700 - FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO manager of the Dahl-Millikan branch at Washington C. H. The company employs about sixty people in the branch store at Washington C. H. and a similar number in the Columbus store. Mr. Dahl is a director in the Commercial Bank of Washington C. H. and president of the Washington C. H. Gas and Electric Company, and has money invested in various other business enterprises in the county seat. Mr. Dahl was married September 18, 1890, to Mary Maynard, the daughter of Col. Horatio and Clara (Blakemore) Maynard, and to this union four daughters have been born : Fanny, Charlotte, Nina and Mary Fanny is the wife of Conrad Schweitzer, of Los nge es, California. Mrs. Dahl was born in Washington C. H., and her mother was a native of Virginia and her father of Holden, Massachusetts. Her father came from Drewsville, New Hampshire, to Fayette county, Ohio, when he was a young man. He was a school teacher in early life and later practiced law, and was a partner of Judge Briggs and H. L. Hadley, of Washington C. H., and H. M. Daugherty, of Columbus, for many years. Colonel Maynard was a soldier in the Civil War and was the colonel of the One Hundred and Fourteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving three years at the front. He died in 1907, aged over eighty years, while his wife still survives him at the age of seventy-eight. Eight children were born to Colonel Maynard and wife: Herbert P., John P., Walter E., Mary, Nina, Augustus F., Horatio and one who died in infancy. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Dahl were John Phillips and Roxey ( Davis) Maynard, of English descent. They .died in Drewsville, New Hampshire, after rearing a family of five children:. Caroline, Cleora, Horatio B., Mary and Augustus. The maternal grandparents of Mrs. Dahl were Harvey and Ann (Millikan) Blakemore, his wife being born in Washington L. H., and here they both died at the ages of sixty-one and sixty-four, respectively. Mr. Blakemore was a merchant.and a sheriff in the early history of Fayette county. Seven children were born to Harvey Blakemore and wife : Clara, Josephine, Emma, Charles, Lee, Wyatt and Anna. Politically, Mr. Dahl is identified with the Republican party, but his extensive business interests have been such that he has never taken an active part in political matters. Mr. Dahl is a man of sterling character, quiet and unassuming in his manner, with a kindly word for his neighbors, and a man whose veracity has never been questioned. It is needless to say that such a broad-minded man stands high in public estimation and is today one of the representative business men of Fayette county. FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO - 701 JEROME TAYLOR. One of the most enterprising citizens of Union township, Fayette, county, Ohio, is Jerome Taylor, farmer and dairyman. It is a well authenticated fact that success comes as the result of legitimate and well applied energy, unflagging determination and perseverance in a course when once decided upon. He who succeeds financially has the ability to see opportunities where one less gifted does not, and by taking advantage of same he turns the tide to his own account. While winning his way along financial lines, Mr. Taylor possesses those principles and attributes which not only win the confidence and respect of his fellow men, but which also bring him the admiration and sincere liking of those who know him. Jerome Taylor was born on January 27, 1874, on the farm where he now makes his home, being the son of William E. and Nancy A. (Drais) Taylor, both of whom were born in this same township and are at present living in comfortable retirement in Washington C. H. The subject's farm contains three hundred and four acres of excellent farming lands, much of which is devoted to pasture to accommodate his one hundred and five milch cows. This farm, known among the older residents as the old Taylor farm, is located just at the edge of the city and is more widely known as the Washington Avenue Dairy Farm. In this enterprise Mr. Taylor is highly successful, operating his business along most modern and approved lines. In addition to the dairy business, he is also owner of two moving picture shows in the city of Washington C. H., one being known as the "Air Dome" and the other as the "Palace." The subject is one of a family of five children, the others being Harry D., Roy C., Anna (Mrs. McFadden) and Edward, deceased. Mr. Taylor is the oldest of the family, and received his elementary education in the common schools of the home locality, finishing his education in later years at the Ohio Wesleyan University, where he took a classical course. When quite a young man he began assisting his father in the work of the home farm, and this he continued at all odd times throughout his years of schooling, all of which ably fitted him for his chosen vocation of farming. On November 9, 1902, Mr. Taylor was united in marriage with Sallie Steele and to their union have been born four children, the second of whom, their son Charles, is deceased. The others are Pauline E., aged ten years Anna Lee, six years old, and Robert C., aged three years. Mr. and Mrs. 702 - FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO. Taylor move in the best social circles and are highly esteemed by a large circle of friends. Politically, Mr. Taylor is a stanch supporter of the Republican party, taking an active interest in local politics. For six years he served as township trustee and was township assessor for five years, acquitting himself to the satisfaction of all in the duties of these offices. His religious affiliation is with the Methodist Episcopal church and to the support of the local society he gives generously of his means. He is broad in his religious views and is also warmly interested in the welfare of other church organizations. Mr. Taylor is a veteran of the Spanish-American war, having served in the Fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The best title one can establish to the high and generous esteem of an intelligent community is a protracted residence therein, and the subject of this sketch, who has spent his entire life in the one locality, has, because of his earnest and consistent life and his high attainments in his chosen line of endeavor, earned, the sincere respect and good opinion of all who know him. Mr. Taylor has performed his full part in every walk of life and has ever given his unreserved support to every movement for the public welfare. He comes of a family which has always stood for the best things in the community and is counted among the progressive and enterprising families of the county. Personally, the subject is worthy of the high esteem in which he is held by a large circle of friends and acquaintances.. LUTHER L. SHELLEY. A review of the life of the honored and lamented Luther L. Shelley, whose earthly career was terminated a few years ago, must of necessity be brief and general in its character. To enter fully into the interesting details of his career, touching the struggles of. his early manhood and. successes of later days, would far transcend the limits of this biography. He filled a large place in the ranks of the enterprising and public-spirited men of his day and generation, while the memories which attach to his name and character form no inconsiderable chapter in the history of Jasper township, this county, where he spent so many years. His life was such as to entitle him to an honorable position in this biographical history of his county, and it is emiently fitting that he be included among the representative citizens. That he did his part nobly and well is universally admitted, and the name he earned FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO - 703 as an honest and upright citizen is the highest tribute which can be accorded him. The late Luther L. Shelley was born in 1866, in Greene county, Ohio, near Jamestown, and died November II, 1909, at' his country home in Jasper township, Fayette county, Ohio. He was the