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INDEX VOLUME I

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PREFACE OUT of the depths of his mature wisdom Carlyle wrote, " History is the essence of innumerable biographies." Believing this to be the fact, there is no necessity of advancing any further reason for the compilation of such a work as this, if reliable history is to be the ultimate object. Champaign County, Ohio, has sustained within its confines men who have been prominent in public affairs and great industrial enterprises for almost a century. The annals teem with the records of strong and noble manhood, and, as Sumner has said, "the true grandeur of nations is in those qualities which constitute the greatness of the individual." The final causes which shape the fortunes of individuals and the destinies of States are often the same. They are usually remote and obscure, and their influence scarcely perceived until manifestly declared by results. That nation is the greatest which produces the greatest and most manly men and faithful women; nd the intrinsic safety of a community depends not so much upon methods as upon that normal development from the deep resources if which proceeds all that is precious and permanent in life. But such a result may not consciously be contemplated by the actors in the great social drama. Pursuing each his personal good by exalted means, they work out as a logical result. The elements of success in life consist in both innate capacity and determination to excel. Where either is wanting, failure is almost 4 - PREFACE. certain in the outcome. The study of a successful life, therefore, serves both as a source of information and as a stimulus and encour agement to those who have the capacity. As an important lesson in this connection we may appropriately quote Longfellow, who said : " We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while we judge others by what they have already done." A faithful personal history is an illustration of the truth of this observation. In this biographical history the editorial staff, as well as the publishers, have fully realized the magnitude of the task. In the collection of the material there has been a constant aim to discriminate carefully in regard to the selection of subjects. Those who have been prominent factors in the public, social and industrial development of the county have been given due recognition as far as it has been possible to secure the requisite data. Names worthy of perpetuation here, it is true, have in several instances been omitted, either on account of the apathy of those concerned or the inability of the compilers to secure the information necessary for a symmetrical sketch; but even more pains have been taken to secure accuracy than were promised in the prospectus. Works of this nature, therefore, are more reliable and complete than are the " standard " histories of a country. THE PUBLISHERS. INDEX.

Abbott, William J., 166 Anderson, James W., too Anderson, John J., 205 Aughinbaugh, Barnet A., 197 Bailar. Mrs. Julia A., 141 Bailar, William F., 140 Baker, C. A., 355 Baker, Lyman E., 586 Banta, Edgar G., 177 Barger, Frederick N., 665 Barnett, Samuel, 569 Behney, Christopher, 518 Berry, Thomas C., 339 Berry, Thomas H., 336 Black. Charles B., 236 Black, Elias P., 402 Black, James W., 77 Black, John R., 525 Black, Peter, 302 Blose, James I., 416 Blose, 112 Brand. Frank W., 634 Brand, John F.. 637 Brand, Joseph C., 628 Brand, Thomas, 629 Brand, Thomas T., 631 Brand, Thomas T., Jr., 635 Brelsford, Charles, 143 Brittin, Lewis, 22 Butcher, John C., 559 Calland, William, 555	Chamberlin, Joseph, 51 Chance, Frank, 320 Cheetham, James K., 256 Cheney, E. Erwood, 342 Cheney, James H., 42 Clark, John H., 453 Clem, David. 156 Coffey, Joseph, 31 Colbert, Isaiah H., 596 Colwell, Calvin F., 17 Colwell, Peter E., 353 Cook, Harry, 623 Coulson, Joseph, 723 Cowgill, Samuel, 395 Cowgill, Thomas A., 182 Craig, Claude C., 154 Craig, Harrison, 170 Crain, James L., 422 Crane. Marcus H., 713 Crawford, Frank J., 15 Criffield, George W., 406 Crow, Horace M., 607 Crow, Thomas D., 306 Crowl, William, 486 Dagger, Charles, 553 Dagger, Jacob, 105 Daniels, Perry, 657 Davis, J. E., 291 Davis, John R., 546 Davis, Joseph W., 538 Deaton, Sherman S., 428 Dibble, Robert B., 719
