Justice of the Peace. JAMES C. BROWN, farmer, P. O. Hamersville, was born in Franklin Township, Brown Co., Ohio, February 3, 1837. He was the son of D. D. and Elizabeth (Abbott) Brown, early settlers of Brown County, the former a native of Kentucky and the latter of Ohio. The father came to Ohio in 1800, and located in Franklin Township. He died in 1879, leaving a widow who still survives him. Our subject CLARK TOWNSHIP - 181 received his education in the common schools, and early commenced the occupation of farming, at which he continues. He owns land in Illinois and in Clark Township. He is a Democrat and has been a school director. He is an energetic and enterprising young man, capable of Hing almost any office in the county. D. R. CASE, P. 0. Hamersville, a teacher by profession and a farmer by occupation, is a life resident of Brown Co., Ohio. He was born January 18, 1850, and is a son of Henry Case and Mary J. (Lake) Case, natives of Ohio and of English ancestry. Mr. Case was reared on a farmo and his early literary education was received in the district schools of Highland and Brown Counties. He subsequently attended the graded schools at Georgetown, and for two years was a student at the National Normal University, at Lebanon, Ohio. When twenty years of age, he commenced teaching school, and has taught each year since, spending the summer months in the cultivation of the soil-Hamersville and Feesburg, have been the principal points in his educational operations. Mr. Case is a Republican. In 1875, he was joined in the bonds of holy wedlock, to Frances McBeth, daughter of Squire McBeth, this township. They have two children. WILLIAM T. COOK, farmer, P. O. Bethel, was born in Maryland March 14, 1813 ; his parents were Amos and Anna (Matthews) Cook, natives of Pennsylvania, of English, Scotch and Irish descent. They emigrated from Maryland to Ohio in 1828, and settled in Clermont County. where the father died in 1841. The mother died in Brown County, in 1870, aged eighty-four years. The father was a wagon-maker and farmer by occupation. They had a family of eleven children, of whom eight reached their majority ;their names were as follows: Charles (deceascd), James.. (died in 1838), William T., Samuel N. (a farmer of this township), Jessie B. (died aged ten years), Amos B. (died in youth), Jacob M. (proprietor of saw-mill and chair factory), Anna E. (wife of Dr. Benjamin Catterton, of Indiana), Sarah (died in 1872), Jane and Hannah ; the two latter are living with our subject who has never married and who is wonderfully attached to his brothers and sisters. He came to this county in 1852, and helped to build the Thornton Mill in which he had an interest until just before it burned. He subsequently purchased a farm and has since devoted his attention to farming. He is a well-read and thoroughly posted gentlemen, a Republican in politics but not radical in his veiws, and withal a very popular citizen. S. M. COOK, farmer and stock-raiser, P. 0. Bethel, was born in the State of Maryland March 1, 1815, and was educated in the common schools of that State. He followed his early occupation of wagon-maker until 1842, since which time he has devoted his time and attention to farming, now owning the farm on which he resides. He was married in 1842 to Adeline D. Thompson, daughter of Elisha Thompson, a native of the State of Maine. To this union, seven children were born—Perry T. (now residing in Kentucky), Cyrus T. (a resident of Brown County). Amos B., Jennie, Mollie, Bessie and C. W. Mr. and Mrs. Cook are both members of the Christian Church in which he has been Deacon and Elder. He is a Republican in politics and has been a Trustee and Treasurer of the township. ANDREW COFFMAN, farmer, P. 0. Hamersville, was born in Maryland November 13, 1818. His parents were John Coffman and Susan Coffman, but no relation to each other before their marriage. They came to Brown County in 1820, where they resided till death. The former died at the age of ninety-four years four months and twenty days. Mr. Coffman was rearcd on the old homestead farm, and has been engaged in farming during his life. He commenced life for himself by working on a farm for $14 per month. He worked this way for four years and nine months, and had then saved about $500. He bought some woodland, and upon reaching his twenty-first year, had cleared about twenty-five acrcs. He has been quite successful in his farming operations, now owning a good farm of 190 acres. His political views are Republican, and be has served several years as Director of his school district. He was married, October 14, 1843, to Mary A., daughter of Christian Gray. They have five children-Susan, Nelson B. (a teacher of a graded school in California), James W. (a farmer), Emma (wife of Charles Thompson, a farmer of Clark Township), and Sherman. Mrs. Coffman is a member of the M. E. Church. 182 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES : JAMES C. DAVIS, farmer, P. O. Hamersville, was born in Clark Township Brown County, Ohio, October 29, 1854. His grandfather, Hugh Davis, was born in Ireland, but of German-Irish decent. His maternal grandfather, Robert Alden; was a pioneer of this county. His parents were James F. and Elizabeth (Allen) Davis, natives of Pleasant Township, in this county ; the former was Commissioner of Brown County for six years. The subject of this notice grew to manhood on a farm, and has been engaged in agricultural pursuits the greater part of his life. In 1872, he enlisted in the Fourth U. S. Infantry, of the regular army, and while in Wyoming Territory was wounded by the Indians, and was subsequently discharged. He was married, in 1878, to Mary, daughter of H. B. and Aseath (Sharp) Sidwell, the former a native of Ohio, and the latter of Virginia. They have one child, Inie Leah. Mrs. Davis, grandfather was John Sidwell. Mr. Davis and wife are well respected in the community where they reside. The latter is a member of the M. E. Church. W. H. DAY, farmer, P, O. Hamersville, was born in this township, October 31o 1841, His parents were Jesse and Martha (Lambert) Day, the former a native of North Carolina, and the latter of Ohio. The former located 127 1/2 acres of land in Clark Township, where he resided till death. The subject of this notice was reared and educated in Clark Township, receiving the benefits of a good English education. He has been engaged in agricultural pursuits during life, and has been fairly successful. He was united in marriage, in 1867, to Emma, daughter of Adam and Naomi Applegate, who were early settlers of Brown County. One child was sent to bless this union, a son, Jesse E. Mrs. Day departed this life in 1879. She was a consistent member of the M. E. Church, HARMON DEMARTS, farmer, P. O. Maple, son of John and Abigail (Shaw) Demaris, and was born in Clermont County, Ohio, May 19, 1820. His parents were natives of New Jersey, and came to Ohio about 1816. Mr. Demaris was raised on a farm and was married in January, 1845, to Mary, daughter of William and Martha Turner. They had born them seven children. viz. : William, born October 5, 1845, married Mary Jane Murry, and died at the age of twenty-eight years. John Elijah, born October 30, 1847, married Edna Leach ; Martha Jane, born December 19, 1849, wife of Isaac Abbott ; Sophia, born March 19, 1852 James Thornton, born January 20, 1854, married to Elizabeth Jane Crawford; Charles W., born June 2, 1856, married to Matilda, daughter, of Richard Ride ; Henry, twin of Charles. died at eighteen days. His wife Mary died September 15, 1864, and he married Elizabeth, daughter of Owen and Ruth Fortner, January 29, 1866, who was born in Grant County, Ky., June 11, 1841 ; she bore him three children-Tena, born May 13, 1868; Ephraim, born March 12, 1870, and Jesse, July 8, 1873. Mr. Demaris is a member of De Soto Lodge, 374, I. 0. O. F., since 1870. An honest, industrious, quiet citizen. FRANK DE VORE, farmer, P. O. Georgetown, was born in Pleasant Township, Brown County, Ohio, March 20, 1847, he was the son of Abner and Louise Maria (Gardner) DeVore, natives of Ohio, to which State his grandfather was a pioneer. Our subject received a good common school education and attended the National Normal University at Lebanan, Ohio, from which he graduated in 1865. He was raised on a farm and has been a farmer all his life, with the exception of ten years after leaving school. when be was engaged in selling sewing machines. He was married in 1867 to Sarah L. Richards, a daughter of Charles Richards, a native of Clark Township. This union was blessed with seven children. viz. : Louise M., Henry A., Joseph L. (deceased. ) Lillie F.,, Bertha, Edward and Charles. Mr. and Mrs. De Yore are members of the M. E. Church. He is a Republican and a member of the Grange. JOHN B. DUTTON (deceased), son of Solomon Dutton, was born in Brown County, Ohio, January 24, 1832. He was raised on a farm and received a common school education, and was married to Nancy A. Hendrixson March 2, 1852 ; Nancy A. was youngest daughter of George and Alice (Courts) Hendrixson, of Scott Township, Brown County, Ohio. Mr. Hendrixson was a member of the M. E. Church, and Justice of the Peace for many years, and perhaps more universally loved and respected than any man in his township. Mr. Dutton was an industrious CLARK TOWNSHIP - 183 and thrifty farmer, and be and his wife were members of the M. P. Church. He died March 4, 1878. He left eight children—Allie E., wife of Cyrus Redmon ; John R., married Anna E., daughter of Joseph McChesney ; Charles A., married Florence B., daughter of Elmore Dean ; Louie E., wife of Eugene Ogden ; Emily, single and at home ; Carrie A., and Jesse Lee. JOHN EARLY, Hamersville, station agent of the Cincinnati, Georgetown & Portsmouth Railroad, was born in Clermont County, Ohio, November 9, 1818. His parents were Thomas Early and Mary Stevens, natives of Maryland, and of English descent. The former, in 1814, carried the first wagon load of produce from Brown County to Cincinnati. He subsequently removed to Texas, where he was afterward killed by a man named Isaac B. Desha. The latter expiated his crime on the gallows, being probably the first man ever hung in Texas. This was in 1829. There were nine children in the family at the time of his father's sudden death, of which our subject was the fifth. His father was a school teacher and himself and brother attended school, although it was only a log schoolhouse of those primitive times. He was reared on a farm, and in 1838 was married to Rebecca, daughter of Hugh Wisley, and a native of Brown County. After marriage, he rented a piece of