678 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES BERKSHIRE TOWNSHIP. (RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) J. ARNOLD, merchant, Galena; the only son of Ira and Sarah M. (Ingham) Arnold ; is a native of Galena, this county, and born Aug. 17, 1845 ; he received the advantages of the common school of his day, and entered upon the duties of a clerk in Galena, at the age of 20 ; his attention was neat directed to building and farming ; in 1873, he engaged to G. B. Carpenter in the lumber business. Aug. 8,1874, he married Emma, the daughter of Mr. Carpenter, and to them, May 25, 1877, was born their child-Mamie. Mr. Arnold subsequently became the owner of the lumber business, which he continues; under his administration it has been prosperous, and has grown in volume ; in addition to a stock of lumber and house-building material, he keeps salt, lime, coal and drain tile; also buys grain and wool; he will soon have completed a new business building, two stories high, dimensions, 40x25 feet; he owns a fine residence in Galena, with twenty-five acres adjoining, also forty-five acres well improved in Berkshire Township ; he is a member of Galena Lodge, No. 404, I. O. O. F. Himself and wife are members of the M. E. Church, in which he has been an active member, also served as Superintendent of Sunday school of the same denomination. Mr. Arnold's father was born in Vermont in 1794, and came to Ohio about 1810-11, experiencing the hardships incident to pioneer life ; he died about 1839. He was married twice, his second wife-the mother of the subject of this sketch-was born Dec. 31, 1799, the daughter of Abraham Ingham, and came to Ohio by team in 1810 ; previous to her marriage with Mr. Arnold, she had been married to Mr. David Berge ; she is still living with her son in Galena, and is lively and interesting. Has been a church member the most of her life. GEORGE ARMSTRONG, farmer ; P. O. Sunbury ; is a son of Charles and Elizabeth (Slocum) Armstrong ; his father was born in Berkshire Township, Delaware Co., Ohio, in 1809, where he always lived, except a short residence in California ; in 1850, he made a trip to that State, and spent eight and one-half months in gold mining, in which he cleared about $4,000 ; he died in 1869 ; has served as County Treasurer, Internal Revenue Assessor, and has held his share of the minor offices ; his mother was a daughter of Lemuel Slocum, of Pennsylvania, born in 1813 ; they have had six children, two of whom now survive. Edson lives in Colorado. The subject of this sketch was born May 26, 1843, in Sunbury. In 1861, he enlisted in Co. C, 4th O. V. I, under the first call, and was Sergeant Major ; he was in many battles, among which were Rich Mountain, Winchester, Port Royal, Port Republic, Bristow Station, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Williamsport, Culpeper, Rappahannock, Martinsford, Malvern Hill, Spottsylvania, and many others; he was in the war three years and three months; on his return, he again engaged in farming. In 1867, he married Emily Kimball, a daughter of Elias Kimball, of New Hampshire, who came to Ohio in 1835; Mr. Armstrong's first wife died April 27, 1875; May 24, 1876, he again married, his spouse being Mrs. Irene Sedgwick, a sister of his first wife ; by his first wife he had four children, two living, Burt and Mabel, and two deceased-Arthur F., died Nov. 28, 1868, and Edson M., July 27, 1871 ; by his second wife he had one child-Charles Otis. The following extract is from one of the county papers on the death of Mrs. Armstrong: "Her death was occasioned by her clothes taking fire the day previous, from which she suffered intensely for twenty-five hours, during which she remained as calm and composed as her sufferings would possibly admit; she expressed no fear of death, having professed a hope in Christ while in youth, and has been a valid member of the Sunbury Baptist Church for most of her life." Mr. Armstrong was engaged in merchandising for four years, in partnership with Kimball; he now lives on the old homestead BERKSHIRE TOWNSHIP. - 679 of his father, and has 195 acres of land, among the finest in the county ; a part of this farm is the present site of Sunbury. Mr. Armstrong's grandfather was born in Luzerne Co., Penn., and married Sallie Draper; moved to Ohio by team in 1807, settling on the farm now owned by George Peck, entering it at $1.25 per acre; he had $9 when he arrived, which he invested in a cow, and which soon died; he moved to Morrow County, where he remained until the death of his wife in 1860 ; he then removed to Sunbury, where he died. B. W. BELL, farmer ; P. O. Sunbury ; is a son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (McClellan) Bell; his father was born in Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio in 1812, settling in Knox Co., where he died in 1853. Mr. Bell's father was one of eight children ; John married Miss Knox, now in Pennsylvania ; James married Miss Hayes ; Isaac married E. Herod ; Hannah married B. Woodruff, of Pennsylvania ; Polly married N. Woodruff, of Pennsylvania ; Sarah married J. Hayes, connection of President Hayes ; David married Katie Canady, of Pennsylvania. Mr. Bell's mother was a daughter of Cary McClellan, who, together with a brother John, were Revolutionary soldiers; the latter was the father of Gen. McClellan, prominent in the civil war ; now Governor of New Jersey ; she died in Kansas in about 1869. B. W. Bell was born Oct. 4, 1829, in Knox Co., Ohio, where he remained until 21, attending school at Martinsburg, and farming and stock-raising. He was married, May 11, 1850, to Louisa Warren, daughter of David Warren ; she was born April 8, 1830 ; this marriage was celebrated by Rev. Sanders, of the Disciples' denomination ; they were blessed with eight children, five of whom are living-Emma L., Willie J., Ida M., Frank B. and Henrietta ; three deceased-Elizabeth, Aug. 23, 1852; an infant, Oct. 4, 1852 and Nancy, Oct. 23, 1864. After marriage, they settled in Licking Co. until 1857, when they moved to the present farm of 375 acres, which is well improved with living springs, and well adapted to stock-raising, which he gives considerable attention to, making a specialty of fine Spanish merino sheep. Mr. Bell hired a substitute in the war, and was out opposing the Morgan raiders in Ohio ; was Township Clerk in Knox Co., and has been connected with school offices. He and wife are members of the Christian Church in Trenton Township, of which denomination he has been Superintendent of Sunday school. Mr. Bell remembers hearing his father tell of his settlement in Knox Co., at which time there were but two log houses where Newark now stands, one of which was used for a whisky cellar; his father would offer 61 cents more on the day for hands who would not drink whisky, in order to encourage temperance ; his father was instrumental in organizing a church on his, farm, and in connection with his brothers built a fort, in an early day, in Pennsylvania, called after them; his grandfather enlisted in the war of 1812, but hired a substitute for a pair of socks. Mr. Bell was one of eleven children-Cary, born Aug. 19, 1805, died March 11, 1826 ; Jacob L., born Aug. 11, 1807, deceased Oct. 15, 1874 ; Cephas, born March 15, 1810, deceased July 17, 1812 ; Henrietta, born May 2, 1812, deceased Oct. 30, 1879 ; Mary, born June 15, 1814, deceased Aug 15, 1875 ; James, born April 18, 1819, deceased March, 1879 ; Malinda, born July 26, 1819 ; deceased July 19, 1875 ; Amy, born Aug. 18, 1821, deceased ; Nancy, born 1823, married D. H. Elliott ; Eunice, born Nov. 11, 1826, deceased March 12, 1876. G. J. BURRER, miller, Sunbury; is the son of J. G. and Catharine (Bullinger) Burrer. His father was born in Wittenburg, Germany, and was a stonecutter and saloon-keeper; he came to Ohio in 1855, and died in 1874 ; his wife is still living in Sunbury; they had eight children, all of whom survive and are in Ohio. Mr. Burrer, the subject of this sketch, was born in 1848, in Germany ; when 7 years old, he came with the family on a sail vessel to America; he worked for his father until 21 years of age, when he began business for himself; he laid stone for one year ; he then engaged in milling in Trenton Township, in partnership with Judge F. B. Sprague, where they continued for five years ; they established the present mill at Sunbury in 1875, and are doing a successful business. He was married in 1875, to Anna A. Gammill, daughter of S. S. Gammill, of Delaware Co. she was born Aug. 15, 1858 ; have two children - Sprague and an infant; he has a house and three lots in Sunbury and an interest in a stone-quarry at Sunbury. R. C. BRINKERHOFF, stoves and tinware, Sunbury, Ohio ; is a son of P. J and P. S. Brinkerhoff; his father was born in 1815, in New York, and came to Richland Co. in 1832 ; his mother was a daughter of Barney Coe; she was born in 1821 ; they had five children; three are 680 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: living, two-Alice and Henry-in California, and Mr. Brinkerhoff, who was born on his father's farm, in Richland Co., Ohio, Nov. 20, 1846, and was reared in a log cabin ; he had all the advantages that were afforded by the district schools for an education ; in 1859-62, he attended Willoughby College, at Willoughby, Lake Co., and, in 1863, he went with his parents to California ; in 1868, he returned and began learning the tinner's trade with H. C. Breckenridge, at Plymouth, Lake Co., afterward working with O. C. Williams; in January, 1875, he engaged in the present business, at Galena, which he has since continued. He contracted a happy marriage, October, 1876, with Alice :11. Gregory, a daughter of E. G. Gregory, of Huron Co., Ohio; she was born in 1856, and taught school when 14. He takes an active interest in the temperance cause and Sunday schools ; he is at present Superintendent of the Presbyterian Sunday School at Sunbury, of which church he and his wife are members. A. JENKS BOCKOVER, farmer; P. O. Constantia ; was born in Berkshire Township Aug. 23, 1829 ; son of Jacob and Eliza Bockover ; lived a bachelor until he was about 40 years of age, when he wooed and won the hand of Miss Lovisa Henion, a native of Putnam Co , N. F. She came out West with her parents in 1868, and settled in Berkshire: the house Mr. Bockover now owns was the one that her parents lived in, and here he met and courted his wife, and since their marriage have been constant residents; they have had four children-Jacob, John, Jennie (deceased), and Bettie ; his farm, consisting of eighty acres, is located on the west side of' the township. He is Democratic, yet is very liberal in his views, and prefers to vote for good men rather than party. E. T. CULVER, farmer; P. O. Sunbury; son of Sydney and Jane ( Carpenter) Culver ; his father was born in Ohio, and was a half-brother of Judge Stark, and was born about 1822 ; his mother was a daughter of Samuel Carpenter, of Delaware Co.; she was born about 1827 ; had three children, all of whom are living ; Henry is Prosecuting Attorney for Delaware Co. The subject of this sketch was born Feb. 22, 1848, on his father's farm in Kingston Township, and resided there until 10 years old, when he came to Berkshire Township, where he has since remained ; in 1872, he began dealing in live stock, continuing four years. Was married, Oct. 15, 1874, to Hannah Moore, a daughter of Burton Moore; they have one child, Bertha, born May 17, 1875 ; after marriage, they settled on Mr. Moore's farm of 287 acres, which he manages and controls ; he deals extensively in stock and grain ; has served in the capacity of school teacher. CHARLES CASE, retired farmer; P. O. Berkshire; is a son of Lewis Case, of New York, and was born in 1805 in Luzerne Co., N. Y., where he remained until 17 years old, and then came to Pennsylvania, where he engaged in coal mining and teaming, working by the month at $13 to $15 ; he married Catharine, a daughter of Frederick and Kate (Rider) Carney ; they have eight children, five of whom are now living-Caroline (married to Andrew Garvin, now