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1000 - CARROLL COUNTY. Garden, Ohio, was married to Henry Criss, of Augusta Township; she died in November, 1852, and was interred in the Herrington Cemetery; Henry died February 18, 1877, at Minerva, and is buried there ....Levi Walton was born April 10, 1807, at New Garden, Ohio, and died November 7, 1811, in Philadelphia, Penn . . . . Joseph T. Walton was born February 25, 1809, at New Garden, Ohio, was married to Ann Wiseman, of Augusta Township, and he died July 7, 1847, and is buried at Augusta; Ann died and was buried in Morrow County, Ohio .... Jesse Walton was born March 28, 1812, at New Garden, Ohio, and was married to Esther Wildman, of Marlborough, Stark Co., Ohio, in October, 1841; he died November 9, 1842, in Augusta Township, and was buried at Augusta; Esther died, and was buried at Marlborough in July, 1865. ....Morris Walton was born March 12, 1814, in Philadelphia, Penn., and was married to Mary Randolph in 1835; she died in 1836 and was buried in the Herrington Cemetery, Augusta Township; he was afterward married to Maria Chandler, of Columbiana County, Ohio, and she died and was buried near Polk, Ashland Co., Ohio; he was again married, this time to Miss Abigail Whinnery, of New Garden, Ohio, and she now resides in Wabaunsee County, Kas., where he died September 27, 1872 .... Eli Walton was born April 19, 1816, in Augusta Township, Carroll Co., Ohio; he had a great partiality for grist- and saw-mills-was proprietor of the New Franklin (Stark County) Mills for many years, was also a large oil operator at Oil Creek, Penn., and was considered one of the best horsemen of Carroll County; he was married to Perthena Wildman, of Marlborough, Ohio, born July 24, 1836; they now reside in Alliance, Ohio ....Moses Walton was born March 12, 1818, and married Eliza Chandler; she died November 6, 1848, and was buried in the Marlborough Cemetery; he later married Jane E. Paxton, who died in Cleveland, Ohio, and was buried at Marlborough, Ohio; he died November 27, 1888, in Morgan County, Ohio, and was buried there .... Amos Walton was born January 21, 1820, and was married to Matilda Paxton in 1845; she died in April, 1865, and was buried at Marlborough, Ohio; he afterward married Esther Ann Lukens, of New Garden, Ohio .... William Walton was born March 12, 1822, was married to Sarah Ann Williamson, of Robertsville, Stark Co., Ohio, in October, 1842; he died in Adams County, Ind., where she and family still reside; he served as a Union soldier a short time in the Civil War in some Indiana regiment . . and Maria Walton, who was married to Josiah C. Shaw. Gabriel and Mary Walton moved from New Garden, Ohio, to Philadelphia, Penn., residing there three years on Spring Garden Street, he working a part of that time for Stephen Gerard as a house carpenter; thence moved back to New Garden, Ohio, from which place they moved in about 1815 to Augusta Township, entering 640 acres of land, it being the west half of Section 27 and east half of Section 28 of said township. The buildings where he resided are now owned by the heirs of John Kennedy; Gabriel Walton died April 18, 1845; Mary Walton died in Brown Township, November 15, 1862, and both are buried in the Augusta Cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Josiah C. Shaw began life in Washington Township, where they lived on a rented farm which by industry and economy they were soon enabled to purchase. He erected a saw-mill, and for years operated it in connection with his farm, and became eminently successful in most of his undertakings; the little village of Eckley now stands on this farm. In 1852 Mr. Shaw removed with his family to Brown Township, where he purchased a farm, to which he from time to time added until he owned in all nearly 700 acres, on which he erected a handsome residence on the boundary line between Augusta and Brown, Townships. There, on January 10, 1883, Josiah C. Shaw passed from earth, and was buried in the Minerva Cemetery, after a useful life devoted to his family, his township and county. Politically he was first an old line Whig, and afterward, on the formation of the party, a stanch Repub- CARROLL COUNTY - 1001 lican. In 1870 he was elected a member of the State Board of Equalization for Carroll and Stark Counties, and he filled many positions of trust in his township; he taught one term of school in Washington Township. He joined Oak Ridge Grange, No. 661, as a charter member in March, 1871. Josiah C. Shaw devoted the most of his time to sheep husbandry, after having a flock from 400 to 500 head. Personally he was a genial, kind-hearted man, generous to a fault, liberal to the poor and needy, justly held in the highest esteem and respect by all. His widow, now well and 'active at the age of sixty-seven years, yet lives on the old homestead; four children were born to them, viz. : Jesse W. ; Mahlon; Eli D. ; and Ida T. Jesse W. Shaw, whose name opens this biographical memoir, was born on his father's farm in Washington Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, August 26, 1842. He received the advantages of a thorough education in the public school of the neighborhood, which was supplemented with a course of tuition in the seminaries at Malvern and Minerva. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Regiment, 0. V. I., and served with his regiment in the battles of Martinsburg, the evacuation of Harper's Ferry, Wapping Heights, Culpeper C. H., Bristow Station, Manassas, Bealton, Kelley's Ford, Rappahannock Bridge, Ewe's Hill, Brandy Station, Raccoon Ford, Locust Grove, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spottsylvania and others. At the battle of the Wilderness he received a gunshot wound in the right leg, the limb being fractured, on account of which he was sent to Judiciary Square Hospital, Washington City; from this wound he has never recovered, as he still suffers much pain, is confined to bed a great deal and has to use crutches a part of the time. He was honorably discharged April 26, 1865, and returned home, after which he taught school thirteen terms, working for his father as a hired hand for seven summers and teaching school in the winter season. On August 13, 1867, Mr. Shaw was married to Rebecca E. Leyde, daughter of Henry and Amy (Fishel) Leyde, early settlers of Augusta Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, and to this union have been born six children—one son and five daughters: Emma V., who was married September 20, 1888, to Allen Cook, a promising young attorney of Canton, Ohio, and to this union was born, September 19, 1889, one son, Carroll C.; Edgar S., Austa L., Mary L. and Bessie M. and Gertie A. (twins). Mr. and Mrs. Shaw began life for themselves on their present farm in 1872, whereon, in 1883, he erected a handsome and commodious barn. Mr. Shaw, in addition to general farming, makes a specialty of stock-raising, to which he pays particular attention. He has a fine herd of registered Ayrshire cattle; devotes 4 greater part of his time to the growing of sheep and wool; has several head of registered sheep of the famous Black Top Merino breed. Mr. Shaw has been a breeder of recorded Chester-White hogs from such sires as "Commodore" and "Garfield," and such dams as "Lady King" and "Jumbo." He also breeds thoroughbred recorded Poland-China swine from such noted sires as " Glad Tidings," " Corporal Tanner," and others; dams such as "Lady Hilton," "Dell B.," "Carroll Beauty," etc. He has been quite a breeder the last five years of high-bred driving horses, strong in the blood of " Hambletonian Wilkes" and "Tucaho." Mr. Shaw pays special attention to fruit growing. He claims he has the best selection of fruit in the county, consisting of apple, peach, pear, plum, cherry and quince; his apples are of the finest cookers, keepers and shippers, such as " Baldwins," "Kings," "Ben Davis," "Greenings," "Gates," " Ramboes," "Stewarts," and "Grime's Golden Pippins," "Spitzenberg," "Babbotts," "Black Twig," etc. He has planted a very fine young orchard of the above varieties, and he has the largest peach orchard in this section of all the best varieties, but relies principally on the well-established "Smock Peach" for main crop and for profit. Mr. Shaw inherits a part of his fondness for fruit and trees from his grand- 1002 - CARROLL COUNTY. father. He has made the growing and study of the potato a specialty for twenty years; has tested over a hundred kinds, as many as seventy-five varieties, the same season. Mr. Shaw, while teaching school, took great delight in the studies of geography and penmanship. He has been quite a contributor to the agricultural press on various subjects. He joined Oak Ridge Grange, No. 661, as a charter member in March, 1871, same time his father did. Jesse W. Shaw was elected Grange delegate to the State Grange in 1880. He served as county deputy for six years. He is a member of the G.A. R., Minerva Post No. 106, department of Ohio. Mr. Shaw is now serving his second term as justice of the peace. He has held other positions of trust in his township. In politics he is a strong Republican. His farm is situated in Brown Township, contains 252 acres of highly improved land, on which is an excellent bed of coal covering eighty acres, the vein being four feet or over in thickness. Mrs. Shaw was born July 22, 1846, in Augusta Township. She is a member of the Lutheran Church. Mahlon Shaw was born August 23, 1844, on his father's farm in Washington Township, Carroll Co., Ohio. He attended the district schools a few months in the year, thereby receiving as thorough education as was possible to get at such school. He afterward took a course of study at Malvern and Minerva Seminaries. In May, 1864, he enlisted in Company K, One Hundred and Fifty-seventh Ohio Regiment, served his time, was honorably discharged and returned home. In 1867 he began a college course at Mount Union, Ohio, graduating in the class of 1871. Mahlon is a scientific mathematician; problems that others in the family can not work are no trouble for him; while the rest were attending the district school they scarcely ever saw him studying, especially in arithmetic, but when he came to recite he always knew his lesson well. After graduating, he worked for a while for George Long in the white lead factory at Alliance, Ohio; then came home and worked for his father on the farm for a few years; then went to the oil fields of Pennsylvania, operated as a driller for a few years, then purchased and sold oil territory; has had territory in all the oil sections; was a member of the Oil Exchange at Parker, Petrolia and Bradford, Penn., and he is still operating in oil. ELI D. SHAW, one of the popular representative citizens of Brown Township, Carroll County, and ex-county surveyor, is a native of the township, born on a farm, October 12, 1852, a son of Josiah C. and Maria (Walton) Shaw. Our subject was reared to farm life, and attended the district school, proving an apt and diligent scholar. He early disclosed a fondness for the science of mathematics, and ere long chose civil engineering as a profession. He entered Mt. Union College, where he took a course in civil engineering and surveying, passing a most creditable examination. In 1876 he was elected county surveyor of Carroll County, which office, by well-merited continuous re-election, he held nine years; and great praise is due him for his untiring efforts in collecting many valuable notes relative to boundary lines through the county. Mr. Shaw now resides on the homestead containing 400 acres of prime land, where he devotes his attention to farming in connection with his profession. He is extensively engaged in the dairying industry, making a specialty of the manufacture of Swiss cheese, turning out from 8,000 to 10,000 pounds per annum, and using exclusively the milk produced upon this farm. On March 9, 1875, Mr. Shaw was united in marriage with Martha E., daughter of Levi and Mary A. Eckley, and to this union have been born two children: Lorin M. and Corwin J. Mrs. Shaw is a Presbyterian. Mr. Shaw was raised with his Grandmother Walton, who was a Quakeress, always using the plain language, and, young impressions being lasting, he adheres to the Quaker faith. In politics he is a stanch Republican. He is a member of the Oak Ridge Grange, and was sent as delegate to the State Grange at Tiffin, in December, 1890. Ida T. Shaw was born March 19, 1860, on CARROLL COUNTY - 1003 her father's farm in Brown Township, Carroll Co., Ohio. At the age of four years she was thrown from a horse, which was supposed to be the cause of a spinal affection resulting in death. She died April 8, 1876, and lies buried in Minerva Cemetery next to her father. Henry Leyde, the father of Mrs. Jesse W. Shaw, was a native of Washington County, Penn., born August 9, 1806. After becoming of age he came to what is now Augusta Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, and was married to Amy Fishel, who was born October, 1813, in Washington Township, Carroll Co., Ohio. They purchased a farm in Augusta Township, and resided on same until her death, which occurred June 2, 1880; he died May 2, 1883, at Minerva, Ohio, and both are interred in the Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Brown Township, Carroll Co., Ohio. They were devoted members of the Lutheran Church for many years and paid largely to the church and all benevolent purposes. Mr. Leyde owned 350 acres of land well improved, and was considered one of the best of farmers making his money in grain growing, wool growing and fruit growing; he used to sell his entire large peach crop for two dollars per bushel; he got the highest market price for his apples on account of their superior quality. Politically he was in early days a Whig, but afterward a very strong Republican. Mr. and Mrs. Leyde had ten children, all living but two: S. F. Leyde was born on his father' s farm in Augusta Township, Carroll Co., Ohio; he is fifty years old; was married to Mary Hensil, of New Philadelphia, Ohio, and now resides in East Liverpool, Ohio; by occupation he is a dentist; to their union was born two children—one son and one daughter.. .. Barbara J. was born on her father's farm in Augusta Township; she is fifty-three years old; was married to J. R. Byers, and they reside on their farm near Mt. Union, Ohio; to this union were born four children—two sons and two daughters; Mr. Byers owns 100 acres of most valuable land and well tilled .... Margaret C. was born in Augusta Township; she was about fifty-one years old when she died February 27, 1891; she was married to Samuel Lininger, and they resided in Andrew County, Mo. ; Mr. Lininger was a first lieutenant in the One Hundred and Ninety-first Regiment, 0. V. I. ; he and his wife were blessed with six children—five sons and one daughter ....Elizabeth M. was born on her father's farm; she is forty-nine years old; was married to A. J. Schory, and they live on their farm in Brown Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, Hibbetts P. 0. ; they are both devoted members of the Methodist Church; he is considerable of a small fruit-grower .... Emily A. was born on her father's farm; is now forty-eight years old; was married to Owen Moninger, of Amwell Township, Washington Co., Penn.; they live on their farm of 160 acres seven miles from Little Washington, Penn. ; he is a first-class farmer; they are both members of the Disciples Church; to their union have been born five children—three daughters and two sons .... Edith F. was born on her father's farm; was married to E. E. Davis, who died March 4, 1875; is interred in Pleasant Grove Cemetery; her occupation is school teaching and dress making ....Mrs. Shaw's sketch has been given elsewhere.... Louisa C. was born on her father's farm; she is forty-two years old; was married to Rev. Amos Casselman, and they reside in Lyons, Rice Co., Kas. ; have four children living—three sons and one daughter; Mr. Casselman has been a very successful minister in the German Reformed Church .... John F. was born on his father's farm January 21, 1850; was married in 1881 to Sannie McGinty, and one son, Freddie, was born to them; she died in October, 1883, and is interred in Malvern Cemetery; he was afterward married, March 8, 1886, to Miss Carrie Harvey, of Carrollton, Ohio, and they have one daughter, Mary; they live on a farm of 241 acres of good tillable land in Augusta Township ....Lucretia A. was born on her father's farm August 11, 1854; was married to Joseph A. Finney in June, 1884, and to them have been born three children —two sons and one daughter; they now reside in Conneaut, Ashtabula Co., Ohio.... These 1004 - CARROLL COUNTY. children were at one time all members of the Lutheran Church. These brothers and brothers-in-law are all stanch Republicans. ABRAHAM V. WESTFALL, a prosperous representative farmer of Brown Township, Carroll County, is a native of the same, born September 22, 1846, a son of John and Amy (Beatty) Westfall, early settlers of the township. Abraham Westfall, grandfather of our subject, came in an early day, with his family, to what is now Carroll County, Ohio, and settled in Washington Township. He went out as a private in the War of 1812, and was killed in action. Of a family of thirteen children—seven sons and six daughters—born to John and Amy Westfall, Abraham V. is the youngest. He lost his father by death when he was an infant six months old, but he had a true mother, who carefully reared him to manhood, and when old enough he faithfully carried on the farm for her. He received his education at the public schools, and at the early age of fifteen years commenced life in earnest. On April 30, 1873, he was united in marriage with Calista Thompson, of Brown Township, Carroll County, daughter of Thomas and Susan (Finefrock) Thompson, early settlers of that township. Following their marriage, the young couple located on the Westfall homestead, his mother making her home with them until she was called from earth,August 19, 1877, at the age of seventy-two years and five months. Our subject and wife have no children of their own, but they have an adopted daughter named Nova E. Westfall. Mrs. Westfall was originally a Presbyterian, but recently united with the Methodist Church, and she and Mr. West-fall are both members of Pleasant Grove Methodist Church; politically he is a Republican, active and zealous. He is owner of the old homestead, comprising eighty acres of prime land, on which, during the summer of 1890, he erected a commodious barn and other out-buildings. In 1887 Mr. and Mrs. Westfall traveled extensively through the 'West, visiting Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana and other points, returning home highly pleased with their trip. HIRAM G. TOPE, M. D., ranks among the influential citizens of Carroll County, and is one of the most popular and successful medical practitioners. A resident of Perrysville, Perry Township, Carroll County, for over a quarter of a century, he has succeeded in surrounding himself with a large circle of friends and patrons. The first of his family on the paternal side came from Germany to America at a very early period, and settled in Maryland, where was born George Tope, great-grandfather of the subject of this memoir. Some time in the last century George Tope left his native State for that portion of the then "Far West" afterward formed into the great State of Ohio, and' settled on a piece of wild land in what is now Carroll County, where he built the first grist-mill (called Tope's Mill) in that part now known as Union Township. George Tope, Dr. Tope's grandfather, was born in (1782) and reared and died in (1832) in what is now Carroll County, Ohio, having been one of the first pioneers of Eastern Ohio; he was the father of four sons and two daughters, of whom John lives in Jackson County, Ohio, where he follows carpentering; George W. is a farmer in Gallia County, same State, and Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson also lives in Ohio, where her husband is a farmer. Henry Tope, father of our subject, and by trade a gunsmith, was born in Carroll County, Ohio, in 1813, and died at Peru, Ill., in 1849. He was married in June, 1836, to Catharine Croghan, a native of Carroll County, born in 1818 and died in 1849, and they had four children, viz. : William A., who was born in 1837, and died at Nashville, Tenn., April 24, 1862, aged twenty-five years, while serving as a member of Company C, Sixty-ninth 0. V. I. ; CARROLL COUNTY - 1005 Hiram G.; John H., born in 1841, now in the lumber business in Michigan, and Catherine M., born in 1844, and married to Craton McCoy, a stock-dealer in Van Wert County, Ohio. The parents both died of cholera in Peru, Ill., in July, 1849, just two days apart. The maternal grandmother died at the patriarchal age of one hundred years, and in her long life had seen many changes in the world; she had met Gen. Washington