son of Mathias and Eliza (Sanders) Shelley, natives of Greene county, this state. Mathias Shelley and wife lived near Pleasant View, in that county, and.reared a family of nine children, Marion, Morgan, Amanda, Flora, Eva, Jane, Anna, Luther L. and James. The education of Luther L. Shelley was received in the schools of Pleasant View and, in accordance with the custom then prevailing, he spent all of his summer vacations at work on the home farm. After his marriage he located in Jasper township, where he lived until his death. He was a prosperous and substantial farmer and accumulated an estate of one hundred and nine acres of good land by the exercise of good management and close economy. His wife was a true helpmate and much of his success was due to her efforts, a fact which he was always ready to acknowledge. Mr. Shelley was married in 1879, to Alice Gray, the daughter of Jefferson and Ellen (Creamer) Gray. Jefferson Gray was a native of Virginia and was one of the early settlers in Fayette county. He and his wife were the parents of five children, Mrs. Virginia Haines, Theodore, Oliver, Alice and Mrs. Elmeda Thornburg. To Mr. and Mrs. Shelley were born twelve children, Ora, Olive, John, Alva, Raymond, Percy, George, Hubert, Dorothy, Bertha, Phillip and Harry. Of these children, all are still living with the exception of Bertha. Three of the children are married, Ora, Olive and Alva.. Ora married J. C. Whiteside and has one son, Franklin; Olive became the wife of Frank Creamer and has five children, Marjorie, Roger, Grace, Hester and Richard ; Alva married May Lucas, who is now deceased, as is their son, Donald. Mr. Shelley was a life-long Republican, but never had any inclination to take an active part in political matters. However, he was interested in -everything pertaining to good government and always gave his unreserved support to such measures as would bring it about. Fraternally,. he was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and was always interested in the affairs of that fraternal organization. Mrs. Shelley is a woman of .gracious tact and charm and is greatly beloved by all who know her. She is a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal church, in whose welfare she has always been interested and to whose support she is a willing and generous 704 - FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO contributor. Mr. Shelley was a man of broad sympathies, kindly disposed toward the faults of others and ever ready to lend a helping 'hand to those less fortunate than himself. In everything that he did he was careful to observe a proper mode of conduct and thus left behind him a name which will always be cherished by his children and those with whom he was associated. The lives of such men mean much to a community, for they give stability and character to the locality where they live. Such a man was Luther L. Shelley ; thus he lived and thus he passed away. EDWARD E. COCKERILL. One of the earliest pioneer families to settle in Fayette county, Ohio, was the Cockerill family, which was first represented in this county by William S. Cockerill, a native of Loudoun county, Virginia, who was born in December, 1790, and came to Ohio in 1812, shortly after his marriage. settling first on the Ohio river just above its union with the Hocking river. Here he lived until 1821, when he came to. Fayette county and purchased land of John Rowe in Perry township: Here he lived for one year and then bought land of Mr. Connor on the Little Wabash. William S. Cockerill was a man of decided literary tastes and more than ordinary intellectual ability. For several years after coming to this county he followed the profession of teaching in connection with farming. He served in the War of 1812 in an Ohio regiment. William- S. Cockerill was married four times, his first wife being Anna Lehman, to whom he was married in Virginia in 1809, and whose death occurred in Fayette county, Ohio, in 1821, shortly after the family moved to this county. Nine children were born to this first marriage, Elizabeth, William, Milly, Samuel, Eldridge, Thomas G. and three who died in infancy. Thomas G. is the father of Edward E. Cockerill, with whom this narrative subsequently deals. The second wife of William S. Cockerill was Phoebe Mooney, the, daughter of Judge Mooney, and to this second union nine children were born, Mary A., James, Lydia J., Harmanus, Amanda, Eliza, Anna and two who died in infancy. The second wife died in 1833, and in 1857 Mr. Cockerill married her sister, Eliza Mooney, who died in 1862. The fourth and last marriage of William S. Cockerill occurred in 1864, when he was united in marriage to Mrs. Doster, who died in 1873. William S. Cockerill lived until December 19, 1879, being nearly ninety years of age at the time of his death. He was a prosperous farmer and left an FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO - 705 estate of four hundred acres of excellent land, which is now held by his descendants. Thomas G. Cockerill, the son of William S. and Anna (Lehman) Cockerill, was born in 1812, and was married September 29, 1831, to Sylvitha Cochran, the daughter of Barnabas and Charlotta Cochran, natives of New Jersey and early settlers of Ohio, who came to this state in 1806. To Thomas G. Cockerill and wife were born nine children, William Newton, Martha T., Edward Estell, Jacob, 'Thomas, Samuel S., James W., Amelia 0. and Eldridge W. Four of these sons were in the Civil War, where they made a distinguished record for themselves. All of the nine children grew to manhood and womanhood, married and reared families of their own. Edward Estell Cockerill, named in honor of the Rev. Edward Estell, was born January 22, 1837, in the township where he has always lived except ten years in other states. He is the third child of Thomas G. Cockerill and wife and one of the most highly honored residents of this county. He was born in a log cabin in Perry township, and spent a few months of his boyhood years in the primitive schools of his home neighborhood, and early in life became used to hard manual labor. He married two years before the Civil War opened and left his wife and two small children to serve his country. He .enlisted in the One Hundred and Sixty-eighth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry and served for four months toward the close of the struggle. Immediately after being mustered out of the service he returned to his farm and has been following that vocation since. He bought his present farm of two hundred and thirty acres, six miles from Washington C. H., in 1881, which farm was a part of his grandfather's estate and is now one of the most attractive farms in Perry township. Mr. Cockerill has always been a heavy stock raiser and has been uniformly successful along this particular line. He keeps his farm in good repair and has always kept it to a high state of productivity, so that he is able to secure the maximum results from his labors. Mr. Cockerill was married October 11, 1859, to Heressa Bineger, the daughter of George and Mary Bineger, natives of Virginia, and to this union have been born eleven children, Dennis, Eldridge, Minnie, A. G., Orville, Carrie, Melvin, Almeda, Gilbert, Lurella, Frank Willard. Dennis and Eldridge died before their father went to the front during the Civil War; Minnie married Eugene Homey and has four children, Fred, Jessie, George and Ralph ; A. G. married Naomi Marks and has three children, Cleo (who (45) 706 - FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO. married James Beatty, and has one son, Russell B.), Clayton and Angeline; Orville is married ; Carrie married Mr. Craig and has three children, Genevieve, Otis and Helen; Melvin married Miss Meeks and has four children, Edward M., Melvin, Russell and Estella ; Almeda is single and still living with her parents ; Lurella is the wife of Harry Silkot and has two children, Roland and Edward, deceased ; Frank W. married Miss Coffman and has one child ; Gilbert is married and has one son, Marcus. Mr. Cockerill has been a life-long Republican in