deceased); she lives at Olive Green ; Mary A. (married Henry Fisher, living in Berkshire Township ; Sophronia (married Edwin Buel, living in Licking Co).; Eliza (married John Brees, living in Wyandot Co., Ohio; Delia (married Erastus Loop, who is dead, and she is now living with ,her parents); Adda (deceased when young); two boys, George and Henry, died in the war by disease. THOMAS F. CARPENTER, farmer, P. O. Berkshire; is a son of Robert and Nellie Lewis; his father, born in Luzerne Co., Penn., in 1784, came to Ohio in 1807, and died in 1852 ; his mother was a daughter of Robert Lewis ; she was born in 1807, and died May 18, 1839 ; his father married for his second wife Philena Walker ; she was born Feb. 14, 1814, and died May 10, 1877; Mr. Carpenter's grandfather was once Judge of the Circuit Court, and was at the Wyoming Massacre Thomas F. was born Sept. 19, 1836, on a farm in Berkshire Township where he remained until 1878, when he moved to his present place. He was married in 1866 to Louisa Grist, daughter of George Grist. They had one child, which died when 8 months old ; his wife died Oct. 17 , 1872 . Mr. Carpenter served in Co. D, 20th O. V. I,. under Capt. McElroy, as Sergeant ; he lost his health while in the army, and has since lived mostly a retired life ; he now lives with his sister, Mary A., wife of J. C. Farrier, who died in 1875 ; she was horn in 1834; he is now canvassing for the "History of Andersonville Prison "; his father was in the war of 1812, and marched to the relief of Ft. Stephenson. L. S. COOK, harness-maker, Sunbury ; is a son of Spencer and Lydia (Green) Cook; his father was born in Massachusetts in 1793 ; came to Ohio about 1856, and settled in Delaware Co.; he was BERKSHIRE TOWNSHIP. - 681 a harness-maker ; his wife was a daughter of Turpin Green, born in Rhode Island but lived mostly in New York; they had d family of seventeen children ; all survive. Mr. Cook, the subject of this sketch, was born in July, 1820, in Saratoga Co., N. Y.; at the age of 15, he began learning the harness business with his father ; in 1843, he left York State and came by railroad and canal to Delaware Co., Ohio, where he soon engaged as a journeyman, working with Samuel Peck at Sunbury ; he worked for him about three years ; in 1846, he bought one-half of the shop and continued in partnership with Peck about two years; he then bought Peck out, and continued the business some time; in 1850, he built the present shop, and has continued harness-making ever since. He has held the office of Town Clerk six years and Trustee four years. Was married in 1847, to Martha Myers, a daughter of Lawrence Myers, an early settler and one of the founders of Sunbury. He also kept the first Hotel in the place ; he, perhaps, built the first brick house in Delaware Co. Mrs. Cook died in 1850 ; by her he had two children-Edward L., died on the same day his mother died ; Mattie died at the age of 9 years. He was married again in 1856, to E. K. Wilcox, daughter of Crondle Wilcox, a merchant, tanner and hotelkeeper; by her he had five children - Mary, Henry; (who is working with his father in the harness business), Carrie, Charles and William (deceased). H. C. & W. P. FROST, farmers; P. O. Berkshire ; are sons of Daniel and Mary (Fassett) Frost ; their father was born in 1795 in Connecticut. and came to Ohio in 1840, settling in Berkshire Township ; he died in 1842 ; their mother was born in 1785 in Connecticut; they had four children, three of whom are living. W. P. Frost was born Jan. 12, 1825, and came to Ohio with his parents when 15 years old; at the death of their father, they were thrown upon their own resources ; at the age of 19, W. P. began teaching, continuing five years, and then engaged in driving cattle and hogs to New York from this county, making a trip through in from sixty-five to ninety days ; in 1849, he engaged in merchandising with J. D. Carney, at Berkshire Corners, continuing three years; he then withdrew and engaged in driving and shipping stock; he then engaged in farming with his brother; he now owns 200 acres. He was married, Oct. 23, 1851 to Delia M. Crawford, daughter of Maj. J. C Crawford, of the old Ohio militia, who was born in 1801 in Butler Co., Penn., and came to Ohio in 1811, with his people; settled in Berkshire Township in 1826; he is now living in Illinois. Her mother was a daughter of John Benedict; she was born Jan. 29, 1800, and died in 1868. Her father was a cabinet-maker, carpenter and joiner, and assisted in building the Protestant Episcopal Church of Berkshire; he and brother turned the posts used in the building by hand. He was Postmaster of Berkshire for twenty-five years. Her grandfather was a Revolutionary soldier. W. P. Frost has held the office of Township Clerk, four terms; Trustee and Assessor each one term, and School Director twenty years. They are church members, he of the Presbyterian, and she of the Protestant Episcopal, Church. H. C. Frost was born May 21, 1823, in Luzerne Co., Penn., and came to Ohio Oct. 4, 1840 ; he attended school in his younger days as much as convenient ; he followed farming until April 28, 1846, when he started in the employ of J. S. Hutchins, with a drove of cattle for Boston, and was fifty-six days on the road; he then returned to Ohio by way of Buffalo, where he met Charles Robinson, to whom he hired, and drove 200 head of cattle to New York; he then took an interest, buying 108 head of cattle and 700 bead of hogs, which they drove to Albany, N. Y., and then shipped to Boston; he was thus principally engaged until 1863, when he began devoting his time to farming, which he has continued in connection with stock-raising. He was President of the Delaware, Berkshire & Sunbury Pike for four years, and Justice of the Peace five years. He paid out over $400 for the war ; his brother, W. P., paid out $1,100. Mr. Frost was married, Dec. 28, 1870, to Mary J. Ramsey, daughter of Samuel A. and Mary A. Ramsey; her parents were from New Jersey, and came to Ohio at an early day, and are living in Porter Township ; she was born in 1843 in this county, and has taught school; they have two children-David R., born Jan. 13, 1877 ; Henrietta, born Dec. 27, 1878. Mr. Frost is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Berkshire. ALONZO FISHER, farmer; P. O. Berkshire; n is a son of George and Phoebe (Hopkins) Fisher; e his father was born May 4, 1788, near Washington ton, Penn., and came to Ohio in 1806, settling in Berkshire Township ; he came from Pennsylvania by teams and was compelled to cut roads through the forest, as he came. At various times, the red man would pile brush for him, and take bread and n milk for compensation ; he built the first frame o house in this township, which is still standing. 682 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: His wife was a daughter of Stephen Hopkins, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, for which his wife received a pension ; she lost, at one time. $500, through a mail robbery; it was afterward found buried; she was born Dec. 22, 1794, and came to Ohio in 1808, with her mother ; married Mr. Fisher Jan. 17, 1811 ; she died Aug. 15; 1865 ; he died March 21, 1869. Mr. Fisher, the subject of this sketch, was born Jan. 11, 1834, on the present farm, where he has always lived and assisted his father in making a home. He married, Sept. 7, 1864, Susan, a daughter of George Roberts; her father was born May 13, 1818, in Ohio, and is now living in Harlem Township; her mother was a daughter of J. Edwards, and was born Jan. 28, 1823 ; her parents had four children Mr. Fisher is now owner of 280 acres of well-improved land, 114 acres of which was willed to him by his father and the remainder he purchased ; he makes a specialty of raising stock. They have a family of four children-David, Albert, Daisy and Phoebe. They are members o1 the M. E. Church at Berkshire, of which he is class-leader, and has also been connected with the Sabbath school of the same denomination. HENRY FISHER, farmer; P. O. Berkshire; is a son of George and Phoebe Fisher, and was born on his father's farm in 1819, in Berkshire Township, where be has spent most of his life, engaged in farming. In 1841, he was married to Julia Spear, daughter of Elias Spear, of Vermont, by whom he had three children, two living-Emma and William; Dora (deceased) ; his wife died in 1864. He was again married, in 1869, to Mary A., daughter of Charles Case, whose sketch appears in this work ; by her he has three children -Louie, Cora and Liverta. Mr. Fisher owns 117 acres of well-improved land, which is a part of the old homestead of his father; his firm is finely adapted to stock-raising, which, he makes a specialty. He has held several township offices, but the most of his life has been devoted to his farming interests. JOHN M. FROST, retired firmer, Berkshire ; is a son of Stephen and Mary (Cogswell) Frost, both of whom mere natives of Connecticut. Mr. Frost,the subject of this sketch, was born in 1801, in Brooklyn, Windham Co., Conn., and moved with his parents to Pennsylvania in 1805 ; in 1837, he came by team to Delaware Co., Ohio, and settled where he now resides, on his farm of 150 acres; he has followed farming during his life, except three years in which he was engaged in the grocery business. -He was married, Nov. 13, 1828, to P. S. Fassett; they have had six children ; all are living' five in Ohio and one in California-John M., Nathaniel C., A. E. (now married to Philip W. Loveridge), Mary A., Irene (now Mrs. Gregg), and Elvira L, (now Mrs. Lampman). Nathaniel C. was married to Nancy Chadwick Sept. 30, 1869, by whom he had two children-John M. and an infant (deceased) ; his wife died March 3, 1876 ; he again married, Aug. 14, 1879, Emma L., daughter of John and Rebecca Powell; she was born in November, 1849, in Knox Co.; he was born Sept. 11, 1831. O. E. FOSTER, grain merchant, Sunbury ; is a son of John and Anna (Cooper) Foster; his father was born in Maryland, and came to Ohio in 1840, settling in Licking Co., engaging in agriculture; his mother was a daughter of Tego Cooper, of English descent, and was born in 1820 in Maryland; they had a family of twelve children, eight of whom survive, and all in Delaware Co. The subject of this sketch was born in 1838 in Maryland, and came with the family by team to Ohio ; he lived on a farm until 19 years old, and then attended school at Delaware for one year; in 1861, he began reading law with Col. Reid of Delaware, continuing two years; he had, however, before reading law, attended college at Westerville, Franklin Co., Ohio ; in 1868, he engaged in civil engineering at Chillicothe, Livingston Co.,Mo., three years. and farmed in Missouri four years ; in 1875, he returned to Delaware Co.; he at-once engaged in the grain business at Galena, until 1878, when be began the same business at Sunbury, where he occupies as a warehouse a twostory frame building, 80x24 feet ; he has now on hand a large quantity of ;rain, in addition to which he handles several other products ; his business aggregates from $200 to $400 per day; he is young and active, and puts his whole attention to his business, which insures success. He was married in 1863, to Permelia Conklin, a daughter of Matthew Conklin of New York ; they have three children-Ralph R., Annie and Eddy. Mr. Foster has taught school eleven terms. RICHARD GRIFFITH, farmer; P. O. Constantia ; is the son of Richard and Amelia (Hayes'.) Griffith ; his father was born in Ireland about 1809, and came to Ohio in 1839, where he engaged in farming and railroading; his mother was born in Ireland in 1814, and came with her husband to Ohio; they had eight children. Mr. Griffith, the BERKSHIRE TOWNSHIP. - 683 subject, was born in 1850 in Cleveland, Ohio ; his younger days were spent in farming and attending school; he was also employed railroading for some time; in 1871, he was married to Addie Hotchkiss, a daughter of Lyman Hotchkiss; her parents were both from Connecticut ; her mother was a teacher in an early day in this county ; her grandfather walked to Ohio from Connecticut during the