650 - THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. children. Charles resided at No. 37 Clifton avenue, in Springfield and by his first marriage he had two children, while six children were born of his second marriage. He died at Springfield October 26, 1902. James is a prominent citizen of Xenia, Ohio, and has four children. Thomas resides in Green township, Clark county, and has five children. He was a member of Company E, One Hundred and Forty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Oscar N. lives in Harmony township. William C. resides at No. 425 Limestone street in Springfield and has one child. Perry Stewart was born in Clark county, Ohio, June 6, 1818, about six months after the county was formed, and is probably the oldest native living son of the county now residing within its borders. His birth occurred on the bank of the Little Miami river in what is now Green township, and he was reared amid the wild scenes of frontier life, spending his boyhood days upon the home farm and acquiring a good common-school education. He continued under the parental roof until he was twenty-six years of age, at which time he was married, on the 15th -of October, 1844, in Green township, to Miss Rhoda Ann Wheeler, who was also born in Green township, her natal day being December 30, 1824. She is a daughter of Ebenezer and Joanna (Miller) Wheeler. At the time of his marriage Perry Stewart located upon a part of his father's land and with the exception of a period of four years resided there continuously until he joined the army in July, 1862, becoming a member of Company A, Ninety-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He had organized tile company and was appointed its captain. In the battle of Chickamauga, in which he par ticipated, he was struck by a spent ball. He took part in a number of skirmishes and other engagements and remained in service until November, 1863, when on account of ill health he was forced to resign, but although he could not remain at the front he never wavered in his loyalty to the Union and his influence and efforts were ever given in behalf of the maintenance of the government's supremacy at Washington. After leaving the army he returned home and followed farming during the remainder of his active business career, being for many years one of the leading agriculturists of this portion of the state. He has also been prominent in other lines of business. He aided in organizing the Farmers Mutual Aid and Protective Association, an insurance order protecting for fire losses in Clark and surrounding counties. He was long one of the directors of this company and was also one of the men who organized a company to build the toll pike from Selma to Springfield, and was the first president. He was induced to co-operate in this in order to make a road passable for school children, in whose welfare he has always taken a deep interest. This was the first pike, with the exception of the national pike, constructed in Clark county. Mr. Stewart has ever favored good roads and improvements along all substantial lines. of progress. In his political views he was first a Whig and cast his ballot for William Henry Harrison, in 1840. Upon the organization of the Republican party he joined its ranks, voting for Fremont in 1856, and since that time he has never wavered in his allegiance to the party. He was township trustee and school director for a number of years and for eighteen months was justice of the peace, but resigned that position when he went to. THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 651 the army. No case which he tried was ever appealed. Soon after his return from the army he was elected county commissioner and served for about eighteen months, when he resigned, having been nominated for the office of representative to the state legislature. He was elected to that position in 1867 and served for one tern:. To each question which came up for settlement he gave his careful consideration, earnestly supporting all measures which he believed would contribute to. the general good. In 1872 he was sent to the national Republican convention at Philadelphia as a delegate and aided in nominating General Grant for a second term. He has long been a member of the Christian church of Springfield and for many years has served as one of its trustees. He belongs to Mitchell Post, No. 45, G. A. R., and although now well advanced in years he still retains an active interest in all matters pertaining to the general good and upbuilding of his county. There is no more honored or worthy citizen in this portion of the state than Perry Stewart. His life has indeed been a useful and active one. He has not only won success in business, but has found time and opportunity to capably serve his fellow men in public office and to co-operate in all measures calculated to promote public prosperity and substantial upbuilding. He has ever sustained an unassailable reputation by reason of his fidelity to duty and his allegiance to the principles of Christianity. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Perry Stewart were born ten children, of whom nine are yet Hy- ing : Harriet is the wife of James Hatfield, whose sketch appears on another page of this work. Julia Ann is the wife of Robert N. Elder. David Wilmot is mentioned later on in this sketch. John T. is next of the family. Mary E. is the widow of S. H. Kerr, of Troy, Ohio, and now lives in .Washington, D. C. Charles F. is also mentioned on another page. Jane Ellen is the wife of George Nicholson. Jessie Isabelle died at the age of four years. Perry Morton is now serving as county treasurer of Clark county. Ebenezer Wheeler is living in Green township. D. Wilmot Stewart is widely and favorably known as an enterprising farmer and stock-raiser of Green township, having the northwest corner farm, comprising one hundred and eighty-five acres. He was born near his present home, his natal day being December 19, 1848, and is the third in the family of Perry and Rhoda (Wheeler) Stewart. At the usual age he entered the public schools, acquiring a good practical knowledge to aid him in the performance of life's duties. He followed in the footsteps of his father, an honored veteran of the Civil war, and when only fifteen years of age enlisted in 1864, for one hundred days' service, as a member of Company D, One Hundred and Forty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving from the 2d of May until the 7th of September, a little more than four months. He was engaged in doing guard duty in West Virginia and although but a boy he did his duty together with men of twice his years, and proved his loyalty to his native land. When twenty years of age he began farming on his own account,. operating a portion of his father's land, and throughout his entire business career he has. engaged in the tilling of the soil, meeting-with creditable and well merited success. He is to-day the owner of a valuable tract of land and in his farming operations is prosperous. On the 12th of February, 1874, D. Wil- 652 - THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. mot Stewart was united in marriage to Miss Amanda McClintick, a native of Springfield township, Clark county, and a daughter of John and Roxy ( Melvin) McClintick. At the time of his marriage he removed to his present home, his mother owning there one hundred acres of land, which David Wilmot Stewart has since cleared and improved and since that time he has purchased eighty-five acres. His business career has been characterized by close application and unremitting diligence and thus he has gained success. His home has been blessed with the presence of six children : Carrie McClintick, born in June, 1875 : Edna. who died at the age of ten months ; Myrtle; Delmer Ruth and Harry. D. Wilmot Stewart holds to the political faith of the family. being a stanch Republican, and has served as a delegate to the conventions of his party, but has never sought or desired office, preferring to give his entire attention to his business affairs. Charles F. Stewart, the son of Perry and Rhoda (Wheeler) Stewart, is devoting his attention to the tilling of the soil and the raising of stock in Green township. He was born on the old family homestead, August 2, 1856, and it remained his playground through boyhood and his training ground for the duties of later life. He, too, acquired a common school education and spent one winter as a student in the business college of Springfield and one winter as a student in Lebanon, Ohio. When twenty years of age he entered upon his business career by operating part of his father's land. on shares. As a companion and helpmate on life's journey he chose Miss Clara Garlough, their wedding being celebrated March 1, 1880. The lady was born in Green township and is a daughter of James T. and Sarah ( Hause) Garlough, who are still living. Five children grace the marriage of Charles F. Stewart and his wife : Josie A., born on her father's farm June 16, 1881, became the wife of Stephen Kitchen, March 11, 1902. The others are: Fred Garlough, born June 2, 1884; Howard H., born June 15, 1888 ; Samuel N., born October 9, 1893 and Stephen W., born July 20, 1896. In the year 1884 Charles F. Stewart purchased his present farm of one hundred and thirty-five acres and has made excellent improvements upon it since that time. He has built a large barn and has transformed a one-story brick house into a pleasant two-story residence. Other modern equipments and accessories have been added to his place, which in its neat and attractive appearance indicates his careful supervision. Reared in the faith of the Republican party, since he has studied the questions and issues of the day he has seen no reason to change his political allegiance, and his first presidential vote was cast for Garfield in 1880. In 1884 he was elected township trustee and served continuously in that office until 1889, when he was appointed township clerk, in which capacity he has since remained, a fact which indicates. that in office he is most loyal and faithful. He served for six years as a member of the cOunty election board and has been a delegate to various county and state conventions of his party. He is also a popular and valued member of Clifton Lodge, No. 669. K. of P., in which he has filled all the chairs. E. Wheeler Stewart is another representative of the farming interests of Clark county, with which the Stewart family has been so closely identified through almost a century. He lives upon the old Perry Stewart homestead, where he was born on the THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 653 27th of October. 1868, being the youngest child of Perry and Rhoda (Wheeler) Stewart. Upon this farm he was reared to manhood, early becoming familiar with the work of field and meadow. He assisted in the labors of the farm during the summer months and in the winter season attended the common schools, his preliminary education being later supplemented by one winter's study in Lebanon, while he also spent one winter as a student at Antioch. In the former place he received a diploma upon completing the business course. The lady who now bears his name was in her maidenhood Miss Nettie Shobe, who became his wife on the 26th of October. 1893. She was born in Green township, a daughter of Martin and Kate ( Nave) Shobe. Prior to his marriage E. Wheeler Stewart had been operating the home farm, and after that important event in his life he brought his bride to the old homestead, while his parents removed to the town, and he has since managed the property, comprising two hundred acres of valuable land. In addition to the cultivation of the fields he is engaged in stock raising and makes a specialty of raising early lambs for the market. Unto E. Wheeler Stewart and his wife have been born two interesting little daughters. Edna and Lois, the former born August 12, 1894, and the latter September 26, 1897. The parents hold membership in the Methodist Protestant church at Pitchin, take an active interest in its work and contribute generously to its support. Mr. E. Wheeler Stewart is one of the class leaders and steward of the church, is also assistant superintendent of the Sunday-school and is secretary of the Catawba circuit conference. In his political views he is a Republican and his presidential vote was cast for Benjamin Harrison. To return to the older generation of the Stewart family, we take up the history o f Judge James M. Stewart, who is to-day one of the most honored and respected citizens of Xenia, Ohio, where he is living a retired life.. He is a brother of Perry Stewart and a son of John and Ann (Elder) Stewart. He was born in Greene, now Clark, county, on the 30th of March, 1828, and spent his boyhood days on his father's farm, attending the common schools of the neighborhood. In the year 1857 he removed to Yellow Springs, Greene county, where he established a general mercantile store. He was quite successful in his undertakings and fol owed that pursuit for ten years. In 1867 he began farming and was thus engaged until 1884, when he was elected probate judge. of Greene county and removed to Xenia in order to enter upon the duties of the office. He served for two terms of three years each and no more capable incumbent has ever filled that position. His decisions were strictly fair and impartial and in the discharge of his Multitudinous delicate duties he showed that he was a man of well-rounded characacter, finely balanced mind and of splendid intellectual attainments. Since his retirement from office he has led a quiet life, being identified with no business pursuits save he management of his property interests. He is, however, a director in the Citizen National Bank of Xenia, and is one of its stockholders. Judge Stewart was united in marriage to Miss Rebecca J. Jacoby, a daughter of Henry Jacoby, one of the leading and influential citizens of Greene county. The wedwas celebrated in October, 1854, and 654 - THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. unto them were born four daughters, of whom two are living : Ida M., the wife of S. B. LeSourd, a wide-awake business man of Xenia; and Leila, now the wife of William D. Cooley of Xenia. The Judge and his wife have a very pleasant home at No. 224 East Second street. They are devoted and zealous members of the Presbyterian church and he is identified with the Masonic fraternity. He gives his political support to the Republican party and is a man of distinctive ability and his character is one which is above a shadow of reproach. He has been faithful in the high offices in which he has been called to serve, and is widely known and respected by all who have been at all familiar with his honorable and useful career. Oscar N. Stewart, another representative of the older generation of the family and a brother of Perry Stewart and Judge Stewart, of Xenia, is a farmer and stock raiser of Harmony township. He was born in Green township, Clark county, February 5, 1833, being the seventh son and eighth child in the family of ten children born unto John Templeton and Ann (Elder) Stewart. His boyhood days were spent upon the home farm in the acquirement of an education and in the enjoyment of the pleasures of the playground, also in mastering the work incident to the cultivation of the fields. When about twenty-two years of age he started out in life on his own account. His father had become an extensive land owner and he inherited one hundred and forty acres of land. Entering into the possession of the property he began its further development and improvement and devoted his attention to his farm work until the 23d of April, 1861. Hardly had the smoke from Fort Sumter's guns cleared away and President Lincoln issued his call for volunteers, when Mr. Stewart offered his services to the government, becoming a member of Company E, Sixteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under Captain Philip Kershner. He was in the army about four months, with the division that was at Phillippi and Carrick's Ford. At the close of his army services he returned home and on the 28th of January, 1862. was married to Miss Rachel Nicholson, of Harmony township, Clark county, where she was born, her parents being Andrew and Rachel (Hammond) Nicholson. They began their domestic life upon the farm in Green township, and there lived until 1884, during which time he and his wife acquired possession of over eight hundred acres of land. In the year mentioned they removed to their present home in Harmony township, where Mr. Stewart has built a fine residence. They have three living children, Herbert P., who married Miss Remina Tuttle, by whom he has four boys, Ira, Roy, Walter and Arthur, and their home is in Green township ; Ralph, who is secretary of the Mutual Aid Society and lives in Springfield, married Grace Carlton and they have one son, Oscar Carlton ; and Frank, the youngest member of the family, is at home. In his political views Mr. Oscar N. Stewart has been a Republican since casting his first vote for John C. Fremont in 1856, but has never been an office seeker. He belongs to the Christian church of Plattsburg and is serving as one of its deacons. He is also a member of Wilson Post, No. 602, G. A. R., at Vienna, has filled all of the chairs and has attended the national reunions in Philadelphia and Columbus. In 1876 he visited the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia and in 1893 the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 655 It would be difficult to find a family of such numerical strength elsewhere in Ohio, that has a more creditable or honorable record than the Stewart family. The name figures upon the business statistics, the military records and the official archives, and in no case is darkened by a stain of dishonor. While its representatives have not sought notoriety, they have ever manifested the sterling traits of character which form a part of good citizenship and their efforts in behalf of all that pertains to the general good have ever been effective, far reaching and beneficial. It would therefore be impossible to compile a history of Clark county without giving clue mention of the members of the Stewart family. RALPH NICHOLSON STEWART, Ralph Nicholson Stewart resides at No. 67 East Pleasant street, in Springfield, where he has a good residence and his office is at No. 71 1/2 East Main street. He is the secretary of the Clark County Farmers Mutual Protection and Aid Association, having acted in this capacity since 1901. A native son of Clark county, he was born in Green township, April 12, 1868, his parents being Oscar Nesbit and Rachel (Nicholson) Stewart, whose history is given on another page of this work. He was about sixteen years of age when his people removed to Harmony township and in addition to the educational privileges afforded by the country schools he pursued a course in a business college at Antioch and was graduated there when eighteen years of age. He likewise spent about six months as a student in Antioch College and was thus well fitted for life's practical duties. For a number of years he followed farming and was a progressive and enterprising agriculturist, his. well tilled fields returning to him rich har- vests for the care and labor which he bestowed upon the land. At length, on account of ill health, he was forced to retire from farm life and in 1901 came to Springfield, where he has since occupied the position of secretary for the Clark County Mutual Protection and Aid Association, the welfare and success of which has been increased in a material degree through his efforts. On the 19th of February, 1896, in Preble county, Ohio, in the town of Eaton, Mr. Stewart was united in marriage to Miss Grace G. Carlton, who was born in Coolville, Athens county, Ohio, June 1, 1875, and is a daughter of Dr. Edwin and Martha Carlton. She is a graduate of the high school of Selma and has attended normal school. They now have one child, Oscar Carlton, born. August 27, 1901. From his boyhood days Mr. Stewart has been an earnest advocate of the Republican party and its principles and has voted for its men and measures since he cast his first presidential ballot for Benjamin Harrison in 1892. He has always resided in this county and belongs to one of the leading and distinguished families that throughout the years of development and improvement here has been active in the work of progress. DAVID ANSON FERREE. The agricultural interests of Green township are ably represented by David Anson Ferree, a general farmer and stock raiser. who was born in Springfield, Ohio, July 6. 1849, and is a son of David and Lizzie- 656 - THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD (Conard) Ferree. The parents were both natives of Pennsylvania, where they were reared and married. The father was a saddler by trade and with his family removed to Ohio some years before the birth of his son, David A., locating in Springfield. In that place he and his wife both died on the same day in August, 1849, of cholera. They left a family of four small children, the oldest being about nine years of age, while David A. was an infant but six weeks old. He, with his eldest sister, Laura. was taken into the home of Elijah and Elizabeth Stewart. where they were kindly and comfortably reared until they were grown. This sister married William Wilson and now lives in Springfield. Sarah Ellen lived with her uncle, Peter Ferree, married William Pence, a resident of Springfield, and they have five children. Elizabeth was reared by her aunt, Marian Baker, but died in early girlhood. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart were very kind to the young orphans whom they had taken in charge, and gave them a good home and all educational privileges which they could desire. In due course of time David Anson Ferree attained man's estate and was married to Miss Elida T. McClintock, of Springfield township, where she was born April 16, 1853. She was a daughter of John and Mary (Melvin) McClintock, and by her marriage she became the mother of five children, three of whom died in infancy. Those living are: Jessie Elizabeth, who was born March 7, 1886, and Elvin McClintock, born December 1, 1888. With the exception of two years which he spent in Springfield, Mr. Ferree, since the death of his parents, has resided on the farm in Green township where he now lives formerly owned by Mr. and Mrs. Stewart, his benefactors. Mrs. Stewart survived her husband for some years and at her death willed the property to Mr. Ferree, of this review. Here he has lived and reared. his family. In 1901 he was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, whose death occurred on the 14th of March of that year. Mr. Ferree supports the men and measures of the Republican party, but has never been a politician in the sense of office seeking. For fifty-three years practically all his life—he has been a resident of Breen township. His interests therefore are deeply centered in the community in which he lives, and his efforts have ever been directed toward its welfare and improvement. He is a public spirited man, takes an earnest interest in the questions and issues of the day, and his friends always know where to find him—for he is ever on the side of right and truth. ASA RUNYON ALDRICH Asa Runyon Aldrich is a farmer and florist of Springfield, who traces his ancestry back to the little "rock-ribbed" country of Wales, whence representatives of the name came to America. The paternal great-grandfather, Wales Aldrich, was born among the Welsh people, in their native country, and with his brother and sister he crossed the Atlantic to the new world, establishing his home in Vermont, where he engaged in farming. Subsequently Wales Aldrich came to Ohio, locating first in Cincinnati and thence removing to Clark county. The journey was made with ox teams, and pioneer conditions existed throughout the state. Indians were more numerous than white settlers in many re- THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 657 gions, deer still roamed through the forest and wild turkeys could be killed in abundance. The nearest market to the pioneer home which Mr. Aldrich established was Cincinnati. He hauled his goods overland from that place and sold there his cheese, honey, butter and grain. In the midst of the green woods he cleared and developed a farm. In his family were nine children, of whom Aaron Aldrich, the father of our subject, was the eighth in order of birth. The grandfather prospered in his undertakings, became the owner of valuable and extensive tracts of land and gave to each of his children forty acres. All of the children attained to a ripe old age, none passing away before the sixtieth milestone on life's journey had been reached. Aaron Aldrich, the father of Asa R. Aldrich of this review, was born in Clark county, Ohio, near Fletcher Chapel, in 1826, and was reared amid the scenes of pioneer life. His brother, Abraham, became a physician and lived to be over eighty years of age. In the practice of his profession he rode extensively over the country, traversing this section of the state when it was little more than a swamp, for the land had not been drained. He made his way too, through dense forests and thus reached pioneer cabins where he put forth his efforts to alleviate human suffering. Like the other members of the family, Aaron Aldrich pursued his education in an old log schoolhouse, which was supplied with slab benches. He followed farming for many years and then came to Springfield. where he conducted a boarding house. continuing in that buSiness until his death. which occurred in 1900. He held the office of supervisor of his township, while one of his brothers. Wales Aldrich, Jr., was for iv any years justice of the peace. All of the representatives of this generation of the family have now passed away. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Sarah A. Bell and was born in Champaign county, Ohio, her parents having re-. moved to this state from Kentucky about the time that the Aldrich family was founded in Clark county. The Bells were of English. ancestry and Mrs. Aldrich was one of a family of nine children, all of whom reached advanced ages and were connected with agricultural pursuits. She was born in 1827 and died in 1878. By her marriage she: became the mother of five children: A. R.. of this review; Ella, the wife of Thomas Wraight, who is living in St. Louis, Missouri ; and three who have passed away. Mrs. Susanna E. Martin, who died in Springfield, leaving two daughters, who are now living on Belmont avenue, this city, was about thirty years of age at the time of her demise; Elijah was accidentally shot August 10, 1862 ; and Marley died in Springfield. in 1901. These children were educated in the old district schools, the temples of learning being log structures. The sons remained upon the home farm until of age and assisted the father in the cultivation and development of his land. The parents were both members of the Christian church of Vienna and were very active in church and charitable work. Their many excellencies of character won for them high regard. and they were widely recognized as people of the highest respectability. In the public schools of an early period. Asa Runyon Aldrich acquired his education. When five years of age he saw the first railroad train that ever run over the Miami road into Springfield. From a boy he assisted in the arduous task of clearing the land upon the home place. Forty acres had. 658 - THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. been given to the father, who afterward added a twenty-acre tract to his land. The .grandfather had purchased the original land with gold, which he carried in saddlebags to Ohio. and he was considered one of the wealthy men of this portion of the state. Mr. Aldrich of this review remained with his father and with him carried on farm work. He was only a year old when the family removed to Clark county, settling near Oxtoby station. His early educational privileges were supplemented to same extent in Vienna. When twenty-two years of age he left the parental roof and went to live with his uncle, Edson Aldrich, who was a farmer and butcher, and with him removed to Logan county, Ohio. There he spent seven years, devoting his attention largely to farming in that locality. In March, 1869, he was married to Susan A. Porter, the widow of John Pollock. She had three children, two, of whom are now living: Laura, of Mexico: and Mrs. .Mary R. Haviland, who is living in Quito, .South 'America. The son, Elmer. has passed .away. Mrs. Aldrich-was born in 1842 and pursued her education in the public schools of Hardin county. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Aldrich are as follows : Clarence E., born in 1870, was married and has one living child, Lester A. Two of his children died in early childhood. He is now acting as foreman in his father's greenhouse. Clyde was accidentally drowned June 21, 1891, when fourteen years of age. Blanche is the wife of William Curry, who is living at the corner of Plum and Main streets in Springfield, and is employed in Carson's wholesale grocery house. Mrs. Curry was born in 1874 and is a graduate of the Springfield high school. Mr. Aldrich continued to make his home in Logan county, Ohio, for some years, or until 1875, when he returned to Clark county and for one year resided upon his father's old homestead. In 1876 he purchased a farm near Oxtoby station and still owns that property. His first -purchase brought to him twenty acres, but the boundaries of the farm have since been extended until it is now a tract of sixty acres of well improved land. He has tiled some of his fields, has erected good buildings upon his place and has made it a rich and valuable property, from which he now derives a good income. He remained upon that farm for about ten years; and in the meantime embarked in the florist business there. He built a greenhouse and did a retail business in Springfield, raising all of his plants and flowers upon the farm. About 1888, however, he removed his greenhouses to the city, enlarged them, and now has an excellent plant for conducting the business on Belmont avenue, just outside the corporation lines. By study and experience he has gained a thorough knowledge of the florist's business. and in this connection he is meeting with excellent success. In his greenhouses are many kinds of rare and beautiful blossoms, and he makes a specialty of cut flowers, which find a ready sale upon the market because of their beauty and excellence. From a small beginning his trade has grown to its present large proportions, making the enterprise a paying one. In addition to this line of activity, Mr. Adrich is engaged in general farming, haying the supervision of his farm property. He has a flower stand in the market place. where he serves his many customers, and also a store on South Limestone street. In his political views Mr. Aldrich is a Republican, having been a stanch advocate of the party since he cast his first presiden- THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 659 tial vote for Abraham Lincoln in 1864. He has never sought or desired office, however, preferring to give his time and attention to his business affairs, which, being capably conducted, hive brought to him creditable and desirable success. He is a worthy representative of one of the honored pioneer families of the county and has been active in continuing the work of improvement and progress which was begun by his grandfather in pioneer times and which was carried on by his father. The name of Aldrich has ever been an honored one in the county because its representatives have been loyal to the best interests of the community and have been found reliable and trustworthy in business. WILLIAM WISE. When the tocsin of v ar sounded and men from all walks of life flocked to the standard of the country to take part in the battles for the preservation of the Union, William Wise also joined the boys in blue uniform and went to the south, where he proved himself a loyal soldier. His patriotic devotion to his country is equally manifest in his prompt and faithful service as a civic officer. For thirty-six years he has served as justice of the peace and no higher testimony of his efficiency and fidelity could be given than the fact of his long retention in office. Mr. Wise was born in Montgomery county, Ohio, in 1840, a son of Felix and Martha (Leeper) Wise. His maternal grandfather, James Leeper, was a native of Steubenville, Ohio, and died during the early childhood of his daughter. George Wise, the paternal grandfather, was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, in 1784 and in 1840 removed to Pike township, Clark County, Ohio. In 1811 he became a captain of the Third Company of the Eighty-seventh Regiment of the Militia of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and served with that rank for several years. In his family were twelve children : Felix, the father of our subject ; Mary, Joseph, George and Mrs. Johanna Sturges,: all now deceased ; Mrs. Rebecca McGeehan, and John, who have also passed away; David, who is living in St. Louis, Missouri ; Mrs. Catherine Leffel, deceased; Mrs. Sarah Miller, a resident of Bloomington, Illinois; Jacob and Mrs. Margaret Hance, who are also deceased. By their marriage. the parents of our subject had five children. Mary, the eldest, became the wife of John Black, a farmer, now deceased, and they had. four children—Edna, Jennie, Josephine and John. William is the second in order of birth. George W. wedded Mary Brown and is now living in Dayton, Ohio, with their two children, Burton and Mabel. He is connected with the Barney & Smith car shops and served for one hundred days in the Civil war. James L., who married Almarinda Spangler, by wham he had two children, Harry and Cora, is now a resident of Dayton. Frank, the youngest member of the family, married Alice Stockstill and they are also living in Dayton. They reared three children, Walter, Bertha and Roy. Felix Wise, the father of our subject, passed away in 1875. In the schools of Medway, Ohio, William Wise pursued his education, spending his boyhood days in his parents' home. He was twenty-one years of age when in 1862 he enlisted in his country's ser- 660 - THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD vice as a member of Company I, One Hundred and Tenth Ohio Infantry. He was mustered out with the rank of sergeant at Washington, D. C., June 9, 1865, and returned home with a most creditable military record. He participated in the battle of Winchester, Virginia, under General Melroy, on the 13th 14th and 15th of June, 1863, Wapping Heights. Locust Grove, Mine Run. the battle of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania Courthouse, Gains Mills, Cold Harbor, Monocacy, Charleston, Smithfield, Winchester, Flint Hill, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek. and the engagements in the vicinity of Petersburg, where he was wounded. He also sustained a wound at Cold Harbor. At the close of the war Mr. Wise returned to his home in Medway. He experienced all the hardships and rigors of war and was always found at his post of duty whether upon the picket line or the firing line. He never wavered in his allegiance to the old flag and the cause it represented and like the other boys in blue he deserves credit and gratitude of the nation for his share in preserving the Union. For fifty-six years Mr. Wise has resided in Medway and is one of the honored and representative citizens here. He was united in marriage to Martha V. McKinney, a daughter Cyrus B. and Melinda E. (Lamme) McKinney. Her father was born in Bethel township, Clark county, in 1813 and in his family were four children : James F.. a resident of Springfield: Mrs. Wise: and Frank E., who is living in this county. Unto our subject and his wife have been born three children. Willis McKinney. the eldest, wedded Margaret Glenn. of Springfield, and they have three children—Ester L., Arthur V. and Helen M. Grace G. is the wife of William C. Wallace, a farmer of Bethel township, and they have two children—Donald M. and Roscoe. Roscoe D.. the youngest member of the family of William Wise, is now employed as a bookkeeper by 0. S. Kelly, in Springfield. In his political views Mr. Wise has always been a stalwart Republican, fearless in defence of his convictions and untiring in his fidelity to the party in which he believes. For thirty-six years he has held the office of justice of the peace and his decisions haye been strictly fair and impartial, neither fear nor favor influencing him in his opinions. He has always been true to what he believed to be his duties of citizenship and the best interests of the country, and is a man of genuine worth who has many friends in his section of Clark county. THOMAS SWANGER. For seventeen years Thomas Swanger has engaged in the grocery business in New Carlisle and the large patronage accorded him is an indication of the high standing which he has in the public regard. He is a native of the neighboring state of Pennsylvania. his birth having occurred in Cumberland county in 1840. His parents were George and Catherine ( Fox) Swanger, who with their family left Pennsylvania in 1844 and established their home in New Carlisle, Ohio. They became the parents of but two children, the elder being Thomas of this review. The daughter, Mary Ellen, is the wife of T. Goldshott and they reside in Dayton, Ohio. They have two living children. to whom they have given the names of Florida and Alabama. THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 661 Thomas Swanger of this review was a little lad of only four years when brought by his parents to Ohio and in the town which he still makes his home he was reared, his education being acquired here in the public schools. About the time he attained his majority he offered his services to the government as a defender of the Union cause in the Civil war. He had studied with interest the attitude of the south, had noted the threats of secession and had resolved that if an attempt was made to overthrow the Union he would strike a blow in its defense. Accordingly, when Fort Sumter was fired upon, he enlisted in April, 1861, as a member of Company C, First Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, in which he served until June, 1864. In February, 1865, he re-enlisted, becoming a member of the Second United States Veteran Regiment, attached to Hancock's Corps From this command he was mustered out in February, 1866. He had participated in a number of battles and skirmishes, the principal engagements being at Shiloh, Stone River and Chickamauga. After being mustered out of the volunteer service Mr. Swanger enlisted in February, 1867. in the regular army and was assigned to the First United States Cavalry, with which he served in California, Nevada, Oregon. Arizona and New Mexico, sharing in the usual experiences of military life on the frontier. In December, 1871, he received an honorable discharge and returned to New Carlisle. In 1882 he became an active factor in mercantile life here, establishing a drug store, which he conducted for about three years. He then sold out in that line and opened a grocery store, which he still conducts. From the beginning he has enjoyed a good patronage and he carries a large and well - selected line of staple and fancy gro- - 35 - ceries. He is straightforward in his business dealings and his earnest desire to please his patrons has secured to him a profitable trade. Mr. Swanger was united in marriage to Caroline Elizabeth Pence, of Pike township, Clark county, a daughter of Valentine Pence, who is a millwright and farmer. She is the elder of two daughters, her sister being Mrs. Elmira Stafford, the wife of A. S. Stafford, a lumber buyer of New Carlisle. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Swanger has been blessed with one child, Pearl Fair. In his political views Mr. Swanger is an earliest Republican and for six years he has served as trustee of Bethel township, having just completed his second term of three years he belongs to the Odd Fellows Society and to the Methodist church and it will thus be seen that his membership relations are such as indicate a high moral character and genuine worth, classing him with the best citizens of his part of the country. ALEXANDER McCONKEY. Many a lesson may be gleaned from the experience of Alexander McConkey by the younger 'generation, and none more vital than this—that absolute honesty is the essential cornerstone of character on which the entire superstructure must depend. Persistence and courage in the face of difficulties also are necessary factors to success, and energy and determination must likewise lend their aid. These are the qualities which have brought prosperity to Mr. McConkey, so that he is now enabled, after years of active connection with agricultural pursuits, to live a retired life, his home being in the village of New Moorefield. 