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500 - HISTORY OF CLERMONT COUNTY, OHIO. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. DR. D. S. LYMAN. The Lyman family in medical and legal jurisprudence is one of the most distinguished in America; and is not only honorably associated with the annals of New England, going back to its very first settlement, but its lineage is traced to a time prior to the Norman conquest of England. Its original name, Leoman (Lion-man ?), rolling swiftly from the tongue in familiar conversation, passed into authentic history as Leman. Like most of the English surnames, this has passed through many changes in settling down to its present orthography, and in the first fifty years of the Puritan records it was generally written Liman, but early in the last century it took the fixed and settled form of its present appropriate orthography, Lyman. The Lyman family have at different times borne five separate armorial bearings or emblems, but the coat-of-arms most frequently adopted by them is that of Sir John Lyman, Lord Mayor of London a few years before the first immigration to this country. The significance of these emblems and the origin of these armorial bearings is given by Burke : that in the twelfth year of the reign of King James the First a coatof-arms was granted to Sir John Lyman, viz., " Azure, chevron embowed, three dolphins naient, argent." These dolphins are said to be "symbols of social love." The coat-of-arms is surmounted by a pelican with a bloody crest feeding her offspring,-also an emblem. The earliest coat-of-arms had for its motto " Quod Verum Tatum." Our first knowledge of this family name is obtained from the register or survey of the lands of England, and known as Doomsday Book. This record of over eight hundred years ago says that Osbert Leman had in Hampshire two and a half hides in Hayling Island, and held them in parcenary of King Edward ; but Harold deprived him of them when he usurped the kingdom, and converted them into royal manor. This measure was equivalent to one hundred acres. Richard Lyman, the patriarch of all the Lymans in America, was born in High Ongar, Essex County, in England, twenty-five miles south from London, and was baptized when an infant, Oct. 30, 1580. He married Sarah Osborne, of Halstead, in Kent. They emigrated to America in 1631, and settled in Charlestown, Mass. Their son, Richard (2d), married Hephzibah, daughter of Thomas Ford, of Windsor, Conn. Their eldest son was Richard (3d), born in Windsor, Conn., in 1647, and he married, May, 1675, Elizabeth, daughter of John Coles, of Hatfield, Mass., and in 1696 removed to Lebanon, Conn. Their second son, Richard (4th), born in I678, married, April 7, 1700, Mary Woodward. Their sixth child, John Lyman, born Jan. 10, 1711, married for his first wife Hannah Birchard, Feb. 25, 1730, and for his second wife Mary Strong, Sept. 3, 1747. John was a farmer in Lebanon, Conn., a deacon in the Congregationalist Church, an intimate friend of Governor Jonathan Trumbull, an ardent patriot and strong Whig. He was too old to engage in the Revolutionary war, but sent several of his sons. His seventh and youngest child-and by his second wife-was Josiah Lyman, born in Lebanon, Conn., Aug. 11, 1760. He served bravely in the Revolutionary war. He married Eunice Tiffany, Sept. 22, 1782, and in 1785 moved to Williamstown, Vt., then in 1803 to Brookfield,.and finally to Randolph in same State, where he died in 1831. He had four children,-three daughters-Apame, married to Daniel Child ; Lois, married to Daniel Washburn ; Eunice- and one son, Josiah. Josiah Lyman was born in Williamstown, Vt., June 24, 1788, and studied medicine in that State, receiving his diploma Dec. 13, 1815, from the Vermont Medical Society, and which is signed by E. Huntington, its president. In 1818 he emigrated to Clermont Co., Ohio, of whieh he was one of the pioneer physicians. He settled in Goshen in 1818, removed to Batavia about 1826 ; in 1832 located in Cincinnati, in that noted cholera year, and afterwards settled in Greensburg, Ind., where he died Jan. 2, 1842. He was an excellent physician, and many of the older people of Clermont remember with affection his professional kindness and services. He married Eunice Dart, March 5, 1814, by which union several children were born, of whom four were named David R., Daniel Stone, Albert Dart, and James D. Dr. Daniel S. Lyman was born in Goshen, of this county, Nov. 14, 1820, and graduated at the Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati in 1847. He then located at Boston for seven years and practiced his profession, and then settled at Goshen, where up to this date he has been in a large and lucrative practice. He is very eminent as a practitioner, and has achieved marked financial success. He attributes his success in life. largely to the happy admonitions of his distinguished father, Dr. Josiah Lyman, never to use tobacco or intoxicating stimulants, which advice he has strictly followed ; hence his mind and constitution have never been impaired by these narcotics, and he has been enabled to endure all the vicissitudes of a profession that takes him out all hours of the night, in all kinds of weather, and over all manner of roads. He was one of the projectors of the Clermont County Medical Association in 1853, and has been its president. He is also a member of two other county medical societies and likewise of the Ohio State Medical Association. The Cincinnati Lancet and Observer of January, 1877, contained a very able and elaborate paper, written by Dr. Lyman, on " Alcohol, its Effects in Health ; its Remedial Applications in Disease; Where and When it should be used." This paper attracted extraordinary attention in the medical profession, and won a proud distinction for its learned author. Dr. Lyman is universally esteemed for his ability as a physician and surgeon, as well as for his many estimable traits of character, which give him a marked prominence in Clermont as a worthy successor to his illustrious father in the medical science, and which stamp him as an honored scion of a family celebrated in the brightest of American annals. GILMAN S. RENNER. Gilman Sample Renner is of German extraction, and was born Dec. 16, 1822, on the farm on which he now GOSHEN TOWNSHIP - 501 resides and owns. His father, Samuel Renner, was born in the State of Maryland, near Baltimore City, and being left an orphan, was at the tender age of nine years thrown upon his own resources, When he arrived at his majority he moved to Pennsylvania and settled in Washington County, and there was united in marriage to Miss Mercy Gordon, daughter of William Gordon, and of Irish descent. In the year 18I9 he emigrated to Ohio, and located in Goshen township, of this county, where he purchased land. He was a careful and systematic farmer, a useful citizen, and died lamented by the community, 04. 1, 1843, aged fifty-eight years. Gilman S. Renner received in the country distriet schools a good common education, and attended for a time the noted select school or academy over which the Rev. L. G. Gaines, then the most prominent educator of the county, presided for a series of years. His mother, Mercy (Gordon) Renner, died in May, 1857. She was a woman of unusual good sense and domestic graces. He taught school some four years continuously in the north of the county, and had the deserved reputation of being an excellent teacher. He was married on Jan. 20, 1858, by Rev. Mr. Polly, to Miss Mahala Quin Browning, of Fleming Co., Ky., daughter of Basil and Mary (Bright) Browning, by whom he has had the following children,- Horace N., Edward Marshal, Cora M., Henry Clay, Nellie Alice, and who died aged eighteen months ; and Herbert M., the youngest child. His wife, Mahala Quin Browning, was born June 15, 1834, in Fleming Co., Ky., and was of a family of seven children, of whom the others were Minerva, married to William Thomas ; Lennie, married to Lewis Bushman, of Monroe township, in this county ; Henry Clay ; Seney P., married to Thomas Newdegate; Sarah Ann, married to John Dickey ; and John Edward. She was the daughter of Basil Browning, who died in 1854, of cholera, in his sixty-fourth year, having been born in Maryland in 1790, and whose father emigrated to Kentucky about 1792, being one of the pioneers of Fleming County. Her mother, Mary, was the daughter of Edward Bright, one of the early settlers of Kentucky in 1787. Her father, Basil Browning, in old times made thirteen trips to New Orleans with boats of produce and provisions, and every time walked back through the Indian nation, suffering many privations and exposed to constant dangers. Gilman S. Renner has served several years as trustee of Goshen township and as township clerk, and in 1878 was the Democratic nominee for county infirmary director, but, together with the nominees of his party for auditor and clerk of the court, was defeated by a union of the Republican and Greenback parties that carried the county. He is an ardent Democrat in politics, and with his wife is a member of the Goshen Universalist Church, of which Rev. Mr. Fitzgerald is the pastor. He has for some eighteen years belonged to Goshen Lodge, No. 119, of Free and Accepted Masons, and to this ancient and honorable order he is devotedly attached. He has served nearly twenty years on the township school board, and in educational matters has ever been deeply interested. His fine farm of three hundred acres borders on the Warren County line, and his handsome residence lies on the Goshen and Wilmington turnpike, about three miles northeast of the former town. He is a general farmer, and one of the best in the county, and besides a large hay crop in 1879, he raised fifteen hundred bushels of potatoes and eight hundred of wheat. He is a self-made man, who by his own exertions, careful management, and industry has accumulated a large share of this world's goods, and lives with most agreeable surroundings about him, as a reward for his diligence and labors ; and his success is largely attributable to the aid of his excellent wife, whose rare domestic excellencies have been of timely assistance to him in the pilgrimage of life. MARION MYERS. Jacob Myers, formerly called Moyer, was born in Pennsylvania in 1770 ; emigrated in 1795 to Lexington, Ky. ; in 1797 came to Columbia, Ohio ; and in I798 removed to what is now Goshen township, of this (but then of Hamilton) county. He was married to Eve Frybarger about the time of his removal to Ohio, and she dying in 1831, he subsequently married Elizabeth Reeder. Jacob Myers died in 1841, leaving a large estate in Ohio and Indiana, and at one time had owned over fifteen hundred acres of land. George Myers was the youngest son of Jacob and Eve (Frybarger) Myers, and was born May 17, 1804. He married, Dec. 29, 1825, Mary Emery, daughter of Judge John Emery, who emigrated in 1811 from New Jersey and became a prominent public man in Clermont's early annals. From this union were born Dr. John E. Myers, William H. Myers, Martin V. B. Myers, Martha A , married to David McNeal ; Marion Myers, Eliza J., died in infancy ; Mary J., married to John Paxton ; and Prudence, married to Oscar Wood. Mrs. Mary (Emery) Myers died Aug. 6, 1846, and her husband; George Myers, deceased June 17, 1856. This worthy couple resided continuously on their home-farm from their marriage until their deaths, and accumulated a landed _estate of six hundred acres, and lived in comfort with all the conveniences of life, They raised a family of children all noted in the professional, agricultural; political, and social walks of this county. The Myers families from the very earliest days of Clermont's history have been noted in Goshen township for their thrift, business standing, and high social position. Marion Myers, the fifth child of George and Nary (Emery) Myers, was born in Goshen township, Nov. 26, 1835. He was brought up on a farm, and educated in the district schools, receiving a good education in the English branches. About the year 1856 he purchased ninety-two and one-half acres of his father's lands, and on May 9, 1860, was married by Rev. T. F. Cortleyon to Miss Lide J. Dennis, of Williarnsburgh, daughter of Elijah and Susannah Dennis. In 1867, Mr. Myers erected his beautiful residence, which, with its delightful surroundings, is one of the pleasantest in Clermont. This farm when purchased by him in 1856 had no improvements on it, but to-day it is not excelled by any homestead-farm in the county. The fertile soil has been improved by him until in its bountiful cultivation it has no superior ; and its fine crehards and model fences, with handsome shrubbery near the dwelling, denote the good taste and judgment of its owner and his estimable wife, and 502 - HISTORY OF CLERMONT COUNTY, OHIO. stamp him as one of our neatest and most successful farmers. They are both exemplary members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and for many years he has been one of the leading members of the Clermont County Sabbath- School Union, in which he has often served as an offrcial, and is its secretary for the year 1880. Since 1869 he has been one of the directors of the Clermont County Agricultural Society, and for the past two years its vice-president, and always one of the largest exhibitors at its annual fairs. He has frequently served as township trustee and in the township board of education, of which he is now president. In all the positions he has held in public or church matters, or in the fair boards, his critical judgment, good sense, and affability of manner have secured him large number of friends and made him a valuable and popular official. While he is a general farmer, and cultivates nearly all the productions common to Clermont soil, he gives considerable prominence to fruits and to hay, the latter being more extensively grown in Goshen and Wayne than in any other two townships of the county. He is greatly interested in the schools of the land and in all moral reforms for the advancement and amelioration of mankind. His residence is about three miles from Goshen, and some four miles from Loveland, is located in one of the best agricultural regions of Ohio, and the traveler passing his beautiful home is attracted by the beauty of its surroundings and the cosy comfort of the place, causing him to remark the content and happiness that would naturally be the lot of its occupants and owners. ROBERT McCLAVE. The McClave family is of Scotch-Irish extraction, but very early in the seventeenth century some of its members emigrated to Massachusetts. Thomas :McClave served seven years in the old Colonial " French and Indian war," from 1757 to 1764, in the Canadas and Northern frontiers, and participated in many battles and sieges against the allied enemies of the struggling colonies. His son, John McClave, married Miss Hannah Patrick, by whom lre had the following children : Susan, married to Reuben Chamberlain ; Hannah, unmarried and deceased ; Stephenson ; Thomas, deceased ; Mary, married to Andrew Spence and deceased ; Robert ; Dolly ; and Dr. David McClave, deceased. John McClave, with his family, emigrated from New Hampshire in 1831 to Goshen township, of this County, and his wife, Hannah Patrick, died in December of that year, and after their arrival. He bought one hundred and seventy-three acres of' land on Obannon Creek, in Goshen township, and this land was then all in woods. He died in 1844, after he had cleared up his farm and his children had all grown up and settled in life. Robert McClave was born in Lyme, N. H.; Dec. 19. 1812, and was the sixth in a family of eight children. He obtained a good common-school education in his native State, New Hampshire, and after his removal to Ohio with his father, in 183I, he taught school several winters in Miami and Goshen townships. He was married Oct. 22, 1840, by Rev. E. M. Pingree, to Miss Susan Taylor, daughter of Jesse and Mary Taylor, of Cincinnati, who were emigrants from Pennsylvania and of Quaker descent and religion. By this union he has had four children, of whom Amos, Mary, and Daniel died in infancy, and Jesse Taylor McClave, his only living child, resides in Iroquois Co., Ill., where he is a wealthy farmer and unmarried. This son served three years in the Union army, in the Eighty-ninth Ohio Infantry Volunteers ; was with Sherman in his memorable march to the. sea, and at the terrible battle of Chickamauga, in 1863, was severely wounded in the shoulder, from which he has never fully recovered. Robert McClave has over five hundred acres of splendid land on Obannon Creek, including his father's purchase in 1831. These lands the McClaves have reclaimed from the dense forests and converted into cultivated fields and beautiful orchards. Robert McClave is a general farmer, but has made a specialty of fattening and feeding large numbers of hogs for the market, in which he has had eminent financial success. His residence is on the old Williamsburgh and ̊batman road, about four miles from Goshen and two and a half from Loveland, and is pleasantly located in a beautiful country. Mr. McClave, with his wife, are Universalists in their religious belief, and are most charitable and benevolent people, and liberal and tolerant in sentiment. He is a Republican in his political proclivities, but has never been an office- seeker or office-holder save to be a member of the township board of education. Having been an old teacher he continues to take a lively interest in everything pertaining to education and the advancement of our schools. Under the old militia system lie was a captain, and served his time in the trainings and musters that prevailed years ago. During his residence of half a century in Clermont he has witnessed wonderful changes in the face of the country and a marked advancement and progress in the moral, social, and material condition of the county, to which he and his most estimable wife have contributed in no small degree. WAYNE * WAYNE township is situated in the northeastern corner of Clermont County. On the north and the east are Warren and Brown Counties, on the south is Jackson township, and on the southwest and the west are Stonelick and Goshen townships. Its surface is generally level, but sufficiently undulated in most localities to afford natural drainage. PIONEER SETTLERS. It is believed that William Sloane was the first settler in Wayne township. He was a native of Pennsylvania, and in 1802 located on the farm now owned by John Graves. He was a Revolutionary soldier, and also served as a bugler under Gen. Wayne in his expedition against the Indians in 1794. About the same time his brother, George, settled on the farm now owned by Edward Gregory. In the war of 1812 he was a captain. Both lived to be old men, and although they reared large families but little more can be said of them here. From 1802 till 1806 many families from Pennsylvania and Maryland settled on survey No. 3337, but in the course of twenty years most of them removed to Indiana, and their history here is very meagre. Of that number Robert Smith, a son-in-law of George Sloane, was among the first. Ile was a native of Pennsylvania, and emigrated to Illinois at an early date. Z. and Samuel Clevenger, natives of Maryland, emigrated to Warren County in 1802, and came to Clermont in 1806, settling near Edenton. They both had large families. In 1829 they emigrated to Indiana. In the same year, Jacob Slye, a native