war of 1812. Mr. and Mrs. Griffith have had two children-Allwood, born Nov. 3, 1872 ; Winford, July 20, 1877 ; after marriage they settled on their present farm of 288 acres. GEORGE GIBSON, merchant, Berkshire; is a son of Robert and E. (Bartlett) Gibson ; his father was born in 1793, in Pennsylvania, and moved to Ohio at an early day; was in the war 1812 ; he died in 1867 : his mother was born in -New England; had a family of twelve children, five of whom now survive. Mr. Gibson, the subject, was born in 1818, in Washington Co., Ohio; when 14 years of age, he moved with his parents to Berkshire Township; they were in moderate circumstances; Mr. Gibson was compelled to work out to provide for himself; he worked for from $4 to $9 per month. In 1847, he was married to Elma, daughter of Cornelius Roloson ; she was born in 1824 ; they soon settled in what is now Morrow Co.. and there farmed for seventeen months, and then moved to Delaware Co.; in 1863, they moved to Berkshire Township ; his first tax, after marriage, was 75 cents; he is now a well-to-do farmer, owning 300 acre, and some fine property in Berkshire, together with an interest with Finch & Webster in the dry-goods and notions business ; the dwelling in which he now lives is the oldest brick house in Delaware Co. Mr. Gibson owns stock in the gravel road running from Delaware to Sunbury, of which he has long been Assistant President. His wife is a member of the M. E. Church at Berkshire ; they have had four children -Juliana. Elivana, died when young; Henrietta, died March 9, 1878, and Fannie, now living at home ; by energy and economy he has accumulated a large fortune, which he is now enjoying in his pleasant home. CHARLES GINN; P. O. Galena; is a son of James and Effie Ginn ; his father was born Sept. 12, 1795, in the State of Delaware, and came to Ohio Nov. 6, 1811 ; he married, Feb. 18, 1819, Effie Brown ; she was born June 16, 1798, and died in March, 1860. His aged wife survives him. Mr. Ginn, the subject, was born in 1836 in Delaware Co., which has been his home most of the time; at 22, he began farming in Trenton Township, and was married, in 1860, to Clarinda Cochran, a daughter of James Cochran, of Ohio; she was born in Ohio, but is now dead ; had one child, James, born March 23, 1861 ; he was again married Oct. 21, 1869, to Mrs. Julia A. Badger, a daughter of John and Sarah Prosser ; she was born June 11, 1837 ; she had two girls-Helen M. and Dora D. (Badger); their father died in 1864 ; in 1866, he bought the present farm of six acres, upon which he has made fine improvements; they have fifty acres adjoining, inherited by his wife; she is a member of the M. E. Church at Galena. Mr. Ginn's great-grandfather was killed by the Indians during the Revolutionary war, and his grandfather was taken prisoner, but was released, bearing with him the sad intelligence that his father, sister, mother and two brothers had been killed by the savages. GEORGE GRIST, retired farmer; P. O. Sunbury; is a son of John B. and Abigail (Pray) Grist; his father was born Jan. 9, 1780, in New Haven, Conn., and moved to Pennsylvania when 4, and to Ohio in 1807, where he died. in 1841 ; was in the battle against Tecumseh. His mother was a daughter of Hezekiah Pray; she was born in Pennsylvania about 1790. They had twelve children. Mr. Grist was born in 1814, in Berkshire Township, where he has spent almost his allotted three score and ten, and still bids fair for a few more years of usefulness; his younger days were spent in clearing away the forest and attending school, eight months of which he was at Worthington, Ohio ; he helped to teach a school under Dr. Denison's instruction ; he became interested in book-keeping, and has always kept a book account of his firming, which has mostly been his vocation during life ; he has been robust and hearty since he was 7 years old. At the age of 22, he bean farming for himself, renting from his father and Atherton. In April, 1839, he was married to Mary A. Carpenter, daughter of Squire Carpenter ; she was born in Licking Co. In the spring of 1840, he moved on M. Perfect's farm in Trenton Township, and lived there about three years ; he then cleared ten acres of a thirty-acre tract which his father had given him ; this thirty acres he traded for forty-three acres in Trenton Township, in the mean time buying 100 acres of the Spinning tract, and traded it for 120 acres in Steuben Co., Ind., which he then traded for some land in Trenton Township, adjoining his forty-three acres ; he soon after began trading in stock, 684 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: which he continued eighteen years. In 1855, he went to Iowa, and cleared $4,000 in farming and trading ; he then returned to Delaware Co. in 1857, selling his farm in Iowa in 1857. In 1871, he sold his farm in Berkshire Township for $17,000, which he invested in loaning and buying property. He owns eleven town lots in Sunbury, and four acres of land adjoining the town, together with a fine dwelling and the hotel now occupied by Bryant, and the business room of Payne & Rose; has also one lot, 80 feet front and 192 feet deep, on High street, Columbus. He had eleven children by his first wife, two of whom are living. She died in 1862. He again married in 1865 to Mrs. Fowler, daughter of Joseph Patrick, who came to Ohio about the same time Mr. Grist's father came, by her he had one child, Charles M. Mr. Grist has been Township Trustee, and was elected Justice of the Peace in Iowa, but resigned when moving back ; he has been an active worker in the temperance movement ; he was once connected with the Sunbury Bank, and once sold goods in same place for three years, but met with misfortune through other parties failing, compelling him to pay $3,000 security. He has taken the Delaware Gazette since Griswold became editor, and is perhaps the oldest subscriber to that paper in the county. He is also the oldest child born in Berkshire Township. O. D. HOUGH, farmer; P. O. Sunbury; born in Vermont Oct. 23, 1808, and is one of thirteen children born to Sylvester and Sarah (Williams) Hough his father was a native of Connecticut and a physician; in 1812, he emigrated from his native State, and settled in Genoa Township, where he practiced in his profession, and added the business of milling. Mr. O. D. Hough spent his youth with his father, assisting in the mill and on the farm, until he had reached the age of 24, when he married and took charge of his father's farm for a year, at the expiration of which he moved into Brown Township, where he carried on the milling business for fifteen years; like all the mills of this county, his was dependent upon the stream upon which it was situated for its motor power, which proved insufficient six months in the year; during these seasons of enforced leisure in the mill, Mr. Hough employed his spare time clearing a farm of 114 acres; after the death of his father, he bought the old home stead in 1847, and, after living there several years, sold it and bought 342 acres of Peter Van Sickle; be afterward bought 117 acres of Bricker, and made his home on it for some six years ; later, he purchased the Prince farm, to which he added 140 acres of the Prince estate; he is now one of the large landholders of the county, possessing 900 acres of some of the finest farming land in the county ; this property he has acquired by an active life of hard work without outside assistance, save $192, which fell to him from hi; father's estate : this life of activity has not, with its abundant success, warped his judgment or narrowed the scope of his generous impulses, and the village of Sunbury, or the county at large, has no readier sympathizer or a more efficient worker with influence and money, than Hon. O. D. Hough he is a Director of the Sunbury Bank, a position he has held ever since its organization ; he was one of the stockholders and originators of the Delaware, Berkshire & Sunbury Pike; he has held the office of County Commissioner for six years and has been Treasurer and a magistrate for twelve years; at the resignation of J. R. Hubbell he was elected to fill his vacancy in the Legislature, and, in 1866, the county again honored itself by his reelection. Mr. Hough has been twice married; in 1832, to Miss Corintha C. Thrall, who was born in Greenville, Ohio, July 3, 1813, and died April 1, 1878; by this marriage he had five children-Clarissa A. (who married O. H. Williams, a farmer and merchant), Charlotte A. (who married a Mr. Walker, who was a railroad agent at Richmond, Ind., Hamilton, Ohio, and at Dayton in the latter State, dying in 1877 at Columbus Ohio, his widow now living in Delaware) ; two children died in infancy, and a third his only son, died April 5, 1879 ; his widow, whose maiden name was Miss Mary Linn, survives him with two children-Benjamin W. and Leonard. April 15 1879, Mr. Hough was married to Mrs. McMillen widow of Dr. McMillen ; he is now living, at Sun bury, retired from active pursuits, devoting hi time to the care of his large estate. JOHN J. HUBBARD, retired farmer; P. O Berkshire; is a son of Jacob and Hannah Hubbard ; his father was born in New York, and was of German descent ; his mother was born in Connecticut. Mr. Hubbard, the subject, was bore May 9, 1800, in Connecticut; he attended school in his younger days, and in 1814 engaged in the last war with Great Britain ; he took the yours; "Sea Horse," starting from New Haven, and was taken off the coast of Nova Scotia, and imprisoned in Halifax, for three months ; he was released, ii exchange for prisoners, in 1816 ; he farmed, in BERKSHIRE TOWNSHIP. - 685 York, in connection with mill-wrighting and carpentering. In 1841, he came to Ohio, and settled in Delaware Co., where he has since resided. Was married, June 25, 1826, to Sallie E. Collins, daughter of David and Amarilla Collins ; she was born in New York, and came to Ohio with her husband ; they had seven children, five of whom are living. He has a fine house and lot where he now resides. JOHN KNOX, farmer; P. O. Sunbury; is a son of Titus and Margaret (Sinnett) Knox; his father was born Oct. 8, 1784, came to Ohio about 1819, with the Granville Company, and to Delaware Co. in 1837, settling in the forests, at which time wild animals and game of all kinds filled the Woods; he was a descendant of Gen. Knox, of the Revolutionary war; the mother of John was born Nov. 1, 1794, and died Aug. 7, 1859; she was a member of the Baptist Church, as was also her husband, who died in 1866. The subject of these notes was born March 9, 1821, in Licking Co., Ohio, on his fathers farm, at which time it was eight miles to the nearest neighbors; at the age of 15, he moved with his parents to the present farm of 380 acres, which he bought in 1872. He was married in 1846 to Esther Vansickle, daughter of John Vansickle, of New Jersey; she died in October, 1865 ; had by her six children ; one is living -Alonzo; he is a member of the Barrack Band, at Columbus; graduated at Warren, Ohio. Mr. Knox again married, July 5, 1866, Lucinda F. Babcock, a daughter of Gurdon and Almira Babcock ; she was born Sept. 17, 1832, in Canton, N. Y.; her parents make a home with them. Mr. Knox taught school during the winter months for twelve years ; he has been Justice of the Peace and School Director, and has held offices in the Baptist Church, of which he has been a member forty years and has donated over $3,100 to church and benevolent purposes; he also takes an active interest in the temperance movement, tire missionary work, and in the Sunday school, of which he has been Superintendent. His wife is an enthusiastic worker and was sixteen years a school teacher. His farm of 380 acres is one of fine improvement and well adapted to cattle-raising, to which he largely devotes his attention ; on this farm can be seen an orchard, the grafts for which were brought from New Jersey, over sixty years ago, in saddlebags. Mr. Knox is at present guardian for the Henry and Rachel Foster heirs. He was a Whig, and at the formation of tire Republican party, he became a member of it. J. F. KEMPTON, jeweler, Sunbury; is