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HARVEY H. ABELL, of Stagg & Abell, proprietors of West House, Wilmington, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, September 10, 1857. His father was William J. Abell, a native of Philadelphia, Penn., and a book-binder by trade. He worked at that business during life, and was largely interested in the business. He died at Cincinnati in December, 1877. Mr. Abell's mother was Ordelia Fitch, a native of Cooperstown, N. Y. She resides with our subject, and is engaged in teaching music, being a proficient musician. "Harvey" was taken to New York City by his parents soon after his birth, and lived in that city till fifteen years of age. He was educated in the schools of the metropolis, and soon after served a three-years apprenticeship as a printer and wood engraver, with Stillman & Adams, of Cincinnati. His health failed him, and he had to resign his position. Since then he has been engaged in the hotel business at various places, and, in 1878, became a member of the present firm. Mr. bell's parents were members of the Presbyterian Church, and our subject is a regular attendant on the services of that denomination. He is a member of the Hotel men's Mutual Benefit Association, and neutral in politics. Harvey. is well known to the pea plc of Clinton County, and the traveling public, and is highly esteemed for his courteous manners and lively nature.

R. E. ANDREW, of Hinshaw & Andrew, dealers in dry goods, South street, Wilmington, was born in Jefferson Township, Clinton County, July 18, 1851. His father was William A. Andrew, a native of this county, and for many years a prominent agriculturist of Jefferson Township. He was killed by the accidental discharge of a sun in his own hands December 15, 1856, when our subject was but five years of age. Mr. Andrew's mother was Ruth Garner, also a native of this county. She now resides on the old homestead. in Jefferson Township. Our subject lived on the farm ,till seventeen years of age, when he commenced teaching school. He taught at various places and times for five or six years, and then changed his vocation to that of the dry goods trade, commencing at Westboro. In November, 1879, he formed a oo-partnership with Garner Hinshaw at Wilmington, and since then has resided in that village. Mr. Andrew is a member of the Royal Arcanum, of the A. F. & A. M. Lodge at Martinsville, and the Grange Society. He has a birthright in the Society of Friends, and is a "dyed-in-the-wool" Republican. He was married, October 8, 1875, to Clarinda Van Winkle, a native of this county.

JOHN M. ANTRAM, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Clinton County June 19, 1825, and has resided here all his life with the exception of six years spent in Warren County. He is the son of Hiram and Sarah (Whitson) Antram, of Irish descent, the former a native of Frederick County, Va., and the latter of Center County, Penn. They were married in Clinton County, where both came at an early-day. His father was a farmer, but kept a hotel and store in Harveysburg, Warren County, for a number of years. Our subject is a successful farmer and now owns 138 acres of land. He was married in 1851 to Catharine Babb, a native of this township, and daughter of Azel and Hanna (Hollingsworth) Babb. They have two children Arthur D. and Frank, both married and farming. The family are all Friends. Mr. Antram is a Republican, and, though no office-seeker, he has held some of the minor offices in the township. He is highly spoken of as a farmer, gentleman and citizen.

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HAMILTON F. ARMSTRONG, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, on January 1, 1820. His parents were William Armstrong, a native of Virginia, of Irish descent, and Naomi (Norris) Armstrong, a native of Mary land, of English descent. The father was a. successful miller, who emigrated to Ohio in 1800 and located in Hamilton County. Our subject received a common school education and chose the occupation of a farmer, in which he has continued. He was married, in 1852, to Miss Ipatia Corey, a native of Indiana. Her father was a native of New York, and her mother of South Carolina. She was educated in Oberlin College, Ohio, and, for several years prior to her marriage, was a teacher. By her marriage, three children were born, of whom two are living-William H., who is married and living in Randolph County, Ind., and Alma C., who is one of twins, the other being named Halla. They both graduated from the Wilmington High School, and Halla died August 30, 1881, two years after graduation. Mr. Armstrong is a Republican in politics, and, for eight years served his county in the capacity of Superintendent of Infirmary, resigning the office at the expiration of that time. The family are all of a literary turn, all well educated and highly respected in the community in which they live.

WILLIAM R. BABB, of Babb & Osborn, dealers in fresh meats, East Main street, Wilmington, was born in Union Township February 23, 1833, He is a son of Thomas Babb, a native of Frederick County, Va., Scotch ancestry, and a farmer by occupation. He was born June 28, 1793, and located in this county in 1808. in Union Township, where he resided till his death, June 9, 1866. Mr. Babb's mother was Mary Babb, born in Virginia August 26, 1797. She departed this life April 23, 1858, thirteen children were born to this union, of whom our subject was the eleventh child and fourth son. Of this large family, three sons are the only survivors. W. R. Babb was reared on the old homestead farm, and obtained a fair education in the public schools. He resided with his father till his twenty-eighth year, making a trip to the West in the meantime. In 1861, he enlisted in Company H, Thirty-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, George H. Groesbeck (and subsequently Edward F. Noyes), colored, commanding, Mr, Babb served three years in the army, being honorably discharged as First Lieutenant of his company in September, 1864. The same year, he went to Kansas, and was employed in freighting for the Government until his father's death in 1866 called him home. He was made executor of the estate, and spent some time in settling up affairs. In 1869, he removed with his family to Livingston County, Mo., near Chillicothe, where he was engaged in farming and carpentering for about four years. He then removed on a farm, near Greencastle, Putnam Co., Ind., where he resided two years. In 1876, he carne back to Union Township, this county, and was a farmer there five years. Subsequently, in company with Edward F. Osborn, he purchased the meat shop and trade or Thomas Patterson, where he has since done business, and met with good success. Politically, Mr. Babb is an earnest Republican. He was married in the spring of 1869, to Eliza W. Ford, a native of Baltimore, Md. Of the five children given them, four sons are living-William R., Jr., Thomas W., Marion E. and Charles Foster.

CALVIN W. BABB, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Union Township May 10, 1833. He is a son of Henry and Matilda (Woodruff) Babb, natives of Ohio, the former of Scotch descent. They were members of the Society of Friends. Mr. Babb grew to manhood on the old homestead, receiving a limited education in the old log school house by the wayside. He has been a farmer the greater part of his life, and owns 100 acres of well improved land one and a half miles northwest of Wilmington, which he has accumulated by his own efforts. Mr. Babb is a Republican, and is serving his second term as Trustee of Union Township. From 1860 till 1865, he was foreman in a pork-packing establishment at Wilmington. In 1857, Mr. Babb married Ruth Doan, a native of this township, and a daughter of Jesse Doan. They have nine children living-Eugene, William, Anna, Jesse, Mary, Olive, Minerva, Viola and Ruth, and one, Alonzo, deceased. Mr, and Mrs. Babb are members of the Society of Friends.

JOSIAH BAILEY, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born on the farm where he

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now resides, in Union Township, Clinton County, June 30, 1818. He is the son of Daniel and Mary (Haworth) Bailey, he of English and Welsh descent, and she of English and Irish descent. His mother was born in Tennessee, and came to this county with her parents in 1803. His father came from Virginia to Clinton County at an early day, and entered from the Government the survey in which our subject lives, and in which he was born and raised. He was educated in the common schools, and has followed farming during the greater part '' of his life, but operated a saw-mill for about five years. He was married, in 1842, to r; Mary Jenkins, a native of Virginia and a daughter of Jacob and Hannah Jenkins, of English descent. This union has been blest with the following children-Hannah, wife of David A. Pidgeon, Albert L, superintendent of iron bridge construction, and Arianna, the wife of William Starbuck. Mr. Bailey is a prominent and influential farmer, who stands high in the esteem of all who know him. He was one of a family of ten children, of whom six are now living in this township. He and his family are members of the Society of Friends. He has given his child re a liberal start in life, and now has sufficient means comfortably to support bin) in his declining years.

JONATHAN BAILEY, farmer and real estate dealer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Prince George County, Va., February 24, 1819. His parents, David and Sylvia (Peebles) Bailey, were natives of the Old Dominion, of Scotch and English descent. They emigrated to Ohio in 1823, and located in Union Township, two miles north of where our subject now resides. He has been a successful farmer during his life, and since 1874 has conducted a real estate business in connection with his farming. He was married, in 1842, to Rebecca T. Frazier. a daughter of Jonah and Mary D. (Hadley) Frazier, he a native of Tennessee, and she of North Carolina. They came to Clinton County in 1806, and in Union Township of that county Mrs. Bailey was born in 1821. Mr. Bailey has had by his marriage three children-Marianna, the wife of Thomas C. Hunt, a farther of this county; Edwin F., who is married and has been a farmer, and is now a printer and a grocer in California, and James W., a son who is now married and farming in this township. The family are all Friends. Mr. B. is a quick, energetic business man, well known and well thought of by all.

ALBERT I. BAILEY, Treasurer and Superintendent of the Champion Bridge Company of Wilmington, was born near Dover Springs, four miles north of Wilmington, June 15, 1846. His father is Josiah Bailey, a native of that neighborhood, and a prominent agriculturist there at, present writing. Mr. Bailey's mother was Mary Jenkins, a native of Virginia, near Winchester, Frederick County. She is still living. Mr. Bailey grew to manhood on the farm, and, when seventeen years of age, went to Earlham College, Richmond, Ind., where he remained two years. He then returned to the farm. When twenty-nine years of age, he came to Wilmington, and, in company with others, engaged in the manufacture of iron bridges. When the company was incorporated in 1878, Mr. Bailey became the Treasurer and Superintendent, which position he has since efficiently filled. A sketch of the business done by this company will he found in the chapter on Industrial Interests. Mr. Bailey is a member of the Royal Arcanum, and has a birthright in the Society of Friends. His political faith is largely Republican. Mr. Bailey was united in marriage, September 26, 1872, to Mary E. Hussey, a native of Port William, Liberty Township. Mrs. Bailey is a member of the M. E. Church.

JOHN C. BANGHAM, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Liberty Township, Clinton Co., Ohio, March 14, 1818. He is the son of Benjamin and Lucy (Mormon) Baugham, natives of Virginia, of English descent. Our subject was educated in the common schools, and reared on the farm. He has made farming the avocation of his life, but has also been engaged in other pursuits. He traveled for a time in the West, speculated in Western land, and for three years was a merchant in Indiana. He has been three times -married, first in 1833 to Anna Puckett, who died in 1844, leaving four children; next, to Miss Elizabeth Arnrat. who died in 1858, and by whom he had seven children, six now living; and lastly, in 1869, to Mrs. Lydia M. (Chandler) Wickham, widow of George Wickham. By his last marriage two children were born. Mr.

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Bangham is a Republican in politics; has been a Sabbath School Superintendent, and for a time Township Trustee in Warren County. He is with his family connected with the Society of Friends. He is a good farmer and a respected citizen.

JAMES F. BENNETT, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Union Township July 22, 1846. He was a son of Levi and Sarah (Wilson) Bennett. He was reared on a farm, attending the district schools of his township and the Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio. He was married, June 6, 1877, to Ida Pendry, daughter of John and Myra (Jenkins) Pendry, natives of this county. She was born April 30, 1858, and by. her Mr. Bennett has had two children-Effie, born October 28, 1878, and Jessie, born June 12, 1880. The parents are both members of the Christian (Campbellite) Church. Mr. Bennett is a Republican, and is now serving as Road Supervisor and School Director of his district. He has followed farming all his life, and in that occupation has found the success for which men strive. He is an honest, hard-working man that fully merits the success he now enjoys.

MADISON BETTS, Cashier of the Clinton County National Bank, Wilmington, was born in this county February 13, 1837. His grandfather, Aaron Betts, was a native of Bucks County, Penn., and first located in Ohio in 1813. Mr. Betts' father was C. C. Betts, a native of Virginia. He came to Ohio in 1818, and died in this county in 1870. Mr. Betts' mother was Lydia Huff. She is still living, and resides at Martinsville, in Clark Township. Mr. Betts was reared in this county, and was educated at Martinsville under Prof Hollingsworth and the Friends' Boarding School, now Earlham College, Richmond, Ind. At the latter institution he studied civil engineering, and subsequently assisted in surveying the C. & M. R. R. He was Deputy under D. Sanders, Collector of Internal Revenue of the Sixth Ohio District for a year and a half, and was afterward book-keeper in a large wholesale house at Cincinnati for three years. He was Deputy Auditor of Clinton County for some time, and has served as an assistant in nearly all the county offices. When young he read law with Judge A. W. Doan, and was admitted to the State Courts May 30, 1867, and subsequently to the United States Courts May 15, 1878. He was a partner of Judge Doan in law practice for three years. Mr. Betts is an earnest and outspoken Republican, and, in 1858-59, represented Clinton County in the Ohio Legislature. During this time he introduced a bill which passed the House, but was lost by a tie vote in the Senate, prohibiting railroads from consolidation, extortion or charging exorbitant rates. He also introduced the bill, which passed, authorizing the erection of the present fine high school building of Wilmington. He was elected a member of the Wilmington School Board in 1869, and still bolds that position. In 1873, he accepted his present position, which he has filled with marked ability, and to the satisfaction of all. Mr. Betts is a member of the Royal Arcanum and of Wilmington Lodge, No. 52 (Masonic). He was largely instrumental in starting the Clinton County Pioneer Association, was its Secretary several years, and has rendered valuable aid to the publishers of this volume, for which they desire publicly to extend their thanks. Mr. Betts was married, June 30, 1859, to Caroline Janney, a native of this, county, then residing at Richmond, Ind. They have two children-Lizzie R. and Wade. Mr. and Mrs. Betts have birthright memberships in the Society of Friends. Mr. Betts' life has been one of ceaseless activity, and his spotless integrity, coupled with a frank, genial nature has won him thousands of friends throughout the county and State.

REV. JOHN E. BOND, minister and farmer, P. O. Burtonville, Ohio, was born in the State of Maryland May 18,1824. He was a son of George and Margaret (Matlack) Bond, natives of Maryland, who were married in that State, and, in 1824, emigrated to Ohio with our subject's paternal grandfather Edward Bond. The latter was a native of Virginia, but lived in Maryland for some time previous to his emigration. He traded land in Maryland for 1,200 acres in the Johnson survey in Washington Township, where the family located, and where they remained until the death of the "old folks." The family were of English and Irish, or, more properly, Anglo-Saxon descent. Our subject attended the district schools of his township, and remained on

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his father's farm until October 18, 1846, when he married Elizabeth Custis, a daughter of Thomas and Catharine (Smith) Custis, and with her moved to Union Township, near Burtonville, where he now resides. He has had eight children-Catharine (deceased), Charles N. (deceased), Margaret H. (the wife of B. B, Harlan, Superintendent of the Public Schools, Germantown, Ohio), Thomas (who married Catharine Swingley of near Snow Hill, in this county, where he is farming), Stephen (who married Iva Spears, and is also farming near Snow Hill), Dara (who married Elva Roush, of Highland County, Ohio, where he is farming), John E. and Sarah J., the two latter being at home with their parents. Mr. Bond has spent his life on the farm, but bas '!devoted his time largely, for the last twenty-six years, to expounding the Gospel. Over a quarter of a century ago he became the overseer (pastor) of the congregation of the Church of Christ (Campbellite) at Bethel, and is still retained in that capacity by the '` congregation at that place. He takes no part in politics, claiming that " no disciple of 'Christ has a right to choose or be chosen for office," and quotes Scripture to uphold him in this opinion. He is an earnest and devoted follower of the great Master, and allows no personal concern to stand between him and his duty to his God.

MAHLON H. BRACKNEY, grocer, 140 South St., Wilmington, was born in the "Dover neighborhood," Union Township, Clinton County, September 3, 1825, His father, Marmaduke Brackney, was a native of Virginia, who located in Clinton County in 1806 or 1808. He was a farmer, and followed that vocation till his death in 1856. Mr. Brackney's mother was Susannah Hayworth, a native of Tennessee She departed this life in 1865 or 1866. Mr. Brackney was reared 'mid rural scenes remaining on the farm till nineteen years of age. He then engaged in mercantile pursuits at Port William for a short time. When twenty-nine years of age, he removed to Wilmington (1854), and obtained employment with A. E. & I. Strickle, dry goods merchants, with whom he remained one year. He then. entered into partnership with ` David Morgan, in the same business, but a year subsequently removed to Lexington; Highland Co., Ohio, where he accepted a position as agent of the C. & M. R. R. Co., and also engaged in general mercantile trade. Thinking to still better his finances, he once more came to Wilmington, after a stay of only a year at Lexington, and immediately engaged in the grain business, buying and shipping to Eastern points. About this time the spirit of pork packing was floating in the air in and about Wilmington and Mr. Brackney was one of the citizens then of the village to embark in the new enterprise. He subsequently purchased the stock of dry goods owned by C. M. Bos worth, and, in partnership with W. C. Hadley (now deceased); commenced business again in that line of trade. A year later, Mr. Brackney sold his interest to Mr. Hadley, and invested in Missouri lands. He also erected the building now occupied by Haynes & Glass, at a cost of $10,000. Once more he engaged in the dry goods business, this time with Israel Terrell, and for two years the firm did a very extensive business. Mr. Terrell then disposed of his interest to J. M. Haynes, and the firm became Brackney & Haynes. Three years later, Mr. Brackney was succeeded by George D. Glass. During these years Mr. Brackney was engaged in pork packing, and the firm of Brackney & Haynes did as large a business in that line as ever known in the history of the county. Their pork house was built by Mr. Brackney at a cost of $10,000, and they packed over 8,000 hogs per season. The business proving unprofitable, it was discontinued. Mr. Brackney's next venture was in the grocery trade, at which he still remains. He has always stood in the front rank among the enterprising citizens of Wilmington, and labored nearly one year to assist in macadamizing the streets and roads in and near the village. A strong Republican in politics, he has served hit fellow-men as Councilman, Road Supervisor and Township Treasurer. He is a member of the Society of Friends, and of Wilmington Lodge, No. 52 (Masonic). Mr Brackney was united in marriage in November, 1848, to Martha E. Horsman; a native of Highland County, Ohio. Of the six children born to this union, five are living - Clara E., wife of J. M. Haynes; Fanny, wife of H. E. Grangrirard, of Circleville, Ohio; Albert M., with his father; Uriah Clifford and Minnie E. Mrs. Brackney and family are also members of the Society of Friends. Mr. Brackney's family residence in

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South Wilmington is one of the most handsome and pleasing adornments of the village.

GEORGE BRACKNEY, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Union Township, on the"Port William" road, two miles from where he now resides, February 6, 1832. He is a son of Marmaduke and Susannah (Haworth) Brackney, natives respectively of Virginia and Tennessee, of English parentage. Mr. Brackney was reared on a farm. He is a Republican in politics, and has been a School Director for six or seven years. He was married in 1853 to Miss J. A. Haines, a native of Greene County, and a 'daughter of Stacy and Judith (Terrell) Haines, the former a native of West Virginia, and the latter of Virginia. They located in Greene County at an early day, and in 1838 they came to Clinton County and located on Todd's Fork. Mr. Brackney's marriage was blessed with eight children, viz.: Stacy A., Mahlon M., Edwin H., George H., Lewis C., Mabel, John W. and Anna C. Mr. Brackney and wife are members of the Society of Friends.

F. S. BROOMHALL, dealer in dry goods and notions, boots and shoes, 146 South Street, Wilmington, is a life resident of Wilmington, where he was born July 16, 1846. His father, Webb Broomball, was a native of Pennsylvania, and came to this country when Clinton County was but an infant of the mother State. He was a merchant tailor by trade, and worked at that vocation the greater part of his life. He died November 10, 1881. Mr. Broomhall's mother was Mary Shepperd. She departed this life in 1853. Our subject has resided in his native village since birth, receiving a good English education in its public schools. In 1876, he entered into partnership with R. M. Wickersham, in the dry goods business. This relationship continued two years, when Mr. Broomhall purchased his partner's share, and has since conducted the business alone. He has met with very gratifying success, and is well known throughout the county as a thorough and reliable business man. Politically, Mr. Broomhall is a Republican, and for the past six years has efficiently presided over the financial department of Union Township, ae its Treasurer, and to the satisfaction of all its good citizens. He is a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and takes a great interest in the Sunday school of that denomination, having served in all its official capacities. He was united in marriage October 24, 1872, to Carrie, daughter of Zimri Haines, of Union Township. One child was given them-Earl, who is now deceased. Mrs. Broomhall is also a most worthy member oŁ the Methodist Episcopal Church.

COURTLAND W. BRONSON, proprietor hack line between Wilmington and Martinsville, Wilmington, was born at Goshen, Clermont Co., Ohio, February 24, 1841. His father was Thomas Bronson, a native of Ohio and a mason by trade. His grandfather was Thomas W. Bronson, also a mason. tie went from Pittsburgh, Penn., to Cincinnati in 179'3, with a flat-boat loaded with salt. He would often take a load of salt from Pittsburgh to New Orleans, and after selling his cargo, walk back to Pittsburgh. His brother, John Bronson, located at Martinsville at an early day, and lived there till his death. Our subject was reared in Clermont County, and April 13, 1861, enlisted in Company A, Twelfth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry , was discharged, and re-enlisted June 3, of the same year, in Company K, Tenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he served as Wagon Master the greater part of his service. He was honorably discharged June 21, 1864. During his war service, Mr. Bronson was once offered the Majorship of a colored regiment, but declined. After the war, he returned to Clermont County, where he was engaged in farming and teaming for about two years. In 1869, Mr. Bronson came to Clinton County, locating at Sligo, in Adams Township. A year later, he came to Wilmington, where he learned the trade of a brick mason. He followed his trade until November, 1881, when be established big present hack line, in which he has met with fair success. He is a Democrat in politics, and has been connected with the Wilmington Fire Department for six years. He was married February 22, 1865, to Eliza Bennett, a native of Hamilton County, Ohio, but reared in Clermont County. Her parents were Aaron and Mary (Markley) Bennett. Three children have been given them, two living- Mary and Charlie. Harriet J., the oldest daughter is deceased. Mrs. Bronson is a member of the Society of Friends.

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BROWN BROTHERS, druggists, at Wilmington and Washington C. H. The senior member of the firm, George e W., was born at Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio, April 6, 1845. His father was James Brown, a native of Uniontown, Fayette Co., Penn., and a printer by trade. He was engaged at his trade, being proprietor and publisher of a paper until 185'2, when he sold out his paper and office, and went into the drug business at Hillsboro. In 1875, he suffered the loss of his entire stock by fire. He then retired from active business life, and on May 8, 1881, was called to a better world. Mr. Brown's mother was Sarah .I. Sessford, a native of Washington, D. C. She now resides at Hillsboro, Ohio. Mr. Brown was reared in his native village, obtaining an average education in the public schools. When fourteen years of age, he entered the drug store as an assistant to his father, and remained with him until 1869. The junior member of the firm, Theodore F., was born at Hillsboro, December 17, 1848. When quite young he went to St. Joseph, Mo., A ere he entered the employ of Pennick & Loving, wholesale drug and book dealers, and with whom he remained till they were burned out, about a year later. He then returned to Hillsboro, and assisted his father until 1869. In the latter year, the two brothers came to Wilmington and purchased the drug stock and trade of W. B. Green, on the corner of South and Locust streets, their present location. Their trade increased very rapidly, and in 1878, they purchased the drug stock of George Goldsberry (deceased), at Washington C. H., where Theodore F. located, and has built up a large and steadily increasing business. The brothers are undoubtedly the most successful druggists in this county, and, as it has been won only by steady perseverance, energy and strict attention to business and the wants of the trade, they certainly deserve their success. The elder, George W., is a member of the Presbyterian Church, the Royal Arcanum, and votes for and with the Republicans. He was married August 29, 1867, to Julia E. Grand Girard, a native of Hillsboro, but residing near Red Oak, Brown Co., Ohio. They have two daughters-Emma G. and Georgia G. Mrs. Brown is also a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Brown has been Lieutenant of the Hose Company of the Wilmington Fire Department since 1876 or 1877. The junior member of the firm, Theodore F., is a member of the Royal Arcanum (of Wilmington), Knights Templar and Blue (Masonic) Lodge, and is a strong Republican. He married Lydia V. Martin, a native of Marshall, Highland Co., Ohio. They have two children-Nina May and Orine Wilson. Mr. Brown and wife are consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

C. N. BROWNING, publisher, Wilmington, was born in Monroe Township, Clermont Co., Ohio, February 27, 1831. He received his education in the common schools of his neighborhood and at Clermont Academy. Until 1860, his time was spent in farming and school teaching, and in the year named he purchased a newspaper press, and established a Republican newspaper in Sullivan County, Ind. At the expiration of a year, he broke up, took unto himself a wife, and on the lot day of May, 1861, returned to the home of his boyhood. Here he continued in agricultural pursuits during the years of the great rebellion, except a term of one hundred days in the summer of 1864, when he was in the service of the United States as Regimental Quartermaster of the One Hundred and Fifty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. In October, 1865, in company with his brother, Frank Browning, he purchased the Clermont Courier, at Batavia, Ohio In 1867, he engaged at Washington, `D. C., as a clerk, in the House of Representatives under Hon. Edward McPherson, and there remained until April, 1869, when he returned to Batavia. In 1876, he was appointed to a clerkship in the United States Patent Office, which position he filled until August, 1878, at which time, owing to the sudden death of his brother, who was his partner in the publishing business, he came to Wilmington to take charge of the Republican, and has since been at its head. He had been interested in the paper since November 18, 1875, but had not been in Wilmington before the date named. His brother had been connected with it since November 10, 1870. Mr. Browning's wife was Miss Ellen Parker, a grand-daughter of Gen. Joseph Foos, who was a pioneer of Central Ohio. With her he lived until her death, January 4, 1882. He has two living children-Grace and Kent.

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JACOB BURST, confectioner and baker, South Street, Wilmington, was born in Germany, October 10, 1841. His father was George Burst, a farmer of that country, who came to America with his family in 1850. He located on a farm near Chillicothe, Ohio, where he still resides, engaged in farming. Mr. Burst's mother was Catharine Burst. She departed this life m 1849. Our subject attended the public schools of both Germany and Ohio, and when young commenced learning present trade at Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio, serving till he was of age. When the rebellion commenced, be enlisted in Company I, Eighty-First Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving in the Army of the Tennessee until his discharge in July, 1865. He then engaged in business at Greenfield, Ohio, where he remained about two years; thence to Portsmouth, Ohio, where he remained only seven or eight months. He then came to Wilmington (in 1867), and established his present business. His trade has been good, and the business remunerative. Mr. Burst owns a fine farm of 213 acres, located in Union Township, two miles east of Wilmington to which he devotes his spare moments. He is a member of Wilmington Lodge No. 52 (Masonic), and is a liberal Republican in politics. Mr. Burst was married in 1871 to Annie Wagner, a native of Ross County, Ohio. Mrs. Burst is a member of the Catholic Church.

CLARKSON BUTTERWORTH, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Warren County, Ohio, December 29, He is the son of Moorman and Fanny (Smith) Butterworth, of English descent, he a native of Virginia and she of Pennsylvania. Oar subject received his education at the Academy in Mainville, Warren County. He studied surveying, and for twenty-five years followed it in connection with his farming operations, the latter, however, being the chief object of his life. In 1857, he married Rachel Irvin, a native of Montgomery County, Ohio, and a daughter of Judge Amos Irvin. Her father came to the Buckeye State in 1799, and her mother in 1795. Mr. and Mrs. Butterworth are the parents of six children, viz.: Charles, a photographer; Irvin, a short-hand writer and now private secretary to Orlando Smith, a railroad man of Columbus, Ohio.; Ida; John; Eli and Myra. Mr. Butterworth is a stanch Republican and a popular man. He is always to be found on the side of morality, and is an earnest supporter of eyery work of reform. He has held several offices in this and Warren Counties, having served as a Road Supervisor in both, as Township Clerk in Warren and as President of the Board of Education in this township.

JOHN CAREY, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, a prominent member of the Society of Friends in Union Township, was born in Highland County, 'Ohio, in August, 1826. His father was Samuel Carey, a native of Virginia and of English descent. He was a blacksmith by trade, and like his son was a very noted member of the Friend's Church. and a Christian in every thought, action and deed. Mr. Carey's mother was Anna McPherson, a native of Virginia, but of Scotch parentage. She was also a member of the Society of Friends. Our subject received a good common school education in Highland County, and when young learned the blacksmith trade with his father. He subsequently learned the carriage and wagon-maker's trade, and being a natural mechanic, can fashion almost anything out of wood or iron. In 1850, he came to Clinton County and has since resided here. He is the owner of ninety-one acres of land in Union Township, and thirty-two acres in Liberty Township. Upon first coming to this county, he located on the farm owned by his wife's mother, and on which the latter had resided since 1816. Mr. Carey has been very successful financially, and is well known and esteemed for the deep piety and fervent zeal manifested in his every day life. He has succeeded in life beyond his most sanguine expectations. He was married in 1856 to Elizabeth Lundy, born in this county in 1827. They have three children-Enoch L., a farmer; Samuel F., a blacksmith, in business with his father; and Nathan H., also a farmer. Mr. Carey has been Clerk and Elder of the Quarterly Meeting of Friends. He is a stanch Republican.

JOHN CARROLL, photographer, Wilmington, was born in Salem Township, Warren County. Ohio, May 13, 1831. His father, William Carroll, was a native of Kentucky, and a farmer by occupation. He came to Ohio when but six or eight years of age, and resided in Salem Township till his death in 1881, at the advanced age of

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eighty-three years. He married Mrs. Matilda (Douthitt) Hayden, a native of Oxford, Butler Co., Ohio. Ten children were given them, eight of whom are living at the present time. Mrs. Carroll is still living, and resides on the old homestead in Warren County. The subject of this notice was reared on a farm, following a farmer's occupation till obtaining his majority. He then learned the cooper's trade, remaining at that trade about five years. He next learned the carpenter's trade, working at it three years. A traveling photographer led him to learn his present trade, and for eight or nine years he traveled extensively, engaged in his profession. In the fall of 1869, he located at Vienna, Clinton County, where he resided three or four years. In the spring of 1873, he came to Wilmington, where he has since resided. His facilities for work are good, and although not doing a business equal to that done in a large city, yet his trade is remunerative. Politically, Mr. Carroll is Democratic. He was married in 1879, to Mary, daughter of Jesse and Annie (Moon) Hunt, member of the Society of Friends, both now deceased. They have two children- Willie and Jessie. Mrs. Carroll has a birthright in the Society of Friends.

JACOB CHISM, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Virginia and emigrated to Ohio with his parents in 1824, when but six months old. His father located in Washington Township, Clinton County, and commenced working on a farm, following that branch of industry until his death. He had twelve children, nine of whom, four boys and five girls, grew to maturity. Our subject was the eldest of the family. He was reared on the farm and educated in the common schools. When twenty-one years of age, he commenced working at the carpenter's trade, which he followed five years, after which he returned to farming, and has since been a " tiller of the soil." He is a Democrat, and a highly respected citizen.

JOHN CLEVENGER, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Union Township, Clinton Co., Ohio, February 5, 1827. He is the son of Enos and Christina (Crouse) Clevenger, natives of Virginia. He was educated in the common schools, and chose for his life occupation that of farming, which he has since successfully followed, being now the owner of 228 acres of land. He was married, in 1851, to Catharine E. Gallaher, a native of Clinton County, by whom he has had eight children, four girls and four boys, as follows: Almon E., Oscar F., John M., Emma D., Elmer E., Melvina R., Eva C. and Anna Belle. Mr. Clevenger received his start in life by day labor, but by dint of industry and untiring energy he has succeeded in acquiring a large and well-stocked farm. In politics he is a Democrat. He is one of Clinton County's representative farmers.

DAVID C. CLEVENGER, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Washington 'township, Clinton Co., Ohio, September 26, 1840. His parents, Enos and Christina (Crouse) Clevenger, were natives of Virginia, who emigrated to Clinton Count in 1824, and remained here during the rest of their lives. They had a family of eight children, seven of whom now reside in Clinton County. Our subject was reared on the farm and received a common school education. He has made farming the occupation of his life, and now owns a valuable farm adjoining the corporation of Wilmington. He was married, in 1867, to Mary E. Hirt, a native of this township and a daughter of Valentine and Anna (Dahl) Hirt, of German descent. They have four children Carrie V., Ida, Louise and Frank. Mr. Clevenger is a respectable and responsible farmer, and in politics a Democrat.

JOHN C. COOK, of Farquhar, Sparks & Cook, dealers in hardware and agricultural implements, Wilmington, was born in Warren County, Ohio, September 19, 1811. His grandfather, on his father's side, was a native of one of the Carolinas, and located in Warren County in 1803. Mr. Cook's father was a " tiller of the soil," and followed farming until his death in 1855. His mother's maiden name was Hannah Compton, also a native of Warren County. She resides four miles east of Waynesville. Mr. Cook was the eldest of eight children, three girls and five boys, and as his father died when he was but fourteen years of age, the care of this large family naturally fell to a great degree on his youthful shoulders. He struggled manfully, and succeeded in doing very well while he remained on the farm, a period of ten years. By

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this time most of the children had reached the age to care and think for themselves, and Mr. Cook then came to New Burlington, Chester Township, this county, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits with H. G. Cartright. The firm remained in business there until 1874, when they removed to Wilmington, and carried on business as Cartright & Cook until 1880. Mr. Cook then disposed of his interest to Mr. Cartright, and March 1 of the same year purchased a third interest in the firm of Farquhar, Sparks & Cook. Mr. Cook is a strong Republican, politically. He was married, December 3, 1864, to Dinah T. Compton, a native of Warren County, Ohio. They have three children-Leuella D., Hannah M. and J. Edgar. Mr. Cook, wife and family have birthright memberships in the Society of Friends.

WILL ST. CLAIR CREIGHTON, New York City, formerly official stenographer of Courts of Clinton and Brown Counties, Ohio, was born in Madison County, Ohio, May 23, 1854. His father, W. H. Creighton, was a native of Chillicothe, and a farmer of Madison County for many years. He died in 1871. His grandfather, William Creighton, was a native of Virginia, and came to Ohio at an early day. He located in Madison County, and was the first Secretary of State of Ohio, also serving that district as Representative four times. He departed this life at Chillicothe. Mr. Creighton's mother was Jane Telfair, sister of W. B. Telfair, of Wilmington. She now resides near Bloomington, in Wilson Township. Mr. Creighton resided in Madison County, Ohio, till nineteen years of age. He then entered Kenyon College, of Knox County, Ohio, taking a classical course. He remained four years, and, in 1871, was called home upon the death of his father. The family soon after removed to Dayton, Ohio, where he obtained employment as a stenographer in the office of the Herald and Empire, and subsequently on the Dayton Journal. He then engaged in his present business, which he. learned after leaving college. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar at Xenia in 1876. Soon after, he came to Wilmington, and did miscellaneous short-hand work until 1881, when he was appointed official stenographer to the courts of Clinton County by Judge Doan. The same year, he was appointed to the same position in Brown County by Judge Cowan, then temporarily on the bench. In January, 1882, Mr. Creighton.was tendered and accepted a position as Private Secretary to the Secretary of the Mutual Union Telegraph Company at 120 Broadway, New York, where he is now located. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and Democratic in politics. In 1881, he was a candidate for the office of Clerk of Courts of Clinton County, but was defeated by the large Republican "strength of this county.

ANTHONY CURL, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Caesar's Creek Township, Greene Co., Ohio, February 27, 1826, and is a son of James and Mary (Davis) Curl. His father was a native of Virginia, and his mother of Pennsylvania, both being of German descent. Mr. Curl received his schooling in his native county, and when twenty-three years of age learned the wagon-maker's trade. He worked at this five years, and then learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed for the next six years. He then commenced farming, but. in 1862, removed to Lumberton, in Liberty Township, Clinton County, where he lived one year. He then purchased forty acres of land located on the Xenia Pike, three miles north of Wilmington, to which he has subsequently added 120 acres more, making his farm consist of a quarter-section of land. Mr. Curl is a Republican. He was married, in 1861, to Mary E. Mott, a native of Indiana and a daughter of G. W. Mott, a native of Louisiana. They have six children-Alonzo S., Salathiel P., Sarah E., Emma, Elmer E. and Orvil. Mr. Curl and wife are members of the Society of Friends.

SYLVESTER H. CUSICK, of Cusick & Statler, proprietors Wilmington Mills, Wilmington, was born at Lebanon, Warren Co., Ohio, November 15, 1833. His father was Wilfred Cusick, a native of Pennsylvania, and a physician by profession. He was the first physician to locate in Marion Township, Clinton County, in 1839, and resided there during the remainder of his life. He was a leading citizen of Blanchester and Marion Township for many years, dying in 1862, aged fifty-four years. He married Amanda Foote, a native of this State. Two children were given them-Mary, wife of Dr. Conner, a prominent physician of Brookville, Montgomery Co., Ohio, for

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over thirty years, and our subject, Mr. Cusick, who was raised in Blanchester, obtaining literary education in the public schools of that village. In 1856, Mr. Cusick rented Blanchester Mills from his father paying $600 per year rent for the same. About year later he gave up the mills and engaged to work for the renter, Joe Kelsey. A later, he was employed in a chair factory, where he remained seven or eight months. Mr. Cusick's next venture was with William Keenan in the Kansas Mills, in Marion Township; next purchased a mill at Mt. Orr, Brown Co., Ohio, but seven months later the mill and contents were totally destroyed by fire, Mr. Cusick suffering a heavy loss. Mr. Cusick next went to milling for W. K. Greeley at Pleasant Plain, in Warren County, near Blanchester, where he remained two years. He then purchased the Kansas Mills, in :Marion Township, which he operated till September, 1881, when he leased his mill and came to Wilmington. The same month, Mr. Cusick, in company with I. M. Statler, leased the Wilmington Mills, which they have successfully operated to the present time. Mr. Cusick also owns a portable saw-mill in Washington Township. Mr. Cusick is a member of Blanchester Lodge (Masonic), and of the Baptist Church of that village. Mr. Cusick has been a Republican through life, and has served as Trustee of Marion Township and member of the Board of Education of Venon Township. He was married, October 20,1859, to Mary Weer, of Warren Co., Ohio. Six children have been sent to seal this alliance, five of whom are living-Ida M., a school teacher of Chester Township; W. Clayton; Jennie, a school teacher in Chester Township; J. W. and Edwin. Mrs. Cusick died in 1871, and is buried in the Second ;.'Creak Burying Ground, in Marion Township. Mr. Cusick was again married, June 30; 1875, to Mrs. Millie (Irvin) Hull, widowed wife of Otho Hull. The former wife was a member of the M. E. Church, as is also the present one.

