(RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 825 the county. Isaiah Oglesbee died about the year 1840, his widow surviving him about three years. Both were devoted members of the Friends church. Their son, John Oglesbee, married Sarah Stump in Virginia on September 4, 1809, to which union three children had been born before the family emigrated to this county, the eldest of whom was Amos, born in 1810, father of the late Franklin Oglesbee, father of Mrs. Cammack. John Oglesbee, upon locating in Clinton county, bought two hundred acres of land in the then wilderness and this he converted into a well-cultivated place, becoming one of the leading landowners as well as one of the most worthy citizens of the county. He died on July 12, 1840, and his widow survived him many years, her death not occurring until on February 5, 1873. They were the parents of eight children and, as members of the Baptist church, reared their children in the same faith. Amos Oglesbee, as the eldest son in this pioneer family, shared with his father the herculean task of clearing the wilderness in which their home was made and remained at home until 1835, when he married Anna Huffman, sister of Solomon Huffman, an early settler of Chester township, this county. She was born in 1814 and came to this county with her parents when a small girl. Soon after their marriage Amos Oglesbee and his wife settled on the farm later owned by their son, Franklin, where they spent the remainder of their lives. They were members of the Reformed church and were useful in all good works in the neighborhood of their home. Amos Oglesbee died on December 31, 1851, his widow surviving until June 25, 1875. They were the parents of nine children, of whom the late Franklin Oglesbee was the eldest, five of whom are still living. Franklin Oglesbee was born on the farm mentioned above on September 4, 1836, and as his father's eldest child became his most valued assistant. He remained with his widowed mother until 1863, when he enlisted in Company H, Second Ohio Heavy Artillery, serving until the close of the Civil War. Though he received no wounds in battle, exposure so badly impaired his health that he never afterward was in perfect physical condition. Upon returning from the war, Franklin Oglesbee resumed farming, which received his attention until December, 1,903, at which time, on account of growing physical disability, he disposed of the old homestead, invested otherwise, and with his family moved to Wilmington, where he spent the rest of his days, his death occurring on April 16, 1914. On January 2, 1873, Franklin Oglesbee was united in marriage to Ruth Hadley, who was born in this county in 1854, the daughter of Eli L. and Theodosia Hadley, prominent pioneers of this county, and to this union but one child was born, a daughter, Anna T., born on December 1, 1873, who married Mr. Cammack. Franklin Oglesbee was an excellent citizen and was held in the highest regard by many friends, who sincerely mourned his death. He was converted and joined the church when a young man, his life ever being an exemplary one. He was a great reader and was well informed on many topics, but his favorite book was the Holy Bible, which he had read, from cover to cover, fifty-five times. MICHAEL CLEMENT. The Union soldier, during the great war between the states, builded more wisely than he knew. He offered his life freely as a sacrifice, not only for the union of the states, but for the freedom of the individual, and thousands were killed in this gigantic struggle. Many of the young men who enlisted for service in this great war suffered the horrors of prison pens, wounds from which they never recovered and the ravages of disease, whose traces remained in broken constitutions and impaired health. Michael Clement, whose father was a native of Belgium, was a soldier in that great war. Michael Clement was born on March 1, 1843, in Wayne township, Clinton county, 826 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. Ohio, and after completing his education in the schools of Wayne township, enlisted, just after reaching his majority, March 22, 1864, in the Thirteenth Ohio Cavalry. Assigned to Company H, he participated in the battles around Petersburg and the blowing up of the fort, the Weldon railroad fight, the battle of Ream Station, Poplar Grove church, Pegram Farm, Hatcher's Run, Stony Creek, Dinwiddie Court House and Appomattox. His regiment was the last engaged with the army of General Lee before the latter's surrender at Appomattox, and he was at Petersburg when Sherman's army reached that point. He received his honorable discharge on August 9, 1865. Mr. Clement's parents were Hubert and Victoria (Bigonville) Clement, both natives of Belgium. Hubert Clement came to America before his marriage and lived for a time in Kentucky, where he worked as a road builder. After six years, he returned to his native land, married and brought his bride back with him to Kentucky. After living in Kentucky a few years, he came to Clinton county, locating in Wayne township on a farm about one-half mile east of the farm now owned by his son, Louis, and at the time of his death owned one hundred and seventy-eight acres of land. He and his wife reared a family of eight children, Paul, Michael, Mary Catherine, Mary Jane, Victoria, Hubert, Jr., Louis and Rosa. The father was a Democrat and both he and his wife were members of the Catholic church. After the close of the Civil War, Michael Clement returned to Wayne township and began farming and there he has lived most all his life. In 1885 he purchased the farm of one hundred acres, where he now lives, at seventy-five dollars an acre. Some years ago he remodeled his house and barn. Most of the improvements have been placed upon the farm by his hand. In 1890, however, Mr. Clement retired from active farming and moved to Dayton, Ohio, where he lived until 1896. He then moved back to the farm and resumed its management until 1905, when his son, Frank, took charge of the land. Mr. Clement's wife, who, before her marriage, was Mary V. Dabe, died in March, 1903. She was the daughter of Francis and Julia (Luiso) Dabe. She bore Mr. Clement four children: James H., who died at the age of one year; Alvin, whose biographical sketch is presented elsewhere in this volume; Frank, who married May Luiso and has four children, Dona and Donald (twins), Dell and Elnora, and Josephine, who died small. Donald, the son of Frank, is deceased. The Clements family are members of the Catholic church at Wilmington and Mr. Clement votes the Democratic ticket. He is a citizen of whom Wayne township has every reason to be justly proud, because he has done his full duty to his country, his neighbors, his family and himself. DANIEL W. HALL. Among the good farmers of Wilson township is Daniel W. Hall, who was born in Clinton county on January 20, 1855. Mr. Hall's parents were Harrison and Harriett (Custis) Hall, the latter of whom was the second wife of Harrison Hall, and who was born in Clinton county, the daughter of William Custis, a brother of Levi Custis, whose biographical sketch, presented elsewhere in this volume, gives the Custis family history. Harrison Hall was the son of Richard and Rebecca (Whitsite) Hall, the former of whom was a native of Kentucky and the latter of whom lived to be ninety years old. After the death of Richard Hall, who was a farmer in Kentucky, Mrs. Rebecca Hall came with her children to this county. Richard Hall had been a private in the War of 1812 and his widow drew a pension for his services in that war. They were the parents of nine children, Henry, Richard, Harvey, Harrison, Hiram, Daniel, Huldah, Rebecca and Elizabeth, all of whom are deceased. The late Harrison Hall was educated in the common schools of Kentucky, and, after CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 827 removing to Clinton county and attaining maturity, became the owner of one hundred and forty-two acres of land in Richland township. He was an elder in the Christian church and prominent in the activities of that church throughout his life. He also took a prominent part in local affairs. He first married a Miss Leach, but she bore him no children. Afterward he married Harriett Custis, by whom he had seven children, Daniel W., the subject of this sketch, Harriett E. (deceased), Wilbur E., Mariah May, Carrie (deceased), Leota and Harrison. Both the father and mother of these children are deceased. Daniel W. Hall, who was educated in the common schools of Clinton county, has been a lifelong farmer. He owns ninety-two acres of land in Wilson township, which he purchased in 1896. In 1898 he remodeled his house, and the next year remodeled his barn. The farm is well kept and highly productive. On January 20, 1877, Daniel W. Hall was married to Sophia Evans, who was born in this county, daughter of Stephen and Mary (Wilson) Evans, to which union five children have been born, Harrison E., Stephen M., Perril W., Stella and Fay Mettil. Harrison E. Hall, who married Cora E. Wade, died, leaving no children. Stephen M. Hall has been married twice, the first time to Audra Lawrence, by whom he had one child, Dorothy May. He married, secondly, Nancy Hoppes. Perril W. Hall was drowned in the river at Columbus, Ohio, at the age of twenty years. The last two children, Stella and Fay Mettle, are unmarried and live at home with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Hall are members of the Christian church at Sabina, regular attendants at Sunday school and are prominent in the social and religious life of Wilson township. THEODORE GIFFIN. Theodore Giffin, of Wayne township, this county, is not only a keenly intelligent farmer who has been very successful in his chosen vocation, but who occupies a distinctive position as one of the leaders in promoting the advancement of education in Clinton county, especially in Wayne township. The schools of Wayne township are now Completely centralized and altogether rank as high as those of any township in the state of Ohio. For the past nine years, Theodore Giffin has been a member of the Wayne township school board, but, more than this, he has been one of the leaders of the board of education and to him as much as to any other man, the people of Wayne township are indebted for the present high standard of education prevailing in that township. Theodore Giffin was born in Illinois on January 7, 1858, the son of Stewart and Sarah (Reeves) Giffin, the former of whom was born on January 1, 1826, in Virginia, and the latter, at Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1836, the daughter of Jonathan Reeves. Stewart Giffin, who was educated in the Virginia schools, was about ten years old when his parents started from Virginia to Ross county, Ohio. They rode horseback and the children walked. Having swum the Ohio river on horses and reached Ross county, the famiy settled on a farm. A little later Stewart Giffin's father suffered an injury to his shoulder and for six months that member was out of place. He traveled to Cincinnati by stage, had the shoulder set and was there put into a hot bath to relax the muscles. The shock of the operation killed him. His remains were laid to rest in the cemetery at Cincinnati. The large family was left in humble circumstances. After the death of his father, Stewart Giffin went to Illinois; where he homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land. He remained there one year and then returned to Ross county. After a year of sickness, he began working on a farm of five hundred acres as a laborer and later purchased this same farm for thirty thousand dollars and there he spent the remainder of his life. Stewart Giffin made many trips from Bainbridge, Ohio, to Baltimore. Maryland, swimming the Ohio river with cattle and hogs. 828 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO Five children were .born to Stewart and Sarah Giffin, of whom Albert, the eldest, who never married, is deceased, the others being Theodore, the subject of this sketch; John, who married Carrie Shepherd; Anna, who is the wife of William Ingersoll, and Rosa, who married Ruvello Hughey. The family were members of the Methodist church and active workers therein. Stewart Giffin voted the Democratic ticket. Theodore Giffin was educated in the common schools of Bainbridge, Ohio, and began his life on a farm in Ross county. After his marriage, he moved to Wellston, Ohio, where he became a contract plasterer and