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850 - CARROLL COUNTY. have been alone in their own home since the marriage of their daughter, Lillie M., which took place October 16, 1879. In religion Dr. Tripp and his wife united in December, 1856, with the Methodist Episcopal Church. at Bolivar, Ohio, since which time, they have endeavored to live consistent Christian lives. In politics the Doctor is a Republican. Dr. Tripp's present solid reputation, both socially and professionally, well illustrates what can be attained by patient purpose, resolute working and indomitable perseverance; and his life bears testimony to what it is possible for man, with such attributes, to accomplish. In order to attend school, the Doctor had actually to earn the necessary means, as he had no one able to assist him, financially, though not a few were willing to do so; thus from the bottom rung of the ladder he has, single-handed, worked his way upward. JACOB S. POTTORF, one of the leading farmers of Brown Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, was born April 5, 1816, in the State of Pennsylvania. Andrew Pottorf, father of Jacob S., was also a native of Pennsylvania and of German descent. In his younger days Andrew was apprenticed to the blacksmith's trade, in his native State, and followed that calling nearly the whole of his life. He was married, in Pennsylvania, to Mary Snyder, who bore him the following children: Kate, Henry, Sarah, John, Jacob S., Andrew and George. In 1822 the family came to Ohio and settled in Harrison Township, Carroll County, where Mr. Pottorf entered land and erected the usual primitive log cabin, sheltering his family, while awaiting the completion of the structure, in the four-horse wagon which brought them to the county. He next proceeded to clear away the forest, and by degrees developed one of the finest farms in the neighborhood, in the meantime following his vocation of blacksmith. He lost his wife in 1834, and his own death took place in 1870; he was a member of the Lutheran Church, and in politics a Democrat. Jacob S. Pottorf was but six years of age when he was brought to Ohio by his parents. His facilities for an education were limited, but he used them for all they were worth. He ably aided his father in improving the home farm until September 13, 1838, when he married Hannah, a daughter of John Gilmore. Mr. Gilmore was a native of Ireland, who, on coming to America, willingly took up arms in defense of his adopted country against the encroachments of England in 1812. In Ireland he married Margaret McCoy, also a native of Ireland, who bore him the following children: James, John, William, Alexander, Henry, Kennedy, Mary Ann and Hannah. Mr. Gilmore was an early settler of Carroll County. After marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Pottorf lived for two years in Harrison Township, Carroll County, on one farm, and then moved to another, on which they remained for some time, and eventually, in 1850, settled on their present place in Brown Township. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Pottorf were named as follows: Lizzie (deceased), Mary (Mrs. Herbert Shepherd), Sarah (Mrs. Samuel Condo), Kennedy, Emory (deceased) and Lulu (Mrs. William Blythe). Mr. Pottorf is a thorough Republican, and has filled several township offices, including that of land appraiser in 1870. He is a representative man and a leading citizen. ROBERT THOMPSON, one of the solid, wide-awake farmers of Loudon Township, Carroll County, was born on the farm he now owns January 17, 1846. His father, Andrew Thompson, was born in County Armagh, Ireland, March 7, 1799, where he grew to manhood and received a country school education. When yet a young man he immigrated to the United States, coming to Ohio. where he followed his trade, that of shoemaker, for some time in New Rumley, Harrison County. On March 17, 1832, he was married CARROLL COUNTY - 851 to Miss Jane Sloane, after which event he purchased a part of the farm now owned by his son Robert, where he erected a log cabin, and spent the balance of his life in clearing the land. He died July 12, 1881, his widow December 22, 1889. They were members of the United Presbyterian Church, and in politics Mr. Thompson was a Republican. Their children were seven in number, viz. : George, in London Township, Carroll County; Mary Waggoner, in Jefferson County, Ohio; Sarah, who died August 17, 1845; Elizabeth Barr, a resident of North Township, Harrison County; William, residing with the subject of this sketch; Robert, and Andrew, who died October 24, 1870. Robert Thompson grew to manhood on the farm where he now resides, and received a good practical business education at the common school in his own district, Carroll County, Ohio. On January 4, 1877, he married Miss Sarah J. Palmer, daughter of James Palmer, and born October 9, 1848, which union has been blessed with seven children, as follows: Mary, Jesse P., Andrew L., Harvey G., Charles S., Helen L., and Esther R. In 1882 Mr. Thompson erected his present fine brick residence. Both be and his wife are members of the United Presbyterian Church of Jefferson, Harrison County; in politics Mr. Thompson is an earnest Prohibitionist. JOHN M. STEMPLE, boot and shoe merchant, of Dell Roy, Ohio, was born September 14, 1848, in Allen County, Ohio. His father, David Stemple, was born in Washington Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, where his youth was spent, which was very similar to that of the average boy on the farm, occupied by the duties that are to be done, and also in attending the schools of his section. While yet a young man he was married to Mary Miller, daughter of Adam Miller. Soon after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Stemple removed to Allen County. Ohio, where they remained until 1865, when, on the death of Mrs. Stemple, the family returned to Carroll County, where they still remain. Their family consisted of John M., David L., Lizzie (Mrs. Van B. Foutz), Laura (Mrs. F. M. Harsh), and Corrinth N. (de, ceased). In politics Mr. Stemple is a Republican, and has ever taken an active and important part in the canvass of his party. He and family are members of the Lutheran Church, and are constant attendants of its services. Mr. Stemple now resides in Carrollton, where he is passing the later days of his life, an invalid. John M. Stemple spent the first seventeen years of his life in Allen County, where he attended the common schools. On his arrival in Carroll County he entered the business course of Harlem Springs College. He then entered the employment of James Huston & Son, of Carrollton, and remained in their employ four years, when he went to Allen County to attend a store that had been opened there. Here he remained one year, when he came to Dell Roy and engaged in the hardware business with J. M. Heifrick in 1876. This partnership continued two years, when John Campbell purchased the interest of Mr. Helfrick, and the business was continued until 1883, when Mr. Campbell sold out to Mr. Stemple. Soon after this, owing to ill health, Mr. Stemple sold out, and for the next two years devoted himself to regaining his health. In 1888 he commenced the business in which be is still engaged, carrying an extensive and complete line of boots and shoes. Mr. Stemple has been longer in business than any other merchant in Dell Roy, and has done probably more than any other for the development and upbuilding of the town. To him, indeed, is chiefly due its organization. He is an earnest and energetic citizen, and one in whom the resi dents have the fullest confidence, and for whom they entertain the utmost respect and esteem. In politics Mr. Stemple is a Republican, and he has always taken a leading part in promoting the interests of his party. He and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, and he is as enterprising in that field as elsewhere. On November 25, 1882, he was married to Cora B., daughter of James and Mary Elliott, of Monroe 852 - CARROLL COUNTY. Township, and this union has been made the more happy by the birth of the following children: Mary L., born January 2, 1884, and died December 13, 1886; James L., born December 23, 1887, and Elda M., born July 22, 1890. GEORGE BARRICK, one of the well, known and highly respected retired agriculturists of Fox Township, Carroll --1 County, having his residence in Mechanicstown, was born April 14, 1838. His grandfather was by birth a German, and, when young, came with his parents to this country, settling in Pennsylvania, where Samuel (father of our subject), was born and reared. He (Samuel) was married in that State to Miss Hattie Crum (mother of our subject), also a native of the Keystone State, born of German ancestry. At the age of twenty-one Samuel Bar-rick came to what afterward became Carroll County Ohio, where he bought a farm, at that time but little improved, the dwelling thereon being an unhewn-log cabin. This place he set to work to clear, and soon had it reduced to a fertile farm, made, by his care and industry to " blossom as the rose," which farm he carried on, in connection with his trade, that of carpenter, which he had learned in the East. In 1844 Mrs. Barrick died, and, in 1847, Mr. Bar-rick married a Miss Riggs, a native of Michigan, who bore him seven children—six daughters and one son. Mr. Barrick died in 1877; his widow is still living. The early life of the subject of these lines was spent in Carroll County with his father, and, at the age of nine years, he went to live with a farmer in Harrison County, adjoining Carroll, where he attended the district school and worked on a farm. On April 1, 1862, he was married to Miss Mary Ann McBurney, who bore him two children, William L. and Maggie, both now deceased. In 1865 Mr. Barrick moved to Fox Township, where he successfully carried on agricultural pursuits for several years, and then took up his residence in the village of Mechan icstown, where he is now living, retired from active work, but giving close attention to his financial interests. He and his amiable wife are members of the United Presbyterian Church, and in politics he is a Republican. JAMES A. BELKNAP, the subject of this sketch, is the representative of one of the leading families in Orange Township, Carroll County, and was born January 29, 1855. His father, David A. Belknap, who was also born in Orange Township, showed in early life a strong inclination toward mental pursuits, and was ever an attentive and industrious student. He was an exceedingly well posted man, and one in whom the people had confidence, both as to judgment and honesty. His life was largely spent on the farm, where he brought into practice his knowledge of science as well as that of experience, the result being all he desired. While a successful agriculturist, still he did not fail to take a leading part in the advancement of the interests of his township in its educational, religious, social and financial development. His well-known spirit of progressiveness made him one of the leaders in every movement, and his purse was always open to deeds of charity and benevolence. He was a Republican in politics, and was an active member of the party. In early manhood he was married to Miss Mary A. Roby, daughter of Richard Roby, of Orange Township. The children born to this union are as follows: James A., Lemuel, Maxwell, Joseph, Alice, Lizzie, Mattie, Robert, Anna and Ora. Mr. Belknap was a self-made man, leaving at his death, in 1875, 180 acres of excellent land. The early life of James A. Belknap was that of the ordinary farmer boy—attending the duties of the farm during their season, and the winter school during any leisure he might have. He, however, inherited much of his father' s love for study, and the school which was too often the dread of the farmer's boy was his delight. Thus, by self-study, in addition to what instruction he received at the common schools, he obtained a CARROLL COUNTY - 853 thorough knowledge of the English branches and quite an acqaintance with the higher studies. Since old enough to vote Mr. Belknap has supported the Republican ticket, as it best coincides with his ideas. Since the death of his father he has had the management of the home place, which he has carried on in a highly satisfactory manner. December 30, 1880, he married Edith Barrick, daughter of Henry Barrick, whose sketch appears elsewhere. One child, John, has blessed their union. Mr. Belknap is one of the rising and intelligent young men of his section. WILLIAM B. CRAWFORD. Among the respected families of Augusta Township, Carroll County, prominent for honesty and straightforwardness, as well as for success in business affairs, none are more conspicuous than the Crawfords. They can trace their ancestors as far back as William Crawford, Sr., grandfather of the subject of this biographical sketch; he was a farmer in Ireland, but immigrated to America in 1800, where he and his little family found a home in Washington County, Penn., where he followed farming as a means of support until he died. William Crawford, the father of William B., was born in County Down, Ireland, in 1794, and when six years of age came with his parents to America. In Pennsylvania he received his education; at the same time he was obliged to help his father on the farm. On reaching maturity he married Miss Isabel] Orr, who was a native of Washington County, Penn. In 1840 Mr. and Mrs. Crawford left their home in Pennsylvania for one in East Township, Carroll Co., Ohio. After a long life of hardships, interspersed with golden moments of sunshine, Mr. Crawford quietly passed away in 1872. Mrs. Crawford still lives to mourn her husband's death. Mr. Crawford was a leading man of his time, was elected trustee and to other offices by his fellow-citizens, and was a man respected by all. William B. Crawford, the gentleman whose name heads this article, is the eldest of the ten children born to his parents, and first saw the light in East Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, August 8, 1843. There, in the vicinity of his home, he received his earliest instruction by attending the district school; but, not being contented with this amount of education, he attended the academy at New Hagerstown, Ohio, two terms. Mr. Crawford then taught school for a number of terms, and thus perfected his own education by instructing others. At the age of twenty-five he married Miss Harriet Elvinah Rinehart, who was reared in Washington Township, Carroll Co., Ohio. The Rinehart family are of German descent, as the name plainly signifies. To this union were born six children, two of whom are now deceased. Soon after marriage Mr. and Mrs. Crawford moved to East Township, Carroll County, where they lived three years, after which Mr. Crawford bought his present farm, and has been a resident of Augusta Township ever since. Mr. Crawford has a well-improved farm of 146 acres. He is a grain-producer and stock-raiser, taking much pride in raising blooded stock, such as Shorthorn cattle, Spanish Merino sheep, etc. In politics Mr. Crawford is a Republican, and has held the offices of township trustee, treasurer, etc., and once was nominated for member of the board of equalization in this district. Mr. and Mrs. Crawford are members of the United Presbyterian Church, and have a large circle of friends, who are unanimous in expressing their high regard and esteem. JOHN C. FORBES, who is one of the most extensive farmers of Orange Township, Carroll County, was born August 26,1833. in New Hagerstown, Carroll Co., Ohio, a son of James and Elizabeth (Johnston) Forbes, former a native of Ireland, and latter of Pennsylvania. The father came from his native country at an early day, and when eighteen years old located in Pennsylvania; but concluding to try his fortune farther west he moved to Ohio, and in 1823 settled in what afterward 854 - CARROLL COUNTY. became Carroll County, where he carried on a general store in connection with farming. He was a leading citizen, and took an active part in all public movements. While in Pennsylvania he was married to Miss Elizabeth Johnston, who bore him ten children—three sons and seven daughters—viz. : Andrew, Nancy, Sarah, Thomas, John C., Elizabeth, Catherine, Amanda, Margaret and Emma. The father died in August, 1863, in New Philadelphia, Ohio, the mother in October, 1858, at the same place. John C. Forbes spent his early life in New Hagerstown, attending the schools of the place, and learning the practical lessons of farm life. As an agriculturist he has met with merited success, being now the owner of 260 acres of the most fertile and best improved land in Orange Township, composed of both upland and lowland, and well adapted for the production of all kinds of cereals. The buildings thereon, including one of the finest brick residences in the county, barns, etc., are elegant, commodious and comfortable, and the lessons of industry and economy which were inculcated on him in his youth. it is very evident Mr. Forbes has not allowed to remain in a condition of " innocuous desuetude." In addition to general agriculture he also deals in stock and wool. At the age of thirty he was married to Miss Nancy Morrison, whose parents came from Pennsylvania at an early period, and were old pioneers of Carroll and residents of Orange Township. The results of this union were four children, viz. : Catherine, Sarah, Frank and Emma, of whom Emma and Catherine are deceased and the other two are at home. The mother died June 22, 1871, and in October, 1873, Mr. Forbes took, for his second wife, Angeline Harsh Strayer, whose parents were natives of Jefferson County, Ohio, and old settlers of Carroll. They were of English ancestry, who came to America at a very early period. Mrs. Forbes has spent her whole life in Carroll County, her childhood and early youth having been passed on her father's farm. Mr. and Mrs. Forbes are well and favorably known, having a large circle of friends both at home and abroad. They are members of the Presbyterian Church, and in politics he has always been a Democrat. RICHARD HEMMING, one of the oldest and most respected residents of Harrison Township, Carroll County, was born in Washington County, Penn., March 18, 1823. William Hemming, his grandfather, was a native of England, and came to America at a very early day, settling in Maryland, where he was married to Sisson Stephens, who bore him the following named children: Thomas, Mary, Richard, George, Henry, Samuel, Nancy, Sally, Amos and Anna. In 1796 William Hemming removed with his family to Washington County, Penn., where he carried on farming until 1830, in which year he came to what in a few years afterward became Harrison Township, Carroll Co., Ohio. He had been all his life a Democrat, a zealous worker in his party. Richard Hemming, father of the subject of this sketch, was born near the city of Baltimore, Md., in 1787, and was nine years old when his parents moved to Washington County, Penn., where he attended school and also learned the practical lessons of farm life. He was there married to Eleanor Leggett, and in 1830 they came to Ohio, purchasing the farm whereon their son Richard is at present living, most of the improvements on which they made themselves, with the assistance of their children. They had born to them the following named children: Mary, William, Eleanor, Richard and Jesse. The father died March 23, 1859, the mother February 25, 1849, and they both lie buried at Carrollton, in Carroll County; they were leading members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics he was a Democrat. Richard Hemming, whose name opens this sketch, was seven years old when his parents brought him to Ohio, and his education was obtained in the subscription and common schools of the neighborhood, thorough practical farming being, however, the chief training of his CARROLL COUNTY - 855 boyhood and youth. On March 4, 1844, he was united in marriage with Lydia, daughter of Elias and Sarah Harsh, and she bore him children named as follows: George W., Sarah E., Elias R., Enoch N., Abraham H., Daniel W., Mary C., Clara M. and Julia A. The entire family are members of the Lutheran Church, and in politics Mr. Hemming is a Democrat. ALBERT HERBERT. Among the bus- iness men of Sherrodsville, in Carroll ACounty, who have been identified with every progressive movement for the developing and building up of the village, none, probably, has been more active in the work than Mr. Herbert. His father was a native of Wales, whence, when he was eighteen years old, he came to America alone, his capital consisting of willing hands and a stout heart. He first began working in the mines in Luzerne County, Penn., occupying his leisure time in acquiring an education. In early manhood he was united in marriage with Catherine Jones, a native of Wales, and their children