L. H. CUSTIS, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, is a son of D. W. Custis, whose biography appears in Richland Township, this volume. He was born December 26, 1845, in Union Township, Clinton Co., Ohio, where he reached manhood, devoting his time to the farm. In the meantime. he acquired a medium education. In 1864, he engaged as clerk in his brother William's store in New Antioch, and one year later, when the store was moved to Sabina, this county, he continued as clerk a short time there. Having acquired some knowledge of business, and possessed of means, he at this time formed a partnership with James Thompson, of Jasper Station, Payette Co., Ohio., which only existed six months, when he sold to his partner and then became clerk for a time. His next engagement was at Clinton Station in the grain trade for a short time, when he returned to Sabina and formed a partnership with William Custis, his first employer, in New Antioch. The firm was styled W. & L. H. Custis, but twenty months later his membership in the firm ceased, and he resumed his boyhood occupation=farming His mercantile pursuit was of a successful nature. In 1871, he purchased twenty-five acres of his present farm, and two years later added to it thirty-two and a half more, making it now consist of fifty-seven and a half acres on the Washington & Wilmington pike, five miles east of the latter. He has a pleasant home in a fine location. He was married, June 8, 1871, to Jennie Vaniman, by whom he has had born three children-Lillian V., Edna V. and Maudie V. The latter died in infancy. Mrs. Custis was born near Bowersville, Greene Co., Ohio, February 8, 1850, and is a grand-daughter of Solomon Earley, whose biography appears in this volume in Liberty Township. She is a daughter of Elias and Eva (Earley) Vaniman, whose history appears in the biographical pages of Richland Township.

JOHN T. DAVIS, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Clinton County, Ohio, November 5, 1837. His father, Hiram Davis, was a native of Pennsylvania, of Welsh descent, and was a farmer by occupation. Mr. Davis' mother was Mary Ann Shields, a native of Ohio, of Irish parentage. Mr. Davis was reared a " farmer's boy," and has continued in that vocation till the present time. He now owns 122 acres of good land. He was married, in 1862, to Ann Thompson, and has four children living - Estella, Louella. John and Mabel, and three deceased. Mr. Davis is a member of the M. E., and Mrs. Davis of the Christian Church.

JAMES DEAKIN, retired farmer, P. O. Wilmington; is one of the old and

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honored pioneers of Clinton County. He was born in Warren County, Ohio, January 24, 1807. His father was Thomas Deakin, a native of Virginia, who emigrated to Ohio from Kentucky in 1804. He located in Warren County, where he resided till his death, May 27, 1811, at the age of thirty-two years. Mr. Deakin's mother was Margaret Wilkerson, a native of Virginia. They were married in Kentucky. Four children were the fruit of this union, two of whom are living-James, and John, a farmer of Jasper County, Iowa. The subject of this notice resided on a farm during the first twenty-three years of his life. About 1830, he came to Clinton County, locating on a farm of 400 acres, lying in Washington and Vernon Townships, about a mile from Cuba. On this farm, Mr. Deakin resided from 1830 till 1877, a period of nearly half a century. He was very successful in his farming operations, and, although a poor boy at the commencement of real life, by economy, perseverance and indomitable energy, Mr. Deakin has won for himself an honest name, and a competence sufficient to supply all the comforts attending old age. Although a strong Republican, his life has been too busy for him to accept or fill office. In 1877, Mr. Deakin came to Wilmington, and in 1878 purchased his present residence and grounds, the latter consisting of five acres. Mr. Deakin was united in marriage, February 19, 1829, to Susan N. Harris, a native of this county. Ten children have been born, five now living-Mary J., present wife of K. S. Kearns, of Dayton, 0.; Samantha, wife of Harlan F. Walker, of Wilmington; John W.; Martha S., wife of W. H. Dixon, of Chicago, prominently connected with the great railroads of the Northwest; and Rhuea. Mrs. Deakin departed this life, August 14, 1865.

GEN. JAMES W. DENVER, attorney at law, Wilmington, located for practice at Washington, D. C., was born in Frederick County, Va., October 23, 1817. His grandfather, Patrick Denver, was one of the United Irishmen, in the rebellion of 1798, and the following year, was forced to flee to America in order to save his life. Frederick Denver, his son, and the father of Gen. Denver, accompanied him to America, and in 1804, located in Frederick County, Va. In 1831, he came westward, and permanently settled in Union Township, Clinton Co., Ohio, where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits till the time of his death; 1858. Gen. Denver's mother was Jane Campbell, a native of the Old Dominion, who departed this life in 1870. Gen. Denver was reared partly in Virginia and partly in Ohio. He was the son of a farmer, and could obtain but a limited education, as the duties of the farm required his help almost the year around. He received but one winter's schooling after reaching his fourteenth year. The year he attained his majority, he was stricken with rheumatism, and suffered severely for sometime. In 1841, he went to Missouri. In the meantime, be had so improved roved his mind by constant study at home, as to be able to teach. While in Missouri he was a teacher of a school for some time. He soon returned to Wilmington, and subsequently began the study of law with Griffith Foos. He remained with 'Mr. Foos quite a period, and then attended a course of lectures at the Cincinnati Law School. He graduated from this college, and was admitted to practice, in March, 1844. He immediately opened an office at Xenia, Ohio, and a year later (1845) went to Plattsburg, and thence to Platte City, both locations being in the State of Missouri. In 1847, Gen. Denver was app ointed Captain in the Twelfth Regiment United States Infantry, and accompanied Gen. Scott in his glorious campaign, and the subsequent capture of the City of Mexico. When the war was ended, he received an honorable discharge, and returned to Platte City, re-commencing his practice. He afterward edited and published the Platte Argus. A year later, he went to California, and for the first few months suffered very much from sickness. He was engaged in mining and trading until the fall of 1851, and was elected State Senator on the Democratic ticket. he served as such until February, 1853, when he was made Secretary of State. In the fall of 1854, he was elected to Congress by his numerous friends throughout the district, and at the expiration of his term, received from President Buchanan, the appointment as Commissioner of Indian Affairs. In 1857, he was appointed Governor of Kansas, filling that position two years, and then resigned. He returned to Washing ton, and President Buchanan once more appointed him Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

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In March 11; 1859, he resigned this office, and returned to California, where he remained till 1861. In the latter year, he was appointed Brigadier General of Volunteers, served as such during the rebellion. In 1870, he was nominated by the Democrats Clinton County, as their candidate for Congress. This nomination was unsolicited Gen. Denver, but his subsequent canvass of the county placed his defeat at a aced majority in this Republican stronghold. In 1876, Gen. Denver's name was prominently mentioned as the Democratic candidate for President. He was married, in 56, to Louisa C. Rombach, a native of Ohio. Five children have been born to m, four living-Kate St. Clair, James W., Mary L. and Matthew R. Gen. Denver " now in his sixty-fifth year, and is still strong and vigorous, and bids fair to yet live tiny many years. No man within the borders of Clinton County has served with such distinction as our subject; and none have worn the well-earned laurels with as little station as he. In his official life, he won the commendation and respect of all his brother officials and superiors, and the esteem and good will of those with whom he came in contact. A letter, in his possession, from President Buchanan, praises him for his meritorious services while acting as Indian Commissioner, and subsequently as Governor of Kansas. Among the people of Clinton County, Gen. Denver's friends are legion. He has been abundantly blessed financially, and is probably one of Clinton's wealthiest citizens. Gen. Denver has retired from public life, but yet practices the profession which brought him so prominently into public favor. He is located at Washington City, but his family reside at Wilmington.

ALONZO C. DIBOLL, one of the oldest and most respected members of the Wilmington bar, was born in Columbia County, Penn., December 3, 1822. His father was Virgil M. Diboll, a native of Massachusetts, and a physician by profession. In 1836, he came to Washington C. H., Fayette Co., Ohio, and in a short time removed to Brown County, Ohio, where he resided twenty-four or twenty-five years. He finally lost his health, and to recover it as far as was possible, he became engaged as a traveling agent in the Sunday School and Bible work, which business he followed some years. He subsequently came to this county, where he resided till his death, in 1873, at the age of eighty-four years. While a resident of Pennsylvania, he married Philena L. Collins, a native of Connecticut, who removed to the Keystone State when but a child. Eleven children were sent to bless this alliance, eight of whom survive-Ara. thusa C., mother of Judge Huggins, of Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio; William O., residing at Dallas, Texas; our subject ; James M., residing in Eastern Kansas; Sophia Sharp, residing in Indiana; Fidelia Hempleman, residing in Montgomery County, Ohio; Nancy E. Huggins, of Highland County, Ohio; and Julia Steens, residing at Knoxville, Tenn. Mrs. Diboll departed this life in 1854. When twelve years of age, Mr. Diboll accompanied his parents to Washington C. H., Ohio, and subsequently to Brown County, where he was reared and educated. When eighteen years of age, commenced teaching school, which vocation he followed in Brown, Highland, Adams and Clinton Counties for some years. While teaching school, he formed the resolution to become an attorney at law, and to this end commenced the study of law. He subsequently completed his studies with Thomas McCauslen, West Union Township, Adams Co., Ohio, with whom he remained till his admission to the bar, in 1853. The following year he located at Wilmington, where he has since resided. Mr. Diboll's health has been excellent, suffering but two spells of sickness in many years. In November, 1881, he was attacked with typhoid fever, which prostrated him for many weeks, but having no serious injury. Mr. Diboll is Republican in politics, and has always taken a deep interest in the welfare of his adopted city. He was Prosecuting Attorney of Clinton County one term, and has been Mayor of Wilmington several times. He is a Royal Arch Mason, and a member of both the Lodge and the Chapter. Mr. Diboll was united in marriage, October 30, 1845, with Rachel Young, a native of Adams County, Ohio, and of Scotch-Irish descent. Her parents were Thomas and Rachel (McIntyre) Young, both now deceased. Five children have been born to them Lizzie, wife of Charles Stouffer, of Kansas; Fannie, wife of John K. Eavey, residing near Xenia', Greene Co., Ohio; Charles, residing at home; Lena L. and Dick Insco. Mr. Diboll and wife are members of the Christian Church.

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HON. AZARIAH W. DOAN, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the Second Judicial District, and of the Third Subdivision, including the counties of Clinton, Warren, Greene and Clark, was born in Wilmington, December 17, 1824. His father was Jonathan Doan, a native of North Carolina, and a blacksmith by trade. He came to Ohio in 1804, locating in what is now Union Township, of Clinton County, where he was engaged in agriculture for many years, owning at one time nearly 400 acres of land. He died in July, 1874. Judge Doan's mother was Phebe Wall, a native of Pennsylvania, who accompanied her parents to Ohio in 1808. She departed this life in November, 1869. When young, Judge Doan attended the Wilmington Seminary, taught by David S. Burson, of New York, and noted for his masterly attain. ments in the language of ancient Greece. In 1852, Judge Doan was appointed Deputy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, serving in that capacity one year. During this time, he studied law with Frank, and was admitted to practice in June, 1853. He has been in almost constant practice from that time to the present. In April, 1861, Judge Doan assisted Judge R. B. Harlan in raising Company B, Twelfth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was the first company offered to the State in reply to President Lincoln's call for 75,000 men. Judge Doan was made First Lieutenant, and served as such during the three months' service. When the company was re-organized for a three years' campaign, Lieut. Doan was made Captain of the company, and in 1862, was appointed Lieutenant Colonel of the Seventy-ninth Regiment, serving in the latter position till the close of the rebellion. Judge Doan was subsequently commissioned Colonel and Brigadier General by brevet, for meritorious conduct on the battlefield at Averysborourg, North Carolina. During the prevalence of this conflict, Col. Doan took charge of two regiments and made a vigorous assault on the enemy's right, capturing, in a remarkably short time, the batteries of artillery on that wing of the confederate forces. In July, 1865, he was honorably discharged, and returned to Wilmington, resuming his law practice. In the fall of the same year, he was nominated in the primary convention of the Republican party, and subsequently elected by the people, to represent this district in the State Senate, for a term of two years. In April, 1875, he was elected Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, by a special act of the Legislature, and was triumphantly re-elected in 1879, for a second term (five year, commencing May 3, 1880. Judge Doan was married, October 21, 1847, to Amanda M: Stratton, also a native of Wilmington. Five children were born to them, one surviving-Corwin F. W., a merchant at Doans, Texas. Mrs. Doan died, of cholera, August 6, 1854. This fatal disease also carried off the greater number of the children. Judge Doan was again married, in June, 1856, to Martha G. Hale, a native of Pennsylvania. Six children were the fruits of this alliance. Five are living-Willie, Joe, Alice, Walker and Fanny. Charles is deceased. Judge Doan is a member of Wilmington Lodge, No. 52 (Masonic) ; also of the Chapter. He was formally a member of the Grand Army of the Republic Post, which is now disbanded. Judge Doan's parents were members of the Society of Friends, and he grew up in the teachings of that church. "Col. Doan," as he is familiarly known to the " boys in blue," was an intrepid and gallant soldier, and his war record is as bright and clear as the noon-day sun. During his war service, he participated in twenty-three battles and skirmishes. He first served in West Virginia, under Gen. Rosecrans, afterward in the Army of the Cumberland, and subsequently in the Twentieth Army Corps, " when Sherman marched down to the sea." The high standard attained during his military career has been modestly but successfully sustained in his subsequent responsible service in official and private life. Tried by many tests, he has never been found wanting. As a, practitioner, no man ever prosecuted more vigorously what he considered right, although he always discouraged litigation, when a fair settlement could be made. On the bench, Judge Doan has always observed the strictest impartiality in his rulings, his strongest desire being to satisfy the contesting parties of the fairness of his decisions. Judge Doan is possessed of a keen sense of honor, persevering energy, sterling integrity, and purity of character-qualities that have won for him the respect and esteem of the citizens of Clinton County and Southern Ohio.

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ROBERT E. DOAN, Wilmington, a prominent attorney of Clinton County, was near Wilmington, July 23, 1834, and is a son of William Doan, a native of North Carolina. He came to Ohio in 1804, locating on a farm in Union Township, where he till his death, in 1869. Mr. Doan's mother was Betsy Eachus, a native of Winchester, Va. She departed this life in 1864. Both parents were members of the Society of Friends. Mr. Doan grew up on a farm ; received his early education in the schools of the district. He subsequently attended an academy at Harveysburg, Warren County, and afterward taught school for three years, in Warren, Greene and Clinton Counties. Desiring to lead a professional life, he chose that of law, and soon after entered the Cincinnati Law School, graduating April 19, 1857, with the degree of B. L. He immediately came to Wilmington, and entered into partnership with his cousin, A. W. a, the firm remaining as such for about fifteen years, and enjoying probably the largest practice of any law firm in the county. It was dissolved when A. W. Doan was elected Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and since then Mr. Doan has been alone in his practice. Mr. Doan was formerly an "Old-Line Whig," but in 1854 became a charter member of the Republican party. He has always been an earnest advocate of the principles set forth by this party, and for several years has been one of ablest stump speakers in Ohio. In 1880, he made seventy-seven speeches in favor of James A. Garfield, in the State of Ohio. He was once Prosecuting Attorney of Clinton County, by appointment, and in 1880 was made Presidential Elector from this district, by acclamation. The same year, he was a candidate for Congress, in the convention, and out of five candidates, received only thirteen votes less than the present incumbent, Hon. H. L. Mory, of Hamilton County. Mr. Doan was married, in 1857, to Maria McMillan, a native of this county. Of the six children given them, three survive-Clinton, Albert and Frank. Mr. Doan and wife are members of the Society of Friends.

GEORGE P. DUNHAM, Collector of Internal Revenue for the Sixth District of Ohio, Wilmington; was born at Piketon, Pike County, Ohio, September 6, 1843. His father was B. C. Dunham, a native of Virginia, who removed to Pike County at an early day in the history of the county. , He now resides there, aged seventy-seven years. Mr. Dunham's mother was Rebecca R. Sweeney, also a native of the Old Dominion. She is also living, in her seventy-fourth year. The subject of this notice was reared and educated in his native county, and when seventeen years of age came to Wilmington. Soon after he enlisted in Company H, Thirty-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Col. Groesbeck commanding, serving twenty-one months. He was discharged for disability by Gen. Grant, at Young's Point, La., March 31, 1863. He subsequently served as chief of the Commissary Department of the Army of the Tennessee until February, 1864, when he received his final discharge. He returned to Wilmington and was engaged in the sash, door and blind business for eighteen months. He was subsequently book-keeper for Beard & Hadley, and McMilan Bros. for eighteen months. He was then appointed Deputy Clerk of Courts of Clinton County, by Judge George Smith, and served in that capacity for three years. In April, 1871, he purchased a half-interest in the clothing trade of W. H. Rannells, and for eleven years the firm of Rannells & Dunham stood prominent among the leading merchants of Clinton County. In January, 1882, Mr. Dunham was appointed to his present position by President Arthur, and in February disposed of his interest in the clothing business to his partner, W. H. Rannells. On March 1, 1882, he took charge of his new office. Mr. Dunham has always been an earnest and outspoken Republican, and has devoted much time and attention to the interests of the party, and is a thorough Republican "by a large majority." He is a members of the I.O.O.F. fraternity, of the G. A. R., and a director in the Clinton Agricultural Society. $e was married, December 23, 1868, to Anna A. Quinn, a native of this county and a consistent member of the Baptist Church.

BENJAMIN FARQUHAR, one of Wilmington's most prominent grocers, was born in Clinton County, near the junction of Union, Adams and Cheater Townships, December 5, 1830. His grandfather, Benjamin Farquhar, was a native of Maryland,

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and located in this county in 1807. One son, Josiah Farquhar, the father of our subject, was a farmer in the county until his death, in 1838. Mr. Farquhar's mother was Abi Linton, daughter of Nathan Linton, an early and honored pioneer settler of this region. She now resides at Wilmington with her children. Four children were given m, two now living-our subject and Frank, of firm of Farquhar, Sparks & Cook. Mrs. Farquhar subsequently married Dr. Joseph K. Sparks in 1842. Four children were also the fruits of this union, two living-Stephen L. and Josiah W., of Farquhar Sparks & Cook. Dr. Sparks died September 16, 1873. The subject of this notice, after his father's death, went to live with his grandfather Linton, where his boyhood days were passed. He attended the district schools of the neighborhood, and subsequently Miami University, at Oxford, Butler County, Ohio. He subsequently taught school for two or three years, and then secured employment as assistant to the engineer corps in the survey and location of the Cincinnati, Wilmington & Zanesville Railroad (now the Muskingum Valley Branch of the Pan Handle Railroad), being engaged in that business about two years. In company with James Linton, he opened a general store at Clarksville, Vernon Township, where he remained in business from 1853 till 1856. tie then engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1867, when he removed to Wilmington. From the fall of 1867 to 1870, he was engaged as engineer in the construction of pikes. He subsequently engaged in his present line of trade, and in the "big fire" of May 18, 1875, was burned out, but saved the greater portion of his stock. He immediately erected the " Farquhar Block," occupying the southern and corner storeroom till the present time. Mr. Farquhar carries a large stock of groceries and queensware and enjoys a good trade. He has a birthright membership in the Society of Friends, and is a strong Republican. Mr. Farquhar was married in 1856 to Ruth Hawkins, a native of this county, who died in 1857, leaving no children. He was again married in 1861, to Mary B, daughter of Jacob Hadley, an old pioneer of Clinton County. They have six children-Ruth, Charles, Naomi J., Caroline, Mary Abi and Oscar J. Mrs. Farquhar `and children are also members of the Friends' Church.

JAMES W. FARREN, P. O. Wilmington, a prominent retired farmer of Washington Township, was born in Franklin County, Penn., December 10, 1810. His father was John Farren, also a native of the Keystone State, and a distiller by occupation. He was the father of one son and nine daughters, five of whom yet survive. He died in Pennsylvania many years ago, in the sixtieth year of his age. Mr. Farren's mother was Elizabeth Pinkstaff, a native of Shenandoah County, Va. She departed this life in Pennsylvania about twenty-five years ago. The subject of this sketch was reared in his native State, and when eighteen years of age went to Washington County, Md., where, on January 12,1832, he married Jemima James. In 1836, the young husband and wife, with their three small children, started for Ohio in a two horse wagon. Arriving in Clinton County, Mr. Farren located eighty acres of land in Washington Township, the property of his wife's father, on which he resided till 1839. In that year, with five children, he returned to Maryland on a visit, the trip consuming thir teen days each way. Mr. Farren was a wagon and coach maker by trade, but since locating in this county, has devoted his attention to farming. During his early stay in the county, be suffered many hardships, and would have moved back to the East if he could have possibly got there. As settlers poured in, times grew batter, and with the sucoeeding years Mr. Farren added to his possessions, until, at one time, he owned 775 acres of land, lying in Washington, Green and Union Townships. Mr. Farren resided on the old homestead in Washington Township for forty-five years, and October 12, 1881, removed to Wilmington, where he is now enjoying the fruits of a well-spent life. Mr. Farren is probably one of too hldest Masons in Clinton County. He is a Knight Templar and has been a member of Cincinnati Commandery,. No. 3, since January 5, 1860, being now exempt from further duties in that body. In 1832, he cast his maiden vote for Gen. Andrew Jackson, and the same year had the honor of taking that distinguished statesman by the hand. Since then Mr, Farren has been an earnest supporter of the principles set forth by the Democratic party. Twelve children have

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been born to himself and wife, eight of whom are living-Seymour C., a farmer of Washington Township; Watkins J., on the old homestead ; Sallie, John F., a farmer and large tobacco raiser of Washington Township; Laura A., wife of O. F. Johnson, of Leavenworth, Kan. ; Milton M., residing at Chicago ; Emma E., and Flora J.. wife of David B. Van Pelt, of Wilmington. Mrs. Farren departed this life in 1872.

JAMES FISHER, of Fisher & Hughes, proprietors of sash, door and blind factory, Wilmington, was born in Clermont County, Ohio, January 9, 1835. His father was Elias Fisher, a native of Massachusetts, and by trade a cabinet-maker. He came to Ohio when quite young, locating in Clermont County, where he worked at his trade until his death, in 1847. He married Elizabeth Ward, a native of this State. She departed this life in the house of her daughter, at Griggsville, Pike County, Ill., in 1877. James Fisher resided in Clermont County until fifteen years of age. He then went to Hamilton County, and there learned the carpenter trade. In 1858, came`to Wilmington and followed his trade two years. His health then failed and he re moved his family back to Hamilton County, where they resided till 1865. In the latter year, he returned once more to Wilmington, where he has since resided. He formed a partnership with his brother, H. M. Fisher, carrying on their trade until 1869. '' In that year, Mr. Fisher engaged in the lumber trade, and in 1871, in company with James Gunn and Charles Hughes, erected a sash, door and blind factory and commenced business. Three years later, the firm became Fisher & Hughes. Mr. Fisher is a worthy member of the M. E. Church, in which body he has served as class leader and trustee. He was formerly a Republican, but is now an earnest Prohibitionist. Mr. Fisher was united in marriage, December 28, 1859, to Lotta Gallagher, a native of Hamilton County, Ohio. Of the six children given them, four are living-Walter G., in attendance at the Cincinnati College of Music; Charles W., in charge of the mill, books and finances of Fisher & Hughes; Cora and Clintie D. Bertie and Harry are deceased. Mrs. Fisher and family are also members of the Methodist Episcopal denomination.

S. Q. FULTON, of Fulton, Crane & Peters, Wilmington, the leading hardware merchants of Clinton County, was born at Martinsville, in Clark Township, January 9, 1848. His father was Robert Fulton, a native of Maryland, who came to Ohio in 1814. He studied medicine in early life, but was subsequently a merchant for forty years. He is now a practicing physician of Highland County, Ohio. Mr. Fulton's mother was Mary Morgan, a native of Virginia, and is still living. S. Q. Fulton passed the first part of his life in Clinton County, receiving a good common-school education. When sixteen years of age, he went to Cincinnati and entered the employ of Bohn, Mack & Co., wholesale dealers in notions, with whom he remained eight and half years. Three years previous to quiting their employ, he had started a hardware store as Lynchburg, Highland County, Ohio, but never had personal charge of the same. In 1872, he sold this store and came to Wilmington. On August 19, of the same year, he entered into partnership with Joseph Peters, who had charge of his store at Lynchburg, and they opened a hardware store. Three years later, the firm purchased the stock and trade of Irons & Crane, in the same business, and the latter (Lewis W. Crane) became a member of the new firm of Fulton, Crane & Peters. In 2879, the firm commenced buying and shipping grain, and in 1881 erected their large grist-mill, a sketch of which will be found in another chapter. Mr. Fulton devotes his entire time and attention to his business, in which he has been remarkably successful. Mr. Fulton is a member of the Odd Fellow and Masonic orders, and has always been a stanch Republican in politics. He is also connected with the Royal Arcanum and the Knights of Pythias. He was married, in 1869, to Sadie Peters, a native, of Ross County, Ohio. Mr. Fulton and wife are members of the M. E. Church, in which body the former officiates as a trustee. Mr. Fulton's father was a prominent official of the " Underground Railway" in anti-slavery times.

ROBERT S. FULTON, of Fulton & Peters, Wilmington, one of the youngest and most enterprising grocery firms of Wilmington, was born at Martinsville, Clark Township, Clinton County, Ohio, November, 1853. His father, Robert Fulton, was

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a native of Maryland, who came to Ohio in 1814. In early life he studied medicine, but for forty years was a prominent merchant of Southern Ohio. He is now a practicing physician of Highland County, Ohio. Mr. Fulton's mother was Mary Morgan, a native of Virginia. Our subject resided at his native place till about eight years of age, thence to Lynchburg, Ohio, where he lived the next eight years of his life. He then went to Cincinnati, and was employed as a salesman in a large hardware house. Six months later, he entered the employ of H. F. West, Bros. & Co., in the queenswere trade, as entry clerk, and remained with them eleven months. He was subsequently engaged with Bohn, Mack & Co., in the wholesale notion trade, and, a year later, for a large wholesale clothing house, as traveling salesman. He remained in the latter business about five years and then went to Sabina, where he engaged in the hard. ware business. He subsequently formed a partnership with his brother, S. Q. Fulton, in the grain trade. The present business was started under the firm name of Fulton Bros. & Peters, but soon after S. Q. Fulton retired and the firm became Fulton & Peters, Edwin K. Peters being the junior member. The firm carry the largest stock of groceries and queensware in this county, and are meeting with gratifying success. Mr. Fulton is a member of Star of Hope Lodge (I.O.O.F.), No. 127, and the Royal Arcanum. He is connected with the Republican party, having been a member since reaching his majority. He was married, in February, 1876, to Emma L. Bechtoll, a native of Germantown, Montgomery County, Ohio. They have two children-Servetus R. and Philip L. Mr. Fulton and wife are members of the M. E. Church.

JAMES SMITH GARLAND, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Clermont County, Ohio, February 2, 1802, being now just as old as the State in which he was born and in which he has lived since it became a State. He is the son of James and Presocia (Gatch) Garland, the former a native of Delaware, of German-English descent, and the latter a native of Virginia, of German descent. His maternal grandfather, Phillip B. Gatch, was a member of the committee that formed the Constitution of Ohio. He was a Methodist minister, and for twenty-one years served as an Associate Judge of Clermont County. Our subject received a common school education, and chose the occupation of a farmer. In 1822, he married Nancy Williams, a native of Jefferson County, Ohio, and a daughter of John and Sarah (Talbott) Williams. By this marriage three children were born, viz: Martha, the widow of Austin J. Smith, a prominent farmer, who died in 1862; Sarah, the wife of Isaac B. Kline, a miller; and Thomas J., a prominent citizen of this county, who has served two terms as County Treasurer, and is now engaged in real estate business. Mr. Garland, our subject, came to Clinton County in 1834. He is a Republican in politics, and was an Old Line Whig until the formation of the Republican party. His first vote was east for Henry Clay for President He and his wife are members of the Methodist Church, in which they have been members for over a half century, he having joined when fifteen years of age. He is a licensed exhorter in the church, and has been a Class-leader, Steward and Trustee. He is an enthusiastic and earnest worker in the cause of religion. He owns a well-improved faun on the Prairie pike, one and a quarter miles east of Wilmington, where he resides.

ALPHA GALLUP, dealer in lumber, shingles, and everything pertaining to house building, Wilmington, was born in Windham County, Conn., June 8, 1829. His father, Chester Gallup, was a native of the " Nutmeg State," and a cabinet-maker by trade. He came to Clinton County, Ohio, about the year 1848, locating on a farm ia Union Township, west of Wilmington, where he still resides. Mr. Gallup's mother was Mary Barber, a native of Rhode Island. Our subject was reared in Connecticut, obtaining a good English education in its public schools. After arriving at an age bordering on manhood, he learned the carpenter trade with John Bowsman, remaining with him nearly two years. As his two brothers, Horace and Henry, were also masters of that trade, the three formed a tri-partnership and engaged in the erection of houses, and such business as pertains to the " Knight of the plane." The brothers were very successful in this enterprise, and for many years did the leading business of the kind in Clinton County. During the early part of this partnership, they purchased a large building

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on the corner of Mulberry and Sugartree streets, and converted it into a sash, door and blind factory. They also owned a saw mill in connection with their other business. In 1880, the partnership was dissolved by mutual consent, Mr. Gallup taking charge of the lumber yard, in which business he has since continued. Mr. Gallup is one of the best business men and citizens of Wilmington, and well respected by all. He commenced life with nothing, and, to use his own expression, "have held my own-perhaps laid up a little." He has been a member of the Masonic fraternity about fifteen years, and has been Treasurer of the lodge seven years, and is the present Treasurer of the Chapter. He is a straightforward, outspoken Republican. Mr. Gallup was united in the bonds of matrimony, July 2, 1867, to Susannah. daughter of Jacob Hale, a well-to-do farmer of this county. Two children have been sent to them, only one surviving-George. Mrs. Gallup possesses a birth-right in the Society of Friends.

JONATHAN M. GUSTIN, Superintendent of the blacksmithing department of the Champion Bridge Company, Wilmington, was born in Warren County, Ohio, March 10, 1826. His father, Samuel M. Gustin, was a native of Warren County also, and a farmer by occupation. He removed to Clinton County in 1829, locating on a farm near Wilmington, where the subject of this sketch was raised and educated. At eighteen years of age, he went to Dayton and commenced his present trade, remaining there three years. He then went to Springfield, and subsequently to Enon, six miles from Springfield, where A. J. Cook and himself designed and constructed the first reaping machine ever made in Clark County, Ohio. Three years later, Mr. Gustin came back to Wilmington, and has since made that village his home. He possesses an inventive mind, and was engaged in the manufacturing business at Lancaster, Ohio, one year, and Philadelphia, Penn., two years. While at the latter place, he invented a two-horse cultivator, which created great attention from manufacturers. Being a practical mechanic, during the war Mr. Gustin manufactured wagons in connection with his blacksmithing, and which proved a very profitable enterprise. Since boyhood, he has evinced a remarkable interest in bees and bee culture, and is known, throughout the length and breadth of Clinton County as the "bee man." In 1865, he imported a pure Italian queen bee, probably the first in this county. Since that period, he has cultivated and raised them for different parties in the county and State, and although not extensively engaged in bee culture at present, yet he possesses seven fine queen bees. He is a member of the National Bee Association, and an active participant in its annual gatherings. Mr. Gustin cast his first vote for Zachary Taylor, but voted for John C. Fremont, the Republican candidate for President in 1856, and since that period has been a strong Republican- "dyed in the wool." He once served as Road Supervisor of Union Township. Mr. Gustin was married April 10, 1847, to Lucinda McKay. Six children have been given them - five living - Laura, wife of Mahlon R. Gaskill, of Wilmington; Madison F., proprietor of the St. Nicholas Dining Hall and Restaurant, Minneapolis, Minn.; Nora, wife of Alfred Van Devort, a farmer residing near Antioch; Alice and William C., the latter also at Minneapolis. Mrs. Gustin is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

JUDGE ROBERT BARCLAY HARLAN, deceased, was born July 31, 1808, in Warren County, Ohio, and is the seventh of ten children whose parents were George. and Heater (Eulass) Harlan. His father was a native of Chatham, North Carolina, and of remote German anscentry ; a Quaker in religious belief, and a farmer by occupation. He removed to Ohio in 1796, locating first at Columbia, and in 1797 proceeded to Warren County, north of Lebanon, where he resided until his death, December 21, 1846. He was the first Sheriff of Warren County, and also served as County Commissioner, Justice of the Peace, and Associate Judge of Common Pleas. For several terms he represented his district in the Ohio Legislature. His wife was a native of Harrisburg, Va., in the Shenandoah Valley, and a daughter of Jacob Eulass, an early pioneer of what is now Scott County, Ky., settling there in 1787, of Holland descent. She died December 29, 1858, in her eighty-first year. The preceding facts are taken from an old family Bible, once the property of Judge Harlan's grandfather, and handed down to the present generation. It was probably published about 1700. Robert B. Harlan worked

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on a farm until he was sixteen years of age, attending the winter district school. In 1828, he came to Wilmington and secured the position of Deputy to the County Clerk, remaining in the office eight years, and reading law during his leisure hours. In 1837, he passed the requisite examination, and was admitted to practice at Chillicothe. He immediately entered upon his professional duties at Wilmington, where he resided till the time of his death. In early life, Judge Harlan's political views were strongly in sympathy with the Whig party; but in 1854 he became a charter member of the Republican party, and was a faithful and earnest champion of its principles through the remainder of life. In 1840-41, he represented Clinton County in the Ohio Legislature, and again in 1850-51. In 1858, he was elected Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the Second Judicial District, holding that office only one term, but being recognized as one of the ablest men ever occupying that position. Judge Harlan was Captain, Colonel and Major General successively of the Ohio Militia, under the old laws. During the Mexican war, he raised a company of volunteers, but upon the completion of the roster it was found that the quota was filled, and the company was therefore dis banded. When President Lincoln issued his memorable call for 75,000 men to crush the rising rebellion, Judge Harlan immediately went to work, raised a company of volunteers, and offered their services to the State, being the first company of men to respond to duty's call in Ohio. This body of men subsequently became Company B, of the Twelfth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and afterward did good service in Ohio and Virginia. Judge Harlan raised another company which was equipped and sent to the field, but he remained in Wilmington. He was engaged in the practice of his profession, which was very large, and proportionately remunerative until his demise. His general health was excellent, although he had frequent momentary attacks of heart disease. Judge Harlan was an active, enterprising and valuable member of the Clinton County Pioneer Association. On September 1, 1877, he was preparing a paper to be read at a meeting of that society, and while sitting on the porch attached to the east of his residence, he was suddenly taken with heart disease and passed away before help could be summoned. He was married in 1838, to Maria D., a daughter of Isaiah Morris, a native of Wilmington. Mrs. Harlan departed this life in 1843, leaving three children. One son died soon after, and on September 9, 1877, another son, Morris, also passed away. He was Vice United States Consul to Hong Kong, China, for seven years previous to his death, resigning his position and coming home on account of ill health. He was very sick at the time of his father's death, which 'no doubt hastened his own, as just eight days elapsed between the two. The other child - Clara E., married D. H. Barley, formally United States Consul to Hong Kong, now a resident of Cincinnati. On March 10, 1848, Judge Harlan was united in marriage to Caroline E. Haworth. Four children were the fruits of this union ; three daughters are living -Lucy M., wife of Alfred Thome, of Wilmington; Antoinette, wife of A. E. Clevenger, a prominent young attorney of. Wilmington; and Gertrude, wife of Arthur W. Eastman, of Mainville, Warren Co., Ohio. George is deceased. Mrs. Harlan's parents were George D. and Edith (Hadley) Haworth. Her father was a native of Tennessee, who came to Ohio in 1804, locating two miles north of the present site of Wilmington. He was a prominent agriculturist of Clinton County, and for nearly a quarter of a century served its citizens as Treasurer. Mrs. Harlan's mother was a native of North Carolina, who came to Highland County, Ohio, in 1811, and a few years later to Clinton County. Judge Harlan was a member of the Legislature when the bill was drafted to build the Cincinnati, Wilmington & Zanesville Railroad, now the Muskingum Valley Branch of the " Pan Handle " road, and by the exertion of his eminent legal powers, and the weighty influence he personally controlled, the charter was granted. Judge Harlan was a man respected by all the citizens of Clinton and adjoining counties. He was eminent for his legal attainments, and before a jury, though somewhat hesitating at the commencement of a speech, finally grew strong and argumentative, and rarely failed to win the case. Throughout his career at the bar, no client ever lost by his inattention to the merits of the case, his inability to present all the good points to the jury, or by his failing to consult all the authorities that sustained the case.

