(RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) 750 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. Katie. E. Spilker, the daughter of Charles Spilker, to which second union there have been born three children, Paul James, Catherine and George E. Mr. Bobbitt has always occupied a position of prominence in local politics and was elected on the Democratic ticket to the office of trustee, a position in which he served two terms. He also served on the school board for six or seven years. Fraternally, Mr. Bobbitt is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. GEORGE S. HODGSON. Born and reared in Green township, this county, the late George S. Hodgson, who was the son of Isaiah Morris and Mary Jane (Armstrong) Hodgson, first saw the light of day on March 31, 1864. Mr. Hodgson's father, also a native of Green township, was born on March 24, 1834, in Kentucky. Mr. Hodgson's paternal grandparents, Eleazar and Mary Ann (Wilhelm) Hodgson, were natives of North Carolina and Pennsylvania, respectively. Eleazar Hodgson was the son of Richard Hodgson, who married Hannah Irwin. They lived in North Carolina for a time but later immigrated to Virginia, from which state they moved to Clinton county, being well-known pioneers in this county. From Clinton county they moved to Indiana, where Richard Hodgson died. After his death, his widow returned to Clinton county, where she spent the rest of her life, passing away at an advanced age. Eleazar Hodgson was but a lad when he came to Clinton county with his parents. He was reared to manhood here and was married in this county on September 25, 1825, to Mary Ann Wilhelm, to which union there were born nine children, Catherine, Sarah Ann, Eliza Jane, Isaiah Morris, Hannah, Rebecca, George, Margaret Emily and Eleazar. The parents of these children spent their last days in Clinton county. Mary Jane Armstrong, the mother of George S. Hodgson, was a daughter of Britton B. and Maria (Harris) Armstrong, the former of whom was born in Scotland in 1815. and the latter, a native of Kentucky, daughter of Capt. George Harris, who died in the state of Kentucky. Britton B. Armstrong was the son of Walter and Mary Ann Armstrong. Walter Armstrong died in Kentucky, and after his death his widow moved to Cincinnati, where she died at the age of one hundred and fifteen years. Britton B. Armstrong and wife came to Clinton county about 1840 and spent the remainder of their lives in this county, the latter dying in 1857 and the former in 1903, at the age of eighty-eight years. Their remains were buried in the cemetery at Snow Hill, in Green township. They were the parents of ten children, of whom John, William, Elizabeth Ann, Walter, Ruth, Nancy and Britton are deceased, the living children being Mary Jane, Missouri and James. Isaiah Morris and Mary Jane (Armstrong) Hodgson were the parents of four children, of whom Francis M. died at the age of seven years. Those who grew to maturity were John, Maria and George S., the latter the subject of this sketch. John Hodgson married Amanda Edwards, to which union were born five children, namely : Eva, who married Carl Conner and has two children, Ada Belle and Bert; Willie, who married Pearl Simpson and has three children, Kenneth, Hazel and Lola; 011ie, who died when a young woman; Charles (deceased), who married a Miss Burk and had three children; and Catherine, who married Victor Burk. Maria Hodgson (deceased) married Lafayette Dailey and had five children, as follow : Morris; Addle, who married Willbur Rhonemus and has three children : Mrs. Catherine Fletcher; Carrie and Basil. George S. Hodgson was reared on a farm in Green township, this county, and for twenty-five years operated a tile factory. After abandoning the tile business, he took up farming and became the owner of one hundred acres of land, which IS now owned by his widow. On January 15, 1886, George S. Hodgson was married to Mary Rolston, who was CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 751 born on April 18, 1869, in Ireland, the daughter of Robert and Anna (Wallace) Rolston, who came to Clinton county in 1870. Mrs. Hodgson's father is a Republican in politics. Both be and his wife were members of the Christian church at Antioch, but were formerly members of the Presbyterian church. Mrs. Hodgson's father was born in 1831 and died on August 16, 1915. His widow, who was born on November 22, 1839, is still living in Green township. They reared a family of seven children, John, James, Ellen, Mary, Lina, Elizabeth and Emma. To George S. and Mary (Rolston) Hodgson were born six children, namely : Cora ; Vadah, who married Robert McDermott and has one child, Harold Chester, born on June 8, 1915; Clarence Dewey, Leo Frances, Pearl Elizabeth and Hilda Bernice. Mr. and Mrs. Hodgson were members of the Christian church and Mrs. Hodgson is still identified with that church. The late George S. Hodgson was identified with the Republican party and, for four years, served as school director. He was a well-known and highly-respected citizen of Clinton county, and his death, on March 16, 1914, was widely mourned. CARLETON L. BAUGH. The subject of this sketch is one of the prominent business men of this county, being not only interested in farming, but also in manufacturing. His people have long been residents of this county, and his family is therefore prominently identified with the county's history. Carleton L. Baugh was born in Vernon township, this county, on August 9, 1878, the son of John C. and Emma D. (Lawrence) Baugh, the former bore at Clarksville in 1851, and the latter in Vernon township in 1855. John C. Baugh was the son of Dr. Hugh W. and Elizabeth (Wilkerson) Baugh, the former born in Carthage, Tennessee, in 1817, and the latter in Washington township, Warren county, Ohio, in 1821. It was about the year 1845 that Dr. Hugh W. Baugh came to this oounty and began the practice of his profession in Clarksville, where he spent the rest of his life, his death occurring in 1892. His wife bad passed away the preceding year. Emma D, Lawrence was the daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Marshall) Lawrence, both natives of Vernon township, this county, Jonathan Lawrence having been a son of Jonathan, and Elizabeth (Mulford) Lawrence, pioneers of this county. John C. Baugh was a prominent farmer and stock raiser in this county and also an extensive dealer in live stock. Besides his agricultural enterprises, he was a stockholder and director of the Farmers National Bank. He was a Republican, a Free Mason and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He died in 1908, being survived by his widow, who is still living in Clarksville, and three children, Mamie F., Carleton L. and Hugh W. Carleton L. Baugh received his education in the Clarksville schools. As a young man he engaged in the mercantile business at Clarksville and accumulated some property in the town, his possessions including the building now occupied by L. L. White. Besides being one of the owners of the Baugh, Batten & Baugh canning factory, he is the president and general manager of the same and also has farming interests in Vernon township. In 1897 Carleton L. Baugh was united in marriage to Clarice Murrell, of Warren county, daughter of William Murrell, of Clarksville, and to this union five children have been born, J. Murrell, Elizabeth, Virginia, who died in 1908, John C. and Florence. Mr. Baugh is a Republican and a member of the Masonic order at Clarksville, a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Fraternal Order of Eagles at Wilmington. He has always taken an active interest in public affairs and, like his father and grandfather before him, is a man whose influence is felt in the community in which he lives, for his interests are broad and his activities many. Honest and upright, forceful and kind, loyal and true, public spirited and patriotic, he is widely known and highly esteemed as a citizen and as a neighbor. 752 - CLINTON COUNTY. OHIO. JAMES F. BENNETT. James F. Bennett, a well-known farmer and quarryman of Union township, this county, as well as a successful dealer in feed, wool and live stock, has not been extensively favored by inheritance and wealth, or the assistance of influential friends. Nevertheless, by industry and the economical management of his business, he has obtained a comfortable station in life, and has made his influence felt in the community life of Clinton county, where he was born about sixty years ago. Because of his honorable career and his steady progress as a farmer and business man, he is eminently entitled to rank as one of the representative men of this county. James F. Bennett was born on July 22, 1855, in Union township, this county, at a point one hundred yards from the home in which he is now living, the son of Levi T. and Sarah (Wilson) Bennett, both of whom are now deceased. The paternal grandparents of Mr. Bennett, Thomas Bennett and wife, were separated by the death of the grandmother when their son, Levi T., was a mere lad. After his first wife's death, Thomas Bennett married the second time and by his second marriage was the father of a numerous family. In pioneer times he had come to Ohio from Maryland and located in the village of Deserted Camp. He was a cabinet-maker by trade, and he and all of his family were devout and loyal members of the Friends church. Late in life he removed to Springboro, in Warren county, this state, where he died at the age of ninety-five years. The maternal grandparents of Mr. Bennett were Alexander and Sarah Wilson, who came from Pennsylvania to Ohio in pioneer times and settled in Union township, this county. Alexander Wilson owned several farms and conducted a large general store, a short distance from Wilmington, where he handled all the produce which the farmers had to sell and bought live stock extensively. He also lived to the age of ninety-five years. His wife, who was an earnest member of the Christian church, passed away at the age of seventy-five. The late Levi T. Bennett was an infant when he was brought to Clinton county by his parents. Later the family lived for a time in Clark county, Ohio, and after his mother's death, he made his home near Dover, this county, with the Moses Frazier family, who reared him to manhood. He lived with this family until his marriage, after which event he purchased one hundred acres of land in Union township, where his son, James F., now lives. Later he made the following additions to his farm: ninety acres from the George Haworth estate; twenty-five acres from the Wilson estate, and fifty-seven acres, which he bought from Jefferson Fritz, a total of two hundred and seventy-seven acres, all of which James F. Bennett now owns. The late Levi T. Bennett was a Republican in politics, and took an active part in local public affairs, in which he exerted considerable influence. He took an especial pride in raising and feeding hogs for the market, and was very successful in that line. Both he and his wife were earnest and faithful members of the Christian church. They were the parents of three sons: Alexander, who lives on a farm in Fayette county, Ohio; Thomas, a farmer of Union township, this county, who died in 1913. and James F., the immediate subject of this review. James F. Bennett 'attended the public schools of his home township, and after finishing his common-school education took a course at the normal school at Lebanon, Ohio. Afterwards he remained at home on his father's farm until his marriage, after which he purchased a farm west of Wilmington, where he lived for two years, at the expiration of which time he disposed of this farm and returned to his father's farm to manage the estate and take care of his parents, who were becoming feeble. Upon the death of his parents he inherited his share of the home farm and later purchased the interests of the other heirs. Mr. Bennett still manages his farm and makes his home there, but about 1885 he started in to buy and sell live stock, and has been extensively engaged in that business since that time. About 1890 he opened an office in Wilmington, CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 753 and added wool-buying to his business. Later he entered into a partnership with a Mr. Thompson, and this arrangement still continues, the firm maintaining an office on West Main street, in Wilmington, where they handle seeds and wool and buy and sell live stock. Mr. Bennett is also