land, on which he farmed for four years. He then commenced blacksmithing at $75 per month and boarding himself, and followed that for two years. He then rented a farm near Georgetown, and borrowed money to buy his farming tools. He remained there three years, working hard and exercising great economy. In 1847, he removed to Hamersville, and followed his trade of blacksmithing till 1868. He was farming the last four or five years of this time. He took a contract for carrying the mail from Hamersville to Higginsport, remaining in this business many years. He has been agent of the C., G. & P. R. R. at Hamersville since the completion of the road to that point. He is connected with the Masonic fraternity. Mr. Early has been thrice married. Four children were born to his first union, two living, Melissa, wife of Thomas Molen, of this township, and Nancy, wife of Thomas Statman, of Hamersville. Mrs. Early died in 1848. He was again married in 1850, to Catherine, daughter of Robert Ellis, and a native of Brown County. Five children were given them-Mary E., wife of John Moore, a blacksmith of Hamersville ; Martin ; Hanson Lee ; Melitia, wife of J. Hannah ; and Olive, widow of Columbus Poe (deceased). This wife died August 18, 1866. Mr. Early's third marriage were in May, 1873, to Rebecca, daughter of John Gallaher, a native of Kentucky, as was also her parents. Mr. Early is the owner of 130 acres of land and property in New Hope. He is Republican in politics and was Township Assessor many years. JEROME W. ELLIOTT, farmer, P. O. Hamersville, a son of William and Eliza (Simons) Elliott was born in Adams County, Ohio, September 10, 1833, and removed with his father to Brown County the same year. William Elliott, a son of James Elliott, a soldier of the war of 1812, was of German descent and a native of Pennsylvania. The subject of this sketch was raised on a farm and received only a common school education. He was married, September 28, 1854, to Hannah, daughter of Absalom and Nancy (Owen) Halfhill, natives of New Jersey. They had born to them five children—Margaret, died at fifteen months old ; Granville 0., born May 20, 1860, married Lydia, daughter of John B. and Margaret Young ; Clement, born April 22, 1863, and married Martha, daughter of William and Jane Pride ; Charles William; John, died at ten months old. Mr. Elliott is a Democrat, and one of the present Board of Township Trustees, to which place he has been several times elected, also a member of the Board or School Directors, in which he has long served. He has been a member of De Soto Lodge, No. 374, I. 0. 0. F., since 1870, and has discharged the duties of all the different offices of the lodge. He is also a member of Georgetown Encampment, having received his degrees in Felicity Camp in 1874. Mr. Elliott's modesty and sterling integrity make him universally esteemed and he contentedly cultivates his nice little farm. His wife is a member of the Christian Union Church. DIMMIT C. ELLIOTT, farmer, P. 0. Hamersville, son of William and Eliza (Simons) Elliott, was born" September 4, 1842. His father was born in Pennsylvania, of Welsh descent, his mother a native of same State of German descent. Mr. Elliott en- 184 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES : listed October 1, 1861, in Company I, First Light Artillery, and perhaps saw as much hard service as any man in the county —participating in eleven hotly contested battles, besides many, and some pretty sharp, skirmishes, viz., Cross Keys, second Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge, Resaca, Ga., Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek and the capture of Atlanta, the march from the Cumberland to Atlanta being almost a continual battle, in which the light artillery played a conspicuous part. Mr. Elliott's health was considerably shattered during the service, and he is now receiving a pension. He was married at the close of the war, in 1865, to Izora, daughter of Oliver Crawford. They have had seven children, six of whom are still living. The oldest boy, George, was killed at the age of seven years, by a saw log rolling over him. The living are Missouri C., Eliza B., Olive, ',Hattie May, Albert and Luella. Mr. Elliott and wife are members of the M. E. Church, of. which he is Steward and Trustee. He is also a Superintendent and teacher in the Sunday school. He is a Republican in politics, a warm friend to education and School Director. O. P. FITE, Hamersville, of Kellum & Fite, saw-mill owners, was born in Nicholas Co., Ky., August 15, 1823. He is a son of John W. and Millie (Cotterill) Fite, the former a native of Pennsylvania, of German ancestry, and the latter of Kentucky, of Irish parentage. Mr. Fite was reared on a farm, and has been engaged in agricultural pursuits a portion of his life. He is now engaged in running a sawmill in Hamersville, and is engineer in charge. He has been a member of the firm of Kellum & Fite since 1860. He was married, in 1850, to Eunice, daughter of Benjamin Gardner. They have two children—Cyrus L. and W. C. Mr. Fite and wife are members of the Disciple Church, and he is Democratic politically. D. W. FITE, farmer, P. O. Hamersville, was born in Clark Township on the farm he now occupies He is the son of John W. and Millie (Cotterill) Fite, natives of Pennsylvania and Kentucky. The former was in the American Army, and participated in its ignominious surrender at Detroit under Gen. Hull. In 1820, they left Kentucky and came to Brown County, Ohio, locating in Clark Township, where he resided till his death. Mrs. Fite still survives in her eighty-sixth year, and strong enough to do her own housework. They were the parents of ten children, five daughters and five sons, all of whom grew to manhood and womanhood. One son, B. F., enlisted in the Fifty-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was killed at the battle of Mission Ridge. The subject of this notice was reared on the home farm, receiving a good common school education. In early life, he engaged in teaching, and has followed that profession twenty-four years, in the meantime carrying on a farm of 110 acres, where he resides. He has been successful in both his professional and farming operations. Politically, he is Democratic. He served as School Examiner six years, and once officiated as Trustee of the township. Mr. Fite was united in marriage, in 1857, to Johanna Daugherty, born in Clermont County, Ohio, in d841, and of Irish descent. Eleven children have been given them, ten living, six daughters and four sons—F. W., G. P., Eva J., Clara, Alice, Millie, Martha, Elizabeth and Edward and Ella (twins). ENOCH R. GARRISON, farmer, P. O. Hamersville, was born on the farm where he now resides, in this township, March 12, 1839. He is the son of Ephraim and Charlotte (Rammel) Garrison, natives of New Jersey, of English descent. He ' received a common school education, and early began the work of a farmer, in which he has since continued. He owns seventy-eight and a half acres, upon which his whole life has been spent with the exception of three years spent in Pike Township. He was the youngest of six children, and is the only one of them now living, and he and Mahlon F. were the only ones that reached their majority. Mr. Garrison was married in 1850 to Elizabeth Brooks, by whom he had four children, viz.: Charlotte F. (wife of Merritt Turner), Abigail M., Mary A. and Arrilla. The parents are both members of the Christian Church. Mr. Garrison is a Democrat in politics, and a member of the society of Grangers. CLARK TOWNSHIP - 185 WILLIAM GOULD, deceased, son of William and Miriam (Rounds) Gould, was born in Clark Township February 20, 1820, of English descent. His mother was a daughter of Lemuel Rounds, a Revolutionary soldier ; our subject was married to. Mary Wilson, daughter of Levi and Elizabeth (Anderson) Wilson, natives of Vermont, who was born May 4, 1825. He enlisted in Foster's Independent Cavalry in February, 1862, and fell a victim to typhoid or malarial fever at Corinth, Tenn., June 6, 1862, in the service of his country. He left four children, viz.: Levi (married to Sarepta, daughter of J. W. Robbins), Sarepta (wife of Randolph Brooks), George D. (married to Sarah A., daughter of Peter Kellum), Rosella (at home with her mother). Mr. Gould only lived to participate in the battle of Corinth, and thus passed away one of our county,s noble defenders. REV. PETER A. HONAKER, carpenter and preacher, Hamersville, was born in Virginia November 11, 1829. He is the son of Samuel and Amelia (Wright) Honaker, natives of Virginia, of German and Scotch descent. Our subject commenced learning the carpenter trade at the age of eighteen years, and has followed it most of the time since then. He was married, in 1814, to Martha Jane Lovill, a native of North Carolina, by whom he has had eight children, of whom five, four boys and a girl, survive. Mr. Honaker, in politics, is not bound by party affiliations, but votes for the man he thinks would make the best public servant. He and his wife are members of the Christian Church, in which he is a preacher. JOEL J. JONES, wagon-maker, Hamersville, was born in Clermont County, Ohio, July 25, 1844. He is the son of Joseph and Ruth Ellen (Nicewarner) Jones, natives respectively of Ohio and Maryland. The subject of this sketch received a common school education, and at the age of eighteen years commenced working at the carpenter's trade, which he followed eight years. He then took up the wakon-maker's trade, at which he has continued. He is a natural mechanic, and having learned blacksmithing, he is now able to do all the work about a wagon. In 1865, he married Margaret Davis, danghter of John Davis, a farmer of this township. To them were born four children, viz.: Mary Ellen, Joseph John, Cyrus L. and Virginia Elzina. Mr. Jones is a Democrat, and with his wife, a member of the Christian Church. REV. JAMES B. LAWWILL, minister, Hamersville, is the son of B. B. and Dorcas (Jordan) Lawwill, natives of Ohio, the former of English, and the latter of Scotch-Irish descent. He was born at Georgetown, but received his education in the public schools of Aberdeen. He commenced his ministerial labors at the early age of eighteen years, and has since devoted his time, energy and talents to the cause he has espoused. In 1874, he was regularly ordained a pastor of the Christian Church. His first pastoral charge was Olive Chapel, Champaign Co., Ill. In 1876, he took charge of the congregation at New Hope, and in 1877 he moved to this township, where he now has charge of Antioch Church and the church at Russellville. On October 3, 1873, he married Ellen Garrison, daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah Garrison. She died in 1877, leaving one child-Leoma Bell. In 1878, he married a younger sister of his first wife, and after two years of married life, he was again made a widower. In 1882, he married Jennie Jester, a daughter of Nathan and Eliza (Armstrong) Jester, of this county. Mr. Lawwill owns a neat and substantial residence in this township, where he resides. He is a member of the Odd Fellows fraternity, a very industrious minister, and a man highly esteemed by his acquaintances. ABSALOM LEONARD, farmer, P. 0. Hamersville, was born in Brown County, Ohio, March 1, 1852. He is the son of Marcus and Nancy J. (Curless) Leonard, natives of Ohio ; he of German and English, and she of German and Irish descent. She died February d7, 1873. Our subject received a common school education in Clark Township, and in 1872 married Sarah Lowell, daughter of B. B. Lowell. She died September 25, 1881, leaving three children—Leander, Marcus B. and Goldy. Mr. Leonard owns a farm in Illinois, on which he resided until the death of his wife, since which time he has lived with his father, who owns 205 acres of land in this township. Our subject was the second of a family of six children. He is a Democrat in politics. 