frequently, had shaken hands with him and was present at his funeral; she was of English descent, as was her husband. Hiram G. Tope, whose name appears at the opening of this sketch, was born July 1, 1839, in Carroll County, Ohio, and when four years of age went with his father to Peru, Ill., where he lived six years. On the death of his parents, as above stated, young Hiram was left to the care of his grandparents, who moved to New Hagerstown, Carroll Co., Ohio, where he grew to manhood, attending the public schools and academy of the place. At the age of nineteen, having decided on the medical profession as his life work, he proceeded to Columbus, Ohio, where he studied four years at college, teaching school at intervals in order to help out the expense of his education. After his graduation and reoeipt of his diploma, Dr. Tope went to the western part of Ohio, where he practiced one year; but not being satisfied with the locality, he moved to Perrysville. Carroll County, which has since been his home. Toward the breaking out of the Civil War, the Doctor, in response to his country's call, volunteered into the army, joining, in 1862, the Eightieth 0. V. I., of which he was hospital steward about two years, and then assistant surgeon to the close of the war, receiving his discharge August 13, 1865, at Little Rock, Ark. His regiment participated in many of the most important engagements of the war, including Iuka, Corinth, siege of Vicksburg, Atlanta, Jackson, Champion Hills, Missionary Ridge, Raymond and many others, being also with Sherman on his memorable march to the sea. Returning to Perrysville, the Doctor renewed the practice of his profession, having in connection a flourishing drug store. In 1862 Dr. Tope was married to Mary A. Shultz, daughter of Solomon and Rachel (Knouf) Shultz, who were of Dutch descent and were reared in Jefferson County, Ohio, but in 1832 moved to Harrison County, same State, where Mary A. was born. Her father died at the age of eighty-one and her mother when eighty-four years old; they were both members of the Lutheran Church. To the union of Dr. and Mrs. Tope have been born two children: Cadmus A. (a teacher in the public schools of Carrollton, Ohio, also a member of the common council of that place) and Ulysses I., now aged twenty years (at present at home, reading medicine under the instruction of his father.) Dr. Tope, politically, has always been a Republican, and socially is a Royal Arch Mason. MRS. DRUSILLA HIBBS, widow of the late William Hibbs, was born in that part of Jefferson County now known as Loudon Township, Carroll County, March 6, 1822, a daughter of Conrad Slates, of whom mention is made in the sketch of Mrs. Catharine Colar. Our subject in her girlhood days attended the district school about six months, the greater part of her time being spent in the many domestic duties of the house and farm On December 15, 1839, she married William Hibbs, who was born in Salem, Ohio, September 10, 1816, a son of Isaac Hibbs, a native of Maryland, born (it is believed) in 1758. Isaac's father, also named Isaac, who was of English parentage, reared a family of seven children, Isaac being the third in order of birth. About the year 1806 (as near as can be ascertained) Isaac (first) came to Ohio and entered a tract of land on Section 16, in Loudon Township, Jefferson County, where he put up a rude cabin, in which he lived the remainder of his days. Game of all kinds was plentiful, and he spent much of his time in hunting. His son Isaac (second) grew up to manhood in Loudon 1006 - CARROLL COUNTY. Township, and here married Miss Mary Lucas, who bore him seven children, of whom the following is a record: Nancy, Elizabeth and William are deceased; Mrs. Susan Slates resides in Germano, Harrison Co., Ohio, and Mahlan, Mary and Isaac, in Carroll County. The father of these continued to make his home in Loudon Township till 1850, in which year he removed to Tuscarawas County, same State, where he died. About 1823 be entered the land in Loudon Township, now owned by Mrs. Drusilla Hibbs. William Hibbs spent his early life in much the same way as other boys in his day—working hard on the farm in summers, and facing the stern pedagogue in the district school during a few weeks in winter time. In 1846 he purchased of his father the farm place now in the possession of his widow, and here resided until his death, which occurred December 25, 1889. At the time of his marriage be did not own one dollar's worth of property, and at his decease he was worth fifteen thousand dollars. He was an active member of the Lutheran Church; in politics a firm Democrat. Mr. and Mrs. Hibbs were never blessed with any children of their own, but they reared to manhood and womanhood the following, giving to each a good education and means wherewith to commence life: Oliver Harding, a carpenter, who resides in Florida; Sarah Davis, deceased; William Slates, a farmer in Loudon Township; Drusilla Shawver, wife of Grant Maynard, in Tuscarawas County, Ohio; Mary J. Salmon and John B. Salmon, now married and living with Mrs. Hibbs. Our subject has been a member of the Lutheran Church since she was fifteen years of age. Mr. Hibbs left a will, making disposal of his property after his death; he left fourteen hundred dollars to Mary J. Salmon, fourteen hundred dollars to W. H. Slates, one thousand dollars to Drusilla Shawver, fourteen hundred dollars to Oliver Harding, and the balance of his estate was willed to thirty-eight different persons, some of whom were not related to him, but were poor. John B. Salmon, one of the adopted sons of Mr. and Mrs. Hibbs, was born in Tusoarawas County, Ohio, March 13, 1853. His parents having died when he was a small boy, he was left with his grandfather to be turned out of a home by him when he was but fifteen years of age. He then came, a stranger, to Mr. and Mrs. Hibbs, who took him and reared him. Mrs. Salmon was born December 23, 1857. They have had the following named children: Mary M., Maggie B., Annie 0., William Hibbs and Jesse T. JOHN SLATES, than whom there is no more progressive or prosperous farmer in Loudon Township, Carroll County, is a native of that township, born March 11, 1821. His father, John Slates, Sr., was born in Loudoun County, Va., August 2, 1784, and was reared to agricultural pursuits, attending in the winter season the common schools. He was married to Miss Elizabeth Ruse, who was born in 1780, also in Loudoun County, Va., and to them were born children as follows: Mrs. Catharine Albaugh, Mrs. Elizabeth Shawver, Mrs. Margaret Wood, Mrs. Mary Richie, Adam (deceased), Frederick and John in Loudon Township, Carroll County. In 1811 John Slates, Sr., came to Ohio and entered land which is now the farm owned by Adam Albaugh, in Loudon Township, Carroll County; here he erected a cabin, in which he and his family lived some years. By trade he was a shoemaker, at which he worked for a living until he succeeded in getting a small patch of land cleared, on which to grow corn. In a few years he was enabled to build himself a hewed log house, in which he and his wife lived until within a few years of their death. He died in 1859, his wife having preceded him to the grave in 1855. They were active members of the Lutheran Church for many years, and in his political convictions he was a Democrat. John Slates, whose name heads this sketch, was reared to a practical farm life, and in his boyhood attended the common schools. He has been thrice married: First, June 27, 1844, to CARROLL COUNTY - 1007 Miss Nancy Stinger, who was born in February, 1821, a daughter of George Stinger, and by this union were born five children, viz. : Oliver, in Martin County, Ind. ; Harvey, in Carroll County, Ohio; Mrs. Emily Arbaugh, in Kilgore, Ohio; Sarah E., and Hebert, deceased. This wife dying in 1853, Mr. Slates took, for his second wife, April 20, 1854, Miss Abby Harner, who bore him three children, viz. : Mrs. Nancy Myers, in Jewett, Ohio; Samuel, in Loudon Township, Carroll County, and John, deceased. The mother of these children died in 1860, and September 12, 1865, our subject married Mrs. Eliza J. Walters (nee Duel), born in 1833, a daughter of Samuel. Duel, and the result of this union has been five children, a record of whom is as follows: James D. is at the paternal home; Mrs. Hattie B. Miller lives in Loudon Township; Howard W., Mary and Charles W. are still under the parental roof. Mr. Slates has resided on his present farm since his first marriage, and has erected in all three large barns, the first of which was struck by lightning, August 19, 1875; the second was blown down July 16, 1881, and the third was destroyed by wind April 12, 1889. He and his wife are members of the Lutheran Church, and politically he is a Democrat. GEORGE BELL, a resident of the vicinity of Kilgore, in Loudon Township, Carroll 1 County, was born in the town of Leeds, Yorkshire, England, October 1, 1823, a son of Henry and Eleanor (Forster) Bell, who were the parents of three sons and two daughters, viz. : Henry, William, George, Mary Ann and Esther. Of these, Henry came to the United States in 1831, and took up his residence in Kinderhook, N. Y., where he carried on undertaking (about 1840 he returned to England and corresponded a few times, but his brother George heard nothing of him until the latter part of December, 1890, or beginning of January, 1891; he is living a retired life in Ripon, Yorkshire, England); William came to this country in 1834, along with his brother George, going to New York, and has not since been heard from; Mary Ann married and remained in England; Esther married and went to Australia, where she died. When George was two years old his parents died, and he was taken under the sheltering wing of an aunt. As already narrated he came to the United States with his brother William, in 1834, landing in New York; from there he went to Buffalo, thence to Cleveland, then to Detroit, where he remained one week, washing dishes in a hotel for his board, being at this time in the company of his uncle, Jonathan Richardson. From Detroit they returned to Cleveland, where they sojourned but a short time, and then took canal boat for Dresden, same State, where he left his uncle Richardson. In company with another uncle, Edward Forster, Mr. Bell proceeded to Rochester, Ohio, walking most of the way, and from there, by same mode of locomotion, to Canton, Waynesburg, Harrisburg, Carrollton and Kilgore, remaining at the last named place a short time, and then walked to Scio, where they stopped for a brief space with Joseph Harrison. Edward Forster had a brother-in-law named John Barker living near Joseph Harrison's place, and with him they sojourned for about two weeks, when Forster concluded to return to England, which be did. Mr. Bell then went to live with Andrew Henderson, remaining there seven years in Perry Township,Carroll County, after which he resided some ten years with Gabriel Sells, in same township. On December 2, 1851, our subject married Mrs. Mahala Slates (nee Walters), and to this union were born four children, viz. : Mrs. Esther Salsburey, of Bowerston, Ohio; William H. and Minerva, both deceased, and Lenora, at home. After marriage Mr. Bell purchased the farm in Loudon Township, Carroll County, now owned by William Albaugh, and on this he remained til 1857, when, in company with his brother-in-law, he bought another farm in Lee Township, same county. 1008 - CARROLL COUNTY. On this he lived till 1859, when he returned to Perry Township for a short time, and September 1, same year, came to the farm he now owns in Loudon Township, comprising 105 acres of well-improved land. On June 5, 1882, his wife died, an active member of the Lutheran Church. and on July 8, 1886, he married Mrs. Rebecca E. Grayhill (nee Canaga), of New Rumley, Harrison Co., Ohio, who was born October 4, 1840. She is a member of the United Brethren Church, Mr. Bell of the Lutheran; in his political affiliations he votes the Democratic ticket. WILLIAM McLAUGHLIN, a highly re- spected and prosperous farmer, was born in Fox Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, May 22, 1816, where he has ever since resided. The McLaughlin family can trace their ancestry to James McLaughlin, grandfather of our subject, who left the hills of Scotland, and after living in Ireland a short time came to America, settling in Pennsylvania, where James, Jr., was born in 1775. James McLaughlin, Jr., learned the carpenter's trade, whioh he worked at in Washington County, Penn., when he was a young man. After reaching manhood he was united in marriage with Miss Nancy Wilson, who was of Irish descent, and whose parents were old settlers of Ohio, having entered 160 acres at a very early period, about 1806. James McLaughlin was one of a party of hunters who left Pennsylvania to find a suitable place to build their new home, and they found such a place in Carroll County Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. McLaughlin were the parents of eight children —six sons and two daughters, viz. : Martha (married to Robert George, of Moorestown, Jefferson Co., Ohio), James, John, William, Robert, Robert D., Margaret A. (married to R. G. Ramsey, a farmer of Fox Township) and Mitchell. After a long life of joys and sorrows, adversity and prosperity, Mr. and Mrs. James McLaughlin were called away to meet their reward, he dying in 1846, his good wife following him to the grave in 1854. He was a leading man of his time, always ready to advance a success which tended to the bettering of mankind. In politics he was a Republican, and taught his children to believe in the doctrines of that party. William McLaughlin attended in his boyhood the old log school-house about three months in the winter time, being obliged to work on the farm the other nine months, and in this way he managed to obtain a good practical education, one admirably adapted to fit him for future usefulness. Mr. McLaughlin has never married, and has lived all his life on his present farm, which consists of 200 acres of fine land, being as good a farm as can be found in Carroll County. It is of the best soil, productive, highly improved and finely situated for the raising of all kinds of crops. Mr. McLaughlin is surrounded by many warm friends, who hold him in the greatest respect. JOHN F. FARBER, one of the best known citizens of Rose Township, Carroll County, was born November 22, 1834, in Stark County, Ohio. His father, James Farber, was born March 1, 1808, in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and was the first white child born in that section. The educational advantages of James were necessarily limited, as, being the eldest son, he was kept at home to assist on the farm, while- the younger members of the family, less able to labor, were afforded better school facilities. After he had attained his majority he began teaming, making trips to Pittsburgh. This business he carried on for several years. On September 30, 1833, he married Caroline Weaver, who bore him the following named children: John F., Isabelle (Mrs. John Keifer), Emily, Oliver, Philip, Abigail (Mrs. Franklin Newhouse), and Elizabeth. After his marriage, when about twenty-six years of age, he moved to Stark County, Ohio, settling on a farm on which he lived up to the time of his death; he died June 1, 1890, having been pre- CARROLL COUNTY - 1013 ceded to the grave by his wife February 21, same year. In politics he was first a Democrat, then became a Whig, then a Know-nothing, then a Republican, and finally, in 1869, returned to the Democratic ranks, and was, all in all, an able politician. He also took a lively interest in church work; he had belonged to the Lutheran Church fifteen years, but for thirty years was not identified with any church, though he gave financially to all denominations around him. John F. Farber, the subject proper of this sketch, was reared on the home farm in Stark County, and April 15, 1860, he married Harriet, daughter of George Flora, who was born in Bradford County, Penn., in 1806. Jacob Flora, the father of George Flora, was a native of Maryland, in which State he married Mary Bachtel, who bore him the following named children: David, Daniel, George, Mary, Barbara and Catherine. Jacob Flora came to Ohio in 1812 and settled in Stark County, where he passed the remainder of his life. In politics he was a Whig; in religion a Lutheran. George Flora married Hannah Bowman, and to this union were born Franklin, Jacob, Harriet, Harrison and Emma (Mrs. George Boyer). In politics George Flora was a Whig, and for many years was a member of the Lutheran Church. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Farber resided on the home farm in Stark County for three years, and then came to Rose Township, Carroll County. They have had born to them three children, named as follows: Emma (Mrs. Franklin Seemann), Franklin and Philip. Mr. and Mrs. Farber have a foster daughter named Hattie, a daughter of his brother, adopted when she was four weeks old. Mr. Farber is an enthusiastic Republican, and, being a highly educated gentleman, has done much to mold public opinion in his township. For twenty-four years he has taken a leading part in church matters, has filled all the offices in the United Brethren society, and at present holds a license as an exhorter. Mr. Farber has in his possession one of the oldest records probably existing in his township, running back, as it does, to 1750. B. S. HOLE was born April 12, 1841, in Augusta Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, of which township his father, Lemuel Hole, was also a native. John Hole, grandfather of our subject, was a native of Virginia, where he was engaged in farming pursuits; his father (our subject's great-grandfather) was of German descent and came to America at a very early period. John Hole came to what is now Carroll County, Ohio, when this country was a wilderness teeming with wild beasts of every description, and here he entered a farm in Augusta Township, and began to clear away the forest and prepare the soil for coming generations. After rearing a large family he passed away in the winter of 1867. Mr. Hole was a prominent man of his times, was elected commissioner for a number of terms, and in politics was in his latter days a Republican. Lemuel Hole was reared on his father's farm, attended subscription school, finally becoming a teacher in same, which, at that time, was the only one in the township. At the age of twenty-two he married Miss Unity C. Stanley, born in Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1820, the daughter of a Quaker, who was one of the first pioneers of eastern Ohio. Ten children were born to this union, of whom our subject is the eldest. After an eventful life, Lemuel Hole died January 20, 1865. Like his father, he was a Republican, and was honored by his party with several offices of trust; in his lifetime he contributed freely to advance all causes of public interest, educational, political and religious. On August 28. 1886, his widow peacefully ended her earthly pilgrimage. B. S. Hole, whose name heads this article, lived with his father, and experienced all the trials and disadvantages incident to early farm life, until he was twenty-seven years old, at which age, March 10, 1868, he married Miss Mary C. Marshall, only daughter of Levi and Lavina Marshall, who resided in Augusta Township, Carroll County; a family of four children were born to bless the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hole, viz. : Rozella C., Lavina U., Linneas M. 1014 - CARROLL COUNTY. and Lemuel G. Soon after marriage they settled on the old homestead, in Augusta Township, where they have ever since resided. Mr. Hole has a large farm of 140 acres, finely situated for the yielding of all kinds of farm products, and in connection he owns a saw-mill, which he extensively operates in winter time. In religion Mr. and Mrs. Hole are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically he has always been identified with the Republican party, and is ever ready to help advance movements tending to the bettering of his fellowmen. By good management and honest, upright living, he has justly won for himself a position among the representative citizens of Carroll County. JOHN PAUL GEIGER, one of the most respectable, as well as one of the most ex/ perienced farmers of Brown Township, Carroll County, was born near Baden, Germany, September 11, 1818, and is a son of John J. Geiger, whose father, Paul Geiger, reared three sons and three daughters, and lived and died in Germany. John J. Geiger was reared on a farm in the old country, in the excellent schools of which he received his education. He married a cousin, Catherine Geiger, who bore him six ohildren: Henry, Margaret, John P., Catherine, Jacob and Elizabeth. In 1825 he, with his family, embarked for America in a sailing vessel and landed at Philadelphia, where he remained but a short time and then set out for Ohio, his destination being Stark County. The journey was made with a six• horse team, drawing a heavy wagon, laden with all his household effects as well as his family. In Stark County he entered a small piece of land, erected a small log cabin for temporary shelter and began the preparation necessary to the production of such crops as were required for the immediate wants of the family. Farm work in the wilderness in those days was of the most primitive character. Grain was threshed by flail, was winnowed in the open air, and had to be taken to town to be ground—in this case to Massillon. Wagons were almost unknown in the region, the settlers chiefly using as vehicles what were called "punks," which were low-set sleds, the runners being small logs cut in half. Under these and other difficulties, Mr. Geiger pursued his way to fortune, and by perseverance and industry ultimately reached the desired goal. He early took an active part in politics, and allied himself with the Whig party. In religion he held the positions of deacon, elder, etc. On January 1, 1833, Carroll County was erected from Columbiana, Stark, Tuscarawas, Harrison and Jefferson Counties, and the farm of John J. Geiger was then in Carroll County. Here the father died, September 5, 1845, and the mother November 6, 1848, and they were mourned far and near. John Paul Geiger spent his younger days on the farm above alluded to, and passed through all the hardships undergone in redeeming the home place from the wilderness. On October 26, 1843, he married Magdalena, daughter of Henry Snyder. Mr. Snyder was born in Germany, where he married Margaret Gross, who bore him four children, viz. : Henry, Elizabeth, Jacob and Magdalena. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Geiger lived on the home place until 1876, when they purchased their present residence. Their dwelling, which is of that substantial and commodious kind denoting the prosperous and successful citizen, was erected by Mr. Geiger, and all the surroundings indicate intelligent management. In politics Mr. Geiger was originally a Whig, casting his first presidential vote for William Henry Harrison, and has been a Republican since the organization of that party, of whose principles he has been a firm supporter. He and his family are members of the German Reformed Church, and for the past fifty years he has served in one capacity or another, until be has filled all the offices of the society. He has ever been a warm and liberal supporter of all enterprises calculated to secure the prosperity of the community, and is regarded as one of the most valuable acquisitions to his section. CARROLL COUNTY - 1015 His five children are named John J. ; Mary M., wife of Henry Shorrey; Charlotte E., married to George Mower; Emma L., now Mrs. Charles Lair, and Malinda E., wife of Eugene Worley. HARVEY J. BROWER, one of the leading young farmers of Orange Township, Carroll County, was born in that township October 31, 1847, a son of Joseph and Polly (Jackson) Brower, former a native of Westmoreland County, Penn., born February 11, 1811, and latter of New Hagerstown, Carroll Co., Ohio. David Brower, grandfather of Harvey J., was born in Germany, whenoe he emigrated to America in his youth, taking up his residence in Pennsylvania, where he commenced work on a farm. He was there married to Catherine Giger, who bore him children, as follows: Elizabeth, Joseph, John, Ellen, David, Caroline, Isaac and Peter. In 1814 Mr. Brower came to Ohio and purchased a farm in what is now Orange Township, Carroll County, in the clearing up of which he spent the rest of his life, it being nearly all redeemed by the time of his death. Like nearly all of the early settlers of this part of Ohio, Mr. Brower was a Whig, and took a leading part in the workings of the parry. Our subject's grandparents, John and Hulda (Pruden) Jackson, were of Scotch descent; they had born to them in Pennsylvania two children:. Polly C. and Oliver P. H. John Jackson and his brother William were in the Mexican War. Joseph Brower was three years old when his parents brought him to this part of Ohio, and he has ever since been a resident of the place where he now lives. In 1837 he was married to Polly, daughter of John Jackson, of New Hagerstown, Ohio, and the children born to them were as follows: John J., in Coshocton County, Ohio; Caroline, Mrs. David Gamble; Harvey J. and Theodore (latter deceased.) The father died December 15, 1877, the mother, December 2, 1879; she was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics Mr. Brower was first a Whig, and afterward, on the organization of the party, a stanch Republican. Harvey J. Brower, of whom this sketch more particularly treats, for some years attended the common schools of his native township, and then entered the public schools at Leesville, where he mastered some of the higher branches. On December 19, 1869, he was married to Elizabeth Gamble, who was born in Orange Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, a daughter of John and Lucinda (Plowman) Gamble, of whom mention is made elsewhere. Mrs. Lucinda (Plowman) Gamble was a daughter of John and Catherine Plowman. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Brower were Ora (Mrs. Frank True), Mary, Charles and Harry, living, and Idella and Mina, deceased. The parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and are held in the highest esteem in the community in which they live. In politics Mr. Brower is a leading Republican, and has held many public positions of trust, such as trustee and assessor of his township. W. D. SHEARER, one of the citizens of Leesville, Orange Township, Carroll Co., was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, June 2, 1833, a son of Hugh B. and Catharine (McConnell) Shearer. The family are of Scotoh-Irish and English descent, and the first member in this country of whom they have any record was Robert (grandfather of W. D.), who was born in the State of New York about the year 1776. He was married in his native State to Abrilah Brown, who bore him children as follows: Hugh B., Robert, Arthur, Elizabeth, Mary and Ruth. At the breaking out of the War of 1812 he volunteered and entered the army, but remained only a short time, being discharged for disability, after which he emigrated to Jefferson County, Ohio, where he was employed by the State to assist in driving out the Indians who were making frequent raids into the settlements along the Ohio River. Having learned no trade he occu- 1016 - CARROLL COUNTY. pied himself chiefly in farming. In politics he was a Democrat in early life, but when the anti-slavery party came into existence he espoused their cause, heart and soul, and was one of their strongest workers. Hugh B. Shearer, father of our subject, was born in New York State, and came with his parents to Ohio, where, soon after, his mother died. He was then apprenticed to Thomas Day, to learn the tanning trade. After finishing his trade, his father took him to Mansfield, Richland Co., Ohio, and there purchased a piece of land and started his son in business. Bark being scarce he remained only three years, and selling out his possessions returned to Bloomfield, Jefferson Co., Ohio, and entered into partnership with a man by the name of Latta. Becoming, at the end of one year, dissatisfied with the location, he dissolved his partnership with Mr. Latta, and again embarked in business for himself in Amsterdam, in same county. While there he was married to Catharine, daughter of William McConnell, and she bore him the following named children: Abrilah, William D., Joseph S. (in Missouri), and Samuel M. (in California). In the course of five or six years he again sold out and moved with his family to Leesville, Carroll Co., Ohio, where he remained, following his business of tanning, and at the age of seventy-seven he died, his wife passing away about a year later, at the age of sixty-nine years; both are buried at Leesville. W. D. Shearer, whose name opens this sketch, came to Carroll County at the age of three years, and has since made his home in Leesville, with the exception of about four years he spent in Harrison and Tuscarawas Counties. He early in life learned the trade of tanning in his father's tannery, mastering the various details of the business, which, on the death of his father, he succeeded to and has since conducted. On September 10, 1857, Mr. Shearer was united in marriage with Martha, daughter of Levi Hays, of Harrison County, Ohio, and of this union six children were born to them, viz. : Albert R., John M., Sarah A. (deceased), Mary (deceased), Everell L. and Guy E. Mr. Shearer's education was obtained partly at the common schools of his place and at the New Hagerstown Academy, about a mile distant from his home. After his marriage Mr. Shearer learned the saddle and harness trade with his father-in-law, and with one of his sons (in conneotion with the tanning business) is still engaged in it. Though Mr. Shearer's education has been somewhat limited, yet he is a fine scholar, and has made the most of his advantages. In educational matters he is a champion for any and all improvements, earnestly working in the cause. He and a part of his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he is honored and held in esteem by his brethren. Politically he is a Republican, and has held with satisfaction to his constituents the office of justice of the peace for fifteen consecutive years. ALEXANDER S. LONG, farmer, of Monroe Township, Carroll County, was born in Allegheny County, Penn., near Pittsburgh, July 29,1830,a son of Alexander and Nancy (Scott) Long, who came from County Donegal, Ireland, and had a family of twelve children, eight of whom are still living. The parents, who are yet living, now in their eighty-seventh year, moved to Ohio in 1832; they were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics Mr. Long was a Democrat. They settled in Union Township, Carroll County, where our subject grew to manhood and received a common-school education. On March 18, 1856, Alexander S. Long married Miss Nancy Brooks, who was born in Union Township, Carroll County, July 17,1828, a daughter of Henry and Dorinda (Fawcett) Brooks, natives of County Fermanagh, Ireland,who emigrated to America in 1818; they had nine children, five of whom are yet living. Henry Brooks died October 28, 1884, and Dorinda Brooks April 26, 1881; they were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics he was a Democrat. To Mr. and Mrs. Alexander S. Long have been born children as CARROLL COUNTY - 1017 follows: Dorinda J. Rainsberger, of Union Township; Simpson H., deceased; Mary E., deceased; Wesley S. and Henry A., at home. Mr. Long, after his marriage, resided in Union Township till 1860, when he purchased the farm he now owns, which contains eighty-one acres. He has erected a fine dwelling and barn, and brought the land into a most excellent state of cultivation. Mr. and Mrs. Long are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and politically he is Democratic. Industrious, upright and persevering, he has won the esteem of all his neighbors. JACOB GRUNDER, a prominent and prosperous farmer of Brown Township, Carroll County, is a native of the same, born November 15, 1832, in the old homestead of his parents, Jacob and Elizabeth (Kail) Grunder. When his parents moved to Washington Township our subject went to live with an uncle, Jacob Shearer, in Brown Township, with whcm he remained until the latter's death; he then carried on a farm in Augusta Township, Carroll County, for his own account. On October 8, 1859, he married Katherine, daughter of John and Sarah Dumbleton, and he then purchased his farm in Brown Township, which by industry, economy and perseverance, together with the assistance of his faithful wife, he soon succeeded in paying for. Seven children—four sons and three daughters—were born to this happy union, viz.: Annie C., Mrs. James Mosier, in Augusta Township, Carroll County; John E., also in Augusta Township, married January 3, 1891, to Mina Green, of Fox Township, Carroll County; Christopher E., on the home farm, married to Carrie Boggs, daughter of Ezra Boggs, of Harrison Township; Frank D., principal of the Oneida school; Byron, Lillie M. and Verna D., at home. Mr. Grunder is now the owner of 215 acres of prime land in an excellent state of cultivation, live-stock and grain being the main products. The farm is well equipped in all respects, and in 1889 he erected a comfortable and commodious dwelling thereon. In politics Mr. Grunder is a Republican, and he is a member of the school board. Mrs. Grunder was formerly a member of the Bible Christians but now of the Disciples Church. PETER J. JINNINGS, of Monroe Township, Carroll County, was born in New Jersey, July 23, 1821, a son of Isaac Jinnings, was born in Hunterdon County, that State, in May, 1787. Isaac's father was named Peter, and as nearly as can be ascertained was also born in Hunterdon County, N. J., where he married and reared the following named children: Jemima, Sarah, Mary, Desire, William, Peter and Isaac. About 1820 he came to Ohio and purchased 160 acres of land, now owned by Peter Eick, in Monroe Township, where he resided till his death. Isaac Jinnings, the father of our subject, grew to manhood in his native State and married Miss Mary Johnson, who was born in New Jersey in 1788, a daughter of Peter Johnson, also a native of New Jersey. To this union were born Elizabeth Rainsberger, deceased; Peter J., and Hannah Rainsberger, deceased. In 1836 Isaac Jinnings came to Carroll County, Ohio, and purchased the farm now owned by cur subject, which farm contains eighty acres on Section 10, Monroe Township, and of which there was about one acre cleared. In 1836 Mr. Jinnings erected the house now occupied by his son Peter; in fact he spent the remainder of his life here in clearing the land and making improvements; he died in November, 1863, having been preceded to the grave by his wife, July 14, 1859. Mr. Jinnings served in the War of 1812, and politically was a Republican. Peter J. Jinnings received his education partly in New Jersey and partly in Ohio, being fifteen years of age when he came to Ohio. He married Miss Elizabeth Johnson, who was born February 4, 1828, a daughter of Henry and Catherine (Eick) Johnson, and to this union 1018 - CARROLL COUNTY. have been born children as follows: Mary, deceased; Jemima, deceased; Samantha, at home; Sarah E., at home; Amos, in Orange Township, Carroll County; Isaac, in Magnolia, Ohio, and Ira, at home. Mr. Jinnings has resided on his present farm since he came to Ohio, and helped to clear the land and make the improvements. Politically he is a Republican, and he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Jinnings was one of the first men to enlist in the Civil War from Monroe Township. R. J. BOYCE, a prosperous farmer of East Township, Carroll County, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio. His father, Richardson Boyce, was a native of Ire-land, and in 1801, at the age of twenty-one years, came with his father, Robert Boyce, to this country, and together they took up their residence in Washington County, Penn., where they resided a few years only, when, not being satisfied with the country, they pushed westward and entered into the fertile territory of Columbiana County, Ohio. There Robert Boyce entered 160 acres of farm land, and passed the remaining days of his life, his faithful life-companion also ending her span on earth at the same place. The country at that time was a wilderness, the forests teeming with game, and the streams with fish, while neighbors were few and very far apart. In this wild, however, Mr. Boyce built up from the forest a fortune, and left his heirs in comfortable circumstances. Richardson Boyce, the father of our subject, married Miss Anne Spence, who was born in Ireland, but, at the age of eight years, came to America; soon after his marriage, Riohardson Boyoe bought a farm in Columbiana County, Ohio, near East Liverpool. The parents are both now deceased, he having died in Liverpool Township, Columbiana County, in 1860, regarded as an active, progressive man. He had been made a Free Mason in Ireland, and was conspicuous among the members of that fraternity. After reaching America he took an active part in the War of 1812, and in politics was a Democrat; for forty-one years he held the office of justice of the peace, and was always a popular man in the community in which he lived. R. J. Boyce, whose name heads this sketch, spent the early part of his life on his father's farm near East Liverpool. At the age of twenty-nine he married Miss Mary Simmons, who was probably of English descent. Soon after marriage Mr. Boyce sold his farm in Columbiana County, and in the spring of 1866 bought his present farm in East Township, Carroll County. He and his wife are parents of five children, named as follows: Nettie, Allie, Emma, Lizzie and Charley. Mr. Boyce's farm contains 117 acres, and is provided with a fine residence and commodious out-buildings, and there is, perhaps, not a better farm in Carroll County adapted to sheep-raising or growing of grain. He takes great interest in the raising of blooded stock, making Short-horn cattle a specialty, and by hard work and good management has achieved success. In politics Mr. Boyce is a Prohibitionist, and is a sincere advocate of the suppression of the liquor traffic. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and were instrumental in securing the erection of the present church edifioe in his neighborhood. Mr. Boyce in his every act of life has proved himself a progressive citizen, one who believes in promoting the upbuilding of his county. ADAM FOLTZ, a native of Brown Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, and a representative of one of its oldest families, was born November 2, 1836, and is a son of Valentine Foltz, who was born in the Country of Bieren, Germany, in 1800. Valentine Foltz came to America while still quite young, and was married in Philadelphia, Penn., to Eva Abbott, a native of Elsass, Germany, the result of their union being the following named children: Eva, now Mrs. Jacob Kleitz; Adam; Caroline, wife of Frederick Schorey; William; CARROLL COUNTY - 1019 Elizabeth, married to Jacob Grosman; Lovina, now Mrs. Henry Zwahlen, and Jacob. Soon after his marriage Valentine Foltz, with his wife, came to Carroll County, Ohio, and purchased the farm in Brown Township on which his son Adam still resides. He was a self-made man, and at his death was the owner of 333 acres of excellent farming land. In politics he was originally a Whig, afterward a Republican, and was much interested in the work of the latter party. In religion at first he was a Lutheran, but afterward became a member of the Reformed Church, in which he was an office holder. His death took place in 1875, his widow following him to the grave in 1883. Adam Foltz was reared on the farm on which he was born, and was educated at the common schools. On October 8, 1857, he married Miss Margaret Zwahlen, daughter of Christian Zwahlen, latter of whom was a native of Canton Berne, Switzerland, born in 1796, and was married to Susan Early, who bore him the following named children: Susan, Margaret, Christian, John, Elizabeth, Henry, and Catharine. Mr. and Mrs. Zwahlen came to Ohio in 1843, and settled in Stark County, where they died; they were members of the German Reformed Church, and in politics he was a Democrat. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Adam Foltz settled on the old homestead, where they continue to reside. Their union has been blessed with the following children, named in order of their birth: John H., Lovina (wife of Michael Shearer), W. Henry, Edward F., Louis C. and Adam V. (the last named deceased). In politics Mr. Foltz is a Republican, and although no office seeker, has always contributed his share toward the party's success. He is a member of the German Reformed Church, which he joined while quite young, and in which be has been an elder for several years. He is a self-made man and now owns 375 acres,which he devotes to mixed farming and stock-raising. He has always taken an active part in the development of his township, and is recognized as a representative citizen. John H. Foltz was married in 1881 to Emma, daughter of Peter Shearer, of Rose Township, Carroll County. and has two children: Marion E. and Bertha M. He is a Republican, and a member of the Reformed Church W. H. Foltz married, in 1885, Cora E., daughter of Michael Werle, of Stark County, Ohio, and has two children: Arthur P. and Edna V. He is a member of the Republican party and of the Reformed Church ....Edward F. Foltz was married on Christmas day, 1890, to Linda C., daughter of Frederick Heim, of Stark County, Ohio .... Louis C. Foltz was educated at the Ada Normal School, and has been teaching about ten months. GORGE LAUBACHER. In the year 1832 there came from France to America, in company with his family, Louis Laubacher, in search of a new home in the then comparatively young State of Ohio. They first took up their residence in Harrison Township, Carroll County, where they remained until 1850, in which year they removed to Brown Township, where Mr. Laubacher died in August, 1867, at the age of sixty-six years; his wife, Margaret (Wallett) Laubacher, who was born in 1798, survived him until 1872. Louis Laubacher (as was his father before him) was a carpenter by trade, until, in his later years, he turned his attention entirely to farming. He had a family of seven children, of whom the subject of this sketch is the second in order of birth. George Laubacher, whose name appears at the head of this biographical memoir, was born in France, January 17, 1832, and was therefore but an infant when his parents brought him to this country. His boyhood was passed amid pioneer experiences in the then new county of Carroll, his education being limited to a few weeks' attendance in winter time at the schools of the neighborhood. He was reared to agricultural pursuits, and filially he faithfully aided his parents in the manifold duties of the farm, often, also, working for neighbors in the field, mowing hay with a scythe, from sunrise to sun- 1020 - CARROLL COUNTY. set, at fifty cents a day. This mode of life continued until he was twenty-one years of age, when he turned his attention to the carpenter's trade, and he then experienced the lack of education, but, resolving to become better informed in books, he, together with a few other young men, secured the services of a teacher, and established a night school, where, after a hard day's work, they would congregate and study for hours. Thus did Mr. Laubacher industriously lay the foundation of his after successful business career. He followed the carpenter's trade for about twenty-five years, and then, on account of failing health, turned his attention to farming exclusively. On January 30, 1868, our subject was married to Anna Gang, who was born March 18, 1848, near Malvern, Carroll Co., Ohio, daughter of Xavier and Mary (Shaffer) Gang, former of whom died in 1855, when aged fifty-three years, his widow surviving him until 1884, when she, too, passed from earth, at the age of seventy-eight years. The names of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Laubacher are as follows: John S., Frank A., Joseph H., Edward G., William L. (deceased), Maggie S., Benjamin D. and Bernadena T. In February, 1869, Mr. and Mrs. Laubacher settled on their present fine farm, which was at that time wholly unimproved. By religious profession the family are Catholics; in politics Mr. Laubacher is a Democrat, and is at present treasurer of the Brown Township Mutual Fire Insurance Company. V. G. STOODY, a representative and pro- gressive young citizen of Dell Roy, Ohio, was born in Monroe Township, Carroll County, January 4, 1860, a son of D. L. and Sarah A. (Harper) Stoody, both natives of Monroe Township, Carroll County, where they always resided. They were married in March, 1859, and had born to them one son and three daughters, viz. : Virgil G., Jennie R. (Mrs. M. G. Douglass), Laura B. and Ora V. The mother died in July, 1889, at the age of fifty-four years; she had been a member of the Presbyterian Church since childhood, the father, also, for a period of thirty years, and the children were reared in that belief, all being members of the same congregation. V. G. Stoody spent his youth on the farm, and there remained until he was about twenty years of age, when he entered the telegraph office at Dell Roy, then under the control of W. M. Harsh, now superintendent of the Lakeside & Marblehead Railroad. For sixteen months Mr. Stoody applied himself diligently to the learning of his profession, and so thoroughly did he master its details that he was at the end of that time appointed agent and operator at Barr's Mills, Ohio, where he remained six months. He was then promoted to the control of the office at Robertsville, Ohio, remaining two years, when he was appointed to his present position of station agent at Dell Roy, in which he has all along given complete satisfaction. His life, as a whole, is a good example of what may be accomplished by a careful attention to business. Mr. Stoody's politics are of the Democratic type, and for some years he has taken quite an active part in the work of that party. For the past five years he has been clerk of the township, and, for four years, clerk of the village, although both town and township are strongly Republican. In 1888 he was nominated by his party as clerk of the court, and so well did he run that the usual majority of 600 for the opposition was cut down to 300. Mr. Stoody is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and takes quite an active part in the management and support of that society. On September 26, 1886, Mr. Stoody was married to Amelia Adolf, daughter of Peter Adolff, and by this union one daughter, named Irma S., was born November 7, 1889. Peter Adolf was born in Germany, where his youth was spent; he came to America in 1848 and resided in the town of Paris, Ohio, for a year, then removed to Robertsville, where he opened a general mercantile store, which he carried on for over forty years. In 1852 he CARROLL COUNTY - 1021 married Catherine Robert (nee Meecy) who bore him the following named family: Josephine, Mrs. Tellus Sheatsly; Louisa, Mrs. Washington Kleitz; Franklin; Mice; Amelia, Mrs. V. G. Stoody; Mary C. and John. Mr. Adolf died January 10, 1891, aged sixty-four years, after an illness of two years, from a complication of diseases. In politics he was a Democrat, and was, as are his family, a member of the Lutheran Church. WILLIAM N. GEORGE. This gentleman stands prominent among citizens of Fox Township as a representative man. He was born in Lee Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, March 18, 1825, and has been a progressive and energetic citizen of this county ever since he reached his majority. The paternal grandfather of our subject was a native of Ireland, where he spent his boyhood days. Soon after marriage he came to America, settling in what is now known as Washington County, Penn., where Robert George, father of William N., was born. After reaching manhood Robert George married Miss Nevin, a native of Pennsylvania, whose parents were of Scotch descent. Desirous of obtaining a nevi? home and wishing to better their condition, Mr. and Mrs. George moved west and settled in the fertile country of eastern Ohio, where, in Lee Township, Carroll County, they "drove their stake," and commenced to clear away the dense forest. They constructed a log cabin, which, although humble, still to, them was their castle of refuge and protection—it was their home. In that almost unbroken wilderness seven children were born to bless them, among them being William, the subject of this biographical sketch. After a few years' life in the wilds of Lee Township, where the father and mother traveled life's pathway together, death, in 1829, entered the household and took away the mother, and a short time after Mr. George married for his second wife, Mrs. Strain, by which union six children were born. Mr. George was an energetic, progressive farmer—one who did his share toward the advancement of all enterprises of public interest. William N. George spent his youthful days on his father's farm, helped to clear away the forest, and when not employed in this manner, attended the district school. At the age of twenty-seven he married Miss Sarah Golden, who was reared in Lee Township, Carroll County, and whose father was one of the old settlers of eastern Ohio. Four children were born to them, named as follows: Margaret R. (married to a farmer), R. A. (a minister of the United Presbyterian Church), W. J. (a professor) and C. M. (a physician). Two nephews reared by Mr. George—W. J. Golden and H. G. Golden—are both ministers of the gospel. Mrs. George died September 10, 1881. Miss Priscilla C. Clark, the second wife of Mr. George, was reared in Fox Township, her parents being among the first settlers of eastern Ohio. Mr. and. Mrs. George moved to their present place in Mechanicstown in 1884, and here they are living a retired life, being among the representative people of Fox Township. Politically Mr. George was a Republican, but is now a Prohibitionist, and socially he is much esteemed by his fellow-men. Mr. and Mrs. George are both United Presbyterians, of which ohurch Mr. George has been a ruling elder in the congregation of Mechanicstown for a number of years. ROBERT G. LEGGETT, a representative farmer of Orange Township, Carroll County, was born April 3, 1834, in Union Township, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio. His grandfather, Thomas Leggett, a native of Maryland, born near Baltimore (his father was a native of the north of England, probably of Scotch-English parentage), was a farmer by profession, and moved to Washington County, Penn., about the year 1803. He was one of the early settlers in that county, coming east of the mountains on horseback and carry- 1022 - CARROLL COUNTY. ing all his possessions with him, which consisted of a few articles of clothing in his saddle-bags and a rifle on his shoulder. He was married in 1805 in Pennsylvania to Amelia Dempster, and by her had the following named children: Joshua, James, Robert, Pamelia, William, Harriet, Thomas, Sarah, Mary A., David and Anderson. Grandfather Leggett was a close student and a lover of his profession. Amelia, his wife, was of Scotch descent, born in Maryland, and came to Washington County, Penn., about 1804. They lived a long and prosperous life together to ripe old age, dying, he at the age of eighty-four years, and she at the age of ninety-seven years. In religion they were Methodists, and in politics he was a stanch Democrat. Joshua Leggett, father of Robert G., was born in Washington County, Penn., November 20, 1807, and was there married March 4, 1830, to Jane Guthrie, daughter of Robert and Mary Guthrie. The young oouple moved to Ohio, locating in Union Township, Tuscarawas County, and settled on a quarter section of land previously entered from the Government in that county. Their children were: Margaret A. (Mrs. Authur Latimer), Thomas, Robert G., William, Martha J. (Mrs. J. L. Kennedy), James, Joshua, Pamelia H. (Mrs. Ira Kennedy), and Sarah E. (Mrs. Horace Riker). The parents were members of the Presbyterian Church, in which Mr. Leggett was a ruling elder for over thirty years; in politics he is Republican; he is living to-day in the eighty-fourth year of his age. Jane (Guthrie) Leggett, mother of Robert G., was born near the classic town of Cannonsburg, Washington Co., Penn., where her parents, Robert and Mary Guthrie, settled in an early day, about the latter part of the last century; they were Scotch-Irish, Presbyterian in religion, and Whig in politics; they adhered to the Scotch rule of "true to Church and State." Their children were: James, Jane, Robert, Isabel, Thomas, Sarah, Mary, Ibby, William and Archibald. The father of this family died when aged about eighty years and the mother at seventy-nine; cause of death not known in either case. Jane, wife of Joshua and mother of Robert G., was fitted for a pioneer's wife and for the hardship and toil they are called to endure. She manufactured all their wear from the raw material that was necessary for the use of the family—such as carding, spinning, weaving and making and did this all with her own hands with the little help from the rest of her own family; and besides her work in the house she would work out on the farm, and could make a good hand at almost any labor that was to be done on the farm; she died June 4, 1887. Joshua A. Leggett would attribute his well-merited success to a united effort on the part of himself and wife in hard labor and close financiering, and above all to the overruling and governing hand of Providence. Robert G. Leggett spent his youth on the home farm, his education being obtained in the common schools of the district and at New Hagerstown Academy. He taught school in his youth, but has since by profession been a farmer and stock-raiser. He was married September 13, 1853, to Mary A., daughter of James and Margaret Forbes, of Harrison County, Ohio, and in 1854 he bought the farm upon which he now resides, in Orange Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, the improvements on which have been made by himself; he also owns a large farm in DeWitt County, Ill., which is managed by his son, James F. The family of Robert G. and Mary A. Leggett consists of Margaret J., James F., Adda E., Clyde 0., Lena E., Robert L., the last four children living at home with their parents. Of these children, Margaret J. was married to John N. Johnston November 5, 1879, and they have the following children: Mary F., Carrie N. and Frank. John N. Johnston is of Scotch-Irish parentage and is a -farmer and stock-dealer, living on a farm of his own near New Hagerstown, Ohio. James F. Leggett married March 4, 1885, Julia A. Hilton, and their family are Robert 0., Mary A., and Clyde; James F. moved to DeWitt County, Ill., in 1888, and is a farmer and stock- CARROLL COUNTY - 1023 raiser, having a farm of his own; he received his education in the common schools and at New Hagerstown Academy and is a live, energetic young man. Robert G. Leggett is a self-made man, and he and his wife, Mary A., by diligence and sound judgment, coupled with enterprise and perseverance, have secured well-merited success, all the result of stock-raising, wool-growing and dairying; and in all this description and history of about five generations, there has been no taint of strong drink or of tobacco. The family are of vigorous constitutions, with no taint of constitutional ailment. They are honorable, industrious, prosperous citizens, and are blessed with a fair portion of this world's goods. Mrs. Mary A. (Forbes) Leggett was born in New Hagerstown, Carroll Co., Ohio, October 2, 1834. Her great-grandfather was born in Ireland, and John Forbes, his son, and grandfather of Mary A., was also born in Ireland, of Scotch-Irish parentage; he was a farmer by profession; his wife, Mary Anthony, died in Ireland. The grandfather came to America in 1820, bringing his family with him, and settled near Chambers-burg, Penn. His family by his first marriage consisted of James, Robert, Mary, Elenor, Joseph, Jane and Martha. He was married in Pennsylvania (the second time), and by this union had the following named family: Ann, Rebecca, John, Susana, Margaret and Sarah. He came to Ohio in 1828, and died at Waynesburg, Stark County, (age not known; cause of death, fever). After his death the family emigrated to Iowa, where his second wife died in Van Buren County; the survivors of that family live in Iowa and Kansas at the present time. James Forbes, father of Mary A., was born August 17, 1802, in Ireland, and came with his father to America, settling near Chambersburg, Penn. He was married, in 1825, by Dr. Denney, of Chambersburg, Penn., to Margaret, daughter of Benjamin and Anna Jeffrey. Here he learned the trade of weaver, and here earned his first five hundred dollars. He came with his wife to Ohio in a one-horse wagon, containing their goods, and in 1827 he embarked in mercantile business in New Hagerstown, Carroll Co., Ohio, at which early date he had to wagon his goods from the East. This business he followed for about thirty years, it at first being managed by himself and later by a partner; his was the first stock of goods brought to New Hagerstown, and the first visit he and his wife made to the East, a distance of over 300 miles, was on horseback. Their children were Mary A., and Rebecca J. (Mrs. William B. Law), who lives in Heyworth, Ill. James Forbes moved to his farm in Harrison County, Ohio, about the year 1840, where he resided until his death, which occurred April 14, 1870; Margaret, his wife, died March 18, 1864, of lung disease, in the sixty-seventh year of her age. This honored couple did not have strong constitutions, but were industrious and persevering, having accumulated a large amount of wealth; they were Presbyterian in religion, and were strict in their profession and zealous workers in the cause; in politics Mr. Forbes was a Democrat, and was noted for his benevolent qualities, especially to the poor. Margaret (Jeffrey) Forbes, mother of Mary A., was born near Chambersburg, Franklin Co., Penn., where her parents, Benjamin (a farmer) and Anna Jeffrey had settled. Benjamin was born in 1744, in Ireland (his father, John Jeffrey, was married to Rachel Chambers, in County Antrim, Ireland), and when a young man,came to America about 1760, Pennsylvania being then under the control of the mother country. He was married to Anna Swan, a native of Pennsylvania, and their children were as follows: John, Katharine, Rachel, Rebecca and Margaret. Benjamin Jeffrey enlisted and fought through the Revolutionary War for the independence of the colonies, and was wounded in the right shoulder at the battle of Brandywine, by a light-horse infantryman; his son, John, enlisted in the War of 1812, and died in the army. Benjamin Jeffrey was a Presbyterian in religion, and in politics was a Democrat; he died in 1834, at the age of ninety years, his 1024 - CARROLL COUNTY. wife at the age of fifty six. Cause of death in the first instance, old age; in the second, cause not known. ROBERT G. THOMPSON, dealer in household improvements and other specialties, Salineville, Columbiana Co., Ohio, was born in Pittsburgh, Penn., October 31, 1827. His father, William Thompson,was a native of Ireland, born August 6, 1771, and emigrated to this country at an early age, locating in Pittsburgh, Penn. On September 11, 1821, he was united in marriage to Miss Margaret George, of Washington County, Penn., belonging to one of the families of the old Scotch Covenanters, by which union four children were born. On November 22, 1832, the father and husband peacefully passed away, at the age of sixty-one years, and in 1836 his widow united in marriage with Mr. John Slater, of Fayette Township, Allegheny Co., Penn., to whose country home the family moved in due time. Here Robert G. Thompson, the subject of this sketch, was reared, attending the district school near his step-father's farm. At the age of sixteen he was indentured to learn the wagon-making trade near Pittsburgh, Penn., but, becoming dissatisfied with the treatment he received in his new home,he concluded to learn the boot and shoe making under more congenial surroundings. After an apprenticeship of nearly three years, in the spring of 1847, this young man, with a full kit of tools and a well-packed trunk, took passage in a steamboat from the city of his birth to fight the battle of life at Moore's Salt Works, Jefferson Co., Ohio. In 1848 he was ,united in marriage with Miss Jane Hutson, of Jefferson County, Ohio, and in April, 1851, he moved with his family to Wattsville, Carroll County, same State, in which village he worked at his trade until the breaking out of the war in 1861, when, like many other brave " boys," he responded to his country's call for troops to suppress the Rebellion. On August 15, 1861, he was mustered into the service of the United States and assigned to Company A, Thirty-second 0. V. I., for three years, or during the war. After participating in many battles and skirmishes—such as Greenbrier, Monterey and Bull Pasture Mountain (or McDowell), Va, he was transferred to the Invalid Corps, and assigned to duty in the general hospital at Cumberland, Md., as hospital steward, whence he was transferred to Washington City Hospital for treatment; was finally discharged October 16, 1863, and, returning to his family, settled on a farm in Fox Township, Carroll County, where he followed farming and stock-raising for over twenty years. In October, 1889, he was placed upon the pension roll of the United States. In the fall of 1889 he moved to Salineville, Columbiana Co., Ohio, and has been a resident of that town since. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson are the parents of ten children—six born before the war: Martha G., John S., Margaret J., William A., George P. (deceased in 1881). and Robert E. (died in April, 1862), and four born after the war: Flora B., Anna E., Ida M. and Jessie M.—in all six girls and four boys, and at this writing there are eighteen grandchildren. The family are members in good standing in the United Presbyterian Church, and in politics all are stanch Republicans. John S. Thompson was born at Wattsville, Ohio, August 21, 1851, where he grew to manhood. He attended the schools there in winter time and worked on his father's farm summers, until he was married to Miss Jessie B. Haver-field, January 31, 1880. She was reared in Harrison County, Ohio, where her parents were substantial farmers and old settlers. After living about six years in Harrison County, he removed to his present home near Wattsville, on his father's farm, where he is engaged in agriculture. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Thompson, named as follows: Paul (deceased), Fannie (deceased) and Robert E. The Thompson family is well and favorably known. Mr. R. G. Thompson, who was a resi- CARROLL COUNTY - 1025 dent for many years of Fox Township, is looked upon as one of her representative citizens and substantial farmers, and although he is at present located in Salineville, Columbiana County, still his many friends in Carroll County regard him as a fellow-citizen and know him to be a substantial, upright man. For a number of years he filled the offices of township clerk and assessor and constable in a satisfactory manner. JASON KENNEDY. Among the prominent farmers of Augusta Township, Carroll County, the Kennedy family have long since occupied a conspicuous place. William Kennedy, the father of the subject of this sketch, was born in County Down, Ireland, and James Kennedy, the grandfather of our subject, was also a native of Ireland, where he was married and where he reared a family, but, desiring a new home, he left his native country with his family and settled in America in 1832; at this date William Kennedy was a lad of thirteen summers. On reaching manhood William married Miss Rachel Martin, a native of Carroll County, Ohio, born of Scotch descent, her father having come from Scotland, when a young man, to seek a home in the wilds of the New World.. Soon after marriage Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy bought a farm of eighty acres in Augusta Township, where they built a log house in the dense forest, and commenced to clear the fields and till the soil. Mr. Kennedy was a stone mason, and often worked at the trade after he came to Ohio; but farming was his chief occupation, and he always aimed to make his farm one of the best in his section. Ten children were born to help the father and mother in the declining years of their life, and of these six are now living, three of them—James Martin, Isaac N. and Levi—being farmers and saw-millers in Michigan; Mattie,a sister, is married to George W. Reamer, a farmer, born of Dutch ancestry, and they live in Columbiana County, Ohio; George W. and Jason, are the other two surviving children. William Kennedy died in 1883, his wife, who had always been a help-mate and partner in his joys and sorrows, having preceded him to the grave in 1862. Jason Kennedy, whose name heads this sketch, was born in Augusta Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, November 30, 1858. Like other boys in the neighborhood he attended in winter the district school, working on the farm in the summer time. On July 23, 1890, he married Miss Lizzie Lewis, a native of Crawford County, Penn., born of Irish descent. Mr. Kennedy and his brother, George W., are the present owners of the old homestead, which contains 230 acres. This fine farm is well provided with adequate buildings and every improvement that progressive, successful men should possess in order to carry on successfully an extensive agricultural business. They are stock-raisers and grain producers, and bold a high place in the estimation of the people; in politics they are Democrats, and socially they are prominent, representative farmers and citizens. Mr. and Mrs. Jason Kennedy are Methodists, while George W. and Mrs. Mattie Reamer, are members of the Disciples Church. Mr. Kennedy has two uncles on his father's side living, viz. : Samuel Kennedy (a farmer and saw-miller in Michigan), and Joseph Kennedy (a preacher and dentist in the State of Washington). ITHAMAR MILLS, a prominent farmer of Augusta Township, Carroll County, is a descendant of one of the oldest families in the county. John Mills, his grandfather, was a native of Ireland, but early in life left his native shore for America with her almost boundless territory and equally boundless freedom. He settled in Mercer County, Penn., where he was married and became the father of a large family of children. Not being contented with his location, and desirous of amassing more of this world's goods, he moved to Jefferson County, Ohio, where he entered a farm and also engaged extensively in the salt business, becoming one of the largest shippers of this product to 1026 - CARROLL COUNTY. Cadiz, Ohio, where he was recognized as one of the leaders in this industry. After some years in Jefferson County, Mr. Mills sold out his interests there and moved to Augusta Township, Carroll County, where he resided until his death; Mrs. Mills, wife of John Mills, was of English descent, and died in the same township as her husband. Alexander Mills, the father of Ithamar, was born in Mercer County, Penn., in 1801, and when he was three years of age his father moved to Jefferson County, Ohio, where Alexander was educated and finally taught school himself. While in Jefferson County he met Miss Mary Billman, whose parents moved to Augusta Township, Carroll County, and entered a farm of 160 acres; later, Mr. Mills came to Augusta Township, and here married Miss Bill-man. They at first resided in Jefferson County for a period of three years, after which they moved to Augusta Township, Carroll County, and the farm on which they here settled is that on which Ithamar Mills at present lives. Mrs. Mills, mother of our subject, was born in Lehigh County, Penn. , her parents having been of German descent. As a result of this union of Alexander and Mary Mills nine children were born, named as follows: Susan, John, Andrew, Nancy E., Sarah J., Alexander, Ithamar, James H. S. and Melancthon. Mr. Mills was a successful farmer and business man, and was the first butcher to take meat to Carrollton, Ohio, which he did by ox-team. In politics he was a Republican, and was elected justice of the peace for five terms; in religion he was a member and elder of the Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Mary Mills, when a girl, was one day in the sugar camp, making maple sugar, when she saw a deer coming toward her, chased by dogs, and the animal being somewhat fatigued Miss Billman ran up `to it, caught it and jerked its front legs over its horns, then ran to the house and told her father, who came and killed and dressed the deer. This was one of the feats of daring of early times, one that most men would hesitate to do at the present day. Ithamar Mills was born in Augusta Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, September 5, 1843, and spent his early life upon his father's farm. Not having the many privileges that most boys of the present time enjoy, his schooling was somewhat neglected; but since reaching maturity he has secured by experience with the world and its people what is more valuable—a practical education. On May 25, 1870, Mr. Mills married Miss Margaret R. Leyda, who was born in Washington County, Penn., of German extraction. Soon after marriage they settled on their present farm, and have been residents of Augusta Township ever since. Three children have been born to bless their home, viz. : James W., born October 13, 1872; Harvey F., born April 15, 1876, and Clara E., born September 2, 1881. Mr. Mills' farm consists of 152 acres, and is well improved; he is a stock-dealer, and frequently visits the eastern markets in the interest of his business. At the breaking out of the Civil War Mr. Mills was one of the first to shoulder his rifle in defense of his country. Out of five boys who left their father's home Mr. Mills was the only one to return. In politics he is a Republican, in religion a Presbyterian, and he is justly classified among Carroll County's representative citizens. WILLIAM H. SMYTH, a resident of Lee Township, Carroll County, was born in Ross Township, Jefferson Co., Ohio, August 25, 1834. William Smyth, his grandfather, was born in Ireland, where he grew to manhood, and married Catharine Armstrong, by whom he had twelve children. They set sail for America in 1802, landing in Philadelphia, and same year migrated to Washing. ton County, Penn., and lived there until 1817, when he moved to Jefferson County, Ohio, and purchased the farm on which he lived the balance of his life. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics was a Democrat. Andrew A. Smyth, father of William H., CARROLL COUNTY - 1027 was born in Washington County, Penn., in the year 1806, and came with his father's family, in 1817, to Jefferson County, Ohio, where his youth was passed in assisting on the farm and securing a fair common-school education; also in learning the trade of carpenter and cabinet-maker, in which he was a skilled mechanic in his day. In 1833 he was married to Lydia McLoud, daughter of William McLoud, and they had three children, viz. : William H., Annie and Elects M., the latter of whom died in 1854. William McLoud (whose father was a native of Scotland) was born in a block-house, in what is now West Virginia, in 1777; he was a soldier in the War of 1812; his wife, whose name was Prudence Daniel, was born in 1784. They moved to Ohio among the first settlers of the State, and afterward entered, in 1820, the farm in Lee Township, Carroll County, where the subject of this sketch now lives. William Mc-Loud died in 1854, and his wife in 1836. Andrew A. Smyth lived in Jefferson County, Ohio, until 1847, when he purchased the farm in Lee Township, Carroll County, from his father-in-law, William McLoud, where he lived until his death, which occurred in 1873. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics a Democrat. William H. Smyth passed his youth on the farm, his education being at the same time secured at the common schools of his district, and subsequently at Richmond College. In 1860 he was married to Amanda Blackburn, daughter of James Blackburn, of Steubenville, Ohio. They have one son, Roscoe C., who was born in 1861, and married Mary Carson, by whom he has three children: Addie E., Roscoe C. and Stanley V. Mrs. James Blackburn was Amy England, daughter of Israel England, one of the first settlers of Jefferson County, Ohio; her uncle, John England, kept the first store in Steubenville, Ohio, and donated to the town the land on which the City Opera House and public buildings now stand. William H. Smyth enlisted, August 15, 1862, in Company H, Ninety-eighth Regiment, 0. V. I., and was discharged with the regiment June 1, 1865. He was wounded at the battle of Chickamauga, September 20, 1863, by a musket ball striking him in the knee, which confined him in a hospital for eleven months. He lived in Steubenville five years (from 1868 to 1873), and when his father died in 1873 he moved on the farm where he has resided until the present time. Mr. Smyth has viewed with apprehension and alarm, for years, the rapid accumulation of the wealth of the country in the hands of the few, and the corrupting power of money in high places, resulting in class legislation; and has been an earnest advocate of economic and financial reform for over fifteen years. He rejoices in the present awakening of the farmers and other common people to the dangers that beset us, and hopes that he may live to see the day when our Government will return to the wisdom, justice, fraternity and political purity of our forefathers. DANIEL B. LEE. Among the earliest pioneer settlers of that part of the State of Ohio known since 1833 as Carroll County, none have attained greater prominence than the Lee family, of whom Thomas Lee is now the eldest living representative. He was born April 27, 1811, a son of Alexander Lee, a native of County Donegal, Ireland, who came to America at an early date, and settled in Somerset County, Penn., where he remained for some time and married Martha Hammen, about two or three years after which event they moved to Jefferson County, Ohio, where they took up their residence until 1806, when they came to what is now Carroll County and entered a farm, where they passed the remainder of their lives. They reared the following named children: Mary, David, Sarah, John, Martha, James, Thomas, Ezekiel and William. The entire family were Presbyterians. Thomas Lee, during his minority, remained on the home place, attending the schools of the period and assisting on the farm. At the age of twenty-one he commenced dealing in horses, a business he suc- 1028 - CARROLL COUNTY. cessfully 'carried on until his retirement from active life. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church at Harlem Springs, of which he was one of the founders, and in his political convictions he casts his suffrage with the Democrats. May 5, 1831, he married Ann Buckins, who bore him the following named children: Martha J. (deceased), Mary A. (Mrs. John Foot), Daniel B., James A., Ezekiel, Martha J. (Mrs. Wesley Lewis), Thomas K., Ann (deceased), Erasmus and John. On December 31, 1876, the mother closed her eyes to earth. Daniel B. Lee, the eldest son born to Thomas and Ann (Buckins) Lee, is a native of Lee Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, having opened his wondering infant eyes to the light of day August 4, 1837, on the farm where be still lives. He attended the common schools of his neighborhood, and in 1861 entered Washington and Jefferson College of Pennsylvania, where he was graduated in 1865. In that year he embarked in the wool trade, which he has continued since, buying large quantities of the staple in Harrison, Jefferson and Carroll Counties, Ohio, West Virginia and western Pennsylvania. December 23, 1869, he married Bessie, daughter of Ebenezer Howey, of Harlem Springs, Carroll County, and the names of the children born to this union are as follows: Thomas S. and Aim P. (deceased), Mary L., Ann P. and Thomas R. The family are all members of the Presbyterian Church at Harlem Springs, and in politics Mr. Lee is an influential Democrat. JAMES GAULT, one of the most respected and best known farmers and stock-raisers in Lee Township, Carroll County, was born in Washington County, Penn., March 29, 1811. His father, John Gault, a native of the same county, and also a farmer by occupation, was twice married; first to Mary Morrison, who bore him the following named children: Elizabeth, John and Mary. After the death of this wife Mr. Gault married Elizabeth Hemphill, the result of which union was seven children, named as follows: James, Isaac, Samuel, Sarah, Enoch, Rebecca and William. John Gault came in 1839 to Loudon Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, where he died in 1846, and his wife two years later; in his political convictions he was a pronounced Democrat. James Gault, whose name opens this sketch, received his education at the common schools of his native county, and bravely did his share of the arduous work on his father's farm, learning those principles of economy and industry which so largely contributed to his success in later life. In 1839 he came to Ohio with his parents, purchasing a small farm in Loudon Township, Carroll County, which be largely improved with his own hands, and here he remained till 1867, in which year he bought his present property in Lee Township, on which he has since resided. On June 10, 1845, Mr. Gault was married to Elizabeth Davis, who bore him the following named five children: William T., Samuel H., Sarah E., John H. and James R. Death having called away the mother of these children, Mr. Gault for his second wife wedded, April 18, 1865, Harriet Patton, daughter of Henry Patton, and the result of this union has been three children: David E., Mary E. and Margaret A. Henry Patton was a native of the Keystone State, born November 30, 1808. His father, John Patton, was one of the early settlers of western Pennsylvania, where he was united in marriage with Nancy Woodrow, by whom he had children named as follows: Martha, Joseph, Stephen, David, Henry, Thomas, Hiram and Ellen. Of these, Henry came to Ohio in 1842, and bought a farm in Rumley Township, Harrison County. He had been previously married in his native State to Hannah Wright, who bore him the following named children: Harriet, Noah, Ellen, Josephine, Bela, Elvira, Emma, David, Nancy and Hiram. On November 5, 1877, Mrs. Patton died, and April 12, 1882, Mr. Patton followed her to the grave. They were consistent members and liberal supporters CARROLL COUNTY - 1031 of the Presbyterian Church; in politics he was a Democrat. James Gault is a representative self-made man, and is now in his advanced years enjoying the fruits of his toil. He is a stanch Democrat, taking a lively interest in general politics; he and his family are members of the Presbyterian Church at Harlem Springs, and are held in high esteem in the community. THE LEEPER FAMILY were French Huguenots who, because of religious and political persecution, made their escape from France to Ireland during the reign of Louis XIV. of France. James Leeper and Jennie Amspoker were married in Ireland, and, emigrating to the United States, settled on Muddy Creek Fork, York Co., Penn., whence, in 1780, the family removed to Brooke County, now in West Virginia. The children of James and Jennie (Amspoker) Leeper were James (who married a widow by the name of Wilson, and lived in Jefferson County, Ohio), Anna (who married Henry Dillon, and resided in Vinton County, Ohio), Mattie, John and Jane (neither of whom three ever married), and William. William Leeper married Eleanor Lawther at the old Lawther homestead in Washington County, Penn., in 1814. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, serving under Capt. Elison and Gen. William Henry Harrison, and was in the service fifteen months. He was at the siege and battle of Fort Meigs, and assisted in the burial of the dead at River Raisin. William Leeper was the first justice of the peace in Orange Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, and served in that office thirty years. He was a blacksmith by trade, and built the first smith shop in Leesburg, where he worked at his trade for a number of years, and then retired to a farm one mile west of that town. He was an ardent supporter of the principles of the Whig party, and was one of the founders of the Presbyterian Church at New Hagerstown, in which he was an active worker, and of which he was a liberal supporter. Eleanor Lawther Leeper died September 6, 1844, and in 1853 William Leeper and Martha Holmes Wilson were married; William Leeper died September 8, 1858, and his widow in 1883. Eleanor Lawther Leeper and William Leeper are buried in the Leesburg Cemetery, and Martha Holmes Wilson Leeper is buried at Kenton, Ohio. The Lawther family were Scotch Covenanters, and lived in the Highlands. At the time of the persecution of the Protestants by the Roman Catholics, a number of the Lawther family were burned at the stake, and the remainder were banished to the north of Ireland —County Down. The family lived on the estate of Sir Alexander Hamilton, and at Milltown, near Belfast. Alexander Lawther (whose wife was a Howie) left the town of Milltown on a venture to the Isle of Man, and was never afterward heard from, as he and all his crew were lost. One son was born and called Alexander Lawther. Alexander Lawther, who was lost at sea, was told by his father that his (Alexander's) grandfather was a boy at the time of the battle of the Boyne, fought July 1, 1690, and that his father was an old man who had lost a leg in the "Forty-one Wars." At the time of the .battle of the Boyne a church- yard was set apart for old people—a sort of neutral ground—where the old and infirm would be free from attack by the contending armies. The old man Lawther was on his way home after the battle, and had nearly reached his fireside, when he was surrounded by three retreating Catholics, who were soon joined by four more. The old man begged for his life because he was not able to fight any more. The Catholics replied that while he himself could not fight he had six bloodthirsty sons in the army of Prince William of Orange, and they took his life. The family were in the city of Derry at the time of the celebrated siege of Derry. Alexander Lawther, who was lost at sea, was a brother of Gawin Lawther, the father of Gawin Lawther, who married Elizabeth Lawther. 