were as follows: Jane, John, Albert, Evan, Edward, William, Ellen, Mary A., Emma and Lewis. The father departed this life in 1867, the mother having preceded him to the grave two years previously. Mr. Herbert was a stanch supporter of the Republican party, and as soon as he had made himself conversant with the various phases of politics he became of considerable assistance in disseminating the doctrine of Republicanism among his fellow miners, by whom he was much respected. He was a consistent and useful member of the Congregational Church. Albert Herbert, whose name beads this sketch, was engaged in the mines of Luzerne County, Penn., occupying various positions until he became " boss " of a mine, in which capacity he served with ability and satisfaction to both employer and employes. Here he remained until 1880, when he went to Colorado, remaining one year; then came to Sherrodsville, where for a time he was engaged in mining, after which he opened the grocery and provision store, which he at present carries on. In 1883 he was married to Miss Frank (born in Carrollton, Ohio), daughter of Charles and Jennie (Rue) Hardesty, of Centre Township, Carroll County, and one child was born to them, which lived but a short time. Mr. Herbert is emphatically a self-made man, and enjoys the confidence and esteem of a wide circle of friends. He and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics he is a stanch Republican. ABRAHAM E. MILLER, one of the most prosperous farmers of Union Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, was born in Cumberland County, Penn., November 12, 1813, and is a son of Jacob and Jane (Thorley) Miller, who came from Pennsylvania to Ohio in 1823, and settled in Monroe Township, Carroll County. where Jacob, who was a man of superior education for those early days, soon became a conspicuous factor in the advancement and development of the new country, and was particularly active in educational and religious matters, and was also the first postmaster appointed for Leavitt. He and his worthy wife passed their remaining days in the township of their adoption. Of their eight children, six of whom are still living, the subject of this sketch is the second in order of birth. In 1845 Abraham E. Miller married Isabelle Stewart, who was born in Union Township, Carroll County, August 17, 1819. Her parents were Thomas and Delilah (Thomas) Stewart, natives respectively of Pennsylvania and Maryland, and early settlers in Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Miller, immediately after marriage, located on a farm in Monroe Township, and Mrs. Miller has in her possession to-day a pair of blankets which she spun and wove from flax raised on the ground where the village of Dell Roy now stands. In 1849 Mr. and Mrs. Miller removed to their present farm in Union Township, and are now the parents of four children. Both the parents 856 - CARROLL COUNTY. have been for over forty years members of the Reformed Lutheran Church, and have led lives consistent with its teachings. In politics Mr. Miller is a Democrat, and for over thirty years has served as justice of the peace. JOHN B. MOODY physician and farmer, one of the best known and most enterprising citizens of Lee Township, Carroll County, is a native of Beaver County, Penn., born July, 1810. His grandfather, James Moody, was a native of Ireland, whence he came to this country when a lad. In Philadelphia, Penn., he married Elizabeth Reed, also a native of the Emerald Isle, and the children born to this union were David, John, Joseph, Jane and Mary Elizabeth; for his second wife he married Mary Herron, who bore him the following named children: James, Margaret, Alexander and Samuel. Mr. Moody followed farming in Pennsylvania, and in 1812 came to Jefferson County, Ohio, where he entered land, clearing it with his own hands. He was among the earliest members of the Seceder Church, and in politics he took a prominent part in the ranks of the Whig party. He died in 1847, his widow following him to the grave not long thereafter. David Moody, a son of James by his first marriage, and who became the father of John B., was a native of Washington County, Penn. He spent his early life in his native State, attending the common schools and learning the tanner's trade, which he followed through life. He was married in Pennsylvania to Mary, daughter of John Boyd, a native of Ireland,and a Revolutionary soldier. In April, 1817, Mr. Moody came to Ohio, and settled in what was then Rock Township, Harrison County, but what on the formation of Carroll County* became Lee Township, Carroll County, the township being so named for the first settler therein. At the time of Mr. Moody's coming wolves, deer and wild turkeys were numerous, and here he * Carroll County was erected out of Columbiana, Stark, Tuscarawas, Harrison and Jefferson Counties, by Act passed December 25, 1832, to take effect January 1, 1833. had a cabin built and four or five acres of land cleared. He died April 5, 1850, his wife having preceded him to the grave January 17, 1835, and they sleep their last sleep in the cemetery at Carrollton. They were members of the Presbyterian Church at that place; in politics he was a Whig, and served his township as trustee, and assessor. Mr. and Mrs. Moody were the parents of the following named children: John B., M. D., the subject proper of this sketch; Eliza; Martha, deceased; Nancy, Mrs. John McLaughlin; James and Sarah, both deceased, and -David, in Lee Township, Carroll County. Dr. John B. Moody spent his early life in Lee Township, Carroll County, receiving his education in the common schools, which he afterward supplemented by an extended course of reading under a private instructor. At the age of eighteen lie commenced his medical studies with Dr. McElroy, who possessed an excellent library. He then placed himself under the preceptorship of Dr. Keeler, a German physician, for about three years, at the end of which time he was licensed to practice, and has so continued with unqualified success for the past thirty-five years, at the same time carrying on his farm, where he resides, in the vicinity of Harlem Springs, in Lee Township. The Doctor is one of the leading supporters of the Presbyterian Church at Harlem Springs, of which he has been an elder for twenty-five years. In politics he was originally a Whig, casting his first vote for Gen. Harrison, and since the formation of the Republican party he has stood in its front rank, second to none among its leaders in his part of the county. For over twenty years be served as a justice of the peace, and has held other positions of trust in Lee Township, which he has always filled faithfully and conscientiously. Dr. Moody may be justly classed among the representative self-made men of Carroll County, and among the most successful, being now the possessor of over 1,000 acres of fine farm land, all accumulated by his own individual labors. CARROLL COUNTY - 859 FRANK J. GANG. In the year 1832 there emigrated from Germany to American soil Xavier and Mary (Shoefer) Gang, who settled in what is now Brown Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, where Xavier followed his trade, that of weaver, making cloth for the home made clothing of the pioneers. Before very long they were enabled to purchase a small tract of land near Malvern, which they at once set to work to improve, erecting a log cabin in the woods, and they soon had about them a fairly well cultivated farm. In the primitive dwelling they lived several years, when they bought a better farm of forty acres within one mile of Malvern, on which they died, Mr. Gang in 1856, at the age of fifty-three years, and Mrs. Gang in 1882, when aged seventy-two years. They were consistent members of the Catholic Church. They were the parents of eleven children, the subject of this sketch being second in order of birth. Frank J. Gang was born in Brown Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, December 26, 1838, and was brought up to the laborious duties of pioneer farm life, his educational advantages being limited to the district schools of the neighborhood, a few weeks' attendance in winter time. He assisted his parents in a filial manner, aiding in clearing the farm and in maintaining the family, a condition of things that continued until he was twenty-two years of age, when he began life for himself as a day laborer, many a time working in the harvest field, cutting grain with a sickle and cradling oats, for twenty-five cents per acre. He was frugal and careful, and, in course of time had enough means saved wherewith to commence farming for his own account. In 1872 he purchased his present place in Brown Township, now a fine farm of 125 acres, all well improved, with comfortable and commodious buildings thereon, the best and most convenient stock barn in the township having been erected by him in 1889. He gives much attention to the raising of stock, especially fine-bred horses, driving, saddle and draft, Flint Morgans, Clydesdales and Normans, and at present has thirteen very valuable animals in his barns. He sold, some time ago, a couple of two-year-old colts for $300 each. Mr. Gang also raises fine-bred cattle, such as Shorthorns and Holsteins (the latter registered), and he has also a flock of sixty sheep of high grade. On October 22, 1863, Mr. Gang was united in marriage with 'Catherine Locker, a native of Waynesburg, Ohio, daughter of George and Magdalen Locker, and to this union were born twelve children: George (died in infancy), born September 4, 1864; Mary M., born September 6, 1865; Emma L., born June 18, 1867; William, born August 19, 1868; Joseph E., born May 6, 1870; Francis X., born February 25, 1872; Rosa H., born November 8, 1874; Charles L., born February 1, 1876; Margaret T., born February 11, 1878; Anna E., born July 8, 1880; Alice B. (died in infancy), born December 25, 1882, and Henry A., born March 4, 1886. The family worship at the Catholic Church; in politics Mr. Gang is a Democrat, is liberal in his views, and has served as supervisor and school director. He is in the purest sense a self-made man, and he and his worthy wife are held in high esteem in the community. ISAAC R. HOLMES, one of the leading agriculturists and popular citizens of Orange Township, Carroll County, is a native of the same, born March 11, 1849. He is a son of Samuel and Emily E. (Pumphrey) Holmes, of whom a biographical sketch appears elsewhere in this volume. He was primarily educated at the common schools of his district, and when eighteen years of age he entered the normal school at Hopedale, where he remained a few terms. and then studied at the college in Scio several terms, during all of which educational experience he proved himself an apt scholar and diligent student. On October 2, 1877, he was married to Alice A., born near Leesville, Ohio, September 24, 1855, daughter of Thomas Leggett; her mother was a daughter of Squire Brown, of near Apple 860 - CARROLL COUNTY. Creek, Wayne Co. , Ohio, and after marriage the young couple settled on the farm where they at present reside, which comprises 240 acres of choice land, all in an excellent state of cultivation. This farm is underlaid with coal, and one of the largest mines in the county is being operated thereon. To Mr. and Mrs. Holmes have been born three children, viz. : Florence, Thomas and Edna. The family are members of the Presbyterian Church, and in politics Mr. Holmes is a solid Republican. FREDERICK BUEL, a representative, progressive citizen of Malvern, Brown Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, is a native of Germany, born in Wurtemberg, June 16, 1836. His father, David Buel (who spelled his name Buhl), a tailor by trade, emigrated with his wife and three children, Fredericka, Caroline and our subject, from Wurtemberg to America, 1839, and located at Lodi, in Brown Township, Carroll County. Frederick Buel is the eldest son and second of five children born to his parents, of whom two, David G. and Henry, were born in America. He began life young, for at the early age of eleven years we find him for a time driving horses on the canal between Cleveland and Portsmouth, Ohio. He attended the public schools in Malvern (which at that time contained but a few houses), also the seminary, and in 1859 he entered Mount Union College, during and after which, up to 1861, he taught school. In May of that year he enlisted in Company F, Fourth Regiment, 0. V. I., and was mustered out August 18, 1861; then, November 4, same year, he re-enlisted, this time in Company A, Eightieth Regiment, 0. V. I. This regiment was organized at Camp Meigs, and was sent to Paducah, Ky., thence to Corinth, Miss., where it saw considerable service at the siege and battle October 4 and 5, 1862, and participated in several engagements, including Raymond, Jackson (Miss.), siege of Vicksburg, Mission Ridge and was with Sherman in his march to the sea. Mr. Buel was made second lieutenant January 15, 1863, promoted to first lieutenant April 27, same year, and was mustered out at Savannah, Ga., at expiration of term of service, December 21, 1864. In April, 1861, he had embarked in mercantile business in Malvern, which he carried on until 1871, when he sold out and engaged in his present business as a lumber merchant, in which he has met with marked success. On April 21, 1864, Mr. Buel was married to Julia A. Fishel, daughter of Henry and Margaret (McClurg) Fishel, and thirteen children were born to this union, five of whom died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Buel are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he is steward and class leader; politically he is a Republican, and has been and is now township treasurer, also a town councilman and member of the school board. Joseph Fishel, senior member of the firm of Fishel & Buel, dealers in lumber and builders' materials, at Malvern Ohio, was born in Brown Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, February 1, 1833, and is a son of Henry and Margaret (McClurg) Fishel natives of Pennsylvania, but who were married in Ohio and who settled on the north fork of Yellow Creek, in Jefferson County. They came to Ohio when the country was altogether new, and after marriage settled in their little cabin, which was of primitive build, with quilts hung up in the doorway, which afforded no defense against the prowling and ferocious wolves, among whom they were compelled to throw fire-brands, in order to drive them away. Mr. Fishel succeeded, however, in carving out of the wilderness a farm, what was afterward the equal of any in the township, and later became the proprietor of a hotel at Pekin, as well as postmaster at that place. These parents ended their days in Brown Township—both members of the Presbyterian Church., Joseph Fishel was the seventh in a family of thirteen children, and was educated at the pioneer log schoolhouse, dressed in his home-spun clothing, although he enjoyed advantages somewhat superior to those usual at that day. He CARROLL COUNTY - 861 labored on the home farm until he was seventeen years old,when he was indentured for a term of three years to learn the cabinet-maker's trade under Addison Coyn. In 1855 he moved to Malvern, where for sixteen years be was engaged at general work and undertaking, when, about 1870, he became interested in the firm of Fishel & Walker, shingle and lumber manufacturers. February 25, 1871, the present firm of Fishel & Buel was established, but in 1880 they were burned out,with a loss of ten thousand dollars, but they immediately rebuilt,and are now conducting a most prosperous business. In 1853 Mr. Fishel married Miss Fredericka Buel, who, when six years of age, was brought to America from her native Germany by her parents, David and Fredericka Buhl, now well-known and respected citizens of Brown Township. Two children have blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Fishel, viz. : Caroline, now Mrs. Nelson Lewton, and Harriet, now Mrs. Henry Haskey. Mr. Fishel is an elder in the Presbyterian Church, and in politics is a Republican. THOMAS RUTLEDGE. Among the selfmade men of Union Township, Carroll County, none are probably better known / than the subject of this sketch. He was born in Washington County, Penn., a son of Thomas Rutledge, a native of County Down, Ireland. William Rutledge, his grandfather, also a native of Ireland, was there married to Jane Crozier, who bore him the following named children: Edward, Robert, Elizabeth, Margaret, Mary, John, William, James and Thomas. The last 'Tamed of these children received his education in his native land, and during his early manhood was there married to Jane Brooks, who bore him the following named children: Robert, Margaret, Jane, Rebecca, Eliza, W. H. and Thomas. Thomas, the father of our subject, came to America in 1832, and settled in Washington County, Penn., where, a few years later, he passed away, leaving his family of small chil dren to the care of his widow, who, soon after her severe loss, brought the family to Carroll County, Ohio, where they have since resided. The youth of Thomas, our subject, was occupied, not in attending school, but in assisting in supplying the necessaries for the family support, a duty he manfully performed. November 23, 1839, Mr. Rutledge married Miss Matilda, daughter of John and Mary (Moody) Maple, and to this union have been born the following children: John M., Mary F. (Mrs. W. F. Smeltz), Charles E., Homer and Ida J. (twins), Robert B., Clement 0. and James D. Mr. and Mrs. Rutledge immediately after marriage settled on the farm which they at present occupy, but to which they have since repeatedly added, until it now comprises 177 acres. The place is in a good state of tillage, and well improved with excellent buildings and fences. Mr. Rutledge is a member of the Methodist Protestant Church, and has largely assisted in the support of the society, and in the erection of a house of worship, by a liberal contribution of his means. He has also filled nearly all the offices of the congregation, and in his walk through life has shown himself to be consistent and sincere in his adherence to the doctrines of the church. In his politics Mr. Rutledge is Republican, and has always manifested a lively interest in advancing the cause of the party. JAMES H. BENEDUM, a leading young merchant, was born in Orange Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, February 15, 1858. He is a son of C. E. and Martena K. (Boss) Benedum, a sketch of whom is given elsewhere. His early life was spent alternately in the school and at the store of his father, at which places he acquired the rudiments of knowledge, and also those of the trade in which he is now engaged. At the age of nineteen he entered the store of his father, and after learning the business undertook the management of it, and has since conducted it with credit to himself. During the past few years he has had the 862 - CARROLL COUNTY. entire management, and has added to the stock a complete assortment of all lines kept in a first-class stove, tin and hardware store. He also does general tinning business, and is found in the front rank of his business. On November 30, 1887, he was married to Thyrza, daughter of Dr. J. H. and Edith (Cummings) Stephenson, of Leesville, and one child, John Stephenson, was born to this union April 21, 1889. In politics Mr. Benedum is a Prohibitionist, and takes an active and prominent part in the promulgation of the principles of his party, and is always willing to aid, with both time and money, the party which his judgment deems to be the correct one. Prominent in the Methodist Episcopal Church, he always aids any worthy enterprise the church may be engaged in. He is a young man of sterling principles, one who ever strives to aid the progress and improvement of his county and township. JAMES KELLY. The Kelly family in Carroll County trace their history back to the time when their ancestry left the verdure clad fields of Ireland. The grandfather of the subject of this memoir came at an early day to America from Erin, here to seek his fortune, and settled in what is now West Virginia, where he brought up a large family of children, among them being Philip (father of James), who first saw the light in 1804. Philip Kelly, after spending his early days on his father's farm in Virginia, having a desire to settle in the West, moved to Ohio after his marriage with Miss Mary Barnhouse, daughter of Francis and Martha Barnhouse, and a native of Baltimore, Md., also born in 1804. After prospecting for a suitable place in eastern Ohio, they concluded to settle in the fertile county of Carroll, and therefore bought a farm in what is now known as Perry Township. Eight children came to bless their home—six boys and two girls —viz. : William, Francis, Richard, Philip, Nancy Jane, James, Sarah and Daniel. all