186 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: ABRAM LIMING, farmer, P. O. Hamersville, son of Abram and Mary Liming, was born in Clark Township, Brown Co., Ohio, May 28, 1833. Abram Liming, Sr., was a son of Joseph Liming, one of the first settlers in Clark Township. (See Township history.) The subject of this sketch was married in 1859, to Nancy Jane, daughter of James Montgomery, by whom he had five children—Emma Belle, Anna Eliza, Edward, Eugene and Wesley. Mrs. Liming died in 1868, and Mr. Liming was married in 1871 to Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Martin and Matilda (Creager) Red dick, of Sterling Township. They have three children-Luella, Mary Elizabeth and Martin Reddick. Mr. Liming was drafted in 1865, and paid $1,000 for a substitute. He is one of our quiet, hard-working farmers-one of the kind. of men that makes a community prosperous. J. W. LIMING, teacher, Hamersville. Jasper W. Liming, son of Abram and Mary Liming, was born in Clark Township, Brown Co., Ohio, October 18, 1854. The subject of this sketch was raised on a farm, until about of age, since which time he has been engaged in teaching. He is taking a thorough course at Lebanon Normal School, teaching during the winter. Mr. Liming is a member of De Soto Lodge, No. 374, I. O. O. F. Also a member of the Christian Church, and, has represented Excelsior Class twice in Conference, notwithstanding his youth. Mr. Liming is a young man of more than ordinary ability, and a noble ambition. J. O. LIMING, farmer, P. O. Hamersville. James Orange Liming, oldest son of Jasper and Margaret (Redmon) Liming, was born in Clark Township, Brown Co., Ohio, July 16e 1855, and was raised on a farm ; and at an early age was inducted in the stock trade. He graduated at the Lebanon Normal School, in the mathematical and engineering class. He also commenced the study of law but did not complete his regular course, and decided to continue farming and stock-raising, as the business was not so crowded as the bar, and gave better promise. Mr. Liming was married, June 18, 1881, to Sabrah J., only daughter of Charles Oursler, who was born in Georgetown November 25, 1862. Mr. Liming was elected Justice of the Peace for Clark Township April, 1882 ; the youngest man ever elected in the township. R. W. LIVINGSTON, farmer, P. O. Hamersville, was born in Adams County, Penn., January 17, 1817. His parents were John and Anna (King) Livingston, of Scotch-Irish descent, and born within four miles of Gettysburg. In 1826, they came to Ohio, locating a short distance west of the Pennsylvania line. In 1853, be came to Brown County, and in 1854, settlcd here permanently. R. W. Livingston was reared a " farmer's boy," and after coming to Ohio, taught school on the Hamersville and Higginsport Pike, two and a half miles south of Hamersville. Since that time he has been engaged in tilling the soil. He has been very successful in his farming operations. now possessing 230 acres of good land. His political views are Republican, and he has served as Judge of Election on several occasions. He was united in marriage in 1854o to Mary McLain, a native of Pennsylvania, and a daughter of Johnson McLain. They have five children--John M., married and a farmer of this township ; Ann M., wife of W. C. Martin, a farmer and teacher ; Maria J., at home ; Rufus K. and Adam M. Mrs. Livingstone departed this life October 27, 1874. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church, in which body Mr. L. has been a Deacon for many years. J. B. LIVINGSTON, farmer, P. O. Hamersville, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, September 1, 1834, and is a son of John Livingston. He obtained a fair education in his boyhood days, and has been engaged in farming operations probably all of his life. He is the owner of 208 acres of good land. He was united in marriage in 1854, to Anna E., daughter of David Trout, and a native of Lewis Township, Brown Co., Ohio. They have two children-Anna Belle and William A. Mr. Livingston and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church at Feesburg. He is an ardent Republican, and has served as School Director. Mr. Livingston is a hard-working and industrious farmer, and one of the most enterprising farmers of Clark Township. His residence and farm show neatness and precision, and are conclusive evidence of successful farming. THOMAS G. LUCAS, clerk, Hamersville, was born in the village of Hamersville, where he now resides, January 18, 1856. He is the son of J. W. and Louisa J. CLARK TOWNSHIP - 187 (Moore) Lucas; he a native of Pennsylvania, she of Virginia, and both of English de-, scent. The former came to Brown County in 1847, and the latter in 1840. Our subject obtained a common school education, and since leaving school has devoted his attention to clerking, being now engaged in that capacity. He has full control of the store, and employs no help, being assisted in his duties by his wife Emma, a daughter of Rev. S. B Smith, whom he married, in 1881. They have one child, Eunice E. Stella. Mr. Lucas is in politics a Democrat. He is a young man of good address, polite and affable, and with more than ordinary business ability. JAMES McBETH, farmer, P. 0. Hamersville, was born in Brown County, Ohio, November 29, 1821. His parents were Samuel and Frances (Pitzer) McBeth, both natives of Pennsylvania, the former of Scotch and the latter of German parentage ; his early education was obtained in the neighborhood district school ; he has been a farmer and trader all of his life, and is now the owner of 280 acres of well-cultivated land. Mr McBeth is an earnest supporter of the principles adopted and set forth by the Democratic party, and has officiated as Justice of the Peace, and was Township Trustee twenty years. He was married to Elizabeth Spiers, a native of Brown County, and a daughter of John Spiers. Eight children are living—Emily, Frankie, Pierce, Samuel 0., Ella, Charles C,, Warren F., Miza M. and Lee P. Mr. McBeth, wife and daughters, are members of the Disciple Church. DRS. McCASKEY & LOVE, Hamersville, are prominent physicians of this village. The former, Hugh McCaskey, was born in Beaver County, Penn., in 1813 ; his parents were Robert and Jane (Curry) McCaskey, nativcs of Pennsylvania, of Scotch and Irish descent ; he received his early literary education at Augusta College, Kentucky, and subsequently attended medical . lectures at the Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati. He first commenced the practice of his profession at Newark, Ohio, where he remained four ycars ; he then removed to Ripley, this county, and three years later to Virginia. In 1849, he located at Felicity, Clermont Co., Ohio, where he resided fifteen years ; he then removed to Batavia, the county seat of Clermont, where he practiced eight years, and also served as United States Pension Agent ; he then went back to his native place, but in 1877, located at Hamersville, where he has met with good success. The Doctor is a prominent Freemason, and has passed all the chairs in the subordinate lodge; he has been a close student through life, and is well posted on general subjects. He was united in marriage, in 1841, to Rebecca A. Tucker, daughter of Richard Tucker, and a native of Clermont County. They have two children-Eleanora and Adda (wife of Dr. Love). Doctor and Mrs. McCaskey are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which the former has officiated as Steward. He is Republican in politics. DR. JOHN H. LOVE:, the junior partner of this firm, was born in Lewis Township, Brown County, Ohio, November 23, 1847 ; he is the son of Charles and Elizabeth A. (Hover) Love. the former a native of Brown and the latter of Clermont County, Ohio ; his grandfather, Alexander, first settled in Brown County about 1800. Mrs. Love departed this life in 1877 ; Mr. Love is still living, and resides in Clark Township. The subject of this sketch received a good English education, and graduated from the Ohio' College of Medicine and Surgery, at Cincinnati, in 1870. The same year, he came to Hamersville, and commenced the practice of his profession. The firm are doing a good business, and also are the proprietors of a drug store in the village. Dr. Love is Democratic in politics, and has officiated as Township Treasurer. He was married, in 1875, to Adela McCaskey, a daughter of the senior member of the firm. They have one child, Hugh M., born September 26, 1878. Mrs. Love is a member of the M. E. Church. T. B. McCHESNY, blacksmith, Hamersville, was born in Clermont County, Ohio, June 4, 1837. He is a son of Abner and Eliza (Early) McChesny, the former a native of New Jersey, of Irish descent, and the latter of Maryland, of English parentage.. He received his education in Clermont County, and when eighteen years of age, learned the blacksmith trade with John Early, of Hamersville. He has been engaged at his trade ever since, and has met with good success ; he owns his shop, home prop- 188 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: erty and eight acres of land adjoining the village. In 1876, he invented a patent `road scraper and cultivator, which has had a very good sale, and is in general use in this and adjoining counties. Mr. McChesny was married, in 1859, to Martha Burton, a native of Ohio and a daughter of Henry Burton. They have four