1032 - CARROLL COUNTY. Alexander Lawther married Christian Murchland, who was a daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Murchland (nee Crawford). The counties of Down, Derry and Antrim were Protestant, and the Lawther family were noted for their loyalty to Calvinism. Alexander and Christian Lawther and Mrs. Murchland came to Baltimore, Md., in 1790, the voyage to America being made in the brig " Brothers," and taking seven weeks and three days. They remained near the Atlantic coast for three months, when Robert Murchland, who was a brother-in-law of Alexander Lawther, came from his home in Washington County, Penn., with a train of pack-horses, and brought the entire family and their goods across the Allegheny Mountains to his Western home. The children of Alexander and Christian (Murchland) Lawther were, John, who was a member of the Enneskillen Dragoons, famous in English history. (Each member was over six feet in height, and mounted upon a black horse; he was honorably discharged with a pension and lived in Mancehster, England; in 1804 he was ordered to Gibraltar, and died of the plague in 1814, leaving one son, who was in the Thirty-ninth Regiment, and two daughters, who married and lived in Manchester, England); James, born March 15, 1769, and married Jennette Shaw in Kalela, a noted city in that part of the country for fairs, horse-racing and games of skill, County Antrim, Ireland, in 1790 (on the day of their marriage they left for America); Nancy (who never married); Robert (who never married); Elizabeth (who married Gawin Lawther, a second cousin (they lived in Washington County, Penn., until 1808, when they moved to Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio; they are buried at Two Ridge (Presbyterian) Church); Alexander (who never married); Christian (married to William Patterson). The children of James and Jennette (Shaw) Lawther were Eleanor, who was born in a fort, or block-house, during an Indian siege (it was on the Wells farm in Virginia and near Eldersville, Penn.) and who married William Leeper; Christian, who married Charles Long; Nancy, who married Samuel Wright; John, who married Mary Stein; Jane, who never married: Gawin Lawther, who was one of the early teachers in the frontier schools, learned the trade of blacksmithing with William Leeper, and read medicine, in which profession he enjoyed an honorable practice (he married Anna Price); Alexander, who married Nancy Smith; Catherine, who never married; and Jane, who never married. The children of William and Eleanor (Lawther) Leeper were James L., Mary A., John, William A., and Martha J., of whom Mary A., Jane and John died in early youth. James L. Leeper, the eldest of the family, was reared a farmer, learned the trade of blacksmithing in the shop of Gawin Lawther, and soon afterward read medicine with Dr. Thomas Abbot, of Massillon, Ohio. On July 10, 1837, Dr. James L. Leeper and Miss Sophia M. Dickey were married at Steubenville, Ohio. Dr. Leeper began the practice of his profession in Navarre, Stark Co., Ohio, in May, 1840, and achieved a high place among his fellow physicians. He conducted a drug store for fifteen years and was appointed postmaster by William Henry Harrison. In 1866 he retired to his farm three and one-half miles northeast of Navarre. He was an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and Patrons of Husbandry. He died at his home of paralysis December 27, 1887. Dr. J. L. and Sophia M. Leeper have one child, George C., who resides on the home farm with his mother. Martha J., the youngest of the family, was married September 3, 1856, to William Adair, an attorney at law, and who was a member of the Ohio Legislature two terms, and a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1873-74. He is the author of the "Adair Law," the original Civil Damage Liquor Law. Mr. Adair is at present practicing his profession in Leesburg, Carroll Co., Ohio. They have one son, Emmet M., who was born February 8, 1864, and taught school for several years; he read law CARROLL COUNTY - 1033 with his father, and was admitted to the practice of law by the Supreme Court of Ohio, October 9, 1890. He lives with his parents at Leesburg, Carroll Co., Ohio. WILLIAM A. LEEPER spent his youth On his father's farm, and at an early age learned the trade of harness-maker. On April 21, 1859, he married Margaret, daughter of Joseph Masters, of Connotton, North Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, and after marriage Mr. and Mrs. Leeper immediately began housekeeping on the old home farm, which they have ever since occupied and improved. Like his father Mr. Leeper was originally a Whig, now a Republican, and has always taken an active interest in politics, he having often held positions or trust and responsibility. Three children have been born to the above union, viz.: Ernest, who learned the trade of wagon and carriage building with Grant Clark, in Leesburg, Carroll Co., Ohio (he worked in the Pennsylvania Company Car Shops at Pittsburgh and Steubenville, but now lives at San Bernardino, Cal., and bolds an important position of trust in the maintenance of way department of the California Southern Railroad); James L. is a farmer and successful apiarist, and lives at the home farm with his parents (he was educated in the public schools and at New Hagerstown Academy); Mary E. lives with her parents on the home farm (she was educated in the public schools, the New Hagerstown Academy and Scio College, is now a successful teacher in the public schools, and an artist of acknowledged ability). BINGLEY RUSSELL. Probably no family in Carroll and adjoining counties is better known or more highly respected than the one of whom the subject of this sketch is an honored member. He is of Scotch descent on his father's side, of English on his mother's, and is himself a native of Ohio, born in Monroeville, Jefferson County, April 13,1843. James Russell, his great-grandfather, who was born in Glasgow, Scotland, came when about eighteen years of age to America, and a few years afterward was married to an English lady. He then located in Pennsylvania, where he reared a large family, and in 1815 he moved to Harrison County, Ohio, where he entered a piece of land, where he carried on farming, and died at the patriarchal age of ninety-six years. He had ten children, of whom James, the grandfather of Bingley, and the eldest in the family, was married in Pennsylvania to Miss Jane Densmore, a native of Ireland. Some time after their marriage they came to Ohio and took up their residence on a farm near New Hagerstown, Carroll County, whence they moved after a time to Columbiana County, same State, where they died, Mr. Russell in 1849, and his widow in 1860. They were the parents of twelve children, of whom Squire James Russell, father of our subject, was the fourth in order of birth, born September 3, 1808, in Westmoreland County, Penn. When he was ten years old his parents brought him to Ohio, where he attended the subscription schools in what is now Carroll County, and learned the trade of cabinet-maker. On May 10, 1832, he was married to Mary Croxton, a native of Virginia, born March 22, 1807, of English descent, and after marriage they located at Monroeville, where they lived about twelve years. While there he was elected a justice of the peace, and in 1849 was chosen to represent his district in Congress. In 1855 he moved to Carroll County, where be continued to reside until the death of his wife, September 22, 1886. He is at present living at Salineville, Ohio, at the advanced age of eighty-two years, calmly awaiting the summons that shall call him hence. He is the oldest Free Mason in Ohio, having been an active member of the fraternity for forty years, and in politics he has always been a Democrat. Bingley Russell, whose name opens this sketch, obtained his education at the common schools of the district in which his boyhood and early youth were spent, and was reared to farming, his first experiences in that line being for the most part chopping wood, driving ahead, plowing, sowing, reaping, mowing, etc. He was 1034 - CARROLL COUNTY. twelve years old when his parents came to Carroll County. and about six years afterward the War Of the Rebellion broke over the land. So anxious was young Bingley to respond to the call to arms that he and some neighbor boys agreed to meet secretly at midnight in a certain field, there to make arrangements for volunteering into the army. Only two of these boys met, however—our subject and James Maple—and they proceeded to Cleveland, Ohio, where, July 28, 1862, they enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Third 0. V. I., at the age of nineteen years. They participated in many important battles, among which may be mentioned Knoxville (Tenn.), Missionary Ridge, Lookout Mountain, Resaca, Atlanta, Franklin, and they were in Sherman's memorable march to the sea. On June 12, 1865, Mr. Russell was mustered out at Cleveland, Ohio, and returned to the parental home, after having made many narrow escapes. His comrade, Maple, was killed by his side in the service, and among many other incidents one or two worthy of note may be here recounted: When entering the wild charge at the battle of Resaca, where so many of the boys of his company were killed, a cannon ball passed immediately over Mr. Russell's head, prostrating his comrade; and 'at the battle of Atlanta, while kneeling in the act of firing, a bullet from the gun of the enemy's sharpshooters (on a tree) passed down, almost touching his face and along his body, penetrating deep in the ground. During the three years' service, foot-sore and weary, he endured many long, arduous, dusty marches, by day and by night; suffering from thirst under the galling rays of a hot Southern sun in summer; wading through freezing cold mud and water in winter; sleeping on the ground the entire time; engaging in many unnumbered hard-fought skirmishes. He forded many a river, some under trying circumstances, for instance: forded the Holston River at Strawberry Plains, Tenn., in December, 1863 (about Hallow-days), and late in the evening; the river was wide, swift and arm-pit deep, freezing to the clothing of the men; our subject lay on the ground all night, a short distance from the bank of the frozen river after fording it. and in front of the enemy, without food or fire; forded, July 8, 1864, the Chattahooche River in Georgia, which was very wide, deep, swift and muddy, the bottom being covered with slippery bowlders; enemy on opposite bank firing; formed in line of battle after crossing, with all comrades being almost nude; charged up the bank with fixed bayonet, and gained and held a lodgment in order to assist troops to cross over, and engage in battle around Atlanta, orders having been given previously in a deep ravine close to the river, under cover from the enemy in dense pine woods, to undress and push rapidly across and surprise the enemy, which was done. On September 6, 1866, our subject was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth McKenzie, " The girl he left behind him," who was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, April 20, 1843, of Scotch descent, and soon afterward the young couple bought a farm of eighty acres on Brush Creek, Carroll Co., Ohio, where they lived until 1873, in which year they moved to another farm in Fox Township, same county, their present home. Twelve children have come to bless the home of Mr. and Mrs. Russell, as follows: James M., John N., Mary, Andrew B. (deceased), Edwin S., Elizabeth, William C., Isabel, Alice M., Abram W., Martha H., and one daughter that died in infancy. Mr. Russell, by industry, prudence, frugality, coupled with vigorous well-directed labor, and the practice of economy, has become owner of 360 acres of highly improved land, 200 in the farm on the ridge, he now occupies, and 160 in the old homestead on Brush Creek, well provided with comfortable and commodious dwellings and outbuildings, and all kinds of modern improved agricultural implements. He makes a specialty of raising blooded stock, such as Spanish Merino sheep, Short horn cattle, Norman horses, Chester-White bogs, etc. In politics he is a Democrat, and has been honored with election to several positions of trust, by the people, although he is no office seeker; socially he is a CARROLL COUNTY - 1035 Free Mason, and he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Russell evidently believing with the poet, has put the suggestions in practice: In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife! Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. JOHN GAMBLE. The Emerald Isle has furnished all portions of the United States with some of its most desirable citizens, and in this respect no locality has been more favored than Carroll County, Ohio. Among those who left their native shores and came into the wilderness of the frontier, to escape, not more the tyranny of fortune than that of government, may be named George Gamble, the father of our subject, who was a descendant of a family who had long resided in Ireland; the father of George was Wilson Gamble, by occupation an agriculturist. George Gamble was early married to Margaret Wilson, of the same locality, and with her came to America and founded a home in the then wilds of Tuscarawas County, Ohio. He entered the land now known as the Parker farm, in 1822, and subsequently entered other tracts, in all amounting to 480 acres. Much of his time was expended on the original entry, the other tracts being improved by his family of sons, to each of whom he gave eighty acres. He was a member of the Church of England, and remained true to that faith during his life. While in Ireland he learned the weaver's trade, which he followed for many years after coming to Ohio. His family were Isabelle, Robert, Alexander, George, John, William and Matilda, who died at sea. John Gamble was born in County Cavan, Ireland, June 20, 1816, and came with his parents to Ohio, where the remainder of his life has been spent. He was early instructed in the mysteries of clearing land and farming it, and has continued with good success in that occupation till the present time. On April 6, 1837, he married Lucinda, daughter of John and Catharine Plowman, who came to Ohio from Maryland and settled in Harrison County, near Bowerston, where they reared a large family of children, whose names are Rebecca, Elizabeth, Rachel, Henry, Lucinda, John C., Jesse, Amon T., Julyanne and David. The family of Mr. Gamble are Matilda A.,David W., Elizabeth J., Margaret C., John W. and Mary M. After their marriage they settled on the farm on which they still reside, and which has been improved entirely by them. Mr. Gamble has always been a Whig or a Republican, and while taking an active part in the canvass of his party, still has, for the past few years, been satisfied in voting the ticket, and allowing the younger class to do that work. He and his wife are among those who have, by their own work and frugality, made a success in their efforts to acquire a competence. Their farm consists of 240 acres of land, well adapted for the purposes of farming and stock-raising. Mr. Gamble is well and favorably known as an enterprising citizen, and is looked upon as one of the first men in his township. BENJAMIN F. HAYES, one of the representative farmer citizens of Harrison Township, Carroll County, was born in Huntingdon County, Penn., November 25, 1825. His grandfather, Hayes, was a native of Ireland, where the ancestry had long lived, and here he married a village maiden. About the middle of the eighteenth century he came to American soil, settling in Maryland, where he pursued the same vocation (presumably that of farming) as had his ancestry in Ireland. His son, John E., father of Benjamin F., was born in Maryland, January 22, 1776, and after attaining his majority, separated from the other members of the family and came west, marry- 1036 - CARROLL COUNTY. ing, however, before leaving his native State, Miss Mary Farver, a young lady of German descent. Soon after their marriage they located in Pennsylvania, where they remained till 1830, in which year they moved yet farther west, remaining a short time in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, whence they proceeded to Richland County, thence to Wayne, where the father died in 1841. The mother then returned to Tuscarawas County, where she passed from earth in the year 1846. They were the parents of the following named children: Nancy, John, Elizabeth, Sarah, Rachel, Ruth, Margaret, Mary, Hannah, Joseph and Benjamin F. John E. Hayes was a well-educated man, and during his residence in Pennsylvania, and also for some years while in Ohio, he taught school successfully; he also mastered the science of surveying, a profession he was engaged in many years. Politically he was a Democrat, and took a lively interest in the workings of his party. Benjamin F. Hayes was reared to agricultural pursuits on his father's farm, attending during the winter months the common schools of his district in his native county, and when he came of age he commenced life for his own account. On April 5, 1850, he was married to Christiana E., daughter of Jacob Pontius, a native of Pennsylvania, born February 27, 1801, where he was married to Elizabeth Shaffer, a resident of New Jersey, who bore him five children, viz. : Sarah, Christiana E., Henry, John and Ezra. Coming to Van Wert County, Mr. and Mrs. Pontius settled on a farm, and in 1854 returned to Montgomery, Ohio, and there died, he in 1876 and she in 1863, both members of the Presbyterian Church; in politics he was a Democrat of the most pronounced type. Abraham Pontius, father of Jacob, and also a native of Pennsylvania, was married in that State to Eve Stetler, and their children were Jacob, Lidda, Abraham, Elizabeth, Sarah and John and Daniel (twins). The family were residents of Washington County, Penn. ; in religion they were Presbyterians and in politics Democrats. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Hayes took up their residence in Willshire, Van Wert Co., Ohio, until 1874, when they purchased their present property in Harrison Township, Carroll County, their highly improved and well-stocked farm comprising 197 acres. The children born to them are named as follows: Elizabeth, Mrs. Ira Baxter; Jacob and Arminda J., deceased; and John B., at home. In politics Mr. Hayes was a stanch Republican until a few years ago, since when he has given his aid and influence to the Prohibition party. He is recognized as a man of excellent judgment, possessed of thorough business qualifications, and has made his own success in life. DAVID McBURNEY (deceased) was born in Washington County, Penn., September 25, 1813, and was a son of John McBurney, a native of Ireland, who immigrated to America when a young man and located in Pennsylvania, where he afterward married Sarah Hunter, and they resided in Washington County the remainder of their lives. Five sons and four daughters were born to them, of whom but one, Samuel McBurney, of Scroggsfield, is now living. The seventh child in the order of birth of this family was David, who grew to maturity in his native county, surrounded by all the privations and dangers of the pioneer period, and there laid the foundation for the sturdy character and sterling integrity of his after life. He inherited a love for justice, and being a man of tender sympathies, he could not bear to see any one suffer unjustly. An apt illustration of this virtue is furnished by an anecdote of his boyhood: He, with other pioneer children, attended school in the little log schoolhouse, with its puncheon floor, split-log benches, and a large bundle of birch switches. One day the teacher, who was none other than the afterward celebrated Dr. John Dixon, of Pittsburgh, punished one of the younger pupils, as David thought, unnecessarily. Instantly the boy's blood was CARROLL COUNTY - 1037 aroused, and he remonstrated with the teacher, who immediately transferred his attention from the younger pupil to David. A tussel ensued, in which, suffice to say, our young hero did not come out second best. While a boy and youth he wore the red wampus and linsey pants, which his mother spun, wove and made, and many a day did he pull and scutch flax for her. On January 5, 1832, David McBurney was married to Eliza Lyle, a native of the Keystone State, born in Washington County, May 16, 1812, and a daughter of James and Mary (Campbell) Lyle. The Lyle family, who are of Scotch-Irish extraction, lived in Pennsylvania prior to the Revolutionary War, and Aaron Lyle, grandfather of Eliza, was for years a member of Congress from that district. In March following their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. McBurney migrated to Ohio, the trip being made overland, Mrs. McBurney riding the entire distance on horseback, while he drove the team with covered wagon containing a few household effects, all the wordly possessions of the young couple. They located on a tract of land in Centre Township, Carroll County, one of the earliest settled places in this region, and which was partly improved when they came to it, same having been entered by a man named Pugh. Their first dwelling in the new country was a small log cabin with puncheon floor and roof, and a huge fireplace at one end. Mrs. McBurney had one of the first stoves in that section, and the neighbors came for miles to see the " new fangled wonder." Many a day has Mrs. McBurney run her spinning wheel, spinning flax and wool for use in making blankets and clothing for her family. The dwelling, erected in 1844, was the third brick house built in Carroll County. Mr. McBurney died October 27, 1878. He had for years been a ruling elder in the Scroggsfield United Presbyterian Church. He gave liberally, but unostentatiously, of his means to all charitable, benevolent and public movements. Of unimpeachable character, firm in his convictions, he won for himself the respect and esteem of his fellow-men. He was one of the early Abolitionists, and voted that ticket when there were but six Abolitionist ballots cast in Carroll County. He afterward became a Whig, and later became identified with the Republican party. He never sought office, choosing retirement rather than public position. Mr. and Mrs. McBurney's union was blessed with nine children: Mary Ann, wife of George Barrick, of Mechanicstown, Carroll Co., Ohio; John, who married Martha Burson, of Columbiana County, Ohio; Sarah Jane; Elizabeth; Margaret, deceased wife of Andrew Russell, of Washington County, Penn. ; Esther; Martha; Kate; Ella, deceased. She and the family reside on the home farm in Centre Township, where they have a pleasant home, surrounded by the comforts of life. They are members of the Scroggsfield United Presbyterian Church, and are respected and esteemed by all. JOSEPH HAESSLY, of Summitville, Ohio, was born in Berks County, Penn., October 17, 1822, a son of Philip Haessly, who was born in Baden, Germany, October 20, 1794. Conrad Haessly, grandfather of Joseph, also a native of Germany, where he spent his life, had two sons: Philip and Lewis. Philip grew to young manhood and received his education in his native country. In 1817 he immigrated to the United States, and locating in Berks County, Penn., there spent four or five years working on a farm. In 1821 he married Annie Mary Spohn, who was born in Berks County, Penn., October 24, 1800, a daughter of Conrad Spohn, also a native of Pennsylvania. To this union were born twelve children, viz. : Joseph; Jacob, a farmer and surveyor in Fond du Lac County, Wis. ; Jonathan and Philip, farmers in Fond du Lac County, Wis. ; Catherine, wife of Andrew Romans, also in Fond du Lac County; Nathan, deceased; Charles, a carpenter in Cleveland, Ohio; Sarah, widow of the late S. Moister, of East Township, Carroll County; Lucy, deceased; Abraham and William. 