of Virginia, settled near Edenton. He also had a large family, and went to Indiana in 1829. He had a son, Joseph, who remained. He died a fcw years ago near Woodville. George Hunter settled at the mouth of Hunter's Run in 1806. He was Trom Maryland. Had a very large family, and went to Indiana in 1830. In 1791, Reese Carter, a native of Maryland, emigrated to Ohio and located near Geraul's Station. In 1806 he removed to what is now Wayne township. He had a large ffirm near where Edenton is now located. He was the father of eight children,—three sons and five daughters. There were several others of the same name and closely related that came with him. In 1829 he sold his farm and removed to Indiana. John Little settled near Edenton in 1806. He was a native of Pennsylvania, and had emigrated to Ohio in 1791, settling near Geraul's Station. He had a large family of children, nearly all of whom are now dead. In the same year John Thomas settled north of Edenton. He had a large family of daughters, all of whom are now dead. Joseph Hendricks emigrated to Ohio in 1791, and to Wayne * Prepared by J. L. Roudebush. township in 1806, settling on the farm now owned by C. Jones. He removed to Indiana in 1830. John Copus, a native of Pennsylvania, and son-in-law of John Little, settled on the farm now owned by John Laymon in 1806. ___ McKinley settled near Edenton in 1807. He died in 1814, and was the first person buried in the Jordan grave-yard. In this year Jacob and Joseph Laymon, brothers, settled near Edenton. They were natives of Maryland, and emigrated to Kentucky at an early date, and from there to Ohio. Jacob was the father of several children, and was the first resident Baptist preacher in Clermont County. He died about the year 1849, greatly beloved by his brethren and neighbors for his piety and love of good order. His brother Joseph had quite a large family,—Benjamin, the eldest, was in the war of 1812. and helped to cut out the "old Xenia road ;" William, Elijah, John, Joseph, and Harrison were brothers. He had several sisters ; Hester, Sarah, Elizabeth, and Mary are the only ones now remembered. Abraham, a cousin of theirs, settled on the farm now owned in part by William Roudebush. He removed to Indiana in 1831. In 1808, Joseph Smith, a native of Pennsylvania, settled on the farm now owned by Franklin Lyons, but nothing further is known of him. In 1801, Darlin Tuttle emigrated to Ohio. From what State he came is not known. In 1808 he removed from near where Red Lion, in Warren County, now is to the vicinity of Edenton. He had a large family. About this time James Irwin settled on the farm now owned by Joseph Clayton, where he had the first tan-yard in Wayne township. It was built in 1818, and went down in 1824 or 1825. In 1804, Jacob Jordan emigrated from Chowan Co., N. C., to Miami township, settling near Loveland, and in 1808 to where Edenton is now situated. He was born in 1764. In 1785 he married Mary Valentine, by whom he had eight children,—three sons and five daughters. He was the youngest of a family of seven children,—five sons and two daughters. His paternal great-grandfather was a native of England, and came to America about the year 1675, and to Chowan Co., N, C., in 1710. Of the history of the family previous to that time but little is known save that they were Quakers. His paternal grandfather, Charles Jordan, was married in 1722 to Abigail White, and he was father of seven children. His father, Jacob Jordan, Sr., was born in 1732, and was married in I751. Of Jacob Jordan, Jr.'s, family, Nathaniel and Silas V. are the only ones that ever settled in Clermont County. Silas V., the proprietor of Edenton, was born April 28, 1786. On the 2d day of May, 1811, he married Elizabeth Harris, by - 503 - 504 - HISTORY OF CLERMONT COUNTY, OHIO. whom he had ten children,—Louis, born in 1821, who died in infancy ; Nathaniel W., June 22, 18I3 ; Amos, March 4, 1816 ; Maria, Jan. 9, 1818 ; Jane, March 26, 1821; Caroline, May 4, 1824 ; Elizabeth, July 21, 1826 ; Harris, June 27, 1829 ; Louisa, March 8, 1831. In 1836 he married Mrs. Susan Cavolt, by whom he had one child, Silas Maley, born May 9, 1838. He was a soldier of 1812, and was at the siege of Fort Meigs. He died in 1870, aged eighty-three years. Silas V. Jordan was a man of more than ordinary ability. Humane, generous to a fault, he was greatly beloved by those who knew him. The Jordan family is one of' the most prominent in Northern Clermont at the present time. Jacob Binkley, a native of Pennsylvania and of German descent, settled on the farm now owned by Abraham Fuller in 1811. He was twice married. His first wife's maiden name was Sarah Stouder, by whom he had seven children, —Sarah, Christian, Samuel, John, Jacob, William, and George, all of whom are now dead but Christian, Samuel, and William. His second wife's name was Mrs. Susan Fuller, by whom he had three children,-Elizabeth, James, and Daniel. He died in 1839, aged sixty-five. He was a soldier ofsi the war of 1812, and was stationed at Detroit for several months. Christian Binkley, his oldest son, was born Feb. 12, 1795, and in 1819 was married to Johanna Caudle. He is the father of twelve children,-William, Catharine, Joseph, Jacob, Sarah, L. C., Martha, Eliza, Susan, Jesse, Lucinda, and Jane, who was next to the oldest of the children. He is the oldest person now living in Wayne township, and is the last one of the 47 who voted in that township in 1819 that is now living, and is the last of the or.ce numerous pioneer settlers of Wayne township. It is thought that Frederic Whiting settled on the farm now owned in part by William Roudebush in I811. He was a native of New Jersey, and had four sons and two daughters. Joseph Hendricks and John Meek also settled near Edenton about this time. In 1815, William Harris, a native of New Jersey, settled on the present site (in part) of Edenton. He had emigrated to Kentucky in 1788, where he married Sarah Rich, by whom he had six children,—John, Otho, William, Elizabeth, Nancy, and Sarah, —all of whom lived to raise families. He was the first millwright in Wayne township. Jacob Taylor, a native of Tennessee, settled in this year on the farm now owned by Mrs. Chapman. He was a brother-in-law to Jacob Laymon. James, John, William, Ira, Elizabeth, Susan, Ann, and Hester are the names of his children. It is thought that Richard Wood settled ahoy t this time a few miles north of Edenton. Samuel Meek also settled near Edenton about this time. His wife was Mary Jordan, who is still living. The condition of the settlements in the township in 1826 may be seen in the appended LIST OF PROPERTY-HOLDERS, which has been carefully compiled from records in the office of the auditor of the county. Where no tax was paid on personal property, the owners were probably non-residents. The names of the latter class are indicated by a prefixed star. Ashton, Samuel, No. 1209; Wm. Johnson, orig. prop. Ashton, Wm. J., No. 1209; Win. Johnson, orig. prop. Ashton, Thomas H., No. 1209; Wm. Johnson, orig. prop. Allen, Ezra. Brunson, John H. *Beatty, John. Hinkley, Jacob, No. 3776; J. Higgins, orig. prop. Binkley, Christian. Brewer, Joseph. Bayn, William. Burger, Henry. Burrows, Joseph. Brown, Caleb. *Bowman, Abraham, No. 9386; Abraham Bowman, original proprietor. *Beatty, John, No. 2406; Andrew Vance, orig. prop. *Breckenridge, Alexander, No. 10,660; Alexander Breckenridge, original proprietor. *Brown, Samuel, No. 4440 ; Wm. Lytle, original proprietor. Cramer, Adam, No. 2406; Andrew Vance, orig. prop. Curlis, Wright S. Cramer, Richard. Clark, Weston. Clark, Eliza. Chaplin, Jeremiah. Cowan, Wm. Carter, Reese, No. 3337; Harvie and Fenn, orig. props. Carter, James, No. 3337. Caudle, Buckner. Clevenger, Zachariah, No. 3337. Clevenger, Samuel, No. 3337. Cramer, William, No. 3337. *Cook, Mathias S., No. 12,678; Mathias S. Cook, original proprietor. *Carter, Thomas, No. 3337; Harvie and Fenn, orig. props. -Carter, Stephen, Nu. 3337; Harvie and Fenn, orig. props. *Corneal, Thomas, No. 3337; Harvie and Fenn, original proprietors. *Cramer, Samuel, No. 2404 ; Win. Johnson, orig. prop. *Currie, James, No. 3339; James Currie, original proprietor. *Cleveland, Stephen B., No. 12,080; Mathew Gregg, original proprietor. *Dawson, John, No. 10,229; John Dawson, orig. prop. *Dickinson, David, No. 10,202; C. Wallace et at., original proprietors. Glenn, Alexander. Garver, Jacob, No. 2377 ; Wm. Lytle, original proprietor. Gindley, Neal. Granger, Solomon. *Grant, Joel, No. 3337; Harvie and Fenn, orig. props. *Graham, Felix Y., No. 9382; Felix Y. Graham, orig. prop. *Gregg, Mathew, No. 12,080; Mathew Gregg. orig. prop. *Gaston, David, No. 12,680; David Gaston, orig. prop. Harris, Abner, No. 2406; Andrew Vance, original proprietor. Harris, John, Sr., No. 3337; Harvie and Fenn, orig. props. Harris, John, Jr. Harris, Wm., No. 3337; Harvie and. Fenn, orig props. Hendricks, Joseph, No. 3337; Harvie and Fenn, original proprietors. Herrington, Joseph. Harris, Starks, No. 3337; Harvie and Fenn, orig. props. Haight, Jacob. Hadley, Ebenezer. Hunter, George, No. 3337; Harvie and Fenn, orig. props. Hendricks, John. H eight, John, No. 3800; Henry Vowles, original proprietor. *Hight, Nicholas, No. 1209; Johnson, original proprietor. *Hill, Eleanor, No. 3337; Harvie and Fenn, orig. props. *Farris, Jane, No. 3337; Harvie and Fenn, orig. props. *Heritage, Joseph, No. 3337; Harvie and Fenn, original proprietors. Jordan, Silas V., No. 3337; Harvie and Fenn, orig. props. Jordan, Jacob, No. 3337; Harvie and Fenn, orig. props. Jordan, Nathaniel, No. 3337 ; Harvie and Fenn, orig. props. Knott, William. *Kyte, Joseph, No. 2571 ; Mary Britton, orig. prop. *Kirby, Timothy, No. 7092; Abraham Bowman, original proprietor. *Kirkpatrick, David, No.12,706; David Kirkpatrick, originat proprietor. Layman, Joseph, No. 3337; Harvie and Fenn, orig. props. Laymon, Benj., No. 3337 ; Harvie and Fenn, orig. props. Little, Joseph, No. 3337; Harvie and Fenn, orig. props. Little, Theodore, No. 3337; Harvie and Fenn, orig. props. Laymon, Abraham, No. 3337; Harvie and Fenn, original proprietors. Leever, Samuel, No. 3:337; Harvie and Fenn. orig. props. Leever, Joseph, No. 3337 ; Harvie and Fenn, orig. props. Laymon, Elijah, No. 3337; Harvie end Fenn, orig. props. *Lytle, William, No. 9386; Abraham Bowman, orig. prop. *Leak, Robert, No. 3800; Henry Vowels, orig. prop. Meeks, John, No. 3337; Harvie and Fenn. orig. props. Miller, Daniel, No. 7091; Abraham Bowman, orig. prop. Miller, William, No. 3337; Harvie and Fenn, orig. props. McMullen, John. Metzgar, Jacob. WAYNE TOWNSHIP - 505 McCullom, James. McIntire, William. McGinley, Neal, No. 9386 ; Abraham Bowman, orig. prop. *McFarland, Stephen, No. 3341 ; Thos. Fenn, orig. prop. *McGill. Robert, No. 1209; Wm. Johnston, orig, prop. *Mathews, Thomas, 4444; Jonathan Donnell, orig. prop. *Miller and Beal, No. 10,661; Miller and Beal, orig. props. Noll, Elias. Osborne, John, No. 4444 ; Jonathan Donnell, orig. prop. *Osborne, Josiah, No. 3341; Thos. Fenn, orig. prop. Prickett, John, No. 3337: Harvie and Fenn, orig. props. Powers, Thomas, No. 2406; Andrew Vance, orig. prop. Pierce, Alpheus. Prickett, Hiram. Parker, Isaac. Randall, John, No. 4244; James Taylor, original proprietor. Replogle, Daniel. Roberts, William. *Richards, John S., No. 3337; Harvie and Fenn, original proprietors. Smith, Joseph, No. 3337; Harvie and Fenn, orig. props. Smith, Solomon, No. 3337; Harvie and Fenn, orig. props. Smith, Robert, No. 3337; Harvie and Fenn, orig. props. Stouder, Christian, No. 3337 ; Harvie and Fenn, original proprietors. Sloane, Wm., Sr., No. 3337; Harvie and Fenn, orig. props. Sloane, Wm., Jr., No. 3337 ; Harvie and Fenn, orig. props. Slye, Joseph, No. 3337; Harvie and Fenn, orig. props. Schooley, Jonathan, No. 2406; Andrew Vance, orig. prop. South, Henry, No. 4445; John Irwin, Jr., orig. prop. Smith, Thomas. Shoe, Abraham. Smith, John. *Stimus, John, No. 4445; John Irwin, Jr., orig. prop. *Stroup, Jacob, No. 3337; Harvie and Fenn, orig. props. *Short, William, No. 3337; Harvie and Fenn, orig. props. *Stork, Richard, No. 10,851; Richard Stark, orig. prop. *Sawyer, Nathaniel, No. 12,706 ; David Kirkpatrick, original proprietor. Thacker, William, No. 2571; Shackelford, et al., original Proprietors. Taytor, Jacob, No. 3337; Harvie and Fenn, orig. props. Tuttle, Darlin, No. 3337; Harvie and Fenn, orig. props. Thomas, John, No. 3337 ; Harvie and Fenn, orig. props. Thompson, Wm., No. 3337 ; Harvie and Fenn, orig. props. *Taylor, James, No. 9532; William Pierce, orig. prop. Van Kirk, Wm., No. 4780; William Lytle, orig. prop. *Van Zandt, Geo. C., No. 9383; Van Zandt and Billings, original proprietors. Whiting, Frederick. Winner, Benjamin. Wilson, James. Wood, Richard, No. 3337; Harvie and Fenn, orig. props. Whiting, Frederick, No. 3337 ; Harvie and Fenn, original proprietors. Wallace, Cadwallader, No. 12,369; Peter Mayo, orig. prop. The number of acres of land reported for assessment in 1826 was 17,657, and its valuation at $30,369. The total tax paid was $178.42. The number of horses assessed was 129, valued at $5160 ; of cattle there were 241 head, worth $1928. The entire tax on personal property was only $4I.64. In 1837, 20,6I4 acres were returned for assessment at a valuation of $49,138, and were taxed $627.81. At this time the village lots in Woodville were valued at $710, and were owned by Adam Bobbs, John Chissman, Gest & hockey, Amos Morrill, Enoch MeMeans, Enoch Meek, Jesse Nash, George Stockton, J. D. Sheldon, Robert Smith, B. C. Tyrrill, James Taylor, and Jonathan Wood. From this time on the population of the township iucreased more rapidly, many new farms being opened in localities which were before that period densely timbered. CIVIL ORGANIZATION. Wayne township was organized by the order of the county commissioners, March 15, 1819, from parts of Stonelick, Miami, and Williamsburgh townships, and received its name in honor of Gen. Anthony Wayne, whose services in the Northwestern Territory caused him to be held in grateful remembrance. The first election was held April 5, 1819, at the house of George Smith, with the following result: John Beatty, Joseph Laymon, and Robert Smith, Trustees ; Robert Leak, Clerk ; Joseph Smith, Treasurer ; Abraham Laymen and Christopher Binkley, Appraisers ; Jacob Taylor and Louis Caddie, Overseers of the Poor ; John Randall, Silas V. Jordan, and Joseph Hendrick, Supervisors of Highways ; John Haight and William Harris, Fence- Viewers ; Christopher Binkley, Constable and Lister. That year the trustees levied a tax of 25 cents per head on horses, and six and one-fourth cents per head on neat cattle, for township purposes, and three-fourths that amount for the improvement of the roads. The number of cattle was 127, and of horses 90. Since the first election the principal officers of Wayne have been the following : TRUSTEES. 1820.—John Beatty, Joseph Laymon, Robert Smith. 1821.—Jacob Binkley, Joseph Laymen, Robert Smith. 1822.—Jacob Binkley, Joseph Laymen, Wm. Harris. 1823.—Jacob Binkley, Joseph Laymon, Richard Wood. 1824.—Jacob Binkley, Joseph Laymen, W. I. Ashton. 1825.—Jacob Binkley, Robert Smith, W. I. Ashton. 1826.—Joseph Laymon, Joseph Smith, John Beatty. 1827.—John Prickett, Robert Smith, John Beatty. 1828.—John Prickett, Jacob Binkley, W. I. Ashton. 1829.—John Prickett, Jacob Binkley, Joseph Laymon. 1830.—John Randall, Jacob Binkley, Joseph Laymon. 1831.—C. Binkley, Robert Smith, Joseph Laymon. 1832.—John Priekett, Robert Smith, John Beatty. 1833-34.—Ebenezer Hadley, Robert Smith, John Beatty. 1835-36.—Wm. Sloan, Jr., Robert Smith, John Prickett. 1837.—Fred. Whiting, Peter South, Charles Muchmore. 1838.—Fred. Whiting, Silas V. Jordan, Wm. Nett. 1839.—John Wainwright, Silas V. Jordan, Daniel Cramer. 1840.—John Wainwright, Stephen Whittaker, Wm. Laymon. 1841.—John Wainwright, Stephen Whittaker, Robert Smith. 1842-—Joseph Needham, Daniel Cramer, John B. Crossley. 1843.—Joseph Needham, Daniel Cramer, Charles Muchmore. 1844 —Joseph Needham, Frederick Whiting, Charles Muchmore. 1845-46.—Frederick Whiting, Charles Muchmore, Joseph Needham. 1847-48.—Daniel Cramer, Charles Muchmore, Joseph Needham. 1849-50.—Daniel Cramer, Nicholas Scott, John Shriner. 1851.—Daniel Cramer, N. W. Jordan, John Shriner. 1852.—T. D. Scott, B. Jones, B. Covalt. 1853.—Joseph Needham, Harrison Jordan, Theodore Little. 1854.—W. McKinnie, Harrison Jordan, C. Binkley. 1855.—S. Shriner, T. Little, C. Binkley. 1856.—S. Shriner, T. Little, D. W. Thompson. 1857.—N. Hibbits, David Pringle, D. W. Thompson. 1858.—Z. Dickinson, N. M. Hibbits, W. McKinnie. 1859.—B. F. Clark, Andrew Jackson, D. Ingle. 1860.—B. F. Clark, Amos Jordan, D. Ingle. 1861.—A. Ferree, R. Fuller, John Shriner. 1862.—D. W. Thompson, A. Whiting, John Shriner. 1863.—Abraham Whittaker, J. H. Dickbruder, Amos Jordan. 1864.—Silas Muchmore, Daniel Ingle, T. J. Williams. 1865.—C. Jones, Daniel Cramer, S. Shriner. 1866.—D. W. Thompson, Daniel Cramer, C. Jones. 1867.—D. W. Thompson, George Perrine, C. Jones. 1868.—S. J. Scott, John Shriner, John Cramer. 1869 —Silas Muchmore, W. Clayton, Daniel Cramer, 1870.--Silas Muchmore, W. Clayton, Wm. Martin. 1871.—James Cramer, N. Scott, W. B. Dimmitt. 1872.—Z. Dickinson, W. McKinnie, D. W. Thompson. 1873 —W. McKinnie, D. W. Thompson, John Shriner. 1874.—W. McKinnie, Francis Fuller, John Shriner. 1875.—D. W. Thompson, Cyrus Brown, Silas Muchmore. 506 - HISTORY OF CLERMONT COUNTY, OHIO. 1876.-John Shriner, Cyrus Brown, Silas Muchmore. 1877.-Robert Hill, Cyrus Brown, Curtis Thompson. 1878.-Robert Hill, Cyrus Brown, H. Whitenack. 1879.-A. Boleer, B. F. Clark, H. Whitenack. TOWNSHIP CLERKS. 1820, Robert Leak; 1821, John Beatty ; 1822, W. Thacker ; 1823, Frederick Whiting; 1824, Elijah Laymon ; 1825, John Randall; 1826-27, James C. Hanley ; 1828, Robert McMullen ; 1829, William Nott; 1830, Weston Clark ; 1831, John Beatty ; 1832-33, A. F. Morrison; 1834, Jacob G. Dimmitt ; 1835-41, A. F. Morrison; 1842-47, M. Clayton; 1848-49, D. M. Barr; 1850-54, M. Clayton ; 1855-56, H. Morgan; 1857-60, L. C. Binkley; 1861-62, J. W. Thompson; 1863, L. C. Binkley; 1864, Stephen Cramer; 1865, L. C. Binkley ; 1866-67, S. J. Scott; 1368-69, J. H. Thompson; 1870, H. Jordan ; 1871', Byron Cramer ; 1872-74, H. Jordan; 1875, C. Whitenack; 1876, L. C. Binkley; 1877, C, Whitenack; 1878-79, J. C. Little. TOWNSHIP TREASURERS. 1820-22, Joseph Smith; 1823-24, Darlin Tuttle; 1825, Silas V. Jordan ; 1826, Jacob Taylor; 1827-32, Silas V. Jordan ; 1833, William Cramer; 1834-38, Sitas V. ,Jordan; 1839-42, Frederick Whiting i 1843-50, Christopher Binkley ; 1851-53, D. M. Barr ; 1854, B. Jones; 1855-59, Charles Muchmore ; 1860-63,H. Morgan; 1864, Charles Muchmore; 1865-79, Louis Asher. TOWNSHIP ASSESSORS. 