662 - THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. His birth occurred in Pleasant township, near Catawba, December 5, 1832, his parents being Daniel and Matilda (Neer) McConkey. His father was a son of Archibald and Nancy (Micha) McConkey. Archibald McConkey was a native of Belfast, Ireland. and after coming to America remained in New York for a time. On leaving the Empire state he removed to Kentucky. where he married Nancy Micha, a daughter of Captain Micha, who was an officer in the Revolutionary war, belonging to a New England regiment. Daniel McConkey was born in Kentucky, and in 1805, when about a year old, was brought to Ohio by his parents, the family locating one mile south of Catawba, where his father lived until eighty-five years of age. The farm on which he settled is still the property of his descendants. He was a soldier of the war of 1812. Throughout life Daniel McConkey followed agricultural pursuits, operating the old homestead farm Called to his final rest April 5, 1856, when fifty-two years of age, his death being the result of an injury occasioned by a horse. His wife was a native of Loudoun county, Virginia, and in early life came to Ohio with her parents, Nathan and Jane Neer. settling on a portion of the present site of Catawba. She died in 1885, at the age of seventy-six years, and her remains were interred by the side of her husband in the McConkey cemetery, on the old home farm near Catawba. In the family of this worthy couple were eleven children, five sons and six daughters, of whom Alexander McConkey is the fourth in order of birth and the only one now living. His brother, Nathan McDonald, became captain of Company G, of the Ninety-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry and served until the close of the war. He was with Sherman on the famous march to the sea and also participated in the grand review in Washington. At the time of his death he was serving as superintendent of the Children's Home in Springfield, and he had also been a county commissioner and for two terms represented his district in the state legislature. A very prominent and influential citizen, he left the impress of his individuality upon public life. Archibald married Sarah Skillman and died in 186, leaving three children. Enos was a wagonmaster during the civil war and a member of Company F, Eighth Ohio Cavalry. He married May Young and at his death left five children. Alexander was the next of the family. Hiram L. was a soldier of Company G. Ninety-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, held the rank of orderly sergeant and was with Sherman throughout his campaigns. None of the four brothers who were in the army were ever wounded. Hiram was captured but was paroled before being taken to prison. Our subject was reared in the township of his nativity, acquiring a good education in the common schools and worked by the month for a brother one year. His father died about that time and he and his brother then operated the home farm for a few years, or until 1856. Mr. McConkey was married April 14. 1857, to Miss Emeline Cartmell, who was born and reared in Pleasant township, a daughter of Thomas and Amanda (Fisher) Cartmell. Our subject then engaged in farming in Pleasant township until the fall of 1861, when, in the month of September, he donned the blue uniform of the nation and became a member of Company F, Forty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was soon afterward promoted to the rank of sergeant and served until January, 186.4, when he veteranized. He was then THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 663 commissioned second lieutenant in the Eighth Ohio Cavalry and later was promoted to first lieutenant of Company D, serving in that capacity until a short time prior to the close of hostilities, when he was commissioned captain. Soon after this he resigned in the year 1865. He was first under fire at Cotton Mountain, at the time of the retreat of General Floyd, and was also in the battle at Lewisburg, and at Dutton Hill and took part in numerous skirmishes. He was in the siege of Knoxville and was captured at Beverly, West Virginia, after which he was sent to Libby prison on the 11th of January, 1864, and was there paroled on the 22(1 of February following. At the battle of Lewisburg his cap was shot through and thus he narrowly escaped death. At the battle of Libertyville, while on the Hunter raid to Lynchburg, his clothing was riddled with bullets. He was at Philippi, -`,Vest Virginia, when he learned of Lincoln's assassination, and was a Harper's Ferry at the time of Lee's surrender. While Mr. McConkey was in the service his wife and their one child made their home with her sister, who was the wife of his brother, Captain N. M. McConkey. When our subject returned home he resumed farming on the old homestead, where he lived for a number of years. He afterward spent nine years on the farm of Judge Good, in Moorefield township, and then purchased a tract of land in Champaign county, Ohio, where he lived for several years. At length he sold that property and purchased his present home in New Moorefield. Unto Mr. and Mrs. McConkey have been born two children. Emma is the wife of S. J. Wilkerson, a member of the board of public affairs at Springfield, who also served as city clerk there for six years. They have four children, Nellie C., Charles McConkey, Florence Goode and Howard. Gilbert died at the age of nine years of lockjaw, caused by a broken arm. In 1901 Mr. McConkey was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who passed away on the 17th of October, of that year, her death being mourned by all who knew her. She was a faithful member of the Methodist Protestant church and an earnest Christian woman. Mr. McConkey voted for John C. Fremont in 1856 and has supported each presidential candidate of the Republican party since. that time. He is deeply interested in all political questions of the day and has served as a delegate to various conventions of his party, but has never been an office seeker, although in 1902 he Was elected assessor. Long a faithful and consistent member of the Methodist Protestant church he is now serving as class leader and as superintendent of the Sunday-school. To-day he is the only surviving member of the Catawba church that was identified with that organization when he joined in 1848. He belongs to N. M. McConkey Post at Catawba, has filled all of its offices and is a member of the Ohio Association of Union ex-Prisoners of War, with whom he has met in conventions at Marysville and at Clyde. His life has always been honorable and upright, and in citizenship he is as true and loyal to-day as when he followed the nation's starry banner upon the battlefields of the south. EDWARD L. BARRETT. Edward L. Barrett is the president and treasurer of the Barrett Publishing b pany, of Springfield, Ohio, and is one of the 664 - THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD busiest. most energetic and enterprising men of the city. He stands to-day at the head of a concern of importance, for the business has constantly grown in magnitude and in the character of the work executed. A native of Massachusetts, Mr. Barrett was born in Ashburnham, on the 14th of September, 1850, and is a son of Edwin L. and Sarah (Petts) Barrett. The ancestral line of the Barrett family can be traced back to the year 1200. At an early day in the history of America. the family was established on the soil of the new world. Samuel Barret, the grandfather of our subject, was a native of Massachusetts and married Nancy Lawrence, the eldest daughter of John Lawrence, one of the original settlers of eastern Massachusetts. Edwin L. Barrett was born in the year 1839 in the house in which the birth of our subject occurred, and in 1861 he became a resident of Springfield, Ohio. His wife was a native of the Empire state and died in 1864. After conducting general business interests in Springfield for many years. Edwin L. Barrett passed to his final rest on the l0th of August, 1889. He whose name introduces this review, has been a resident of Springfield since the age of eleven years, and in the public schools he pursued his preparatory education and then entered Wittenberg College, where he remained as a student for some time. On leaving college he engaged in business, assisting his father up to the time of his death in the conduct of a publishing business which Mr. Barrett, Sr., had established. After the death of his father in 1898 Edward L. Barrett succeeded to the business and conducted it successfully until December, 1901, when the mechanical department of the business was sold to The New Era Company, of which R. S. Thompson is president, Mr. Barrett retaining the original business. known as the legal blank book publishing department. From this department legal blank books are furnished to the various officials of the state. Mr. Barrett has associated with him his son, Arthur M., in the original business of E. L. Barrett & Son, this being the oldest firm in the state in their line of business. E. L. Barrett & Son occupy the two upper floors of the building at No. 24 North Fountain street. Under the guidance of Edward L. Barrett, and as a result of his broad experience and keen executive force. the enterprise has been attended with a high measure of success. He is also interested in a successful grocery business with another of his sons, Elmer L. Barrett, their place of business being No. 18 Euclid avenue. In 1875 was celebrated the marriage of E. L. Barrett and Miss Flora C. Lyon. Seven children have graced this marriage, namely : Elmer ; Nellie : Arthur : Herbert ; Mabel ; Bertha ; and Walter, who died in infancy. In church matters Mr. Barrett is quite prominent, holding membership with the First Presbyterian church, in which he has been an elder for many years, and to the support of which he contributes liberally, while of his time and influence he gives generously to advance the work of the church in its various departments. He was for a term president of the Ohio State Sunday-school Association and at the present time is state treasurer of that organization. He is also the superintendent of the Presbyterian Mission of his church, and has occupied this position for the past twenty-two years. Unlike many men who are controlling extensive business interests and vet who claim to have neither time nor inclination for labors relating to the Moral development of THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 655 the community, Mr. Barrett has not only found but has made opportunities to continue his work in this direction and his influence has been a potent one for good. His religion is of a practical character which is manifest in the substantial aid given to the poor and needy and in honorable dealing with his fellow men in all life's relations. WILLIAM YEAZEL. William E. Yeazel, a representative of the agricultural interests of Pleasant township, was born in Moorefield township, January 24, 1829, his parents being Jeremiah and Jane ( Hodge) Yeazel. Upon the home farm he was reared, no event of special importance occurring to vary the routine of farm life for him. In his youth he acquired a common school education and lived at home until twenty-one years of age. His father was a good manager and an enterprising man and became the owner of four hundred acres of land. On the 27th of January, 1850, Mr. Yeazel was united in marriage to Miss Lydia A. Bennett, of Harmony township, where she was born and reared. At the time of his marriage Mr. Yeazel began operating his father's land and resided upon that place for three years, after which he purchased fifty-eight acres in- the village of Harmony. He carried on farming and butchering for thirteen years and through the dual occupation he made considerable money. While living there he also organized a company and was appointed captain by Colonel Todd, but in reorganizing the war committee endeavored to persuade his men to join an organization of which he was to become a lieutenant. Refusing to do this he resigned and did not enter the service. At a later date he disposed of his butchering business and traded. his farm in this locality for a farm in Champaign county, Illinois. To that property he gave his supervision but never removed to the west. In 1859 he purchased his present farm, comprising eighty-three acres of land, and in 1873 he took up his abode thereon. As the years have passed and his financial resources have increased, he has added to this property from time to time until he is to-day the owner of an extensive farm of four hundred acres. This was all covered with forest trees when it came into his possession and the fine improvements upon the place are the result of his energetic efforts and progressive ideas. He is regarded as one of the leading agriculturists of his community and certainly deserves great credit for what he has accomplished, because he started out in life for himself empty handed and has depended entirely upon his earnest labor for the acquirement of a competence. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Yeazel has been blessed with five children : James, who is living in Cold Springs, Ohio, and has five children Jane, the wife of Silas Engel. a resident of Harmony township ; Ellen. the wife of William H. McClintock, of Moorefield township ; Elizabeth, who is the wife of Walter Marsh, of London. Ohio, by whom she has two sons ; and Mary, who became the wife of E. C. Overturf and lived in Madison county until her death, at which time she left three children. Mr. Yeazel was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife on the 2d of November, 1884. About two years later, on the 2d of September, 1886. he was united in marriage to Miss Emily Paul, Of Harmony township. She was born in Pleas- 666 - THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. ant township and was a daughter of Edward and Margaret (Morris) Paul. Two children graced this union, Hattie and Scott, both of whom are at home. Mr. Teazel cast his first presidential vote for Winfield Scott in 1852 and in 1856 he voted for Fremont. He is now independent in politics. He was once a candidate of the Prohibition party for the office of county commissioner but on account of the greater majorities of the older parties he was not elected. He has always been a warm friend of the cause of temperance and of morality, and his life has been in harmony with the principles which develop an upright, honorable manhood. JACOB R. ATHY. Jacob R. Athy, who was born in Mad River township, Clark county, in 1833, has therefore been a resident of the county for nearly seventy years. During his infancy he was brought to the farm upon which he now resides, the family removing here in the year above mentioned. His father, John Athy, was born and reared near Cumberland. Maryland, but emigrating westward, took up his abode in Clark county. He was a resident of Mad River township at the time of our subject's birth in 1833, but the same year removed to what is now the old Athy homestead. He purchased this land in 1847, paying twelve and one-half dollars per acre for the tract, which is now worth ninety dollars per acre. This farm originally belonged to William Burnet, of Cincinnati, and at the time it was sold to John Athy it was covered with timber, not a furrow having been turned or an improvement made upon the place. With characteristic energy, how ever, he began its development and soon the fields were cleared and prepared for the plow, so that in course of time good harvests were garnered as the result of the care and labor of the owner. Throughout his entire life John Athv carried on agricultural pursuits there and was classed among the representative farmers of his community. Upon the old homestead Jacob R. Athy, of this review, spent the days of his boyhood and youth. As his strength increased with the growing years he aided more and more largely in the work of the farm, taking his place in the fields as soon as old enough to handle the plow. He thus gained practical experience in all departments of farm work and was well fitted for carrying on business on his own account in later life. He was united in marriage to Eliza J. Ashing, a daughter of Jacob Ashing, of Champaign county, this state, and unto them have been born seven children. Oliver F., the eldest, married Dora Shank, a daughter of Cyrus Shank, of Springfield, and they have two children; Viola Fern and Lina. He is now acting as foreman for the American Radiator Company, of Springfield. Raymond W., who is a carpenter and contractor. married Cora Conrad, of Donnelsville, and they have six children : Theresa, Ralph, Lola, Clifford, Harry and Pearl. Irvin Newton is at home. Lillie is the wife of George W. Jenkins, a farmer and dairyman of Mad River township, and they have two children, Leah and Savers. Granville Roper died in 1871, at the age of seventeen months. George Mahlon, born in September, 1871. died in March. 1898. Laura E. is the wife of William Caid King, a native of Mad River township, who is now operating her father's farm. They have three children, Lillie, Hazel and Gladys. THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 667 Throughout his entire life Mr: Athy has carried on farm work and the neat and thirfty appearance of his place indicates the careful supervision of the progressive and enterprising owner. He is a member of the Grange and in his political views is a Republican. He belongs to the Christian church and is interested in everything pertaining to the general good. He represents one of the old pioneer families of the county and through almost two-thirds of a century he-has been a witness of the progress and improvement of this portion of the state. CHARLES M. CLARK. Through almost eighty years Charles M. Clark, now deceased. was a resident of this county and is classed among the pioneer settlers to whom a debt of gratitude is due for what they accomplished in reclaiming the wild region for the uses of the white man. He aided in laying broad and deep the foundation for the present prosperity and progress of the county and his history if given in detail would present a faithful picture of pioneer times in Clark county. Mr. Clark was born in Coshocton county, August 12, 1808, his parents being James and Martha (Davis) Clark, who were natives of Virginia, where the father learned the carpenter's trade. In 1803 he decided to establish his home beyond the mountains which separated Virginia from what was then the far west and with a team and wagon, accompanied by his family, he journeyed overland to Coshocton county, where he lived until 1811 and then came to Clark county.' His financial resources were limited and as he could not buy land he rented a tract in Springfield township. where he lived for a few years, removing then to Champaign county. He worked hard, saved his money and invested in land near Mechanicsburg, thus becoming well-to-do. He was an industrious and honored citizen and bore no unimportant part in the work of early development in Ohio. Both he and his wife died on their home farm near Mechanicsburg. Charles M. Clark was only three years of age when he came to Clark county with his parents. Springfield was then but a hamlet and many of the now thriving towns and villages had not then sprung into existence. Indians still roamed through the forest and wild animals found their haunts within the green woods. The establishment of homes in this beautiful region therefore meant hardships, sacrifices and sometimes death, but there were some men, however, brave enough to face the difficult conditions of pioneer life and undertake the arduous task of converting the forest tracts into farms which would yield crops for the sustenance of life. Such a work was that which fell to the lot of Mr. Clark. He lived with his parents until twenty-one years of age and his father then gave him a horse, saddle. and bridle, and thus equipped he started out in life for himself. He began to deal' in cattle. buying stock in the surrounding country and driving them over the mountains to the Philadelphia market, a distance of more than five hundred miles, for there were no railroads at that time to afford an easy means of transportation. It required about six months to collect and purchase a drove and dispose of them in the east. On one of those trips Mr. Clark purchased a buggy, which was the first vehicle of the kind ever introduced into this section of Ohio. On one occasion he had the honor of taking the 668 - THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Hon. Thaddeus Stevens for a ride in this buggy. Mr. Clark made his home with his older brother until he was married, when he purchased a farm in Moorefield township. which he cultivated and also dealt in cattle. For many years he was also an ,extensive buyer of wool, continuing in that business until 1889. In the meantime, in 1875, he had removed from his farm .to the city, residing on East High street. He wedded Miss Chloe Foley, who was born in Moorefield township, a daughter of Absalom and Susan (Bishop) Foley. Her father was a native of. Virginia and a son of John Foley, who was a Virginia planter and spent his entire life in the Old Dominion. The father of Mrs. Clark was reared in that state and when a young man came to Ohio in pioneer clays. Here he worked with a brother-in-law until his earnings enabled him to purchase a tract of timber land in Moorefield township, on which he began farming and there he eventually built a fine brick residence. Later he purchased another farm near his first property, and thereon he spent the latter days of his life. His wife was a daughter of James C. and Chloe (Lake) Bishop and like her husband has passed away long ago. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Clark were born ten children. Anna died in infancy and was buried in the cemetery of Moorefield township. Martha J. became the wife of Thomas Jones, of London, Ohio, and at her death was laid to rest in Ferncliff cemetery, of Springfield. She had three children—Harry, Carl and Clifford. Charles E. died July 19, 1902, and was buried in Ferncliff. William, who died in 1875, was also laid to rest there. James M., who died in 1875. was buried in Ferncliff. Absalom F. married Miss Vida Johnson, by whom he has a son, Carl. and their home is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Robert R. is living in Philadelphia. Fannie F. is the wife of John Worley, of Springfield, and they had eight children—Charles, deceased ; and Robert, John, Helen, Alice, Harry, Chloe and Joseph. Sallie is the wife of H. C. Lyon, who is represented on another page of this work. Alice resides with her mother and sister, Mrs. Lyon. The parents were both earnest and active members of the First Presbyterian church of Springfield, Mr. Clark doing much for the support and upbuilding of the church. In early life he gave his political support to the Whig party and afterward endorsed the Republican party on its organization and continued to follow its banners until his death. In his business affairs he was very successful. He took advantage of opportunities that offered, made the most of possibilities and through the diligence and energy which were salient features in his career he acquired a handsome competence. He was popular and well liked, because of his genial and kindly manner and his life history forms no unimportant chapter in the annals of the county with which he was connected from early pioneer times down to the period of later-day progress and advancement. He died September 8, 1892, but his widow still survives him and is now eighty years of age. SAMUEL M. MILLER. The life history of this gentleman stands in incontrovertible evidence of the fad that America is a land rich in opportunities for the business man who possesses determina- THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 669 tion, strong purpose and laudable ambition. From humble clerkships have. arisen some of the leading merchants of the country and from other equally obscure positions have come the men who control the traffic of the land and promote its commercial prosperity. Mr. Miller began life on his own account empty-handed and today is numbered among the successful merchants of Springfield, where he is engaged in business as a dealer in general house furnishings at No. 74-78 West Main street. Mr. Miller is a native of Pennsylvania,. his birth having occurred in Mercer county, November 2, 1858, and on the paternal side he comes of Scotch-Irish ancestry, the family having been established in this country, however, at an early day. Henry Miller, the father of our subject, was born in Pennsylvania and followed the trade of carpentering and building. The date of his birth was 1827 and in 1873 he was called to his final rest. In 1864 he had removed with his family to Highland county, Ohio, following his trade at Leesburg until his life's labors were ended. He married Eliza J. Griffith, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1834 and is now a resident of Springfield. She was one of a family of ten children, the others being Samuel, Isaac, Martha, Edward, Adam, Josiah, Martha Ann, Catherine and George, and six are yet living, the family being noted for longevity. Both parents were born in Pennsylvania. By the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Miller there were ten children of whom a daughter and five sons were born in Pennsylvania, while after the removal of the family to Ohio four daughters were born. The eldest daughter and a son both died in early childhood. 'Those living are: William W., who was born in 1856 and is a member of the Seventh Day 'Adventist church; Samuel M.; Albert E., who was born in 1861 and is in the employ of his brother Samuel, his home being in Springfield, where he lives with his wife and two daughters, Elizabeth and Margaret; John T., who was born in 1863, and is a dealer in ladies' suits, cloaks and furs in Dayton, Ohio; Harriet, who was born in 1865 and is the wife of C. L. Daniels, of Tiffin, Ohio, by whom she has three living children: Harold, William and Helen; Margaret, who was born in 1867 and is the wife of William Wright, of Leesburg, Ohio; Katherine E., born in 1869 and now engaged in missionary work; and Eva, who was born in 1873 and is the wife of Charles Russell, a resident of New Vienna, Ohio, by whom she has two children, Virgil and Henry. In his political views the father of this family was a Demo- crat and held several local offices while in Leesburg. Both he and his wife held membership in the United Presbyterian church but Mrs. Miller is now a member of the Seventh Day Adventist church. Samuel M. Miller of this review was but a small boy at the time of the removal of the family to Leesburg, where he pursued his education in the public schools, attending until he was about fourteen years of age. He then began work on a farm but soon afterward secured a position as bell boy in the Elliot House of Hillsboro. Ohio. While thus engaged he formed the acquaintance of Charles H. Fitts, who was traveling for a Philadelphia carpet house and who took a kindly interest in the 'boy, insisting upon his securing a position in the east. 'Mr. Miller, acting upon the advice of his friend. obtained employment with C. B. Scott & Company, retail furniture dealers of Philadelphia, entering upon the 670 - THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD duties of his position April 9, 1875, as an errand boy. He spent five years in the store during which time he was steadily advanced and mastered the business in principle and detail. During the latter part of his service he acted as foreman of the finishing department. About 188o he secured employment in the finishing department of the car shops at Wilmington, Delaware, but remained there less than a year after which he returned to Philadelphia and entered the employ of the Leshambre Company, manufacturers of special designs for residences. There he remained for two years as a journeyman finisher, when a position was offered in a piano factory and he accepted it, continuing there for eighteen months. Later he was in the employ of a friend who conducted an installment house, and there he was rapidly advanced because of his fidelity and capability and in the absence of the proprietor he was left in entire charge of the business.. His wages were proportionately increased and for two and one-half years he remained in that house. In September, 1886 he left the employ of Mr. Ford and came from Philadelphia to Springfield. During the years which he had spent away from home he had always contributed to the support of his mother and the family, and therefore he had but little capital with which to start in business when he left Philadelphia, but he possessed ski ong determination to succeed and through the friendliness of Mr. Ford he was enabled to obtain credit. With two competent men he came to this city to open an office for the purpose of carrying on the installment business. He appointed agents who: sold goods throughout the surrounding country, but for several months he carried on his new enterprise under difficulties, which, however, he gradually overcame. He possesses the three elements to success ; prudence, perseverance and push and thus he overthrew all obstacles in his path and was in control of a lucrative business. He began in a room on the second floor of the Johnson building and remained there for about a year. He next removed to 164 West Main street, where he had a small stock of goods and there he added other furnishings to his line. As the business increased he also occupied No. 166 Main street and put in a small stock of furniture. His trade increased rapidly until the business demanded larger quarters and in October, 1894, he removed to No. 74 West Main street, fitting up the building to accommodate his stock. In 1897 he enlarged his floor space by stocking the second floor of the building and also the second floor of No. 76. In February, 1901, he rented the adjoining room, No. 76, and his store now extends from No. 74 to No. 78. He handles everything in the line of house furnishings and has a large trade in Clark and surrounding counties. In practical experience he has gained broad knowledge of business methods and he inaugurated a system of his own in extending his business which has proved a valuable one, bringing to him splendid success. On the 14th of December, 1888, Mr. Miller was married in Springfield to -Miss Eleanor Blanche Conn, who was born in Brown county, Ohio. in May, 1868, a daughter of Albert Conn, who is serving as a collector for Mr. Miller. The lady was educated in the public schools of Russellville, Brown county, and in Springfield, having come to this city in 1884. By her marriage she has become the mother of two children : Edith E., who was born in 1888, THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 671 and died in 1898; and Olive Maude, who was born October 10, 1893. Mrs. Miller belongs to the Seventh Day Adventist church and our subject is a liberal contributor to church and charitable work. He holds membership in Red Star Lodge, K. P., in which he has passed all of the chairs and is now a representative to the grand lodge. He also belongs to the Uniformed Rank of the order and to the Dramatic Order of the Knights of Khorassan. He is also a member of the endowment rank of the Knights of Pythias and of Champion Council of the Junior Order of American Mechanics. In politics he is independent but has never aspired to official honors or emoluments, preferring to give his attention entirely to his business interests in which he has met with signal success. There is nothing particularly remarkable in his life history yet it contains lessons that are well worthy of emulation, showing the power of industry, of enterprise and of upright character in the active affairs of life. With his family he resides at the corner of Pleasant and Plum streets, having purchased a home in 1893. JOHN A. YEAZELL. John A. Yeazell is well known as a farmer and raiser of thoroughbred shorthorn Durham cattle. He is a leading representative of this great department of business activity and his efforts have been so managed that he has prospered in his work and is now one of the substantial agriculturists of Moorefield township. He was born and reared in this township. his natal day being October 10, 1837. His parents were Jacob and Elnora Foley) Yeazell. The former was born near Todd's Fork, Clinton county, Ohio, November 10, 1809, and was a son of Abraham and Mary (Curl) Yeazell. The mother of our subject was born January 14, 1810, and her parents were John and Jane (Reeser) Foley, who became early settlers of Moorefield township, establishing their home in this section of the state when Indians still lived here. Abraham Yeazell was born in Virginia, April 29, 1774, and on the 7th of October, 1794, he was joined in wedlock to Mary Curl, whose birth occurred October 30, 1776. Mary Ann, their eldest child, became the wife of Mailand Marsh and removed to Marion county, where she died, leaving several children. George Yeazell, the second of their family, lived and died in Moorefield township. Two of his sons, Isaac and Francis, are now residents of Springfield, while another son, John W., lives in New Moorefield, and George and Jeremiah are deceased. William Yeazell, the third member of the family, lived and died in Moorefield township. He had six sons, of whom three are still living, while John F. and James W. are deceased. William M. is a resident of Springfield. Adam is also deceased. Edward S. is living in the state of Washington. Charles C. resides in Springfield. Catherine became the wife of Hugh Smith and removed to Marion county, where she died leaving several children. David became a resident of Champaign county, Ohio, and left a family at his death. Jeremiah lived in Pleasant and Moorefield township, dying in the latter, and two sons of his, John and Jacob, are residents of Moorefield, while William E. is living in Pleasant township and Henry and Edward W. are in Springfield, while Andrew, also of that family, is a resident of California. Adam, another member of the 672 - THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD family of Abraham Yeazell, removed to Champaign county, Illinois, after his marriage and there died leaving several children. Jacob spent his days in Moorefield township: Elizabeth married Reuben Hinckle, of Hancock county, where she died leaving a family. Abraham became a resident of Champaign county, Illinois, where his death occurred. Sydney became the wife of Thomas V. Crabill and is now a widow, living in Springfield township. James also went to Champaign county, Illinois, where he spent his remaining days and at his death left a family. Isaac also removed to Champaign county, Illinois, where he reared his family and there died. The grandfather of our subject was called to his final rest January 2, 1832, and his wife passed away on the 22nd of September, 1828. Jacob and Elnora (Foley) Yeazell were married in Moorefield township and they became the parents of seven children. Eliza J. married Jonathan Donnell and is now a widow, living in Springfield. Catherine W. is the wife of Nathan Marsh, of Champaign county. John A. of this review is the third of the family. James E. is living in Dayton, Ohio. William H. makes his home in Moorefield. Sarah E. married Henry Weaver and is now a widow living in Springfield. George. who completes the family, resides. on a farm in Springfield township. The father of our subject inherited about two hundred and forty acres of land and became an extensive landowner, his possessions aggregating twelve hundred acres. He lived to the very advanced age of ninety-one years, two months and eleven days, and his wife was more than ninety-one years of age when she passed away. They were people of the highest respectability, known and honored as worthy pioneer settlers of the county and active participants in much of the work that has led to the substantial upbuilding and prosperity of this portion of the state. A common school education was acquired by Mr. Yeazell of this review and throughout the period of his youth he worked at farm labor, and during 'his manhood has carried on the same pursuit. He was married at the age of twenty-four years. on the 22d of January, 1862, in Harmony township. to Miss Mary A. Baird, and unto them were born three children. Sarah E., the eldest, became the wife of Joseph W. Page. a farmer of German township, and they have three children—Mary, Will and Jonathan. Walter D., the second member of the family, is married and has two children, Bertha B. and Evalyn C. Fannie the youngest, became the wife of Henry Otstot and they live in Springfield with their .one son, Robert. On the 27th of August, 1868, Mrs. Mary Yeazell was called to her final rest and on the 14th of March, 1872. Mr. Yeazell was again married, in Pleasant township, his second union being with Miss Angeline Hodge, by whom he has one child, Claret B., now the wife of Walter Snaufer by whom she has four children. Mrs. Yeazell was born in Moorefield township, September 3, 1840, and is a daughter of Samuel uel E. and Selina (Spencer) Hodge, who were early settlers of the county. Her father was born in Virginia, whence he emigrated westward to Kentucky. and thence came to Ohio with his parents. Andrew and Isabel (Meteer) Hodge. Mrs. Yeazell's mother was born in Harmony township, Clark county. For eight years the 'subject of this review resided in Madison 'county on land belonging to his father and then removed to THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 673 Moorefield township, where he purchased one hundred and sixty-seven acres of land, on which his son Walter is now living. Subsequently he purchased his present farm in Moorefield township, where he has two hundred and eighty-two acres of valuable land, cu which are many excellent improvements, including good machinery, substantial buildings and well kept fences. In his pastures are found many fine specimens of thoroughbred shorthorn Durhams and as a cattle raiser he is well known. His business interests have been profitably conducted and he has done not a little to improve the grade of stock raised in this portion of the state, therefore he deserves the gratitude of his fellow citizens for his efforts in this direction have been a potent element in advancing prices, so that the general community has profited by his work. He voted for Lincoln in 1860, but is independent in politics. He belongs to the Grange and is deeply interested in everything pertaining to the welfare of the agricultural class. A worthy representative of an honored pioneer family, he certainly deserves creditable mention in this volume, not alone on that account, but also because his own well spent life entitles him to the confidence and good will of his fellow men. FRED G. HARRIS Fred G. Harris, the foreman of the Buckeye Incubator works, of Springfield, was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, July 22, 1856, and is a son of William M. and S. R. (Guy) Harris, who reside at No. 237 West Jefferson street, in Springfield. They are prominent and well known people of the city and the father is serving as secretary of the Clark County Historical Society. In their family were four children : Fred G.; Mrs. Mattie Smart, of Springfield; Clifford G.; and Charles S. The subject of this review was only four years of age when brought by his parents to Springfield and when a little lad of six years he entered the public schools as a student in a frame building on South Limestone street. About 1871 the family removed to Davenport, Iowa, where he completed his education, and after putting aside his text books he entered the Davenport & Northwestern Railroad shops at Eldridge, Iowa, being employed in the wood working department. There he remained until May 20, 1880, and on the expiration of that period he returned to Springfield, where he entered the service of the Evans & Foos Manufacturing Company, now the A. C. Evans Company, assuming charge as foreman. In that important position he remained until May 20, 1890, when he went to Chattanooga, Tennessee, where he found employment as manager of the circulating department of a newspaper. His residence in that city continued until January J0, 1892, when he returned to Springfield and accepted the position of foreman of the Buckeye Incubator works, with which he has since been connected, and under his supervision he now has thirty-five men. In 1881 Mr. Harris was married to Miss Minnie Reed, a daughter of Calvin and Margaret Reed, who resided in Springfield. The father is now deceased. The mother, who bore the maiden name of Margaret Leedle, and was a 'representative of an old family of Clark county, was born in England and was brought to America during her infancy. She is now living in this city at 674 - THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. the age of sixty-five years. Mrs. Harris was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and during her early girlhood came with her parents to Springfield, which has since been her home, and to the public school system of the city she is indebted for the educational privileges she enjoyed. .Unto our subject and his wife have been born two children, Sylvia J. and Ada B., both educated in the public schools. In politics Mr. Harris is a Republican and always votes for the men and measures of the party, but otherwise is not active in politics. Socially he is identified with Moncrieffe Lodge, K. P., and with the National Union, an insurance order. Both he and his wife are members of the First Baptist church of Springfield and have made many friends during their residence in this city. WILLIAM L. SHOREY. William Leonard Shorey, who follows farming in Pleasant township, Clark county, was born in Spencer, Massachusetts, on the 3rd of April, 1858. His father was Thomas H. Shores, whose birth occurred in Shipley, Maine, on the 10th of April, 1814. The mother bore the maiden name of Harriet Holman, and her birth occurred in Leicester, Massachusetts, en the 17th of January, 1824. In the spring of 1867 the parents of our subject came to Ohio, locating in Springfield, and the father embarked in the grocery business, establishing a store at No. 14 Market street, where he remained for two and one-half years. He then bought a coal business on Limestone street and successfully conducted the enterprise for fifteen years, during which time our subject worked for his father for three or four years. In the family were five children. Ella F., who was born in Spencer, Massachusetts, March 16, 1851, is the wife of Hiram H. Rhodes, and they have one son. LeRoy S., who was born September 30, 1877. Mrs. Rhodes died October 9, 1882, and was buried in Ferncliff cemetery. George S., born in Spencer, Massachusetts, April 16. 1856. died July 8, 1858. William L. was the third of the family. Franklin H., born September 20, 1860, in Spencer, Massachusetts, died September 6, 1861. Carrie Nellie, also a native of Spencer, was born October 13. 1864, and was married January 4. 1882, to Charles B. France. They had two children, a son and a daughter. Hilton T. and Mabel. but the mother died April 27. 