1038 - CARROLL COUNTY. farmers in Columbiana County, Ohio, and Annie, deceased. Philip Haessly, after his marriage, purchased a small farm in Berks County, Penn., on which he resided a few years, when he sold and purchased a farm of eighty acres in Northumberland County, same State, where he resided till 1839, when he sold and removed to Ohio, buying a farm of 100 acres in Columbiana County; he afterward made an additional purchase of 144 acres. On this land he remained till his death, which occurred February 22, 1890, his wife having preceded him to the grave December 14, 1889. They were members of the Catholic Church, and in politics he was a Democrat. Joseph Haessly was reared in his native county, and educated at a German school there. When eighteen years old he came to Ohio with his parents. On January 8, 1849, be was married to Catherine McMullen, who was born in East Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, a daughter of James and Mary (McMullen) McMullen, natives of Ireland, and to this union have been born children as follows: John and Philip, residents of Cleveland, Ohio; Joseph C., in East Township, Carroll County; Jennie, at home, and James, deceased. After his marriage Mr. Haessly remained in Columbiana County, Ohio, till 1851, when he purchased the farm he now owns, containing 160 acres, on Section 21, East Township; he has since by purchase added to this seventy-four acres in another part of the township. Mr. and Mrs. Haessly are members of the Catholic Church, and in politics he is a Democrat. THOMAS THOMPSON (deceased), who in his lifetime was one of the best known and most enterprising of the leading agriculturists of Brown Township, Carroll County, was born October 25, 1825, in Wayne County, Ohio. When he was five years old his parents moved into Stark County, Ohio, where his early life was spent and where he was taught those principles of honesty and economy that became such prominent factors in the making of his success in after life. Mr. Thompson was a son of Thomas and Margaret Thompson. Mrs. Thompson, whose maiden name was Smitley, was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., she being from a sturdy race of people, noted for longevity. When our subject was yet a boy his father died, leaving him nothing but a good constitution and a sound judgment, which proved to be the essential things to his success. After his father's death he remained with his mother until 1847 when he went to Pittsburgh, staying there until 1848, on May 16 of which year he was married to Miss Susannah Fine-frock, daughter of John Finefrock. After their marriage Mr. and. Mrs. Thompson settled in Brown Township, at Thompson's mills, which he operated, being a miller by trade. Subsequently they moved to various places until 1855, when they purchased a farm in Brown Township, known as the Hudlemyer place, consisting of ninety-eight acres, to which they moved and on which they made all improvements at the expense of much labor, time and means. During the Civil War he purchased of David Eakin sixty-two acres; afterward, in 1876, he bought of John Finefrock land consisting of 114 acres, generally known as the Still Fork Farm; again, on January 1, 1880, he purchased his last piece of land, consisting of seventeen acres adjoining the farm on which be lived; at his death he was the possessor of nearly 300 acres of land. Mr. Thompson passed from earth January 28, 1889. He was (as is Mrs. Thompson) a member of the Presbyterian Church, many years one of its most liberal supporters, and was highly respected in the community. Politically he was a leading Republican in his section, but, although often solicited, he could never be prevailed upon to accept office. His life had been a busy one, and he made a success of it, always employing his own characteristic methods in his undertakings. The nine children born to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Thompson were as follows: Calista, Mrs. A. V. Westfall, and residing in Brown Township; CARROLL COUNTY - 1039 Hammon, residing in Newton, Kas. ; Susan, Mrs. John Gearhart, in Minerva, Carroll County, Ohio; Newton, at home; John, residing on Still Fork Farm in Brown Township; Olive C. and Lester Thomas, both deceased; Nettie, Mrs. Charles Wain, living in Malvern, Carroll County, and Ulysses G., at home. DAVID BELKNAP. Among the prominent and influential families of Orange Township, Carroll County, the Belknaps have long been recognized as leaders in all movements—social, political and progressive. The earliest authentic history of the Belknap family is traced to David, the great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, who was a native of England, but of whose family little is known save that they were sturdy tillers of the soil. One of his sons, also named David, the grandfather of our subject, at an early age came to America where he was married to Jane Seran, by whom he had three sons and five daughters. In 1800 he came to Ohio, and for four years took up his residence in Jefferson County, after which he moved to what is now Carroll County, and here purchased a farm on which he lived the rest of his days. He and his family were members of the Lutheran Church; in politics he was first a Whig, afterward becoming a Republican, and was one of the organizers of that party in his township. Samuel Belknap, father of the gentleman whose name heads this sketch, was born October 17, 1822, in that part of Ohio which a few years thereafter became Orange Township, Carroll County. His educational facilities were comparatively meager, being confined to the subscription and common schools of his day, fortunately supplemented, however, with a large amount of home study—in fact he was one of the best read men in his section. He had studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1853, but failing health compelled him to abandon his intention of following a profession, and he retired to his farm, where he ended his days, dying January 11, 1875. He was a progressive, useful man, a leader in the community, and when he was called away he was mourned by a wide circle of friends. In religion he was a consistent member of the Lutheran Church; in politics he was first a Whig and afterward a Democrat. On May 2, 1854, Mr. Belknap was married to Catherine M., daughter of Peter Hoopengarner, and they then resided in Tuscarawas County thirteen years, when they sold their property there and came to Carroll County. The following named ten children were born to them: Della (deceased), Alcon, Flora (Mrs. William Baird), Jane (Mrs. Lewis Hall), Orange, Judd, Martha (Mrs. Charles Herron), David, Niles and Dilla. David Belknap, whose name heads this sketch, was born September 10, 1887, in Orange Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, and received his primary education at the common schools of his district, afterward attending the college at Scio, Harrison County, several terms. He is now managing the home place, and is very successful in all the departments of the farm. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church at Leesville, and in politics is a progressive member of the Democratic party. Mr. Belknap is an active, energetic and much respected young man. JOSHUA B. AMOS, another of the wide-awake and prosperous native-born agri- culturists of Carroll County, was born in Perry Township, January 25, 1844, a son of Benjamin B. and Charity (Webb) Amos. His paternal grandfather was a native of Wales, whence he came to America at an early period in the history of the country, settling in Maryland, where he reared a large family, among them being Benjamin B., the father of our subject. Benjamin B. Amos endured in his boyhood and youth many hardships, but succeeded in securing a good practical education, which he found of much service in after life. In his native State he was married to Miss Charity Webb, 1040 - CARROLL COUNTY. a native of Virginia, whose parents were of old English lineage. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin B. Amos came about the year 1836 to Carroll County, Ohio, where he bought a farm situated about three miles east of Perrysville. In connection with agricultural pursuits he also carried on the milling business, having erected a grist-mill in Perry Township, to run which he constructed a water race one mile in length. This old mill, built over half a century ago, is still standing, and traces of the race are yet visible. He also had a general country store, and altogether he was one of the most prominent men in this section of the county. Politically he was a Republican, and held many positions of trust, taking an active interest in all public matters. He died in the winter of 1876, his wife having preceded him to the grave in 1871. They were the parents of ten children —five sons and five daughters. Joshua B. Amos, whose name opens this sketch, was reared to farm life, attending, as opportunity offered in the winter seasons, the common schools of the district. In 1865 he was married to Miss Mary Cogsil, a native of Loudon Township, Carroll County, born in August, 1848, daughter of Oliver Cogsil, an old settler of Carroll County, coming from Virginia, where he was born of German descent. To our subject and wife have been born twelve children, two of whom died in infancy. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Amos resided in various parts of Carroll County, until finally, in 1880, settling in Perry Township, where they own a tine farm of ninety-eight acres, devoted to the raising of all kinds of agricultural products. Politically our subject is a stanch Republican. He was a soldier in the Civil War, having enlisted, August 11, 1862, in Company H, Ninety-eighth 0. V. I., was mustered in in August, 1862, and discharged in June, 1863, on account of disability; re-enlisting in May, 1864, in the One Hundred and Fifty-seventh Regiment, he was discharged, after going to the front, at the expiration of his term of service, and returned home to the more peaceful pursuits of the farm. SAMUEL G. PERRY. Among the substantial farmers and self-made men of Harrison Township, Carroll County, stands prominent this gentleman. He was born, November 23, 1820, near the village of Annapolis, Jefferson Co., Ohio, a son of William and Nancy Ann (Golden) Perry, former a native of Brooke County, Va., where his family had long been residents, and the latter a native of Maryland. The early life of the father was passed on the farm, and soon after attaining his majority he was married to Nancy Ann Golden. In 1810 they came to Ohio, where he purchased a small place in Jefferson County, on which they remained, however, but a short time; when they moved to what is now Harrison Township, Carroll County, dying in after years in New Harrisburg, in that township. He was a carpenter by trade, which he followed most of the time; in religion he was a member of the Presbyterian Church; in politics he was first a Whig, and afterward, on the organization of the party, a stanch Republican. His children, five in number, were as follows: David E., Samuel G., Oliver H., George W. and Sarah J. (Mrs. Robert Black). Samuel G. Perry, the subject proper of this sketch, early in life was obliged to put his hand to work, having to assist by manual labor in the support of the family. At the age of eight years he was .working on a farm, at which he continued some time, and then commenced to learn the tanning trade, which he followed many years, chiefly in the village of New Harrisburg, in his native township. In this enterprise he became highly successful, his business necessitating the employment of many hands most of the time. Retiring from the tanning industry in 1868, Mr. Perry commenced farming on his present place in the same township, his farm being under excellent cultivation, and provided with comfortable and commodious buildings, all built in modern style. In 1843 Mr. Perry was married to Mary A., born in Harrison Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, in 1824, a daughter of John and Sarah (Everitt) CARROLL COUNTY - 1041 McCauley, of Harrison Township, the former a native of Washington County, Penn., the latter of Maryland. The following named children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Perry: Sarah A., Mary E., Samuel G., Oliver I., John W., Maria, Alvina and Jefferson B., all now deceased except Maria and Alvina, Mr. Perry early identified himself with the Whigs, and afterward with the Republicans on the organization of that party, and has been one of the political leaders in his township. He is a member of the Disciples Church, of which he is one of the prominent supporters. DAVID E. ROATCH. This family in Carroll County are of Scotch-Irish descent, the progenitor having emigrated from Ireland to America in 1776, and served in the Revolutionary War. He came to Ohio after the War of 1812, and settled in Jefferson County, where he died. Eben Roatch was born in Virginia in 1794. At the age of seventeen he went as a substitute for his brother, who had been drafted, and served two years, at the end of which time, liking the service well, he re-enlisted into the regular army for five years, serving in all seven years, during which time the War of 1812 was being carried on. He was married to Mary Roberts, of Pennsylvania, and in 1819 they located in Jefferson County, Ohio, whence, in 1830, with their four children they came to what is now Brown Township, Carroll County, and from there moved into Stark County in 1840. The father died at New Harrisburg, Carroll County, in 1868, at the age of seventy-four years, and the mother in 1879 at Alliance, Ohio, when eighty-six years old. They were the parents of twelve children, of whom the subject of this sketch, the eleventh in order of birth, was born on the farm in Brown Township, Carroll County, April 15, 1838. He was educated at the schools of his day, and at the age of sixteen was apprenticed to learn the trade of cabinet-maker, serving three years at same, and then worked as journeyman until the breaking out of the War of the Rebellion. In April, 1861, he enlisted in Company I, Nineteenth 0. V. I., which was mustered into the service at Camp Taylor, and sent to West Virginia under Gens. Rosecrans and McClellan. Mr. Roatch participated in the battle of Rich Mountain, and at the close of his term of enlistment he received his discharge, but immediately re-enlisted, this time in Company I, First 0. V. I., of which he was commissioned second lieutenant September 1, 1861. He was in the battles of Munfordville, Green River, the Shiloh campaign, and siege of Corinth, after which he resigned, May 28, 1862, and at once enlisted in Company I, Ninety-eighth 0. V. I., with which he participated in the battles of Perryville, Chickamauga, the Atlanta campaign and the battle of Bentonville. While in this regiment he was promoted through the various grades to lieutenant-colonel, as follows: January 21, 1863, to second lieutenant; in 1863 to first lieutenant; March 31, 1863, to captain; November 10. 1864. to major, and May 18, 1865, to lieutenant-colonel. At the battle of Chickamauga the regiment was fiercely engaged, and their loss in officers, killed and wounded, was so heavy in the early part of the engagement that Capt. Roatch had to lead the regiment through the remainder of the fight. He was then placed on the staffs of Gen. Beatty and Gen. Mitchell, and at the time of his mustering out at Washington, D. C., in June, 1865, was in command of his regiment. Returning to the pursuits of peace, Col. Roatch located in Waynesburg, Ohio, and opened out a livery business, but this he abandoned in 1867 and moved to Malvern, where he became a partner in the firm of Deck-man & Co., but one year later sold his interest to Mr. Deckman, a furniture manufacturer, and during the following eleven years worked for him as clerk. In 1878 Col. Roatch was elected sheriff of Carroll County on the Republican ticket, and was re-elected in 1880. In 1884 he bought sixty acres of clay land in Carroll County, and for two years supplied a company with clay, coal and timber for buildings. 1042 - CARROLL COUNTY. In 1860 our subject was united in marriage with Alice Sala, a native of Stark County, Ohio, daughter of Benjamin and Thisbe (McDaniel) Sala, early settlers of Stark County, whither they had come from Pennsylvania. Five children were born to this union, two of whom died in infancy, those now living being Vinta (Mrs. John Kratz), Araminta and Brita Marte. Mrs. Roatch is an active member of the Disciples Church. WILLIAM NIVIN, probably the oldest living pioneer of Union Township, Carroll County, was born in Washington County, Penn., June 18, 1813, and is descended from sturdy Scotch ancestry, who, in 1688, came from their native "land of the mountain and the flood " to the shores of America, settling in the northern part of the State of Delaware, near Wilmington. Some of the name are still living there, and in the old burying ground at Christiana rest the remains of the pioneers to Delaware of the Nivin family. William Nivin, grandfather of our subject, went to Pennsylvania at the close of the Revolutionary War, and there married Jane Hosick, who was of Scotch-Irish descent; they both died in the Keystone State, and their remains rest in Pigeon Creek Cemetery. They were the parents of four children, viz. : Martha, John, Isabelle and Jane, of whom John became the father of our subject. He was born in 1790, and was reared to farm life in his native State, a portion of the winter months of his boyhood days being passed in the traditional log school-house of the olden time. He was married in Pennsylvania in 1811 to Miss Margaret McBride, a native of Ireland, whence, when a young woman she had come to this country and to Pennsylvania with an uncle. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. John Nivin remained a few years in Pennsylvania, and in 1816 came to Ohio, where they located on a farm in Jefferson County. In March, 1827, they moved to what is now Union Township, Carroll County, where he had entered a farm in 1825, and here they passed the remainder of their days, the mother dying in 1842, and the father in 1853 at the age of sixty-three years; they were members of the Presbyterian Church, and in politics Mr. Nivin was first an Old-line Whig, and afterward, on the organization of the party, a Republican. They were the parents of five children, viz. : William, James and David (both deceased), Jane (Mrs. Huston, now residing in Carroll County) and Ann (Mrs. McElderry, residing in Carrollton). William Nivin, whose name opens this memoir was fourteen years old when he came with his parents to Union Township, Carroll County, and was just of a right age to assist them in clearing away the brush and develop a home from the wilderness, teeming with wild animals—deer, bears, panthers, etc.