a son of Henry and Louisa (Wright) Kempton ; his father was born in Maine and emigrated to Sunbury, Ohio, about 1839, where he died, in 1853 ; his mother was also born in Maine, and was the mother of five children-Henry, Louisa (who died in 1877), Miranda (she died in 1861), Sarah and J. F., who was born in Maine March 11, 1837, and came with his parents, by team, to Sunbury; at the age of 15, he began working at the cabinetmaker's trade, with Nathan Marble ; in about three years, he went to Michigan and worked in the iron mines ; returning in about one year, in the fall of 1859, he engaged in the saw-mill business, at Condit, in partnership with Henry Wilson and Joseph Matthews, and was thus connected, until Sept. 25, 1863, when he enlisted in Co. D, 25th O. V. I., and served three years, during which time he was engaged in some of the severest contests of the war, such as the battles of Shiloh, Vicksburg, Jackson, Miss., Black River, Raymond, Baldwin Station, Champion Hills, Kenesaw Mountain. and the siege of Atlanta, where the company was taken prisoners, only Dr. Speaker and Mr. Kempton escaped, by breaking through the lines; took part in forty-one engagements; was discharged May 30, 1865, at Washington. Ile then returned home, and was engaged in the jewelry business with his brother-in-law, John P. Decker, at Delaware, about three years, since which time he has been at Sunbury, in the jewelry business and repairing sewing machines, making a specialty of selling the Howe and Victor machines. He carries a complete stock of jewelry, and is prepared to do fine work in repairing; or satisfy his customers in everything that pertains a first-class jewelry store. Mr. Kempton was married in 1859, to Mary E. Decker, a daughter of Moses and Charlotte Decker; she was born in 1836 ; they have had five children- Hattie I. and Frank (deceased), Fred. E., Harry O. and Burt. They are members of the M. E. Church at Sunbury. J. H. KIMBALL, merchant, Sunbury ; is a son of Elisha and Tryphena (Ticknor) Kimball; his father was born in New Hampshire in 1783; and came to Delaware Co., Ohio, in 1828, where he died about 1873. He was a member of the Congregational Church of Boston, Mass.; his mother was a daughter of Elisha Ticknor, a farmer of New Hampshire; she was born in 1785, and died in 1873, about six months before her bus band; they had a family of eight children; Mr 686 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: Kimball, the subject of this sketch, was born June 27, 1828, on a farm in New Hampshire, and was brought to Sunbury, Delaware Co. by his parents soon after, and engaged as a clerk for Myers, Kimball & Co.; he afterward clerked for H. W. Chamberlain one year; he next engaged with Jones & Ickes for one year; he then went to Delaware, where he clerked for W. L. Welch & Co. for one year; again clerked for Kimball & Ticknor; in 1854, he bought out Ticknor, and conducted the business under the firm name of Smith & Kimball for two years; he then sold out to Smith, and engaged in business with Elias Kimball, under the firm name of E. & J. H. Kimball; he was thus connected until 1862, when he enlisted in Co. G, 96th O. V. I., entering as Captain, and continuing as such two years; he next acted as clerk in the Quartermaster's Bureau in Alabama for one year; after the war, be farmed for three years in Allen Co., Ohio; he then sold out and went to California on a visit, returned in 1870, and settled at Sunbury, where he has since resided; he began business in partnership with Armstrong; after three years, Armstrong withdrew, and the firm changed to Kimball & Perfect; the latter, some time after, withdrew, and the firm changed to Kimball & McAllister, and so continues. He was married in 1854 to Mary E. Adams, daughter of J. W. Adams, of New York ; she was born in June, 1833; have three children-Louise, Jennie and Byron. His wife died in 1863. Was a member of the Baptist Church of Sunbury. Was again married in 1864 to Martha J. Adams ; they have five children-Owen, Marion, Percy, Carroll and the fifth unnamed. O. H. KIMBALL, banker, Sunbury ; is the son of Elias and Irene A. Kimball, his father was born July 13, 1815, in Lebanon, Grafton Co., N. H., and, at the age of 17, entered a dry-goods store at Lebanon as clerk ; at the age of 21, he came to Cleveland, Ohio, where he engaged in the dry-goods business with a Mr. Kelly, owner of Kelly's Island, continuing for about three years. He was married, Sept. 18, 1839, to Irene A. Ticknor, daughter of W. D. and Betsey Ticknor; she was born Dec. 1, 1817, in Lebanon, N. H., and is a sister of Mr. Ticknor, of the noted publishing house of Ticknor & Fields, of Boston. He engaged again in the dry-goods trade in Marion, Ohio, removing from there in 1842 to Marysville where he pursued his old business; in 1844, he removed from there to Sunbury, starting once more in the dry-goods trade under the firm name of E & J. H. Kimball, where he continued until 1862, when he was compelled to retire to private life on account of paralysis. At different times, he had filled nearly all the township offices, and though often solicited to become a candidate for the higher offices of trust and honor in the county, he as often refused. On Dec. 23, 1872, he was stricken from life's roll on earth, and gathered into life eternal, leaving behind the companion of his joys and sorrows, with whom he had shared for thirty- three years. He was the father of four children, two of whom survive-Mrs. George Armstrong and O. H. Kimball, the subject of this sketch, who was born June 13, 1855, in Sunbury, where he has lived the most of his life. In the winter of 1869 and into the spring of 1870, he attended Denison University at Granville, Ohio, and afterward clerked for the firm of Kimball & Armstrong; in the fall of 1872, he entered the Union Business College of Cleveland, Ohio, graduating June 11, 1873; he then entered the business house of C. Hills & Co., of Delaware, as clerk, remaining with them until Jan. 1, 1875, when he was selected as the cashier of the Sunbury Bank, which he still retains with credit to himself and the institution. Mr. Kimball was married, Sept. 12, 1876, to Miss Abbie A. Moore, daughter of Burton Moore, whose sketch appears elsewhere. Mr. Kimball owns one-eighth of the stock in the bank of which he is cashier, its capital being $50.000 ; he is also' an owner of ten lots in Sunbury, and some outside property. His mother, who is about 62 years of ago, makes her home with his family, and is in the enjoyment of life's blessings. He is a member of the Sparrow Lodge, A., F. & A. M., and of Delaware Chapter, No. 54, filling the office of S. W.; is also a member of Enoch Lodge of Perfection at Columbus. MRS. S. A. LETTS, widow, retired farmer, Berkshire ; is a daughter of James and Frances Smith ; her father was born in Ireland, and came to New York and merchandised in the East until 1839, when he came to Ohio ; Mrs. Letts was born Nov. 20, 18'27, in New York, and came to Ohio with her parents when young. Was married in 1854, to Rees Letts, son of John Letts, of Knox Co., Ohio; also a brother of Joel Letts; her husband was born in 1824, in Knox Co.; after marriage, they settled on what is known '', as the O. D. Hough farm, of 164 acres, and remained there until 1870, when they sold out and engaged in merchandising in connection with farming ; in October, 1874, they were BERKSHIRE TOWNSHIP. - 687 burned out at Berkshire; he was at that time building a fine brick residence, where Mrs. Letts now resides; she has two children-Orlan S. and Ida M., both living at home; Aug. 16, 1876, Mr. Letts died ; he was a member of the M. E. Church, of which she and Ida are members ; he was Treasurer of Berkshire Township and has held several other offices. J. LAMPMAN, farmer; P. O. Berkshire; is a son of Stephen P. and Susan (Lowen) Lampman; his father was born in 1788, in New York, and came to Ohio in 1830, and died Aug. 15, 1842 ; his mother was a daughter of John Lowen, and was born in 1798, in Vermont. Mr. Lampman, the subject of this sketch, was born Oct. 25, 1826, in Oswego Co., N. Y., and came with his parents by canal and lake to Ohio; his younger days were spent in attending school and farming. He was married in 1848, to Mary A. Wheeler; she was born in 1823, in New York ; they have one child - Stephen A. He married Elvira Frost, daughter of John M. Frost; they have four children - John F., Durell, Anna and Mary. Mr. Lampman settled in Trenton Township in 1849, and, in 1855, he moved to Marshall Co., Iowa, and there farmed 270 acres, where he remained until 1866, and then returned to Berkshire Township and enraged in farming 155 acres which he bought, paying $8,200 cash ; this is a fine farm and well suited to raising sheep, which he makes a specialty. He is a member of Sparrow Lodge, No. 400, A., F. & A. M. J. W. LIKES, jeweler and Postmaster, Galena; is a son of Samuel and Sarah Likes; his father was born about 1790, in Westmoreland Co., Penn., and settled in Belmont Co., Ohio, in 1831 ; he was a blacksmith and died in 1833 ; his mother was a daughter of William Baxter; she was born in 1793, in Ireland, and emigrated to Ohio in 1831. She was married to Mr. Samuel Likes Dec. 29, 1813 ; they had seven children, six boys and one girl, five of whom now survive. Mr. Likes, the subject of this sketch, was born July 25, 1822, in "Old Hickory" (now Mt. Pleasant), Penn.; be came with his parents to Ohio in 1831 ; at the death of his father, he went to Pennsylvania and made a home with his uncle (Baxter), where he was permitted to attend school. His uncle being a blacksmith, he required the services of young Likes, and engaged him during the mornings and evenings; in the spring of 1837, be came to Ohio and engaged in farming and breaking stones on the national road; he next learned the jeweler's trade with G. W. Curtis. In 1844, he was married to Delilah Borton, a daughter of Benjamin Borton ; she was born in September, 1824, in Ohio, near Wheeling; they soon settled in Middletown, Guernsey Co., where he engaged in jewelry, and continued until 1852 ; he then came to Porter Township, expecting to locate on the proposed Mt. Vernon & Delaware Railroad ; here he engaged in the jewelry business and was connected with a man by the name of Webber, who managed photography in partnership with Mr. Likes. They had a snug little cottage built on four wheels, which they hauled to Galena in 1855 ; in 1858, Mr. Likes bought a frame house, where his present building now stands; he some time afterward moved the old building away, and built a two-story brick, 27x34 feet, at a cost of $2,000. In 1863, be was made Postmaster at Galena, which he has continued ever since ; he wasinstrumental in getting a money-order office at this place, it being the only office of that kind outside of Delaware in the county; he is a member of Galena Lodge, No. 404, I. O. O. F. He owns a house and sixteen acres of fine land adjoining Galena, together with some other town lots. His marriage blessed him with one boy and one girl Benjamin F., born Jan. 12, 1847 ; Mary A., born Feb. 8, 1845, and died Dec. 23, 1854. JOEL LETTS, farmer; P. O. Sunbury; is a son of John and Mary (Hanna) Letts ; his father was born in Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio in 1816 ; was one of the oldest settlers of Knox Co.; he died about 1860 ; his wife was a daughter of James Hanna, of Pennsylvania ; she died about 1856; they had a family of ten children. only three survived; Mr. Letts, the subject of this sketch, was born in 1822 on his father's farm in Knox Co., Ohio, where he attended school and worked for his father; he was at home with his father until he was 37, when he concluded it "was not good to be alone," and took unto himself a "helpmeet " in the person of Miss Ella Pace, a daughter of Michael Pace ; they were married Oct. 4, 1859 ; her parents had a family of seven children, all of whom are living; her father died in 1855, and mother in 1868 ; Mr. and Mrs. Letts have two children-Arthur R., born Feb. 4, 1864 ; Lillie May, March 17, 1867 ; after