politics and has always been very much interested in political matters. He has been trustee of his township. served as member of the school board, while he was commissioner of Fayette county for two terms. Fraternally, he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Grand Army of the Republic. He has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church for more than fifty years and has always been much interested in church work. He and his wife celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1909 and the occasion was observed in a most happy style. Mr. Cockerill is one of the best beloved men in the township and no one is held in higher esteem and greater affection. C. H. PERK A farmer and stock raiser of Jasper township, Fayette county, Ohio, is C. H. Perrill, who was born in this county forty-four years ago on his father's farm near where he is now living. His parents located in this county several years before the Civil War, and his father became one amongst the largest land owners of the township. Mr. Perrill is a practical farmer and has made a success of his chosen life. While primarily interested in his own affairs. yet he has not neglected to take his share of the burdens of civic life and gives his unreserved support to all measures of merit. C. H. Perrill, the son of John and Margaret (Sparks) Perrill, was born November 25, 1870, in Jasper township, on his father's farm about eight miles northwest of Washington C. H. His .father was born June 17, 1823, in Highland county, Ohio, and lived there until he reached his fourteenth year. He then went to Pike county, Ohio, and lived with his grandparents until he attained his majority. He then became interested in the live stock. business and Arove. stock from Ohio to Pennsylvania and New York markets, following this line of activity Until he was twenty-nine years of age. In 1852 he came to Fayette county and here was married on November 14, 1855, to Margaret J. Sparks, the daughter of Elias Sparks. FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO - 707 John Perrill was the son of Hugh Perrill, who died in Kentucky about 1847, and his wife died in Highland county, Ohio, in 1835. To John Perrill :and wife were born eleven children : George, Mrs. Iva Acton, Louis, Edward, Mrs. Rebecca Custis, Charles ,H., Mrs. Laura Jones, Mrs. Margaret Glass, Frank and two who died in infancy. John Perrill was one of three children, the others being James and Mrs. Mary Brown. C. H. Perrill received all of his education at the South Plymouth school in this county. At the age of twenty-six he assumed the management of his father's large estate. He has identified himself with the various activities of his township, and although unmarried he takes an active interest in the social life of his locality. Politically, Mr. Perrill is a Republican, but often gives his support to a deserving friend of the opposing party. JACOB V. KENNELL. One of the many farmers of German ancestry in Fayette county is Jacob V. Kennell, of Union township, who has been a resident of this county for the past half century. He has inherited all of those sterling characteristics which have made the Germans successful wherever they have located and in whatever occupations they have engaged. The thrift and economy of the people from the Fatherland has become proverbial and they never fail to make a success of any undertaking to which they turn their attention. While Mr. Kennell has been primarily interested in his own affairs he has not neglected to take his share of the burdens of -civic life and has thereby won the esteem and regard of his fellow citizens. Jacob V. Kennell, the son of Valentine and Mary (Dohn) Kennell, was born in Jackson county, Ohio, October 18, 1849. His father was born in Germany and came to America when a small boy with his parents, locating in Jackson county, Ohio. The family were among the early settlers and became prominently identified with the history of Jackson county. Valentine grew to manhood in that county, married there and came to. Fayette county in 1864 with his family. He and his wife reared a family of seven children, Catherine, Eva (deceased), Jacob V., Mrs. Barbara Miller (deceased), Mrs. Anna Nichols, William (deceased) and John. The education of Jacob V. Kennell was received in a rude log school -house in Jackson county and in the district schools of Union township in Fay- 708 - FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO. ette county. He worked on his father's farm until his marriage and then began for himself on a rented farm in Union township. He saved his money and within a short time was able to buy part of his present farm. As he prospered from year to year he added to his land. holdings until he now owns one hundred and sixty acres of fine land in Union and Marion townships about four miles from the county seat. He has placed some valuable improvements on his farm and has built a fine country home of ten rooms, his home being equipped with all of the modern conveniences. He has divided his attention between the raising of crops and live stock with excellent success and is ranked among the best farmers of his township. Mr. Kennell was married March 5, 1872, to Catherine Knotts, the daughter of Henry B. and Rachael (McGowen) Knotts. To this union there have been born three children : Eva, deceased, who was the wife of J. E. Robinson, and had one daughter, Catherine ; Mae, the wife of Joseph Allemang; Percy, who married Nellie Heistand. The Democratic party has received the hearty support of Mr. Kennell since reaching his majority and he has always taken an active part in local political affairs. He has been especially interested in educational matters and has served as clerk of the school board of his township for the past twenty-one years, a remarkable record and one which shows the confidence his fellow citizens have in his ability. LOUIS PERRILL. There are three means of measuring the magnitude of the farmer's income : the area of land under cultivation, the amount of working capital employed and the productive labor the farm furnishes. These three factors are not independent of each other. In general, the larger the area of productive land the greater the working capital and the amount of productive labor, but this is not always the case. Data are not available for determining the independent influence of these three means of measuring the magnitude of the farming business, but much data has been collected by the United States government to show that each is closely correlated with profit. A most interesting study has been recently issued by the Department of Agriculture in regard to the farmer's profits. A detailed study of two hundred and seventy-three farms in Indiana, Illinois and Iowa revealed the fact that FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO - 709 average profits are as follows : For farms averaging thirty-seven acres the profit was $416 : seventy-two acres averaged $848, and increasing averages up to six hundred and twenty-three acres with a profit of $6,182. Whether Fayette county measures up to these averages the historian does not know, but if all the farmers of the county were as successful as Louis Perrill, there would be no question but that they were fully up to the average. Louis Perrill, the son of John and Margaret J. (Sparks) Perrill, was born November 10, 1862, in Jasper township, in this county. His father was a native of Ross .county, Ohio, and came to Fayette county when a young man. He married after settling in this county and reared a family of eleven children, nine of whom are still living : George, Mrs. Ivy Acton, Louis, Mrs. Rebecca Custus, Edward L., Mrs. Laura M. Jones, Mrs. Margaret Glass, C. H., Frank and two infants who died in infancy. The mother of these eleven children was the daughter of Elias and (Hall) Sparks. John Perrill, the father of Louis, was one of three children, the other two being James and Mrs. Mary Brown. Louis Perrill was educated in the schools of Jasper township and early in life began to assist with the work on the home