(RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) 650 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. schools in his neighborhood, and received a fair education. He also attended the Friends monthly meeting schools and lived at home with his father until after his marriage. As his father grew older he gradually took charge of the home farm and in 1895 purchased the interest of the other heirs. He now has a hundred and eighty-four acres in Union township. He keeps a fine grade of live stock and is well known as a stock breeder. In 1870 Elijah Marmaduke Haworth was united in marriage to Louisa Gilpin, who was born in the Dover neighborhood of Union township, and died in July, 1883. After her death Mr. Haworth was married, secondly, in September, 1884, to Mary Jane Greene, who was born in Clark township, Clinton county, Ohio, the daughter of John Greene, deceased. By the first marriage there were three children, namely: Alma, who married Kelly Underwood, died in 1903; Henry is in the transfer business at Dayton; and Lindley M. is a farmer in Union township. By the second marriage there were two children, Ila, who married Herald McKay, a farmer of Union township, who operates his father-in-law's farm, and Elizabeth, who is unmarried and lives at home. Elijah Marmaduke Haworth is a Republican. The Haworth family are members of the Dover meeting of Friends, where Mr.. Haworth is an elder. He served as trustee of Wilmington College for six years. WILLIAM C. PARLETT. Specific mention is made in this volume of many worthy citizens of Clinton county who lived during a former generation; citizens who figured in the growth and development of the county and whose interests were identified especially with its agricultural progress. Among such men was the late William C. Parlett. William C. Parlett was born in Chester township, Clinton county, Ohio, on April 23, 1830, and died on June 13, 1904. He was the son of David and Elizabeth (Clark) Parlett, both of whom were natives of Virginia. The father died in 1834 and his widow later married William Bathcall, a resident of northern Ohio. William C. Parlett grew up on the farm and after attaining manhood- was married to Anna N. Woolery, who died in 1862, whereupon he came with his children to Clinton county, Ohio, and rented land. On April 6, 1865, William C. Parlett was married to Sarah Elizabeth Kline, who was born on April 11, 1842, in Wilmington, the daughter of Henry and Sarah (Chipman) Kline, the former of whom was born in Hampshire county, Virginia, December 4, 1801, and who died on August 30, 1870, and the latter of whom was born on January 25, 1817, in Kentucky, and who died on July 11, 1907. The parents of Henry Kline were Jacob and Catherine (Brill) Kline, the latter of whom- died when Henry was only six weeks old. Both Jacob and Catherine (Brill) Kline lived and died in Hampshire county, Virginia. They were born and married, however, in Germany, and came from their native land to Virginia. Sarah (Chipman) Kline's parents died when she was an infant and she was reared by several different families in succession. At the age of ten she went to live with Judge Jesse Hughes, in Union township, Clinton county Ohio, and lived with them until her marriage. Henry Kline learned the gunsmith trade in Virginia, and about 1820 came to Wilmington, Ohio, and built a house and shop on the lot on Columbus street where the Methodist Episcopal parsonage is now situated. He was first married to Catherine Eaton and she died two years after their marriage. They had no children. Afterwards he was married to. Sarah Chipman. They lived in Wilmington, until their death... They attended the Methodist Episcopal church. Airs. Sarah Kline was a member of the church. Early in life he was a member of. the Whig party, but became a Republican later on. He was a natural mechanic and, an especially fine carpenter In the latter year of his life he suffered a great deal from "white swelling." There, were six children born to Henry, and Sarah (Chipman) Kline namely: CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 651 William David died soon after the Civil War in which he had served under Colonel Doan in the Twelfth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Catherine Lydia died at the age of nineteen, in 1858, and was the first person buried in the Wilmington cemetery : Mary Virginia is unmarried and lives on Columbus street in Wilmington; Mrs. Parlett was the fourth born; Rachel Ann married Benjamin Kingery, a resident of Kansas, where both died; and Melissa Jane died at the age of twenty-one. Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth (Kline) Parlett, who received her education in a school in Wilmington where the Friends church now stands, is the mother of one child, Frances Catherine, who was born on September 27, 1876. She married Vincent Rollison and they live on a farm in Adams township and have four children, Lola, Dora, Russell H. and Clarence V. Mrs. Parlett is a member of the Friends church as was her husband also during his life. He was identified with the Republican party, but was a man who never took an active interest in political matters, leaving those matters to others who had more time and a keener inclination for them. William C. Parlett was a highly-respected and well-known citizen. SETH RICHARD SNOWDEN. Among the younger farmers of Union township, Clinton county, Ohio, who have established comfortable homes and surrounded themselves with valuable personal and real property, few have attained a greater success than Seth Richard Snowden, who has overcome many discouragements, and who, though in the prime of life, has the satisfaction of knowing that the community has been benefited by his presence and his counsel. He is descended from two very old families in this county and comes from a line of hardy and vigorous pioneer ancestry. Seth Richard Snowden, who was born on January 2, 1877, on the Waynesville pike, in Union township, Clinton county, Ohio, is the son of Charles Edward and Rachel (Linton) Snowden. Mr. Snowden's father was born in Maryland, October 19, 1836, and died in 1892. He was the son of Richard and Mary (West) Snowden, natives of Maryland and of English descent. They immigrated to Ohio in 1837, and located in Clinton county. Charles E. received his education in the Ohio public schools, and for many years was engaged as a school teacher. Later in life he became a farmer. In 1862 he was married to Rachel Linton, daughter of Seth and Sarah Ann (Moore) Linton. Seth Linton was born in Union township, October 10, 1812, and was married to Sarah Ann (Moore), September 21, 1836. A complete history of the Linton family is found in the sketch of Walter Welden Linton, contained elsewhere in this volume. The late Charles Edward Snowden was an infant when his parents, Richard and Mary (West) Snowden, removed to Clinton county, Ohio. He grew up in Chester township. He owned a nice home of one hundred and twenty acres, two and one-half miles from Wilmington, but in later years spent his winters in Florida. He was a member of the board of trustees of Wilmington College, and president of the Clinton County Farmers Institute for several years. Although a Republican early in life, he later became a Prohibitionist. He and his wife were members of the Center meeting of the Quaker church and were regular attendants. They had four children, namely : Mary, the eldest, died in 1885; at the age of twenty-one; Alton L., formerly was a farmer, but is now a salesman for the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company; Seth is the subject of this sketch; Sarah married Carl Lukens, of Wilmington. Richard Snowden, the founder of the Snowden family in Clinton county, was a native of Anne Arundel county, Maryland, and an iron manufacturer. Snowden Manor, located near Baltimore, was the family estate. Richard, who was Hicksite Quaker, came with his family to' Clinton county about 1836, first living on Mr. Wall's farm in Chester township Subsequently, he purchased a farm in Chester township and *later 652 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. removed to Union township, where he died. Richard Snowden died at the age of eighty-three and his wife at the age of fifty-five. Seth Richard Snowden attended district school No. 4, in Union township, and also Wilmington College, where his education was completed. His father died when he was about fifteen years old and after the father's death he made his home until he was grown with his uncle, Henry Snowden, on the Waynesville pike, on the farm where he now lives. Henry Snowden had been a traveling salesman for a Brooklyn, New York, wall-paper firm, and had invented the Snowden wall-paper trimmer, which brought him a splendid revenue. He made two trips around the world and when he was ready to retire was a wealthy man. He purchased the old Nathan Linton home place on the Waynesville pike in Union township, and in 1885 built a magnificent frame house on this farm, where he lived until he died. Seth Richard lived in this house for several years and then in Wilmington for a time. After his marriage he took charge of his uncle Henry's farm, which he now owns. Mr. Snowden specializes in pedigreed stock, which he raises especially for breeding purposes. He keeps several jacks and thoroughbred trotting horses, as well as Hampshire hogs. Every year he buys up a great many mules and holds a stock sale on his farm. Seth Richard Snowden was married on October 10, 1900, to Florence Paukette, who was born in Liberty township, Clinton county, Ohio, and who is the daughter of Franklin and Dora (Early) Paukette. The father was a. farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Snowden have no children. Although Mr. Snowden is an ardent Republican, he has never aspired to office. He and his wife are members of the Friends church of Wilmington. MOODY H. PRICE. There is no calling which gives to a man the independence of life or which brings him closer to nature than does farming. In pioneer times farming was very much of a drudgery, but with modern improvements the farmer is relieved from a great deal of the hard work which was the portion of his forefathers. Farming has risen in dignity and is frequently referred to now as a profession, rather than as an occupation. Fifty years ago, however, the science of agriculture was in its infancy and it was considered unnecessary to have scientific training for agriculture. Today it is different. Many of the most successful farmers of Ohio either have been educated in the agricultural colleges, or in the classical colleges, in which they have learned methods of doing work and acquired a scientific point of view. Good roads are threading every portion of our state, and the interurban car and the automobile keep the farmer in close touch with his neighbors and also with the people in the cities. Clinton county has many fine farms and successful farmers, and among the most enterprising and successful of these is Moody H. Price, of Union township, a man who stands high in the esteem of the people of this county. Moody H. Price was born on the Clarksville pike in Union township, this county, on March 25, 1875, son of Henry C. and Martha Jane (Humphreys) Price. Henry C. Price was born in Franklin county, Indiana, on April 15, 1841, and died on June 10, 1910. He was the son of Thomas and Mary (Hutchinson) Price. the former a native of Wales, and the latter a native of England, both Presbyterians, who came to the United States on the same ship. They were farmers in Franklin county after their marriage, and four years after his wife's death, in 1856, Thomas Price sold out and moved with his children to Clinton county, purchasing a farm near Villar's chapel, in Vernon township. His two children were Henry C., the father of Moody H., and Jane, who married William Lows, and who died at Connersville, Indiana, in January, 1910. The late Henry C. Price was a soldier in Company I, Seventy-ninth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. On October 14, 1866, he married Martha J. Humphreys, who was born in Warren county, CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 653 Ohio, January 25, 1843, the daughter of John L. and Julia Ann (Sidel) Humphreys, the former a native of Warren county and the latter a native of Clinton county. John L. Humphreys was the son of James and Elizabeth (Long) Humphreys, who came from New Jersey to Warren county in 1814. Julia Ann Sidel was the daughter of Israel and Nancy (Morrison) Sidel, the former a native of Pennsylvania, and the latter a native of Clinton county. John L. Humphreys and wife were members of the Methodist church and reared a family of twelve children, six sons and six daughters. Henry C. Price, who made a splendid success of farming, spent the later years of his life in Wilmington. He was a Republican in politics, and he and his wife were active members of the Friends church. He was especially well known in this county as a sheep raiser. Moody H. Price received his elementary education in the public schools of Union township and later attended Wilmington College, completing his education in that institution. In 1904 his parents moved to Wilmington and he continued to reside on the old homestead. Mr. Price now owns two hundred and fifty acres of land on the Clarksville pike, west of Wilmington, in Union township. In 1907 he remodeled his father's home place and there he still lives. He has become prominent among the stockmen of Clinton county and keeps on the farm several hundred head of sheep, making a specialty of sheep breeding. On October 5, 1898, Moody H. Price was married to Ida May George, who was born at Oxford, Ohio, (laughter of Jackson George, a wagon and carriage maker, and wife, both of whom are now deceased. To this union three children have been born, Martha, born on August 20, 1899, a student in the Wilmington high school ; George, September 22, 1900, also a student in the Wilmington high school, and Howard, April 30, 1903. Mr. and Mrs. Price belong to the Presbyterian church at Wilmington, and Mr. Price is a Republican. He is undoubtedly one of the most progressive farmers, as well as one of the leading citizens and foremost exponents of country life living in Clinton county. JOHN A. CRAIG. Any community is willing to do honor to the man who starts out in life with little or no assistance from family or friends; who, by good business management and good farming, acquires a competence of his own. Such a man is John A. Craig, a well-known farmer of Chester township, who is a booster for all worthy enterprises, and who likes to see local undertakings succeed. John A. Craig was born on January 5, 1865, near New Burlington, in Greene county, Ohio, a son of Samuel L. and Mary C. (Le Mar) Craig, the former of whom was born on July 17, 1838, in Greene county, and who died on March 22, 1915, and the latter of whom was born on November 26, 1845, a daughter of John and Barbara (Swain) Le Mar. Samuel L. Craig was the son of Addison T. and Dorothy (Le Mar) Craig, the former a native of Virginia, and the latter a native of this county. Addison T. Craig emigrated from Virginia to Ohio, when a young man of about sixteen years, but before coming to Clinton county, lived for a short time in Warren county. He was married at New Burlington, and after his marriage, started a grist-mill in that town, which mill he operated for many years, later disposing of it and removing to a farm in Spring Valley township, Greene county, near New Burlington, where he spent the remainder of his life. A man of more than average intelligence, he was a prominent citizen in his community, and for many years served as justice of the peace. Addison T. and Dorothy (Le Mar) Craig were the parents of ten children, of whom Samuel L.. the father of John A. was the eldest. The others in the order of their birth were: Noah, Charles, Hiram, Anna, James, William, Franklin, Tilghman and Clement V. Samuel L. Craig received his education in the common schools at New Burlington, Ohio, and supplemented his early education by attendance at Holbrook Normal School 654 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. at Lebanon, Ohio. This school for a great many years was conducted by Professor Holbrook, who died a few years ago at a very advanced age. After Samuel. L. Craig completed his educational training, he taught school for twelve years, and then engaged in farming in Greene county. About 1895 he came to this county, locating in Chester township. where he spent the remainder of his life. He was very active in church work, and during the last thirty-five years of his life, was a local minister, preaching in Greene, Warren and Clinton counties. He was well educated and widely read and a man of considerable influence in his section. He was unfortunate during the last years of his life, being broken in health and greatly handicapped by his physical condition. To Samuel L. Craig and wife three children were born, of whom John A. is the eldest. The others were Edgar, who married Ella Tremper, and Samuel Eugene, who married Maud James. Throughout his life Samuel L. Craig was identified with the Republican party, and served many years as justice of the peace in Chester township. John A. Craig started in pursuit of an education in the common schools of Greene county, Ohio. and later attended Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, for two years, after which he taught school for a period of two years. He then worked on a farm by the month for about three years, at the end of which time he began farming for himself in Chester township, where he has since lived. In 1897 Mr. Craig purchased the farm where he is now living, comprising thirty-five acres. Three years later he built a barn, and in 1893 he purchased another farm nearby, consisting of ninety-eight acres, and now owns altogether one hundred and thirty-five acres, which is devoted to general farming and stock raising. When it is remembered that Mr. Craig started with a very small competence, his success must be an admitted fact. His farm adjoins the little village of Oakland, and is very well situated. On November 15, 1906, John A. Craig was married to Mary A. McKinney, daughter of William and Rhoda McKinney, and to this union two children have been born, Ruth R. and Dorothy, the former born on July 16, 1907, and the latter on November 26, 1908. As a Democrat, Mr. Craig was appointed deputy assessor of Chester and Adams townships, and served in that capacity for one year. Fraternally, he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and of the Hiawatha encampment of that order. Mr. and Mrs. Craig are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and are devoted to all movements having to do with the general betterment of conditions in the community at large. DANIEL J. POLAND, M. D. Pleasantly situated in his delightful home in Wilmington, this county, Daniel J. Foland, a well-known former druggist, who for many years enjoyed a position as one of the most important factors in the commercial life of the county seat, now is living in quiet retirement, enjoying the fruits of a life of useful endeavor. Dilligent in business, he prospered as he deserved to prosper, and in the evening of his life is able to rest serenely on the rewards accorded him by the community in which he ever has taken so deep an interest. During the dread days of the Civil War, Doctor Foland performed well his part in the service of the Union and at the close of that gigantic struggle resumed his place in the commercial life of his community, becoming one of the foremost druggists of this section of the state, later taking up the practice of medicine, in which he also achieved an honorable career. More than twenty years ago he retired from the active callings of life, since which time he has been living in quiet ease at his pleasant home in Wilmington. Daniel J. Foland was born on a farm in Union township, Clinton county, Ohio, on March 8, 1841, son of Daniel and Matilda (Crawford) Foland, both natives of Virginia, the former of whom was born in 1794, and died at his home in this county in February, 1841, and the latter, born in 1795 and (lied in 1874. CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 655 Daniel Poland, father of Doctor Poland, came to Clinton county 'about the year 1820, his parents emigrating from Virginia and locating here at that time, becoming prominent factors in the development of the neighborhood in which they settled. Mr. Foland's Maternal grandparents also were early settlers of Clinton 'county and influential in pioneer days. The elder Daniel Poland was a brass-worker by trade and made carding machines for use in the wool-weaving industry. He also was a large landholder in this county, at one time owning as much as four hundred acres of land in the Miami valley; but most of his time was devoted to the promotion of his carding machines, his travels in this connection taking him all over the country. He died of typhoid fever, being taken off in the very height of his useful career, and his widow never remarried. Daniel and Matilda (Crawford) Poland were the parents of three children, namely : Martha, who died unmarried; Sallie, who is living at Wilmington, this county, and Daniel J., the immediate subject of this sketch. Bereft of his father, even before his birth, Daniel J. Poland, at three years of age, was placed in the Pedrick family, residents of this county, who later moved to, a farm in McDonough county, Illinois, where the lad remained until he was eleven years of age, at which time. he ran, away from the Pedrick home and returned to Clinton county, going to Wilmington, where he began working in the drug store of Roger. B. Morey, in time becoming thoroughly acquainted with the drug business. In the summer of 1863, Daniel J. Poland enlisted in the naval service and was engaged in fighting the battles of his country until the close of the war, being discharged with the rank of captain. His first service was on the monitor "Osage," and later on the monitor "Neosia." He saw much active service and participated prominently in the immortal siege of Vicksburg. At the lose of the war Captain Poland returned to Wilmington and began work in Doctor Martin's drug store, his previous experience in the drug business making his services valuable. He also entered thoughtfully upon the study of medicine, and in 1872 was admitted to practice medicine, soon gaining a wide practice in and around Wilmington. Doctor Poland was a successful pharmacist and manufacturing chemist and many of his chemical and pharmaceutical preparations attained .a wide sale throughout the country. In 1893 he retired from active business, since which time he has been living quietly at his home in Wilmington, enjoying the confidence and esteem of the whole community. On September 27, 1877, Dr. Daniel J. Poland was united in marriage to Lucy V. Tracy, who was born in Piedmont, West Virginia, to which union two children were born, Willie and Ida, both of whom died in infancy. The mother of these children died on January 30, 1894, and on June 15, 1898, Doctor Poland married, secondly, Sarah B. Shields, who was born in this county. To this latter union one child has been born, a son,. John D., born on September 23, 1900, now a student in the Wilmington high school. Doctor and Mrs. Poland are members of the Central Christian church at Wilmington and take an active part in the various good works of that congregation, Doctor Poland being one of the trustees of the church. Doctor Poland is a thirty-second degree Mason, a member of the Ohio consistory and of the Mystic Shrine. He is the oldest living member of the Masonic lodge at Wilmington, of which he is past master, and he, also is past commander of the commandery at Wilmington. He is a Republican and for many years gave much attention to the political affairs of the county, his sound judgment and through acquaintance with local affairs giving much weight to his counsels in the deliberations of the party managers in this section, though he never has been included in the office-seeking class; his only public service in that connection having been performed in 1870-72, when he filled, by appointment, an unexpired term as county recorder. Though practically retired from active business life, Doctor -Poland continues to take a warm interest in local affairs and is deeply concerned in all measures looking to the advance- 656 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. went of the general welfare. For years he has been a director of the Clinton Telephone Company, in which connection his services have been valuable in promoting the interests of the telephone service in this county. Doctor Foland has many friends in and about Clinton county and is held in high regard hereabout. LAFE RECORD. Lafe Record, who formerly was a contractor and builder in Clinton county, but who is now' a well-known farmer of Union township, was born in Brown county, Ohio, near Fincastle, March 21, 1848, the son of Washington S. and Sarah Catherine (Darling) Record, the former of whom was born on February 21, 1818, in Brown county, Ohio, and died on July 1, 1881, and the latter of whom was born in Brown county, Ohio, in 1818, and died in 1857. The paternal grandparents of Lafe Record were natives of Virginia. His grandfather, John S. Record, grew up in the Old Dominion state, but was an early settler in Brown county, Ohio. He and his wife were members of the Christian church. He was a school teacher in his early days, and one of the best penmen of his generation. He and his wife reared a family of ten children. Mr. Record's maternal grandparents lived and died in Brown county, Ohio. Washington S. Record grew up in Brown county, Ohio, and owned a farm in that county, but in 1853 he and his family emigrated to Livingston county, Illinois, where he purchased a farm of eighty acres at ten dollars an acre. His wife died in Livingston county, Illinois, in 1857, and three years later he sold the farm and returned to Brown county, Ohio. The next year he emigrated to Clinton county, and having learned the cooper's trade when a lad he worked at his trade in this county. He rented farms also until his death. After the death of his first wife he married Lydia A. Brown, whom he survived for several years. All of the members of his family were prominent in the work of the Christian church. To the first marriage of Washington S. Record were born six children, two of whom, Sarah Ellen, the third born, and Frank, the youngest, are deceased. Sarah Ellen married William Lower, a resident of Illinois. Frank died at the age of one year. The living children are: Rachel, who married John Young, of Pontiac, Illinois; John Spencer, of Boise, Idaho ; Lafayette, the subject of this sketch; and Laura, who married James Brock, of Madison county, Ohio. By the second marriage there were four children, of whom the two eldest and the youngest are deceased. Carrie and Jennie died early in life and Frank died in infancy, Katie married Foster Warner. Lafe Record attended the district schools of Illinois, and was taught at home by his mother until he was eight years old, and after that was a pupil in the public schools. When a young man he learned the carpenter trade under James and Thomas Babb, at Burtonville, Ohio, and worked for them three years. Later he engaged in contracting and built many fine houses all over southern Clinton county and in Wilmington. For thirty-five years he was engaged in contract building. In 1897 he purchased the Dwiggins farm north of Wilmington in Union township and now owns a hundred and thirty-three acres. The magnificent brick house on this farm was built in 1812 by the McWhirter family. Mr. Record is now living retired. On November 30, 1876, Lafe Record was married to Eva Jane Burton, who was born near New Antioch, Ohio, in Clinton county. She is the daughter of a well-known miller of New Antioch. Her parents are both deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Record have had two children, Charles, who lives in Wilmington, and Jessie, who married Julian McKenzie, a farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Record belong to the Baptist church in which Mr. Record is a deacon and a former trustee. He is identified with the Republican party. CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 657 JERREMMA D. HURLEY. Jerremma D. Hurley was born on June 1, 1884, in Chester township, this county, Ohio, of which township he is still a resident. He is a son of John H. Hurley and Elizabeth (Linton) Hurley. In his early youth, he attended the public schools of Chester township, and when he arrived at the age of young manhood, started to farm, renting at first. He has farmed in this county all his life, with the exception of three years spent in the state of Indiana, where he was engaged in the same line of business. In 1894, he returned to Chester township and purchased a farm ,of two hundred and ninety acres, which he still cultivates. In 1908, he built a comfortable home, and is at present conducting a general farming and stock-raising business. John H. Hurley was born in Chester township, this county, on January 23, 1835. His early education was secured at the public schools of Chester township, and, as a young man, he started to cultivate a farm in that township, remaining there all his life. He prospered and became the owner of two hundred acres of land. He married Elizabeth Linton, daughter of Allen and Elizabeth Linton, to which union eight children were born as follow : Nora, who married Elias Paxon; William. A. who married Emma Oglesbee; Anna, who married Isaac Peterson; Jerremma D., the subject of this sketch; Lillian, who married C. J. Lundy. Carey, who married Bertha Edwards; Charles, who married Hattie Wilson and, secondly, Blanche Swindler; Frank, who married Agnes McDana. He is a member of the Methodist church, and in politics, is a Republican. John H. Hurley is the son of William and Drusilla (Mann) Hurley, the former of whom was a farmer, and resided in Chester township, this county, where he owned about three hundred acres of land and in addition to his farming interests, operated a sawmill. On December 22, 1886, Jerremma D. Hurley was married to Ida Stingley, who was born on April 17, 1865, daughter of Noah and Sarah (Jones) Stingley, to which union have been born the following children: Edith, who married Bernard Hunt and has two children, Esther and Elizabeth; Horace J., who married Edith Haines, by whom he has had one child, Mary Elizabeth; Ethel, who married James B. Harner, and has two children, Carl and Loren; Howard W., who is at home; Elizabeth, also at home; Ralph, at home; Roy, who died when eleven years of age, caused by an injury to his side; Mary, who died in infancy, and Jesse. In his religious belief, Mr. Hurley is a member of the Friends church, and in politics, he is a Republican. Fraternally, he is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. PHILIP EDMOND PAGETT. Philip Edmond Pagett, a succesful farmer of Union township, this county, was born on Caesars creek, in Greene county, Ohio, on August 12, 1871. the son of Philip C. and Elizabeth (Peterson) Pagett, the former of whom was born in Winchester county, Virginia, on April 27, 1827, and died on November 16, 1901, and the latter of whom was born in April, 1826, in Greene county, Ohio, and died in February, 1901. Philip C. Pagett was the son of William and Susanna Pagett, both natives of Virginia, who bore in their veins an admixture of Irish, French and Welsh blood. In 1833 they came to Ohio and settled on a farm in Greene county. William Pagett was a carpenter by trade and lived to a good old age. Mr. Pagett's maternal grandparents were Jonas and Susanna (Coiner) Peterson, both natives of Pennsylvania, who at an early date settled on Caesars creek in Greene county. At the time they came to this state they had only a few personal effects and no money. They were thrifty people, however, industrious and good managers, and finally came to own fourteen hundred acres of land. Both were members of the German Reformed church. The grandfather at one time lived in Indiana, where he purchased land. They were the parents of ten children. (42) 658 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. Philip C. Pagett was six years old when the family came from Virginia to Ohio. He grew up in Greene county, where he was married, and in 1854 removed by wagon to Oskaloosa, Iowa, where he purchased eighty acres of land and remained four years, at the end of which period he returned to Ohio and purchased a farm in Greene county. In 1881 he sold out and came to this county, purchasing one hundred and eighteen acres of land in Union township, where he and his wife spent the rest of their lives. They were members of the German Reformed church, and during the Civil War he was a member of the famous "squirrel hunters" organization. To Philip C. and Elizabeth (Peterson) Pagett were born eight children, of whom five, Jennie, Susan, Jonas, Arthur and Hannah, are deceased. Susan died in January, 1902; Jonas died in 1901; Arthur died in 1883, and Hannah died at the age of two years. The living children are Davis, a farmer who lives at Port William, Ohio; Ada, who married Elton Bentley, a resident of Wilmington, Ohio, and Philip Edmond, the subject of this biographical sketch. Philip E. Pagett attended the public schools of Greene county, and later the public schools of Union township, this county, but received only a limited education. He lived with his father until the latter's death in 1901, and thereafter worked for a time in a store in Wilmington as a clerk. For a year and a half thereafter he worked in the Irwin auger-bit factory at Wilmington and in 1908 purchased a farm of sixty acres in Union township, and is now living on that farm. On June 14, 1894, Philip E. Pagett was married to Alice Lewis, who was born in Chester township, this county, the daughter of John W. and Hannah Lewis, both of whom are deceased. John W. Lewis was a well-known farmer of Chester township. To this union three children have been born, all of whom are living, as follow: Harry, born on May 31, 1896; Myra, November 1, 1898, and Paul, January 16, 1912. Although Mr. Pagett has devoted his time and attention principally to his own personal business, he has always taken a keen interest in politics and is a man of no little local influence, having served as township assessor and as a school director for many years. The Pagett family belong to the Dover meeting of the Society of Friends and are prominent members of the church and; liberal contributors to its support. They take an earnest interest in the good work of the neighborhood and are held 'in the highest esteem thereabout. ALVIN STINGLEY. Alvin L. Stingley, one of the well-known descendants of John Stingley, who settled in Clinton county, nearly a century agog son of Gilead E. Stingley and brother of Calvin and J. Albert Stingley, was born on June 5, 1873, on the farm in Chester township, this county, where he now lives. Gilead E. Stingley was born in Ross county, Ohio, on November 24, 1820, and died in 1909. His wife was born in Highland county, in 1831, the daughter of Richard and Mary (Curtindoll) Lucas, and is still living. Gilead E. Stingley was educated in the common schools of Chester township and was a prominent farmer of this county, owning seven or eight hundred acres of land. During the five years following 1875, he was engaged in the pork.-packing business at Wilmington and for many years was a large cattle raiser. He voted the Democratic ticket and he and his wife and family were members of the Friends church. To him and his wife eleven children were born, namely: Eliza, who married John F. Oglesbee; William, who died in March, 1913; Amanda, who married. James Bailey, is now deceased; Elizabeth, who married James Swindler; Emma, who died at the age of five years; J. Albert and Calvin, who are referred to elsewhere in this volume; Ada, who married Lester Oglesbee; Alonzo, who died at the age of two years; Nettie, who married Elijah Turner, and Alvin, the immediate subject of this biographical sketch. Gilead E. Stingley was the son of John and Elizabeth (Bush) Stingley, the former CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 659 of whom was born in Virginia on August 22, 1792, and the latter of whom born on May 21, 1798. After their marriage on April 16, 1818, they located in Ross county, this state, and four years later came to Clinton county. John Stingley had come to Ohio from Virginia originally in 1800. He owned a farm of two hundred and nine acres in Chester township and was a well-known pioneer citizen. He and his wife were the parents of four children: Noah B., born on February 24, 1819; Gilead E., November 24, 1820; Talitha, April 27, 1823, and Julian, October 7, 1825. John Stingley died on September 6, 1826, and, after his death, his widow married his twin brother, Sebastian Stingley, to which second union there was no issue. The Stingley family originally came to America from Germany, where George Stingley, the great-grandfather of Alvin L., was born on September 12, 1763. Alvin Stingley was educated in the, common schools of Chester township and has farmed all his life. He owns one hundred acres of land in Chester township, and is very well circumstanced. In 1896 Alvin L. Stingley was married to Hattie J. Thomas, the daughter of Joshua and Martha Thomas, to which union four children have been born, namely: Alie L., born in June, 1897; Luther A., in September, 1898; Clarence L., in November, 1900, and Charles T., in May, 1906. Mr. Stingley is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, the Knights of the Maccabees. the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Daughters of Rebekah, the Knights of Pythias and the Pythian Sisters. He is independent in politics and he and his family are members of the Methodist church at Lumberton. CALVIN STINGLEY. Chester township owes much to the Stingley family, especially to the sons of Gilead Stingley, who was a well-known farmer of Clinton county, and one of the pioneer pork packers of Wilmington. The distinguished family in Clinton county, however, goes back to the time when John Stingley, the father of Gilead, purchased a farm of two hundred and nine acres in Chester township, nearly a century ago. For the most part, later generations of the family have been identified with agriculture and more than this the various -members of the family have been good citizens and prominent in the neighborhoods and communities where they have lived. Calvin Stingley, the son of Gilead and Nancy (Lucas) Stingley, was born on June 6, 1863, on the old Stingley farm in Chester township, where he now lives. His father was born on November 24, 1820, in Ross county, Ohio, and died in 1909, while his mother was born in 1831 in Highland county, the daughter of Richard and Mary (Curtindoll) Lucas, and is still living. The paternal grandparents of Calvin Stingley were John and Elizabeth (Bush) Stingley, who were married on April 16, 1818, the former a native of Virginia, born on August 22, 1792, who came to Ohio in 1800, first locating in Ross county, and the latter, born on May 31, 1798. About 1822 they purchased a farm of two hundred and nine tides in Chester township and there spent the remainder of their lives. John Stingley was one of the foremost farmers of the township and did much clearing. John and Elizabeth Stingley were the parents of four children: Noah B., born on February 24, 1819; Gilead, November 24, 1820; Talitha, April 27, 1823; and Julian, Ocobter 7, 1825. The father of these children died on September 6, 1826, and after his death, his widow married his twin brother, Sebastian. but to this latter union no children were born. The original home of the Stingley family was in Germany, where John Stingley's father, George Stingley, the great-grandfather of Calvin, was born on September 12, 1763. Gilead Stingley received his education in the common schools of Chester township and, having taken up agriculture as a life vocation, became the owner of about eight hundred acres in this county. He was an extensive cattle raiser and about 1875 entered 660 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. the pork-packing business at Wilmington and was thus engaged for five years. He was a member of the Friends church and voted the Democratic ticket. Gilead and Nancy Stingley were the parents of eleven children, namely : Eliza, who married John F. Oglesbee; William, who died in March, 1913; Amanda (deceased), who was the wife of James Bailey ; Elizabeth, who married James Swindler; Emma, who died at the age of five years; J. Albert, who is referred to elsewhere in this volume; Calvin, who is the subject of this biographical sketch; Ada, who married Lester Oglesbee; Alonzo, who died at the age of two years; Nettie, who married Elijah Turner, and Alvin, who is referred to elsewhere in this volume. Calvin Stingley, who was educated in the common schools of Chester township, began farming when a young man on the land where he now lives. Except for three years during which he lived in Dayton, Ohio, he has lived on the farm all of his life. In September, 1904, he went to Dayton, where, during the first year, he worked for the Dayton & Xenia Traction Company. The next year he was a merchant policeman and February, 1907, he returned to the farm, where he has since resided. On August 1, 1886, Calvin Stingley was married to Mary Hurley, the daughter of Henry and Lauretta (Colvin) Hurley, to which union two children have been born, Verna, who is still at home, and Velmer, who married Eva Hurley and has one child, Donald. Mr. Stingley is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the Knights of the Maccabees. Nominally, he is identified with the Democratic party but is independent in local politics. The Stingley family are members of the Friends church and are held in high regard in the community in which they live. ISAIAH MORRIS HAWORTH. It is not common to judge American citizens as a class from the standpoint of their religious views because citizenship in America does not rest upon any religion, but when we look about to find a whole class of men who have fitted themselves into American ideals and have made, as a class, universally good citizens and then, after analyzing this class, we find, incidentally, that they all belong to one religious denomination, we are inclined to conclude, that at least in this citizenship, religion—their religion—has been a desirable factor. And such has proven the truth in the Quaker or Friends church. In every community of Friends—and they usually abide in communities—we find that wholesome democratic character and ideals which have distinguished America, and among the first of these citizens might be included the subject of this sketch, Isaiah Morris Haworth, of Union township, Clinton county, Ohio. Isaiah Morris Haworth was born on August 16, 1848, on what is known as the Haworth homestead, in Union township, Clinton county, Ohio, on Todds fork and died on June 15, 1915. He was the son of Richard M. and Elizabeth M. (West) Haworth. Richard M. Haworth was born on July 1, 1823 on this same Haworth homestead and died in October of 1902. Elizabeth M. West was born near Martinsville, Ohio, on July 10, 1824, and died in November of 1862. Richard M. Haworth was the son of Mahlon Haworth, whose pioneer ancestry is easily traceable to Revolutionary times. He was born on October 23, 1775, in Frederick county, Virginia. The father of Mahlon Haworth was George Haworth, whose father, James Haworth, was the son of George Haworth, who came from Lancashire, England, with William Penn in 1699. The mother of Mahlon Haworth was Susannah Dillon. George and Susannah Haworth in their early married life moved to North Carolina and settled on the Yadkin river near the home of Daniel Boone. George Haworth and his brother, James, accompanied Daniel Boone on his second visit to Kentucky, their families being two of the six families which made up the party that attempted the first settlement of Kentucky. They were violently attacked by the Indians and were so discouraged that CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 661 the Haworth brothers returned to North Carolina, where they remained for twelve years. They then went again to Kentucky, but finding the Indians still hostile they turned their course toward Greene county, Tennessee, where George settled the place for his new home and returned to North Carolina, where after a short stay he again started, with his two little sons, John and Mahlon, aged ten and twelve, for Tennessee. After a perilous and dangerous trip he reached the spot he had selected for a home and with the aid of these two boys he built a cabin on the site and made other preparations to receive his family. When this work was completed the party returned to North Carolina, for the wife and remainder of the children, leaving the two boys behind to guard the cabin until their return. The father had calculated that this trip would take about three weeks and had left more than an ample supply of provisions for the two boys during his absence, but high water, and other impediments to travel on pack-horses, detained them and it was more than six weeks before they returned to the spot. During that time the provisions which were left for the boys gave out, and they were obliged to subsist on parched corn, roots and berries, such as they could gather in the woods. They were also much in fear of an attack from the Indians, and when at last their parents arrived they ran to meet them with outstretched arms, and the mother springing from her horse gathered the boys in her arms and they all wept for joy. In Greene county, Tennessee, Mahlon Haworth married Phoebe Frazier and they built a home on the Little Holson river, near Greenville, where they resided until the pioneer spirit again influenced them to seek, a new home in an unopened forest. In 1800 Mahlon Haworth made a prospecting tour to Ohio and pushed his explorations as far as the Little Miami and Mad rivers. Some authorities say his father accompanied him. He did not move to Ohio, however, at this time, because of objections made by his wife, but his father did move to Ohio in the fall of 1803, and Mahlon, with his family, and the families of John and James Wright, followed the next year, and on reaching the place early in November, selected for their home a spot across the river opposite Cincinnati which was at that time a village with about eighteen houses. A story is told of their passing through Cincinnati that might be of interest here. They moved in "old Virginia wagons"—a four-horse van—and drove their cattle and other stock with them. Mahlon Haworth had a very fine horse that he called "Major." In Cincinnati a citizen there took a fancy to this horse and offered Mahlon one hundred and fifty acres of land on which the city of Cincinnati now stands for him, but Mahlon because of his fondness for the horse and his mistrust for the future of the land refused to consider the trade and moved on with "Major." In making this trip to Ohio, Mahlon Haworth rode the "wheel-horse" of his team-offour and carried his infant daughter in his arms. He had with him his three elder children, Rebecca, George Dillon and Ezekiel, and on his arrival in Ohio, as he drove on through the woods he "blazed" the trees as he went in order to find his way back if need be. The land selected on which to settle was on Todd's fork, two and one-half miles from where Wilmington now stands. George and Mahlon Haworth and John and James Wright were among the earliest settlers north of Wilmington. They arrived at this spot too late to build comfortable houses before the winter set in, and so in haste they built a cabin of round logs, filling the cracks with moss and mud, and moved in without laying a floor. They built a fire-place in the middle of this cabin and left an opening in the roof for the smoke to pass out, their windows being openings over which they hung bedquilts to keep out the cold and rain. Their beds were made on poles laid across sticks driven into the ground. One night, soon after their arrival in their new "northern" home, the horses seemed restless and awakened the household by moving about and shaking the chains by which they were tethered, and Mr. Haworth got up to see what the trouble was. He put his head out of the door and cried back to his wife: 662 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO "Phoebe, hard times are at the door." Their first snow had begun to fall and continued to fall until the ground was covered to a depth of over two feet. In the bottoms, on the opposite side of Todds fork, was an Indian camping ground, and in the season when the Indians occupied these grounds, the lights of their camps were plainly visible from the Haworth cabin and these Indians were not unfrequent visitors at this cabin, and once, when Mahlon Haworth was absent from home an Indian lifted the quilt at the door of the cabin and looked in, with a friendly grunt he then set his gun outside and entering, walked over to a stool and deliberately took from his belt a butcher knife and began scraping the Spanish needles from his leggings, after thus grooming himself for a while, in broken English he asked for food and after being supplied with a hearty meal he departed in peace. To show the different dangers to which these earlier settlers were subject we might further relate that later on this very same day three large bears came up to within a few feet of the cabin. The question of food supplies was often a grave question with these earlier settlers. Soon after the arrival of the Haworths in their new home they exchanged with a neighbor, Timothy Bennett, a horse for one hundred bushels of corn, a small quantity of hog meat and a small hog. This meat, in addition to the wild turkey, bear and venison, which they could kill, was all the meat which they had until they could raise it, and for a long time they ground corn with a hand-mill for their bread. In these surroundings during this cold winter was born to Mahlon and Phoebe Haworth a beautiful daughter, Mary (or "Polly" as she was called), who was admired by the whole country around but who died in her youth. Their other children were: Phoebe, Mahlon, who with his sons became inventors and invented the first check-row corn planter and settled at Decatur, Illinois, where they manufactured this machine and became very wealthy, and he is still living at Decatur ; Elijah, James, and Richard, who was the father of the subject of this sketch. Rebecca, the eldest child died early in womanhood, John and James in infancy, and the remainder of the children lived to be respected and influential citizens of Clinton county. At the close of the War of 1812, there came to Mahlon Haworth's house a company of "light horse," as they were called, which had been in the service during the war. The horses were almost dead. He took them all in and fed the horses and the men until they were able to go their way. Mahlon Haworth was a man of strong intellectual powers. He was an active; useful citizen in everything that related to the advancement of the people and the good of the community. High official positions in the state were offered him by his people but these he declined because of the conscientious scruples of his wife who was a Friend of the strictest type. Richard M. Haworth, the father of the subject of this sketch, was the youngest child of Mahlon and Phoebe Haworth and was nursing on his mother's breast when she was fifty years old. He inherited the homestead of one hundred and sixty acres and took care of his parents until their death. In 1859 he traded with his brother George D. for a farm east of Wilmington. He increased his holdings, until, at one time, he had five farms of over five hundred acres in all. He invested very heavily in the pork-packing business in Wilmington, Ohio, and reverses caused the loss of almost his entire property. In 1883 he moved to Hendricks county, Indiana, near Plainfield, and bought a small farm on the edge of Morgan county, where he did general farming. He was twice married ; his first wife, Elizabeth M. West, was the mother of the following children: Thomas M., who died in 1910, on his farm adjoining the subject's farm ; James M., who died in youth; Isaiah M., subject of this sketch ; Frances Elizabeth and Caroline Evalyn, who both died in infancy; Harriet Ellen, who married Orlando Hadley, of Wilmington; and Anna E., who was born on October 12, 1862, and died on August 22. 1882. The second wife of Richard M. Haworth was Jane Janney, who was reared at Martinsville, Ohio, and who was the mother of two children: Lenora P., who was born on November 6, 1866,. and CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 663 who married Calvin Newlin and lives on a farm near Plainfield, Indiana; and Clinton R., who was born on March 23, 1869, and now lives near Plainfield, Indiana. Richard M. Haworth was a Republican and a stanch member of the Friends church. The parents of Elizabeth M. West were Thomas and Detamer (Hadley) West, natives of North Carolina and members of the Friends church. They were the parents of the following children, all of whom are now dead: Sarah, who married David Pyle; Elizabeth M., who was the mother of the subject. of this sketch; Jeremiah, who died at the age of sixteen; Mary, who married Doctor Bond and lived in Iowa ; Isaiah, who lived on the farm where the subject of this sketch now lives, and Eldon, who married Micajah Moore and lived in Adams township, Clinton county.. Isaiah Morris Haworth, the subject of this sketch, attended the district schools at Dover and later in Wilmington two years, and then at the Dutch district school in Union township. He had but a limited education and as a young man he worked on his father's farm for ,several years' and then bought what is now known as the Charles Hunnicutt farm which he soon sold and bought a one-hundred-acre tract of the Thomas West farm, where he lived until he sold this tract and in 1883 he bought the present farm across the road from the George D. Haworth farm at Starbucktown, Union township. He then rented his farm and went to Hendricks county, Indiana, for eighteen months, after which he returned to his present home. There is a little over one hundred acres in this tract, which was formerly the old West homestead. The house was remodeled by Mr. Haworth. On September 20, 1871, Isaiah Morris Haworth was married to Mary Johnson, who was born in the Center neighborhood of Union township. They were the last couple to be married by the Friends ceremony in the old Center meeting house. Mary Johnson was the daughter of Louis and Rachel (Stanton) Johnson. Louis Johnson was the son of Louis, Sr., and Mary Johnson, natives of Virginia, who emigrated to Ohio, and was born near Port William, Ohio, on November 13, 1821, and died on December 5, 1908. Rachel Stanton was the daughter of William and Margaret Stanton, who came from Virginia and settled in Wilmington, Ohio, where for many years he was a hatter. Rachel Stanton was born in Wilmington, Ohio, on January 15, 1818, and died on January 10, 1899. Louis Johnson, Jr., and wife were farmers and owned a farm in the Center neighborhood which they cultivated for years until their retirement, when they moved into Wilmington, *here they died. They had the following children: Ahira, who lives in Wilmington; Sarah Ann; Mary, the wife of the subject of this sketch; Joseph, who lives in Indiana on a farm; and Mrs. Elizabeth Sprouse, who lives on a farm in Union township. Isaiah Morris and Mary (Johnson) Haworth were the parents of six children, of whom three are dead and three living, as follow : Adelbert R., who was born on July 31, 1872, and died on September 19, 1872; Delena Ann, August 30, 1873, married Charles Hunnicutt and now lives in Wilmington, Ohio; Rachel C., August 17, 1875, died on May 4, 1887; Alton M., July 2, 1877, is a farmer now living on the Port William, road in Liberty township on the old George Bailey farm; Alice E., August 11, 1880, married Dr. C. B. Thomas and lives, in Plainfield, Indiana ; and Marietta, October 14, 1882, died on December 11, 1884. Isaiah Morris Haworth was, as are all his family, attached to the Friends church, of Wilmington, Ohio. Mr. Haworth was a Republican in politics, and was conservative in his beliefs. He was humble and unseeking in his attitude toward his fellow men and was held in the very highest esteem by all who knew him. He was one of the men who has indeed proved that true religion and true citizenship go hand-in-hand, and whenever he was called on gave full evidence "that a friend in need is a friend indeed." 664 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO ADDISON PEALE RUSSELL, LIT. D. One of the greatest men which Wilmington and Clinton county, Ohio, ever produced was the late Dr. Addison Peale Russell, editor, statesman, critic and author. Wilmington people esteemed Doctor Russell for all of the public distinctions which he brought to the city, but they loved him for himself. Handsome and courtly in appearance, he was the most genial of companions and the most faithful of friends. During the long years of retirement he lived a social life in the highest and best sense of the term. As Doctor Venable beautifully expressed it—"at leisure, but never idle," the late Dr. Addison Peale Russell belonged to that school of writers produced in the Ohio valley, whose works constitute its chief claim to distinction in a literary way. Associated with the Hon. Addison Peale Russell, who was called the "Washington Irving of the West," were Col. Coates Kinney, Prof. William H. Venable, Cincinnati's Arnold of Rugby, and Mr. John James Piatt, Cincinnati's Thoreau. Addison Peale Russell, who was secretary of state of Ohio during the governorship of Salmon P. Chase, and who was several times in the company of Abraham. Lincoln, was born in the house now occupied by Harry Dailey on Main street near Mulberry. in Wilmington, Clinton county, Ohio, September 8, 1826, and died at his home in Wilmington, Wednesday, June 24, 1912, in the eighty-sixth year of his age. His father was of Revolutionary stock and his mother came from the Scottish clan, MacNabb. His death came not from the effects of disease so much as the natural and inevitable passing of all things earthly. During the last year of his life he was practically blind, but he went about familiar streets and mingled with his friends. During the declining years of his life he was faithfully cared for by the untiring ministrations of his niece, Clara Russell Burns. The first work of Doctor Russell as an author was a volume published anonymously by D. Appleton & Company, entitled, "Half Tints: Table d'Hote and Drawing-room." A few years later Hurd & Houghton, of New York, published his "Library Notes," which eventually went into a second edition. His third book, "Thomas Corwin: a Sketch," was published in 1881 by Robert Clarke & Company, and three years later a companion volume to his "Library Notes," entitled "Characteristics" was published by Houghton, Mifflin & Company. In 1887 appeared anonymously a volume of essays, entitled, "A Club of One," which had an immense sale in this country and abroad. In 1890 he published "In a Club Corner," and in 1895 his last work, "Sub Coelum: A Sky-built Human World." Addison Peale Russell was a son of Charles and Mary (MacNabb) Russell, the former of whom was born at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, July 2, 1794, and died, April 16. 1872, and the latter of whom was born on the Isle of Man, December 15, 1795, and died, September 25, 1862. They were married May 15, 1815. Charles Russell was the son of William and Jane (Sewall) Russell, the former of whom was born March 19, 1756, and died November 25, 1829, at the age of seventy-eight years, and the latter of whom was born October 15. 1767, and died September 28, 1814. They married June 21, 1795. Both parents of Charles Russell were born in Virginia, and about 1800 emigrated to Warren county, Ohio, and settled there. The father was killed in a barn raising.. Doctor Russell's maternal grandparents were John and Catherine (Warnock) MacNabb, who were born in Scotland and who emigrated from Scotland to the Isle of Man, where he was a linen draper and dealer. Later they settled in Virginia. Catherine (Warnock) MacNabb was a granddaughter of Lord Warnock, of Scotland. On May 16, 1815, Charles Russell arrived in Warren county, Ohio, from Virginia. He had been brought by his parents. He was an ambitious lad and wished to obtain a good education. He chopped wood to earn money to buy a new dictionary. He was CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 665 married in Warren county, and with his wife moved to Wilmington, where he built a woolen-mill, which is still standing on the corner of South and Burdsall streets. For many years he operated this mill, and finally failed- in business because he had lent his name to the security of a friend's note., He was a strictly temperate man who never touched liquor or tobacco, which was a remarkable thing for the day and generation in which he lived. He and his wife were members of the Methodist church. He was a great class leader and a splendid singer. Charles Russell was an ardent Whig. Charles and Mary (MacNabb) Russell had nine children. J. Warnock, the eldest child, died at the age of twelve. Jehiah L., who was born, December 31, 1817, and died January 10, 1890, was married January 12, 1841, to Mary Ann Crosby, a native of Mason county, Kentucky, born on July 4, 1817, and died September 18, 1892. Jehiah L. Russell was born at Lebanon, Ohio. He was a physician by profession and studied at Cincinnati, and finally at the Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia. He began practicing at Lebanon, Ohio, and from Lebanon removed to Covington, Ohio, and from Covington to Maysville, Kentucky, where he practiced almost until the time of his death. He was an active Democrat. Both he and his wife were members of the Christian church. He served as clerk of the court in Clinton county, Ohio, when a young man. Jehiah Russell and wife had four children, namely : Laura, married David S. White, and they live on a farm in Kentucky; Alice, married Sidney C. Neal and lived in Washington, D. C., but is now deceased; Jehiah, Jr., died at the age of eighteen; Clara is referred to elsewhere in this sketch. Amanda, the third child of Charles and Mary Russell, was born on January 12, 1820, and married Jackson Marble. They lived in Wilmington. He was a cabinetmaker and well-to-do. Charles C. and William MacNabb were twins, born on February 22, 1824. Charles C. married Louisa Moorehead and was a banker in Zanesville, Ohio. William MacNabb, who married Elizabeth Allen, a native of New York, was a physician and lived at Port Gibson, Mississippi. They had one son, Irwin, born at Port Gibson, who became a writer of prose and verse, especially in Negro dialect. Irwin died in New Orleans at the age of twenty-seven. Addison P. was the sixth child. Phineas, died unmarried. Catherine, born on September 15, 1832, died unmarried. Mary Elizabeth married Samuel McQuilty, a blacksmith, and lived at Middletown. Dr. Addison Peale Russell's great-grandfather on his paternal side came from Ireland to America about 1720. He was more of an Englishman, however, than an Irishman. A carpenter by occupation, he was a large, fine looking man, and died about 1766. Doctor Russell's great-grandmother on his paternal side was also an English woman, and the mother of one daughter and four sons. Mary, the eldest, married James Cowan about 1770. Thomas, the eldest son, settled in the state of Georgia about 1786, and nothing further was ever heard from him. William, who was Doctor Russell's grandfather, was born in 1756, and at twelve years of age was bound out as an apprentice to Adam Hope, in New Jersey, where he became a wood-worker. As a skilled workman he made many of the early spinning wheels used in his community and state. He served in the War of the Revolution as a member of the militia from Somerset county, New Jersey, and was a private. He also was in the company of Capt. Jacob Martin, a battalion of the second degree, establishment of the Continental line, from Somerset county, New Jersey. Moses and Charles, the younger sons, settled near Gallipolis, Ohio, and lived to very advanced ages. On his maternal side Doctor Russell's great-grandfather's name was Timothy Sewell, a strongly built and powerful man, nevertheless kind and peaceful and a friend to everyone. He died in 1807. He had one brother and two sisters. The great-grandmother Sewell's maiden name was Tullis. She Was the eldest of 'a large family of 666 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. twelve brothers and three sisters, and died at an advanced age near Wilmington. Most of the members of this family died in Ohio. Jane (Sewell) Russell, who was Doctor Russell's grandmother, was the eldest of a large family Her sisters were Sarah, Mary, Hester, Hannah and Nancy, and her brothers were Moses, Peter, Rion, David and Amos. Jane (Sewell) Russell was an exceptional woman. She was unusually talented as a conversationalist. The education of Addison Peale Russell was limited to the common schools, which he attended in Wilmington. When he was sixteen years old he was indentured to a printer in the office of the Zanesville Gazette, and in 1845 became editor and publisher of the Hillsborough News, a Whig newspaper. Two years later he removed to Lebanon, and was there connected with the Western Star. These associations with the political press led to his appointment as clerk to the Ohio state Senate in 1850. Upon returning to Wilmington be purchased a half interest in the Clinton Republican and in 1855, while editing the paper, was elected by the Republicans of Clinton county as a member of the state Legislature. He served as representative for two years, and in 1857 was elected secretary of state by the Republicans. In 1859 he was re-elected to this office. During his administration the statutes of Ohio required a financial agent for the state to reside in New York City, and in 1862 Doctor Russell was appointed to this important position by Governor Todd, and re-appointed in 1864 by Governor Brough. He was again re-appointed in 1866 by Governor Cox. In 1868 he retired from the public service with an unstained and untarnished record. Drawn naturally toward literary pursuits, Doctor Russell had been a reader and writer from the time he was a small lad. In 1867 appeared "Half Tints; Table d'Hote and Drawing-room" from the press of D. Appleton & Company. Eight years later appeared the first edition of "Library Notes," published by Hurd & Houghton, of New York. This volume gained a wide reputation and was commended uniformly for its value and interest. The first edition was soon out of print and soon after a second edition, revised and enlarged, was published by Houghton, Mifflin & Company, of Boston. "Library Notes" was described as "a sort of banquet of books, the author acting the part of symposium with easy grace, now and then dropping a keen remark, or making a comprehensive summary of his own." In 1881 appeared from the press of Robert, Clark & Company, of Cincinnati, "Thomas Corwin : a Sketch." This was a "brief sketch of a great genius by an acquaintance and and admirer." The volume avoided a tedious recital of dry fact and uninteresting incidents, and was confined to statements. references and illustrations, such as to give a fair idea of Corwin's character and genius. In 1884 appeared "Characterists," published by Houghton, Mifflin & Company, which was well received, not only in America, but in Great Britain. In 1887 appeared anonymously, "A Club of One." Under the disguise of invalidism the author indulges himself with the privilege of very free writing, witty, quaint, keen, ponderous and most genial. Styles fascinating, anecdotes, witticisms, epigrams abound, and all sorts of subjects are discussed with ability of.a high order. Altogether the volume is a group of very charming essays. Three years later appeared the companion volume, "In a Club Corner," published by Houghton, Mifflin & Company, which the Philadelphia Press declared was "brighter than its predecessor." Five years later was published "Sub Coelum; a Sky-built Human World." This was a fanciful description of a highly-improved human society, but really a strong protest against the apparently growing materialistic and socialistic tendencies of the day. It was an original work and many readers and some critics pronounced it the author's masterpiece. In 1894 Doctor Russell was elected a member of the Author's Club of New York City. In 1898 the Ohio University at Athens conferred upon him the degree of Doctor CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 667 of Literature. In December, 1910, he was elected a member of the Author's Club of London, England. On the occasion of Doctor Russell's eightieth birthday he received from the well-known Davis Wasgatt Clark, of Cincinnati, the following letter : "My Dear Friend: Hail to you as you come to be, as Oliver Wendell Holmes puts it, 'eighty years young.' I belonged to you before you ever saw me! It was by that inaudible and invisible proprietorship which the true author has in his true reader. But far thro' memory will shine that day of first personal touch. With best wishes. Ever your affectionate admirer. Davis Wasgatt Clark." Of the late Doctor Russell, Dr. William H. Venable, the author of "A Dream of Empire," wrote in the Ohio Educational Monthly in October, 1901: "I may say that Doctor Russell's books are obvious growths—results of many years' study, observation and reflection. Of his processes, little or nothing is known; indeed he has said he hardly knows them himself. In assimilation he has been likened to Bayle, who had 'the art of writing down his curious quotations with his own subtle ideas.' In the ,analogical, there seems to be no limit to his range and ability. It is only after a close study of his books that one can have any intelligent comprehension of their scope, and the universality of their application to life in every phase of experience, effort and development." It was Dr. Addison Peale Russell's niece, Clara, the daughter of his brother, Jehiah L. Russell, now Mrs. Clara Burns, who cared for him during the last five years of his life. Before that his home was cared for by Mrs. Katherine Worster, the daughter of Mrs. Jackson Marble, his sister. Clara Russell was married on January 16, 1900, to James M. Burns, who was born near Steubenville, Ohio, November 14, 1837, and died on June 14, 1906. James M. was the son of Thomas and Sarah (McKinley) Burns, both of whom were born near Steubenville, Ohio. Thomas Burns was a potter and had a large pottery and brick-yard near Steubenville. He also operated a large livery stable. He and his wife were members of the Methodist church. James M. Burns was educated at Beatty College in Steubenville, and became a proof-reader •and printer in Wheeling and later worked in Cincinnati Subsequently he removed to Maysville, Kentucky, and after his marriage lived in Allegheny. He was a member of the Methodist church. For a few months he served in Gen. Lew Wallace's regiment of "home guards" during the Civil War. Mrs. Burns received a good education, having been enabled to attend college in Cincinnati. Later she taught private students in her home in Maysville, Kentucky, for seventeen years, and then became a private tutor in Cincinnati. When a young woman she had attended the Science Hill Seminary, in Maysville, Kentucky, and had never been a student in the public schools. After her husband's death she made her home with the late Doctor Russell, and was one of his favorites. At his death she inherited his home and estate in Wilmington, where she is still living. Mrs. Burns' mother was Mary Ann Crosby, whose parents were John and Nancy (Colvin) Crosby, the former of whom was born in New Jersey and the latter of whom was born in Maryland. They settled in Mason county, Kentucky. where he was a farmer. Mrs. Burns is a cultivated and refined woman, who is well known and. widely admired by the people of Wilmington and Clinton county. Her beloved uncle, who never married, who brought honor and distinction to the Russell family as well as to the great state where he lived and worked, is gone, but his influence goes on in the hearts not only of the members of his immediate family but of those who come under the influence of his gracious personality. He was a noble man and a noble citizen. There hangs in Mrs. Burns' parlor an oil painting of Doctor Russell by Charles T. Weber, the Ohio valley artist, dean of the Cincinnati artists. The painting received favorable notice in Cincinnati, Boston and Paris. 668 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO WILLIAM D. MOORMAN The following is a brief sketch of a man, who, by close attention to business, has achieved a satisfactory measure of 'success in agricultural affairs and who has risen to an honorable position among the enterprising farmers of Union township with whom his interests are identified. His record is a plain one and rendered remarkable by no strange or mysterious adventures, no wonderful or lucky accident. William D. Moor-man, however, is one of those estimable characters whose integrity and honor win for them an enviable position in society. William D. Moorman was born on April 3, 1845, in Greene county, Ohio, in the city of Xenia, and is the son of Samuel and Lucy W. (Johnson) Moorman, the former of whom Was born in Campbell county, Virginia, May 16, 1792, and the latter, born in Campbell county, Virginia, March 1, 1800, and who died in Judy, 1877. The paternal grandparents of Mr. Moorman lived and died in Virginia. They were of English descent. His maternal grandfather was a native of Virginia and settled near Port William, in Liberty township, in 1810. The first township election ever held in Liberty township was held at his house. The late Samuel Moorman, father of William D., was sixteen years old when the family left Virginia, in 1808, for Ohio. He enlisted in the War of 1812, but peace was declared before he saw active service. In his boyhood he learned the brick-mason's trade and at different times lived in different towns in Clinton county. Married in 1824, he Worked in Cincinnati, Ohio, for some time and later twelve years in Xenia, Ohio. After that he lived three years in Peru, Indiana, and some time in Jamestown, in Greene county, Ohio. Still later he lived at Port William in Clinton county.. He and his wife were members of the Methodist Protestant church. To Samuel and Lucy W. (Johnson) Moorman were born nine children, five of whom are deceased. The names of the children are as follow: Henry, born in 1827, died young; Pamelia and Emily, twins, March 4, 1825, the former married Ezekiel Leonard, a well-to-do farmer and blacksmith, and the latter married David Teach; Mary Anna, November 25, 1830, married Jacob Good, of Greene county, and they are deceased; John Johnson, June 7, 1833, deceased, was a brickmaker and justice of the peace at Port William, Ohio; Barnett G., July 21, 1836, is a retired farmer of Xenia, Ohio; Susannah June 23, 1839, is deceased; Catherine died of cholera in 1849 at the age of eight years; William D. was the youngest child of this family. William D. Moorman enjoyed only limited educational advantages, having attended school for a short time in Indiana, at Peru, and a little while at Port William, Ohio. In the meantime he was engaged in helping his brother at brickmaking. Subsequently, he married and lived with his father-in-law and worked on his farm on the shares for eight years. Mrs. Moorman inherited some land and since that time they have added more and have now one hundred and eleven acres. They still live on the farm and carry on general farming. Mr. Moorman raises Shorthorn cattle. On February 1, 1876, William D. Moorman was married to Martha Starbuck, who was born on the farm adjoining the one where she now lives on January 29, 1848, and who is the daughter of Jesse G. and Amy (Cox) Starbuck. Mr. and Mrs. Moorman have had one son, Charles R., born on May 3, 1878. He is unmarried and lives at home with his parents. Mrs. Moorman's father, Jesse G. Starbuck, was born in Union township, Clinton county, Ohio, October 8, 1819. His paternal great-grandparents were Thomas and Rachel Starbuck, the former of whom was born on Nantucket Island, May 12, 1707, and who died on February 2, 1777, and the latter, born in 1710, and died on May 31, 1789. His grandfather, Hezekiah Starbuck, was born on Nantucket Island, April 10, 1749, and was married on November 19, 1771, to Mary Thurston. He was a seafaring man and for a part of his life was captain of a whaling vessel. He was on a cruise when the Revo- CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 669 lutionary War broke out and on his return he had great difficulty in entering the harbor, which was blockaded by the enemy. In 1785 he emigrated to Guilford county, North Carolina, where he reared his family and where his wife died on June 9, 1806. He afterwards removed to Clinton county, where he remained until his death, which occurred on June 10, 1830. The father of Jesse G. Starbuck, Gayer Starbuck, was born on Nantucket Island, August 10, 1777, and removed with his parents to North Carolina, where he spent the early part of his life. He learned the blacksmith's trade and for malty years followed that vocation. He was married on January 17, 1799, by permission of the New Garden monthly meeting, to Susannah, the daughter of Jesse and Anna Dillon. By this marriage five sons and five daughters were born, of whom one son died at the age of twenty-two years, and the rest married and reared families. In 1807 he removed with his family to Ohio and settled temporarily in the edge of Greene county near where Paintersville now is, but in 1810 they came to Clinton county. Here they remained until their death. He died on December 30, 1866, and she on March 12, 1861. Jesse Dillon, who was of Irish descent was born in North Carolina in October, 1753, and on April 29, 1778, was married to Hannah Buckman, who was born on March 20, 1754, to Joseph and Sarah Ruckman. They came to Ohio, in 1807, and settled in the wilderness on land later owned by John T. Starbuck. Jesse G. Starbuck was married at Fairfield, meeting in Hendricks county, Indiana, October 20, 1842, to Amy Cox, who was a daughter of Harmon and Martha Cox. She was born in Wayne county, Indiana, June 1, 1823, and moved to Hendricks county with her parents when a child. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Jesse G. Starbuck settled on a farm in Union township where he was a farmer and miller. They reared a family of five children, others having died in early life: Adin L. married Louisa M. Pidgeon; Asa married Almira Custis; Martha is the wife of Mr. Moorman; William R., born on May 12, 1858, graduated from Wilmington College; Jesse H., November 11, 1864, became a farmer. Mr. and Mrs. William D. Moorman are members of the Dover meeting of Friends. Mr. Moorman is a Republican. He is an enterprising farmer, an honorable citizen and a popular man in Union township. HOMER JESSE LUNDY. The biographies of successful men are instructive as guides and as incentives to the great body of young men, whose careers are yet to be made. The examples they furnish of patient purpose and endeavor strongly illustrate what every one may accomplish. Homer Jesse Lundy, a splendid, hard-working, young farmer of Chester township, this county, whose life story is here briefly set forth, is a conspicuous example of one who has lived to good purpose. Homer Jesse Lundy was born in Union township, this county, on January 8, 1881, the son of Enoch and Phoebe (Wall) Lundy, both of whom were born in the same township, the former on July 18, 1830, and the latter of whom was a daughter of Asariah Wall. Enoch Lundy was the son of Jesse and Abigail (Green) Lundy, the former born in Grayson county, Virginia, on September 19, 1805, and the latter, on December 19, 1794, the daughter of John and Ruth Green. Jesse Lundy was a farmer by occupation, who emigrated to Clinton county about 1810 with his parents, who located on a farm in Chester township, where he was reared and where he lived practically all of his life. In addition to farming, he operated a blacksmith shop on his farm of ninety-seven acres. Jesse and Abigail (Green) Lundy were the parents of six children : Enoch, the father of Homer J.; Ruth, who married Benjamin Johnson; Elizabeth, who married Peter Osborn; Margaret, who became the wife of Aseph Paxon; John, who died in infancy, and James, who married Sarah Venable. The family were all members of the Friends 670 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. church; Jesse Lundy wits the son of James Lundy, a native of Virginia, and one of the early settlers in Clinton county. James Lundy was twice married, the first time to Elizabeth Johnson, to which union ten children were born, James, Levi, Jesse, William, John, Anna, Susannah, Asenath, Enoch and Rachel. Enoch Lundy, a representative of the third generation of the Lundy family in Clinton county, received his education in the common schools of Chester township, and was engaged in farming and carpentering all of his life. He owned a farm of ninety-three acres and was a devout member of the Friends church and an ardent Republican. By his first wife, Sarah Babb, who was the daughter of Henry Babb, there was born one child, Calvin. After her death, Mr. Lundy married secondly, Phoebe Wall, to which union there was born one child, Homer Jesse, the subject of this biographical sketch. Like his father and his grandfather, Homer Jesse Lundy was educated in the common schools of Chester township; .bathe had an additional advantage, in that he was permitted for some time to attend school at •Delaware, Ohio; where he pursued a com- mercial course. After he had finished his education he began farming in Chester township, where, with his mother, he now owns one hundred and fifty-six acres of land. Mr. Lundy is a general farmer and stockman and is one of the well-known young citizens of that township. On June 7, 1905, Homer Jesse Lundy was married to Ruth Oren, who was born on January 28, 1881. the daughter of Alfred and Laura (Nance) Oren, to which union there has been no issue. During the past ten years, Mr. Lundy has been treasurer of Chester township, having been elected to that office by the Republican party, with which he is identified politically. Mr. and Mrs. Lundy are members of the Friends church and are held in the highest regard by all who know them. J. ALBERT STINGLEY. J. Albert Stingley, who comes of an old and long established family of Clinton county and one which has been prominent in the agricultural life of the county for nearly a century; was born in Chester township, on May 31, 1861; the son of Gilead and Nancy (Lucas) Stingley, and the grandson of John and Elizabeth (Bush) Stingley. Gilead Stingley was born on November 4, 1820,, in Ross county, Ohio, the son of John and Elizabeth (Bush) Stingley, and died in 1909. His wife, Nancy Lucas, was born in Highland county in 1831, the daughter of Richard and Mary (Curtindoll) Lucas, and is still living. Educated In the common schools of Chester township, Gilead Stingley was a farmer during almost his entire life and owned seven or eight hundred acres of land. For about five years, following 1875, he was engaged in the pork packing business in Wilmington and was for many years a large cattle raiser. Eleven children were born to Gilead and Nancy Stingley, as follow: Eliza, who married John F. Oglesbee; William, who died in March, 1913; Amanda (deceased), who married James Bailey; Elizabeth, who married. James Swindler; Emma, who died at the age of five years; J. Albert, the subject of this sketch; Calvin, who is referred to elsewhere in this volume; Ada, who married Lester Oglesbee; Alonzo, who died at the age of two years; Nettie, who married Elijah Turner, and Alvin, who is referred to elsewhere in this volume. Gilead Stingley and wife were members of the Friends church and he voted the Democratic ticket. John Stingley, grandfather of J. Albert Stingley, was born in Virginia on August 22, 1792, and came to Ohio in 1800, first locating in Ross county, where, on April, 16, 1818, he married Elizabeth Bush, who was born on May 31, 1798. Four years later they purchased a farm of two hundred and nine acres in Clinton county and ever since that time the family has been established here. Four children were born to John and Elizabeth CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 671 Stingier: Noah B., February 24, 1819; Giiepd, November 24, 1820; Talitha, ApriI 27, 1823; and Julian, October 7, 1825. The father of these children died on September 6, 1826, and after his death, his widow married Sebastian Stingley, the twin brother of her first husband. The Stingley family in America dates from the coming of George Stingley, a native of Germany, who was born on September 12, 1763, and who was the great-grandfather of J. Albert Stingley, the subject of this sketch. Like his other brothers, J. Albert Stingley was educated in the common schools of Chester township and has farmed in that township practically all of his life, except for one year which he spent in Wilmington, during which brief period he conducted a butcher shop on West Main street. For seven years prior to his marriage, Mr. Stingley dealt largely in stock and is one of the well-known stock buyers of Clinton county today. In February, 1894, he purchased a farm of seventy-two acres, where he has since lived. On December 18, 1887; J. Albert Stingley was married to Rosa M. Fudge, daughter of H. C. and Emeline .Fudge; to which union have been born two, children, Hazel, who married Foy Powers and has one child, Dorothy Lucile. and Oscar L. Mr. and Mrs. Stingley are members of the Friends church and are highly esteemed in their neighborhood. Mr. Stingley is a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Knights of the Maccabees. He is independent in politics, believing that local government is more effectually served outside the realm of partisanship. JOSEPH F. BALLARD. Joseph F. Ballard, a well-to-do farmer of Union township, this county, is a representative of the sixth generation of the Ballard family in Clinton county. His great-great-grandfather, David Ballard, emigrated to Ohio about the year 1800 and located within the present limits of the city of Wilmington. Joseph F. Ballard was born on November 4, 1872, in Liberty township, the son of Abraham S. and Mary J. (Oren) Ballard. members of the Friends church, the former born in Union township on January 14, 1838, and the latter in Liberty township, in April, 1838, sister of the Hon. Jesse N. Oren, Abraham S. Ballard was educated in the common schools of Liberty township and farmed in that township all of his life, owning eighty acres of land. On September 12, 1861, he married Mary J. Oren, and to this union three children were born, namely: Clara, who married Hiram Arnold; Charles E., who mrrried Jessie Parker. and Joseph F., the subject of this sketch. Abraham S. Ballard was a Republican and served as trustee of Liberty township. He was also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Abraham S. Ballard, who died in 1913,. was the son of Joseph and Susannah G. (Stillings) Ballard, the former of whom was born on April 29, 1912, in Clinton county, and the latter, on June 24, 1817, in Virginia. In 1826 she came with her parents, Abraham and Sarah Stillings, to Clinton county. Susannah G. Stillings was the youngest of a family of six children. Joseph Ballard owned one hundred and thirty acres of land in Liberty township, where he farmed most all of his life and where he was well known. Besides Abraham S., he and his wife had three other children, Margaret, Eunice and Edna. They were members of the Friends church and he was a Republican in politics. The Clinton county branch of the Ballard family goes back to the Old Dominion state. where David, the grandfather of Joseph and the great-great-grandfather of Joseph F., was horn about the middle of the eighteenth century. He married several years before the Declaration of American Independence and about 1800 came to Ohio and settled within the present limits of Wilmington, purchasing a military land warrant. He was among the first, if not the first, minister in the Friends church in Clinton county and served locally for many years, or until his death about 1820. He and his wife were the parents of seven children, all of whom grew to maturity. Six married and one died 672 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO unmarried. John Ballard, the next in line of descent, was born in either Pennsylvania or Virginia, about 1770, and married Dinah Pickerell on April 20, 1798. In 1809 they came, to Clinton county and he died on May 13, 1814. They also, were the parents of seven children. After John Ballard's death, his widow married John Whitson, a native of Pennsylvania. She passed away on June 7, 1835. Joseph F. Ballard, the subject of this sketch, who was educated in the common schools of Liberty township and in Wilmington College, which he attended for one term, began farming in Chester township after completing his education, farming there for two years. In 1895 Mr. Ballard purchased the farm in Union township where he now lives. This farm originally consisted of fifty-eight acres but he has since added to the tract until he now owns one hundred and fifty-one, acres, a splendid farm. From year to year, he has invested considerable money in all kinds of improvements and is regarded as one of the more successful men of Union township In 1893 Joseph F. Ballard was married to Irene Johnson, the daughter of Harry and Margaret (Painter) Johnson, to which union four children have been born, as follow : Donald. born in 1897; Nadine, in 1899; Frances, in 1906, and Herbert, in 1908. Mr. and Mrs. Ballard are members of the Friends church, true to the religion of Mr. Ballard's great-great-grandfather, the Rev. David Ballard, probably the first minister of the Society of Friends in this region. Politically, Mr. Ballard is a Republican. He and his wife are interested in all good works in their neighborhood and are held in high esteem throughout that part of the county. JUDGE EDWARD JOSEPH WEST. The high standing of the West family in this country began several generations ago, when Thomas West, known as Lord Delaware, governor of Virginia, early in the seventeenth century, probably became the progenitor of the family in America. Benjamin West, the great painter, is of the same stock. Peyton West, grandfather of the subject of this review, surveyed the town of Westboro, which Was named for him, while his son, the father of the Judge, was elected probate judge on the same ticket which elected Lincoln to the Presidency, and, as a delegate to the Republican national convention at Philadelphia in 1864, helped to renominate the martyred President. With an ancestry such as this, it is not surprising that Edward J. West has attained a front rank among his fellow citizens, Lawyer, publicist, judge, politician, lecturer and orator, Judge West's name and fame have extended beyond the confines of the state in which he lives. As a politician of the higher type, he is known from one end of the state to the other ; as a lyceum lecturer, he has addressed audiences in many states of the Union; and as a member of several national organizations, he has been the recipient of signal honors. Edward Joseph West, now judge of the common pleas court of Clinton county, was born on December 8, 1851, at Blanchester, Clinton county, the son of Joseph H. and Henrietta (Stroud) West, the former of whom was a native of this county, and the latter of whom was born in Williamstown, Grant county, Kentucky. The West family came originally from England, and settled on Fall creek, in Pittsylvania county, Virginia. It was here that Owen West, great-grandfather of Judge West, married Mary Martin. Of their children, Peyton West, grandfather of the subject, married Sarah Hadley, who was born near Guilford, North Carolina. They were the parents of six boys and five girls. Peyton West was among the ambitious men of the East, who migrated westward, settling in 1804 on a farm in Clark township, Clinton county, Ohio, before the county was organized. Here it was that Joseph H. West, the father of Judge West, was born. Peyton West, besides being a surveyor, held public office, including that of county treasurer. He died on his farm, three miles southeast of Martinsville, Ohio. The life of Joseph H. West, father of the subject, was as varied and full of public CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 673 honor and service as the life of a man living in that stirring time could well be. Born on November 22, 1822, he was only twenty-six years of age when the Mexican War broke out. Enlisting at New Orleans in 1846, he served until the close of that struggle, being mustered out in the same city in which he began service. The war over, he returned to Cincinnati, Ohio, and from there went to Williamstown, Kentucky, to take charge of a store. There he was married, on September 19, 1850, to Henrietta Stroud. Returning to Clinton county about 1851, he continued to live here until his death, which took place on November 25, 1879. In 1864 Joseph West had a part in national politics, as a delegate to the national convention that renominated Abraham Lincoln to the Presidency. Four years prior to this, he was elected probate judge of Clinton county, was afterwards re-elected, and served six years. Being admitted to the bar in 1854, he was in active practice all of the time he did not hold public office. His widow is still living, making her home with her son, Edward J. In the maternal line, Judge West is descended from Southern stock, his mother's mother having been Harriett Vanlandingham, who was born in Stafford county, Virginia, a descendant from the French Huguenots. When she was a young girl, her parents moved to Fairfax county, Virginia, and thence to Grant county, Kentucky. There she became the wife of Edward Stroud, who was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, and their daughter, Henrietta, became the wife of Joseph H. West. Of the nine children born to this union, Edward J.. is the eldest, the others being: Clarence, now living in Los Angeles, California ; George, Harriet and William H. are deceased; Benjamin, of Charleston, West Virginia; Mellville, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Alfred, deceased. Edward J. West received his education in the common schools of Wilmington and the high school, being compelled, on account of ill health, to leave school before graduation. He then taught school for two years, his first teacher's certificate being dated April 2, 1870. During this period he lived at home, one and one-half miles west of town. Meanwhile he had read law under his father's directions and he was admitted to the bar on January 29, 1873, practicing thereafter with his father. With his election as prosecuting attorney in 1875, the official life of Edward J. West began. When he went out of office, after serving twelve years, or five terms, he again resumed the law practice in January, 1889, which he continued until April 6, 1906, when he was appointed by United States District Judge A. C. Thompson as referee in bankruptcy for Clinton county, resigning this office to assume the duties of judge of common pleas, a place to which he was appointed, on September 4, 1908, by Governor A. L. Harris, having been previously endorsed by a primary vote of his county. Later, he was elected to fill a short term, and in November, 1910, was elected for the full term of six years. In 1896 Judge West was elected as delegate to the Republican national convention at St. Louis in 1896. He is considered one of the best public speakers in the state and has done much effective work in this line for the Republican party. He was formerly chairman of the Republican county central committee. On January 3, 1878, Edward J. West married Katharine E. Bowshier, who has taken a keen interest in the career of her husband and has had her share in his success. Katharine E. Bowshier is the daughter of Stephen E. Bowshier and was born on a farm in Pickaway county, Ohio. The children born to Judge and Mrs. West were: Winnifred C., who passed away at the age of twenty-two years; and Kathleen C., wife of William M. Weller, of Cincinnati, Ohio, whose children are Katharine W. and Winnifred C., both born at Lynchburg, Virginia. One of the interesting phases of the family life of this home is the devotion and tender care lavished on the Judge's mother, now eighty-two years of age. By her gentle nature and lovable personality, this aged woman has won many friends, who brighten her declining years. (43) 674 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. Judge West is the, type of man whose active mind must find many and varied channels of expression. This he has sought in a number of organizations, some of which are national in their scope. Among these is the National Geographic Society, of Washington, D. C., an organization which numbers among its members men; and women of the highest scholarship and attainment. He also belongs to the Luther Burbank Society, another association which is broad in its scope and membership. For several years the Judge has been actively affiliated with the International Lyceum Association, for which he occasionally lectures. He is also a member of the Ohio State Bar Association. He is a well-known speaker on fraternal and patriotic subjects, of which his favorite topic is the Grand Army of the Republic. When a boy on the farm, Judge West joined the Patrons of Husbandry, or Grangers' Association, an organization in which he has been active ever since. He belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, and the Royal Arcanium, being grand orator of the grand council of Ohio of the last-named order; Modern Woodmen 'of America and Daughters of Rebekah. Among the interests of Judge West's early childhood and young manhood was the church, and he is now an elder in the Presbyterian church, of which his wife, daughter and son-in-law are members. The Judge formerly found time to be active in Sunday school work, having represented his home county in the state and national conventions of that body. Life has been to Judge West a thing of deep interest and signal value. Clear in his intuitions, true in his judgments, broad in his sympathies and kindly in his nature, his life has been far-reaching in its influence for good. With every opportunity for self-aggrandizement, he chose rather to serve the common people and in so doing he has ever had their merited respect and esteem. Clinton county has been dignified by his life and achievements, and his influence in the civic and social life as well as in professional circles, has been of a most beneficent order. JOHN BRENNAN. No better farm is to be found in Wilson township than the seventy-six acres which is owned by John Brennan, living on Rural Route No. 1, out of Sabina, Ohio. John Brennan was born on May 22, 1860, in Fayette county, Ohio, a son of Thomas and Margaret (Mitchell) Brennan, the former of whom was born in County Sligo, Ireland. in 1812, and the latter also a native of Ireland, born in county Wexford, the daughter of Patrick Mitchell. Thomas Brennan was a son of Thomas Brennan, a native of Ireland and a devont member of the Catholic church, who never came to America. Thomas Brennan, Jr., father of John, wes educated in a private school in Ireland, and came to America about 1849, proceeding to Cincinnati, where for some time he worked on a railroad, which was being constructed at that time through this section of Ohio. He later married Margaret Mitchell, and commenced farming in Clinton county about 1859. Although he always thereafter was engaged in farming he never owned land. He was a devout member of the Catholic church and died in that faith, his death occurring on November 25, 1895. His wife had preceded him to the grave many years before, her death having occurred in 1876, at the age of thirty-seven years. They were the parents of six children, Mary, Catherine, John, Jerry, Margaret and Ann, of whom Mary and Margaret are now deceased. Educated in the common schools of this state, John Brennan has become a successful farmer of Wilson township, this county. He was married in 1887 to Margaret Sullivan, a native of Ireland, the daughter of Thomas Sullivan, who is now living in Wilmington, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Brennan have no children. Mr. Brennan is the owner of seventy-six acres of land in Wilson township, where he lives. This land is level and very rich.