their marriage they settled in Sunbury ; he has eighty-eight acres of Berkshire Township, adjoining the town of Sunbury, probably worth $60 per acre ; he has held the office of Treasurer of schools ; he takes an active interest in the temperance movement 688 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: and is a most enthusiastic worker in this noble cause; his marriage was celebrated by Rev. Mr. Washburn, at Central College, in Franklin Co. J. P. MAYNARD, hotel and undertaking, Galena; is a son of Stephen and Dorcas (Cornish) Maynard; his father was born in 1775 in Massachusetts and came to Ohio in 1808, settling at Worthington; he was a farmer, and studied to be a physician; died in 1822. Was a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church ; his mother was born in Connecticut, and was the mother of twelve children, six by Mr. Maynard (J. P.'s father), and six by her first husband; Mr. and Mrs. Maynard together had twenty-one children; she died in 1871, and was a member of the M. E. Church. Mr. Maynard was born in 1819, on a farm in Franklin Co., Ohio, where he remained until 16 years old, when he came to Berkshire and engaged in cabinet work with James Crawford for three years, afterward working four years for David T. Sherman; he next engaged in the revolving hayrake factory in Seneca Co. and continued seven years; in 1851, engaged in dry goods with G. T. Sherman, at Galena, for five years ; he then sold out and worked for E. Brown in a rake and plow factory at Galena for twelve years; he then engaged in undertaking, which he still continues in 1871, he traded for the present hotel, and has since been carrying on the hotel business; he also carries on the livery business. He was married in 1844 to Fidelia Thrall, a daughter of Timothy Thrall of Delaware Co.; she was born Oct. 17, 1826 ; the result of their union was five children, alt living-Emma E., Horace J., Sarah D., Cora A., Burns L. Mr. Maynard has been Township Clerk two terms, Township Treasurer one term, and School Director; he belongs to the Galena Lodge, No. 404, I. O. O. F., in which he has held office. They are all members of the M. E. Church at Galena. S. B. MCFARLAND, farmer ; P. O. Sunbury; is a son of J. F. and Elizabeth McFarland. His father was born in Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio in 1859, and settled in Delaware Co. in 1865; mother was a daughter of John Amspoker; she was born in 1811; they had seven children; four are living; John A., married to Miranda Stockwell, a daughter of Jas. Stockwell; Silas, who now lives in California; a daughter married to N. F. Overturf, a teacher and a lawyer. The subject of this sketch was born in Pennsylvania ; in 1864, he was in the employ of the Cent. O. R R. Co. (now the B. &, 0.), making his station at Bellaire, Ohio, serving as clerk in the freight office for two years; engaged in the Kasson's Fast Freight office for one year at Pittsburgh, Penn. ; in 1867, he attended Duff's Commercial College at Pittsburgh, in which he continued one year, and was part of the time teaching book-keeping, etc., then returned and engaged in farming, and has since continued it; he also manages a hydraulic-pressure cider-mill, and is in the manufacture of sorghum molasses; he is also in the Italian bee business ; he has also taught school in Guernsey Co., Ohio. LANNESS McFADDEN, plasterer, Sunbury ; is the son of Henry and Hannah McFadden. His father was born in Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio early, settling in Knox Co. ; his mother was a daughter of Sam'l Stimatz ; she was born in Virginia ; they had a family of seven children, all of whom are living. Mr. McFadden was born July 4, 1848, in Knox Co., Ohio, where he remained until 1873, when he came to Delaware Co., settling in Sunbury, where he has since engaged in plastering ; he was engaged in the same business in Mt. Vernon. some time previous to his moving to Sunbury ; he plastered Dr. Mosher's, Dr. Cameron's, the bank, the house now owned by Mrs. Benton, Squire Dent's. Geo. and Henry Boyd's houses. Was married, Feb. 22,1871, to Alice Fry, daughter of Dan'1 Fry, of Morrow Co. ; she was born July 2, 1852; their union blessed them with two children-Hugh, born Nov. 12, 1870, and an infant, born July 11, 1879. MRS. MARY McALLISTER, Sunbury; is a daughter of David Armstrong ; her parents were born in Pennsylvania; they had a family of nine children, four of whom are living. Mrs. McAl.lister was born March 19, 1825, in Delaware Co., Ohio; she remained with her parents until Feb. 28, 1854, when she was married to Robert McAllister ; they settled in Sunbury ; her husband was a farmer, and dealt largely in stock. He died in 1862 ; was a member of the M. E. Church, of which she has also been a member since she was 23 years of age. They have three children-W. C., who is now of the firm of Kimball Sr. McAllister, Charles A., is now the owner of a livery stable at Sunbury ; and Kate (widow of Dr. H. Hudges), who owns a fine farm in Berkshire Township, which she is renting to Miller; she also owns a dwelling-house in Sunbury, where she now resides. E. B. MOSHER, M. D., physician and surgeon, Sunbury ; is a son of David and Phoebe (Buck) Mosher. His father was born in New BERKSHIRE TOWNSHIP. - 689 York about 1811, and came to Ohio when young; was a farmer and stockraiser. His mother was a daughter of Edward Buck, of New York, who came to Morrow Co., Ohio, when young, where she was born about 1813. They had nine children ; but six survive. Theodore was also a physician, and was killed by lightning while on the way home from visiting a patient. His father was in the buggy, by his side, when his son and the horse were both killed almost instantly. Mr. Mosher was born June 30, 1837, in Morrow Co.; at the age of 2, his parents moved to Knox Co., Ill.. and was there five years ; they then returned to Morrow Co., and engaged in farming; when 17, he attended school at Mt. Hesper, Ohio; after ward attended the Wesleyan University at Delaware one year; he then taught one term of school, near Ashley; in 1853, he began reading medicine with Dr. I. H. Pennock, of South Woodbury, Ohio, and continued three years ; in 1856, he attended one term of lectures at the Starling Medical College at Columbus; then practiced medicine at Ashley until the war broke out. In August, 1861, he enlisted in the 15th O. V. I., as hospital steward ; the first eighteen months he was with the regiment, after which he engaged on the hospital train for four months ; he then went before the Medical Board of Surgeons and was commissioned as Surgeon, and assigned to the 172d O. V. I., where he remained until his time expired ; he then returned to Ohio, and began practicing at Olive Green, until 1870, when he attended lectures at Louisville, Ky., where he graduated in 1871, returning then to Olive Green; in 1873, he settled in Sunbury, where he has a lucrative practice. Was married in September, 1857, to Martha Liggett, a daughter of Alexander and Sarah Liggett, of Ohio ; she was born in 1839 ; they have four children-Cora B., married G. K. Sharp; Myrtle L., Minnie I., Gracie M. B. MOORE, farmer and banker, Sunbury; is a son of C. and Hannah Moore; his father was born in Massachusetts in 1797, and moved to Pennsylvania about 1820, and, in 1837, came to what is now Berkshire Township; he is still living in Sunbury; Mr. Moore's mother was a daughter of Aaron Roberts, who was one of the first settlers of the Wyoming Valley; she was born in 1799, in Pennsylvania. Mr. Moore was born March 29, 1829, in Pennsylvania, and came with his parents to Ohio in 1837 ; at the age of 21, he began farming for himself; in. the winter of 1850, he went to Massachusetts to visit among relatives, and while there taught one term of school. Here he became acquainted with Miss T. S. Ball, whom he wedded in 1851 ; she was a daughter of Barnabas Ball, a farmer; Mr. Moore worked his father's farm until the marriage of his sister, at which time his father made a division of his property; the most of the old homestead fell to Mr. Moore; he now owns 270 acres, partly attained by his own labor and management; in 1871, he engaged in selling goods at Sunbury for one year; he then sold his business to Kimball & Armstrong, and then engaged in banking; this bank was organized in October, 1872, with a capital of $50,000, and eight stockholders ; he was at that time selected as a Director of the institution, and, in 1873, was made President, which position he still holds; he has held the office of Infirmary Director. Mr. and Mrs. Moore have had three children, two of whom are living-Hannah and Abbie ; one deceased-George B. When Mr. Moore settled in Ohio, game of various kinds was abundant; this furnished fine sport to those who were thus inclined, and yielded a goodly supply of wild meat for family use ; in this pastime he indulged, and became one of the best marksmen of those times. Mr. Moore is a pleasant, genial gentleman, whose integrity has won for him the confidence and esteem of his neighbors and friends. MRS. EUREKA MOSSMAN, retired; Galena; daughter of Lemuel W. and Phebe Meacham ; her father was a native of Vermont, and her mother of Washington, D. C.; both came to Ohio when young, and located with their parents in Delaware Co. ; after their marriage, they located in Galena, where the subject of this sketch was born March 3, 1826, and remained with her parents until her marriage, Sept. 3, 1847. She was married to Matthew Mossman, son of Robert and Annie Mossman; he was born Feb. 8, 1821, in New Jersey, and, when 5 years old, his parents came to Ohio, locating in Berlin Township, where he remained until 21 years of aye, when, as an apprentice, he entered the shop of one Porter, of Galena. manufacturer of wagons and carriages, where he worked two years, and then bought out the business and commenced for himself, continuing until his death ; he was a leading member of the M. E. Church for five years, and, for some time, Superintendent of the Sunday school. They had three children-George S., born Jan. 2, 1849 ; Darwin W., born Dec. 26, 1852 ; and Annie E., Nov. 30, 1858; 690 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: Darwin W. was married Feb. 8, 1877, and is now in the notion and millinery trade in Galena; Annie E. is teaching school in Orange Township, her third term in that district. Mrs. Mossman and her children are members of the M. E. Church and teachers in the Sunday school. C. J. McNULTY, livery and harness, Sunbury; is a son of Joseph and Levina McNulty; the father was born in Westmoreland Co., Penn., and mother in `Vest Virginia ; they emigrated from Pennsylvania to Darke Co., Ohio, about 1836, where they remained one year, and then came to Logan Co.; here the elder McNulty dealt in stock for about twenty-five years, when they moved to Madisonville, Hamilton Co., where he died about 1858 ; they had a family of six children - David, Levina, C. J., Mary A., Harriet and William A.; the mother died in 1872 ; both were members of the Presbyterian Church. C. J. McNulty was born Aug,. 