children—Anna Eliza, wife of L. A. Rees, a farmer of Lewis Township ; Charles V., a student at the National Normal University, of Lebanon, Ohio ; Maggie and May. DAVID METZGER, farmer, P. O. Hamersville, was born in Lewis Township, Brown County, Ohio, December 28, 1851. He is the son of Joseph and Nancy (Watson) Metzger, the former a native of Brown County, of German descent, and the latter a native of Clermont County, of Irish descent. Our subject received a limited education in the common schools, and from his youth to the present, has been engaged in farming. In his farm operations, he has met with good success, and now he owns a good farm near Hamersville, upon which he resides. Mr. Metzger was married to May E. Shinkle, a daughter of Walter Shinkle, an early settler of Brown County, where she was born. Mr. Metzger's grandfather, Conrad Metzger, emigrated to Ohio from Pennsylvania in 1802, and, in the same year, located in Lewis Township. Our subject and his wife are members of the Christian Church ; he is a Democrat. WILLIAM NEAL, merchant and farmer, P. O. Hamersville, was born in Clark Township, Brown County, Ohio, December 26, 1829. His father, William Neal, was a native of Virginia, of English descent, and a son of parents that emigrated to Brown County in 1810 ; his mother, Jane (Brooks) Neal, was a native of Kentucky, and also of English descent ; her parents emigrated to Brown County in 1805. Our subject was reared on a farm, and received a common school education ; he opened a store on his farm, in which he keeps a general stock, and in which he has carried on business very successfully since 1848. He was married, in 1855, to Susan Dean, a native of Brown County, by whom he has had eleven children, viz., R. B., Rebecca J., Augustus Clement, William, Sanford, Lee, Mary, Ellis, Pearl and Iva L. Mr. Neal owns a good farm, and is now one of the Justices of the Peace for his township. His reputation for honesty and fair dealing promise him a liberal patronage as long as he continues in business. SANFORD NEAL, farmer, P. O. Hamersville, was born in Clark Township, this county, December 10, 1834. He is the son of William and Jane (Brooks) Neal, who are spoken of in the sketch of William Neal. The subject of this sketch was reared and educated in Clark Township, and is now one of its most enterprising and successful farmers. He has made farming the business of his life, and now owns a farm of 240 acres. In 1857, he married Margaret Reed. a native of Clermont County, by whom he has had eight children, viz.: Emily J., now the wife of F. P. Liming ; John R., Sarah L., William A., Benjamin Wade, Van Butler, Edmond and Ora. Mr. Neal makes a study of his life occupation, and has met with success in most of his undertakings. His wife is a member of the M. E. Church. CHARLES OURSLER, farmer, was born on Eagle Creek, in Brown County, Ohio, March 21, 1809, and was raised on a farm. He followed the river for thirty years, mostly as a pilot, part of the time on fiat-boats and part of the time on steamers. his first trip being in 1827, when but eighteen years old. He was married, August 25, 1835, to Mahala Howland, by whom he had one child, James, who was killed at Georgetown July 11, 1860, by the premature discharge of a cannon, which he and others were loading. Our subject was married the second time on June 11, 1842, to Margaret Jones, by whom three children were born, viz.: John F., Sabrah Jane and Henry. Mr. Oursler was elected Sheriff to fill the vacancy caused by the death of D. W. Applegate, in 1857 ; re-elected in 1858, and at the expiration of his term, settled in the northern part of Clark Township, where he still resides. He has filled several offices in the township, is a consistent member of the Christian Church, a Mason and an Odd Fellow ; honest and upright, kind to all, he only needs to be known to be loved and respected. WESLEY S. PENNY, farmer, P. O. Locust Ridge, was born in Clark Township, Brown Co., Ohio. September 18, 1829. He was a son of Peter and Jane (Hannah) CLARK TOWNSHIP - 189 Penny, the former a native of Kentucky, of Welsh descent, and the latter a native of Pennsylvania, of Irish descent. Our subject received but a limited education in the schools of his township, and early commenced the work of a farmer, in which occupation he has since continued. He was married in 1848, to Martha A. Fiscus, a native of Brown County. They have six children, viz.: Florence, Commodore, Iselina, John , Clayton and Robert Lee. Mr. Penny is a practical and hard-working farmer, owning 138 acres of good land, which he has accumulated by his personal efforts. He has never speculated, or traded, but has made his substance by hard work and honest economy. ALLEN PENNY, firmer, P. O. Hamersville, Ohio, was born in Brown County October 15, 1822. He is the son of Lewis and Hannah Penny, the farmer a native of Kentucky, of French descent, the latter a native of Virginia, of Welsh descent. Our subject received a limited education in the log schoolhouses of his day, and early commenced working on the farm, haying chosen that occupation for his life work and having since followed it. In that honorable calling, he has met with good success, and is now the owner of a good farm of 140 acres. He was married in 1848, to Mary A. Hester, a native of Kentucky, by whom he has had six children, viz.: Lewis, Mary J., Caroline, Emma, Laurinda and Lydia Ann. Mr. Penny is in politics a Democrat; he has never aspired to official honors, but has served as a School Director from a sense of duty. He is an industrious and energetic farmer, and is considered by his fellows one of the best citizens of his township. W. O. PERKINS, carpenter, Hamersville, born in Clermont Co., Ohio, May 28, 1830. He is a son of Aaron and Mary (Ricey) Perkins, the former a native of Kentucky, of German ancestry, and the latter of Ohio, of German-Irish parentage. Mr. Perkins received his education in Clermont County, and has been a carpenter by occupation through life. One year, he was the proprietor of a hotel in Hamersville, and for nine years was Postmaster of the village. Mr. Perkins was united in marriage, in 1854, to to Pauline Flick. They have an adopted daughter, Cora. Mr. Perkins and wife are members of the M. E. Church. His grandfather, Matthew Perkins, settled in this county in 1805, when this county was almost a wilderness. ADAM POWELL, farmer, P. 0. Hamersville, was born in Bracken County, Ky., December 23, 1808. His parents were Joseph and Elizabeth (Dillman) Powell, natives of Pennsylvania, and of German descent. His early education was obtained in the old log schoolhouses of Pennsylvania and Ohio, and was rather limited. In 1816, he accompanied his parents to Brown County, Ohio, where he has since resided. He has been engaged in agricultural pursuits all of his life, and now owns 200 acres of excellent land. Politically. Mr. Powell has always been an ardent Democrat. He was united in marriage, in 1831, to Fannie Tatman, a daughter of Joshua Tatman, an honored pioneer of this place, and at the time of his death (April, 1882) was aged one hundred and two years—probably the oldest man in Brown County. Twelve children were born to this union, all of whom lived to the maturer years of manhood and womanhood, and were married. Mrs. Powell departed this life in the fall of 1839. Mr. Powell was again married, to Nancy Tatman, who has borne him six children, four daughters and two sons. The greater portion of this family are members of the Christian Church. O. P. RALSTON, farmer, P. 0. Hamersville. Oliver Perry Ralston, youngest son of Joseph and Eleanor (Smith) Ralston, was born in Brown County, Ohio, March 11, 1824. As was common in those days, he received only a common school education, but such was his love and talent for mathematics, that at one time he was considered the best mathematician in the county. He was raised on a farm and has followed that occupation without interruption up to the present time. On April 27, 1844, he was married to Martha Ann, youngest daughter of John and Catharine Pitzer, also a native of this county. There were born to them six boys and two girls, viz.: James Polk, who married Permele Jacobs, and is now a citizen of Colorado Springs, Colo. He served three years as Principal of the Deaf Mute Institute of Colorado, and is now prospecting and mining among the Rocky Mountains Sarepta Jane, 190 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: wife of Dr. R. B. McCall, of New Hope ; Thomas Hamer, who was born April 27, 1849, and went to Kansas in the fall of 1868, and died of typhoid fever October 8, 1871, in Livingston County Mo.; Lewis Warren, born January 7, 1851, read law with Marsh al & Thomas, was admitted to the bar in 1872, married Lutitia Case, and now resides in Hamersville ; Almira Evaline, born October 28, 1852, still single ; Eugene Archimedas, born July 12, 1856, and after spending two years in the South, is now farming the old homestead ; Edgar Lee, born July 7, 1860, and now in Crystal Basin, Colo., silver mines ; Orlando Frank, born August 4, 1862, also in the prospecting and mining business. Mr. Ralston's public career is as follows: Was appointed School Examiner in 1854, elected County Surveyor in 1857, and re-elected in 1860, elected Justice of the Peace in 1864, served as Township Clerk during the latter part of the war, and was treasurer of the fund raised by Clark Township to fill her quota of men. He was elected, in 1880, to represent Clermont and Brown Counties in the State Board of Equalization. Martha A., first wife of 0. P. Ralston, died of consumption February 9, 1866, aged thirty-nine years and eight days. Mr. Ralston was married, April 17, 1867, to Ann J. (Brownfield) Stratton, daughter of James and Mary Brownfield, and widow of William B. Stratton, also a native of Brown County. She had one child- George W. Stratton, who was a member of the Forty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was a prisoner at Andersonville. Mr. Ralston still surveys and is often called to settle disputes, and his honesty and known ability make his decisions nearly always final. He has been a Notary Public for the last twelve years. He is one of the most prominent Odd Fellows of the county, was D. D. G. M. in 1871-72, when the district included Adams, Brown and a part of Clermont Counties, represented this district in the Grand Lodge of Ohio in 1877-78-79-80, and was Grand Guardian in 1881. He is noted as one of the strong friends of education in the county, although not a regular teacher, having only taught three or four quarters, but has always been found giving the cause aid and snpport when most needed. He was a member of the Patrons of Husbandry, represented Brown County four years in the State Grange, and was the first Master of Clark Grange. He was the first Odd Fellow in Clark Township, and his kind heart prompts him to be first always in the relief of distress. (For parentage, see Clark Township History.) ROBERT D. RICE, farmer, P. O. Hamersville, son of Michael and Lutitia (Ham) Rice, was born in Bracken County, Ky., February 27, 1837, of Welsh descent. He was raised on a farm and in the low state of schools in that part he only attended school six weeks in his life. He was married, December 8, 1859, to Hannah M.,. daughter of Joseph Metzger, of Lewis Township. They have had three children, viz., Joseph H., Elijah F. (died when eight years old) and Susanna. He came to Ohio in 1862, and to Clark Township in 1879. He owns a beautiful farm of 100 acres near Hamersville. He and wife are members of the Christian Church, in which he has been Superintendent of Sabbath schools for the last ten years, He is a model man for piety, morality and sobriety-never in his life having sworn an oath, tasted intoxicating liquor, kept lewd company or gambled in any shape or form. JOSEPH PERRY RICHARDS, farmer, P. O. Georgetown, was born on the farm which he now owns and where he resides. His father, Charles Richards, was born in Virginia January 7, 1804, and died in Ohio in 1871. His mother, Elizabeth (Connell) Richards, was born in Ohio December 6, 1809, and is still living. His grandfather, Richards, came to Ohio in 1829, and settled in Brown County. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. The subject of this sketch was educated in the common schools of his native county, and having chosen farming for an occupation, has since followed it with marked success. He is a Democrat in politics, and for four years was Township Trustee. He is President of the County Agricultural Society, and has occupied that position for five years. He has been twice married, first to Rebecca C. Norris, of this township, who died in 1863, leaving three children-William, Charles C. and Marion Lee. His second wife, whom he married in 1867, was Amanda Berry, daughter of Samuel Berry, of Pleasant Township. By her he has one child-Samuel F. Mr. and Mrs R. are both members of the M. E. Church. CLARK TOWNSHIP - 191 WILLIAM LEE RICHEY, farmer, P. O. Feesburg, was born in Lewis Township, Brown Co., Ohio, September 7, 1848. He is a son of John L. and Elizabeth (Trout) Richey. John L. Richey was a son of William and Sophia Richey, of Franklin Township, Clermont County. Elizabeth Trout was a daughter of William and Sarah Trout, of Lewis Township, Brown County. The subject of this sketch was married January 1, 1871, to Emma, daughter of James and Matilda (Coffman) Swope, of Clermont, County. To them were born two children—George and Alpha. Emma Richey died February 27, 1874, and Mr. Richey married Jenney, daughter of Benjamin and Abigail Day, of' Lem is Township, and to them were born three children—Thomas, Robert and Hattie. Mr. Richey, is of German descent, was raised on a farm, and only received a common school education. He and wife are members of the Christian Union Church. Mr. Richey is a Democrat, and serving his second term as Township Trustee. A. J. ROBINSON, farmer, P. O. Locust Ridge, was born in Clermont County, Ohio, November 28, 1856. His father, Dr. Thomas Robinson, is a prominent physician of Clark Township, widely and well known as a successful practitioner and a graduate of the Cincinnati Medical College. He has practiced his profession in Brown County for thirty years, and has also been an extensive farmer, now owning 700 acres ' of land. He has been twice married, his first wife being Mary Ann Wall, a native of Ohio, by whom he had three children, all sons—our subject, a young man of good address, of a mechanical turn of mind and of industrious habits, and who attended the Lebanon Normal School one term ; Charles and George. The Doctorls second wife was Minerva Blair, and by her had two children—Frank and Oscar Lee. In politics, Dr. Robinson is a Democrat. JAMES S. SALISBURY, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Hamersville, was born in Pleasant Township, this county, October 28, 1832. His parents were Thomas Salisbury, a native of Pennsylvania, and Martha (Martin) Salisbury, a native of Ohio and a sister of Judge Martin. He was reared on a farm, and received a common school education. He commenced life by farming ; rented land, after which he purchased fifty acres, concluding to settle in this county after an examination of three or four States. He resides on the Ohio pike, where he owns 180 1/4 acres of land, most of which is under a perfect state of cultivation. He was married, in 1858, to Theresa Gray, daughter of Rev. Samuel Gray, a minister of the Christian Church. This union was blest with seven children—Albert G., Martha Etta, Mary Louella, Thomas L. (deceased), James W., an infant (deceased), and Sarah M. The three eldest, with the parents, are members of the M. E. Church, in which Mr. S. was Trustee and a class-leader for ten years. His relatives on both sides were Presbyterians and Republicans. He has made all he has by his own efforts, and is a much respected citizen. GEORGE W. SHINELE, farmer, P. O. Hamersville, son of John L. and Malinda (Jones) Shinkle, was born in Clark Township, this county,. March 23o 1848. His grandfather, Christian Shinkle, was among the early settlers of what is now Lewis Township, emigrating from the State of Pcnnsylvania and settling on what was known as Shinkle's Ridge, in this county, prior to 1810. John L. Shinkle, son of Christian and father of George W., was born in Lewis Township September 25, 1810, and his wife, Malinda (Jones) Shinkle, was born in Clermont County, Ohio, September 17, 1819, her father having emigrated from the State of Kentucky. John L. is by trade a cabinet-maker, having learned that trade at Higginsport, and there followed it for a number of years. The children born to John L. and Malinda Shinkle are Louisa J., Lewis M., Letha E., Thomas J., George W. and John C. In 1847, the father of our subject removed to Clark Township, and, in connection with farming, carried on a nursery for a number of years. Himself and wife are now residents of Clark Township. In politics, he is a Republican. Our subject was reared on a farm, and received the usual district school education known to farmers' sons, and having arrived at manhood he was united in marriage with Martha, daughter of Oliver and Barbara Crawford, April 14, 1870, and to them were born Maggie and Minerva G. The wife died October 17, 1877. On the 28th of November, 1878, Mr. Shinkle was married to, 192 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: Elizabeth, daughter of William and Caroline (Wood) Leach, the former a native of Kentucky, who was born in 1807, and the latter a native of Ohio. The wife of our subject was born in Lewis Township January 1, 1817. Their children are Willard E. and Silva E. Mr. Shinkle has been engaged in farming all his life, and for a number of years carried on the nursery began by his father. Both himself and wife are members of the Christian Church, and, in politics, he is a Republican. S. B. SMITH, minister, Hamersville. Samuel Bernard Smith, a son of William and Elizabeth (Hoover) Smith, was born in Bath County, Va., March 24, 1820, both natives of Virginia Grandfather Hoover was a native of Germany ; served six years and nine months in the Revolutionary war, and died in 1844 at the advanced age of 10'7 years. The subject of this sketch, while young, had the advantage of only a meager common school education, and came to Ohio in 1841 and engaged in the ministry two years later, in which he was engaged for thirty-six years. serving two years as Presiding Elder of the M. P. Conference. Mr. Smith was one of the mild, quiet, persuasive preachers, and never inclined to be stormy, but the high estimation in which he was held is attested by the honor conferred by being twice Presiding Elder. He was retired to the superannuated list in 1879. Mr. Smith was married, in 1846, to Ellen Jane, widow of Samuel Davis, and daughter of Robert and Margaret (White) Kennedy (see Clark Township history). They have five children—Samuel K. (married and living at Piketon, Ohio, and Principal of Schools), Ella Bell (widow of Elsberry Young, killed by the falling of the C., G. & P. R. R. bridge across the Little Miami July 24, 1877), Emma (wife of Thomas M. Lucas), Charles Garwood, Jessie Estella. Grandfather William Smith, of English descent, was a soldier in Gen. Marion's army, and lived to be one hundred and four years old. Mr. Smith is an honored member of Fayette Lodge, No. 107, F. & A. M. Was initiated in West. Union Lodge, No. 43, I. 0. 0. F., and is now a P. G. of De Soto Lodge, No. 374, and officiating Chaplain. Mr. Smith is an honest, quiet citizen, who only needs to be known to be esteemed LAFAYETTE SPIRES, farmer, P. 0. Hamersville, youngest son of John and Rebecca (Hill) Spires, was born in Clark Township November 24, 1844. His father. John Spires, was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., March 27, 1803. He was a son of Richard and Rebecca (Gentle) Spires. Richard Spires, a native of Maryland, was of English descent and a soldier under Gen. Washington for three years, during which time he was severely wounded. He came to Ohio in 1810, and lived to be over ninety years old. Mrs. Spires' mother, Rebecca, was a daughter of John Hill, a native of Ireland. Her mother, Pitzer, a native of Kentucky, came to Ohio among the first settlers on Eagle Creek. The subject of this sketch was married, September 11, 1866, to Anna Mary, daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth (Laycock) Liming. Isaac Liming, a son of Abram and Phoebe (Still) Liming, was a native of Clermont County, Ohio, of Irish and Scotch descent. Elizabeth Laycock, a daughter of Levi and Mary (Washburn) Laycock, was a native of Brown County, Ohio. Levi Laycock was a soldier during the war of 1812. Abram and Phoebe Liming were married in Philadelphia, and a few years later, when they emigrated to Clermont County, Ohio, Mrs. Liming rode the entire distance on horseback and carried her babe in her lap. Mrs. Spires was born in Clermont County, Ohio, November 15, 1848. Their children are James Franklin Spires, born March 10, 1868, and Ada May Spires, born May 19, 1870. Mrs. Spires is a member of the Christian Church. DR. JOSEPH C. STIERS, Postmaster, Hamersville, was formerly a well- known practicing physician of Hamersville and Brown County. He was born in