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He was recognized as the most noted counselor in Clinton County, and distinguished file simplicity of character, frankness and earnestness of purpose. In business matters, ° hr was austere and eccentric, firm but not domineering; and adhering with great ten .city to his own opinions. His originality of thought, coupled with his great knowledge of all local questions, gave him a hold on the people never equaled by any wan in the county. His great love of pioneer history, and its reminiscences brought him into close communion with the aged and weary, and possessed his soul to such an extent as to lead him to write a large part of the interesting matter that forms our county history proper. No man in Clinton County was better learned in its pioneer history, and no man could collect and compile reminiscent sketches in a better manner than the subject of this notice. Writing history was the sole labor of Judge Harlan in his latter days, and to the excellence of this work the people owe Judge Harlan a debt of gratitude only to be paid by due reverence to his memory. Socially, Judge Harlan was quiet and unobtrusive. He was kind-hearted and benevolent when reached by a tale of suffering, an object of unquestionable charity, or a cause worthy of philanthropy. In the home circle, he demanded strict obedience of his children, and repaid them by meritorious acts of filial affection. Having been reared a Quaker, Judge Harlan accepted the views of that society, but was subsequently a Methodist, and in later years enjoyed the largest liberty of thought, "Love to God and love to men," being his doctrine. Few men have achieved such results, it compelled to attempt them with no outfit from school instructions beyond the little received from childhood, as was the case with him. While every man is self-made, Judge Harlan was one who made himself with fewer helps than most who have reached such positions as he filled and occupied. His career illustrates the advantages of specialty in labor, and the success which may follow an entire devotion to a single department of professional work. Free and upright in all his duties, he left a name truly honorable, and a character worthy of emulation. A learned friend has said: "Clinton County never produced or developed a greater man than Judge Robert Barclay Harlan."

JONATHAN HADLEY. deceased, was born in North Carolina August 20, 1800. He was the son of William and Sarah (Clark) Hadley, also natives of North Carolina. He was educated in the public schools, and, for the greater part of his life, followed farming. In early life, he was a stock-raiser and dealer in stock, in which business he continued until the time of his death, which occurred in Iowa January 25, 1864. He was married three times. His third wife was Elizabeth Timberlake, a native of Highland County, Ohio, of English descent. They were married May 25, 1848. Five children were born to Mr. Hadley's first marriage, and one to each of the others. Of these seven children, six are now living Charles (who manages the dairy which the family have conducted for three years), Frank (a merchant of Springfield, Ohio), Eva, Calvin (married and farming near Kokomo, Ind.), Carrie and Jonathan. Albert is deceased. Mr. Hadley's family after his death moved to Warren County, and from there to Clinton County, where they rented a farm of 112 acres west of Wilmington. They are doing a good business, and making a complete success of their enterprise.

SAMUEL H. HADLEY, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in the territory now comprised in Adams Township, Clinton County, May 18, 1824. His parents were Jacob and Mary (Butler) Hadley, the former a native of North Carolina, and the latter of Georgia, and both of English extraction. Jacob came to Clinton County in 1809 with his parents, John and Lydia (Harvey) Hadley, who settled on Todd's Fork. Our subject was reared on the farm, and has made farming the occupation of his life. ' He has a fine farm of 200 acres three miles from Wilmington, on which there is a beautiful elevation upon which his residence was built. He was married, in 1847, to Emily Johnson, who was born in Warren County, Ohio, and died in 1849, two years after her marriage. In 1851, Mr. Hadley was again married to Ruth Smith, a native of Clark County, Ohio, by whom he has had six children-Orlando (now married and farming in Clinton County), Emily J. (the wife of E. A. Lewis, banker of Sabina), Alice (who graduated at Wilmington College in 1878, and is now a teacher in the

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Sabina Public School), Mary D. (now the wife of Mr. Lacy, a farmer of Union Township), Anna and Eva J., both of whom are now in college at Wilmington. Mr. Hadley and all of his family are members of the Society of Friends. He is a stanch and enthusiastic Republican. He is a man of decided convictions, and expresses his opinions without regard to public opinion. His farm is well improved, and has about it that air of neatness and order that characterizes the home of a perfect farmer.

SAMUEL. L. HAINES, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Clinton County, Ohio, December 5, 1811. His parents were John and Lydia (Lamb) Haines, natives of Guilford County, N. C., he of English and she of Scotch descent. His paternal grandfather was one of three brothers that emigrated from England in 1725, and located in North Carolina, where our subject's father was born March 15, 1773. His mother was born in the same State on August 24, 1779. His paternal great-grandparents, Joshua and Elizabeth (Harris) Haines, were married, April 8, 1752, the certificate of their marriage being now in Mr. Haines' possession. His maternal great-grandfather, Robert Lamb, was born in Scotland, and at sixteen years of age was left fatherless. At this age he expressed a desire to go to the "New World," but being opposed in his wish by his mother, he awaited a favorable opportunity and boarded an American vessel as she was about to sail, concealing himself among the cargo. His movements were discovered by his mother, who immediately boarded the vessel, but, being unable to find her son, was obliged, with great grief, to give him up. Arriving in this country, he was "sold " for five years to pay his passage, and at the expiration of his term of service received his liberty and $500 with which to commence life for himself. He became one of the leading men of his State, and at one time owned 2,800 acres of land. He married a sister of President Jackson's mother. Oar subject received his education in the primitive schoolhouses of Clinton County, to which county his parents came at a very early day. He has followed farming during his life, and is now possessed of 215 acres of good land. He was the youngest of a family of seven children, of whom he and a sister, born in 1800, are the sole survivors. In 1835, he married Mary Ford, a native of Virginia and a daughter of George and Prudence Ford. Her parents emigrated from Ireland in 1798, and landed in New York. In 1820, they came to Union Township, Clinton Co., Ohio, where they spent the remainder of their days. By his marriage, Mr. Haines has been blessed with seven children, five of whom have died with quick consumption. The survivors are Lydia J. and Nancy E., the latter being married to C. R. Vantress, a successful farmer of this township. Mr. Haines is among the most prosperous and influential citizens of the township. He is a man that thinks and acts for himself, and expresses his views without regard to the opinion of others. He is a Republican, and a member of the Society of Friends, and has served his township as School Director and Township Trustee.

A. ZIMRI HAINES, for many years a prominent farmer of Union Township, but now residing at Wilmington, was born in Union Township March 20, 1815. His father was Jacob Haines, a native of Pennsylvania, and a blacksmith by trade. He came to Clinton County from Waynesville February 4, 1803, having come to Ohio in 1801. He located on Dutch Creek, in Union Township, within half a mile of Center Meeting-House, where he resided till his death. Mr. Haines' mother was Mary Leonard, a native of North Carolina. Seven children were given to this union. Two are living Isaac, residing at New Burlington, and Zimri. Mr. Haines' father died June 4, 1854, and his mother in 1855. Zimri Haines was reared to manhood on the old homestead, and resided there until 1870, when he removed to Wilmington, and erected a handsome residence on West, Main street, which he has since occupied. He yet owns the old homestead, now consisting of 350 acres, a permanent proof of a life of industrious toil. Mr. Haines is a member of the Society of Friends, as were also his parents. He is Republican in politics, but never aspired to political honors. Mr. Haines was united in marriage, November 2, 1843, to Mary Miars, a native of this county, having been born and raised two miles northwest of Wilmington. Of their five children, four are living-Carrie A. (wife of Frank S. Broomhall), Marie E. (wife of Edwin K. Peters, of Fulton & Peters), Ada A. (wife of Charles Jenkins), and Alvin Z. (who mar-

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vied Eva Adams, a native of Highland County, Ohio, and is now farming on the old homestead), Sallie M. (first wife of Howard A. Haynes), is deceased. Mrs. Haines is also a member of the Society of Friends.

AUGUSTUS H. HAINS, Auditor of Clinton County, Wilmington, was born on Anderson's Fork, near New Burlington, in Greene County, Ohio, August 23,1843. His father, William F. Hains, was a native of Virginia, and of German ancestry. He came to Ohio about 1828, and was a farmer till his death in May, 1867. Mr. Hains' mother was Jane Babb, a native of this county. She departed this life in 1847. When our subject was eleven years of age, his father removed to Fayette County, Ohio, where he grew to manhood. He attended the district schools, and, in 1862, enlisted in Company C, Sixtieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, re-enlisting in Company K, Eight Ohio Cavalry, and serving till the close of the rebellion. During his time of service. Mr. Hains suffered severely from rheumatism. After the war, he attended the National Normal School at Lebanon. Ohio, where he remained one year. In April, 1866, he removed to Wilmington, where he has since resided. Mr. Hains has always been an ardent Republican, and for two years served as Treasurer of Wilmington. In 1875, he was nominated and subsequently elected to his present position. He has since been twice re-elected, each time by large majorities. Mr. Hains is one of the most enterprising spirits of Wilmington in a business, social and religious manner. He is well known throughout the county, and bears the good will and esteem of the better class of citizens. He is a member of Wilmington Lodge and Chapter (Masonic), and was formerly a member of the Presbyterian Church. After coming to Wilmington, he united with the M. E. denomination, in which body he has proven a valued member. He is Superintendent of the Sunday school and leader of the church choir. Mr. Hains was married, January 1, 1867, to Nannie Johnson, of Troy, Miami Co., Ohio. They have three children-Adds, Raymond and William F. Mrs. Hains is also a member of the M. E. Church.

ELI HALE, deceased, late of Vernon Township, was one of the most prominent farmers of this county at an early day in its history. He was born in North Carolina in 1798. His father was Jacob Hale, also a native of North Carolina, and a planter. His mother was Elizabeth Harvey. They came to Ohio at a very early day, locating on Todd's Fork, in Chester Township, when the subject of this sketch was but six or seven years of age. They resided there till their deaths, the former occurring in 1845, and the latter in 1858. The old homestead farm is now owned by Armonia Hale. Eli Hale grew up on the old home farm, and when a young man engaged to clerk for his brother, Samuel Hale, at Washington C. H. He subsequently engaged in mercantile pursuits at Clarksville, Vernon Township, dealing in produce and rafting it down to New Orleans, where it was traded for goods. He also dealt largely in pork and flour. About 1825, he married Anna, daughter of William Hadley, of this county. After marriage, he commenced dealing in real estate, at one time owning about 3,800 acres of land in Vernon Township. As fast as he accumulated means, he invested in real estate, and subsequently lost almost his entire fortune. At one time, Eli Hale was considered only second in wealth to any one in Clinton County. Himself and John Hadley were two of the leading and enterprising spirits of southwestern Clinton, and Mr. Hale was always largely interested in all matters pertaining to the development and growth of Clinton County. He was an Orthodox Friend by birth, and politically a member of the Whig party. He departed this life in 1849, and is interred in the Quaker Burying Ground at Clarksville. Eight children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hale, five now living -Melinda (wife of Henry Sherwood, of Waynesville, Warren Co., Ohio), William H. (from whom these facts were obtained, residing at Richmond, Ind.), Miles M. (of Topeka, Kan.), Sarah A. (wife of David Pritchard, of Knightstown, Ind.), and Alfred (also residing at Topeka, Kan.). Mrs. Hale is living with her daughter at Waynesville, Ohio. and is in the seventy-third year of her age.

JOHN H. HALE, Wilmington, one of the oldest grocers of the village, was born in Wilmington September 7, 1831. His father, William Hale, is a native of North Carolina, who came to Clinton County in the winter of 1807-08. He was born

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September 27, 1790, has been a farmer through life, and is now resting from his labors at the advanced age of ninety-two years. He is undoubtedly the oldest person in Clinton County. Mr. Hale's mother was Maria Sabin, also a native of North Carolina. She was born in 1797. John H. Hale was reared on the old homestead, receiving a good education in the common schools. Having been reared on a farm, he retained a preference for farm pursuits, and, in 1840. purchased the old home farm, on which he resided till 1865, and which he still owns. In the latter year, he came to Wilmington and purchased a grocery on the southeast corner of Main and South streets. Three years later he sold out, and, buying a lot on West Main street, erected thereon two brick buildings at a cost of $10,000. He immediately put a fresh stock of groceries in the east room, where he has since carried on business and met with reasonable success. Mr. Hale was reared a Democrat, but voted with the Republicans from 1856 to 1864. From the latter year to 1880, he voted the Democratic ticket again. Since 1880, he has been a firm Prohibitionist. He was united in marriage October 9, 1856, to Martha J. McDonald, a native of this county. They have four ebildren-Cbarles W., E. Eugene, Ernest W. and Raymond A. Mrs. Hale is a member of the M. E. Church.

WILL R. HALE, D. D. S., dentist, 205 Main street, Wilmington, was born in the village of Wilmington August 7, 1854. His father, Joseph Hale, was a native of North Carolina, who came to this county in 1808 with five brothers-William (now the oldest person in Clinton County), Samuel, Harmony, Jacob and Eli. Joseph Hale was a prominent merchant of Wilmington for forty-five years, and is still living. Mr. Hate's mother was Sarah A. Sewell, daughter of Autos T. Sewell, of Wilmington, who was Recorder of Clinton County for thirty-two years. Will R. Hale grew to manhood in his native village, and has always continued to reside there. He obtained a good education at Wilmington College, and during the winters of 1874-75-76, attended the Ohio College of Dental Surgery at Cincinnati, graduating in the class of '76. He returned to Wilmington and immediately opened an office. Although still a young man, and with older practitioners to contend with, he has met with unbounded success, and his trade is steadily increasing. Before attending lectures at Cincinnati, he studied three years with Dr. Welch, of Wilmington, and two years at Chicago. Mr. Hale is a member of several dental societies, and earnestly endeavors to perfect himself in what is to be his future life work. He was united in marriage in October, 1877, to Amy Fuller, a native of Clinton County. They have one son-Russell F. Mr. Hale is neutral in politics.

JESSE HART, of Hart Bros., blacksmiths and wagon-makers, Wilmington, was born in Beaver County, Penn., April 27, 1814. His parents were Mitchell and Margaret (Parkinson) Hart. natives of Pennsylvania, of Irish descent. Mr. Hart passed his boyhood days on a farm, and, while vet young, learned the weaver's trade, at which he worked for eighteen years. He then learned the carpenter's trade, afterward working at this latter trade three years. He has been a resident of Clinton County about forty years. In 1860, he commenced. working at wagon-making, which business he has since continued to follow. The brothers own a shop on West Main street, just outside the corporate limits of Wilmington, where they do a good business. Mr. Hart owns seven and a half acres of land, on which is located his residence. He was united in marriage, August 26,1846, to Susan M. Wiley, a native of Belmont County, Ohio, and of English descent. Four children have been given them, three living-Parkinson, James H. and Mary. The two boys learned their trades at Wilmington. The former is a blacksmith and wagon-maker, and the latter a blacksmith. Mr. Hart is a strong Republican.

J. H. HARTMANN, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Union Township March 6, 1839. He is a son of James and Maria (Mendenhall) Hartmann. His father was a native of Virginia, and of German descent. He was in the Mexican war, and his powder flask and canteen are still preserved by our subject. He died in Union Township at the advanced age of seventy-three years. Mr. Hartmann's mother was a native of North Carolina, and of Irish parentage. The grandfather of Mr. Hartmann came to America from Germany at a very early day. Not having the

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money to pay his passage, upon arrival at his destination he was sold for debt, the purchaser securing his labor for twenty-one years. He was sold to a man who possessed the same proportion of sympathy as does a stone by the, wayside, and from whom he received treatment in accordance with that gratuitously extended to the African slave in the dark days previous to the rebellion. In the latter part of the twelfth year of his servitude, he was engaged in splitting rails, walking two miles to his place of labor. His master (if such he might be termed) compelled him to carry a rail home each time he came to meals. This he did till his back became so sore that further labor was impossible. He came to dinner one day without his usual rail, and was so abused that he unceremoniously left, and subsequently became a land-owner, and a respected and honored pioneer in his neighborhood. The subject of this notice was educated in the "Dutch Schoolhouse," to District No. 3, and has been a farmer through life. He commenced life with twenty-five acres of land, and has toiled till he now owns about ninety-five acres. In 1862, he enlisted in Company D, Seventy-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Capt. Hicks commanding, but was honorably disc, arged the same year on account of general disability. He participated in several skirmishes during his short term of service. Mr. Hartmanu was married March 20, 1864, to Mary C. Hartmann, a native of Warren County, Ohio, and a daughter of Garner Hartmanu, an early settler of that county. They have three children-Alpheus A., James A. and Emma. Mrs. Hartmann is a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. H, is connected with the Republican party.

N. G. HARTMAN, farmer, P. O. Wilmington; was born in Union Township on " Prairie Pike," January 3, 1846. He is a son of James and Maria (Mendenhall) Hartmann, who were among the early settlers of Union Township. Mrs. Hartmann came to Clinton County when but two years of age, and died in this township in 1872, while in her sixty-sixth year. His father was a native of Virginia, and of German descent; mother of North Carolina, of Irish ancestry. The subject of this sketch received a good common school education, and commenced farming on twenty-five acres of land, left to him by his father. By perseverance, untiring energy and economy, he has increased his acreage to 144, and is considered a successful agriculturist. He was married in 1872, to Elizabeth Conard, a school teacher of Union Township, and a daughter of Enos Conard, a native of Pennsylvania, of Irish descent. They have seven children-Charlie, Frank, Clayton, Blanche, Alvin, Anna Salome and George. Mr. Hartmann is connected with the Republican party. Mrs. H. is a member of the M. E. Church.

W. H. HARRISON, Wilmington, the oldest merchant tailor in Wilmington, and probably in Clinton County, was born in Twin Township, Ross Co., Ohio, May 26, 1818. His father, James Harrison, was a native of Newark, N. J., and a tanner and currier by trade. He located in Snow Hill, in this county, in 1819, but the same year departed this life and was tenderly laid at rest in the old Quaker Burying Ground at New Vienna. Mr. Harrison's mother was Jane Dill, a Dative of Ireland. Her father was probably born in Bucks County, Penn., but being informed of a share in an estate in " Old Erin," he visited that country about the commencement of the Revolutionary war. While there he married and intended to return to America immediately, but the "Continental fuss" prevented him from so doing. While living in Ireland, a daughter was born to him-the mother of our subject-who accompanied her parents to America about the year 1781. After the death of her husband, in 1819, Mrs. Harrison returned to her friends in Ross County, where she passed away from earth three and a half years later. Our subject was left to the care of her father, with whom he remained till nearly fifteen years of age. Desirous of doing something for himself, he was apprenticed to the tailor trade with Joseph C. Reed, of Bainbridge, Ross Co., Ohio. On October 15, 1833, Mr. Reed and his apprentice started for Wilmington, arriving at their destination the following day. Mr. Harrison there finished his time of service (six years). In December, 1841, he commenced business for himself on South street, about opposite his present location. During the forty-one years he has been in business in Wilmington, be has met with very reasonable success, although suffering severe losses

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at times. On November 14, 1865, his entire stock of piece goods, valued at $2,500, was stolen from the shop and never recovered. This was somewhat discouraging, but Mr. Harrison immediately purchased another stock and pursued his business, and to-day is the leading merchant tailor of the county. He has been a member of the Masonic fraternity nearly thirty years, and is now connected with the Lodge and Chapter at Wilmington, and Miami Commandery, No. 21, at Lebanon, Warren County. Mr. Harrison was formerly a Whig, casting his maiden vote for his namesake. Since 1854, he has been a Republican. He was married February 14, 1843, to Mary H. Antram, a native of Clinton County. Four children were born to this union-Mary E., wife of H. C. Oyler, of Harveysburg ; Nancy J., wife of Zenas Harlan, of Eureka, Greenwood Co., Kan.; Alice, wife of C. W. Randall, a resident of Lebanon, Ohio; and James D., also a resident of Lebanon. Mrs. Harrison was a member of the M. E. Church, and departed this life December 15, 1857, in the hope of a blissful immortality. Mr. Harrison was again united in marriage September 20, 1859, to Lucy M. Carroll. They have two children-Ads and William H., Jr. Mrs. Harrison is a consistent member of the Baptist denomination.

JAMES W. HAWS (deceased) was one of the most prominent and influential farmers of Union Township. He was born in Union Township, Clinton Co., Ohio, January 22, 1826. His parents, John and Sarah (Gibson) Haws, were among the early settlers of this county. The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm, but while young learned the carpenter trade. His early literary training was obtained in the district school, but preferring a busy, active life to the tiresome duties of the school-room, his education was somewhat limited. He worked at his trade eight years, building throughout the county. Tiring of this work, he settled down on a farm, where he toiled early and late till the time of his death. On July 20, 1876, while working on a bay stack, during the prevalence of a thunder storm, he was struck by lightning and instantly killed. The news of his death shocked the whole community, for a better man or neighbor did not reside among them. In early life, Mr. Haws had sought the religion of our Savior, and for many years was a consistent and worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In that body he had served as Steward and Trustee. During the late rebellion he was a warm advocate and liberal supporter of the charities created for the benefit of the widows and orpbans of our deceased soldiers. Mr. Haws was united in marriage, in 1857, to Sarah, daughter of Asa Fisher, born in Virginia September 17, 1838. Her mother was Frances Williams, also a native of the "Old Dominion." Mr. Haws was an enterprising and well-to-do tiller of the soil, and at the time of his death owned 264 acres of well improved land. This farm is now under the control of Mrs. Haws, who is a lady of high culture, generous heart and unbounded sympathy.

JOSEPH R. HAWLEY, Wilmington, grocer and dealer in provisions, South street, was born in North Carolina, October 10, 1844. His parents were Hennison and Keziah (Gowen) Hawley, both natives of North Carolina. Mr. Hawley's father was a shoemaker by trade. The subject of this sketch engaged in the express business when quite young, carrying tobacco down the Atlantic coast and bringing back fish. After the surrender of Gen. Lee he opened the first colored school in Granville County, N. C. The scholars numbered twenty, and the tuition was fifty cents apiece. This school proved a success, and soon afterward Mr. Hawley was elected Justice of the Peace of Oxford Township, of that county, in which office he served for eighteen months. On January 1, 1870, he resigned his position, and the same day, married Edna Chavins, a native of that State. With his wife and her brother he removed to Arkansas, and took charge of a farm on Davis' Lake, belonging to a citizen of Louisville, Ky. Mr. Hawley remained on this land fourteen months, his principal crop being cotton. Mrs. Hawley suffered much with the ague, and Mr. Hawley resolved to give up the farm and come North. He started for Ohio, stopping at Louisville seven weeks. He located at Washington C. H., Fayette Co., Ohio, having $350 upon his arrival at that point. He went into the saloon and grocery business with King Anderson, but six months after the entire stock was destroyed by fire. On October 27, 1871, Mr. Hawley removed to Wil-

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mington, and soon after opened a saloon and grocery. n 1877, he went into the drug "business on the corner of South and Main streets, but sold out a few years later. In 1873, 'Hawley erected a frame building on South street at a cost of $1,400. In 1876, he erected an iron front, at a cost of $2,800, and in 1879 put up a three-story brick, costing $4,200. The upper story of this latter building was used for Masonic Hall until 1882, when Mr. Hawley erected another brick building, and converted both into a new `Three-story brick hotel. Mr. Hawley owns property in Washington C. H., and a farm of sixty-seven acres in Adams Township, this county. Mr. Hawley quit the saloon business on April 30, 1882, and since then has engaged only in selling groceries and provisions. He is considered one of the most enterprising and successful merchants of Wilmington, and has invested thousands of dollars in building up and beautifying the appearance of the village. While residing in North Carolina he was President of the Union League of Granville County. Upon coming to`Wilmington he joined Rose Croix Lodge, No. 28 (Masonic), and has since officiated as its Treasurer. He is also a member of Hiram Chapter, No. 16, and of the Knights Templar of Springfield, Ohio. He is connected with Ohio Valley Lodge, No. 1877 (Odd Fellow), and is a Republican. Himself and wife are members of the Colored Baptist Church. Mr. Hawley has three children-Victoria C., Raymond O. and Ayler.

JAMES M. HAYNES, Wilmington, of Haynes & Glass, dealers in dry goods, notions, boots, shoes, hats and caps, 151 South street, is a life resident of Clinton County. He was born six miles west of Wilmington, December 7, 1847. His father is Archibald Haynes, a native of New York, who immigrated to this county about 1808. He was a merchant of Wilmington until 1832; then farmed for some years, and at present resides at Oakland, in Chester Township. Mr. Haynes' mother was Mary A. Banes, a native of Pennsylvania. She died in 1868. James M. Haynes passed his early life on a farm, and when quite young entered the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, where he took a scientific course, but stopped school before graduating. He came back to Wilmington, and secured a position as clerk for W. C. Hadly (now deceased), in the dry goods business. He remained with him eighteen months, as a salesman, and then purchased a half interest in the business. This relationship continued two years. Mr. Haynes then purchased Mr. Terrell's interest in the firm of M. H. Brackney & Co., engaged in the same business, and subsequently, as Brackney & Haynes, they engaged largely in pork packing, this last adventure proving somewhat disastrous. On April 23, 1877, Mr. George D. Glass purchased Mr. Brackney's interest, and the firm has since been Haynes & Glass. They enjoy a good trade in dry goods and notions, and are probably the largest dealers in wool in the county, buying and shipping to the Eastern markets. Mr. Haynes is connected with the Society of Friends, the Royal Arcanum, and is a "straight Republican." He was united in marriage in June, 1870, to Clara E. Brackney, a native of this county. Four children have been given them, three living-Elsie C., Edna M. and Harry C. Mrs. Haynes enjoys a birthright in the Society of Friends.

HOWARD A. HAYNES. Wilmington, proprietor livery, feed and sale stable, South street, near depot, was born in Chester Township, Clinton County, Ohio, September 2, 1843. His father, Archibald Haynes, was one of the oldest and most respected pioneers of this county, an interesting sketch of whom will appear in the chapter of pioneer reminiscences. Mr. Haynes' mother was Mary A. Banes. a native of Bucks County, Penn. Of their five children only two survive, J. M. Haynes, of Haynes & Glass, dry goods merchants of Wilmington, and our subject. The latter was reared on a farm in Chester Township, residing there till he was twenty-three years of age. On May 8, 1864, he enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Forty-ninth Ohio Infantry; was made Second Lieutenant, and served four months, being honorably discharged the same year. On October 31, 1865, he married Sallie M., daughter of Zimri Haines, a prominent farmer of Union Township, this county. After marriage, Mr. Haynes " farmed it" for four years in Chester Township, and then sold his farm, removing to Wilmington. This was in 1871. He first engaged in the grocery business, and subsequently in the dry goods trade with his brother, Harmon L. Haynes, the firm being known as Haynes

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Bros., and doing a good business until 1879, when his brother died. The firm did business in the storeroom lately occupied by Hinshaw & Andrew, our subject having erected the building. After the death of his brother, Mr. Haynes closed out the business and sold the building to Garner Hinshaw. He then embarked in his present business, in which he has met with very fair success. One child was born to Mr. Haynes-Lizzie B. His wife, who was a member of the Society of Friends, died in October, 1873, and June 1, 1876, he was married to Mrs. Mary (Millikan) Moon, a daughter of Thomas Millikan, of Wilmington. Mrs. Haynes is also a member of the Friends. Mr. Haynes is Republican in politics, and a member of the Masonic fraternity.

CALVIN B. HENDRICK, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Union Township, Clinton County, Ohio, January 23, 1830. His parents were John and Sarah (Birdsall) Hendrick, the former of Scotch descent and the latter a native of New York, of English descent. They came to Clinton County in 1814, and remained until the time of their death. Our subject was reared and educated in Union Township. e early chose and commenced farming as e.n occupation, and has continued in agricultural pursuits during the whole of his life. He now owns the farm on which he was born, and is cultivating it with good success. He was married in 1862 to Harriet M. Gallup, a native of Connecticut, of English descent, and by her has bad. one child-John C., born September 3, 1864. Mr. Hendrick is in politics a Republican, and be and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

MARVIN R. HIGGINS, Wilmington, Clerk of Courts of Clinton County, was born at Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio, April 25, 1852. His father is Asa Higgins, a native of Highland County, and a stock dealer by vocation. He now resides at New Vienna, in this county. Mr. Higgins' mother's maiden name was Jane V. Miller. She is also a native of Highland County. The subject of this sketch came to Clinton County with his parents when but six years of age. His early education was obtained in the public schools, and he subsequently attended the Normal College at Worthington, Ohio, from which he graduated. He commenced teaching when quite young, and for three years was a teacher in the Sabina schools, and afterward its Principal for two years. r. Higgins has spent almost his entire life in teaching, with the exception of two years spent in the East, in mercantile pursuits with his father. Mr. Higgins has been a life Republican, and has always evinced an intense interest in the welfare of that party. In the fall of 1878, he was elected to his present position, and re-elected in 1881, commencing his second term February 9, 1882. Mr. Higgins is a member of Wilmington Lodge and Chapter (Masonic), of Ely Commandery of Knights Templar, and connected with the Royal Arcanum. He was united in marriage August 15, 1875, to Mary A. Moon, a native of Clinton County. Mrs. Higgins is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Higgins is filling his present position with honor, both to himself and his numerous constituents.

JEFF HILDEBRANT, Wilmington, one of the most genial and enterprising merchants of Wilmington, and well known throughout the length and breadth of Clinton County, was born near Snowhill, Greens Township, February 10, His father was Christopher Hildebrant, a native of New Jersey, who came to Ohio about 1820. He was a pioneer farmer of Greene Township. Mr. Hildebrant's mother was Elizabeth Cripiateen, also a native of New Jersey. She still resides on the old homestead, and is in her eighty-sixth year. Our subject was raised on a farm, and when fifteen years of age entered the Newberry Academy, of the Society of Friends, at Martinsville, and subsequently taught school a few months. He then went to Freeport, Ill., and while teaching school there, had Charles J. Guiteau, the assassin of President James A. Garfield, as a pupil. After five months Mr. Hildebrant returned to Clinton County, and in connection with his brother operated the first thresher and separator ever owned in Greene Township. Soon after, he entered Farmers' College, College Hill, Ohio, where he remained two years, graduating in June, 1853, in a class of twelve persons, ten of whom are yet living. After leaving college, Mr. Hildebrant came back to the old homestead. where he "farmed it" for five years. He was then elected County Surveyor, and served three years as such. In the fall of 1861 (October 9), he was married to Mar-

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garet M., daughter of the Hon. D. P. Quinn, a pioneer settler of this county, who died in 1867. Soon after marriage.-Mr. H. removed to a farm on Rattlesnake Creek, in Fayette County, but in the spring of 1863 purchased D. R. Whitcomb's book store, at Wilmington, and with the exception of a few months has been in that business ever since. A nephew; Henry C. Hildebrant; of Washington C. H., was a partner for seven years, but since August, 1880, Mr. Hildebrant has carried on the business alone. He carries the largest stock of books, stationery, wall paper, school and church furniture and sewing machines in Clinton County, and his sales are in proportion. Mr. Hildebrant was the first to introduce Alderney cattle into Clinton County, and has always evinced a lively interest in all matters pertaining to the growth and development of stock and agriculture.He owns thirty-five acres of land within the corporate limits of Wilmington, and is an active member of the State Horticultural Society. He is a lively Republican, and liberal in religion. One son has been born to Mr. Hildebrant-Charles, now in attendance at Ohio State University. Mrs. H. departed this life November 15, 1880.

GARNER HINSHAW, Wilmington, of the firm of Hinshaw & Andrew, was born at Westboro, Jefferson Township, this county, June 13, 1831. His father was Joseph Hinshaw, a native of North Carolina. He came to Clinton County at a very early day, locating in Jefferson Township, where he was a pioneer farmer for many years. He died in 1874. Mr. Hinshaw's mother was Sarah Ratcliff, also a native of North Carolina. She departed this life in 1875. Mr. Hinshaw's childhood and youth was passed on a farm, and at the age of twenty years be went to Westboro and engaged in the dry goods business. Being well known throughout that part of the county, he soon gained quite a little trade, which he managed successfully until 1872, when he re moved to Wilmington. He engaged in the same business in his new location, and carried it on alone until November, 1872, when R. E. Andrew was admitted to a partnership, and the firm name Changed to Hinshaw & Andrew. The trade of the firm has steadily increased to the present time, and its members rank among the better class of business men of Wilmington. Mr. Hinshaw is a member of the Royal Arcanum, and was reared a Republican and has always believed in its principles. yet he is a firm Prohibitionist. He was united in marriage, September 1, 1855, to Maria, daughter of Lewis Hockett. Of the eight children born to this union four survive-Annie, Orie, Elva and Homer L. Mr. Hinshaw and wife have birthrights in the Society of Friends, and their children are members of the same.

AMOS HOCKETT, Wilmington, one of the oldest members of the Wilmington bar, was born near Martinsville, Clinton County, Ohio, July 31, 1829. His father was David W. Hockett, a native of Virginia, who came to Ohio when about eight years of age. His grandfather, David Hockett, was one of the honored pioneer settlers of the southern part of this county. Mr. Hockett's mother was Lydia Hiatt, who departed this life when our subject was but four or five years of age. Mr. Hockett's father was a farmer by occupation, and is still living near Martinsville. He enjoys good health, and is in the seventy-seventy year of his age. One son, Frank L. Hockett, is the author of the History of Clark Township, which finds a place in another portion of this work. Amos Hockett grew up on a farm, and when fifteen years of age commenced teaching school, being probably the youngest teacher in the county at that time. He followed this vocation for several years. While teaching, he commenced the study of law, and was admitted to the bar at Wilmington in, 1853. He immediately entered into partnership with A. W. Doan, but they remained together only a few months. He then went to Leesburg, Highland County, where he remained only a short time. In 1852, his brother Albert was elected Treasurer of Clinton County, and Mr. H. served as Deputy for three years. In 1858, he was appointed County Recorder, serving ten months, being also School Examiner at the same time. In 1860, he was appointed Deputy County Treasurer, under David Sanders, who was subsequently made Collector of Internal Revenue. In April, 1863, he went into the Clerk's office as Deputy, under Rodney Foos, and when the latter went into the army was placed in full charge of the office. In 1864, Mr. Hocked was elected

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Treasurer of Clinton County, serving as such four years. After serving this term, he assisted the Auditor a short time, and in January, 1869, was appointed Auditor, serving two months. When Asa Jenkins was elected Auditor, Mr. Hockett served as Deputy one year. In 1875, A. H. Hains appointed him Deputy Auditor, and he filled the office till January, 1881. During the winter of 1881-82, Mr. Hockett officiated as assistant to the County Treasurer. It will thus be seen by the foregoing record that Amos Hockett has served the people of Clinton County in an official relation over a quarter of a century; longer, perhaps, than any one else now living in the county. During all this time of service, he has been a faithful and honest public servant, and enjoys the esteem and confidence of the greater portion of the citizens of Clinton County. At present, Mr. Hockett is a Notary Public, and engaged in the practice of his profession. He has been a member of the Republican party since its organization. He is also a member of the Society of Friends. Mr. Hockett was married in 1850 to Elisabeth Huff, a native of Highland County, Ohio, also a member of the Friends' Society. They have one child-Emma, wife of Frank Marble.

WILLIAM O. HOLLOWAY, Recorder of Clinton County, Wilmington, was born in Warren County, Ohio, April 3, 1847. His father was Dayton Holloway, a native of West Virginia, born near Pittsburgh, Penn., and came to Ohio at an early date. He was a blacksmith by trade, and followed that vocation till old age caused him to relinquish all hard labor. He now resides with his children, in the eighty-first year of his age. Mr. Holloway's mother was Cynthia A. Comber, a native of Warren County, Ohio. She departed this life in 1872. When our subject was five years of age, his parents removed to Port William, in this county, where he grew to the more mature years of manhood. His education was obtained in the public schools, and he subsequently obtained employment in a woolen mill, which vocation he followed until 1869. In the latter year, he came to Wilmington, and was soon after appointed Deputy Auditor, under Asa Jenkins, serving as such four years. For a year he was employed as a traveling salesman for a Philadelphia clothing house, and was then made Deputy Recorder, under M. J. Grady, occupying this position one and a half years. In the fall of 1877, he was elected County Auditor, and the following January took charge of the office. He was re-elected in 1880, his second term expiring in January, 1883. He has always been a Republican in politics. Mr. Holloway was married in 1876 to Anna Osborn, a native of Warren County, Ohio. They have one son-Charles C. Mrs. Holloway is a member of the Society of Friends.

JOSEPHUS HOSKINS, minister and farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Clinton County, Ohio, April 26, 1841. His parents, Isaac and Rachel Hoskins, were natives of Guilford County, N. C., he of Welsh, and she of English descent. They emigrated to Ohio in 1811, and located in Clinton County. They had eight children, of whom seven grew to maturity and five, four daughters and one son, survive. The father was a farmer, and followed that occupation during his whole life, with the exception of ten years spent as a merchant, eight of them in Wilmington. His wife died in 1854, and in 1859 he married Anna Hunt, who died in 1879, without issue. The paternal grandfather of our subject was John Hoskins. The subject hereof is a farmer, and since 1874 an acknowledged minister in the Society of Friends, in which his father is an Elder. He owns 250 acres of land upon which he lives. He was married in 1864 to Emily J. Gallemore, of Clinton County. Her father, Elisha Gallemore, was born in Clinton County. He was a successful farmer, at one time owning 800 acres of land, acquired by his personal efforts. He was at one time worth $80,000. Mr. and Mrs. Hoskins have seven children, viz.: Alma, Luella, Minnie, Clinton, Dora, Clarence and Elvin.