where he worked a force of fourteen men for ten years. Later he moved to a farm near Bainbridge, upon which he lived for one year. In 1896 he moved to the farm in Wayne township, this county, where he now lives. He now owns five hundred acres of land in Ross county and a farm in Louisiana. Ha rents about seven hundred acres of land in Wayne township and is considered one of the most progressive farmers of Clinton county. He is a large stockman and an extensive cattle feeder and knows how to make these operations pay. For some time he has been enthusiastic in the work of reclaiming land along the gulf coast in Louisiana. Theodore Giffin married Laura Walley, the daughter of David and Melissa Walley, of Ross county, Ohio, and to this union eight children have been born, namely : Ethel, who married Bernard English, and has one child, Lenore; Clark, who was killed on March 14, 1907, on the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton railroad, where he was working as an engineer; Myrl, who is the wife of Charles Hauck, and has two children, Helen and Dorothy J.; Floyd, who married Marie Vioska, and has two children, Clark and Floyd, Jr.; Sarah, who married Fred Smith; Theodore, Jr., who married Imo Leverton, and has one child, Vivian ; David and Helen, who live at home with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Giffin are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and Mr. Giffin votes the Democratic ticket. HENRY A. WOODS. Henry A. Woods is a good substantial citizen of Wayne township, this county, a good farmer and an interesting man to know. Although he is firm in his convictions, yet he is not narrow in his attitude towards the opinions of others and has had no small part in the agricultural development of Wayne township, where he has lived for nearly forty-five years. Henry A. Woods was born on February 14, 1858, in Washington township, Highland county, Ohio, the son of Joseph and Rachel (Stout) Woods, the former a native of Ireland, and the latter of Highland county, Ohio, the daughter of John Stout. Joseph Woods, the grandfather, and his wife, Jane, were married in Ireland and came to America about 18,33, locating in Highland county, near Sugar Tree Ridge, in Concord township. The senior Joseph Woods was a school teacher in his native land and after coming to America became a successful farmer, owning a considerable tract of land in Highland county. He and his wife were the parents of four children, Alexander, John, William and Joseph. Joseph Woods. Jr., was educated in the common schools of Highland county, Ohio, and farmd practically all his life in that county. He owned one hundred and fifty-eight acres of land and he and his wife, who, before her marriage, was Rachel Stout, were the parents of eight children, William, Henry A., Benjamin, James, Frank, Charles. Luvenia and Joseph, Jr. The Woods family were members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and Mr. Woods was a Republican in politics. Henry A. Woods. the second child in his father's family, received his education in the common schools of Washington township. Highland county, and when a young man began farming in Wayne township. He removed to Clinton county in 1875, and after coming here worked ten years as a farm hand id Wayne and Green townships. He then CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 829 purchased ninety-two acres of land, to which farm he moved in March, 1887, and has lived there ever since. Mr. Woods is engaged in general farming and stock raising and all of the improvements on the farm he owns he has made and paid for himself. In 1886, about the time he purchased the Clinton county farm, Harry A. Woods was married to Sarah Lieurance, the daughter of William and Mary (Hall) Lieurance, who were the parents of four children: Avery P., Hiram, David and Sarah. William Lieurance was a well-known farmer in Green township, this county. To Mr. and Mrs. Woods three children have been born, Etta May, who married Oliver Dabe; Eva and Bertha—a splendid family, who were reared to honorable and useful lives and who are well performing their duties as citizens of a great county and state. Mr. Woods is identified with the Republican party, but he has never been an aspirant for office and has never been especially active in political affairs. He is well known in Wayne township and is popular with all his neighbors, all of whom hold him and his family in the highest regard. JOHN SYMONS. In the memorial annals of Clinton county there is one name that will long be held in remembrance in that section of the county in which the possessor of the name lived for years and in which he did well his part in life. The late John Symons, for many years one of the best-known residents of Jefferson township, this county, was a veteran of the Civil War and had an honorable record as a soldier in the Union army during that memorable struggle between the states. Though a native of another country, there was no more patriotic American than John Symons. Upon the close of the war, John Symons returned to the peaceful pursuit of farming and became one of the most progressive and prosperous farmers in Clinton county. As an agriculturist he gave more than ordinary attention to the details of his vocation and it is undoubted that his careful and studious methods did very much toward elevating the standards of agriculture in the community in which he lived. Both as a soldier and as a citizen, John Symons had performed faithfully and well all the duties which devolved upon him and at his passing, in 1896, there was wide mourning throughout the Jefferson township section, as well as throughout the county generally, for he was a man whom all his neighbors and all who knew him held in the profoundest respect. John Symons was born in Devonshire, England, on December 25, 1844, son of William and Mary (Cleve) Symons, both natives of the same shire. He came to this country in his youth and on May 2, 1864, before he was• twenty years of age, enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Forty-sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for service during the Civil War, and was mustered out on September 7, 1864. Politically, Mr. Symons was affiliated with the Republican party and for years was an active counsellor in the affairs of that party in this county. He was greatly interested in the cause of education and was active in advancing in every way possible the interests of the schools in his home neighborhood, he having served for some time very acceptably as a school director for his district. As a farmer, there were few men in Clinton county who were better trained in the science of agriculture than he, and he was generally regarded by his neighbors as being quite far in advance of his day in the practice of scientific farming. Enterprising and energetic, he had brought his fine farm in Jefferson township to an excellent state of cultivation. This farm, which was highly developed and improved, was located on the pike midway between the villages of Westboro and Midland and was widely known for the fine crops raised there. Mr.. Symons was the first, man in that neighborhood to raise potatoes on a large scale, and his hogs were regarded as the best in the community. On May 20, 1869, John Symons was united in. marriage to Mollie E. Clevenger. of Dayton, Ohio, daughter of William and Lavina (Llewellan) Clevenger, and to this union 830 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. three children were born, two sons and one daughter, namely : William L., a well-known examiner connected with the United States patent office at Washington, D. C.; Lottie M., who married O. Benton Trovillo, and who since the death of her husband has lived with her mother at Blanchester, this county, and Charles A. The mother of the above children is living at Blanchester, still active in her household duties, the work of her church, the Methodist Episcopal, and the Women's Christian Temperance Union. LOUIS CLEMENT Not a few residents of Clinton county, Ohio, at the present time, either were born in Belgium or are descended from Belgian ancestry. The Clement family, of Wayne township, includes several highly respected citizens who have taken a prominent part in the agricultural life of the county. Louis and Michael Clement, brothers, are among these well-known citizens of Wayne township, whose father was born in Belgium. Louis Clement was born on the farm he now occupies, in Wayne township, on January 28, 1853. His father, Hubert Clement, a native of Belgium, was educated in the Belgium schools and came to America when still a young man, before his marriage. He first located in Kentucky, where he worked as a road builder but, after six years, he returned to Belgium and married Victoria Bigonville, also a native of that country, and, with his wife, returned to Kentucky. After living there for a few years the Clements came to Clinton county, locating on a farm in Wayne township, about one-half mile east of the farm now owned by Louis Clement, the subject of this sketch. Hubert Clement first bought fifty acres of land, but after a few years purchased one hundred acres, where Louis Clement now lives, and moved to the latter farm. He prospered and at the time of his death, owned altogether one hundred and seventy-eight acres of land and was a well-known stockman. To Hubert and Victoria (Bigonville) Clement eight children were born, Paul, Michael, Mary Catherine, Mary Jane, Victoria, Hubert, Jr., Louis and Rosa. Louis Clement, after completing his education in the schools of Wayne township, began life on the farm and has never been away from the farm except for one week, which he spent in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is a general farmer and stockman and owns one hundred and thirty-one acres. Not long ago he built a commodious house and substantial barn. On January 14, 1891, Louis Clement was married to Elizabeth Jackman, the daughter of John and Mary (Miller) Jackman, and seven children have been born to this marriage, of whom five are living, Louis, Jr., John, Henry, Agnes and Catherine. Mary and Jane are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Clement are members of the Catholic church. Mr. Clement votes the Democratic ticket, as did his father before him. ALVIN CLEMENT. One of the younger members of the well-known Clement family of Wayne township, this county, is Alvin Clement, who was born in that township on June 17, 1875, the second child born to Michael and Mary V. (Dabe) Clement, a biographical sketch of whom is found elsewhere in this work. Alvin Clement received a good education in the public schools of Wayne township and in St. Mary's College, at Dayton, Ohio. In the meantime he had engaged in farming to some extent. After leaving St. Mary's College, he operated a grocery store for the next three years in partnership with his father, In 1898 Mr. Clement returned to Wayne township, where he has since lived. In 1905 he bought a farm of one hundred and ten acres, to which he moved in 1907 and there he has lived ever since. The house now standing on the farm was erected in 1914. Mr. Clement is engaged in general farming and stock raising. In 1904 Alvin Clement was married to Margaret McWilliams, the daughter of CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 831 Michael and Catherine McWilliams, farmers of Brown county, Ohio, and to this union two children have been born, Frances C., born in 1907, and Alvin, Jr., in 1909. The Clement family are members of the Catholic church. Mr. Clement is a Democrat in politics. He is a man of genial disposition and is well liked by all who know him. WILLIAM C. MOORE. William C. Moore, a farmer of Wayne township, this county, who owns one hundred acres of land where he is living, and a half interest in the old home farm of two hundred and ten acres in Fayette county, Ohio, is a general farmer and stock raiser, who was born on June 7, 1875, in Green township, Fayette county, Ohio. His parents were George and Mary E. (Henderson) Moore, the former -of whom, born in Fayette county, Ohio, died in 1908, and the latter of whom was born in Kentucky, a daughter of William Henderson. Mr. Moore's paternal grandparents were William and Nancy (Johnson) Moore, the former a native of Virginia. He was a farmer in Fayette county, Ohio, and reared a family of six children, George, John. William, Sarah, Elizabeth and Jane. The late George Moore received a common school