1890, and she. too, was laid to rest in Ferncliff cemetery. Mrs. Harriet Shorey, the mother, passed away October 18, 1870, in Springfield. Ohio. and she, too, was buried in Ferncliff. William Leonard Shorey, whose name introduces this record, pursued his education in the schools of Springfield, Ohio. until 1875, having come with his parents to the west in early boyhood. After leaving school he worked for his father in the coal business for some time. He was married on the l0th of May, 1886. to Miss Alice Goodfellow, "a daughter of Thomas G. and Mary (Sexton) Goodfellow, who reside near Vienna Crossroads, Ohio. Her father was born near Vienna and was a son of one of the honored pioneer settlers, who came from Ireland to the new world and took up his abode in Clark county when the Indians were almost the only inhabitants and before the national road was built. Mr. and Mrs. Shorey began their domestic life in their present residence. The house and other improvements upon the place THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 675 were built by our subject and father. They also cleared the land, all of which is now under a high state of cultivation with the exception of about ten acres of timber. Mr. Shorey resided here until about eight years ago, when he went to Springfield and engaged in the manufacture of buggies anti carriages as a member of the Slide Seat Company, which was a stock company. He was in that business one year and then returned to his present residence, since which time he has been engaged in general farming and stock raising. His labors are attended with good results and his enterprise and energy are bringing to him very creditable success. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Shorey has been blessed with two children: Hattie, born August 28, 1887; and Mary, born September 10, 1888. In his political views Mr. Shorey is an earnest Republican and has frequently served as a delegate to the conventions of his party, but has never been an office seeker, caring not for the honors and emoluments of office. WALTER D. YEAZELL. A native son of Ohio, Walter D. Yeazell is well known in Clark county, where he is carrying on general farming and stock breeding. He is quite extensively engaged in raising thoroughbred cattle and has been largely instrumental in improving the grade of stock produced in this portion of the state. His home is in Moorefield township, where he owns a rich and arable tract of land, while his farm has all the improved equipments and accessories known to the twentieth century. Mr. Yeazell was born in Pike township, Madison county, Ohio, August 25, 1866. his parents being John A. and Mary Ann (Baird) Yeazell. His mother died when he was only four years of age and during the succeeding four years he lived with his paternal grandfather, Jacob Yeazell. He then returned to the home of his father, who had married again, and was reared in Clark county, continuing under the parental roof until he was twenty-three years of age. He pursued his studies in the common schools, acquiring a knowledge of those branches of learning which fit one for the discharge of business transactions. In early youth he manifested a strong love for horses and fund much more enjoyment in training a colt in the fields than in pursuing his studies in the schoolroom. At the age of twenty-one he began operating the farm upon which he now resides, having one hundred and thirty-seven acres of land, which he inherited from his mother. Throughout his entire life he has carried on general agricultural pursuits and stock raising and is well known as a, dealer in thoroughbred stock. On the 21st of February, 1889, in Moorefield township, Mr. Yeazell was united in marriage to Miss Lura B. Snaufer, who was born. in Urbana township, Champaign county, Ohio, March 14, 1867, her parents being Jacob and Rebecca (Sampson) Snaufer, who now live in Moorefield township. Since his marriage Mr. Yeazell has remodeled the house upon his farm and in 1895 he erected a good bank barn. His home has been blessed by the presence of two children, Bertha B., born January 2, 1891 ; and Mary Evalyn, born December 12, 1892. Mr. Yeazell occupies a creditable position among the substantial residents of the county and in politics keeps well informed 676 - THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. on the issues of the day. He has voted with the Republican party since casting his first presidential ballot in 1888, but the honors and emoluments of office have had no attraction for him, as he has preferred that his entire attention should be devoted to his farm work. His industry and perseverance are the salient features in his career and have enabled him to carry on his agricultural and stock raising interests with creditable success. HUGH RUSSELL, JR. Hugh Russell, Jr., was recently a member of the board of public affairs of Springfield, and a patriotic devotion to the general good was manifested in all his official service. He is a native of Scotland, his birth having occurred in Creetown on the 12th of January, 1846, his parents being Hugh and Elizabeth (Conning) Russell, who were also natives of the land of hills and heather, and were there married. In 1866 the father came with his family to the United States, landing in New York city, where they made a short stay, and then went to Xenia, Ohio. The subject of this review spent his boyhood and youth in his native land, acquiring a common school education, after which he followed the sea for four years. He had a number of relatives who were seafaring men and they induced him to leave school and go upon the water. After the period mentioned, however, he returned to his native country and 'became apprenticed to a stone cutter at Creetown, Scotland. He was twenty years of age when the family came to the new world, and after locating in Xenia he followed his trade there. In 1867 Mr. Russell came to Springfield and embarked in stone contracting in part nership with William Mowett, under the firm name of Russell & Mowett, a connection which continued for one year, when Mr. Mowett withdrew. In 1868 our subject's father and the other members of the family removed from Xenia to Springfield and Hugh Russell, Sr., joined his son in business on the withdrawal of his former partner. Later a brother, Anthony Russell, became a. member of the firm and the business was then carried on under the name of Russell & Sons for ten years. At the end of that time the father retired and the firm name was changed to Russell Brothers. The partnership was dissolved in April, 1898, when our subject was elected a member of the board of public affairs, and Anthony C. had entire charge of the business until his: death, which occurred July 7. 1901. Since then our subject has resumed business under the firm name of Russell Brothers, and as a contractor is engaged in stone work, the laying of cement sidewalks and kindred labor. He has been employed in the construction of a. number of churches, schoolhouses, public buildings, residences and mausoleums, both in Springfield and adjacent towns and throughout his entire business career he ha.s maintained an enviable reputation for excellent workmanship and honorable dealing. Mr. Russell's father died in Springfield on the 3rd of October, 1902, and his mother passed away in 1898.. She was a most devoted wife and mother and was an earnest member of the Presbyterian church. In the family were five sons and two daughters, namely Anthony C., who was so long connected with our subject in business, was born in Galloway, Scotland, in 1844, and came to the United States in 1861 with his brother William. When the country became in- THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 677 volved in civil war he enlisted, October 3, 1862, as a private in Company D, One Hundred and Tenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was severely wounded in the battle of the Wilderness. He was honorably discharged May 16, 1865. Another brother, William, also entered the service and is supposed to have been killed in battle, as he was never afterward heard from. James and Michael are both residents of Springfield. The sisters were Mrs. William McCulloch, of Springfield, and Mrs. Andrew Burnett, deceased, of Wichita Falls, Texas. In 1879 Mr. Russell of this review was united in marriage to Miss Helen Sheets, of Delaware county, Ohio, a daughter of Daniel and Malinda (Lake) Sheets, and their union has been blessed with five children : John Sherman, who served as a soldier in the Spanish-American war; Anna W.: Carrie S.: Ella S. and Earl Scott, who died at the age of seven years. In his political affiliations Mr. Russell has always been a Republican and was appointed by Mayor Bowlus as a member of the board of affairs, serving so capably that he was reappointed for a second term, which expired in April. 1902. He was made a Master Mason while visiting his old home in Scotland. and is today a. prominent member of Anthony Lodge. No. 455, F. A. M.; Springfield Chapter. No. 48, R. A. :M. : Springfield Council. No. 17, R. & S. M., his connection with the order dating from 1874. Religiously Mr. Russell is a member of the Third Presbyterian church and for eleven years he has served as one of the trustees and for six years as a .deacon. He is interested in all things pertaining- to the welfare and improyement of his city along material, social, intellectual and moral lines. - 36 - SIMON S. JENKINS. Successfully engaged in general farming, Simon S., Jenkins makes his home on Section 26, Pike township, Clark county. He was born in Jackson township, Champaign county, December 19, 1848, and is a son of David and Elizabeth (Michael) Jenkins. His paternal grandparents were William and Catherine (Mooney) Jenkins, both of whom were born in North Carolina. In 1819 they came to Ohio, settling at Westville, and in 1820 they removed to a place on Chapman's creek. In 1821 they bought a farm known as Clay Bank and removing thereon made it their home throughout their remaining days. William Jenkins died in 1845, and his wife in 186o. Their children were as follows : John, born December 13, 180 r, married Barbara Baker, daughter of Rudolph Baker, and they had eleven children : Elisabeth became the wife of Michael Zerkle and had two children. Sarah married Jacob Nicholas and reared a large family. Levi married Sarah Shaffer and had four children. Margaret became the wife of Samuel Helvie and had five children. Wiley, born December 13, 1810, wedded Charlotte, daughter of Fred and Catherine Michael, and had eleven children. Judy became the wife of Jacob Michael, a son of Fred and Catherine Michael, and they had six children. William married Becca Ann Lemon, a daughter of William. Lemon, and had two' children. Martha became the wife of Samuel Isinbarger and had seven children. David, the next member of the family, was the father of our subject. Mary, the youngest, became the wife of Thompson Tullis. The father of our subject was probably a native of North Carolina. He was reared 678 - THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD to manhood under the parental roof in Ohio, however, and in the public schools acquired his education. About 1842 he was united in marriage to Elisabeth Michael, who was born December 25, 1824, in German township, this county, and they became the par-ants of nine children, eight of whom reached years of maturity and are still living. Lucy Jane is the wife of Benjamin Kiblinger, of Belle Center, Logan county, Ohio, and they .have three children, Elmer, Carrie and Irvin. Malinda A. is the wife of Samuel M. Baker, who resides near Dialton, Ohio, and they have two pairs of twins, Sidney G. and Viola. Charles and Asa. Simon S. of this review is the next of the family. James M., who lives in Anna, Shelby county, Ohio, married Alice Myers and they have six children, Harry, Hattie, Ranna, Fred, Charles and Raymond. Amanda I. is the wife of Samuel Freeze and lives in German township, Clark county, with their four children, Florence, Elva, Chester A. and Alta. Allen M., of Springfield, wedded Mary C. Swartzbaugh, and their children are Howard Leroy and Ruth E. Martin M., a resident of Anna, Shelby county, married Anna C. Hartman and has three children, Ethel, Leone and Hartman. Mary E., the youngest of the family, is a resident of Pike township, this county. The father, David Jenkins. -.carried on farming for a, number of years .and then turned his attention to merchandising; entering into partnership with his brother-in-law, William Michael, at Dialton, in which business he was engaged up to the time of his death, in October, 1860. In addition to his interest in the store he owned one-half interest in the building in which they carried on business, the lot on which it stood, and one hundred and twenty acres of farm land. In politics he was a Democrat and was a member of the German Reformed church, in which he was honored with official positions. In his boyhood days Simon S. Jenkins remained upon the home farm and acquired a good English education in the common schools. At the age of twenty he became a student in New Carlisle, where he remained for eight weeks, when he entered the Normal of Lebanon, Ohio. He began teaching when twenty years of age, and followed that profession for thirty consecutive years, being employed in both the district and village schools. His services in this direction were satisfactory and he became widely known as a successful educator. On the 30th of October, 1873, in German township Mr. Jenkins was united in marriage to Miss Lida E. Callison, who was born in Pike township, September 6. 1854, a daughter of Moses and Mary J. (Heck) Callison. They now have three children. Inez C.. born in Pike township, April 17. 1875. was married March 15, 1900, to John M. Neff and lives in Montgomery county, Ohio. . To them was born, January 15, 1901, a son whom they named Percy J.. who died October 7, 1901. Irene G. and Iona B.. twins. born October 29. 1881, are at home. Soon after his marriage Mr. Jenkins purchased five acres of land near North Hampton and made his home there for ten years. In 1884 he sold that property and purchased his present farm of forty-four and two-thirds acres, to the development and improvement of which he is now devoting his energies, with the result that good harvests annually reward his labors. Mr. Jenkins yoted for Horace Greeley in 1872 and has always been a Democrat. In 1875 he was elected township clerk and served for THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 679 three years. In 1878 he was elected assessor and filled that position for two terms, while for a similar period he was assistant assessor. In 1891 he was elected township trustee and has since been the incumbent in that office. To various conventions of his party he has been sent as a delegate, and entirely without his solicitation or knowledge he was given the nomination for county treasurer. As a public official he has always been loyal and prompt in the performance of his public duties and his career has awakened the commendation of the members of the opposition party, as well as of those of the members of the party to which he belongs. Socially Mr. Jenkins is connected with Caritas Lodge, No. 505, I. O. O. F., at New Carlisle, has filled all of its chairs and was appointed district deputy grand master, filling that position for one year. He installed officers in all of the lodges of his district with the exception of German Lodge, and he has been secretary of his home lodge for ten years. His life is in harmony with the beneficent and helpful spirit and teachings of the fraternity and he is widely and favorably known in the order. His political record, too, is one above reproach, and his work as an educator has benefited mankind. Mr. Jenkins, in all life's relations, has commanded the respect of his fellow men, and as one of the representative citizens well deserves mention in the history of Clark county. SILAS W. PRINTZ. Silas W. Printz is now living a retired life upon his farm, seven miles from Springfield. For many years he was an active fac for in agricultural circles and gained thereby very gratifying capital. He is numbered among Clark county's native sons, his birth having occurred here on the 13th of April, 1848, four miles south of the city of Springfield. His parents were Peter and Athalinda (Kelley) Printz, and the former was born in Hagerstown, Maryland, whence he came to Clark county, Ohio, with his father, Peter Printz, Sr., in 1815. Both the grandfather and the father of our subject remained in this county until called to the home beyond. The latter reared a family of eleven children: Isaiah, who is. now living in Springfield; Mary Margaret, the wife of Fletcher Ryan, a farmer of Green Springs, Ohio; Sarah, deceased; Silas W., of this review ; William, who married Jane Cultic and is living in Clifton, Ohio; Oliver and Daniel, who both died in infancy; Ruth, the wife of S. H. Bowman, the superintendent of the Kelley farm ; Frank, who married Laura Bowman and is operating our subject's farm ; Emma, wife of Andrew Simrel, who lives in Mad River township; and Eugene, who is living with his brother Frank. Upon the farm where he was born Silas W. Printz remained until he had attained his majority, and attended the district schools until thirteen years of age, when he was apprenticed to a carpenter, Henry Van Treff, of Springfield, for whom he worked until he had attained his majority. He afterward found employment in the old Champion machine shops in Springfield, where he was employed at the carpenter's trade for ten years. During that time he was also upon the road as a traveling salesman for the .company from four to six months of each year. His capable and efficient service made him a valued employe of the house, and he was thus enabled to command a good 680 - THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. salary. During three summers he was located at Long Island and for one year in Vermont, and another year in Utica, New York, while during three other years he was in various places for the same company. In 188o he went to Colorado and was in the mining business with 0. W. Kelly, of Springfield, for two years. At length Mr. Printz turned his attention to agricultural pursuits. which he followed successfully for a number of years. His farm is located seven miles from Springfield, but for a long time he has lived retired from active business life, renting his farm. on which is kept from twenty to thirty head of cattle, eight head of horses and an average of one hundred hogs annually. In his business affairs Mr. Printz has prospered, owing to his capable management, close application and unremitting diligence. He has always been deeply interested in eyerything- pertaining to the welfare and advancement of the agricultural class and was prominently connected with the Clai is County Agricultural Society as one of its working members. In this connection he served as superintendent of the lit and cattle department and has contributed liberally of his time and means to .make the society a success. In public affairs he has also been active and no trust reposed in him has ever been betrayed in the slightest degree. Promptness and fidelity have ever characterized hiS discharge of official duties and thus he has won the. high commendation of all concerned. For fifteen years he served as township road superintendent and for two years he was a school director. He is now township trustee of Mad River township and has filled this position for twelve years. Mr. Printz was united in marriage to -Miss Charlotte Jenkins, a daughter of Will iam B. Jenkins, who is a resident farmer of Mad River township. Socially he is connected with the Knights of Pythias fraternity, and he also belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In his political affiliations he is a Democrat and is unwavering in support of the principles of that organization. For more than half a century he has made his home in Clark county and has therefore been a witness of many changes which haye occurred as this portion of the state. transforming it into fine farms and good homes, while towns and villages haye sprung- up and Springfield has developed into a city of metropolitan proportions. DANIEL T. GORDON. Daniel T. Gordon, a well known farmer of Clark county living in Pleasant township near Catawba, was born in Champaign county, Ohio, July 31, 1835. His father, John W. Gordon. was born in Loudoun county, Virginia. and there also occurred the birth of his mother. who bore the maiden name of Elizabeth Randall, and in her natiye county she gave her hand in marriage to Mr. Gordon. Nine children blessed this union : Mary. .the wife of Henry Frey ; Joseph \V., who married Elizabeth McDonald : John E., who wedded Barbara E. Keller Sarah S., the wife of Dr. Campbell Daniel T., of this review ; Rebecca E., the wife of Jesse Harris James R., who married Rachel Vantz; and William and John, who are now deceased. During the early boyhood of our subject the father removed from Champaign county to Adams county, Ohio, and came to Pleasant township, Clark county, when Daniel T. Gordon was twelve years of age. The THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 681 family resided in this locality until about 1834, at which time they went to Clark county, Illinois, remaining for four years. On the expiration of that period the family became residents of Logan county, Ohio, where the father died. A year prior to this time the subject of this review had returned to Ohio and he was employed in farm work near Catawba. He was married October 17, 1861, to Miss Sarah E. Grove, a daughter of John Grove. They began housekeeping in Logan county, but afterward returned to Clark county, settling near Catawba and since 1881 they have resided continuously in their present home in Pleasant township. They had four children. Addie became the wife of Isaac C. Page, and they have three