JOHN C. IRELAND, retired farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born near Morrow. Warren Co.,Ohio, October 12, 1816. His father, Francis Ireland, was a native of Frederick County, Va., and a farmer by occupation. He located in Warren County. Ohio, in 1815, on a farm of sixty acres, where he resided till his death, in November, 1817, when our subject was but a few months old. Mr. Ireland's mother was Sarah Curl, also a native of the "Old Dominion." Six children were given to them, four

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now living--Thomas J., Lucinda, Susannah and our subject.. Artimesia and James M. are deceased. John C. Ireland was reared on the farm, and was the only one of the six children born in Ohio. He resided on the old homestead farm until 1846, and then removed to Clinton County, locating on a farm of 117 acres on the Westboro pike, in Washington Township. He resided there until 1875, increasing his farm, till it now comprises 218 acres of the best land in that part of Clinton County. In April, 1875, Mr. Ireland retired from the laborious duties of fan life. and sought rest and comfort in a new home at Wilmington. About 1872 or 1873, he suffered a severe attack of typhoid fever and paralysis, which has enfeebled his health somewhat, but in the main he enjoys very good health. He is a firm and uncompromising Democrat, and for many years served as Trustee of Washington Township. Mr. Ireland was united in marriage, in 1838, to Emma Baker, a native of the Buckeye State. Of the eight children born to this union, seven are living-Eliza A., wife of Joseph Conner, residing on the old homestead; Mary, wife of Edward Champlain, a farmer of Washington Township; Frank, a farmer of Washington Township ; Sarah, residing at home; Oscar, a farmer of Washington Township; Amanda, wife of Samuel Mitchell, a blacksmith of Cuba; and James, on the old homestead. One daughter, Caroline, died at the age of twenty-eight years. Mrs. Ireland departed this life August 9, 1872, and was tenderly laid away to rest in Sugar Grove Cemetery. Mrs. Ireland was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Ireland was again united in marriage, in December, 1875, to Mrs. Catherine (Clevenger) Briggs, widow of Samuel Briggs and a sister of Peter Clevenger. Esq., of Washington Township.

GEORGE M. IRELAND, physician and surgeon, Wilmington, was born in Knox County, Ohio, March 1, 1850. His father; David Ireland, was a native of Pennsylvania, and died when our subject was but thirteen years of age. Dr. Ireland's grandfather was John Ireland, a native of County Tyrone, Ireland, born in 1778. He married Sarah McCracken, a native of America but of Scotch descent. John Ireland died in Putnam County, Ohio, in 1858. Dr. Ireland's mother was Susan Hoke, born in York County, Penn., in 1810. She now resides in Knox County, Ohio. The subject of this sketch grew to manhood in Knox County, attending the high school of Fredericktown, where he obtained a good English education. After leaving school, he went to work on a farm, which vocation he followed for two or three years. Desiring to become a useful ember of society, and to benefit his fellow-men to the best of his ability, he chose the practice of medicine as the means by which he could best serve his purpose. He commenced the study of medicine with Dr. E. M. Hall, of Fredericktown, with whom, for three years, he diligently prosecuted his studies. At the expiration of this time, he attended a series of lectures at the Homoeopathic Medical College of Cleveland, Ohio, graduating in the class of 1876. Soon after, he located in Wilmington, where he has met with fair success, and is building up a remunerative and permanent practice. Dr. Ireland is a member of the Central Ohio Homeopathic Medical Society, of Star of Hope Lodge, (I.O.O.F.), of Wilmington, and politically is Republican. He was united in marriage, November 21, 1871, to Miss Z. A. Stillwell, a native of Knox County, Ohio. They have one son, Charlie. Dr. Ireland and wife are members of the Baptist Church.

DR. A. JONES, Wilmington, the oldest practicing physician and surgeon in Clinton County in point of professional duty, was born at Bean Station, Granger Co., E. Tenn., April f2, 1807. He is the eighth often children, the issue of Wm. Jones and Deborah McVeigh. His father was a native of South Carolina, but a North Carolinian by education. He was a pioneer settler of East Tennessee, and of the same age as the old military statesman, Gen. Andrew Jackson. On March 4, 1810, William Jones located in Warren County, now Union Township of Clinton County, Ohio, where he resided the remainder of life. He was a house-builder by occupation, and assisted in the erection of many of the first houses in the county. He died August 7, 1841. Dr. Jones' mother was a native of Virginia, and of Scotch ancestry. Three of her uncles came to America about the middle of the eighteenth century, and fought in the Revolutionary army, under Gen. W Wayne. Two were killed, but the other one, Eli McVeigh, served seven years in the cavalry and infantry, being severely wounded at one time. He lived to be nearly one hundred years old.

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Mrs. Jones departed this life in 1849. Aquila received careful training at home, and was also placed under the tuition of a Mr. Truesdell, a graduate of the Ohio University, until fifteen years of age. In 1822, the High School of Wilmington contained about 150 scholars, with but one teacher. The duties of this position were too laborious for one man, and Dr. .tones was selected as an assistant. Mr. Truesdell and himself' made the first synopsis of English grammar ever used in the schools of Clinton County. A year later, Dr. Jones was made Assistant to John McManus in the Auditor and Recorder's Office of the county. He remained in this position two years, in 1824 making out the duplicate tax for the county. John McManus resigned his position in 1825, and at the March session of the County Commissioners, Dr. Jones was appointed to fill the office of Auditor for the unexpired term of two years, being at the time only eighteen years of age. He was probably the youngest County Auditor the State of Ohio ever recognized. While teaching school, he had read "Blackstone," with a view to adopt the law as his profession. He subsequently abandoned this design, and in the fall of 18'23, commence the study of medicine with Dr. Loami Rigdon, who was the first physician to hang out a sign in the new county of Clinton, having located in 1812. For the next four years, he was a close student under good instruction. In 1829, he entered the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, and attended lectures faithfully. In April, 1830, he located at Washington Court House, Fayette County, Ohio, where he began his professional duties. In 1831, he removed to Bainbridge, Ross Co., Ohio, where he pursued his profession until the winter of 1834-35, when he permanently located at Wilmington. In the early days of Clinton County, physicians were not so numerous as at present, and for many years there were only three in the entire county, Dr. Turner Welch, Dr. F. and Dr. A. Jones. As is usually the case, the inhabitants of a new territory suffered severely from the ague. Dr. Jones underwent many privations and hardships in the early days of his practice. Riding forty or fifty miles a day over mud or corduroy roads was of common occurrence, and often the _young disciple would reach home early in the morning, fatigued and utterly worn out. Being possessed of :; remarkably strong constitution, characteristic of the genuine, native-born Tennessean, he was enabled to endure these privations with peculiar fortitude and patience. Loving his profession, and its exciting and varied phases, he soon built up an extensive practice, which has tenaciously clung to him during his professional career. In the fifty-two years of a busy physician's life, Dr. Jones has never lost more than two months' time by sickness or other causes. For the last half-century, his form, now bent somewhat by the preceding cares and troubles of an eventful life, has daily been seen relieving the poor and the needy, and mingling with the joys and sorrows of a united populace. No man within the limits of Clinton County is better known than Dr. A. Jones, and none bears a higher standard for integrity, benevolence and nobleness of character. Dr. Jones is a frequent contributor to medical journals, and on several occasions formed one of a committee to examine the State. Insane Asylum, For many years, he has been an active and earnest member of the County and State Medical Association. He was the first physician to the County Infirmary, and his medical talents have always been recognized and revered. Dr. Jones cast his first vote for Henry Clay, and was a strong Whig until 1860. Being a personal friend and admirer of the " Little Giant," Stephen A. Douglas, he became the latter's champion, and remained in the Democratic fold for some years. He has lately become convinced of the terrible evil produced by the enormous consumption of alcoholic liquors in this country, and his vote and influence are now placed with the Prohibition party. Dr. Jones, in connection with his brother-in-law. R. R. Lindley, established the Clinton County Republican, which is still flourishing. In 1836, Dr. Jones commenced keeping a meteorological journal, in which the daily weather has been recorded to the present time. In 1838, he made a weekly report to the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia, and by his individual labors and written papers on the subject, was largely instrumental in creating in the minds of the people a desire for a United States Signal Corps. and the subsequent establishment of the same. Ice the first year of his practice at. Washington C. H., 1830, and the second day of the eleventh month, he was united in marriage to Caroline A. Dawson, a native of the "Old

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Dominion," then a resident of Washington C. H., Ohio. Of the nine children born to this union, six are living;:-Annie E., wife of A. T. Henton, a practicing physician of McLean County, Ill.; Henry P., a soldier in Company G. Seventy-ninth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, residing at Springfield, Ohio ; Alpheus, an attorney of Wilmington; Walter R., publisher of the New Vienna Register, of New Vienna, Ohio ; ` Emma C., who resides at home and ministers to the wants of her loving father; and Lizzie H., wife of John McHenry, in the Adjutant General's Office of Indiana, at Indianapolis. Edwin, Alfred and William, are deceased, all dying in infancy. Mrs. Jones departed this life December 28, 1878, after a union of nearly half a century. She was a lady possessing rare intellectual and social qualities; a strong, clear mind; a bright, intelligent expression, and above all, the kind and loving disposition that characterizes the true Christian woman. She was a conscientious member of the Methodist Church, and passed over the river in the belief of a blissful immortality. Dr. A. Jones' father was an Old-School Baptist, and his mother one of the "seven pioneers," who established the present Methodist Episcopal Church of Wilmington. The Doctor grew up in the teachings of the latter body, but for the greater part of his life was a regular attendant on the services of the Presbyterian Church. In 1880, soon after the death of his beloved companion, he became united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is trying to follow in her footsteps. In earlier years, Dr. Jones was a recognized leader in society, and no party or sociable was complete without the presence of his cheerful countenance and enlivening spirit. In the home circle, he was lively and jovial, and to his children the very ideal of a loving father and companion. He has always taken an especial interest in the prosperity of Wilmington and Clinton County, and especially in school matters. He has assisted many young people to obtain positions as teachers, and for many years was an able and efficient member of the School Board. In his medical career, he has graduated fourteen students, many of whom have filled positions of eminence and honor. Eight of the fourteen are now dead. He has always been a "friend in need " to the poor, both professionally and socially, and enjoys the thanks and blessings of an entire community for his many acts of philanthropy and benevolence. As a member of the County Pioneer Association, Dr. Jones has always evinced more than ordinary interest in its welfare, and in the collation and compilation of the early history of Clinton County. For many years, he was engaged in preparing the manuscript which forms a portion of this work. As such, we desire publicly to thank him for his untiring efforts in behalf of our citizens and posterity, the latter of which will value his labors probably more than the present generation. Dr. Jones' health has been very good during the past two years, and he bids fair to yet live many years, and to continue on the path of duty and usefulness in which he has always stood so firmly.

ETHELBERT C. JONES, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born at Wilmington, Clinton Co., Ohio, September 28, 1826. His father, John Jones, was born in Granger County, Tenn., December 27, 1802, to William and Deborah (McVey) Jones, he of Welsh and English descent, and she a native of Pennsylvania, of Irish descent. He came to Union Township in 1810, and located on Todd's Fork. He received his education in the subscription schools of the county. On May 12, 1824, he married Eleanor Whitson, who died in 1874. They had ten children, six boys and four girls. He was a farmer and an extensive trader, especially in horses. He has bought and sold 8,000 horses. He paid out in one day $100,000 for hogs, and in 1835 be bought 1,600 sheep in Clinton County and drove them to Philadelphia, where he sold them, realizing $1,000 in the transaction. He claims to have crossed the mountains fifty times, and to have paid the farmers of Clinton County as much, if not more, money than any man that ever dealt in the county. He is now living with his son, our subject, at the ripe old age of fourscore years. Ethelbert, our subject, has wisely decided to follow the occupation of his father. He was married, in 1849, to Sabina Jackson, who died October 11, 1866. They had six children, three boys and three girls, viz., Arthur D., Eliza J., Frank C., Louella Kate, Anna May and Charles Williams. In 1868, be was again married to Sarah A. Swan, a native of Indiana, by whom he has one child, Hattie C. The family are members of the Society of Friends. Our subject and his father are both Democrats.

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GEORGE B. JENKINS, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was hero in Virginia, March 28, 1839. He was the son of Frederick B. and Drusilla (Keiter) Jenkins, natives of Virginia, of German and Welsh descent. He was educated in the common schools, and at the North College of Illinois. He early chose the occupation of a farmer, which he has diligently followed with success. He owns a tract of 235 acres of good land, upon which he resides. He was married, in 1875, to Miss Elizabeth S. Tempier, a native of Virginia, of English and German descent. By her he has had three children-Esther T., Mary G. and Frederick B. Mr. Jenkins is a Democrat in politics, and a man highly respected among his acquaintance. He is a member of the Baptist Church, and his wife of the Presbyterian.

ASA JENKINS, ex-Auditor of Clinton County, was born at Birmingham, Allegheny Co., Penn., February 4, 1842. His father was William Jenkins, a native of England and a miner by trade. He came to America about 1827, locating in Allegheny County, Penn., where be resided till about 1855. Ile then removed to Jackson County, Ohio, where he is now engaged in farming. Mr. Jenkins' mother was Mary A. Todd, born near Pittsburgh, Penn. She departed this life in 1881. Of the nine children given them five survive-John, residing in Jackson County, Ohio; Asa; William, a minister of the United Brethren denomination; Mary J., wife of Peter H. Clark ; and Daniel, also of Jackson County, Ohio. Asa Jenkins was reared to manhood in the cities of Birmingham, Allegheny and Pittsburgh, Penn., receiving only a limited education. In April, 1861, he married Nancy Ray, a native of Jackson County, Ohio, and in 1862, enlisted in the Twenty-second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, without regard to company. At that time, he was agent of the C. & M. R. R., at Raysville, Ohio. He was transferred to Company D, Fifty-third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and went to Memphis in September, 1862. He served with the company till July 3, 1864, at the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, where he was shot in the left arm and shoulder. Five inches of the upper bone of the left arm was taken out, also a portion of the bone in the shoulder. Mr. Jenkins lay in the hospital nine months, and was finally discharged at Camp Dennison, May 12, 1865. During the war, his wife had removed to Washington C. H., Ohio, but soon after Mr. Jenkins' return they removed to Wilmington. Mr. Jenkins attended Wilmington College for three years, being among its first students. In March, 1869, Mr. Jenkins was nominated and elected County Auditor for a term of two years. He was re-elected three times, serving in all six years and eight months. He came out of office in November, 1875, and that winter, upon the assembling of the Ohio Legislature, was made Journal Clerk of the Ohio House of Representatives. He served two winters in this official capacity, and since then has been engaged in various enterprises. He was instrumental in placing Appleton's series of readers in the Wilmington Public Schools, and is now engaged in prosecuting pension claims, working at conveyancing, etc. Mr. Jenkins' long experience in public life has given him a valued experience in public matters, and he is now considered one of the best accountants in Clinton County. He cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln, while lying in the hospital at Chattanooga, and sing then has been an ardent Republican. He is a member of the I.O.O.F. fraternity, the Good Templars, and has always evinced an active interest in temperance matters. Eight children have been born to him, seven living-Clarissa J., Annie A., William G., Carrie C., Stella R., Maud L. and Charles Sherman. Albert is deceased. Mr. Jenkins and wife are firm believers in the faith of the Christian Church.

LEWIS JOHNSON, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in this county November 13, 1821. He is a son of Louis and Mary (Bangham) Johnson, natives of Virginia, and both members of the Society of Friends. Lewis Johnson was a farmer of this county, and died when our subject was but six weeks of age. Mrs. Johnson subsequently married John Coats, and departed this life in Sligo, Adams Township, in 1865. He was educated in the primitive schoolhouses of his boyhood days, and has always followed farming as a vocation. He has cleared fifty acres of land by his own individual labor, and once owned 194 acres, but now owns a farm of 115 acres, having given his children the remainder. He is a Republican in politics. He was married,

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in 1842, to Rachel Stanton. They have five children, three daughters and two sons Ahira, a farmer of Union Township; Mary, wife of Isaiah Haworth, also a farmer of Union Township; Sarah A., Joseph R., residing in Adams Township, and Elizabeth L. Mr. Johnson and wife are members of the Society of Friends.

W. E. KENRICK, Wilmington, Sheriff of Clinton County, was born near Waynesville, Warren Co., Ohio, December 28, 1852. His father is a native of Wayne Township, Warren Co., Ohio, and is still a farmer of that county. Mr. Kenrick's mother was Sarah McCoy, also a native of Warren County. She was the mother of six children, five of whom are living. She died March 4, 187 9. W. E. Kenrick was reared a "farmer's boy," residing on the farm, and obtaining; his education in the district schools. In 1875, he came to Wilmington, and soon after was made Deputy Sheriff, under H. B. Connelly, and afterward with G. H. Smith. In the spring of 1878, he received the nomination for Sheriff over ten other candidates, at the primary convention of the Republican party, and was elected the following fall by a good majority. He was re-nominated in 1880, and again reelected that fall. Politically Mr. Kenrick has always been a Republican. He possesses a warm, genial nature, and during his abort stay in Clinton County, has made hosts of friends Mr. Kenrick was married, April 9, 1875, to Susy Lippincott, a native of Waynesville, Warren Co., Ohio. They have one child, May.

CYRUS KING, Wilmington, one of the most prominent colored citizens of Clinton County, residing at the fork of the Snowhill and Lexington Pikes, was born in Halifax County, Va., January 1, 1806. His father was Isaac King, also a native of Virginia, and a slave of Moses Hendricks, as was also his father, Cyrus King. In 1812, two ministers of the Friends Society, Widow Boorum and Sally Terry (both now deceased), brought Mr. King's father's family to Highland County, Ohio, where they rented a farm of Daniel Burgess. Eight or nine years later, Isaac King removed on a farm owned by Joshua Woodrow, where he resided eleven years. In 1830, he removed to Greene Township, near the present residence of Cyrus King, having purchased 100 acres of land from Samuel Wasson, in 1829, and for which be paid $5.75 per acre, Mr. King's family consisted of seven children. He died on this farm about thirty years ago. Cyrus King's mother was Elizabeth Simons. She departed this life about 1872. Our subject was raised on a farm, obtaining only two weeks' schooling during his life. He left home while residing at Hillsboro and went to Cincinnati, to earn money to assist in paying for his father's farm. His father subsequently persuaded Mr. King and brother Joseph to buy 105 acres of land adjoining his own (in 1832 or 1833). Mr. King secured employment as cook on a Mississippi River steamboat, the person holding the position being familiarly known as "the Doctor." He officiated in this capacity eight or nine years. Then settled on his farm in Union and Greene Townships (in 1840), where he has since resided. Several brothers of Mr. King have owned farms, and at their death left; them to him and one living sister, as did also his father. He owns 407 acres of good land, including an eight-acre farm near Cincinnati, left to him by his brother Archibald. Mr. King was a conductor on the famous " Underground Railroad," and kept a station, often having several slaves secreted on his farm. While on board a Mississippi steamboat, Mr. King was once arrested for trying to assist two mulatto slaves to escape. Their master had him tied and was about to inflict severe punishment, when the Captain, who was a friend to our subject, had him released. In 1830, Mr. King was married to Rachel Bird, a native of Kentucky. Nine children have been born to them, two living-Susan and Emma. Mr. and Mrs. King enjoy tolerably fair health. Mr. King has toiled hard through life, and has assisted in clearing five different farms in this State. He is a Republican in politics. He is a member of the African Methodist Episcopal Church of Wilmington, and was instrumental in building a schoolhouse for colored children at New Antioch. He has four grandchildren living and five deceased.

EZEKIEL W. KIRK, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Chester Township, July 16, 1838. His father was Mahlon Kirk, a native of Pennsylvania, of Welsh ancestry, who located in Chester Township in 1808. He was a farmer,

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by occupation. Mr. Kirk's mother was Sarah Stanley, a native of North Carolina, and of English parentage. Her father, Anthony Stanley, was also an early settler of Clinton County. Mr. Kirk remained with his father on the old homestead until twenty-six years of age. He then engaged in agriculture for himself and has been very successful, owning at present 237 acres of good land. He wag formerly a Republican, but of late years has adopted the views promulgated by the Prohibition party. He was married in 1866 to Elizabeth P. Coate, a native of Greene County, Ohio, and a daughter of Hiram Coate. They have three children-A. Lincoln, Rachel Anna and Elbert J. Mr. Kirk and wife are members of the Society of Friends, and he has officiated as overseer and clerk of the Monthly Meeting, held at Center Meeting House.

ISAAC B. KLINE, miller, Wilmington, was born in Hampshire County, W. Va., February 3, 1820. He is a son of Jacob and Catharine (Brill) Kline, natives of Virginia, the former of Scotch-German and the latter of English descent. Jacob Kline was a gunsmith by trade, and our subject grew up under his instruction, learning the trade, and working at it in a shop of his own for four years. In 1845, he learned milling, and in 1847, located at Wilmington, Ohio, where he worked by the month for several years in a saw-mill. In 1864, he enlisted in Company C, Fifteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served till the close of the war, receiving an honorable discharge. About fifteen years ago he purchased his present mill, and has continued the business with fair success. Mr. Kline also owns fifteen acres of land adjoining his mill property. He was married in 1851 to Sarah H., daughter of James S. Garland. They have seven children-Martha Ellen, Ida, Elizabeth, Carrie, Rosa, Isaac Frank and Sophia Grace. Mr. Kline and wife are members of the M. E. Church, and he is a Republican.

J. J. LACY, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Washington Township, December 25, 1810. He is the son of J. Johnson and Ruth (Clevenger) Lacy, natives of Frederick County, Va., where they were married early in the present century. They came to Ohio in 1809 and settled in the present limits of Clinton County where the village of Cuba now stands. Here Mr. Lacy commenced keeping tavern, in which business he continued several years. He afterward made several changes in his location, but finally settled in this township, where he died about the time of the breaking out of the rebellion, having buried his wife some years before. He was with the County Commissioners when they were selecting a site for the county seat in 1810. His family consisted of ten children, of whom six are now living, our subject being the oldest of these. He received a limited education in the primitive schools of early days, and early commenced the work of a pioneer farmer. He became the owner of land in this township in 1838, and located on it in the fall of 1840. In 1855, he purchased a part of his present farm, to which he made additions from time to time, until now he owns 523 acres. He was married in October, 1833, to Ruth Brown, who was born in this county in 1811, and died here in 1875. By this marriage eleven children were born, ten now surviving. Mr. Lacy is a successful farmer and a good citizen, and stands well in the estimation of his fellows.

JOSHUA LACY, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Union Township Clinton County, Ohio, November 24, 1827. His parents were Enos L. and Sarah They right) Lacy, he a native of Virginia and she of Ohio, but both of English descent. They came to Clinton County about 1816, and located in Washington Township, but afterward removed to Union Township. Our subject has followed farming successfully during life and now owns 472 acres of land, all of which he has earned by his own personal efforts. He was married, March 12, 1850, to Ruth C. Bankson, a native of Highland County, Ohio, and daughter of William Bankson, a native of England. They have four children. viz.: Sarah A., married and living in Clinton County; Arthur W., married and living in Union Township; Enos L. and Oscar C. The two latter are unmarried and conducting their father's farm. Mr. Lacy is a Democrat and is now a member of the Board of Trustees of Union Township. He has been a member of the Boards of Directors of the Fair Association, Cemetery Association and School.

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ELIJAH LACY, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Union Township. Clinton County, Ohio, April 22, 1829. He is the son of Enos L. and Sarah (Wright) Lacy, he a native of Virginia and she of Ohio. They were married in Ohio, to which State Mr. Lacy came with his parents in 1816, when he was but nine years of age. He spent his whole life in the State of his adoption and died here in 1880. He was a prominent and influential citizen, and for many years occupied the office of Township Trustee. Our subject received a common-school education and devoted his attention to farming, which he has since followed with marked success, being now the owner of 400 acres of excellent farm land. He was married November 8, 1852, in Clarke County, Ind., to Sarah J. Lea, a daughter of Thomas and Mary Lea, natives of Virginia, he of Welsh and she of Irish descent. By this marriage four children were born, viz. Augusta H., now the wife of Dr. G. R. Conard ; L. Wilber, now married and farming; May E., wife of Dr. Wire, of Wilmington;.. and Robert J., who is at home with his parents. Mr. Lacy is a Democrat in politics. His wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

D. A. LAMB, jeweler and optician, Wilmington, was born at Findley, Hancock County, Ohio, May 4, 1842. His father was Isaac Lamb, a native of this State, and a merchant for many years. He now resides at Bremen, Fairfield County, Ohio. Mr. Lamb's mother was Rebecca Abright, also a native of Ohio. She departed this life when our subject was but two years of age, and he then went to live with an uncle and aunt in Fairfield County, Ohio, where be resided till grown. In 1859, be went to Chillicothe, Ohio, to learn his present trade, and was there when the rebellion commenced. On October 4, 1861, he enlisted in Company C, Seventy-third Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving till July, 1865, and being mustered out of service as Captain of Company F, being probably one of the youngest Captains in the army. After the war, he went back to Chillicothe and engaged in business. Soon after he went to Dayton, where he remained in business only a few months. He then returned to Chillicothe, and September 1, 1868, came to Wilmington. He purchased the stock and trade of Charles Hinman, in the jewelery line of business. His business increased very rapidly, and in 1875, Mr. Lamb erected his present building, which is one of the neatest and best business rooms in Clinton County. He carries a large stock of goods, with a good repair shop in connection. Mr. Lamb takes great interest in all matters pertaining to the growth, education and development of the minds of the people, and of the prosperity of his adopted village and county. He is a member of the Odd Fellow fraternity; Chief' of the Wilmington Fire Department; President of the Clinton County Bible Society ; Treasurer Wilmington Library Association and President of the Wilmington Lecture Association. In church and Sunday echool matters he has always evinced more than ordinary interest. He is an elder in the Presbyterian denomination, Superintendent of its Sunday school, and Secretary of the Clinton County Sunday School Union. He once served two years as President of the latter society: Mr. Lamb is connected with the Royal Arcanum ; is Republican in politics, and was Treasurer of the Clinton County Executive Committee for two years. He was united in marriage, October 7, 1868, to Clara De Voss, a native of Greenfield, O. Mrs. Lamb died in 1877. Mr. Lamb subsequently married Margaretta De Voss, a sister of his first wife. He has one son-Charles D.

GEORGE LAUBER, proprietor restaurant and saloon, on Main street, Wilmington, was born at Baden, Germany, April 22, 1838. His parents were Martin and Sabina (Steinmer) Lauber, natives of Germany. Our subject remained in his native land until fourteen years of age. His mother had died previously, and his father came to America with the other members of the family, our subject among the number. They located at Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio, where Mr. Lauber grew to manhood. When young, he learned the cooper's trade, working at it in Hamilton nine or ten years. In 1861, at the commencement of the civil war, he enlisted in Company B, Ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving over four years, and by gallant conduct being promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant and receiving an honorable discharge as such. After returning to Hamilton, he went to Cincinnati, and entered Nelson's Commercial College,

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remaining some months. He then came to Wilmington, and has been in his present business since 1871. He has been moderately successful in trade and is classed among the substantial business men of the village. His political faith is cemented to that of the Democratic party. Mr. Lauber was married in 1870, to Kate Kurfiss, a native of Warren County, Ohio.

JOSEPH LEONARD, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, residing on the Clarksville & Center pike. He was born on Todd's Fork, in Union Township, July 22, 1819. His parents were John and Lydia (Starbuck) Leonard. The former was born in North Carolina, and is of Scotch-Irish descent; latter born on Nantucket Island. Mr. Leonard was reared on a farm, and was educated in the district schools and at Wilmington Seminary. He then taught school some years. When of age his father gave him a horse, saddle and blanket, valued at about $200, which was all the assistance he received in his start in the race of life. He worked by the month on a farm for one year, and then started a dry goods store at Center (in 185:) where he did business until 1863. He then engaged at farming, which vocation he has followed to the present time. He owns 178 acres of land, the product of his own labor and economy. Mr. Leonard has been a, Republican through life, and has officiated as Overseer and Treasurer of Union Township, and Commissioner of Pikes. Of late years, he has become an earnest Prohibitionist. Mr. Leonard has suffered from hay fever for the past year, but has lately discovered an infallible remedy, which cured him in a short time. He was married June 24, 1858, to Abbie Smith, who was born in Virginia, in 1823. She accompanied her parents, Levi and Abbie (Hartman) Smith to Ohio when quite young. They have two children living - Albert J., born January 15, 1862, and Edgar S., born July 18, 1864. Mr. Leonard and wife are members of the Society of Friends.

LEWIS LEWIS, retired farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Virginia April 6, 1804. His father, John Lewis, was a native of Wales, who came to America at an early day. He was a farmer by occupation, and in 1809 left the "Old Dominion," locating at Chillicothe, Ohio, and, in the spring of 1810, on a farm in Union Township, this county. This farm is located on or near what is known as the Burlington pike, and where Mr. Lewis resided a quarter of a century, his death occurring in December, 1835. The maiden name of his wife was Elizabeth Jenkins, and nine children was given them, our subject being the only surviving one. Mrs. Lewis died in February, 1836, the death of herself and husband occurring only two months apart. Lewis Lewis came to this county with his parents when but six years of age. He was reared a farmer's boy, enjoying all the pleasures of early farm life, and passing through its varying vicissitudes in his more mature years. Believing the life of a farmer and agriculturist to be a vigorous, healthy and remunerative one, Mr. Lewis continued in it till the infirmities of old age caused him to relinquish active labor. Before his father's death, he purchased the old homestead of 208 acres, and since then has increased it to 270 acres of productive soil. While on the farm, Mr. Lewis enjoyed good health, but in 1876, on account of feebleness, he thought it beat to rest from his labors, having passed sixty-six years in farm life. He removed to Wilmington, where he now resides, enjoying the comforts and blessings gained through a life of ceaseless activity. His health is still feeble, and deafness has increased in proportion to age. Mr. Lewis was formerly an "Old Line Whig," but of late years has been a Republican. While a resident of Union Township, he served his neighbors as Trustee three years, also as Supervisor and School Director of District No. 6. His father and mother were Friends, and our subject enjoys a birthright in that society. Mr. Lewis was united in marriage in 1836 to Mary A. Woolery, a native of this county. Eight children were born to this union, seven of whom survive - Elizabeth J. ; Evan J., residing at Muncie, Ind., formerly of Company B, Fortieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving three years; Ruth B., wife of Isaac W. Wall, residing in Union Township; Allen, who married Anna South, of Jeffersonville, Fayette Co., Ohio, and now resides at Harveyville, Kan. ; Jacob, who married Amanda, daughter of Seth Linton, of Union Township, and resides on a farm in Adams Township; Michael W., who married Rose Reed, a sister of L. D. Reed, County Treasurer, and resides on a farm in Union Township; and John M., married

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to Ella Whinnery, and residing at Manhattan, Kan. Isaac enlisted in an Ohio regiment during our late rebellion, and subsequently died from wounds received while in the service. Mrs. Lewis died in 1869, aged fifty-six years.

HENRY H. LEWIS, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born on Todd's Fork, in Union Township, Clinton Co., Ohio, November 39, 1833. He is the son of John and Sarah (Rannells) Lewis, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of Pennsylvania, both of English descent. They were early settlers in Clinton County, and raised a family of nine children, all now living, and all but two living; in this county. Our subject. received his education in the schools of his county, and early commenced working on the farm. He has always followed the occupation of a farmer, and is now the possessor of 113 acres of good arable land. He was married December 28, 1858, to Rhoda C. Tomlin, a daughter of Peter Tomlin, a soldier in the war of 1813. By this marriage four children were born, of whom three now survive. Mr. Lewis is a man of intelligence and by reading extensively, keeps himself posted in all the events of the day.

J. J. LEWIS, of Babb & Lewis, grocers, South street, Wilmington, was born in Clinton County, February 20, 1836. His father was John Lewis, a native of the "Old Dominion," and a carpenter by trade. He came to this country in early times, and for many years carried on farming. He died in 1873. The mother of Mr. Lewis was Sarah Rannells, a native of Pennsylvania, and a present resident of Wilmington. Mr. Lewis learned the carpenter trade while yet young, and worked at it some time. Wishing to lead a mercantile life, he entered into partnership with Asa H. Jenkins in the grocery trade, the firm remaining as Jenkins & Lewis about a year and a half. Mr. Lewis then disposed of his interest to John Wilson, clerking for the new firm six months. He subsequently engaged in business again with Mr. Jenkins, but two years later Mr. Jenkins retired from the firm in favor of Alfred Wall. Mr. Wall subsequently sold his share to G. L. Barlow. The stock of goods was almost totally destroyed by the " ° big fire " of May, 1875, and for some time they carried on business in the Christian Church. The firm afterward disposed of the stock and trade to the Grange. Mr. Lewis then engaged in his present business with Franklin Babb, under the present firm name, and enjoy a very fair trade in groceries, queensware, etc. Mr. Lewis is Republican in politics, and connected with Star of Hope Lodge, No. 127, I.O.O.F. He was united in marriage June 16, 1881, to Ella Thompson, a native of this county.

SETH LINTON, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Union Township, October 10, 1812. He was the son of Nathan and Rachel (Smith) Linton. For the genealogy of the family, the reader is referred to the sketch of James Linton, deceased, in the biographies of Vernon Township. Our subject's mother was born January 18, 1790, and died April 4, 1859. She was the daughter of Seth Smith, who was born May 19, 1761, and died April 1, 1837, and Elizabeth (Littler) Smith, his wife who was born April 9, 1769, and died July 7, 1842. The father of the latter was Samuel Littler, who immigrated to America from England with William Penn. Our subject grew up in the early days of Clinton County, and is well versed in its pioneer history. He was educated in the subscription schools of his day and in a school taught by his father in the milkhouse on their farm. After leaving school he assisted his father on the farm, and when still young bought 200 acres of land for $5 per acre. This land he improved and afterward sold for $50 per acre. He early commenced keeping a nursery, and that business has since occupied a large e share of his life. He now owns 233 acres of land on which is located a nursery consisting of the best varieties of fruit and ornamental trees and shrubbery. He also owns an orange grove of ten acres in Florida. He was married, September 21, 1836, to Sarah Ann Moore, at Lytle's Creek Meeting. She was born in this county December 7, 1819, and was a daughter of Joshua Moore, who was born in Chester County, Penn., October 10, 1791, and died February 7, 1874, and Nancy (Stratton) Moore, his wife, who was born November .16, 1797, and died December 19, 1881. They were married at Springfield Meeting and had twelve children, nine boys and three girls. By his marriage, Mr. Linton has had six children, viz. Nathan M.; born March 18, 1838, an attorney, and now a member of the Ohio Legislature ; Nancy L., born January 3,1840, and now the wife of Thomas

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McMillan, a farmer; Rachel, born October 8, 1841, and now the wife of E. Snowden, a farmer; Joshua, born April 2,1843, and married to Olive Hadley, by whom he has had six children, three living; Oliver, born August 5, 1845, and married to Sarah Hiat, by whom he has two children; Amanda, born November 11, 1848, and now the wife of Jacob Lewis, a farmer. Mrs. Linton is an ordained minister of the Society of Friends (Orthodox), and attends each yearly meeting held in the United States, with the exception of one held in Kansas. She has traveled many thousand miles during her ministry, always paying her own expenses. She is well known through Clinton County, and the State of Ohio, and highly respected by one and all. Mr. Linton has been very liberal to his children, giving each a large sum of money when attaining their majority. He is strongly opposed to the use of tobacco and all intoxicants, and is in politics a Prohibitionist. He and big family are members of the Society of Friends, as have been his ancestors for two centuries.

CYRUS LINTON, grocer and pioneer dealer in grain and coal in Wilmington, was born on Todd's Fork, in Union Township, April 17, 1825. His father, Nathan Linton, was a native of Pennsylvania. In 1801, he visited Ohio, and in his wanderings over the State visited what is now Clinton County. He was favorably impressed with the appearance of the country °' thereabouts," and its few but sociable inhabitants, and the following year removed his family to Waynesville. In 1803 or 1805, he removed to Union Township. He was a weaver by trade, also a surveyor, and for many years served the county in the latter capacity. He died on the old homestead in 1858, mourned by a host of life-long friends and acquaintances. Mr. Linton's mother was Rachel Smith, a native of Virginia or Tennessee. She departed this life in 1859. The subject of this sketch was reared a " farmer's boy" and resided on the old homestead until the spring of 1864. He then removed to Wilmington, where he has since resided._ He was probably among the first to deal largely in coal and grain in he village, and his operations have always met with reasonable success. He also owns a grocery store near the depot of the C. & M. V. R: R. On September 15, 1870, Mr. Linton's son, Samuel S., was admitted to a full partnership in the business, and the firm name has since been C. Linton & Son. Mr. Linton has always manifested a lively interest in the welfare of his native county, and has filled the greater portion of the elective offices in the township, being politically a Republican. He served as President of the Agricultural Board of Clinton County, four years; one term as County Commissioner; several terms as Trustee; and eight years as Councilman of Wilmington. He was married, in 1847, to Lydia Harvey, a native of this county. One child was given them-Samuel S. Mrs. Linton died in the spring of 1852, and in the fall of 1853, Mr. Linton married Eliza, daughter of Jonathan Hadley, an honored pioneer of Clinton County. Three children were sent to bless this union-Olive, Lydia and Edwin C. Mr. Linton's wife and family have birthrights in the Society of Friends. Mr. Linton is the owner of the old homestead, in Union Township, consisting of 123 acres, valued at $60 per acre.