—which he did with a willing hand. The old log school-house of the period provided him, in its primitive way, with a fair education, and being an apt scholar he easily imbibed all that could be taught him by the somewhat pedantic " dominie " of over half a century ago. In 1837, when he was twenty-four years old, he was married to Eleanor Steele, a daughter of John and Jane Steele, of Carroll County, whither they had come from eastern Pennsylvania. For some twelve years our sub, ject and wife remained on his father's farm in Union Township, and in 1849 they removed to another farm in the same township, on which he built a commodious barn, and after a residence there of four years they came, in 1853, to the farm where Mr. Nivin yet lives, and which at that time was very little improved, but is now one of the most fertile and pleasant in the township, the result of honest toil and good management. On May 21, 1888, Mrs. Nivin died, aged seventy-eight years, the mother of seven children, viz.: Jane (deceased wife of James McCune, of Carroll County), Margaret (deceased wife of T. J. Conry), John (deceased), David (at home), Sarah A. and Lizzie (both deceased), and Mary Ann (wife of Cornelius Tope, of Union Township, Carroll County). Mr. Nivin, as was CARROLL COUNTY - 1043 his wife, is a member of the Presbyterian Church at Harlem Springs; in his political preferments he was originally a Whig, and since the formation of the party has been a Republican—his first vote having been cast for William H. Harrison, and his last for Benjamin Harrison. He has served in various minor public capacities, such as infirmary director, several times, but has never sought office. Since the death of his wife he and his only surviving son, David, have lived together on the old homestead, controlling between them 650 acres of excellent land nicely improved with commodious barns and a large farm residence, all within the limits of Carroll County. David Nivin, son of William and Eleanor (Steele) Nivin, was born in May, 1843, and he was thoroughly reared to practical farm life, his education being obtained in the district schools of his neighborhood. In September, 1865, he was married to Mary Waggoner, daughter of John A. and Mary (Young) Waggoner, of Loudon Township, Carroll County, and by this union four children have been born, viz. : Leona (Mrs. McDonald, of Carrollton, Ohio), one that died in infancy, and Bertha and William at home. The mother of these children died April 21, 1888, and is, buried in Carrollton Cemetery. Politically David Nivin is a Republican, and has served in local offices of trust; he is a member of the Presbyterian Church at Harlem Springs. He carries on general farming, and is largely known in the stock interests of the county as an extensive dealer. The Nivin homestead is some five miles distant from the town of Carrollton, being situated in the southeastern part of Union Township. PETER ICKES, farmer, Monroe Township, Carroll County, was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, about the year 1830. His father, John Ickes, was born in Bedford County, Penn., where he married Miss Elizabeth Stine, and in an early day he came to Tuscarawas County, where he entered a tract of land, on which he resided till his death, which occurred August 6, 1851, when he was sixty-four years old; his widow died in 1859. They were the parents of eight children, viz. : Jonas (deceased), Benjamin (residing in New Philadelphia, Ohio), Peter (our subject), John (residing in Tuscarawas County), William (in Blackford County, Ind.), Elizabeth (deceased), Esther (residing in Wood County, Ohio), and Ann Wright (in Tuscarawas County). Peter Ickes grew to manhood in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and there married Nancy Garrett, to which union were born the following named children: James (who resides in Monroe Township), John (at home), Levi (in Dell Roy), Robert H. (in Dell Roy), and Joseph M., Peter E., Clara D. and Margaret A. (all four at home). Mr. Ickes, after his marriage, resided in Tuscarawas County about two years, and then came to Monroe Township and purchased the farm he now owns, containing eighty-nine acres, on which he has erected a fine residence and barn. His wife died October 6, 1885, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically Mr. Ickes is Democratic. GEORGE ALGEO, was born January 28, 1846, in Loudon Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, and at present resides on 159 acres of well-improved land in Section 14, Range 5, same township. William Algeo, his great-grandfather, was a native of Ireland, whence he emigrated to the United States in 1787, settling in Pennsylvania, where part of the city of Pittsburgh now stands, and here he ended his days. His children were Mary, Rebecca, William, John, Gregory and Samuel. Of these, John was born in Ireland, January 1, 1785, and was consequently two years old when his parents brought him to these shores. At Pittsburgh he grew to manhood and learned the trade of tanner. He was married to Miss Eliza McGill, a native of Williamsport, Penn., born in 1797, and this union was blessed with nine children, viz. : William 1044 - CARROLL COUNTY. (deceased); John, now in Kansas; James, a resident of Washington County, Kas. ; Rebecca (deceased); Jane, now Mrs. Cogsil, in Lee Township, Carroll County; Harriet, in Brilliant, Ohio; Mary Knox, in Jefferson County, Ohio; Samuel, in Washington County, Kas.; and George W. (deceased). About the year 1818, the father of this family came to Ohio and entered 160 acres of land near Springfield, Jefferson County. He spent the greater portion of his time working at his trade, and in a few years purchased a tract of land near Carrollton; he also owned 500 acres in Washington County, same State. The last days of his life were spent at the home of Oliver Cogsil, in Lee Township, where he died in 1877, his wife having preceded him to the grave in 1874. They were members of the Presbyterian Church for many years, and in politics Mr. Algeo was a stanch Republican. Their son, William, the father of the subject proper of this sketch, was two years old when brought by his parents to Ohio, having been born in Pittsburgh, Penn., September 8, 1816. His education was secured at the common schools during the winter months, while his summers were occupied on his father's farm. On May 4, 1845, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Riegle, who was born in what is now Loudon Township, Carroll County, April 5, 1819, a daughter of George and Catherine (Stenger) Riegle, natives of Pennsylvania, who came to Ohio in 1810. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Algeo settled on the farm now occupied by their son George, in Loudon Township, which property was given to Mrs. Algeo by her father. Here William Algeo died January 16, 1889, and his widow yet resides. Their children were the following named: Eliza and Rebecca (both deceased) and George. Mr. and Mrs. Algeo were active members of the Reformed Episcopal Church, and in politics he was an active Democrat. George Algeo, whose name heads this sketch, received his education at the common schools and the college at Harlem Springs. On December 7, 1875, he was married to Miss Salina Miller, a native of Carroll County, born May 24, 1851, in Union Township, a daughter of Aeiel and Catherine (Busier) Miller, and the result of this union has been six children, viz. : William M., born February 16, 1877; Allison A., born July 5, 1878; Charles E., born January 18, 1880, died October 16, 1883; George R., born March 28, 1883; Homer E., born December 28, 1887; and Darell, November 24, 1890. Mr. Algeo is a member of the Reformed Church, and his political preferments are pronouncedly Democratic. Mrs. Algeo is a member of the Lutheran Church. PIMM T. REA. About the year 1840 there came, with his wife and four children, from Chester County, Penn., to Ohio, Samuel Rea, the father of the subject of this sketch. They settled on a farm in Brown Township, Carroll County, near the village of Minerva, where, by industry and prudent economy, they prospered. Samuel Rea was a native of Chester County, Penn., born in 1803, and was reared to agricultural pursuits. He was twice married-first, in his native county, to Miss Sarah Harris, who came with him to Ohio, but soon after their locating in Brown Township she passed away, leaving four children, two of whom are yet living, viz. : William, a resident of St. Joseph County, Ind., and Robert H., in Minerva, Ohio. Samuel Rea's second wife was Catharine Freed, of Butler County, Penn., born in November, 1808, and died in Brown Township, Carroll County, March 26, 1876, at the age of sixty-eight years. Mr. Rea survived her until August 27, 1885, when his spirit took flight to the "Jasper Sea" of eternity. Four children were born to this second union, viz. : Joseph, born November 19, 1841; Gilmore, born September 5, 1843; Jacob F., born February 3, 1845, and Pimm T., born September 7, 1847. Pimm T. Rea was born in Brown Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, and in his boyhood and early CARROLL COUNTY - 1045 youth attended the district schools. After the death of his parents he assumed control of the home farm, buying out the other heirs. In this tract he has seventy-eight acres highly improved land, besides ninety-seven and a half acres in another part of Brown Township. On May 4, 1876, Mr. Rea was united in wedlock with Lucretia A. Worley, also a native of Carroll County, born December 26, 1856, daughter of John V. and Abigail Worley, old pioneers of the county, and five children have come to bless this union, as follows: Elmer E., born September 16, 1877; Abigail G., born June 8, 1882; Violet A., born March 15, 1884; John Freed, born August 24, 1885, and Kittie M., born April 14,1889. Mrs. Rea is a member of the Lutheran Church at Malvern; Mr. Rea, in his political predilections, is a sound Republican. Three full brothers and one half-brother of our subject served in the Civil War, the record being as follows: Joseph enlisted in Company I, One Hundred and Fifty-seventh Regiment,O. V. I. ; Gilmore enlisted in Company B, Third Ohio Battery, and died in Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, May 26, 1864; Jacob F. enlisted in Company B, Third Ohio Battery, and died at Huntsville, Ala., June 9, 1864 (he participated in the battle of Jackson, Miss.). Robert H. Rea served in the Seventy-ninth Regiment, 0. V. I., called " The Glorious Nineteenth, the Flower of the Buckeye Army." MRS. MARTHA J. WAGGONER, residing on her farm of eighty acres in Section 10, Loudon Township, Carroll County, was born in that township, April 16, 1842, a daughter of Samuel and Jane (Palmer) Thompson, of whom mention is made in the sketch of John A. Thompson. She grew to womanhood in her native township, receiving her education at the academy at New Hagerstown, in Orange Township, same county, and spent several years in teaching school. On November 26, 1867, she became united in marriage with John Alexander Waggoner, also a native of Loudon Township, Carroll County, born September 2, 1839, a son of John A. Waggoner, a Marylander, and by this union there is one son, John Kinsey, born September 29, 1868. John Alexander Waggoner received a liberal education in the common schools of Loudon Township, attending also several terms at New Hagerstown Academy, and taught school one term before entering the service of his country, which he did August 6, 1862, by enlisting in Company H, Ninety-eighth Regiment, 0. V. I., in which he served until June 1, 1865, when he was mustered out. His marriage with Miss Martha J. Thompson is related above, after which event the young couple settled on the farm now owned by George Thompson, in Loudon Township, where Mr. Waggoner died July 15, 1870. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and in his political preferments a stanch Republican. After the death of her husband, Mrs. Waggoner removed to Richmond, Jefferson Co., Ohio, where she remained until 1885, when she returned to Loudon Township, and purchased the farm she at present resides on. She is a member of the Presbyterian Church. JOHN KEAN, a progressive, well-to-do agriculturist of Washington Township, Carroll County, was born on the farm on which he now resides, in that township, January 26, 1842. He is a son of John and Jane (McMaster) Kean (an account of whom is given in the sketch of Hon. Robert G. Kean), and was reared to farm life, attending the common schools of his district. On November 4, 1886, he was married to Martha J. McIntire, a native of Carroll County, born in Lee Township December 24, 1846, a daughter of Samuel and Barbara S. (Maple) McIntire. Mr. and Mrs. Kean are members of the United Presbyterian Church; in politics he is a Republican. His farm, which was bought by his father in 1832, contains 160 acres of land in a high state of cultivation. 1046 - CARROLL COUNTY. James McMaster, the maternal grandfather of our subject, was born in County Antrim, Ireland, in 1783, and when nine years of age he came to the United States, and to Washington County, Penn., where he grew to manhood and married Elizabeth George, who bore him the following named six children: Mrs. Jane Kean (mother of our subject); Christianna and Maria (deceased); Mrs. Hannah Hunter, of Bloomington, Ind. ; James C., in Jefferson County, Ohio; Eliza (deceased). In 1810 Mr. McMaster came to Ohio, where he purchased 160 acres of land in what is now Washington Township, Carroll County, which he cleared and resided on several years, and then removed to Jefferson County, where he died in 1865. LUTHER L. ROBY. Among the residents of Carroll County, Ohio, the Roby family occupy a prominent place, both as to the time of their settlement in the county, and as to the influence they have exerted on its growth, prosperity and development. James Roby, the founder of the family, was a native of Maryland, where he was married, and reared a family of children as follows: Horatio, Benoni, Findlay, John, Hannibal C. and Precious. With his family he came to Leesville, Ohio, where he entered a piece of land, on the improvement of which he spent many years of toil. He was one of the early settlers, and fully experienced the trials and hardships of pioneer life. Politically he was an active Whig, and he and his family were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. At the advanced age of eighty-five he passed away, having been preceded to the grave by his wife a few years previously. Benoni Roby was born in Maryland, October 28, 1800, where his early life was spent, and his youth was passed much in the early manner of all settlers' children. He early evinced a strong inclination for study, though his school advantages were limited; nothing daunted, however, he continued his self improvement until he was fitted to teach—a profession he followed for many years. In his early manhood he was married to Susan, daughter of George Peterson, of Carroll County, and the names of their children are Elizabeth, David, George, James, Luther L., John, Eliza E., Mary J. (Mrs. G. H. Moore) and Isabell. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Roby settled on a small farm in Orange Township, Carroll County, where they remained a few years, and then purchased a farm in Monroe Township, on which they spent the remainder of their lives. He was a strong advocate of Abolition, and was among its first champions in his section. On the organization of the Republican party he united with it, becoming one of its leaders, and for many years he held the office of justice of the peace, whose duties he discharged satisfactorily and well; in religion he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and died in the faith. In 1869 Mrs. Roby died, being followed to the grave by her husband in 1873, and they now rest side by side in the Queen sborough burying-ground. Luther L. Roby spent his life in Monroe Township until the past few years, which he passed in Sherrodsville. He received the instruction of the common schools, and was one of the best students in his neighborhood. His youth was spent on the farm, where he received the knowledge which has made him one of the successful men of his section. He has always been engaged in farming and stock-raising, and has been unusually successful. In 1885, having built one of the finest residences in Sherrodsville, he moved to the town, and has since managed his farm, though not residing thereon. He has always been a Republican, and while not accepting office still has taken an active interest in the success of his party. He and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he has been class leader, steward and trustee. On September 26, 1867, he was married to Lucinda, daughter of Barney Allmon, of Stark County, Ohio. Mr Allmon was born in Washington County, Penn., May 26, 1806, and moved with his parents to Stark County, in 1810, CARROLL COUNTY - 1049 and in December, 1831, was married to Eve Stump, who bore him eight children. In politics Mr. Allmon was a Democrat until 1856, when he became a Republican. He was class leader in the Methodist Episcopal Church for several years, and in 1874 passed away, his wife dying August 31, 1886. FRANCIS M. HARDESTY, of the firm of F. M. & W. K. Hardesty, proprietors of grist-mill, Carrollton, Carroll County, was born in Brown Township, that county, August 31, 1838. His grandfather, William Hardesty, came from Maryland to Ohio, locating for a time in Columbiana County, and then moved to Malvern, in Carroll County, where he was a farmer and miller, and where he died; his wife died in Brown Township, same county. Of their twelve children—ten sons and two daughters—seven are still living. William Hardesty, one of the deceased sons, and father of Francis M., was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, where he was brought up to farming and milling, chiefly the former occupation. In Brown Township, Carroll County, he married Miss Priscilla, daughter of William Kirkpatrick, and in 1853 they removed to Wayne County, same State, where he farmed till 1856, in which year they came to Carroll County, settling in Carrollton, where they lived the remainder of their lives. They had a family of nine children, as follows: Nancy Jane, wife of George Dickey, in Sherrodsville, Carroll Co., Ohio; Jeniah, wife of Jeremiah Dotts, in Carrollton; Francis M. ; Elizabeth, Mrs. M. Tolls, in Canton, Ohio; Emeline, Mrs. John Hollor, in Carrollton; William Kirk; Charles E., in Masterville, Harrison Co., Ohio; Mary, Mrs. Charles Jackson, in Carrollton, and Frank, also in Carrollton. In 1876, at the age of sixty-seven years, the mother died, and in 1879 the father followed her to the grave, also aged sixty-seven years. In politics be was a stanch Republican. Francis M. Hardesty, whose name heads this commemorative sketch, was reared on the home 56 farm, and attended the common schools. He went with his parents to Wayne County, and here he worked on a farm and on a canal for a time, since when he has been in the milling business. The first mill he operated, known as "the old Hardesty mill" (a buhr mill), is still running. In Carrollton Mr. Hardesty formed a partnership with his brother, William Kirk, under the firm name of F. M. & W. K. Hardesty, as proprietors of a grist-mill, which partnership has since continued. In 1864 Francis M. married Miss Mary Malinda, daughter of Absalom Carnes, of Carroll County, whose antecedents were pioneers of the county, and five children were born to this union, viz. : William (on the C. & C. Valley Railroad), Francis M., Carl and Claire (twins), and Mary, all at home. WILLIAM KIRK HARDESTY, brother of and partner in business with Francis M., was born November 20, 1845, and his early life was much the same as his brother's. On September 25, 1873, he was married to Miss Sisson Strayer, of Carroll County, both of whose parents are deceased, and by this union three children have been born, viz. : George M., Mary Leezie, and Olive Belle, all at home. The parents are members of the Lutheran Church. In 1880 the brothers built the first stone grist-mill in the county, and six years ago they put in the patent roller process. They do a large, prosperous and increasing business, and are recognized as among the leading, progressive men of Carroll County. In politics the brothers are Republicans. U. C. DE FORD. This young, well-known and highly popular member of the Carroll County bar was born in Washington Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, November 15, 1863. His boyhood was spent on the farm, from the duties of which, for a few months during the winter, he was free to attend the common schools of the neighborhood. He later, however, had the advantages of various higher grade institutions of learning, and finally entered