(RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 675 Twelve years ago he built a comfortable and modern house, and four years ago erected a large and commodious barn, and has improved his farm in many ways, so that he now has a very neat, and attractive place. WALTER T. McMILLAN. Walter T. McMillan is widely known as a successful farmer in Union township, Clinton county, Ohio, where his well-directed efforts in the practical affairs of life, his capable business management and sound judgment have won for him a competence in farm property and a comfortable status in the business affairs of this county. He owns the old Seth Linton farm of two hundred and thirty-three acres, which he purchased in 1896. His life fully demonstrates what may be accomplished by a man of energy and ambition who is not afraid to work and who is possessed of a capacity for perseverance. In all of the relations of life he has commanded the confidence and respect of his associates and friends, and has ably carried forward the work of his illustrious ancestors who were pioneers in this community. Walter T. McMillan was born near Gurneyville. Chester township, Clinton county, Ohio, November 22, 1865, and is the son of Isaac and Nancy (Linton) McMillan, the former was born in Chester township in 1836, and died in 1874. The Tatter was born on the farm where her son, Walter T., now lives, March 1, 1840, and died on March 12, 1911. Isaac McMillan was the son of David and Sarah (Carpenter) McMillan, the former of whom was born in Chester township, Clinton county, the son of David and Hannah (Hussey) McMillan. Sarah Carpenter was a native of New York state who came to Clinton county, Ohio, with her parents when three years old. David McMillan, Sr., who was born on March 2, 1772, in Pennsylvania, was the son of William and Deborah McMillan. They were residents of York county, Pennsylvania, after coming to this country, the former having been born in Scotland and the latter in Wales. They had eight children: Thomas, William, Henry, Samuel, David and Jonathan (twins), Mary and Lydia. Jonathan married Anne Hussey; David married Hannah Hussey ; Mary married Joseph Baxter ; Lydia married William Jay. After coming to Ohio David and Hannah (Hussey) McMillan settled where Thomas McMillan later owned a farm. They had ten children, five of whom were born in Pennsylvania, and five in Ohio. After locating in Clinton county in 1804, David and Hannah (Hussey) McMillan obtained a land grant signed by President George Washington, purchasing the land for a dollar and a quarter an acre. They were members of the Society of Friends. David, Jr., and Sarah (Carpenter) McMillan had two children, Isaac and Judiah, the latter of whom was the first cashier of the Clinton County National Bank, and who died in California. Isaac McMillan grew up on the farm near Gurneyville and operated this farm for his father until 1866, when he opened a hardware store and also began packing pork. He assisted in the establishment of the Clinton County National Bank He was a Republican in politics and as a member of the Friends church served as clerk of the Center monthly meeting for many years. For some time he was the proprietor of a dry-goods store. He died while still a young man of lung trouble. His wife was the daughter of Seth and Sarah Anne Linton. The genealogy and family history of the Linton family are presented in more complete form in the sketch of Fred Weldon Linton, contained elsewhere in this volume. After the death of Isaac McMillan, his widow, the mother of Walter T. McMillan, married an uncle of her first husband, Thomas McMillan. They lived in Chester township near the Chester church. By Nancy (Linton) McMillan's first marriage there were six children, namely : David IL, born on March 3, 1861, died at the age of three years; Seth L,, February 15, 1863, an attorney at Columbus, Ohio; Walter T., November 22, 1865; Clifton, December 21, 1867, died at the age of two years; Carrie E., November 3, 1869, died at the age of two years; and Maria E., October 4, 1874, died at the age of six 676 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO months. Thomas and Nancy (Linton) McMillan were the parents of one son, Thomas Henry, who lives on the old McMillan homestead in Chester township Mrs. Nancy (Linton) McMillan spent her later years among her children and died at the home of her son, Walter T. Walter T. McMillan obtained the rudiment of an education in the public schools of Chester township, and later became a student at Wilmington College. He was nine years old at the time of his father's death, in 1874, and after his death lived with his grandfather, Seth Linton, until thirteen years of age. After this he worked for his step-father, Thomas McMillan until his death, when in partnership with his mother he purchased the old Seth Linton farm in Union township, where he now lives. Mr. McMillan has since remodeled the house and buildings and greatly improved the farm. On December 24, 1894, Mr. McMillan was married to Martha Blanch Kirk, a native of Adams county, Ohio, the daughter of Albert DeWitt and Phoebe D. (McIntyre) Kirk. The father of Mrs. McMillan is a resident of Winchester, Ohio, where he is a merchant tailor. His wife is deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Walter T. McMillan have been born six children; Florence Nancy, born on November 22, 1895, is a graduate of Wilmington College; Damaris, January 22, 1898, is a student in the Wilmington high school; Isaac DeWitt, September 7, 1899; Leontine, died at the age of one year ; Kirk, January 1, 1904; and Harriet, December 15, 1912. Mr. and Mrs. McMillan are members of the Center meeting of the Society of Friends. Mr. McMillan is an ardent Republican. AARON BOWMAN Some of our brainiest men and women have had little or no acquaintance with the interior of a school room, but they have not only taken advantage of every opportunity for gaining knowledge, but they have made opportunities for themselves. They had that force of character that would not admit of the neglect to follow every avenue leading to an education. We cannot but admire the man who wins out in spite of such a drawback. Aaron Bowman, farmer of Union township, Clinton county, Ohio, was born in Brown county, Ohio, August 4, 1862. He is a son of Benjamin and Mary Ann (Greeley) Bowman. He received a meager education in the public school near his home in Brown county. When he was fifteen years old, his parents moved to Kentucky, and in 1887 he came to Clinton county, where he was married. After renting several farms in Green township, he purchased seventy acres in Green township, and lived there twelve years. In 1911 he sold out, buying seventy-eight acres in Union township, on the Waynesville pike, where he has since resided. He remodeled his house, and it is one of the most attractive and comfortable homes in the neighborhood. Mr. Bowman is a member of the Christian church, and is a Democrat. Benjamin Bowman, father of the subject of this sketch was born in 1821, in Brown county, Ohio, and died on June 30, 1902. His wife was Mary Ann Greenley, who was born in 1831, and died in December, 1902. He grew to manhood in Brown county on a farm. He married, and soon after bought a farm in Brown county, which he sold in 1878, going from there to Kentucky, settling in Clark county. Here he rented land and farmed, devoting his special attention to the raising of tobacco. He lived on the H. P. Thompson farm twelve years. About 1890 the family came to Clinton county. He died on the Ferren farm in Union township. He and his wife were members of the Christian church. They were the parents of ten children, namely : Lucinda, Louis, James B., Nelson, Lucius M., Aaron, Nannie, Thomas, Harvey and Ida. Lucinda became the wife of Whitmore Freeland, and lives in Indiana; Louis, died in Adams county, Ohio; James B., deceased, lived in Clinton county; Nelson lives in Clark county, Kentucky, and is a tobacco raiser; Lucius M. lives in Wilmington„ Ohio, and is a retired farmer; Nannie CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 677 became the wife of George Green, and lives in Nicholas county, Kentucky; Thomas lives in Kentucky; Harvey lives in Union township, and is a farmer; Ida died in 1903. The paternal grandparents were both probably born near Aberdeen, Ohio, as the family were early settlers there. They were of German descent. Mr. Bowman was a farmer. Aaron Bowman was married on November 12, 1892, to Miss Jennie Lieurance, who was born in Green township, Clinton county, Ohio, and is a daughter of William Henry and Rachel Anna (Pond) Lieurance. Mrs. Bowman died on March 3, 1908, leaving one son, W. Ernest, born on August 29, 1893, who now lives in Cincinnati, where he works as a barber. FRANK WILLIAM ANTRAM. Frank W. Antram is one of the prominent farmers of Union township, Clinton county, Ohio, who has lived a quiet, honorable life, and is well known and well respected in Union township and Clinton county. Frank W. Antram was born at Antram Corners, in Union township, January 10, 1858, the sou of John M. and Catherine (Babb) Antram, the former of whom was born in Clinton county, one mile west of Wilmington, June 19, 1825, and the latter, born on a farm in Union township where her son, Frank W., now lives, July 21, 1827, and who died, June 24, 1898. John M. Antram, with the exception of six years spent in Warren county, has resided in Clinton county all his life, and is still living at the age of ninety years. He is the son of Hiram and Sarah (Whitson) Antram, of Irish descent, the former of whom was a native of Frederick county, Virginia, and the latter of Center county, Pennsylvania. They were married in Clinton county, where both settled at an early day. Hiram Antram was a farmer, but kept, a hotel and store at Harveysburg, in Warren county, for many years. He was born on January 29, 1799, and died in April, 1866. His wife Was born in 1800, and died in 1872. The Antram and the Whitson families came to Clinton county, Ohio, in 1817. The latter had settled in Madison one year previously. Hiram Antram was the son of John and Ann (Hackney) Antram, who also spent a part of their lives in Clinton county. Sarah (Whitson) Antram was the daughter of John Whitson, who married a Miss Moore. The Antram family has been connected with the Friends church for several generations. Hiram Antram owned a farm of two hundred and thirty-six acres one mile west of Wilmington. He and his wife had nine children, of whom five are deceased: James W. is living at Monticello, Missouri, at the age of ninety-two; John M., the father of Frank W., is living with his son at the age of ninety ; Calvin H. is living in California at the age of eighty-eight; Priscilla married Frank Larzelere. The deceased children are Emily, Amanda, Joseph, Maria and Mary. Emily died in childhood; Amanda Louisa died in infancy; Joseph died in 1912, in Warren county; Maria, who is deceased, was the wife of Alfred Haines; Mary died at the age of 'twenty.. On the maternal side of Mr. Antram's family, his mother, who before her marriage was Catherine Babb, was the daughter of Azel and Hannah (Hollingsworth) Babb, both of whom came from Center county, Pennsylvania, and in 1817 settled south of Wilmington, in Union township. They were strict Quakers and good farmers and died at advanced ages. Azel Babb was the son of Henry, who was the founder of. the family in Ohio. In 1806 he came from Frederick county, Virginia, and settled about a mile and one-half north of the court house at Wilmington. His wife's father, Mordecai Walker, early in 1805 purchased one thousand acres of land of Thomas Posey, the owner of a survey on which Wilmington was laid out, and divided the same into four equal parts and gave each of his four children, two sons and two daughters, one of these parts. Elizabeth Babb, the wife of Henry Babb, received her portion in the northeast corner of 678 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. the one-thousand-acre tract, including the land upon which Mr. Babb settled. At the first election of county officers Henry Babb was elected county commissioner and served two. years. He and his wife had five sons and six daughters. The sons were Peter, Thomas, Henry, Azel and Samson. The daughters were Mary, who married Thomas Babb; Rebecca, who married William Crumley; Rachel, who married John Walters; Hannah, who married Joseph Smith; Lydia, who married a Mr. Smith, and Betsy, who married a Mr. Wall. John M. Antram grew up on his father's farm and was married, in 1851, to Catherine Babb. Subsequently he purchased seventy-seven and three-quarter acres of land