farm. He spent all of his summer vacations on the farm and in this way had a good practical knowledge of all phases of agricultural life by the time he had reached his majority. At the age of. twenty-six he moved to his present farm of two hundred and forty-seven acres, which, with the farm of one hundred and thirty acres since acquired, makes him one of the largest land owners of his township. He divides his attention between farming and stock raising and has met with a success commensurate with his efforts. Mr. Perrill was married February 9, 1898, to Lucy Johnson, the daughter of Solomon and Mary (Creamer) Johnson. To this marriage there has been born one son, Wallace C. Mr. Perrill and his wife are loyal members of the Methodist Protestant church and are actively engaged in the work of their church. Mr. Perrill is superintendent of the Sabbath school and one of the class leaders of his denomination. Fraternally, he is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons and the Junior Order of United American Mechanics. Politically, he has always been identified with the Republican party and has been active in political matters in his county. He has served as trustee of Jefferson township to the satisfaction of his fellow citizens and at the present time is filling the important office of county commissioner, being elected to that position in the fall of 1912 by a handsome majority and re-elected in the fall of 1914 for a second term by one thousand majority. 710 - FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO. HON. JAMES D. POST. It is a pleasure to investigate the career of a. successful, self-made man.. Peculiar honor attaches to that individual who, by his own unaided efforts,. gradually overcomes the obstacles in the. pathway of success and by the master strokes of his own force and vitality succeeds in forging his way to.. the front and winning for himself a position of influence and esteem among his fellow citizens. Such is the record, briefly stated, of him whose name. appears at the head of these paragraphs and who for several decades has been numbered among the successful lawyers and representative citizens .of. Fayette county. His life-long residence in this community has made his name widely and familiarly known. His life and the history of this locality for more than fifty years have been contemporaneous and he has performed his full share in the upbuilding, development and progress of the county, taking an especially prominent part in the later-day growth of the community. He has been a consistent man in all phases of his career and his life has. been characterized by an entire absence of pretense or sham. He is what the community holds him to be, a man among men, and one who has fairly earned the high position which is today his. James D. Post was born on a farm near Washington C. H., Fayette county, Ohio, on November 23, 1863. His parents, Abraham and Mary Jane (McCoy) .Post, also were natives of Fayette county, and both died here, the father in 1909, at the age of sixty-eight years, and the mother at the early age of twenty-six years. Abraham Post was a farmer by vocation and was the son of Valentine Post, who came, with his wife, from Pennsylvania, being numbered among the earliest pioneers of Fayette county. Here his death occurred at an advanced age.. To him and his wife were born the following children : Andrew, Jacob, Abraham, Wesley, Barbara, Ann, Nelson and Sarah J. Berry. Mary Jane Post was the daughter of Patrick and Elizabeth McCoy, who also were early settlers in Fayette county. Their children. were Patrick, Abraham, John, Sylvester, Elias, Mary J., Sarah J., Price, Ann (McCartney) and Rebecca (Drais). To the subject's parents. were born two children besides himself, Esker, deceased, and Addie, the wife of Thomas M. Hare, of Baltimore, Maryland. James D. .Post has spent his entire life in Fayette county and his boyhood days were spent on his father's farm, where he not only gained a sound body, but also became imbued with those sterling principles of industry, perseverance and independence which, have been marked characteristics of his FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO - 711 later life. His early educational training was received in the district schools, which was supplemented by a course in the National Normal University, at Lebanon, Ohio. During the following five years. Mr. Post was engaged in teaching school, and during this period he earnestly gave his attention to the study of law, the practice of which profession he had determined to make his life work. In 1887 he was examined and admitted to the bar and at once came to Washington C. H. and "hung out his shingle." That he has been eminently successful in his chosen calling is a matter of local history, for Mr. Post has for many years been numbered among the leaders of the Fayette county bar, being connected with much of the important litigation in the local courts and being frequently employed in the courts of neighboring counties. As a member of the bar he has ever faithfully and honorably discharged his duty, and has always maintained the respect that is due to courts of justice. He has always counseled and maintained such actions and.defenses only as appeared to him to be just and has adhered so closely to the professional code of ethics that he has merited the confidence which has universally been placed in him. Politically, a life-long supporter of the Democratic party, Mr. Post has for many years stood high in the councils of his party, wielding a large influence and being numbered among the party's leaders in this section of the state. In recognition of his ability, he was, in 1910, nominated and elected to represent this congressional district, the seventh, in the national legislative body. No member of Congress entered upon his labors there with a more sincere devotion to his constituents' interests than did Mr. Post, and that they appreciated and recognized his efforts was evidenced by his reelection to Congress in the fall of 1912. He is a close student of public questions affecting the financial, economic, educational and moral interests of the country and he has invariably been found on the right side of . these great questions. Religiously, Mr. Post and his wife are earnest members of the Presbyterian church, to which they contribute liberally: Fraternally, Mr. Post is a member of Sample Lodge No. 227, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. In 1885 James D. Post was married to Mrs. Mary J. Snider, a native of Ohio, and the daughter of J. J. and Catharine (Creamer) Worthington; also natives of the Buckeye state. These parents had three children, David I., Lee and Mary J. To Mr. and Mrs. Post has been born one son, Claude L., who is an attorney in Columbus; Ohio, and who married Lois Jones. 712 - FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO. By her first marriage Mrs. Post is the mother of a daughter, Effie, the wife of T. E. Leland. Mr. Post has always been an active supporter of all local movements tending to the upbuilding of the community, and is a stockholder and director of the Milledgeville Bank. Though very busy in the practice of his profession and in discharging his official duties at Washington, D. C., Mr. Post does not evade his ordinary duties as a citizen and, because of his life and attainments, he deserves representation in the annals of his county. ALEXANDER DAWSON. Although a resident of this county but a short time, Alexander Dawson has been here long enough to let his neighbors judge of his character and worth as a citizen. Born and reared in Ross county, this state, in 1888, he came to this county and in 1913 moved to his present place in Marion township, on a farm of fifty acres on the Circleville pike eight miles from Washington C. H. He comes from an old and highly esteemed pioneer family and has inherited those excellent qualities which made his forefathers prominent citizens of the various communities in which they resided. He is a man of clean and wholesome life and interested in everything which pertains to the general welfare of his locality, thereby well meriting the high esteem in which he is held. Alexander Dawson, the son of Dillie and Rebecca (Baughman) Dawson, was born November 17, 1849, in. Ross county, Ohio, near Clarksburg. Dillie Dawson was the son of John and Catherine Dawson, natives of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and early settlers in Ross county, Ohio. Dillie Dawson was bound out when a small boy, owing to the death of his father, and was essentially a self-made man in every particular. He grew to manhood in Ross county, married and reared a family of seven children, Marion, Sarah Jane, Alexander, Dillie, Owen, Jasper and one who died in infancy. Of these children, Alexander, Owen and Jasper are still living. Alexander Dawson was educated in the schools of Clarksburg, Ohio, and early in life went to work on the farm. He lived in Ross county until 1888, when he came to Fayette county, where he is now living.