education, which he received in the schools of Fayette county, Ohio, and lived in that county all his life, being the owner there of two hundred and ten acres of land. Locally, he was prominent in the councils of the Democratic party, and served as trustee of Green township, as well as a member of the school board. He and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. They were the parents of eight children, namely: Jane, the wife of Grover Hagerty; Anna, deceased; Belle, the wife of Alonzo Persinger; William 'C., the immediate subject of this sketch; James E., who married Ocie Snow ; George C., who married Bettie Henderson; Elsie, who became the wife of Charles I. Cope, and Glenn, deceased. William C. Moore enjoyed the average educational advantages of the country lad, having attended the common schools of Green township, Fayette county. He began farming in Fayette county, but in 1902 purchased fifty acres of land in Clinton county, and eight years later purchased fifty acres of land adjoining his original tract of fifty. In 1915, in partnership with his brother, James C. Moore, he purchased the old home farm in Fayette county and Clinton county, comprising two hundred and ten acres. On December 16, 1897, William C. Moore was married to Mary Olive Persinger, the daughter of John W. and Mahala (Martin) Persinger, and to this union three children have been born, all of whom are living at home with their parents, as follow : Nellie, born in 1898; Lawrence, 1902, and Virian, 1906. Mr. Moore votes the Democratic ticket and is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Daughters of Rebekah and the Modern Woodmen of America. Mr. and Mrs. Moore are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. In Wayne township, where he lives. Mr. Moore is known as a successful farmer and a man who is deliberate in all his actions. He is popular in the neighborhood where he resides and is highly respected. THOMAS REGAN. Thomas Regan, now a well-known farmer of Wayne township and the owner of one hundred and twenty acres of land, was born on February 22, 1860, in Warren county, Ohio, a son of Bartholomew and Julia (Dowling) Regan, both natives of Ireland, the former of whom was born near Tralee, in County Kerry, and the latter of whom was the daughter of Thomas Dowling. Bartholomew Regan was the son of John and Catherine (Cain) Regan, both natives of the Emerald Isle, and the parents of five children, Timothy, Catherine, John, Bartholomew and Honora. Bartholomew Regan was educated in the public schools of his native land and began farming when a young man. He was not engaged in this occupation very long until he came to America, and after his marriage, in 1852, located in the little town of 832 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. Waynesville, in Warren county, Ohio. Fifteen years later he moved to Clinton county, locating on a farm in Liberty township, where he lived four years. He then removed to Wayne township, where he spent the rest of his life. Of the eight children born to Bartholomew and Julia (Dowling) Regan, two, John, the third born, and William, the youngest, are deceased, the living children being Patrick, Johanna, Thomas, Catherine, Timothy C. and Mary. Educated in the common schools of Wayne township, Thomas Regan began farming in Wayne township on land where he now lives. He is the owner of one hundred and twenty acres of fertile land, comprising a well-kept farm. He raises a considerable amount of live stock. in addition to the crops common to this section of Ohio, and has made a very substantial success of his farming operations. In 1907 Mr. Regan remod- eled his barn, and has made many other improvements on his place. On January 7, 1890, Thomas Regan was married to Rosa Clement, daughter of Hubert and Victoria (Bigonville) Clement, and to this union have been born eight children, namely : Mary J., a graduate of the Centerville high school; who is now teaching in the same school; Leona, a graduate of the Centerville high school, who is now attending the university at Athens, Ohio; Anna, also a graduate of the Centerville high, school; Louise, who also attended the Centerville high school and was graduated therefrom; Thomas H., a student in the Centerville high school, and William, Irene and Pauline, students in the school at Centerville. The last two named are twins. The mother of these children died in 1913, keenly mourned by her husband and children. Like his father before him, Mr. Regan is a member of the Catholic church, and a Democrat in politics. He is a good farmer, a good father and a good citizen, and is held in high esteem throughout the neighborhood of his home. JOHN T. HEMPSTEAD. John T. Hempstead, who owns an attractive farm in Liberty township and who is a well-informed man and citizen, was born on October 28, 1847, in Chester township, this county, the son of Thomas and Eliza E. (Moore) Hempstead, both of whom also were born in this county. Eliza E. Moore was the daughter of George B. and Matilda (Kirby) Moore, the former of whom was a native of Ohio and of Scotch-Irish descent. He was engaged in the mercantile business at Wilmington at the time of his death, but had erected many buildings in Wilmington. He was a cabinet-maker by trade and an artist. So proficient was he as an artist that he was able to draw his own likeness by looking into a mirror. Thomas Hempstead was the son of John Hempstead, who was twice married, the first time to a Miss Howland, to which union five children were born, Thomas, Frank, Myra, Mary and Lucy, all of whom are deceased except Myra, who is at present living at Winchester, Indiana, eighty-six years of age. John Hempstead was a carpenter by trade, who came to Ohio before his marriage. He was a member of the Friends church. Thomas Hempstead was educated in the common schools and engaged in farming on a small tract of land in Chester township, where he lived at the time of his death, on November 20, 1847. He and his wife had only one child, John T., the subject of this sketch. After the death of her husband, Mrs. Thomas Hempstead married Isaac Ellis, of Greene county, Ohio, and to them were born two children, Frank M. and Aaron, the latter of whom is deceased. The mother of these children died about 1890. Educated in the common schools of Clinton county, John T. Hempstead was, reared on the farm and has always been a farmer, now owning, ninety-seven acres of land in the home farm and fifty-five acres elsewhere in Liberty township. He was, married on December 11, 1873, to Celeste L. Jenkins, who was born near Port William, this county, the daughter of Marshall and Elizabeth (King) Jenkins, prominent members of the CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 833 Baptist church and farmers of Liberty township. To this union seven children have been born, D. K., Clyde J., Jesse C., Thomas R., Anna L., Vesta and Ellen, the latter of whom is deceased. D. K. Hempstead married Stella West and lives in Wilmington. Clyde J. Hempstead, who lives in Union township, married Bertha St. John. Jesse C. Hempstead, who lives in Liberty township, married Clara Weaver. Thomas R. Hempstead, who lives at home, married Catherine Ford. Anna L. and Vesta also live at home. Mr. and Mrs. Hempstead are members of the Methodist Protestant church at Port William. Mr. Hempstead has served as assessor of Liberty township and takes an earnest interest in public affairs. For thirty years he has been a breeder of Shorthorn cattle and Poland China hogs, and is recognized as one of the foremost farmers of his neighborhood. CHARLES PARR. Though not having been a resident of this county quite ten years. Charles Parr, a well-known farmer of the Westboro neighborhood, in Jefferson township, this county, has made many friends in the community in which he lives and is regarded as among the substantial citizens of that part of the county. Enterprising and energetic, he has made a place for himself in the community and is prospering. Charles Parr was born at New Richmond, on the Ohio Myer, in Clermont county, this state, on October 21, 1859, son of John and Anna Mary Parr, both of whom were natives of Germany. John Parr emigrated from Germany during his young manhood, coming to America and locating near Covington, Kentucky, where he married. He was a baker by trade and for some years worked at this trade, later moving to the country, where he engaged in farming for a time. He then crossed the river and was for some time located at New Richmond, where the subject of this sketch was born. John Parr performed faithful and valiant service in behalf of his adopted country as a soldier in the Union army during the Civil War, serving for nearly five years as an enlisted soldier in the Twenty-third Regiment, Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and was veteranized. Though he saw much active service, his regiment having been engaged in some of the most serious battles of the war, John Parr never received a wound and never was taken prisoner. Some time after the war, John Parr and his family moved to Curtisville. Indiana, where the head of the family met his death in a railway accident, he having been run over by a train of cars. John Parr and his wife were the parents of eleven children. Following Mr. Paris death, his widow continued to live at Curtisville, and the rest of her life was spent there. Charles Parr, one of the eleven children above referred to, was .reared on the farm. where much of his early life was spent. In 1882 he was appointed to a position on the Cincinnati police force and for fifteen years performed the difficult and hazardous duties connected with such service, in that time gaining a reputation as one of the best men on the force. Longing for the wider freedom of the farm, however, he gave up his post on the police force and in 1907 came to Clinton county, buying his present fine farm of one hundred and twelve and one-half acres in Jefferson township, where he since has lived in the quiet enjoyment of rural life, close to the soil and freed from the cares mid anxieties of city life. In 1893 Charles Parr was united in marriage to Emma Elseberg, of Cincinnati, who was born on June 19, 1870, daughter of John H. and Elizabeth (Stall) Elseberg, to which union seven children have been born, namely: Harry, Frederick, Charles, Theodore, Henrietta, Joseph and Lewis. Mr. and Mrs. Parr are devoted members of St. Martin's Catholic church at Westboro. and their children have been reared in the faith of the mother church. Charles Parr and his wife are interested in all good works in the neighborhood and are held in the highest esteem by all who know them. (53) 834 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. DANIEL WEBSTER HOGAN. To share the burdens and honors of office for almost a quarter of a century in one community is, indeed, a mark of distinction, but such is the record of the subject of this sketch, Daniel Webster Hogan, of Blanchester, this county. Daniel Webster Hogan was born in Wayne township, Clermont county, Ohio, on September 23, 1854, the son of Walter and Anna (Hughes) Hogan, both natives of Wales. Walter Hogan was born in Wales in 1831 and died in Columbus, Ohio, in 1878. He was the son of Daniel and Mary Hogan, who came to this country from Wales and settled in Clermont county in 1840. They both died in Columbus, Ohio. Anna (Hughes) Hogan was the daughter of Edward and Mary Hughes, who also came to Ohio about 1840 and located in Jackson county, at Oak Hill, where they both spent the remainder of their lives. Walter and Anna (Hughes) Hogan located on a farm of a hundred acres in Clermont county. Mrs. Hogan was born in 1831 and died in 1877. They were the parents of the following children : Mary, Maggie. Emma, Alice, Sarah, Daniel W., the subject of this sketch, and Walter, who was only four years of age when his mother died. Daniel Webster Hogan lived on a farm until he was eighteen years of age, at which time he entered the employ of a railroad company as a brakeman on a freight train and followed that occupation for two years. He then took up farming again for three years, after which he went into the lumber business and has been thus engaged for the last thirty-five years. He has been a resident of Blanchester for the last thirty-two years. In 1877 he was married to Nannie Templin, who died on January 8, 1899. To this marriage there were born three children : Scott, an attorney in Chicago ; Arthur, who is deceased, and