children. Evlyn, Warren and Herschel. Charles F. married Rose Lovelace, and they have two children—Marion and Lois. Elmer died at the age of ten years. Ohmar D. died at the age of twenty-six years. From the age of eighteen years Daniel T. Gordon has been a member of the Pleasant Chapel Methodist Episcopal church. He held various offices in the church. including those of trustee and steward, in which capacity he served for about twenty-five years. being the incumbent in that office at the present time. He is also a valued member of some fraternal organizations, belonging to Catawba Lodge of Odd Fellows and to the Grand' Army of the Republic there. He is entitled to membership in the latter because of his service in the Civil war. When twenty-six years of age he responded to President Lincoln's first call for troops and afterward he enlisted in Company F, of the Eighth Ohio Cavalry. He went to Camp Dennison and later was in the engagements under General Sheridan at Winchester, Cedar Creek, Fisher's Hill and was on the battlefield when Sheridan made his famous ride of twenty miles and turned a seeming defeat into a glorious victory. The regiment afterward returned to Philippi, West Virginia and Mr. Gordon was mustered out at Camp Dennison. He was in the hospital at Annapolis, Maryland, in 1864, because of illness, but was never wounded, although he was often in the thickest of the fight. He was reared in the faith of the Republican party and has never seen occasion to change his allegiance. For six years he served as township trustee and has been assessor during the last three years. He has been a delegate to the county conventions and has always labored 'earnestly for the success and growth of his party, yet he has been a politician in the sense of office seeking and has never asked any man to fight for him. He has. witnessed many changes in Clark county, for the green woods stood all around him when he took up his abode here. With the work of improvement and progress he has been identified and as an agriculturist he has developed an excellent farm. WILLIAM M. YEAZELL. William M. Yeazell, who resides at No. 423 East High street, Springfield. is now living a retired life in the enjoyment of a rest which he has truly earned and richly deserves by reason of his industrious efforts of former years. He is a native of Clark county, born in Moorefield township, June 24, 1835, and is descended from a good old pioneer family, his parents being William and Eliza (Foley) Yeazell. His father was born in Virginia and in 1810 came to 682 - THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. this county with his parents, Abraham and Mary ( Curl) Yeazell, who settled in Moorefield township, where they continued to make their home throughout the remainder of their lives. The grandfather, who was a farmer by occupation, owned considerable property and was widely and favorably known, as his descendants are also. His ancestors came originally from Germany. Throughout his active business life the father of our subject also engaged in agricultural pursuits, and being very devoted to his calling, he met with excellent success. In politics he was first a Whig and later a Republican. After a well spent and useful life he passed away. in 1862 at the age of sixty-one years. His wife long survived him, dying in March, 1881, and both were laid to rest in Ferncliff cemetery. She was a consistent and faithful member of the Presbyterian church. This worthy couple were the parents of eight children, who in order of birth are as follows : Mary Jane, now the widow of David Thatcher, and a resident of Springfield; John F., deceased; James W., who is also deceased, while his widow resides in Springfield ; William M., our subject; Addison, who died young ; Fannie, widow of John A. Ward and a resident of Springfield; Edward, a resident of Tacoma, Washington; and Charles, who makes his home in Springfield. William. M. Yeazell of this review obtained his primary education in the district schools near his boyhood home in Moorefield township and later was a student in the high school of Springfield for a time. Early in life he became familiar with all the duties which fall to the lot of the agriculturist and at the age of twenty began farming in connection with his father. After the latter's death he had entire charge of the place until 1870 and became one of the most successful farmers and stock raisers of Moorefield township. On the 11th of December, 1866, Mr. Yeazell was united in marriage to Miss Anna E. Clark, of Moorefield township, a daughter of John D. and Susan (Foley) Clark and a granddaughter of James and Martha (Davidson) Clark. Her father was born in 1805 and was but a small boy when he came to this county with his parents, the family locating in Moorefield township, where his parents died. There he was married and there he and his wife continued to make their home until they, too, were called to their final rest. Mr. Clark died in May, 1886, at the age of eighty-one years, and his wife in 1876 at the age of sixty-five, and the remains of both were interred in Ferncliff cemetery. In their family were four children, namely : Mary Catherine married Augustus Pratt and died March 5, 1897. She was also buried in Ferncliff cemetery. Her children were Charles E.. Irene, Ida F., John C., Josephine, Noma. Blanche and Mabel. Martha J. married Robert Calvert. now a resident of Portsmouth, Ohio, and she died September 6, 1892. Her children were Forest, deceased; Cosette; Robert E., Ralph and Bertha L. James, the only son of John D. Clark. resides on the old home farm in Moorefield township. Anna Eliza, the youngest of the family, is the wife of our subject. Leaving the farm in 1871, Mr. and Mrs. Yeazell removed to Springfield and took up their residence at their present home at No. 425 East High street, where they are now living retired, although he still owns a farm of two hundred and twenty-five acres in Moorefield township. He also owns an extensive tract of land in Logan county, Illi- THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 683 nois. He has also been been engaged in buying and selling stock. By his ballot he supports the men and measures of the Republican party, and both he and his wife attend the Second Presbyterian church, of which she is a member. They have a large circle of friends and acquaintances and enjoy the hospitality of many of the best homes of the city. ADOLPHUS H. SMITH, SR. The little rock-ribbed country of Wales furnished to America the founder, in this land, of the Smith family to which the subject of this review belonged. This was Pollicopus Smith, who, when the United States was a colonial possession of Great Britain, braved the dangers incident to an ocean voyage at that clay in order to found a home in the new world. He was accompanied by two of his brothers, and he settled in Oneida county, New York, where he reared his family of eighteen children. His descendants are now scattered over the country and several of the family have been prominent in public life and in promoting important business interests in Ohio. Among the children of Pollicopus Smith was Tustin Smith, the father of Adolphus H. Smith, Sr., and in the paternal line the ancestry of the family can be traced back to Mayflower times, the line coming down from Edward and Ann Fuller. Justin Smith was born in Oneida county, New York, was there reared to manhood and after attaining his majority he removed to Charleston. South Carolina. where he was engaged in the shipping business. Later, however. he returned to the north and took up his abode in Philadelphia, where he turned his attention to the wholesale liquor business. Subsequently he became a resident of New York city and while there was united in marriage to Maria. Brennock Lloyd. Thus it was that Adolphus H. Smith, Sr., became connected with other old and prominent families. He was a, grandson of General Joseph Otis,. who was-the brother of James Otis and Mrs. Mercy. Warren. He was also a grandson of Paul. Brennock Lloyd, of the East India Ship Company, of Wales, and Lady Mary, the-daughter of the Earl of Rivers. Mrs. Justin Smith was; a daughter of Paul Brennock Lloyd, an Irish nobleman, who having emigrated to America became a wealthy cloth-. ing merchant and importer of New York city, handling only goods of very high, grade. After their marriage Justin Smith and his wife resided for a time in New York city and then returned to Oneida county,. New York, living in the vicinity of his birthplace. He became a prominent business man of that locality, being connected with. the manufacture of iron and the operation. of a furnace. A similar enterprise claimed. his attention in Rochester, New York, after his return to that city. In 1838 he severed his business connections in the east and went to Indianapolis, Indiana, but spent his last days in the home of his son, Adolphus H. Smith, in Cincinnati, there dying on the 29th of December, 1854. His wife had passed away in 1839 at Indianapolis, Indiana, and they are buried in Spring Grove cemetery, Cincinnati. In his religious views he was a Universalist and was a man of broad humanitarian principles who commanded the high regard and confidence of those with whom. he came in contact. Adolphus. H. Smith, Sr., was born in New York city, February 24, 1814, and was 684 - THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. but a boy when his parents removed to Philadelphia. Later he lived with them in Oneida county, New York, and accompanied them on their removal to Rochester. His early education, acquired in the common schools, was supplemented by two years study in college. At one time he was the owner of Clifton spring, around which sprang up a health resort of New York because the waters there possessed curative properties. Early in life Mr. Smith became a factor in the business world, in which he was destined to rise to greatness. When nineteen years of age he worked on the Erie canal, in connection with the control of the locks at Rochester, and became a representative of the mercantile interests of that city, owning a store there. Subsequently he joined his brother in the conduct of a general store in Rochester, but disposed of his business interests in 1838 in order to accompany his parents and the family on their removal to Indianapolis. Again with a brother he established a. store, but did not give to this his personal supervision, as he was actively engaged at that time in the conduct of a wholesale milling and distilling business in Indianapolis. He was the first one to pay cash for produce in that locality and by bringing money into the neighborhood he proved a benefactor to many early settlers who had hitherto been forced to take barter for their goods. Three years were thus. passed and Mr. Smith left Indianapolis for Cincinnati. Ohio, where he entered the banking business in the employ of John Bates. In 1842 Mr. Smith began doing a brokerage business in Cincinnati. The following year, however, he took up his residence in Piqua, Ohio, and was engaged in general merchandising, also furnished supplies, under contract, for the completion of the canal to Toledo, Ohio. Pork packing next claimed his attention, and his varied business interests contributed to the promotion of business activity there at an early day. In 1844, however, he disposed of his interests there and returned to Indianapolis. again becoming connected with the old business interests which had claimed his attention on the removal to the west. For two years he engaged in farming in that state, and then again locating in Cincinnati, he rented the White Mills of John Bates and did an extensive milling and distilling business until 1855, when he began conducting a banking business, and also turned his attention to real estate dealing. In this enterprise he was associated with a partner, to whom he sold out in 1861, for he saw another favorable business opening that of furnishing supplies to the army. During the Civil war his sales to the government amounted to over twelve million dollars. He had the full confidence of army officials and at times was entrusted with the care of large sums of money. In the meantime Mr. Smith resumed real estate dealing by the purchase of land in Clark county. In 1864 he became the owner of eleven hundred and seventy acres, which subsequent purchases increased to more than fifteen hundred acres of the rich land of Clark county. This comprised eight finely improved and valuable farms, which returned to him a splendid income. He had marked foresight in negotiating real estate transfers, being quick to recognize and improve opportunity, and moreover he was known as a man of unquestioned probity. Aside froth his farm lands he owned property in Cincinnati, Newport, Kentucky, and other places. He continued to reside in Cincinnati until 1885, after which he divided THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 685 the time between the city and one of his farms in Clark county, living retired from further business cares, save a general supervision of his property, until his death. Mr. Smith was twice married. On the 15th of September, 1842, he wedded Miss Sarah Elizabeth Bates, a daughter of John Bates, the Cincinnati banker, who was a native of England and became a. very prominent and influential citizen of Cincinnati. He did an extensive banking business, was likewise a wholesale liquor dealer, and he built and owned the National theater, of Cincinnati, and also owned theaters in St. Louis, Missouri, and Louisville. Kentucky. Mrs. Smith was a native of Rochester. New York, and enjoyed good educational advantages, both in that city and in Cincinnati. Her Her wise counsel often proved of value to her husband in guiding him in some commercial transaction, and thus she assisted him in laying the foundation for his wealth. By this marriage five children were born : Mrs. Amelia H. Wells, who resides in Indianapolis : Mrs. Maria L. Hickenlooper, who is living in Cincinnati and has five children : Mrs. Sarah Edwina Harbine, who resides in Xenia. and has seven children : Adolphus H.. Jr.. the fourth of the family, and William H. The sons reside upon farms in Clark county and are well known and honored residents of this portion of the state. In 1873 the family was called upon to mourn the loss of the wife and mother, who died on the 22rd of June, of that year. She was a member of the Episcopalian church and a most estimable lady who proved a loving and faithful companion and helpmate to her husband. After her death he married Mrs. Sarah Morse, the widow of Judge Morse. of Cincinnati, and daughter of John Cheevers, an early settler and prominent man of Piqua, Ohio. She was born September Is, 1821, and had no children by her second marriage. In his political affiliations Adolphus H. Smith, Sr., was a Democrat, but the honors and emoluments of office had no attraction for him., as he desired to give his undivided attention to his business affairs, which were constantly increasing in scope and magnitude until he was recognized as one of the leading business men of his time, his affairs being so capably conducted and his investments so judiciously placed that wealth crowned his efforts. His last days were spent in retirement from business cares, and during that time he largely spent his winters in Florida, enjoying the balmy climate of that southern state. He also found great pleasure in visiting his children and he died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Harbine, of Xenia, July 20, 1902, at the age of eighty-eight years. He was a man of singularly pure and beautiful characteristics; strong and firm, yet gentle and kind. He possessed broad humanitarian principles and responded readily to a tale of need or distress and his benefices were many. He donated forty-five hundred dollars to the Old Men's Home in Cincinnati, and gave freely of his means in other directions, being a liberal contributor to many movements and measures for the benefit of the cities in which he trade his home. A man of strong purpose and indomitable will, he never wavered in his allegiance to a course which he believed to be right, but he was not slow to accord to others the right which he reserved to himself of forming his own opinions. His business record is without a blemish and he left his family not only the accumulations of a long and honorable business career, but also the priceless heritage of a name above reproach. 686 - THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD His children were made equal inheritors of his estate and his three daughters were named as executors in his will. Becoming identified with Ohio at an early period in its commercial development, he left the impress of his individuality upon the substantial growth of the state and will long be remembered for what he did for Ohio, while his numerous friends will lovingly cherish his memory. ADOLPHUS H. SMITH, JR. Adolphus H. Smith, r., to whom we are indebted for the material used in the sketch of his honored father, was the fourth child of the family, and was born in Cincinnati, October I, 1850. At the usual age he began his education and the first fourteen years of his life were spent in his native city with no change of residence, but after the father became a landowner of Clark county the family spent the summer months on the farm here and in the remainder of the year were residents of the city. After obtaining his preliminary education he spent two years as a student in the military school conducted by Chandler Robins at Springfield, and later continued his studies in Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, where he remained for two years. From the year 1868 he has made his home continuously in Clark county and throughout the years of his married life has devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits here. On the 17th of October, 1871, only a few days after attaining his majority, Mr. Smith was married, the lady of his choice being Miss Sarah J. Shellabarger, of Clark county, a daughter of Reuben and Elizabeth (Baker) Shellabarger. She was born in Mad River township and has spent her entire life in this locality. Her mother died in 1875, and her father passed away in 1889. Seven children have been born unto Mr. and Mrs. Smith: Amelia H., the wife of Alvin L. Baylor, of Springfield, Ohio, by whom she has three children; Maria L., the wife of Charles P. Johnson, by whom she has one child : Mary K.. the wife of Clarence NV. Engledue, of Springfield, by whom she has two children; Rilla J., who married J. E. Drake, of Greene county, and has one child; Tustin B., who married Amelia Smith, and has two children. and is a farmer of Mad River township; Gertrude E. and Helen V., at home. At the time of his marriage Mr. Smith began farming two and a half miles west of Enon, where he operated one hundred and sixty acres of rented land. His labors, however, brought to him sufficient capital to enable him to purchase property and in 1877 he became the owner of a farm of his own. He also became manager of his father's large interests in this locality, and since his father's death has inherited an equal share, with the other children, of the estate. He has always been an enterprising and progressive citizen, co-operating in many measures for the general good. He cast his first presidential vote for Horace Greeley and is a stanch advocate of the Democratic party, but has never been an office seeker. For about twenty-two years, however, he has filled the office of trustee in his township and has taken an active part in securing and maintaining good roads. Of several civic societies he is a valued member. He belongs to Yellow Springs Lodge, No. 441, F. 8: A. M.. and New Carlisle Chapter, No. 57, R. A. M. He also is connected with the subordinate lodge and THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 687 encampment of the Odd Fellows' society at Fairfield, Greene county. In the Knights of Pythias lodge at Enon he holds membership, has filled all of the chairs and has served as a representative to the grand lodge. He is popular among his friends and neighbors, not merely because he has achieved success. in business, but because he possesses those qualities of manhood which endear the individual to his fellow men in ties of friendship. J. MARTIN LEFFEL. J. Martin Leffel belongs to one of the old and prominent pioneer families of Clark county. He has passed the Psalmist's span of life of three-score years and ten, having reached the seventy-fourth milestone of life's journey. He was born August 24, 1828, upon the home farm, three miles north of Donnelsville, on the North Hampton pike, in Bethel township, Clark county. His parents were Daniel and Elizabeth (Clapsaddle) Leffel, and the father was born in Virginia, whence he came to Clark county in 1812, in company with his six brothers, John, Jacob, Thomas, Anthony, James and Samuel. The family has always been celebrated for its mechanical ingenuity and John Leffel was the father of James Leffel, who invented the turbine water wheel. On the old home farm J. Martin Leffel of this review was reared and to the public school system of the county he is indebted for the educational privileges which he enjoyed. He married Wilhelmina Athy, a daughter of John Athy, who when a young man came from Maryland to Clark county and there followed farming. He accumulated about four hundred acres of land and was known as one of the prosperous agriculturists of his community. His death occurred when he had reached the age of fifty-nine years. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Frances Rue, was a daughter of John Rue, a farmer of 'Mad River township. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Leffel were born two children: Ulysses Grant, the elder, married Maude Magill and they have three. children—Orne, Joseph M. and Maude. John C. married Clara Conard and they have one child—Julia Catherine. In the spring of 1864 Mr. Leffel responded to his country's call for aid and. was mustered out in the succeeding fall. During his term he was engaged in guard duty along the line of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad from Cumberland to Martinsburg.. He now follows farming, his place being located three and one-half miles from Springfield, in Springfield township, near the border line of Bethel township, where he has forty acres of land. He has, however. practically retired from work and his land is leased to others and in the evening of life he is now enjoying a rest which he richly deserves and merits. He belongs to Enon Post, G. A. R., and is a member of the Methodist church. EZRA DANIEL MILLER. Ezra Daniel Miller is a retired farmer living in Mad River township. He was born in Clark county, October 22,, 1844. His father, Samuel Newton Miller, was also a native of this county, born June 30, 1819, and his father was Daniel Miller, while his grandfather was Moses Miller. After reach- 688 - THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. ing years of maturity Samuel Newton Miller was united in marriage to Miss Casandra .Melvina Baker, who was born May 13. 1823, a daughter of Ezra D. Baker. This marriage occurred October 12, 1841, and unto them were born the following named : Ann Elizabeth, who was born March 20, 1843, and became the wife of John E. Finley, on the 1st of January, 1860; Ezra Daniel, of this review ; Loretta D., who was born March 7, 1846, and wa.s married March 3, 1871, to Ephraim S. Beard; Ambrose R., who was born July 9, 1849, and married Mary Elizabeth Aiken ; Gustavus A., who was born October 14. 1850, and married Lydia A. Brantner; Charlotte Emily, who was born June 13, 1855, and became the wife of Abram Dunkle, but is now deceased : Earl Newton, who was born June 3, 1857, and married Frances Dunkle. The subject of this review was reared upon the home farm and worked for his father until his marriage, which occurred January 4, 1870, the lady of his choice being Miss Marjory Arthur, who was born in Clark county, October 11, 1847, and is a daughter of Joseph and Nancy (Alvin) Arthur. They began their domestic life upon his father's farm and came to their present home in the village of Enon in March, 1899. Throughout his business career Mr. Miller has carried on agricultural pursuits and he still owns the old homestead, comprising one hundred and forty-seven acres. This is a well developed place, having many excellent improvements, which stand as monuments to the care and supervision of the owner. Three children have been born unto him and his wife: Frank A., who was born February 21, 1871, and died on the 2nd of February, 1874 ; Samuel Newton. who Vas born February 21, 1873. and married Jessie Dolveer, a daughter of Albert D. Dolveer, by whom he has one child. Ruth, born July 29, 1900 ; and Estella, who was born October 12, 1878, and married Robert C. Hebble, M. D., the wedding being celebrated October 23. 1901. On the 2nd of March 1864. Mr. Miller offered his services to the government as a defender of the Union. He was then nineteen years of age. He enlisted as a member of Company F, One Hundred and Fifty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, being mustered in at Camp Dennison. He was, then sent to Paw Paw Station. Virginia. from which place he took the field. being first in battle at Green Spring River. He also took part in the engagement at Oldtown and afterward went into camp at South Beach. The fever made great ravages in the command at that place and a fever camp was established at Cumberland. At the close of his term of service Mr. Miller returned to his father's farm and again took up the work of cultivating the fields, which he followed until his labors had brought to him a competence sufficient to enable him to rest from further toil. He was a. member of the Christian church, in which he served as trustee. He has also been a regular attendant at the Sunday-school. Formerly he was connected with the Knights of Pythias fraternity and is now a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. In politics he has been a Republican since the time when he cast his first presidential vote for Grant. For three years he filled the office of township trustee and for one year previous to that time he had served in the same office. He has been content. however, to quietly perform his duties as a private citizen without seeking the rewards of office for party fealty. His business af- THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 689 fairs made continual demand upon his time and attention and with marked energy and enterprise he carried on his work until his labors have brought to him a very desirable competence. He is now enjoying a well earned rest and is occupying a pleasant home in Enon, where he has many friends, and his circle of acquaintances also extends widely over the county. Mr. Miller is one of the foremost farmers of Clark county and is regarded as one of the most substantial citizens, whose honesty and integrity haye won for him the high esteem of his fellow citizens. ANDREW REBERT. So closely was Andrew Rebert associated with business interests in Clark county during more than half a century that his name is inseparably interwoven with the history of agricultural and industrial development in Springfield township. and his life record stands as an example worthy of emulation. for it proves that no matter what the lack of opportunities in youth or how limited are one's financial resources these difficulties may be overcome by persistent energy and success gained through diligence when guided by sound judgment and supplemented by honest dealing. Mr. Rebert was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in August. 1848, a son of Andrew and Catherine Rebert, in whose family were nine children, our subject being the only one who became a resident of Clark county. Both parents died in Lancaster county. In the place of his nativity Andrew Rebert, having acquired common school education, learned the miller's trade and when he came to Ohio in 1838. at the age of twenty years, he secured employment. in a mill on Mill creek in Springfield township. Later he purchased that property and as his labors brought to him sufficient capital he also bought land and became the own-. er of two hundred and seventy-two acres, all of which was very fertile and productive, save for some stone beds. These, however, proved an excellent source of income, for he quarried the stone and the excellence of the product enabled him to command a. ready sale and good prices on the market. From his quarry was taken the stone used in the construction of the courthouse of Clark county and of other important buildings. His farm Mr. Rebert largely devoted to dairy purposes. He had one hundred and twenty-eight cows and ran five wagons to the city for the distribution of his dairy products. His was one of the most extensive dairies of the state, with a capacity of about two hundred and fifty gallons of milk per day. In 1S69 he built a large barn and in 1870 erected a fine brick residence on his place. Large outbuildings furnished shelter for grain and stock and everything about the place was kept in good repair, showing the supervision of a thrifty and painstaking owner, who regarded no detail of his business too unimportant to claim his attention, at the same time having the ability to successfully control the most imporant branches of his varied business interests. He was not only engaged in dairy-. ing and quarrying stone, but across the road from his home he had a mill, which he operated for many years, his patrons coming from many miles around, the industry, proving a valuable adjunct to the community. Mr. Rebert employed thirteen men and thirty-two horses were continually in use in carrying on the work of the farm.. 690 - THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD Harvest time at the Rebert farm was known as "fair time," and many were the scenes of jollity there enacted when the large numher of harvest hands were entertained on the place, chile engaged in the working or cutting of crops and preparing them for market. Small boys of the neighborhood were promised a visit to the farm on condition of good behavior, and it is surmised that many who did not meet this condition surreptitiously attended the farm anyway, pretending to have no knowledge of the "fair" when they returned home. Mr. Rebert was married February 14, 1848, to Miss Elizabeth Landis, who was born in Springfield township, near the Rebert farm, January 15, 1827, a daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Carlus) Landis, who were natives of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. Her father was a son of Henry and Maria Landis, who came to Clark county in 1824 and purchased about three hundred acres of wild land in Springfield township, the grandfather here carrying on farm work until his death in 1838, his remains being interred in the Landis burying ground. His wife lived to be fifty-five years of age and was laid to rest in Ferncliff cemetery. Henry and Elizabeth Landis were the parents of seven children : John ; Henry ; Elizabeth Jacob; Maria, the wife of Anthony Hollinger; David ; and Susan. Mrs. Rebert is the only one now living. By her marriage she became the mother of eleven children. Jonas is the eldest. Anna became the mother of William. Miller and died leaving one child, Jefferson. Edward wedded Mary Hill and has three children : Carl, married Eva Beatty ; Charles : and Andrew. Charles married Hattie Gram and had two children, Wilbur and Elizabeth, but the latter is deceased. Winfield Scott married Melesia Rough and their children are Ada; Catherine, deceased; and Emily. Wilson A. married Carrie McClure. Frances and John A. are deceased. Albert married Julia Driscoll. Nora is the wife of 'William Almony. Theodore married Maud Rubert and has two children, Nellie and Roger. Codoras married Emma Payton and had five children—Hazel, Olive, Dorothy, deceased, Merrill and Mary. In politics Andrew Rebert was a Democrat and was not slow to advance any public movement intended for the general welfare. He was the promoter of the pike which bears his name and assisted many other movements which proved beneficial to this portion of the state. He was a very progressive farmer and a wide-awake and energetic business man, who capably controlled various business interests, all of which he thoroughly understood, their successful conduct resulting from his supervision, keen discrimination and judgment which was seldom at fault. He died April 15, 1886, and was laid to rest in Ferncliff cemetery, but he left to his family an excellent estate and an untarnished name, to his friends the memory of an upright life and to future generations a record which should serve as a source of inspiration, showing what may be accomplished when one has the will to persevere in the conduct of a clearly defined business course. AMOS SMITH Amos Smith, a farmer and stock-raiser of Pleasant township, Clark county, was born on the farm where he now lives in a log cabin which then stood upon the side of his present home. His natal day was June THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 691 16, 1848, and his parents were Eli and Minerva (Shaw) Smith. The father was born September 23, 1823, in Harmony township and was a son of Jacob and Priscilla (Arbogust) Smith. The grandfather of our subject was a native of Pennsylvania, while the grandmother was born in Clark county, Ohio, about 1802, and they were probably married in this .county. Jacob, Smith became the owner of about five hundred acres of land and the father of our subject had a valuable farm of three hundred and sixty acres, of which Amos Smith inherited one hundred and twenty-three acres. All the improvements of the place, however, he has put here himself. His father died December 27, 1891. He was a Democrat in his political views until the question of slavery became the dominant issue before the people and believing in the abolition cause he joined the Republican party when it was formed to prevent the further extension of slavery, voting for Fremont in 1856. He then continued an earnest Republican until 1888. w hen he voted for President Cleveland. He was never an o'=. ice seeker but was a citizen of worth, interested in public welfare. In his family were three children. of whom Amos is the eldest. Miranda, the elder daughter. was the wife of John W. Vright, of Pleasant: township. where she died. Alice is the wife of Oscar Runyan. a farmer of Pleasant township, and they have one child. Upon the old home farm Amos Smith was reared and in the common schools he acquired his education. He remained at home for several years after his marriage and assisted his father in paying for his place. On the 25th of June. 1872, he was joined in wedlock in Pleasant township to Miss Catherine Wiet, of St. Paris, Champaign county. Ohio. She was born in Pleasant township and was a daughter of Michael and Ann (Runyan) Wiet. A few years before the father's death he set off one hundred and twenty-three acres of his farm for our subject and to this Amos Smith has added two hundred and fifty acres, all in one body.. His attention is given with untiring industry to the work of the farm and everything about his place. indicates his careful supervision. He has made excellent improvements there and the buildings stand as monuments to his thrift and enterprise. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Smith has been blessed with six children, but Clifford, the eldest, born April 7, 1873, died at the age of twenty-five years. The others are: Sylvia, the wife of Noah Jones, 'by whom she has one child, Gladys ; Leona, the wife of Charles Patterson, a resident of Harrison township, by whom she has one son, Robert ; Nina, the wife of Dr. E. A. Dye: Fostoria, born March 13, 1891 ; and Kate, who was born January 8. 1893, and are at home. Mr. Smith cast his presidential vote in 1872 for U. S. Grant and was a Republican until 1884, since which time he has supported the Democracy. All his life he has made his home upon the farm which is yet his place of residence, and he has a wide acquaintance in the community, including many who have known him from his boyhood and who esteem him because his career has been an honorable and upright one. MRS. RACHEL W. BALDWIN. One of the oldest living pioneers of Clark county is Mrs. Rachel W. Baldwin. She was born in Champaign county, December 28. 1819. and within a few months after her 692 - THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD birth her father, Colonel William Werden, moved to Springfield, Ohio, where Mrs. Baldwin has spent most of her life. Her father, Colonel William Werden, was born in Wilmington, Delaware, November II., 1785, and there spent his boyhood days, later going to Philadelphia, where he became en- gaged aed in the wholesale leather business. Early in 1819 he came west with his family and settled in Clark county. Preyious to his entrance into commercial life he saw service in the United States army, having enlisted when nineteen years of age and served through the Seminole war. He erected and managed the National Hotel in the city of Springfield, and with other prominent gentlemen of Cincinnati, Columbus and Dayton, he owned the stage line between Springfield and Wheeling. Colonel Werden was, in his day, probably the most widely known man of the city of Springfield, both locally and nationally, He was a friend of Henry Clay, Tom Corwin and other prominent men of the time, and was a stanch follower of Andrew Jackson, being rewarded for his faithfulness to Old Hickory by being appointed postmaster of Springfield during President Jackson's second term. Colonel Werden was one of a number, who, in 1834, established All Souls parish of the Protestant Episcopal church in Springfield. He was married to Rachel Reed, who belonged to one of the first families of Trenton, New Jersey. the wedding taking place in her home city. Rachel Reed's grandfather, William Green, had the distinction of haying guided General Washington and his army on the night of their famous attack on Trenton. Colonel Werden died in the year 1869, and his wife in 186o and both are buried in Ferncliff cemetery in Springfield, Ohio. Eight children were born to William and Rachel Werden : Robert, Sarah Ann, Mary Jane and Reed being born in Philadelphia ; Rachel. being born in Champaign county on the Doolittle farm; and William, Wharton and Duncan being born in Springfield. The eldest sou, Robert, died in infancy as also did Wharton. Sarah Ann married Dr. Smith, a well known physician of his day. Mary Jane married Henry Hedrick, and moved to Cincinnati, where Mr. Hedrick engaged in the insurance business. William Werden was a civil engineer and helped lay out and construct the Ohio canal. He settled in St. Louis and followed the profession until his death, which occurred within the last few years. Reed Werden, the second son of Colonel Werdon, entered the Naval Academy at Annapolis at the age of sixteen years and was appointed a midshipman in 1834. In 1856, when a young lieutenant, he was ordered to bring home the bark Amelia, which had been captured by the United States government for fillibustering. The vessel began leaking a few days out. and after sixty days of terrible weather and severe suffering, during twenty-two days of which the officers and crew were compelled to live on some bad rice and bread and a large number of rats that were found in the hold of the vessel, the bark was brought into the port of St. Thomas, where it was pronounced the most unseaworthy vessel ever there. In the the war of 1861 Admiral Werden had command of the squadron that blockaded Charleston harbor, and he was also in the attack on Fort Hatteras. his services in that engagement receiving .honorable mention. Rachel Werden was married to John W. Baldwin, who was bofn on December 25, 1837, in Garrardstown, Berkeley county, West Virginia, and who was a member THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 693 of one of the oldest pioneer families of Clark county. His father, Joseph Baldwin, was born in Berkeley county, West Virginia, July 11, 1773, and he and is wife, Elizabeth Wilson Baldwin, are cried in Buck Creek cemetery in Champaign county. Joseph Baldwin's family conisted of eight children : William, James, Joshua, Samuel V., John W., Rebecca, Jane and one that died in infancy. John W. Baldwin was iu early life engaged in the dry-goods business in New York city, being a member of the well known firm of Baldwin, Dibley & Work, and after he was married returned to Springfield, where he established and remained a partner in the dry-goods firm of J. W. & H. Baldwin & Company until his death. Mr. Baldwin for many :ears was connected with the Mad River National Bank of Springfield, being- its presdent at the time of his death. He always took a prominent part in the affairs of his tome city and always supported measures looking to the general good. He was an ardent patriot and was very active in the war of the Rebellion. Being too old to go himself, he nevertheless was one of the leaders in everything at home having any connection with the prosecution of the war, and Assisted with his means and his time every move favorable to the Union. He died Jan-wily 5, 1881, and is buried in the family vault in Ferncliff cemetery, in Springfield. To John and Rachel Baldwin were born six children : Elizabeth. Sara, Clara, Mary, Laura and Eleanor, all of whom were born in Springfield except Clara and Mary, who were born at their father's country residence at the head of Buck Creek valley in the northern part of Clark county. Elizabeth was married October 20, 1869. to Samuel F. McGrew, and has always lived in Spring- - 37 - field. Her husband, Mr. McGrew, is at resent cashier of the Mad River National Bank, of Springfield, and is a member of one of the old families of Clark and Jefferson aunties. Three children were born to Samuel and Elizabeth McGrew : John B., Samuel J. and Rachel Werden, the last named lying when only a few years old. Their odest son, John B. McGrew, is an attorney, practicing his profession in his home city and is at the present time the prosecuting attorney of Clark county. The other son, Samuel J. McGrew, is engaged in the banking business with his father. During the ate Spanish war he was a lieutenant in Company M, of the Tenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Sara Louise Baldwin, the second laughter, was married December 10, 1873, :o John