Clermont County, Ohio, October 21, 1820. His parents were Ralph and Elizabeth (Aldrich) Stiers, natives of Pennsylvania, of German and English descent. The former was a soldier in the war of 1812. His grandfather Aldrich enlisted under Gen. Washington in the Revolutionary army, when but seventeen years of age. Dr. Stiers' paternal grandfather, Jacob Stiers, was an early settler in Pennsylvania and twice married. His first wife and children were captured by the Indians, and the mother and children all killed except two daughters. These were carried into captivity and one finally suffered the same fate as the preceding ones. The remaining daughter grew to woman- CLARK TOWNSHIP - 193 hood among the savages, and was subsequently discovered by her relations. They endeavored to induce her to return to her old home, but it had been so many years since she had been abducted, that she did not recognize her father. She asked to see a stepbrother, and when brought before her, she lifted his hat and discovered a knife wound on his head which she had inflicted in her childhood days. Thus she knew it was her brother, but still refused to go back to her friends. She believed she could never again accustom herself to the habits and customs of the white people, and remained with the Indians until her death. Dr. Stiers came to Brown County in 1848, and located at Hamersville. His early education was obtained in the common schools, and subsequently he attended the Ohio College of Medicine, at Cincinnati. He commenced the practice of his profession at Hamersville, the year of his location in this county. He is a member of the Allopathic School of Medicine. For fourteen years he practiced his profession, and administered to rich and poor alike, never holding back on account of a person's financial standing, but, full of sympathy and kindness, he treated all alike. During the last seven years of his practice, he rode night and day, only being at home one whole night in this period of time. In 1860, premonitory symptoms of that dreaded disease, amanrosis appeared in his eyes, and within two years his eyesight totally left him. This terrible affliction called forth the sympathy and kindness of his many friends and neighbors, and although the Doctor was forced to give up his practice, yet his subsequent life, with this one exception, has been peaceful and quiet. He and his wife are well known in Hamersville and the surrounding country and beloved for their kind hearts and cheerful dispositions. He owns the property where he now resides, also the small store on the premises. In 1880, he was appointed Postmaster, and the duties of that office are faithfully attended to by his son, Robert, a young man of good morals and industrious habits. The Doctor was united in marriage, in 1851, to Emily J. Moore, born at Hamersville March 16, 1832, and daughter of Eliakim and Jane (Francis) Moore, of German and Scotch descent. They have two children—Robert M., born March 2, 1864, and Anna M., born December 12, 1871. These children were born after the Doctor's eyesight disappeared, and he has never enjoyed the privilege of seeing their forms and features. Since this affliction, the Doctor has been a faithful and earnest expounder of the Gospel, and is a man of more than ordinary intelligence. JESSE P. THOMPSON, farmer, P. 0. Hamersville, was born in Pennsylvania February 19, 1806. He is the son of John and Margaret (Mitchell) Thompson, natives of Pennsylvania, he of Irish, and she of Welsh descent. Our subject received a limited education in the subscription schools of Adams County, Ohio, and remained on the farm until eighteen years of age, when he commenced learning the wagon-maker's trade, at whioh he worked twenty years. He carried on a shop in Clark Township this county, for several years, and throughout his business career was characterized by his honest dealings with his patrons. When he came to this township he settled on 100 acres of heavy timbered land that was willed to him by his father. He was married in 1829 to Matilda Lawrence, a daughter of Jacob Lawrence, of Adams County. She was a school-mate of our subject's, and he thought in his school days that he would marry her, but did not tell of it until after they were married, when she confessed to having thought the same thing. Their union was blest with these children-Christine, Barbara Ann (wife of S. H. Ellis), Thomas H. B. (a farmer of Kentucky), John L., Milton, Sarah E. (wife of Samuel Wilhams), James and Semantha (wife of Henry Snider). Mrs. Thompson died in 1878, in the full faith of the Methodist Churche in which her husband is a local preacher. He is a Republican, and has held most of the offices in the township. He is the owner of a farm of 140 acres upon which he lives. WILLIAM G. THOMPSON, farmer, P. O. Locust Ridge, was born November 28, 1836. He is the son of Lewis Thompson, a native of Virginia, of Scotch descent, and Nancy (Brooks) Thompson, a native of Brown County, of English descent. Our subject was reared on the farm and educated in the public schools of his county. He chose farming for a life occupation and has since followed that time-hon- 194 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: ored calling, with good success, now owning a good farm in this township. He was married, in 1857, to Miss Mintie Bartholomew, a native of Brown County. She is an intelligent and pleasant lady and, with her husband, a consistent member of the Disciples, Church. Mr. Thompson is a prominent Odd Fellow, a Democrat and a highly esteemed citizen. He served for a time as Trustee of his township. J. THORNTON, farmer, chair manufacturer and proprietor of saw mill, P. 0. Hamersville, Ohio, was born in Maryland April 26, 1826. He was the seventh son of John and Letitia (Matthews) Thornton, natives of Pennsylvania, he of English and she of Irish descent. They emigrated to Ohio in 1830, and settled in Clermont County, where they lived with their family of seven sons until 1843, when the father died. The mother survived him nine years, dying in 1852. After locating in Clermont County the father and sons engaged in the saw mill business in Bethel ; they soon added to their business the manufacture of wagons, which they continued until the breaking-out of the rebellion, which seriously interfered with their business ; they continued, however, and manufactured wagons for the Government until 1862, when they sold out their business in Bethel and moved into Clark Township, Brown County, where they built the Thornton Mill and Chair Factory, in which they still continue, having had their mill once consumed by fire. They own nearly a section pf land and the handsomest residence in the township, the latter costing nearly $6,000 in its construction. The subject of this sketch is the only one of the boys that ever married, and he has married twice. His first wife, whom he married 1850, was Elizabeth Morris, daughter of J. P. Morris, and grand-daughter of Senator Thomas Morris. She died in 1857, leaving three children, and on February 13, 1872, our subject married Clara D. Cook, daughter of James Cook. Mr. Thornton and his brothers, in their manner of living, formed an example of successful communism ; they worked together, owned their property in common, kept no book accounts with each other, and when one died he relinquished all his right in the property to the survivors. The two youngest, George and our subject, are the only ones now surviving. The eldest, James, died in 1868 ; Samuel, in 1840 ; Isaac, 1850 ; W. P., 1878 ; Charles, 1882. W. P. was a prominent man during his life, and at the time of his death was a member of the Board of County Commissioners. The brothers were all men of more than ordinary intelligence, and men who deserve more than a passing notice in a local work like this. JOHN TRISLER (deceased), born near Hagerstown, Md., Dec. 31, 1789, and died Dec. 10, 1880, being ninety years eleven months and eleven days old. His father Michael, when John was about ten years old, moved to Lexington, Ky., and soon after died, leaving John and his brothers to support the family. John Trisler was married in 1811 to Fanny Reed, and came to Lewis Township, Brown County, Ohio, at that time almost an unbroken forest. He, with a few others, erected the little stone church on Shinkle Ridge. In 1825, he lost his first wife, and afterward married Catharine Gray and moved to Tate Township, Clermont County, where he became one of the Charter members of Antioch Church, and where he remained until 1870, when he disposed of his farm and afterward lived with his children. At hij death he left thirteen children, ninety-two grandchildren, over one hundred great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren. On the 11th of December, grandfather Trisler was interred at Mt. Zion Church. HENRY W. TRISLER, farmer, P. 0. Hamersville. The subject of this sketch was born in Clermont County, Ohio, April 26, 1832. He was raised on a farm and only received a common school education. He was married to Drusilla, daughter of John Spires, a native of Brown County, and settled in the township the same year. He and wife have four children—Isadora, who, besides a good common school education, has taken a course at select school, including a regular course in music, and has given lessons in the latter ; Cora Etta has been a fellow-student with her elder sister ; Orlandus C., who, although only taught in the common school, has been a hard student and ranks high for his age—has taught six months' school and is engaged at the same place for another term ; Ada M., a bright little Mrss. Mr. Trisler has been one of CLARK TOWNSHIP - 195 our most successful farmers, but thinks more of expending his money to educate his children to fit them for useful members of society, than to increase his broad acres. His wife and two eldest daughters are members of the Disciples' Church at Hamersville, of which church he is also one of the Elders, which position he has held for several years. In politics, he is a Jeffersonian Democrat, and as a friend of• education has rendered considerable service as School Director and member of the Board of Education. To such men as Mr. Trisler we have to look for the prosperity and success of our country. DANIEL VANDAMENT, farmer, P. O. Hamersville, son of Benjamin and Susan (Shick) Vandament (see pioneer sketches, Clark Township), was born September 1, 1813, in Brown County, Ohio. He was married, in 1853, to Mary Halfhill, daughter of Absalom and Nancy Halfhill. They have raised five children, three sons and two danghters, viz.:: Benjamin P. (one of the ablest and most successful