- He is a self-made man, having started in life with nothing and has attained his present standing solely through his own unaided efforts. Mr. Dawson was married on November 21, 1872, to Emma Shockley, FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO - 713 the daughter of William and Martha (Dennis) Shockley, and to this union eight children have been born, Clarke, Harry, Owen, William, Mary, Lillie, Clara and Nettie. Clarke married Edna Hoskins, and has two children, Opal and Forrest ; Harry is deceased; William married Ida Mattson and has two children, Virgil and Mabel ; Mary became the wife of G. W. Rogers; Lillie is the wife of Guy Brown and has two children, Frank and Paul, deceased ; Clara is the wife of James Hunter, and has four children, Vera, Robert, Ruth and Ethel V. ; Nettie married Lawrence Losey and has two children, Dorothy and Paul. Politically, Mr. Dawson has been a life-long Democrat and has always taken a deep interest in local political matters. After coming to Fayette county, he served as township trustee and was road supervisor while living in Pickaway county, filling the latter position for twelve years. Mr. Dawson is a man of pleasing personality, and has won many friends since becoming a resident of this township and county.. WILLIAM H. SHELEY. It is an excellent thing to be born to great wealth, but it is a more excellent thing to be born to a good name. When ancestors through many generations have lived useful lives and made a splendid name for themselves by devotion to duty and honor, it is one of the brightest inheritances which can be left to descendants. And so the families who had representatives in the Revolution or in the service of the country many years ago, boast of such service and found organizations of the descendants,, with the record of the fathers as the foundation stone. Descendants of families which came to the wilderness of Ohio and carved refined and Christian homes from the primeval wilds may well boast of the deeds of their fathers and mothers who conquered the woods and made the soil blossom with the flowers of industry- and peace. And for this great service, so long since unselfishly rendered, their children of today may well rise up and call them blessed. Such has been the inheritance of the subject of this brief sketch. William H. Sheley, farmer and stock raiser, residing on his one-hundred and-sixty-acre , farm, located about four miles from Washington C. H., on the Bloomingburg road, first saw the light of day on January 12, 1849, in Greene county, Ohio, near Jamestown. It was at that point that the earliest of the family settled when they came to this state in 1802 and took up gov- 714 - FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO. ernment land, carving out of the wilderness the home which was a famils, possession for so many years. Mr. Sheley is a son of T. L. and Sarah (Phillips) Sheley, who in their day and generation were among the most prominent citizens of Greene county. They were refined and kindly people whose useful lives shed a beneficent influence over the entire community where they passed their lives and in that same neighborhood they were laid to rest when death called them from their activities here below. Mr. Shelev's paternal grandparents were Michael and Louisa (Strong.) Sheley, the former of whom was horn near Winchester, Virginia, and was a son of John and Anna (Bealler) Sheley. John was a native of Germany, who came to this country in his young manhood and the Bealler family were emigrants from Ireland, locating in Virginia early in its history. John had become a naturalized American before the outbreak of the War of the Revolution and during that conflict was for seven years in the famous Virginia Continentals. Mr. Sheley was one of a family of seven children, the second in order of birth, and when a boy attended the common schools of the home locality and in his spare time assisted with the work of the home farm. He remained under the parental roof until he attained his majority, when he started out in life for himself. His first venture was the renting of a tract of land. He first came to this county in 189o, when he purchased a farm and permanently Ideated here. HOwever, he later disposed of his original holdings and purchased his present location from the Hays estate. He devotes his energies to general farming and the raising of live stock. On December 12, 1872, Mr.. Sheley was united in marriage with Martha Tressler, born on March 13, 185d, in Greene county, a daughter of Peter and Catherine (Smith) Tressler. Peter Tressler was a life-long farmer and a son of John and Sarah (Fudge) Tressler. John was a native of Virginia and was one of the early settlers of Greene county, where he was prominent in everything that made for the public good. Mr. and Mrs. Sheley are the parents of three children, the oldest of whom, Thurman, married Lula Minton and is the father of three children : Doris, Earl and Zelma. He resides on the farm. Clarence, the second son, lives at home, while Kathreen, the daughter of the family, is the wife of Irwin West and lives at Jeffersonville. Mr. Sheley is an earnest and consistent member of the Methodist Protestant church, while politically, he gives his support to the Democratic party. He is regarded as one of the leading men of that party in this locality. He has been a trustee for the Children's Home for the past fourteen years. Mr. Sheley is one who has not only succeeded along material lines, but has won for himself something better than possessions in the honor and respect ac- FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO - 715 corded him by his fellowmen and their tribute to .his usefulness as a. citizen._ He 'began his business career low on the ladder of success, but to his undertaking he applied himself with courage, industry and perseverance and has, attained a commensurate degree of success. SCOTT BEATTY. One of the largest farmers and stock raisers of Fayette county, Ohio. is Scott Beatty, who is the owner of about eight hundred acres of land in Fayette and Pickaway counties, Ohio. The first members of this family came to Fayette county about 1818 and settled on land south of Samuel Dew. Mr. Beatty has devoted his life to agricultural pursuits and is known as one of the largest cattle raisers of Fayette county, having made a specialty of this particular phase of stock raising. He is a man of marked business ability and good judgment and has always so conducted his affairs as to win. the high esteem of his fellow citizens, while at the same time adding to his material possessions. Scott Beatty, the son of Isaac NewtOn and Margaret (Hidy) Beatty, was horn September 9, 1850, in Marion township, Fayette county, Ohio, and moved to Pickaway county in 1868, and moved back to Madison township in 1908. His father was born in Marion township, the son of James and Rebecca (Gibson) Beatty. James Beatty came from Hampshire county, Virginia, in 1818, and located in Marion township, where he and his wife reared a family of five children : Isaac Newton, Milton, James G., Samuel and Mary. The parents