1846, D. M. Barr ; 1847, W, Sloane; 1848-49, B. Jones ; 1850, B. Jordan ; 1851-52, James Crosson; 1853-55, Joseph Cramer; 1856, John Stouder; 1857-58, Daniet Cramer ; 1859, Hiram Prickett; 1860, John Stouder; 1861, Charles Wood ; 1862, H. Jordan ; 1863, A. Lyons ; 1864, Jacob Jordan ; 1865, J. Harris; 1866-68, Silas Muchmore; 1869, L. C. Binkley ; 1870, John Harris ; 1871, L. C. Binkley; 1872, W. B. Rice; 1873, W. Murphy ; 1874, John Sutton ; 1875, John Little; 1876, Josiah Little; 1877, S. L. Hazelton ; 1878-79, Leo Grimes. MILLS AND DISTILLERIES ON STONELICK AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. In 1839, Orson Clark built a saw-mill on the north bank of Stonelick Creek, a short distance above Cowen's bridge. It is still in running order, and is the only one run by waterpower on that stream at the present time. Manton Whitaker built a saw-mill a mile above Clark's in 1858. It was washed away in 1862. Harvey Whitaker's saw-mill, built in 1848 by Richard Shumard, near Manton's, was run about twenty years. " Ward's" saw-mill, built in 1855 by Eleazur Campbell, was run about fifteen years. It was about two miles below Gaines', which was built at what date is not exactly known ; was in operation about twenty years. In 1825, William Miller had a distillery on Stonelick Creek, on the farm now owned by Mrs. I. Caudle. It lasted about ten years. In 1830, Philip Hill built a saw-mill on the farm now owned by W. Roudebush. It went down in 1840. William Harris had a grist-mill on Stonelick, near where Edenboro' now is. It went down in 1832, after having been run about eleven years. Cramer's saw-mill or Moore's Fork was built in 1851, and was in operation about six years. In 1851, Joseph Murphy and Richard Cramer built a sawmill on Smith's Rnn, on the farm now owned by Jackson Cramer. It was in operation nine or ten years. John Laymon had a grist-mill on Little's Run in 1820. It lasted but a few years. In I879, Thomas Sloan had a portable steam saw-mill on the Newtonville and Brownsville free turnpike, near Van Camp's blacksmith-shop, at the crossing of the Xenia road. Its capacity was 5000 feet per day. There are other mills in the township, but they are situated in villages, and will be noted in that connection. The leading occupation of Wayne township is the tilling of the soil. Its manufacturing interests are not worthy of great attention. VILLAGES AND TOWNS. WOODVILLE is located on the Milford and Woodville free turnpike, in the northeastern part of Wayne township, and contains about 100 inhabitants. It was laid out March 14, 1828, by Jesse Wood, as an attorney for Gen. James Taylor, and consisted of fifty-two lots in all, together with the public square, 100 by 180 feet. Main Street was 60 feet wide and 91 poles in length. The first house built on its site was by Adam Bobs in 1828, and is now the property of Moses Foster. The next one was built by G. W. Stockton in 1829, and the third was built in the same year by Enoch Meeker, and is the property of Thomas D. Scott at the present time, The first store was kept by Adam Bobs, in a house now owned by Moses Foster. This was in 1829. The first hotel was kept by G. W. Stockton in 1833, and is now occupied by J. C. Little. Enoch Meeker built the first blacksmith-shop in 1832, on Main Street, where he worked for two years. The first wagon-shop was on Main Street, and was built in 1833 by G. W. Stockton, where he worked for seven years. Samuel Cary built the first cooper shop in 1856. It was run by him for two years, and afterwards owned by John Hawkins. In 1846, Henry 'ales built a shop for bending all kinds of timber into various articles. He worked for thirteen years, and gave employment to a great many hands. A. Bobs built a pork-house on the west side of the road (near the ravine) leading from Blanchester to Woodville, in 1835, where he cut pork for several years. Among those who have kept stores since A. Bobs might be mentioned the names of William Adams, Charles Seward, Thomas Hainey, John Swaggurt, William Reed, Thos. Reed, N. Hibbitts, and John M. Foster, who has the only one now in the village, which he has been keeping for the past ten years. Of the many blacksmiths who have worked, since 1835, the most prominent are Watt C. Dudley, who succeeded Enoch Meeker, Thomas Kelsey, Robert McKinnie, Noah Frybarger, C. Thompson, James Palmer, and William Lever, who had shops on the south side of Main Street. On the north side, Henry Starkey, Harrison Starkey, E. Stoten, and Isaac Long have worked, and owned the shop now occupied by J. Bundy. Z. Dickipson succeeded G. W. Stockton as a wagon-maker and left in 1870. At the present time F. Scanlan has a shop on the south side of Main Street. Frederic Hoffman was the first shoemaker, and had a shop on Main Street in 1835, where he worked for one year, when he was succeeded by Moses Dudley, who has a shop at the present time. Michael Divelves had a shop in 1845, in which he worked until his death in 1864. Dudley & Pepermint had one on the site of A. J. Rosse's present residence, They were succeeded by G. W. Shelton, who worked for one year only. WAYNE TOWNSHIP - 507 FACTORIES.-In 1858, S. Gerry built a truss-hoop factory, in which he manufactured a great many, giving employment to several hands. After working two years he sold it to the Carr Brothers, who ran it about one year. In 1870, F. Scanlin built an axe-handle factory on the south side of Main Street. In connection with the axe- handle factory lie manufactured grain-cradles. He did business for seven years, giving employment to a large number of workmen. John Hull, in 1843, had a turning- lathe for the manufacture of chair-stuff. In 1842, Bobs & Dudley built a steam saw-mill, which they ran three years. In 1855, C. C. Taylor built a saw-mill, was succeeded by Jared Adams, who put in a grist-mill ; was owned and operated by A. Cramer from 1857 to 1863, when it burned down. PHYSICIANS AND POST-OFFICE.—In 1832, Dr. E. Mann had an office in the town for three years. His successors have been Dr. G. Weston, Dr. T. T. Russell, Dr. A. White, Dr. J. W. Bishop, Dr. Hopkins, Dr. Keys, Dr. John Tedrow, and Dr. Bennett. At present there is no physician residing at Woodville. Woodville post-office was established in 1836, with A. Bobs as postmaster. His successors have been James Redman, Silas Dudley, Samuel J. McClenen, Thomas Kilsey, and J. M. Foster, the present incumbent, who was appointed in 1870. Woodville was once one of the best business towns in Northern Clermont, but, owing to its present geographical situation, is on the wane. EDENTON. Edenton is located on the Milford and Woodville free turnpike, three miles southwest of Woodville, on the north bank of Stonelick Creek, and has over 200 inhabitants. It was laid out Aug. 12, 1837, by Silas V. Jordan, and consisted of 16 lots on Main Street. Additions were made by Amos Jordan, Aug. 22, 1870, of 6 lots; and by Robert Fuller, Sr., April 24, 1874, of 8 lots; and on the 27th of April, 1874, by James Cramer, on the old pike, of 8 lots. The first house built on its site was by James Dimmitt, in 1837, and is now the property of John Prickett. The next one was a frame, built by Robert B. Thompson, in 1838, for a hotel. It is now gone, but the site is occupied by Jackson Cramer. The next one was built by Matthew McNeal, on the present site of Isaiah Doughman's blacksmith-shop, in 1838, in which he kept the first store ever in Edenton. In 1840 he was succeeded by James Dimmitt. S. V. Jordan, Bethuel Cavolt, Robert Jones, and Henry Myers have also occupied the same store. Before the town was laid out A. F. Morrison had a store on the site of the town, about the year 1834. The next store was kept by John Thompson and Robert Fuller, in 1843. They were succeeded by Jacob Swank, who did business for several years. William Evenson. had a store on a lot now the property of Jackson Cramer. In 1855, Henry Morgan built a store-room opposite the Independent Order of Odd-Fellows' Hall. He was succeeded by Jonathan Christie, Louis Asher, and J. F. Pattison. At present it is not used, The following is a list of the stores at the present time : J. F. Pattison, I. O. O. F. Hall, on north side of Main Street; Cramer & Son, on south side of Main Street, where they have been doing business since 1875 ; D. Noble, on north side of Main Street, has been in business for four months ; A. H. Morrow has a drug-store on the north side of Main Street, in which he has been selling drugs since 1875. There have been several hotels kept by different persons. J. H. Prickett has the only one at present. The first blacksmith was William Hunter, who built a shop on the present site of Jackson Cramer's store, in 1843. It is claimed by some that this shop was built in I838 by Henry Misner. The next one was built by Charles Watson, in 1847, and the next by Dale Weaver, on the opposite side of the street, now owned by Marcelus Brunk. He was succeeded by Joseph Leever, and he by William Palmer, and lie by W. Hawkins. At present it is occupied by M. Brunk, who has worked in it for nine years. This and Doughman's are the only blacksmith-shops in Edenton at present. In connection with blacksmithing, Doughman & Son do undertaking. The first wagon-shop was built by Daniel Floer, on the lot now owned by Silas Jordan. S. J. Scott had a carriage- and undertaking-shop a few years ago. At the present time Abraham Whitaker has the only one in the place. T. Little has a shop on Main Street, where he has been working for three years. H. Garrison is the only harness-maker. He has worked in different parts of the village sinee 1858. His shop at present is on the north side of Main Street. The first cooper-shop was built in 1845 by John Thompson, on the site of Frank Cremar's wagon-shop. He employed, on an average, 20 hands for twelve years. There have been several small turning-lathes at various dates in operation. FACTORIES AND MILLS.—In 1850, Jasper Pierce had a hame-factory and worked six hands. He quit in 1859. In 1874, N. Kelsey built a hame-factory on the road leading to Fuller's mill. He works 16 hands and manufactures 15,000 pairs annually. Nicholas Corday has a large tin-shop on Main Street, where he employs five hands in the manufacture of tinware. Fuller's Steam Grist- and Saw-Mill was built in 1870 by George Greenwalt. Its capacity is 100 bushels of wheat in twelve hours and the same amount of corn. In connection with the grist- is a saw-mill, turning-lathe, and saws for sawing hames and other purposes. The turning-lathe manufactures 3000 pieces daily. This mill gives employment to seven hands on an average. PHYSICIANS AND THE POST-OFFICE.-The first physician to locate at this place was Dr. J. Dimmitt, in what year is not known. Since his departure Dr. W. Jackson, Dr. C. Leever, Dr. W. Frazee, Dr. Boyer, Dr. Rufus White, Dr. A. Bobs, Dr. W. Carmichael, Dr. Philip Cole, and Dr. Jacob Hall. Dr. S. B. Judkins, who is located at this place at present, was born in 1833; received a collegiate education ; studied medicine with his father, Dr. S. Judkins ; graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa., in 185I ; has been engaged in the practice of his 508 - HISTORY OF CLERMONT COUNTY, 01II0. profession ever since, and at this place for the past seven years. Dr. J. H. Norman, who has had an office here since 1875, was born in 1851 ; received a collegiate education ; studied medicine under Dr. H. C. Watkins, of Blanchester, Ohio ; graduated from the Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati, Ohio, in the class of 1875, since which time he has been engaged in the practice of his profession. Edenton post-office was established in 184I. Robert James was the first postmaster. Since that time Henry Morgan, Louis Asher, Henry Guneson, Margaret Jones, Jacob Swank, and Byron Cramer have acted in that capacity,---the latter since 1875. It has a daily mail. Edenton is one of the most enterprising villages in the county. Its buildings of all kinds are neat and commodious. Situated in the centre of a large and fertile farming community, it has the means of growing rapidly in wealth and population. NEWTONVILLE. Newtonville is situated on the Logtown and Newtonville free turnpike, three miles southwest of the former place. It is a thriving village of 150 inhabitants. It was laid out March 30, 1838, by Stephen Whitaker and Cornelius Washburn, and contained 32 lots and four streets, viz., Main, Amity, Liberty, and Cross, each 66 feet wide. An addition of 12 lots on the Logtown pike was made Jan. 2I, 1872, by C. McCollum. John Beltz built the first house on lot No. 12, in September, 1838. It was a one-story log building. The next one was built by Benjamin Clemons, on lot No. 5, in 1839. Jonas Hill, Vandergrif Harris, Thomas Foote, and Enoch Hunter each built houses about that time. The first store was kept by Moses Pickelhiemer on a lot now owned by Samuel McKinnie. The second store was kept by Samuel Beltz, in the building now occupied by S. Shriner, which was built. in 1849, which he occupied for five or six years. In 1869, Zed. South built the store-room that he occupies at the present time. In 1870, Z, Dickinson had a store where G. E. Mattox's drug-store now is. In 1876 a grange-store was started in this place, of which J. H. Thompson was the manager. In I868 he was succeeded by George Sapp, and he by G. E. Mattox, who is making drugs a specialty at present. The first blacksmith-shop was built by John Beltz in 1839, and stood on lot No. 19. His son Anderson built the next, on present site of John Strowhover's. Binkley had a shop on the lot where Mary Shriner now resides. John Strowhover is the only one working at present, where he has been for seven years. Jefferson Rust had the first shoe-shop. He left in 1863, since which time M. M. Hill, Charles Schooley, and Victor Nichols have built shops, where they are now working. In 1866, Francis Kelsey had a harness-shop in a house now occupied by Elias Shumard. In 1873, Cornelius Needham had one also. P. McFarland has one at present in V. Nichols' shoe-shop. In 1870, Abraham Whitaker built a wagon-shop on Vine Street, in which he has been working ever since. In 1876, Samuel McKinnie built a carpenter-shop on lot No. 7. John Work has a cabinet- and undertaking-shop, where he has worked for some fifteen years. FACTORIES, MILLS, ETC.-There have been several turning-lathes, owned by Benjamin Clemons, Vandergrif Harris, Thomas Hair, and John Miller, all of whom did a good business. In 1859, Thomas Foster had a cooper-shop where M. M. Hill now lives. Newtonville Chair-Factory was brought from Boston, in September, 1870, by W. Roudebush, David Jones, and Sylvester Shriner. They remained in partnership until 1873, when W. Roudebush became sole owner. Its capacity is twenty dozen of chairs daily. It gives employment to about fifteen hands. The Newtonville Grist-Mill was partially built from Griswold's steam saw-mill, which was purchased in 1876 and removed to this place by J. H. Orebaugh, who is the present proprietor. Its capacity is 100 bushels of wheat in 14 hours. PHYSICIANS AND THE POST-OFFICE.-The first physician to locate in Newtonville was Dr. A. McNeal, who had an office in the house now occupied by M. M. Hill, in 1848. In 1849 he left. Dr. W. S. Anderson opened an office in 1858. He was born in 1828 ; received an academic education ; studied medicine under Dr. R. Westerfield at Goshen, and finished under Dr. A. B. Emery ; graduated from Starling Medical College at Columbus, Ohio, in 1852 ; has been located at Newtonville since 1858. In October, 1879, Dr. W. Barry opened an office at this place. He was born near Blanchester, Ohio, in 1847 ; received a collegiate education ; studied medieine under Dr. J. Watkins, of Blanchester ; graduated from the Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati, in the class of 1879. Newtonville post-office was established in 1845 with Jonas Hill as postmaster. His successors have been Abraham McNeal, W. Hooker, Nathan Hibbits, Louis Asher, Z. Dickinson, Samuel Beltz, and Zed. South, the present incumbent. The Mail is daily. SECRET ORDERS. EDENTON LOGE, No. 308, I. O. O. F., was instituted June 26, 1856, by C. B. Stickney, G. W. M. of the State of Ohio. M. S. Picklehiemer, Jasper Pierce, D. M. Barr, Joseph Hayward, Benedict Jones, Mahlon Pierce, D. W. Thompson, and Louis Asher were charter members. The first officers were M. S. Picklehiewer, N. G. ; Jasper Pierce, V. G. ; Joseph Hayward. Rec. Sec. ; Benedict Jones, Treas. They were elected and installed June 26, 1856. Since that time the following have been the Noble Grands : 1857, January., Jasper Pierce ; July, D. M. Barr. 1858, January, L. C. Binkley ; July, Henry Morgan. 1859, January, W. A. Carmichael ; July, Harrison Jordan. 1860, January, E. Gregory ; July, Jasper Pierce. 1861, January, Daniel Weaver ; July, John Cramer. 1862, January, John Jordan ; July, Amos Jordan. 1863, January, W. L, Cramer ; July, W. Palmer. 1864, January, W. McKinnie ; July, W. Wene. 1865, January, J. H. Thompson ; July, W. H. Picklehiemer. 1866, January, D. W. Thompson ; July, Jas. Cramer. 1867, January, S. J. Scott ; July, J. D. Murphy. 1868, January, N. Yates ; July, David Ingle. 1869, January, John Schuyler ; July, Daniel Felter. 1870, January, George Pierce ; July, J. T. Barr. WAYNE TOWNSHIP - 509 187I, January, Thos. Kelsey ; July, J. H. Thompson, Jr. 1872, January, Jacob Jordan ; July, Louis Asher. 1873, January, G. W. Sly ; July, Henry Garrison. 1874, January, U. B. Malott ; July, J. T. Jordan. 1875, January, Marceline Brink ; July, W. Martin. 1876, January, John Schooley ; July, S. L. Hazleton. 1877, January, J. E. Hendry ; July, A. J. Sly. 1878, January, J. II. Scott ; July, A. H. Norman. 1879, January, F. M. Wood ; July, Chas. Dunham. 1880, January, Martin Cramer ; Silas Oliver, V. G.; J. T. Barr, Rec. Sec. ; J. H. Thompson, Per. Sec.; Henry Garrison, Treas. Aggregate membership is 19I ; present number, 68. The time of meeting is Saturday evening in each week, at seven o'clock P.M. The lodge built its first hall before it had obtained a charter. It was situated on the south side of Main Street ; was a frame building two stories in height, and cost $1200. In 1878 it was removed to its present site. In 1878 the lodge built a two-story brick building, 28 by 60 feet, the upper story being a lodge hall, the lower for a store. It cost $4000, and was dedicated Aug. 17,1878, by P. G. J. T. De Mar, special deputy. In 1858 the lodge purchased four acres of land from Robert Fuller, to be used for a cemetery, which is being filled up rapidly. There are three of the charter members of Edenton Lodge who are still members, viz. : D. W. Thompson, Louis Asher, and Jasper Pierce. This is among the wealthiest lodges of the State. NEWTONVILLE LODGE, No. 685, I. O. O. F., was instituted July 26,1879, by the Most Worthy Grand Master, E. K. Wilcox, with Z. South, W. E. Montgomery, J. C. Work, Charles Schooley, B. Shields, U. B. Malott, W. S. Anderson, M. M. Hill, F. M. Wood, John Schooley, George Wood, M. Brunk, C: C. Brown, A. Shoe, A. Whitaker, W. G. Cramer, S. S. Woods, and George Pierce as charter members. Officers for 1879.-N. G., Z. South ; V. G., J. P. Work ; Sec., C. Schooley ; Per. Sec., W. E. Montgomery ; Treas., A. Whitaker ; Warden, W. T. Cramer ; Cond., W. S. Anderson ; I. G., C. C. Brown ; O. G., M. Brunk ; R. S. N. G., W. B. Malott ; L. S. V. G., M. M. Hill ; R. S. S., F. M. Wood ; L. S. S., A. Williams. 1880.-N. G., J. P. Work ; V. G., W. S. Anderson ; Sec., A. Williams; Per. Sec., M. Brunk ; Treas., Z. South ; Warden, M. M. Hill ; Cond., J. H. Orebaugh ; I. G., S. S. Wood ; O. G., W. E. Montgomery ; R. S. N. G., C. Schooley ; L. S. N. G., W. B. Malott ; L. S. V. G., F. C. Manning ; R. S. S., G. W. Sligh ; L. S. S., G. M. Wood. At present the lodge meets in the school-house on every Saturday evening at half-past seven o'clock. In September, 1879, the lodge commenced to build a hall, which is not completed at the present time. It is situated on Main Street, and will cost $2000. In 1879 a lodge of Masons located at Newtonville, working under a dispensation, which has since been taken away from it. EDENTON LODGE, No. 332, F. AND A. M., was organized March 5,1857, under a dispensation from the Grand Lodge of Ohio, with James Crossen, Andrew Jackson, Granville Jackson, J. S. Murphy, J. D. Murphy, W. Murphy, N. W. Jordan, Harrison Jordan, J. J. Wainwright, Josiah Prickett, Cyrus Brown, J. H. Prickett, W. A. Carmichael, Charles Wood, Franklin Lyons, James Prickett, John McCollum, Silas Muchmore, A. F. Morrison, and W. P. Jackson. The officers under the dispensation were Andrew Jackson, W. M. ; J. J. Wainwright, S. W. ; Joseph D. Murphy, J. W. J. S. Murphy, S. D. ; James Crossen, Sec. ; N, W. Jordan, Treas. ; and Harrison Jordan, Tyler. After they had worked six months the Grand Lodge of the State took the dispensation away from them; but on the 5th of April, 1860, a second dispensation was granted, and the following officers were elected : Andrew Jackson, W. M.; J. J. Wainwright, S. W.; J. D. Murphy, J. W.; J. S. Murphy, S. D. ; Granville Jackson, J. D. ; James Crossen, Sec. ; N. W. Jordan, Treas. ; W. Murphy, Tyler. On Dec. 20,1860, the lodge was constituted by W. H. Cummings, proxy of the Grand Worthy Master of the State of Ohio. Since that time the following have served as Masters and Secretaries : Masters.-1861, Andrew Jackson ; 1862-63, J. J, Wainwright; 1864, J. S. Murphy; 1865-66, J. J, Wainwright ; 1867-69, J. S. Murphy ; 1870, J. J. Wainwright ; 1871, A. Jackson ; 1872-75, J. S. Murphy ; 1876, J. Schuyler; 1877, John Sutton ; 1878, J. J. Wainwright ; 1879, Lee Grimes. Secretaries.-1861, Jas. Crossen; 1862, Daniel Weaver; 1863, W. Palmer; I864-65, M. S, Pickelhiemer; 1866, Z. Dickenson ; 1867, John Schuyler ; 1868-69, J. J. Wainwright; 1870-71, J. S. Murphy ; 1872-75, J. J. Wainwright; 1876, J. E. Hendry ; 1877-78, Hiram Prickett ; 1879, C. Whitenack. 1880.-A. B. Friend, W. M.; C. J. Spain, S. W, ; J. S. Murphy, J. W. ; Byron Cremar, Treas. ; Marion Chaney, Sec. ; John Sutton, S. D. ; James McGraw, J. D. ; J. II. Priekett and J. J. Wainwright, Stewards ; W. H. Wainwright, Tyler. Aggregate membership, 80 ; present number, 50. In 1860 a brick building, two stories in height, was built on Cross Street. The upper story is used for a place of meeting for the lodge ; the lower for a town-hall. Edenton Lodge is one of the wealthiest in the county for the time it has been established. EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS. The first school-house built in Wayne township was on the farm now owned by Amos Jordan, in 1815. It was a log building, and would seat about 25 pupils. Who the first teacher was that kept school in it is not known. The next one was on or near the site of the school-house in district No. 2, and was built in 18I7. It was also a log building. A man by the name of Scanlin was among the first teachers in the township. W. S. Morrison is also remembered as another one of the early teachers. In 1826 the township was divided into six districts, and in 1831 another one was added. After the organization of Jackson township the number was reduced, but for only one or two years. In 1839 the number of districts was increased to eight, and in 1851 to nine; and 1867 to ten, which is the present num- 510 - HISTORY OF CLERMONT COUNTY, OHIO. ber. In 1838 the enumeration was 428; in 1844, 576; in 1850, 608. In 1850 the school fund for tuition and contingent purposes was $904.24. Members of the board of education in 1857 were N. Scott, William Roudebush, J. McCollum, Jasper Pierce, E. Chaney, Francis Shumard, and Granville Jackson ; William Roudebush, President, and L. C. Binkley, Clerk. Enumeration, 768. In 1869 the members were John Harris, Frederick Weaver, J. H. Thompson, Jr., Edward Gregory, Silas Muchmore, W. C. Dudley, Isaac Cross, Asa Newton, John Washburn, and T. M. Quimby. President, T. M. Quimby, and J, H. Thompson, Clerk. In 1879 the members were F. Weaver, D. Grosnickle, D. W. Thompson, H. Whitenack, Z. South, A. Bolser, Smith Ferree, J. H. Thompson, J. S. Murphy, and J. W. Foster ; J. S. Murphy, President, and J. C. Little, Clerk. Enumeration, 735. In 1879 the following persons taught school in Wayne township for the wages per day set opposite their names : Sub-district No. 1, W. Gillespie, $1.50. No. 2, James Jordan, $1.50. No. 3, Mark Leever, $2. No. 4, A grade, S. Monfut, $2.50 ; B grade, Simeon Grosnickle, $1.50. No. 5, T. F. Lyons, $2.25. No. 6, A grade, J. C. Little, $2.25 ; B grade, Ernstien Myers, $1.25. No. 7, A grade, George Wiles, $2; B grade, Ellen Dennis, $1.25. No. 8, A, Whitenack, Jr., $2.I0. No. 9, Lafayette Brandenburg, $2.03. No. 10, B. F. Rapp, $1.75. There have never been any private schools in Wayne township nor special school districts. The value of the school-houses will aggregate $15,000. RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES. EBENEZER CHAPEL METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. As early as 1811, Silas V. Jordan's was a preaching- place for the Methodist itinerants, and in 1814 a hewed- log house for worship was built on his farm, on which the town of Edenton is now situated. The members at the time of its organization were Jacob Jordan, Mary Jordan, Joseph Smith, Hannah Smith, Jacob Taylor, Esther Taylor, Robert Smith, Nelly Smith, John Meek, Cassander Meek, Solomon Smith, Nancy Smith, John Harris, Margaret Harris, Nathaniel Jordan, Nancy Jordan, Silas V. Jordan, Elizabeth Jordan, Sarah Jordan, Milly Jordan, Patience Jordan, and Sarah Harris. The first class-leaders were Solomon Smith, John Harris, and Jacob Jordan. In 1861 the class-leaders were Hiram Prickett, J, S. Murphy. At present they are H. Garrison and Marcellus Brunk. Stewards, II. Garrison and Marcelus Brunk ; Trustees, Jackson Cramer, Marcellus Brunk, S. B. Judkins, Jackson Sly, E. C. Runyan, and H. Garrison : aggregate membership, 700 ; present, 40. This church belongs to Cincinnati Conference, East Cincinnati District., and Butlerville Circuit since 1869. The log church having gone down in 1851, a brick, 40 by 60, and one story in height, was built by R. D. Thompson for $1700. It was dedicated by Rev. Rutledge in September, 1851, and given the name of Ebenezer Chapel.. The present value of the church property is $1800. In 1829 a Sunday-school was organized in the old church with Solomon Smith as superintendent, who held that office for a great many years. Since 1859, D. M. Barr, Jackson Cramer, H. Garrison, Jacob Laymen, James Adams, and M. Brunk have been superintendents, the latter being the superintendent at the present time. Secretary, W. A.. Garrison ; Treasurer, H, Garrison. NEWTONVILLE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. In 1832 preaching was had at the residence of James McCollum's, and in 1834 a class was organized by Rev. Isaac C. Hunter at the same place. The members of that class were Hiram Prickett, Snowden Ferree, Charlotte Ferree, Cary A. Westerfield, Minerva Westerfield, James McCollum, Elizabeth McCollum. Jane McCollum, William Cowen, Elena Cowen, Mary Elstun, Mary Shiner, and others. First trustees were Joseph Needham, Cornelius Washburn, G. W. Ward, Christopher Shriner, and Snowden Ferree ; Class-Leaders, Joseph Needham, G. W. Ward, John Wood, Aaron C. Hill, John Shriner, John Washburn, Jonathan Schooley, U. C. Malott., G. W. Needham, Francis Shumard, J. H. Orebaugh ; Steward, John Shriner. Present trustees, Robt. Needham, John Washburn, J. W. Hall, W. A. Dimmitt, W. B. Dimmitt, Joseph Cole, G. W. Needham, John Shriner, and Francis Shumard. Aggregate membership, 500 ; present, 140. J. H. Thompson originated from the society as a local preacher. Belongs to the Cincinnati Conference, Hillsboro' District, and Newtonville Circuit. The society has had two church buildings. The first one was situated on the Cedarville road, one mile northeast of Newtonville, and was built in 1844. It was a brick building 30 by 40, and one story in height, and cost $900, The building committee consisted of Joseph Needham, Cornelius Washburn, G. W. Ward, Christopher Shriner, and Snowden Ferree, and was built by John-Shriner and N. W. Jordan. In 1872 a frame church, 33 by 50 feet, and one story in height, was built on Liberty Street, Newtonville, by M. M. Hill, for $2500. The building committee consisted of John Shriner, J. H. Thompson, and W. B. Dimmitt. Present value of church property is $3000. Among the most important revivals was one held by Rev. William McMahon in 1876. As early as 1845 a Sunday-school was organized and met at the residence of John Shriner. The first superintendent was Snowden Ferree. Since that time J. H. Thompson, John Wood, J. H. Thompson, G. W. Wiles and J. H. Orebaugh have held that position. Present officers : Superintendent, J. H. Orebaugh ; Assistant, G. W. Wiles ; Secretary, Charles Schooley ; Treasurer, John Washburn. STONELICK REGULAR BAPTIST CHURCH. This church was organized in 1853 with the following persons as constituent members : James Clark, Nadine' Clark, Orson Clark, Nancy Clark, Elizabeth Roudebush, T. J. Williams, Mrs. T. J. Williams, Peter Vandervort, Alice Vandervort, John Woak, Samuel Davis, Christopher Clark, John Glancy, and Drusilla Glancy. The first officers were : Trustees, S. E. Davis, Orson Clark, and John Frazee ; Clerk, James Clark ; Deacons, S. E. Davis, William Ware. Clerks, James Clark, from 1853 till 1870, and B. F. WAYNE TOWNSHIP - 511 Clark, from 1870 till 1880. Present church officers are: Trustees, James Clark, T. J. Williams, and W. Roudebush ; B. F. Clark, Treasurer. Aggregate membership, 450. Present membership, 147. The first pastor was Rev. George Sapp, who had charge of the church from 1853 to 1869 ; Rev. Joseph Hawkins, from 1869 to 1871 ; Rev. William Spaldon, front 1871 to 1876 ; Rev. J. R. Powell, from 1876 to 1879. The church belongs to the East Fork Association. In 1853 the trustees, acting as a building committee, built a frame church, 30 by 40 and one story high, on the Newtonville and Logtown free turnpike, south of the village of Newtonville, at a cost of $750. In 1870 there was an addition of fifteen feet built to it, costing $500. It was rededicated Sept. 3, 1870, by Rev. E. R. Hera. Present value of the church property is $2000. This church was a branch of the Stonelick Church, and their histories are identical and the same from 1838 until 1853, when this church was organized from that portion of the membership residing near and in reach of Newtonville, though properly speaking the balance of the membership and the church building belonged to it also. There has been a Sunday-school maintained by the church since its dedication. First superintendent was Christopher Clark. Since that time the following persons have acted in that capacity : Thos. Shields, B. F. Clark, John Strohover, G. M. Roudebush, J. O. Hahn, and James Clark. The present officers are : Superintendent, James Clark ; Assistant, Mrs. S. A. Clark ; Secretary, F. W. Clark ; Treasurer, Lizzie Sapp ; Organist, Lizzie Sapp ; Librarian, Luella Clark. Number of volumes in library, 150. There are 170 officers, teachers, and scholars enrolled. In connection with the church is a Woman's Mission Circle, which was organized Aug. 31, 1875, with the following officers : President, Mrs. Alfred Shields ; Vice- President, Mrs. Lida Canter ; Treasurer, Mrs. Martha Clark. STONELICK GERMAN BAPTIST CHURCH. This church was in its early history called " Obannon Baptist Church," as a majority of its membership lived on that stream, though it had not a few on Ten-Mile and several in the central part of Warren and Hamilton Counties. It was organized about the year 1802, though it is claimed that an organization was perfected at an earlier date. Who organized the church is not known. The following persons are now remembered as being members at or soon after its organization : John Garver and wife, Abraham Miller, Catharine Miller, David Miller, Magdaline Miller, Stephen Miller and wife, Frederick Weaver, Elizabeth Weaver, Mathias Maugans, David Bowman and wife, Joseph Myers and wife, Jonathan Conrod and wife, John Brown and wife, Isaac Cord, Gabriel Maugans, John Cramer and wife, Samuel Shepley, Jacob Garver and wife, William Stouder and wife, Christian Stouder and wife, Michael Custer and wife, Stephen Miller, Jr., Louis Caudle and wife, Gabriel Karns and wife, Jonas Bowman, Lydia Belar, Catharine Gray, Arthur McNeal and wife, Rachel Frybarger, Sarah Stouder, Sarah Binkley, Daniel Miller and wife, Daniel Reprogle and wife, Jacob Metzer and wife, Esther Mau gans, and Daniel Maugans and wife. Of those that lived on Ten-Mile, Joseph Garber and wife, F. Stoner and wife. Four of the Beckleheimers and four of the Custars is a partial list. The first deacons were Abraham Miller and Joseph Myers. Their successors have been William Stouder, Daniel Miller, J. Gonver, Jr., Samuel Shepley, Nathan Hayward, Louis Chaney, Frederick Weaver, Joseph Moler, Gabriel Karns, Hiram Whiting, Joseph Pringle, Isaac Watson, Daniel Grosnack, Joseph Gibbs, and Philip Pringle. The present officers are : Deacons, Joseph Gibbs, Isaac Watson, and Philip Pringle; Clerk, Jesse Brown. Aggregate membership, 795 ; present, 75. Almost all the ministers that have preached for the church have originated from it. John Garver, Sr,, was one of the first pastors. He was the eldest of seven brothers, all ministers. Frederick Weaver, Mathias Maugans, Jacob Garver, Daniel Miller, Jacob Carnes, John Lawyer, John Brower, Nathan Hayward, John Moler, Andrew Moler, Gabriel Karns, John Moler, Jr., Joseph Pringle, and Daniel Grossnagle, who is pastor at the present time, have succeeded him. In 1854 a brick church 30 by 50 and one story in height was built on the Midford and Woodville turnpike, two miles west of Edenton, at a cost of $1000. The building committee was Frederic Weaver, Jesse Brown, John Stouder, Hiram Whiting, and Gabriel Karns. EDENTON BAPTIST CHURCH was organized about the year 1815. The following persons are known to have belonged to it at that time : Ruce Carter, Elizabeth Carter, Samuel Clevenger, Susannah Clevenger, George Hunter and wife, Joseph Hendrick and wife, Joseph Laymon and wife, W. Laymon, William Sloane and wife, John Thomas and wife, Buckner Caudle and wife. Rev. Jacob Laymon was the first and only pastor that preached regularly for the church. In 1815 a log church was built on the farm then owned by Ruce Carter and at the present by Silas Muchmore. In 1830 the church went down, as a majority of , the members removed to Indiana. It is not known whether there was a Sunday-school in connection with the church or not. Of the first members, all have passed off the stage of action, and its existence will soon be numbered with the things that were but are now no more. WOODVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH. In 1827 an organization was perfected by the Rev. Cyrus Dudley, and in 1835 a frame church 25 by 36 was built on Walnut Street, at a cost of $200. From 1855 until its final abandonment as a church in 1863 the membership was quite small. Of the church's further history we have been unable to obtain any facts. The church building is now the property of M. B. Price. EDENTON CHRISTIAN UNION CHURCH. In 1863, Rev. George Maley preached at different places in the vicinity of Edenton, especially at W. D. Thompson's. On the 17th of July, 1864, the church was organized by Rev. H. T. Bowman; of which organization William Thompson, Alice Thompson, Peter P. Woolf, John Prick- 512 - HISTORY OF CLERMONT COUNTY, OHIO. ett, J. H. Prickett, William Hawkins, Hiram Prickett, Abraham Whitenack, Jacob Jordan, Isaac Hawkins, Sarah R. Jackson, Nancy Wainwright, Ann C. Barr, Susan Hawkins, Martha Prickett, Jane Prickett, Susannah Prickett, C, P. Hawkins, Sarah Picklehiemer, Elizabeth Picklehiemer, David Picklehiemer, Starkey Harris, Nancy Harris, John T. Caudle, Albert Yale, Thomas Little, A. P. Little, Theodore Little, M. Little, Uzzie Clayton, Jane Clayton, Jones Ragston, David Ingle, Sarah Ingle, William Prickett, Ann Picklehiemer, and Mary Hawkins were members. First church officers were : Trustees, M. S. Picklehiemer, A. Whitenuck, Jacob Jordon, J. H. Prickett, William Ingle, David Ingle, D. Thompson, James Crosson, John Cramer, Silas Muchmore, and W. McKinnie, who are the present trustees with the exception of William Ingle, who has been added since the organization. Elders, Hiram Prickett, chief; M. S. Picklehiemer, recording ; and J. H. Prickett, financial. The elders at the present time are W. D. Courts, A. P. Little, and J. H. Prickett. Aggregate membership, 175 ; present, 125. P. P. Woolf, Josiah Butler, and J. S. Hawkins have gone out from this church as ministers. The first pastor was Rev. P. P. Woolf, who preached for two years, Rev. R. A. M. Johnston for five years, Josiah Butler two years, Rev. Uriah Milburn for three years, and Rev. J. W. Klise for four years, who is the pastor at the present time. It belongs to the Ohio Council and Fourth District Circle. In 1864 the trustees of the church, acting as a building committee in general, and Andrew Jackson, Moses Picklehiemer, and William Ingle as a special committee, built a frame church 50 by 60, and one story in height, at a cost of $2800. The church is situated on Cross Street, and is one of the largest frame churches in the county. It was dedicated in September, 1864, by the Rev. II. T. Bowman. This was the first Christian Union church built in the State of Ohio. In 1865 the second Grand Council of the church was held at this place. After the church was built a Sunday-school was organized, with Hiram Prickett as superintendent. He has been succeeded by Jacob Jordon, David Picklehiemer, Moses Picklehiemer, J. H. Prickett, W. H. Clayton, C. P. Hawkins, M. Clayton, W. McKinnie, N. J. Priekett, M. Little, Josiah Prickett, and W. D. Courts. WOODVILLE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. In 1848, Rev. David Thompson here preached in the school-house and at the Baptist church ; and in 1849 he organized a church at this place, f which Samuel Taylor, Patience Taylor, Amos Foote, Elizabeth Foote, Caleb Taylor, Catherine Taylor, Samuel Augustin, Mehitable Augustin, John Foote, Mary Foote, Jacob Frybarger, and Elizabeth Frybarger were constituent members. First elder was Jacob Frybarger ; since that time Samuel Taylor, Samuel Augustin, and Amos Foote have filled that office. Deacons, Samuel Taylor, W. Rice, Moses Dudley, Benjamin Olin. Aggregate membership, 120 ; present number, 60. The first pastor was Rev. David Thompson. Rev. John Perigee, Davey, and — Trowbridge have also preached for this church. There has been no preaching in the church for over two years. In 1850 a frame church 36 by 46 was built on Main Street at a cost of $750. Present value of church property is $500. In 1852 a Sunday-school was organized, which has been in operation about one-third of the time since. WOODVILLE CHRISTIAN UNION CHURCH was organized March 18, 1866, by Rev. J. J. Woolf, with a membership of I1. First officers were : Leading Elder, George Jester ; Recording, Z. Dickinson ; Financial, J. D. Hogan. Present officers are Elder J. M. Swigert, Leading; Ann Bradenburg, Recording ; and Joseph Braden- burg, Financial. Aggregate membership, 225 ; present, 40. The first pastor was Rev. Josiah Butler, who preached for the church for seven years. Pastors at present time are Rev. John Klise and Rev. A. Brook. Belongs to the Ohio Council and Fourth District. In 1867 the society built a frame church on Main Street, at a cost of $1350. Vineent Brown, J. M. Swigert, T. F. Lyons, George Slasher, and A. J. Bradenburg, who are the trustees at the present time, acted as building committee. THE JORDAN CEMETERY is situated on the north side of the Milford and Woodville free turnpike, west of Edenton, and near the present residence of Amos Jordan. It was set apart as a public cemetery by Jacob Jordan in 1813. Its area is about one acre. The first person buried in it was a man by the name of McKinley. At present it is not used, as there is no room for any more graves. It is next to the most populous city of the dead in Clermont County. In connection with the various churches small cemeteries are maintained, and in 1858 Edenton Lodge of Odd-Fellows set aside two acres of ground for burial purposes. The first person interred in it was Daniel Barr, Oct. 18, 1859. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. WILLIAM ROUDEBUSH. No family in Clermont has in a greater degree contributed to the settlement, development, and progress of the county in all its relations than that of Roudebush, which at this day is one of the most extensive in its territory, and is especially noted for the rare business tact and high personal standing that characterize its members and make them marked personages in all the departments of life. In the year 1650 two brothers and a sister of the Roudebush family emigrated from Amsterdam, Holland, to America, and located at New York City, then a quaint little Dutch village. There they remained until 1666, when they removed to Frederick Co., Md. In Holland they were merchants and reputed to be wealthy. In America they followed merchandising until their removal to the Maryland colony, when they became farmers and the owners of several large mills. In the New World this family thrived even more than in the Old. One of their members, Daniel Roudebush, was born in 1749, and in I774 married Christina Snively, born in Penn- WAYNE TOWNSHIP - 513 sylvania in 1759. She was also of Dutch descent, and was a niece of Dr. Snively, one of the most celebrated physicians in the colonies at that time. In 1796, Daniel Roudebush, with his family, emigrated to Bryant's Station, Ky,, where he remained until 1799, when he purchased five hundred acres of land from Gen. James Taylor. of Newport, Ky., in Stark's survey, No, 2753, in Clermont Co., Ohio, at two dollars per acre, and immediately located on it. He. died Oct. 3, I804, from the effects of exposure while lost in the woods in the previous December, and his wife Christina died June 10, 1833. Their son, Jacob Roudebush, was born in Fredericlc Co., Md., in 1777. In the month of October, 1806, he bought one hundred and fifty-nine acres of land from Gen. James Taylor, in Taylor's survey, No. 4237. On April I7, 1807, he married Elizabeth Hartman, by which union were born six sons and four daughters, viz., William, Francis J., Daniel, James, John, and Ambrose, the last four deceased ; Mary Ann, married to ex-sheriff Michael Cowen ; Rebecca, married to John Rapp ; Paulina, married to James Rapp ; and Sarah, never married, the last two deceased. Jacob Roudebush had one sister, who married Andrew Frybarger, of Goshen. Jacob died May 25, 1835, of cholera, and his wife Elizabeth (Hartman) departed this life July 5, 1869. She was a member of Baptist Church for sixty-eight years. He was one of the best farmers of his day, and from being by avocation in his youth a distiller, he turned his attention to agriculture and became successful and noted as a tiller of the soil. He was quiet and unassuming in his manners, and died universally respected. Mrs. Elizabeth (Hartman) Roudebush's memory of places and things and power of description of what she had seen or known was not equaled by any person in the county. She was a woman of extraordinary mental temperament, and on her maternal side was related to the Hutchinsons of Massachusetts and New York, and was descended from William Hutchinson (her grandfather of three generations preceding), who emigrated to America in 1626, and settled in Massachusetts Bay. Her great-grandfather, William Hutchinson, was born in 1695, and his wife, whose maiden name was Ann Von, was born March 6, 1700. She was a native of Amsterdam, Holland, and at the age of six years was kidnapped and brought to America. They were married in 1723, and William Hutchinson, Jr., was born Dec. 13, 1724, who in 1754 was married' to his wife Catherine, born May 17, 1731. To William Hutchinson, Jr., and his wife Catherine was horn March 24, 1755, Mary, who married Christopher Hartman. William Hutchinson, Jr., and his wife Catherine had also four sons who were Methodist preachers, to wit, Robert, Sylvester, Aaron, and Ezekiel. Ezekiel came to Ohio in 1806, and was the father of Aaron, now living in Jackson township. The father of Christopher Hartman (father of Elizabeth, who was the mother of William Roudebush) was born in Livintzburg, Prussia, May 6, 1750, and came to America in 1753, accompanied by his father and four brothers. He was a millwright by occupation, married Mary Hutchinson in Mercer Co., N. J., in August, 1776, by which union were born three sons and five daughters ; and of the latter, Elizabeth, born May 22, 1783, in Mercer Co., N, J., was married to Jacob Roudebush, father of the subject of this notice ; and Rachel, married to John Page, is the only one now living. Christopher Hartman emigrated to Kentucky in 1795, coming by water from Washington, Pa., and settled at Lexington. In 180I he removed to Williamsburgh township, in this county, and purchased of Gen. Lytle five hundred acres of land in survey No. 4780. It has been ascertained that the great-great-grandmother of William Roudebush, Ann Von, stolen and kidnapped from Holland, was of noble blood, and belonged to one of the wealthiest Dutch families, and was spirited away to the New World by designing persons, in hopes of securing a large reward for her ransom and return. No county in the " Great Northwest Territory" excelled Clermont in the character of its early settlers,-men of strong muscle and indomitable will, of deep religious devotion, and rare intelligence for pioneers opening up the unbroken forests to civilization, and forming a magnificent frontier bulwark to the then young republic just launched upon the sea of nations, Among the first to settle in Northern Clermont, in the last year of the last century, were two men who became noted in the annals of the county as its leading farmers and business men, Daniel and Jacob Ronde- bush, respectively the grandfather and father of Col. William Roudebush, the present largest land-owner of Clermont soil. Col. Roudebush was born Feb. 2, 1809, about two miles northwest of the village of Boston, on the farm now owned by Mr. L. Girard, the second year after the first log cabin was erected on it, and when it was all in woods. His father had no means of supporting his family only by his labor in clearing away the forest and raising what wheat and corn he could on the land he cleared, cutting his wheat with a sickle and threshing it with a flail, and blowing out the chaff with a sheet by the aid of his wife. His father had paid for his farm the year before William's birth, and had a team of horses and a cow, and soon got a few sheep. His wife spun, wove, and made all the clothing worn from the flax raised on the place and from the sheep kept, which for many years had to be penned up every night on account of the wolves then infesting the county. When about five years old William was sent to school to a widow lady, who had settled half a mile from his father's dwelling, for there was no school-house in that neighborhood, and when not at school he was required to help his father pick and burn brush when clearing up the woods. When nine years old his father and other settlers built a school-house of rough logs, puncheon floor, stick-and-mud chimney, paper windows, and benches split out of logs. To this William went a few weeks in the winter, when there was a subscription school of one quarter (three months), and the balance of the time he aided his father on the farm until his sixteenth year, when he attended the school kept by Samuel McClellan, for five months. The next winter he studied " Kirkham's Grammar," walking three miles to school, and the following season he took up geography in addition. The succeeding winter he went to school at Goshen, and made some progress in algebra. The ensuing year he taught school at what was called Rapp's school-house, working in the summer and fall on the canal-lock near Chilhcothe as a stone-cutter, and 514 - HISTORY OF CLERMONT COUNTY, OHIO. of nights kept the accounts of the workmen (for which he got extra pay), on a contract of Gen. Thomas Worthington, son of Governor Thomas Worthington, of Chillicothe. He returned from Chillicothe, and taught school in the winters and worked on the farm in the summers—his father having bought another one—until 1835, when his father died. He, with his mother, settled his father's estate, and had the management of the old farm, his brother Daniel having married and moved upon the other. He still taught school in the winters ; was deputy assessor one spring and assessed three townships. By this time he had saved some money, and in December, 1835, purchased the farm on which he now lives, composed of two hundred and twelve acres on Moore's Fork of' Stonelick Creek, for eight hundred and fifty dollars, all of which was then in woods, and not a stick of timber cut off save by hunters. In the following spring he deadened forty acres of it, and in spring of 1837 began clearing up the first of the forest. In 1833 he was elected clerk of Stonelick township, and re-elected the four following years. In March, 1837, he was appointed county commissioner by the Common Pleas Court to fill a vacancy, and also was ex-officio fund commissioner to loan out some thirty thousand dollars of the county's allotted share of the State fund received from the government as proceeds of sales of the public lands, and in October, 1837, was elected by the people as commissioner for three years, and re-elected in 1840 for a like term. In the fall of 1843, William Roudebush, John D. White, of Brown County, and James F. Sargent, of Washington township, were elected the three representatives to the Forty-second General Assembly of Ohio from the district composed of Clermont, Clinton, and Brown Counties, and in 1844 William Roudebush was again elected as the sole representative from Clermont. In his two years in the Legislature he took high rank as a debater, and stood justly reputed as one of the Democratic leaders in ability and influence. His speech in the House on Feb. I1, 1845, on the final passage of the bill to incorporate the State Bank of Ohio and other banking companies, was published throughout the Democratic press of the State, and received the marked encomiums of his party editors for its ability and power, and nettled the Whigs as much as it pleased the Democrats. In 1845 or 1846 he was appointed land-appraiser for the district of Stonelick, Jackson, Wayne, and Goshen townships, under the first law in Ohio placing all property at its cash value. In 1839 he had been elected justice of the peace of Stonelick, and served th ee years, and in 185I was elected magistrate of Wayne, serving a full term. In 1838 he was appointed on the board of county school examiners, in which capacity he served for three years, and previous to that, under another law, he had been township examiner. Col. Roudebush took an active interest in the old militia for fifteen years, and participated in all the trainings, musters, and marches that distinguished the county forty years ago in their evolutions and parades. He was elected captain of the fifth rifle company in the First Rifle Regiment, Third Brigade, Eighth Division of the Ohio militia, on Sept. 7, 1832, and thus served until September, 1836, when he was elected major of the same regiment, which rank he held until September, 184I, when he was elected lieutenant- colonel of the same regiment, serving in that capacity until September, 1844, when he was elected colonel of the same regiment, and so served until September, 1847, when he resigned, his commission. He was the most popular and efficient officer of the county, and his command in appearance and efficiency were not excelled by any soldiers of the State militia. All his time has been employed, when not engaged in official duties, in agricultural pursuits. When the war of the Rebellion began, in 1861, he had passed the age subjecting him to a draft, and none of his family was liable to it or old enough for military duty, yet he paid out of his pocket over one thousand dollars to relieve his township from draft and for bounties to soldiers enlisting in the Union army. On Sept. 13, 1862, he was appointed provost-marshal of Clermont County, and so served until the repeal of that county system in 1863. A Democrat of the Jackson stripe then, as now, he sustained the government in the suppression of the Rebellion and in the raising of all the quotas of volunteers for the war. In 1870 he was elected a member of the State board of equalization from the district composed of the counties of Clermont and Brown, and took in its session of 1870 and 1871, at Columbus, a very active part, and was the choice of a large number of the board for its president, but declined in favor of his intimate friend, Hon. William S. Groesbeck, of Cincinnati, who was then elected to that position. Clermont County by its local board had returned the total valuation of its taxable property at eleven million six hundred and seventy-six thousand eight hundred and fourteen dollars; but Col. Roudebush, by his untiring energy, great ability, and commanding influence, succeeded in reducing it in the board to ten million six hundred and fifty- seven thousand four hundred and eighty-eight dollars,—a reduction of over a million of dollars,—and about the same in Brown, which made the State tax about fifteen thousand dollars less in each county than it had been before, and would have continued to be under the valuations returned to the board had not his keen intellect and untiring efforts prevented it. He has been administrator and executor of many estates. He settled that of his grandmother, Christina (Snively) Roudebush, nearly fifty years ago ; next that of his father, in 1835, and from that to the present time, he has administered upon a very large number. He has acted also as guardian for a great number of minors. While he has been remarkably successful in the acquisition of wealth, he has received but little in the way of official fees, while his labors in the many public stations he has held have been generally arduous and often irksome. Hence, in none of his public offices did he make any money, and when he was county commissioner he received but two dollars per day, as fund commissioner the same, and a like amount in the Legislature. While serving as school examiner and member of State board of equalization he received no compensation, as the law authorized none. In all the military positions he held no fees or salary were paid to any officer or private, yet all able-bodied men between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years were required to drill at least two days each year, and the Rifle Regiment, to which he be- WAYNE TOWNSHIP - 515 longed, was required to drill several days both in the fall and spring, the privates having their rifles furnished, but the officers had to supply their own swords, pistols, etc. On Dec, 11, 1849, he married Elizabeth Clark, daughter of Orson and Nancy (Corbly) Clark, by whom he has two children, William Franklin Roudebush, ex-county treasurer and an attorney of the Clermont bar, and George Milton Roudebush. On Jan. 13, 1850, he removed from Stonelick township, in which he was born, and where he had lived up to that time, to the farm of two hundred and twelve acres in Wayne township which he bought, being occupied entirely by woods. He has made great improvements on it, having built the fine residence in which he has ever since resided. In April, 1847, he purchased six hundred acres of land of Gen. Stirling H. R. Gresham, of Georgia, of which he soon after sold four hundred acres, but the balance he- cleared up, improved, and still owns. In 1853 he bought of John Manning one hundred and forty-five acres in Gen. Lytle's survey, No. 4440, out of which he made an addition to the town of Newtonville and sold many lots, and donated the one on which the Baptist church is built, making the largest subscription for its erection. In 1870 he, with Sylvester Shriner and David Jones, erected the chair-factory at Newtonville, both of whose interests he soon bought. He sold the lot on which the Newtonville school edifice was constructed, and in 1877 sold to John Orebaugh the lot on which he built the grist-mill in that village. In July, 1848, he purchased of Mary Pool, of Scotland, two hundred and twenty-four acres adjoining his homestead, and of it sold one hundred and twenty acres to William Dimmitt. In I859 he bought of Col. James Taylor, of Newport, Ky., two hundred and sixty-three acres in Fox & Taylor's survey, in Stonelick, of which he conveyed forty-five acres to Rebecca Williams, twenty-six to J. R. Hill, twenty-six to Alfred Shields, and four to M. Wood. Since 1860 he has bought and sold several farms, and now owns over eighteen hundred acres in Clermont County, of which some eleven hundred are in Wayne township. From 1850 to 1880 his time has been almost exclusively engaged in farming, but during that period he served several years as president of the Milford, Edenton and Woodville Turnpike Company, and is now the acting president of the Cincinnati, Fayetteville, Hillsboro' and Huntington Railroad, to the building of which he has contributed four thousand dollars in cash on the stock he has taken in it. He is one of the largest stockholders in the First National Bank of Batavia, and has been one of its directors since its organization, holding the office of vice-president for over a decade. In the past third of a century he has paid over five thousand dollars security debts, yet he is the largest proprietor in acres and value of Clermont lands in the county, and probably its wealthiest citizen. He has ever taken the greatest interest in all educational matters, and frequently served on the Wayne township board of education. In the past thirty years he has raised and sold over thirty thousand dollars' worth of hay, the same amount of cattle and hogs, the same amount of corn, wheat, oats, and flax-seed ; three thousand dollars' worth of potatoes, same of butter, eggs, poultry, etc., making in the neighborhood of one hun dred thousand dollars' worth of productions from his lands sold direct. His productions up to 1840 were large, and still larger in the decade following. Col. Roudebush, although over threescore years and ten, is still us active as ever, physically and mentally, and is a type of Ohio's successful farmers. His stern integrity, his patriotism, his charitable disposition, and pure, unsullied character have never been questioned, and his ability and energy are known and recognized and esteemed throughout the county in which today, as he ever has been, he is a favorite. He belongs to that old school of gentlemen who believed in honor, honesty, and purity in official station, and aimed at success by labor and pure methods instead of the miserable devices and finesse that have too often characterized the lives of later public and business men of this progressive but fast age, when riches are more speedily acquired, but by more questionable means, than a quarter of a century ago. The present generation knows but little of and can hardly appreciate what it cost their fathers and grandfathers in suffering and labor to transmit to them the priceless heritage of these delightful hills and valleys of Clermont, ever beautifnl, whether we visit them amid the budding flowers of spring, or when clothed in the gorgeous beauty of summer, or in the regal robes of autumn, or yet in the sublime desolation of winter, when all nature seems left alone in silent contemplation with its Maker. The sufferings and trials of our pioneers are oft-told tales, household stories, historical facts within the reach of all, yet how prone are we to shut our eyes and ears to the lessons they teach and the examples they point out for our imitation ! The subject of this sketch came from a heroic ancestry, among the very first in this county to blaze the paths to civilization, and his whole wonderful career of success, high public services, and pure life should be an example to the young to follow instead of the blazing meteors of modern days that rise in splendor, but, devoid of industry and correct moral prin ciples, soon sink into obscurity and merited oblivion. ELIZABETH (CLARK) ROUDEBUSH. Elizabeth (Clark) Roudebush, wife of Col. William Roudebush, of Wayne township, and a most estimable woman, is descended from ancestry on the paternal and maternal side illustrious in the annals of Pennsylvania and Virginia, and subsequently honorably associated with the pioneer history of the Northwest Territory, and later with the important events attending and succeeding the admission of Ohio into the Union. She was the second in a family of thirteen children, whose parents were Orson and Nancy (Corbly) Clark, and was born Oct. 26, 1818, near Plainville, Hamilton Co., Ohio. When one year old she moved with her parents to Miami County, in this State, on Los t Creek, near the present beautiful town of Cass, which was then a new country, thinly settled, and almost an unbroken forest. There they endured the hardships and privations incident to the early pioneers of a new country. In the spring of 1829 she, with her parents, moved to Warren Co., Ohio, near Lebanon. In 1832 they moved to Clermont County, and located near Withamsville, but in 1837 removed to 516 - HISTORY OF CLERMONT COUNTY, OHIO. Wayne township, on what is now known as the Clark homestead, purchased by her father in 1835. In 1841 she united with the Stonelick Baptist Church, of which to this day she has remained a zealous, consistent, and exemplary member. She was married Dec. 11, 1849, by Rev. William Blair, to Col. William Roudebush, by whom she has had two children, William Franklin and George Milton Roudebush. Of these W. F. Roudebush, after a five years' course at the Lebanon (Ohio) Normal School, there graduated with high honors in the collegiate course in 1874, attended and graduated at the Cincinnati Law College in 1876, and was thereupon admitted to the practice of law, in which he is now extensively engaged, his office being located at Batavia. He married Ida, daughter of Dr. W. S. Anderson, of Newtonville, and in the fall of 1877, at the age of twenty-five years, was appointed treasurer of Clermont County to fill a vacancy, and for a year filled that office with unswerving fidelity and integrity to the public, and with honor to himself, being the youngest man who ever held that or any other responsible county office in Clermont. The second son, George M. Roudebush, attended the Lebanon (Ohio) Normal School, and graduated in the scientific course, and lives at home, assisting his father in the care of his large landed possessions. Orson Clark, the father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Southampton Co., Va., in February, 1792, and emigrated with his father, Judge James Clark, to Ohio in 1797, and on May 25, 1815, married Nancy, daughter of Rev. John Corbly. Mr. Clark was a hard-working man of excellent business and personal traits, and by his industry, tact, and successful management accumulated a considerable estate, and died in 1864, respected by the community as an upright citizen who had passed an honorable life in developing his adopted State, and greatly assisted in its onward march to moral and material prosperity. His wife, the mother of Mrs. Elizabeth (Clark) Roudebush, was Nancy Corbly, born Jan. 21, I800, near the present site of Mount Washington, Hamilton Co., Ohio, and died near Newtonville, Clermont Co., Ohio, June 30, 1877. For fifty-seven years she was a faithful follower of Christ, and a consistent member of the Baptist Church, and for forty-one years was intimately and favorably known by the people among whom she died. She came of honored ancestry on both. sides, and it can be truthfully said she was a faithful and devoted mother, a kind and accommodating neighbor, a true and loyal Christian, and her life was a long and useful one, and though void of all ostentation and pride, yet rose to the dignity of the highest excellence, viz., a conscientious performance of what she believed to be her duty in life. Judge James Clark, grandfather of Mrs. Elizabeth (Clark) Roudebush, was one of the most distinguished pioneers of the Northwest Territory, and became noted in the State after its admission into the Union by his brilliant and useful public life, and by his literary and scholastic attainments. He descended from a family noted for its patriotic participation and achievements in the Revolutionary era, both in civil life and in the Continental army, as well as in the French and Indian war, in the struggles of the feeble colonies against French aggressions and savage massacres. James Clark emigrated from Southampton Co., Va., to Ohio in 1797, and settled in Hamilton County. On his first arrival and for a few subsequent years he taught school. He was a celebrated mathematical scholar, and the author of " Clark's Arithmetic," so generally used over fourscore years ago. An excellent penman, he was in his day unsurpassed as an accountant. He was a representative from Hamilton County in the Seventh and Eighth General Assemblies of Ohio, that convened in the years 1808-9-10 in Chillicothe, and arose to distinction as a legislator. He served for seven years as associate judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Hamilton Co., Ohio, and was called in various other positions to serve the public, all of which he filled with rare ability and fidelity. Judge Clark was one of the best types of the educated pioneers who came West in the last century, and the impress of whose strong minds, indomitable wills, Spartan courage, and inflexible honesty has been indelibly written in the legislation of Ohio, its material development, and the character of its people. Rev. John Corbly, Jr., the grandfather of Mrs. Elizabeth (Clark) Roudebush on the maternal side, was born in Pennsylvania, and, like his father, was a Baptist preacher. emigrated from Pennsylvania to Ohio about the year 1798, settled in Hamilton County, founded, or early preached for, the Clough Church, near Mount Washington, and was one of the first ministers of any denomination to preach in Clermont County, and the very first of' the Baptist persuasion. He died in 18I4, near Mount Washington, and his widow afterwards married Matthias Corwin, father of the great lawyer, statesman, and orator, Governor Thomas Corwin. Rev. John Corbly, Jr., was the father of twelve children, of whom the fourth was Nancy, the mother of Mrs. Elizabeth (Clark) Roudebush, and lie was an able and eloquent expounder of the gospel, a pioneer in his church, as his father had been before him in Pennsylvania ; and among the Baptists of' Southern Ohio the name of Rev. John Corbly, Jr., is still held in the most sacred veneration as associated with hallowed memories of their pioneer history and the organization of their early churches. Rev. John Corbly, Sr., father of Rev. John Corbly, Jr., and great-grandfather of Elizabeth (Clark) Roudebush, and the ancestor of all the well-known Corbly families in Clermont and Hamilton Counties, Ohio, was born in England in 1733. At an early age he emigrated to Pennsylvania, but being too poor to pay his passage across the ocean, he was sold, according to a custom quite prevalent previous to the American Revolution, for a period of four years. Upon the expiration of his term of service he removed to Culpepper Co., Va., where he was converted under the ministry of a celebrated preacher, Rev. James Ireland. He soon entered the ministry, and shared with his brethren in the persecutions that grew out of their persistence in preaching the gospel as they understood it. From June 4, 1768, until the exciting scenes of the Revolution diverted men's minds from religious questions, many Baptist preachers were imprisoned, some of them as often as four times each. Among these was 'Rev. John Corbly, Sr., who lay several weeks in Culpepper jail on this account. In the year 1768, probably because of these prosecutions, he moved into Pennsylvania, in what was called the Red Stone country, comprising the southwestern WAYNE TOWNSHIP - 517 counties. Here he actively engaged in the ministry, organizing a number of churches, which in 1776 formed the Red Stone Association. Of one of these, the Goshen Church, he was its beloved pastor for the last twenty-eight years of his eventful life. It was during his ministry in the Red Stone Association that Rev. John Corbly, Sr., met with a most terrible affliction at the hands of the Indians. On Sunday, May 10, 1772, he had an appointment to preach at one of his meeting-houses on Big Whiteley Creek, and about a mile from his dwelling-house. He set out through the woods for the Lord's house, with his wife and five children, to hold his public worship, and not suspecting any danger, he walked behind a few rods with his Bible in his hand, meditating on his sermon about to be delivered. While thus engaged, on a sudden he was alarmed by the frightful shrieks of his dear family before him, and ran immediately to their relief with all possible speed, vainly looking for a club as he sped. When within a few yards of them his beloved wife observing him eried out for him to escape from the seven Indians. At this instant one of the savages coming up behind him he had to run, and eluded him. The Indians killed the inlhnt in Mrs. Corbly's arms and struck her several times, but not bringing her to the ground, the one who had attempted to shoot Mr. Corbly approached and shot her through the body and then scalped her. His little son, aged six years, and a daughter of four were dispatched by the bloodthirsty savages sinking their tomahawks into their brains and then scalping them. His eldest daughter attempted to escape by concealing herself in a hollow tree about six rods from the fatal scene of action. Observing the Indians retiring, as she supposed, she deliberately crept out from her place of concealment, when one of the savages yet remaining on the ground espied her, and running up knocked her down and scalped her. The with and children were all horribly mangled, and of them only one little girl recovered from her wounds and survived, —the fifth one, not mentioned above, who crawled into the bushes, lived, and afterwards emigrated to the valley of the Great Miami, reared a large family in Ohio, and had a son named Corbly, who became an eminent preacher. The father fled to a neighboring block-house and obtained assistance, but when he and the aid came upon the scene; sad and awful was the dismal sight that met their eyes,—his wife shot, the brains of her infant (snatched from her arms) dashed out against a tree, and the other four children tomahawked and scalped, but one of whom, as above stated, recovered. For a considerable time the bereaved father was unable to preach, but lre finally received strength to renew his ministerial labors, which were very successful. During the celebrated Whisky Insurrection, which occurred in Western Pennsylvania in 1794, Rev. John Corbly, Sr., was unjustly suspected of aiding and abetting the insurgents. With a large number of others he was arrested, taken to Philadelphia, and after being paraded through the streets was lodged in prison. Here his wants were ministered to by his Baptist brethren of that city, prominent among whom was Rev. William Rogers, D.D., formerly pastor of the old First Church, but then a professor in the University of Pennsylvania. Rev. Mr. Corbly was dis charged without trial by the government, which discovered the falsity of the charges against him and his entire innocence. Rev. Mr. Corbly was married three times, and his second wife, slain by the Indians, was a superior woman, as was also his third. He died in 1803, and carried to his death the scars on his ankles made by the fetters he wore when in jail for preaching the Baptist doctrine not according to the established church of Virginia. The Corblys and Clarks were of an ancestry whose pioneer deeds of valor in behalf of liberty of conscience and freedom from British rule, and of services against the red men, are commemorated in the brightest annals of our country, and from these the subject of this sketch is a lineal descendant, and in her are blended the virtues and noble qualities that distinguished them and mark her as the loving mother and devoted wife, the model housekeeper and zealous Christian. JAMES CROSSON. William Crosson, of Scotch-Irish descent, was born in Franklin Co., Pa., in 1795, and moved with his parents in 1806 to Ohio, settling near Marrow, Warren Co. He served in the war of 1812, and participated in several battles against the British and their Indian allies. He married Miss Margaret Simonton, whose father was one of the first settlers about Loveland, before Clermont County was organized or Ohio admitted into the Union. He served over thirty years as justice of the peace of his township and until his old age compelled him to decline any more re-elections. He was a candidate for Presidential elector on the Democratic ticket in I856 (Buchanan and Breckenridge) in his congressional district, and as executor and administrator settled more estates in his time than any other man in 518 - HISTORY OF CLERMONT COUNTY, OHIO. Warren County. He raised a large family, and died in 1879, in his eighty-fourth year, and was buried with Masonic honors by the order of which for half a century he had been a distinguished member. At his funeral rites Rev. A. Hamilton preached the sermon to an immense attendance of his order and of the pioneers assembled from far and near, and Gen. Durbin delivered a most eloquent address on the life and character of the deceased patriarch. His wife and companion of fifty-four years died in 1874, loved and revered by numerous and honorable descendants, and by the community in which she was most highly respected as " Aunt Margaret." Their eldest son, Lieut.-Col. John Crosson, was killed at the battle of Jonesborough in the late Rebellion, while gallantly commanding the Thirty-eighth Ohio Regiment in that famous fight. Their second son, James Crosson, the subject of this notice, was born on the banks of the historical Little Miami River, in a log cabin, June 12, 1823, in Salem townshipt Warren Co., Ohio. On Dec. 2, I847, he married Miss Michel Butler, of Warren County, but who was born in Belmont Co., Ohio, Sept. 6, 1828. By this happy union one child only was born, Franklin Crosson, Dec. 4, 1852, and who died March 26, 1874,—a young man of fine physical proportions and rare intellectual attainments, cut down in the dawn of a bright manhood, when the future was opening up rich stores for his brilliant mind and warm heart. Two years later (on July 14, 1876) Mrs. Crosson, the wife of James Crosson, died, esteemed and loved by all who knew her for the many excellencies of Christian character her life had shown. In the spring of 1848, the year following his marriage, James Crosson removed to Wayne township, Clermont Co., where he has ever since resided. In 1852 he was elected township assessor, and re-elected the next spring. In the fall of 1853 he was elected justice of the peace, and re-elected in 1856, and after serving six years declined another re-election as magistrate. In 1861 he was elected sheriff of Clermont County, and re-elected in 1865, the last time by three majority over Capt. James W. Hill, the then incumbent of that office, and being one of the three Democrats that year elected in the county carried by the Republicans on the State ticket. In 1877 he was elected as the representative of Clermont County to the Sixty- third General Assembly of Ohio, in which he made an able member,—always in his seat, prompt to look after the immediate interests of his constituents and the welfare of the public generally. He was one of the most genial, frank, and open-hearted gentlemen on the floor of the House, and was extremely popular with both political parties. The county was never represented by a member whose popularity, tact, and judgment enabled him to do more for its interests than Col. Crosson, whose keen vision closely scrutinized every measure of legislation proposed for enactment. He was renominated by his party in 1879, but by a combination of Greenbackers and Republicans was defeated by about forty votes only, at an election when the Democrats were in a minority of the popular total vote of the county. Being a practical farmer, he has devoted all his time, outside of the official positions he has held, to tilling the soil. He resides on his farm near Edenton, which when he took it, thirty-two years ago, was almost an unbroken forest and in a state of nature, but by his successful cultivation and improvement has become as good as any in Clermont. Upon it is situated a fine dwelling with beautiful surroundings, all indicating the taste and culture of its owner. Mr. Crosson is a most liberal and charitable man, and in him the poor and distressed ever find relief and succor. He has been for a third of a century a member of Edenton Lodge, No. 332, of Free and Accepted Masons, and belongs to Batavia Chapter, No. 112, Royal Arch Masons, of which he was one of its charter members at its institution in 1868 ; and in I87I he received the degrees of Royal and Select Master in Connell Council, No. 18, at Felicity, where he yet retains his membership. STONELICK Tins township occupies an interior position north of the centre of the county, and is bounded on the north by Goshen and Wayne townships, on the east by Jackson, on the south by Batavia and Union, and on the west by Miami. The surface of Stonelick is greatly varied, and in some localities is much broken, but in the northern part is more level, and nearly the entire area there is tillable. PIONEER SETTLERS. An attempt at settlement was made within the bounds of Stonelick as early as 1792, about a mile above the mouth of Stonelick Creek, on the farm now owned by Mrs. Eliza- * Prepared by J. L. Roudebush. beth Carpenter. Four or five acres of land were deadened and a pole cabin built, but owing to the hostility of the Indians the place was soon abandoned. It remained unoccupied until 1798, when Henry Allison, a brother of Dr. Richard Allison, came on and built a cabin on the same site, and cleared off the land that had previously been deadened, and made the first permanent settlement. In I799, Dr. Richard Allison, who had received a patent for survey No. 1773, containing 441 acres of land, for services rendered to the United States during the Revolution, built a double log cabin two stories in height on the south side of the road leading from Stonelick to East Liberty, opposite the present residence of T. C. Teal. This house stood until 1862, when it was torn down by E. STONELICKTOWNSHIP - 519 C. Patchell. In 18I0 he removed to Cincinnati, where he died in 1817. In the same year his brother Henry sold his farm, and it is now owned by Mrs. Elizabeth Carpenter. Dr. Richard Allison was a native of Orange Co., N. Y., and was born about the year 1744. In 1776 he graduated from the Jefferson Medical College (as it is now called) with high honors. In the following year he was commissioned as a surgeon by the executive council of Pennsylvania, and served as such during the rest of the war, being assigned to the regulars under St. Clair. After the close of the war he returned to Philadelphia, where he practiced his profession until 1787, when he was commissioned a surgeon's mate by the executive council of Pennsylvania to the forces to be raised for the defense of the Northwest Territory, in which capacity he served until 1791, receiving for his services, in addition to his pay, 300 acres of land situated on the west side of the Allegheny River, in Westmoreland Co., Pa. After Harmar's defeat in 1790, Governor St. Clair being ordered to raise a body of regulars and volunteers for the subjugation of the Indians, Col. D. E. A. Strong, commander of the United States Legion, then stationed at Pittsburgh, was ordered to Fort Washington in April of that year, of which Dr. Richard Allison was surgeon. On the arrival of St. Clair at Fort Washington, he was appointed surgeon-general of his army, also serving as commissary-general from April, 1791, to March 1, 1793. He was in St. Clair's defeat, and through his bravery and coolness saved the lives of several officers and soldiers by putting them on his famous charger, Jack, and taking them to the rear. After the return of St. Clair's army to Fort Washington, he occupied a plain frame dwelling on the east side of the fort, on Fourth Street, situated in the centre of a large lot cultivated as a garden and fruitery which was called Peach Grove, which he sold in 1801 to John Cleves Symes, together with three or four acres on the west side of Deer Creek, for $3000. He was also surgeon-general of Geri. Anthony Wayne's army, and was at the battle of Fallen Timbers. After the treaty of Greenville, Wayne's army was disbanded and he resigned his commission, having been previously married to Rebecca Strong, daughter of Col. D. E. A. Strong, of the United States Legion. For his meritorious conduct at St. Clair's defeat and the battle of Fallen Timbers, he was given 3936 acres of land in Muskingum County. In 1815 he laid out Allisonia on a grand scale, donating several lots for a public square, Lancaster school, hotel, and common prison. The site, though a beautiful one, did not strike the eyes of the masses, and but few lots were ever sold, and they were finally taken back by the proprietor. Dr. Allison held several official positions both in this and Hamilton County. As a surgeon he had no superior west of the mountains. In person he was over six feet in height, with a commanding look. He was kind-hearted and geuerous to a fault, and died at the age of seventy-three, greatly beloved by all who knew him. His wife, whose maiden name was Rebecca Strong, was the youngest daughter of Col. D. E. A. Strong, of the reg ular army, and was born about the year 1778, at Pittsburgh, Pa., where her father was stationed. In April, 1794, she was married to Dr. Richard Allison, at the early age of fourteen, as claimed by some, but most probably at sixteen, He dying in 1817 and leaving no issue, she became possessor of his estate. In 1818 she was married to the Rev. Samuel West. 'She was the mother of two children, viz., S. R. S. West and Rebecca Julia Evans West, both now deceased. She died June I, 1827, aged forty-nine years. Mrs. West was one of the most brilliant women of her time. A fine form and a face of marvelous beauty, together with a well-balanced and cultivated mind, made her the centre of attraction wherever she went. Pious, sympathetic, generous, and energetic, she was a power in the church of which she was a member. She was gifted as a speaker, and had she lived when women were allowed the privilege in the chureh and society that they now are, she would have excelled, in some respects, Margaret Fuller or Hannah More. The next settler after Dr. Richard Allison was John Metealfe, a native of Virginia. He also lived for several years in Maryland prior to his emigration to Kentucky in 1792. In 1798 he immigrated to Ohio, stopping first at Garrett's Station, near Newtown, where he remained until the spring of 1800, when he purchased 250 acres of land on Stonelick Creek, now owned in part by Ira Williams. In September of that year he built a log cabin on the banks of the creek, about five hundred yards southwest of the present residence of Ira Williams, in which he lived until 1808, when he built a hewed-log house, which is still in a good state of preservation, being occupied by Ira Williams. In 1819 he built an addition of stone to it, which is also well preserved. His house was a preaching-place for many years. His family consisted of himself, wife, and four daughters, viz., Elizabeth, wife of Wm. Glancy ; Mary, wife of George McCormick ; Milly, whose first husband was John Hair, who lived but a short time after their marriage, and her second husband was Timothy Kirby, of Cincinnati ; and Nancy, wife of Jasper Whetston. John Metcalfe died in 1847. He was a great hunter and backwoodsman, and his cabin was the headquarters of Kenton and Washburn for a number of years. In September, 1800, Capt. Richard Hall settled on the farm now owned by John Smith. He was a native of Pennsylvania. In 1791 he emigrated to Ohio, locating at Columbia. Soon after his arrival he was made commander of Geraul's Station, which office he filled to the satisfaction of his comrades until after the treaty of Greenville. While in command of the blockhouse or station a party of five Indians were seen prowling around the block-house, intent on surprising some of the settlers. He took his rifle and stole out unperceived by them, and afterwards shot one of their number, a chief of more than local reputation. Capt. Richard Hall was married to Theodosia Edwards, and had children named Jackson, Richard, Lytle, Eleanor, Ruth, and Isabel. It is claimed by some that he was a soldier of the Revolution, but this cannot now be positively determined. In 1800, Richard Taliaferro was employed by Gen. James Taylor to sell lands for him in the neighborhood 520 - HISTORY OF CLERMONT COUNTY, OHIO. of Boston. In 1802 he brought his family from Kentucky and settled on the farm now owned by Jacob Balshizer. He was twice married ; his first wife was a Davis, by whom he had five children,—Zack, Lucy, Jones, Matilda, and Emily. His second wife was Rebecca Riddle, by whom he had six children,—Jefferson, Sarah, Elizabeth, Kitty, Riddle, and William. Richard Taliaferro was a native of Caroline Co., Va. He was under George Rogers Clark in his memorable expedition against Vincennes and Kaskaskia in 1778. For services rendered in that expedition he received 200 acres of land in Indiana, opposite Louisville, Ky. After Clark's campaign he returned to Virginia, where he remained until 1792, when he came to Kentucky with Gen. James Taylor, settling near Newport. Jones enlisted in the war of 1812, at the age of sixteen, and was in the battle of Brownstown, near Detroit, and was taken prisoner at that place a short time afterwards. Zack was also in the war of 1812, having enlisted in 1813. He was in the battles of Lundy's Lane and Chippewa, and for bravery at the former place was made ensign on the field by Gen. Winfield Scott. He was a surveyor by profession and a man of considerable ability, but owing to his intemperate habits it did not avail him much. Richard Taliaferro died in 1835, while on a visit to Ohio, and was buried on his son's farm, he having previously removed to Indiana. In person he was fine looking, of medium height, and stoutly built. Thomas Bragg, a distant relative of Richard Taliaferro, settled about the same time on the farm now the property of Valentine Snider. His family consisted of his wife and five children,—Richard, Mary, Elizabeth, Nancy, and Rebecca. He enlisted as a soldier in the war of 1812, and was killed at the battle of the River Raisin. About 1820 his family went back to Kentucky, from which State he had emigrated to Ohio. Since that time all trace of the family has been lost. Josiah Prickett settled on the north side of Stonelick, on the farm now owned by W. Roudebush, in the spring of 1801. He was a native of Virginia, and came to Geraul's Station in company with his parents in 1791. In 1792 his youngest brother, Richard, was stolen by the Indians while he was hunting the cows a short distance from the station. He never returned to the whites, having married an Indian woman and raised a large family. In the war of 1812 he was an interpreter for the Wyandots, by which tribe he had been adopted. He died at an advanced age, in 1847, and was the wealthiest man in the reservation. Josiah Prickett was a soldier of the Revolution and was in several battles. The Fletcher brothers, William, David, and Jesse, settled in this township about the same time. They were natives of Pennsylvania, and came with Capt. Hull to Geraul's Station in 1791, where they remained until 1801, when they settled on farms now owned by Henry Balahizer and J. W. Robinson. Of their history we have been unable to obtain any definite information. They at different periods owned and operated several distilleries, and were counted good business wen. None of their descendants are now living in the township, all having died or emigrated to parts unknown. In 1802, Conrad Harsh settled on the farm now owned by F. X. Iuen, north of the corporation of Boston. He was born Dec. 17, 1757, and was a native of Pennsylvania. He was twice married : first to Eva Hockensmith, Aug. 31, 1790, She was also a native of Pennsylvania, and was born Aug. 6, 1771. She died in 1801. In June, 1802, he married Nancy Hockensmith. They had no children. He died in 1846, and his wife in 1849. He was the first blacksmith in Stonelick township, and made the first grain- cradle that was ever made within its limits. In the same year Benjamin Whitmore, a brother-in-law of Harsh, settled on the farm now owned by Thomas Shumard. He was a native of Pennsylvania; in what year he was horn is not known. About the year 1785 he emigrated to Kentucky, settling at Lexington, having subsequently married Mary Hockensmith, who was born May 7, 1765. He was the father of four children, Conrad, Mary, Sarah, . Mary was the wife of John Patterson, Jr., and Sarah that of Thomas Hills. She was a continuous resident of Stoneliek township for seventy-five years, Benjamin Whitmore was killed in 1819, by falling from a house that he was helping to raise. His widow married Lawrence Hensel. She died in 1860, aged ninety-five years. Of these two families there is not one of the name living within the limits of Clermont County. In 1803, Christian Long, a native of Pennsylvania and of German descent, bought the farm now owned by Mrs. Hannah Leming. From Pennsylvania he came to Kentucky about the year I790, settling in Bracken County. He was married to Nelly Pattison about the year 1790. He was the father of seven children,-Mary, Philip, Elizabeth, Nelly, Christian, William, and Rebecca. Of his family little is known ; suffice to say he was a good citizen. He was a great hunter, and had many adventures with the Indians, always coming out best. He was the first tinner in Stonelick township. The date of his death is not known. In 1802, William Pattison settled on Harner's Run, in Miami township ; and in 1804, leaving there, he bought a farm near Boston, now owned by A. Burkle, F. X. Iuen, and others. His father, John Pattison, Sr., was a native of Ireland, and was born near Dublin, in what year is not known. He and his brother William emigrated to America about the year 1765. Of the seven children, Thomas, Nelly, William, John, Edward, James, and Mary, all were born in America with the exceptions of Thomas and Nelly. At what date he settled in Pennsylvania is not known, but is supposed to be about the year 1770. In 1793 he and his brother William emigrated to Kentucky, settling in Bracken County, five miles from Augusta, where he and his brother William died at the advanced ages of one hundred and three and one hundred and three and one-half years. William, Jr., was born in 1768, and was married to Martha Bodine in 1790, by whom he had nine children,— John, Katie, Edward, Isaac, Rosa, Mary, William, Nancy, and Thomas. His wife dying in 1810, he married Ann Hamilton in 18I2, by whom he had five children,—Elizabeth, Richard, Alexander, Benjamin, and Thomas,-all of whom lived to be married except Thomas, who died in childhood. STONELICK TOWNSHIP - 521 William Pattison assisted Benjamin Whitmore and Conrad Harsh in making five miles of the Anderson State road in 1806. He was in the war of 1812, but owing to his age did not take part in the active service. He died in March, 1849, aged eighty-one years.  John Pattison, Jr., was born near Augusta, Ky., in 1792, and came to Ohio with his father in 1802. In 1814 he was married to Mary Whitmore, daughter of Benjamin Whitmore. He was the father of eight children,—Benjamin, born in 1815 ; Martha in 1817 ; William in 1819 ; Mary in 1820 ; Nancy A. in 1822 ; J. Nelson, 1824 ; J. M., 1827 ; Sarah A., 183I. Benjamin died in 1836, and Sarah A., 1831. John Pattison was a soldier in the war of 18I2, being a member of Capt. Stephen Smith's company. He was one of the number that took the prisoners captured at Fort Stephenson to Newport Barracks. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for a great many years, and died, having been a continuous resident of Stonelick for over seventy-three years. His brothers and sisters are all dead but four. Of his children that are now living all are members of the Methodist Episeopal Church. William is the father of Hon. J. M. Pattison, a prominent attorney in Cincinnati. The Pattisons have been long noted for their industry and economy, and are among our best citizens, being living examples of the benefits arising from temperate habits. In the same year James Pattison, a cousin of John, Jr., settled on the farm now owned by Henry South. As the history of his family belongs to another township, we will not give it in this connection.  In September, 1805, Samuel Lattimer settled on the farm now owned by Joseph Rhine. He was a native of Virginia, and emigrated to Kentucky at an early date, and from there to Harner's Run, in Miami township, in 1798. He had two sons, John and Samuel, and several daughters, of whom little is known. In 1813 he sold his property, consisting of a grist- and saw-mill and five acres of land, to William Glancy, and removed to Clinton County in 1830, having previous to this lived at various places in the county. When Lattimer settled on Stonelick his father-in-law, a man by the name of Tivay, also settled with him, and left about the same time. Of the family nothing at present is known. At the time or Lattimer's settlement William Cowen bought the farm now owned by John Moore. He was a native of Pennsylvania, and of German descent. Subsequent to his removal to Stoneliek he had lived at Garrett's Station, but how long is not known. He was in the Revolutionary war, serving under Wayne, Mercer, and Lafayette. He was the father of Elijah Cowen, now deceased. In person he was tall and commanding. Of a vigorous and hardy constitution, he lived to a ripe old age. He was the last survivor of the Revolutionary war that had ever resided in this township. Ephraim Simpkins settled on the farm now owned by his son David in the year 1805. He was a native of Orange Co., N. Y.; was born March 10, 1754. In 1804 he was married to Mary Chandler, who was born March 24, 1781. Immediately after their marriage they emigrated to Ohio, stopping for a short time at Garrett's Station. Among those that came with him was Samuel Perin. He was the father of four children,—three sons and one daughter, —John, born Sept. 27, 1806 ; David, Dec. 14, 1809, who still lives on the homestead, and has been one of the greatest business men in the township (besides carrying on various trades he has built more miles of turnpike than any other man in the county) ; Arch. --; and Phoebe, present wife of Ezra Williams. Of the children all are now living but one, Arch, who died in early manhood. Ephraim Simpkins was a Revolutionary soldier, and served under Washington at the battles of Monmouth and Brandywine and several minor engagements. He took an active part against the horse-thieves and counterfeiters that infested Stonelick township in 18I8. He was a great friend to education, and built the first school-house in that part of the township. In person lie was about the average height, well built, muscular, active, and courageous ; lie had all the elements of a good soldier. He died greatly respected, by those who knew him, for his personal worth. This year Dr. Samuel Glenn also settled on the farm now owned by John Miller. His house stood near the bank of Stonelick, a short distance below the iron bridge. He was a native of Pennsylvania or Virginia, which is not known to a certainty. He came to Ohio from Kentucky. He had a large family, one of which, John Glenn, is a minister of the United Brethren Church. Dr. Glenn had the first tan-yard in Stonelick township. His house was the place of holding elections for a number of years. Of his family all trace has been lost. In January, 1806, Jesse Glancy, a native of York Co., Pa., purchased 1000 acres of land of Gen. Lytle in Mount- joy's survey, No. 4447. In October, 1805, himself and family, consisting of his wife, three sons, William, John, and Joseph, and his nephew James, and his daughter Elizabeth, and niece, left their native place for the " Miami country." They experienced very cold weather in crossing the Alleghany Mountains, arriving at Pittsburgh about the 1st, of November, having been detained by sickness. From Pittsburgh they followed Tane's trace to Chillicothe, and from there to Williamsburgh by way of New Market. After leaving Chillicothe the weather, which had before been quite pleasant, turned suddenly cold, accompanied by a terrific snow-storm. In crossing White Oak the wagon, which was heavily loaded, broke through the ice, compelling them to take everything out of the wagon, and it also was taken to pieces before they could get it out, so deep was the mud beneath the ice. After putting the wagon together they took about half of their load and the greater part of the family, leaving William and his cousin James to take care of the remainder of the load until his father could go to Williamsburgh and return for the goods. The weather now turned colder. The wind blew a perfect hurricane through the dense forest that lined that stream, drifting the snow to the depth of five and six feet in places. Had it not been that they discovered an old Indian camp near by that was in a tolerable state of preservation they must have perished from the intense cold. In three or four days the wagon returned and took them and the goods to Williamsburgh, where they remained until March, when they set- 522 - HISTORY OF CLERMONT COUNTY, OHIO. tied on their new purchase. A short time after his settlement Jesse Glancy came near being killed by an enormous black bear. It seems that the bear had been in the habit of prowling around his cabin for some time, and was generally chased off by his dogs before he could get a shot at him. So one evening, on hearing his dogs barking furiously, he concluded that he would shut them up in the house, and go to a tree, some two hundred yards from his cabin, that the bear was in the habit of frequenting in search of food. On arriving at the tree, sure enough there was Bruin, who showed fight immediately. He fired, and thought that he had killed the bear, but in a moment the bear was on his feet hugging and biting him. Being a powerful man, he seized the bear by the jaws and commenced rolling his lips in his mouth, so that instead of the bear biting him he would bite himself. After they had struggled together for some time, he calling for help, his dog hearing him broke his rope and came to his assistance, but not until the bear had bitten him so severely in the thigh that it made him a cripple for life.* Jesse Glancy was a powerful man physically, and was not deficient by any means in mental power. He was in the war of the Revolution, and served under Washington at Monmouth and Brandywine. He was at Yorktown, where he served under the immediate command of Lafayette, and was one of the storming-party led by that officer in the attack on the British redoubts two days before the surrender of' Cornwallis. Of his children, William, the eldest, was born Aug. 12,1784, and was married to Elizabeth Metcalfe in I807, who was born Nov.14,1792. By this union there were eleven children,—John, born Aug. 24, 1809; Augustus C., Aug. 9, 1811 ; Susannah, Dec. 13, 1813; Clarissa, Nov. 13,1815 ; Rachel, May 15, 1818; William S., Feb. 18,1821 ; Nancy, Nov. 17,1823 ; Harvey M., June 6, 1826; Amelia, Oct. 13, 1831 ; Elizabeth, Sept. 10, 1833 ; Joseph, Feb. 8, 1837. Mrs. Glancy died March 11,1849 ; her husband in 1878. William Glancy was the proprietor of Glancy's mills, which forty years ago had a State reputation for their fine flour. He was one of the delegates that organized East Fork Baptist Association, of which church he was a member for over sixty-eight years. John Glancy was born in 1786, and married Elizabeth Shields, by whom he had eleven children, viz.: Rachel, Archie, Mary, Frank, Nancy, Elizabeth, Adaline, Ruth, , Lafayette, and Warren. He was twice married : his second wife was Elizabeth Frybarger, by whom he had three children, William, —, and Helen. He diet. in 1877, his wife surviving him. John Glancy was a man of strong will and native intellect. Joseph never married, and Elizabeth was Judge Pollock's wife. James Glancy and his sister both married and raised large and respected families. Their parents having died in Pennsylvania, they were brought to Ohio by their uncle, where they both lived and died, greatly respected by those who knew them. The Glancy brothers took an active part against the gang of horse- thieves that resided in Stonelick township in 1818. * Since writing the above the distance is found to have been five hundred yards, so that his wife did not hear his call for help, but the dog did. Joseph Smith, a native of Pennsylvania, settled on the farm now owned by David Meek in the year 1806. His father, Dennis Smith, Sr., was a captain in the war of the Revolution, and for services rendered received a warrant for 500 acres of land, which he located in Clermont County, and on which his three sons—Joseph, Christopher. and David—and son-in-law, James Seals, settled at various dates. Joseph was the father of seven children,—Dennis, Annie, Elizabeth, Joseph, Martha, Amanda, and Harvey, —all of whom are now living. Dennis is a prominent lawyer of Carthage, Ill. Harvey has a wide reputation as a physician. He resides at Blanchester. Joseph Smith was one of the constituent members of the Stonelick Baptist Church, and was a man of great piety. He built the first brick house that was built in the township, in 1818. Christopher was born Aug. 6, 179I. He was at the defense of Baltimore in 1814. In 1816 he was married to Mary Britt, who is still living at the age of eighty-four. They are the oldest married couple in Clermont County, having lived together for almost sixty-four years. They have reared a large family of children, a majority of whom are dead. David was born July 1,1793. In 1814 he married, and had eleven children,—Elizabeth, Dennis, Phoebe, Lydia A., Peter, John, William, Rachel, David, Sarah, and Jane. He died in 1876, aged eighty-three. In 1806, Jacob Roudebush bought 159 acres of land, situated in survey No. 4239, from Richard Taliaferro, then acting as agent for Gen. James Taylor for the sale of land in-that survey. Jacob Roudebush t was born near Hagerstown, Md , Sept. 15,1778. In 1796 his father emigrated to Kentucky, settling in Bourbon County, near Lexington. In 1800 his father bought 500 acres of land near Goshen, and in September of that year settled on it. From 1802 to 1806, Jacob Roudebush was miller for Dr. Richard Allison. Li July, 1807, he built a large hewed-log house on his farm, now owned by J. L. Gerard and Valentine Dollar. On the 17th of April, 1808, he was married to Elizabeth Hartman, a woman of great intellectual power. By this union there were ten children, viz.: William, Daniel, Mary Ann, Rebecca, John, Paulina, Sarah Jane, James M., Ambrose, and Francis J,, all of whom lived to be over twenty- five years of age. On the 25th of May, 1835, Jacob Roudebush died of cholera. He was a man of great per. sonal worth, and was held in high esteem by his neighbors. He was one of the best farmers of his time. Conscientious in all his actions, quiet and unobtrusive in his manners, he was greatly respected by those who knew him. John, the third son, died in February, 1840, aged twenty-five years. His disease was consumption, brought on by over-work in the school-room and elsewhere. In 1834 he entered Hanover College, Indiana, graduating from it in 1837 with high honors. The winter of 1837-38 he spent in teaehing school in Mississippi, also that of 1838-39 in Illinois. In the spring of 1839 he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Courtland Wilhams, and was roady to commence the practice of it when disease overtook him. His personal appearance was striking. Elegant in manners, admirable in bearing, nearly six feet in height, with black t History of Goshen township. STONELICK TOWNSHIP- 523 curly hair and a brilliant eye, he had the impress of genius upon his brow. He was a ripe scholar, and could readily speak in four different languages. In 1843, Sarah Jane, the fourth daughter, died of typhus fever, aged twenty-five years. She was one of those who are a shining light in the home circle, leaving impression on the hearts of aasociates never to be forgotten. These are the only two who died unmarried. Since that time Paulina, James M., and Ambrose have died, leaving behind thew characters worthy of imitation. Elizabeth Roudebush,* relict of Jacob Roudebush, died July 5, 1869, aged eighty-five years. She was one of those mothers in Israel who left her impress on the lives of her children. She died as she had lived, an earnest and devoted Christian, having been a member of the Baptist Church for over sixty-eight years. Of the ten children five are now living,-William, Daniel, Francis J., Rebecca, wife of John Rupp, and Mary Ann, relict of Michael Cowen and mother of Judge A, T. Cowen. The Roudebush family is one among the wet prominent of the pioneer families of the county. Intelligent, upright, industrious, and economical, they have always exerted a good influence on society in general. Without being brilliant and unprincipled they have been less eminent and more virtuous. John Robinson settled on the farm now owned by John Culonen in 1807. He was a son of Thomas Robinson, of whom we have been unable to obtain any information. Suffice to say they were from Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh. John has seven brothers and sisters, viz., William, Thomas, Jane, Elizabeth, Nancy, Barbara, and Peggy. He was the founder of the " Old Robinson Church," and was a man noted for his piety and zeal for the cause of the Christian religion. He was a soldier of the war of 1812, but by some legal technicality never obtained a pension. His family, though large, are nearly all dead. In this year it is thought that Robert Dunn settled on the farm now owned by David Simpkins. He was of Irish descent, and came from Kentucky to Ohio. was the father of a large family : Benjamin, Mary, Joseph, Rebecca, and Kennedy arc all that are remembered at the present time. His wife, Comfort, died in 1859, at the advanced age of ninety- six years. Of the children, Benjamin is the only one that is known to be now living. Samuel Shaw located this year on the farm now the property of John Miller. From whence he came or where he went is not now known, Jonathan Smith settled on the farm now owned by the heirs of Mrs. Catharine Keller in the spring of 1808. He was the father of Jackson, Jerry, and George. He died soon after he settled there. His wife, familiarly known as the widow Smith, was one of the first school-teachers in the township. In 1808, Peter Willson settled on the farm now owned by Geniah Covalt. He was a native of Pennsylvania, and emigrated to Kentucky about the year 179I, and from there to Ohio in 1802, first settling at Williamsburgh. He was the father of six children. He was a salt-maker by occupation, and used to be gone for weeks and months at a time from his home, engaged in its manufacture at * History of Jackson township. various places. Of him or his family nothing at present is known. James Burns, a native of Blakely, Ireland, bought the farm now owned by John Burns in 1808. He came to America in 1793, and stopped at Washington, a town near Brownsville, Pa., in September of that year. In 1799 ho was married to Jane Hair. The result of this union was ten children, -Jane, Alexander, John, Nancy, James, Amelia, Elizabeth, Joseph, Martha, and Sarah. In the spring of 1807, in company with Michael Turner, he descended the Ohio River on a flat-boat, landing at Columbia. From there he went to the foot of Reese's Hill, where he lived until the following spring. died in 1821, aged sixty-two. Of the .children, John, James, and Martha are the only ones living. This family of Burns were distant relations of Robert Burns, the poet, and James is the only one that ever came to America. The rest of the family are still hving on the old homestead in opulent circumstances. In 1809, John Ferree settled on a farm now owned by A. M. Marsh. He was a native of Maryland, and was born May 27, 1761. His father subsequently removed to Pennsylvania about the year 1780, and shortly afterwards to Bracken Co., Ky., six miles south of Augusta, In January, 1792, he was married to Rebecca Marsh, who was born Aug. 4, 1771, and was a native of Pennsylvania. After his marriage he bought a farm near Augusta, on which he lived until his removal to Clermont County. He was the father of twelve children,-David, born Jan. 12, 1793 ; William, April 2, 1794 ; Moses, May 14, 1795 ; John, Nov. 12, 1796 ; Isaac, June 18, 1798 ; Minerva, March 6, 1800 ; Thomas, Dec. 27, 1801 ; Snowden, July 1, 1801 ; Sarah E., Nov. 12, 1805; Richard, Nov. 24, 1807 , Mary Ann, Jan. 4, I811 ; Philip G., May 18, 18I4; all of whom are now dead but Sarah E., wife of Shadrach Medaris. John Ferree was one of the pioneer Methodists of Clermont County. It was at his house that preaching was held until the old brick church was built at Boston, in 1831. He died at an advanced age, leaving to his posterity an untarnished reputation for honesty, piety, and industry. A short time after John Ferree had settled in Stonelick Richard Marsh, his brother-in-law, settled on the farm now owned by D. D. Marsh, then the property of Gen. James Taylor. His father, William Marsh, was born near Baltimore in 1736, and was married to Patience Lemons about the year 1762. In 1780 he emigrated to Bracken Co., Ky., settling a few miles south of where Augusta now stands. Kentucky then was the seat of war between the whites and Indians, and the privations that he and his family endured for several years after their removal from Maryland would fill many pages. Of his children, Nancy, William, Rebecca, and Thomas were born in Maryland; the rest-Richard, John, Joseph, Patience, Temperance, Mary, and Elizabeth-were born in Kentucky. Though never an actual resident of Clermont County, William Marsh often visited his children, staying for several months at a time. In 1801, Richard was married to May Patti- son. In 1809, Thomas, John, and Richard removed to Clermont County, John settling near Laurel, Thomas near Nicholsville, and Richard near Boston. 524 - HISTORY OF CLERMONT COUNTY, OHIO. Of his children, Patience was born in 1803, John in 1805, William in 1806, James in 1808, Joseph in 1812, Thomas in 1814, Edward in I8I6, Elizabeth in 1818, and A. M. in 1821, all of whom are now living but Patience, who died in 1825, and James, in 1827, the remaining seven children's ages averaging over sixty-six years. William Marsh, Sr., died in 1831, aged ninety-five years, Richard in 1831, and his wife in 1855. The Marshes are of English descent, and have long been noted for their industry, piety, and love of good order. The seven children that are still living are all members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1810, Isaac Ferree, a brother of John, settled on the farm now owned by Peter Felten He was one of the first teachers in Stonelick township. He was married to Fannie Dawson about the year 1806, and was the father of seven children, viz., Katie, Sarah, Rebecca, Isaac, Mary Ann, Amos, and William. He died in 1824, respected by all for his qualifications as a teacher and citizen. Most of his children are now dead, or have removed from this county. In 1809, Daniel South, a native of Maryland, settled on the farm now owned by A. Murphy, then the property of Gen. James Taylor. In 1795 he emigrated from Maryland to Kentuoky, and from there to Miami township in 1801. Daniel South was the father of eight children,-Mary, Thomas, Archibald, Susannah, John, Benjamin C., Henry, and James. He died at an advanced age. ' About the same time his brother William purchased the farm now owned by John Liller. His first wife's maiden name was Hannah Malott, by whom he had five children, viz., Peter, Benjamin, William, Mary, and James. The descendants of these two brothers are very numerous, and are among our best citizens. The Souths, like the Hills, are natural mechanics. Of the many who settled in Stonelick township in 180910 were John, Jacob, Thomas, and Samuel Hill, brothers, and sons of John Bill, Sr. John was the eldest of the family, and was born on Antietam Creek, Md., near the site of the battle-field of Antietam, July 27, 1762 ; Jacob, in 1766 C Thomas, in 1772 ; and Samuel, in I779. We have not the dates of the births of the rest of the children,-Joseph, Elizabeth, Sarah, Philip, and Benjamin, as they settled in Warren County, In 1780, John Hill, Sr., emigrated to North Carolina, where John Hill, Jr-, was married to Rachel Butnen, a member of the Moravian Church. In 1785 both families removed to Rowan County, and lived a number of years in the town of Salisbury, where Jot n, Jr., was county jailer. In 1790, John Hill, Sr., bought a farm four miles from the town of Salisbury, on which he lived until 1797, when he emigrated to Kentucky, stopping at Newport, where he resided about one year and oame to Ohio, buying a large tract of land near the present site of Loveland, on which he lived till his death, and which was afterwards divided between his seven sons and two daughters. On the 27th of January, 1799, Samuel was married to Jane Easton, sister of Rev. Francis McCormick's wife. She was a native of Winchester, Va., and was born in 1783. Immediately after his marriage Samuel settled on the Obannon, in Warren County, where he resided several years. About the year 1804 he bought the farm now owned by William Weir, situated on survey No. 681. He was the father of ten children,-Thomas L., Elizabeth, John B., Mary C., Philip A., George C., Francis A., Amos, Benjamin, and Rebecca. Of the ten children five are now living,-John B., Philip A., Francis A., Amos, and Rebecca. Samuel Hill was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for a great many years ; all of his children were christened by Rev. Philip Gatch. He was justice of the peace for twenty-four years, and associate judge for seven. He died at Olive Branch, June 10, 1856, aged seventy-six years and eleven months. Judge Hill, as he was familiarly called, was a man of good judgment, and was held in high esteem by his neighbors and people in general. Generous, kind, and gentle in his manner, fluent in conversation and dignified in appearance, he was a good representative of the Cavaliers of Virginia and Maryland. On the 31st of January, 1808, John Hill, Jr., after a perilous journey of six weeks over the Cumberland Mouutains and the States of Tennessee and Kentucky, arrived at what is now Covington, which at that time had but one house in it, and that was the ferryman's. On the 1st day of January, 1809, he crossed the Ohio River on a flat-boat, arriving the next day on Stonelick, settling opposite the mouth of Wissel's Run in a cabin that Henry Allison had built near his mill, which he shortly afterwards rented of Allison and operated until October, during which time he did a good business, as all the mills on the Miami had been washed out by an unprecedented freshet in that stream. Being a wheelwright by trade, he soon found plenty of work to do besides running the mill. In October of the same year he bought 130 acres of land in John Overton's survey (No. 987), which is now tho property of his Sou Samuel and Jacob Yeager. Here he built a cabin. For the most time afterwards he followed his trade and making plows. He died Dec. 12, 1847, aged eighty-five years. His wife died in 1851, at the same age. John Hill, Jr., was the father of ten children,-eight sons and two daughters,-all of whom lived to be married and raise families, with one exception. Of his children only two are now living,-Samuel, who is eighty years old, and Charles, seventy-two. Three of his sons were preaohers in the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he was a member for over sixty-nine years, being a class-leader in North Carolina and Ohio for forty years. His house was the place of organization of the Mount Zion Methodist Episcopal Church. He took great pleasure in entertaining the pioneer ministers of that denomination, and always contributed freely for their support. He subscribed for the Western Christian Advocate before its publication, and continued to take it to his death. As early as 1812 he was a subscriber to the old Liberty Hall, a Whig papor published at Cincinnati. Thomas Hill emigrated to Ohio in 1808, settling on the farm now owned by Adam Pillar. He was the father of seven children,-William, Thomas, Samuel, Jacob, Nathan, Elizabeth (wife of William Needham), and Sarah (wife of Henry South). He died in 1815, highly respected for his many virtues.