(RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) 850 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. On June 30, 1914, Harry Hall was married to Florence Moon, of Midland, the daughter of B. V. Moon. Mr. and Mrs. Hall are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which they take an active interest, while fraternally, Mr. Hall is a member of the state and national grange. He has served as clerk of the corporation of Midland, and is now a, member of the town council of that village. WILLIAM TURNER RANKIN. William Turner Rankin, a native of Burtonville and a farmer of Jefferson township, was born in August, 1879, the son of John and Margaret (Stroup) Hunley Rankin, both natives of Ohio. The paternal grandparents were John and Jane Rankin, natives of Ireland, who located in Clinton county early in life and who were pioneer farmers near Port William. The maternal grandparents were James and Mary (Smith) Stroup, both of whom lived and died in Highland county, Ohio. James Stroup was a farmer by occupation. Mr. Rankin's father, John Rankin, was educated in the public schools of Clinton county, and farmed near Port William and Burtonville. He died in 1895 in Clinton county, and his widow died ten years later in the same county. They had two children. Mrs. John Rankin was the mother of two children by her previous marriage. William Turner Rankin was educated in the local schools and engaged in farming upon attaining his majority. In 1909 he purchased fifty-four acres of land in Jefferson township, upon which he now lives. Mr. Rankin is engaged In general farming and has attained a satisfactory measure of success. On February 10, 1905, Mr. Rankin was married to Nellie McCullum, a native of Clinton county, who has borne him one child, Marjorie Helen. Mr. and Mrs. Rankin attend the Methodist Episcopal church, and they are members of the local organization of the grange. LEWIS JEFFERSON SPICKARD, M. D. Dr. Lewis Jefferson Spickard, for years past a well-known physician in Blanchester, Ohio, was born in Hillsboro, in Highland county, Ohio, September 5. 1860, the son of George and Mary Anti (Tedrick) Spickard, both natives of Highland county. The paternal grandfather of Doctor Spickard, Alex Spickard, who married a Deeds, was a native of Highland county and his wife of Greene county. The paternal great-grandfather of Doctor Spickard was Alex Spickard, a native of Ireland, who came to America early in life and served in the War of 1812. After that war, he located in Highland county, where he became a farmer and where he died. His son, Alex Spickard, was also a farmer by occupation and lived and died in Highland county. The maternal grandfather of Doctor Spickard was John Tedrick, a native of Virginia, who married a Barton and settled in Highland county in pioneer times and became a well-known farmer there. George Spickard received the rudiments of an education in the schools of Highland county and became a farmer, but died at the age of thirty-three years. To George and Mary Ann Spickard but two children were born; Robert, who died in infancy, and Lewis J., the subject of this sketch. Lewis Jefferson Spickard received a common-school education in Highland county and, after finishing the common-school course, entered Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, from which he was graduated in 1897. Immediately afterward he took up the practice of his profession at Russell Station, Ohio, but, after being there for four and one-- half years, moved to Highland, where he practiced for two and one-half years. In 1901 he moved to Blanchester and, for the past fourteen or fifteen years, has been continuously engaged in the practice of his profession at that place, during which period he has built up a large and flourishing practice -and enjoys the confidence of the public, who believe in his professional ability and who admire him as a man and citizen. CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 851 In 1883 Doctor Spickard was married to Frankie Shepherd, who died on March 2, 1890, after having borne him one son, Raymond, who is a dentist at Hyde Park, Cincinnati. In 1897 Doctor Spickard married, secondly; Ethel Bazell, of Lawrence county, Ohio. Doctor and Mrs. Spickard are members of the Christian and Methodist Episcopal churches, respectively. Fraternally, Doctor Spickard is a member of the Knights of Pythias. He is also a member of the Clinton County Medical Society and the Ohio State Medical Association and is prominent in the affairs of both organizations. FRANK D. SAVILLE. Frank D. Saville, formerly a successful motorman and conductor of various street, interurban and electric railway lines and now a successful farmer of Jefferson township, was born on the farm where he now lives in Jefferson township, October 24, 1883, the son of Joseph C. and Sarah A. (Oliver) Saville, natives of Virginia and Marion township, Clinton county, Ohio, respectively. The paternal grandfather of Frank D. Saville was Joseph Saville, who died in Virginia. His maternal grandparents, Benjamin J. and Eliza Jane (Clelland) Oliver, after their marriage settled on the farm, where their daughter Sarah, the mother of Frank D. Saville, was born. Benjamin J. Oliver erected excellent buildings which are still standing. He and his wife died on this farm. Joseph C. Saville was educated in the schools of Virginia and, after completing his education, ca me from Virginia to Ohio, settling in Clinton county. He was accompanied by a number of companions and they made the trip from Virginia to Ohio on horseback. He married in Greene county and became a successful farmer there. After the death of his wife, he moved to Clinton county. He began farming in Clinton county on the farm now owned and occupied by Frank D. Saville and owned there ninety-six acres of land, on which he put up excellent buildings. Joseph C. Saville also took a minor part in the Civil War, but was riot an enlisted soldier. His horses were commandeered for use in the Union army and he went along to care for them. He and his wife were the parents of three children, Ora B. (deceased), Frank D. and Emmett L., who lives on the old farm. Frank D. Saville was educated in the public schools of Clinton county and, except for two years, has always lived on the old farm. During these two years, he was a conductor and motorman on an electric railway line in California and on an interurban road running out of Cincinnati. Mr. Saville has added ten acres to the old home farm. He is engaged in general farming, but specializes in thoroughbred Poland-China hogs. On March 20, 1910, Frank D. Saville was married to Mattle Ross, the daughter of John R. Ross, who is referred to elsewhere in this volume. To this union has been born one son, Homer Francis. Mrs. Saville is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and an active worker in the various church enterprises. JOHN FRAZEE. Among the well known business men of Blanchester, this county, is John Frazee, who was born in that city, June 27, 1848, the son of John and Elizabeth (Robinson) Frazee, the former a native of Warren county, Ohio, and the latter, of Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania. The paternal grandparents of Mr. Frazee were Isaac and Elizabeth (Lee) Frazee, both natives of New Jersey. The paternal great-grandparents were John and Elizabeth Frazee, also natives of New Jersey, where they lived all their lives. Isaac Frazee came to Ohio in 1805, settling in Warren county, where he purchased five hundred acres of land from Jonathan Dayton, the original deed for which was signed in 1787. Dayton purchased this land from Scott Sims, who received a patent from the government. Isaac Frazee served in the War of 1812, and moved to Blanchester about 1832 or 1833, where 852 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. he entered into a partnership with W. H. Baldwin, and with whom he conducted a general store until his death. The maternal grandparents of Mr. Frazee were John and Sarah (Ryder) Robinson, natives of Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania, who, in 1837, moved to Brown county, Ohio. John Robinson was a farmer by occupation, and died in Brown county. His widow later moved to Blanchester, where her death occurred. Educated in the common schools of Warren county, John Frazee moved to Blanchester with his parents, and during a few years of his early life, was engaged in the mercantile business. He served as justice of the peace until 1857, when his death occurred. He had been active in the councils of the Democratic party, and a member of the blue lodge of the Masonic fraternity. His wife was a widow at the time of his marriage to her, and was the mother of three children by a former marriage, namely : Melissa, who became the wife of Francis Hartman; Martha Williams, unmarried, and Ambrose N. Williams, formerly judge of the probate court of Clinton county. By his marriage to Mrs. Williams John Frazee's father had two children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the elder, the other child having been Sarah Elida, who died at the age of twelve years. John Frazee was educated in .the schools of Blanchester, and learned the trade of a house painter, which occupation he followed for twenty years. Subsequently he became associated with Alex Crosson in the retail lumber business in 1880, and is still engaged in this business. In 1880 John Frazee was married to Mrs. Martha J. (Sircoulomb) Williams, of Westboro, Ohio. Mr,. and Mrs. Frazee are members of the Universalist church, in whose welfare they are deeply interested, while fraternally, Mr. Frazee is a member of the blue lodge of the Masonic fraternity. Politically, he is an old-line Republican, and served four terms as mayor of Blanchester, as well as several terms as a member of the town council. He is a highly respected citizen of the town and county, where he has lived all his life. MOSES G. MADDEN. Two of the best-known citizens of Wilson township and, in fact, of Clinton county, are Moses G. and Solomon Madden, brothers, who, with their sister, Rachel, occupy the old Madden homestead of one hundred acres in Wilson township and which was purchased in 1859. Moses G. Madden was born in Wilson township, this county, on October 10, 1837. He and his brother, Solomon, are the sons of Solomon, Sr., and Ruth Madden, who were among the early settlers of Clinton county. Solomon Madden, Sr., was born in Chatham county, North Carolina, September 29, 1793, and immigrated to. Clinton county in 1811 with his parents. George Madden, the father of Solomon, was born in 1759 in Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia, the son of Barnabas Madden, a native of England, who immigrated to the American colonies before Revolutionary days. Solomon Madden, Sr., married Ruth Robbins, of Wayne county, Indiana, March 11, 1819, and they settled in Adams township, this county, where they lived for seventeen years, at the end of which time they moved to what is now Wilson township, where he spent the rest of his life, his death occurring on October 6, 1849. His widow lived to be more than eighty years old. She was the daughter of Moses Robbins and was born in Randolph county, North Carolina, August 8, 1802, and settled with her parents in Wayne county, Indiana, in 1817. Moses Robbins was born in North Carolina in 1770 acid was the son of John Robbins, born in 1734. The latter was a Baptist minister and a chaplain in the American army during the Revolutionary War. He died in 1834, having reached his one hundredth year. George Madden, the father of Solomon Madden, Sr., was twice married. His first wife CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 853 was Mrs. Reynolds and to this marriage there were born two children, one of whom was 'Francis. He married, secondly, Elizabeth Carter. George Madden was a soldier in the American Revolution. During the war Elizabeth Carter and her father carried him from the battlefield after he had been wounded. Later he and Elizabeth were married, very much to the chagrin of the latter's father, he having opposed the marriage because he did not believe in war and did not want his daughter to marry a soldier. To Solomon, Sr., and Ruth (Robbins) Madden were born ten children, Elizabeth, Cyrus, Alice, John, Mary Ann, Solomon, Jr., Henry, Moses G., William H. and Rachel. Of these children, Solomon, Jr., born on March 11, 1832, Moses G. and Rachel are the ones referred to in this sketch, and they are the only living members of the family. William H., Moses G. and Solomon, Jr., were soldiers in the Civil War. William H., who enlisted in the Seventy-fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under Colonel Moody, was taken with typhoid fever soon after enlisting and returned home and died. After his death, Moses G. and Solomon enlisted, simultaneously, on May 2, 1864, in the One Hundred and Forty-ninth Regiment, Ohio National Guards, and became a part of the Army of the'Cumberland, under Gen. Lew Wallace. Moses G. and Solomon, however, were separated. The latter was taken prisoner at Perryville, Virginia, but escaped in about one hour and rejoined his regiment. Moses G. was engaged in the battle of Monocacy and in several minor skirmishes. He received an honorable discharge on August 30, 1864, at Camp Dennison, his brother, Solomon, receiving his discharge in the same month. Moses G., Solomon and Rachel Madden are all devout members of the Friends church and none of them has ever married. They all live together on the old home farm in Wilson township. Moses G. Madden was elected trustee of Wilson township in 1876 and held the office for many years. Both he and his brother vote the Republican ticket and have been more or less active in the councils of the party for many years. EPHRAIM KIBBY MILLER. Ephraim Kibby Miller is a successful farmer of Jefferson township, where he owns a farm of seventy-eight acres. He was born near Cuba in Washington township, this county, July 20, 1873, the son of C. C. and Electra E. (Kibby) Miller, natives of New Vienna and Clarksville, this county, respectively, the former of whom was born near New Vienna on March 26. 1837. Mr. Miller's paternal grandparents were Isaac and Margaret (Hildebrant) Miller, the former born on July 30, 1812, near Farmers Station and the latter, November 26, 1820, in Hunterdon county, New Jersey. His paternal great-grandfather was Isaac Miller, who was born on February 5, 1777, the son of Peter Miller, a native of Wales, born about 1740, who came to America and settled near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he married Catherine Rhodes, a native of America but of Dutch descent. They were members of the Lutheran church. Peter Miller was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, but never returned from that war. Isaac Miller, Sr., was the first of the family to come to Clinton county. He came at the age of twenty years with a party of surveyors to the present site of Farmers Station. It was his work to keep the company in fresh meat. He was a splendid shot and had no difficulty in providing abundant game. From Clinton county, he accompanied the party to Kentucky and thence to Tennessee with John McKibben, the owner of the estate in Clinton county which they had come to survey. In 1801 he returned to the vicinity of Farmers Station. Isaac Miller,- Jr., was a farmer during his entire life in the vicinity of Farmers Station. The maternal grandparents of Ephraim Kibby Miller were Ephraim and Margaret Nancy (Vandervort) Kibby, early settlers on the present site of Clarksville. Ephraim Kibby was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, in 1795 and was a farmer by occupation. 854 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. He died on August 14, 1876. Ephraim Kibby's father was an early settler in what is now Hamilton county. Later he moved to what is now the neighborhood of Hopkinsville, Warren county, and settled on land owned by Capt. Alexander Hamilton, opposite the great bend in the Miami river. His history is referred to elsewhere, in the biographical sketch of J. C. Miller, presented elsewhere in this volume. C. C. Miller, the father of Ephraim Kibby Miller, spent all of his life in Clinton county. He was a farmer by occupation, but had taught school during his young manhood. He owned a farm in Washington township, but spent the last thirty years of his life in Jefferson township. He was a soldier in the Civil War and, after the war, belonged to General Sherman Post No. 360, Grand Army of the Republic. C. C. and Electra Miller were the parents of ten children, E. T., L. N., P. V., Malcolm, Cora, Nina, Grace, Ephraim K., Bertha and I. C. Ephraim Kibby Miller was educated in the public schools of Jefferson township and has always been a farmer. He owns seventy-eight acres in Jefferson township and is a general farmer and stockman. On February 27, 1902, Ephraim K. Miller was married to Lillian Pursel, of Adams county, the daughter of Frank Pursel, and to this union has been born one daughter, Marjorie E., born on December 26, 1902. WILLIAM GARNER. There are few families living in Clinton county today which have become more numerous than that of the Garners. William Garner, a well-known farmer of Clark township and for twelve years a trustee of Wilmington college, was born just a short distance from Martinsville in Clark township, November 12, 1850, the son of James Garner, who married Grace Moon, born in this county in 1823, a daughter of Joseph Moon. In 1915 the Garner family held its twenty-fourth annual reunion in Clinton county. The earliest known ancestor of this family was John Fusha Garner, a native of Tennessee or North Carolina, who had a son, James Garner, who was married about 1793 to Mary Moon, and who subsequently located in Clinton county. Mary Moon was the daughter of Joseph Moon, but not the Joseph Moon heretofore referred to. To James and Mary (Moon) Garner were born fifteen children, William, John, Joseph, Riley, Ira, James, Rebecca, Elizabeth, James, Jr., Jane, Polly, Nancy, Matilda, Sarah and Elizabeth. Of these children, William, who was born on April 20, 1794, married Ann Hockett, a native of Clinton county, born on August 1, 1797. They had thirteen children: John, born in 1818; Elizabeth Andrew,' 1819; James, 1820; Ruth Andrew, 1822; Jesse and Mary, 1823 and 1825 respectively, who died in childhood; Rebecca Pyle, 1827 ; Susana Greene, 1829; Jeptha, 1831, who was a physician in Tennessee; Nancy, 1833, who died in childhood; Riley, 1835; Rachel Moore, 1836; Martha Coppock, 1838. John, the second child born to James and Mary (Moon) Garner, married and had six children, Mary, Amos, Irena, Polly, James and Elizabeth. Joseph, the third born, married and had seven children, Silas, James, Mary, Martha, Rebecca, Elizabeth and Nancy. Riley, the fourth born, married and had nine children, Sallie, Joshua, Rebecca, Louisa, Olive, Mary Ellen, William, Susan and Emiline. Ira, the fifth born, married< and had ten children, Martha A., Joseph, Milton, Richard, Pleasant, Isabel, Rebecca, James, Asa and Mary Matilda. James, the sixth born, married and had eight children, Rachel, Ellen, John, Elbridge, Jefferson, George, Romeo and Bessie. Rebecca, the seventh born; married and had seven children, Joseph, Riley, John, Sallie, Mary, Ann and James. Rebecca's family lived in Utah. Elizabeth and James, the eighth and ninth born, died in infancy. Jane, the tenth born, married and had seven children. Lydia, William, Asa, Reuben, Mary Jane, Jabez and James. Polly, the eleventh born, although married had no children of her own. She, however, adopted ten children. Nancy, the twelfth born, married and had eight children, Elizabeth, Zimrine, Asa, Mary, Ann, James, John and Pleasant. Matilda, the thirteenth CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 855 born, married and had, five children, Eliza, Jefferson, James, Mary and Martha. Sarah, the fourteenth born, married and had six children, Silas, William, James, Leander, Albert and Mary Ann. Elizabeth, the fifteenth child, married and had four children, Mary, Rachel, Edom and Matilda Ann. William Garner, the subject of this sketch and the fourth born in a family of eleven children, was educated in the public schools of Clinton county and became a farmer. First, he rented land, but, in 1S98, purchased forty-eight acres of land in Jefferson township, where he now lives. In 1910, Mr. Garner erected a comfortable house, and has been engaged in general farming for some time. On January 1, 1874, William Garner was married to Louisa Hammer, who was born at Westboro, this county, on July 19, 1854, a daughter of John and Drusella (Lane) Hammer, and to this union five children have been born, Hattie, Frank, Ethel, Cecil E. and Velma, all of whom have taught school. So far as the records are available, the Garner family have all been members of the Friends church. Mr. Garner served for twenty-five years as a member of the school board in this county and for eleven years in the same capacity in Brown county, Ohio, and was a member of the board of trustees of Wilmington College for fourteen years. PHILIP A. STEWART. Philip A. Stewart is a well-to-do farmer of Jefferson township, Clinton county, where he owns, and farms ninety acres of land. He was born on the farm where he now lives on August 5, 1874, the son of Minor D. and Amanda J. (Mossman) Stewart. Minor D. Stewart was the son of John and Mart Experience Stewart, the former born in 1793, near Port Elizabeth, New Jersey, and the latter, also born in New Jersey, four years later, in 1797. John Stewart was a farmer in New Jersey who emigrated to Ohio in 1816, locating near where Lebanon is now situated. About 1820, he came to Clinton county and located in Marion township. In 1836, he moved to Jefferson township, Clinton county, and purchased the farm upon which his grandson, Philip A., now lives. The farm was in a virgin state at the time, and John Stewart cleared and drained the land. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and lived until June 19, 1880. His wife had died, many years previously, April 16, 1862. They had eleven children, as follow : Mary Ann, who was born on July 29, 1817; William, August ,4, 1819; Jonathan, October 20, 1821; Rebecca, April 27, 1823; Joshua, May 4, 1826; Daniel, May 5, 1828; Abigail, April 4,.1830; John, March 12, 1832; Susannah, February 8, 1834; Elizabeth, August 26, 1836 and Minor D., .November 11, 1838, The father of these children was a Democrat in politics. Minor D. Stewart, who was the youngest of these children and the father of Philip A., was educated in the common schools of Jefferson township. In 1864, when still a young man, he enlisted in Company I, Thirty-eighth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He accompanied General Sherman on his march to the sea and took part in all the engagements of that army. He participated in the Grand Review at Washington, and, was discharged on June 13, 1865. After the war he came back to Clinton county and farmed the rest of his life in Jefferson township, where he owned one hundred and thirty-six acres of land. On May 13, 1873, he was married to Amanda J. Mossman, who was born on February 1, 1856, daughter of George and Perscilla (Fox) Mossman, of Clinton county, and the eldest of three children born to her parents, the other two being William, and Mary. To this union ten children were born, as follow : Phillip A., born on August 5, 1874; Alva, March 21, 1877; Maggie, who died in infancy ; Cora, August 30, 1880, died early in life; Nettie, December 13, 1882; John, October 16, 1884, who died on February 26, 1915; James, July 16, 1887; Mabel; ApriL 18, 1891; Howard, May 22, 1896, and Frank, July 27, 1899, who died on March 12, 1912. Minor D. Stewart, the father of these chil- 856 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. dren, was a Democrat and a member of the Friends church. He died on April 28, 1907, and since his death, his widow has joined the Christian church. Philip A. Stewart, the eldest child in his father's family, was educated in the schools of Clinton county, and worked on the farm until attaining maturity, when he went to Cincinnati and there learned the carpenter's trade. He worked at the carpenter trade in Hamilton county for ten years, and was married in Hamilton on April 10, 1909, to Leona P. Bobbitt, who was born on October 19, 1884, daughter of James and Delia (Williams) Bobbitt, both natives of Kentucky, who emigrated to Ohio, locating in Butler county, where they spent the, remainder of their lives, both now being deceased. They were the parents of ten children, William R., Nannie J., Carrie, Clarence E., Elizabeth, Alvin G., Leona P., Ethelyn, Leroy and Letha. At the time of his marriage, Mr. Stewart owned thirty-seven acres of land near the city, but upon returning to the old home place, purchased' the same and now farms ninety acres of land. He and his wife are the parents of three children, namely : Gordon A., born on February 15, 1911; Verlin D., July 24, 1912, and Lois A., May 3, 1914. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart are members of the Friends church and are held in high regard throughout the neighborhood in which they reside. CHARLES E. JENKINS. Charles E. Jenkins is a well-known and highly respected farmer of Sabina, this county, who manages the W. T. McClintock farm of six hundred and fifty-three acres and who, during the period of twenty years in which 'he has been in charge of this farm, has become a well-to-do citizen. Charles E. Jenkins was born on June 13, 1849, in Adams county, Ohio, the son of Josiah and Catherine (Middleton) Jenkins, farmers ,in various Ohio counties and in the state of Iowa. The father was' born in Adams county in 1824 and died on September 10, 1914. The mother was born at Bainbridge, in Ross county, Ohio. The late Josiah Jenkins was educated in the common schools of Adams county and, when a young man, engaged in farming in that county. He farmed there until 1859 and then lived two years in Bentonville. From Bentonville he removed to Fayette county, Ohio, where he lived from 1864 until 1880, in which latter year he moved to ,Logan county, where he remained about six years, at the end of which time he moved to the state of Iowa, where he spent the rest of his life. He and his wife were the parents of ten children, whose names, in the order of their birth, are as follow : Lowell G., Charles E., Anna, Josiah, Lydia, Electris E., Martha, William, Jefferson L. and Harry. Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Jenkins were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was a Democrat in politics. The paternal grandparents of Charles E. Jenkins were Electris V. and Lydia Jenkins, the former of whom was born near Harper's Ferry, Virginia. He came from Virginia to Ohio in 1810, making the journey in an ox cart. His family located near Sinking Spring, in Adams county, where they lived until 1850, when they moved to Bentonville, and there he died. They reared a family of twelve children. Charles E. Jenkins also was educated in the common schools of Adams county and began farming in that county. Later he farmed in Fayette county for about twenty-five years. In 1894 he came to Clinton county and located in Richmond township, on the W. T. McClintock farm of six hundred and fifty-three acres. Although Mr. Jenkins removed to Sabina in 1914; he continues 'to manage the farm and is engaged somewhat in stock raising in connection with the raising of cereals. He has a beautiful new home in Sabina and has the privilege of enjoying all the comforts of life. In 1870 Mr. Jenkins was married to Elizabeth Snider, daughter of Alfred L. and Sarah (Kneddler) Snider, the former a native of Highland county, Ohio, and the latter a native of Fayette county, the daughter of George Kneddler. Alfred L. Snider came from Virginia to Fayette county in 1808. He was the son of. William Snider, a native CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 857 of Pennsylvania, a farmer and carpenter by occupation, who migrated to Highland county, this state, in pioneer times. Sometime before the Civil War he emigrated to Iowa, where he 'spent the remainder of his life. George Kneddler was the son of Peter Kneddler, a soldier in the patriot army during the Revolutionary War. To Charles E. and Elizabeth (Snider) Jenkins eight children have been born, namely : Anna A., who died in her youth; Una, who also died young; Frederick L., who married Maud Persinger and has three children, Hazel L., Wayne and Elizabeth; Austa, who died at the age of twenty-one; Orval, who married Mary Baker ; Crayton Earl, who married May Green; Dow, who married Florence Howard, and Ruth, who is unmarried. Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins are members of the Methodist Protestant church. He is a Democrat and a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. No resident of Sabina is more highly respected by his fellow townsmen than he and he enjoys the confidence and esteem of all. DANIEL O. KESTER. Daniel O. Nester, a well-to-do farmer of Clark township, Clinton county, Ohio, was born on October 19, 1870, within one mile of his present home. He is the son of John and Mary M. (Johnson) Kester, the former of whom was born in Clark township, September 24, 1839, and the latter of whom Was born on January 8, 1847, in Highland county, Ohio. John Kester was the son of Daniel and Elizabeth Kester and was reared on a farm. He was educated in the Martinsville high school and, having learned the carpenter's trade, worked at it for many years with his father. Afterward, he was engaged in the live stock business and in threshing in Clinton and Highland counties. In December, 1877, he bought a Cooper steam traction engine, the first in Clinton county. His wife was the daughter of C. H. and Sisley Johnson, of Martinsville. They had five children, of whom three, Orland W., Daniel 0. and Stanley, grew to maturity. The parents were members of the Friends church and' Mr. Kester was a Republican in politics.. Daniel O. Kester was educated in the public schools of Clinton county and in the Martinsville high school. Subsequently, he was a student for some time in a business college at Delaware, Ohio, but has always followed farming in Clark township, where he owns eighty acres of land. On August 19, 1897, Daniel 0. Kester was married to Mary Fisher, the daughter of Eli and Rebecca Jane (McFadden) Fisher, the former of whom was born in Clinton county, Ohio, June 27, 1842, the son of Cephas and Jane (Leech) Fisher, and the latter born in Clinton county, November 28, 1841, the daughter of John and Elizabeth McFadden. Eli Fisher grew to manhood on a farm in Green township and, when twenty years of age, enlisted on August 15, 1862, in Company G, Seventy-ninth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving until his honorable discharge, June 17, 1865. He was married to Rebecca Jane McFadden on February 1, 1866. They had two children, Charles, born on December 29, 1866, and Mary. December 25, 1871. Eli Fisher was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the encampment. Of the remote ancestry of Mrs. Nester, her great-grandparents were James and Jane Fisher, natives of Pennsylvania, who immigrated to Tennessee soon after 1800 and about 1804 moved to Highland county, Ohio, settling near Monroe, where he and his wife lived until their death. Cephas Fisher was a young man when his father's family moved to Tennessee. He was twice married, the first time to Rachel Stanfield, who died on May 5, 1844, leaving eight children, among whom were Rebecca, who married Isaac Atkinson, of Story county, Iowa ; Cephas, Jr., of Henry county, Iowa ; and John. Mr. Fisher later married Mrs. Jane Atkinson, whose maiden name was Leech, and to them were born one child, Eli, the father of Mrs. Nester. Cephas Fisher, Sr., died on December 30, 1862. 858 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. at the age of eighty-four. Mrs. Cephas Fisher was a member of the Friends church and the Fishers helped to establish a church at Fairview. The maternal grandparents of Mrs. Kester were John and Elizabeth (Newcomb) McFadden, the former of whom was born in Mason county, Kentucky, September 23, 1808, the son of John and Sophia (Kelly) McFadden, natives of Ireland, who came to America about 1800 and settled at Marietta, Ohio. They later moved to Mason county, Kentucky. On a trip down the Mississippi river, John McFadden, Sr., was taken with yellow fever and died at Natchez, Mississippi. About 1811 the widow and her family moved to Brown county, Ohio, and in 1821 to Clinton county, locating near Centerville. She died in 1830. John McFadden, Jr., was married on May 1, 1834, to Elizabeth Newcomb, a native of Pennsylvania, born on October 26, 1810, the daughter of William and Anna Newcomb, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter a native of New Jersey. Ten children were born to this union, among whom were Jehu, Mary Ann, Harrison W., Rebecca J., William N., John C., Sophia, Thomas N. and Hannah E. Charles, another son, died of wounds received in the battle of Lookout Mountain, December 27, 1863. He was a member of Company B, Fortieth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry: John McFadden, Jr., served as school director in Green township for thirty-one years and as township trustee for fourteen years. He was a worthy member of the Christian church and active for more than forty years. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel 0. Kester, namely : Warren, born on December 1, 1898; Donald, July 14, 1903; and Edith, March 9, 1905, all of whom are living at home. Mr. Kester is a Republican. The Kester family are all members of the Friends church and active in its work. LEMUEL A. JOHNSON. Lemuel A. Johnson, a farmer of Clark township, was born January 31, 1866, the son. of Jeptha Jefferson and Rebecca Jane (Drais) Johnson, the former of whom was a native of Clinton county, Ohio, and the latter of whom was a native of Highland county, Ohio. Jeptha Johnson, who ,was a son of Anderson and Judith Ann (Vance) Johnson, was educated in the pioneer schools of Clinton county. He was a soldier in the Civil War, and at the close of the war returned to Clark township,. Clinton county and now lives retired in Lynchburg. To Jeptha J. and Rebecca J. (Drais) Johnson were born, four children, Lemuel, Florence, Angie Elzina and Jesse J. The paternal grandparents were Anderson and Judith Ann (Vance) Johnson, the former of whom was born in September, 1816, and the latter of whom was born in 1828, in Lynchburg, Virginia. Judith Ann Vance came to Clinton county, Ohio, with her parents, Jacob and Lucy Vance, at the age of six years. Jacob Vance was a native of Wurttemberg, Germany. He was 'a blacksmith by trade, and worked at his trade in Clinton county after emigrating to this state. Anderson Johnson was a son of Ashley and Sarah (Walker) Johnson, the latter of whom lived to be one hundred and seven years old. Both were early settlers in Clark township and prosperous farmers of Clinton county. Anderson Johnson became a great apiarist in, his section of the country, where he owned one hundred and twenty acres of land. Mr. Johnson's maternal grandparents were J. B. Drais and wife, natives of Bainbridge, Ohio. J. B. Drais was a blacksmith by trade and a carpenter. He was also veterinary surgeon in the early days. He was a man of most generous impulses, and although he was sole heir to his father's estate of two hundred and forty acres, divided, it among his, brothers and sisters. He died on the old farm in Highland county at the age of seventy-five years. CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 859 Lemuel A. Johnson received his education in the public schools of Clinton county, and has always engaged in farming. In 1910 he purchased the old home farm and has added to it until he now owns eighty-five acres. Lemuel A. Johnson was united in marriage to Jennie Garner, a daughter of Silas and Julia (Starr) Garner. Mrs. Johnson was born in Clinton county, August 30, 1872, and is a cousin of Jesse Garner, represented elsewhere in this volume. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are the parents of one daughter, Pearl Lucile, still at home. Mrs. Johnson is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, while her daughter is affiliated with the Presbyterian church. Mr. Johnson is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons. HUGH McCOY. The gentleman whose sketch follows, is one of the successful, well-to-do farmers and stockmen of Union township, this county. His honest dealing and integrity have won for him the admiration and confidence of those with whom he has business transactions, and his host of good, substantial friends bear witness to the fact that he believes in the old maxim of "live and let live." Hugh McCoy was born on May 23, 1850, on Cowan's creek, Union township, this county, a son of Robert and Sarah (Fife) McCoy. He attended the public schools in Union township, and later attended Wilmington College. As a small lad, he helped his father on the farm, being the eldest son. He remained with his father until he was married, when his father gave him fifty acres, and he bought fifty acres more on the "mud road" in Union township, where he lived until 1896, in which year he moved to a new house on his farm. He later bought two hundred and seven acres, making his land holdings in all, three hundred and seven acres. Mr. McCoy raises and sells, annually, several carloads of cattle, hogs and sheep. He is a Republican, and both he and his wife are members of the Friends church, in which they are both elders. He is a director in the Citizens' National Bank at Wilmington, and also serves as director in the Clinton County Mutual Insurance Company. Robert. McCoy, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1819, and died on February 12, 1883. His wife, who was born also in County Tyrone, Ireland, in May, 1821. died on March 28, 1904. She and her cousin, James Doan, immigrated to Philadelphia about 1840, and it was there she met and married Mr. McCoy. He grew up on a farm in Ireland, and about 1839, immigrated alone to Philadelphia, where he joined his father's sister, who had married Mack Fife, who had prior to that time located in Philadelphia and operated a box factory. As a young man, Mr. McCoy was employed in his uncle's box factory for nine years, and while there, about 1848, he was married. About the year 1849, he emigrated to Ohio and rented a farm for a few years in Union township, Clinton county, and later on, bought one hundred acres in Union and Green townships, to which he subsequently added another farm on the west. and adjoining his home place, on which he lived until the time of his death, which occurred when he was sixty-four years of age. When he died, he owned over five hundred acres of land. He served as school director, and in politics, voted the Republican ticket. He and his wife belonged to the United Presbyterian church. Robert McCoy was a general farmer, and was thrifty and strong. He started with no money, but was wealthy at the time of his death. He and his wife were the parents of seven children, Hugh, Margaret J., David, Robert, William, Charles B., and James. Margaret became the wife of Isaac Wood, and is now dead. They lived on a farm in Union township; David lives at Wilmington, where he runs the "La Mar" theater; Robert M., lives at Wilmington, and is a retired farmer; William lives on a farm in Union township; Charles B. lives at Fayetteville, Arkansas, and is an electrician; James lives on a farm in Union township. Hugh McCoy's paternal grandparents were Hugh and Margaret McCoy, who lived and died in Ireland, the wife dying when the children were small. They were both Presby- 860 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. terians. The maternal grandparents were David and Nancy Fife, both born in County Tyrone, Ireland. They were farmers, and belonged to the Presbyterian church in Ireland, the former dying in Ireland, after which the widow joined her children in this county, where she spent her last days. On October 31, 1877, Hugh McCoy was married to Margaret Ellen Oren, who was born in Clinton county, and by whom he has had five children, as follow: Oliver R., who lives on a farm in Green township, married Elizabeth Barrett and has two children, Richard Hugh and Margaret B.; Ethel, who is still at home; Leo J., who is cashier of a bank at Richwood, Ohio, married Elizabeth King and has two children, Elmore king and Gertrude Ellen; Mary Elsie, a teacher of Latin in Wilmington College, is a graduate of that college, who received her master's degree from Ohio State University and taught in the University of Kansas before taking up her work at Wilmington, and Arthur, unmarried, who is assisting in the operation of the home place. ALTON L. SNOWDEN. Clinton county is remarkable for the many old families which reside within its borders; remarkable for the number of worthy citizens whose ancestry is traceable directly back to the earliest colonial days. No class of people have had a greater influence in shaping the destiny of this county, in determining the status of its religious, moral and social life than the members of the Society of Friends, of whom Alton L. Snowden, a well-known resident of Wilmington, is a worthy representative. Both his paternal and maternal ancestors have been prominent Quakers in different parts of the country for centuries. Of the former it may be said that the family was well established in America by his great-grandfather, the proprietor of Snowden manor, near Baltimore. On the maternal side the family goes back to the coming of Samuel Littler, one of the immigrants who accompanied William Penn to America. Alton L. Snowden was born in Union township, Clinton county, Ohio, August 8, 1868, the son of Charles Edward and Rachel (Linton) Snowden, the former of whom, born in October, 1835, in Maryland, died in 1892, and the latter of whom, born in Union township, Clinton county, Ohio, in 1850, died in August, 1912. Mr. Snowden's paternal grandparents, Richard and Mary (West) Snowden, were natives of Anne Arundel county, Maryland, where representatives of the family had been established long before the time of Richard Snowden. He was an iron manufacturer and Snowden manor was a great estate near Baltimore, which Richard Snowden's father owned. His family were Hicksite Quakers. About 1836 Richard Snowden and his family came to Clinton county and first lived on Mr. Wall's farm, Chester township, but he finally purchased a farm in Chester township, and later removed to Union township, where he died. His family also were Quakers. Of the maternal grandparents, it may be said that Rachel Linton was the daughter of Seth and Sarah Ann (Moore) Linton, orthodox Quakers, the former born on October 10, 1812, in Union township, Clinton county, Ohio, and the latter, December 7, 1819, in Clinton county. Seth Linton was the son of Nathan and Rachel (Smith) Linton, the latter of whom, born on January 18, 1790, died on April 4, 1859. Rachel (Smith) Linton was the daughter of Seth and Elizabeth (Littler) Smith, the former of whom, born on May 19, 1761, died on April 1, 1837, and the latter, born on April 9, 1769, died on July 7, 1842. Elizabeth (Littler) Smith's father was Samuel Littler, who emigrated to America with William Penn. Seth Linton grew up in Clinton county, and was well versed in pioneer history. He was educated in the subscription schools of the county and in the school taught by his fatherin the milk-house on their farm. After finishing his education he assisted his father on the farm, and when still a young man purchased two hundred acres of land for five dollars an acre. This land he improved and afterwards sold for fifty dollars an acre. CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 861 Early in life Seth Linton began to familiarize himself with the nursery business and this business occupied a large share of his time. He owned two hundred and thirty-three acres of land, on which was located a nursery consisting of the best varieties of fruit, ornamental trees and shrubbery. He also owned an orange grove of ten acres in Florida. On September 21, 1836, Seth Linton was married to Sarah Ann Moore, at Lytle's Creek meeting. She was the daughter of Joshua and Nancy (Stratton) Moore, the former of whom, born on October 10, 1791, in Chester county, Pennsylvania, died on February 7, 1874, and the latter, born on November 16, 1797, died on December 19, 1881. Joshua and Nancy (Stratton) Moore were married at Springfield meeting and had twelve children, nine sons and three daughters. By his marriage to Sarah Ann Moore, Seth Linton had six children, namely : Nathan M., who was born on March 18, 1838, is an attorney and a member of the Ohio Legislature; Nancy L., January 3, 1840, is the wife of Thomas McMillan, a farmer; Rachel, October 8, 1841, married C. E. Snowden, a farmer ; Joshua, April 2, 1843, married Olive Hadley and had six children; Oliver, August 15, 1845, married Sarah Hiat, and Amanda, November 11, 1848, married Jacob Lewis, a farmer. Mrs. Seth Linton was an ordained minister of the Society of Friends, the orthodox branch, and attended each yearly meeting held in the United States with the exception of one held in Kansas. She traveled many thousands of miles during her ministry. always paying her own expenses. She was well known throughout Clinton county and the state of Ohio, and was highly respected. Mr. Linton was very liberal with his children, and gave each a large sum of money when they attained their majority. He was strongly opposed to the use of tobacco and all intoxicating liquors and in politics was a Prohibitionist. He and his family were members of the Society of Friends, as had been their ancestors for two centuries. The late Charles Edward Snowden was an infant when the family came to Clinton county. He grew up in Chester township, and subsequently was married. Two years after his marriage he bought one hundred and twenty acres of land in Union township, two and one-half miles from Wilmington, and lived there until his death. He owned a nice home, but spent a few winters in Florida for the benefit of Mrs. Snowden's health. In 1876 he planted an orange grove in Orange county, Florida, and owned this grove at the time of his death. He was a member of the board of trustees of Wilmington College, and president of the Clinton County Farmers Institute for several years. Early in life he had been identified with the Republican party, but later became a Prohibitionist. He and his wife were members of the Center meeting of the Quaker church, and attended services there regularly. He died on his farm. Charles Edward and Rachel (Linton) Snowden were the parents of four children, of whom Mary, the eldest died at the age of twenty-one in 1885; Alton L. was the second born; Seth lives on a farm in Union township; Sarah married Carl Lukens and they live in Wilmington. Alton L. Snowden attended the district schools and later entered Wilmington College, where he was a student for some time. After leaving college he worked with his father on the farm for several years, and then traveled for the Globe Carriage Company at Cincinnati, Ohio, for two years. He came home on account of his father's failing health and purchased a small farm near his father's home, and lived with his father until the latter's death. Afterwards Mr. Snowden purchased the interest of the other heirs in the home farm. In October, 1913, he removed to Wilmington, where he is now living on West Main street. Until 1913 he was engaged in farming and since that time has been engaged in traveling for the Pittsburg Plate Glass Company. On April 8, 1890, Alton L. Snowden was married to Cecelia Kight, who was born at Piedmont. Virginia, the daughter of Enoch and Sarah Kight, who located at Columbus, Ohio, when their children were small and there died. Enoch Kight was a contractor and he and his family were active members of the Third avenue Methodist Episcopal church 862 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. of Columbus. To Mr. and Mrs. Snowden have been born six children, Sarah, Charles, Myrtle, Arthur, Mary and Thomas. Charles Edward Snowden married Ilo Carroll, and they live on Mr. Snowden's farm in Union township; Myrtle lives with her uncle, John A. Kight, of Columbus, and Arthur is a student in the high school. Mr. .and Mrs. Snowden are members of the Friends church and he is identified with the Republican party. EVERT BERNARD. Evert Bernard is a prosperous farmer of Wilson township, this county, who is manager of a farm of one thousand acres of fertile land in Clinton county belonging to C. A. Bosworth, of Cincinnati. He was born in Richland township, this county, November 12, 1878, and is the son of Thomas Bernard. Reared on the farm and educated in the country schools, Evert Bernard was married to Eva De Long, who was born in Ross county, Ohio, the daughter of William and Eva (Richardson) De Long. William De Long was a well-educated man, and a teacher for some time in his early years. He was surveyor of Ross and Pike counties, Ohio, and -owns eighty acres of land, on which he and his wife now live. After his marriage, Mr. Bernard located on the farm he now occupies. It is the farm upon which his father lived for a period of twenty-eight years. To Evert and Eva (De Long) Bernard four children have been born, Ruth, Russell, Almedia and John. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard are members of the Methodist Protestant church, and are active in the work of the Sunday school, Mr. Bernard at present being superintendent of the Reesville Methodist Protestant Sunday school. He has also served on the school board, and is fraternally a member of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics. FREDERICK FERKEL. Frederick Ferkel, farmer and dairyman of Marion township, this county, was born on February 10, 1857, in Germany, a son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Frank) Ferkel, both of whom were also natives of Germany, the former born in 1825 and the latter in 1827. They located in Hamilton county, Ohio, in 1865, and came to Clinton county in 1890, and here Jacob Ferkel lived until his death in 1906. His wife had passed away six years previously. They were earnest and devoted members of the Lutheran church. Although a farmer by occupation, Jacob Ferkel, while living in Cincinnati, was engaged in the bakery and grocery business. He was a Republican in poltiics, but never took a very active part in political affairs. Frederick Ferkel lived on a farm in his native land and received some of his early educational training in the schools of Germany. After coming to America in 1865. with his parents, who settled first in Cincinnati, he completed his education in the public schools of that city, and afterwards learned silver-and nickel-plating, with the J. R. Kinsley Company, now located on Sixth street, Cincinnati. Mr. Ferkel worked at this occupation from 1870 until he came to Clinton county. After coming here he settled at Wilmington and for a time worked with auger bits and harness snaps, doing all the plating for two years for the Irvin Auger Bit Company. and the National Safety Snap Company. In the meantime Mr. Ferkel removed to the farm where he now lives. He owns fifty-five acres of land and is engaged in general farming and dairying. Frederick Ferkel is one of seven children born to his parents. The eldest child was Andrew. Jacob was drowned in the Ohio river in 1877, at the age of twenty-five years. Mary is the wife of Jacob Frey, of Clinton county. George is a resident of Clinton county, living near Hales Branch. Henry lives at Canon City, Colorado, and Lizzie is the wife of Edward Mohring, of Cincinnati. CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 863 Frederick Ferkel was married in 1879 to Elizabeth Bauer, who is a native of Saxony, Germany, the daughter of John and Margaret Bauer, who came to America from Germany in 1865, and settled in Cincinnati, where Mrs. Ferkel's parents both died, her father in 1886 and her mother in 1884. To this union, six children have been born, Mary M., Christina F., Alice Elizabeth, Charles F., Caroline and Viola M., all of whom are living, with the exception of Charles F., who died at the age of two years. Mr. Ferkel and family are all earnest and devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which they take an active and interested part. Fraternally, Mr. Ferkel is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and politically, he is an adherent of the Republican party.   MICHAEL TOOHEY. Michael Toohey is an enterprising farmer of Jefferson township, this county, who was born on the farm where he now lives, November 1, 1867, the son of Hugh and Mariam (Halpim) Toohey, natives of Ireland and Cincinnati, Ohio, respectively. The paternal grandparents died in Ireland. The paternal grandfather was a farmer by occupation and a soldier in the English army during the Revolution. The maternal grandparents, Nicholas and Sarah (McCarty) Halpim, were both natives of Virginia, who moved to Cincinnati in pioneer times, having been married in Virginia before emigrating to Ohio. The maternal grandfather, Nicholas Halpim, was a grocer, and subsequently he removed to Perry township, Brown county, Ohio, and opened a country store about seventy-five years ago. He owned a farm of two hundred acres, which his son managed. He and his wife remained in Perry township until their death. For many years he was its justice of the peace. His sons, William and Nicholas were soldiers in the Union army during the Civil War and were killed in the service. His son Daniel fought on the Confederate side and was also killed. Hugh Toohey, father of Michael, was educated in Ireland, and, after receiving a good education, left his native land at the age of eighteen for Australia. He did not like Australia, however, and came to America, spending nine months in the voyage from Australia to America. He had been sent to Australia by the English government, and from Australia he and a friend worked their way to America and landed in New York City, proceeding thence directly to Cincinnati, Ohio, but Hugh Toohey soon settled in Clinton county, where he assisted in building the railroad from Hillsboro to Westboro. After that he became a farm hand, married and engaged in farming on his own responsibility. He at first rented land where Thomas Conner now lives, but afterwards removed to the Joel West farm. Finally, in the spring of 1867, he purchased the farm owned by Charles Dingy, a tract consisting of fifty acres, where his son Michael now lives. Afterwards he added to this tract forty acres of land, which he purchased from James Murphy, and then the Harvey Williams farm of sixty-four acres, making in all one hundred and fifty-four acres. When he was married, he had but one horse and all the furniture which he possessed could have been put in one wagon. He cleared most of the first fifty-acre tract and also the forty-acre tract, and erected the buildings which are now standing on the farm. Hugh and Mariam (Halpim) Toohey were the parents of twelve children. Michael Toohey has always lived on the old farm in Clinton county, and now owns the entire tract of land which his father had and where he is engaged in general farming. Mr. Toohey was married on September 1, 1904, to Anna Bowman, who was born in Perry township, Brown county, Ohio. a daughter of Peter Bowman, and to this union two children have been born, Hubert and Urusla. Mr. and Mrs. Toohey are members of the Catholic church and are liberal contributors to its support. They are highly respected citizens of Jefferson township. 864 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO NATHAN ROBERTS. "To live in hearts we leave behind, is not to die;" and surely such is true of Nathan Roberts, the subject of this sketch, for he is and will be remembered with deepest affection by all who knew him. Nathan Roberts was born on March 12, 1824, and died on January 22, 1913. He was the son of Henry and Eleanor (Walker) Roberts, natives of Virginia, who left their home on the Potomac river and emigrated to Kentucky, where they lived for a few years, until, about the year 1820, they came to Clinton county and located where the cemetery now is at Antioch church, in Green township, and on that farm they spent the remainder of their days. They were the parents of the following children besides Nathan, the subject of this memoir : Edward, who died in his early manhood; Cynthia, who married Henry Noble, and who, with her husband is now deceased; Nancy, who married Henry Collins, and who, with her husband, is now deceased, and Elizabeth, who is also deceased. Nathan Roberts attended the public schools at New Antioch and lived on the home farm until he was grown. He sold his share of his father's estate and his father-in-law, David Hester, gave his wife fifty acres of land in Union township. He then purchased fifty acres more and kept adding to his possessions until he finally owned two hundred and fifteen acres of very profitable land. In 1877 he built a fine brick residence on this place and since his death his daughter, Lida, has lived there. Nathan Roberts was noted for the fine sheep he raised and for his careful, systematic farming. On March 7, 1850, Nathan Roberts was united in marriage to Elizabeth Catherine Hester, who was born in Union township, Clinton county, on July 9, 1830, and died on December 17, 1892. She was a daughter of David and Mary (Vandervort) Hester, among the earliest settlers in Clinton county, whose lives in this county were spent in Union township, on a farm now owned by R. M. McCoy. To this union were born one son and two daughters, namely : Rose, who married William Ludlum; William, who lives in Wilmington, and Lida, who resides on the old home place in Union township. Miss Lida Roberts is unmarried and stayed with her parents until their death. She attended the Wilmington schools and has an excellent education. She is a member of the Christian church of New Antioch and is very devoted to the memory of her parents. Nathan Roberts had a hard struggle for existence, having been quite young, at the time of the death of his father. Nevertheless he proved his worth and left a name that is revered. JOHN THOMAS MYERS. John Thomas Myers is a self-made farmer of Vernon township, this county. He was born on July 21, 1859, in Kentucky, the son of Abram and Elizabeth (Myers) Myers, both natives of Kentucky, who died when John Thomas, who was the youngest of four children, was only twelve years of age, at which time he was compelled to shift for himself. He had three sisters, Margaret, Martha and Susan. Beginning at the age of twelve years, Mr. Myers worked for James Villers, of Clinton county, at seven dollars a month. After working for seven years, his wages had been raised to thirteen dollars a month. Later he worked for Charles Richardson and received sixteen dollars a month. Altogether he worked by the month twelve years, and his largest wage was twenty dollars a month. When he was about twenty-four years old, he rented the James Losh farm for one year and then rented the farm he now owns, comprising one hundred and thirteen acres of land. Mr. Myers did not purchase the farm for some sixteen years after he had first moved to it. In the meantime, he had lived on another farm for three years. He also owns thirty-one acres of land in Vernon township, in another tract, and has a total of one hundred and forty-two acres, upon which he has made many substantial improvements. He is an extensive raiser of hogs, and a general farmer and stockman. CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 865 On January 7, 1883, John T. Myers was married to Mary Elizabeth Hoover, a native of Grant county, Indiana. born on May 4, 1862, the daughter of Levi P. and Christina (Tharp) Hoover. Mrs. Myers' parents were both natives of Ohio, her father having been born in Clinton county in 1836 and her mother in Greene county, October 7, 1835. Levi P. Hoover died in 1862, and his widow died on July 16, 1915, at the age of eighty years. Mrs. Myers' maternal grandparents were John and Matilda (Gerard) Tharp, natives of Virginia and pioneers in Greene county, this state, where the latter died. The former died in Grant county, Indiana. Mrs. Myers was one of four children, born to her parents, the others being Charles Franklin, Rosella Ann and John William. To John Thomas and Elizabeth (Hoover) Myers ten children have been born, one of whom, Lelia, the sixth born, is deceased, the living children being Clyde C., Edith Orilla, Creola May, Gladys Marie, Mary Christina, Hazel Rosella, Mabel Wilota, Charles Franklin and Harold John. Mr. and Mrs. Myers are members of the Methodist church. Mr. Myers votes the Republican ticket, but he has never been a candidate for. office and has never aspired to office. ZIMRI F. HAINES. As early as the seventeenth century the Haines family was well established in England, and in that time spelled their name Hayne. They came from Aynho-on-ye-Hill, Oxon, Northamptonshire, England. The armorial ensigns of the family date back to 607, Richard Haines was a member of the Society of Friends prior to 1676, and with his wife, Margaret, and four children, Richard, Jr., William, Thomas and Mary, sailed for America, April 27, 1682. During the voyage the father died and was buried at sea, and after his death, another son, Joseph, was born in mid-ocean. The mother and her five children landed at Burlington, New Jersey. Of the five children born to Richard Haines and wife. Thomas, who was born in 1675 in England, was married in 1692, to Elizabeth Austin, and died in 1753 in New Jersey. Of the children born to Thomas and Elizabeth (Austin) Haines, George was born about 1709 in New Jersey. He married Margaret Lamb, and they had one child, Isaac, who was born at Mount Holly, New Jersey, and who died on August 26, 1810. Isaac Haines and his wife, Elizabeth, were the parents of one son, Isaac, Jr., who was born on April 20, 1761, and who died on July 10, 1842, in Clinton county, Ohio. Isaac Haines, Jr., married Keziah Woolman, who was born on June 10, 1766, and who died on December 8, 1853, and to this union ten children were born, Isaac, Zimri, Elizabeth, Keziah, Rachel, Israel, Susannah, Granville, Abigail and Mordecai. Of these children, Zimri, the second in order of birth, was born on July 11, 1789. in New Jersey, and died on August 26, 1868, in Ohio. He married Elizabeth Compton, who was born on July 25. 1800, and who died on June 6, 1886. She was a native of North Carolina and came from that state to Ohio in a wagon with her parents when she was but four years of age, the family locating in the New Burlington neighborhood in this county. Zimri Haines emigrated from New Jersey to Pennsylvania, where he learned the trade of a cabinet-maker. Later he emigrated to Greene county, Ohio, where he lived the remainder of his life. He and his wife were the parents of twelve children, Samuel, Elwood, Eber, Clayton, Aseph, Eli, Elizabeth, Zimri, Sarah, Phoebe, Rebecca A. and Mary Ann. Of the above children, Eli, the father of Zimri F. Haines, was born on August 12, 1827, in Caesar's Creek township, Greene county. He was reared on a farm and received his education in the district schools. On November 24, 1858, he was married by the Friends ceremony in Highland county, to Emily S. McPherson, who was born in Highland county on February -7, 1837, the daughter of Stephen and Mary McPherson. She was a distant relative of General McPherson, who was a prominent figure in the Union army during (55) 866 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. the Civil War. Eli Haines and wife were the parents of six children, Stephen A. and Mary Elizabeth (both deceased), Jennie M., Zirmi F., Eleanora and Jesse Curtis. Zimri F. Haines, the subject of this sketch, was born on February 9, 1868, in Chester township, this county. He was educated in the public schools of Chester township, first attending the Buck Run school and later the school at New Burlington. When a young man, he began farming in Wayne township, Warren county, Ohio, and about 1898 moved to Chester township, Clinton county, where he is now living, and where he owns two hundred and thirty-five acres of land. He is engaged in general farming and stock raising. On February 6, 1890, Zimri F. Haines was married to Ella C. Compton, the daughter of Amos and Anna (Mendenhall) Compton, farmers of Greene county, Ohio. Mrs. Haines is the youngest of a family of nine children born to her parents. Four of these children, Emma, Mary E., Recia A. and Walton, are deceased. Besides Mrs. Haines, the living children are Samuel T., William E., Martha and Lucy A. Mr. and Mrs. Haines are the parents of three children, Everett E., born on January 24, 1893; Luther G., January 23, 1897, and Homer H., May 16, 1901. Mr. and Mrs. Haines are members of the Friends church and Mr. Haines is a trustee and an elder in the church, having served in these capacities for several years. He is independent in politics. DAVID H. JAY. David H. Jay, a farmer of Clark township, this county, who owns a farm of eighty-four acres north of Martinsville, was born on August 18, 1844, in Chester township, this county, son of John and Lydia (Compton) Jay, and is the eleventh in a family of twelve children, the others being. Rebecca, Elizabeth, Amos, Layton, Mary, Samuel, Elijah, Sarah, Lydia Ann, James and Martha. John Jay, father of David H., was born in North Carolina in 1798 and died in Ohio in 1884. He came to Ohio with his parents in 1802 and was a farmer in Clinton county practically all his life. They were all members of the Friends church. Layton Jay, father of John Jay, was born in North Carolina in 1771, one of a family of six sons and five daughters born to William and Elizabeth Jay, who lived in North Carolina all their lives. William Jay, the father of William Jay, was born in 1720, probably in Maryland. Layton Jay married Elizabeth Mills, to which union were born ten children, five sons and five daughters. Layton Jay died in 1812. David H. Jay was educated in the public schools of Chester township and in the Friends subscription schools, as well as in a select school taught in his father's house. He has been engaged in farming all his life and now overseers eighty-four acres of land, upon which he resides, and which is located north of Martinsville. In 1872 David H. Jay was united in marriage to Hattie E. Hunt, daughter of John and Phebe F. (Walker) Hunt. and to this union two children have been born, Josie E. and Adena S. Mr. and Mrs. Jay were members of the board of control of Wilmington College for twenty years. For many generations Mrs. Jay's family have been members of the Friends church. Jacob Hunt, the founder of her family in this country, came to America from London, England, in 1635, and settled at Concord, Massachusetts. His son, William, removed to Chester county, Pennsylvania, and William's four sons, Abner, Thomas, Eleazar and William. Jr., removed to Guilford county. North Carolina, about 1750, and named their meeting after New Garden township, Chester county, Pennsylvania. Of these four sons, Thomas had a son, Abner Hunt, who came from Virginia, Highland county, Ohio, about 1813. Abner Hunt had a son. Thomas, who came to Clinton county in 1818. Thomas Hunt's son, John, was the father of Mrs. David H. Jay. John Hunt came to this county when a mere lad, with his father, and located at Martinsville, where he became an CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 867 efficient cabinet-maker and undertaker, trades which he followed during his entire life. He was also postmaster at Martinsville for many years. He and his wife reared a family of seven children, namely : Martha Jane, Maria Elizabeth, Eliza Ann, Will W., Sue A., J. Milton and Hattie. E. CLAYTON C. HARTMAN. A thrifty young farmer of Union township, this county, is Clayton C. Hartman, who was born in that township on October 3, 1875, the son of Nathan G. Hartman, who was born on January 3, 1846, in the same township, and who was married on April 3, 1872, to Elizabeth Conard, who was born on February 3, 1846, in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, daughter of Enos and Grace (Stacy) Conard. The paternal grandparents of Mr. Hartman were James and Marie (Mendenhall) Hartman, the former of whom was born, January 17, 1795, in Harrison county, Virginia, and the latter, January 18, 1805, in North Carolina, daughter of Nathan and Nancy (Harlan) Mendenhall. James Hartman came to Ohio when a young man and located in Union township, Clinton county, following farming there the remainder of his life. He became the owner of seventy-five acres of land, which he reclaimed from its wilderness state. He served valiantly as a soldier in the War of 1812. James Hartman and wife were the parents of three children: Jonathan H., who married Mary C. Hartman; Hannah Ann, who became the wife of William Hartman, and Nathan G., the father of Clayton C. James Hartman and family were earnest and devoted members of the Friends church, and politically, he voted the Republican ticket. Mr. Hartman's paternal great-grandfather, George Hartman, was a native of Germany, who came to America when a lad. The vessel on which he made the voyage to this country was lost at sea. When the ship was found the passengers, who had little money, were compelled to sell themselves, or give a number of years' labor, in order to complete the voyage. Mr. Hartman was compelled to bind himself to two years of labor. Later he became a farmer in Virginia and reared a family of five sons and four daughters, namely: Ganer, Joseph, George, John, James, Nancy, Abigail, Margaret and Elizabeth. Nathan G. Hartman received the rudiments of an education in the common schools of Union township. He inherited twenty-five acres of land and added to this until he is now the owner of six hundred and forty acres of fine farming land. He also has a splendid home in Wilmington, where he lives, and other property in that city. In 1906 he retired from active farm life and moved to Wilmington. By his marriage to Elizabeth Coward, there were nine children, Charles E., Frank C., Clayton C., Blanche. Alvin, Anna Salome, George H., John Clyde and J. Arthur. The mother of these children died on September 27, 1900, and on November 11, 1903, Nathan G. Hartman married, secondly, Sarah E. Thompson, the daughter of James and Ann Maria Thompson. Politically, Mr. Hartman votes the Republican ticket, and fraternally, is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Clayton C. Hartman received his education in the common schools of Union township, and was also a student in Wilmington College for three years. After leaving college he drove a huckster wagon for a few months, and for the next three years sold books through the central part of Indiana. In 1900 he returned to the farm in Union township, living on his father's farm until 1905. In that year he moved to his father-in-law's farm in Greene township, where he lived for one year. In 1906 he purchased a farm in Wayne township of ninety acres, and four years later bought forty acres more. He makes a specialty of feeding and selling hogs, and sells on an average of five hundred head annually. He does his own shipping to Eastern markets. He buys about two-thirds of the feed required. By a certain treatment he keeps his hogs immune from cholera. He ships some live stock on commission for .his neighbors. In 1914 he built a commodious 868 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. house, which is one of the most conveniently arranged and thoroughly equipped country homes in Clinton county. There are electric lights and running water in the house, and all other modern conveniences. All the equipment is operated by an engine in the basement so shut away that the labor of the machinery is practically silenced. The arrangements on the farm for watering and feeding the stock are equally complete. In 1904 Mr. Hartman was married to Martha Fisher, the daughter of J. W. and Etta (Armstrong) Fisher, and to this union have been born three children, Beatrice C., Elizabeth R. and Walter F. Mrs. Hartman is a member of the Christian church of New Antioch, in which she takes an active interest. Mr. Hartman is a Republican in politics, while fraternally, he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. PROF. ABEL C. BRIGGS. The life of the scholar or professional man seldom presents any striking incidents which seize upon public feeling and attract public attention. When a man has so impressed his individuality upon his fellow men, however, as to gain their confidence and through that confidence to serve them efficiently in many capacities, he becomes a conspicious figure in the life of the community. Prof. Abel C. Briggs, instructor in mathematics at Wilmington College since 1908, is a well-informed and symmetrically developed man, who has not permitted his interests in education to prevent his development along other lines. He has kept abreast of the times, not only in educational methods and affairs, but in the affairs of the business world about him. Abel C. Briggs, a native of Clinton county, was born near Wilmington, but his family later moved to Washington township, where they lived on a farm. His paternal grandfather was Abel Briggs, a native of New Jersey, who came to Ohio about 1829. His wife, the paternal grandmother of Abel C., had died before that date. His maternal grandparents, Enos and Christina (Crouse) Clevenger, were natives of Virginia, and immigrated to Ohio in 1825. Professor Briggs' father was Samuel Briggs, a native of New Jersey, who was brought to Ohio by his parents at the age of nine years. The mother, Catherine Clevenger, was a native of Clinton county. They were married in 1849 and had five children, four sons and one daughter. Doctor Briggs and Prof. Abel C. are the only members of the family now living. The father died in 1871 and the mother in 1910. Abel C. Briggs attended the district schools of Clinton county and later the village school at Martinsville. He was always fond of study and preferred mathematics to any other work. When a very young man he engaged in teaching, for which he had a natural aptitude. He received his first certificate and taught his first school at the age of sixteen. His success as a teacher was attained by making himself master of every branch of learning which he attempted to teach, but later he turned his attention to surveying and engineering and in 1880 entered the University of Cincinnati to study for the degree of Civil Engineer. His mathematical attainments were sufficient to entitle him to the degree of Civil Engineer whn he left the university but it was necessary to finish those supplementary branches, first, which he abandoned to accept the position with the Champion Bridge Company. At the university he had the good fortune to be under the tuition of the eminent Professor Eddy, since of the University of Minnesota. During this association a strong attachment grew between them, which continued in after years. During his summer vacation in 1883 he was employed in the office of the Cincinnati Southern railroad, then under construction; engineering department under Bouscaren as chief engineer. He left there, however, in 1884 to accept a position as assistant engineer with the Champion Bridge Company, of Wilmington. The next year he was appointed chief engineer and the year after that became a stock- CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 869 holder in the company and was elected secretary of the corporation. He still holds both positions and his connection with the firm has had no small part in its recent growth and development. Professor Briggs has always been interested in educational work and especially the educational progress of Clinton county. During the past seven years he has been an instructor in mathematics in Wilmington College. The department of mathematics of this institution is rising to rank with any in the state under his able tuition. Abel C. Briggs was married in 1894 to Ethel Cast, the daughter of Simeon S. and Mary (Viliars) Cast and a native of Clinton county, born and reared in Washington township. Three children have been born to this union; Mary Estelle, Sara Lucille and Ronald Cast. The Briggs family are all members of the Friends church of Wilmington and Professor Briggs is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons. He is a worthy citizen; one who has performed well all of the duties of life, both public and private. The secret of this success in his life work was thoroughness and a conscientious devotion to duty. PATRICK MULVIHILL. The United States is the most cosmopolitan nation of the earth. Her citizens are drawn from every country and every clime, and a residence of a few years in this country so imbues her alien people with the American spirit that they become among our best citizens. No nation has furnished better or more substantial citizens to this country than has the fair island of Ireland. From the Emerald Isle have come many families which have won honored places in the country. Among the many families of Irish descent who have come to the great Buckeye state there is none more deserving than the Mulvihill family of Clinton county, which family now consists of two brothers and two sisters, sons and daughters of Patrick and Bridget (Welch) Mulvihill, who came here from Ireland. Patrick Mulvihill was born in Ireland, the son of Jerry Mulvihill, also a native of that island, who never came to America. He was a farmer and a prominent member of the Catholic church. His wife was a Miss Shone before her marriage and they had nine children, Patrick, John, Edward, Michael, Jerry, Margaret, Catherine, Johanna and Mary. Of these children, Patrick, the eldest, received a meager education in the schools of his native land. He married Bridget Welch, who was also a native of the same island, and they afterwards came to America, proceeding to Ohio, locating in Highland county, near Leesburg. They came to this country about 1855 and, after having lived in Highland county until 1867. located in Clinton county, where they rented a farm. During the remainder of Patrick Mulvihill's life, he rented land in Clinton county. He and his wife were members of the Catholic church at Washington C. H., and he voted the Democratic ticket. He died on November 11, 1880, at the age of forty-six years, his widow surviving until August 9, 1907. They were the parents of four children, John. born on February 18, 1856; Mary, March 10, 1861; Michael, April 9, 1865, and Hannah, July 18, 1867. Since the death of the parents, these four children have been living together and farming in Clinton county. Until 1890 they rented land, but now own two hundred and twenty-one acres in Richland township, about three miles out of Sabina. In 1895 they built a large barn and have since improved the farm in many ways, until it is one of the best farms in the community and they are regarded as among the best farmers. All of the members of the family are identified with the Catholic church at Washington C. H.. and the two brothers, John and Michael, vote the Democratic ticket. The Mulvihills are all well known throughout Richland township and are all highly respected. 870 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. ELMER THOMAS McPHERSON. Elmer Thomas McPherson, a native of Liberty township, this county, is a well-known mechanic and inventor connected with the Irwin Auger Bit Company, director in the Union Loan and Savings Company, and vice-president and founder of the Wilmington Automobile Company. He has lived in Clinton county all his life, with the exception of a few years. Born on July 28, 1876, Elmer Thomas McPherson is the son of Henry C. and Anna (Hunnicutt) McPherson, the former of whom, born near Highland, in Highland county, Ohio, in September, 1845, died in August, 1910, and the latter, born near Port William, Clinton county, in 1852, died in May, 1905. Mr. McPherson's paternal grandparents were Benjamin and Rachel (Starns) McPherson, both born near Leesburg, in Highland county, who spent all their days in that county. Benjamin McPherson was a farmer by occupation and his family were members of the Quaker church. Mr. McPherson's maternal grandparents were Thomas and Susanna (Bailey) Hunnicutt, natives of Virginia, who came to Clinton county when very young people. Thomas Hunnicutt was a farmer in Liberty township, where he owned about five hundred acres of land. The family were all members of the Friends church. The late Henry C. McPherson, who grew up on his father's farm in Highland county, was a natural mechanic. Emigrating to Clinton county he was married in this county, and owned one hundred acres of land on the Clinton and Greene county line, in Liberty township. He lived upon this farm until 1889, when he moved to Lancaster, Ohio. In 1891 he moved to Harriman, Tennessee, and in 1893 returned to this county, locating at Wilmington, where he worked as an engineer for the Irwin Auger Bit Company until his death. He was a Republican and the family were members of the Friends church. Of the eight children born to Henry C. and Anna (Hunnicutt) McPherson, two, Fred, the third born, and Maud, are deceased. The former died in May, 1913, and the latter, who was the fifth born, died at the age of eighteen years. The living children include Elmer Thomas, who is the eldest of the family and the subject of this biographical sketch; Olive, who married Alonzo Curl, a resident of Wilmington; George B., who married Nina Van Tress, lives in Wilmington and who is an auger-bit maker ; Vada, who is a teacher of music; Lula, who married Howard Collins, a toolmaker, of Detroit, and Ralph, who married Hazel Doan, of Wilmington, and who is an auger-bit maker in Wilmington. Elmer Thomas McPherson received his education in the public schools at Bowers-vine, Orchard Grove, and Lancaster, Ohio. Mr. McPherson is a natural mechanic. He began his mechanical career working for the Harriman Tack Company, then went to the Bailey Bit Company, at Harriman. From 1893 to 1898 he was engaged with the Irwin Auger Bit Company, at Wilmington, as trip-hammer man, and afterward, from 1898 to 1901, was engaged with the Ohio Tool Company, at Columbus. In 1901 he returned to Wilmington and since that time has been foreman of the forge and tool department and power plant of the Irwin Auger Bit Company. He invented a machine for making dies, which is now used by his employers. He has also invented a straightening machine, which is being kept for the use of the Irwin Auger Bit Company. In addition to these inventions he has also invented several small parts of machines. He takes a great deal of interest in this work, and is an invaluable employee to his company, which is the largest enterprise in the city of Wilmington. On January 1. 1901, Elmer T. McPherson was married to Georgiana Palmer, who was born in Wilmington, Ohio, the daughter of Jonathan and Melinda (Darbyshire) Palmer. Jonathan Palmer died in April, 1903, at the age of seventy-five, and his widow is still living, seventy-four years old. She was born and reared in Wilmington, the CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 871 daughter of Samuel and Mary Ann (McGruder) Darbyshire, early settlers, who came to this county from Pennsylvania. The late Jonathan Palmer was a carpenter and served as a member of Company D, Ninety-seventh Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, throughout the Civil War. His widow is a member of the Seventh-Day Adventist church. Jonathan Palmer was a contractor and builder and assisted in the erection of the school house at Wilmington. Mr. and Mrs. McPherson have two children, Mildred, born on June 14, 1902, and Edith Aileen, November 20, 1905. In 1905 Elmer T. McPherson purchased a home at the corner of Mulberry and Burdsall streets in Wilmington, where he and the family still live. Politically, he is identified with the Republican party and was elected as city councilman for the term of 1916-17. The McPherson family are all members of the Friends church except the wife of Elmer Thomas, who is a member of the Seventh Day Adventist church, and takes a prominent part in the work 'of this church. They are highly respected citizens, industrious, broad-minded and liberal and are popular in their wide circle of acquaintances. FRANK BRANDENBURG. Frank Brandenburg is a well-to-do farmer of Clinton county. He was born in Warren county, this state, north of Lebanon, February 16. 1854, the son of Samuel and Susan (Kinney) Brandenburg, both natives of Warren county, born south of Lebanon. The paternal grandfather of Frank Brandenburg was Jacob Brandenburg, an early settler in Warren county and very probably a native of Maryland. He was of German descent and a farmer by occupation. The maternal grandfather of Mr. Brandenburg was Daniel Kinney, one of the early settlers of Warren county and probably a native of Virginia. Of Samuel Brandenburg, the father of Frank, it may be said that he was left an orphan when a" mere lad, and that, having been deprived of all educational opportunities, his education was most meager. His wife's mother having died when she was a girl, she also was reared by strangers. They were farmers practically all of their lives, he having come to Clinton county about 1861. His death occurred at his home near Wilmington. A brother of Samuel Brandenburg, Silas by name, was a soldier in the Union arms, during the Civil War and survived the war. The family were members of the Christian church. Frank Brandenburg was educated in the schools of Warren, Clinton and Clermont counties. In 1880 he purchased seventeen acres of land near Westboro and moved to that farm from Warren county, where he lived until 1888, when he purchased fifty-five and three-quarters acres, where he now lives, to which he has added until he now has sixty-seven acres. At one time he owned the adjoining farm of one hundred and four acres which is now owned by Allie Goodwin. Mr. Brandenburg's farm was entirely wanting in improvements when he moved to it, but he has erected good buildings, drained the swamps and cleared the land of the thickets and woods. He is engaged specially in the dairy business and keeps a large number of Jersey cattle. He was at one time a stockholder in the creamery at Midland. On October 4, 1874, Frank Brandenburg was married to Mary Wilson, who was born at Camden, New Jersey, daughter of Eli and Rachel (Atkinson) Wilson, both natives of New Jersey. Her paternal grandparents were James and Louisa Wilson, who lived and died in New Jersey. Her grandfather was employed on a fishing boat and was drowned while at work. Her maternal grandparents were Joseph and Mary (Powell) Atkinson, natives of New Jersey, who immigrated to Warren county in 1855. There they lived until a short time before their deaths, when they moved to Darke county, Ohio. Her maternal grandfather was a woodsman and made clearing his business. Mrs. Brandenburg's father was a gardener and shoemaker. He came West with his father-in-law and located in Warren county and lived there about thirty years, later coming to Clinton county. Subsequently, he remarried and lived in Clinton county until his death. He was a soldier in 872 - CLINTON COUNTY. OHIO. Company B, Seventy-ninth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served over three years during the Civil War. Of the Brandenburg family it may be said that the first representatives of the family to come to America were Absalom Brandenburg and his brother, who had resided in Berlin, where they held an enormous estate, which was confiscated by the government for ninety-nine years because the government was displeased with their acts as citizens of the empire. To Mr. and Mrs. Brandenburg six children have been born, of whom three, George, Myrtle and Walter, are deceased. The living children are Raymond and Elmer, both of whom are at home, and Flora, who married Charles Johnson, a farmer of Warren county. Myrtle died after her marriage to Simeon Loyd. Frank Brandenburg, who was reared a Democrat, is now a Republican and is serving his sixth year as township trustee. Formerly, he was a member of the school board. Mr. Brandenburg is well known and popular in the locality in which he has lived so long. STANLEY T. McKENZIE. Stanley T. McKenzie is a well-to-do farmer of Green township, this county, who was born on August 14, 1861, in the state of Iowa, the son of William and Elizabeth (Morton) McKenzie, both of whom were born in Clinton county, Ohio, the former on September 18, 1834, and the latter, July 15, 1838. The father died on January 12, 1867. The paternal grandparents of Mr. McKenzie were William and Isabel (Kimball) McKenzie, early settlers in Clinton county. The maternal grandparents 'were also early pioneers of Clinton county. After his marriage William McKenzie, the father of Stanley T., removed to Knoxville, Marion county, Iowa, and later to Nebraska, and died in the latter state, at Nebraska City, in 1867, leaving four children, Wilda, Perry A., Stanley T. and Geneva. An infant child had died previously. Later his widow married Eli Carson, and to this latter union were born three children, Stella, Bert and Carey. Mr. McKenzie's stepfather and mother lived at Martinsville, this county. Stanley T. McKenzie was reared on the farm and was educated in the schools at New Antioch, Green township. He has always been engaged in farming, and was for four years engaged in that vocation in Kansas. Later he went to California for a year and worked there by the month. At one time he owned a farm in Union and Liberty townships, Clinton county, but he disposed of this farm, removing to the farm now owned. by himself and his son, Julian Stephen, in Green township, two miles from New Vienna. Since 1915 Mr. McKenzie and his son have owned one hundred and eighty-four acres of land in Green township. On December 25, 1887, Stanley T. McKenzie was married to Maggie Leininger, who was born in Germany, January 2, 1864, daughter of John and Kate (Ruch) Leininger, both natives of Germany. Mrs. McKenzie's mother died in 1872, and after her death her husband came to America, proceeding to Ohio, first locating in Highland county and later settling at Burtonville, this county, where he died in December, 1889, at the age of fifty-five years.. He was a blacksmith by trade, and he and his wife were the parents of eight children, John, Margaret E., Sarah, Kate, Maggie, Jacob, Michael and an infant (twins), the latter of whom is deceased. To Mr. and. Mrs. Stanley T. McKenzie two children have been born, Julian Stephen, born at Ottawa, Kansas, on December 4, 1889, and Ethel Lucile, May 11, 1897. Julian Stephen McKenzie was educated in the schools of Burtonville. He married Jessie Record, of Wilmington, and has one son, Willard, born on May 11, 1912. Ethel Lucile McKenzie was graduated from the Mt. Pleasant high school with the class of 1915, the first class to graduate from that school, and is now a teacher in the Mt. Pleasant school. Fraternally, Stanley T. McKenzie.is a member of the Knights of the Maccabees at Wilmington, while politically, he is a stanch adherent of the Democratic party. CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 873 LEO F. KING. Leo F. King is a successful liveryman, of Blanchester, Clark township, this county. He was born at Farmer's Station, Clinton county, March 28, 1877; the son of G. S. and Nettie A. (West) King, both natives of this county, the former born on April 27, 1848, in Clark township, the son of John IL and Catherine B. (West) King, the former born in 1816, in Virginia, and the latter in Clinton county. John R. King was the son of William and Nancy King, natives of Virginia and early settlers in Clark township. Catherine B. West was the daughter of Henry and Nancy (Terrell) West, pioneers of Clark township and members of old Virginia families. John R. King owned one hundred and thirty acres of land, which he divided among his children before his death. He died at the home of his son, George S., the father of Leo F. John R. and Catherine B. King had six children, Nancy A., William H., Wyatt C., George S., E. Sanford and Sarah. William H. and Wyatt C. served as soldiers in the Union army during the Civil War. On December 25, 1871, George S. King was married to Nettie A. West, the daughter of George and Samantha (McMaine) West, the former of whom was born in Clinton county, April 10, 1815, and the latter in Highland county. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. King were Henry and Nancy (Terrell) West. Her maternal grandparents were Enoch and Samantha McMaine, who were born near Hillsboro, but who later moved to Knox county, Illinois, and there died. Leo F. King was educated in the public schools at Farmers Station and engaged in farming for some time in partnership with his father. He was also in partnership with his father in the grocery business at Farmers Station for three years. In June, 1907, he moved to Blanchester and there engaged in the livery business. On December 25, 1899, Leo F. King was married to Alta Reeves, the daughter of E. V. Reeves, of Highland county, Ohio, and to this union has been born one son, Horace. Fraternally, Mr. King is a member of the Junior Order of United Workmen and of the Knights of Pythias. He is a well-known citizen of Clark township and is highly respected by the people of that township. EMMETT B. WHITACRE. Emmett B. Whitacre is the proprietor of a hundred-and-forty-acre farm near Pansy, in Marion county, this county. He was born on the old homestead in Marion township. Clinton county. January 17. 1869, the only son of Lewis and Mary (Hall) Whitacre, the former of whom was born on February 5, 1840, in Warren county, this state, and the latter. December 12, 1844, in Marion township, this county. Mr. Whitacre's paternal grandparents were George and Martha (Baldwin) Whitacre, pioneers of Warren county, who came to this county about 1855. Both are now deceased. Mr. Whitacre's maternal grandparents were James and Pricella (Statler) Hall, the former born in Muskingum county, this state, and the latter in Clinton county. Pricella Statler was the daughter of Samuel Statler, a native of Virginia and a pioneer settler in Clinton county, who died in Vernon township. The maternal grandparents spent their last days in Jefferson township, this county. Lewis Whitacre was a farmer by occupation and for many years was prominent in the local politics of Jefferson township. He was especially prominent in the councils of the Republican party, and served many years as justice of the peace. He also served as trustee for several terms. He and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Lewis Whitacre died July 1, 1911, and his wife in 1885. He died in Columbus, where he had lived for two years. His wife died at Midland. in Jefferson township, this county. Emmett B. Whitacre was reared on the farm and educated in the public schools at 874 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. Midland and Pansy. As soon as he was old enough to take up a trade, he learned boiler-making and followed that trade for six years. Subsequently, he took up farming, and for many years has lived at Pansy, in Marion township, where he owns a farm of one hundred and forty acres. In 1895 Mr. Whitacre was married to Alice Heintz, of Columbus, Ohio, to which union there were born three daughters, Naomi Mary, Lucile Alice and Clara Viola. Mrs. Alice (Heintz) Whitacre died in 1909, and three years later Mr. Whitacre married, secondly, Mary Tornof. of Columbus, Ohio, (now deceased), to which union two children were born, Lewis Edward and Charles Benjamin. Like his father before him, Mr. Whitacre is prominent in the local councils of the Republican party and is a justice of the peace in Marion township, a position which his father held with credit for so many years. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and, fraternally, is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Junior Order of United American Mechanics. JAMES F. GASKINS. It is a well-known fact that public opinion practically rules this country. It was the insistent cry of the public which has effected the wonderful transformation in our political institutions during the past few decades. Public opinion, however, would be useless had it not the opportunity to find expression and there is no way in which public opinion can find its full usefulness except through newspapers. For this reason it is not too much to say that the newspapers of our country really are the rulers; that they have more power in the shaping of the destinies of our nation than Congress itself. It is interesting to note, with the recurrence of large and vital questions how one newspaper will quote the editorial opinion of others in different parts of the country and how this will be accepted as a statement of the opinion of the country as a whole. No more striking example of this fact ever was presented than was noted in the prominence given by the large newspapers of the country to the editorial opinion of other newspapers with regard to the difference between the United States and Germany over the sinking of the "Lusitania" in the summer of 1915. There are few towns in the state of Ohio which do not have a newspaper publication of some kind. Among the leading newspapers of Clinton county is the Sabina News-Record, edited and published by James F. Gaskins. James F. Gaskins was born at Bentonville, in Adams county, Ohio, on April 28, 1865, the son of Aaron J. Gaskins, M. D., who was born on November 9, 1843, in Clerment county, Ohio, and who in 1864 married Celia A. Johnson, who was born on March 28, 1844, the daughter of the Rev. P. F. Johnson, a minister in the Methodist Protestant church. Mr. Gaskins' paternal grandfather was Dr. John Gaskins, of old Virginia stock, who was twice married, each time to a Miss Woods. The grandfather was a physician of 'Bentonville, Adams county, Ohio, but during the latter part of his life was engaged in farming, at one time owning about five hundred acres of land near Bentonville. He had five children, Aaron and Sylvester, by his first marriage, and H. A., Fisher and John, by the second wife, who reared the family. Aaron J. Gaskins, M. D., received his elementary education in the common schools of Adams and Clermont counties, Ohio, and in 1867 was graduated from the Eclectic Medical School of Cincinnati. Prior to this he had served as a soldier in the Union army during the Civil War in the One Hundred and Eighty-second Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, having enlisted in 1864 and having been discharged in 1865. He began the practice of medicine at Milledgeville, Fayette county, and after practicing one year there, moved to Sabina, this county, in December, 1868, and practiced there until 1894, when he sold out his practice to 'Dr. 0. A. West, after which he engaged in the