Edna, who is the wife of George E. Hunter, of Blanchester. After the death of his first wife, Mr. Hogan, in April of 1899, married Maud Alice Huff, of Martinsville, this county, but no children have been born to this union. The father of Daniel Webster Hogan was a Democrat in politics, but Daniel Webster Hogan has been a life-long Republican. He served as county commissioner of Clinton county for a term of six years and nine months, was trustee of Marion township for six years, a city councilman for fifteen years and a member of the school board of Blanchester for a period of twelve years. In all his official capacities as well as in his private business, Daniel Webster Hogan has been of inestimable service to his community. Always a man of resource and judgment, he has conserved the interests of his people, above everything else and is very properly regarded as among the leading citizens of Blanchester. EDWARD M. GOODWIN. Edward M. Goodwin, now a well-known, prosperous and self-made farmer, of Marion township, this county, was born on January 3, 1861, in Warren county, Ohio, the son of Levi and Hannah (Runyan) Goodwin, the former born in Virginia in 1837 and the latter in Warren county, Ohio, in 1845. Levi Goodwin died in Clinton county in 1905, two years after moving to the county, and his widow died in 1906. Mr. Goodwin's paternal grandparents were residents of Warren county, Ohio. His maternal grandfather, David Runyan, came from Pennsylvania to Ohio and for years lived in Warren county, but both he and his wife died in Clinton county. Mr. Goodwin's father was a farmer, a stanch adherent of the Republican party and a member of the Baptist church. He and his wife were the parents of nine children, Edward M., Belle, William, Herman, Allie, Lewis, Ora, Robert and Edith, all of whom are living. Edward M. Goodwin received his early training on the farm. He received a good education in the common schools and early took up farming. After coming to Clinton county, he located in Marion township, where he has prospered, now owning three hundred and twenty acres of land and is regarded as one of the best farmers in that CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 835 township. He is a stockman and has made large profits out of raising hogs. Mr. Goodwin's land is well situated, the entire three hundred and twenty acres being made up of three farms, all of which adjoin. His son-in-law, Harry Donohoo, lives on one farm of one hundred and eight acres, and a son, Emmet L., lives on another farm of one hundred and twenty acres, while Mr. Goodwin himself occupies a farm of ninety-two acres, all being mutually helpful in the management and operation of the farms. On December 24, 1884, Edward M. Goodwin was married to Emma White, who was born in Indiana on March 17, 1863, the daughter of Noah White, a farmer and millwright, who came to Clinton county in 1865. Her father died in 1903 in Clinton county, Ohio, and her mother died in Wayne county, Indiana, in 1864. To Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin three children have been born, Emmet, Edna and Gladys, the latter of whom married Harry Donohoo. Not only is Mr. Goodwin one of the- leading farmers of Marion township, but he is also one of its leading citizens. A Republican in politics, he has served as trustee of the township for nine years and was a member of the school board for about twenty years. Fraternally, he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. JAMES W. HALLSTED. James W. Halisted is a veteran of the Civil War and a retired farmer of Blanchester, this county. He was born on January 8, 1841, in Brown county, Ohio, the son of Joseph and Sarah (Barr) Hallsted, both natives of Ohio, the former of whom was born in Brown county in 1813. Joseph Halisted was the son of Joseph and Juliana (Allison) Halisted, who emigrated from Pennsylvania to Brown county, Ohio, where the former died. His wife died in Fairmount county, Ohio. They were farmers, and he was identified with the Whig party. They had six children, Nellie, Hannah, Jemima, Alanson, Joseph and Charles. Mr. Hallsted's maternal grandparents were early settlers in Brown county, Ohio, and there both died. Joseph Hallsted, father of James W., was a miller by occupation and he built a mill on the East fork, in Brown county. In 1851 he went to California, and was killed when a tree fell on his cabin. His wife had died a short time previously, in February, 1850. Joseph Hallsted was identified with the Whig party, and he and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. They had six children, three of whom are living and three of whom are deceased. James W. is the subject of this sketch. The other two living children are Elizabeth Jane and Juliana. The deceased children are as follow: Henry A., who died duirng the Civil War ; Mary Ellen and William H. Joseph Hallsted, before his marriage to Sarah Barr, had been previously married to a Miss Dunham, by whom he had six children. All except Alanson, the fourth born, are deceased, the others having been Asa, Joseph, John, Peter, who was killed while fighting for the Union in the Civil War, and a daughter, who died in infancy. James W. Hallsted was reared on the farm and attended the common schools, where he received his education. In 1883 he came to Clinton county and purchased the farm where William Turner Tedrick, his son-in-law, now lives. Later he sold this farm and purchased another farm of one hundred and two and one-half acres in Marion township, four miles east of Blanchester. After living on that farm until 1908, Mr. Heisted removed to Blanchester, where he now lives retired. In 1861, at the age of twenty years, James W. Hallsted enlisted in Company E, Forty-seventh Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. After the expiration of his term of enlistment, he enlisted in the veteran regiment and served four years, seeing much active service throughout the Vicksburg and Atlanta campaigns. At 'the battle of Jonesboro he was wounded. 836 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. A short time after his return from the war, Mr. Halisted was married, on August 15, 1866, to Nancy Jane Sheldon, the daughter of Benjamin and Louisa (Gustin) Sheldon, and a native of Brown county. Her father is deceased, but her mother is now living in Blanchester and is ninety years. old. To this union there was born one daughter, Louise, who is assistant in the First National Bank at Blanchester. On August 7, 1869, Mr. Hallsted married, secondly, Sarah A. Berger, who was born in Brown county, Ohio, on August 8, 1855, the daughter of Florin and Nancy (Gustin) Berger, natives of Germany and Clinton county, Ohio, respectively. Mrs. Hallsted's paternal grandfather was Lucian Berger, who, after coming to this country from Germany, settled in Brown county, where he and his wife died. Mrs. Hallsted's maternal grandparents were John B. and Eleanor (Marshall) Gustin, who also were early settlers in Brown county, Ohio, but who later removed to Clinton county, where both died. Mrs. Hallsted is the second, in order of birth, of the ten children born to her ,parents, the other children being Peter, Jemima, Enoch, John L., Andrew, Benajah, Flora, Ella and Fannie, all of whom are living. Mrs. Nancy (Gustin) Berger died on October 28, 1873, at the age of thirty-nine years, six months and three days. Some time after her death, Florin Berger married, secondly, Mary Welch, by whom he had five children, Joseph, Lucia, Eunice, Mamie and Stanley, all of whom are living. Florin Berger is now living in Brown county, Ohio. To Mr. and Mrs. James W. Hallsted five children have been born, Asa, Elizabeth, Gula, Isla and Harry, all of whom are living. James W. Hallsted is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He votes the Republican ticket. Mr. and Mrs. Hallsted are members of the United Brethren church, and are active in the religious work of the community in which they reside and where they are held in high esteem. HOWARD McCUNE. Back in the days when Wilmington, county seat of Clinton county, was a mere village, on the corner of Walnut and Main streets stood a large frame house known as the McCune home. It was occupied by the family of Samuel McCune, a well-known hatter of Wilmington during his generation and a well-educated, cultured and refined gentleman. He was the grandfather of Howard McCune, the subject of this sketch. The McCunes have always been a family of wide and liberal culture and of generous political views. Howard McCune was born at Harveysburg, in Warren county, Ohio, on November 22, 1852, the son of William and Ann (Collett) McCune, the former of whom was born on November 1, 1824, at Wilmington, and died on June 17, 1870. William McCune was married on October 30, 1849, to Ann Collett, who was born on March 14, 1824, near Harveysburg, in Chester township, Clinton county, the daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (McKay) Collett. Sarah McKay was born on November 11, 1799, in Warren county, Ohio. The McKay family, which had come from Virginia originally, located in Clinton county in what is now Chester township, then a part of Warren county, as early as 1814. Sarah McKay was married to Jonathan Collett on April 30, 1823. Jonathan Collett was the son of Daniel and Mary (Haines) Collett, the former of whom was born on February 2, 1752, and the latter, October 10, 1753, both devout Episcopalians. Daniel Collett entered the army of the Revolution under Captain Wright, of Martinsburg, Virginia, serving at Valley Forge, White Plain and at the defeat of General Gates. He also rendered services when the Virginia volunteers were encamped in Pennsylvania and was at the battle of Monmouth. He resided in Virginia forty years and was, for many years, justice of the peace, appointed for life or during good behavior. He held his courts monthly, and it is said that there was more dignity and decorum in the justices' courts in those days than is to lie seen in. the higher courts of Ohio today. To Daniel and Mary (Haines) Collett were born eight sons and one daughter, who, with the brother and sister CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO- 837 of Daniel Collett, John and Sarah, are the ancestors of all the Colletts in Clinton and Warren counties. Daniel Collett was the son of Stephen and Elizabeth (Armstrong) Collett. Stephen Collett, who was also the father of Moses, was born on November 17, 1718, and died in 1783. He was born at sea and was of French Huguenot descent. His mother, who was born on August 11, 1725, died on the voyage to America. Stephen and Elizabeth A. Collett were the parents of eight children. Howard McCune's paternal grandparents Samuel and Rachel (Sexton) McCune,. were both born in Virginia, the former on September 16, 1790, and the latter August 17, 1793, the daughter of Judge Sexton, later one of the best-known and most influential residents of Xenia, Ohio. The Sextons, for several generations back, were members of the Friends church. The MeCunes are of Scottish descent and were composed of the strictest Presbyterians. Samuel. McCune and Rachel Sexton were united in marriage at Xenia, Ohio, on September 21, 1815, and, in 1819, moved from Clermont county, this state, to Wilmington, this county, where, for many years, they were active in all good works thereabout. Samuel McCune was first a Whig and later a Democrat. He and his wife both were Baptists, and their children were reared in that faith. There were nine of these children, namely : Joseph, born on July 9, 1816, who married Emeline Arbegust on November 2, 1837; Elvira, August 17, 1818, who married Thomas Caruthers on September 18, 1853 ; Mary Jane, August 1, 1821, who married Thomas Wilson on March 2, 1864; John, May 12, 1823, who married Mary T. Nugent on July 2, 1862; William, the father of the subject of this sketch; James, November 4, 1826; Lucinda, January 25, 1832, who married James Caruthers on September 13, 1855, and Catherine and Caroline, February 17, 1835, the former of whom married Robert Steele on March 17, 1853. William McCune, the fifth child born to Samuel and Rachel (Sexton) McCune and father of Howard McCune, was educated in the common schools of Wilmington and was well informed for his day and generation. He was an adept at mathematics and was a rapid mental calculator.. When a young man he learned the tanner's trade and operated a tan-yard at Harveysburg, in Warren county, Ohio, working at that business until 1861, when he moved• to a farm in Adams township, this county, where he spent the rest of his life. To William and Ann' (Collett) McCune nine children were born, as follow : Oscar C., born on March 13, 1851, who married Laura Maitbie on September 4, 1879; Howard and Horace (twins), November 22. 