teachers of the connty), Amanda R., Charlie A., Minnie S. and John J. Mr. Vandament is an old pattern of sobriety and honesty, a pillar of the Church and State, and a member of the Disciples' Church. As a life-long Democrat, he has been often chosen as Trustee of the township and School Director. He lives contentedly on his well-cultivated little farm. ZECHARIAH WEST, farmer, P. O. Hamersville, was born in Clermont County, Ohio, May 10, 1813. He was a son of Thomas and Barbara (Grey) West, both natives of Pennsylvania. The former was born December 19, 1785, and died April 5, 1878; the latter was born May 12, 1790, and died March 15, 1866. They had ten children, of whom our subject was the oldest son and third child. The father was a farmer by occupation, and paid for the first fifty acres of land he ever owned by splitting rails and clearing ground. It is said of him that he could read without glasses at the age of ninety-two, and that he was never involved in litigation of any kind in all his long and eventful life. His father died when he was but a youth, and he was taken by his grandfather from Pennsylvania to Kentucky. He emigrated to Clermont County at an early day, and in 1814 settled in Lewis Township, Brown County. Our subject received a very limited education in the subscription schools of pioneer days Ho was early trained to farm labor, and chose farming for an occupation. He commenced life by working for his father, receiving an interest in the crops for his compensation. After working four years in this manner and when twenty-four years old he purchased a small tract of land and began farming for himself. In 1838, he married Rebecca Jennings, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Parker) Jennings. She was born February 7, 1818, and died December 15, 1865. By her Mr. West had nine children, viz., Mary Ellen, Thomas Hamer (deceased), James Irwin (a minister now in charge of a congregation at Germantown, Ky.), William Worth, Alvin Miller, Laurin, Minnie, John Franklin (deceased), and Carr. The family are all members of the Christian Church. Mr. West is a Democrat; has been Township Trustee ten or twelve years, and a School Director most of the time sinoe he was twenty-one years of age. He is a strong temperance man, but never took but one pledge, and that was his pledge to the church. He promised his mother in his youth never to drink, and has lived his long life true to that promise. His family are all grown up and doing well, and now as he looks back on his long and well-spent life, he can see but few changes that he conld make for the better. He is a prominent farmer, and one of the most respected and highly honored citizens of this township. THOMAS J. WILLIAMS, farmer, P. O. Hamersville, was born in Clark Township April 8, 1844. His parents were Robert Williams, a native of Delaware, and Jane (Stricklin) Williams, a native of Ohio, both of English descent. Our subject received a common school education. In 1879, he engaged in mercantile business in Clermont County where he remained two years, after which he moved to New Hope, this county, where he continued the same business two years. In 1872, he took full charge of his father's farm of 280 acres, where he now resides. In 1862, he enlisted in Company I, Forty-eighth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Capt. Ross, in which he was appointed Corporal. In 1864, he re-enlisted in the same regiment, Capt. An- 196 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: drew Cochran, and served until the close of the war. At the battle of Red River he was taken prisoner, and for six months suffered all the horrors of rebel prison life. He participated in the following engagements: Battle of Shiloh, Chickasaw Mountain, Port Gibson, Champion Hills, siege of Vicksburg, Jackson, Miss., and Fort Blakesly and battle of Mansfield. In 1869, he married Cynthia Ann Milner, a daughter of William Milner. By her he has had four children, all living, viz., Mattie G-., Carl H., Phillip E., Robbie Ray. ROBERT M. WILSON (deceased), was born in Adams County, Ohio, August 1, 1819. He was the son of Ralph and Martha Wilson, natives of Pennsylvania, of German descent. He was reared on the farm and received a common school education. His father dying when he was young, he had to support his widowed mother during his early life, and watched over her affairs until her death. " He took a deep interest in religious matters, and was a consistent member of the Disciples, Church, in which he was a Deacon and Elder. He was a Democrat in politics, and for several years held the office of Justice of the Peace. He was twice married, his first wife being Margaret A. Plummer, by whom he had five children, viz.: S. B. S., a physician of Olathe, Kan.; George W., an attorney of Minnesota; Nathan ; Mary, wife of John Mitchell, of this township; and Robert F., a citizen of Olathe, Kan. His second wife was a widow, who had three children, viz., John J., George P. and Mollie J. Her maiden name was Lucy M. Moyer, and by her Mr. Wilson had three children-Scott Miller, Harrison C. and Lauretta Bell. Mrs. Wilson since the decease of her husband has taken control of the farm, which she manages and has worked under her superintendence. LEVI WILSON, farmer and dealer in agricultural implements, Hamersville, was born in Clark Township, Brown Co., Ohio, January 26, 1836. His parents were Levi and Elizabeth (Anderson) Wilson, natives of Vermont, and of English and Irish descent. Mr. Wilson was reared on the old homestead, and remained there until thirty years of age. He then engaged in the saw mill and subsequently in the machinery business. He is agent for the Aultman & Taylor machines, and the " Peerless Reaper." He handles all kinds of farming machinery, and enjoys a good trade. Politically, his views are Democratic, and he has served two terms as Township Trustee. He was married in 1861, to Louise Redman, a daughter of Lafayette Redman, who departed this life May 8, 1874. Three children were born to them—Lerastus, Lanella and Lafayette. Mr. Wilson's second marriage was in 1879, to Alice, daughter of Thomas Moore, and a native of this county. They have three children-Alice, Lena and Estella. Mrs. Wilson is a member of the Christian Church. GEORGE M. WOOD, farmer, P. 0. Georgetown, was born in Byrd Township, Brown Co., Ohio, February 20, 1834. His father, Nicholas Wood, was born in Kentucky, and emigrated to Brown County in 1812. His mother, Margaret (Blair) Wood, was a native of Ohio, and both parents were of English extraction. His grandfather, Nicholas Wood, Sr., was a soldier of the Revolutionary war, and George Wood, the uncle of our subject, was a soldier in the war of 1812. The early life of the subject of this sketch was spent in teaching, and for three years he was a member of the faculty of the Commercial College at Cincinnati. In 1862, he commenced his present occupation of farming, and since that time has successfully followed that peaceful calling. In 1862, he married Annetta Richards, a native of this county, of English descent, and a daughter of Charles Richards. They have had the following children : W. C., Charles E., Emmont W., Lewis E., Maggie E., James E., deceased, and John A., deceased. The parents are both members of the M. E. Church, in which Mr. Wood has been Steward, Class-Leader and Clerk. He is a Democrat in politics, Township Trustee and Township Clerk, and a prominent member of Georgetown Lodge, No. 72, F. & A. M. S. S. WOOD, farmer, P. 0. Hamersville, was born in Clermont County, Ohio, April 14, 1844. He is a son of Absalom and Phebe Wood, the former a native of Ohio, of English and German descent, and the latter a native of Kentucky, of Irish descent. Our subject received a common school education, and for his life work chose the occupation of his Father, farming, at which he has since continued. He was mar- FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP - 197 ried in 1866, to Miss Mary J. Smith, a native of Clermont County, and a daughter of S. B. Smith. a prominent farmer of that county. Their union was blessed with three children; viz., Alva C., Minnie and Rosa. Mr. and Mrs. Wood are members of the Christian Church, in which he has been an Elder and Trustee. He is a Democrat in polilics, and has served his district as School Director in the past. He is a practical farmer and raises, among other stock, some fine horses. FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP. JOHN WESLEY BARNS, farmer, P. O. Georgetown, a prominent farmer of Franklin Township, was born at Monongalia, Middleton (now Fairmont) County, Va., Monday, July 16, 1810. His father, William Barns, was a native of Maryland, and of Irish descent, He was a physician by profession, and came to Ohio at an early day. He was a resident of Adams County for about ten years, and made a speciality of curing cancers and consumption. In December, 1830, he located in Brown County, Ohio, where he ministered to the physical wants of his many patients till the " fell destroyer ended his earthly labors. He died August 11, 1833, aged fifty-four years and five months. Mr. Barns' mother was Jane Graham, a native of Philadelphia, Penn. After her husband's death, Mrs. Barns removed to Georgetown, and subsequently to Cincinnati. where she resided with her daughter till her death, which was caused by the removal of a tumor, weighing eighty-seven pounds. She died July 22, 1842, aged fifty-four years and six months. The subject of this notice assisted his father in the latter's medical practice, and early learned the chair-maker and painter's trade. He located at Georgetown in 1840, and for ten years worked at both of his trades. During this time, he painted the cupolas of both the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Brown County Court House. At his wife's suggestion, he purchased 132 acres of land on Straight Creek, near the Ripley & Arnheim pike, and has since added thirty-three acres. Some time after buying this farm, he purchased a grist mill at Williamsburg, in Clermont County, which he ran two or three years. As his wife was then in failing health, he came back to the farm, where he has since resided. Mr. Barns was formerly a Whig, Know Nothing, Republican, and is now an earnest and outspoken advocate of Prohibition. During the war. Mr. Barns was also a member of the Union League. He is a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was married, January 27, 1835, to Sarah Roudabush, a native of Goshen, Clermont County, Ohio ; departed lhis life September 26, 1881, aged seventy-two years one month and four days. She was the mother of five children —Eleanor J., born February 19, 1836, died July 27, 1838 ; Corydon Augustus, born April 1, 1840, at commencement of the war, joined Company C, Eighty-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and died of small pox at Danville Prison, Virginia, December 30, 1863 ; William McKendrie, born May 17, 1843, also in Company C, Eighty-ninth Regiment, and now running the grist mill formerly owned by his father, in Clermont County, Ohio; John Roudabush, born September 9, 1847, and now farming the old homestead. Mr. Barns takes a great interest in bees and bee culture, and is agent for many of the best beehives. ABRAM BERRY, farmer, P. O. Georgetown, was born in Pleasant Township. Brown County, Ohio, February 27, 1824. His father, Samuel Berry, was a native of Pennsylvania, who came to this county when a young man. He located in Pleasant Township, where he resided till his death. He was an engineer by trade, and worked at that through life. He married Catharine Sowers, also a native of Pennsylvania, who bore him ten children, six of whom are living. Our subject was reared a " farmer's boy," and has always been engaged in agricultural pursuits through life, His educational facilities were limited ; and. when quite young, he left the parental roof and went to Ripley, obtaining employment on a farm near that place. Some time after, he purchased a farm of forty-nine acres near his present one, where he resided thirty years. He then bought his present farm of seventy-one acres, a portion of which is woodland. 