of Margaret Hidy Beatty came from Pendleton county, West Virginia, about 1800 and located in Fayette county, Ohio. Scott Beatty received his elementary education in the district schools, a fterWard attending the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio. After graduating from this excellent institution he returned .to the farm and has since devoted his life to the various phases of . agriculture. At the age of twenty-one he began farming for himself and by good management and keen foresight has so managed his affairs as to accumulate an estate of eight hundred acres, being one of the largest land owners of the county. Mr. Beatty was married June 28, 1874, to Mary Decker, the daughter of A. S. and Catherine (Timmons) Decker. Mr. Beatty was born in Waterloo, Ohio, her father having located in, that city immediately after coming' to this country from Switzerland, where he was born. A. S. Decker was a 716 - FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO. harness maker by trade, and he and his wife were the parents of two children : Mary, the wife of. Mr. Beatty, and Wesley. Mr. Beatty and his wife have one daughter, Margaret A., the wife of William Strope. Mr. and Mrs. Strope are the parents of three daughters : May, Hazel and Fern. William Strope was born November 5, 1874, at Manara, Ohio, the son of Lafayette and Essie (Brown) Strope. Lafayette Strope came from Compton Creek, Ohio, and was the son of William Strope, a native of Virginia. Lafayette Strope and wife had a family of six children: Charles, Nancy, Clara, Mary, William and Mrs. Inez . Tharp. After leaving school Mr. Strope learned the telegrapher's trade and was for several years an operator on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad at Orient, Ohio. He married Margaret A. Beatty on the 19th day of June, 1895, and since then has assisted his father-in-law on the farm. He is a Republican in politics and, fraternally, is a 'member of the Knights of Pythias. Mr. Beatty adheres to the principles and policies of the Republican party but has never been active in the political affairs of his township or county, his extensive agricultural interests demanding all of his time and attention. His wife died in 1913 and since then he has been making his home with his daughter, Mrs. William Strope. Fraternally, Mr. Beatty is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons and the Knights of Pythias. J. W. HAIGLER. The Haigler family trace their ancestry back to the little mountainous republic of Switzerland. J. W. Haigler, whose history is presented in this connection, is the fourth in direct line from the first member of the family to come to this country. The name of the first member of the family to settle in America has been lost, but it is known thit he was married before coming to this country and that he settled in Pennsylvania and reared a large family of children who located in Hadry and Pendleton counties, Virginia, upon reaching 'manhood and marrying. One of the several children born to this first member of the family to come to Virginia was William. who is the great-grandfather of J. W. Haigler. William Haigler married Magdalena Whitzel and located in Virginia, where he reared a large family. A family .of fourteen children were born to William Haigler and wife: Phoebe, the wife of Jesse Harper; John, who married Phoebe Skidmore; Anna, the wife of Eli Brand; Christina, the wife of Jonathan Nelson; Eliza- FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO - 717 beth, the wife of Jesse Buckbee ; Jacob, who married Christina Harper; Mary, the wife of Michael Carr ; Susan, the wife of George Miller; George, who married and had at least two sons, George and Zebdee ; Henry, who removed to Canada ; Jehu and Martin, concerning whom nothing is known; William and Clara, who died in childhood. John Haigler, the second child, who became the grandfather of J. W. Haigler, lived for a time in West Virginia, and spent his declining years in Labette county, Kansas. John Haigler and wife were the parents of six children : Elijah, the father of J. W., whose career is set forth later on ; Morgan, who married Elizabeth Armentrout; James, who married Edith Speakman ; Rebecca, the wife of George H. Kyle; Levina, the wife of C. Smith, and Lucinda, the life of Jehu Judy. Elijah M. Haigler was born in Pendleton county, West Virginia, September 26, 1826, and came to Fayette county, Ohio, when he was a young man of twenty-one. He only remained in Fayette county for a short time and then returned to West Virginia, and a year later returned to Fayette county and became interested in the raising of live stock. He was married in 1859 to Letitia Hays, and to this union were born five children : John W., Mrs. Julia Kennedy, Albert, Charles and Mrs. Jennie Todhunter. John W. Haigler, the oldest child of Elijah M. and Letitia (Hays) Haigler, was born on the farm where Albert Haigler is now living, May 28, 1862. He went to school for a time in Fayette county and later went to Virginia, where he attended school in Rockingham county and then completed his education by attending college at Lebanon, Ohio. At the age of ,twenty-two he began farming for himself by renting land from his father. After renting a few years he bought his present farm of seventy-seven acres about twelve miles from the county seat. He is a stock raiser and keeps a high grade of stock on his farm at all times. Mr. Haigler was married on Christmas day, 1894, to Emma L. Heironimous, the daughter of Joshua G. and Phoebe (Hutchinson) Heironimous, and to this union have been born three children : Nellie Letitia, Candace Marie and Elijah Morl, deceased. Both of the daughters are graduates of the Jeffersonville high school. Politically, Mr. Haigler is identified with the Republican party and has always been more or less interested in local politics. He has been a member of the school board of his township, as well as township assessor, filling these positions in a satisfactory manner to his fellow citizens. He and his family are consistent and loyal members of the Methodist Episcopal church, in whose welfare they are greatly interested. Mr. Haigler is a trustee of his local denomination.. 718 - FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO. DR. FRANCIS MARION BLACK. The late Dr. Francis M. Black was a prominent citizen of Darbyville, Ohio, for many years and during his residence here in the county he took an active part in every phase of the development of Washington C. H. and Fayette county. He was a distinguished soldier of the Civil War and was always interested in the welfare of the old soldiers. He was not a man of pretense and therefore did not pose as a perfect man. But he was a man of high ideals, and,. like men of strength of character, his ideals were always above him. His ideals were not meager, but full, broad and telling—ideals of home, of social life, of business, of the sanctuary, of obligation and duty, of faith and religion. He was a man whose speech was sane, whose honor was unswerving, and whose word was pure gold. Dr. Francis M. Black, the son of William. and Elizabeth Black, was born in Pickaway county, Ohio, October 27, 1827, and died in Washington C. H., Ohio, January 20, 1902. He was one of nine children, all of whom are now deceased with the exception of Captain Edward R., of Leistville, Ohio. Doctor Black was educated in the ,public schools of his native county and received his medical education under the tutelage of Doctor Hull, of Circleville, Ohio, to which he added a course of lectures in the medical school at Columbus. He began the practice of medicine at Williamsport, Ohio, in 1849, but the next year moved to Darbyville, Ohio, where he resided until 188'3. In that year he removed to Washington C. H., where he lived the remainder of his life. While in Darbyville he was in partnership with Doctor Allen for some years, after which he practiced alone. Upon, settling in Washington C. H. he entered into partnership, with Dr. C. A. Foster and they remained together for several years: Doctor Black owned .a fine farm near Darbyville to which he gave his careful supervision. He sold this farm and invested in Pickaway county farm land and had nearly four hundred acres of well-improved land at the time of his death. He was interested in the business life of Washington C. H. and was president and a large stockholder of one of the largest banks in the city. At the time of his death he was the oldest physician in the .county although he had practically retired from active practice a few years before his death. Doctor. Black was married in October, 1853, to Mary Zinn Ambrose, a daughter of Elijah and Prudence (Sharp) Zinn. His widow is still living in this city in the old homestead. There were no children born to this union. Doctor Black was a Scottish Rite Mason and had attained to the thirty- FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO - 719 second degree and was also a member of the Mystic Shrine; He was always active in Masonic affairs and was interred with full Masdnic honors. Mrs. Black has been a life-long member of the Methodist, church and although Doctor Black was not a member of . the denomination, yet he was a regular .attendant upon. its services. He lived a life of usefulness and honor in every respect and was truly one of the noblemen of earth. In the year 1862 Doctor Black enlisted in Company A, Ninetieth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was elected captain of his company immediately after it was mustered into the service. His regiment was attached to the Fourteenth Army Corps and fought in many of the bloodiest ,engagements of the war. At the battle of Stone River his regiment suffered fearful losses, but he escaped without injury although many of his brave comrades fell to rise no more. The Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic took a prominent part at the time of the funeral services. Thus briefly is told the story of the life of a good citizen. He came to the end of life's journey with no regrets on account of a wasted life. The trail he has left in this world he has found in that better world where he is now marching with those who have kept the faith and fought the fight which ends in eternal happiness. JESSE WELTON. The history of every man is an. account of what he does, and the history of such a man as Jesse Welton, a large land owner of Jefferson township, is interesting in view of the fact that he started in at the foot of the ladder and by his own energy and determination has accumulated a farm of more than five hundred acres. He is strictly a self-made man who has achieved his success because of his sterling personal. qualities, and being a man of high ideals and correct principles of life, he is well deserving of the high esteem in which he is universally held throughout the county. Jesse Welton, the son of Solomon and Mary (Clarke) Welton, was born March 17, 1851, in Petersburg, Virginia. Solomon Welton and wife were born in Hardy county, West Virginia, and never left the county of their nativity, he dying in 1862,. and the. wife and mother many years later. Both are buried in the cemetery at Petersburg, West Virginia: Three children. were born. to Solomon. Welton and Wife: Aaron, Jesse, and Mary, the wife of B. J.. Baker. 720 - FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO. Jesse Welton received his education in the schools of his native town and remained at home until he was twenty-five years of age. He then left his native state and came to Fayette county, Ohio, where he began working by the month. Being of a frugal turn of mind, he saved his money and when he had accumulated one thousand dollars, he began renting land in this county, and continued farming in this way for seven years, at which time he married and purchased a farm in Jefferson township. Being compelled to exercise the closest economy in order to buy this farm it was but a natural thing for him to continue his frugal habits after beginning to farm for himself on his own land. He invested his savings in land and kept on increasing his acreage until at the present time he is the owner of five hundred and ten acres of fine land in Jefferson township. He finds the most profitable part of his farming is in the raising of live stock, feeding a large number of cattle and hogs each year for the markets. Mr. Welton was married to Susan Parrett, the daughter of Isaac and Mary A. (Kiplinger) Parrett, natives of Virginia, and to this union has been born one son, Wilbur J., who is now farming with his father. MILLS GARDNER. The late Mills Gardner,. of Washington, C. H., Ohio, was one of the distinguished lawyers and educated men of his day and was a son of one of tlic honored families of Ohio. A man of high moral character and unimpeachable integrity, persistent industry and excellent professional judgment, he stood as a leader in his state for nearly half a century, in the largest and best sense of the term. Mr. Gardner was one of the notable men of his day and generation and as such is entitled to a conspicuous place in the annals of his state. As a citizen he was public-spirited and enterprising to an unwonted degree. As a statesman he was the peer of any of his contemporaries. As a business man he exercised those qualities which distinguish men of industry ; and, as a friend and neighbor, he combined those qualities of head and heart that won confidence and commanded respect. Hon. Mills Gardner, the son of Seth and Elma Sands (Barrere) Gardner, was born at Russellville, Brown county, Ohio, January 30, 1830, and died at Washington C. H., Ohio, on the 2oth day of February, 1910. His father was born in New York and his mother in Ohio. For most of their married hie they lived in Russellville, Ohio, where they reared their three FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO - 721 sons, George B., Mills and Thomas. Seth Gardner was a merchant in Russellville for many years and died there late in life. His widow, Elma S. Gardner, died in Washington C. H. at the age of eighty-five. Seth Gardner was a son of Benjamin and Lucy (Hawks) Gardner. Benjamin Gardner was born in Exeter, Washington county, Rhode Island, and served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War. The maternal grandfather of Mills Gardner was George W. Barrere and his wife was Abigail Mills, both of whom were natives of Virginia. Mills Gardner received his early education in the common schools of New Market, Highland county, Ohio, and afterwards attended an academy taught by the Rev. John Rankin at Ripley, Ohio. He left school when he was fourteen years of age to enter a dry goods store as clerk. It was while he was working as a clerk in this store that he began the study of law under the supervision of his uncle, Hon. Nelson Barrere, of Hillsboro, Ohio. In .1854 Mr. Gardner moved to Washington C. H., Ohio, where he lived until his death. He was admitted to the bar in 1855 and was engaged in the practice of his profession and in public service for the remainder of his days. Mr. Gardner was a life-long Republican and was a leader of his party for more than a quarter of a century. In 1855 he was elected prosecuting attorney of Fayette county and re-elected to the same position, serving four years. In' 1862 he was elected to the State Senate and served two years in the Legislature. In 1864 Mr. Gardner was presidential. elector from his congressional district and voted for Abraham Lincoln. In 1866 he was elected to the House of Representatives in the State Legislature and served for one term. His next public service was as a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1872, to which he was elected by the voters in his district. The highest official position to which he attained was that of member of Congress, to which he was elected in the fall of 1876. He was a member of the forty-fifth Congress from the third congressional district of Ohio, and in the same year was a member of the Republican national convention, which nominated Rutherford B. Hayes for President. While in Congress, Mr. Gardner sat between the two martyred Presidents, James A. Garfield and William