and added to that tract until he owned one hundred and forty acres at what is now known as Antram's Corner. He lived there for thirty-seven years, until 1888, when he retired and removed to Wilmington. He lived in Wilmington until 1903, but now lives with his son, Frank William, and at the home of his other son, Arthur D. (deceased), at Antram's Corner. He served as trustee of Union township for four years and is a "dyed-in-the-wool" Republican. In 1870 the Antram family all joined the Friends church, and he formerly was an elder in the church. He bought and sold stock extensively at Antram's Corner, and for several years kept a tavern. There were two children born to his marriage: Arthur D., who was born on March 7, 1855, and who died on August 10, 1911; Frank William, the subject of this sketch. Frank William Antram attended the public schools of Union township, and later Wilmington College. After his marriage he moved to farm near Gurneyville, Ohio, and lived there from 1879 to 1881. Later he lived in Greene county for three years, and then returned to the old farm, where he lived until 1900. In 1900 he purchased one hundred and ten acres of the Probasco farm of Wilmington, Ohio, and has improved the place. He was engaged in the dairy business for six years, and now owns a very fertile and well-equipped farm. On October 15, 1879, Frank William Antram was married to Florence Belle Saville, who was born on July 1, 1862, six miles south of Xenia, in Greene county. She is the daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Ketteman) Saville, both of whom are deceased. They were natives of Virginia who came to Greene county when young people, and engaged in farming. He was a Republican, and a member of the German Reformed church. They had six children who grew to maturity. To Mr. and Mrs. Frank William Antram have been born two children: Carrie Ethel, who was born on February 2, 1881, was married on April 24, 1903, to Clarence L. Haworth, who died on April 24, 1905; Ada, January 21, 1889, married C. Herbert Green, and they live in Dayton, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Antram are members of the Friends church and influential in the congregation at Wilmington. Mr. Antram is an uncompromising Republican. EDWIN F. McKAY Three grandsons of Francis and Mary (Collett) McKay are represented in this volone. They are Welden N., Clarence H. and Edwin F., the subject of this sketch. The family has been a prominent one in Clinton county history and was established here by the father of Francis McKay, Moses McKay, who was the son of Andrew, who in turn, was the son of Robert. The representatives of the present generation of the family in Clinton county are note only successful men in the various vocations to which they have turned their attention; but they are among the leading citizens of this county. Edwin F. McKay was born on March 7, 1873, on the farm where he now lives in Chester township, the son of Moses C. and Sarah (Bales) McKay, the former of whom was born on the old McKay homestead in Chester township, September 10, 1832, and the latter was the daughter of Silas and Elizabeth (Smith) Bales. Sarah Bales had been previously married to a Mr. Marshall. She was the second wife of Moses C. McKay. He was educated in the, common schools of Chester township and, by occupation, was a CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 679 farmer and surveyor. He owned about two hundred and forty acres of land at the time of his death. On October 3, 1855, Moses C. McKay married Matilda Ferguson, the daughter of Edward and Ann Ferguson, who was born on August 26, 1838. To this union there were born three children: Emma, who married Charles Jessup; Anna, who is the wife of Mansfield Swindler; and Charles A. who married Susan Mallow. Mrs. Matilda McKay died on April 27, 1865, and after her death, Mr. McKay married Sarah Bales, April 4, 1867. To this marriage there were born two children: William S., deceased, who married Mary Williamson; and Edwin F., the subject of this sketch. Moses McKay was one of the trnstees of the Methodist church, and as a Republican he was elected trustee of Chester township. He also served as land assessor in 1890, and as justice of the peace for several terms. The remote ancestry of the McKay family goes back to Andrew McKay, a native of Scotland and a son of Robert McKay. Andrew McKay, some time prior to 1766, had married Jane Ridgeway and settled in Frederick county, Virginia. They had five children: Moses, Enos, Jacob. Margaret and Patience. Of these children, Moses was born on September 17, 1766, and at the age of twenty-seven, in 1796, married, according to the discipline of the Society of Friends, Abigal Shinn, a daughter of George and Rachel (Wright) Shinn, who was born on May 3. 1776, in Stafford county, Virginia. They had thirteen children, as follow: Rachel, born on January 19, 1794; Robert, December 17, 1795; Sarah, November 11, 1797; George, March 11, 1800; Francis, January 9, 1802; Margaret, January 16, 1804; Jonas, September 9, 1806; Virginia, August 22, 1808; Maria, May 23, 1811; Jonas T., May 10, 1813; Levi D., February 29, 1816; Jacob F., June 3, 1819, and Mary E., July 27, 1822. About 1814 Moses McKay and his wife and children emigrated from Virginia, via Pittsburgh and thence by flatboat to Cincinnati, and from there to Lebanon, Ohio, after stopping a short time, they left for Waynesville, purchasing a large tract of land east of the Little Miami river and a short distance west of Caesars creek in what is now known as Massie township, Warren county. It was Francis McKay, the fifth child born to Moses and Jane (Ridgeway) McKay, who is the grandfather of Clarence H., Welden N. and Edwin F. McKay, of Chester township. Francis McKay was born in January, 1802, in Frederick county, Virginia, and was married on October 7, 1830 to Mary Collett, the daughter of Moses and Rebecca Collett, who was born on November 7, 1808. They had eleven children, seven of whom lived to maturity. In the spring of 1832, Francis McKay settled in the northern portion of what Is now Chester township, Clinton county. He had inherited several hundred acres of land, which was partially cleared, from his father, who died on January 28, 1828. He had also inherited land at the death of his mother, who died in July, 1828. He was a man of very industrious habits, of sterling integrity and unblemished character. He passed away on March 26, 1871. At the time of his death It was said of him: "In his death, Clinton county lost one of her most worthy and respected citizens. Not only is his presence missed by the loved ones of his own family, who mourn his loss. but by the poor and needy to whom he ever extended a helping hand." Edwin F. McKay began his edncation in the schools of Chester township and later, for two years, was a student at the National Normal University, at Lebanon. After finishing his education, he began farming in Chester township and now owns two hundred and eighteen acres, on which he carries on general farming and stock raising. In 1906 Mr. McKay built a barn and the following year a house, where he now lives. On November 25, 1896, Edwin F. McKay was married to Allie Oglesbee, who was born on May 8, 1872, the daughter of Solomon and Sabina (Middleton) Oglesbee. They are the parents of two children: Cleo, who was born on April 26, 1900; and Edna, April 28, 1904, and died on May 16, 1906, at the age of two years. Mr. and Mrs. McKay are members of the Methodist church. He is a Republican and is a member of the Knights of the Maccabees. Edwin F. McKay is a young, intern- 680 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. gent and prosperous farmer, popular in the community where he lives and honored and respected, not only for what he himself has done, but for what the many worthy members of his family have accomplished in this county. WILLIAM FRANKLIN THOMPSON. One of the best-kept farms in Washington township, this county, is that owned and successfully operated by William Franklin Thompson, who has owned the farm and lived there since the spring of 1902, at which time he gave up his profession of school teaching, to which he had been devoted for a period of ten years or more, to give his entire attention to farming. Mr. Thompson has brought to his agricultural operations the most approved methods of modern agriculture and has been quite successful, his skill in renewing the fertility of his fields by the judicious culture of alfalfa and clover and his scientific application of fertilizers and magnesia lime adapted to the quality of the soil of which his farm is composed having strongly recommended his example to many of his neighbors. William Franklin Thompson was born on a farm in the northern part of Fayette county, Ohio, on November 14, 1866, son of Joseph F. and Mahala (Brakefield) Thompson, both of whom were born near the village of Greenfield, in the same county, the former a son of James Thompson, a Virginian, who came to Ohio in an early day in the settlement of Fayette county, where the rest of his life was spent, and the latter the daughter of pioneer parents. Joseph S. Thompson was reared to the ways of the farm and upon reaching manhood's estate became a farmer on his own account, his early holdings being gradually increased until he became the owner of a fine farm of two hundred and fifty acres in Fayette county. He was a good farmer, energetic and industrious and by the time he had reached middle life had attained a competence, upon which he retired to the pleasant village of Sabina, in this county, where he spent his last days and where his widow still resides. Joseph S. Thompson and wife were the parents of eight children, all the survivors of whom have done well in the various walks to which their life work has called them. Two of Joseph S. Thompson's brothers, Trusler and Cassius, were soldiers, in the Union army during the Civil War and served valiantly in an Ohio regiment until the close of that dreadful struggle between the states. William F. Thompson received his elementary education in the district schools of his neighborhood in Fayette county, supplementing the same by a course in the National Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio, following which he joined the ranks of Clinton county's excellent corps of teachers and for four years taught district schools north of Sabina: after which he joined the ranks of Fayette county's teachers and for six years was engaged with equal success in teaching in that county, in the meantime spending his summers farming in the latter county. He thus acquired a practical knowledge of farm work and conceived a cordial liking for the fine freedom of the farm, and in the spring of 1902 bought his present farm of one hundred and eighty-three acres in Washington township, this county, on which he since has made his home and where he has prospered, as properly becomes the intelligent, and industrious efforts he has put forth to bring his place to as high a state of cultivation as any in the-county. Mr. Thompson is intensely interested in the best development of the agricultural resources of Clinton county and for the past ten years has been diligent in his efforts to secure to the soil of this section proper and scientific fertilization, and, in pursuance of this laudable ambition, has been the agent for the distribution of thousands of tons of excellent fertilizer throughout this section of the state. In his farming operations he has found the raising of hogs a most profitable undertaking and for some time has made a specialty of this phase of agriculture. His farm has been brought up to a high state of cultivation and is regarded as a model thereabout. On August 21, 1889, William F. Thompson was united in marriage to Clara MacPher- CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 681 son, who was born in this county, daughter of Joseph and .Caroline (West) MacPherson.. the former of whom was born on a farm near the village of Highland, just over the line in Highland county, on December 15, 1835, and died on July 7, 1889, „and the latter of whom was born on a farm in the vicinity of Martinsville, in this county, the daughter of Peyton and Sarah (Hadley) West, the former a Virginian who came to this county with his parents in pioneer days, and the latter a daughter of James Hadley and wife, pioneers of the Martinsville neighborhood. Joseph MacPherson was the son of John and Maria (Bonsell) MacPherson, Virginians, who came with their parents to Ohio about the year 1810,, the two families locating in the same neighborhood north of Highland, both becoming prominent and influential in that section, large farmers and substantial citizens, who did very much toward bringing about proper social and economic conditions in that now well-established and prosperous farming section. Joseph MacPherson received his elementary education in the schools. of his neighborhood and then entered Lebanon University, taking up the study of medicine with a view to becoming a physician. Before his studies were completed, however, the failing health of his father compelled him to return home to take charge of the farm and he never returned to school, his life being spent on the farm. He and his family were members of the Friends church and for eighteen years or more he was an influential minister in that body, his sermons receiving a most attentive hearing. On April 21, 1864, Joseph MacPherson was united in marriage to Caroline West, daughter of Peyton and Sarah (Hadley) West, and to this union eight children were born, Florence, Clara. Sarah, Everett, Mary, Minnie. Lowell and Raymond. Peyton West was the son of Owen and Elizabeth (Martin) West, natives of Pittsylvania county, Virginia, who came to the territory now included in Clinton county about the year 1806, locating on the east fork of the Little Miami, in what is now Clark township. With them came a large family of children, Owen, William, James, Thomas, Peyton, John, Nancy, Jane, Mary, Susan and Rebecca. The senior West was a surveyor, as also were his sons, Owen and Peyton, and at an early day did much of the surveying throughout this section of, the state. The Wests were devout members of, the Friends church and the influence of this fine, wholesome family was very strongly marked for good upon the early community life of this region. Peyton West was a skilled surveyor and followed that vocation, in connection with his extensive farming operations, most all his life and served for two terms, 1840-46, as surveyor of Clinton county. He also was agent for some of the original owners of land in this region and surveyed and sold their holdings for them. To Peyton West's union with Sarah Hadley, daughter of James and Ann Hadley, there were born eleven children, namely: James H., Joseph H., William H., Peyton M.. Elisha B., Edith, Sarah Ann, Esther Jane, Caroline, Jemimah H. and Hannah M., all of whom married and reared children, with the exception of the last named, who died in girlhood. At an early day, Peyton West was engaged for two years in mercantile pursuits in Wilmington, but, with that exception, always resided on his farm in Clark township, where he died on August 22, 1868, his widow surviving him about eight years, her death occurring on June 23, 1876. Their bodies were interred in the Odd Fellows cemetery in Clark township. Peyton West was a vigorous, forceful character and was reputed to have been one of the best farmers in Clinton county in his day. He owned a large farm. was highly successful in his operation of the same and gave all his children a good start in life. To William F. and Clara (MacPherson) Thompson four children have been born, Franklin. Everett. May and Ralph. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson are birthright members of the Friends church. in the faith of which their children also have been reared, and they are among the leaders in the good works of that earnest communion in this county, as well as in all good works in their community, they being warmly interested in all movements designed to advance the general welfare. Mr. Thompson Is a Republican and ever 682 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO has given close attention to the political affairs of the county, being an ardent advocate of good government. For some years he served the public very acceptably as trustee of Washington township, in which office his fine administrative ability was exerted very usefnlly in behalf of the common good. The Thompsons have a delightful home, being very pleasantly situated on their= fine farm, and this home is the scene of much cordial hospitality, the family being held in the highest esteem throughout that entire region. CHARLES E. TERRELL. Charles E. Terrell filled a large place in the ranks of the enterprising and public-spirited farmers and citizens of his day and generation, and the memories which attach to his name and character form no inconsiderable chapter in the history of the community where he did his work and achieved his success as a farmer. He is entitled to honorable rank among the energetic and self-made men of Clinton county. Charles E. Terrell, was born on January 4, 1866, and died on April 15, 1901. He was a son of Israel A. and Sidney (Huff) Terrell, the former of whom was born in 1818, in Highland county, Ohio, and died in 1906, and the latter, born in 1827, and died in 1902. Israel A. Terrell removed to Clinton county in 1848, and first located in Wayne township on a farm. At that time Wayne township was a wilderness and roads were not even laid out. During his life he cleared and drained about half of the eleven hundred acres of land which he owned. He paid the carpenter who built his house thirty-seven and one-half cents a day, and the hewers who assisted in its erection, twenty-five cents a day. At the time of his death he was vice-president of the New Vienna Bank, and a stockholder in the bank at Lessburg. He was a most energetic worker, and no man in his neighborhood could cradle more wheat in the same length of time. Interested in education he was one of one hundred men who guaranteed the support of Wilmington College. Six children were born to Israel and Sidney (Huff) Terrell, of whom Charles E. was the fifth in order of birth. The others were Allen L., Sarah, William, Ann and James H. The paternal grandparents of Charles E. Terrell were Pleasant and Esther (Haines) Terrell, the former of whom was born in 1791, in Virginia, and who died in 1837, and the latter died in 1846. Pleasant Terrell came to Highland county, Ohio, from Virginia with his parents when a mere lad. They stopped a while in Cincinnati, where Pleasant learned the brickmason's trade, at which occupation he worked during most of the remainder of his life. He owned the first saw-mill and grist-mill in Highland county. He passed away in 1854 or 1855, after rearing a family of eight children; John, who was the first born; Israel, born in 1818, and died in 1906; David, Mary, Narcissa, Ruth, and two others. The great-grandparents of Mr. Terrell were David and Mary (Anthony) Terrell, the former of whom was born near Lynchburg, Virginia, and who died in 1858, and the latter died in 1858. They came to Highland county, Ohio, in 1806, and located near Highland. David and Mary (Anthony) Terrell were the parents of eight children: Pleasant, Christopher, David, Joseph, Mary, Judith, Sarah and Elizabeth. David Terrell served as justice of the peace of Fairfield township, for about a quarter of a century. He was a great hunter in his day, and spent a large part of his time in the wilderness. The father of David Terrell was David Terrell, Sr., born in 1698, who was married three times, first to Sarah Johnson, secondly to Sarah Clark, and thirdly to Martha Johnson. He reared a family of nine children. The father of David Terrell, Sr., was David Terrell, the first, who was born in 1675, and who died in 1757. He and his wife reared a family of twelve children. He was a son of William Terrell, born in 1650, who had some to America from England with his brothers in 1670. Three brothers were sent to Virginia by King James the Second, as explorers and hunters, and for their services were granted a large tract of land in. Virginia. Educated in the district schools of Wayne township, Charles E. Terrell was also CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 683 graduated from Wilmington College in 1888, and the same year graduated from the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, Chautauqua, New York, and later took several seals. He was a man of broad and liberal education. Because of his scholastic standing, he was given a scholarship to Haverford College, where he received his Master's degree in 1890. Returning to the farm he lived here the remainder of his life and owned a farm of one hundred and ninety-five acres in Wayne township. In 1890 Charles E. Terrell was married to Anna N. Harris, the daughter of James and Elizabeth (Babb) Harris, both of whom came from old Virginia families, and Mrs. Terrell was their only child. Mr. and Charles E. Terrell were the parents of one child, Oneita F., born in 1808. The Terrell family now own two hundred and fifty-three acres of land, and since the death of the husband and father, Mrs. Terrell and her daughter, Oneita, have lived on the farm. FRANCIS R. WILLIAMS. Francis R. Williams, an enterprising young farmer of Chester township, Clinton county, Ohio, who was born on August 5, 1884, in this township, is the son of Richard and Hannah (Davis) Williams, the former of whom was a native of Monmouthshire, England, born on July 6, 1838, and died on March 20, 1905, and the latter survived her husband and now lives at 421 North High street, Wilmington, Ohio. The paternal grandfather of Francis R. Williams was William Williams, a native of Newport, England, born in 1795, and who died in 1877. He married Sarah Lewis, a native of Monmouthshire, England, and, after immigrating to America, they moved to Ohio in pioneer times and purchased two hundred and twenty-six acres of land near Oakland. They had seven children, of whom Richard, the father of Francis R., was the sixth. The others were, John, William, Edward (who died in infancy), James Edward, and Thomas. Mr. Williams spent four years in Hamilton county, Ohio, before coming -to Clinton county. During his life he was a devout member of the Baptist church. Richard Williams was a mere lad when his parents emigrated from England, in 1849, and settled at Sharonville, in Hamilton county, Ohio. In 1853 they moved to Oakland, Clinton county, Ohio, and purchased a farm, where he grew to maturity. He and his eldest brother, John, remained on the home farm. He and his brother John owned the entire farm of two hundred and ninety-four acres, where he lived until his death. During the Civil War, Richard Williams was a member of the Union navy and, for about one year, was on one of the monitors and participated in the river campaigns. He was a Republican and served as school director for a number of years. No man was fonder of his home than Richard Williams nor more devoted to the interests of his church. The family were connected with the Jonas Run Baptist church and were regnlar attendants, and substantial contributors to the support of the church. On October 29, 1881, Richard Williams was married to Hannah Davis, a native of Monmouthshire, England, born in the town of Pontypool, and the daughter of Francis and Hannah (Roberts) Davis, who came from England to Iowa and settled in Agency City, in Wapello county. There they operated a flour- and woolen-mill until 1872, when they returned to England. He died there in 1892. His wife later returned to the United States on a visit and was living with Mrs. Richard Williams at Oakland, Ohio, where she died, December 31, 1897. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Williams were married in England, where the former had gone for his bride in 1881. After their marriage they came back to the United States. Richard and Hannah (Davis) Williams had four children: An infant. deceased; Francis R., the subject of this sketch; Edith, who lives with her mother in Wilmington, and John W., deceased. The family built a comfortable home at 421 High street, where the mother and daughter now live. Francis R. Williams received his education in the common schools of Chester town- 684 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. ship and later became a student at Wilmington College, where he spent about two years. After his father's death, he took up farming and managed the home farm for four years and then moved to Union township, where he remained for three years. He returned to Oakland and now superintends four hundred and thirty acres of land. On August 8, 1906, Francis R. Williams was married to Bessie Cummins, the daughter of Jesse L. and Nora (Wright) Cummins. They are the parents of two children: Arlene C., and Ernest J., born on September 4, 1910. Mr. and Mrs. Williams are members of the First Baptist church at Wilmington. Mr. Williams is a Republican. HORACE W. COLLETT. Horace W. Collett, a well-known citizen of Chester township, this county, who has always been an industrious worker, was born on April 12, 1852, on the farm where he now lives. He is a progressive farmer and stockman, who owns One hundred and fifty acres of land in Chester township, but who farms about two hundred and fifty acres. Mr. Collett is the son of Daniel H. and Maria (McKay) Collett, the former of whom was born in Warren county, Ohio, in 1806 and died on January 11, 1871. He was married on November 4, 1830, to Maria McKay, daughter of Moses McKay. Daniel H. Collett was the son of Moses and Rebecca (Haines) Collett, the former of Virginia, one of the eight sons born to Daniel and Mary (Haines) Collett, among the others being Jonathan, Isaac, Aaron, Benjamin, Daniel, Jr., and Joshua. Moses Collett married Rebecca Haines in Maryland and in 1812 she wanted to visit her people in the East, so she and Jonathan made the journey through on horseback. Daniel Collett, at the age of sixty years, sold out his possessions in Maryland and, with the mother and daughters, came back with them in a carriage. A colored boy, ",Black Dan," came with them and lived with the family until his death. Daniel Collett, the third child born to Moses, Sr., and Elizabeth (Armstrong) Collett, born on February 2, 1752, was a soldier in the Continental army and a justice of the peace for many years in Jefferson county, Virginia. About 1780 he was married to Mary Haines, who was born on October 10, 1753. They had eight sons and a daughter, who, with his brother, John, and his sister, Sarah, are the ancestors of all the Colletts in Clinton and Warren counties. Moses Collett, Sr., was born on November 17, 1718, and died in 1783. His wife, Elizabeth Armstrong, was born on August 18, 1725. Moses was the son of Stephen Collett, whose father and mother were French Huguenots, who fled from France to escape religious persecution. Stephen's mother died after his birth at sea and she was buried on the voyage to America. In 1814 Daniel Collett purchased two thousand three hundred and fifty-eight acres from James Smith, Sr., paying two and one-half dollars an acre in three annual installments. In 1815 Daniel Collett purchased from William Elzey and wife nine hundred and ten acres for three dollars an acre, making a tract of three thousand two hundred and sixty-eight acres. Much of this land has been handed down from generation to generation in the Collett family. Daniel H. Collett, who was one of the eight sons born to Moses and Rebecca (Haines) Collett, was the father of Horace W. He was educated in the common Schools of Chester township and was engaged in farming and clearing all of his life. He owned three hundred and sixty acres of land. By his marriage to Maria McKay, he had seven children, of whom Horace W. is the youngest, the others being as follows: Tamson, who married Jesse Woods; Moses; Abigail, who is the wife of Joshua Nickerson; Elizabeth, who married Joseph Browning; Sarah, who became the wife of Joseph Shambaugh, and Francis, who married Sallie Ferguson. The family were members of the Baptist church at Jonas Run and Daniel H. Collett served many years as a deacon of that church. He was a Republican. Horace W. Collett also was educated in the common schools of Clinton county and CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 685 of Warren county. He attended the high school at Harveysburg and, when about twenty-one years old, began farming on the farm where he now lives. In 1881 Horace W. Collett was married to Rachel Anne Rayburn, who was born in 1859, the daughter of James and Margaret (Haines) Rayburn, to which union two children have been born, James W., who was born on July 6, 1883, and Margaret, in 1886, the latter of whom is still at home. James W. Collett attended the high school at New Burlington and is a farmer in Chester township, where he owns eighty-three acres of land, though he farms altogether two hundred and ninety acres. James W. Collett married Laura McCoy, daughter of J. R. and Martha McCoy, and one child has been born to this union, Thomas W., who was born on October 19, 1914. James W. Collett is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, a Republican in politics and, fraternally, a member of Masonic Lodge No. 574. Mr. and Mrs. Horace W. Collett and daughter, Margaret, are members of the Methodist church at New Burlington and he is an ardent Republican, politically. HARLEY H. SMITH. Perseverance and sterling worth are almost always sure to win conspicuous recognition in all localities. Harley H. Smith, who, for a number of years, has been recognized as one of the leading educators of this county, is a young man of genial presence, intelligent and broad-minded. He is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University, superintendent of the Kingman high school, and owner of one hundred and seventy acres of land in Chester township. His career is a splendid example of the successful, self-made young man, and he eminently deserves the trust reposed in him by his fellow citizens. Harley H. Smith was born on May 2, 1880, at New Burlington, at the edge of Greene county. Ohio, a son of Lewis and Rachel E. (Craft) Smith, the former of whom was born on May 5, 1837, in Warren county, Ohio, and died on May 7, 1902. The latter was born on September 10, 1839, at New Burlington, in this county, a daughter of Allen and Rachel (Mann) Craft. The paternal grandparents of Harley H. Smith were James and Elizabeth (Cain) Smith. both of whom were natives of Warren county, Ohio. James Smith was a blacksmith at New Burlington, and owned the first blacksmith shop in that town. He worked at that trade all his life and, in addition to his work as a blacksmith, was the owner of a farm, which he operated in connection with his work in the blacksmith shop. He was a member of the old Whig party and a stanch citizen, he and his wife having been prominent members of the Methodist church. James and Elizabeth (Cain) Smith were the parents of twelve children, Lewis, Wesley, Joseph R., Hannah, Josephine, Arabella, Laura, Alice. Nancy, and three who died in infancy. The late Lewis Smith, father of Harley H., learned the blacksmith trade after finishing his education in the schools of New Burlington, and worked at that trade practically all of his life in that town. During the last eight years of his life, he served as commissioner of Greene county, Ohio. Several years before he was elected commissioner he served as trustee of Spring Valley township in that county. He was a Republican in politics, a member of the Methodist church, and held about every office in that church. He was a prominent member of the Masonic lodge, and this six sons were all members of the same fraternal organization. Lewis Smith and wife were the parents of ten children, Rena Bell, Wesley A., William F., Wayne C., Harry, Minnie, Le Roy, Harriet and Harley H. (twins) and Leslie. Harley H. Smith began a pursuit of education in the common schools at New Burlington, but later attended the Xenia high school for two years. After leaving high school he taught school for eight years in Greene county, and subsequently entered Ohio Wesleyan University, and was graduated from that excellent institution with the class of 1911, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Since his graduation he has been 686 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO, engaged in teaching. He was in charge of the history department of the Greenville high school for one year and from Greenville returned to his home in Chester township, this county, where he has had, charge of the Kingman high school for three years. Mr. Smith is the owner of one hundred and seventy acres of land in Chester township, where he is living at the present time. In 1907 Harley II., Smith was married, to Sarah A. McKay, daughter of Robert F. and Mary F. (Nickerson) McKay, and a sister of Welden McKay, whose biographical sketch, presented elsewhere in this volume, gives a history of the McKay family. Mr. and Mrs. Smith, who are both descendants of leading families of Clinton county, are a young couple of wide and liberal culture.. They are earnest and consistent members of the Methodist church at New. Burlington and take an active part in church work. Politically, Mr. Smith votes the Republican ticket, while fraternally he is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons. JOHN SPEER. John Speer, one of the leading farmers of Liberty township, this county, and one of the best informed citizens of that township, lives on the old paternal homestead. He was born at Ashgrove, Illinois, on November 18, 1869, the son of Samuel and Eliza (Oren) Speer, the former born in Greene county, Ohio, on September 30, 1835, and the latter in Clinton county on November 25, 1837. Eliza Oren was the daughter of John and Martha (Bailey) Oren, the former a native of Tennessee, who came with his father, John Oren, Sr., to this state. They settled on two hundred acres of land in Union township, this county, and became prominent in the affairs of the Friends church. By Martha Bailey, who was his first wife, John Oren, Jr., had seven children, of whom Daniel B. and Henry served in the Civil War, both giving their lives to the service. The other children were Eli, Eliza, Martha, Asa and Lewis. John Oren, Sr., was a native of Pennsylvania, who moved to Tennessee, but not being able to reconcile himself to the presence of human slavery, came to Ohio in order to live in a free state. Arriving in 1810, he settled in Union township and became very active in the work of the Friends church, being rated as a very valuable man in the life of the community. Samuel Speer's parents were James and Mary (Fletcher) Speer, natives of North Carolina and Ohio, respectively, the former of whom was a mere lad when he came with his father, Samuel Speer, to this state. James Speer owned over two hundred acres of land in Greene county, Ohio. He and his wife were the parents of six children, Samuel, John, Sarah, Lydia, Henry and Benjamin, the latter of whom was a soldier in the Union army during the Civil War. James Speer was a son of Samuel and Sarah (Dunkin) Speer, natives of North Carolina, who moved with their parents to Ohio and settled in Greene county where they spent the rest of their' lives. They were prominent members of the Friends church and Mrs. Samuel Speer was a minister in that church. They were the parents of three children, James, John and Samuel. Samuel Speer, the father of John Speer, the subject of this sketch, received the rudiments of an education in the common schools, which he supplemented by extensive home reading and became one of the most enlightened farmers in this section of Ohio. He owned one hundred and seventy-eight acres of land in Liberty township, which is the farm his son John now owns. He was active in the Friends church all his life. He died on February 10, 1911, his wife having died a few days previously, on January 20, of the same year. They were the parents of five children, Eli B., John, James, Henry and Jennie, the three latter of whom died in childhood in Illinois Eli B. Speer, who died on October 5, 1901, married Testa Spears, and at his death left two children, Frank and Ethel. Reared on the farm and educated in the common schools of Clinton county, John CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 687 Speer was married on July 25, 1890, to Tacy Smith, who was born in this county, January 26, 1872, the daughter of Samuel and Ester (Smith) Smith. Samuel Smith was a native of Greene county, Ohio, and a shoemaker by trade. During the latter part of his life, he was engaged in farming. He was a soldier in them Civil War, a member of Company H, Seventy-fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was once wounded in a skirmish. After their, marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Speer located on the farm where they now live, and where five children have been born to them, of whom two, Henry and Harold (the third and fourth in the family), are twins. May, Frederick and Gladys are the other children. Frederick married Louise Turner, and is at present a student in a veterinary college. The remainder of the children are unmarried. Mr. and Mrs. Speer own altogether two hundred and sixty-four acres of land. They are members of the Friends church and regular attendants at the Dover Sunday school and meeting. Mr. Speer is a member of the board of education of Liberty township, and he and his wife are warmly interested in all good works in that vicinity, being held in the very highest regard by all their large circle of acquaintances. E. MARSHALL RENNER. That life is most useful and desirable which results in the greatest good to the greatest number and, though all do not reach the heights to