developing a large stone quarry along the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, east of Wilmington, where he has installed a pulverizer for manufacturing lime to be used as fertilizer. This is a large industry in this section of the state, and promises soon to develop into an even greater business than it is now. Mr. Bennett also produces large quantities of cracked stone, which is used in road building. On June 6, 1877, James F. Bennett was married to Ida B. Pendry, who was born in Liberty township, this county, a daughter of John and Myra (Jenkins) Pendry, both of whom are deceased. They were natives of this county, and were prominent residents of Union township. To James F. and Ida B. (Pendry) Bennett five children have been born, namely: Effie, the wife of fester F. Thatcher, a farmer of Union township ; Jessie L., the wife of Oliver Vandervort, a farmer of Green township; Roy P., who married Elma Fife, and lives on a farm owned by Mr. Bennett; Harry R., who married Cleona. Bowers, and lives at home with his father, and Earl T., who married Ruth Rhonemus, and lives on a farm in Union township. Mr. and Mrs. Bennett and family are all earnest and devoted members of the Walnut Street Christian church at Wilmington. Politically, Mr. Bennett is identified with the Republican party, and has been more or less active in the councils of his party in this county. James F. Bennett is a man of more than ordinary business ability, and is not only possessed of a high order of business ability, but is an influential and honorable citizen, one of those men who have done so much to develop the resources of this splendid region, and is well known and popular throughout Clinton county. JAMES W. BAUGHMAN. James W. Baughman was born in this county on September 18, 1859, his parents being Henry and Catherine Baughman, who came to this country and settled in Clinton county in the fifties, beginning their life in the New World on the forty-eight-acre homestead on which the subject is still living. Henry Baughman was a Republican, and he and his wife were members of the Catholic church. They were the parents of eight children, as follow : Kate (deceased), who was the wife of William Cook ; Maggie, Mrs. George Ingersoll, Caroline (deceased), Minnie (deceased), Samuel, James W. and Lizzie, wife of J. W. Stanfield, of Clarksville, this county. Henry Baughman died in March, 1891, he being then seventy-five years of age. His widow's death followed two years later, she being then seventy-five years of age. James W. Baughman attended the local schools near his boyhood home, working meantime on the farm of his father. He now owns this farm, together with forty-three additional acres, all of which has been improved by him, the land being located one and one-half miles from Clarksville. He and his wife have been hard-working people, and are now being rewarded for their years of toil and self-denial. Mrs. Baughman was, prior to her marriage, which occurred on December 2, 1884, Elvia Stanfield, a daughter of James and Mahala (Turner) Stanfield, who are mentioned elsewhere in this publication. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Baughman has been blessed by five children, namely : Clara, who married Horace Kearns and has one child, a son, Burdette; Edith (deceased), and Kate, James Mearl and Clarence Emmet, who are still at home. While recognizing the fact that Mr. Baughman's life has been spent in comparative seclusion, away from the strife and turmoil of the great world, yet it has not been without interest and value. He has done each day's task with faithful and painstaking care and has not complained; in devotion to his immediate and necessary work, he has not forgotten (48) 754 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. the needs and claims of others. He expresses his convictions along political by allegiance to the Republican party, and as a member of the school board is true to the best interests of the public. As a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, he co-operates with Mrs. Baughman in working for its welfare, and as a resident of Clinton county, he is included among its well-known and popular men. ZIMRI H. CAREY. The Carey family of Clinton county are believed to have been related to Queen Elizabeth, of England, the daughter of King Henry VIII, who reigned from 1649 to 1660. The farthest traces of the Carey family in America date from the coming of John and Mary Carey with three or more sons and perhaps some daughters, about 1681, at the time of the establishment of Penn's colony. They settled in Bucks county, Pennsylvania. Of these sons, John Carey, whose wife's name was Elizabeth, had a son, Samuel, who was born on April 2, 1752. Samuel Carey married Rachel Doane, who was born on February 11, 1754. They moved to Loudoun county, Virginia, and from there to Grayson county, Virginia. About 1818 they moved from Grayson county to Highland county, Ohio. Later, Samuel Carey returned to Virginia and on his way back to Highland county was taken suddenly ill and died at Salt Creek, east of Chillicothe, Ohio. This grave is now marked by a stone wall, put there by Gershom Perdue, and is located on the farm of Martha Colwell. Zimri H. Carey, a retired farmer of New Vienna, this county, who was born in Penn township, Highland county, Ohio, on May 3, 1847, is a grandson of Samuel and Rachel (Doane) Carey. He is a son of Elias and Margaret (Hussey) Carey, the former of whom was born in Grayson county, Virginia, on December 3, 1783, and the latter in Randolph county, North Carolina, August 19, 1801. She came to Ohio in 1805 with her parents, Stephen and Mary (Underwood) Hussey, who located in Highland county, where they spent the rest of their lives, the father dying in 1853 and the mother in 1841. Elias Carey was the youngest of nine children born to Samuel and Rachel (Doane) Carey, the others being as follow : Cynthia, born on January 11, 1777, who married Joseph Bradfield; Sarah, July 7, 1778, married Elias Knight; Jonathan, February 28, 1781, married Ruth Bond; John, June 22, 1783, married Margaret Green; Samuel, December 2, 1785, married Anna McPherson; Rachel, October 12, 1787, married John Green; Elizabeth, September 19, 1789, died unmarried, and Thomas, January 13, 1791, who married Rhoda Ballard. Elias Carey died in Penn township, Highland county, in 1872, and his widow on July 2, 1883. He was a farmer by occupation, a Republican in politics and a member of the Friends church. To Elias and Margaret (Hussey) Carey were born thirteen children, as follow : Asenath, born on January 3, 1820, who married Samuel Michael on January 11, 1838; Sarah, February 28, 1821. married Dr. M. M. Buffington on December 8, 1841; Mary, November 26, 1822, married Evan R. Jones on October 7, 1847; Martha, July 24, 1824, died unmarried on March 6, 1842; Stephen, February 28, 1826, married Anner Margaret Lane on October 6, 1847; Eunice, December 8, 1827, married Albert W. Holmes on October 7, 1847; William, Jauary 5, 1839, married Almira Conard on November 23, 1854; Joshua, July 2, 1831, died on March 4, 1842; Eliza, March 31, 1833, died on May 11, 1859; Preston, September 3, 1834, married Margaret M. Ross on December 30, 1860; Elizabeth, February 24, 1837, married F. Perry Naylor on December 28, 1882; Joseph, January 1, 1841, married Rebecca Kerr on September 29, 1869; and Zimri, the subject of this sketch. Of these children only Elizabeth, Joseph and Zimri are now living. Joseph lives in Cass county, Indiana. Zimri H. Carey was reared on a farm in Highland county, Ohio, and was educated CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 755 principally in the schools of Penn township For fifteen years, Mr. Carey taught school and afterward took up farming. He now owns one hundred and ninety-five acres in Penn township and his son, Harry Lee, owns sixty acres adjoining the home farm. In August, 1911, Mr. Carey moved to New Vienna, this county, where he now, lives retired. He owns a good residence on South street and Highland avenue and the business building occupied :by the Harry Custis furniture store. Mr. Carey has acquired all of his property and accumulated all of his wealth by his own individual exertions. On January 31, 1884, Zimri H. Carey was married to Ida B. Fenner, to which union four children were born, Charles H., Leslie E., Harry Lee and Lillian Charles H. Carey, who was born on January 31, 1885, was educated in the public schools and was graduated from the New Vienna high school and from the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio, with the degrees of Bachelor of Science and Master of Science. He is now district superintendent of the Germantown schools of German township, Montgomery county, Ohio, and for four years was superintendent of the schools at West Alexandria, Preble county. On July 31, 1907, Charles H. Carey was married to Florence C. Bratten, to which union three children have been born, Marjorie, Dorothy and Rolland. Leslie E. Carey was born on January 30, 1887, and was educated in the public schools, being graduated from the New Vienna high school. He later was graduated from the Ohio Northern University at Ada, Ohio, with the degree of Bachelor of Science and for several years taught school. He was also superintendent for three years of the Lyle schools of Warren county, Ohio. Later he went to Chicago as assistant paymaster of the Pullman Palace Car Company, but, after being in Chicago for one year, came back to Ohio, accepting a position as teacher of science in the Greenfield high school in Highland county, later being called to the superintendency of the schools at Somerville, this state. On July 29, 1915, he married Mabel E. Strait, of Dayton, Ohio. Harry Lee Carey was born on October 27, 1888, and attended the New Vienna high school. He is a farmer and lives on the old homestead in Penn township, Highland county. In September, 1911, he married Estella McCoy, to which union have been born two children, Floyd Leslie and Thelma. Lillian Carey was born on March 10, 1899, and is a student in the New Vienna high school. The mother of these children died on February 21, 1910. Mr. Carey is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and his wife was also a member of that church. He is a Republican in politics and was, for a long time, a member of the school board in Penn, township JOHN W. BERNARD. John W. Bernard, a well-known retired farmer of Green township, this county, was born on October 6, 1838, the son of George Washington and Harriet (McConnell) Bernard. The complete history of the Bernard family is given in the biographical sketch of James E. Bernard, presented elsewhere in this volume. John W. Bernard, like his brothers and, sisters, was reared on the farm and was educated in the neighborhood schools, spending his boyhood on the farm now occupied by Elijah Q. Bernard. At one time Mr. Bernard owned three hundred and sixty acres of land, but he has given all of it to his children, except one hundred and thirty-eight acres, which he still owns. In January, 1868, John W. Bernard was married to Louisa Kier, who was born in Highland county in 1844, the daughter of Mathias and Jane (Bell) Kier, now deceased. To this union eight children were born, as follow: William, a farmer in Green township, this county; Mary, the wife of Dr. Lorenzo Ayers, of Green township; Rosa, who married John Cox, of near Centerville, Ohio; Albert, who is unmarried and lives at home with his parents; Clara, who died at the age of sixteen, and Amy H., John F. and Abbie, who died in childhood. 756 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Bernard are members of the Friends church. Mr. Bernard votes the Democratic ticket. Theirs have been lives full of good works, and in "the sunset time" of their lives they enjoy many and continuous evidences of the respect and esteem of the entire community in which they have lived so long and so usefully. HENRY H. PIDGEON. The twentieth-century farmer suffers few of the handicaps which surrounded the pioneer farmer in Ohio. He is no longer compelled to rise early in the morning and continue his labors far into the evening. Today he can do as much work in half a day as his father could do fifty years ago in a whole day. The free mail delivery leaves the daily paper on his doorstep each morning ; the telephone puts him into communication with his neighbors and in many places the interurban car and the automobile enable him to participate in all of the features of city life. The present generation of farmers have few forests to clear and few swamps to drain, while hundreds of inventions have lightened their labors. Moreover, many farmers have developed profitable departments of stock raising and their revenue is no longer confined to the sale of corn and wheat and oats. Fine herds of thoroughbred cattle and hogs have made it possible for the farm to equal the gross revenue of many of the large factories in the city. Henry H. Pidgeon, an enterprising farmer of Union township, has taken advantage of all the modern opportunities of farming and has made all of them count in his battle for success. Henry H. Pidgeon was born in Guilford county, North Carolina, on July 26, 1851, the son of Charles and Catherine (Homey) Pilgeon, both natives of Stokes county, that state, the former born on March 1, 1806, and died on July 26, 1898, and the latter born on September 23, 1810, and died on December 27, 1886. Isaac Pidgeon, the paternal great-grandfather of Henry H. Pidgeon, was a strict Quaker, who about 1740 emigrated from Ireland because of religious persecution, to Chowan county, North Carolina. He was a millwright by trade and owned three different mills during his life, the last on Rich fork. Although he lived in America during the Revolutionary War he was not called upon to serve, since he was a member of the Quaker church, which opposes military service. His son, Charles Pidgeon, Sr., grandfather of Henry H., was a blacksmith, mechanic, carpenter and home physician. In fact, he was an all-around good neighbor and owned a splendid farm. He also was a strict Quaker. His wife, Elizabeth Crews, to whom he was married on November 11, 789, was a native of Virginia and died in the early forties. He died in 1854. They were the parents of twelve children. The father of Henry H., Charles Pidgeon, Jr., grew up in Stokes county, North Carolina, and early in life located in Guilford county, same state, where, at the breaking out of the Civil War, he owned five hundred acres of land on Deep river. He was an industrious man and, with the able assistance of his good wife, a successful financier. There were many tenant houses on his farm, but he kept no slaves and was opposed to slavery. Charles Pidgeon, Jr., and Catherine Homey were married on October 8, 1829. They made a great deal of money, before railroads were built, hauling merchandise from the region where they lived to distant markets, such as Fayetteville, North Carolina, and Camden, South Carolina. They had a six-horse wagon and hauled dry-goods and groceries on return trips. At the beginning of the Civil War, Charles Pidgeon, Jr., was a Northern sympathizer. He was strongly opposed to slavery and was anxious to get his sons away, so they could avoid service in the Confederate army. In the spring of 1861 he had a sale and sold all of his stock and farm implements, with the intention of moving to Ohio. The Southerners objected to his leaving and sent a troop of soldiers to attend the sale, but they were treated to a splendid chicken dinner and did not interfere. The trip to Ohio, however, was delayed until the fall of 1861, when, after the success of the Confederates at the first battle of Bull Run, it was thought the war would soon end victoriously for CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 757 the South and the departure of the Pidgeons would make little difference. They came in three wagons, bringing with them a carriage and a buggy and some live stock, with them coining two other families. A son, John Pidgeon, and his family and his sister, Emily, and her family, made the trip north by the railroad, the remainder of the family coming by wagon. On the way the other families fell behind because the Pidgeon horses were faster. Charles Pidgeon, Jr., had sold his whole five hundred acres in North Carolina for less than would be required today to buy a small farm in Ohio. On the way north the family encountered a horse trader, who engaged in buying horses in Ohio for the Southern army. He told Mr. Pidgeon it would be impossible to get out through the Cumberland Gap, since it was guarded and the armies would let no one pass. However, it was pointed out that it might be made by the way of the Big Sandy river. Eventually, the family escaped to Ohio by this perilous route and settled in Clinton county. The first year they rented a farm, which later Charles Pidgeon purchased, and upon which Henry H. Pidgeon now lives. The next year they rented land in the Dover neighborhood and then rented a farm for the next five years near New Vienna, at the end of which time Charles Pidgeon purchased the farm in Union township, which he had first rented on coming to Ohio, and on this two-hundred-acre farm he spent the rest of his life, his sons working hard in the meantime to pay for it. He and his wife were regular attendants at the meetings of the Friends church, and rather strict in their views. Charles Pidgeon was a pronounced Abolitionist and not afraid to speak his mind, even when living in the South, where it was considered almost treason to oppose slavery. Although a Republican at that time of life he later became a Prohibitionist. Charles and Catherine (Homey) Pidgeon were the parents of twelve children, namely : Emily (deceased), who married John Briggs; Mary, who married Walter Cammack, of Virginia ; John, a Quaker minister at Orchard .Grove, Ohio, who married Caroline Thompson; Hannah, who married William Charles, both now deceased; Julia A., widow of William Henry ; Samuel, a school teacher and farmer of Jamestown, Ohio; David, who lives in California; Jeffrey, who died in infancy ; Charles Addison, a school teacher, who died at the age of twenty-six; Henry H., the subject of this sketch; Cornelia, who married Bruce Sprague, of Union township, and Louisa, who married Aden Starbuck. Mr. Pidgeon's maternal grandparents were Jeffrey and Hannah Homey, who lived and died in North Carolina, where they were farmers and strict Quakers of the old style. Henry H. Pidgeon attended the public schools of North Carolina and was ten years old when the family removed to Ohio. After coming to this state he attended the old Dutch district school and the Dover district school. He worked at home on his father's farm until twenty-five years old and then purchased fifty acres of his father's farm. After his mother's death he moved to the homestead, renting it from his father for a few years. When his father died, in 1898, he purchased one hundred acres of the homestead, including the home buildings, upon which he borrowed six thousand dollars, payable in ten years. Previously, he had sold his first fifty acres of land and had used the proceeds to apply to the second farm. In 1905 Mr. Pidgeon purchased fifty-two acres out of the Alexander Jenkins farm, adjoining the home farm, and now has one hundred and fifty-two acres in all lie makes a specialty of thoroughbred Shorthorn cattle and sells young cattle for breeding purposes. He is also an extensive hog breeder and very frequently feeds a carload of cattle. On August 28, 1876, Henry H. Pidgeon was married to Hannah Carter, who was born at Grassy Run, in this county, on September 2, 1858, the daughter of George Carter, a devout Quaker. To this union there were born three children, namely : Ethel, born on April 3, 1880, married, November 14, 1900, Elza Hughes, a Green township farmer ; Lillian, June 18, 1883, who, on August 3, 1905, married Morris Painter, of Wilmington, and Homer, March 7, 1885, married Mayme Huffman on February 27, 1907, and is the 758 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. manager of a six-hundred-acre farm in Union township The mother of these children died in September, 1888, and on January 1, 1890, Mr. Pidgeon married, secondly, Ella F. McKay, who was born on June 8, 1861, in Liberty township this county, the daughter of Tilghman and Sarah McKay, of that township, the former of whom is deceased, but whose widow is still living Tilghman McKay was a prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Lumberton. To this second union there have been two children born, Oscar, born on July 15, 1891, a member of the Wilmington Auto Company, and Willard, November 8, 1895, who lives at home. Mr. and Mrs. Pidgeon are members of the Friends church at Dover. Both are elders in the church and active in its various beneficences. Mr. Pidgeon is independent in politic& He has served as school director in Union township and he and his family are held in high regard throughout that community. ORVILLE B. MOORE. Orville B. Moore, the proprietor of a splendid farm of one hundred and fifty-five acres in Green township, this county, is a native of Union township, this county, where he was born on November 29, 1860, the son of Huston and Martha (Wilson) Moore, the former of whom was born in 1831, in Virginia, and the latter in this county, the daughter of John and Nellie Wilson, pioneers of Clinton county. Mrs. Nellie Wilson died a few years ago, at the age of ninety-eight years. Huston Moore came to Clinton county when he was a young man and was married in this county, first to a Miss Bentley, by whom he had one child, John. By his second marriage, to Martha Wilson, there were born three children,' Orville B., the subject of this sketch, Thomas and Nellie. Mrs. Martha (Wilson) Moore died in 1912. Huston Moore is identified with the Democratic party and is a member of the Christian church. He is now living retired in Wilmington, this county, in his eighty-fourth year. Orville B. Moore was born and reared on the farm and was educated in the public schools of this county. In 1883 he was married to Lida Sprague, who was born in Clinton county, the daughter of William Henry and Caroline Sprague, who came to this county from Staten Island, New York, and both of whom are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Orville B. Moore have five children, all of whom are living, William, Edith, Raymond, Mary and Nellie. Mr. and Mrs. Moore and family are members of the Christian church at New Antioch. In politics, Mr. Moore is a Democrat. REUBEN B. PEELLE. Among the strong and influential citizens of Clinton county, the record of whose lives have become an essential part of the history of this county, Reuben B. Peelle occupies a prominent place. For years he has exerted a beneficial influence in the locality where he resides, his chief characteristics being keenness of perception, tireless energy, honesty of purpose and motive and every-day common sense. These qualities have enabled him not only to advance his own interests, but also largely to contribute to the moral and material advancement of the community as a whole. Reuben B. Peelle was born on August 1, 1845, in Wilson township, this county, the son of William and Clarissa (Starbuck) Peelle, the former of whom was born in August, 1808, in Highland county, Ohio, and died in 1884, and the latter in 1814 in Union township, this county, and died in October, 1864. William Peelle was the son of John and Lydia (Bundy) Peelle, both natives of North Carolina, who were married in Belmont county, Ohio, at the Concord monthly meeting of the Friends church. In 1805 John Peelle went from North Carolina to Richmond, Indiana, on a trip and then located in Grayson county, Virginia. In 1807 he went to Belmont county, Ohio, where Lydia Bundy's parents lived, CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 759 and there he was married. Subsequently, he and his wife moved to Highland county, Ohio, where they engaged in farming until 1810, when they moved to Greene county, Ohio, where they lived until 1818, in which year they came to Clinton county and purchased fifty acres of land in Wilson township. Later they added to this land until they owned a large tract, and there they reared a family of seven children. An elder in the Friends church, for years John Peelle was head of the meetings of Grassy Run and was a very influential citizen in the community. In politics, he was a strong anti-slavery Whig. His principal diversion was fishing and he spent many hours in this pleasant pastime. John Peelle was the son of Reuben and Rhoda Peelle, the former born in 750 and the latter in 1760, in North Carolina They reared a large family of children, several of whom came to Ohio, and about 1830 they followed their children to this state and spent the rest of their lives in this county, their remains being buried in the Grassy Run Friends meeting burying ground in Wilson township. Originally of English origin, the present generation of the Peelle family has the family history which dates back to Robert Peelle, who lived in North Carolina in 1707, the grandfather of Reuben Peelle, the latter's father having been Josiah Peelle. From the earliest history of the family in America, the Peelles have been members of the Quaker church. The maternal grandparents of Reuben B. Peelle were Gayer and Susanna (Dillon) Starbuck, the former of whom was born on Nantucket Island, and the latter in Guilford county, North Carolina, where they were married about 1807 and who came to Clinton county and settled in Union township in 1810, at which time Clinton county was being organized. Gayer Starbuck was a Whig in politics and was an active member of the Friends church, being devoted to the orthodox branch of the church. He was a successful farmer and he and his children cleared up large tracts of land. He owned the first steam saw-mill in the county and also operated a grist-mill. He and his wife were the parents of ten children. From the time he was seven years old, William Peelle lived in this county. He was a well-educated and well-informed man, having supplemented his education in the subscription schools of the period by home study. Always a strong Abolitionist, he was first a Whig and later a Republican. An elder in the Quaker church, he succeeded his father as head of the Grassy Run meetings and became very active in church work. Incidentally, he held several township offices, all of which he filled with credit. He owned several farms, one of which, a farm of one hundred and seventy acres, situated in Wilson township, is now owned by Reuben B. Peelle, the subject of this sketch. To William and Clarissa (Starbuck) Pelle thirteen children were born, eleven of whom are deceased, the two living children being Reuben B., the subject of this sketch, and Louisa, who is the wife of Elwood Moon, a manufacturer of pumps at Sabina, Ohio. The deceased children are: Susanna, who married Elihu Carter ; John, who was a farmer in Wilson township; Isaiah, Jesse, Wilson, Asa, Elihu, Lydia, Moses, Aaron and Josiah. After attending the district schools of Clinton county, Reuben B. Peelle became a student at Eariham College at Richmond, Indiana, and later at the Lebanon Normal College at Lebanon, Ohio. Subsequently, he taught school for five years, and in 1877 went to California, where he remained for two years in Colusa county. Upon his return from California, Mr. Peelle married and took charge of the home place for his father. In 1884 he bought this farm, consisting of one hundred and seventy acres, and in 1896 purchased ten acres near Wilmington, where he built a magmficent home, where he has lived ever since. Still later he purchased the Tim Bennett farm of one hundred and sixteen acres. For many years he has specialized in raising thoroughbred Durham cattle and is well known in this section as a successful breeder. On January 20, 1879, Reuben B. Peelle married Emma Elliott, daughter of Solomon and Penelope Elliott, residents of Henry county, Indiana, who died in 1889. Three years later Mr. Peelle married, secondly, Mrs. Rosaline (Cryder) Cline, a widow, who was born 760 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO in Ross county, Ohio, the daughter of Andrew Cryder, who was a farmer of that county, and to this second union has been born one child, Effie Olive, who was born on August 10, 1895, and is now a student at Wilmington College. Mr. and Mrs. Peelle are devoted birthright members of the Friends church. Politically, Mr. Peelle is a Republican. He undoubtedly has exerted a wholesome influence on the social and commercial life of Clinton county and is one of the most highly respected citizens of this county. DANIEL WEBSTER HAINES. Daniel Webster Haines, one of the leading members of the Chester township school board for the past decade, is a man of pleasing personality, well known and highly respected, as well as a successful farmer, who owns one hundred and fifty-five acres of land in that township and one hundred and sixty acres in Vernon township. By marriage, Mr. Haines is connected with the famous McKay family, whose ancestry goes back to the first settlement made in Clinton county. The Haines family maintain a home in Wilmington, where they live a part of the time. Daniel Weebster Haines was born in Greene county, Ohio, on April 22, 1863, a son of Eber and Mary (Mendenhall) Haines, the former born in Caesars Creek township, Greene county, on January 20, 1825, and the latter born at West Milton, Miami county, this state, daughter of Thaddeus and Priscilla (Sturgeon) Mendenhall. Eber Haines was a son of Zimri and Elizabeth (Compton) Haines, natives of New Jersey and North Carolina, respectively. The latter came with her parents in a wagon from North Carolina to New Burlington, Ohio, when only four years of age. Zimri Haines emigrated from New Jersey to Pennsylvania, where he learned the trade of a cabinet-maker. Later he emigrated to Greene county, Ohio, where he spent the remainder of his life. He and his wife were the parents of ten children, Samuel, Elizabeth, Sarah, Maria, El-wood, Eber, Eli, Clapton, Asaph and Phoebe. The family were earnest members of the Friends church, while politically, Zimri Haines was an old-time Whig. The sixth child of Zimri and Elizabeth (Compton) Haines was Eber, the father of Daniel Webster Haines. Eber Haines was a farmer all his life. After removing to Clinton county, in 1882, he began preaching, at the age of forty-five, and continued as a local minister in the Friends church until his death, on December 19, 1911. Daniel Webster Haines is one of ten children born to his parents, the others being as follow : Lydia Ellen, who died when young; Margaret, who married John Turner ; Zimri D., who married Alice McKay ; Thaddeus A., who married Eliza Mary Hiatt ; Priscilla, who married Jacob B. McKay ; Daniel W., twin brother of Wilomena, the latter of whom died early in life; Mary, who was the wife of William Hiatt, died at the age of twenty-eight, and Eber W., a well-known farmer of Chester township. Daniel Webster Haines, who received his elementary education in the common schools of Paintersville, Greene county, later pursued his educational training in Chester township, this county, and when a young man began farming in that township. He continued farming there until 1903, at which time he purchased the old Mahlon Wall farm, consisting of ninety-six acres, and to this tract he has added from time to time until he is now the owner of one hundred and forty-five acres in Chester township and one hundred and sixty acres in Vernon township. He is an extensive breeder of DurocJersey hogs, as well as a feeder of cattle. On October 15, 1891, Daniel W. Haines was married to Estella McKay, who was born on July 5, 1865, the daughter of Alfred and Sarah L. (Altars) McKay. Mrs. Haines' father was a farmer in Liberty township and served as county commissioner of Clinton county for several years. He also served as county surveyor. Mrs. Haines was one of two children born to her parents. Her brother, Ray, is deceased. To Daniel W. and Estella (McKay) Haines one son has been born, Eldon R., born CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 761 on June 10, 1893, who is a graduate of Wilmington College, and is living at home with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Haines are members of the Friends church, and Mr. Haines votes the Republican ticket. They take an earnest interest in all good works in their neighborhood and are held in high regard throughout that vicinity. ENOCH HOLADAY. Enoch Holaday, now a successful and well-known farmer of Jefferson township, Clinton county, was born at Ogden, this county, on July 7, 1836, one of the eight children born to William and Ann (Carter) Holaday, both natives of the same village. William Holaday was the son of John and Susanna (Falkner) Holaday, both natives of the same neighborhood in Virginia. John Holaday fell in love with Susanna Falkner, and her people, who were opposed to his attentions, left Virginia for Ohio. He followed, however, to Greene county, where he married the girl of his choice. Later, Susanna Falkner's parents came to Clinton county, where they spent the rest of their lives. John Holaday erected a saw and grist-mill at Ogden, but later sold out and moved to Jefferson township; where he purchased over nine hundred acres of land and he and his wife died on their farm a little east of Westboro. They were the parents of eight Children. John Holaday was a member of the Society of Friends and it took all his personal property except an ax to pay for his substitute to fight in the War of 1812. The government would have taken the ax, but his wife hid it. John Holaday, after taking some hogs to Westboro, was attacked by cholera. He spent the night at his daughter's home and died before morning. The maternal grandparents of Enoch Holaday were Nathaniel and Nancy (Baker) Carter. natives of Virginia and early settlers in Clinton county. Nathaniel Carter was a farmer and Quaker minister, who had a farm which adjoined that of Mr. Holaday's paternal grandparents. Both Nathaniel and Nancy Carter died on this farm. William Holaday received a limited education in the schools of Clinton county and was a farmer on the land now owned by his son, Enoch, all his life. He owned one- hundred and eighty acres of land and was a member of the Quaker church. Enoch Holaday was educated in the public schools of Jefferson township. He was a successful huckster for some time, but later went into the dry-goods- business at Midland and lost everything he had saved. Afterward, about 1869, he moved to his present farm, and has since lived there, he and his wife beIng the owners of one hundred and twenty acres. On October 18, 1866, Enoch Holaday was married to Sarah J. West, who was born in Clark township, this county, the daughter of Owen and Mary (Carey) West, the former a minister in the Friends church, who was born north of Martinsville, in this county, and the latter of whom was born near Hillsboro, in Highland county. The Rev. Owen West was the son of William and Sarah (Hamrick) West, natives probably of Virginia and early settlers in Clinton county. William West first located in Chester county, Pennsylvania, but later came to. Clinton county and engaged in farming. His wife, Sarah Hamrick, was the daughter of Lockie Hamrick, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Mary Carey was the daughter of John and Margaret (Greene) Carey, natives of Grayson county, Virginia, who moved to. North Carolina and still later to Highland county, Ohio. Subsequently, they settled in Indiana, where they both died. They were Quakers and had ten children, of whom eight grew to maturity. Mrs. Holaday's father did not attend school a day in his life. His wife taught him his letters and he later became a minister in the Friends church. He was also a farmer and owned one hundred and sixty acres of land in Liberty township, Highland county, having moved there when his daughter, Sarah J., who later became Mrs. Holaday, was 762 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. eight years old. His wife died in Highland county, but he died later at Martinsville, this county. To Enoch` and Sarah J. (West) Holaday five children have been born, of whom two, Lindley, the eldest, and Mary, the third born, died at the age of sixteen, the living children being Eva, Margaret and Elizabeth. Mr. Holaday was drafted for service during the Civil War, but, as a member of the Friends church, his religious scruples would not permit military service and he paid three hundred dollars for a substitute, thus escaping service. He is a Republican and has served his township very efficiently as a road supervisor and as a school director. WILLARD KLINE Willard Kline, a native of Stark county, Ohio, is at present one of the best-known farmers of Jefferson township, this county. He was born on October 28, 1862, the son of Philip and Magdelina (Bortz) Kline, natives of Germany and ,Stark county, Ohio, respectively. His paternal grandparents were residents of Philadelphia after emigrating to this country from Germany. His maternal grandfather, Michael Bortz, was a native of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, of German descent, who moved to Stark county, Ohio, purchased a farm and died in that county. Philip Kline had completed his education in the German schools before coming to this country with his parents. He was a cabinet-maker and undertaker, trades which he had begun to learn in Germany, and for a time followed those vocations in Philadelphia. After his marriage, he removed to Malvern, Ohio, and followed his trade there for some time, after which he removed to a farm nearby and was engaged in agriculture the rest of his life, having been the owner of sixty acres of land He and his wife were the parents of twelve children. Willard Kline, one of the twelve children born to Philip and Magdelina (Bortz) Kline, was educated in the common schools of Stark county and of Malvern, under John Baxter. He also attended school at Mount Union and later attended a business college in Canton, under Griffith and Paterson, this latter school having been one of the first of its kind opened in the state of Ohio. Mr. Kline taught school for twelve years, and then became an interurban railway conductor out of Akron, a position which he held for six years. Afterwards he was in the coal business for two years in Akron, but sold out in 1910 and removed to Jefferson township, this county, where Mrs. Kline owned a farm. They now have three farms, comprising, in all, three hundred acres, and are engaged in general farming and stock raising. On Thanksgiving Day, 1905, Willard Kline was married to Mrs. Ellen (Sliffe) Moon, a native of Tuscarawas county, Ohio, daughter of Jacob and Susanna (Longnecker) Sliffe, natives of Tuscarawas county, Ohio, and Fayette county, Pennsylvania, respectively, and widow of Jason Moon, for many years a teacher in Clinton county and a son of Thomas Moon, an early settler in Jefferson township, this county. Jason Moon, who died in 1903, was also a farmer, and served as principal of the Westboro and Blanchester schools for some time. He had been educated in the public schools and at the Lebanon Normal School. Mrs. Kline's paternal grandparents were Henry and Magdelina (Biddle) Sliffe, of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, and, of German descent who settled on a half section of land in Tuscarawas county, Ohio. Her paternal great-grandparents were Henry and Elizabeth (Houk) Sliffe, of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, who also entered land in Tuscarawas county. Mrs. Kline's paternal grandmother was the daughter of Fred and Barbara (Bidler) Biddle, natives of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, and early settlers in Tuscarawas county, Ohio. The father of her paternal great-grandfather, Henry Sliffe, came to America from Germany and settled in Westmoreland county. Mrs. Kline's maternal grandparents were Peter and Elizabeth (Shank) Long- CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 763 necker, of Fayette county, Pennsylvania, who were farmers in Holmes county, Ohio. Her maternal great-grandparents were Peter and Elizabeth (Noftsinger) Longnecker, of Fayette county, Pennsylvania, who migrated with the remainder of the family to Holmes county, Ohio. Mrs. Kline's mother, who, before her marriage, was Susana Longnecker, had four brothers, David, Joseph, John and Henry, who were soldiers in the Civil War. Mrs. Kline's father, Jacob Sliffe, was a farmer in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, all his life, and died in that county. He and his wife were the parents of thirteen children, of whom ten grew to maturity. Mr. and Mrs. Kline are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Westboro, and take an active part in the affairs of that congregation. They are highly-respected citizens of Jefferson township and are well known and widely admired. CHARLES CALEB HIXSON. The late Charles Caleb Hixson, well known as a farmer of Washington and Jefferson townships, this county, was born in Jefferson township in 1855, son of John A. and Nancy (Hull) Hixson, who came from, Highland county, this state, to Clinton county. Charles Caleb Hixson was educated in the public schools of Jefferson township, and was reared to the life of a farmer, which occupation he followed all his life. After reaching maturity, he engaged in farming for his father for a time, and also carried the mail for a period of six years, from Westboro to Wilmington, before the construction of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. At the time of his death he was the owner of one hundred acres of land, sixty acres of which is in Washington township and forty acres in Jefferson township, practically all in one body. In 1879 Mr Hixson was married to Minnie James, a native of Lumberton, this county, daughter of Isaac Newton and Isabelle (Miller) James, the former a native of Lumberton and the latter of Campbell county, Virginia. Isaac N. James was the son of Joshua and Maria (Burr) James, very early settlers of Wilmington. Isabelle Miller was the daughter of Ephraim and Esther (Keiter) Miller, the former born in Washington county. Pennsylvania, and the latter in Hampshire county, Virginia. Ephraim Miller was a soldier in the War of 1812, and after his marriage, in the Old Dominion state, in 1849, located in Clinton county, settling one mile west of Lumberton, where he was engaged in farming the rest of his life. The Millers are of Pennsylvania Quaker descent. Esther (Keiter)' Miller was a daughter of George Keiter, a native of Virginia, of German descent. To Mr. and Mrs. Hixson were born five children, Zella, Joseph Eugene, Walter Leroy, Charles Caleb, Jr., and Hallie Hazel. Of these children Zella, the first born, and Charles C., Jr., the fourth born, are deceased. The late Charles Caleb Hixson was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and his widow is still an active and interested worker in that denomination. WILLIAM A. POND. Success generally comes as a consequence of closely applied energy, unfailing determination and perseverance. Seldom is success known to smile upon the idler and the dreamer rarely is courted; only those who diligently seek the favors of success receiving her blessing. William A. Pond, a resident of Antioch, this county, is one of the well-known residents of this section, and his present high standing may be attributed to his large personal worth, which has gained for him the esteem of the people with whom he has had business and social relations. William A. Pond was born on March 20, 1852, in Green township, this county, the son of William and Mary (Lieurance) Pond, the former of whom, born on June 2, 1812, in Green township, died on January 10, 1912, and the latter, born on March 21, 1815, died on August 25, 1906. 764 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. In 1802 four brothers, Griffen, Henry, John and Jonathan Pond, started from Wilkes county, North Carolina, for Ohio. Later the four brothers scattered over different parts of Ohio and in the respective communities where they lived, they became prominent citizens. Griffen Pond, the grandfather of William A., came to Clinton county in 1802, locating on what is now known as the old Faren farm. He cleared one hundred acres of land and received fifty acres of the same in payment for his work. He lived in this section of the state the rest of his life, buying and selling several farms. He was a member of the Baptist church. He and his wife were the parents of nine children, all of whom are now deceased, these children having been as follow : Griffen, Jr., who moved to Mercer county, Ohio, and died at the age of one hundred years and six months; John, who died in Miami county, Indiana, where he was a farmer; Jonathan, who died in Wabash county, Indiana ; Mary, who married Messer Green, and died at Cuba, this county, at the age of ninety; Priscilla, who married John Wire, and was the mother of Doctor Wire, of Wilmington; Sarah, who married Samuel Hamilton, of Jamestown, Greene county, Ohio; William, who was the father of William A.; George W., who died in Mercer county, Ohio, where he was a farmer, and David, who died in Clarksville, this county, where he was a preacher in the Baptist church and a farmer. The late William Pond, father of William A. Pond, started in life with very little money. He built a log house for himself on what is now known as the Clark place, in Green township, which is still standing. It was in this log house that William A. Pond was born. There were two slabs pinned together for a table and the bed wag made by putting pins in the log wall. William Pond finally came to own three hundred acres of land and died on his farm. His wife, Mary Lieurance, was the daughter of John and Rebecca (Brown) Lieurance, both natives of Wilkes county, North Carolina, who were married in that county and in 1802 came with the Ponds, and Browns to Clinton county. The Lieurances settled in Washington township, where they became the owners of a large farm. John Lieurance was a deacon in the Cowans Creek Baptist church. He died at the age of eighty-five, after rearing a large family. William and Mary Pond were members of the Christian church at New Antioch and were ardent church workers all their lives. William Pond was a stock buyer of considerable note and drove stock overland to Cincinnati. In his younger days he had been engaged in hauling produce to and from the cities in this section. He served as township trustee, having been elected as a Republican. Before becoming a Republican, he was a Whig. To William and Mary (Lieurance) Pond eight children were born, five of whom are still living, the names of the children, in the order of their birth, being as follow : John, born in 1835, who is a retired farmer at Columbus; Jesse W., born in 1837, died in March, 1909, at Morgan Hill, California, where he was a stock dealer and farmer; Mary J., born in 1840, married Thomas J. Bloom, and died in 1892; Anna, born in 1843, first married W. H. Lieurance and later Campbell Wright, and died in September, 1901; Tillie, born in 1847, first married a Mr. Anson, later Henry Arnold, and now lives at Port William, Ohio; William A., the subject of this sketch; Martha E., a resident of Montgomery, Alabama, who is the widow of R. E. Hunt, and Lina, who married C. B. Murphy, a merchant of New Antioch, this county. William A. Pond grew up on the farm and received his education in the public schools of that neighborhood. He lived at home until his marriage, on September 10, 1874, after which he lived on a part of the home farm, subsequently building a home on a tract of land which he purchased and where he lived until March, 1902, at which time he moved to New Antioch, where he now lives. When a young man, Mr. Pond engaged in buying and shipping live stock and wool, and has ever since been engaged in that business. About seven years ago, he became a partner with Bennett & Thompson, of Wilmington, and is a member of that firm now. For the past twelve years he has been CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 765 a justice of the peace in New Antioch, and in 1914 was re-elected to a term of four years, as a Republican. Mr. Pond's wife, before her marriage, was Alice Teller, a native of Adams county, Ohio, born at Locust Grove, the daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth (Weaver) Teller, both of whom are deceased. Mrs. Pond's father was a harness-maker and also a native of Adams county. Her mother, however, was a native of Highland county, and died when Mrs. Pond was a small girl. After her death the father married again and moved to New Antioch. To William A. and Alice (Tener) Pond have been born twelve children, four of whom are deceased, the names of the children, in the order of their birth, being as follow : Verdie, born on July 18, 1875, died on July 30, 1876; Frank B., March 21, 1877, a well-known farmer of this county; Naomi, April 14, 1879, who died on October 11, 1880; Fred, April 26, 1881, who married Oval West, and is a resident of Wilmington; Mary, March 27, 1883, who married Edwin S. Thatcher, and died on December 23, MO; Edna, July 27, 1885, who is unmarried, and lives in Columbus, Ohio; Vada, March 16, 1887, who married Charles Severs, and lives at Sabina, Ohio; Chloe, November 10, 1888, who died on January 18, 1890 ; Cliff, who married a Miss Stotler; Zella, February 8, 1891, who died on August 6, of the same year; Charlotte, July 21, 1892, who married Fred Arnold, of St. Paul, Minnesota, and Guy, October 7, 1894, who married Mary Oglesbee, of Lumberton, Ohio. William A. Pond is a member of the' Knights of Pythias and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He has been a delegate to the grand lodge of Odd Fellows for eight successive years and is, a trustee of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows home at Springfield, Ohio. Mr. Pond is a well-known citizen of this county, honest and upright in all of the relations of life and admired and respected by his fellow citizens, he and all the members of his family being held in high esteem hereabout. JESSE G. BATSON. Jesse G. Batson is a prominent citizen and farmer of Jefferson township, this county, who was born in Washington township, this county, on November 2, 1861, the son of Ephraim and Louisa (Wright) Batson, both natives of Clinton county, the former born in Washington township and the latter near Martinsville. Ephraim Batson was the son of Samuel Batson, a native of Pennsylvania, who came to. Ohio when a young man and located in what is now Clark township, entering between eighty and one hundred acres of land, which he cleared. He married a Thornhill and he and his wife died in that township. Louisa. Wright was the daughter of James and Sarah Jane (West) Wright, also pioneers of Clinton county, who owned nearly one hundred acres of land just north of Martinsville. Ephraim Batson received a common school education in the schools of Clinton county and spent his life as a farmer in Washington township, having been the owner of one hundred and twenty-one acres, upon which he lived for many years. The last six years of his life were spent with his son, Jesse G. His wife died at the comparatively early age of forty-nine, but he lived to be eighty-two. They were the parents of six children, four of whom, Christopher, George, Sarah Ann and Jesse G., grew to maturity. Ephraim Batson was an influential and useful citizen and had served as school director and road supervisor in Washington township Jesse G. Batson was educated in the public schools of Washington township and, with the exception of ten years, which he spent in Newport, Kentucky, as a street railway motorman, has been a farther all his life. He moved to the farm upon which he now lives in 1903, and now owns sixty acres of land in Jefferson township. He has cleared the farm and erected good buildings and is rated as a prosperous farmer. On December 31, 1882, Jesse G. Batson was married to Clara Hodson, who was born 766 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. and reared at Westboro, this county, the daughter of Edwin Hodson, to which union two children were born, Laura and Harry. Mr. Batson married, secondly, on October 8, 1913, to Josephine McClearin, of Highland county, Ohio, who was born at Hillsboro and reared at Samantha, and to this second marriage there was born one child, Margaret, who died in infancy. Mr. Batson is a member of the Christian church, and his wife is a member of the Friends church. Mr. Batson has served as township trustee and has filled other local offices. He is prominent in the political councils of Jefferson township and popular in the neighborhood in which he resides. WALTER S. OSBORN. Walter S. Osborn, now a successful and well-known farmer of Jefferson township, this county, was born in Beech Grove, in this county, on July 12, 1866, a son of Alfred and Martha (Stanton) Osborn, both natives of Beech Grove. Martha Stanton was the daughter of William and Theodosia (Thatcher) Stanton, early settlers in Clinton county. The Thatcher family history is set out at length elsewhere in this volume. The late Alfred Osborn, who was a well-known farmer of Clinton county, was educated in the public schools of this county, and after leaving school, farmed at Beech Grove and at Midland City. He died in the latter village. Walter S. Osborn was one of six children born to his parents, Alfred and Martha (Stanton) Osborn, the others being Lettie, Sarah T., Ollie, Rena and Frank. Walter S. Osborn received his education in the Osborn district school, and in the fall of 1888 removed to Midland and for ten years operated a livery stable at that place. Subsequently, he purchased forty-five acres of land, a part of which lies within the corporation limits of Midland. He farmed this land for one or two years, or until about 1905, when he moved to the Isaac Hixson farm, one mile north of Midland City. This place comprises one hundred and seventy acres, which Mr. Osborn rents, and in addition to this he also operates his own land, being well known as a successful farmer and stock raiser of that vicinity. In November, 1895, Walter S. Osborn was married to Alice Foster, and to this union were born four children. Hazel M., Russell T., Bernice and Alfred Franklin. Mrs. Osborn died on May 7, 1913. Mr. Osborn is a .devout member of the Friends church. He is a Republican and has been treasurer of Jefferson township for the past fourteen years, and still holds that important office. Fraternally, he is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. JACOB FREY. Jacob Frey, who was formerly a competent bookkeeper in Cincinnati, but who, for several years, has been a successful farmer in Jefferson township, this county, was born on December 12, 1853, in Cincinnati, the son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Hess) Frey, both natives of Bavaria, Germany, and both of whom are deceased. Jacob Frey, Sr., was an officer in the German army. Neither the paternal nor the maternal grandparents of Jacob Frey, Jr., ever came to America. Jacob and Elizabeth (Hess) Frey were married in Germany and came to America in a sailing vessel, locating at New Orleans, after a voyage lasting fifty-two days. In 1847 they proceeded by boat to Cincinnati, where they made their home. Jacob Frey had learned the barber's trade in Germany and followed this trade in Cincinnati until his death. To Jacob and Elizabeth Frey were born five children: George, Jacob (who died in infancy), Margaret, Fred and Jacob. After the senior Jacob Frey's death, his widow married August Goetze, and to them were born four children, Augusta, George, Elizabeth and Lena. The family were members of the Evangelical Protestant church. CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 767 Jacob Frey, the subject of this sketch, was educated in the public schools of Cincinnati and early in life was employed as an apprentice in the Lackman brewery, learning the trade as brewer. He later became connected with the Schmid Brothers' brewery as a bookkeeper, a position he held for twenty-six years. In 1902 he moved to the farm of one hundred and thirty-one acres in Jefferson township, this county, which he had previously bought in 1896, and where he is engaged in general farming. On November 29, 1876, Jacob Frey was married to Anna Marie Ferkel, a native of Bavaria, Germany. daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Frank) Ferkel, both natives of Bavaria. Mrs. Frey's paternal grandparents were Andres and Elizabeth Ferkel, both of whom died in Bavaria. Her maternal grandfather served in the Napoleonic Wars. Mrs. Frey's parents were married in Germany and in March, 1865, came to America, locating at Cincinnati. He was a farmer, grocer and baker. He and his wife retired to the farm, upon which Jacob Frey now lives, in 1896 and both spent their last days on that farm. Their remains are buried in the Odd Fellows cemetery at Westboro. To Jacob and Anna Marie (Ferkel) Frey have been born ten children, one of whom, Edward, the eighth born, is deceased, the others being Jacob, August, Frederick Jacob, Elizabeth, Harry, George, Albert, Florence and Stella Marie. Mr. and Mrs. Frey and family are members of the Evangelical Protestant church and Mr. Frey served as treasurer of the church of that denomination for fifteen years during his residence in Cincinnati FRANCIS M. HIATT. Francis M. Hiatt, now an enterprising and well-known farmer of Clark township, this county, was born on January 10, 1851, in Clinton county, the son of Clarkson and Jane (Hollingsworth) Hiatt, the former a native of Clark township, this county, and the latter born near Rochester, in Warren county. Mr. Hiatt's paternal grandparents were Christopher and Jemima (Hunt) Hiatt, the former born near Greensboro, North Carolina, and the latter in Grayson county, Virginia. The paternal' great-grandfather, Christopher Hiatt, Sr., died in North Carolina when his son, Christopher, was a young man. Christopher Hiatt, Jr., was educated by his mother, who was a well-informed woman. He married in Virginia, and, about the year 1810, emigrated to Ohio and located in Clark township, this county, where he purchased a farm upon which his grandson, Francis M., now lives, and gradually became the owner of several hundred acres of land in this county. Mr. Hiatt's maternal grandparents were James and Esther (Cadwallader) Hollingsworth, the former born in South Carolina and the latter near Lynchburg, Virginia, who located in Warren county, this state. where both spent the remainder of their lives. James Hollingsworth was the proprietor of a nursery. Clarkson Hiatt was educated in the common schools of Clark township, this county, and was engaged in farming all his life. He owned a part of the old home tract of land, where his son, Francis M., now lives and erected most of the buildings now standing on the farm and cleared most of the place. Five sons and two daughters were born 'to Clarkson and Jane (Hollingsworth) Hiatt, as follow : Lorenzo D., who was a soldier in the Union army during the Civil War, a member of Company M, Second Ohio Cavalry, and who, during his service, was struck on the head by a spent musket ball, but survived the wound; Francis M., the subject of this sketch; Evelyn, Albert and Warren, who are deceased, and Lora and James Edwin. Francis M. Hiatt was educated in the common schools of Clark township, and, upon attaining his majority, began farming for himself. He bought a small tract of twelve acres adjoining his home and lived there from 1890 to 1908, when he removed to the home place. He now owns one hundred and one acres and is successfully engaged in general farming. 768 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. In November, 1889, Francis M. Hiatt was married to Nellie McLaughlin, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Hill) McLaughlin, the former .a native of Clermont county, Ohio, who died in Clinton county. Joseph McLaughlin was born in Clermont county in 1815, the, son of Charles and Nancy (Bundle) McLaughlin, of Virginia, who were early settlers in Clermont county and farmers by occupation, the owners of seventy-five acres of land. Joseph McLaughlin first married Agelina Hill, a native of Clermont county and a daughter of Jesse and Elizabeth (Burton). Hill, of North Carolina, who emigrated to Clermont county, where they were farmers by occupation. Jesse Hill's son, Hezekiah, was a soldier in the Civil War, and lived until recently. He was a minister in the Methodist Episcopal church. By the first marriage, Joseph McLaughlin had seven children, Charles, James, Milton, Jesse, Jane, Martha and Belle. Of these children, Charles, James and Milton were soldiers in the Civil War, Milton dying in the service. After the death of his first wife, Mr. McLaughlin married, in 1860, Elizabeth Hill, who was born in 1832, a sister of his first wife. Of this second family of children, Mrs. Hiatt was the youngest, the other children being Alfred N., Florence, Ulysses and Bergen. Joseph McLaughlin emigrated to Clinton county about 1882 and here died. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. To Francis M. and Nellie (McLaughlin) Hiatt eight children have been born, Alma, Chester, Grace, Stella, Mildred, Howard, Clarkson and Esther, all of whom are living. Mr. Hiatt is a member of the Quaker church, and Mrs. Hiatt is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. They are well known throughout Clark township and adjoining neighborhoods and enjoy the respect and esteem of many friends. THOMAS HENRY McMILLAN. Thomas Henry McMillan, who owns a farm of two hundred and fifty acres in Chester township, this county, is descended from two of the very oldest families in this county. His father, Thomas McMillan, was the grandson of William and Deborah McMillan, who immigrated from York county, Pennsylvania, to Clinton county, some time after 1805, and his mother was the daughter of Seth and Sarah Ann (Moore) Linton. Thomas Henry McMillan is the only son born to his father's second marriage. Born on January 5, 1884. Thomas Henry McMillan, an enterprising citizen of Chester township, has been a farmer all his life. He received his education in the common schools of Chester township and later attended Wilmington College for about four years. After finishing his college education, he began farming on the old home place and has made an exceptional success in his chosen vocation. He is intelligent, widely informed and popular and enjoys the confidence and respect of that entire neighborhood. Mr. McMillan's father, Thomas McMillan, the son of David and Hannah (Huzzey) McMillan, was first married to Elizabeth N. Adsit, who bore him six children: Isabel, Mary Ann, Debber T., Eliza Jane, Horace G. and Palmer, of whom Horace G. is the only present survivor. Following the death of the mother of the above children, Thomas McMillan married, secondly,, Mrs. Nancy (Linton) McMillan, widow of Isaac McMillan, and daughter of Seth and Sarah Ann (Moore) Linton, to which union there was born one child, a son, Thomas H., subject of this biographical sketch. Thomas McMillan's family were members of the Friends church, and he voted the Republican ticket. David and Hannah (Huzzey) McMillan were the parents of ten children, five of whom were born in Pennsylvania and five in Ohio. David McMillan immigrated to Clinton county in 1805 and settled on Turkey Run creek, where he purchased three hundred acres of land. He was a member of the Society of Friends. He departed this life on December 20, 1844, his widow living less than two years thereafter, her death occurring on September 18, 1846. David McMillan's parents, William and Deborah McMillan, who came to this county CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 769 from York county, Pennsylvania, were natives of Scotland and Wales, respectively. They were the parents of eight children. On October 26, 1904, Thomas Henry McMillan was married to Mary Probasco, the daughter of C. A. and Anna Probasco, to which union there has been no issue. Mr. and Mrs. McMillan are members of the Friends church and devoted to all good works in their neighborhood. Mr. McMillan votes the Republican ticket and is a man of considerable influence in local politics, as well as in the general affairs of the community. RAY O. BOULWARE Ray O. Boulware, the proprietor of a popular grocery at Midland, this county, and the son of a prominent Clinton county physician, was born in 1872 in Clermont cqunty, Ohio, the son of Dr. L. and Margaret (Monjar) Boulware, both of whom were born near Williamsburg, Ohio. Doctor Boulware was the son of Abram and Nancy (Chatter-ton) Boulware, both natives of the northern part of Pennsylvania, who located in Clermont county, Ohio, early in life. Abram Boulware was a cabinet-maker and undertaker for many years, but in later life was engaged in farming. He located in Clermont county, near Emilia, and later lived near Williamsburg, where he was engaged in the occupation of farming and there both he and his wife died, after having reared a large family of children. The late Dr. L. Boulware, who was a member of a company of Zouaves connected with the Thirty-fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War, survived the war and lived until 1912. He was educated for the medical profession in Pittsburgh, and took up the active practice of his profession at Nicklesville, Ohio. He also practiced his profession at Williamsburg, Bowersville and Midland City, in Clinton county. Doctor Boulware and wife were the parents of eight children, five of whom grew to maturity. Ray O. Boulware was educated in the public schools at Williamsburg and Midland City. After leaving school he followed the trade of house painter and was engaged in that occupation for a period of nineteen years,. working mostly in Midland. In 1911 Mr. Boulware opened a grocery store in Midland and is still the proprietor of that store, having been quite successful. He is also interested in the Centennial Laxative Company, of Covington, Kentucky. In 1900 R. O. Boulware was married to Halsie Wickersham, the daughter of J. C. Wickersham, and to this union one child has been born, Beatrice. Mr. and Mrs. Boulware are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and take an active interest in the affairs of the local denomination. Fraternally, Mr. Boulware is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and of the Modern Woodmen of America. JOHN EDWIN HOCKETT. John Edwin Hockett, a well-known merchant of Westboro, this county, who conducts a general store known as the J. D. Hudson & Company store at Westboro, was NM near Westboro on July 11, 1853, the son of Thomas and Sarah (Newby) Hockett, natives of Clinton and Highland counties, Ohio, respectively. Thomas Hockett was the son of John and Mary (Cox) Hockett, both natives of North Carolina and members of the Society of Friends, who settled near New Vienna, this county, where they spent the remainder of their lives. Sarah Newby was the daughter of William and Sarah (Overman) Newby, natives of North Carolina and also members of the Society of Friends. After their marriage, at Buck Creek, North Carolina, the Newbys located in Highland county, this state, later moving to Clinton county. William Newby was a farmer by occupation. (49) 770 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. The late Thomas Hockett died in 1906, at the age of eighty-eight. He was the father of three sons and three daughters. John Edwin Hockett was educated in the common schools of Clinton county and, for some time, was a teacher. He was appointed deputy county surveyor under the administration of John Harvey, about 1870, and was thus engaged for some time. Afterward Mr. Hockett studied telegraphy at Martinsville and held several positions with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company. From telegraphy he turned his attention to the telephone business, and for eight years was superintendent of the Bell Telephone Company of Indiana. While thus employed he accepted the managership of the Western Union telegraph office at Dayton, Ohio, and after the death of his brother-in-law moved to Westboro. Before engaging in the telephone business, he was wire chief and chief clerk for the superintendent of the Western Union Telegraph Company at Cincinnati. He was a pioneer in establishing exchanges, and worked extensively in Cincinnati. In 1894 Mr. Hockett located at Westboro and has ever since been engaged in the general mercantile business there. On December 9, 1879, John Edwin Hockett was married to Emma Anderson, of Cincinnati, to which union two children have been born, Edith and Thomas Walter. Mr. and Mrs. Hockett and family are members of the Friends church. Fraternally, Mr. Hockett is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and of the Masonic lodge. He has taken a considerable part in Republican politics and is well known throughout Clinton county in that connection. WILLIAM A. HUDSON. William A. Hudson, now an enterprising and well-known farmer and successful business man of Westboro, this county, was born on September 15, 1857, in Brown, county, Ohio, the son of Charles and Sarah (Lear) Hudson, both natives of that county. Charles Hudson was the son of Shelby and Polly Hudson, natives of Indiana, and early settlers in Brown county, Ohio, where they were farmers. Sarah Lear was the daughter of Joshua Lear, also an early settler in Brown county. Charles Hudson received his education in the pioneer schools of Brown county, and some years after his marriage came to Clinton county, where he purchased a farm in Marion township, comprising sixty-eight acres, upon which he spent the remainder of his life. The Hudson family at that time were all members of the Methodist Episcopal church. To Charles and Sarah (Lear) Hudson were born seven children, of whom William A. was the second in order of birth, the other children being Mollie, George, Lillie, Wilford, John and Luella. William A. Hudson, who was brought to Clinton county by his parents when about five years of age, was reared on a farm in. Marion township, and received his education in the public schools of that township. Upon reaching manhood he engaged in farming in Jefferson township, where he lived for some time. Although Mr. Hudson is still interested in farming and owns thirty-three acres near the village of Westboro, he has been engaged in recent years in dealing in white-oak timber, and in 1913 established a coal, cement-post and drain-tile business in the village of Westboro, where he enjoys a flourishing business, which is a distinct recognition of his standing as an honorable citizen in the community. On March 11, 1883, William A. Hudson was married to Ella Garner, a sister of Jesse Garner, whose biographical sketch, presented elsewhere in this volume, sets out the family history of the Garners in full. To Mr. Hudson and wife two children have been born, Howard and Elbridge, the former of whom is the cashier of the Merchants and Farmers Bank, of Blanchester, this county, and the latter a rural mail carrier out of Westboro. Mrs.' Hudson is a member of the Friends church. CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 771 WILLIAM HALEY No more substantial and moral citizens have ever come to this country from foreign lands than the sons of Ireland. Wherever they have settled they have become honored and respected citizens. As a race they are characterized by industry and patience which overcomes obstacles, and which insures success in most any undertaking they choose to follow. Clinton county has been honored by having several sons of the Emerald Isle as citizens, among whom was the late William Haley, of Wilson township. William Haley was born on April 9, 1841, in County Cork, Ireland, the son of Dennis and Julia (Creedon) Haley, both natives of Ireland, who died in their native land. They were the parents of three children, William, John and Abbie. Of these children William and John came to America. Dennis Haley, who was a farmer by occupation, was a devout member of the Catholic church. His death occurred about 1845, his widow surviving him many years. William Haley came to America in 1868, at the age of twenty-seven. He had been married in his native country, and after arriving in America, first located in Wilmington, this county, where for some time he worked as a section hand on the railroad. Later he took up farming on the Leo Wells farm, being employed by Mr. Wells until 1873, when he moved to Wilson township, where he rented land until 1889. In that year he bought a farm of one hundred and seven acres, to which he later added sixty acres, and still later eighty acres, and upon which his children now live. He made many improvements on this place and was known in his community as a thrifty farmer. He was a member of the Catholic church at Wilmington and active in local public affairs until his death, which occurred on October 9, 1912. His good wife had died ten years previously, on September 27, 1902. William Haley and, wife were the parents of ten children, Dennis, John, Jeremiah, Julia, Thomas, Mary, William, Hanora, Michael and Charles. Of these children, Dennis died at the age of twenty-one, unmarried, and Thomas died at the age of twelve. John married Mary Dehan, and they have three children, Katherine, Anna Marie and Rose. Jeremiah married Mary Keegan, and they are the parents of six children, William, Eugene, Agnes, Helen, Frank and Paul. The remainder of the children are unmarried. Michael is a physician at Piqua, Ohio. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus. Hanora is a teacher in the schools at Wilmington, this county, and Charles, Julia, William and Mary live on the old home place. Charles Haley is a hustling young farmer, who attended the public schools, supplementing this with a course at Wilmington College for two years, during 1905 and 1906. He played on the basketball and baseball teams of that institution, and won his letter in both branches of athletics. Not only is Charles Haley a skillful farmer, but he is one of the most popular young men in the section of Clinton county in which he resides. JOHN BRACKNEY. John Brackney, a highly-respected farmer of Liberty township, who owns one hundred and three acres of land and who has held various positions of trust and responsibility in that township, was born on March 9, 1871, in Union township, this county, the son of George and Judith Ann (Haines) Brackney. George Brackney was born on the Port William pike, near Todd's fork, on January 6, 1833, and Judith Ann Haines was born in what is now the Country Club house, of Wilmington, December 30, 1837. Her father, Stacy Haines, was a pioneer settler in Clinton county and operated a grist-mill near the present Wilmington Country Club. He was a member of the Friends church. George Brackney was the son of Marmaduke and Susannah (Hayworth) Brackney, the former a native of Virginia, who located in Clinton county in 1806 or 1808. He was a farmer and followed that occupation until his death, in 1856. Susannah Hayworth was a native of Tennessee, who died in 1865 or 1866. Marmaduke Brickney and wife 772 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. were members of the Friends church and occupied the farm where their grandson, John, the subject of this sketch, now lives. They were the parents of five children, Eli, Mahlon, Mary, Rachel and George, of whom Eli, Mahlon and Rachel are now deceased. George Brackney was born in Union township, on the Port William road, on January 6, 1832, and was married in 1853 to Julia Ann Haines, a native of Greene county, this state, daughter of Stacy and Judith (Terrell) Haines, both natives of Virginia, who located in Greene county, this state, at an early day and in 1838 came to Clinton county, locating on Todd's fork. George Brackney and wife were the parents of eight children, Stacy, Mahlon, Edwin, George, Lewis, Mable, John and Anna, all of whom are living. George and Julia Ann (Haines) Brackney are both still living, and have celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary. George Brackney has been a life-long member of the Republican party. John Brackney was educated in the common schools and in Wilmington College, where he spent three years, and has spent his life on the farm. On October 29, 1896, he was married to Lillian Peelle, who was born in Greene county, this state, the daughter of W. 0. and Sarah (Bevan) Peelle, farmers of Greene county, members of the Quaker church and owners of one hundred and sixty acres of land. To this union six children have been born, Charlotte, Lauren, Charles, Ruth, George and Richard. Mr. and Mrs. Brackney and family are members of the Friends church. Mr. Brackney served six years as trustee of Liberty township, having been elected as a Republican, and also served for some time as a member of the school board. WILLIAM A. STINGLEY. One of the prominent old families of Chester township, this county, is that of William A. Stingley, an enterprising and prosperous farmer, who owns two hundred and seventy acres of land, and who, like his father and grandfather before him, has been very successful in agricultural pursuits. The Stingley family was established in America by George Stingley, the great-grandfather of William A., who was born in Germany on September 12, 1763. William A. Stingley, the son of Noah and Sarah (Jones) Stingley, and the cousin of Calvin, Alvin and J. Albert Stingley, referred to elsewhere in this volume, was born on the farm where he now lives, in Chester township, on January 18, 1863. His father was a native of Ross county, Ohio, who died on April 8, 1894, and his mother, the daughter of Lewis Jones, who married a Miss DeMoss, was born on September 8, 1822. Noah Stingley was the eldest of four children born to John and Elizabeth (Bush) Stingley. John Stingley was a native of Virginia, born on August 22, 1792. He came to Ohio in 1800, and located first in Ross county, where, on April 16, 1818, he married Elizabeth Bush, who was born on May 31, 1798. In 1822 they removed to a farm in Chester township, this county, where they spent the remainder of their lives. John Stingley was one of the foremost farmers of Chester township, and he and his wife were the parents of four children, namely : Gilead, born on November 24, 1820; Tabitha, April 27, 1823; Julian, October 7, 1825, and Noah, the father of William A., February 24, 1819. John Stingley died on September 6, 1826, and after his death his widow married Sebastian Stingley, the twin brother of her first husband. The late Noah Stingley was educated in the common schools of Chester township and was engaged in farming all his life, having been the owner of about six hundred acres of land, and was an extensive breeder of cattle. On January 27, 1848, Noah Stingley was united in marriage to Sarah Jones, to which union nine children were born, as follow : Tabitha, born on December 4, 1848; Martha, December 5, 1849; Elizabeth, January 7, 1851, who died early in life; Arvilla, December 10, 1852; John, March 10, 1854 ; Lewis, September 19, 1857; Lawson, April 22, 1859; William A., the immediate CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 773 subject of this review, and Ida, April 7, 1865. Noah Stingley's family were all members of the Methodist church, and he was a Democrat. William A. Stingley, like his grandfather and father, received most of his education in the district schools of Chester township, but this early education has been supplemented by wide reading and diligent home study. He has been a farmer all his life, and has been very successful because he has paid close attention to modern developments in agriculture. On March 4, 1896, William A. Stingley was married to Elizabeth Martindale, who was born on October 25, 1863, the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Roach) Martindale, and to this union two children have been born, Russell N. and Raymond T., the former born on January 11, 1898, and the latter on May 20, 1902. Mr. and Mrs. Stingley are earnest and faithful members of the Friends church, and fraternally, Mr. Stingley is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, the Knights of the Maccabees, the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In politics, he is an independent voter, casting his ballot for men rather than for party platforms. He and his family are held in high esteem among their neighbors and enjoy the confidence and respect of all. WILLIAM M. BORING. William M. Boring, now a prosperous and well-known farmer of Liberty township, this county, was born on August 3, 1862, in Green township, this county, the son of Lafayette and Polly Lieurance (Hall) Boring, the latter of whom was Lafayette Boring's second wife. Lafayette Boring was born in Harrison county, Virginia, the son of Thomas and Ruth Boring, natives of Maryland, Thomas Boring having been the son of Absalom and Sarah Boring, also natives of Maryland, who subsequently settled in Virginia, where Mrs. Boring died. Absalom Boring then moved to Ohio and died in Clinton county after having attained the age of more than eighty years. Thomas and Ruth Boring were married in Maryland and resided many years in that state, from which they moved to Harrison county, Virginia. In 1830 they moved to Ohio and settled on a farm, where their son, Lafayette, later lived. They were the parents of nine children. Lafayette Boring was a young man when the family came to Clinton county. About 1840 he married Ailsey Collett, who was born in Kentucky, the daughter of John Collett, a native of Pennsylvania, who immigrated to Kentucky in an early day, when the Indians were very troublesome, one of his brothers having been killed by the redskins. To Lafayette Boring and his first wife the following children were born: Elizabeth, Ruth, Ann, John and Absalom. After Mrs. Ailsey Boring's death, Lafayette Boring married, secondly, Mrs. Polly Lieurance, daughter of Tilman and Betsy Hall, natives of North Carolina, to which second union there were four children born, namely: William M., the subject of this sketch; Mary Alice, who married George Skinner, and lives in Wilmington. this county; Eliza Jane, who married Squire Beaty, and lives in Green township, this county, and Susan, who married Elias Morton, of Wilmington. Lafayette Boring and wife were members of the Baptist church, and their children were reared in that faith. He was a Republican in politics and owned one hundred and twenty acres of land in Green township. He died about thirty years ago. William M. Boring was educated in the common schools of Clinton county and was reared on the farm. He married Cora Early, who was born in this county, the daughter of George Early, a farmer of Liberty township and a prominent member of the Methodist church. After his marriage, Mr. Boring located in Green township, on the home farm, and in 1913 bought one hundred and seventy-five acres of land where he now resides. To him and his wife were born seven children, Ira, Ernest, Zella, Roy, Luella, Harry and Glenn, the latter of whom died at the age of eighteen months. The mother of these 774 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. children died on Decoration Day, 1915, and was buried at the Antioch burying ground. Ira Boring married Alice Collins, and has two children, Lavonne and Mable Jane. Ernest Boring married Ada Cast, and lives in Wilmington. Mr. Boring is a member of the Baptist church at Wilmington and is a well-known citizen of this county. ARTHUR OGLESBEE. Arthur Oglesbee is a successful farmer of Liberty township, who lives on the Xenia pike, near Lumberton, and who was born on June 7, 1874, in Liberty township. He is the son of Solomon and Sabina (Middleton) Oglesbee, both natives of Clinton county. The Latter is the daughter of James Middleton, a native of Greene county, Ohio, a farmer by occupation and a member of the Methodist Protestant church. The paternal grandparents of Arthur Oglesbee were Amos and Anna (Hoffman) Oglesbee, the former of whom, the eldest son of John Oglesbee, was born in Virginia in 1810 and came to Ohio in 187, three years later, settling in Clinton county. In 1835 Amos Oglesbee was married to Anna Hoffman, who was born in 1814 in Virginia and who came to Ohio with her parents soon after the War of 1812. Soon after their marriage, they settled on a farm in Clinton county, where he died on December 31, 1851. His widow survived him many years, her death not occurring until June 25, 1875. They were the parents of nine children. Solomon Oglesbee, one of these nine children, was educated in the common schools and farmed one hundred and, eighty-five acres of land in Liberty township, which he owned. He was a member of the Methodist Protestant church and died on October 29, 1898. His widow is still living. They were the parents of seven children, James, Hattie, Nettie, Allie, Arthur, Lelia and Carrie. James died unmarried, at the age of forty-seven years. Hattie and Carrie are unmarried. Nettie is the wife of Wesley E. Jordan, of Dayton, Ohio. Allie married. Edward McKay, a resident of Union township, and Lelia married Charles Linkhart, of Liberty township. Arthur Oglesbee received a good common school education in the schools of Clinton county. On November 15, 1900, he was married to Florence Shook, a native of Greene county, the daughter of David and Lucinda (Devo) Shook, who were farmers in Greene county and members of the Methodist church, and to this union four children have been born, Bernice, Melville, Edith and Dorothy. Mr. and. Mrs. Oglesbee are members of the Methodist church and their children are being reared in that faith. After his marriage, Mr. Oglesbee located on the farm of one hundred and sixty-eight acres, where he now lives, and where he is engaged in general farming and stock raising. JOHN W. HIATT. J. W. Hiatt, who is a successful farmer of Liberty township, this county, where he owns a farm of eighty-four acres, was born in Liberty township on July 16, 1862, the son of Isaac and Phoebe (Oglesbee) Hiatt, both natives of this county, the former of whom was born on January 4, 1813, in Union township, and the latter of whom is the daughter of John and. Sallie (Stump) Oglesbee, natives of Virginia, who had several children before coming to Ohio. John Oglesbee owned about six hundred acres of land in Liberty township He was a member of the Baptist church. Isaac Hiatt was the son of Hezekiah and Ann (Perkins) Hiatt, who were farmers in Clinton county and prominent members of the Quaker church. They came to Ohio before their marriage and were prominent in the civic life of the county. To them were born six children, Sallie, Isaac, Allen, Susan, Mary and Pheniah. The late Isaac Hiatt was educated in the common schools and was engaged in farming practically all of his life. He also assisted his father in the potted shop before