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Dickinson, Martin M., 103 Diltz, Isaac N., 529 Eichelberger, George M., 327 Enoch, John, 466 Fairchild, Ora, 710 Fairchild, Simeon D., 698 Frank, David, 592 Fromme, Grant V., 537 Fulton, James W., 252 Funk, Aaron B., 460 Fyffe, Edward P., 11 Fyffe, Joseph, 12 Galligher, Michael, 344 Ganson, Charles H., 440 Gaumer, Edward B., 330 Gaumer, Thomas M., 90 Gehman, William M., 385 Goul, John, 149 Gowey, Hartland D., 548 Gross, August T., 231 Grove, Shepherd B., 234 Guthridge, Marion, 535 Guy, Charles W., 455 Guy, Edward A., 400 Hagenbuch, Edwin, 293 Halterman, Isaac, 86 Hance, John P., 258 Hanna, Elijah, 364 Happersett. Isaac B., 709 Marian, John, 134 Harris, Benjamin F., 282 Hedges, Emory, 66 Heiserman, Clarence B., 677 Henderson, Robert, 309 Hitt, John W., 715 Hitt, Samuel W., 349 Hodge, John H., 567 Hopkins, A. G., 418 Horr, Jacob, 118 Houser, Daniel C., 599 Hull, Benjamin F., 571	Hull, Daniel J., 347 Hunter, Calvin R., 152 Hunter, John M., 221 Hunter, Thomas E., 635 Hupp, George W., 717 Hyde, William F., 76 James, Daniel, 284 Jenkins, Oliver P., 551 Jennings, Absalom C., 46 Jennings, Edward, 59 Johnson, David J., 62 Johnson, James B., 317 Johnson, Nelson B., 124 Johnson, Silas, 495 Jones, Caleb, 431 Kenaga, John W., 408 Kenfield, David, 271 Kenton, Gabriel, 590 Kenton, Simon, 579 Kiser, G. R., 381 Kizer, Isaiah P., 19 Kizer, Jason, 674 Klapp, George S., 261 Knight, John P., 473 Lauppe, Charles, 497 Lee, James A., 449 Logan. John G., 420 Longfellow, Joseph E., 286 Loudenback, Abraham P., 366 Loudenback, Jonas, 684 Loudenback, Lewis C., 243 Loudenback, Washington, 533 Madden, Benjamin M., 94 Magrew, Hamilton, 208 Magruder, Vesalius S., 410 Marvin, Clitus H., 230 Marvin, William B., 231 Marvin, William H., 226 Mast, Joseph K., 379 McCarty, Enoch, 192 McCarty, Thomas, 122
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McClellan, Elwood S., 601 McClellan, Hiram, 605 McConnell, Thomas, 706 McCrea, George G., 652 McDonald, Duncan B., 576 Mcllvaine, James F., 445 McKinney, Miley, 574 McLaughlin, Clarence M., 478 McMorran, Jacob, 188 Middleton, A. H., 669 Middleton, Evan P., 323 Miller, Benjamin F., 110 Miller, Cyrus, 426 Moody, John R., 465 Moore, William, 530 Morgan, Maskell E., 437 Moses, Joseph S., 499 Mosgrove, Adam, 620 Mosgrove, James M., 276 Mosgrove, Samuel M., 372 Moulton, R. C., 661 Murphey, Roger H.. 266 Neer, Adam, 26 Neer, Fred, 362 Neer, John P., 500 Neer, Jonathan S., 694 Noble, Orville, 358 Norman, John C., 688 O'Brine, David, 696 Offenbacher, Charles A., 179 Organ, Charles F., 714 Owen, Thomas B., 563 Pangborn, William C., 296 Patrick, Frank B., 233 Patrick, Mrs. Maria, 164 Patrick, William, 240 Pearce, A. B., 383 Pearce, Henry C., 172 Pearce, Henry M., 176 Pence, Elijah, 72 Perry, D. S., 659 Pickering, George W., 300	Pickering, R. H., 676 Poland, George W., 721 Porterfield, Homer, 664 Powell, James D., 510 Printz, Franklin, 25 Rawlings, Thomas, 580 Ream, George, 523 Ring, William F., 340 Rock, William M., 223 Rouse, William, 557 Runyon, John H., 200 Russell, Joseph G., 703 Rutan, Daniel W., 136 Sanders, Robert, 374 Sarver, Jacob S., 92 Saxbe, Martin B., 681 Sceva, John C., 388 Scots, Asa N., 67 Seaton, John A., 447 Shanely, Christian, 640 Shanely, David, 649 Shanely, Isaac, 651 Shanley, Jacob, 644 Shanley, John, 647 Shockey, Abraham, 595 Shrigley, Winfield T., 68 Sibley, Warren D., 126 Slusser, Samuel, 55 Smith, Azro, 433 Smith, John N., 40 Snapp, Benjamin, 251 Snodgrass, Morton M., 368 Sowers, Samuel K., 33 Spain, James F., 520 Speece, William, 274 Stickley, Philip L., 392 Stone, Ferdinand F., 588 Stone, Samuel L. P., 480 Talbot, Marion, 399 Talbott, George A., 194 Taylor, Alfred F., 74 Taylor, Charles O., 132
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Taylor, Oliver, 129 Taylor, Simeon, 507 Thatcher, Jonathan, 96 Thomas, Ivan B., 81 Thomas, John H., 492 Thomas, Marion W., 614 Thomas, William, 488 Thompson, William, 101 Todd, David, 625 Todd, David W., 36 Todd, John E., 564 Todd, Thomas M., 627 Toomire, John W., 561 Tritt, Randolph, 396 Vance, Alexander F., 279 Vance, Alexander F., Jr., 246 Ward, William, 671	Warnock, William R., 263 Weaver, George A., 701 West, Mrs. Hester, 457 Whetsel, Fenton, 412 Whitmore, Simon W., 312 Williams, Milo G., 214 Williams, Richard Du Val, 603 Wilson, Andrews, 106 Wilson, Ebenezer, 686 Wilson, Willian. H., 692 Wilson, W. W., 609 Woodcock, Elijah T., 611 Yeisley, John W., 83 Young, John H., Ziegler, Augustus M., 116 Zimmer, Frank A., 672 Zirkle, Samuel, 667