McKinley, and was a warm friepd of both men. This position completed the official career of Mr. Gardner, which gave him distinction. As a lawyer Mr. Gardner had a large practice and as a pleader before the jury he had few equals in the state. He was interested in business affairs and was a stockholder in several financial institutions of his county. He was president of the Commercial Bank for several years. He built one (46) 722 - FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO. of the most beautiful residences in Washington C. H., where his two daughters are still residing. Mr. Gardner was always an active worker in the Methodist Episcopal church and was one of the committee which built the present church at Washington C. H. This was the third church of this denomination and Mr. Gardner had helped to build the first two as well. He was a very liberal contributor to the church find was never happier than when engaged in some kind of religious work. He conducted a large men's class and a Bible school for several years and was regarded as a most efficient teacher. The domestic life of Mr., Gardner was very happy. He was married at the early age of twenty-one, in October, 1851, to Margaret Ann Morrow, the daughter of John and Martha Morrow. There were nine children born to Mr. Gardner and his wife, all having died in childhood with the exception of two daughters, Gertrude and Edith Hortense, both of whom are still living. Mrs. Gardner died October 20, 1898, and her husband survived her only a few years. The two daughters, Gertrude and Edith, took care of their father very tenderly after their mother's death. These two daughters are very prominent members of society and interested in everything pertaining to the advancement of the educational and religious welfare of their city. They were both active workers in the church and their influence is always used for the best things. WILLIAM M. CAMPBELL. A prominent business man of Washington C. H., Fayette county, Ohio; is William M. Campbell, vice-president of the Midland Grocery Company of Ohio and general manager of the Dahl-Millikan branch at Washington C. H. He has been a business man since his early manhood, his father having been :a general merchant all his life, and, consequently, his early training was such as to influence him in favor of a business career. He has been living in Washington C. H. since 1897, where he has charge of the Dahl-Millikan• branch of the Midland Grocery Company. William M. Campbell, the son of .Thomas-C. and Margaret L. (Brown) Campbell, was born in. Bainbridge, Ross county, Ohio,. February 28, 1871. His parents, who were natives of Ohio, reared a family of six children: William M.; of Washington C. H. ; Joseph Porter, of Bainbridge.; Frances of Bainbridge; T. Clifford, of Berlin, Germany ; Winifred, the wife of FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO - 723 David H. Roche, Jr., of Chillicothe, Ohio, and Frank, who died in early childhood. Thomas C. Campbell was born in Aberdeen, Ohio, and reared in Cynthiana, Pike county, Ohio. He was a general merchant and for forty-five years was a prominent merchant of Bainbridge, where he is now living a retired . life. He has extensive farming interests as well as mercantile interests in Ross county. Both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Thomas C. Campbell's father, William H. B. Campbell, of Aberdeen, Ohio, was a grandson of Evan Campbell, whose father was Mathew Campbell, one of the founders of Cincinnati, Ohio. Mathew Campbell was a son of Colin Campbell, of the house of the Scottish Lords and the seventh son of the Duke of Argyle, Scotland. The paternal grandparents of William M. Campbell, William H. B. and Nancy (Shofstahl). Campbell, were early settlers in Brown county, Ohio. William H. B.Campbell was the first man to start the Gretna Green for ferrying people across the Ohio river between Maysville, Kentucky, and Aberdeen, Ohio, and was a river boatman all his life: Thomas C. was the only child born to this union and was reared by an uncle and aunt, J. W. McCague. The maternal grandparents of William M. Campbell were Joseph P. and Mary (Perrill) Brown. Joseph P. Brown was merchant and farmer at Bainbridge, where he died at an advanced age. Mr. Brown and his wife reared a large family of children, Margaret L., John, Frances, Perrill F., Effie and Elizabeth. William M. Campbell was reared in Bainbridge, Ohio, and graduated from the high school of Bainbridge in 1889. He then entered the Eastman Business College at Poughkeepsie, New York, and graduated from that excellent institution in the spring of 1891. He then began clerking in his father's store at Bainbridge, Ohio, and later took charge of the store, remaining at Bainbridge until after his marriage in 1897. In that year he came to Washington C. H. and took a position with the Dahl-Millikan Company in order to learn the grocery business. He went through . all of the office positions and traveled on the road as a salesman for the company for a few years. He then returned to the. home office in Washington C. H. and took charge of the buying, first of the notions, woodenware; etc., and later became the buyer for all of the departments of the store. He has been a director in the company ever since the organization of the Midland Company. He is now the vice-president of the .Midland Grocery Company, controlling two stores, one at Columbus and the other at. Washington C. H., known as the Dahl-Millikan branch. This company employs about forty salesmen on the 724 - FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO. road and is one of the largest wholesale grocery firms of the state. Mr. Campbell is essentially a self-made man and has worked his way up from a boy to his present position and is now one of the leading and eminently successful business men of Washington C. H. Mr. Campbell was married June 24, 1897, to Ethel Dahl, the daughter of George and Ruth (Bereman) Dahl. To this union one daughter, Virginia, has been born. Mrs. Campbell was born in Washington C. H. and spent her whole life here. Her death occurred on December 27, 1911. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell are stanch members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Campbell belongs to Bainbridge Lodge No. 196, Free and Accepted Masons ; Greenfield Chapter No. 133, Royal Arch Masons; Chillicothe Council, Royal and Select Masters, as well as Garfield Commandery No. 28, Knights Templar, at Washington C. H. He is also a member of the Scioto Consistory, Columbus, Ohio, being a thirty-second-degree Mason. He also holds his membership in the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks at Washington C. H. He is a director of the Fayette Canning Company and is a stockholder in the Fayette County Bank. In addition to his other interests, he owns two hundred and fifty acres in Union .township, in this county. Politically, he has always given his hearty support to the Republican party, but has never been a candidate for office. Mr. Campbell is recognized as a man of worth and stability of character and enjoys the highest esteem of his fellow citizens. FRANK C. PARRETT. The Parrett family was one of the first to locate in Fayette county, Ohio, and the various members of this family have been prominently identified with the history of this county for nearly a century. Frank C. Parrett is a worthy representative of this family and a man of broad and liberal education, who is now devoting himself to the supervision of extensive farming interests in Fayette and Greene counties. A graduate of the State University of Ohio, a newspaper man of several years' experience, he is now devoting himself to an agricultural career and is exhibiting marked ability in handling the large estate of his parents. Frank C. Parrett, the son of John S. and Alice (Coffman) Parrett, was born in Union township, Fayette county, Ohio, on the old Samuel Coffman homestead September 13, 1882. His parents, both of whom were also natives of Fayette county, had only one child, Frank C. John S. Parrett was reared