1852; William C., February 11, 1856, who married Jennie Smith on February 2, 1887; Sarah and Rachel (twins), who died in infancy; Martha, January 18, 1860, single; Mary, February 3, 1862, who is the wife of Edwin Doster, and George E., January 10, 1864, who married Mattie Elston. Mr. and Mrs. McCune were members of the Baptist church, in which church William McCune was a deacon all of his married life; and their children were reared in that faith. William McCune voted the Republican ticket and served .as justice of the peace for twenty years, during all of which time never was a decision of his reversed. Fraternally, he was a member •of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Howard McCune received his elementary education in the schools of Harveysburg. He later attended the Hickoryville school and supplemented this course by attendance at the State Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio, for two years. After finishing his course, he returned home and taught school for eight years in Warren and Clinton counties and in 1882 entered Dennison University at Granville, Ohio, where he spent three years. In the year 1886 he was engaged in the real-estate business at Wichita, Kansas, and in 1887 returned to this county, locating on a farm seven miles east of Wilmington, in Richland township, known as the Anderson Woods farm, which had been owned by General Anderson, who surrendered Ft. Sumter at the opening of the Civil War. Mr. McCune has been living on this farm ever since. It was purchased by his brother, W. C. McCune, and now belongs to the latter's widow. It consists of four hundred acres, being one 838 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. hundred and sixty rods wide and four hundred rods long. Howard McCune has been engaged in general farming and stock raising during late years and ordinarily feeds about eighty head of cattle annually. He owns the old home place of one hundred and thirty-two acres in Adams township and has an interest in land adjoining. He also owns a saw-mill and lumber-yard at Melvin, which he operates during the winter for the employment of his teams and men. In this county Howard McCune is well known for the skillful methods he employs in farming, and he is frequently engaged as a speaker in farm institute work in different parts of the state. He is vice-president of the State Corn Improvement Association and is a well-known judge of corn at corn shows in this and other states. Politically, Mr. McCune is a member of the Democratic party. He is a member of the Baptist church and has been a deacon since early manhood. At the present time he is a deacon in the First Baptist church at Wilmington and superintendent of the Sunday school. In Clinton county the name McCune stands for honor, integrity and good citizenship, and the subject of this sketch is no exception to this rule. ALVA RADO DONOHOO. Alva Rado Donohoo, a farmer of Jefferson township, this county, has been prominent in the educational affairs of Jefferson township and for ten. years served as trustee of that township. He was born in Highland county, Ohio, on May 8, 1859, the son of C. P. and Lydia (Baker) Donohoo, both natives of Highland county. C. P. Donohoo was the son of John and Ann (Malcolm) Donohoo, both probably natives of Pennsylvania, who located in Highland county, Ohio, in pioneer times and there engaged in farming. John Donohoo made several trips to the west, but died in Highland county. Mr. Donohoo's maternal grandparents, Philip and Rachel (Springer) Baker, were natives of Pennsylvania and among the early settlers of Highland county. They first located in Brown county, Ohio, in 1810, but in 1823 settled near Harwood Chapel, in Salem township, Highland county. They reared eleven children and spent the rest of their lives in that community. At the time they settled in Highland county there were only four families on the North fork of White Oak. Mr. Donohoo's father received a limited education in the schools of Highland county, but was a wide reader. For many years he was a justice of the peace at Pricetown and lived there until his death as did also his wife. They had six sons and six daughters. C. P. Donohoo had offered his services as a soldier during the Civil War, but had a crippled hand and was, therefore, not accepted for service in the Union army. Alva R. Donohoo was educated in Highland county, Ohio, and, after leaving school, became an efficient stationary engineer. He took up fanning, however, in Highland county, and in 1894 moved to Clinton county, where he purchased twenty acres of land in Jefferson township. In 1899 Mr. Donohoo purchased his present farm of sixty-one acres, but has retained the original twenty-acre tract. He has erected excellent buildings on the home farm and makes a specialty of raising potatoes. On April 5, 1890, Alva R. Donohoo was married to Sydney Cochran, daughter of Jacob B. and Jane (Colvin) Cochran, natives of New Market township and Hamer township, Highland county, respectively. Mrs. Donohoo Is one of ten children born to her parents. Her paternal grandparents were Jacob and Mary (Ferris) Cochran, natives probably of Virginia. Her paternal grandfather moved to Kentucky early in his life and in 1816 immigrated to Highland county, where he entered a tract of over one hundred .acres of land from the government. Mrs. Donohoo's maternal grandparents, Thomas and Hannah (Ashcraft) Colvin, were natives of the Old Dominion state. They first immigrated from Virginia to Uniontown. Pennsylvania, and in 1803 to Kentucky. Finally, in 1804, they moved to Highland county, Ohio, where they settled on a hill in the woods in Hamer township and there built a cabin. They cleared a little tract of land and CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 839 subsequently owned over three hundred acres. Mrs. Thomas Colvin died in 1829. Thomas Colvin was the son of James and Fannie (Salisbury) Colvin, natives of England. James Colvin was reared in Dublin, Ireland. He immigrated to America and later became a soldier in the patriot army during the American Revolution. His widow subsequently moved to Highland county, Ohio, and her remains are buried in Hamer township. Hannah Ashcraft was the daughter of a Welshman and a Scotch lady, the latter of whom was born near Glasgow. They came to Virginia from the old country and later moved to Pennsylvania about the time of the American Revolution. Mrs. Donohoo's father spent all of his life in Highland county, Ohio, where he was a farmer. His aged widow lives with Mrs. Donohoo and is now ninety-four years old. She is possessed of a remarkable memory and is exceptionally well preserved physically. Mr. and Mrs. Donohoo are the parents of three children, Trueman H., Harry A. and Glenn. Harry A. married Gladys Goodwin, the daughter of Ed Goodwin. Mr. and Mrs. Donohoo are both church members, he a member of the Christian church and she of the Universalist church. MICHAEL TURNER. Among the most extensive farmers of Clark township, Clinton county, Ohio, during the past generation, was Michael Turner, a native of Clermont county, Ohio, who was born in 1828, the son of Daniel and Susan Turner, whose family history is given in the biographical sketch of F. P. Pence, contained elsewhere in this volume. Michael Turner was educated in the schools of Clermont county, and later came to Clinton county and became a farmer on land now ocupied by his widow in Clark township. In the beginning he had only a little frame house at the edge of the woods, but at the time of his death he was the owner of five hundred acres of good farming land. His father had given him one hundred and ten acres, and upon this tract of land he made his home during practically all his life. He erected a large brick house, built a new barn and many outbuildings on his other land. During his entire life he was an extensive stock breeder. He passed away quietly at his home on August 22, 1907. During the Civil War, the late Michael Turner was a member of the famous "squirrel hunter's" organization, which was recruited to resist Morgan's raid. During his life he gave liberally of his means to the support of religious movements, but was not a member of any church. Fraternally, he was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, from the time he attained his majority. On October 26, 1854, Michael Turner was married to Mary Philhower, who was born in Clermont county, Ohio, a daughter of William and Lucinda (Snyder) Philhower, natives of New York state and New Jersey, respectively. Mr. and Mrs. Turner's wedding trip consisted of a ten-mile ride on horseback. Mrs. Turner's paternal grandparents were Jacob and Elizabeth (Hart) Philhower, who settled in Clermont county in pioneer times. Jacob Philhower was a farmer and died on his farm in that county. His widow later passed away at the home of her daughter in Indiana. Mrs. Turner's maternal grandfather was Abram Snyder, a native of New Jersey, and a farmer by occupation, who settled in Clermont county in the early days. Mrs. Turner's father was educated in Clermont county, but later emigrated to Illinois. His death occurred while on a visit to Ohio, while his wife died at their home in Illinois. He owned about five hundred acres of land in Richland county, Illinois, and reared a large family of children, only two of whom are now living, Mrs. Turner and Jacob Philhower. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Turner were the parents of five children, two of whom, Anna and Susan, the second and third born, died in infancy; Alvaretta, the eldest, became the wife of D. L. Hogan, of Blanchester, this county; Daniel, the fourth born, is engaged In the lumber business at Lynchburg, Ohio, and William is retired and living in Martinsville, this county. 840 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. No citizen of Clark township was more highly respected and esteemed. at the time of his death than the late Michael Turner. No man made a more consistent, earnest effort to succeed than he. Broad-minded and liberal in his views and charitable as regards the faults and failings of others, his loss was keenly felt by the people of the community where he had lived so long. JAMES HADLEY. Any community takes pride in those citizens who are leaders in worthy public movements and any community is especially ready to honor a man who makes a good fight for better schools. Not only is James Hadley. of Adams township, a representative of one of the very old families of Clinton county and a family of very religious instincts and habits, but for nearly a half century he has been prominent in the public life of the township. James Hadley was born on July 27, 1846, in Adams township, this county, the son of Samuel L. and Mary J. (Harvey) Hadley, both born in Clinton county, the former on January 30, 1821, in Vernon township, and the latter, January 17, 1825, in Adams township, the daughter of Eli and Sarah (Fallis) Harvey. Eli Harvey, the son of William Harvey. was married twice. His first wife was Sarah nails; daughter of John and Mary Fallis, who died in July, 1835, at the age of thirty. His second wife was Ruth Fisher. daughter of Joseph and Hannah Fisher. Eli Harvey, who lived about two miles west of Todd's fork. was born in North Carolina in 1803 and died in April, 1872, at the age of sixty-nine. He was buried at Springfield. The children by his first wife were: Lydia, Mary, William Penn, Esther, Ann and Sarah. The children by his second wife were: Joseph, Isaac. Hannah, John, James and Sina. The paternal grandparents of James Hadley were Jonathan T. and Rebecca (Harvey) Hadley, both natives of North Carolina, the former born on March 14, 1793, in Chatham county, and the latter, in 1795, in Orange county, the daughter of Isaac and Lydia Harvey. She came with her parents to Clinton county in 1806. Jonathan T. Hadley was the son of Simon and Elizabeth Hadley, of North Carolina. He immigrated to Ohio in 1810 and settled in what is now Adams township, near the line of Warren county. Nine children were born to Jonathan T. and Rebecca Hadley: Elizabeth, Lydia, Samuel L., Ruth, Isaac. Simon, Deborah, Milton and Harlan H. Jonathan T. Hadley died in 1880 and his wife on June 20, 1876, at the age of eighty-one years. Both are buried at Springfield. The late Samuel L. Hadley received only a limited education. He was a farmer all of his life in Adams township, this county. One hundred and thirty acres of land was given to him by his father, and to this he added one hundred and twenty acres, thus being the owner of a total tract of two hundred and fifty acres.' Ten children were born to Samuel L. and Mary J. (Harvey) Hadley, of whom James, the subject of this sketch, was the second born, the other children, in the order of their births, being as follow: Martha, born on February 13, 1845, who died on February 14, 1875; Anselom, August 4, 1848. who died on November 20, 1884; Calvin, August 15, 1850; Emma, December 15, 1853; Anna, November 11, 1855; Esther, October 9, 1866, who died on October 7, 1863; William P.. August 24, 1872; Edwin. October 24, 1857, and Mary Etta, April 20, 1865, who died on November 19, 1870. Samuel L. Hadley and wife were members of the Friends church and their children were reared in that faith. He was a Republican and served many years as a member of the school board. Mrs. Mary J. Hadley died in 1885 and Samuel L. Hadley died on May 8, 1897. James Hadley. who was educated in the common schools of Adams township, spent two years at Spiceland Academy, at Spiceland, Indiana, and later attended a select school at the Springfield meeting house taught by Calvin Pritchard. He has been a farmer all CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 841 of his life and has erected practically all of the buildings standing on his farm of ninety acres. He also owns another farm of seventy-seven acres. On September 9, 1869, James Hadley was married to Isabella Moore, who was born on September 23, 1850, the daughter of John H. and Ruth (Lindley) Moore. John H. Moore, a lifelong resident of Clinton comity, was born in Adams township on September 8, 1817, and died on September 30. 1908. His father, Joshua Moore, was a native of Pennsylvania. who came to Ohio about 1868. following the vocation of cabinet-maker, carpenter and millwright. He was married in 1814 at the Springfield meeting house to Nancy Strattan, the sister of David Strattan, a pioneer of the county, this having been the first marriage ever celebrated within the walls of that edifice. Later Joshua Moore moved to Lytle's creek, in Adams township, where he spent the rest of his life. He was born on October 17. 1791, and died on February 7. 1875. He and his wife were the parents of twelve children. David, John, Sarah A., Micajah, Joseph, William, Joshua, Harriet. Nancy, Benjamin, Jehu and Seth. Mrs. Moore died in 1881, at the age of eighty-four years. John H. Moore was successively a farmer, weaver, cabinet-maker, miller, merchant and carpenter. On June 25, 1840, he married Ruth Lindley, a native of Salem, Washington county. Indiana. and to this union were born four children, three of whom lived to maturity, namely: Lindley M.. a dentist in Chicago, who died on January 20, 1914; Oliver, a druggist in Kansas City. Missouri, and Isabella, who married James Hadley. Mrs. Hadley's mother died on March 31, 1869, and her remains were buried in the Springfield meeting house cemetery. On November 28, 1877, Mrs. Hadley's father married, secondly, at Philadelphia. Mary A. Haines. who lived near that city, to which union one child was born. Joseph H., of Mt. Hamilton, California. Seven children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. James Hadley: Edgar L., of Coffeyville, Kansas. who married Ida Villars and has two children. Irena, who married James Merritt, of Elk City. Kansas. and Harold; Alontie H., of Wilmington, this county, who married Belle Hazard and has six children, Catherine, Mabel, Louise, Seth, Robert and Clarence; Louie AP/•. who is the wife of Charles L. Brown, of Lebanon, Ohio. and has three children, Ruth Isabella, Edith A. and Norman Hadley; Everett M.. a farmer of Adams township this county, who married Ethel Crites and has three children. Howard J., Herbert Anna E.; Bertha A.. Ruth Anna and Mary Edith, who are still at home. Mr. and Mrs. Hadley are members of the Friends church and he is trustee of the church and clerk of the meeting. As a Republican, he was elected trustee of Adams township and has also served for many years as a member of the board of education. JESSE GARNER. Jesse Garner. now a well-known undertaker and farmer of Westboro, this county, was born near Martinsville, in Clark township, this county, February 2, 1853, one of the eleven children born to James and Grace (Moon) Garner, both natives of the southern part of Clinton county. James Garner was the son of William and Ann (Hockett) Garner, natives of Tennessee and pioneers settlers in Clinton county. William Garner died in Jefferson township. Grace (Moon) Garner was the daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Comber) Moon, who settled near Martinsville. this county, in pioneer times. There they had a large farm and there they spent the remainder of their lives. The late James Garner was educated in the schools of Clinton county and there began farming. When Jesse was five years old, his parents moved to Grant county, Indiana, where they remained for five years and then returned to Jefferson township, this county. where James Garner again took up farming and also followed carpentering. He was preacher in the Friends church for forty years. Jesse Garner was educated in this county and has lived practically all of his life in Jefferson township. He owns fifty-five acres near Westboro and seventeen acres else- 842 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. where. In 1892 he moved to Westboro and, after locating there, became accustomed to accompanying his brother-in-law, E. J. Moon, a well-known undertaker of the time, on his business trips. Afterward he purchased Mr. Moon's business, attended the Clarke School of Embalming at Cincinnati and became a practical undertaker. Since that time he has taken post-graduate work under Carl L. Barnes, of Chicago. On November 7, 1882, Jesse Garner was married to Mary Miranda Haines, daughter, of Mordecai Haines, to which union have been born four children, Mont J., Cora, Verda and Carl. On December 17, 1901, Mr. Garner married, secondly, Gula Heisted, daughter of James W. Hallsted, and to this union have been born four children, Burdett, Grace, Elma May and Thelma Fay (twins). Elected as a Republican to the office of trustee of Jefferson township, Mr. Garner served one term, twenty-four years ago, in that capacity. He and his wife and family are all members of the Friends church. TIMOTHY M. MURPHY. Timothy M. Murphy, one of the more extensive farmers of Jefferson township, this county, was born on July 5, 1863, the son of Daniel and Catherine C. (O'Connell) Murphy, both natives of County Cork, Ireland. Daniel Murphy was the son of Martin and Catherine Elizabeth (Magner) Murphy, also natives of County Cork. The former was a cabinet-maker by trade. Catherine C. O'Connell was the daughter of Matthew and Johanna (O'Brien) O'Connell, who lived and died in County Cork, where Matthew O'Connell was the overseer of a large estate. Daniel Murphy was educated in Ireland and became a splendid reader and mathematician. He was also a profound student of Latin. He learned the cabinet-maker's trade, and was married in his native land. He came alone to America in 1847, at the time of the famine in Ireland, and about 1849 had saved enough money to pay the passage of his wife and five children to America. After their reunion, the family remained in Lawrence, Massachusetts, until 1857, when they came to Clinton county, locating on the farm now owned by Timothy M. Murphy, Daniel Murphy purchasing fifty-seven acres of land, on which he erected a log house, on the site of his son's present home, and later bought other land until he owned seventy-five acres. After rearing a family of ten children, he and his wife passed away, on this farm. They were members of the Catholic church. Timothy M. Murphy was educated in the local schools of Clinton county, and has always lived on the home place. He owns about two hundred and eighty-five acres of land, and has excellent buildings on the farm. Mr. Murphy is engaged in general farming and stock raising. On April 19, 1893, Timothy M. Murphy was married to May Spilker, who was born near Dodsonville, Highland county, Ohio, a daughter of Thomas and Eunice E. (Chase) Spilker, who were born and were married near Bremen, Germany, and several children county, Indiana. Thomas Spilker was the son of Christian and Katherine (Aumun) Spilker, who were born and were married near Bremen, Germany, and several children were born to them in Germany. Christian Spilker was a well-to-do citizen in his own land, being a proprietor of a paper-mill. He was an officer in Napoleon's army at the time of the siege of Moscow, but later fought against him at Waterloo. He once carried an important commission across the Alps. In 1833 he came to America, and, during the winter of 1833-34, had a camp on the present site of Cincinnati. In the spring of 1834 he purchased a farm of three hundred acres near Dodsonville, and there spent the rest of his life. Mrs. Murphy's maternal grandparents were David C. and Hannah (Hostetler) Chase, natives of Washington county, Indiana, and Orange county, Indiana, respectively. They were married in 1845 in Orange county, Indiana, and remained in Indiana until CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 843 1853, when they moved to Lovington, Moultrie county, Illinois. David C. Chase died in Moultrie county in 1894, and his widow died in 1905, at the home of Mrs. Murphy's mother. David C. Chase was a blacksmith and farmer in Indiana, but engaged exclusively in farming in the state of Illinois, where he owned one hundred and thirty-four acres of land, now a part of the town of Lovington. Mrs. Murphy's father, Thomas Spilker, was an apprentice to the harness trade under Doctor Dennison, of Lynchburg. He worked at this trade until twenty-one years old and then engaged in farming. He died on the old home farm near Dodsonville in 1897 and his widow is still living on the old farm. They were the parents of eleven children, eight of whom are still living, the others having died in infancy. The Spilkers were members of the Lutheran church. Seven children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Timothy M. Murphy, as follow : Anna A., John E, Daniel, Mary E., Margaret L., Catherine E. and Timothy, Jr. Not only is Mr. Murphy a successful farmer, but he is a public-spirited citizen and a man who is popular in the neighborhood of Westboro, where he lives. JOHN R. ROSS. For more than thirty years, John It. Ross, of Blanchester, Ohio, resided on the "Level Stock and Poultry Farm," comprising two hundred acres and located near Level, in Warren county, Ohio, an estate of which he is proprietor. In 1912 he took his son, Roy J. Ross, into the business as a partner and, after turning the farm over to the son as manager, purchased a nice home in the little city of Blanchester, where, with his good wife, he now resides. Mr. Ross has been prominent in the agricultural, civic and political life of this community for nearly a half century. John R. Ross was born on November 24, 1850, at Cozaddale, Warren county, this state, the son of P. W. and Sarah (Frybarger) Ross, both natives of Warren county, the former born in 1812 and the latter in 1814, of Pennsylvania-Dutch extraction. The paternal grandparents of John R. Ross were Benjamin and Lucinda Ross, natives of Pennsylvania, who settled in Warren county in 1804, entering land near Foster. The paternal grandfather, who was a farmer by occupation, served in the War of 1812. The maternal grandparents of John R. Ross were Lewis and Betsy (Custer) Frybarger, natives of Pennsylvania, who located in Warren county, also about 1804 or 1805. They were farmers by occupation and various members of the family had served in the early wars of this country. Lewis Frybarger was a blacksmith, as well as a farmer. P. W. Ross, the father of John R.. was educated in the pioneer schools of Warren county, especially at Cozaddale. He owned one hundred and thirty acres of land and lived on that farm until his death. A Democrat in politics, he was influential in his community and held various offices. The family were members of the Freewill Baptist church and he served as trustee of the church for more than thiry-five years. Four sons and three daughters were born to P. W. and Sarah Ross: Lewis F., Mary Ellen, James W., Nancy Katherine, William P., Eliza J. and John R., the subject of this sketch. John R. Ross was educated in the common schools and at the Goshen high school under Prof. George E. Hill. He resided on his splendid farm of two hundred acres near Level in Warren county, a farmer known as the "Level Stock and Poultry Farm," and for thirty years was an exhibitor at the state and county fairs, winning many premiums on horses, mules, cattle and sheep. During his active career as a poultry fancier, he won more prizes than any other breeder in southern Ohio and has shipped his poultry and eggs to most every state in the Union. During recent years, he has not engaged in poultry raising, but has given his attention exclusively to raising thoroughbred Holstein cattle and Duroc-Jersey hogs. Mr. Ross operates, in all, more than four hundred acres. He has served as president of the Clinton County Agricultural 844 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. Association, which has held fairs at Blanchester for the past ten years. During this period, especially, he and his son have been extensive breeders of registered Holstein cattle. Mr. Ross has served two terms as president of the Ohio State Holstein Association and he is a member of the national association. Mr. Ross was a promoter of the Ross pike and the state road from Wesley Chapel, west. John R. Ross was married on April 3, 1871, to Maria G. Jones, who was born on November 17, 1853, and to this union eight children have been born, Clayton B., born on July 6, 1873; Charles J., December 18, 1875; Clyde W., October 21, 1877; Gertrude, January 13, 1880; Mattie, May 6, 1885; Roy J., June 18, 1887; Cora Belle, February 20, 1891, and Howard F., February 26, 1893. In 1912, Mr. Ross took his son, Roy J., into his business as a partner and appointed him manager of the farm. The Ross family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Ross has been a member of Fithian Lodge No. 373, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, since 1875, and is also a member of Excelsior Encampment No. 100, at Blanchester. He is also identified with the Citizens Protective Association of Edenton and Blanchester and is otherwise prominent in the public affairs of Warren and Clinton counties. JAMES B. CLARKE. James B. Clarke, who, since 1910, has been a member of the well-known mercantile firm of W. P. Hammer & Son, at Westboro, this county, and before that time a well-known contractor, was born at Bangor, Maine, in 1874, the son of John H. Clarke. Mr. Clarke was educated in the high school at Concord, New Hampshire, and in Dartmouth College, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1897. After being graduated from college, he entered construction work with a contracting firm in Ohio and later was engaged in the same business with the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. Altogether he was engaged twelve years in contract building and construction. After his marriage, he located at Westboro, where, since 1910, he has been a member of the firm of W. P. Hammer & Son. This business was established by William P. Hammer and his cousin, John T. Hammer, in 1875. Later John T. Hammer dropped out of the firm and John A.. a brother of W. P., became a member of the firm. Still later the firm became W. P. Hammer & Son, which name is still retained, although the present members of the firm are John B. Hammer, a son of William P. and Anna (McCrady) Hammer, James B. Clarke and Mrs. James B. Clarke. Mrs. Anna McCrady Hammer is a sister of Mrs. James B. Clarke's mother, who was Susie McCrady. they being daughters of Samuel and Phoebe (Vandevert) McCrady. of Warren county, who, subsequently, located in Westboro. On April 29, 1906, James B. Clarke was married to Hallie Hammer, who was born at Westboro, daughter and only child of John A. and Susie (McCrady) Hammer, the former of whom was a native of Westboro and the latter of whom already has been referred to. Mrs. Clarke's paternal grandparents were John T. and Druscilla (Lane) Hammer, both natives of Tennessee, the former of whom built the first house in Westboro. John T. Hammer and his cousin, William Hammer, immigrated from Tennessee to Westboro. and became prominent in that neighborhood. John T. Hammer at one time owned a great deal of land in and near Westboro and William P. Hammer was a soldier in the Eighty-eighth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War. He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and treasurer of Jefferson township for several years. The Hammer family, for the most part, have been identified with the. Christian church. Mr. Clarke, who is a well-known citizen of Clinton county, is the present chairman of the Republican county central committee and is, therefore, well known throughout Clinton county. He was appointed to the office of district assessor of Clinton county by Governor Willis. CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 845 GEORGE WIELERT. George Wielert, now superintendent of the Hershey-Rice Manufacturing Company, of Blanchester, Ohio, who recently retired from the presidency ofthe Business Men's Club, of Blanchester, was born on November 17, 1863, in Cincinnati, the son of Louis and Christina (Stuebe) Wielert, both natives of Hanover, Germany. Louis Wielert was born in 1833 and located in Cincinnati with his parents in 1848. He died at the age of seventy-five years. His wife, who came to Cincinnati about the same time as her husband, died at the age of seventy-three. The, paternal grandparents of Mr. Wielert were Christian Louis and Dorothy Wielert. Mr. Wielert's father was associated with former Mayor Tafel, of Cincinnati. in promoting gymnasium work in the Queen City. Having received a thorough course in gymnastic training in the German schools, Louis Wielert became an instructor in Cincinnati. He was also a tin and brass turner and was an excellent mechanic, having learned these trades in his native land. After being engaged in the tin and stove business for many years, he retired to accept a place as city water-meter inspector. During his entire life, he was a stanch Republican. The Wielert family were members of the German Protestant church and Louis Wielert was a life member of the Turner Society. Standing six feet and two inches tall, Louis Wielert was a man of powerful build. He served in the Ninth and Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry from 1862 until 1866 and during this entire period was not wounded nor taken prisoner. The Ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry was a German regiment, recruited from the Turner Society of Cincinnati. Five sons were born to Louis and Christina Wielert, of whom four grew to maturity. George Wielert, who was educated in the public schools of Cincinnati and in the Cincinnati high school, was also graduated from the art school of Cincinnati and became an engraver. After finishing his education, he became a designer for a wholesale dry-goods company of Cincinnati and remained with that concern until March 29, 1909, when he became superintendent of the Rice overall factory at Blanchester. Mr. Wielert has built up this excellent business to its present capacity and is still enlarging it. In 1888 George Wielert was married to Anna B. Schwein, of Cincinnati, who has borne him three children: Amor George, who is auditor for the Central Life Insurance Company, of Cincinnati; Irvin Louis, who is a mechanic at Wilmington, until Russell. Jacob, who is with Charles Haworth at Wilmington. Fraternally, Mr. Wielert is a member of the Knights of Pythias. The Wielert family are members of the German Protestant church and active in the affairs of that denomination. GEORGE E. HUNTER. George E. Hunter, the president of the People's Cash Grocery Store, and a well-known business man of Blanchester, Ohio, was born in Hocking county, Ohio, in 1866, the son of Kirts and Susan (Poling) Hunter, the former of whom was a native of Tuscarawas county, Ohio, and the latter a native of Hocking county, same state. Kirts Hunter was a farmer by occupation. George E. Hunter was educated in the public schools of Hocking county, and was reared on his father's farm in that county. After leaving school he established a general store at Haynes, in his native county, which he operated for sixteen years, being very successful in that line. In 1905 he removed to Blanchester and purchased the interests of Logan S. Lorish, grocer, in his store, and continued the business of that location until 1910, when the store was incorporated as the People's Cash Grocery Store, with George E. Hunter as president, at which time the store was moved to its present location. Mr. Hunter is interested in the Star Hame Company, of which he is now serving as vice-president. In 1889 Mr. Hunter was married to Ella Mettler, and to this union two children 846 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. were born, Nellie F. and Porter E. In 1907 Mr. Hunter married, secondly, Edna Hogen, a daughter of D. W. Hogen, and to this union has been born one child, Jeannette Hogen Hunter. Mrs. Hunter is a member of the Universalist church. Fraternally, George E. Hunter is a member of the Knights of Pythias. LOGAN S. LORISH. Logan S. Lorish, a well-known real estate dealer of Blanchester, Ohio, was born on August 21, 1867, a son of Henry and Esther (Lacey) Lorish. Henry Lorish was born on October 26, 1826, in Fairfield county, Ohio, the son of Nicholas Lorish, a native of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. He was a farmer and followed that vocation until his death in 1846. Nicholas Lorish married Magdaline Apt, a native of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, who died at Columbus, Ohio, in 1863. Henry Lorish was reared as a farmer lad, and in 1842, when sixteen years old, began to learn the trade of harness making at Baltimore, in Fairfield county, Ohio. Some years later he moved to Wilmington, in Clinton county, and followed his trade there until his death. He was married on February, 1856, to Martha G. Miller, a native of Warren county, Ohio, but a resident of Clinton county. The one child born to this marriage died early in life, and Mrs. Lorish herself died in 1863. About two years later, on September 20, 1865, Henry Lorish married Esther A. Lacey, a native of Clinton county, and to this union two sons were born, Sherman T. and Logan S. Henry Lorish was prominently identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows for many years, and was a member of Star of Hope Lodge No. 127, and Hiawatha Encampment No. 7. Although born and bred in a hotbed of Democracy, he always voted the Republican ticket. His first wife was a member of the Baptist church, and he and his second wife were members of the Christian church. Both are now deceased. Logan S. Lorish was graduated from the Wilmington high school in 1884, and during the next twelve years was salesman in a general store in Blanchester. On three different occasions he purchased grocery stores, built up a good trade and then sold them. In 1909 he engaged in the real-estate business, and here in Clinton county enjoys a large patronage. In 1897 Logan S. Lorish was married to Lizzie Watkins, of Blanchester. In 1906 he married, secondly. Irene Brandenburg, of Westboro, and to this union one child has been born, Lavone S. Fraternally, Logan S. Lorish is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. a Republican in politics, and active in the councils of his party locally. He served as councilman of Blanchester for eight years, and as a member of the school board for seven years, during which time he was clerk of the board. He was one of the organizers of the Business Men's Club, of Blanchester, and is now its president. GUY H. IRVIN. Guy H. Irvin is a well-known grocer of Blanchester, who was born on January 27, 1891, the son of George and Frances (Miller) Irvin, the former of whom was born, in Warren county, Ohio, November 22, 1855, and the latter in Clinton county. George Irvin was the son of Samuel and Martha (Crosley) Irvin, the former a native of Ross county, Ohio. Samuel Irvin was the son of Andrew and Sarah (Shipley) Irvin. Samuel and Martha Irvin moved from Ross county, Ohio, to Hamilton county, Ohio. They had eight children, Nathan, James, Benjamin, Carrie, George, Abram, Emma and Dora. Nathan and Benjamin are deceased. Samuel Irvin died in 1899 at the age or seventy-eight and his wife died in 1908, at the age of eighty-two. George Irvin was educated in the public schools and was a farmer by occupation. He came with his parents to Clinton county when about one year old. He owns a farm in Marion township CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 847 and has been an extensive stock dealer, but is now living retired. He is a Republican in politics and his wife is a member of the Friends church. By his first marriage, to Frances Miller, there were born six children, Ralph, Marjorie, Edward, Ben, Guy H. and Norman. Mrs. Frances Irvin died in 1896 and in 1897 Mr. Irvin was married to Phoebe Rude, of Clinton county, who was born in 1863, the daughter of Nicholas and Elizabeth Rude, and to this union two children were born, John and Georgiana. Nicholas Rude was a farmer by Occupation, a Republican and a member of the Friends church. George Irvin died on May 17, 1915. at Blanchester and his widow is still living. Guy H. Irvin was educated in the schools of Blanchester and taught school for about four and one-half years, beginning at the age of sixteen years. Later he became a partner in the firm of Lorish & Irvin, grocers, of Blanchester, the store being thus operated until September 14, 1913, when Mr. Irvin took sole charge of the store. In August, 1912, Mr. Irvin was married to Mabel E. Norman, the daughter of Elroy Norman, of Blanchester, and to this union has been born one child, George E. Fraternally, Guy H. Irvin is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mrs. Irvin is a member of the Baptist church. ISAAC C. MILLER. Isaac C. Miller, a well-to-do farmer of Jefferson township who was born in Clinton county, on June 27, 1878, is the son of C. C. and Electra E. (Kibby) Miller and a brother of Ephraim Kibby Miller, whose biographical sketch is contained elsewhere in this volume. Mr. Miller's father was born near New Vienna, this county, on March 26, 1837, and his mother was born near Clarksville, in Clinton county. The father farmed all his life in Clinton county with the exception of a short period in which he was engaged in school teaching as a young man. He owned a farm in Washington township, but the last thirty years of his life were spent in Jefferson township. He was a soldier in the Civil War, and after the war was a member of General Sherman Post No. 360, Grand Army of the Republic. To C. C. and Electra E. (Kibby) Miller were born ten children, E. T., L. N., P. V., Malcolm, Cora, Nina, Grace, E. K., Bertha and Isaac C. Mr. Miller's paternal grandparents were Isaac and Margaret (Hildebrant) Miller, the former of whom was born on July 30, 1812, near Farmers Station, and the latter, November 26, 1820, at Hunterton, in Hunterton county, New Jersey. The paternal great-grandfather was Isaac Miller, Sr., who was born on February 5, 1777, the son of Peter and Catherine (Rhodes) Miller. Peter Miller was a native of Wales, born in 1740, who, after coming to America, served in the Revolutionary War. Isaac Miller, Sr., was the first of the Miller family to settle in Clinton county. He came to the county at the age of twenty years with a party of surveyors. It was his business to keep the company supplied with fresh meat, which he did with his rifle, being a splendid shot. Afterwards he went with the party to Kentucky and thence to Tennessee. In 1801 he returned to the vicinity of Farmers Station. Isaac Miller, Jr., was a farmer by occupation and spent practically all of his work in this community. Mr. Miller's maternal grandfather was Ephraim Kibby, who was born at Columbia, three miles below the mouth of the Little Miami river, in what is now Hamilton county, Ohio, December 12, 1795, and died on August 14, 1876. Ephraim Kibby's father came to Hamilton county in 1789 and was one of its earliest settlers, about 1800, removing from Columbia to the neighborhood of what is now, Hopkinsville, Warren county, settling on land owned by Capt. Alexander Hamilton, opposite the great bend in the Miami river. The house in which he lived at that time had no chimney. A fire was built in the center of the cabin on the dirt floor. From that place the family moved to Deerfield on the Miami river and from there to the farm owned by Captain Armstrong, located on a road leading from Deerfield to Lebanon. While living on this farm, the father of Ephraim Kibby died, about 1809. Three or four years later the mother died. Ephraim Kibby then 848 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. lived with his brother John, who was a tanner near Hopkinsville. He learned the trade and continued in the business after his brother had abandoned it, at that time he being about nineteen years old. He was employed as a substitute in the War of 1812, and with the money thus earned began his active career. After his marriage in 1815 to Nancy Vandervort, he and his wife came to Clinton county, locating at Clarksville and there made preparations to establish a tanning business. Ephraim Kibby never drank or used tobacco in all his life. He traded his tanning business for one thousand acres of land in Washington and Vernon townships, in March, 1840, and from 1840 to 1865 or 1866 was engaged in farming. At the latter date he retired to Wilmington, where he spent his last days. He married, secondly, Tamzen Whitmere, but there were no children by this second marriage. By his first marriage twelve children were born, two of whom died in infancy. Two of these children are still living, among whom are Mrs. Nancy, Deacon, aged eighty-four years, of Westboro, and Mrs. Electro Miller, who lives near Westboro and who is seventy-eight years old. Paul G. Kibby, one son of Ephraim Kibby was a soldier in the Civil War and served in an Illinois regiment. He died of his wounds in Tennessee. Jonah Kibby, another son of Ephraim, served in the One Hundred and Eighty-eighth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, a member of Company D, and after returning from the war, emigrated to Indiana, where he died. Isaac C. Miller was educated in the public schools, and after leaving school took up farming. He owns seventy acres of land, and is engaged in general farming and stock raising. Mr. Miller was married in 1905 to Estella Hunter, a daughter of Andrew Hunter of Clark township. Mr. Miller is a member of the Christian church and Mrs. Miller is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Isaac C. Miller is a prominent member of Grange No. 1779, of Westboro. ANDREW J. JOINER Andrew J. Joiner, a prosperous farmer and well-known citizen of Wilson township, this county, was born in that township on January 15, 1842, the son of Joshua and Mary Ann (Stricklin) Joiner. Joshua Joiner was born on August 18, 1806, in North Carolina, and died on January 26, 1854. On January 7, 1830, he married Mary Ann Stricklin, who was born on June 13, 1812, in North Carolina, a daughter of Nathan and Jemima Stricklin, and died on September 4, 1893. Joshua Joiner and wife came to Ohio in 1842, and settled in Clinton county. They were prominent members of the Baptist church and had a family of nine children, as follow : Elizabeth S., born on April 14, 1831; Marion, November 6, 1833; Elisha, November 19, 1834. who died on June 16, 1865; Johnson, October, 1836; Nathan, August 4, 1838; Joshua, May 28, 1840; Andrew J., January 15, 1842; David H., May 16, 1848, and Martha, February 17, 1850. Joshua Joiner was the son of Nelson and Susan (Figurer) Joiner, both natives of the Old Dominion state, who removed from Virginia to North Carolina, settling three miles from Murfreesboro, where Nelson Joiner became a large landowner and an extensive slave-holder. Andrew J. Joiner was educated in the common schools and has been engaged in farming practically all his life. He married Martha Ann Clemons, who was born on September 2, 1853, the daughter of Robert. and Mary (Bishop) Clemons. Mrs. Joiner's father. Robert M. Clemons, was born on July 4, 1816, in Fluvanna county, Virginia, and died on June 23, 1882. On April 30, 1835, he married Mary Bishop, who was born on June 14, 1815, in Albermarle county, Virginia, and to this union fourteen children were born, namely : Lucy Ann, born on March 24. 1836; Benjamin, January 28, 1838; Mary E., September 30, 1839 ; Robert, September 13, 1841; Nancy J., March 28, 1843; William W., December 24, 1844; Sarah M., November 4, 1846; Joseph, August 20, 1848; Thomas, August 10, 1850; Charles L., September 10, 1851; Martha A., Septem- CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 849 ber 2, 1853; James M., August 12, 1855; Harvey W., October 13, 1857, and Emma B., September 1, 1859. Robert Clemons, the father of these children, who was a farmer by occupation, came to Ohio about 1846, and brought his family with him. They were members of the Presbyterian church. Mrs. Robert Clemons died on August 15, 1891. The father of Robert Clemons was Robert Clemons, Sr., a farmer by occupation, who removed from Virginia to Missouri in an early day and there spent the remainder of his life. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Joiner have no children. Mr. Joiner owns three hundred and twenty-eight acres of land in Wilson township, located three miles from Sabina. In 1904 he built a handsome and commodious house on his farm, and has made many other improvements on his farm. Mr. and Mrs. Joiner are members of the Methodist church and Presbyterian church, respectively. HARRY HALL. Harry Hall, a resident of Midland, Ohio, and a well-to-do farmer of Clinton county, is descended from patriotic stock. Mr. Hall was born in 1886, at Pansy, in Clinton county, a son of James Samuel and Dora Jane (Deck) Hall, the former born, on June 25, 1860, at Pansy, and the latter, in 1861, near Jeffersonville, in Fayette county, Ohio. The paternal grandparents of Harry Hall were James and Priscilla (Statler) Hall, the former a native of Muskingum county, Ohio, born near Newark, and the latter, born near PanAy. James Hall was a son of Reuben Hall, a native of Muskingum county, a blacksmith by trade and a pioneer of the Pansy neighborhood in Clinton county, who lived retired after coming to this county. His son, James, the grandfather of Harry Hall, enlisted in Company I, Sixty-sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, on October 12, 1864, and served with distinction until July 15, 1865. He died on July 20, 1898. He was a school teacher and farmer by occupation and lived near Pansy the most of his life, the first five or six years of which he spent in Midland City on a small farm, where his grandson, Harry, now lives. He had two brothers, Jonathan and Joseph, the latter of whom was a soldier in the Mexican War, and the former, a soldier in the Civil War. Priscilla Statler, who became the wife of James Hall, was a daughter of Samuel and Mary (Harris) Statler, of Virginia, early settlers at Pansy and large landowners. Their son, Isaac, who was a soldier in the Civil War, survived the war, and is still living. Mr. Hall's, maternal grandparents were Edward and Rebecca (Robison) Deck, natives of Fayette county, Ohio. Edward. Deck was a farmer by occupation. He and his wife emigrated to Illinois, where they both died within the same week, leaving Mr. Hall's mother an orphan at the age of six years. Rebecca Robison's parents were natives of Virginia arid early settlers of Fayette county. Ohio. Her mother before her marriage was Nancy Allen. Five brothers of Rebecca Robison served in the Union army during the Civil War. James Samuel Hall, who received the rudiments of an education in the common schools of Pansy and Midland City, farmed with his father for some time and then entered the hotel business about 1889 in Midland City, at the same time managing a farm of seventy-five acres near Midland, and three hundred acres near Pansy after his father's death. About 1905 he retired from the hotel business, but continued to live in Midland until his death. To him and his wife was born but one son, Harry, the subject of this review. Harry Hall was educated in the schools of Midland City, and after leaving school was engaged as a telegraph operator, having learned that art at Midland City. .He not only worked. in Midland City, but also at Chillicothe, Ohio, and at Seymour, Indiana, in the latter two places being employed in the dispatcher's office. After six years at the telegrapher's key, he returned to Midland City, and has since been engaged in general farming. (54)