which they aspire, yet in some measnre each can win success and make life a blessing to his fellowmen. It is not necessary for one to occupy an eminent public position to do so. In all walks of life there remains much good to be accomplished and many opportnnities for the exercise of talent and influence that in some way will touch the lives of those with whom one may come in contact, making them better and brighter. Among the enterprising and prosperous farmers of Clinton county and among the citizens of high standing in Adams township, is E. Marshall Renner, who owns a fine farm and home on Route No. 4, out of Wilmington. He is a successful farmer, a valuable citizen and a good neighbor. E. Marshall Renner was born on November 2, 1860, in Clermont county, Ohio, the son of Gilman S. and Mahala Q. (Browning) Renner, who were natives of Clermont county, Ohio, and Fleming county, Kentucky, respectively. Gilman S. Renner was the son of Samuel and Mercy (Gordon) Renner, natives of Pennsylvania and early settlers in Clermont county, where they spent their last days. Mahala Q. Browning was the daughter of Basil Browning, a farmer of Kentucky, who remained there all his life. He was the son of Basil Browning, Sr., who was also a farmer in Kentucky and the father of four children, John M., Basil, Jr., Meshock and Josiah. Gilman S. Renner, who died in February, 1897, at the age of seventy-four years, was educated in the public schools of Clermont county and, for a time, taught school in that county, where he spent his entire life. He farmed about four hundred acres of land which he owned and took a prominent part in the civic and political life of that county, having been especially active in local affairs. He was a member of the Universalist church and of the blue lodge of the Masonic fraternity. Gilman and Mahala Q. (Browning) Renner were the parents of six children, of whom Horace, the first born, is a well-known real estate dealer in Chicago. E. Marshall, the subject of this sketch, was the second child. Cora lives in Clermont county, Ohio. Henry Clay is a resident of Atlantic City, New Jersey. Herbert lives on the old home place in Clermont county. The youngest member of the family died in infancy. The mother of these children died in 1902, some five years after the death of her husband. E. Marshall Renner was educated in Clermont county, Ohio, and spent two, years in the high school. He has been twice married, the first time, in 1884, to Elizabeth Meyers, who died the following year. There were no children by this first marriage. On December 24, 1890, Mr. Renner married, secondly, Mary Alice Hale, who was born 688 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. in Clinton county on December 5, 1865, the daughter of Alfred and Rachel (Hadley) Bale. Alfred Hale, who was `a farmer in Adams township, this county, and a member of the Friends church, died on November 11, 1914, at the age of seventy-three, having been born on December 23, 1841. He was twice married, his first wife having been Rachel Hadley, who was born on July 26, 1841, and died on April 19, 1901. To this union there were born four children, Mary Alice, Clark J., Emma (deceased) and Hannah. After, the death of his first wife, Alfred Hale married. Emma Wright, daughter of Joseph Wright. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. E. Marshall Renner were Jacob and Hannah (Andrew) Hale; both natives of Clinton county and the parents of three children, William, Susannah and Alfred, the two latter of whom are deceased. Jacob Hale was a farmer and a member of the Friends church. He was one of six brothers, the others having been Joseph, William, Samuel, Armona and Eli, who came in pioneer days from North Carolina to Clinton county. By Mr. Renner's second marriage, two children have been born, Clarence H., born June 10, 1893, and Robert A., July 17, 1897, both of whom live at home with their parents. Clarence H., the eldest son, was graduated in June, 1915, from Wilmington College. Mr. Zenner owns two hundred and ninety-eight and one-half acres of land in Adams township, which is all in one tract. In 1910 he built a modern country house, one of the most beautiful to be found in all Clinton county. Both Mr. and Mrs. Renner are members of the Friends church at Wilmington and are regular attendants at Sunday school. CHARLES WESLEY VAN PELT. The late Charles Wesley Van Pelt, a valiant soldier of the Civil War and a farmer in Clark township, Clinton county, Ohio, was born on May 22, 1839, near Danville, Ohio, and died August 16, 1914. He was a son of Charles and Elizabeth (Butcher) Van Pelt, natives of the Keystone state, who were early settlers at Danville and. Highland county and who died in that county. Charles Van Pelt, Sr., was a farmer by occupation. The Van Pelts are of German origin, Mr. Van Pelt's paternal grandfather having been a sea captain. Charles Wesley Van Pelt was educated in Highland county, and was a farmer by occupation. He served three years in Company H, Thirty-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and re-enlisted for three additional years, but further service was not required. After the war he returned home, and about 1878 came to Clinton county, where for some time he rented land across the road from the farm where his widow now resides. Two years later, he bought a tract of ninety-six acres, and here he erected excellent buildings, and lived until his death. On March 1, 1866, Charles Wesley Van Pelt was married to Sarah Rankins, a native of East St. Louis, Illinois, and a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Runk) Rankins, both natives of the Old Dominion state. Mrs. Van Pelt's paternal grandparents were Samuel and Rebecca Rankins, who were natives of Virginia but who immigrated to Illinois and there died. The maternal grandparents were John and Elizabeth (Miller) Runk. Mr. and Mrs. Van Pelt have five children, Joseph M., Eliza May, Charles William, Edward Franklin and Mary Elizabeth. The Van Pelt family are members of the Methodist Protestant church; Charles Wesley Van- Pelt having joined the church at the age of eighteen years and having been active in this church during all his life. He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and identified with the Merrell post at Lynchburg. Of the children born to Charles Wesley Van Pelt .and wife, Joseph M., the 'eldest. CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 689 was born on December 27, 1866, in Highland county, Ohio, and was educated in Highland and Clinton counties. He rented land in Highland county, and in 1908 bought a farm in Clark township of fifty-two acres, where he now lives. Recently he has remodeled the barn and fences. He was married in June, 1908, to May Pierson, a native of Indiana. They have two children, Herbert Cecil and Delbert Francis. Joseph M. Van Pelt was for two terms a school director in Clark township. The Van Pelt family are quite highly respected in Clark township and are well known here. WILLIAM H. FISHER. Agriculture has been an honored vocation from the earliest ages, and, as a usual thing, men of honorable and humane impulses, as well as those of energy and thrift have been patrons of husbandry. The free out-of-door life of the farmer has a decided tendency to foster and develop that independence of mind and self-reliance which characterizes true manhood. It has been the fruitful soil from which have sprung the moral bone and sinew of the country. The majority of our nation's great warriors, renowned statesmen and distinguished men of letters were born on the farm, and are indebted largely to its early influence for the distinction they have gained. William Fisher is a successful farmer of Liberty township and a man of agreeable and pleasant manner. William Fisher was born on January 21, 1841, in Frederick county, Virginia, the son of Asa and Frances (Williams) Fisher. Asa Fisher was born in Virginia on October 24, 1805, and died on May 5, 1846. His wife was born on May 1, 1810, and died on December 25, 1895. She was a daughter of Isaac and Delphia Williams, the latter of whom died on July 8, 1828. They were farmers by occupation. Asa Fisher was the son of Barake and Martha Fisher, both natives of Virginia and farmers by occupation, who spent all their lives in their native state. They were the parents of five children, Butler, Asa, Elizabeth, Louisa and Hetty. Of the six children, born to Asa and Frances (Wiliams) Fisher, only two, Sarah E. and William, the subject of this sketch, are living. Sarah E. was born on September \17, 1838. The deceased children are Mary Frances, born on December 28, 1834; Delphia, November 4, 1836; Louisa C.. January 17, 1843, and James Polk, December 1, 1844. Although Asa Fisher had little education, he became a' very efficient tailor at Gainesboro, Virginia. He died at the age of about thirty years, when his son, William, was about five years old. William Fisher was educated in the subscription schools at Gainesboro, Virginia. He came to Ohio on October 24, 1863, and on January 27, 1875, was married to Mary M. Henry, a native of Warren county, born on December 29, 1843, the daughter of John and Catherine (Stump) Henry, farmers in Warren county, Ohio, who moved to Clinton county about 1854, settling in Union township, where they became prominent members of the Christian church. Mrs. William Fisher is one of ten children born to her parents. The others were Daniel, William, Jonas, John, Sarah, Lydia, Fannie, Reese and Joshua. To William and Mary M. (Henry) Fisher three children have been born, namely : Edwin C., of Liberty township, born on November 25, 1875, who married May Gilcrest and has five children: Emerson A., Vada, John W., Irma and Ruth; Dora D., February 27, 1877, who married Rev. John M. Cosby, a Baptist minister living in West Mansfield, Ohio, and Laura, May 5, 1881, who married Frederick Steele, of Union township, this county, and has two children, Earl and Ethel M. William Fisher owns three hundred and seventy-four acres of land, all of which is located in Clinton county, the home farm consisting of seventy-six acres. Until the disbanding of the Grangers, he was a prominent member of that organization. Mrs. Fisher is a member of the Baptist church and she and Mr. Fisher are warmly interested in all movements having to do with the betterment of local conditions, being held in high esteem by all who know them. (44) 690 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO, ANDREW R. SHIDAKER. Andrew R. Shidaker is a prosperous farmer and dairyman of Adams township, who has liver). on the farm he now occupies for a quarter of a century. He was born in this county on August 11, 1849, the son of Mitchell W. and Elizabeth (Dakin) ShIdaker, the former of whom was born in Miami county, Ohio, and the latter in Chester township, Clinton county. Mitchell W. Shidaker was the eldest of the six children born to Michael Shidaker and wife, the others being Catherine, Elizabeth, Jonathan, Henry and Robert. He was educated in the common schools of Miami county and when a young man began teaching in the public schools of Warren and Clinton counties, He continued in this profession all of his life, but owned a farm of two hundred, acres in Chester township, which he operated in connection with teaching. For about fifteen years he was also engaged in selling fruit trees in this community. To Mitchell W. and Elizabeth (Dakin) Shidaker nine children were born, namely : Warren H. (deceased) ; Andrew R., the subject of this sketch; J. H., a farmer in Chester township; George Riley (deceased) ; Emma, who married B. Y. Collett; Lyda, who married J. Collett, and four who died in infancy Mitchell W. Shidaker served for many years as the clerk of Chester township. He voted the Republican ticket and was more or less prominent in local politics. Born in Clinton county and educated in the public schools of this county, Andrew R. Shidaker was married at the age of twenty-one to Mary E. Slack, who was born on the farm where Mr. and Mrs. Shidaker now live, the daughter of Joseph W. Slack, a prominent farmer of this county, to which union one child has been born, Mattie, who married Herbert Wire, of Wilmington, and has one child, William. Joseph W. Slack was a lieutenant in Company I, Seventy-ninth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving for three years, until the close of the war, when he returned to his home on the farm where the Shidakers now live and there he spent the rest of his life, his death occurring on September 19, 1882. Joseph W. Slack was born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, on May 23, 1824, son of Jacob and Susan Slack. In 1846 he came to this county, locating in the village of Sligo, where for fifteen years he was engaged in the wagon and carriage business, but upon returning from, the army enaged in farming, becoming quite successful, having been the owner of two hundred and forty acres of fine land in Adams township. He was active and influential in public affairs and was a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity. He had served his township very acceptably as trustee and in 1870 was elected county treasurer of Clinton county. In 1880 he was elected county commissioner from his district and in both of these important public offices gave excellent service. DAVID F. MURPHY. Farmer and stockman of Liberty township, this county, David F. Murphy, who owns one hundred and fifty acres of land in that township, was, born on December 15, 1856, in Green township, the son of Isaiah and Delilah (Smith) Murphy, natives of Clinton and Highland counties, Ohio, respectively. Isaiah Murphy was born on March 2, 1830, and Delilah Smith, on October 8, 1833. They are still living at the ages of eighty-five and eighty-two years, respectively, and on October 8, 1914, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. The venerable Isaiah Murphy, who was educated in the old-fashioned log-cabin school, when hewed logs were used for seats and greased paper for windows, has lived on the farm, which his father owned in Green township, since he was four years old. The old home farm consists of sixty-six acres. During the active years of his life, Isaiah Murphy was active in local affairs and was rated as a prominent citizen of this community. Only two of the nine children born to Isaiah and Delilah (Smith) Murphy are deceased, Seymour L., the sixth born, who died on April 3, 1915, and Ida, CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 691 who died at the age of one and one-half years, the seventh child. The living children are James W., David F., Samantha, Sarah Louisa, Andrew C., Everett and Eva. Mrs. Isaiah Murphy is the daughter of Abner and Cynthia (Cast) Smith, who were pioneers in this section of Ohio. The maternal grandfather of David F. Murphy, Abner Smith, who was born in New England, came to Ohio before his marriage. He was twice married, Mrs. Isaiah Murphy having been a child by his second wife. Abner Smith was a farmer in Highland county, this state, and later settled in Green township, this county, where he owned a small farm. He was a devoted member of the Christian church and was regular in attendance. The paternal grandparents of David F. Murphy were Jacob and Mary (Lomand) Murphy, both natives of Virginia. They were the parents of seven children, of whom Isaiah Murphy was the third born. The others were David, William, Rebecca, Catherine, Susannah and Mary A. Jacob Murphy moved from Virginia to Ohio and located in Clinton county about 1825, becoming the owner of considerable land in Green township. Eighty-one years ago he purchased a farm in that township, upon which his son, Isaiah, has lived since he was four years old. David F. Murphy was educated in the common schools of his day and has been twice married. In 1893 he married Anna Earley, who was born in Clinton county, a daughter of George Earley, a pioneer farmer of this county. She died on August 7, 1907, leaving one child, Herman, who married Hazel Houser, and has one child, Franklin Willis. Mr. Murphy married, secondly, Mrs. Emma (Ward) Williams, a native of Newark, Ohio, to which second union there has been no issue. Mr. and Mrs. Murphy have a farm of one hundred and fifty acres which they purchased in 1900. Fraternally, David F. Murphy is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He and his wife are members of the Baptist church at Wilmington and are held in high esteem by their many friends. E. WILSON HARVEY. E. Wilson Harvey and his sister, Mrs. Ruth Ellen Harris, are the only living members of their generation of the Harvey family in Clinton county. The Harvey family is one of the pioneer families of Clinton county and deserves special consideration in a volume of this character. E. Wilson Harvey was born on October 3, 1853, in Clinton county. Both he and his sister, Ruth Ellen Harris, are children of Simon and Ann (Townsend) Harvey, the former born in North Carolina and the latter born in Ohio, the daughter of John Townsend, a farmer and horse raiser. Simon Harvey, who died in 1870, was the son of Joshua and Mary (Morrison) Harvey, natives of North Carolina. By his first marriage, Joshua Harvey had five children, Hannah, Simon, Libert, Levi and Saleb. After the death of his first wife, he married a Miss Moon, and by this marriage had two children, Nancy and Jehu. Simon Harvey was educated in the common schools, and became the owner of two hundred and twenty acres Of land in Adams township, this county. He was a man very much interested in local politics and prominent in the councils of the Republican party in Clinton county. He and his wife were members of the Friends church and their children were reared in that faith. There were nine of these children, the survivors being as heretofore set forth, E. Wilson Harvey, the youngest, and Mrs. Ruth Ellen Harris, the third born. The deceased children are Lydia, Aaron, Jane, Mary, Martha, Henry and George. E. Wilson Harvey, who was educated in the district schools of Clinton county and reared on the farm, was married to Kate Cowgill, the daughter of John and Amanda (Van Pelt) Cowgill, who were farmers by occupation. Mrs. Harvey died in 1894, at the age of thirty-two years, leaving two children, Winifred and Martha. Winifred mar- 692 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. ried Charles Cook, of Harveysburg, Ohio, and they have two children, Margaret and Howard. Martha is a nurse in Columbus, Ohio. The father of these children leans toward the Quaker church. Ruth Ellen Harvey married Charles Harris, who died in December, 1913, leaving no children. He was the son of Samuel and Phoebe (Kibby) Harris, the latter of whom was the daughter of Ephraim Kibby, a pioneer of Clinton county. The photograph of the early settlers of Clinton county, contained in this history, was taken at the home of Ephraim Kibby in 1869. The late Charles Harris was a soldier in the Civil War, having served in the Seventy-ninth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Although he survived the war, he came out of it much worn in health and suffered from the effects of that terrible contest until the end of his life. He was a farmer in Warren county for a time, but later lived in Wilmington and was living in the county-seat of Clinton county at the time of his death. Mrs. Harris owns property on Sugartree street in Wilmington. Mr. Harvey and his sister, Mrs. Harris, live on the old Harvey homestead, which comprises one hundred and seventy acres of land in Adams township, and are held in very high esteem throughout that section of the county. FRANK H. MORRIS. Frank H. Morris, a skillful farmer of Clark township, who is well known in Clinton county, was born on August 3, 1857, in Highland county, Ohio, and is a son of Avery and Lydia (Jackson) Morris, natives of Adams and Highland counties, Ohio, respectively. The paternal grandparents of Mr. Morris were William and Depsy (Bales) Morris, natives of Scotland and the state of Alabama, respectively. William Morris came to America when a young man, possibly with his parents, and lived to be ninety-seven years old. He was active until the time of his death. Having located in Adams county, Ohio, he remained there until his removal to Clinton county about 1865. A farmer by occupation and a member of the Christian church, in which he was active, he died in Washington township. Depsy Bales is supposed to have come north from Alabama with her parents in an early day. The maternal grandparents were Joseph and Lydia Jackson, who were early settlers of Highland county, Ohio,. and who died in that county. They were also active members of the Christian church and farmers by occupation. Avery Morris, the father of Frank H., was educated in the public schools of Adams county, Ohio, and althongh he enjoyed limited educational advantages, by home study and close observation he became a well-informed man. He began farming in Highland county, Ohio, about 1867, and later removed to Clark township, in this county, where he farmed on a portion of the farm which is now owned by his son. He owned one hundred and seventy-two acres in this tract and one hundred and sixty acres south of this farm. He and his wife were devoted members of the Christian church. They reared a family of six children. Frank H. Morris received his education in the public schools of Clinton county, and was reared to the life of a farmer, and on attaining maturity took up farming on his own account on the old home place. Mr. Morris is a well-known soil builder. When he was about fourteen years of age he made the remark to his father that he would like to own some time the land north of the northern boundary of the A. J. Bates farm between the two roads and as far north as Morrisville. His father replied: "Stranger things than that have come to pass." That land is exactly what Mr. Morris now owns. It con-prises seventy-five acres and Mr. Morris claims that it is sufficient for any one man to cultivate and cultivate properly. He has erected all of the buildings on the farm and made practically all of the improvements, except the old house, which was formerly used as a dwelling, but which is now used as a shed. On January 1, 1881, Frank H. Morris was married to Hannah Turner, the daughter CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 693 of A. J. Turner, of Clark township, and to this union have been born three children, Susie, Myrtle and Hattie. Susie is the wife of Josiah McKibben, a farmer of Washington township Myrtle is the wife of Edwin Wilson, of Washington township, and they have one son, Morris Edgar. Hattie became the wife of William Steele, a farmer of Clark township. Mr. and Mrs. Morris are loyal and devoted members of the Friends church. OLIVER J. TOWNSEND. The Townsend family were originally residents of Oyster Bay, having settled on Long Island in 1656, Richard Townsend, who emigrated from England, being the ancestor from whom Oliver J. Townsend is descended. He, however, was one of three brothers and the youngest who emigrated to America from England. The name Townsend is of noble origin and comes down from the time of the Norman conquest of England. In direct line, Oliver J. is descended from Dayton H. Townsend, whose father was Josiah, whose father was Jesse, whose father was Isaac, whose father was Isaac, Sr., whose father was Richard, whose father was John, whose father was Richard, the original immigrant. The Townsends left Long Island because of differences with the Dutch. From Long Island they emigrated to Rhode Island, where for a long time they were prominent in the affairs of that state. Later, however, they returned to Long Island. Oliver J. Townsend, the subject of this sketch, was born at Avondale, Cincinnati, in 1861, the son of Dayton H. and Rachel (Hollingsworth) Townsend, natives of Springboro, Warren county, Ohio, and of Rochester, Warren county, Ohio, respectively. Dayton H. Townsend was the son of Josiah and Abigal (Holliway) Townsend, the former of whom was born in Cape May county, New Jersey, and the latter in Virginia. They were married on November 14, 1818. Josiah Townsend, who was the son of Jesse Town-send, moved with his widowed mother and her other children from New Jersey to Columbiana county, Ohio, where they built a home in Salem. In 1810 the family emigrated to Waynesville and Josiah returned to New Jersey to learn the blacksmith trade, remaining there until he reached his majority, later returning to this state. He is buried in the Center neighborhood of Clinton county. Dayton H. Townsend was a dairyman near Cincinnati, and later purchased the land in this county where his son, Oliver J., now lives, and there he spent the remainder of his life, becoming the owner of more than five hundred acres. All the members of the family were identified with the Friends church. Oliver J. Townsend was educated in the Martinsville high school and at Wilmington College, later beginning his farming operations on land located a little west of Martinsville. Mr. Townsend served for seven years as commissioner of Clinton county, and is now a justice of the peace in Clark township. He has dealt extensively in live-stock and grain and is very well circumstanced. On March 21, 1894, Oliver J. Townsend was married to Emma Spencer, who was born in Warren county, this state, a daughter of John K. and Drusella (Russell) Spencer, the former of whom was born in Salem, Massachusetts, and the latter on the Isle of Wight, adjacent to England. They were early settlers in Warren county, Ohio, and their descendants have been prominent in the public life of that county. Mrs. Townsend's paternal grandfather was Thomas Spencer, a noted Abolitionist. Her father removed to Beech Grove, Clinton county, when she was four years old, and, after remaining at Beech Grove for eight years, returned to Warren county, Ohio. His brother, Frank Spencer, was a captain in the Union army during the Civil War. Both the Spencer and the Townsend families have always been identified with the Friends church. Oliver J. Townsend is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the Modern Woodmen of America. 694 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. ETHELBERT BLOOM. Specific mention is made in this volume of Clinton county history of many worthy citizens who have figured in the growth and development of the county, and whose interests are identified with its various phases of progress. Each has contributed his share to the well-being of the community and to the advancement of its normal and legitimate growth. Among this number is Ethelbert Bloom, a resident of Wilmington, this county, a member of the firm of Bloom & Conner, which is engaged extensively in the stone-crushing business and in road building. Ethelbert Bloom was born on January 30, 1869, in Green township, this county, the son of William H. and Miranda Jane (Roberts) Bloom, the former of whom was born in Clinton county, in August, 1829, and died in 1905, and the latter, born in Kentucky, in August, 1827, died in April, 1913. Mr. Bloom's paternal grandparents were Cornelius and Eunice Bloom, Quakers, who came from Pennsylvania to Ohio and were early set-tiers in Green township, this county. It was Cornelius Bloom who built the brick house on what is now the D. M. Fife farm. In early days he drove four- and six-horse teams to Cincinnati with merchandise, long before the railroads were built and when the people of this county pooled together to have their hauling done. He died at the age of sixty and his wife at the age of sixty-seven. Ethelbert Bloom's maternal grandparents died when his mother was a little girl, and she was reared by her uncle, Fred Roberts, of Green township. William H. Bloom grew up on the farm and himself became a farmer. Early in life he purchased a farm one mile south of New Antioch, consisting of eighty-one acres, and there he spent the remainder of his life. He was a man of considerable prominence locally, and for many years served as school director. He was identified with the Republican party. He and his wife were devout members of the Seventh-Day Adventist church. They were the parents of eight children, of whom two are deceased. Ethelbert was next to the youngest of the family. The deceased children are Sarelda Jane, who married Vincent Fisher, and Harvey, who died at the age of thirteen, of diphtheria. The living children are Mary, who married Charles M. Noftsger, of Green township ; Malissa, who married D. H. Taylor, of Illinois; Sarah, a twin sister of Sarelda Jane, who married C. W. Fisher, a resident of Cozad, Nebraska ; Rosa, who married Grant Gregory, of Union township, and Christiana, who married Edward Taylor, of Union township. Ethelbert Bloom attended school at New Antioch, Ohio, and after finishing his common-school education was employed on his father's farm until he reached his majority. For some time he then worked by the month for different people and for one year attended the Seventh-Day Adventist College at Mt. Vernon, Ohio. After leaving college Mr. Bloom rented a farm and engaged in quarrying and hauling building rock to Wilmington. It was he who furnished the stone for the foundation of the public library in Wilmington, and also the stone for the stand-pipe. In 1905 Mr. Bloom moved to Wilmington and there he is still living. Twelve years previously he formed a partnership with John A. Conner, under the firm name of Bloom & Conner, and they have since that time been engaged in the stone-crushing business in Clinton county, their plant being recognized as the largest stone crusher in this section of the state, comprising two complete outfits. In 1912 the firm had the honor of winning the, contract for the building of the first four miles of the state road through Clinton county, Mr. Bloom him self superintending the construction of the road. They have now, and have had for many years, large contracts for crushing stone in different parts of the county. On March 17, 1898, Ethelbert Bloom was married to Mary Minionette Greentree, who was born in Fayette county, Ohio, the daughter of William and Jennie (Rowe) Greentree. The former, born in Brown county, Ohio, in 1848, is still living, and the latter, born in 1852, died in 1882. To Mr. and Mrs. Bloom three children have been born, CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 695 namely : Martha Ellen, born on July 14, 1899; Mildred Jane, September 1, 1901, who died on August 13, 1912, and Irwin William, April 17, 1908. Politically, Mr. Bloom is a Republican. The Bloom family are all members of the Seventh-Day Adventist church and are devout believers in the doctrines of that organization, Mr. Bloom being the leading elder of the local church. He is a very respectable and a representative citizen of Clinton county, and he and his wife are held in high esteem by their many friends. JAMES E. CAREY. "In Memoriam!" No two words combine in more meaningful expression than these. How much of respectful consideration; how much of tender devotion, and how much of sincere regard for the memory of one who has gone before, is implied in the use of the phrase with which this paragraph is introduced. In a monumental work of the character contemplated by the compilers of this extraordinary volume it seems eminently fitting that there should, here and there throughout these pages, be presented for the consideration, not only of the present generation of readers, but for those who, perchance, shall have occasion to review these pages in generations yet to come, a brief and modest summary of the lives of those departed fathers of the commonwealth who long since have passed from the scenes of present worldly activity. In following this design, the biographer surely would be remiss in his duty to the people of Clinton county if this book were permitted to go forth without an epitome of the life and of the works of the gentleman whose name heads this particular chapter of the biographical section of the history of the county, a name which has the power to recall many pleasant memories on the part of those now surviving, who, in his day here, knew so well and respected so highly the subject of this respectful memoir. The late James E. Carey, who died at his home in Green township, Clinton county, Ohio, on June 8, 1906, was born on a farm in Highland county, Ohio, on December 1, 1857, son of David and Rebecca (Hiatt) Carey, early settlers of that county. Reared on the home farm, James E. Carey received his education in the district schools of his neighborhood and early became a saw-mill man and operator of a threshing-machine outfit, remaining in Highland county until 1899, in which year he came to this county, locating on a farm in Green township, on which his surviving family now resides. Mr. Carey was an excellent farmer and a good citizen, faithfully discharging all his duties toward his fellowmen, true to every trust reposed in him and loyal in all his relations in life. Diligent in business, his industry was amply rewarded and at the time of his death he was the possessor of a fine farm of one hundred and sixty-three acres in Green township, all of which was under excellent cultivation and well improved, the same being looked upon as one of the best farms in that part of the county. Devoted to his family, a kind husband and an indulgent and loving father, his home life was all that could be desired and upon his passing there was created a most sorrowful vacancy in that home. A good neighbor, stanch and true in his relations with his fellowmen, Mr. Carey made and retained hosts of friends throughout that part of the county and there was wide mourning at his death. Mr. Carey was a Republican and was devoted to the principles of good government, ever willing to give of his time and of his services in the promotion and extension of the same. He was a faithful and devoted member of the Friends church and his personal example was influential for much good in his neighborhood, his neighbors all holding him in the very highest esteem. On February 7, 1894, James E. Carey was united in marriage, to Harriet Bernard, who was born in Green township, this county, daughter of James K. and Kezia (McVey) Bernard. the former of whom was born in the same township in 1835, and the latter, in -Wayne township, this county; on January 19, 1838. To this union four children were born, namely : Keziah, born on April 23, 1898; Rebecca, June 27, 1900; James Edward, 696 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. September 26, 1903, and Oscar, September 13, 1905, all of whom are in school. Mrs. Carey and her children have a delightful home and are held in the highest regard by their neighbors, their interest in neighborhood affairs and their active part in the community life thereabout making them important factors in the social development of the part of the county in which they reside. ASA STARBUCK. The name Starbuck is said to have been given by an ancient king to a hunter on account of his great skill in killing a buck deer by starlight. The family is of English descent and was established in America by Edward Starbuck I, who was born at Derbyshire, England, in 1604. He married Catherine Reynolds, a native of Wales, and settled first in Dover, New Hampshire, in 1643. He served as a representative to Massachusetts from 1643 to 1646, and became an elder in the church. In 1659 he was one of nine persons who purchased Nantucket Island. He died on December 4, 1690. Asa Starbuck, who is a representative of the eighth generation of the Starbuck family in America, was born in Union township on the old Starbuck homestead, March 3, 1846. He had the advantage of a good education and during his long life has become one of the prominent farmers and stockmen of Clinton county. He is also a well-known business man and honored and respected throughout the length and breadth of Clinton county. The parents of Asa Starbuck were Jesse G. and Amy (Cox) Starbuck, the former of whom was born on October 8, 1819, and died on January 4, 1913, and the latter of whom was born on February 1, 1823, and died, on April 13, 1892. Jesse G. Starbuck was educated in the common schools of Union township, and was married at Fairfield meeting, in Hendricks county, Indiana, October 20, 1842, to the daughter of Harmon and Martha Cox. Amy (Cox) Starbuck was born on June 1, 1823, and removed to Hendricks county with her parents when a child. After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Starbuck settled on a farm, where they resided until their death. During the first ten years of his married life Mr. Starbuck was engaged in running a steam saw-mill, which had a run of burrs attached for grinding corn. The balance of his life was devoted to farming. He and his wife reared a family of five children, others having died early in life, as follow : Adin L., who was born on May 10, 1844, was married on October 12, 1865, to Louisa M. Pidgeon, who was born in Guilford county, North Carolina, November 21, 1847, a daughter of Charles and Catherine Pidgeon; Asa, the subject of this sketch, was the second son; Martha, January 29, 1848, was married on February 16, 1876, to William D. Moorman, who was born on April 3, 1845, a son of Samuel and Lucy (Johnson) Moorman; William R., May 12, 1858, graduated from Wilmington College and became a school teacher and farmer; and Jesse H., November 11, 1864. Reverting to the earlier ancestry of the Starbuck family, Edward Starbuck, who married Catherine Reynolds, had a son, Nathaniel, who was born in 1636, who married Mary Coffin, died on June 6, 1719. They had a son, Jethro, born on December 14, 1671, who married Dorcas Gayer, "among friends," and who died on August 12, 1770. Jethro and Dorcas (Gayer) Starbuck had a son, Thomas, who was born on October 12, 1796, who married Rachel Allen and who died on July 5, 1777. They had a son, Hezekiah, who was born on February 10, 1749, and who died on January 10, 1830. Of Thomas and Rachel (Allen) Starbuck it may be said further that the latter was born in 1710 and died on May 31, 1789. Hezekiah Starbuck, their son, was born on Nantucket Island and was married to Mary Thurston, November 19, 1771. He was a seafaring man and captain of a whaling vessel for some years. He was on a cruise when the Revolutionary 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 raised his family and where his wife died, June 9, 1806. He CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 697 afterwards removed to Clinton county, where he remained until his death, which occurred on June 10, 1830. During their residence in Guilford county, North Carolina, they lived at New Garden. Hezekiah and Mary (Thurston) Starbuck had ten children. One of these ten children, Gayer Starbuck, the third born, was-the paternal grandfather of Asa Starbuck, the subject of this sketch. The ten children, in the order of their birth, were as follow: Mary, was born on August 17, 1772; George, April 8, 1775; Gayer, August 10, 1777; Clarissa, January 28, 1780; Hezekiah, Jr., October 14, 1782; Jethro, May 15, 1785; Samuel, January 10, 1788; Mary, March 3, 1790; Latham, February 3, 1793; and Rebekah, January 14, 1800. Gayer Starbuck was born on August 10, 1777, on Nantucket Island, and removed with his parents to Guilford county, North Carolina, where be spent the early part of his life. He learned the blacksmith trade and for many years followed that vocation. On January 17, 1799, by permission of the New Garden monthly meeting, he was married to Susannah Dillon, the daughter of Jesse and Anna Dillon. Jesse Dillon, who was of Irish descent, was born in North Carolina in October, 1753, and on April 29, 1778, married Hannah Ruckman, who was born on March 20, 1754, a daughter of Joseph and Sarah Buckman. They came to Ohio in 1807. To Gayer and Susannah (Dillon) Starbuck five sons and five daughters were born, of whom one died at the age of twenty-two, the remainder living to marry and rear families. In 1807 Gayer Starbuck and family emigrated to Ohio, locating in Greene county, near where Paintersville is now situated. In 1810 they came on to Clinton county and located on the farm later owned by Jesse G. Starbuck. Gayer Sarbuck died on December 30, 1866, but his wife preceded him about five years, dying on March 12, 1861. Gayer Starbuck was a director of the first agricultural fair ever held in Clinton county and was one of the pioneer movers in the organization. Jesse G. Starbuck served as vice-president of the agricultural society in 1856, 1857 and 1858. Gayer Star-buck was also active in the first movement of importing Shorthorn cattle from England about 1834. Asa Starbuck obtained his education in the Dover district schools in his neighborhood and at Earlham College, where he spent one term, and then spent two years at Franklin College, at Wilmington. He, therefore, enjoyed superior educational advantages. After leaving college he worked on his father's farm for a year and then married and rented one of his father's farms for a few years. In 1876 he purchased one hundred and twenty-two acres from his father and upon this farm he still lives. In 1892 Mr. Starbuck built his present dwelling. He raises Shorthorn cattle and Merino sheep. He is a public-spirited citizen and has helped to build highways, railroads, colleges and churches. There is a stone quarry on Mr. Starbuck's farm and he sells stone for building macadamized roads. On June 25, 1868, Asa Starbuck was married to Almira Custis, who was born in Union township, Clinton county, Ohio, on the old Custis homestead, the daughter of John W. and Louisa (Smith) Custis, both deceased. The father of Mrs. Starbuck was born in Virginia, and the mother in Scioto county, Ohio. They lived in the eastern part of Union township and were farmers. Mr. and Mrs. Asa Starbuck are the parents of eleven children, as follow: Nettie, married Alpheus Hartman, who died in 1895, since which time she has lived with her parents; they had one child, Alpheus, born on February 2, 1895; Laura, married G. H. Carter, a resident of Wilson township; Charles A., lives on a farm in Union township; Jessie C., lives on a farm in Union township; Sallie, who was born in July, 1875, died in 1890; Cora D., is unmarried and lives at home; Marion R., is a resident of Union township; Amy, is a stenographer and lives in Washington, Ohio; Bertha, is unmarried, and lives at borne; Ella, is also unmarried and lives at home; Myra, is a stenographer for the Irwin Auger Bit Company, of Wilmington. 698 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO Mr. and Mrs. Starbuck divide their religious affiliations, he being a member of the Friends church at Dover and she of the Central Christian church at Wilmington. Since 1879 Mr. Starbuck has been identified' with the Prohibition party and is a strong opponent of the traffic in intoxicating liquors. He has had a most commendable and praise-worth part in every public movement in this county and has lived a life to a very good purpose. He is popular and well known in this county. JOHN H. STROUP. The paternal grandfather of John H. Stroup, who was Michael Stroup, a native of Pennsylvania, was a typical pioneer in this section and there are many incidents in his life that are of exceptional interest to men and women of the present generation. In the first place, Michael Stroup tramped from Pennsylvania to Highland county, Ohio, in 1801, dressed in the rough garb of the pioneer tramp. Instead of a hat, he carried an eighteen-gallon copper kettle on Ills head. He also had a large bundle strapped on his back with buffalo thongs and carried a small bundle under his arm. He was a hatter by trade and had gone to Highland county directly from Chillicothe, looking for a place to begin business. In those days he was accustomed to sell wool hats for eighteen dollars a dozen. Originally, he had lived at Humington, Pennsylvania, but later, as early as 1798, settled on the banks of the Scioto river, then called the Farnklin river. He helped to lay out the town of Springfield, Ohio, and afterward moved on to Chillicothe and still later to New Market, where he was married in 1803 to Polly Walker, a native of Fleming county, Kentucky, the marriage ceremony having been performed by Squire Oliver Ross. The bride was dressed in calico, which cost one dollar a yard. In time Michael Stroup came to be the owner of two thousand acres of land in Highland county. He and his wife were the parents of fourteen children, William, Henry, Simon, Clayborn, Walker, Eliud, Eliud (2), Mary Ann, Harriett, Cynthia, Margaret, Elma, Eliza J. and Mary Anne. John H. Stroup, the on of Simon and Barbara (Pulse) Stroup, and the subject of this sketch, was born on February 6, 1849; in Highland county, Ohio. His father was born in Highland county, in 1808, and his mother in Virgima. She was the daughter of David Pulse, who married a Miss Fry. David Pulse was a farmer in Highland county, but a native of West Virginia, having moved from that state to Hillsboro, Ohio. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and owned fifty acres of land in Highland county. Simon Stroup was educated in the common schools of Highland county and spent his entire life in that county with the exception of a short time when he was working in Wisconsin and for a short time when he operated a steamboat from Cincinnati to New Orleans on the Mississippi river. He owned four hundred acres of land in Highland county and one hundred and sixty acres in Iowa. For twelve years he was assessor in his township and also held other offices of trust and responsibility. He died in 1877 and his widow eleven years later, in 1888. They were the parents of twelve children, Lewis. Michael, John, Simon, Mary Ann, David, Sarah Jane and five who died in infancy Educated in the country schools of Highland county and reared on a farm, John H. Stroup married Jemima Bogart, a native of Hamilton county, Ohio, the daughter of John and Emma (Stokes) Bogart, farmers in Hamilton county, and to this union six children have been born, namely: Emma born on December 4, 1873, married William Troutwine, of Highland county, and died on June 3, 1915; Evelina, April 10, 1876, married David Larrick, and lives in Clinton county; Samuel, ,January 15, 1878, now deceased, married Virgie Craine, • of Clinton county ; Lillie Pearl, April 2, 1883. married Russell Moore; Sophia, May 21, 1885, and Elliott, May 31, 1893. Mr. and Mrs. Stroup and family left Highland county in February, 19101 They CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 699 owned one hundred and five acres in Highland county and, after coming to Clinton county, purchased one hundred and nine acres where they now live and where they are engaged in general farming. Mr. and Mrs. Stroup are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and are warmly esteemed by their many friends both in this and in Highland county. BURCH T. PENN. For more than a quarter of a century one of the most active factors in the development of the best interests of this county, Burch T. Penn, cashier of the New Vienna Bank, has created for himself a position in the life of the community in which he so long has played an important part that makes him easily one of the most useful and influential men in Clinton county. Though not a native of this county, he has given of the best of himself to its interests for many years and few men in the county stand higher in the general esteem of the whole community or possess in a fuller measure the confidence and respect of all. Coming to this county in 1888, to take the position of assistant cashier in the bank at New Vienna, Mr. Penn rapidly rose to the position of cashier of that excellent old financial institution and in this capacity has served faithfully and well, not only the immediate interests of the bank, but the whole interest of the community and is very properly regarded as a leader thereabout. Burch T. Penn was born in Highland county, this state, on July 20, 1866, son of W. H. and Sarah (Foraker) Penn, the former of whom was born in Pike county, Ohio, in 1841, and the latter, in Highland county, same state, in the same year. W. H. Penn was the son of Lloyd Penn, who was born in Maryland, whose parents came to Ohio in an early day in the settlement of this section of the state and became prominent pioneers of Pike county, where they spent the remainder of their lives. Lloyd Penn became one of the most influential men of the neighborhood in which he was reared in Pike county and was a man of large usefulness in the early development of that section. He married a Core, member of another of the pioneer families of that section, and they reared a considerable family of children, the various descendants of whom are now doing well their parts in their respective spheres of life. W. H. Penn, one of the children above mentioned, was reared on the paternal farm in Pike county, receiving his education in the schools of that neighborhood and became a farmer and merchant. In 1862 he enlisted in the First Ohio Light Artillery and served as a soldier of the Union until the close of the war, after which he located in Highland county, where he became a farmer and merchant at East Munroe and a man of large influence in that neighborhood. He married Sarah Foraker, daughter of Henry and Sarah (Upp) Foraker, well-known residents of Highland county and leaders in the Methodist church in their neighborhood. Henry Foraker was prominent in the political life of his community and was one of the leading Republicans of that section. To W. H. and Sarah (Foraker) Penn were born three children, Burch T., John W. and Charles E. Mr. and Mrs. Penn were members of the Methodist church, active in all the good works thereof, and their sons were reared in that faith. W. H. Penn was a Republican and a member of the Masonic fraternity. He died in December, 1910, and his widow is still living. Burch T. Penn was reared in the town of East Monroe, Ohio, and received his education in the schools of that place. He entered the Leesburg bank as a clerk in 1882, remaining with that institution 'until 1888, in which year his services were secured by the bank at New Vienna, this county, which he entered as assistant cashier. He continued in that position until 1890, when he was elevated to the position of cashier of the bank, In which capacity he since that time has been serving most acceptably, not only to the directors of the bank, but to the customers of the same and to the general Public. This bank, which was organized in 1871, is regarded as one of the soundest old