now deceased except Richard, who is a farmer in Perry Township, Carroll County, and James. James Kelly, the subject proper of this sketch, was born on the farm in Perry Township in 1842, and here spent his boyhood days. It. was there he learned the first lessons of industry and economy, which are the true secrets of success. James attended the district school in the winter time, and, like other farmer boys, had to work during the busy summer season. At the age of twenty-four he was wedded to Miss Charity Walters, whose parents came from Pennsylvania and settled in Carroll County at a very early period, becoming identified with the early pioneers. Mr. and Mrs. Kelly are the parents of three children, named as follows: Ada F., born November 16, 1866; Emma C., born November 15, 1869; and William H., born September 29, 1873, all at home. Mr. Kelly has a farm of eighty-one acres, which is well improved and watered, having an abundance of many kinds of fruit and other trees, and by hard labor he has made his farm one of the most productive in Perry Township. Politically he is a Democrat, and has held positions of trust. His neighbors look upon him as a man among men, and upon his wife as a lady who has gained the esteem of a wide circle of friends. Mr. and Mrs. Kelly are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. SAMUEL BLACK, M. D., a leading physician and prominent agriculturist of Monroe Township, Carroll County, was born near Brandywine, Del., at Du Pont's Mills February 7, 1813. Andrew Black, his father, was a native of Ireland, born in County Tyrone in 1774, and in 1800 came to the United States, settling in Delaware, where he worked for a time in Du Pont's woolen mills, near Wilmington. In 1812 he was married in Delaware to Miss Jane Livingston, who was born in County Cavan, Ireland, and to this union were born the following named children: John, residing in Kansas; Henry, in Knox County, Ohio; CARROLL COUNTY - 863 Margaret, who married William Marshall, and resides in Hocking County, Ohio; Mary, deceased, and Samuel. On February 17, 1820, the father came to Ohio and entered one-fourth of Section 34, in what afterward became Carroll County (then in Tuscarawas). Here he erected a log cabin and cleared a small portion of the land; then, having leased the place, he moved to Steubenville, same State, where he worked at his trade, and in the constructing of pikes; he also had a store in the town. Here he remained eight years, after which he returned to Carroll County, where he passed the remainder of his days, dying in 1862, his wife having preceded him to the grave, while in Steubenville, in August, 1825. In politics Mr. Black was first a Whig, and afterward, on the organization of the party, a Republican. Samuel Black, the gentleman whose name opens this sketch, received his primary education at the subscription schools of the neighborhood of where he lived in Tuscarawas County, and when twelve years old, on the death of his mother, he was sent to Wheeling, W. Va., where he completed his education. When twenty-four years old he commenced the reading of medicine with Dr. Stockon, of New Hagerstown, Ohio, and in 1841 he commenced the practice of his chosen profession in Putnam County, Ohio, but shortly afterward he removed to New Rumley, Harrison County, same State, where he remained till 1851, in which year he came to his present home, where he has since been successfully engaged in general practice and in farming. On May 3, 1842, Dr. Black was married to Miss Sarah Davis, a native of Wellsburg, W. Va., born November 27, 1812, daughter of William and May (McGuire) Davis, to which union were born seven children, of whom the following is a record: Mary and John are deceased; Ruth is married to Thomas Dunlap, and they are living in Monroe Township; William (an attorney at law) and Margaret (twins) and Kate and Luke Mc (a physician) all reside at the parental home. Dr. Black's farm comprises 389 acres of prime land in Monroe Township. He and his wife are members of the Catholic Church; in politics the Doctor is a Democrat. THOMAS McCAUSLAND, for over three-quarters of a century a resident of Lee Township, Carroll County, was born there February 20, 1814, on the farm where he now resides. His father; Joseph McCausland, a native of County Tyrone, Ireland, was there married to Mary Lindsey, and the young couple then embarked for America in a sailing vessel, this being in the year 1796. Landing at Wilmington, Del., they proceeded thence to Elkton, Md., where they sojourned about one year; then moved to Washington County, Penn., and from there to Jefferson County, Ohio, remaining there until 1807, in which year they came to Rock Township, Harrison County (now Lee Township, Carroll County), settling on a farm which had been entered by Mr. McCausland the previous year. Here he built a log cabin 20x20 feet, and cleared the farm with his own hands. The names of the children born to them are as follows: Lindsey, George, John, Joseph, William, James, Sarah and Thomas, all now deceased except the last two named. The mother died in October, 1842, and the father in December, 1845, members of the Presbyterian Church. He was an Old-line Whig, and one of the representative, progressive men of the age in which he lived. Thomas McCausland, the subject proper of this sketch, at the age of seventeen commenced farming and driving teams, which be continues up to the present time. On March 30, 1837, he was married to Susan Buckius, and by her had the following named children: John; Ann J. (deceased); Mary L., now Mrs. William Blazer; Erasmus J. ; Thomas; Susan M., now Mrs. Bazaleel Blazer; Emma S., now Mrs. John S. Andrews, and Florence, latter at home. The mother of this family was called from earth March 14, 1869. Mr. McCausland and his children are members of the Presbyterian Church at Harlem Springs, as was also Mrs. McCaus- 864 - CARROLL COUNTY. land. In his political convictions our subject was originally an Old-line Whig, and since the organization of the party, a stanch Republican. He is a progressive agriculturist, carrying on general farming and stock-raising. Thomas McCausland, his youngest son, was born February 12, 1847, in Lee Township, Carroll County, Ohio, and has since resided here. On January 5, 1870, he was married to Elizabeth, daughter of James and Martha (Moody) Brown, and to this union have been born three children. : John F, Charles B. and Bessie B. Mr. McCausland, like his father, is an active Republican, and he has been trustee of his township. ISAAC BEMENDERFER. It can be said of Harrison Township, Carroll County, that no other township in this section can boast of a greater number of solid, well-to-do, progressive farmer-citizens; and among the most prominent of these is the gentleman whose name opens this biographical sketch. The more immediate ancestry of the Bemenderfer family in Carroll County came from Germany to America in the early part of the eighteenth century, and settled in Pennsylvania, where they followed agricultural pursuits. John Bemenderfer, grandfather of our subject, by birth a Pennsylvanian, served in the Revolutionary War, rendering considerable aid to the Colonial Army as a scout, a position to which his woodcraft and acquaintance with the Indian mode of warfare admirably fitted him. He was a member of the Lutheran Church, a man of good deeds and charitable acts, and he passed away in the county of his birth, being laid to rest by the side of other members of the family. A son of his, named Peter, was born in Lahcaster County, Penn., in 1777, and there passed the earlier part of his life under the parental care of a noble father and a Christian mother, attending, during the winter season, the schools of the neighborhood. In 1804 he was married to Susan Rahn, a resident of Lancaster County, and daughter of Philip Rahn, and soon thereafter the young couple moved to Adams County, same State, where Mr. Bemenderfer worked at his trade, that of a builder, many years. In 1805 they located near Fredericktown, Md , and remained seven years. They then proceeded to Loudoun County, Va., where he purchased a farm and a grist-mill, which he operated some sixteen years, at the end of which time, in 1828, they moved to Stark County, Ohio, remaining nine years, and then came to Carroll County, where Mr. Bemenderfer purchased the farm now occupied by his son Isaac. Here Mr. Bemenderfer passed away March 23, 1858, his widow surviving until January 30, 1862. They were the parents of the following named children: William, Catherine, Elizabeth, William, Samuel, Peter, Susan (Mrs. Charles Upperman), Joseph, John, Sarah, Henry and Isaac, all now deceased excepting Susan, who resides in Elkhart County, Ind. ; John, in De Kalb County, Ind. ; Henry, in Elkhart County, Ind., and Isaac. The parents were leading members of the Lutheran Church, and in politics he was a Democrat. They were enterprising citizens, kind neighbors, respected by all who knew them. Isaac Bemenderfer, the subject proper of this sketch, passed his boyhood up to his ninth year in Stark County, Ohio, where he was born November 19, 1828. He attended the district schools, and assisted his parents in the arduous duties of the farm. On February 14, 1856, he was married to Emeline, daughter of James and Margaret (Simpson) Boggs, and by her had two children, viz. : James, at home with his parents, and Wilson Orr, deceased. Politically Mr. Bemenderfer is a Democrat, and he and his family are members of the Presbyterian Church at New Harrisburg, of which he has been trustee several years. His farm comprises 200 acres of prime land, in an excellent state of cultivation, and the buildings thereon, all put up by him, are neat and commodious, snugly ensconced in a beautiful valley, surrounded by picturesque green-clad hills. CARROL L COUNTY - 865 GEORGE D. CRUMRINE, one of the progressive, native-born merchants of Carroll County, was born in the town of Carrollton, Carroll Co., Ohio, December 21, 1859, of Pennsylvanian ancestry. The first of the family to come to Ohio was the grandfather of George D., who died in western Ohio; the grandmother died in Carroll County. They were the parents of ten children, named as follows: Henry, George, Peter, William, Martin, John, Eliza, David, Isaac and Sarah. Of these David died in the army, and Isaac, the father of George D., was born in Carroll Co., Md. When a boy he came with his parents to Carroll County, Ohio, where he grew up on a farm until eighteen years of age, when he went to Canton, same State, and there learned the trade of a blacksmith, which he followed several years, then moved to Carrollton, and opened the first hardware store in the place, in a brick building, where a hotel was kept, located west of the Stemple House. This he carried on until during the Civil War, when he sold out and opened another store, where G. J. Butler now carries on trade. Mr. Crumrine later established yet another business, where his son, George D., now is; he was also proprietor of an elevator and warehouse from 1878 to 1887. He married Miss Susannah Aller, who bore him seven children, viz. : Two deceased in infancy; Mary, wife of George H. Swift, conductor on the Cleveland & Canton Railroad; Sarah, wife of S. J. Cameron, in Carrollton; Annie, wife of H. A. Kennedy, assistant superintendent of the Cleveland & Canton Railroad; George D., and Charles, in Carrollton. On September 11, 1887, the father died, at the age of sixty-four years; he was a hard-working man throughout life, and, by his own individual toil, won a creditable competency; he was a member of the Lutheran Church, and in politics was a Democrat. The mother still lives in Carrollton, now at the advanced age of seventy-one years. Their son, George D., receiyed a good common-school education, and, as soon as he was old enough, he commenced to assist his father in the store, and, after the latter's decease, he succeeded to the business, which comprises general merchandise. In 1882 he was married to Miss Margaretta, daughter of David Skeels, of Carrollton, and by this union were born two children: David 1¢ and Lizzie, who died at the age of eighteen months. Mr. and Mrs. Crumrine are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church; in politics he is a Democrat, and is a member of the K. of P. JOHN WILSON GEORGE, proprietor of gents' furnishing store in Carrollton, Carroll County, was born in Scroggsfield, Carroll County, Ohio, March 20, 1841, a grandson of Robert George, an old resident of Scroggsfield, and a son of Andrews George; now living near that village. The subject of this sketch was reared on his father's farm, and received his education at the common and select schools. When sixteen years of age he commenced as clerk in his father's store, subsequently becoming a partner, the style of the firm being Andrews George & Son. This continued four years when John W. commenced business on his own account, which he carried on three years; he then sold out and bought a farm in Carroll County, which he operated, becoming a raiser of general stock, and making a specialty of Spanish Merino sheep. Not having been blessed with good health and also having had much sickness in his family, Mr. George sold his farm, and in 1887 moved to Carrollton, where be purchased a stock of clothing and gents' furnishing goods, in which line he has since continued, having the most complete assortment of the kind in the town. In 1864 he was married to Miss Maria A., daughter of the late Hamilton Walker, of Carroll County, whose widow now resides in Fox Township, two miles from Scroggsfield. By this union six children were born, as follows: Anna, who died in the fall of 1886, aged eighteen years; Mary Hamilton, Walker, Herbert, Mitchell and Clarence, all attending school. The 866 - CARROLL COUNTY. parents and older children are members of the United Presbyterian Church of Carrollton; politically Mr. George is a Republican, and for four years he was clerk of Fox Township. He is recognized as one of the leading business men of Carrollton, and his enterprise and progressiveness are appreciated by his fellow-citizens. ALEXANDER GAMBLE. Probably no man in southern Carroll County is more widely or favorably known than the subject of this biographical notice. He was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, June 17, 1814, and is a son of William and Nancy (McKnight) Gamble, who came to Ohio from Ireland in 1801, settling first in the extreme part the State, afterward moving to Harrison County, in 1815, and entering a piece of land, the same farm being still in the Gamble family. The early hardships of Mr. and Mrs. Gamble were many. They first moved into a barn, glad to get any place which would shelter them from the storms, and, what were worse, the wild animals and Indians, which were numerous at that early period. The elder Gamble was a soldier in the War of 1812. Mr. Gamble was a farmer, and followed the business successfully, giving to each of his five children eighty acres of land in Harrison and Carroll Counties. He died in Harrison County, July 15, 1845; his wife, mother of our subject, July 5, 1843. Seven children were the result of the union of William and Nancy Gamble, of whom two died on the ocean while on their way to America. Alexander Gamble, the subject of this sketch, was reared on his father's farm amid the scenes of a new country, the same being occupied by his son, J. D. Gamble, at present. He attended the old log school-house, and when he reached the age of twenty-two married Miss Mary Graham, whose parents, Richard and Mary Graham, were natives of Ireland, but came to Ohio in 1834. Mrs. Gamble was fifteen years old when she came with her parents to the New World. The Gamble family included seven children, two of whom died in infancy; the others were named William T., J. D., Jane, Mary A. and Isabella. Of these William T. died at Danville, Va., during the Civil War; J. D. is married and lives on the old homestead; Jane is married to Isaac Merrick, a farmer in Carroll County; Mary A. is married to David Bower, a carpenter, and Isabella is married to William Price, a hardware merchant. Mr. Gamble is owner of 202 acres of land in Harrison County and 60 acres in Carroll County. He is one of the oldest settlers in this part of the country, and during his life has seen many changes; and has done a great deal of hard work in improving his farms. He is a Republican, and cast his first presidential vote for William Henry Harrison. WILLIAM J. CALDWELL, one of the foremost farmers of Brown Township, Carroll County, is a native of Ireland, was born August 20, 1825, and is a son of Robert, a native of County Donegal. William Caldwell, the father of Robert, was a farmer, and reared six children, John, William, James, Nancy, Margaret and Robert. The last named married Martha McNair, who bore him the following children: Alexander (a Presbyterian minister who had charge of one parish forty yea ), Robert, Mary A., Jane and William J. He was also a farmer, and passed his entire life in his native land. William J. Caldwell, the subject proper of this sketch, remained in the Emerald Isle until twenty-one years of age, by which time he had already achieved a reputation for shrewdness and business sagacity. Finding that the Old World did not offer sufficient inducements for an active young man who had his fortune to make, he turned his face toward the New World, the Mecca of all fortune hunters. After a voyage of thirty-three days he landed in Philadelphia, where he remained ten years. During his stay in that city he married. June 20, 1853, Isabelle Stewart, daughter of John Stewart. Three CARROLL COUNTY - 867 years later the young couple came to Carroll County, Ohio, and purchased a farm in Brown Township, and commenced life's work in earnest, and by careful husbandry have succeeded each year in adding to their possessions, until they now own a farm of 270 acres, in a fine state of cultivation. The dwelling is conveniently arranged and spacious, and furnished in a style seldom equaled even in cities; the farm buildings are commodious and models of neatness, and all the surroundings indicate wealth and refinement, all the result of the labor of the family. The children are Robert L., Belle H., Martha A., John S., William C., Jennie, James C., Alexander and Anna B. For many years the family have been among the leading members of the Presbyterian Church, and are also well known in the social circles of the county. Identifying himself with the Democratic party, Mr. Caldwell has ever supported it by earnest work, but has never yielded to any solicitation to accept political preferment. JAMES CRAWFORD (deceased) was born in what is now Augusta Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, in the year 1818, and was prominent as a citizen and fruitman until his death, which occurred April 7, 1877. His father, James Crawford, Sr., was a native of County Donegal, Ireland, who, when a young man, came to this country and first located in Washington County, Penn., where he was married to Margaret Allender, a native of County Derry, Ireland, who came to Penn Valley, Penn., in 1785, and soon after this event they came to the then Far West and settled in the township and county named above, formerly known as the territory northwest of the Ohio and above the mouth of the Kentucky rivers, which were then swarming with bears, deer, wolves, and, not unfrequently, panthers. In this wilderness Mr. Crawford entered 160 acres of land, directed by an act of Congress to be sold at the Steubenville general land office, and erected a log cabin, where after a long life of hardships, yet of usefulness, he passed away. James Crawford, whose name opens this sketch, was born on the tract of land just alluded to, and on it grew to manhood, after reaching which estate he married Miss Anne Crawford, who was born in Beaver County, Penn., May 7, 1824, a daughter of George and Jane McRoney Crawford, former born in Ireland, latter a native of Lancaster County, Penn. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Crawford settled on the old homestead in Augusta Township, where there were born to them seven children, of whom four only are now living, named as follows: James M., Johnson B., John T. and Lowman I. Mrs. Crawford still resides on the old homestead with three of her sons, who are practical farmers. The soil is fertile, and the farm is now improved with a fine brick dwelling and spacious barns. The farm, under the management of the sons, is kept in most excellent condition, and is devoted to fruit, grain-growing and stock-raising. The young men stand out prominently as successful and representative farmers, and are growing up in the habits of their respected father—those of industry and integrity. In politics they are Democratic; their religion is that of the United Presbyterian Church, of the session of which at Glade Run Mr. Crawford (deceased) had been a member for many years. JUDGE C. C. ADAMS, one of the most prominent, prosperous and successful farmers and stock-raisers of Fox Township, Carroll County, was born in Ohio, January 26, 1826, a son of John and Betsy (Kimins) Adams, the former a native of London, England, latter of Pennsylvania, born of Irish descent. The father, when a young man (about the year 1815), set sail from England for America, but was shipwrecked on one of the West India Islands, losing all that he had. However, he found his way ultimately to these shores, and in course of time located in Wash- 868 - CARROLL COUNTY ington County, Penn., where he taught school, followed surveying and also preached the gospel. He was there married to Miss Kimins, and shortly afterward they moved to Ohio, settling in what is now Fox Township, Carroll County, where he entered eighty acres of land, afterward buying other lands. Here he built a log cabin in the then wilderness, and set to work to clear a farm. This was about the year 1829, when wild animals and game were plentiful. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. John Adams, viz. : Abraham, Catherine, C. C., Henrietta, John and Harriet, all now deceased except C. C. The father died in 1865, the mother in 1874. Mr. Adams was a well-read and educated man, and in early times was a drawer of deeds, keeper of abstracts, etc., for the people of his section. For many years he was an officer of his township, and continued to teach and preach up to the close of his life. Judge C. C. Adams was reared on the farm his father had entered, attending the subscription schools of the neighborhood, and at the age of seventeen years he learned the trade of blacksmith at Carrollton, and worked at that business for twenty years. In August, 1847, he was married to Miss Ellen Lewton, whose parents were old settlers of Carroll County, and to this union were born a large family, of whom those now living in Carroll County are P. W., Eli, Minnie, George and John. The mother died in 1881, and in 1882 the father married, for his second wife, Miss Morrow, a lady of Irish descent, and who was reared in Carroll County, a school teacher by profession, having taught several years in Carrollton. Judge Adams is owner of a fine farm of 340 acres, and in his stock-raising interests he makes a specialty of fine-bred sheep. In his political preferments he is a Republican; he is a member of the United Presbyterian Church, and has filled with marked ability many township offices; having studied law he was admitted to the bar in 1858, and entered upon the practice which he yet continues; in 1876 he was elected probate judge of his county (Car roll), and re-elected for a second term, in itself an evidence of the esteem and confidence in which he is held by the community. WILLIAM TATTERS (deceased), late of Augusta, Carroll Co., Ohio, was born May 14, 1816, at Dufton, near Appleby, in Westmoreland County, England, and was a son of William Tatters, who was the father of six children: William, John, Jonathan, Christopher, Isabelle and Sarah, all now deceased. Our subject resided in England till be was thirty-two years of age, being engaged in mining lead. In 1848 he migrated to the United States and remained a short time in Pittsburgh, when he removed to New Castle, Penn., where he remained till 1866; he then came to Carroll County, Ohio. Here, November 14, 1867, he married Miss Elizabeth Donaldson, who was born August 31, 1817, in Perthshire, Scotland, a daughter of James and Hannah (Andrews) Donaldson. James Donaldson was born in Scotland February 15 1795; there he grew to manhood and learned the mason's trade. About 1816 he married Hannah Andrews, who was born June 12, 1798, a daughter of Thomas Andrews. To this union were born fourteen children, as follows: Elizabeth, who married William Tatters; Thomas A. (first) deceased; Jennette Leyda and Hannah, residing in Augusta; David, Ann, William, Thomas (second) and Mary (all deceased); James, who resides in Ray County, Mo. ; John, deceased; Mildred Leyda, in Missouri, and Isabelle Montooth, twins; Milton, deceased. In the spring of 1827 Mr. Donaldson immigrated to the United States, and came to Carroll County, Ohio, and purchased eighty acres of land near Scroggsfield, on which he resided till 1836, when he removed to Augusta Township, and purchased 200 acres; on this tract of land he erected a small cabin, in which he resided for some time, when he erected a fine stone house, in which he died September 13, 1851. His wife died August 26, 1881. Both were members of CARROLL COUNTY - 869 the Presbyterian Church; politically he was a Democrat. Our subject and wife after their marriage remained four years on a farm in East Township; in 1871 he purchased a farm in the southeastern part of Augusta Township, it being now owned by George Tope. He resided on this farm till 1882, when he sold it and removed to the town of Augusta, where he purchased a fine residence, in which he resided till his death, February 18, 1889. Politically he was a Democrat, and was also a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Tatters resides in Augusta, is now seventy-three years of age, and is hale and hearty. She also is an active member of the Presbyterian Church, and is highly respected in the community for her many Christian virtues, and chiefly for her genuine piety. THOMAS J GEORGE was born June 23, 1854, in Fox Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, and was reared on his father's farm, near Mechanicstown. There he received his first lessons, which he has followed during his manhood years, and which, to a great extent are the cause of his success and respect among his fellow-citizens. There, under the tutorship of his father, he learned the habits of industry and honesty, which he has lived up to, and which mark the progress of many of our representative men. Mr. George obtained his education at the district school by applying himself three months out of the year, as the remainder of the time was consumed in the cultivation of the fields. At the age of twenty-seven, December 4, 1881, Mr. George married Miss Roudebush, who was reared in Washington Township, Carroll Co., Ohio. Her parents were among the earliest settlers that came to eastern Ohio, and have been among the most prominent citizens of Washington Township. Three children resulted to the union of Mr. and Mrs. George, and were named as follows: William A., Elmer B. and Oscar Clyde. Soon after marriage Mr. and Mrs. George moved to their present farm, which is the old homestead where Mr. George was born. They have a well-improved farm of 100 acres, which is provided with fine buildings and all modern improvements. Although Mr. George rents his farm he still lives there, where he is actively connected with the wagon-making business. In politics he is a Republican, and lives up to the principles of that party. Although Mr. and Mrs. George are among the younger citizens of Fox Township, yet they justly deserve a place among its representative citizens. They have always done their part to advance public enterprises and build up their county. WASHINGTON HARDGROVE (deceased) was born in 1798, in Maryland, of which State his father, Richard Hardgrove, was also a native, having been born of English parentage. Richard was married to Lovina Canada, a Marylander, and to them were born the following named children: Rachel, George, Hamilton, James and Washington. The father died in 1799, having been a resident of Maryland all his life, the mother May 6, 1855. After his death his widow removed to Greene County, Penn., where she resided until 1818, in which year she came to Ohio, where our subject, in company with his biother-in-law, John Morrison, entered 160 acres of land in what is now Carroll County, eighty of which are now owned by the heirs of Washington Hardgrove. In 1823 the subject of this sketch was married to Priscilla Clarke, who was born in Salem Township, Columbiana Co., Ohio, April 13, 1809, a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Burtnett) Clarke, of Greene County, Penn., and to this union nine children were born, of whom the following is a brief record: Rachel was born July 11, 1828, died May 9, 1848; John C. is in Michigan; George H. is in East Township, Carroll County; Elizabeth L. is the wife of Joseph Yoder, in Fox Township, Carroll County; Sarah A. lives at home; Richard H. is in Fox Township; Daniel B. in East Township; Mary R. is 870 - CARROLL COUNTY. married to Dr. George Welsh, of Cadiz, Ohio; Rosa J. is the wife of George Ray, in East Township. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Hardgrove settled on the farm in East Township, where his widow and daughter, Sarah A., still reside, and where he died July 26, 1881, at the advanced age of eighty-four years. He lived a Christian life, and was buried in the Mechanicstown Cemetery. Politically he was a Republican, and served several terms as township trustee. Some of the members of the family are Presbyterians, and others are members of the Disciples Church. JOHN H. BROOKS is one of the representative farmers of Union Township, Carroll County, and is a descendant of one of the early families of Carroll County. In the year 1818 Henry Brooks, a native of County Fermanagh, Ireland, left his native land with his family and started for America, but Mr. Brooks died on ship-board ere they had reached this country, and was buried in the blue Atlantic. The family, however, landed and proceeded westward, finally locating in Carroll County, Ohio, where they took up and settled on a tract of Government land. They were among the earliest pioneers of that region, which, in the vocabulary of the early times, was known as Little Ireland, owing to the nativity of the settlers, who were mostly Irishmen who had emigrated from the Emerald Isle, and taken up land in this new country, which at that time was a portion of Harrison County. Thomas F. Brooks, a grandson of Henry Brooks, before mentioned, was born on the Brooks homestead in Union Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, April 9, 1826. He grew to maturity with his parents in the hew country, wearing the home-made clothing, and attending the subscription schools of the early times. In 1847 he married Elizabeth Crozier, a native of Cadiz, Ohio, but who, when she was sixteen years of age, came with her parents, John and Ann (Ginn) Crozier, to Carroll County, where the parents died. The young couple located in the wilderness of Union Township, in a small log cabin, and resided in that township until the spring of 1883, when they moved to Carrollton, where Mrs. Brooks died August 29, 1884, leaving two sons and one daughter. The following year Mr. Brooks married Margaret Stubbins, of Cadiz, Ohio, and they now reside in their pleasant home in the town of Carrollton. John H. Brooks, whose name heads this sketch, is the third child and eldest son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Crozier) Brooks, and was born on his father's farm in Union Township, January 12, 1854. There he spent his boyhood days, assisting his parents, and received the advantages of a practical education in the public schools of his neighborhood. In September, 1875, he married Eliza A. Lindsey, a native of Union Township, and a daughter of John and Mary (Rutledge) Lindsey, natives of Ireland. In 1880 he purchased and located on his present fine farm of 236 acres, about two miles south of Carrollton, and is recognized as one of the leading successful farmers of Union Township. Politically he is a Republican, and has held various positions of trust and honor, to which he has been elected by his fellow-townsmen. To Mr. and Mrs. Brooks have been born four children, viz. : Thomas H., William M., Letitia E. and Ferd. C. The family are respected members of the Pleasant Hill Methodist Episcopal Church, in which Mr. Brooks is trustee and class leader, and assistant superintendent of the Sabbath-school, while Mrs. Brooks takes an active interest in all charitable and benevolent movements. MRS. CATHERINE COLAR, widow of the late William Colar, who died in Loudon Township, Carroll County, February 4, 1881, was born in what is now German Township, Harrison County (then a part of Jefferson County), February 11, 1824. Her father,Conrad Slates, a native of Loudoun County, Va., born November 25, 1798, was married CARROLL COUNTY - 871 in that State, in 1818, to Miss Hannah Funk, who was born in Maryland, October 31, 1800. By this union there were twelve children, of whom the following is a record: John W., born January 25, 1820, is in Germano, Ohio; Mrs. Drusilla Hibbs, born March 6, 1822, lives in Loudon Township, Carroll County; Mrs. Margaret Burrier, born July 8, 1824, is deceased; Samuel, born November 12, 1826, is in Iowa; Catharine C., is the subject of this biographical memoir; Mrs. Leah Albaugh, born October 5, 1831, lives in Indiana; Solomon, born December 29, 1833, resides in Kilgore, Loudon Township; Joseph, born June 22, 1836, is in Kansas; Mrs. Martha Lucas, born October 26, 1838, is deceased; Mrs. Mary A. Hamilton, born November 19, 1840, and Harvey,born May 17,1843,both live in Nodoway County, Mo., and one was still-born. About the year 1819 Mr. and Mrs. Slates came to Ohio, where he purchased three-quarters of Section 1, in what is now Loudon Township, Carroll County, and here put up a cabin on the quarter where George T. Burlier now lives. In this Mr. Slates resided for some years, and then erected a hewed-log house, where he lived the rest of his life. He served as a justice of the peace several years, and he and his wife were members of the Lutheran Church. The subject of our sketch grew to womanhood on the old farm, the extent of her education being three months at the district schools, as most of her time was spent at the spinning wheel, in hoeing corn, raking hay, following the harrow, reaping wheat or other occupations on the farm. On February 29, 1848, she became united in marriage with William Colar, who was born in what is now German Township, Harrison County, February 11, 1824. His father, Christian Henry Colar, was born in 1783, in Wurtemberg, Germany, where he received a good practical education, and at the age of seventeen enlisted in the German army, soon being promoted by degrees of rank from private to captain. He served sixteen years, and after leaving the army he married his first wife, who bore him two children, but they and the mother died soon after the birth of the second child. About the year 1835 Mr. Colar sailed for the United States, and while in New York City he found employment in an extensive sugar-house. Here he remained some time, and then came to Harrison County, Ohio, where he purchased thirty-five acres of land, which he cleared and improved, and on which he passed the rest of his days. He was married in what is now Harrison County to his second wife, in the person of Miss Barbara Burrier, a native of Virginia, who bore him twelve children, viz.: Henry, residing in Loudon Township, Carroll County; William and Andrew, deceased; Jacob, also in Loudon Township; Obediah, deceased; Emmanuel and Mrs. Barbara Burlier, both in Loudon Township; Elizabeth, deceased; Mrs. Susan Burrier, in Perry Township, Carroll County; Mrs. Christian States, in Dell Roy, Carroll County; Mrs. Mary Burlier, in Kilgore, and Regina, who died in infancy. Mr. Colar taught school for several years in Harrison County, and was a member of the Lutheran Church for a long period. To Mr. and Mrs. William Colar were born five children, as follows: Harvey, deceased; Mrs. Mary E. Crumrine and Mrs. Sarah J. Richards, both in Loudon Township, Carroll County; Mrs. Drusilla Philpott, in Tecumseh, Johnson Co., Neb., and Mrs. Martha E. Crumrine, in Perry Township, Carroll Co., Ohio. Our subject and her husband, after their marriage, took up their residence in Loudon Township, on the farm now owned by Mrs. Colar. Mr. Colar, at the time of his death, owned 232 acres of land; in his political convictions he was a Democrat. RICHARD LAWRENCE, one of the early settlers of Lee Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, and a representative practical farmer, was born January 26, 1826, in Ireland, a son of James and Mary (Noble) Lawrence, also natives of the "land of Moore." James Lawrence, grandfather of Richard, was married in that country to Susan Hays, who 872 - CARROLL COUNTY. bore him children as follows: James, Richard, Elizabeth and Sarah. The parents died in Ireland, where, during their lives, they had been engaged in farming. James Lawrence, father of the subject of this memoir, married, in his native land, Mary, daughter of James Noble, and in 1842, with their family, they set sail for America, but owing to storms and adverse winds the vessel was driven on one of the islands that fringe the north and northwest coast of Scotland; finally they succeeded in reaching their original starting point, where they remained. James, one of the sons, made another venture to cross the Atlantic, which he safely accomplished, landing at New York, whence he came to Ohio. In the following year the rest of the family came out, also landing at New York, thence proceeding to Philadelphia, where they took a canal-boat for Pittsburgh, the trip occupying two weeks; from there came by boat to Steubenville, Ohio, and thence by wagon to Carroll County, where they purchased a farm in Lee Township, which they set to work to clear. Here, on January 23, 1875, James Lawrence, Sr., died; he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics a Democrat. Richard Lawrence, whose early life was passed on his father's farm in his native land, and in attending the parish schools, came to the United States with the majority of the family in 1843, making his home in Lee Township, Carroll County. On January 10, 1850, he was married to Ann, daughter of John and Margaret (Fee) Park, of Trumbull County, Ohio, and this union has been blessed with the following named children: Mary, now Mrs. David Noble; James A.; John P , deceased; Margaret A., now Mrs. John Cogswell; William; Lillie; Cora, deceased; Richard A. and Helen. The family are all members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Harlem Springs, in which Mr. Lawrence has served as class leader and trustee. Politically he has always supported the Democratic party, and has served his township as assessor and in other positions of trust. He has a right to feel proud of his success, having commenced life a poor ]ad, and has by industry and economy become one of the solid men of the county. ABRAHAM BATTIN, a prosperous farmer of East Township, Carroll County, was born in New Garden, Columbiana Co., Ohio, April 19, 1821. His grandfather, Richard Battin, who was a Quaker, left the Southern States for Ohio, on account of his aversion to slavery, and entered 160 acres of land in Columbiana County. Here he resided several years, and then removed to what is now East Township, Carroll County (then a part of Columbiana), and here entered three and one-half quarters of land, where he passed the rest of his life. He died about the year 1830, aged seventy-five years. By profession he was F. school teacher, which he followed in winter tit in connection with farming, the school-house being where the subject of this sketch now resides. His children were James, John, Jonathan, Joshua and Ann. James Battin, son of Richard, and father of Abraham, was born either in Georgia or in South Carolina in 1776. He was married in Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1819, to Margaret Walton, a native of Bucks County, Penn., and daughter of Abraham and Ann Walton. To this union were bon. four children, viz. : Abraham, Catherine, Elisha and Rachel (latter deceased). In 1826 Mr. Battin removed to what is now East Township, Carroll County, and purchased of his father the farm which our subject now owns, and which then comprised eighty acres, now ninety, the ten acres having been added by Abraham. He died on this farm in 1833, his wife in 1845; they were both members of the Society of Friends, and in politics he was a Whig. Abraham Battin, the eldest son of James and Margaret (Walton) Battin, grew to manhood on the farm where he now resides, and where his life has been spent clearing the land and making improvements. On June 26, 1845, he was married to Miss Ann McGeary, who was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, in February, 1826, CARROLL COUNTY - 873 a daughter of John and Ann McGeary, also natives of the Emerald Isle, who came to Ohio about the year 1830. To this union have been born twelve children, of whom the following is a brief record: Mary A., now Mrs. Barnabas McKenna, lives in Wellsville, Ohio; James M. is a resident of Canton, Ohio; John is in East Township, Carroll County; George, in Bureau County, Ill. ; Margaret, now Mrs. James Boyle, lives in Columbiana County, Ohio; William, in Pittsburgh, Penn. ; Elizabeth E., married to William Burns, is a resident of Salineville, Ohio; Thomas A. is in Bureau County, Ill. ; Catharine E. is the wife of David O'Reilly, of East Township; Maria is the wife of Joseph Bryan; Charles and Emma are at home. Mr. Battin and the entire family are members of the Catholic Church; in politics he is a Democrat, and has held several offices of trust in his township. WILLIAM L. LEE (deceased), in his lifetime one of the best known residents of Lee Township, Carroll County, was born in that township August 29, 1816, a son of Alexander Lee, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work. The early life of our subject was passed on the home place of his father until his marriage, August 16, 1844, with Elizabeth Bebout. John Bebout, her father, was a native of New Jersey, whence in his youth he moved to Pennsylvania, where he was married to Rebecca Howey, who bore him the following named five children: Ira, Elizabeth, John (in Mechanicstown, Carroll County), Jane A. and Emma. Mr. Bebout came to Ohio in 1836, settling in Washington Township, Carroll County, where he died. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church at Carrollton, and in politics cast his suffrage with the Whig party. Mr. and Mrs. Lee immediately after marriage took up their residence on the farm where, March 5, 1880, he closed a life of usefulness and untiring labor, and where his widow still lives. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and in his political convictions an enthusiastic Whig until the dissolution of that party, when he united with the Democrats. He was successful in all his ventures, and respected no less for his integrity than for his benevolence, leaving at his decease a large circle of friends to mourn his departure from their midst. The children born to this honored couple are Rebecca M., Josephine (now Mrs. Galen Glenn), and Mary, who was married January 1, 1884, to John J. Miller, son of William and Ellen Miller, and has two children: Warren L. and Bessie. Mr. and Mrs. Miller are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and his political proclivities are Republican. EDMUND ROBERTSON. Among the early settlers and most esteemed of the farming community of Loudon Township, Carroll County, stands this gentleman, who is a native of Loudoun County, Va., born January 11, 1811. His father, William Robertson. was a native of Maryland, where he grew to early manhood, and while yet a young man moved to Loudoun County, Va., where he married and reared a family of seven children. About the year 1812 he came to Short Creek Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, and, the war of that period having broken out, he enlisted, serving his country some time. Returning home from the field of Mars to the peaceful pursuits of the farm, Mr. Robertson remained in Short Creek Township for several years, and then removed to Terre Haute, Ind., where he spent the latter days of his life. He was well known to the people of Short Creek Township in its early times, and was highly respected. In politics he was a Democrat. Edmund Robertson, the subject proper of this commemorative record, attained to manhood's estate in Harrison County, receiving a liberal education at the common schools of the period. He has been twice married: on first occasion to Miss Sophia Hilbert, daughter of John and Elisabeth Hilbert, by whom 874 - CARROLL COUNTY. he had four children, viz. : Jackson, now a resident of Illinois; William N., residing in German Township, Harrison Co., Ohio; Elizabeth Woods and Isabella Galbraith. Mr. Robertson's second wife was Lydia Hilbert, sister to his first, and to this union were also born four children, named as follows: Amos B., a resident of Cadiz Junction, Ohio; Emily Baker; Edmund P. (deceased) and Cordillia S. Harding. After his first marriage Mr. Robertson resided in Harrison County some years, and about 1850 he purchased the farm he now owns, comprising in all 111 acres of fertile land, sixty-six being in Loudon Township, Carroll County, and forty-five in Rumley Township, Harrison County, most of which he cleared with his own hands.. In politics Mr. Robertson is a Democrat. JOHN H. TRIPP was born July 6, 1820, on the farm of his mother's father, John Haft, on which Hustonville now stands, in Washington County, Penn., and situated one and a half miles south of Cannonsburg, on the Washington Pike. His father, William Tripp, was one of twelve children—six brothers and six sisters—all of whom reached adult years. These children were brought by their parents, Job and Mary (nee Martin) Tripp, from the Wyoming Valley to Washington County, Penn., in 1806, after the Wyoming massacre by the Indians, under the lead of Butler, prior to the Revolution, in which all their adult male ancestors, on the paternal and maternal sides (who, by tradition, were Welsh), were destroyed, save one, ____ Tripp, who was, at the time of the massacre, a delegate from the little colony, then on the banks of the Susquehanna River, back to tile Connecticut Legislature, to which the junior colony appealed for protection. But the feuds that arose between it and the followers of Penn, down at Philadelphia, stirred the Indians to commit the Wyoming horror. John H. Tripp was the eldest of a family of eight children when his father removed them from Cannonsburg, Penn., to Carroll County, Ohio, in March, 1834. He had secured such an education as the select schools at Cannonsburg could furnish. Standing at the head of his classes the last three years, he had the promise of his relatives to step into the collegiate shoes of his mother's youngest brother, Stephen, who was ten years the senior, then attending Jefferson College at Cannonsburg; but financial disasters, in constructing miles of turnpike without their expect& pay, and other mishaps, compelled the sale of two farms, on one of which Hustonville now stands, and the proceeds were swept into the financial vortex, thereby preventing young Tripp from realizing his cherished hopes. In Ohio he started to district school under one Richard Dandy, a good old Irishman; but, on the second day, he found himself a teacher, at the request of Mr. Dandy, instead of a scholar. He then took his books home, and for four. years received no schooling, save that which his father gave in orthography, reading, arithmetic and penmanship, at nights, reading carefully Rollin's Ancient History, Hallam's Middle Ages, and other histories and biographies that his limited opportunities furnished. In the fall of 1838, at the age of eighteen, he attended the select school of Prof. John P. Grewell (near Hanover, Columbiana Co., Ohio) now a prominent physician and literary gentlemen at Oskaloosa, Iowa. After three years' absence, during two of which he attended school, our subject returned to Carroll County, taught, a district school, and commenced reading law in the office of Gen. E. R. Eckley; and in the winter of 1841-42 he kept North Union School, which nearly all the full-grown young men of the township attended. In 1843, on an examination by a committee of nine, appointed by the Supreme Court, at Steubenville, with Daniel Collier as chairman, he vitas, with one Mr. Semple, afterward judge of common pleas court at Coshocton, admitted to practice law. After a partnership of one year with Gen. Eckley, who was then State Senator, John H. Tripp was married, in December, 1844, to Miss Charlotte Gantz, the youngest of a family of CARROLL COUNTY - 877 nine, to which union one daughter, Mary, and one son, William H., were born, the former of whom died in 1889, and the latter is now postmaster at Carrollton, Ohio. In 1845 Mr. Tripp was elected prosecuting attorney, and served two terms. In 1850 he was elected Representative to the State Legislature, and, with Gen. Eckley in the Senate, voted for "Ben" Wade for United States Senator. In 1851 he was a candidate for Probate Judge, was beaten by A. W. Morrison, and in 1854, he ran against Judge Morrison, and was elected by seyeral hundred majority, and re-elected in 1857. In January, 1853, William McCoy (afterward Judge) and Mr. Tripp purchased the Free Press of one Allen Green, who had permitted the office to freeze out, Tripp & McCoy continuing until 1857, when they sold out to Jacob Weyand, afterward a captain in the One Hundred and Twenty-sixth 0. V. I. In February, 1861, Mr. Tripp retired by expiration of term of office, and went into the law practice with B. F. Potts, after which the war broke out, and the latter joined the Union forces, serving as captain, colonel, then general, becoming, after the war, governor of Montana. Mr. Tripp continued in the practice with little to do while the war first started, but, in 1862, he was appointed, by Gov. Tod, draft-master for the county, without solicitation or his knowledge till his commission came. He drafted several townships for 125 six-months men, and succeeded in taking about one hundred to Camp Mansfield, the remaining twenty-live leaving the county for other localities. On return of the draft-roll Gov. Tod offered him a lieutenant's commission to raise a company of volunteers, which he declined, saying, "I am too much of a coward;" with a smile on his face, the Governor replied, " I will risk that; " then Mr. Tripp told him of his late inflammatory rheumatism trouble, and protested that he could not serve with credit to himself or the company. Afterward all of his four brothers—William, James, Stephen J. and Samuel--enlisted in the United States service, and Stephen fell before the enemy's shell bat- 47 tery at Champion Hills, dying in St. Louis; Samuel was wounded at Chickamauga. In 1863 Robert Raley, late judge of common pleas court, came to his office, was elected prosecuting attorney in 1864, but remained as a partner until 1867. Hon. I. H. Taylor was his law partner in 1869, until he was appointed clerk of common pleas court soon after. In 1876 Mr. Tripp purchased of George H. Teter a one-half interest in the Free Press printing office, and in 1880 was chosen one of the two delegates, with Hon. Asa W . Jones, of Youngstown, to the Republican National Convention at Chicago; he voted thirty-three times for James G. Blaine and three times for James A. Garfield, for presidential candidate. In 1877 H. J. Eckley entered his office as a partner, and was elected prosecuting attorney in 1879, remaining in partnership till November, 1880. In February, 1881, Mr. Tripp purchased of S. J. Cameron the other half interest in the Free Press, and continues the editor and owner of the paper to the present date. In consequence of Carroll being the smallest of the three counties comprising the Ninth Judicial District, and having only two judges till 1886, Mr. Tripp was ambitious for a seat on the bench always backed by his own county, but he failed, by reason of the other counties supporting Judge Nichols. Judge Day became the third judge, but resigned after one year; then Mr. Tripp united with the bar for the appointment of Judge Raley, although he had in his previous contest with Judge Nichols beaten Mr. Raley (who was also a candidate before the people of his county) more than two to one, when one William Tipton, a personal enemy of Mr. Tripp, and a delegate for Mr. Raley, stubbornly refused to vote for Mr. Tripp, and, after several close ballots, Mr. Nichols, of Columbiana, succeeded. On the sad death of Judge Raley, H. J. Eckley and John H. Tripp became candidates for the Governor's appointment to the judgeship, when the bar of the district deemed it best to recommend Hon. I. H. Taylor, late member of Congress, who was appointed by Governor Foraker in 1889, and since elected judge. In 1887 Mr_ 878 - CARROLL COUNTY. Tripp took into partnership in his law office R. E. McDonald,who was, in 1889, elected the third prosecuting attorney of the county after himself, from his office. Mr. Tripp has been the friend of all the young men who have entered his office. Now, at the age of seventy, he is in the enjoyment of robust health, giving two days of the week to the Free Press and the remainder to his life-long profession. A. B. BAKER. The family of Bakers, of whom the gentleman whose name heads this commemorative sketch is a worthy representative, were among the earliest settlers of Carroll County, Ohio. The parents of our subject, Otho and Nancy (Buchanan) Baker, were born in Harrison County, Ohio, but soon after marriage moved to Carroll County, where Otho died April 19, 1887, and Mrs. Baker died April 4, 1888. Otho was reared in Harrison County, and, after growing to manhood, being possessed of fine ability, natural and acquired, soon attained a prominent position among its citizens, took an active part in public affairs, and was officially identified with its progressive interests. A. B. Baker (born August 2, 1843) was reared in Carroll County, was educated in its schools, and has been actiyely connected with its agricultural interests his entire life. Mr. Baker is a man of great vivacity, and is regarded as one of the township's most wide-awake, enterprising men. He was married January 6, 1872, to Miss Laura D. Scott (born January 16, 1853), whose parents, Charles A. and Phebe A. Scott, are among the best known influential farmers of Orange Township, Carroll County, having lived there upward of a half a century. Seven children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Baker, and are named as follows: Dassa Dell (deceased); Otto D., born June 15, 1873; Wilbur M., born September 14, 1876; Charley 0., born July 10, 1879; Harry A., born July 4,1881; John W., born August 14, 1887, and Hazel D., born September 13, 1890. Mr. Baker's farm consists of 152 acres of the most fertile land, finely located for the yielding of all kinds of produce. Mr. Baker turns his attention net only to agricultural pursuits, but to the raising of stock, and his property has fine buildings, a new windmill and all kinds of modern implements that a well-regulated farm would contain. Politically Mr. Baker is a Democrat, but not of the radical kind, and always in local elections endeavors to support the deserving man, rather than the party. Among the farmers of the locality Mr. Baker holds a prominent position, and is always ready to advance any cause for public benefit. ENOS HOSTERMAN, one of the wide-awake, well-to-do farmers of London Township, Carroll County, was born in that township March 20, 1840. His paternal great-grandfather, Peter Hosterman, was a native of Northumberland County, Penn., where he must have served some time as a justice of the peace, as our subject has in his possession law books and dockets which belonged to him. He resided, as nearly as can be ascertained, in Northumberland County all his life. Jacob Hosterman, grandfather of Enos, was also born in that county, the date of his birth being December 20, 1782. He was married to Elizabeth Winnings, who was born January 8, 1786, and died July 12, 1838, by which union there were ten children, viz. : Mrs. Margaret Waggoner, John, Mrs. Elizabeth Narrigan, Peter, Jacob, Mrs. Mary A. Gotschall, David, Samuel, Mrs. Catharine Gotschall (a resident of Indiana) and William, all now deceased but Catharine. In 1805 Jacob Hosterman moved to Ohio and located in what is now German Township, Harrison County, where he died August 8, 1850. He and his wife were members of the Lutheran Church; politically he was a Democrat. David Hosterman, father of Enos, was born in German Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, August 6, 1815, where he attended the common schools and grew to manhood. On November CARROLL COUNTY - 879 22, 1837, he married Miss Elizabeth Hibbs, who was born September 10, 1815, a daughter of Isaac and Mary (Lucas) Hibbs, and to this union one son, Enos, the subject proper of this sketch, was born. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. David Hosterman came to Kilgore, Ohio, where for some time he followed his trade, that of cooper and carpenter, and at the same time carried on a small grocery, his stock gradually increasing until he ultimately had a good trade in general merchandise in Carroll County, and he continued this business in Kilgore for about twenty years. He died at the home of his son Enos, June 13, 1887, his wife having preceded him July 3, 1886. They were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church; in politics he was a Democrat, and in 1884 he was appointed postmaster at Kilgore. Enos Hosterman was reared to manhood in the village of Kilgore, where he attended the common schools. February 14, 1865, he enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Eighty-Sixth 0. V. I., and was mustered out September 18, 1865, at Nashville, Tenn. In Kilgore he worked at his trade-cooper and carpenter and, since 1866, he has operated a threshing machine, in company with Eli Albaugh. On July 4, 1881, he moved to his farm, comprising seventy-five acres, and which used to be the old Kilgore camp-meeting ground. Mr. Hosterman was married March 20, 1860, to Catharine A. Philpott, who was born March 20, 1842, a daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (Everly) Philpott. Charles Philpott, by trade a tailor, was born in Frederick County, Md., in 1808, and died in Kilgore, Ohio, in 1864; Elizabeth Everly was born in Pennsylvania in September, 1818, and is now residing in Kilgore, Ohio; they were married at Magnolia, Ohio. To Mr. and Mrs. Hosterman have been given four children, viz. : Mrs. Albertha Colar, born June 11, 1867, now in Loudon Township, Carroll County; David E., born August 11, 1870; Jennie M., born March 3, 1877, and Floyd, born June 20, 1882, the three last named still living at home. The parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Hosterman is a Democrat, and, after his father's death he was appointed postmaster at Kilgore; he served nine years as justice of the peace in Loudon Township. JACOB JASPER KIRBY, farmer, is a mitive of Perry Township, Carroll Co.,Ohio, and was born July 24, 1854, a son of Ephraim and Elizabeth (Bear) Kirby, of Scotch and German descent, respectively. Of the Kirby family it may safely be said that there is not another in Perry Township that has a wider reputation for integrity, or that enjoys a larger measure of the esteem of its citizens. The farm on which Mr. Kirby was born is that originally entered by his father and three uncles when Perry Township was a wilderness, and here he has grown to manhood amid the scenes of his boyhood days; albeit they have been of a changing and varying character. He obtained a good practical education in the district school in the vicinity of Perrysville, Ohio, and, in after life, put this education to good use in the practice of his vocation. In the fall of 1888 he married Miss Mary M. Hagey, a native of St. Joseph County, Ind. One child, Byron Clayton, was born to bless this union, May 28, 1889. The friends of Mr. and Mrs. Kirby are numerous, and are warm in their affection, while he stands especially high in the esteem of his fellow-citizens, and is looked upon as one of the representative farmers of Perry Township. Further details, relating to the Kirby family, will be found in the sketch of Harry W. Kirby. MRS. CATHARINE WOOD, the oldest lady living in Loudon Township, Carroll County, being over eighty-nine years of age, was born June 11, 1801, three miles from Fredericktown, Md., a daughter of Martin Keplinger, who was a son of Jacob Keplinger, who immigrated from Germany to the United States with his family about 1760, settling near Fredericktown, Md., where he died. 880 - CARROLL COUNTY. Martin Keplinger was born in Germany in 1754, and was consequently about six years old when he arrived in Maryland, where he was reared to manhood. He was married to Rebecca Wilson, who was born near Fredericktown about the year 1772, and to them were born children as follows: Rebecca, Elizabeth, Rachel, Leah and Catharine, the subject of this sketch. Martin Keplinger resided in Maryland for a few years after his marriage, and then removed to Fayette County, Penn., near Uniontown, where he died in 1828; his wife died in Loudon Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, in 1852. Catharine Keplinger grew to womanhood in Pennsylvania, and was there married to Joseph Wood, who was born June 22, 1802, in Fayette County, Penn., where he was educated at the common schools. In 1832 they came to Ohio, and he here purchased the farm now owned by our subject, which comprises 160 acres; soon afterward he bought another tract of 160 acres. They lived in a primitive log cabin for some time, and then put up a hewed-log house. This farm Mr. Wood spent the remainder of his useful life in clearing and improving. He died in 1870, having been always a stanch Democrat. To Mr. and Mrs. Wood were born