A. Blount, who. is a descendant of me of the early pioneers of Clark county. \Ir. and Mrs. Blount reside in Springfield Ind their son, Harry 1'. Blount, who is an mist by profession, is living in New York city, their only other son dying in early childhood. Clara Baldwin married Thomas F. McGrew and she and her husband are living- in New York city with their two children, Thomas W. and Clara J., the former being an architect. Mary Hepza Baldwin was married on March 23, 1886, to. H. H. Moores, a descendant of one of the pioneer families Of Cincinnati and they and their daughter. Mary R. Moores, reside in Springfield. H. H. Moores is a son of William B. and Elizabeth (Cobb) Moores, the former born November 23, 1807, in New Jersey, ad the founder, in the 'J0s, of the business now known as H. H. Moores Stone & Lime Company, of Clark county. He and his wife, who was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, August 30, 1816, were married in Cincinnati, Ohio. in 18;3. Laura Baldwin married M. 694 - THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. B. Wright, a son of Dr. M. B. Wright, a prominent physician of Cincinnati, and they, with their son, Marmaduke B. Wright, are living in Mt. Vernon, New York. The youngest daughter, Eleanor, married Douglas Hollister, of New York city, where she resides at the present time. ROBERT TINDALL. Robert Tindall is a native of Green township, having been born June 25, 1825, in that locality, where for over seyenty-seven years he has been an honored resident. His parents, Thomas and Sarah (Waller) Tindall, were both natives of Yorkshire. England. where they were reared and married. and where the two elder brothers of Robert Tindall were born, their names being George and Charles. Thomas Tindall, the father, brought his family to America about 1816: and soon after landing in New York made his way to Cincinnati and also visited Cleveland, but, not remaining long in those places, he settled with his wife and children in Clark county, where he spent his remaining days. In his family were nine children, of whom four are still living, the subject of this review being the sixth in order of birth. Those living are: Mrs. Margaret Bates', of Louisa county, Iowa ; Mrs. Mary Halloway, of Greene county, Ohio; Mrs. Ella Miller, of York county, Nebraska: and Robert, of this review. All of the nine children grew- to -years of maturity. George, the eldest, met an accidental death, being killed by a horse at the age of twenty. Charles was married, and died, leaving a family to mourn his loss. As boy and youth, Robert Tindall had few educational advantages. His father, be ing only in moderate circumstances, and haying a large family to support, was not able to give his children the privileges he would have liked, and Robert was early trained to the work of field and meadow, assisting his father and helping to take care of his younger brothers and sisters. At the age of fifteen he was able to put aside some of his wages for his own personal benefit. He worked by the month. day or job until he was about thirty years of age, when he began to rent land and buy cattle for other people. At the age of thirty-five he purchased the farm of one hundred and seventy-five acres which forms a part of his present home. He has added to this tract from time to time, as his saving have permitted. until he now has a large farm of six hundred and forty acres. This is well cultivated and upon it he raises the cereals adapted to the soil and climate, and also raises stock of a good grade, his long years of successful stock dealing well fitting him for conducting an extensive business along this line. The flourishing condition of his farm and all comprised thereon; is a tribute to the energy, industry and well directed forts of Mr. Tindall, who has justly won America's proudest title—that of a self-made man. Well does he deserve this appellation, for he began life with nothing but an honest heart and a strong purpose to succeed, which have enabled him to cope with all obstacles and difficulties in his path. Patiently he has persevered, and by the sweat of his brow has he earned the reward which is now his, the enjoyment of the fruits of a life well spent. He has been able to provide a most delightful home for himself and family. having- built a commodious and most comfortable and attractive residence in 1879. On April 12, 1865, Mr. Tindall led to the marriage altar Miss Abia Hartwell of THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 695 Madison township. Clark county, a daughter of William Hartwell. She had the advantage of a good education, and became the mother of six children by her marriage, namely : Herbert. who resides at home and carries on farming: Villiam, an electrician, residing in Memphis, Tennessee; Robert A.. also at home: Carrie who married Joseph Conable and lives at Memphis, Tennessee, has two children, Abby and Olive. Of the two who died, Lucy was eleven years of age, and Olive seventeen at the time of their death. In June, 1876, Mr. Tindall was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife. Although he has never sought or desired office, he is a stanch Republican, remaining true to the principles of that party since its inauguration. He voted for Zachary Taylor in 1848 and for John C. Fremont in 1856. Mr. Tindall has witnessed, during the lone of his residence in this county, the growth and development of county and state and has taken an active part in promoting the welfare of his community, by furthering the industrial interests which have had their share in creating the prosperity of the great commonwealth in lives. Vell may he be classed an the representative citizens of Clark county, whom to know is an honor as well as a privilege. SILAS VAN BIRD. During almost the entire period of his in Silas Van Bird has been in office, and at all times his public career has been above suspicion or reproach. He is now surveyor of Clark county, maintaining his residence in Springfield. and in the office is found to be notably prompt. energetic and trustworthy. In both paternal and maternal lines he comes of an honored pioneer ancestry of Clark county. He was born upon a farm in this county, September 19, 1857, and is a son of Silas Van and Margaret (Tuttle) Bird. The paternal grandfather, Luke Bird, married Allie Hoffman, of Virginia, and on leaving the Old Dominion went with his family to what was then Greene county, Ohio, but is now Clark county. His son, Silas Van Bird, the father of our subject. was born in Virginia in 1812, and in early life learned the millwright's trade. He wedded Margaret Tuttle, who was born in 1826. After their marriage they located on a farm four miles east of Springfield. Mr. Bird continued to follow his chosen calling and erected many of the mills in Clark and adjacent counties, his services in an early day being. in great demand. He performed every department of the work connected with the construction of a mill, being his own architect, made the ccg wheels, set the burrs, in fact, did everything in connection with the operative department of milling-. He continued to follow his trade until 1850, working at various times in the states of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois and as far south as Nashville, Tennessee. At length he put aside mechanical pursuits and located on a farm near .this city, where he resided until his death, which occurred in 1892. In his political views he was an old line Whig in early life and subsequently became a Republican. His religious faith was that of the Baptist church and his Christian belief permeated his entire career and guided his actions in all life's relations. His wife survived him only six weeks. and finis the couple so long united in life were not long separated in death. She. torn, belonged to a pioneer family of Clark county, her parents. Caleb and Mary 696 - THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. (Pricket) Tuttle, haying located here at an early period in the development of this portion of the state. Her father was born in 1799. Silas Van Bird of this review was one of a family of nine children, eight sons and one daughter, six of whom are yet living; Eunice E., who married George H. Reed and resides on a farm : Caleb A.: John W.; Luke Scott ; James ; Silas Van ; Edwin R.; Frank; and Ross W. - The boyhood days of Silas Van Bird were spent upon the home farm, where he worked in field and meadow through the summer months and in the winter seasons attended the district schools. In 1875 he became a student in Wittenberg College. and was graduated in 1880. After his graduation he returned to the farm, which he conducted for a few years and was then elected township clerk. In 1888 he came to Springfield and was appointed deputy comity surveyor under William Sharon. Mr. Sharon being appointed a member the board of public affairs. Mr. Bird v, as appointed to fill cut the unexpired term surveyor. In the fall of 1898 he was elected to fill the same position in Clark county for a term of three years : in 1931 was reelected, so that his incumbency will continue until September, 1904. He had discharged his duties so capably and promptly during his first term that his fellow townsmen approved of his service by again endorsing him for the office. Tie has always been a Republican, having firm faith in the principles which form the party platform. On the 2nd of November, 1886. occurred the marriage of Mr. Bird and Miss Martha J. Huffman, of Springfield, a daughter of Jacob. and Sarah (Tenant) Huffman. Mrs. Bird was born. reared and educated in this city, and has become the mother of four children : Laura E., Silas, Martha M. and Paul Sharon. Having spent his entire life in this county and being a representative of two of the oldest families, Mr. Bird of this review is widely known and the fact that many who have been acquainted with him from his boyhood are today numbered among his stanchest friends, is an indication that his career has ever been an honorable and trustworthy one. GEORGE A. WEAST George. A. Weast, superintendent of the water works of Springfield, was born in Cambridge City. Indiana, August 30, 1863, and is a son of George L. Weast, who is now living in Richmond, Indiana. The father served throughout the Mexican war and also in the Civil war, and has been in the government service as a postal employe since 1870. He is a self-educated and a selfmade man. In early life he learned the cooper's trade, which he followed for some time. Later he became connected with the railway mail service and thus continued in the government employ until 1886, when he was removed for reasons and accepted a position in Richmond, Indiana, but was reappointed in 1897 as transfer clerk at Indianapolis. He was born in Boonsboro, Maryland, in 1828 and in that place was married to Miss Belle Remley, whose birth occurred in 1828. and she died in Cambridge City, Indiana, in 1879. About 1856 the parents of our subject removed to the Hoosier state, and the father has been a continuous resident ever since that time. He has been again married. having in 1884 wedded Miss Elder, who is now residing THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 697 with him in his home in Richmond. By his first marriage nine children were born, and of this number H. Scott and George A. are residents of Springfield, Ohio; Willard is living in Montana; and Mrs. Clara Fosdick and Mrs. Sadie Silivan, reside in Indianapolis, Indiana. George A. Weast is indebted to the public schools of Cambridge City for the educational privileges he enjoyed. In January. 188o, he came to Springfield and entered the machine shop of the Vhiteley, Fassler & Kelly Company, and in 1884 he left that service, as the company divided. Mr. Weast continued with O. S. Kelly until 1896. In 1896-7 he occupied a position with the Tames Leffel Company, and in 1898-9 was with the Foos Gas Engine Company. In April of the latter year he returned to the employ of 0. S. Kelly and had charge of the erecting department until April. 1900, when he was appointed by the board of water works trustees as superintendent of the water works plant of this city. He has charge of all of the work outside of the office and pump house and is well qualified for the position, the duties of which he is now discharging with marked fidelity and promptness. He now resides at No. 46 Greenmount avenue. on city property erected for the superintendent of the water works. On the 2nd of October. 1883. Mr. Weast was united in marriage to Gertrude Hamilton, who was born in Cambridge City, Indiana, in April, 1863, ad pursued her education in the schools of that state. They now have two children. Pearl Belle and Ralph Hamilton. both in school. Mr. Weast always votes with the Republican party and socially is connected with Ingomar Lodge, No. 610. K. P., of which he is a charter member ; with Commercial Camp. No. 3347. M. W. A.; and with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is always courteous and genial and his able business and mechanical skill well qualifies him for the important work which he is now performing. ANDREW WOLFE HAMMA. Among the well known., substantial and prominent .farmers and stock raisers of Green township, Clark county, may be numbered Andrew Wolfe Hamma, who is the possessor of a valuable and well improved farm. which Ile conducts in a practical aryl business like manner, and the well tilled fields return to him a fitting reward for his labors. A native of Pennsylvania, he was born in York county, May 30, 18,24, and is a son of David and Susan (Wolfe) Hamma. The subject of this review was ten years of age when he accompanied his parents on their removal from Pennsylvania to Richland county, Ohio, the family driving thence With teams and being two weeks on the road. For three years David Hamma with his family resided in Richland county, where he bought land. Not being pleased with their new location, they removed to Fairfield county, Ohio, living there for one summer and then in October, removing to Yellow Springs. Greene county, where the father purchased sixty acres of land, and there he and his good wife spent the remaining days of their lives, respected by all who knew them as honored pioneer settlers of the community in which they lived. Upon the home farm Andrew Wolfe Hamma grew to manhood. His. boyhood and youth were spent in assisting his father on the farm during the summer moths, 698 - THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD and during a few short months in the winter he received the advantages of the somewhat primitive educational institutions of those early clays, learning the "three R's," which proved a solid foundation upon which he afterward depended in the practical duties of life, and as he has good and keen natural faculties, he added to his knowledge by reading. obseryation and experience, which is the best education after all, as our entire liyes, if our minds are broad and receptive, are spent in the acquirement of an education. Mr. Hamma remained with his parents until twenty-one years of age, when he began business on his own account. He engaged in farm labor by the year, and at first his remuneration was one hundred and nine dollars per year and the pasturage of a colt which he possessed. At the end of the year he took a note with interest in payment for his services. He next worked for six months at eleven dollars per month, taking- also a note drawing interest in payment. thus early proving that he had qualities of economy and good business judgment. by saving his earnings. He next went to Madison county, Ohio, working for one man there for two years, and sold his colt at a good price. In Logan county, Ohio, Mr. Hamma was united in marriage to Miss Matilda Carter, whose acquaintance he had made in Madison county, where she was born, although her people were living at this time in Logan county. She was a daughter of David and Arthelia ( Kelley) Carter. The marriage took place October 18, 1848. The young couple then removed to Greene county. Ohio, near Yellow Springs, renting David Curry's place for one year, and upon it Mr. Hamma carried on farming and stock raising. In his agricultural pursuits he prospered and at the end of one year he purchased a farm near Yellow Springs, where he lived from 1831 to 1876. Upon this place he built a new and substantial house, cleared the farm and added all modern and necessary improvements. This property he still owns, and also one hundred and forty-three acres of land near Clifton; Greene county, which he purchased in 1873. In 186 he remoyed to Clark county ad purchased one hundred and sixty-four acres of land where he now has his residence. He has remodeled his home, changing it from a one-story to a two-story, twelve-room house. Mr. Hamma next purchased two hundred and twenty-two acres of land in Green township. This he kept but a short time and then sold it to his sons-in-law. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. H amnra has been blessed with fourteen children. three of whom died in childhood, and nine are yet living : David, the first born, became a minister of the Lutheran church. He was a graduate of Wittenberg College. and married Miss Laura Copelands. One child of this marriage died at the age of two years. A son was pastor of a church at Lebanon. Ohio, and died there at the age of twenty-six. He is buried at Ferncliff. John Madison, the second of the family, died at the age of thirty-four. Angie Belle is the wife of Harry Shay. resides in Green township. Clark county. and has seven children. Elizabeth. the wife of John Shaw, also resides in Green township and is the mother of five children : Matilda married Charles Petrie, of Springfield township.. Clark county, and they have six children. Elmer married Hattie Goudy and lives in Greene county, having a family of five children. Odessa is the wife of Rev. Carl G. Ane a minister of the Lutheran church and a graduate of Wittenberg College, now residing in Harrison county, In- THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 699 diana. They have two children : Irvin G., a sketch of whom appears below, is the next of the family. Aldabert married Charles Garlough, who resides near Pitchin, and they have three children. Charles is a practicing physician and surgeon residing in Cincinnati. He pursued his studies in Philadelphia, Cincinnati, and finished by one year's course in Berlin, Germany. He married Miss Jessie Bertner. Mabel married Earl Oglesbee and is now living in Green township near Jamestown. In politics Mr. Hamma was at one time a Democrat, although he was reared in sympathy with the principles of the Whig- party. Upon the organization of the Republican party in 1836 he cast his ballot for John C. Fremont and has remained a stanch Republican ever since. He was reared in the Lutheran faith and has been an elder of the church for fifty years, doing all in his power to promote the growth of the Christian religion and also of his church. It is a pleasure to note the long and active business career of Mr. Hamma. In it may be learned many a lesson that would be helpful to a young man entering life's arena with nothing but willing hands an able body and an active brain to aid him, for these were the main qualifications of the subject of this review, and to them he owes his success, and with them he has builded wisely and well. I. G. HAMMA. I. G. Hamma, a well known farmer and stock raiser of Green township, first opened his eyes to the light of day on the 2nd of January, 1871, upon the home farm near Yellow Springs. Greene county, Ohio. His parents were Andrew W. and Matilda (Carter) Hamma, who removed to the home on which our subject now resides when he was only five years of age, and here he has lived continuously since. He acquired a good education, gaining his preliminary knowledge in the district schools and afterward entering Wittenberg College at the age of fourteen years. Soon after beginning the work of the junior year he left the institution. On the 13th of September, 1892, Mr. Hamnia was united in marriage in Springfield to Miss Gertrude Paden, who was born in Green township April 21, 1874, and is a daughter of W. O. and Laura Jane (Garlough) Paden. Her father was engaged in the lumber business in Kentucky and Virginia. She was therefore largely reared in Kentucky. and acquired her education in Georgetown, that state, where she was a student in a female seminary. After their marriage Mr. Hamma erected their present home in Green township, Clark county, in 1893. It is a commodious and attractive residence. and hospitality there abounds. The marriage has been blessed with two children : Clarence Paden, born in Green township, November 12, 1893: and Thelma Lucile. born October 12, 1895. In politics Mr. Hamma is a Republican. His first vote was cast for Benjamin Harrison. He has been a delegate to various conventions and has labored earnestly and effectively for the promotion of his party's success. He and his wife hold membership in the Second Lutheran church and are well known young people of the community, enjoying the high regard of many friends.   JAMES LEWIS LEUTY James Lewis Leuty is the youngest son of John Leuty, whose sketch is elsewhere given in this work. He was. born in Spring-