15, 1825, in Allegheny City, Penn., and came West with his parents. When 16, he re turned to Pennsylvania and worked four years with a cousin, W. W. McNulty at the saddler's trade; he came back to Logan Co. and worked with William Rutan, now a banker at Bellefontaine. He was married, at Springfield, in 1846, to Augusta Smith, by whom he had four children -William (deceased), Mary L., Hattie B. and Florence E.; immediately after marrying, he settled in Lexington, Richland Co., and there en(aged in the harness business, with a Mr. Case ; then went to La Fayette, Ind., where he engaged in the manufacture of horse-collars ; he next moved to Cincinnati, and was, for two years, in the employ of Lewis Greaser; he then went to St. Mary's, Ohio, remaining for one year; he then went to Bremen, on the Miami Canal, and there kept the only American hotel in the place ; here he met with good success for one year, when he removed to Madisonville, and again started in the harness business; from there, went to Middlebury, Logan Co., and worked at the same ; thence to Delphos, and from there to Cincinnati, and thence to Lock, Knox Co.; thence to Mount Vernon, and then to Hartford ; thence to Galena, and then Sunbury, working at his trade ; finally, in 1877, he settled in Sunbury, where he engaged in the livery and harness business, with good success. He was Constable while in Licking Co., and is a member of St. Mary's Lodge, No. 75, I. O. O. F. T. R. PAYNE. hardware, Sunbury; is a son of Harrison and Adaline (Goodrich) Payne ; his father was born near Hartford, Conn., and was a farmer, hardware merchant, shoemaker and tanner; his mother was from Connecticut ; they had a family of seven children ; all are living in Ohio, except one. The subject was born in 1857, on a firm near Worthington, Ohio; when quite young, he went with his parents to Delaware Co., where he remained until he was 21 years of age. June 21, 1879, he was married to Nannie Burrer, a daughter of Jacob Burrer, of Delaware Co., Ohio ; she was born in 1857. At the age of 20, he engaged in the hardware business for his father, at Cardington, Ohio, continuing until 1877, when they began the same at Sunbury, Ohio, where he is managing one-half interest for his father, under the firm name of Rose & Payne. HORACE PLUMB, retired farmer; P. 0. Berkshire ; is a son of Ichabod and Catharine (Hinsdale) Plumb; his father was born in Connecticut, and was a member of the Scioto Company; came to Ohio in 1807, settling in Berkshire Township, then a wilderness ; he was a wagon-maker and farmer and died in 1847. They had eleven children, but five survive. The subject of these notes was born on a farm near Worthington, Ohio ; in his younger days, he attended school as much as convenient and worked with his father ; at 17, he began learning the blacksmith's trade at Mt. Vernon, with his Uncle Patrick ;for two years he was under his instruction ; he then blacksmithed at Newark, for the workers on the Ohio Canal ; he then settled at Berkshire, where he has since resided. Was married, Dec. 19, 1833, to Eliza Cables, a daughter of Isaac Cables of Connecticut ; she was born and raised in the same State. He and his wife are members of the M. E. Church. His grandfather was a chaplain in the war of 1812. WILLIAM PROSSER, farmer; P. O. Galena ; is a son of John and Sarah (Perdue) Prosser ; his father was born in Maryland and came to Ohio in 1837 ; was a tailor by trade, who died in 1850 ; his wife was born in Pennsylvania in 1797 ; they had seven children, four survive. Mr. Prosser, the subject of this sketch, was born Aug. 11, 1839, in Franklin Co., Ohio, and when quite young came with his parents to Delaware Co., settling in Trenton Township ; at an early age, he began carpentering ; his father died when he was young and he was compelled to make his way alone in life ; he had the advantage of a district-school education. In 1862, he enlisted in Co. G, 88th O. V. I., and remained nearly three years, serving as Sergeant ; he was among the company who routed Morgan at BERKSHIRE TOWNSHIP. - 891 the time he made his raid through Ohio, and had charge of the guard through the time Morgan was in the penitentiary in Columbus. On his return, he worked at carpentering in Genoa Township. In 1869, was married to Martha Perfect, a daughter of John Perfect; she was born in 1846 in Berkshire Township, Delaware Co.; their union has been blessed with five children-Fred, Glen, Sina, Elmer, and an infant. In 1867, Mr. Prosser moved on the present farm of 163 acres, owned by his mother's children, where he is still living. C. D. PERFECT, farmer; P. O. Sunbury; is a son of William Perfect, who was born Oct. 27, 1797, in Kentucky, and emigrated to Trenton Township, Delaware Co., about 1807. His mother was a daughter of James Starks, who came to Ohio at an early day, and came near locating at the present site of Columbus, but finally located in Kingston Township; she was born May 6, 1804, and was married Oct. 3, 1822 ; they have had born to them nine children, but four of whom are living-one in Iowa, two in Clinton, this State, and the subject of these notes, who was born Nov. 21, 1833, in Trenton Township ; at the age of 15, he commenced clerking with Carney, Frost Co., at Berkshire Corners, with whom he continued six months ; he then clerked for Allen, McLean & Co., at Sunbury, afterward changing to the employ of C. Hill & Co.. of Delaware; subsequently for Myers, Hale and Co., at Sunbury, after which. he enraged again for Allen, McLean Co.; in 1856, he went by team, in company with his brother and wife, to Iowa, where he was clerk for the Jones County Circuit Clerk about six months; he then merchandised with H. C. Metcalf for one year, after which he engaged for one year under the firm name of Umstead & Perfect, and, in 1859, returned from Iowa, and in March, same year, was married to Mary E. Moore, a daughter of Cornelius Moore; from this union there were three children-Burton E., Willis H. and Clarence C.; they settled on a farm for about four years, and then, in 1863, engaged in the mercantile business at Olive Green, in the employ of J. N. Starks; in 1865, he returned to Sunbury, and in 1866, he went to Galena, and there clerked for A. P. Mason for two years; then improved a farm of thirty-one acres, adjoining Galena, by erecting a fine house at a cost of $3,000; also planting a fine vineyard on the same, and, in 1872, took a contract to furnish the timber and ties for the Mount Vernon, Columbus & Cleveland Railroad, from Columbus to Mount Vernon; and in 1874, he sold his farm at Galena to George Roberts, and then began the erection of a dwelling in Columbus, preparatory to moving to the same, but circumstances located him in Sunbury, where be went into business under the firm name of Kimball & Perfect, for four years, when, in 1879, he traded his stock in said firm to McAllister for a farm, and now farms 223 acres of fine arable land in Trenton and Harlem Townships, and purposes to deal largely in blooded sheep, making a selection of the very best Spanish merinos; to him belongs one-half acre of land on High street, Columbus ; he is a member of the Galena Lodge, No. 404, I. O. O. F. He and his wife are strict members of the Presbyterian Church, of Sunbury. In March, 1880, he bought the handle factory at this place, of W. H. Taylor, and purposes converting it into a spoke, single tree and neck-yoke manufactory ; he has taken in for a partner A. W. Hall, formerly of the firm of Hall & Brown, of the same business, at the State Penitentiary, at Columbus. Mr. Hall is now of Louisville, Ky. G. A. PECK, farmer; P. O. Sunbury; is a son of Benjamin and Mary Peck ; his father was born in Massachusetts and came to Ohio in 1817, settling in Licking Co., where be remained until death in 1819 ; mother was born in Massachusetts; her father's name was Benjamin Harding, of Nova Scotia; at the death of her husband she had eleven children, which she raised by her own labors ; she died in 1859, having been a member of the Baptist Church of long standing. Mr. Peck was born in 1817 , in New Jersey, and came to Licking Co., Ohio, by team, when he was about 2 years old ; his father died, leaving him without paternal care. In 1843, he commenced tanning in Sunbury, which he followed for eight years, after which he bought. a farm in Trenton Township, and farmed until 1872, when he sold out and bought his present farm of 190 acres. `Vas married, in 1845, to Louisa North, daughter of Asbury North; by her he had three children; one is still living.-Clinton N., now in Michigan. She died in 1853 ; he was again married, in May, 1855, to Eunice Henry, a daughter of Silas Henry, of Massachusetts; she was born in 1824 ; have four children living-Carrie, Henry, Harry and Ella. Mr. Peck belongs to the Baptist Church, to which all the family belong ; he takes an active interest in the temperance movement and missionary cause ; also in the Sabbath school, in which he has been Superintendent and teacher. He taught school during the winters 692 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: of his younger days. Has always been an active Republican. His farm is one among the finest farms in the country; he prides himself in stock-raising and makes a specialty of cattle. Mr. Peck started in life with nothing but a stout heart and willing hands, and by frugality and industry has placed himself in good circumstances. SAMUEL RINEHART, wagon-maker, Sunbury; is a son of Jacob and Barbara (Rawhouser) Rinehart; father was born in York Co., Penn., about 1792, and emigrated to Richland Co., Ohio, in 1824, when he settled on a farm of 80 acres, purchased from the Government at $1.25 per acre; he died in 1825. His mother was born in Pennsylvania about 1785, and came West with her husband; she was married a second time, her last husband was Phillip Clay, a relative of Henry Clay she died in December, 1864, and was the mother of five children by her union with Mr. Rinehart, viz., Joshua, Joel, Jonas (who died in 1853), Samuel (who heads this sketch) and Lydia. Two of Mr. Rinehart's uncles-Conrad and John Rinehart were in the war of 1812 ; Conrad had a son who is the father of eighteen children by one woman, all living, the oldest being 25 and youngest 2. Our subject was born Oct. 18, 1823, in York Co., Penn., and emigrated to Ohio by team, in company with four families, Ramer and two brothers of his father; after the death of the father, the mother cared for the family by spinning flax and such kind of work, until the boys were old enough to assist or do for themselves; Samuel served at the wagon-maker's trade with Enoch French, from 1838 to 1841, at Bellville, Ohio ; he was then in Woodbury about four months, when he went to Shanesville, and worked about eleven months; he then came back to Richland Co., and worked at the same business with John Bosworth until Oct. 2, 1845, when he married Olive, a daughter of John Bosworth, by whom he had one child, who died at 2 1/2 years of age; his wife died July 12, 1847 ; he was again married in 1848, to Orril Allen, by whom he had three children-Fannie M., Eliza A., and Wm. F., who died in 1853. Mr. Rinehart's second wife died in December, 1855; he was again married Jan. 15, 1879, to Mrs. Mary A. Shook, a daughter of Christopher Slagel ; she was married to John Shook, by whom she had three children-Chas. A., Fannie (deceased), and Harry ; after first marriage, Mr. Rinehart moved to Knox Co., Ohio, and carried on a shop ; in 1846, he moved to Franklin Co., and worked as a carpenter, and also as wagon-maker; in 1849, he engaged in the grocery business in Mansfield for sixteen months; he then came to Sunbury, where he engaged in wagon-making, also has been in the undertaking and furniture business; was for a while in partnership with Marble & Payne. In 1864, he enlisted in Co. A, 113th O. V. I., and was with Sherman's army on its march to the sea, and at the close of the war was mustered out; is a member of the Galena Lodge, No. 404, I. O. O. F., also the Capital Encampment, at Columbus; is the owner of some property, consisting in part of three lots and improvements. C. J. ROSE, farmer ; P. O. Berkshire; is a son of James and Nancy (Gordon) Rose; his father was born about 1808, in Pennsylvania, and came to Roseville, Ohio (named after a settlement of Roses), and moved from there to Sandusky Co., thence to Morrow Co., in 1854, where he now lives. His mother was born about 1810, and had eleven children, eight boys and three girls seven of the boys fought for their country in the war of the rebellion, viz., David C., Captain in the 31st O. V. I., who died of typhoid fever ; James M., Henry N., John N., Edward L., Charles J., Alonzo J.; L. M. Cunard (a brother-in-law), was First Lieutenant in the 31st O. V. I. The subject of this sketch (Charles J.), was wounded Aug. 15, 1864, the ball entering the right side and coming out at the back ; he is now applying for a pension ; all of his brothers were wounded. He was married, Dec. 24, 1869, to Phoebe E . daughter of Henry Fisher, whose sketch appears elsewhere; they have one child-Henry C., born March 15, 