HENRY LORISH. harness manufacturer and dealer in all kinds of harness goods and saddles, Wilmington, was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, October 26, 1826. His father was Nicholas Lorish, born in Fairfield County, near the present site of Lancaster, and when the Indians were undisputed owners of the soil. He was a farmer and followed that vocation until his death, which occurred in 1846. The mother of Mr. Lorish was Magdaline Apt, also a'native of Lancaster County, Penn., and who died at Columbus, Ohio, in 1863. The subject of this notice was reared a "farmer's boy," in every sense of the term. He assisted in the work of the farm in spring, summer and : autumn, and attended the little old log schoolhouse of the district during the winter months. In 1842, when sixteen years of age, he commenced to learn his present trade, at Baltimore; Fairfield Co., Ohio, and in 1849 came to Wilmington, where he has since plied his vocation, and gained enough of this world's goods to prove his success as a business man. He is one of the pioneer harness-makers of our county, and a man well respected by all classes of people, always taking an interest in his fellow-men. Mr. Lorish has been prominently identified with the I O.O.F. order for many years. He is a member of Star of Hope Lodge, No. 127, and Hiawatha Encampment; No. 7. He has been Treasurer

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of both bodies for several years. He was born and bred "in a hot-bed of Democracy," but has always voted for and with the Republican party. His religious ideas are essentially those of the Christian Church, and he has been a member for some time. Mr. Lorish was married in February, 1856, to Martha E. Miller, a native of Warren County, but a resident of this county. One child born to them is deceased. Mrs. Lorish died December 10, 1863, after a union of less than eight years. Mr. Lorish was again united in the bonds of matrimony, September 20, 1865, to Esther A. Lacy, a native of this county. Two sons have been given them-Sherman T., with John Carroll, photographer, and Logan S., a student at the Wilmington High School, who will graduate in the class of 1883. Mr. Lorish's first wife was a member of the Baptist Church ; his present wife is a member of the Christian denomination.

J. H. LLOYD, chief miller of Fulton, Crane & Peters, Wilmington, was born in Frederick County, Va, March 6, 1833. His father was James Lloyd, a wealthy planter of the "Old Dominion." In 1860, just previous to the civil war, he sold his possession, and came to Ohio, locating at Waynesville, Warren Co., Ohio, where he yet resides. Mr. Lloyd's mother was Sarah Green. She departed this life in 1872. J. H. Lloyd was reared on the plantation in Virginia, living there till eighteen years of age. He then came to Ohio, and learned the miller's trade in the old Telegraph Mills, below Waynesville, on the Miami River. He remained there three years and seven months. He was next employed in a buhr factory by Amos Decker, and a year later went to Stillwell, Miami Co., Ohio, where he was engaged in milling three years. His next venture was in a grocery store at Springfield, Ohio. Two years later he returned to Waynesville, and was chief miller in the mills there for two years. After a nine months' stay at Harrisburg, in 1874, he came to Wilmington and rented the Wilmington Mills of Lewis Hockett (now deceased), for one year. In 1880, Mr. Lloyd accepted his present position. He is a member of Star of Hope Lodge, 127 (I.O.O.F.), and of Hiawatha Encampment, No. 70. Politically, he is Republican, and in 1880 was a candidate for Sheriff in the primary convention. Mr. Lloyd was united in marriage in 1871, to Julia Kilbon, a native of Warren County, Ohio. They have four children-Alice B., Minnie M., Carrie E, and Lizzie L.

ENOCH LUNDY, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Chester Township, Clinton Co., Ohio, July 18, 1830. He is a son of Jesse and Abigal (Green) Lundy. His grandparents, James and Elizabeth Lundy, were natives of Virginia, and came to this county in 1810 or 1811. The former was a prominent member of the Society of Friends, and sat at the head of that body, in Chester Township, for many years. Mr. Lundy's father was born in Virginia, in 1805; he was a farmer, and for many years was an Elder in the Friends' Church. He died in August, 1876. His mother died July 22, 1853, aged fifty-eight years. Mr. Lundy was reared in Clinton County, receiving but a limited education. He learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed many years, once being in partnership with Zimri Wall. He is now engaged in farming, and is the owner of ninety-four acres of land. Mr. Lundy was married in 1857, to Sally M. Babb, a daughter of Azel Babb. They had two children, one now living Calvin James, born January 19, 1864; Elbet died in 1865. Mrs. Lundy departed this life in 1870, and Mr. Lundy was again married, February 12, 1874, to Phebe D. Wall, a daughter of A. L. Wall, of this township. They have had three children, only one surviving-Homer J., born January 8, 1580. Mr. Lundy and wife are prominent members of the Friends' Church, and he has been Overseer and Treasurer of the Center Monthly Meeting for about ten years.

C. A. MARBLE, Wilmington, the leading and pioneer undertaker of Wilmington and Clinton County, and senior member of Marble & Harvey, dealers in furniture and undertaking goods, was born in Fayette County, Penn., July 25, 1829. His father, Daniel Marble was a native of the Keystone State, and came to Wilmington with his family when the village was quite small. He was also an undertaker and erected the first hearse ever need in Clinton County. He died November 23, 1860. Mr. Marble's mother was Isabell (Mitchell) Marble, a native of Pennsylvania, and is also deceased. Mr. Marble grew to manhood, receiving a good education in our public schools. He early learned

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the cabinet-maker's trade with his father, and subsequently served an apprenticeship at tailoring. He then learned daguerreotyping (in 1847), and was afterward engaged for some time in the clothing and merchant tailoring trade. He was engaged in clerking in Cincinnati for some time, but about the close of the war opened a gallery in Wilmington, and made the first photograph ever printed in that village. He remained in that business until the death of his father, in 1860, when be took up his present vocation, succeeding his parent, and has continued at it since. In 1875, he commenced dealing in furniture, but a few months later, suffered a loss of $3,500 in the `' big fire," so well remembered by Wilmington people. In the spring of 1876, T. C. Harvey ,became associated with Mr. Marble in business, the firm name being changed to its present one. Mr. Marble has always taken more than usual interest in the different departments of his profession, and when, in June, 1881, a meeting of the undertakers of Ohio was held, to form a State Association, he was made a member of the committee to draft its constitution and by-laws. He is a charter member of the association, and a liberal supporter. The firm of which Mr. Marble is a member handles a large stock of furniture, and enjoy a very successful trade. Politically, Mr. Marble is a strong adherent of the principles set forth by the Republican party. He was married to Mattie, daughter of the Hon. D. T. Quinn, of Clinton County.

E. F. MARBLE, jeweler and optician, Wilmington, was born in Fayette County, Penn., in 1832. His father was Daniel Marble, a native of the "Keystone State," who came to Clinton County in the fall oŁ 1839. He was a mechanic, and resided at Wilmington until his death, in 1860. Mr. Marble's mother was Elizabeth Mitchell, also a native of Pennsylvania. She died some years ago. The subject of this notice accompanied his parents to this county when but seven years of age. Here he was reared and educated, and when young learned the jeweler's trade with his brother, H. R. Marble, who established the pioneer jewelry trade of Clinton County. Mr. Marble remained with his brother five years, and, upon the latter's death, purchased the stock and trade, and has continued the business. His stock is very large and fine, and his trade remunerative, and on the steady increase. Mr. Marble has always voted the Republican ticket, and is a staunch advocate of the doctrines promulgated by that party. He is a man well known and proportionately respected by the better class of citizens of Wilmington and Clinton County.

JOHN MATTHEWS, Wilmington, Probate Judge of Clinton County, was born in Highland County, Ohio, November 11, 1812. His father was John Matthews, a native of North Carolina, who came to Ohio in 1805. He located in Highland County, three miles north of Hillsboro, where he resided till his death. Judge Matthews' mother was Mary E. Hussey, a native of Tennessee. She departed this life in the fall of 1864. The subject of this notice grew up on a farm, and received his early educational training in the subscription and district schools. Having been raised on a farm, be always retained a fondness for agricultural pursuits, and was engaged in agriculture till 1867. In 1836, he removed to Clinton County,. locating near Snow Hill, where he remained nearly ten years. He resided at New Vienna until 1867, when he came to Wilmington. While a young man, he obtained a certificate to teach, and for many years engaged in that noble profession. While engaged in this work, he formed a desire to make the practice of law his future life work, and to that end commenced its study. While a resident of New Vienna, Judge Matthews was appointed Postmaster by President Polk, and subsequently re-appointed by President Fillmore. During these years, and previously, he was an ardent Democrat, but became a Republican on the organization of that party. In 1862, he was appointed Assessor of the Sixth District Internal Revenue of Ohio, discharging the duties of that position until the fall of 1866. In the latter period, he was a candidate for the position of Probate Judge of Clinton County, and was triumphantly elected by a large majority. Since that time, he has been reelected several times, and still occupies the position, having had little or no opposition at election times. Judge Matthews early became a member of the Methodist Church, and since his removal to Wilmington, has served in various official trusts in that denomination. He is also a member of the Odd Fellows fraternity, both of the Lodge and

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Chapter, at Wilmington. He was united in marriage, in 1836, to Sarah Woodmansee, a native of this State. Two children were born to them-Mary E., wife of Isaac Smith, of New Vienna, and Isaac W. Mrs. Matthews died in June, 1845. Judge Matthews again married, in September, 1847, Margaret Patton, a native of Highland County, Ohio, who died in August, 1850, leaving no children. His third and present wife was Rebecca Nordyke, a native of this county. They were married in 1852. Four children are the fruits of this alliance-Luella, wife of W. H. Raunells, a prominent clothier of Wilmington; Clara, wife of C. W. Brown, of Wilmington; Charles A. and William. Judge Matthews' character for strict integrity and high principle, as well as his business ability, is beyond all question. He is ever ready to do what he can for others, at the expense of his own time and comfort. His social characteristics are those of a pleasant, genial companion and warm friend. A resident of the county for nearly half a century, Judge Matthews is well and favorably known, and none stand higher in public confidence and esteem.

CHARLES E. McELWEE, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Union Township, Clinton Co., Ohio, November 24, 1852. His father, Isaac R. McElwee, was born in Virginia in 1824, and in early life followed the trade of a carpenter. H e married Rhoda Walker, of Clinton County, and during the greater part of his life has been a farmer, now owning a nice farm in this township. Oar subject received his education in the district schools of this county, and early commenced work on his father's farm, which he is still cultivating. He was married in 1876, to Louella Kate Jones, a daughter of Ethelbert Jones, and a native of Union Township. This union has been blessed with three children-Ethelbert, Stella and William. The family are members of the Friends' Society. Mr. McElwee is a Republican in politics.

WILSON McFARLAND, a farmer of this township, P. O. Wilmington, residing one and a half miles west of Wilmington, was born in Greene County, Ohio, October 3, 1827. He is a son of Jacob and Margery (McGrew) McFarland. His father was a native of Kentucky, and located in Greene County, Ohio, in 1805. The subject of this notice was reared a "farmer's boy," and has retained a fondness for agricultural pursuits through life. He received a good common school education. About ten years ago, he went to Tennessee, where he was engaged in mercantile pursuits for nearly five years. In 1861, while a resident of Clinton County, he enlisted in Company B, Seventy-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Colonel Moody commanding, and held the position of Third Sergeant. He participated in the battle of Stone River, and subsequently accompanied Sherman when he "marched down to the sea." He re-enlisted in 1864, and was finally discharged in 1865, having suffered no wounds during his four years' service. After the war, he returned home, and has since bean engaged in farming, except the five years spent in the South. Mr. McFarland takes great interest in sheep-raising and wool, and generally keeps about 400 head of fine Merinos on his farm. He is a stanch member of the Republican party, and has served his neighbors as School Director, and at present holds that position. Mr. McFarland's farm consists of 231 acres of valuable land, located on the Goshen pike. He was married, in 1865, to Jennie Wilson, a native of this county. Both are consistent members of the Christian Church.

JOHN S. McGREGOR, P. O. Wilmington, a prominent farmer of the northeastern part of Union Township, was born in Wilmington, Ohio, January 1, 1826. His grandfather, John McGregor, located near Deerfield, Warren Co., Ohio, in 1804, and in 1813 settled near Clarksville, in Vernon Township, of this county. He subsequently kept a general store on the corner of Main and Mulberry streets, in Wilmington, when those thoroughfares were yet full of trees and stumps. Mr. McGregor's parents were Eli and Maria (Sexton) McGregor. The former was born January 1, 1788, and died in 1876; the latter was born May 25, 1797, and died in 1879. His father was a member of the Society of Friends, and a strong anti-slavery man. He was a conductor on the "Underground Railroad" previous to the rebellion. Mr. McGregor was reared on a farm, and obtained a good English education in the schools of the neighborhood. He learned the cabinet-maker's trade, and assisted his father at this business till he was

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thirty years of age. He subsequently carried on a cabinet-maker's shop in Brown and Greene Counties for ten or eleven years. He was engaged in farming in Greene County until 1865, when he moved to his present location. He is the owner of sixty-seven acres of good land, through which runs the Pan Handle Railroad, and a flag station is located on the farm. He has been moderately successful in life. He was formerly a member of the Free-Soil party, but of late years has been a Republican. Mr. McGregor was united in marriage in 1857, to Caroline Bartholemew, a daughter of Chester Bartholemew. She is a native of Adams Township. They have two children-Eli C. and Joseph F. Mrs. McGregor is a member of the Christian Church.

ELI A. McKEE, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Frederick County, Va., January 31, 1827. His parents were Thomas and Emily (Anderson) McKee, of Scotch-Irish ancestry, who settled at Wilmington in 1832. They subsequently. moved to Oakland, in Cheater Township, this county. The subject of this notice was a carpenter in early life, and afterward "farmed it" awhile. He was a house-mover seven or eight years, and subsequently ran a wagon shop. He is now the owner of fifty acres of good land. Mr. McKee was married, in 1850, to Elizabeth, daughter of Elihu and Jane Oren. They have four Children-Emma J., wife of Thomas Brann; Charles O., and Add& and Alma (twins). Mr. and Mrs. McKee are members of the Friends' Church, and he is a Republican.

JOHN McLAIN, deceased, was born near Wheeling, W. Va., January 1, 1802. He was the son of John and Jane (Purcell) McLain, he of Irish, and she of Scotch descent. He came to Ohio with his parents in his youth and remained in this State until his death, which occurred May 6, 1868. On March 4, 1841, while living at Washington, Fayette Co., Ohio, he was married to Ann Maria Woodruff, by whom he had five children, three sons and two daughters, of whom one son died in infancy, and another at the age of ten years. The three remaining children are now married and living near the place of their birth in Clinton County. In the fall of 1843, Mr. McLain moved to this county and settled on a farm near Wilmington where he engaged in farming, and where be remained until his death. He was a stanch Republican and a true Christian gentleman, though not a member of any church.

ROBERT McMILLAN, builder, Wilmington, is a life resident of the village. He was born April 28, 1840, and is a son of William McMillan, a native of Pennsylvania. He came to Clinton County, Ohio, when but six years of. age, and during the latter part of his life was engaged in erecting many of the principal buildings of Wilmington and vicinity. He died in February, 1873. Mr. McMillian's mother was Elizabeth Henry, a sister of James Henry, of Henry & McMillan, grocers. Robert McMillan grew to manhood in his native village, obtaining his education in the public schools. He assisted his father at the builder's trade during the latter's life time and has since followed it. Mr. McMillan is probably the largest builder in Wilmington, having erected the larger part of its fine business blocks and private residences. He erected the Methodist Episcopal and Christian Churches, City Hall, Wilmington Public School building, First National Bank building, County building and Wilmington College, with many others too numerous to mention. Mr. McMillan has been in active service about twenty-two years, and has done his share in improving the appearance of his native place. He resides in a neat and substantial brick residence, on the northeast corner of South and Columbus streets. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Republican in politics, and a member of the village Council. Mr. McMillan was united in marriage in 1870, to Laura F., daughter of Stephen Eldred. They have two children -Ray and C. R.

WILLIAM McMILLAN, junior member of Henry & McMillan, grocers and dealers in queensware, South street, Wilmington, was born in the village of Wilmington, January 30, 1856. He is a son of William McMillan, a native of Pennsylvania, who came to this county when quite young. He was a brick-mason and a builder by trade, and erected many of the substantial business blocks and dwellings of Wilmington and vicinity. He died in February, 1873. Mr. McMillan's mother was Elizabeth Henry, also a native of Pennsylvania, and still residing in Pennsylvania. The subject of

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this notice grew to manhood in his native village, and attended the public schools till fourteen years of age. He then went to Kansas, where he clerked for two years. Returning to Wilmington, he was employed as a clerk in the store of L. D. Sayres. with whom he remained eight years. On July 7, 1880 he formed a copartnership with James Henry in his present business. Mr. McMillan is connected with the Royal Arcanum, and served one year as collector of that organization. He has always been a stanch Republican. Mr. McMillan possesses a very fine private library, in which this work will find a prominent place. William McMillan is a young man of excellent habits, and good business qualifications, and bears the esteem of a host of friends and acquaintances throughout the county.

ABRAM McNAMA, maker of boots and shoes, East Main street, Wilmington, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, August 6, 1823. His father was Timothy McNama, a native of Ireland, who came to America during the Irish rebellion of 1778. He removed to Licking County, Ohio, about 1812. Mr. McNama's mother was Rachel McDonald, a native of Pennsylvania, of Scotch-Irish descent. When quite young, Mr. McNama accompanied his parents to Perry County, Ohio, where his mother departed this life and where he was reared and educated. When nine years of age, he commenced learning his present trade, and has laboriously followed this occupation for nearly half a century. He resided in Perry County until twenty-two years of age, then removed to Lebanon, and April 2, 1850, located in Wilmington, where he has since resided. Mr. McNama has been very industrious and economizing through life, and his business has always been remunerative. He is a member of the Society of Friends. His maiden vote was cast for James K. Polk, and since then has voted with the Democratic party. He was married November 11, 1847, to Mary A. Elliott, a resident of this county. Two sons have been given them, one now living-Lawthern, a resident of Warren County, Ohio, formerly in business with his father. The other son, William, died of the cholera in 1854. Mrs. McNama is also a member of the Friends.

ISAIAH F. MIARS, Wilmington, was born in the house where he now resides, August 23, 1833. His father was David Miars, a native of Virginia and of German ancestry. He located on Todd's Fork, Union Township, this county, in 1811. He was a blacksmith by trade, but was mostly engaged in farming. In this latter vocation he became quite successful, owning 468 acres at the time of his death, December 19, 1880. Mr. Miars' mother was Sally Stout, a native of North Carolina, and of English parentage. She is a member of the Society of Friends. Mr. Miars grew to manhood on the old homestead, and has been engaged in farming all his life. He now owns 121 acres of the old homestead farm. Mr. Miars' political views are in sympathy with those adopted by the Republican party, and his official acts have been limited to the directorship of a school district in his native township. He was joined in the bonds of holy wedlock, in 1855, to Matilda Babb, a native of Union Township, of Scotch ancestry, and a daughter of Henry and Anna (Woodruff) Babb. They have been blessed with six children-Luella J.; Elva E., wife of Orlando Walker, a prominent young farmer of this township; Sally Ann, Mary E., Corwin and Henry. Mr. Miars, wife and family are members of the Society of Friends.

ORLANDO MIARS, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Union Township, Clinton Co., Ohio. September 1, 1827. He is the son of John and Catharine (Miars) Miars, natives of Virginia, of German descent. He has received no other education than such as could be obtained from the district schools of the township. He is by occupation a farmer, and now owns 175 acres of good land. He was married in 1852 to Marcia Buckley, a daughter of George and Ruth (Barnes) Buckley, the former a native of Connecticut, of Welsh and English descent, and the latter a native of Vermont, of English and French descent. Mrs. Miars was born May 3, 1823, and by her Mr. Miars has had two children, viz., Charles R. and Florence. The family are members 'of the Society of Friends. Mr. Miars is a Republican in politics, but has never aspired to official honors. He has, however, held several minor offices in the township. He is a kind husband, an affectionate parent and a good and respected citizen.

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JOHN D. MILLER, P. O. Wilmington, a farmer and stock-raiser on the McKay pike, three and a half miles from Wilmington, was born in Center County, Penn., June 29, 1817. He is a son of David and Tamzen (Whitson) Miller, natives of Pennsylvania and of German descent. David Miller came to Clinton County in 1819, locating in Union Township. He was an artilleryman during the war with Great Britain, in 1812. Mr. Miller was reared in the wilds of Clinton County, often watching a herd of deer pass his father's door. He received but a limited education, and has been engaged in agricultural pursuits through life. He was a " squirrel hunter" during the rebellion, having enlisted, though over age, as, First Sergeant in the Ohio National Guards, to repel Kirby Smith in his raid against Cincinnati. He is the owner of seventy-five acres of land, the result of his own untiring industry and economy. He is a Democrat, and has served as School Director. Mr. Miller was married in 1841 to Jane McKinzie, a daughter of John and Isabella (Crawford) McKinzie, of Scotch ancestry, who located in Clinton County about 1809. Four children have been given them, three living-Bell T., married and residing in Tennessee; Miles D., a farmer and carpenter, and Duriae J.

LEVI MILLS, of Mills & Van Pelt, attorneys at law, office over Lamb's jewelry store, Wilmington, was born in Warren County, Ohio, March 14, 1844. His father was Jonathan Mills, a native of Warren County, and a farmer by occupation. He died in 1862. Mr. Mill a mother was Charity Cook. She departed this life in 1860. Mr. Mills was reared amid rural scenes, and resided on his father's farm till twenty years cf age. In 1864, he came to Wilmington and commenced the study of law in the office of Robert E. Doan, with whom he remained until admitted to practice. He attended lectures at the Cincinnati Law School during the winters of 1865-66, 1866-67 and 1867-68, and on the third Wednesday of April, 1868, was admitted to practice at the bar. He returned to Wilmington and formed a law partnership with R. E. Doan. Soon after, this relationship was discontinued, and Mr. Mills practiced his profession alone for three years. In October, 1873, he was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Clinton County on the Republican ticket, but resigned after a year's service. On December 5, 1873, he was admitted to practice in the United States Courts, and soon after formed a copartnership with Felix G. Stone, the firm of Stone & Mills doing business for three or four years. In 1878, he entered into partnership with David B. Van Pelt, and the firm of Mills & Van Pelt does a flourishing business. Mr. Mills has always been a Republican, but of late years has become a Prohibitionist in sentiment. In the fall of 1881, he was nominated at Loveland, Ohio, for Attorney General of Ohio, by the State Anti-Liquor Alliance, but declined the proffered honor. Mr. Mills' parents were members of the Society of Friends, and he was reared in the doctrines of that church. Upon attaining his majority he became a licensed minister of the Friends' Society. The fact of a minister of the Society of Friends being an attorney at law is a very rare occurrence in the history of the church. Mr. Mills was united in marriage in October, 1862, to Ruth W. McMillan, & native of this county. Four children have been sent to bless this union-, three daughters are living-Hattie, Mary and Irene. Robert J. is deceased. Mrs. Mills enjoys a birthright in the Society of Friends. Mr. Mills is the present Secretary of the Pioneer Association of Clinton County, and as such has done much toward the preservation of the local history so fully portrayed in this volume.

FRANK BIRDSELLE MILLS, junior member of the law firm of Stone, Walker & Mills,. Wilmington, was born at Sabina, Richland Township, Clinton Co., Ohio, April 30, 1857. His father was Abner C. Mills, a native of Kentucky, who located in Darke County, Ohio, in 1840. A few years later, he removed to this county, where he "farmed it" till his death, June 10, 1875. Mr. Mills' mother was Huldah Hall, also a native of Kentucky. She departed this life in 1864. Our subject resided in his native village till he was fourteen years of age. In 1869, he went to Burlingame, Kan., where he lived one year. He then returned to Sabina, and received a good English education in the public schools there, and subsequently at the Wilmington College of the Society of Friends. In 1875, he came to Wilmington, and read law with Stone & Walker. After the death of his father, in 1876, he went to college for

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three years. He next studied law with Savage & Smith, and was admitted to the bar in April, 1879. He opened an office, and practiced his profession alone until February, 1880, when he became a member of the present firm. Mr. Mills is a member of Wilmington Lodge, No. 52 (Masonic), and "a genuine old-fashioned Republican" in politics

THOMAS MILLIKAN, retired farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in North Carolina, March 1, 1808. His father was Eli Millikan, a native of that State, and a blacksmith by trade. He came to Warren County, Ohio, in the fall of 1811, and the following year to Clinton County, locating on a farm of eighty acres on Todd's Fork, in Union Township. The greater part of his life was spent in agricultural pursuits, but he also worked some at his trade. He married Mary Kersey, also a native of North Carolina. The fruits of this union were nine children, eight of whom yet sur+rive-William, residing in Henry County, Ind.; our subject, John. Nathan, Almeda, Permelia, Rebecca and Eli. Zachariah died at the age of nine years. Mr. Millikan resided on the farm in Union Township till his death, in August, 1849. He was then sixty-five years of age. Mrs. Millikan departed this life five or six years later, at the advanced age of seventy years. Mr. Millikan was a successful farmer, at one time owning 250 acres of land. At the time of his death, he owned 100 acres. The subject of this notice was reared on the farm, and when young assisted his father in the blacksmith shop. He worked at the latter trade in winters, and followed brick-making in the summers for some time. He finally purchased fifty acres of land, near his father's, south of Wilmington, and also entered a section of land in Iowa, the latter piece being how divided between his children. Since buying the first-named piece of land, Mr. Millikan has increased its acreage to 144, and there he resided till November, 1880, when he gave up farm life and removed to Wilmington. He erected a substantial brick residence on South South street, where he is passing the remainder of life in Comfort and peace. He has always enjoyed good health. Mr. Millikan was married, in 1836, to Sarah Potterfield, a native of Loudoun County, Va. Seven children have been born to them. Six are living at present-Elizabeth; Nathan; Mary, wife of Howard A. Haynes, of Wilmington; Catherine, wife of Francisco Hyatt, of Clark township; Joseph and Priscilla. One child, Rebecca, died in her thirteenth year. Mr. Millikan is Republican in politics. Mr. Milliken's parents were Friends, and he possesses a birthright in that society. Mrs. Millikan is also a member of the Friends.

COL. JOHN C. MOON, Wilmington, solicitor of insurance, is a life resident of Clinton County. He was born in Clark Township, May 1, 1830. His father, Solomon Moon, was a native of Tennessee, and accompanied his father (Jacob Moon) to Ohio about 1806. They located in Clark Township, where Solomon was engaged in farming till the day of his death, February 7, 1856. Col. Moon's mother was Hannah McLin, a native of Ohio, who died a few years ago. She was the mother of twelve children, of whom our subject was the seventh child and third son. Col. Moon was reared a "farmer's boy," obtaining'his education at the old Martinsville Academy, then one of the most noted educational institutions in Southern Ohio. His father was a plasterer by trade, and our subject would assist him during the summer months, and teach school in the winter ones. He thus devoted his time until 1860. In 1859, he removed to Wilmington, and was soon after elected Superintendent of the Wilmington Public Schools. While occupying that position, he was elected County Surveyor, having received a good education in civil engineering. In 1862, he appointed a deputy surveyor to take his place, and immediately enlisted in Company F, Eighty-fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months). He was elected Captain of the company, and, upon the expiration of the three months, raised Company B of the Eighty-eighth Regiment, and went with them to the field. Their principal duty was to guard the prisoners at Camp Chase. In the spring of 1864, President Lincoln appointed Capt. Moon as Lieutenant Colonel of the One Hundred and Eighteenth Regiment United States Colored Troops, and he served in that capacity during the remainder of the war. The regiment was attached to the Army of the James, and was before Richmond. After the fall of Richmond,

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Lieut. Col. Moon was made Colonel of the regiment, and ordered to proceed to Brownsville, Texas, to guard the frontier. He remained there till March, 1866. In 1865, he was brevetted Brigadier General. While in Texas, Col. Moon was attacked with the " Texas fever,' which so disabled him as to necessitate his coming home for recovery. He returned to Texas again, but since the war has had occasional spells of this dreadful disease. Col. Moon represents several of the best insurance companies in America and England, but ill health bars him from doing a very large business. He is a member of Clinton Lodge, No. 92 (I.O.O.F.), of Vienna, and Hiawatha Encampment, No. 70, of Wilmington. Religiously, Col. Moon is a Universalist; and politically, an uncompromising Republican. He was married, January 25, 1853, to Susan W. Johnson, a native of Highland County, Ohio. They have two children-Ells and Lizzie. Mrs. Moon is also a believer in Universalist faith. Col. Moon is the author of the interesting sketch of the " Moon family," which finds a place in our history of Clark Township.

DANIEL C. MOON, Wilmington, dealer in flour and feed, S South street, was born near Westboro, Jefferson Township, this county, June 26, 1844. His father was James Moon, a native of Tennessee, a member of the Moon family who are so numerous in the south part of Clinton county, and a sketch of which will be found ill the history of Clark Township. James Moon was a blacksmith by trade, and accompanied his father to Martinsville, Ohio, in 1819. He married Sarah A. Clark, a native of West Virginia. Of the sixteen children born to them, thirteen are now living, our subject being the thirteenth child and seventh son. Both parents are yet living, and reside at Independence, Montgomery Co., Kan. Both enjoy good health. Our subject was reared in Jefferson Township, and in 1861, when but seventeen years of age, enlisted in Company E, Forty-seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was veteranized in the same regiment. He served nearly four years, during which time he was wounded five times, once through the shoulder; from the latter wound he draws a pension. Mr. Moon was honorably discharged in July, 1865. He came back to Westboro and"farmed it "a year or so. He then removed to Central Illinois. where he was engaged in farming two years; thence to Westboro, and in February, 1871, came to Wilmington. Since that period, Mr. Moon has been mostly engaged in mercantile pursuits, and at present enjoys a good trade. He is Republican in politics, and served two years as Coroner of Clinton County, also as Deputy Marshal of Wilmington for the same length of time. While serving in the latter .capacity, Mr. Moon unfortunately killed a colored man, whom he was attempting to arrest. On the trial for murder, it was proven to have been a sad accident, and he was completely vindicated of the charge. Mr. Moon enjoys a birthright in the Society of Friends. He was married in 1864 to Elizabeth Holliday, native of Clinton County. They have three children- Cora, Otto and Burt, all attending school. Mrs. Moon is also a member of the Friends.

JOHN H. MOORE, retired farmer, P. O. Wilmington, is a life resident of Clinton County. He was born in Adams Township September 8, 1817. His father, Joshua Moore, was a native of Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio about 1808. His first location was in Chester Township, this county, and did his first work for Nathan Linton, of Union Township. He was a cabinetmaker, carpenter and millwright, having served an apprenticeship at all three trades. He was married in 1814, at th Springfield Meeting-House, to Nancy, sister of David Strattan, an old pioneer of this county. This was the first marriage ever celebrated within the four walls of that edifice. After his marriage, Mr. Moore cut off the timber from the spot now occupied by the residence of Zimri Haines, on West Main street, Wilmington, hewed the logs, and erected a log cabin in the new clearing. His first child was born and died in this cabin, and soon after Mr. Moore removed to Lytle's Creek, in Adams Township, where he lived till his death. He was born October 17, 1791, and died February 7, 1875. Twelve children were born to him-David, John, Sarah A., Micajah, Joseph, William, Joshua, Harriett, Nancy, Benjamin, Jehu and Seth. Seven of them are living at present. Mrs. Moore died in the latter part of 1881, aged eighty-four years. John Haines Moore, the subject of this notice, remained on the old homestead till six-

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teen years of age, and then learned the weaver's trade, following that occupation for many years. He also learned the cabinet trade, and subsequently rented a grist-mill at Clarksville, Vernon Township, putting up and operating a saw-mill in connection. During his stay of two years in the mills, he lost his health, and for two years suffered from what the physician called consumption. Recovering, he engaged in mercantile pursuits at Sligo, Adams Township, and two years later commenced carpentering. He erected the greater part of the present dwellings of that village, and some that have since been removed. He finally purchased a farm of 270 acres in Adams Township, where he resided many years. He was married, June 25, 1840, to Ruth Lindley, a native of Salem, Washington Co., Ind. Four children were born to them, three of whom are living-Lindley M., a dentist, residing at Sanford, Orange Co., Fla.; Oliver, a farmer of Adams Township; and Isabell, wife of James Hadley, of Adams Township. On March 31, 1869, Mr. Moore suffered the loss of his companion, who was tenderly laid at rest in the Springfield Meeting-House Burying-Ground. For ten years after the death of his wife, Mr. Moore traveled over the Union, visiting thirty-two States and Territories. On November 28, 1877, he was married at Philadelphia by its Mayor, W. S. Stokley, to Mary A. Haines, then living near that city. Mr. Moore and his first wife were members of the Orthodox Friends, in which society Mr. M. enjoys a birthright. His present wife is a member of the Hicksite branch. Mr. Moore is a Republican, and once served as Justice of the Peace of Adams Township for three years.

F. M. MOORE, Wilmington, President Clinton County National Bank, is a lifelong resident of this county. He was born February 16, 1837, and is a son of M. Moore, a native of Kentucky, who located in Clinton County at an early day. He resided in the county till his death, which occurred in 1846. Mr. Moore's mother was Rebecca McGee, a native of Ireland. She departed this life in 1846. The subject of this notice received a fair English education in the district schools, but being of a business turn of mind early obtained a position as clerk in a store at Jasper, Greene Co., Ohio., where he remained a short time. Before he had attained his majority, he engaged in mercantile pursuits at Cuba, in this county, and subsequently at Martinsville. He remained in the latter village ten years, but wishing a larger field of labor came to Wilmington, and soon after became connected with the Clinton County National Bank. In 1873, Mr. Moore was elected its President, and has since occupied that position. Mr. Moore has taken considerable interest in secret societies and their labors, and for many years has been a member of both the Odd Fellow and Masonic fraternities. He is connected with Wilmington Lodge, No. 53 (Masonic), and Star of Hope Lodge, No. 127 (I.O.O.F.), and Patriarchial Circle, No. 12. Politically, Mr. Moore has always been a warm admirer and sustainer of the principles adopted by the Republican party. He is a member of the Christian Church, and for some time has officiated as Deacon in the denomination at Wilmington. Mr. Moore was once a County Commissioner, and at present is a member of the Village Council. He was united in marriage, August 11, 1858, to Martha Moon, a native of the southern part of Clinton County. Five chil dren were the issue of this union, two of whom are living A. Newton, born May 20, 1859, and William M. Mr. Moore is a quiet, practical man, of great force of character, combining a steady perseverance in business, with an easy, gentlemanly deportment. He devotes his entire time and attention to the business of the bank, and his name is a guarantee for integrity, soundness and fair dealing. His life and present position are evidences of what perseverance and industry can accomplish.

JEREMIAH MORRIS, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Wayne Township, Clinton Co., Ohio, May 1, 1846. He is a son of James and Elizabeth (Haines) Morris, the former a native of Virginia, and the latter of Ohio. Mr. Morris received a good English education in the Wilmington schools, and subsequently at Earlham College of the Society of Friends, at Richmond, Ind. He has been a farmer through life, and now owns a good farm of 100 acres. He is a Republican in politics, and has been a School Director for six years. He was married, in 1869, to Jennie Geffs, born in Wayne Township in 1846, and a daughter of Jacob Geffs. They have four children -James F., Quincey S., Jessie M., and Charles Foster.

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DANIEL B. MORY, physician and surgeon, Wilmington. was born in Schenectady County, N.Y., September 9, 1822. His father was George W. dory, a farmer of Schenectady County. He was a poor man, but. gave each of his children a good English education. When six years of age, Dr. Welch (subsequently of this county) called to attend Dr. Mory's mother, and Mr. Mory saw the physician give her some powders to alleviate her sufferings. From that moment Dr. Mory resolved to become a physician, and never relinquished the resolution, nor the hope till he secured his diploma. When seventeen years of age. his parents decided he could forthwith make his own living. He therefore came to Wilmington, where he was somewhat acquainted, and, wanting to finish his education, engaged to do chores mornings, evenings and Saturdays, for Sam Smith, to pay board while going to school. This arrangement proved satisfactory to both parties, and D. B. Mory made such progress with his studies that, in the fall of 1840, he secured a certificate to teach. His first school was in Clark Township, where he taught during the winter of 1840-41. In the spring, he returned to Wilmington, and renewed his agreement and labors with Mr. Smith. The following fall, he commenced studying medicine with Dr. A. T. Davis, and that winter taught school in the "Frederick District." The following summer, he took up his medical studies, and that winter taught school in the " Polecat District." The next spring, he returned to the office of Dr. Davis, where he remained till the fall of 1845, when, with the assistance of an uncle, Roger B. Mory, he attended the Ohio Medical College, at Cincinnati, where he subsequently graduated. He immediately located at Centerville, Ohio (in the spring of 1847), where he soon gained a large practice. For thirty-one years, Dr. Mory ministered to the sick of that region, and won for himself high honors and boundless gratitude. In August, 1878, he came to Wilmington, where be located, and where his success has exceeded his most sanguine expectations. He still retains a good practice at Centerville and its vicinity. Dr. Mory is a member of the Masonic fraternity-of the lodge at New Vienna, and the chapter at Wilmington -of Reed's Creek Lodge (I.O.O.F.), at Centerville, and of the County and State Medical Associations. Politically, his views have been Republican for many years. He was married, in the fall of 1847, to Sarah A. Hodson. She bore him two children-Mary A., wife of Thomas Nordyke, and Sarah J. After her death he was married the second time, to Eliza J. McFadden. One child was born to them-Daniel B., Jr., graduating from the Ohio Medical College in March, 1882. Dr. Mory suffered the loss of this companion in 1871. The maiden name of his present wife was Louisa Matthews.

JAMES H. NORDYKE, proprietor West House Livery, Wilmington, was born in this county March 7,1839 (in Greene Township). His father was Hezekiah Nordyke, a native of Tennessee, who came to Ohio when quite young. He died in the county in 1871. Mr. Nordyke's mother was Nancy A. Harris, a native of Kentucky. She departed this life in 1870. Mr. Nordyke resided on a farm till attaining his majority. He was educated in the public schools of the county, and subsequently at the National Normal School, of Lebanon, Ohio. When twenty one years of age, he went to Kansas, where he remained only a few months. He then returned to Clinton County, and in the fall of 1869 engaged in the livery business at New Vienna. When the war commenced, he sold out his stable and went on a farm, where he resided till 1870. In the latter year, he went to New Vienna again, and engaged in the grocery business. Four years later, on account of ill health, he sold out, and engaged in buying and shipping horses-- a business which required very little physical labor, and which he followed for two years. He then purchased a farm of eighty acres near Snow Hill, in Greene Township, where he "farmed it" two years. He next sold the farm and removed to Wilmington. On September 15, 1879, he engaged in his present business, in which he has met with excellent success. He runs a feed and sale stable in connection with the livery. Mr. Nordyke is a member of New Vienna Lodge, No. 92, I.O.O.F., and also of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Wilmington. He is a strong Republican. He was married, in the fall of 1861, to Samantha J. Dixon, a native of Greene Township. this county. Of the three children given them, two are living-Lucy and Fred. Allie is deceased.

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NELSON OGLESBEE, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Greene County, Ohio, December 10, 1832. He is a son of Isaiah and Rachel (Devoe) Oglesbee, natives of Virginia, the father born May 14, 1795, and the mother December 18,1797. They were the parents of seven children, three of whom are now living, and all residing in Van Wert County, Ohio. with the exception of our subject. Mr. Oglesbee's father was a farmer, and he has always followed that occupation. He is a Supervisor and School Director, and a member of the Democratic party. Mr. Oglesbee was married, December 2, 1858, to Maria Powers, born in Greene County, Ohio, November 22, 1840, and a daughter of Edward Powers. They have three children-Albert, Ella R. and Edward Elmer.

C. R. OGLESBEE, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Liberty, Clinton Co., Ohio, June 18, 1813. His father was Daniel Oglesbee, a Dative of Virginia, who located in Clinton County in 1817. Mr. Oglesbee's grandparents were John and Sarah (Tump) Oglesbee. also natives of Virginia. His mother was Delilah Huffman, a native of the "Old Dominion," and of German parentage. Mr. Oglesbee grew to manhood in this county, where he has resided all his life. He is Democratic in politics, and the owner of 100 acres of good land. He was married, in 1875, to Rebecca A., daughter of Joshua and Jane M. (Myars) Haines, early settlers of this county. They have three children-Eric J., Oscar L. and Edward D. Mrs. Oglesbee is a member of the Society of Friends.

WILLIAM E. O'NEAL (deceased) was born near Newberry Court House, S. C.. December 29, 1804. His parents were William and Mary (Elmore) O'Neal, natives of South Carolina, he of Irish and she of Welsh descent. Our subject at the age of eight years came to Ohio with his parents who settled at Waynesville, arriving on the second Saturday of November, 1812; the father died in 1819. Mr. O'Neal received such training in the common branches as the schools of his day and neighborbood afforded, and learned the trade of a shoemaker, which occupation in connection with his farming he followed the greater part of his life. In 1828, be was united in marriage with Anna Swain, who died within two years from that time, and on the 7th of May, 1835, he was married to Mary Ann, daughter of Robert and Mary (Jackson) Miskeley, the latter a near relative of the late Gen. Stonewall Jackson. The wife of our subject was born in Gloucester County, N. J., not far from Philadelphia., August 13, 1810, and in 1819, with her parents emigrated to Ohio, stopping at Cincinnati, and in the spring of 1820 removed to Waynesville. Her parents died, the father, October 3, 1833, in the forty-fourth year of his age, and the mother, February 24, 1877, in her ninety-first year. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. O'Neal resided in Montgomery County, Ohio, for one year, then removed to Indiana and remained six years, when they returned to Ohio, and four years lived near Dayton, then came to Clinton County, where the former died, November 9, 1877. They were the parents of the following-named children : James B., George M., Isaac C., Sarah A., Nat. S. and Mary J. The four sons all served in the war of the late rebellion, and three of them laid down their young lives in the cause of the Union, and the remains of one to-day rest beneath a Southern sun in an unknown grave. James B. was a member of Company B, Fortieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and died at Ashland, Ky., March 15, 1862. George M. was in the same company and regiment, and died at Camp Dennison, Ohio, December 5, 1863 ; Isaac C. was in the Second Regiment, Ohio Heavy Artillery, and was drowned in the Holston River, near Knoxville, Tenn., June 6, 1865; and Nat S. was a member of Captain J. Q. Smith's company of Squirrel Hunters.

CHARLES OSBORN (deceased). The subject of this notice was a resident of this county for some years, and as such deserves especial mention in this work. He was the publisher of the first newspaper in the United States to advocate, in a radical manner, the emancipation of the slaves. It also expressed in strong language its opposition to intemperance and war. In the language of William Lloyd Garrison, "Charles Osborn is the father of all of us Abolitionists." He edited and published the Philanthropist at Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, in 1817-18, it taking fifteen months to issue fifty-two numbers (the paper was a weekly). He was a Quaker preacher, and commenced his ministry in the Friends' Church about 1807 or 1808. He traveled

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and preached wherever there were Quakers, and for thirty years sat at the head of the church, even Joseph John Gurney refusing to take a seat above hits. During these thirty years, he was engaged in two controversies with the main body of Friends. He was, probably, the strongest opponent of Elias Hicks and his doctrine in the Friends, Society. He also opposed the colonization scheme very bitterly from its inception.

We insert the following article, as showing the position and esteem in which he was held by the Society of Friends

Testimony of the Clear Lake Monthly Meeting of Anti-Slavery Friends, concerning CHARLES OSBORN, deceased.

We feel that in commemorating the life, the pious and godly example, the arduous and zealous labors of this faithful minister of the Gospel, we are but rendering that tribute which is due to his memory. And this we feel constrained to do, by the fresh and endeared recollection we have of him, and of his earnest labors in tile cause of truth; hoping that. this brief memento may prove a blessing to survivors, an incitement. of similar dedication of heart to the service of tile Lord, and to follow him as he followed Christ..

It appears that he was born in the State of North Carolina on the 21st of the eighth month, 1775.

In the nineteenth year of his age, he removed with his parents, Daniel and Margaret Osborn, to the State of Tennessee. Here he resided many years, and here was the scene of his early labors in the Gospel. His first appearance in the ministry seems to have been in the year 1806 or 1807.

Destitute of worldly patrimony, he made but a poor appearance to those who judged after the sight of the eye, and by this class was treated somewhat coolly in his first public labors; but his eye being kept single to the great Minister of ministers, none of these things moved him. Through the baptizing power, and the authority of truth attendant upon his ministry, all opposition was soon silenced, and he went forth an approved minister of the society about the year 1808. Toward the close of 1808, he engaged in his first religious visit.

He traveled much in the service of truth in his own yearly meeting of North Carolina, and several times visited Friends of other yearly meetings while a resident of Tennessee.

In addition to these labors in the ministry of the Word, having at an early period of his life, through the manifestations of truth in his own breast, seen the injustice and cruelty of slavery, he engaged in the formations of associations for the relief of its victims, under the denomination of Manumission societies. In this enterprise, which commenced in 1814 or 1815, and of which he was the principal originator, he endeavored to enlist the feelings and co-operation, not merely of members of his own society, but that also of all others, and in endeavoring to lay the foundation-principle of these societies, he, at that early day, advocated and maintained the only true and Christian ground-immediate and unconditional emancipation.

In 1816, the Colonization Society took its rise in the city of Washington, under the auspices of leading men of the nation. Notwithstanding the reputed high character of the projectors of this scheme, he promptly and energetically opposed it. The same year he removed to Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, and there conducted a paper under the title of the Philanthropist, in which he tool: occasion to expose the then secret, but now well-known, design and tendency of this cruel am l oppressive scheme.

This paper was the first ever published, that we have any knowledge of, which advocated the doctrine of unconditional emancipation. This was the germ from which sprang the far famed Genius of Universal Emancipation, of Tennessee, the editor of that paper, Benjamin Lundy, having previously served in the printing office under the preceptive influence of our friend.

The Philanthropist was also the first paper ever published, at least in the United States, that advocated the doctrine of the impropriety of using the products of slavery.

While a resident of Ohio, he performed sundry religious visits to Friends in various places.

He came to the State of Indiana, and settled in Wayne County in the year 1819. He left home in the spring of 1832, and performed a religious visit to Great Britain and a part of the Eastern Continent, being absent about eighteen months. While there, Ire encountered a spirit of innovation of a different character among Friends, a disposition to run into formal ities, out of which the Society originally came, and to adopt doctrines at. variance with the views of our worthy predecessors, in regard to the purely spiritual nature of the Gospel. This was to him, as we learned from his own account, a source of renewed trial. and deep exercise of mind. He, however, was enabled to meet, it with promptness and decision, though it made its appearance in high places. Thus, as one of the Lord's valiants, equipped in the panoply of his Divine Master, he was enabled to withstand the enemy on the right hand and on the left.

But it seems his severest trials were reserved for his declining years. After having spent his life, from youth to advanced age, in the advocacy of the truth, as professed by the Society of Friends, and traveled extensively in the ministry of the Gospel, as one almost, if not altogether, universally beloved and approved, he was deserted, while occupying the same ground, and maintaining the same testimony he had long been laboring to do, by many, very many, of his familiar

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friends and acquaintances-by that very society itself, its then organized, which he had so zealously labored to build up; and that, too, which was a far more painful consideration, because of his faithful and unflinching steadfastness in maintaining some of tltose testimonies. We allude to the course of treatment he received, previous to the separation, on the Anti-Slavery question.

Having acted from tile convictions of truth upon his own mind, in his efforts in behalf ofthe slave, he dared not call them in question or change his course to suit tile unsoundness of others. A few Friends who felt and sympathized with him, and who were alike bound to the law and to the testimony, in the winter of 1842-43, re-organized the society, in order to carry out the principles and testimonies thereof, the doing of which had therein heen prohibited by the Yearly Meeting, since which time, as ability was afforded, he endeavored to encourage Friends to faithfulness in the support of our meetings for worship and discipline, and in the maintenance of the various testimonies of the society, ever manifesting to the last an unwavering confidence and belief in the rectitude of his course in regard to tile re-organization of the society.

In his ministry; it was his peculiar lot to wade in the deep in unfolding the glorious plan of redemption through the Lord Jesus Christ, being eminently qualified, as a doctrinal teacher, to lay open the mysteries of redeeming love " to poor, lost and fallen man," ever guarding with a jealous and watchful eye the honor and glory of his Divine Master. Although he was somewhat slow in utterance and delivery, yet his language was very comprehensive, perspicuous and full of meaning.

His abhorrence for strife and war was fitly portrayed in the following page of his journal, penned while passing through Germany in 1832:

"Passing along, here presents to view an extensive, well-cultivated landscape, indicating plenty; there is a shepherd, leading and tending his flock, inspiring ideas peaceful and sublime. We move along our steady pace; soon we enter the gales of a fortified town, where the soldier, equipped with his frightful plumage and glittering instruments of death, appears in eight. Ideas of battles fought; of conquests made; of burning cities; of streaming blood; of dead and dying men ; of widows' cries, and orphans' tears, the pride of princes whose glory is their shame, rush into the mind, and demand the Christian tribute of sorrow-abhorrence of war, and prayer for its poor, fallen, ambitious votaries. ' All they that take the sword, shall perish with the sword.' "

In the social circle he was deeply interesting, his observations being both instructive and edifying to those of his friends who had the privilege of enjoying his company.

In 1842, he removed to the North, and settled in the State of Michigan, and from thence, is 1848, he removed here, near Clear Lake, Porter Co., Ind., and became a member of our Monthly Meeting.

On the first day of the week previous to his being taken ill, he appeared in public testimony in his own particular meeting, and spoke with that clearness, life and power. which had so con. spicuously marked his ministerial labors in tile Gospel through life. The tenor of his remarks as this occasion, were such as to leave the impression on the minds of Friends, that he was apprehensive his race was almost run.

The next morning, while apparently in usual health. he penned tile following lines in his journal, descriptive of the feelings and aspirations of his soul

"Though I am not without trials and poverty of spirit, yet as I am favored to keep in the patience, and not to feel condemnation, I have cause for rejoicing, for the cup of unmixed felicity is not a draught for mortals. If it were, where would be the reserve for futurity? ' Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be on tile vine, the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat, the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stall, yet. will I rejoice in the Lord, and joy in the God of my salvation !' O, Lord ! enable me to pray without ceasing, and in everything give thanks ; to rejoice evermore, and praise Thee while I have my breath, and forever, after death."

For several years previous to his dissolution, he was subject to occasional attacks of lung fever, which sometimes were quite severe. On the evening of the same day the 24th of the twelfth month, 1850, he showed symptoms of a recurrence of the same disease, but was not con fined to bell. On the following morning, he expressed a desire to write a little more in his diary, which he accordingly attended to, and wrote as follows

"Third Day, 24th.-1 am somewhat unwell to-day, but being favored to have my mind stayed upon God, I have peace.

"My life-if Thou preserv'st my life,

Thy sacrifice shall be,

And death-if death must be my doom,

Shall join my soul to Thee!

"Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on Thee, because he trusteth in Thee !

"O, ye philosophers, of the present day ! ye Fowlerites ! ye exalters of nature and science I have ye, with all your philosophy and mesmeric dreams, discovered a more excellent way?"

At a certain time in the course of his sickness, a friend having stepped into the room, he remarked: " How much better off I am than the poor slave. I have my friends around me,

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doing all they can for me, while many of them have not so much as a child to hand them a cup of water."

As already intimated, he was deeply impressed with the necessity of bearing a testimony against the productions of slavery, and, accordingly. looked forward to the closing scene of all terrestrial things with him; while in health, he had his burying-clothes, free from the stain of slavery, procured and held in readiness.

A day or two after he was taken unwell, as there was it business of a temporal nature de. mending his attention, he manifested some anxiety about it, saying: " It is altogether likely to me that I shall go very suddenly; I wish that business attended to. It was never my intention to haveanything of a worldly nature resting upon me at such a time as this."

The instrument of writing which it was necessary he should execute being prepared and produced, he observed that he felt unwell-too much fever in his head for it to be proper to undertake it tben-that to-morrow he might be better. Accordingly the next day he was considerably better, and the business was then attended to, and all settled to satisfaction. He then observed: " I am now satisfied; I have nothing to do but to die."

After this he said but. little, lying mostly in silence, bearing his afflictions with great patience, evidently having finished his work, and was quietly waiting for the coming of the Lord Jesus. This was sensibly felt to be the case by those present. It was a time of perfect and solemn calm, when he quietly passed away the 29th of the twelfth month, 1850, aged seventy-five years four months and eight days.

Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord from henceforth. Yea, saith the Snirit, for they rest from their labors, and their works do follow them.

The above memorial was read in this meeting, and directed to be forwarded to the Quarterly Meeting. Taken from the minutes of Clear Lake Monthly Meeting of Anti-Slavery Friends, held third month, 6th, 1852.

BENJAMIN MAULSBY, Clerks

JANE WILLIAMS,

The foregoing memorial was subsequently read and approved in both the Quarterly and Yearly Meetings. Two sons of Charles Osborn now reside in this county, at Wilmington-Charles N. and Parker B.-sketches of whom appear in this work.

CHARLES N. OSBORN, Justice of the Peace of Union Township, was born in Wayne County, Ind., September 20, 1819. His father, Charles Osborn, was a minister in the Society of Friends, and the publisher of the Philanthropist, issued in 1817, from Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, being the first newspaper in the United States to advocate the.immediate emancipation of the slaves; in fact, the first "Abolition paper" published in America. A condensed but comprehensive history of Charles Osborn will be found elsewhere in this work. Mr. Osborn's mother was Hannah Swain, a native of Tennessee. She departed this life in February, 1878, at the advanced age of eighty-eight years one month and twelve days. Our subject remained in Indiana, Wayne County, till seven or eight years of age, and theft accompanied his parents to this county, locating on Todd's Fork, near Sligo, in the forepart of 1827. Two years later, the family removed to the Little Miami River, below Waynesville, in Warren County, Ohio, but returned to Wayne County, Ind., in the fall of 1831. Mr. Osborn remained with his parents until June, 1838, when he struck out for Wilmington, on foot and alone, with his little knapsack on his back. He walked the entire distance, arriving at his destination on the 20th day of the same month. He obtained employment as a clerk with Barclay & Hoge, owners of a general store and manufactory of hats. Mr. Osborn was a hatter by trade, and came to Wilmington with the intention of working at his trade. He remained with the above firm till 1840. On September 16, of that year, he married Caroline, daughter of Daniel Hinman, a native of Dutchess County, N. Y. Soon after this union, Mr. Osborn went into business on Main street, in connection with David Strattan and Joseph W. Hackney, the firm name being Strattan, Hackney & Co. Mr. Osborn remained with the firm only a few months, and then, in connection with his brother-in-law, Stiles Hinman, bought out the firm, changing the firm name to Hinman & Osborn. In March, 1842, the firm sold their stock and trade, and Mr. Osborn went to Martinsville and purchased the hat store and tools of T. L. Caruthers, also, in company with a brother-in-law, John C. Hadley, opening out a general store. In October, 1847, the firm dissolved partnership, and Air. Osborn returned to Wilmington. His next venture was with D. C. Hinman in a general store, the firm of Hinman & Osborn doing business till January 1, 1851. In the fall of that year, Mr. Osborn was elected Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Clinton County, being re-elected in

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1854, and serving two terms. In 1857, he embarked, with Webb Broomhall, in a merchant tailoring and clothing establishment. In 1858, he was elected Justice of the Peace of Wilmington, serving one term. In April, 1861, Mr. Osborn engaged in the drug business with Cyrus M. Walker. In 1865, he disposed of his interest to his partner, and purchased the stock of groceries owned by Samuel Woodruff. E. L. Way was a partner in the business. Four months later, Mr. Woodruff bought back the stock. Mr. Osborn started in the same business again, but two years later Mr. Woodruff bought him out. He then went into partnership with Judge A. W. Doan, the firm of Osborn & Doan continuing two years. Mr. Osborn remained in the business till March 1, 1877, and since then has been acting as administrator of estates, executor, trustee, etc. Mr. Osborn was made a Mason in 1850, and a member of the Chapter in 1854. For several years he officiated as Secretary and Treasurer of both Lodge and Chapter. H. was formerly a Whig, and was a delegate to the Whig convention, in February, 1840, that nominated Tom Corwin for Governor of Ohio. Since 1854, he has been a stanch Republican. Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Osborn, two sons and two daughters living Mary E., wife of E. L. Way, once publisher of the Clinton County Republican, now residing in Orange County, Fla.; Edward F., of Babb & Osborn ; Hannah, wife of Frank Babb, of Babb & Lewis; and Daniel C., proprietor and publisher of the South Florida Journal, at Sanford, Orange Co., Fla. Mr. Osborn, wife: and family are Friends.

PARKER B. OSBORN, is one Wilmington's oldest and most enterprising harness manufacturers. He was born in Wayne County, Ind., October 14, 1821, He is the son of that noble Quaker minister, Charles Osborn, who was, in the language of William Lloyd Garrison, "the father of all of us Abolitionists." In 1817, he issued, at Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, the first number of the Philanthropist, the first newspaper pub. lished in America advocating the doctrine of immediate emancipation of the slaves. He was a pioneer minister of the Society of Friends, and for thirty or forty years "sat head of the church over the world." A brief but reliable sketch of this slave emancipator will be found in this work. Parker B. Osborn resided in Wayne County, Ind., till be had attained his fifteenth year. He then commenced learning his present trade, and subsequently taught music seven or eight years (from 1827 to 1835). In 1828-29; he resided with his parents on Todd's Fork, in Adams Township ; thence to Warreu County, Ohio, and two years later back to Wayne County, Ind. His next place of business was at Niles and Cassopolis, in Michigan, where he remained six or seven years. In 1850, he came to Wilmington once more. and commenced teaching music again, having classes throughout this State, Indiana and Michigan. In 1855, he located at Muncie, Ind., where he worked at his trade, and from which point he taught his different classes in music. In the spring of 1862, he located again at Wilmington, and since 1865 has devoted his entire time and attention to his business. Mr. Osborn is a well-known citizen of Wilmington and Clinton County, and honored by all for his high business qualities and warm, social nature. He enjoys a birthright in the Society of Friends, and, politically, is Republican. He has been married three times. The maiden name of his present wife was Rebecca .A. Randolph. Mr. Osborn has three children living I. R. Osborn, with Lyon & Healey, of Chicago ; Clarence W., residing on a farm near Lincoln, Neb., and Jennie E., at home.

GEORGE W. OWENS, Solicitor, Wilmington, was born in Bedford Countv, Va., August 26, 1832. His father, Toliver Owens, was also a native of the "Old Dominion," and a miller by trade. He resided in Virginia till his death, in 1848. His mother was Permelia Tucker, a native of Virginia. She departed this life in 1866. Our subject resided at home until 1850, when he was eighteen years of age. He then went to Crittenden, Ky., and engaged in the manufacture of woolen rolls. A year later, he went to Cincinnati, and engaged in farming near that city. The next removed to Miamiville, and engaged in the milling business with Mark Buckingham. He remained there six years, two years of which he was a partner of a man named Ballard, in the painting business. Mr. Owen's next venture was at Mainville, Warren Co., Ohio, where he followed painting until the war commenced. He enlisted as a musician

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in the Second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served as such until Congress passed an act disbanding the band at Nashville, Tenn. This was in 1862. Soon after, Mr. Owens went to Camp Dennison, and became a member of the post band. He re. mained there until his enlistment in Company H, Second Ohio Heavy Artillery, being again detailed for band service. He was mustered out of service at Nashville, Tenn,, and paid off at Columbus, Ohio. After the war, Mr. Owens returned to Mainville, and soon after to "Twenty-Mile Stand," where he was engaged in mercantile pursuits for a year. He then purchased property of William Baxter, at " Sixteen-Mile Stand," and remained there, in the same business, two and a half years. In 1871, he came to Wilmington, and opened a grocery store, remaining in that business till 1873. He subsequently purchased the stock and trade of J. Kimbrough, at Ogden, in Adams Township, where he remained nearly three years, during which time be served as agent fbr the" Pan Handle" R. R., and the Adatus Express Company. He then came once more to Wilmington, purchasing the '° Jenkins property " on South South street., where he now resides. Of late, Mr. Owens has been a solicitor in the insurance business, in which he has met with good success. Mr. Owens is a member of Star of Hope Lodge, No. 127 (I.O.O.F.), and has lately become a member of Hiawatha Encampment, No. 70. He is liberal in politics, and is an attendant on the services of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Owens commenced life a poor boy, but by constant toil and economy, has succeeded in acquiring a gratifying competency. He was married, November 28, 1865, to Mrs. Maggie (Irvin) Chamberlain, a native of Warren County, Ohio. They have two children-Robert L. and Jesse T., both attending the public school. Mrs. Owens is a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church,

THOMAS PENDREY, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Union Township, August 13, 1832. His parents were William and Sarah A. (Custis) Pendrey, natives respectively of Ohio and Virginia, and of English ancestry. Mr. Pendrey grew up on his father's farm, and upon the death of the latter, received $100 as his share of estate. With this sum of money, he commenced active life, and has succeeded in accumulating a farm of sixty-six acres. He was married, in 1858, to Mary E. Lewis, a daughter of John Lewis, of Union Township. They have been blessed with four children-Clare Eva, Cora Elma, Rose Belle and Charles Arthur. Mr. Pendrey is a Republican. Mrs. Pendrey is an earnest member of the Christian Church.

JOHN R. PENDREY, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Union Township, January 3, 1838. He is a son of William Pendrey, a native of Ohio, who located in Clinton County at an early day. He was a successful farmer of Union Township for some years, and departed this life in 183'3. Mr. Pendrey's mother was Sarah A. Custis, also a native of Virginia. Mr. Pendrey's father dying when he was but four years of age, he grew up under his mother's care, and when old enough assisted in the support of the family. He has remained a farmer through life, and by hard work has succeeded in becoming the owner of 103 acres of good land. Politically, his views are Democratic. He has served his neighbors as School Director and Road Supervisor. Mr. Pendrey was married, August 3, 1854, to Miriam Jenkins, a native of Union Town ship, and a daughter of Evan Jenkins, a native of Virginia. They have eight children -Ida, wife of James Bennett, a farmer of this township; William A., Frank J., Ella M., Albert A., Nettie E., Retta C. and Dora E.

JOSEPH PETERS, Wilmington, of Fulton, Crane & Peters, the most prominent hardware firm of this county ; was born in Lehigh Co., Penn., near Allentown, October 14, 1818. His father was Abraham Peters, who departed this life when our subject was quite small. Mr. Peters' mother was Elizabeth Frizinger, of German parentage. Mr. Peters resided in Pennsylvania, among the Germans of that region, and spoke nothing but that language till twenty-four years of age. He early learned the blacksmith trade, and when twenty-one years of age went to Springfield, Ohio, where he worked at his trade for twenty years. He then removed to Lyndon Station, Ross Co., Ohio, where he "farmed it" for three years. He afterward removed to Lynchburg, Highland Co., Ohio, where he took charge of a stock of hardware owned by S. Q. Fulton. In 1872, they sold out the stock and removed to Wilmington, where they have since been

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engaged in business. Mr. Peters was formerly Democratic in politics, but from 1860 to 1880 voted with the Republican party. Since 1880, Mr. Peters has cast his vote and influence with that steadily increasing band of Prohibitionists, who are striving with hopes of final success in overthrowing " King Alcohol." Mr. Peters has been a member of the Odd Fellow fraternity for over thirty years, and of the Methodist Episcopal denomination for about, the same time. In the latter body, he has served as both Trustee and Deacon. Mr. Peters was married, September 5. 1848, to Maria E. Richards, a native of Virginia. They have two children-Sarah J., wife of S. Q. Fulton, and Edwin K., of Fulton & Peters, grocers of Wilmington.

EDWIN K. PETERS, Wilmington, of Fulton & Peters, one of the most enter prising grocery firms of Wilmington, was born at Springfield, Clark Co., Ohio, September 11, 1851. His father, Joseph Peters, is a native of Pennsylvania, and senior member of the firm of Fulton, Crane & Peters; the largest dealers in hardware in Clinton County. Mr. Peters' mother's maiden name was Maria E. Richards, a native of Virginia. The subject of this sketch resided at Springfield till ten years of age, when he accompanied his parents to Lyndon Station, Ross Co., Ohio. He subsequently attended South Salem College, being under the tuition of Prof. Lowes, and where he obtained a good literary education. Mr. Peters afterward went to Lynchburg, Highland County, Ohio, where he resided six years, being engaged principally as a clerk in a hardware, and subsequently a drug store. Tiring of this, he went to Chillicothe and obtained employment as a brakeman on the Marietta & Cincinnati Railroad. He remained in the employ of this company for two years, a portion of the time serving as train baggage man. Mr. Peters soon after came to Wilmington, and was employed by the firm of Fulton, Crane & Peters for some time. In June, 1880, he entered into partnership with Robert S. Fulton, in the grocery business. Both members of the firm are young men, but by energy, perseverance and an enterprising spirit they have succeeded in building up a large and profitable trade, which is steadily increasing. Mr. Peters is connected with the I.O.O.F. fraternity, and politically is a stanch Republican. He is a member of the Society of Friends. Mr. Peters was united in marriage October 8, 1874, to Eveline, daughter of Zimri Haines, a prominent citizen of Wilmington, formerly of Union Township. They have an infant daughter-Edith M.

LEVI N. PIKE, farmer, was born in Highland County, Ohio, May 27, 1818. He is a son of William and Lucy (Butler) Pike, natives of North Carolina, and of English ancestry. Mr. Pike received a good education in his native county, and early learned the blacksmith trade, which vocation he followed till 1879. Since then he has been engaged in farming. He now owns sixty-four acres of good land. He was married, in 1841, to Sarah Smith, a native of this county. She departed this life in 1875. In 1876, Mr. Pike married Mrs. Ann J. Fife, widow of William Fife, who died in 1870. She bad two children by her first union-Sarah, wife of Matthew Irvin, a farmer of Union Township, and David Maxwell, also a farmer. Mr. Pike has one son-William A. Pike, who is also married. Mrs. Pike is a native of Ireland, and accompanied her parents to America in 1840. She is a member of the United Brethren denomination. Mr. Pike is a Republican.

ISAIAH W. QUINBY, attorney at law, Wilmington, was born on the 5th day of May, 1837, in Chester Township, Clinton Co., Ohio. The log house in which he was born is still standing on the farm of Mahlon Wall, and has been used as a dwelling until quite recently. His father was born in Bucks County, Penn., and his mother in Chester County, same State. Both parents were members of the Society of Friends. They came to Ohio in 18'36, landing from an open boat at Cincinnati, and afterward made their residence in Warren County for a few years, and then removed to Clinton. His mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Moore. Mr. Quinby's father's family, when he was two years of age, left Chester Township and moved to Adams Township, his father having purchased a farm there. He was the seventh child of a familv.of nine children, fbur girls and five boys. During his childhood and early manhood years, he worked on his father's farm, as usual with farmers' sons, and attended school through the winter months, probably averaging not more than four months' schooling each year,

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until seventeen years of age. Soon after he was seventeen he left home by parental consent to learn the trade of a carpenter, and worked for several months at $9 per mouth, giving entire satisfaction to his employer. Afterward, having a desire for a better education, he spent a year at school near Annapolis, Parke Co., Ind., largely paying his own expenses for board, tuition, books and clothing from his own earnings This school was under the management of the Society of Friends, and the superintend. ency of one of Indiana's most noted teachers, B. C. Hobbs, assisted by an efficient corps of teachers, of whom Mr. Quinby's sister, Josephine, was one. Here he acquired knowledge rapidly, had a good standing in his classes, and was a favorite with his classmates. He was robust and active; but few excelling him in a game of foot-ball. It was while he was attending school at that place that the struggle was in progress in Kansas to make it a free State, and about this time his political opinions and thoughts were crystallized into shape. His sympathies were on the side of those who were endeavoring to keep slavery out of the Territories lying north of the Missouri Compromise line, and although not a voter by several years, he took his place in the ranks of the then young Republican party that was rapidly forming throughout all the North. At the close of the school year in 1855, he was selected as one oŁ the four students to dis cuss the following question: "The Dissolution of the Union is Preferable to the Extension of Slavery." He was assigned to the negative of the question, in the discussion of which he acquitted himself creditably. At the age of eighteen he began teaching, and for twelve years there was not one but he taught more or less of the time mostly through the fall and winter months. When not engaged in teaching for the next three years, he was working at carpentering, attending school or working on his father's farm. About this time he commenced reading law, thus occupying all his leisure hours. In the spring of 1860, he came to Wilmington, where he pursued his studies until August 21, of that year, when he was admitted to the bar by the District Court then in session. His means being limited, he did not attempt to engage in the practice of his profession until some years afterward, but continued teaching. In October, 1858, he cast his first ballot, voting for the Hon. Thomas Corwin for Congress. In the fall of 1860, the political excitement then running high, Mr. Quinby made his debut as a political speaker, participating in public speeches and discussions in both Clinton and Clermont Counties. He cast his first vote for President the following November, adjourning his school, and riding twenty miles to vote for Abraham Lincoln, and to attend the polls on election day. On January 12, 1862, he was married to Hannah Scott, the daughter of James Scott, who resided in Warren County, a few miles from Butlerville He was then teaching at Deerfield, Warren County. Soon after, he was employed to teach at Mason, Warren Co., where he began housekeeping, and taught for a year. In April, 1865, having returned to Clinton County, he was elected one of the Justices of the Peace in Adams Township. He served for one year, and then, being about to remove to Wilmington, resigned. On March 1, 1867, Mr. Quinby opened a law office at Wilmington, where he has practiced since. About this time, he was appointed one of the Board of School Examiners of Clinton County, serving for two years as its able Secretary. His influence and acquaintance with the teachers of the county was large, having been for so many years a teacher himself. In April, 1867, he was elected Justice of the Peace of Union Township, where he served for three years, declining a re-election. In 1870, he was appointed Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue, Sixth Ohio District, for Clinton County, and collected the revenue due the Government until the revenue tax law was abolished. In 1875, he was the nominee of his party at the primary election as candidate for Representative, over six competitors, and was elected by over 1,000 majority. In 1877, he was again the nominee of the Republicans of Clinton County for the House of Representatives, and elected, receiving a few votes more than the candidate for Governor on the same ticket. Mr. Quinby commenced life quite poor, but by industry, economy and temperate habits, he has acquired a fair share of this world's goods, although he is not wealthy. He made a very valuable member of the House, being diligent in every work committed to his care. He was careful in the votes he cast, and in every measure adjudicated upon was governed is his

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actions by what his conscience dictated to him to be right and proper. He was the auther of the Quinby Local Option Bill, and the careful attention which he gave, not only to the bill, but to all questions of temperance, gained for him a State reputation as a friend of the temperance cause, and made him well known throughout the State. He labored with indefatigable energy to make his measure a success, but he was doomed to see his bill defeated on its passage, although he had the satisfaction of seeing the Republican party committed to the measure, and voting for its passage. His efforts on behalf of his bill awakened a strong public sentiment throughout the State in behalf of temperance legislation, that had long been dormant. Others who have since been members have introduced from time to time somewhat similar temperance measures, until it may be said that the great political party of which Mr. Quinby is an honored member is committed to the procurement of additional temperance legislation in Ohio, by constitutional amendment or otherwise, as is shown by the record of the party in the halls of legislation, and by the resolution relating thereto in the platform adopted at the Cleveland Convention in June, 1881. Mr. Quinby made many warm and attached friends during his two terms, not only among those of his own political faith, but of those who antagonized him in political creed. After his second term, Mr. Quinby declined a renomination, and has since engaged in the practice of his profession. He is the author of the History of Adams Township in this volume, and for its excellence we publicly extend him our thanks. I. W. Quinby is well known throughout Clinton and adjoining counties, and the esteem in which he is held can best be portrayed in the following sentence: He has honestly and conscientiously tried to do his duty in all his acts, public and private.

A. T. QUINN, physician and surgeon, Wilmington, was born in Highland County, Ohio, December 16,1837. His father, Isaac Quinn, was a native of the " Old Dominion." In early life, he became a minister of the Gospel of the Methodist Episcopal denomination, and in 1829 or 1830 located in Highland County, Ohio. He there became a student of medicine, and finally a licensed M. D., thus ministering both to the spiritual and physical wants of his patients. In the early part of his ministerial labors, he traveled a great deal, but after becoming a physician, confined his labors to certain localities. He died in 1844. Dr. Quinn's mother was Cynthia Wicten, also a native of Virginia. She departed this life at Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio, about 1867 or 1868. Dr. Quinn was reared in Highland County, and obtained a classical education in the University of Ohio, at Athens, graduating in the class of 1859. He subsequently attended a series of lectures at the Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati, graduating from the latter institution in 1862. The same year, he was appointed Assistant Surgeon in the United States Army, and assigned to the Army of the Cumberland, wherein he served till the fall of 1864. After being discharged, he came to Wilmington, and has since been engaged in the practice of his profession. His success has been very fair. Dr. Quinn is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Star of Hope Lodge, No. 127 (I.O.O.F.), and of the great Republican party. He was married, in 1869, to Mary Fisher, a native of this county. Dr. Quinn and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal denomination.

W. H. RANNELLS, Wilmington, the leading clothier of Clinton County, was born in Union Township, near Wilmington, September 1, 1846. His father, Thomas G. Rannells, was a native of Pennsylvania, and a farmer by occupation. He camp to Ohio in 1814, locating in Union Township, where he still resides. Mr. Rannells' mother was Massa J. Rannells, also a native of the Keystone State. Mr. Rannells was reared a " farmer's boy," obtaining his education in the district schools, and subsequently at Wilmington College, where he remained two years. He then attended a Commercial College at Oberlin, Ohio, as a student, and afterward as a teacher in penmanship for about one year. He graduated in the class of 1867; and then returned to Wilmington. Shortly after, he engaged in his present business, and in April, 1871, George P. Dunham became a full partner, the firm remaining as Rannells & Dunham until February, 1882, when Mr. Dunham was appointed Collector of Internal Revenue of the Sixth Ohio District, and disposed of his interest to Mr. Rannells. The firm of Rannells & Dunham

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built up the largest clothing trade in this county, and to Mr. Rannells is due much of the success which the firm attained, and the trade of which he still holds. He is one of Wilmington's youngest and most prosperous merchants, and a man well respected by one and all. Politically Mr. Rannells is an ardent Republican. He was married, July 3, 1872, to Luella, daughter of John Matthews, Probate Judge of Clinton County. They have one daughter, Clara L.

L. D. REED, Wilmington, Treasurer of Clinton County, is a life resident of this county. He was born November 2, 1837, and is a son of William Reed, a prominent native farmer of this county, who died in 1864. Mr. Reed's mother was Mary Douglass, also a native of this county. She departed this life in 1842. Mr. Reed grew up on a farm, receiving a good education at Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, where he remained four years, taking a scientific course. After leaving college, he taught school three or four years in this county, and was subsequently engaged in mercantile pursuits four years. His political views had always been decidedly Republican, and in 18119 he was elected Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Clinton County, taking his office in February, 1870. He was re-elected and filled the office for six years. He then went to farming, which vocation he successfully followed till 1879, when he was elected to his present position. He was re-elected in the fall of 1881, and commences his second term this fall (1882). Mr. Reed is a member of Wilmington Lodge, No. 52 (Masonic), also of the Chapter, No. 63. He was united in the bonds of holy wedlock, in 1861, to Mary C. Marble, a native of this county. They have two children Anna B. and Frank R. Mrs. Reed is a faithful member of the Christian Church. Mr. Reed has made a good public officer, and his popularity among the people is unquestioned.

JONATHAN M. RICHARDSON, dealer in black and white walnut, and all hardwoods, Wilmington, was born at Dayton, Ohio, July 19, 1826. His father was Jacob W. Richardson, a native of Virginia, who came to Ohio in 1802. In early life, be was educated at Annapolis, Md., and subsequently studied medicine with Dr. Brady, of Pennsylvania. He first located at Dayton, Ohio, and in 1832, at Xenia. In 1835, be came to Wilmington, but went West the following year. He returned to Wilmington in 1845, where he practiced his profession till 1853. In the latter year he went West again, but came back again and subsequently located in Tennessee. In 1863, be removed to Grant County, Ind., where he still resides. He married Margarett Harwood, a native of England, who accompanied her parents to Ohio when quite young. Four children were born to this union, two now living-John W., a physician of Highland County, Ohio, since 1840, and our subject. Mrs. Richardson departed this life at Dayton, Ohio, in 1832. In 1836, his father married Charity Johnson, a native of this county, who is still living. The subject of this notice was reared mostly in Fayette County, Ind., and when twenty years of age came to Wilmington, assisting his father in a drug store one year. He then engaged as second clerk on the old J. M. White, plying between St. Louis and New Orleans. In January, 1847, in company with his father, he started East, with a drove of fifty-four horses, for the market. He followed the wagon road, going via Zanesville, Wheeling, Washington (Penn.), Fredrickton, Md., Washington City, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Keyport, N. J., thence by vessel to New York City. During this long and wearisome journey, they crossed no railroad, and saw but one train of cars. That was a freight train on the road between Philadelphia and New York. Mr. Richardson stayed in the city twenty-four days, disposing of all but eleven head of horses. These he brought back to Philadelphia, where he sold nine, and came back by way of Chambersburg, arriving at home June 9 of the same year. He next entered his father's office and practiced medicine for three years. The life of a practitioner he did not like, and he therefore learned the carpenter trade (about 1851). He followed contracting and building till 1875, erecting some of the finest public and private buildings in the county. While working at his trade, he commenced buying and shipping cherry lumber, and subsequently made a contract to supply Mitchell & Rammelsburg, of Cincinnati, with walnut lumber. This business be has since followed, shipping to them as much as 200,000 feet at one time,

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and one season selling to all parties $63,000 worth. During the last ten years, he has handled not less than from 200,000 to 300,000 feet of walnut lumber per annum. His largest market is in the East. Mr. Richardson owns 163 acres of good land in Union township, near Wilmington, and eight acres in the corporate limits of the village. In the fall of 1881, he commenced the erection of a fine brick residence on West Locust street. The foundation is out of the "Clinton group" of rock found on Todd's Fork. The building is of brick, with a veranda entirely of cut stone. The window and door casings, also the main stairway, are from New York City. The wainscoting is of fine walnut, and the window glass imported directly from France. Mr. Richardson has one room fitted up especially for himself. He is a great lover of archaeology, and takes a remarkable interest in the preservation of fossils and relics. He has opened fifty-six mounds in the State of Ohio, one of which has cost him $222 simply for excavating. His is collection of curiosities and relics is one of the largest--and finest in the State. He has also a very fine and valuable collection of coins. Mr. Richardson has been a member of the Odd Fellow fraternity since 1854, and is connected with Star of Hope Lodge, No. 127. He is neutral politically, always deeming it beat to vote for those who will best serve the interests of the community. He was united in marriage September 7, 1847; to Mary J. Davis, a native of this county. They have two sons- James E., in business with his father, and Frank, who resides on the farm. In 1879, in company with Dr. L. B. Welch, Mr. Richardson issued " An Illustrated Description of Pre-Historic Relics Found near Wilmington, Ohio," which work gives an interesting account of the mound explorations made by the compilers in this county.

ADDISON P. RUSSELL, of Wilmington, was born in that town September 8, 1826, and is a son of Charles Russell, a native of Virginia and a scion of Revolutionary stock, who emigrated to Ohio early in the present century. Charles Russell was a merchant and manufacturer, and one of the prominent men of Wilmington for many years. His wife, Mary (McNabb) Russell, was a native of Ireland, but a descendant of the Scotch clan of McNabb. Charles Russell and his wife are both deceased, the former's death occurring at Wilmington, April 16, 1872, and the latter's at Middletown, Ohio, September 25, 1862. Their son, Addison, was reared and educated in his naive place, attending the. schools during winters until he was sixteen years of age. He then be came an indentured apprentice in the office of the Gazette, at Zanesville, Ohio, remaining for a few years subsequent to November 9, 1842. Next taking editorial charge of of the Hillsboro News, he conducted that paper for one year, beginning July 1, 1845. From January, 1847, until July 1, 1852, he resided at Lebanon, but at the latter date returned to Wilmington and purchased a half-interest in the Clinton Republican, which he retained several years. In 1855, he was elected to the Legislature from Clinton County, serving two years. In 1857 and 1859, he was chosen by the Republicans of Ohio for Secretary of State, and in 1862 was appointed financial agent for Ohio in New York City, by Gov. Tod. He was re-appointed to the same office by Gov. Brough, 1864, and by Gov. Cox in 1866, since when he has not engaged in politics. His attention has for a number of years been engaged in literary labors, and Mr. Russell has become an author whose- works are recommended by the best critics of the country. His first work was an anonymous publication, issued by D. Appleton & Co., of New York, in 1867, and entitled " Half Tints: Table D'Hote and Drawing Room." In 1875, the first edition of " Library Notes" appeared, published by Hurd & Hough ton, of New York. This volume gained a wide reputation, and was commended near and far for its value and interest. The first edition was soon out of print, and in 1879 a second edition was published by Houghton, Osgood & Co., of Boston. His third work, "Thomas Corwin; a Sketch," was published in 1879, by Robert Clark & Co., of Cinciunati, and was warmly received by all who knew aught of the great orator and statesman. Mr. Russell's first volume, " Half Tints, etc.," has been long out of print. He at present resides in Wilmington, enjoying the content of a leisure well earned, and is looked upon as a thorough gentleman, an excellent scholar and -a substantial citizen.

JOHN S. SAVAGE, of Savage & Smith, attorneys at law, Wilmington, ' was born in Clermont County, Ohio, October 30, 1841. His father was James

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Savage, born in 1804, and in early life was a school teacher. He is now engaged in farming in Wayne Township. this county. Mr. Savage's mother was Frances Battson, born in Kentucky May 30, 1813, and a daughter of the Rev. Robert Battson, a minister, of the Christian Church. John S. Savage grew to manhood in Ohio, coming to Clinton County in 1853. He obtained a fair English education, and his first vocation was that of a school teacher, which profession he followed five years. During this time, devoted, his spare moments to the study of law, and on May 18, 1865, he was admitted to practice at the bar. The same year he was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Illinois. Mr. Savage opened a law office at Wilmington, where he has since been engaged in active practice. The firm of Savage & Smith (Simeon G. Smith) is one of the best known in Clinton County, and enjoys a large and remunerative practice. Mr. Savage has always been a strong Democrat, casting his first vote for George B, B. McClellan, in 1864. In the tall of 1874, he was nominated by the Democracy for Congress, from this district. His opponent was John Q. Smith, and the district was largely Republican. In the face of all this, the popularity of Mr. Savage with the people was fully established by his being elected by a majority of 1,162 votes, thus showing that the people had faith in his honesty and uprightness, and would elect him ir respective of party. He declined a second nomination. Mr. Savage is a member of Wilmington Lodge, No. 52 (Masonic), also of the Chapter. He is a Knight Templar, and connected with Miami Commandery, No. 22, of Lebanon, Ohio. Mr. Savage was suited in marriage, December 31, 1868, to Lydia Ayers, a native of this county. Of their four children, two are living-William H. and G. LeRoy. Charles and Lawrence ire deceased. Mrs. Savage is a member of the Christian Church.

L. D. SAYRES, one of the leading dry goods merchants of Wilmington and Clinton County, was born in the village of Wilmington, August 31, 1841. His father was H. D. Sayres, a native of New Jersey, who came to Ohio in 1830. He was a hatter by trade, and is still living. Mr. Sayres mother was Miss E. Baker, a native of Ohio. Mr. Sayres was reared in Wilmington, and educated in private schools. In 1857, he commenced in his present business, as a clerk for Fife, Sayres & Fife. In 1860, the firm became Fife & Sayres. (his father being the junior partner. In 1862, the firm became Fife, Sayres & Co. (our subject being the "Co." of the firm). In 1865, the firm of H. D. Sayres & Co. took charge of the business, and in 1869, Mr. Sayres purchased his father's interest, and has since conducted the business alone. He is the second oldest salesman and merchant in the village, and enjoys a trade as large as any in his line of goods, in the county. In 1861, Mr. Sayres enlisted in Company H Thirty-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and shortly after was placed in hospital service. He was subsequently placed in the commissary department, at Gen. Grant's headquarters, whereh e finished his two years' war service. Mr. Sayres is a supporter of the principles set forth by the Republican party, and at present is one of the village Councilmen. He is also connected with the Royal Arcanum. He was married, September 14, 1864, to Phebe G. Bailey, of Cincinnati. They have four children-Lillie C., Clam B., Essie and Lida.Mrs. Sayres and children are members of the Society of Friends. Mr. Sayres' mother still resides in the village, and enjoys excellent health.

WILLIAM SCHOFIELD, Sr., proprietor Schofield's Woolen Mill, Wilmington, was born in England November 21,1822. His father was James Schofield, a manufacturer of woolen goods. His mother having died when quite young, Mr. Schofield accompanied his father and family-which consisted of seven sons and two daughters-to America, about the year 1838. The father died in 1845 or 1846. The subject of this sketch learned his trade when but eight years of age, with his father, in England. He has worked at it ever since-over half a century. He resided in Philadelphia, Penn., some years, but in 1860 removed to Columbus, Ohio. Soon after, be came to Wilmington, and purchased the mill property now owned and operated by him, & history of which will be found in the chapter on the Industrial Interests of Wilmington. Mr. Schofield has met with very gratifying success since coming to Wilmington and is the largest manufacturer of woolen goods in Clinton County. Has always been

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Republican, never having voted but for one Democratic candidate. He was married, in 1844, to Ann Roth. a native of England. Six children have been born to them, four of whom are living Miriam, wife of Charles S. Outealt; Lizzie, wife of N. S. O'Neal; John, a dentist, at El Paso, Ill.; and Frank, who has charge of the woolen mill. Mrs. Schofield is a worthy member of the Christian Church.

NATHAN H. SIDWELL, Physician and Surgeon, Wilmington, was born at Georgetown, n, Brown Co., Ohio, October 18, 1840. His father was James Sidwell, a native of Kentucky, who accompanied his parents to Ohio when but a child. He was a physician by profession, and practiced medicine till his death, October 10, 1866. Dr. Sidwell's mother was Lucinda Newkirk, a native of this State. She departed this life in July, 1876. The subject of this notice was reared in Georgetown, receiving his education at the at the high school of his native village. He commenced the study of medicine when quite young, and attended a series of lectures at the Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincinnati, from which he graduated in the spring of 1861. He subsequently graduated from the Miami Medical College (Regular), in the spring of 1871. In April, 1861, he enlisted in Company B, Twelfth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and the following January (1863) was made Assistant Surgeon in the regular army, in which he served till the date of his discharge, June, 1864. He returned to Georgetown, where he resided till 1866. In the latter year, he removed to Harrison, Hamilton Co., Ohio, and thence, in August, 1867, to Mainville, Warren Co., Ohio. In October, 1873, Dr. Sidwell located in Wilmington, where he has succeeded in establishing a fine practice. He spent the winter of 1876-77 at the Bellevue Hospital Medical College of New York, where he gained a valuable amount of information to be used in his practice. Dr. Sidwell is a member of the Ohio State Medical Society, Miami Valley Medical Society, Secretary of the Clinton County Medical Society, and Physician to the Cinton County Infirmary. He is connected with the Masonic fraternity, and his political views are Republican. Dr. Sidwell was united in marriage, in August, 1864, to Annie E. Krute, a native of Georgetown, Ohio. Eight children were born to this union, four living-Louie, Carrie, Mary and Dawson. On February 24, 1882, Dr. Sidwell suffered the loss of his estimable companion. Mrs. Sidwell was a member of the Christian Church, and a lady much esteemed by one and all. Dr. Sidwell is also a member of the Christian denomination, and a Deacon in that body.

ROBERT SKIMMING, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Alleghany County, Md., June 3, 1830. He was a son of Anthony and Mary (McDow) Skimming, who were born near Edinburgh, Scotland, and emigrated to the United States about the year 1818, and settled in Alleghany County, Md., where they lived till the autumn of 1836, when they came to Wilmington, and in 1839 removed to Washington Township, where they died, the former April 22, 1855, and the latter on the 16th of the same month. Mr. Skimming, whose name heads this sketch, passed his early life and manhood on his father's farm, and was educated in the district schools and Wilmington Academy. At the early age of eighteen, he embarked in the teaching profession, which he followed successfully for six years. Through the pursuit of this business, he laid the basis of his present possessions. In 1860, he engaged in merchandising ing in Burtonville, and continued in that business till October, 1875; when he retired to farming and stock-raising, which he has since followed with marked success. He owns a valuable farm of 270 acres, which is adorned with a very commodious frame residence, besides other good improvements. Mr. Skimming is a man of much enterprise, and is regarded as one of the most influential farmers. He has served his county in various official relations to the highest satisfaction of the public. In 1873, he was elected Infirmary Director, and has ever since been a useful and able member of that body. He was a member of the Board of Trustees of Union Township one term, and has filled various minor offices. December 6, 1853, he celebrated his marriage with Miss Mary E. Babb, the eldest daughter of Henry and Matilda (Woodruff) Babb, and a native of Union Township, where she was born June 16, 1830. This union was blessed with four children, as follows: Emma, born November 26, 1854; Samuel H., born February 25, 1858; Charles W., born August 14,1866, and Wilbert, born January

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10, 1872. Mrs. Skimming's father was born in Virginia, and was brought by his parents, Henry and Elizabeth. Babb, to Clinton County, when an infant. He was cruelly assassinated at Wilmington on the evening of February 25, 1863, by John McCourter, a radical secessionist, on account of his pure Union sentiment. Mrs. Babb was the daughter of Joel and Elizabeth Woodruff, who were among the earliest pioneers of Clinton County. Mrs. Babb departed this life January 25, 1830. Mr. Woodruff was a man of considerable prominence in the early history of Wilmington, and at one time held the office of Sheriff of the county. Mr. and Mrs. Skimming are consistent members of the Baptist Church of Wilmington. Mr. Skimming's political views are Republican.

JOHN C. SMITH, Deputy Sheriff of Clinton County, Wilmington, was born in Adams Township, December 30,1843. His father was Daniel Smith, a native of North Carolina, born in 1809. He accompanied his father, Conrad Smith, to Clinton County when but eighteen months old. He grew up in Adams Township and was a farmer there till his death, in March, 1880. He owned a farm of 100 acres, and was a member of the Society of Friends. Mr. Smith's mother was Anna M. Hartman. She was born in Virginia, in 1816, and was the mother of five children, one daughter and four sons. The oldest son, George H., was elected Sheriff of Clinton County in 1877, and died February 24.1878, while in office. Joseph H. is a farmer of Adams Township, and James E. is a merchant at Ogden, in Adams Township. The daughter, Mary E., died in 1863, at the age of nine years. Three of the boys, George H., Joseph H. and our subject, were members of Company G, Seventeenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, the two former serving four years each and the latter eighteen months (being a recruit). Mrs. Smith is still living and resides with our subject. John C. Smith was reared on the old homestead farm, and in early life clerked a little and also traveled some. He remained on the farm till January 1, 1879, when he came to Wilmington and received the appointment of Deputy to W. E. Kenrick, Sheriff of Clinton County, which position he now bolds. He is a member of Wilmington Lodge and Chapter (Masonic), and of Star of Hope Lodge, No. 127, and Hiawatha Encampment, No. 70 (I.O.O.F.), having passed all the chairs in the latter fraternity. He is also a Royal Arch Mason, and, politically, a Republican. He was united in marriage, December 30, 1880, to Mary B. McKay, a native of Trimble County, Ky. Mrs. Smith is a member of the Christian Church.

CHARLES E. SNOWDEN, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in the State of Maryland, October 19, 1836. He is the son of Richard and Mary (West) Snowden, natives of Maryland, of English descent, who emigrated to Ohio in 1837 and located in Clinton County. Our subject received his education in the graded schools of Ohio. His early life was spent as a teacher in the public schools but farming has been his principal occupation. He was married in 1862 to Rachel Linton, a daughter of Seth Linton, of Union Township. By this union six children were born, of whom the following four survive-Mary, Alton, Seth M. and Sarah A. Mr. Snowden is a Republican, and he and his wife are members of the Society of Friends. He is the owner of 115 acres of land which he has secured by his own exertions.

PHILIP SOCKMAN, Wilmington, maker of boots and shoes, East Main street., was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, August 4, 1837. His father, George J. Sockman, was a native of Germany, and came to America between 1823 and 1830. He located i Fairfield County, where he still resides, in the eighty-third year of his life. Mr. Sockman's mother was Margaret Ditler, also a native of Germany; they were married in Germany and nine children were born to them, our subject being the third son and eighth child. He was reared to manhood in Fairfield County, obtaining a good English education in the public schools. At seventeen years of age, he commenced learning his present trade at Hamburg, and a year later went to Waterloo, Fayette Co., Ohio, where he finished his trade. He remained in that village eighteen year, working at his trade. In April, 1874, he came to Wilmington, where he has since resided, and succeeded in building up a steady and remunerative trade. Mr. Beckman is a member of Star of Hope Lodge, No. 127 (I.O.O.F.), and Hiawatha

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Encampment, No. 70. He is a stanch Republican. Mr. Sockman was united in marriage, November 20, 1859, to Joanna Nutt, a native of Fayette County, Ohio. Two children have been given them, one living-John O. Mrs. Sockman is a member of the Christian Church at Waterloo, Fayette Co., Ohio.

J. J. STAGG, Wilmington, of Stagg & Abell, proprietors West House, was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, August 3, 1819. His father was Thomas Stagg, a native of New York, who located in Ohio in 1808. He was a farmer by occupation, and died in 1833. Mr. Stagg's mother was Susannah Howlett, a native of Vermont. She departed this life in 1868. Mr. Stagg was reared in Hamilton County, and is thoroughly conversant with the early history of Cincinnati. He was a farmer in early life, and came to Clinton County in September, 1858. He took possession of the present hotel (then the Gates House), in 1865, and has since been its proprietor. In ,1878, Harvey H. Abell was admitted as a partner, and the firm has prospered very well. Mr. Stagg was made a member of the Odd Fellow fraternity in 1850, and is now a member of Dove Lodge, No. 234, of Mount Washington, Ohio. He was married in 1839. Mr. Stagg was formerly a Whig, but is now a Republican.

OBADIAH STEPHENS, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Morris County, N. J., April 22, 1813. He is the son of Ebenezer and Maria (Phoenix) Stephens, natives of New Jersey, of English and German descent. His maternal grandfather was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and his father in the war of 1812. Our subject's sole education was obtained from Webster's spelling book, studied in the little log schoolhouse of early days. In early childhood he manifested wonderful energy and bravery and these characteristics followed him through life. He takes pleasure in relating the following incident of his school days: During his early school days, the larger boys carried a fire-stick into the school-room one day, and when the stick had burned partially through they were vainly endeavoring to break it in order that it might be put into the old fire-place, little Obadiah seeing their efforts were fruitless rose from his seat, ran to the fire-place and jumping on the fire-stick succeeded in breaking it to the satisfaction of the larger boys. He then walked complacently to his seat and was at once recalled by the teacher and, fearing a flogging which he knew would be severe from that teacher, he reluctantly went to the teacher's desk. Instead of punishing him for his breach of discipline, the teacher took a bottle of whisky from his desk and gave the youth a drink, thus showing his approval of the lad's efforts. Mr. Stephen's father was a millwright by trade and occupied himself also in farming. Our subject followed farming for a time and subsequently operated a distillery, the latter proving very successful. He purchased 100 acres where he now lives, and by dint of great industry he has added to it from time to time until he now owns 430 acres. He came to Clinton County in 1847. On April 13, 1837, he married in Warren County Susannah Ireland. She was a native of Frederick County, Virginia, of Scotch -English descent. They were blessed with four children, viz., Ann Eliza, Emeline, Frances I. and John. Mr. S. is a prominent member of the Odd Fellow fraternity and of the Democratic party. His paternal grandmother was a native of Wales, and lived to reach ninety-seven years of age, when she received a fall which resulted in her death. She left 144 descendants at her death. Previous to her death she was enabled to say to her daughter: "Daughter, arise and go to thy daughter, for thy daughter's daughter has a son." Thus it will be seen that she was the first of five generations then living.

JESSE G. STARBUCK, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Union Township, Clinton Co, Ohio, October 8, 1819. His paternal great grandparents were Thomas and Rachel Starbuck, he born on Nantucket Island May 12, 1707, and died February 2, 1777, and she born in 1710 and died May 31, 1789. His grandfather, Hezekiah Starbuck, was born on Nantucket Island, April 10, 1749, and on November 19, 1771, he married Mary. He was a seafaring man, and for a part of his life was a Captain of a whaling vessel. He was on a cruise when the Revolutionary war broke out, and on his return he had great difficulty in entering the harbor which was blockaded by the enemy. In 1785, hd emigrated to Guilford County, N. C., where he raised his

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family and where his wife died June 9, 1806. He afterward removed to Clinton County where he remained until his death, which occurred on the 10th of June, 1830. Mr. Starbuck's father, Gayer, was born on Nantucket Island August 10, 1777, and removed with his parents to North Carolina, where he spent the early part of his life. He learned the blacksmith's trade and for many years followed that avocation. He was married January 17, 1799, by permission of the New Garden Monthly Meeting, to Susannah, daughter of Jesse and Hannah Dillon. By this marriage five sons and five daughters were born, of whom one son died, aged twenty-two years, and the rest married and raised families. He removed to Ohio in 1807, and settled temporarily in the edge of Greene County, near where Paintersville now is, but in 1810 they came to Clinton County (then an unbroken forest) and located where our subject now lives. Here they remained until their death, he December 30, 1866, and she March 12, 1861. Our subject's maternal grandfather, Jesse Dillon, of Irish descent, was born in North Carolina, in October, 1753, and on April 29, 1778, married Hannah Ruckman, who was born March 20, 1754, to Joseph and Sarah Ruckman. They came to Ohio in 1807, and settled in the wilderness on land now owned by John T. Starbuck. Our subject was educated in the common schools of the township, and was married at Fairfield Meeting, Hendricks County, Ind., on October 20, 1842, to Amy Cox, daughter of Harmon and Martha Cox. She was born in Wayne County, Ind., June 1; 1823, and moved to Hendricks County with her parents when a child. After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. S. settled on the farm where they now reside in this township. For the first ten years of his married life Mr. S. was engaged in running a steam saw-mill which had a run of buhrs attached for grinding corn. The balance of his life has been devoted to farming. They have raised a family of five children, their other children having died in early life. The survivors are Adin L., born May 10, 1844, and married October 12, 1865, to Louisa M. Pidgeon, who was born in Guilford County, N. C., November 21, 1847, to Charles and Catharine Pidgeon ; they have seven children, viz.: Nellie May an adopted daughter), Mary Amy, Ernest, Correna, Inez, Leola and Mamie. Mr. (an second son, Asa, was born March, 1846, and on June 25, 1868, married Almira Custis, daughter of John W. and Louisa (Smith) Custis. She was born October 28, 1846, and by her eight children were born, viz.: Nettie M., Laura B., Adin C., Jesse C., Sarah A., Cora D., Marion R. and Louisa A. The third child, Martha, was born January 29,1848, and on February 16,1876, married William D. Moorman, born April 3, 1845, to Samuel and Lucy (Johnson) Moorman, and by him she has one child, Charles R. Mr. Starbuck's fourth child, William R., was born May 12, 1858, and graduated in the Wilmington College; he is now teaching school. The fifth and, youngest child is Jesse H., born November 11, 1864, and is now assisting his father on the farm while attending the public school. Mr. Starbuck is a good husband, a kind father and an intelligent and moral citizen. He has dealt liberally with his children, giving them good educational advantages and the means of starting in life. He is one of Clinton County's beat and most successful farmers and stands high in the estimation of the people.

JOHN T. STARBUCK, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Union Township, Clinton County, Ohio, October 6, 1822. He was the son of Latham and Sarah (Milton) Starbuck, natives of North Carolina, who emigrated to Ohio and settled in Clinton County in 1811. They had a family of twelve children, seven boys and five girls, of whom our subject was the fourth. He received a limited schooling while his people were relieving the land of the timber and underbrush, very often being obliged to absent himself from school to help them. He selected farming for his life occupation, but for a short time followed carpentering. In his farm work he has met with marked success, being now possessor of 222 acres of good farm land. He was married in 1852 to Margaret Shields, a native of Union Township, and daughter of William Shields, who came to this county with his wife in 1806. His marriage was blessed with four children, viz.: Josephine, wife of Samuel T. Compton, of this county ; William, married and farming in this township; Clara A. and Albert. The family are all members of the Society of Friends. Mr. Starbuck is a man who ranks high among

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the farming community of Clinton County, and all he has was made principally by his personal exertions.

NATHAN STARBUCK, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Clinton County, Ohio, February 13, 1826. He is the son of Latham and Sarah (Milton) Starbuck, natives of North Carolina, of English decent. He was educated in the common schools and chose farming fur a life occupation, but owned and conducted a saw-mill from 1866 to 1869. He is the inventor of Starbuck's Ditching Machine for cutting the trenches in which drain tile are laid. This machine is operated by two men and six horses, and is capable of cutting forty rods of trenches per hour. It is a perfect success and has been awarded two medals for merit, but it has not as yet reached extensive sale on account of the inventor's farm operations preventing him from pushing it on the market. Mr. Starbuck was married in 1849 to Ruth Underwood, who died in 1854, leaving two children. He was again married in 1857 to Sarah Hoddy, by whom he has had three children, viz.: Samuel H., Clifford K. and Eddie L. Mr. and Mrs. S. are members of the Christian Church, and he is a Republican. He was the seventh child of a family of twelve children.

JOSEPH N. STEVENS, Superintendent of the Clinton County Infirmary, Wilmington, was born in Marion Township, this county, September 15, 1833. He is a son of John and Elizabeth Collins, natives of Virginia and of English descent. Mr. Stevens was reared on a farm in Marion Township, receiving a fair education in the public schools. He engaged in farming when young and followed that vocation until the fall of 1864, when he enlisted in Capt. Dennison's company, and served till June 13, 1865, when he received an honorable discharge. He was under Gen. Thomas, and was mostly engaged in guarding railroads. During his war service, Mr. Stevens suffered the loss of the fingers on one hand, which disabled him at the time. He was a mail carrier for eight years, and during this time (1876) his eldest son, Alva A., was drowned while crossing a swollen stream. In 1880, Mr. Stevens was appointed to his present position by the Board of County Commissioners. He is Republican in polities and has formerly officiated as Constable and Assessor of Marion Township. He now owns a good farm of 100 acres in Marion Township and a house and lot in Westboro. He was married in 1865 to Melissa M. Manker, born in Highland County, Ohio, February 15, 1834, and a daughter of Hiram Manker, of that county. Six children have been given them, five living-Eberly C., Emma E., Effie A., Otto D. and Charles L. Mr. Stevens and wife are members of the United Brethren Church, in which denomination Mr. S. has been class teacher and Superintendent of Sunday school for a number of years.

FRANK STEPHENS, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Warren County, Ohio, June 30, 1842. He is the son of Obadiah and Susannah (Ireland) Stephens, He received his education in the common schools, and chose the occupation of farming which he still follows. He was married in 1867, to Sarah Gallaher, a native of Clinton County, and a daughter of an early Ohio settler. By this marriage four children were born, viz.: Charles M., Minnie May, John Hawey and Edwin Forrest. Mr. Stephens is a prominent Democrat and a successful farmer.

JOHN J. STEWART, dealer in fresh meats, corner Main and Mulberry streets, Wilmington, was born in Richland Township, Clinton County, Ohio, September 2, 1849. He is a son of Jacob Stewart, also a native of this county, probably Wilson Township. He was a farmer by occupation, but died when our subject was quite small. His mother 'was Mary Greer, a native of this county. Some time after Mr. Stewart's s death, she married Joseph Wakefield, and now resides at Xenia, Ohio. Our subject was the Youngest of three children, two boys and one girl, all of whom are living. When ten years of age, his mother married again, and he hired out to work on a farm, following that occupation for seven or eight years. He then learned the trade of a brick mason, and worked at it in Washington Court House, Lebanon and Wilmington, for many years. In 1869; he permanently located in Wilmington, and in 1873 opened a meat shop and commenced present business. Although a young man, and having many obstacles to overcome, Mr. Stewart has been uniformly successful in business, and is now

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enjoying a good trade. He is a member of the Wilmington Fire Department, and is neutral in polities, always deeming it right to cast his vote for the best man, irrespective of party. In Presidential and State campaigns, he votes with the Republican party. Mr. Stewart was married in 1869, to Mary Davis, a native of this county. They have three children-Maria, Allen and Jennie, all attending the public schools. Mrs. Stewart is a regular attendant on the services of the Society of Friends.

FREDERICK STOLTZ, a farmer of this township, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, March 28, 1849. He is a son of John and Fannie Stoltz. also natives of Germany. They came to America in 1851, locating in Adams Township, Clinton Co., Ohio, and he still resides on a farm of his own. Mrs. Stoltz departed this life, in 1872. When young, Mr. Stoltz hired out to work on a farm for nine months at $14 per month. He then worked by the year, and subsequently rented land for five years. He now owns over seventy-two acres of land, the result of his own individual industry and economy. Mr. Stoltz is the proprietor of the Wilmington Eastern Dairy, and keeps an average of fourteen cows to supply his customers with pure, fresh milk. He is a Republican, and unmarried. His sister, Callie, resides with him, and takes charge of his household affairs.

FELIX G. SLONE, senior member of Slone, Walker & Mills, attorneys at law, Wilmington, was born in Clermont County, Ohio, July 28, 1826. His father was William Slone, a native of Hamilton County, Ohio, and a farmer by occupation. He came to Clinton County in 1850, and resided there till his death, in 1872. Mr. Slone's mother was Rachel Mann, who was born in Butler Co., Ky., November 2, 1800. She is still living and resides at Peoria, Ill. Mr. Slone came to this county when twenty years of age, entering Mayberry Academy, of the Society of Friends, at Martinsville, and subsequently attending a select school, where his literary education was obtained. While going to school he commenced the study of law, and in 1855 passed examina tion and was admitted to practice. He resided in Brown County, Ohio, engaged in the practice of his profession, until 1861. In that year, he enlisted in the Seventieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and October 10, of the same year, was commis sioned Second Lieutenant of Company K.On January 1, 1862, he was made First Lieutenant, and February 12 was made Captain of the company. He officiated in the latter capacity till 1864, when he resigned his commission, and came home (as he thought) to die. He had caught the ague in the trenches before Vicksburg, and for the next three years suffered from the effects of this exposure. It finally culminated in the asthma, from which Mr. Slone has been a constant sufferer since. Mr. Slone went to Georgetown, Brown County, where he resided till 1865. He then came to Wilmington, and formed a partnership with T. O. Hildebrant, in the practice of law. This gentleman was an old friend and schoolmate, and served as Captain of Company F, of the Twentieth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, till 1865, when he was made Adjutant of the One Hundred and Forty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. In 1876, Mr. Slone formed a copartnership with Lewis J. Walker, and in February, 1880, F. B. Mills was admit ted to the firm. Mr. Slone is a member of the Odd Fellow fraternity ; has been through the Masonic order, but is not now a working member of that body. Mr. Slone is a great reader, and has one of the beat private libraries in Clinton County. He was mar ried, August 28, 1848, to Kate Hodson, a native of this county. Six children have born to them-Margaret, Orville, Oliver P., Rachel, Anna and Lucy, all of whom have "passed to the other side." Mrs. Slone is a consistent member of the Methodist Church. Mr. Slone is a strong Republican.

WILLIAM J. STRUBLE, Wilmington, Secretary of the Champion Bridge Company of Wilmington, was born in Sussex County, N. J., September 19, 1831. His father, John D. Struble, was also a native of New Jersey, and during his life followed the several vocations of a merchant, mill owner and farmer. He departed this life May 21, 1875. Mr. Struble's mother was Mary Headley, a native of "Jersey," and at present a resident of Knox County, Ohio. Mr. Struble accompanied his parents to Knox County, Ohio, in 1832, where he was reared. He obtained a good education in Dennison University, at Grandville. He subsequently became a farmer, and afterward a

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merchant at Fredericktown, Ohio. In 1865, he removed to Geneseo, Henry Co., Ill., and resided on a farm near that place four years. In 1869, he came back to Ohio, and operated a saw and grist mill at Fredericktown for some time. Desiring to experiment in Southern farming, he purchased a tract of land in Lewis County, Ky., in 1875, where he resided till the fall of 1878. In the latter year, he came back to this State, and engaged in the real estate business. In the spring of 1879, Mr. Struble became a member of the Champion Bridge Company, and soon after was elected its Secretary, now serving in that position. Mr. Struble has always shown an absorbing interest in matters pertaining to the religious growth of the community in which he may reside, and is a now a Trustee of the Baptist Church of Wilmington, and Superintendent of its Sabbath School He is Democratic in his political faith, but a firm believer in Prohibition. While a resident of Fredericktown, Ohio, he officiated as Mayor, also Justice of the Peace for two or three years. Mr. Struble was married, January 11, 1857, to Mary U. Beers. Of the six children born to them, four are living-Flora, Mary A., Burr B. and Charles H. Mrs. Struble and two children are members of the Baptist denomination.

GEORGE B. TALBERT, engaged in buying and shipping walnut lumber, Wilmington, was born in Greene County, Ohio, August 8, 1837. His father was Addison Talbert, a native of Virginia, and a school teacher by profession. He came to Ohio about 1829, locating in Greene County,. where he resided till his death, March 30, 1848. His mother was Elizabeth Schnebly, a native of Maryland, who accompanied her father to Ohio when but a child. Five children were born to them two now living--our subject and John, the latter a farmer residing in Greenwood County, Kan. Mrs. Talbert died in 1858. The subject of this biographical sketch was reared in Greene County, Ohio, and when young learned the carriage maker's trade of Bell brook, in his native county. He remained at that trade about ten years, and then commenced dealing in lumber at Xenia. After a two years' stay at the latter place, in 1872 he came to Wilmington and commenced dealing in pine lumber. He ran the lumberyard now owned by Alpha Gallup until 1880, when he sold it to Mr. Gallup. Since then, Mr. Talbert has been engaged in buying walnut logs, sawing them and the shipping the lumber to dealers and manufacturers in Toledo, Indiana and New York. Mr. Talbert is a member of Wilmington Lodge (Masonic), No. 52, and of the Republican party. He was married in 1874 to Martha H., daughter of Jonas Stump, of Warren County, Ohio, and a grand-daughter of William Smalley, an early pioneer hunter of Southern Ohio, and a contemporary of Boone and Kenton. Only two children of William Smalley are living to-day, Mrs. Stump and her sister, Mrs. Steans, both residing in Indiana.. One son, Freeman Smalley, was a Baptist minister, and removed to Illinois, and subsequently to Texas, where he was living at the commencement of the rebellion. He was a stanch Union man, which position soon caused him much annoyance and trouble. He was threatened with death, but exhibited such a bold front that the rebels feared to touch him. By the request of his children, he finally removed to Kansas, where he lived till his death, at the advanced age of ninety-two years. Mrs. Talbert is a consistent member of the M. E. Church.

HENRY C. TAYLOR, Wilmington, engineer of Fulton, Crane & Peters' gristmill, was born in Coshocton County, Ohio, November 15,1849. His father. John Taylor, was a native of England, and an engineer by trade. He followed the sea for thirteen years, and was engineer of the first steam vessel that plied between Dover and Calais, in the English Channel. He came to Ohio at an early day, and is now residing at Coshocton, in his eighty-third year. Mr. Taylor's mother was Maria Kelshaw, a native of England. She is living, now in her seventieth year. John Taylor was the father of twenty-four children, twelve now living, and nine being full brothers and sisters of our subject. One sister, Maggie, was the fiancee of Prof. Washington Donaldson at the time of his fatal balloon ascension from Chicago, in 1875. Our subject, when six years of age, went to Kentucky, to reside with an uncle. Three years later he went to Mellville, Ohio; thence to Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Altona, Parker's Landing, in the oil regions of Pennsylvania. At New Philadelphia, Ohio, he engaged to fire an engine. He learned the

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machinist trade at Lockport, N. Y., and built the engine now used in running the press of the Wilmington Journal. From Lockport, he went to Dayton, Ohio; thence to Covington, Ky., and Cincinnati, Ohio, working at his trade at different shops in those cities. He was in the boiler explosion at Coshocton, Ohio, in 1873, but suffered no serious injury. On April 3, 1874, Mr. Taylor came to Wilmington, and ran a machine shop one year. He was then employed by the Champion Iron Bridge Company two and a halt years, and in 1878 accepted his present position. He is a firm Republican in politics. Mr. Taylor was married in 1874, to Jennie O. Tucker, a native of Springfield Center, near Otsego Lake, Otsego Co., N. Y. They have one son-Harry M. Mrs. Taylor is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

WILLIAM B. TELFAIR. The subject of this sketch is one of the oldest and most respected members of the Clinton County bar. He was born at Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio, June 16, 1829. His father, Isaiah Telfair, was a native of Kentucky. In early life, he became a midshipman in the United States Navy, and was with Commodore Decatur during the famous " Algerian expedition." He subsequently became an honored member of the medical fraternity, and located in Highland County, Ohio, about 1827. Some years after (1838), he came to Clinton County, where he was engaged in the practice of his profession until 1872, the year of his death. In the early part of his medical career he served as assistant physician of the Virginia Insane Asylum, at Stanton, and while a resident there became acquainted with, and married, Jane A. Boys, a native of Stanton. W. B. Telfair was reared in this county, and when fourteen years of age was sent to school at Washington College, Washington, Penn., when the Hon. James G. Blaine was also a student at that institution of learning. Mr. Tel fair graduated in the regular course, in 1848, and then returned home. Resolving to follow a professional career, he selected the practice of law as his future life-work, and immediately entered upon its study. A year later, he went to Chancellorsville, Va., where he entered the Law Department of the University of Virginia, from which he graduated in 1851. He returned to Ohio, and was admitted to the bar at Chillicothe in the spring of 1852. He commenced the practice of his profession at Cincinnati, and soon after became a member of the Cincinnati Literary Club, then numbering among its members Stanley Matthews, Manning F. Force, Rutherford B. Hayes, and Spofford, present Librarian of Congress; Blackwell, who subsequently married Lucy Stone; and others of equal celebrity. A few months after locating at Cincinnati,. Mr. Telfair came to Wilmington, and formed a law partnership with Judge Hinkson, with whom he remained two years. He then retired from active practice for awhile, but resumed his practice with Benjamin Fuller, the law firm being Fuller & Telfair. In 1853, he married Elizabeth Peyton, and soon after removed to Virginia, the native State of his wife, where he resided some years. After his return to Clinton County he " farmed it " one year, but once more resumed his practice (1858), to which he has since given his entire time and attention. He was in partnership with Judge Robert B. Harlan from June 1, 1869, to 1871, and subsequently with Judge James Sloan, of Hillsboro, which relationship continued until the latter's death, September 18, 1873. The firm of Telfair & Hayes (Melville Hayes) was formed May 18, 1874, and dissolved October 11, 1875. Since then Mr. Telfair has been alone in his practice. Mr. Telfair is a strong Democrat, and has been an able warrior in the contest for party rule. While a resident of Madison County, Ohio, he ran for Congress against the old veteran. Tom Corwin, but the large Republican majority in the district, and the undoubted popularity and political strength of his opponent, proved the contest to be almost a one-sided affair, although our subject polled the entire Democratic vote. At present, Mr. Telfair is resident of the School Board of Wilmington, and was formerly a Councilman. He has n an active member of, the Presbyterian Church for many years, and is a trustee at present writing. Mr. Telfair is the oldest ex-Prosecuting Attorney of Clinton County, and a man well respected by all. Of the four children born to him, three are living William, an attorney, Susan and John. Ann is deceased.

D. B. VAN PELT, a member of the law firm of Mills & Van Pelt, is a life resident of this county. He was born April 26, 1851. His father, Cyrus Van Pelt, was a na-

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tive of Highland County, Ohio, and a farmer by occupation. In the fall of 1864, he entered Company G, Fifty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry as a private soldier to assist in suppressing our monstrous rebellion, and died in the hospital at Nashville, Tenn., from consumption contracted while in the service, at the age of forty-three years and three months. The mother of Mr. Van Pelt was Mary A., daughter of Gideon Fuller, an honored pioneer of this county, and a sister of William and Benijah Fuller, at one time prominent attorneys of the Clinton County bar, but now deceased. Mrs. Van Pelt departed this life March 15, 1867. The subject of this sketch attended the public schools in early life, and subsequently the National Normal School, at Lebanon, Ohio, graduating from the scientific course in the summer of 1874. Having resolved to make the practice of law his future work during life, he commenced its study, and for two years read with Bolton & Schanck, of Dayton, Ohio. On April 10, 1878, he was admitted to practice, and immediately opened an office at Wilmington. In August of the same year he formed a copartnership with Levi Mills, which relationship has continued to the present time, and has proven mutually agreeable, both socially and financially. Mr. Van Pelt has always taken an active interest in educational matters, and at present is connected with both the county and village Boards of School Examiners. Politically, his faith is placed in the Republican party. He was married July 27, 1876, to Florence, daughter of James W. Farrand, one of the oldest pioneers of this county. They have three children-Stanley F., Paul J., and Mary A. Mrs. Van Pelt is a member of the Christian Church.

CALVIN R. VANTRESS, P. O. Wilmington, is a rising young farmer of this township, and a life resident of Clinton County. He was born June 8, 1842, and is a son of Richard and Deborah (Howland) Vantress, natives of Dutchess County, N. Y., and of English parentage. Mr. Vantress was raised like the average farmer boy, and obtained the rudiments of a good English education in the district schools of the neighborhood. He has been a farmer through life, and owns a good farm in Iowa. Mr. Vantress is in sympathy with the principles of the Republican party, and is a School 'Director in his district. He was united in marriage September 27, 1866, to Nancy $nines, a native of Union Township. They have six children-four daughters and two sons-Ida O., May Emma, Calvin, Lydia D., Nancy A., and an infant son, William R. Mr. Vantress and family are members of the Friends' Church. He is a young man of more than ordinary executive ability, and highly esteemed by all.

JAMES M. VERON, P. O. Wilmington, was born near Zanesville, Ohio, June 5, 1849. He lived on a farm until sixteen years of age, but spent about six months out of each year, after he was twelve years of age, in study and preparations for college, under the direction of a private instructor. In 1866, he entered the Ohio college, University at Delaware, Ohio, as a student, and remained in that institution four years. In 1870, he engaged in mercantile pursuits in Zanesville, Ohio, and in 1871 removed to Mount Vernon, Ohio, where he continued his business career. In July, 1872, he was granted a patent on a compensation journal, which was his own invention, and which is now largely used in most of the leading sewing machines. In the spring of 1874, he went to Pittsburgh, Penn., to accept a situation on the Pittsburgh Daily Gazette as a reporter. In the fall of 1875, he resigned his situation on the Gazette to accept the financial and commercial editorship of the Pittsburgh Daily 'Dispatch. In 1876, he started the Sewing Machine Gazette, which paper he conducted in addition to his work on the Daily Dispatch,. In the fall of 1876, the Dispatch added to its columns a River Department, and Mr. Vernon was placed in charge of the department, in addition to his other work on' the paper. In-the spring of 1877, he resigned his situation on the Dispatch, to accept the editorship of the Wilmington (Ohio) Journal, of which John Tudor was the proprietor. In February, 1880, he bought a half-interest in the Journal, and in December of the same year he purchased the other half of the paper, and is now both its editor and proprietor. In 1877, when Mr. Vernon moved to Wilmington, Ohio, he took with him the Sewing Machine Gazette, which paper he has continued to publish regularly, and of which he is also the editor and proprietor. Mr. Vernon was married to Lena B. Tudor, of Mount Vernon, Ohio, April 14, 1875.

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GEORGE WADE, JR., P. O. Wilmington, an old settler of Union Township, was born in Western Virginia in April, 1824. His parents were James and Susannah Wade, natives of the " Old Dominion." Mr. Wade was reared on a farm, and has continued in that business through life. He received a fair education in the public schools of West Virginia and Ohio, coming to Clinton County in 1836. He located in the timber of Union Township, but has his land now very well improved. Mr. Wade wag united in marriage in 1873 to Mrs. Mary J. (Carter) Holley. They have three children-Cyrus, Lydia E. and Carrie Etta.

ABEL WALKER, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Union Township, Clinton Co., Ohio, July 28, 1819. He is the son of Azel and Hannah (Jackson) Walker, natives of Frederick County, Va., who immigrated to Ohio in 1804, and located in Union Township in 1805, where they raised a family often children. Our subject has devoted his life to farming, in which occupation he has met with good success, being now possessed of a fine and well improved farm upon which he resides. He was married in 1869 to Miss MaryJ. Patterson, a native of Greene County, and daughter of Thomas and Rebecca Patterson, he a native of Pennsylvania and she of Ohio. Five children were the issue of this marriage, viz.: Hannah, Tacy P., Sarah H., Louise C. and Elizabeth A. Mrs. Walker previous to her marriage was a teacher in the common schools. Her father came to Clinton County in 1818, and died in 1874, at the residence of our subject. Mr. and Mrs. Walker take great pride in the cultivation of their children's minds, and in giving them an education suitable to their station. Mrs. Walker is a Baptist, and her husband a member of the Society of Friends.

SAMUEL WALKER, farmer and stock-dealer, P. O. Wilmington, is the son of Axel and Hannah (Jackson) Walker, native of Frederick County, Va. He was born in Union Township, this county, and received his education in the schools of the town ship. He has chosen farming for his occupation, and now owns 246 acres of land, where his parents located when they came to Clinton County, in 1805, and where they lived until their death, the father in 1835 and the mother twenty years after. Our subject is the youngest of ten children. He is a man of more than ordinary literary attainments, and manages to keep himself thoroughly posted on all the topics of the day; he is a great reader, and has in his possession, a copy of every paper ever published in Wilmington, with one exception; he is, perhaps, the best-posted man in the county, especially in matters relating to the history of the press and the Agricultural Society of the county. His farm is well improved, well stocked and thoroughly equipped with modern conveniences. He is a Republican, unmarried, and a member of the Society o Friends.

CYRUS M. WALKER, real estate and loan agent, was born in Union Township, near the limits of Wilmington, January 4,1829. His father was Azel Walker, born in Virginia in 1802. He accompanied his father, William Walker, to this county in 1805, and having been reared on a farm retained a preference for farming pursuits through life. He died in May, 1871. Mr. Walker's mother was Elizabeth Robinson, a native of this county. She departed this life in 1871. Both were members of the Society of Friends, and are buried in Sugar Grove Cemetery. Our subject grew to manhood on the old homestead, attending the public schools, where he received a good education. When nineteen years of age, he was employed as a clerk with C. M. Bosworth, and two years later started in business for himself, at Peru, Ind., where he remained ten years. He then returned to Wilmington and engaged in the drug business, remaining at that about five years; his next venture was buying and shipping stock, which business proved profitable for several years. He engaged in pork packing, which he followed for three years, and which proved quite disastrous to his finances. During the last two years, he has been engaged in the real estate and loan business, in which he has met with fair success. Mr. Walker enjoys a birthright in the Society of Friends. Although holding Republican views, he believes in the general circulation of the greenback. He was married, January 5, 1861, to Irene Bitzell, a native of Wayne County, Ind. They have two children-Belle and Nellie.

JOSHUA R. WALKER, capitalist, was born in Union Township, this county;

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July 26, 1835. His father was Asa Walker, also a native of Union Township, and a farmer by occupation. He was born.April 6, 1812, and died August 11, 1881. Mr. Walker's mother was Sally M. Robinson, a native of Highland County, Ohio, and a daughter of Joshua Robinson, a prominent farmer of that county. She is now residing near Wilmington, with her son Bruce, in the sixty-eighth year of her age. Joshua R. Walker was reared on a farm, receiving a good English education at Earlham College, Richmond, Ind., and subsequently attending the National Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio. He was a farmer till twenty-six years of age, and then engaged in the stock business for two years. He next bought a livery stable at Wilmington, and nine months later a dry goods store at Paintersville. Greene Co., Ohio, in partnership with W. W. Walker. Seven months after, he disposed of his interest to his partner, and was then employed as Assistant Time-keeper in the round-house of the Bellefontaine & Indianapolis Railroad, at Galion, Ohio, for some time. He subsequently became fireman, engineer and conductor, running from Galion to Union City, Ind. After two and a half years' "railroading," his health failed, and he came back to Wilmington and taught school for some time. He was next engaged in buying and shipping stock to Cincinnati and during this time, owned a sale stable at the latter place. In April, 1861, he was the second to volunteer in an independent company, commanded by L. Harris as Second Lieutenant, and after arrival at Columbus was transferred to Company B, Twelfth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Robert. B. Harlan, Captain. The original company, commanded by Harris, was the first to volunteer in the State, and as Mr. Walker was second on the roll, he was probably the second volunteer in Ohio. The company went to Baltimore, and were the first troops fired on in that city by the rebel mob. Mr. Walker's health failed him two months after volunteering, and, although he subsequently volunteered twice more, he was each time refused. He organized a home guard at Burtonville, and was Captain of the same during the war. After that terrible conflict, he went to farming and trading again; he was engaged in the bog trade at Cincinnati some time, and afterward bought a livery stable at Lexington, Highland Co., Ohio; he became the agent of the Adams' Express Company, and was largely instrumental in establishing an express route between Hillsboro and Sabina ; he had charge of the route five years, at the end of which time he went into the hotel business at Lexington; he was proprietor of the hotel some years, and September 10, 1879, returned once more to Wilmington, where he has since resided. He owns a good farm of 225 acres of land near Greenfield, Ross Co., Ohio. Mr. Walker has been Superintendent of Gates and Roads at the Ohio State Fair for several years past, but during the fair of 1881, at Columbus, suffered a severe accident from a runaway team, which rendered him unconscious for twenty-eight days, and from which he has now recovered. Mr. Walker was made an Odd Fellow in Wilmington, but is a member of Chosen Friend Lodge, at Lexington, Ohio. He has a birthright in the Society of Friends, and is a "true-blue" Republican. Mr. Walker was married, August 26, 1862, to Eliza J. Bankson, a native of this county. Her father, William Bankson, departed this life June 24, 1852, aged fifty-eight years, five monthe and twenty-nine days. Her mother, Elisabeth Bankson, died April 23, 1874, aged seventy-seven years ten monthe and ten days. Mrs. Walker also enjoys a birthright in the Friends' Society.

LEWIS J. WALKER, Wilmington, Mayor of Wilmington and member of the firm of Slone, Walker & Mills, attorneys at law, was born in this county September 2, 1843. His father, William Walker, is a native of Virginia, who came to Clinton County, Ohio, in 1806. He was a farmer by occupation, and located in Union Township, where he still owns a good farm, but resides in Wilmington. Mr. Walker's mother was Rebecca Shields, whose parents came to Ohio from Tennessee. She is also living. Mr. Walker was raised a farmer's boy, and when nineteen years of age commenced the study of law with Doan & Walker, and was admitted to practice in the spring of 1865. He opened an office in Wilmington, and soon after entered into partnership with T. O. Hildebrant and F. G. Slone, under the firm name of Hildebrant, Slone & Walker. This partnership was continued for two years. Mr. Walker was then elected Justice of the Peace, serving in that capacity two terms (six years). He

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next practiced his profession alone till the spring of 1876, when Felix G. Slone was admitted as a partner, the firm name being Slone & Walker. In February, 1880, Frank B, Mills was admitted to the firm, and the law firm of Slone, Walker & Mills enjoys a large and lucrative practice. In April, 1880, Mr. Walker was elected Mayor of Wilmington, on the Republican ticket, for a term of two years. He was married, December 20, 1866, to Miss J. Marsh, a native of Clermont County, Ohio, born near Batavia. They have two children-Joseph M. and Wilhelmine M. Mr. Walker and wife are members of the Society of Friends.

H. R. WALKER, Wilmington, dealer in and maker of boots and shoes, East Locust street, was born at New Antioch, Clinton Co., Ohio, March 3, 1848. His father was Nathan Walker, a native of Kentucky, who was a pioneer settler of the east part of this county. He was a farmer by occupation, and resided in Greene Townshiptill his death, September 1, 1876. Mr. Walker's mother was J. M. Phillips, a native of Kentucky. She departed this life February 8, 1866. Mr. Walker was reared on the farm, and when fifteen years of age was employed as a clerk in a store at New Antioch. He remained in that position five years, and then learned his present trade with I. M. Shoemaker, now of Sabina. He finished his trade in three years, and then started in business for himself at New Antioch. He remained there till October, 1880, when he removed to Wilmington, and commenced business at his present location. Since coming to Wilmington, Mr. Walker has met with very gratifying success, now employing three men, and doing the largest amaunt of business in the manufacturing department of any one in the village. Mr. Walker is a faithful adherent to the principles of the Republican party. He was married, in 1873, to Rose, daughter of Richard Vander Vort, of New Antioch. They have one daughter-Maggie, now in attend ance on the public schools. Mrs. Walker is a member, of the Christian Church.

ORLANDO WALKER, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in this township June 3, 1858. His parents were Lewis M. and Mary Ann (Moore) Walker, also natives of this county. His father died August 25, 1874. Mr. Walker was reared amid rural scenes, and has continued a farmer up to the present time. His labors in this direction have been abundantly blessed, as he is the owner of 305 acres of good land, and being yet young bids fair to rank among the wealthy citizens of Clinton County. In early life, he ran a road steam thresher, which business proved remunerative. M:. Walker was united in marriage, in 1880, to Eva E. Miars, a native of Union Township, and a daughter of Isaiah and Matilda (Babb) Miars. Mr. Walker is possessed of a kindly nature, a warm heart and is well esteemed for his frank manners and genial society.

A. L. WALL, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born on the old homestead farm, five miles northwest of Wilmington, August 2, 1809. We insert a brief sketch of his father. Azariah Wall, son of Absalom Wall and Margaret, his wife, of Chester County, Penn., was born September 1, 1772, and died August 29,1853. And Rebecca Leech, his wife, a daughter of Thomas Leech, and Phebe, his wife, of York County, Penn., was born March 24, .1778, and died October 13, 1837. They were married in York County, Penn,, about the year 1795 or 1796, lived in Chester County, Penn., till the year 1809, and then moved to what is now Clinton County, Ohio. They were parents of six children. Mr. Wall was reared on the old homestead, receiving a good English education in the district schools of the pioneer days of Clinton County. At the time of his boyhood, this county was in a very wild state, and Mr. Wall participated in the clearing-off of the old farm and others adjoining. He was raised amid rural scenes, and has continued to be an agriculturist through life. He has been very successful financially, now owning 124 acres of well-improved land, valued at a good price. Mr. Wall was one of the Commissioners when the Center Meeting House Freepike was built. His parents were members of the Society of Friends, and our subject grew up in the faith of that denomination. In early days, he was an Old-Line Whig, but of late years has been a Republican. He was united in marriage, in 1838, to Sarah J. Wiley. Mrs. Wall departed this life in 1848. Mr. Wall has three children-Phebe, wife of Enoch Lundy, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this volume; Isaac W., the second

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child, was born in this county November 21, 1840; he has been a farmer and stock-raiser through life, and now owns 160 acres of good land; he was married, October 29, 1870, to Ruth B. Lewis, born in this county October 29, 1842 ; they have three children-Lewis A., born August 18, 1871 ; Josephine A., born December 14, 1873, and Orville, now three years of age; B. Frank, the third child and second son, was born May 28, 1845, and is the owner of 135 acres of land in this township; he was married, September 19, 1871, to Amy C. Huffman, who was born October 28, 1851 ; they also have three children- Vinnie C., born May 3, 1872; Alphonso O., born March 8, 1873, and Zelta V., born March 8, 1875.

JAMES WALLACE, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was the second son of James Mary (Buchanan) Wallace. He was born in County Derry, Ireland, June 10, He was reared to manhood in Ireland, and emigrated to the United States in y, 1860, and immediately came to Clinton County, where he remained for about two years. In September, 1862, he rallied to the help of liberty, by enlisting in company C, Eleventh Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He served under Gen. an, and fought in the battles of Chickamauga, Resaca, Peach Tree Creek, and Atlanta, where he was detailed as a teamster. He was through the Atlanta campaign, and was honorably discharged at Louisville, Ky., in July, 1865. He then returned home, and in 1866 settled on his present farm. He was married, September 12, 1861, to Eliza Mooney, by whom he has had six children--Jennie, Clara M., Robart L., Granville, Mabel M. and Charley. Mr. Wallace owns a good farm of 125 acres, and is by occupation a farmer and stock-raiser. His political views are Republican.

LEO WELTZ, nurseryman, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Prussia January 27, 1825. His father was Frederick Weltz, a Professor of Botany, and subsequently in the employ of the Government as a geologist. Mr. Weltz's grandfather was a native of England, and came to Prussia in the eighteenth century, as a Minister to the German Court. The subject of this notice grew up under the tuition of his father, having the best facilities afforded him for a thorough education. He attended college at Osterwick and Magdeburg, and subsequently attended lectures on botany, at the University of Heidelburg. While a student there, he assisted in laying out the botanical garden of that institute of learning. Mr. Weltz made the study of landscape gardening a specialty, and subsequently studied in and graduated from the Government Botanical Garden at Berlin. He remained in Government employ some years, and then went to Russia, accepting the position of head gardener to Alexander III, Czar of the Russian. He remained at the Russian Court nineteen years and nine months. He was then recalled to Germany, to serve the five years in the army, compelled by the laws of the country. He fought during the revolution of 1847, and received four medals for meritorious conduct on the field of battle. Two of these medals are in the "old country," and two in the possession of Mr. Weltz. One of the latter is of silver, and one of the two accorded to his regiment. Mr. Weltz was Lieutenant of a company of infantry, and received this medal for capturing a battery of guns. The medal draws a pension, which has never been claimed by its owner. After the war, Mr. Weltz took charge of the park at Magdeburg, and subsequently visited the different botanical gardens of Southern Europe. In the meantime, he was a student of Alexander Humboldt, the great explorer and naturalist, and served as his examinator for two or three years. In 1851, Mr. Weltz resigned his situation, which was very pleasant, and came to America, 'desiring to live in a country where manners and customs developed more freely than in his native land. He located at Huntington, W, Va., where he remained one year. In 1852, be went to Cincinnati, and obtained a position as foreman of the nursery of William E. Mears, of Mt. Washington. Three years later, he started a nursery for himself, at the same point. In the meanwhile, he laid out the grounds of Gov. Salmon P. Chase, Gov. Buchanan, George H. Pendleton and others. In 1857, Mr. Waltz came to Wilmington and laid out Sugar Grove Cemetery, and the year following the cemeteries at London, Springfield and Martinsville, in this State. In 1859, Mr. Weltz purchased the house and land formerly owned by William Adams, so well known bill

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throughout the Union, in anti-slavery times, and on which be had settled in 1806. The old house is still standing, and is preserved by Mr. Welts as a relic "of other days." In July, 1860; Mr. Welts removed his family to his newly acquired purchase, removing his nursery from Mt. Washington. Since then, he hag added thirty-eight acres to his original purchase, and also owns 238 acres lying on the old Cincinnati pike, and adjoining the corporation. The principal part of the nursery lies on this latter tract, which was formerly the property of Muhlenburg, of Revolutionary war fame. Mr. Welts has the largest nursery stock in Clinton County, and probably in Southern Ohio. His sales are not confined to this county and State, but large shipments are made to Indiana and Kentucky, and as far West as the Indian Territory. Mr. Welts takes special interest in agricultural and horticultural matters. He has been a member of the County Agricultural and Horticultural Society for twenty years, and of the Fair Association since coming to Wilmington. In 1875, he was made a member of the State Board of Agriculture, which position he still occupies. On account of being one of its most active and enterprising members, he has twice been sent to represent Ohio in the National Board of Agriculture. Mr. Weitz is an honorary member of agricultural and horticultural societies of six different States, and was President of the Clinton County Association in 1880. Mr. Welts was President of the Farmers' Institute, of this county, for five years, and has always been one of its energetic members. He is also President of Sugar Grove Cemetery Commission. In 1882, Mr. Welts was chosen to lay out the grounds and superintend the erection of the Exposition building of the State Fair Association, at Columbus, Ohio. Politically, Mr. Weltz has always been a Republican. He cast his first vote, in this country, for John C. Fremont, in 1856, and "stumped" the State for him in that campaign. Mr. Welts was united in marriage, March 27, 1853, to Anna Elizabeth Schwalenberger, a native of Bavaria, who accompanied her parents to America in 1841. Of the seven sons born to this union, six are living-Fedor, Trebor, Otto, Frederick, Fremont and Leo. The youngest one, Charles William (named in honor of Prince Charles), is deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Welts are Lutherans, and their children have been baptized in that church.

JOSEPH H. WEST (deceased). Mr. West was a most prominent attorney of the Clinton County bar for many years. He was born in this county November 22, 1822, and was the second of eleven children of Peyton West and Sarah Hadley. Peyton West was a native of Pittsylvania County, Va., and by occupation a surveyor. In 1807, he emigrated to Ohio, settling in Clinton County, on the East Fork of the Little Miami River, where he died August 22, 1870. He was identified with the growth of Clinton County, taking a prominent part in all enterprises of public moment. Peyton West was one of the first surveyors of Clinton County, discharging the duties of that office for about twenty-five years. For several years he was Collector of Taxes for his county. Sarah (Hadley) West was a native of Guilford County, N. C., and daughter of James Hadley, an early pioneer of Highland County, Ohio, locating there in 1804. The subject of this sketch was bred to a life of industry and morality, under the best of home influences. He was employed at farm work until he reached manhood. His education had been so meager that up to this time he could scarcely read. The spur of ambition impelled him to seek means to improve his mind, and fit himself for a life of usefulness. In 1843, he walked barefooted to Wilmington, a distance of twelve miles. Here he attended school for about one year, doing any honest work the while that would enable him to pay his board. He improved his time so well that he secured a teacher's certificate, and immediately took charge of a school in Clinton County. He remained in this position, discharging his duty faithfully, reading law and cultivating his mind generally, for one year, when he returned to Wilmington and pursued his law studies for six months. In November, 1845, he went to Cincinnati, and for the next six months was employed as salesman in a wholesale dry goods house. In 1846, he enlisted as a private in Company B, Ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteers, and started for Mexico. He went with the regiment as far as New Orleans to be mustered into the service. In consequence of a disabled shoulder, he was unable to pass

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muster, and was therefore honorably discharged. He found himself away from home and without money. He worked his way on a steamboat up to Vicksburg, where he remained a few weeks, and then went up the Yazoo River to engage in lumber rafting. After being thus employed for several months, he landed with his raft at New Orleans, June 29, 1847, en route for home. From New Orleans, he took passage for Cincinnati, where he obtained employment as a salesman in a wholesale grocery house. He remained in this situation until November, 1848, when he took a stock of goods and opened a store for his firm at Williamstown, Grant Co., Ky. In this way; he conducted business for the firm until September, 1851, when the latter failed. By the failure of his principals, he lost what money he had, and was obliged to borrow money from a friend to order to reach Martinsville, in this county. In January of 1852, he was employed as the driver of a notion wagon, but one month of such employment sufficed to turn him to other pursuits. In 1853, he located again at Martinsville, and resumed ding law. July 14, 1854, he was admitted to the bar at Xenia, Ohio, and immediately opened a law office at Wilmington. Six months after his admission to the bar, he was engaged as attorney to the Cincinnati, Wilmington & Zanesville Railroad Company, holding that position until 1860. In the meantime, be had been admitted to practice in the United States Courts. In October, 1860, he was elected Probate Judge of Clinton County, and was re-elected in 1863, discharging the duties of that position for about six years. From 1866 to the time of his death, he was actively engaged in the management of a large legal practice. He was an ardent Republican from the ;organization of that party, and a delegate to the National Republican Convention in 1864. He was a man of forcible character, affable demeanor and highly respected by all with whom he had acquaintanceship. September 19, 1850, he married Henrietta Stroud, a native of Williamstown, Grant Co., Ky. Edward J. West, his eldest son, was born at Blanchester, Marion Township, December 8, 1851. He passed his boyhood on a farm, and received a liberal education at the Wilmington High School. He commenced reading law at the age of sixteen, and pursued his studies with great diligence. For two years he taught school, devoting his leisure hours to his law books. January 29, 1873, he was admitted to the bar. In 1875, he was brought out by his fellow-citizens, and elected Prosecuting Attorney of Clinton County. He has been twice re-elected (third term commencing January 2, 188'2), and is probably the youngest man in the State filling such a position. Before he was of age, Mr. West had made amputation as a newspaper correspondent, and was prominent as a lawyer. He is a member of Royal Arcanum, M. E. Church, and especially known to the people of his county as a vigorous and enthusiastic temperance lecturer and Sunday school worker, having been sent as the representative of Clinton County to the Ohio State Sunday School Conventions of 1872-73-74-75. Mr. West has thus far displayed great energy in the practice of his profession, and his popularity bids fair to rank with that of his revered father. He was united in marriage, January 3, 1878, to Katherine E. Bowshier, a native of Circleville, Ohio. They have two daughters-Winnifred C. and Kathleen C.

JOHN W. WIRE, proprietor "Buckeye Livery, Feed and Sale Stable," on Locust street, was born three miles south of Wilmington, December 26, 1837. His father, William Wire, was a native of Maryland, and a farmer by occupation. He removed to Warren County, Ohio, about 1830, where he was engaged in tilling the soil until his death in 1853. Mr. Wire's mother was Catherine Potterfield, a native of Virginia. She departed this life in 1874. Mr. Wire grew to manhood on the farm, growing up stout, vigorous, and full of energy and perseverance. In 1863, he concluded to " hoe it for himself in another place than his native county, and accordingly came to Wilmington. Seeing a good chance to start in business, he purchased the livery, stock and trade of Smith & Koogle. He immediately commenced businesss, and has continued it to the present time, with but one exception. On May 18, 1875, his barn and contents were burned out in the " big fire," Mr. Wire losing all his grain, but no stock nor buggies. He immediately erected his present stable, which is of brick, 52x90 feet in size, and two stories high. It is a model of a stable, and one well adapted to all

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the wants of the trade. Mr. Wire is probably the pioneer liveryman of Wilmington, at the present time (1882), and his affable manners, good accommodations and stable location secure for him " heaps " of custom. He is connected with both the Masonic Lodge and Chapter, and also the Royal Arcanum. Politically, he has firm faith in that good old Republican party." Mr. Wire-was united in marriage, April 19, 1866, to Esther C. Taylor, a native of Greenfield, Highland Co., Ohio. Two children have been sent to bless this union-Minnie L. and Herbert D. Mrs. Wire is a worthy member of the Baptist Church.

W. P. WOLF, Wilmington, Postmaster of Wilmington, was born near Weston, Louis (now Ritchie) County, Virginia (now West Virginia), February 17, 1829. His father was Joseph Wolf', a farmer of that region, who came to Ohio with his family, in the fall of 1838. He located near Butlerville, Warren County, and subsequently removed to Iowa (in 1850). The day of his arrival at Davenport he was suddenly taken ill with the cholera, and passed from earth four days later. Mr. Wolf's mother was Jane Howard, a native of Harrison County, W. Va. She died at Hopkins ville, Warren Co., Ohio, in October, 1877. W. P. Wolf was reared on a farm, receiving only limited educational advantages. His early schooling was obtained in the primitive log cabin, with puncheon floor, club seats and greased paper for window panes. He never attended school more than three months in the year, during boyhood. When his father located in this State, Mr. Wolf assisted him in clearing the ground and erecting their first dwelling in Ohio. This was probably a humble log cabin, but it was "home," and a sweeter spot is never found on earth. Mr. Wolf assisted his father till sixteen years of age, when he commenced teaching school. He followed this vocation about sixteen years, teaching from nine to eleven months in each year. In 1864, he enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Seventy-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as a private, and was detailed for recruit service. He was subsequently made Captain of Company G by Gov. John Brough of Ohio. In July, 1865, he received an honorable discharge, and the following March (1866), came to Wilmington from Blanchester. Soon after he took charge of the Clinton County Infirmary, which position he creditably filled for three years. He was subsequently Assistant County Treasurer and assistant engineer in constructing the admirable pikes of which Clinton County may well feel proud. Mr. Wolf was formerly a Democrat; and cast his, first Republican vote for Salmon P. Chase. Since that period, he has been an ardent supporter of Republican principles. While teaching school, he was elected Clerk of Marion Township, serving one term. On May 25, 1871, he was commissioned Postmaster of Wilmington by President Grant, and has since been re-appointed three times. Mr. Wolf was married, September 10, 1854, to Amanda White, a native of Amelia, Clermont Co., Ohio. They have five children-Eva M., Lou Ella, Mary, Charles H. and Naomi. Mrs. Wolf and her two eldest daughters are faithful members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Wolf has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Sabbath School since 1866, and connected with that denomina tion in Wilmington since locating there. He has been a teacher since 1866, and during this time has never missed attending more than one Sunday in each year. For four years, he officiated as Superintendent, and he has always evinced more than ordinary interest in both church and Sunday school matters. While a resident of Blanchester, be served six years on the Board of Education, and with the exception of two years has been a member of the Wilmington Board of Education since 1872. He was largely instrumental in changing the public schools of Wilmington to the "Akron plan," previous to the passage of the graded school laws. In his public as well as in his social life, he has ever been noted for his genial, pleasant and unostentatious manner. Mr. Wolf enjoys the unbounded confidence and esteem of those who know him best. A communicant of the Methodist Church, his life is an example to all, and his modest profession of faith is fully exemplified in a consistent Christian life.

JAMES F. WOODS, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Wilmington, Ohio, July 2, 1844. He is the son of Joseph and Rosanna (Fife) Woods. His father was born in Lebanon, Ohio, and his mother in Wilmington, Ohio. His parents were of

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Irish descent. His education was obtained in the schools in Wilmington, and at the Wilmington College. He did not graduate, but has more than an average education. His early life was spent as a book-keeper and a clerk. In 1868, he started in the dry goods business in Wilmington, and subsequently went to farming. He is considered a successful farmer. Mr. Woods was married in 1869 to Marv L. Wood, a native of Clinton County, Ohio, and daughter of Robert P. Wood, a pioneer of this county. Mr. and Mrs. Woods' marriage has been blessed with three children-Mary Rosanna, Robert Eddie and Joseph Silas. Mr. Woods is a Republican. They are members of the Baptist Church. Mrs. Woods' father has been a consistent member of the Baptist Church a long number of years. He is a wealthy, influential farmer.

JOHN WILLIAM WOOD, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Union Township, Clinton Co., Ohio, June 28, 1842. He received an ordinary education and early applied himself to the work on the farm, at which he has continued, being now the possessor of eighty seven acres of well-improved and arable land. He was married May 31, 1870, to Huldah J. Freeman, a native of Preble County, Ohio, and a daughter of Richard Freeman. In religious belief, Mr. Wood is a Baptist, and in politics a Republican.. He makes stock-raising a specialty and devotes himself particularly to the raising of Berkshire and Poland China hogs, with which he has had marked success. He is classed among the best farmers of the county, and owns some very fine stock of the above varieties.

NATHAN S. WOOD, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Union Township, Clinton Co., Ohio, September 27, 1837. His parents were Robert Wood, who was born in Frederick County, Va., June 14, 1812, and Mary D. (Hughes) Wood, a native of this township and daughter of Jesse Hughes, of Kentucky. She died in 1881, in her sixty-sixth year. They had a family of six children-Jesse, Nathan S., Lydia (deceased), John William, Isaac and Luvenia, all the survivers now being married. Our subject's grandfather, Isaac Wood, was born in Virginia in 1779, and lived to the age of ninety-three years. Our subject follows farming for a livelihood and is the owner of '?05 acres of land on which he built a neat, substantial and comfortable residence in 1881, at a cost of $3,000. He was married, October 8, 1861, to Miss Abbie E. Pat- Carson, a native of Greene County, and a daughter of Thomas Patterson. By her he has had four children, viz.: Seymour, Fanny P., Mary J. and Charles Thomas. Mr. and Mrs. Wood are members of the Baptist Church, and he is a Republican, and at present Trustee of this township. His maternal grandfather, Jesse Hughes, came to :Clinton County in 1803, and before bringing his family contracted with a man to build him a house and clear a garden spot for $50, which he left with a settler named Bennett, who was to pay it to the man on the completion of the work. This man, however, obtained the money before the work was accomplished and absconded. When Mr. Hughes arrived with his family and found no house ready for their reception, he obtained the assistance of two neighbors and soon had a cabin ready for occupancy. The timber around his dwelling was so thick that his wife was obliged to blow the old-fashioned dinner horn to enable them to find it. This heavy timber has now all disappeared, and the land on which it stood is now in a perfect state of cultivation.