198 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: Mr. Berry is a firm believer in the principles set forth by the Democratic party, and has served his township as Road Supervisor. He was married, in 1847, to Elizabeth Abbott, a native of this county. Of the eight children born to them, six are living— Mary Ann, wife of Ira Hendricks, a farmer of Lewis Township; George, a farmer of Pleasant Township, who married Sarah Morrow ; Belle ; Alice ; Mary ; and Charlie. Mr. Berry, wife and eldest daughter are members of the Christian Union Church. S. P. BERRY, P. O. Ash Ridge, a well known and enterprising agriculturist of Franklin Township, is a native of Pennsylvania, where he was born April 19, 1833. His father, John Jacob Berry, was born in Germany, and emigrated to the United States about 1831. He first located in Pennsylvania, where he married Susan Rice, a native of that State, and a daughter of Andrew Rice. In 1837, he came to Brown County, Ohio, settling on a farm adjoining that now occupied by his son, where he lived till his death, October 26, 1881. Mr. Berry was the father of three children, two living-Elizabeth, wife of George Houck, of this township, and S. P. The subject of this notice was reared in Franklin Township, and what education he obtained in boyhood days was picked up during leisure hours. He lived with his father till attaining his majority, and then went to work on a farm by the month. Some time after, he learned the carpenter trade, which he followed as a business for many years. When about twenty-four years of age, he bought forty-six acres of his present farm, and has since added to it at different periods, until its present acreage numbers 233, mostly under cultivation. The buildings on the farm were erected by himself, and betoken the successful farmer. Mr. Berry's politics have always been strongly Democratic, and for four years he was annually elected to fill the office of Township Treasurer. He was married, September 16, 1855, to Mary A. Gwinner, a native of this county. Of the ten children given them, seven are living—Michael, Simon, Edward, Charlie, Lottie A., Louis F., Lafayette, Lizzie, Cora and Matilda F. Mr. Berry, wife and family, are members of the Protestant Evangelical Church of Arnheim. FREDERICK. W. BOEHM, farmer, P. 0. Georgetown, was born in Saxony, Germany, January 19, 1838. He is a son of Frederick Joseph and Caroline (Suntay) Boehm, both natives of Saxony. The former came to America in 1851, locating near Arnheim, in Franklin Townshio, where he purchased fifty-three acres of land. He afterward removed to Lewis Township, where he died in the fall of 1881. Mrs. Boehm departed this life February 21, 1879 The subject of this notice was reared on the farm in Franklin Township, and when eighteen years of age learned the shoemaker's trade. He served a two years' apprenliceship, and subsequently worked at the trade two years. He then commenced farming for himself, on fifty-two acres of land, in Lewis Townshipe where he remained thirteen years. In February, 1882, Mr. Boehm purchased of John Markley 3011/2 acres of land, being a portion of the "old Devore farm," where he now resides ; 200 acres of this farm is under cultivation, and about 100 acres is woodland. Mr. Boehm has been a hard worker through life, and deserves credit for the unusual business ability he has displayed in his farming operations. He is insured in the Equitable Life Insurance Company and has been confirmed in the Lutheran Church. He was married, in 1862, to Catherine Neu, a native of Adams County, Ohio. They are the parents of nine children, Emma L., Henry W., Albert H., Matilda, Freddie A., Charlie E., Oscar, Johnnie and Edward. HENRY BOHL, blacksmith, Arnheim, was born in Franklin Township, January 7, 1850, and is a son of Adam Bohl, native of Germany, and when eight years of age accompanied his father Adam Bohl to America. He was a farmer during life, and died August 14e 1881. He married Dardie Henning, a native of Germany, who is still living, and resides with her children. Henry Bohl was reared in Franklin Township and received a good common school education; when twenty years of age, he learned his present trade with Frederick Biehn, working with him one and a half years. He was then employed by Jack Lyman, of Georgetown one year. and subsequently with P. J. Miller, and James Wilson one year each. In 1873, he opened a shop for himself, as Arnheim, where he has met with good success. Mr. Bohl is a member of the Reformed German Church, at Arnheim, and the Democratic party. He has always taken a deep FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP - 199 interest in educational matters, and at present is a School Director and Clerk of the School Board. He was married, in 1874, to Jane, daughter of William Hanselman, a prominent German farmer of Franklin Township. Five children have been given them, Joseph William and Jacob Charlie (twins), Edward H., Minnie A. and Emma L. Mrs. Bohl and family are also members of the Reformed Church. PETER BOHRER, carpenter and builder, Arnheim, was born in Pennsylvania November 9, 1834. his father, John Jacob Bohrer, was a native of Germany, who came to America just before the birth of our subject ; a year later, he came to Arnheim, in this township, where he resided a few years. He then removed Maysville, Ky., and after a twelve years' residence there, removed again to Arnheim. He is a tailor by trade, but is now seventy-five years of age, and of late years has been in feeble health. He married Catherine Wolf, a native of Germany, who bore him eight children-five of these are now living. Mrs. Bohrer is about seventy-four years of age, and like her husband suffers from ill health. The subject of this notice was reared mostly in Brown County, and received a. good common school education in the schools of Franklin Township, and those of Maysville, Ky. When eighteen years of age, he learned the carpenter's trade, and subsequently that of a plasterer. He has worked at these two trades through life, having erected very many of the buildings in Arnheim and the adjoining country. Financially, his business has been good, and he is considered one the substantial citizens of Arnheim and Franklin Township. Mr. Bohrer is a firm advocate of Democratic principles, and served as Treasurer of Franklin Township, a period of five years. Mr. Bohrer was married, January 3, 1858, to Louise Hinchey, a native of Arnheim; there has been twelve children born to them, nine living-Mary Louise, William Stephen, Catherinee Ida Viola, Josephine, Ardinia, Minnie, John Peter ; and Charles Willis ; Indiana, Clara and an infant are deceased. Mr. Bohrer, wife and family are members of the Protestant Evangelical Lutheran Church of Arnheim. JOHN E. BROWN, farmer, P. O. Russellville, was born on Straight Creek, in Franklin Township, April 26e 1828. His father, David D. Brown, was a native of Brown County, Ohio, and an agriculturist through life. He married Eliza Abbott, also a native of Franklin Township, who bore him eight children. Mr. Brown departed this life in 1879. Mrs. Brown still survives, and resides in Clark Township, four miles from Bethel.' John E. Brown, attained his majority on his fatherls farm, 'obtaining the benefits of a good English education. He early learned the carpenter's trade, and followed it for about twenty years, erecting all the buildings on his own farm, and many of the substantial residences and barns in that portion of Brown County. He also worked at his trade in New Orleans for two winter seasons ; but not liking the country, came back to Ohio. On February 9, 1857, he purchased 111 acres of land—his present farm-which is located on both sides of Straight Creek, and the Ripley & Arnheim pike. A short time sincee Mr. Brown gave one-half acre of his land to the school district in which he resides ; upon which was erected a handsome frame schoolhouse. Mr. Brown has been fairly successful in life ; is Democratic on National questions, but locally votes for the man who will best serve the community ; and has officiated as School Director. He was married, March 6, 1856, to Sarah E. Coombes, a native of Southern Indiana. They have eight children—Willliam M. (who married Annie Kendall), Levi E., Clement A., Annie May, Addie Ora, Lee Owen, Eddie E. and Lora Eliza. JAMES L. CARBERY, P. O. Arnheim, farmer, and a life-long resident of Franklin Township, was born in this township October 21, 1830. His father was Josiah Carbery, also a native of Franklin Township, and a farmer within its borders through life. His death occurred in 1847. Mr. Carbery's mother was Marv, daughter of Hudson Dennis, and a native of Kentucky. She died about 1865. Of the five children born to this union, four are living—two sons and two daughters. The subject of this notice was raised on the old homestead farm, and when seventeen years of age, suffered the loss of his father. The duty of keeping his mother and the family, then fell upon his shoulders, and right manfully did he fulfill this obligation of love until her second marriage to R. Wardlow, five years later. Mr. Carbery com-