1871. After marriage, Mr. Rose engaged for awhile in running a general produce wagon ; in 1875, he settled on a small farm of ten acres, which he traded for with Lucy M. Bardwell ; it is well improved, with a fine house and orchard, the whole amount valued at about $1,700. His trade is that of stonemason, but be is incapacitated for such hard labor on account of the wound. O. H. ROLOSON, farmer and blacksmith; P. O. Berkshire ; is a son of Jacob and Eliza (Barker) Roloson; his father was born in New York in 1800, and came to Ohio in 1803, settling in Pickaway Co., Ohio, and soon after moved to Delaware Co., and settled on Alum Creek, where he remained some twenty years ; he then moved to Brown Township, remaining there until his death, in July, 1871 ; he was a cooper by trade. The mother of O. H. was born in 1809 and died in 1844. Mr. Roloson, the subject of this sketch, BERKSHIRE TOWNSHIP. - 693 was born July 11, 1829, in Berlin Township, Delaware Co., Ohio; he attended school and worked at coopering until 16, when he began blacksmithing with Nathan Chester, of Delaware, Ohio, for four years; he then worked at Eden for Abrams three winters, and during the summers for J. Sherman ; he then mined in California for three months, when he returned to Iowa and then smithed for William Graham for ten months; in 1851, he engaged in smithing at Berkshire, Ohio, and, in 1862, enlisted in the 96th O. V. I., remaining three years, serving as Corporal, but was on detatched duty most of the time as blacksmith and boss of the repairing company ; on his return, he followed his trade, which he still continues in connection with farming twenty-seven acres of land adjoining his residence: Mr. Roloson was married in 1854, to Lydia A. Robison, daughter of Charles A. Robison; she was born in 1836, in Darby Plains, Ohio ; they have nine children-Mary (now Mrs. John D. Lyon), Ella (married to D. Bedlow, of Kingston Township), Clara, (married T. Reder, living in Kingston), Alvira, Jacob, Lyda, Orlando, Minnie, Ivy. He has been connected with the church since he was 14 years of age. JAMES C. RYANT, farmer; P. O. Constantia; is a son of John and Love (Nettleton) Ryant; his father was born Nov. 25, 1795, in Connectiticut, and came to Ohio in 1816, settling in Berlin Township, where he died in 1869 ; his mother was born Nov. 25, 1794, in New Hampshire, and came to Ohio by ox team in 1816 ; they had eleven children, six survive; she died in October, 1868. Mr. Ryant, whose name heads this sketch, was born May 13, 1826, in Berlin Township, Ohio, where he has lived most of the time ; he was married, Nov. 5, 1851, to Emma C. Lewis; she was born April 8, 1828, in Berkshire ; her parents were among the first settlers of the township ; her father was born June 10, 1788, in Waterbury, Conn., and died Nov. 7, 1838 ; her mother was born in Woodbridge, Conn., March 29, 1799, and was married July 3, 1813 ; she is still living in Berlin Township, with her son ; her father was the owner of the first mill in Berlin Township; he came to Ohio in 1805, and her mother came in 1811 ; her parents were both members of the M. E. Church. Her grandmother lived to be 96 years old ; they have in their house a chair on which her grandmother rode from Connecticut. Mr. and Mrs. Ryant farmed in Berlin Township until 1869, when they settled on their present farm, Sec. 3, of 100 acres. A family of three children have grown up around themNettie F., who has taught in the Lelaware High School; Eugene L. and H. Love. Mr. Ryant has served as Township Trustee and Assessor; is at present Assessor of real estate of Berkshire. Mr. Ryant and four brothers have taught school; his wife has also taught some six years. They are members of the Presbyterian Church. GEORGE J. ROBERTS, retired farmer; P. O. Galena ; is a grandson of Ebenezer Roberts, who emigrated from Pennsylvania to Ohio with his family in 1807, and settled in Berkshire Township, Delaware Co., on the old place where Evi Linnabary now lives ; in this family there were five children, three of whom are now living. William, George's father, was born in Pennsylvania in 1803. He married Miss Sarah Jackson April 8, 1830, in Bloomfield Township, Morrow Co., Ohio, where she lived; she was born in 1807 ; was also a native of Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio when quite small; after marriage, they settled in Bennington Township, Morrow Co., where George was born April 15, 1831 ; when he was but a child, they moved to Bloomfield Township, and, at the age of 13, to Harlem Township, Delaware Co.; when he was about 18 years of age, they emigrated to Ogle Co., Ill., returning to Harlem Township, Delaware Co., Ohio, in about two years, remaining there until the death of the father. Mr. Roberts was married to Hester Adams Jan. 4, 1863, settling immediately thereafter on his farm of about 200 acres in Trenton Township; she was the daughter of Elisha Adams, formerly of Pennsylvania, and was born May 16, 1840, in Licking Co., Ohio; they have three children-Ella, Zada and William C. Having sold his farm, in 1856, they settled in Monroe Township, Licking Co., where they lived until the spring of 1873, removing thence to Mt. Vernon. Ohio, and retiring to a quiet life, on account of impaired health ; in 1874, he purchased property in Galena, where he removed with his family making it his permanent home. Mr. Roberts, in his earlier days, taught school during nine winters with good success. He has creditably filled the offices of Township Trustee and Justice of the Peace; is a member of the Lodge A., F. & A. M. Himself and wife are members of the M. E Church, and he is Superintendent of the Sabbath school of that denomination. He owns a fine residence in Galena, which he occupies and enjoys with his family without ostentation. Among his 694 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: possessions we may enumerate thirty-one acres of valuable land near Galena, and a farm of about three hundred acres in Licking Co., for which he paid $53 per acre. This is under a high state of cultivation, with good improvements, and is well stocked. C. P. SPRAGUE, station agent, Sunbury; is a son of Judge F. B. Sprague, of Delaware Co.; his father was born in Delaware, Ohio, where the American House now stands; his mother's maiden was Leeds, a daughter of Leeds, a shoemaker. The subject of these notes was born Nov. 7, 1851, in Berkshire Township, Delaware Co.; when 3 years old, he was taken, by his parents, to Oregon, where his father engaged in milling ; in 1868, they returned to Delaware Co., and settled at Sunbury, where he has since resided. His early days were spent in going to school ; he clerked for some time for Kimball & Armstrong, afterward working one year for Wayman Perfect, in the printing office; he then studied telegraphy, with his brother, who was keeping the railroad office at Sunbury, and Aug. 1, 1877, he took charge of the office, which he still continues. Was married, March 18, 1877, to Ada M. Payne a daughter of N. H. Payne ; she was born in 1854; they have one child -Mary D. JAMES STOCKWELL, boots and shoes, Sunbury ; is a son of Willard S. and Nancy (Jackson) Stockwell; his father was born in New York, and raised in Vermont; he was of Scotch descent and came to Ohio about 1835, settling in Geauga Co.; he died about one year after his settlement ; he experienced all the hardships of pioneer life, often working hard during the day and bringing home with him a coffee-sack full of hay, at night, as the proceeds of his day's labor, to feed his cow; his mother was a cousin of Gen. Jackson, and his grandmother (by his father) when a small girl, and carried water to the wounded soldiers, during the battle of Bunker Hill ; she lived to the ripe old age of 105 years, and could read without spectacles up to the time of her death; when she was 105 years old, she carded, spun and knit socks, on which she took the first premium at the county fair. Mr. Stockwell was one of a family of eleven children, and was born Feb. 3, 1822, on his father's farm, in Vermont; when 13, he came with his parents to Ohio; his father was very poor, and died when he was young, which left him to do for himself; at the age of 15, he began shoemaking, with Daniel D. Mead, which he continued for two years ; he began as a journeyman, at the age of 17, in Kingston Township, where he remained five years. In 1844, he was married to Permelia Rosecrans, a daughter of Jacob Rose crans, of Pennsylvania; she was born Sept. 14, 1821 ; they soon afterward settled in Berkshire, where he carried on his trade for eighteen years, In 1861, he moved to Sunbury, where he ha: since carried on his trade, enlarging it, until he now employs two bands ; he has added to his business the sale of custom-made boots and shoes, and is one of the leading dealers in this line in Sun bury. He has four children- Miranda, Mary (deceased), Stella (who married John Watson, editor of the Centerbury Mirror and Joy, living on his father's farm and making a specialty of stock. raising. Mr. Stockwell has a house and two lots in Berkshire, besides the present house he occupies, the store now occupied by Blakely Bros., and farm of 100 acres, in this township. PROF. G. K. SHARPE, teacher, Sunbury is a son of Samuel and Eliza Sharpe; his father was born in 1827, in Fairfield Co., Ohio, and is a farmer and a cabinet-maker ; the latter business now occupies his whole time; he lives in Pickerington, Ohio, and both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church ; three children have been born to them, two of whom are still living, viz., Mary E., living at home, and the subject of this sketch, who was born Feb. 27, 1854, in Fairfield Co., as was his father; in 1869 he attended college at Lancaster, Ohio, where he remained three years, teaching in the mean time After completing his education, he taught one year at Center Village, Delaware Co., and in 1874 came to Sunbury, where he has since remained, and has occupied the position of Principal of the Schools. He was married, June 1, 1876, to Miss Cora B. Mosher, a daughter of Dr. Mosher ; they are both members of the Methodist Church a Sunbury; he has been a member since he was 15 years of age; he is also an active worker in the temperance cause, and is a member of Sparrow Lodge, No. 400, A., F. & A. M. J. V. SPERRY, farmer ; P. O. Berkshire ; is a son of Albert and Matilda (Vernon) Sperry; his father was, born in Knox Co., Ohio, in 1815 where he has always remained; his wife was daughter of Isaac Vernon ; she was born June 13, 1820, in Knox Co.; Mr. Sperry, the subject of these notes, was born June 3, 1846, in his mother's native county, where he remained engaged in farming until 1874, when he merchandised at Bangs, same county; in 1875, he sold and came BERKSHIRE TOWNSHIP. - 695 to his present farm of 100 acres. Mr. Sperry was married Oct. 25, 1870, to Armada Rees, daughter of Theophilus Rees, of Licking Co.; she was born Sept. 11, 1850 ; this wedding was celebrated by Rev. C. N. Harford, of the Baptist denomination; they have two children by this union-Rees, born July 13, 1872 ; Gracie A., June 15, 1876 ; they are both members of the Baptist Church in Sunbury. A. P. TAYLOR, physician, Sunbury; was born in 1849 on his father's farm in Franklin Co., Ohio, where he remained mostly until manhood; at the age of 15, he began teaching school, which employed his time during the winter months and farming during the summer ; he began reading medicine when 18 with G. W. Holmes, of New Albany, which he continued for three years ; he then attended three terms of lectures at the Cincinnati Eclectic Medical College, where he graduated in 1871. Oct. 2, 1871, he was married to Mary E. Miller, a daughter of Reuben F. Miller; she was born in 1848, and was one of three children ; her father makes a home with them, her mother being dead ; they have two childrenWilliam Howe, born Sept. 6, 1872 ; Essie R., May 3, 1875; Dr. Taylor has made his own way through life, and enjoys a fine practice. The father of Dr. Taylor was born in the State of Virginia, April 8, 1821, and was carried on