the following named children: Ellis, Rachel, Matilda, Sarah, Henry and Louisa (all deceased), Rebecca and Martha J., who both reside at home, and Mrs. Eliza A. Gotshall, who lives in Harrison County, Ohio. Mrs. Wood has resided on the old homestead ever since the year 1832, a period of over fifty-eight years. SAMUEL JACKMAN, another of the prosperous, native-born farmers of Lee Township, Carroll County, was born June 1, 1855, a son of Samuel and Margaret (Jackman) Jackman. The grandfather of our subject, by name Richard Jackman, was a native of Ireland, whence he emigrated to this country when a boy, coming to Island Creek, Jefferson Co., Ohio, where he entered land and carried on farming the remainder of his life. His children were named as follows: Margaret, Jane, Mary, Joseph, Samuel and Susan. He was a consistent and influential member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics an active Democrat. His son, Samuel, father of the subject of this sketch, first saw the light June 12, 1813, in Jefferson County, where he remained until twenty-two years of age. His education was such as farmers' sons received in his day, supplemented by a course of reading and the private study of political and religious subjects. He was married at the age of twenty-two years to Margaret, born June 12, 1813, daughter of Thomas Jackman, of Jefferson County, and she bore him the following named children: Joseph, Elizabeth and Thomas B. (both deceased), Margaret, Mary (deceased), Samuel and Emeline (latter deceased). The father died March 9, 1885, and sleeps his last sleep in the cemetery at Harlem Springs; the mother died October 5, 1890; from early life she was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Samuel settled on the farm in Carroll County, which had been entered by his father, and which is now in possession of his son, Samuel, our subject. He was a liberal supporter of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Green Hill, and in his political proclivities was an ardent advocate of the Democratic party. He held various offices of trust in his township, and filled the position of justice of the peace nine years. Samuel Jackman, whose name heads this sketch, received a liberal education in his native township, where his life has been spent. He was here married, January 30, 1884, to Sarah E., daughter of John P. Miller, of Jefferson County, Ohio, and by her has the following named children: Carena May, Thomas B., Samuel and Nora E. After marriage our subject and wife settled on the home place, where they have since resided, and he is engaged in farming and stock-raising, also to some extent in the breeding of fast horses. They are prominent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Harlem Springs, and, politically, his suffrage has always been with the Democratic party. CARROLL COUNTY - 881 ROBERT McLAUGHLIN, son of Robert and Nancy (Lindsay) McLaughlin, and brother of William L. McLaughlin, is an enterprising and successful native born citizen farmer of Lee Township, Carroll County, and first saw the light December 16, 1820. He was reared where he was born, and received his education at the neighboring schools. On March 22, 1849, he became united in marriage with Isabella G., daughter of John and Sarah (Crabbs) Robins, the former a soldier in the War of 1812, and after their marriage the young couple settled down to life on the farm, where they now reside, and which they greatly improved. The buildings are of his own construction, and consist of a commodious barn and one of the best farm residences in the township. Mr. McLaughlin is one of the leading members of the United Presbyterian Church at Scroggsfield, in which for the past forty years he has been an elder. He has been a liberal supporter of this society and of all benevolent projects. Politically he was an Old-time Whig, and then a Republican, on the formation of that party, to which he has since given his steady support. Largely a self-made man, Mr. McLaughlin has, by his business qualifications and assiduous labor, made a success of life, and he is respected and esteemed by all. HENRY ANDREW SWEASEY stands in the front rank of the progressive farmers of Carroll County, and is a native of the same, born in Monroe Township, September 23, 1837. His grandfather was a native of Germany, where he married a Miss Gretchin, and in an early day they came to America, settling in New Jersey, where he purchased a farm on which they resided until their death. Their children were named as follows: Henry, John, Elizabeth, Sarah, Daniel and Peter. He was a member of the Lutheran Church, and in politics he was a Whig. The son, Daniel, the father of our subject, was born in 1803 near Flemington, N. J., and attended the common schools of the neighborhood. At the age of twenty-three he was married to Sarah Smith, of the same place, and after a few years they came to Ohio, arriving in 1830 in what afterward became Carroll County, where he purchased a farm in Monroe Township. This farm was but little improved when they took up their abode on it, the dwelling being but a primitive log shanty, which, with its puncheon floor, paper windows and chimney made of sticks and mud, formed a striking contrast to the present handsome and comfortable residences in the township. Daniel Sweasey had born to him the following named children: Eliza, Mrs. James Aw wilier; Ellen, Mrs. Henry Black; Josephus (deceased); Mary, Mrs. John Rainsberger; Henry A. and William (latter deceased). The father died in 1884, the mother in 1874, both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he was a prominent officer. In politics he was first a Whig, then a member of the Know-nothing party, and afterward a Republican. Henry A. Sweasey, whose name opens this sketch, received his primary education at the common schools of his district, then attended for a time the high school at Carrollton and New Hagerstown Academy, which was supplemented by one term of study at Mount Union College, proving himself throughout to be a close student, an apt scholar, possessed of more than ordinary acumen and ability. On February 7, 1861, he was married to Eve, daughter of Samuel Barrick, of Monroe Township, Carroll County, and the young couple settled on the farm of Mr. Sweasey's father, moving into the log cabin which had been erected by the latter more than half a century before. Here they remained four years, and then came to Harrison Township, where they lived for three years on what is known as the Robinson Farm, after which they moved to their present place of residence, the property comprising 105 acres of well-improved land. The dwelling has been entirely remodeled, and a large barn for stock and grain has been erected. Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Sweasey, namely: George M., deceased; 882 - CARROLL COUNTY. Lillie, Mrs. Joseph V. Tope; Sarah H., Mrs. Harvy Marshall; Frank H. and Addie 0., both deceased. The parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Baxter's Ridge, of which Mr. Sweasey has been trustee, steward, etc. Politically he is a Republican, and has served as trustee and assessor of his township, both of which positions he has satisfactorily filled with remarkable success. R. F. CLARK was born January 19, 1836, in Orange Township, Carroll Co., Ohio. The family can trace their origin to Jesse (the grandfather of R. F.), who was born in Virginia, where the family had for many years resided. Jesse's early life was passed in the pursuit of farming, interspersed with an occasional day or so at school. He grew to manhood in Virginia, and was married to Jane Grant, of Maryland. She bore him the following children: Sarah, John, William, Maria, Frances, Robert and Grant. Jesse, with his family, consisting of a wife and three children, in 1808 started for Ohio in a wagon, cutting their way through the small growth that obstructed their path. They flnally arrived near the present village of Leesville, where they remained about two years, and then purchased a farm near Bowerston, which they occupied for two years, and partially cleared. They then purchased a farm adjoining the tract they first entered. When the call for volunteers was made, in 1812, he enlisted in the defense of the frontier, and, in company with other hardy and brave men, marched under the command of Gen. Harrison, leaving their defenseless families to struggle along as best they could, some of whom were nearly out of food when the volunteers returned. Besides the scarcity of food, which threatened a famine, the mothers had to care for the little ones and defend themselves from the wild beasts, which were exceedingly plentiful at that time. Mr. Clark was a Whig, and took a strong stand on the slavery question. He was among the founders of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Leesville, in whose faith he died. At the age of two years William Clark, father of our subject, was brought to Ohio. The remainder of his life was spent mostly within the confines of Orange Township. He remained at home, working on the farm, until he was twenty-two, when he set out for himself, and worked on the canal for eight dollars per month. At this work he continued until he had earned enough to purchase a small farm, which, after improving, he sold, and purchased a larger one, of 160 acres, on which he remained until his death. This farm he and family improved entirely. In 1830 he was married to Ursula, daughter of William Rouse, of Orange Township, and to this union were born the following children: Jane, Henry F., David, R. Frank and Anna M. In politics Mr. Clark was first a leading Whig, but, on the organization of the Republican party, he became a member thereof. He was called upon to fill many political offices in his township, the duties of which he discharged with credit to himself and to the benefit of his township. On May 15, 1881, he died, and was laid to rest by the side of his wife, who died January 18, 1861. R. Frank Clark has spent his whole life in the township of his birth, and has, since his arrival at a suitable age, been engaged in farming, and now has under his control some 550 acres. He has always been among the stanchest of Republicans, and is an earnest and progressive citizen. He inherits the good judgment of his ancestry, as well as their financial ability, and is keeping up the reputation the family gained by their honesty and virtue. On December 31, 1860, he married Isabelle L., daughter of H. C. Roby, of Orange Township. Their children were C. F., at home; Edward M. deceased; Clyde H., Thaddeus S., Alice B., William D., Ursula E., Jesse F. and Rush. The family are well known in the history and growth of Orange Township, and have exercised an important and beneficial influence in molding the spirit and opinion of the community. CARROLL COUNTY - 883 JACOB TRUSHELL. The Trushell family is one of the best known in Perry Township, Carroll County. Valentine Trushell, father of Jacob, was born in Pennsylvania, whence he came to Ohio when about eleven years old, settling in Harrison County. The country at the time he came here was indeed a wilderness. Neighbors were few and far between, and the only real enjoyment the pioneer had was clearing the forests and providing for a wife and family. Mr. Trushell was one of this class, a hard-working, energetic, honest man, who believed in bringing up his family in the path of honesty and industry. He passed from earth October 14, 1880. His first wife died in 1845, his second wife died in 1876. He was blessed with a family of sixteen children—five boys and eleven girls—five of whom are dead, the remainder being residents of Ohio, except one daughter, who lives in Nebraska. The Trushells are of German descent, the ancestry having come from Germany at a very early date. Jacob Trushell, the subject of this sketch, was born on his father's farm in Harrison County, Ohio, October 3, 1848, and his boyhood days and early manhood were passed in that county under the paternal roof. When twenty-three years of age Jacob moved to Carroll County, where he has a well-improved farm of 167 acres, situated one and a half miles from the town of Perrysville, in Perry Township. He has lived on this farm about' nineteen years, and by good management and hard labor has made many improvements. The place is well provided with many kinds of fruit trees and shrubs, and with numerous springs of pure water. Mr. and Mrs. Trushell have an elegant dwelling, which they built a short time ago at a great expense. It is one of the finest in Carroll County, built in the latest style, and supplied with all modern improvements. On October 29,1871, Mr. Trushell was married to Miss C. A. Simmons, and on November 14, same year, moved to the farm on which they now live. By this union one child was born, named Guy, who is at home helping his father. Mr. Trushell is a hard-working, self-made man. Politically he has always been a Democrat, and has held the office of school director. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and they occupy, socially, a high position among a large circle of friends. ABRAHAM ADAMS (deceased) was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, October 28, 1821, and was a son of John Adams, in relation to whom further mention will be found in the sketch of C. C. Adams, of Fox Township, printed elsewhere in this work. Abraham Adams was reared to farming in Carroll County, Ohio, and was educated at the common schools of that early day, absorbing all the learning that the tutors of his time could impart. November 18, 1855, he married Miss Mary A., daughter of John Bellman. After his marriage, Mr. Adams resided in Fox Township, Carroll County, until 1860, when be purchased the farm of 263 acres in Washington Township, now owned by his widow, and which lies three and a half miles north of Carrollton. Here Mr. Adams died April 12, 1881, a consistent member of the Disciples Church. In politics he was a Republican, and served nine years as infirmary director. Mrs. Mary A. Adams was born August 5, 1827, and still resides on the farm left by her husband, and is comforted in her declining years by an adopted son, John D., and an adopted daughter, Rebecca J. Burson. GEORGE DECKMAN, furniture manufact- urer, of Malvern, Carroll Co., Ohio, was 1 born in Prussia, May 7, 1833, the second of eleven children born to Solomon Charles and Wilhelmina (Miller) Deckman, who in 1836 came to America and located in Philadelphia, Penn., where the father followed his trade of shoemaking until 1854, when he came to Ohio and settled in Stark County, where, in conjunction with farming, he followed his trade until 1864, when he moved to Indiana, Steuben 884 - CARROLL COUNTY. County, where he died in 1886, at the age of seventy-six years; his widow is aged eighty. George Deckman was but three years of age when brought to America by his parents. He was educated at the public schools of Philadelphia until sixteen years old, when he was bound out to serve an apprenticeship of five years at wood, bone and ivory turning. In 1854 be shipped before the mast on the United States man of war, "Independence," and cruised in the Pacific Ocean, visiting among other places, the Sandwich Islands. After serving three years and four months he was honorably discharged. On his return to Philadelphia he found his parents had removed to Ohio, and in 1858 he came to Canton, this Stare, and there followed his trade until 1859, when he moved to Minerva, Carroll County; in 1861 he established himself in the manufacture of furniture, and the following year moved to Malvern, where he erected buildings, employed eleven hands, and turned out every variety of furniture. In May, 1864, George Deckman enlisted in Company K, One Hundred and Fifty-seventh 0. V. I. This regiment was organized at Camp Chase, May 15, 1864, and on the 17th of the- same month was ordered to report to Gen. Wallace, at Baltimore. It was assigned to Gen. Tyler's command, and after remaining in camp a few weeks was ordered by the War Department to Fort Delaware, where it performed guard duty over 12,000 to 14,000 prisoners until the expiration of its term of enlistment, when it was mustered out at Camp Chase, September 2, 1864. Three brothers of our subject also served in the army, as follows: Conrad Deckman enlisted June 5, 1861, in Company F, Fourth 0. V. I., and served three years; William Deckman entered Company F, Fourth 0. V. I., June 5, 1861, and served three years, and took part in both battles of Winchester, and also at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness and at Spottsylvania. He died immediately after his return home. John Adam Deckman entered Company D, Nineteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, September 10, 1861, with the rank of corporal, and took part in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Stone River, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Kenesaw Mountain, Nashville and others, and was mustered.out in 1865. On his return from the army George Deckman resumed his business of furniture manufacturing, which he still successfully conducts. In politics he is a Republican, and has filled the offices of township treasurer, township trustee, school director and councilman. He is a member of the I. 0. 0. F., and of the David Reed Post, No. 142, G. A. R., at Malvern. The marriage of George Deckman took place in 1857, to Miss Mary B., daughter of Jacob and Margaret (Swigart) Young, of Stark County, Ohio, and early pioneers from Pennsylvania. To this union five sons and three daughters have been born, as follows: Mary E., Charles J., William H., Elizabeth M., George Stephen, Kittie A., John E. and Arthur W., all living, and, of these, three sons and two daughters are married. In religion the family are of the Presbyterian faith. JAMES HOLDER, of the firm of Fimple, Holder & De Ford, attorneys at law, Carrollton, Carroll County, is a native of that county, having been born August 13, 1844, in Lee Township. His ancestry were Scotch-Irish and German, and his father, Jesse Holder, was a native of Pennsylvania, who, in early times, followed the medical profession. He married Miss Margaret Guyer, by whom he had thirteen children; she died in Carroll County, and Mr. -Holder afterward married, for his second wife, Miss Nancy Williams. They made their home in Lee Township, where Mr. Holder died, June 26, 1878, at the age of eighty-eight years; his widow still resides in Lee Township, the mother of nine children. James Holder, a son of Jesse Holder by his second marriage, grew to early manhood in Lee Township, receiving a good primary education at the common schools of the neighborhood. CARROLL COUNTY - 887 In 1862 Mr. Holder enlisted in Company D, Eightieth 0. V. I., serving for the integrity of the Union until wounded, May 14, 1863, at Jackson, Miss., where he lost his right arm by a cannon shot. The limb was amputated above the elbow, and next day he was captured by the Confederates, held on the field some time, and then sent to Atlanta, Ga., thence to Libby prison, at which place he was paroled and sent to Annapolis, Md., where he remained until his wounds were healed, when he returned to his home in Carroll County. Mr. Holder, after a rest from his severe war experiences, attended school at Harlem Springs College, in order to acquaint himself with the higher branches of study, and after a close application to his books entered the field of teaching, being for two years very successful in that profession in Carroll County. In 1866 he was elected county recorder, a position he held nine consecutive years, during which time he read law with Judge McCoy, of Carrollton, and commenced the practice of his profession in that town. In 1884 he was elected probate judge of Carroll County. Upon going out of office he resumed the practice of his profession and formed a law partnership with Hon. John H. Fimple, then representative for the district, and now connected with the general land office at Washington; afterward Mr. U. C. De Ford was admitted into the firm, the style of the same now being Fimple, Holder & De Ford. In 1873 Mr. Holder married Martha, daughter of the late Robert Guiney, of Carroll County, who was a native of the north of Ireland, coming to this country at the age of twenty-one, and first settling in Pennsylvania. in 1801, being the younger of two brothers, who were the only surviving members of the family, the elder remaining on his native soil. Mr. Guiney was an " old-time " Presbyterian elder for half a century, and it is scarcely necessary to add that Mrs. Holder adheres to the faith of her forefathers. Mr. Holder, as will be readily seen by perusing this brief sketch, is a self-made man, in the literal sense; in early manhood he worked on a farm, at three dollars per month, and by hard work, enterprise and perseverance, he attained his present, and honorable, position. JOHN RAY, a prosperous farmer of Washington Township, Carroll County, was born in Washington Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, December 15, 1833, a son of Charles and Catherine (Fox) Ray, former a native of Washington County, Penn., born in 1803, latter of Columbiana County, Ohio. Charles Ray was the youngest in a family of six children, and when he was a small boy his father died, after which event he came to Ohio, along with Jesse Roudebush, with whom he resided some years. He learned the trade of brick-layer, at which he worked for a time in Cleveland, then a small town. This was prior to his marriage. He was twice married, his first wife having been Catherine Fox, who bore him the following named seven children: Thomas, a resident of Perry Township, Carroll County; John, in Washington Township, Carroll Co., Ohio; Joseph and Mrs. Mary A. Hanes, in Michigan; Mrs. Elizabeth Roudebush, in Washington Township, Carroll County; Mrs. Mary J. Ballantine, in East Liverpool, Ohio; and Mrs. Rachel Hardgrove, in Fox Township, Carroll County. Mr. Ray's second marriage was with Rachel Foster, and by her he had one son, Andrew G., who is now a resident of East Liverpool, Ohio. Soon after his first marriage Mr. Ray purchased forty acres of wild land in Fox Township, the greater part of which he cleared with his own hands, cutting down most of the timber after his days' work at his trade was done. After a few years he sold his land, and traveled from place to place about the country, residing part of the time in Virginia. He died in Augusta Township, Carroll County, in 1884. He was well known to the people of Washington Township, and was much respected. In politics he was a Republican, and in his religious convictions a member of the Disciples Church, as is his widow, who is now a resident of East Liverpool, Ohio. 888 - CARROLL COUNTY. John Ray, the subject of this sketch, resided under the parental roof, attending the common schools until fifteen years of age, when he went to Columbiana County, Ohio, and resided with an uncle, John Walters. On November 25, 1853, he was married, in Carroll County, Ohio, to Huldah J. Roudebush, who was born August 22, 1832, in Washington Township, Carroll County, a daughter of Abraham and Melinda Roudebush, and this union has been blessed with four children, viz. : George G., born November 5, 1854, resides in East Township; Isaiah, born June 7, 1858, and Albert A., born June 27, 1861, both live at home; and Mrs. Flora A. Guess, born November 11, 1867, is a resident of Lee Township. Mr. Ray resided in Washington, Lee and Centre Townships until 1859, when he purchased the farm where he now resides, containing 114 acres, and is situated in Section 2, Washington Township. The dwelling in which he lives was erected when the land was first entered, but has since been repaired and improved by Mr. Ray. Politically, he is a Republican, and he and his wife are members of the Disciples Church. JOSIAH B. McCULLY, one of the prosperous, native-born agriculturists of Harrison Township, Carroll County, was born December 14, 1836. Thomas McCully, his grandfather, was a native of Ireland, coming to American soil some time during the middle of the eighteenth century, and settling in Pennsylvania, where he followed farming. His children were named John, James, Thomas, William, Jesse, Josiah, Jennie, Peggy, Mary and Elizabeth. Thomas McCully, father of Josiah B., was born in Allegheny County, Penn., December 14, 1797, in which State he followed farming chiefly. He was married in 1822 to Anna Young, who bore him the following named children: Sarah, Eliza, Lavine, Margaret, Mary J., Anna M., Josiah B. and William. In 1830 he came to Ohio and settled on the farm whereon his son, Josiah B.,now resides, in Harrison Township, at that time but very little improved. On it stood an old-time log house, in which they lived and reared to maturity their family. Mrs. Thomas McCully died in 1844, and October 6, 1877, Mr. McCully followed her to the grave; they are laid side by side in the cemetery at Carrollton. In politics he was a prominent Democrat. Josiah B. McCully, the subject proper of this biographical memoir, was reared to farm life, attending in his boyhood the common schools of the district. On May 14, 1868, he was married to Lydia, daughter of Frederick and Mary Ann Lotz, of Harrison Township, and to this union have been born the following named children: Anna M., Emma B. and Helen Grace. While nominally a Democrat in politics, Mr. McCully is an independent voter, at all times using his own judgment in the exercise of his franchise. His family are members of the Reformed Church. Mr. McCully owns a line farm of 140 acres, admirably adapted for general farming and stock-raising. He has always proved himself to be a progressive man, taking deep interest in the affairs of his township and county; a friend of education he has never ceased to labor zealously for the improvement of the district school. He and his faithful wife began life's journey together with little save willing hands and stout hearts, and by hard work and good management, coupled with economy and sound judgment, they have succeeded in accumulating a comfortable competence, and securing the respect and esteem of a wide circle of friends. PHILIP BEAMER (deceased) in his lifetime commanded the respect of the community at large, on account of his well-known traits of honesty, integrity and virtue. He was born April 22, 1822, in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, to which county his father, Adam Beamer, had come from Maryland, where the Beamer family had long made their residence, and where the father was married to Catherine Stoody, a member of the Stoody CARROLL COUNTY - 889 family of Monroe, Township, in this county. After his marriage he located in Tuscarawas County, and there remained until his removal to Indiana, where he died in 1866. The children born to him were as follows: Philip, Morris, Barbara (Mrs. William Roof), Samuel, George, Solomon, Jeremiah, Elizabeth and Catherine. In politics he was a Democrat, one of the quiet thinkers of the party, and he steadfastly refused to accept any official position, although repeatedly pressed on him. Philip Beamer, of whom this biographical sketch more particularly treats, passed his early life in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, where he attended the district schools, devoting his entire attention to the cultivation of his mind. He also took an active interest in farming, making himself thoroughly conversant with all the details of agricultural pursuits, which afterward became his life work. On November 1, 1849, Mr. Beamer was married to Sarah, daughter of Peter Eick, and soon thereafter the young couple took up their residence in Monroe Township, Carroll County, where they remained until 1864, in which year they purchased the property in Harrison Township, where Mrs. Beamer yet resides. Mr. Beamer departed this life March 18, 1871, his death resulting from injuries received from the kick of a horse. His funeral was largely attended, showing the respect and esteem in which he was held by his fellow-citizens, and he was laid to rest in Big Springs Cemetery. In his death the family lost a kind and affectionate husband and father, and the county one of its most enterprising citizens. He was largely a self-made man, his first business venture being the entering of 120 acres of land in Indiana, which he held for some time, and finally sold, after which he purchased the farm in Harrison Township. In youth be united with the Presbyterian Church, of which he was a member at the time of his death, and for a long time he filled the position of trustee of same. Politically he was a Democrat. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Beamer had the following named children: Adam; Mary R., Mrs. Samuel Westfall; Ella, Mrs. Cadmus Tope; Peter, deceased, and Wallace. Of these Adam was married, September 14, 1880, to Ruth A., daughter of William C. Scott, of Union Township, Carroll County, and the children born to them are William E., Sarah and Mary. Adam is a member of the Presbyterian Church at Dell Roy, and in his political preferments he is a Republican. Wallace, the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Beamer, was married October 27, 1887, to Mary, daughter of James McCausland, of Lee Township, Carroll County. He is a member of the United Presbyterian Church, and in politics is a Republican. JACOB MOORE, one of the oldest and most prosperous farmers of Washington Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, is a native of Washington County, Penn., and was born September 25, 1812. Jacob Moore, the father of our subject, was also born in Washington County, Penn., in 1774, and was a son of John Moore, who was born in Germany in 1744, and came to the United States when a young man, settling in Washington County, Penn., where he married Annie Settaker, who bore him one son, Jacob, alluded to above. John later took part as a private in the Revolutionary War, and did his duty well and faithfully. In 1814 he came to Ohio and purchased of Daniel Marshall, a tract of land in Centre Township, Carroll County, which tract he cleared and resided upon until his death, about 1845, being then over one hundred years of age. His widow followed him in 1858, at the age of ninety-eight years. Both were members of the Lutheran Church. Jacob Moore the father of the gentleman whose name heads this sketch, was reared and educated in Pennsylvania, and there married Miss Catherine Monninger, who was born in Washington County, that State, in 1774, a daughter of John Monninger, also a native of Pennsylvania. To this union were born six 890 - CARROLL COUNTY. children, in Washington County, and in the following order: Mary (deceased), Nancy (deceased), John (residing in Carrollton, Ohio), George (deceased), Jacob (our subject), and Peter (deceased). In 1818 Jacob Moore, Sr., came to Ohio and entered a tract of land in Centre Township, Carroll County, on which he resided until 1873, having cleared the land and made all the necessary improvements to render it productive and habitable. In the year last named he removed to Hanover, Ohio, where he died in 1875, a member of the Lutheran Church, his wife having departed in 1830, a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Moore had gallantly served his country as a private in the War of 1812. Jacob Moore, the subject proper of this sketch, was but six years of age when he was brought to Ohio, and walked all the way from Pennsylvania, the greater part barefooted and through snow; of such stuff were the early pioneers made. He was reared and educated in Carroll County, receiving a practical business education. On March 17, 1832, he married Miss Elizabeth Sunneckder, who was born in 1810, in Washington County, Penn., where the marriage took place. To this union were born Mary Strayer, of Washington Township, Carroll Co., Ohio; Catherine Essic, of Columbiana County, Ohio; Jonathan, of Salineville, Ohio; Absalom, deceased; Maria Devoe, of Centre Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, and Rebecca J. King, of Saline City, Ind. After his marriage Mr. Moore remained in Washington County, Penn., until 1841, engaged in farming; then came to Ohio and purchased eighty acres in Union Township, where he remained a few years; then removed to Centre Township and purchased a farm of 230 acres, a portion of the farm lying in Washington Township, his residence being in the latter township, located about two and a half miles north of Carrollton. On January 3, 1886, Mr. Moore had the misfortune to lose the companionship of his beloved wife, since when he has remained single. Politically he is a Democrat, and in religion adheres to the tenets of the German Reformed Church. THE THOMPSON FAMILY. One of the very early settlers of Carroll County, Ohio, was Thomas Thompson, a native of Maryland, and a farmer by occupation, who reared the following named children: Wakeman, James, Thomas, Samuel, Morgan, Nathan, Nancy, Mary, Elizabeth and Clara. The father bought a farm in Carroll County, where he died; he was an Old-time Whig, taking an active part in the workings of the party. Of his children, Morgan was born March 17, 1809, in Maryland, and came to Carroll County with his parents. He was married to Margaret, daughter of Matthew Dunlap, and by her had the following named children: William H. ; John D., who died December 4, 1862, from the effects of exposure while serving his country in the Civil War, having enlisted in the Eightieth 0. V. I. ; Matthew D. ; James M. ; Ann, now Mrs. Conrad Zutavem, and Ezra. Some time after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Thompson removed to Logan County, same State, where they remained four or five years; they returned to Carroll County, and here purchased the farm in Lee Townshin on which they died, the mother May 25, 1879, and the father February 18, 1882. They were members of the Presbyterian Church, and in politics he was originally a Whig, and afterward on the formation of the party, a Republican. William H. Thompson, eldest son of Morgan and Margaret Thompson, was born in 1837, and spent his early life on the home farm. December 10, 1861, he enlisted in the Eightieth 0. V. I., serving under Gen. Sherman, and receiving his discharge at Savannah, Ga. On March 2, 1869, he was married to Nancy, daughter of Alexander Fawcett of Lee Township, Carroll County, and she died in 1873, leaving two children, Anna B. and Harvey M. She is buried at Maysville, Mo. Mr. Thompson is a Presbyterian in religion, and a Republican in politics. Matthew B. Thompson, third son of Morgan Thompson, was born May 22, 1842, in Logan County, Ohio, but has spent the most of his life in Lee Township, Carroll County, where he received his education. He is an enthusiastic CARROLL COUNTY - 891 Republican, taking a leading part in the workings of the party, and has held various offices in his township, such as clerk and treasurer. On October 1, 1889, he was appointed by President Harrison postmaster at Harlem Springs, which office he fills most acceptably. He is a member of Lodge No. 491, I. 0. 0. F. at Carrollton; of Kilgore Lodge, No. 523, F. & A. M. ; of Minerva Chapter No. 123, R. A. M. ; of Canton Commandery No. 38, K. T., and of Kilgore Lodge No. 342, K. of P. James M. Thompson, fourth son of Morgan Thompson, was born September 29, 1845, and received his education at the common schools and at Harlem College. In August, 1864, he enlisted in Company D., Sixty-sixth 0. V. I., and was assigned to Sherman's army. On November 12, 1868, he was married to Mary D., daughter of James Tinlin, a native of Scotland, after which event the young couple remained on the Thompson home place until 1889, when they moved to their present residence in Lee Township. They are the parents of the following named children: William S., Laura M., Mary J. and John. The family are all members of the Presbyterian Church at Harlem Springs, and in his political predilections Mr. Thompson is strongly for the Republican party. EZRA 'THOMPSON, youngest son of Morgan Thompson was born November 19, 1852, and has been a life-long resident of Lee Township, where he manages the home farm of the family, on which he lives; he has also been interested in coal mining. Like his brothers he takes an active interest in politics, and is one of the stalwart Republicans of his township. A born Presbyterian, he follows with fidelity in his religious convictions in the footsteps of his ancestry. GEORGE T. DUNBAR, the subject of this biographical sketch, was born in Mercer County, Penn., April 17, 1815, and his father, Nicholas Dunbar, in Lancaster County, Penn., March 25, 1773. The Dunbar family are of Irish descent, the great-grandparents having come to this country at an early period. Nicholas Dunbar, who was a weaver, married Miss Sarah Taylor, who was born in Pennsylvania. Her father was a native of England and her mother of Germany. After marriage they moved from Lancaster County to Mercer County, where George was born, being one of a family of eleven children. Nicholas Dunbar moved to Ohio when our subject was but three years old. He settled on a farm in Carroll County, but did not enter the land on which George is living at present until 1829. At that time Carroll County was a wilderness. Nicholas built a log cabin and commenced to clear away the forest. After a long life of hardships he died October 21, 1856, upon the farm he entered; his wife died February 16, 1862. George Dunbar was a boy of fifteen years when his father brought him to Fox Township, where he attended the subscription schools in the neighborhood, and obtained what education he could at that early time. June 23, 1842, at the age of twenty-seven, he married Miss Catherine Hawk, who was of German descent, and five children were born to them : Two of them are dead; William was born April 23, 1844; John W. was born February 4, 1846, and Mary J., March 13, 1850. Mrs. Dunbar died September 7, 1852, and Mr. Dunbar married his second wife, Miss Rachel Close, June 16,1853. She was born in Jefferson County, September 6, 1818, and her parents were among the first families that came to Ohio. At that time bears were very common, and Indians were dreaded more than the wild beasts. Mrs. Dunbar relates an incident of early life in the wilderness in which her father took an active part. Mr. Close went out after his cows one evening and while in the woods he met a female bear with her cubs. He undertook to climb a tree, but she followed him and caught his foot as he was climbing to get away from her. In her anger she tore his foot nearly off, but he succeeded in getting away without more harm. George Dunbar, our subject, remembers seeing dogs running the deer in front of the old log cabin. Of the second union three children were 892 - CARROLL COUNTY. born: James, April 14, 1854; Joseph C., October, 16, 1855; Francis T., June 24, 1858. Mr. Dunbar has a farm of 231 acres, which he has spent many years in improving. When he first came to his present farm there was no cleared land within three miles; it was all one dense forest, where solitude reigned. He is a member of the Church of United Brethren in Christ, and in politics is a Democrat. J. S. ROBBINS was born in Lee Township, Carroll County, May 3, 1834. His father, John Robbins, and his grandfather, William Robbins, were natives of Maryland. William was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, also in the War of 1812. He reared a large family in Maryland, but, not contented with that country, he emigrated with his family to the West and located in the fertile country of Lee Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, and entered a farm where he and his wife died. John Robbins was a young man of twenty-two when he came to Ohio; there he met and married Miss Crabbs, whose parents were old settlers and of English descent. Ten children were born to them—seven girls and three boys—named as follows: Elizabeth, Ann (deceased), William, Mary, Henry, Sarah, Isabel G. (died September 8,1890), John, Rachel, and Eliza Jane (deceased). The father died August 12, 1853, and the mother September 3, 1842, in Lee Township. Mr. Robbins was a leading man of his time, and was looked to for counsel by his many friends. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. J. S. Robbins was reared on his father's farm, and attended the district school. At the age of seventeen be began to teach, which vocation he followed for six years in Lee Township. tit the age of twenty-three, August 26, 1856, he married Miss Sarah Jane Conley, who was born June 21, 1834. Her parents were natives of Pennsylvania, and were of English descent. After marriage Mr. Robbins moved to the West and bought a farm, but returned in 1859, and located in Jefferson County, Ohio; after remaining there twelve years he moved to his present farm in Carroll County. Four boys and two girls were born to him, viz. : Emery C., born June 8, 1858; Ross T., June 16, 1860; Patterson E., May 12, 1862; Frank S., September 25, 1868; Maggie J., June 29, 1867; Lora E. March 15, 1871. Mrs. Robbins died April 23, 1881, and April 6, 1882, Mr. Robbins married, for his second wife, Miss Maggie Wright, who was born August 21, 1843, her parents being of Irish descent. Two children have been born to this union: John M., March 28, 1884, and Walter A., April 18, 1886. Mr. Robbins has a well-improved farm of 220 acres, situated within the limits of Wattsville. He is a stock-raiser, and makes a specialty of sheep. Mr. Robbins' success is attributed to hard work and good management, and he has lived an upright, honest life. J. R. WIGGINS. Among the prominent young farmers of Fox Township none are more conspicuous than the above named gentleman, who was born in Fox Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, October 29, 1845. The Wiggins family are of old English stock, but the father and grandfather came from Pennsylvania. The father of J. R. is a farmer in Carroll County, and was one of the earliest settlers. He came west and located, when the country was new, on the farm where J. R., the subject of this sketch, was born. Like many boys, J. R. Wiggins worked on the farm in summer, and attended the district school in the winter time, but, desirous to obtain a better education, he entered Harlem College, at the age of fourteen, and graduated in the spring of 1870. Mr. Wiggins, in connection with his college course, taught school. After graduation he married Miss Jennie M. Ault, whose parents lived in Jefferson County, Ohio, and were old settlers in that part of the State. Her paternal grandfather came from Germany, and settled in Pennsylvania, where her father was born, lived and reared his family. Mrs. Wiggins was born CARROLL COUNTY - 893 December 25, 1849. She also attended Harlem College, where she met Mr. Wiggins. They are living at present on a large farm, about one mile south of Scroggsfield, and have a family of eight children to make them happy: Minnie E., born June 17, 1872; Sadie M., born December 11, 1874; Flora A., born June 19, 1877; John M., born September 17, 1879; George W., born November 24, 1881; Maggie L., born January 30, 1885; Clara A., born April 27, 1887; Wayne, born December 28, 1890; all are at home. Mr. Wiggins has a fine stock farm of 210 acres in Fox Township, and 28 acres in Harlem Springs. His farm is finely adapted to the raising of sheep, in which Mr. Wiggins takes much pride. He has taken special pains to secure the best breeds, and spares no pains in keeping them up to the standard. Mr. Wiggins is a Democrat, and is among the best known and highly respected citizens of Carroll County; he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. SAMUEL SMITH, one of the oldest native-born residents of Monroe Township, Carroll County, than whom there is none held in higher esteem in his section, is well worthy of prominent mention in this volume. He was born February 22, 1810, a son of Michael and Eve (Shuster) Smith, former a native of Lancaster County, Penn., born March 7, 1767, and latter a native of Washington County, Penn., born January 19, 1779, a daughter of Daniel Shuster. The paternal grandfather of our subject was Peter Smith, a native of England, who moved from there to Germany, where he married a Miss Slomp, and soon thereafter they emigrated to the United States, taking up their residence in Lancaster County, Penn., for some years, when they moved to Westmoreland County, same State, and there passed the later days of their lives. They were members of the Lutheran Church, and in politics Mr. Smith was an Old-line Democrat. The sons born to this pioneer couple were Michael, Peter and Christopher, latter of whom served through the Revolutionary War. Michael Smith, father of Samuel, lived in Westmoreland County, Penn., some years; and then moved to Washington County, where he married Miss Eve Shuster, who bore him thirteen children, of whom the following is a record: Catherine, born September 16, 1799; Elizabeth, June 15, 1803; Daniel, October 20, 1805; John, December 13, 1806; Margaret, July 20, 1808; Samuel, February 22, 1810; Peter, February 10, 1812; Henry, July 28, 1813; Jacob, April 4, 1815; Charlotte, June 22, 1816; Sarah, April 15, 1818; Michael, April 25, 1820; Mary, August 18, 1823, all now deceased excepting Samuel, Charlotte (who lives in Missouri) and Mary (a resident of Crawford County, Ohio). In 1808 Michael Smith brought his family to Ohio, and entered 160 acres of wild land in Section 12, in what is now Monroe Township, Carroll County, and which is the farm whereon Samuel now resides. Here the father put up a rude cabin, in which he lived several years, and then erected a hewed-log dwelling. When he came to this part of Ohio he found it a bewildering forest, teaming with wild animals of many kinds, game being plentiful, and he had to cut his own roads through the woods as he moved onward toward his new home. He passed from earth May 30, 1843, his faithful wife following him to the grave August 15, 1871. For years they had been members of the Lutheran Church, and in politics he was a stanch Democrat. Samuel Smith, of whom this sketch more particularly relates, was reared on the old homestead, where he was born, attending, in his boyhood, for a few weeks in winter time, the primitive subscription schools of the neighborhood. In his youth he learned carpentering, which he followed about sixteen years, his winters being spent in cabinet-making, his work as carpenter being mostly done in Pittsburgh, Penn., and along the Ohio River. On March 13, 1834, he married Miss Rachel Mangun, a native of Maryland, born November 24, 1812, a daughter of James and Mary (German) Mangun, and this 894 - CARROLL COUNTY. union was blessed with five children, whose names and dates of birth are as follows: James, June 30, 1835; Josiah W., June 3, 1837; Mary E., March 16, 1840; John, November 7, 1843; Daniel, November 2, 1846, all now deceased, Josiah W. having been killed in the War of the Rebellion. The mother of this family died March 16, 1867, an active member of the Presbyterian Church, and September 14, 1869, Mr. Smith married Miss Sarah A. Madden, who was born in Ohio, a daughter of John and Sarah (Richardson) Madden, natives of Maryland. On October 25, 1844, Mr. Smith purchased the old homestead, on which he has since resided, and afterward he bought 118 acres, making a fine farm of 266 acres, situated about one mile and a half west of Dell Roy; the present buildings were all erected by him. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church; in politics Mr. Smith is a Democrat, and he has held several township offices. WILLIAM SCOTT, one of the oldest and most highly esteemed agriculturists of Monroe Township, Carroll County, of which he has been a resident for over seventy-eight years, was born in Pennsylvania, in January, 1805. His father, William Scott, was born in Ireland in 1764, and in 1790 came to the United States, taking up his residence in Washington County, Penn., till 1812, when he moved with his family to what is now Monroe Township, Carroll County, entering the quarter section of land now owned by his son William. Here he erected a rude cabin, in which he resided some few years, and then put up a hewed-log house, wherein he died, in 1849, the mother dying in 1862. William Scott, the subject of these lines, was seven years old when he came with his parents to Monroe Township, where he was educated and reared to farm life. He has been twice married, first in 1839, to Ruth Scott, who died October 16, 1886, aged eighty years, and in 1887 he was united in marriage with Mrs. Margaret Snowden, nee Baxter. Mrs. Scott belongs to the Methodist Church, having united with that church when sixteen years of age. Mr. Scott is now owner of 290 acres of land, all well improved and provided with comfortable dwelling and out-houses. Politically, he was first a Whig, and afterward, on the formation of the party, he became a stanch Republican. THOMAS LEGGETT, than whom there is no more prominent a citizen in Carroll County, or more progressive and successful an agriculturist, is a native of Ohio, born in Tuscarawas County November 16, 1832. The Leggett family are of Scotch descent, and can be traced to two brothers who left their Highland home in Scotland for the shores of America, landing at Baltimore, Md. After remaining there a short time they pushed farther westward, and settled in Washington County, Penn. One of these brothers, by name Thomas Leggett, the grandfather of our subject, was married in Washington County, Penn., to Pamelia Dempster. He was a man of fine physique, standing six feet tall, of stalwart frame, and possessed of great courage and perseverance. By industry and economy he amassed a large fortune. He was noted for his positiveness of character and the tenacity with which he stood by his word—principles which he impressed upon his eleven children (seven sons and four daughters, all of whom became wealthy), and which have been fully inherited by his descendants. Joshua Leggett, father of Thomas, was born November 20, 1807, in Washington County, Penn., and there he resided until his marriage, March 4, 1830, with Miss Jane Guthrie, a native of Pennsylvania, whose parents came from Ireland, her father having participated in the Rebellion in that country on the side of the Protestants. Soon after their marriage Joshua Leggett and his young wife moved to a farm which his father had entered, near Rockford, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio. Joshua brought the CARROLL COUNTY - 897 first fine wool sheep to Eastern Ohio, and the Leggett family have ever since made a specialty of that class of live stock. Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Leggett were the parents of nine children—five sons and four daughters—viz. : Robert G., a farmer in Orange Township, Carroll County; William, a wealthy land owner in Tennessee; James, at home; Joshua, a farmer in Tuscarawas County, Ohio; Thomas, the subject of this memoir; Margaret, wife of Arthur Latimore, who lives in Tuscarawas County; Martha, married to John L. Kennedy, ex-treasurer of Tuscarawas County; Pamelia, wife of Ira W. Kennedy; Sarah E., wife of Horace Riker, owner of about 500 acres of mining land, and one of the wealthiest men in the vicinity of Barnhill, Tuscarawas County. Thomas Leggett, whose name heads this sketch, attended the old log school-house of the neighborhood of his father's place, which primary education was supplemented by a course of study at New Hagerstown Academy, where he remained till he was eighteen years of age. He then taught school in the vicinity of his home for a time, gaining the respect of his scholars by oral persuasion rather than by the use of the birch-rod. On April 20, 1854, Mr. Leggett was united in marriage with Miss Hannah A. Brown, a daughter of John and Sarah (Mercer) Brown, who were married in Wayne County, Ohio, and brought up eight children—two sons and six daughters—of whom the daughters are all married and settled, one in Kansas, three in Indiana, and two (including Mrs. Leggett) in Ohio. The elder son, Rev. M. W. Brown, is a Presbyterian minister, and is spending his declining years in Delaware, Ohio; the younger son, L. F. Brown, who was a soldier in the Civil War, is now a business man in Louisburg, Kas. The father of this family was a native of Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio with his parents, who entered a large tract of land in Wayne County at a very early date, when Indians, wolves, deer and bears were numerous. Grandfather Brown's will was the first one probated in the county. On Mrs. 48 Leggett's mother's side, her great-great-grandfather, who was a Protestant, was killed by the Catholics in France, whence his widow fled with her infant daughter to Ireland for safety. This child, whose name was Margaret Bouquette, when grown to womanhood came to America and married a Mr. Thompson, and a daughter by this union, named Isabella Thompson, married William Mercer, a near relative of Gen. Mercer, of Revolutionary fame. William Mercer (Mrs. Leggett's grandfather) was a soldier in the War of 1812. After marriage Mr. Leggett followed agricultural pursuits on a farm west of Leesburg, in Orange Township, Carroll County, and also was interested in wool growing; but in 1880 he bought his present farm, which is situated about half a mile southeast of Leesburg. Mr. and Mrs. Leggett have had born to them six children, of whom the following is a brief record: Armeda A. is married to I. R. Holmes, who became well-to-do by buying a farm underlaid with coal in Orange Township, Carroll County, north of Leesburg; Cyrus M. is married to Mary Harrison, and lives on the old farm; Lorin B. is married to Theodocia Conway, and is living at home; Charles E. is married to Mat-tie Lee, and lives on a farm south of Leesburg; Joshua W. is a student at Wooster University; Emma E. died when seven years of age. Mr. Leggett owns 800 acres of highly improved land in Carroll and Tuscarawas Counties, and the farm on which he resides in Orange Township (on which there are a fine residence, commodious barns, etc.) is considered one of the best in Carroll County. He turns his attention mainly to the breeding of sheep, and he takes great pride in his fine flock of 700, all fine wool sheep, thoroughly up to the standard in breed and in quality of wool. He and his father have shipped their wool for a number of years to one buyer, and by way of a compliment an Eastern manufacturer, who comes West annually to buy Mr. Leggett's wool, presented him with a suit of clothes manufactured from wool of his own raising; all of which facts speak 898 - CARROLL COUNTY. highly of the quality of the staple, as well as the care and honesty in handling his wool. Politically Mr. Leggett is a stanch Republican, and he has frequently been honored with positions of trust by his party, such as township trustee, an office he held for seven years in succession, and justice of the peace until he became candidate for representative. In 1877 he was nominated, after a spirited and exciting canvass over five competitors, and was elected to represent his county in the State Legislature, serving one term with such fidelity and ability that he was re-elected in 1879. Mr. Leggett's popularity was so great that he polled a larger vote than did the chief magistrate of the State, thus leading the ticket in his county by several hundred votes. While in the Legislature he was the author of several beneficial laws, viz. : the Tramp law, the Oleomargarine law, and a bill to permit the selling of land on the premises. While he was chairman of the committee on public buildings and lands, he was instrumental in giving the Kentucky & Marysville Railroad right of way across disputed State lands. Mr. and Mrs. Leggett have been active members of the Presbyterian Church for more than a quarter of a century, and in 1874 he represented the presbytery of Steubenville at the General Assembly held in St. Louis, Missouri. HUGH WILSON is a native of Ireland, and is the son of Richard Wilson, a gamekeeper, who died in Ireland. Mrs. Wilson, mother of our subject, came to this country at the age of seventy-five, and lived until she was ninety years old. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson were the parents of eleven children. Hugh Wilson, the subject of this biographical sketch, was born in July, 1833. He spent his early days in Ireland, attending school there until twelve years of age, when he, with his uncle, came to America, and in 1845 settled in Columbiana County, Ohio, where Hugh attended the winter school, and worked on the farm for his uncle, summers. At the age of seventeen he began work on the river, followed it for a few years, and soon after married Miss Lewis, who was born in Carroll County, Ohio, of which her parents were old settlers. Mr. Wilson soon moved to Salineville, Ohio, where he engaged in the butchering business, and kept market for ten years; he then bought his present farm, and carried on his meat business in Fox Township, Carroll County, in connection with his farming interests about thirteen years. Mrs. Wilson died in 1874, the mother of seven children, viz. : Maryetta, Willis, Janorah, Christens L., Pheby A., William E. and Ella M. In 1875 Mr. Wilson married Miss Andrews, and of this union eight children were born: Hugh G., Loydie L., Mattie B., Ada B., Nellie V., Frank A.,John M. and Samuel L. Loydie L., Mattie B. and Samuel L. are dead. Mr. Wilson has a stock farm of 160 acres, which is well -improved with fine buildings, -etc. ; his farm is well watered, and is provided with two orchards. Starting as he did, without anything, Mr. Wilson has succeeded in gathering a good deal of earthly wealth, and among the prominent men of Fox Township he holds a conspicuous place. WILLIAM STEARNS, a leading agriculturist of Lee Township, Carroll County, was born in Pennsylvania May 19, 1811. His father, Samuel Stearns, also a native of the Keystone State, was married there to Elizabeth Poole, a resident of that State, and by her had the following named children: Catherine, Samuel, Mary, Elisabeth, Jane, Sarah, William, Jacob, Anna, Rebecca and Priscilla. The father came with his family to Ohio in 1820, locating in Harrison County until 1840, when he moved to Morgan County, same State, where he died. He was a member of the Lutheran Church ; in politics a Whig and Republican, and by occupation a farmer. William Stearns has been a resident of Carroll County ever since coming here, in 1820, and has followed farming on his fine property, consisting of 111 1/2 acres of land situated three miles CARROLL COUNTY - 899 from Harlem Springs. In 1844 he was married to Susanna Abel, daughter of Conrad Abel, of Carroll County, and by this union four children were born, viz. : Mary E., Rebecca, Sarah D. and Samuel C. Conrad Abel was born in Loudoun County, Va., July 14, 1786, and was married to Mary Schriver, also a native of Virginia, born June 1,1788, who bore him twelve children—six sons and six daughters. Mr. Abel came to Ohio in 1814, and settled in Carroll County, where he purchased a farm and followed agricultural pursuits up to the time of his death; he always voted the Whig ticket. Mr. Stearns has by perseverance and economy succeeded in amassing a handsome competency. When he came to his farm it was in a comparatively wild state, but by dint of hard labor and honest industry he soon brought it into a fine state of cultivation. In politics he is a solid Democrat, and in religion a prominent member of the Lutheran Church. ROBERT C. SCOTT, wool merchant, Kilgore, Carroll County, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, October 24, 1847, a son of Robert Scott, of Germano, Harrison Co., Ohio, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere. When he was five years old his parents removed to Carroll County, where he grew to manhood, receiving his more advanced education in the college at Harlem Springs. At the age of seventeen he entered his father's gristmill, in order to learn the trade of miller, and in 1871 he moved into the town of Kilgore, where he embarked in the buying and shipping of farm produce. Since 1865 he has been more or less engaged in the wool trade, which he has carried on exclusively from 1882 to the present time, buying on an average 75,000 pounds per annum. On October 30, 1873, Mr. Scott was married to Miss Almira Shipps, who was born August 30, 1853, in Loudon Township, Carroll Co., Ohio, a daughter of James and Margaret (Simmons) Shipps, former a native of Virginia, latter of Harrison County, Ohio. To Mr. and Mrs. Scott have been born five children, as follows: Maggie 0., deceased; Robert C., Jr. ; James M. and Emery E., both at home; and an infant, deceased. The parents are members of the Presbyterian Church, and in politics Mr. Scott is a Republican. JOHN M. GARTRELL, another of the representative, prominent and progressive agriculturists of Orange Township, Carroll County, is a native of the same, having been born April 11, 1833. His father, Lawson Gartrell, was born near Baltimore, Md., August 20, 1802, and in 1812 came with his parents to Jefferson County, Ohio, where they remained one year, and then removed to what is now Carroll County, and purchased land in Orange Township. Lawson was brought up on the farm, attending during the winter season the subscription schools of .the neighborhood, and in 1826 he was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob Glass, a native of Pennsylvania and an early settler of Ohio. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Gartrell settled on a farm which he had purchased of Mr. Glass, and here they passed the rest of their days. The children born to them were as follows: Martha A., Mary E., John M., Matilda, Naomi, Jacob and Catherine, all now deceased, except Martha A., John M. and Catherine. The father died March 24, 1865; the mother is yet living. He was one of the successful citizens of the township, and a prominent business men. Politically he was a Whig, and in religion he had been a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church from its organization, as have also been his widow and surviving children. John M. Gartrell, of whom this sketch mainly treats, had, in early life, the usual experiences of a farmer boy—hard, practical work with a certain amount of common-school education sandwiched in during the winter months. But Mr. Gartrell was not slow to learn, and today there are few better informed men in the county, and few who have made a better success of life, commencing, as he did, from a