horseback by his mother, the same year of his birth, to this State, a distance of over three hundred miles; their settlement was made in Franklin Co. where he remained until Dec. 9, 1879, when he departed this life; he was a member of the Predestinarian Baptist Church about thirty-seven years, was baptized by Elder Lock, near the town of New Market, Va., and while there on a visit soon after, he was called and ordained to the work of the ministry, and remained faithful until the day he died, preaching his last discourse about two weeks before his decease; his death was very sudden and unexpected, resulting from a congestion of the whole system; he leaves a wife and six children, four sons of his first family, and a son and daughter of his last. The mother of Dr. Taylor was a daughter of Truman Perfect, of Kentucky; she died in 1856, and was the mother of seven children. THOMAS VANFLEET, miller, Galena ; is a son of George and Christiana (Bidlock) Vanfleet ; his father was born in 1796, in Pittston, Luzerne Co., Penn., and came to Ohio on foot in 1818, in company with G. D. Nash, when he engaged in carpentering and distilling at Galena. In 1852, he died ; his wife was a daughter of Hileman Bidlock ; she was born in 1804, and came to Ohio in 1820 with her parents by team; she was a descendant of the Puritans. They had seven children, all of whom live in Berkshire Township except one. Mrs. Vanfleet died in 1873. Thomas Vanfleet was born Oct. 10, 1823, in Galena (then Zoar), and has spent his life at this quiet little village; his younger days were spent in attending school and farming ; at the age of 17, he began working at the joiner's trade with Warren Allen, continuing one year ; he then worked for Sterns one year, and for John Cullison one year; in 1846, he again worked for Sterns ; in 1847, went to Southern Illinois, and engaged in making fan-mills for Thomas Phillips, of Cincinnati ; in 1848, he went to Kentucky, and engaged in the same business at Smith's Mills, Hopkinsville; for a short time, when he went to Tennessee, and followed the same business at Port Royal, Montgomery Co. While in Kentucky, Mr. Vanfleet was quite an intimate friend of Gov. Powell. In 1849, he bought a team at Smith's Mills, Ky., and went to Springfield, Mo., where he engaged in making fanning-mills, in partnership with Thaddeus Sharpenstine, continuing until 1852, when he returned to Ohio, and on May 12, 1852, was married to Elizabeth Perfect, a daughter of William Perfect. She was born in 1825, in Trenton Township. By her he had four children-Lucy and Jay, deceased ; Kate and Charlie, living. After marriage, they went to Missouri, where he was engaged in setting up his business at fanningmills, and in May, 1853, they returned to Ohio, and bought a farm of Hill's heirs, and farmed that two years, afterward selling, and took a trip through Missouri, Iowa and Wisconsin, and then returned and engaged in the mercantile business with Ira Derthick ; also in milling, continuing near two years ; they then divided the property, Mr. Derthick taking the store and Mr. Vanfleet the mill. The wife of Mr. Vanfleet met with a terrible accident, which ended her life. She was standing near an upright shaft, when her clothes became entangled, crushing her in a manner to cause death almost immediately ; it was a melancholy occurrence, and one the community did not soon recover from. He was again married in 1863, to Lucy E. Carpenter, a daughter of Robert Carpenter, of Berkshire Township ; she was born in 1832 ; by her he had four children-Nellie, Frankie, Jim and Carpe. He owns a saw and 696 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: grist mill at this place ; the grist-mill is so as to be run by both steam and water ; has also forty acres of land in Berkshire Township. He is a a member of the School Board; also of Galena Lodge, No. 404, I. O. O. F., and has held office in same. Faithful and reliable in all the relations of life, and of robust constitution, he bids fair for many years more extended usefulness in the county and in the town where he resides. E. WESTERVELT, farmer; P. O. Galena. Prominently identified with the leading men of Galena is Mr. Westervelt, one of the old pioneers of Delaware Co.; he is a son of Matthew and Mary (Lenington) Westervelt; his father was born in New York, and emigrated to Ohio in 1817 , settling in Franklin Co., where he engaged in carpentering, working under the " old try rule;" his wife was born in New York, and was of English descent. The subject of these notes was born July 13, 1813, near Poughkeepsie, N. Y , and was brought by his parents to Ohio as above, settling in the forests and among wild animals When 25, he came to Delaware Co., engaging in mercantile business at Galena, in partnership with Charles Brown for three years. In 1858, he began the nursery business, and continued it in connection with a vineyard until 1876, when he engaged in farining, which he still continues. Was married, in 1840, to Jane Brown, sister of E. Brown, of Delaware; have four children-Mary (married Dr. Holmes, a physician in Florida); Martha (now Mrs. Denison, living in Delaware); John, at home; Charles (deceased). Mr. Westervelt has held a number of township offices; he has been an active worker in the temperance movement ; he and his wife are members of the M. E. Church, in which he has been class leader and steward, and has been Superintendent of " Sunday schools ;" he has always given his aid to the improvement of the town. C. W. WEBSTER, merchant, Berkshire; is a son of C. R. and Mila (Fowler) Webster; his father was born in New York, and moved to-Knox Co. with his people when 6 years old ; his mother was a' daughter of Elijah Fowler; she was born in Massachusetts; C. W. Webster was born, Feb. 27, 1843, in Knox Co., Ohio. Sept. 11, 1862, he enlisted in Co. F, 121st O. V. I., and was in the service three years. He suffers from the effects of a sickness with typhoid fever; he receives a pension. Mr. Webster engaged as clerk for J. W. Foot, of Berkshire, and also farming until 1869, when he bought Foot out, and now continues the business of dry .goods, and general notions. In 1874, he took charge of the post office, and still remains the Postmaster. He is now in partnership with Gibson & Finch. He is at present Justice of the Peace and Township Clerk, and is administrator of the John Longshore estate, and guardian of the Leonard Hough heirs. Was married, Oct. 4, 1866, to Libbie Smith, daughter o John R. Smith, one of the pioneers of this county she was born Aug. 18, 1846 ; they have had five children, four living-Lula, Loren, Gertrude and Edna; one deceased, Holly, who died Oct. 4, 1868. They are members of the M. E. Church, of which he is class-leader and Sunday-School Superintendent DAVID WEYANT, farmer; P. O. Sunbury is a son of David and Elizabeth (Baker) Weyant his father was born on the banks of the Hudson River in New York, and came to Ohio early; his mother was also born in New York; they had seven children, five of whom survive. Mr. Weyant the subject of this sketch, was born Aug. 9, 1825 on a farm on Licking Co., where he remained until 1869 ; in his younger days, he and his brother: would take turns in going to school and working on the farm; his father was in moderate circumstances, having but $80 and one horse when he came to Ohio; in 1849, Mr. Weyant began running a thrashing machine, which he continued for five years ; he was engaged for seven years in a saw and grist mill in Licking Co., and is at pres ent running a thrashing machine and making it ; success. Mr. Weyant was married in 1846, to Martha Denty, a daughter of John Denty ; shy was born April 22, 1831, and died March 5, 1880 they had two children-Laura A., born Oct. 11, 1850 ; Florence, born June 10, 1854. Laura: Weyant, a niece, is living with them. Mr. Weyant moved to Delaware Co. in 1869, settling when he now lives on a farm of 166 acres, which he bought of George Grist, and for which he paid $17,000, cash ; this is one of the finest and best improved farms in the county, and is well adapted to stock-raising, which he makes a specialty; on this farm now stands a barn which was the first frame barn built in the township. Mr. Weyant has been no office-seeker. He hired a substitute for $750 during the civil war. His wife was a member of the M. E. Church at Sunbury. G. W. WELLS, farmer; P. O. Galena; was born Sept. 14, 1811, in Luzerne Co., Penn., and came with his parents by ox team to Ohio, in 1818; settling in what is now Morrow Co. for two years ; they then moved to Genoa Township. His BERLIN TOWNSHIP. - 697 father, Abraham, was born in Luzerne Co. Penn., and died at the age of 73 ; his mother was a daughter of a Mr. Dixon, of Pennsylvania; they had nine children. The son, G. W., remained with his parents until married; he helped to build the first schoolhouse in Genoa Township; was put up without nails ; he can well remember the slab seats and greased-paper windows; his sister taught in an early day at 75 cents per week. Mr. Wells married, Feb. 2, 1833, Margaret, a daughter of John Williams, of Virginia; she was born in September, 1809 ; they lived on the old homestead until 1868, at which time they bought property in Delaware City, where they moved for the purpose of educating their younger son; they returned to Galena in 1869 ; he has been engaged in the stock business for thirty years; also in grain and flax seed ; he shipped during one fall thirtysix car loads of flax-seed from Lewis Center; in Angust, 1878, he entered a partnership with Dr. Utley in the general drug business, at Galena, which he still continues; the business is managed by Dr. Utley and Charles, the son of Mr. Wells; he has had seven children, four living-Clark (now in Missouri, and is a farmer; was in the war), James (living at home with his father, and married Lucy, a daughter of W. H. Allen, deceased), Nathaniel (is in Columbus, Ohio, and is engaged in the organ and sewing machine business), Mary (married Dr. Utley, she died June 1, 1878). Mr. Wells has served as Justice of the Peace in Genoa Township eighteen years, and of Berkshire three years; and has held the offices o Treasurer and Trustee of Township for years; has also been Notary Public and fbllowed auctioneering for twenty-five years. He and his wife have been connected with the M. E. Church for thirty years; he is a member of the Sparrow Lodge, No. 400, A., F. & A. M., and Chapter of Delaware; also of the Galena Lodge, No. 404, I. O. O. F. Mr. Wells has made rails at $5 per 1,000; cut three-foot wood at 25 cents per cord, mowed grass at 50 cents per day, cradled wheat for $1 per day ; he has watched deer-licks at night and killed many of the animals; has built pens to keep the wolves away from their stock; when be settled with his father in Genoa Township, their first night was spent in a roofless cabin, and when they awoke in the morning they found three inches of snow on their beds ; his father made a loom for a man and received in pay a fatted hog. MRS. SARAH WIGTON, farmer; P. O. Berkshire; is a daughter of James and Catharine (Slack) Chadwick ; her father was born in London, Eng., and emigrated to America when a young man. Mrs. Wigton is one of ten children, and was born Aug. 27, 1832, in Oxford Township, Delaware Co., Ohio, where she remained until 1857. She was married, June 23, 1852, to William A. Wigton; he was born March 4, 1828; they farmed in Oxford Township until 1857, when they bought 156 acres in partnership with his father, one of the old pioneers of Delaware Co., who died Aug. 1, 1879, at the ripe old age of 99. Mrs. Wigton's husband died April 18,1873 ; they had seven children, five of whom are living -Charles D., married Nov. 4, 1879, to Rose E. Loren, a daughter of J. Loren ; Ella E., Emma A., William Perry, Frankie A., Eugene (deceased in 1855) and Mary I. (deceased in 1861). She is a member of the M. E. Church, at Berkshire Corners ; Charles is also of the same denomination, at Sunbury. They now own 176 acres of well-improved land in Berkshire Township. (RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE)