934 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. BIOGRAPHICAL. JOHN D. ABERNATHY. John D. Abernathy, retired farmer, Mount Sterling, was born in Hampshire County, Virginia, December 10, 1813. He is the oldest son of Robert and Mary Abernathy, who came to Ohio, bringing their two oldest children, in the year 1815. The grandfather of this subject was from Scotland; the grandmother from Ireland. Robert and Mary Abernathy first settled in Pickaway County, near Williamsport. About the year 1817, he bought a piece of land (one hundred and sixteen acres), where his son James now lives, in this county, on Deer Creek. Here he reared an honored family. His children were Mary Ann, born in 1809; John, in 1813; Eliza, in 1816; James, in 1819; Cynthia, in 1823; Marion, in 1831. This subject has been twice married. His first wife, Nancy Saw- MADISON TOWNSHIP - 935 yer, was born June 20, 1808, and was the daughter of William and Elizabeth (Smith) Sawyer. Their union took place October 27, 1836. She died April 10, 1868. They had born to them two sons: John C., born October 1, 1837; Smith, born June 7, 1840. For his second wife, he married the widow of W. D. Wood. Her maiden name was Lucinda Brown. She was born June 22, 1828, and their marriage took place April 20, 1869. The Browns were Virginians, and came to Ohio in 1820. Mr. Abernathy has been a man of great energy and business capacity. He has dealt largely in live stock, and in the years of his prime manhood, he had an extensive business acquaintance. He was a resident of this township for thirty-five years, and now owns and keeps oversight of a farm near White Oak. On account of bodily affliction, he retired from the farm a number of years ago. He now resides in Mount Sterling. His father was, at one time, a hotelkeeper of this village, but it was very many years ago. Mr. Abernathy remembers the village of Mount Sterling when there were not more than three houses in it. JAMES ABERNATHY. James Abernathy is among the oldest and most substantial farmers of this township. He is the son of Robert and Mary (Davis) Abernathy, whose biographies appear elsewhere. The family came from Virginia, in 1815. He was born March 1, 1819, on Duff's Fork, near where he now resides. He was married to Letitia Thomas, January 29, 1846. To their marriage five children have been born: Margaret Ann, born December 9, 1846, died December 5, 1847 Mary Josephine, born October 26, 1848, died July 15, 1851; Cynthia Alice, born May 15, 1850, died July 24, 1851; Mary Augusta, born February 22, 1854, and married A. C. Mace, of Ross County, April 14, 1874; William, born October 15, 1851, died May 4, 1855. Mrs. Abernathy was born July 26, 1826. In the year 1851, he purchased of his brothers and sisters their interest in the homestead of two hundred and seventy acres, to which he has since made some additions. He and his wife are members of the Christian Church, and have, in their past lives, a record of Christian piety. He is an enthusiastic Granger, and one of the most active members of Madison Grange No. 229. 936 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. MAHLON ANDERSON. Mahlon Anderson, blacksmith and farmer, is the second of three sons born to Levi and Nancy (Brown) Anderson, of Ohio. His grandparents were from Virginia, but came to Ohio, and settled near Chillicothe, in an early day. Our subject was born June 13, 1832, and having learned the trade of a blacksmith in the years of his minority, has devoted his life mainly to hard work at the anvil and bellows. He was married, June 8, 1856; to Helen Fulton, first daughter of John W. and Phoebe (Lyons) Fulton, of Ross County. To them have been born five children : Alfred A., born June 20, 1857; Nancy Ann, born May 6, 1859; William H., born May 31, 1861; Charlie, born September 30, 1872; Clara, born March 25, 1875. All are yet alive, and in good health. He established himself in Waterloo, in the year 1852, and in all these years has attended carefully to business, and, as a consequence, has prospered. He possesses a nice home in the village, besides some farm lands elsewhere. Their daughter, Nancy A., married Christopher Hanawalt, in February, 1876. Alfred married Ella Crabb, in January, 1880. JACHOMYER BALDWIN. Jachomyer Baldwin, farmer, is the fifth child, and second son, of Jonah and Mary (Bland) Baldwin, natives of Virginia. He was born August 20, 1815, near where he now resides. His parents and grandparents came to Ohio from Virginia, in 1812, and settled on Paint Creek, on what is known as the Baldwin and Wallace survey, and where Jachomyer yet resides. Our subject is of a family of eight children, three sons and five daughters. The sons were John, Jachomyer, and Joseph. The last named lives in Adams County, Indiana. John died some years since. Nancy, the youngest daughter, married Benjamin Corson, and died in 1854, leaving four children. The biography of her son, Jonah B., appears elsewhere. Our subject's four sisters still live. He enjoys the reputation of a hard-working, honest man. MADISON TOWNSHIP - 937 JOSEPH H. BAUGHN. This subject is the son of John and Melinda (Mitchem) Baughn, and was born in this county, February 10, 1858. He was ordinarily educated, and at the age of twenty-two, August 14, 1879, he enlisted in the regular army, and was assigned to the First United States Infantry. In a few days after his enlistment; the command to which he belonged was ordered to Fort Snelling, on the way to the Black Hills. Reaching their destination, they were at once assigned to duty, and for two months scouted on the plains with the hostile tribes. They then crossed into Montana, on foot, and for months the command campaigned in the mountains and plains of the great West, traversing Dakota, Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, and parts of the British possessions northward. Many of the adventures of this command are full of startling facts of romance and adventure. Mr. Baughn's term of service lasted fourteen months. He was discharged at Fort Meade, near Deadwood, and returned to his native state in August, 1880. He was married, December 25, 1880, to Emma, daughter of John and Sarah Shough, of' this county. JOHN BAUGHN. John Baughn; the subject of this biography, .was a native of Virginia, and was born on the 22d of' September, 1824. He was the second son, and fifth child, of Moses and Sarah (Yowell) Baughn. The Baughns came to Ohio, from Virginia, in 1832, when John was eight years of age. They settled near Washington. Our subject was married, December 31, 1855, to Melinda Mitchem, fourth daughter of William and Catherine (Wort) Mitchem. The nativity of the Mitchems is Virginia. Moses and Sarah Baughn had born to them : Harriet, Joseph, Maria, Catherine, John, Rebecca, Sarah, Matilda, and Mary Ann. William and Catherine Mitchem were the parents of seven children: Elizabeth, James, Lucinda, Sarah, Melinda, Mary and William. John and Melinda Baughn had born to them seven children : Sarah E., born September, 1856, married Joseph S. Baldwin, December 31, 1874 ; Joseph H., born February 10, 1858, married Emma Shough, December 24, 1880; William Moses, born October 938 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. 2, 1861, died February 2, 1879; Rosilla Catherine, born June 5, 1865 ; Lucy May, born December 1, 1868; John Lewis, born June 1, 1872 ; Albert J., born October 25, 1874, died October 26, 1874. Mr. Baughn, in the year 1868, bought the farm of one hundred acres, on which his family still resides. He continued to improve it until the time of his decease, which occurred, February 25, 1875. He was a man much esteemed for his good qualities, and his death was greatly lamented. DAVID BEALE. Of the substantial farmers of the northeastern part of this county, none are better entitled to favorable mention than David Beale, who lives on his well improved farm of two hundred and sixty acres of land, two miles from Mt. Sterling, on the Columbus road. He was born, November 1, 1840, in Pleasant Township, Madison County, Ohio, and is the third son, and fourth child, of S. S. and Harriet (Elmore) Beale, both born in Westmoreland County, Virginia. They came to Ohio in 1832, having been married the year before. Their children were: Charles H., Mary A., Jeremiah, David, John W., George, and Smith. David gave the years of his minority in assisting his father on the farm, and enjoyed the benefits of the common schools of his neighborhood. He was married, December 30, 1863, to Hannah A., oldest daughter of Dr. William and Hannah (Reeves) McClintock, of Madison County. They have had born to them three children: Flora A., torn November 3, 1864; Everett, born June 24, 1866, and Ross, born May 6, 1870. Mr. Beale has served the township well and long as trustee, and is always in the front rank of the march toward public improvement. JOSEPH G. BLOOMER. Nehemiah Bloomer, of English descent, a native of New York, and a tailor by trade, married Elizabeth Ketchum, of Welch descent, in the State of New Jersey. They lived successively in Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio, coming to the latter state in a very early day. Their seven children were: John, Daniel, Benjamin, William. Joseph, Phoebe, and Jesse. The sons were farmers, and more than one of them dealt largely in live stock, MADISON TOWNSHIP - 939 John and Daniel remained in Tennessee; the remainder of the family are named among the pioneer settlers of this county. The year of their coming to the state cannot be accurately stated. William divided his time between tailoring, farming, and building mills. Phoebe was a pioneer in the millinery business. She married Col. Aaron Johnson, who was sheriff of this county, and who, for a number of years, kept a hotel in Washington. They removed to Indiana. Joseph Bloomer was born in Virginia, June 30, 1786. He married Mary Robinson, daughter of Nicholas Robinson, a pioneer of Jefferson Township, near Jeffersonville. His oldest daughter, Rebecca, was born there, August 27, 1808, the Indians at that time being his nearest neighbors. Two other children were born to them—a daughter and son—both of whom died early in life. The wife and mother died in the year 1822, aged thirty-five years. He married for his second wife, Mary, the daughter of Captain Thomas McDonald. Captain McDonald was a soldier and spy under General Wayne, in 1794. He was a brother-in-law of General Duncan McArthur, a justice of the peace, and at one time a member of the Ohio Legislature. Joseph Bloomer was elected sheriff of this county in 1828, succeeding his brother-in-law, Colonel Johnson. He held the office for two terms, and after a retirement of two years, was again elected to the same office, and was again re-elected, serving in all, eight years. He was an excellent public officer. He died on his farm, five miles above Washington, July 9, 1859, aged seventy-three years, leaving a record of a busy, well spent life. His widow died, January 22, 1852, having been born, August 18, 1803. They were the parents of nine children : Joseph Gatch, born 1824; William Johnson, born 1826 ; Allen Trimble, born 1828 ; Eliza, born 1831; Thomas Marshall, born 1833 ; Phoebe, born 1835 ; Nancy Ann, born 1837 ; James Hinton, born 1841 ; Effie Jane, born 1844. Joseph Gatch Bloomer, the oldest son, resides with his family in Madison Township, midway between Bloomingburg and White Oak. He has been a resident of the county all his life. He located here in 1867. His education, which is above the average, is the result of a close application, and the careful improvement of the very meagre opportunities of the unfavorable times of his 940 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. youth. FrOm the year 1845 to 1855, he was an efficient teacher of the county. Since that time, he has given his time to farming and stock raising. At the age of twenty-seven years, he was married to Elizabeth Jane, daughter of Henry and Abigail (Davis) Dewitt, who were the parents of sixteen children: Benjamin Franklin, born 1810; Catherine, born 1811 ; Henry, born 1813 ; Asa, born 1815 ; Sarah, born 1816 ; John, born 1818 ; James B., born 1820 ; Mary, born 1821; Abigail and Nancy (twins), born 1824 ; Elizabeth Jane, born 1826 ; Rebecca, born 1827 ; Allen McArthur, born 1831 ; Mahala, born 1832; Ellison, bOrn 1834, and Lewis, born 1836. Mrs. Bloomer was a teacher in her early life, and is a cultured lady of the substantial kind. To their marriage eight children have been born—five sons and three daughters. These are all living except one son, Joseph Clinton, who died in the sixth year of his age. In his death the family circle was first broken. His youthful spirit was the first to enter within the vale as the forerunner of the family. May the whole family finally be permitted to share with him the bliss of immortality. Mr. Bloomer has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church since 1858, and his wife has been in the same church since 1848. NOTE—Joseph Bloomer, it appears from the above, served as sheriff from 1828 to 1830, and from 1832 until 1838, and then was succeeded by Williams. See page 456. WILLIAM C. BOSTWICK. William Clay Bostwick, one of the most energetic farmers in this county, is the third son, and fifth child, of Oliver and Malinda (Thomas) Bostwick, of this county. He was born in Madison Township, near his present residence, May 28, 1844. William Bostwick, the grandfather of William C., came to Ohio, from Vermont, about the year 1805, settling on lands in the vicinity of Yankeetown, from which circumstance this place took its name. He was the father of Adoniram, Frederick C., Joseph, Sarah, William, Lucy Ann, and Adley Bostwick. Oliver's children were : Morton, Francis, Marion, Annette, Eliza, William C., Elvira, Sarah, and Jane. Our subject was ordinarily educated, and at the age of eighteen, enlisted under Captain H. Z. Adams, in Company G, 113th R. 0. MADISON TOWNSHIP - 941 V. I., August., 1862. He served with his regiment with efficiency, until the close of the war, and was discharged at Columbus, Ohio, July 6, 1865. His regiment campaigned in Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, and participated in the grand review at the nation's capital at the close of the war. Mr. Bostwick was married, November 6, 1873, to Clara, daughter of Isaac N. and Margaret (Hidy) Beatty, of Pickaway County. Mrs. Bostwick was born in Pickaway County, October 22, 1852. She has but one brother, Scott Beatty, living in Pickaway County. A sister died in infancy. Her grandfather, James Beatty, came to this county from Virginia in 1818. He was a son of Charles Beatty, and a grandson of George Beatty. James Beatty was a soldier in the war of 1812, and about the year 1847, served as associate judge. He died, A. D. 1879, at an advanced age. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Bostwick have been born two children : Harley Oscar, born October 10, 1875, and Oliver Newton, born May 6, 1880. Mr. Bostwick owns a large farm of excellent land, lying in this and Pickaway counties, and its condition indicates careful oversight. Mr. Bostwick is a staunch Republican, and is always out-spoken and decisive in his views on public topics. JASPER N. CLARK. Dr. Jasper N. Clark, of Madison Mills, is the second son of Alexander and Lydia (Adkins) Clark. His parents were natives of Orange County, Virginia, and came to Ohio in the year 1837. Our subject was born, October 6, 1843, in Mt. Sterling, Ohio, and in 1859 his parents settled at Madison Mills. He evinced a taste for study at an early age, and by close application to his books, became the leading pupil of his neighborhood and school. He worked for some years at the trade of blacksmithing, but at the age of twenty-eight, he turned his attention to the study of medicine, and began reading with Dr. W. T. Wilerman, of Pickaway County. During 1870–'71 he attended the usual lecture courses at Starling Medical College, Columbus, and in March, 1872, graduated from that institution. That same spring he began practicing at Harrisburg, continuing there one year; then at Buena Vista a year, when he located, in 1874, at Madison Mills, where he now has a 942 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. fine practice. He was married, December 28, 1877, to Ella, second daughter of George and Emily (Bush) Parrot, of Madison Township. To them have been born two children : Mabel, born May, 19, 1879, and Lewis, born February 13, 1880. Dr. Clark has surmounted many obstacles to attain the position he now occupies in his profession, and he now stands among the first of the medical men of his county, enjoying and deserving the utmost confidence of his professional and unprofessional acquaintances. He is a member of the Bloomingburg Lodge No. 449, F. & A. M. EDMUND W. CLARRIDGE. Our subject was born in Madison Township, this county, October 4, 1827. (See page 918.) His education was somewhat above the ordinary. He availed himself of the advantages of the common schools of his neighborhood, and spent one year at Northwood College, in Logan County. He taught school for several years in the counties of Fayette, Ross, Madison, and Pickaway, and in this calling was unusually successful. He was married, October 4, 1859, to Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Leavell, nee Timmons, of this county. She was the widow of John B. Leavell, by whom she bore one son, Benjamin, born September 27, 1854. Mrs. Clarridge was born, April 11, 1835. To Mr. and Mrs. Clarridge have been born two daughters and one son : Inez G., born January 11, 1861 ; married Benjamin W. Leavell. Alta Errilla, born February 3, 1864. Howard Amasa, born September 6, 1873. In the year 1860 Mr. Clarridge and his wife located on the farm on which they now reside, and have ever since given their time and efforts to honest industry. The farm comprises one hundred and forty acres, and is situated on both sides of the Deer Creek pike. Mr. Clarridge is a man of good judgment and public spirit, having, ever since he became a man, stood in the front ranks of enterprise. He is a leading member of the Republican party in the county, and though residing in a township largely Democratic, he has for many successive years held the office of township trustee, and during previous years was township clerk. He and his wife are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church; and Mr. Clarridge is superintendent of Sabbath-school at Waterloo. MADISON TOWNSHIP - 943 WILLIAM CLAWSON. William Clawson was born, May 6, 1836, and is the seventh child, and second son of William and Tabitha (Chambers) Clawson, of Ross County, Ohio, who were married, April 12, 1818, in that county. Grandfather Chambers was from Ireland. William Clawson, sr., was born, July 16, 1790, and died, March 2, 1852. His wife, Tabitha, was born, July 30, 1793, and died, February 2, 1866. John, Sarah, Nancy, Richard, Keziah,Ollie, and William, were the sons and daughters of Thomas and Elizabeth Clawson, grandparents of this subject. These were all born in Virginia, and came to Ohio in 1800, settling at Frankfort. William, sen., was the father of Strawder, Eliza, Elizabeth, Leeann,Ollie, Keziah, and William. They were all born in Ross County, Ohio, and where our subject lived to the age of nineteen, then he came to this county, near New Holland. His early education was limited by the disadvantages surrounding his early life, and his qualifications are more the result of business contact with a busy world, than of close study. Mr. Clawson was married, October 14, 1863, to Mary McCoy, daughter of James and Sophia (Beck) McCoy, of Ross County. She was born, September 20, 1845, and died, October 25, 1874, at the age of twenty-nine. She was a woman much esteemed, and her death was lamented by a large circle of friends. Mr. Clawson has had fair success as a farmer, and by his indomitable energy, has surmounted difficulties that would have overwhelmed the ordinary man. His farm, on the Columbus road, near Madison Mills, shows signs of careful management. He has been a successful stock breeder and shipper. BENJAMIN F. COOK. Benjamin F. Cook, farmer, is the son of Isaac T. and Elizabeth (Lewis) Cook, and the grandson of Isaac Cook, sen., who settled in Ross County, in 1804. The grandfather died in that county, and of his ancestry, little more can be said than that they were of Scotch descent. This subject was born March 14, 1838, and was married, Febru- 944 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. ary 26, 1879, to Fannie J., daughter of Levin and Susan Bennett, of Madison County. She was born January 18, 1856. They have one child, Benjamin F., jr., born March 22, 1880. Our subject gives the principal part of his time to farming and stock raising, in which pursuits he has been reasonably successful. During the late civil war, he did honorable service as a sergeant in Company H, 60th O. V. I., and participated, with his regiment, in the eventful campaigns in Virginia, during the early part of the great conflict. e was captured and paroled by the enemy, at Harper's Ferry, in September, 1862. In politics he is a Republican. His father, Isaac T. Cook, was born March 6, 1797, and died, April 9, 1873. His mother, Elizabeth L. Cook, was born January 15, 1804, and died November 30, 1872. His brother, John J. Cook, died September 23, 1852. MATTHEW S. COOK. Isaac Cook, the grandfather of M. Cook, was a native of Kentucky. He came to Ohio, and located near Chillicothe, before the year 1800. He was the father of Isaac, jr., Joseph, Matthew S., sen., William, Maria, Phu be, Lucy, and Margaret. Matthew S. Cook, sen., was born in the year 1800. In the prime of his life he was surveyor of' Ross County. In the year 1837, he married Ellen, second daughter of Edward Tiffin, the first governor of Ohio. By this marriage they became the parents of Mary, Margaret, Edward, Theft, Matthew S., Lucy Maria, Ellen, and William, all of whom are living. The parents are also living, and are residents of Chillicothe. The daughter, Maria, married Dr. Webb, of Kentucky, and their daughter Lucy became the wife of R. B. Hayes, twenty-third governor of Ohio, and nineteenth president of the United States. Our subject was fairly educated, and at the age of twenty-one, assumed the management of a large estate in this township. He is a single man, of steady, studious habits, giving his time to his own affairs—a man of few words, but who impresses a stranger favor-ably. JONAH B. CORSON. Jonah B. Corson, farmer, was born June 26, 1853, in this town- MADISON TOWNSHIP - 945 ship. He is the second son of Benjamin and Nancy (Baldwin) Corson, who were also natives of this township. The education of our subject was obtained at the common schools of the neighborhood, and is of no inferior kind. He gives attention to farming, and legitimate trading on a moderate scale, and is a young man of good judgment in matters pertaining to his sphere of life. He is a young man of good standing where he is known, and bids fair for a bright future. His mother was the youngest-daughter of the family. She died, in 1854, leaving four children : Minerva, Martha J., Margaret A., and Jonah B. WESLEY COX. John Cox, the father of this subject, was a native of Maryland, and came to Ohio in about the year 1800. He settled in Ross County, near the present city of Chillicothe. His wife, Isabel Arington, was also from Maryland. They were the parents of eight children : Sarah, Phoebe, Mary, Joseph, David, Rebecca, Nelson, and Wesley; these were all born in Ohio. Wesley, the youngest of the family, was born in Madison County, May 13, 1833. He was married, November 12, 1857, to Mary Catharine Porter, the eleventh child of Robert and Mary (Thomas) Porter, of Madison County. The Porters were Virginians, and immigrated to this county about 1820. The Thomas family came a few years later. To Robert and Mary Porter were born eleven children : John Milton, Robert, Moses, Rebecca, Lucinda, Griffith, William, Daniel, Benjamin, Isaac, and Mary. In coming to Ohio, Robert Porter started in a two-horse wagon, but one horse failing on the way, the wagon was sold, the goods packed on the stoutest horse, and the mother, with her son Robert in her arms, made the rest of the trip riding upon the same horse which carried the household effects. Mr. Porter died in August, 1851. Mrs. Cox was born June 4, 1839. To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Cox have been born three children : A son, born September 16, 1858, died in infancy; Lucinda May, born September 8, 1859, died March 4,1864; Almer W., born September 19, 1864. Following their marriage, they spent four years in Madison County, the next four in Fayette, and the next five in Madison. They then came to their present location, near Madison Mills, where they have 946 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. ever since resided, on their comfortable little farm. They have been members of the Christian Church since 1859. AARON CRISPIN. Aaron Crispin, farmer, and the subject of this sketch, is a native Buckeye, and was born near South Charleston, January 2, 1825. He is the first son, and third child, of Francis and Fannie (Gaines) Crispin. The father of our subject was a native of New Jersey ; the mother of Virginia. They came to Ohio early in the present century, settling first in Ross County. In 1815, they came to Clarke County. Our subject became a citizen of this county in 1838, and on the 9th of May, 1846, was united in marriage to Maria E., daughter of Isaac and Deborah (Grant) Thomas, of this county. The Thomases were among the early settlers of this township. This union resulted in six sons and two daughters: Francis M. (deceased), Marion, Isaac M., Anderson M., Abraham (deceased), William Irvin, Mary Elizabeth, and Eliza Jane. Our subject has a military record worthy of a place in history. He enlisted in September, 1864, serving in Company L, Fifth Kentucky Cavalry. They campaigned in Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina, participating in a number of engagements, and were at Fort McAllister, at the taking of Savannah, December, 1864. He was honorably discharged following the grand review at the nation's .capital. He is a gentleman of the old, substantial sort, and is one of the few yet alive who has had the experience of driving hogs from Ohio to the markets of the East, returning on foot. This he has done repeatedly. He now carries on a farm three and a half miles from Madison Mills. HENRY FULTON. Henry Fulton, the eighth child, and fifth son, of William and Eliza (Loofbourrow) Fulton, was born in Ross County, Ohio, August 3, 1826. His grandparents, John A. and Lavina (Irwin) Fulton, were of Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio in 1801, settling in Ross County. John A. was a prominent surveyor of that early day, and in later years his son William pursued the same profession. MADISON TOWNSHIP - 947 Henry, in his youth, enjoyed the meager advantages of the early schools of that time, and the prominent business qualities of the man Fulton, are more the results of practical contact with the world, than of his early schooling. In November, 1846, he married Lettice, daughter of Shreve Pancoast. To their union has been born nine children : Wade, Shreve, Maggie, William, Polly, Effie, Franklin P., Harry, and Laban. Franklin P. died August 8, 1868, aged eight years. , Our subject is a man of local prominence, having served his township, either as trustee or treasurer, for the past twenty years, and was land appraiser in 1880. He owns two hundred and fifty acres of choice land at Madison Mills. Is a member of Bloomingburg Lodge, and of the Chapter, F. & A. M., at Washington, and treasurer of Madison Grange No., 229. SHRIEVE GASKILL. The Gaskills were Pennsylvanians, and came to this state in 1809, settling two miles east of Waterloo, in Pickaway County. Shrieve, the subject of this sketch, was the son of Caleb and Elizabeth Gaskill, and was born June 8, 1806. He married Cynthia, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Harvey) Barton, of Virginia. Their marriage took place January 5, 1827. Mrs. Gaskill was born July 28, 1812. To this marriage was born ten children : Elizabeth, born October 6, 1828, wife of Warford Young ; Harriet, born June 2, 1830, wife of Laban Timmons ; Mary Ann, born January 23, 1832, wife of James Young; Lewis, born January 30, 1834, died October 29, 1835 ; Sophronia, born April 22, 1836, died January 4, 1837 ; James W., born April 13, 1837, married Mary Lysinger; Orrelius J., born September 19, 1839, died August 4, 1851 ; Vincent H., born August 5, 1842 ; Warford Nilson, born November 19, 1844, died August 24, 1861; Artie, born June 19, 1846, died August 8, 1867. Mr. Gaskill accumulated considerable property during a busy life time, and died in 1875, at the age of sixty-three years. He was a man of sterling qualities, greatly esteemed for his character, which was that of an upright, consistent Christian. He was a member of the Christian Church at Waterloo, and in the support of the ministry and other expenses of the church, he was liberal to a fault. 948 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. During the years of the rebellion, he was known as a man who stood firm for the right, and in word and deed went in for a vigorous prosecution of the war. His son, Vincent H., was fairly educated in the common schools, and at an early age evinced a taste for books. He began reading medicine in 1860, completing his studies, in 1863, graduating at the Old Berkshire Medical Institution, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, in November of the same year. In the following January, he entered the United States service as assistant surgeon, ranking as first lieutenant. He did duty at Mound City and Cairo, Illinois, till the war closed. Following this, he engaged in the practice of medicine in Waterloo, meeting with deserved success. His reputation and standing as a physician, place him in the front rank of practitioners of this county. Dr. Gaskill has been twice married; his first wife, Frances Messmore, died January, 1876 : she bore one son, Pliny E. To his present wife, he was married March, 1879. To this marriage has been one child, Ralph, born January, 1880. LEVI GRIFFIN. The subject of this sketch gave his life that the country might live. All that was mortal of Levi Griffin fills the grave of a heroic soldier of the Union, and awaits the reveille of the martyr. He was born on the 18th of May, 1828, and was the son of Caleb and Martha (Pliley) Griffin, of Indiana. He came to Ohio with his parents when a child, and on the 22d day of October, 1849, he was married to Rebecca V., seventh child of James and Rachel (Cartmill) Nutt, of Clarke County. Caleb and Martha Griffin had but two children : Levi and Harriet. James and Rachel Nutt were the parents of thirteen children : Sarah, John, Elizabeth, Catherine, Nancy, William, Rebecca, James Monroe, Hannah Jane, Lucinda, George W., Matilda D., and Madison Willis. To Levi and Rebecca V. Griffin were born five children : George V., born April 10, 1851; Nathaniel Willis, born August 26, 1852; Elizabeth, born August 30, 1855, died August 30, 1856; Laura Jane, born January 3, 1857; John Franklin, born October 22, 1858. Mr. Griffin answered the country's call for troops by enlisting in Company G, 113th O. V. I., in August, 1862. His regiment was a part of the second brigade, second division, fourteenth army MADISON TOWNSHIP - 949 corps, and participated at Chickamauga, Kenesaw Mountain, Bentonville, and many other hotly contested fields. On the 27th day of June, 1864, while charging the works of the enemy at Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, Levi Griffin was instantly killed, and was burried on the field after the battle. His bereaved widow makes her home in Waterloo, and by the assistance of a pension from the government lives comfortably. His children are the wards of the nation he died to save. ALEXANDER GRIM. Alexander Grim, farmer, is the youngest son and fourth child of Jonathan and Betsey (Long) Grim. He was born in Ross County, this state, July 25, 1815. His father's family consisted of four sons and four daughters : John, Jacob, William, Alexander, Polly, Susan, Elizabeth, and Sarah. Our subject was married in the year 1836, to Elizabeth Cochran, of Ross County. They had four children : Mary Ann, Susan, Margaret, and John. Mrs. Grim died in Ross County, in 1840. Mr. Grim was again married, in the year 1844, to Jane Dick, of this county. By this marriage eight children have been born : William, Charles, Martha J., Ann, Jacob W., James M., Laura Alice and Evan. Mr. Grim has been a resident of this county since 1840. He owns a farm, and is comfortably fixed for life. JOSEPH S. HARRISON. Joseph S. Harrison, farmer, was born in Madison Township, June 23, 1851, and is the first child of John J. and Cynthia A. (Shuffleberger) Harrison. His father was born in the same township ; his mother was a native of Virginia. Batteal Harrison, his grandfather, was one of the early settlers of Madison Township, and did much in locating land claims for early settlers. The Harrison family are directly related to William H. Harrison, ninth president of the United States. Mr. Harrison was educated in the common schools of the neighborhood, obtained a fair education, and by years of practical business life, has added much knowledge to his store of book learning. On the 28th of August, 1878, he married Margaret, first daughter 950 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. of Henry Fulton, of Madison Township. Their only child, Nellie, was born May 17, 1880. Mr. Harrison was elected to the office of justice of the peace, for Madison Township, April 4, 1881. He possesses the proper qualities of a good officer. JOHN W. KELLOUGH. John W. Kellough, farmer, was born in Indiana, July 5, 1839, and is the only son of John W. sen., and Rebecca (Pummel) Kellough of that state. The Kellough ancestry were from Scotland. Mr. Kellough came to this state, with his parents, at six weeks of age. He has but one sister, Mary Jane, wife of Samuel P. McLean, a resident of Madison County. Our subject obtained a good education in his youth, and for several years taught school in Ross and Pike counties. He was married, June 5, 1862, to Senith V., daughter of Henry and Mary (Vinsonhaler) Poole, of Ross County. George Vinsonhaler, the grandfather of Mrs Kellough, was a native of Virginia, but was among the early pioneers of Ross County, and it is said he assisted in laying out Chillicothe. Mrs. Kellough is of a family of seven children: Martha, Henry, Eleanor, (deceased,) Mary, Senith V., Emma C. and Christina. Mr. and Mrs. Kellough have had born to them ten children : Mary, born June 28, 1863; Charles Creighton, born January 4, 1865; Anna, born September 11, 1866 ; Nellie Dun, born February 20, 1868; Sallie Candis, born January 23, 1869; John William, born March 17, 1870 ; Claude H., born January 27, 1872, died November 28, 1878; Jesse Paul Ross, born April 17, 1874; Christine Kate, born September 20, 1877 ; Guy Robert, born March 2, 1881. Mr. Kellough owns and occupies a farm of two hundred and four acres, lying partly in Madison and partly in this county. He resides on that part lying in Madison County, but in his business and other relations, he is indentified with the people of this county. He is a man of intelligence, and his children have a taste for books and study. JAMES M. NOBLE. This subject is a native of Pennsylvania, and was born October MADISON TOWNSHIP - 951 21, 1833. He is the third son of James and Jane (Moore) Noble, who came to this state in 1835, settling in Guernsey County, where the father still resides. The senior Noble was three times married. By the first wife he is the father of William, Samuel, James M., Margaret Ann, Sarah Jane and John Watson ; by the second wife, Mary Elizabeth, Ethalinda, Joseph D., David and Thomas Pollock; by the third wife, Ezekiel and George. Our subject enjoyed limited means of education, but made such careful use of his opportunities of study, as to obtain more than an ordinary education. He was a teacher of some experience in the years preceding his marriage. He was married July 29, 1856, to Maggie P., seventh child of William and Phoebe (Mannen) Ingmire, of this state. Mrs. Noble's father was a native of Maryland; her mother was from one of the New England States. Her father's family were Snowden, Nancy, George, Martha Ann, Edmond, James, Maggie P., Sarah J., Thomas, (died of wounds received at the battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania,) David, John, Lavina C., William and Mary. The sons all served in the Union army except William. Their mother died from the result of an accident from a runaway horse, in the year 1864 ; the father died six weeks later. To Mr. and Mrs. Noble have been born three sons and eight daughters: Mary Elizabeth, born February 18, 1857, died October 3, 1863; Emma J., born June 12, 1858, married September 23, 1879, to Franklin R. Crow; Elmer E., born February 3, 1861, died October 2, 1867; Charles Vernon, born August 9, 1863; Ida, born July 8, 1865 ; Alfaretta, born August 1, 1867 ; Lulu May, born October 7, 1869 ; Lenora Dell, born June 23, 1872 ; Maud Lettice, born July 24, 1875; Warren Pendleton, born August 2, 1877 ; Maggie Frances, born January 1, 1879. Mr. Noble is practically a lumber and sawmill man, having managed a sawmill for more than twenty-six years. For the past years he has given attention to his farm of one hundred and four acres, near Madison Mills, on the north fork of Paint. This farm he purchased in 1865. He has served as trustee of Madison Township for the past eleven years ; is Master of Madison Grange, No. 229 ; represented the county in the State Grange three times; is a member of Bloomingburg Lodge, No. 449, F. & A. M.; a member of Fayette Chap- 952 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. ter, No. 103, and of Ely Commandery, No. 28. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church of Bloomingburg ; the four oldest daughters are Methodists. Mr. Noble is superintendent of the Sabbath-school, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at Madison Mills. JAMES W. M'CAFFERTY. James Wilson McCafferty is the second sou and fourth child of William and Elizabeth (Mace) McCafferty, of Madison Township. He was born in the above township, March 21, 1853, and had the advantages of a common school education. e applied himself well to his studies, and by so doing obtained a fair education. He was married March 13, 1877, to Mary, second daughter and fifth child of Henry and Lettice (Pancoast) Fulton, of Madison Mills. Mrs. McCafferty was born January 13, 1855. They have had one daughter born to their marriage, Marie, born June 12, 1879. See biographies of Henry Fulton and William McCafferty. JAMES M. NUTT. James Monroe Nutt, is the eighth child and third son of his parents, James and Rachel (Cartmill) Nutt, of Virginia, in which state James was born January 1, 1821. His grandparents, John and Elizabeth (Houston) Nutt, came with their family and settled on the lands now occupied by Cornelius Leavell, in the year 1800. The parents and grandparents of our subject, died in the same place. The children of Rachel and James Nutt, were John, Sarah, Elizabeth, Catherine, Nancy, William, Rebecca, James M., Anna J., Lucinda, George, Matilda and Madison. Our subject was married, to Mildred Cline, in the year 1842. Mrs. Nutt is the daughter of Henry and Catherine (Ramsey) Cline, of this county, and was born in 1823. Serepta and Irvin are deceased. Joanna, married Phillip Sockman ; Lafayette, married Frances Callender; Angeline, married Allen Keller; Cornelius, married Mary Holby ; James M. married Sarah Haggart ;' Elvina, married Samuel Holby. MADISON TOWNSHIP - 953 Mr. Nutt began for himself on a capital of eighty dollars, bought some stock, and by successive years of hard labor and careful investment, has obtained a comfortable home near Waterloo. His son, Lafayette, did honorable service as a soldier in the late war. Mr. Nutt was educated very sparingly in the schools of the early time; but to this meagre store of knowledge, has added much by observation, reading, and contact with the world. JOSHUA MAHAN. See page 612. JOHN MESSMORE. The parents of John Messmore were natives of Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio in the year 1809, settling in Licking County. Our subject was born in 1808. He is of a family of seven children: Susanna, Mary, Laban, John, Eliza, and Rhoda. Mr. Messmore was brought up to hard labor, and in his youth learned the business of carding and fulling. At twenty-eight years of age he came to the neighborhood of Waterloo, and established himself in the woolen-mill business; carried it on for forty years, keeping pace with the many improvements that pertained to the trade in that time. In 1866 he sold his factory to his son, and in 1871 bought the Pancoast Mills on Deer Creek, above Waterloo, where he has since carried on the flouring business. He was married, December 13, 1829, to Jerusua, daughter of Isaiah and Lettice Pancoast, born June 4, 1805, and fifty years afterwards, December 13, 1879, celebrated, with a multitude of friends, their golden wedding. Just one year later—December 13, 1880—his esteemed companion died. They were the parents of seven children who grew to maturity : Mariamne, Flavius J., Alvin L., Aurelius B., Otis B., Rienzi W., and Francenia. Of these only three survive. Alvin L. married Evaline Leach, of this county. He served in the war as captain of Company G, 113th 0. V. I., and was an officer of more than ordinary soldierly bearing. He is now a resident of St. Louis. Aurelius B. married Sarah Lindsey, and resides in Kansas. Rienzi W. married Mary F. Kelley, and resides in Waterloo. 954 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. Uncle John Messmore is a man of steady habits, and unswerving Christian character. For the past forty years he has lived a consistent member of the Old School Predestinarian Baptist Church. The society of which he is a member was established at the house of Isaiah Pancoast in the year 1813. WILLIAM M. LEACH. This subject is the second son of William B. and Mary (Monroe) Leach, of Virginia. On his mother's side, he is related to James Monroe, fifth president of the United States. His grandfather, Colonel William Monroe, after whom our subject was named, served with distinction in the Revolutionary War. Mr. Leach's father served in the war of 1812. Our subject was born in Frederick County, Virginia, June 9, 1825, and at ten years of age came to Ohio with his father's family. They settled on what is now the land of O. W. Loofbourrow, near Mount Sterling. His father's family were Edgar B., William M., Sarah A., John N., George T., Henry C., Mary C., and Benjamin F. Our subject was married, March 18, 1847, to Clarissa J., daughter of Adoniram and Roxana Bostwick, of Madison County. She was born July 29, 1827. Her father's children were Sally, Clarissa J., William, Caroline, Eliza Ann, Benjamin F. and Otho W. (twins), and Celesta. They have had eight children born to them : Asher B., born August 31, 1848, died April 15, 1854; Adoniram B., born October 5, 1849, married Myrtle Parker, and lives in Kansas; Mary F., born November 26, 1851, married Cary Haines, and lives in Millville, Ohio; Finley, born October 27, 1854, died in infancy; Mabel G., born September 24, 1857, married William H. Peasly, January 29, 1874, died October 7, 1875; Thurman B., born July 9, 1861, died March 16, 1862; Viola, born May 23, 1872, died June 19, 1872; Burl, born August 31, 1875, died in September, 1875. Ralph Peasly, son of W. H. and Mabel (Leach) Peasly, lives with his grandparents since his mother's death, which occurred when Ralph was but seven months old. The Bostwicks were originally from Vermont. Adoniram, the father of Mrs. Leach, was one of the early settlers of this township, and settled near Yankeetown. He now lives in Pike County. His father, William Bostwick, came to Ohio, with a large family, in MADISON TOWNSHIP - 955 1808, or 1810. His children were Adoniram, Sarah, Joseph, Frederick, William, Lucy Ann, Oliver, and Adley. Adoniram, Sarah, Oliver, and Adley, were long residents of this county. C. G. LEAVELL. Cornelius Gaines Leavell, farmer, was born in this township, November 7, 1825, and is the first son and second child of John and Cynthia (Hedges) Leavell. His parents came to Ohio in 1797, from Virginia. To them were born Mary Ann, Cornelius G., John Bolivar, Benjamin Franklin, Nancy, Melinda, and Hannah Elizabeth. Our subject was married, April 17, 1849, to Emma Harr, youngest daughter of James and Mary Harr, of Ross County. She was born in that county, May 23, 1829. Her parents had born to them six children : Elizabeth, James, William, Mary, Martha, and Emma. To this union two children have been born : John P., born March 25, 1850, married Frankie Gamble, of this county, June 16, 1878; Benjamin W., born May 12, 1856, married Inez G. Clarridge, October, 1880. Our subject has resided in this township all his life, and has given his time and energies to hard work and legitimate trade, accumulating a valuable farm, and other representatives of wealth. He owns one hundred and thirty-five acres of land in Union, and five hundred and seventy-six acres in this township, and is one of the heaviest taxpayers of the township. He has, in years past, served the township as trustee, treasurer, and clerk, and in his official character was noted for honesty and efficiency. He pays considerable attention to affairs of a public character, is a constant reader, and for twenty years past has taken a daily paper. His politics are of the staunch Republican sort, a fact made prominent in all the later years of his life. JOHN LINDSEY. John, sen., and Nancy Lindsey came from Virginia to Ohio, in 1809, and located first in Ross, and subsequently in Pickaway County, where they died. They were the parents of the following children : John, Jacob, Thomas, Abram, James, Doratha, and Sarah and Phoebe (twins). In 1802, Abram, father of our subject, was married, in Virginia, 956 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. to Abigail Stewart, and came to Ohio with his parents, and died in Pickaway County. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. To him were born the following children: Sally, Thomas, Mary, John, Nancy, Samuel, and Abraham. John spent the years of his minority in Pickaway County. He was sparingly educated in the common schools' of the early times. He was married, November 9, 1839, to Sarah, daughter of John and Barbara (Hedrick) Bouse, of Virginia. The Bouses came to Ohio in 1821; they were of Dutch descent. Mrs. Lindsey was born February 17, 1819. To this union nine children were born : Abraham, born September 11, 1840; Thomas F., born January 6, 1843; Phoebe, born November 28, 1845, died July 22, 1863; John Clinton, born July 25, 1848, died August 13,1848; James, born September 9, 1849; Mary J.; born September 17,1852; Sarah Missouri, born August 12, 1856; Abbie, born September 2, 1859; Charles, born March 17, 1862. Thomas married Marietta Dyer, January 31. 1860; Abraham married Catharine Glaze, November 29, 1864; James married Elizabeth Taylor, January 18, 187' ; Missouri married J. W. Long, January 23, 1875; Mary J. married Amos Van Pelt, August 23, 1879. Our subject has seen much of the rough side of life. In 1840, he bought twenty acres of land in this county, and began housekeeping with a very scanty outfit of household goods. He had no chairs, no table, and scarcely anything but muscle and determination. Little by little, he triumphed over the difficulties by which he was confronted, and the rule of his life has been, "No surrender." He delights in recounting the trials and triumphs of his busy life. He tells that he was nineteen years old when he wore his first pair of boots; that he has assisted to thresh wheat with a flail, and then to clean the grain by tossing it into the air, while two persons fanned the chaff from the wheat by means of a sheet. The first fanning-mill he ever saw, was made by Joseph Britton, near New Holland. At one time he owned five hundred and thirty-one acres of fine land, on Paint Creek. This was all swallowed up, to pay another's debts. He began life again, with three horses and one cow, and now owns a fine farm of three hundred and thirty-one acres. He deals largely in hogs and sheep. His wife takes pride in the fact that she has shared the sunshine and shadow of her husband's eventful life. She tells of hoeing corn, when a girl of fourteen, for twelve and one-half cents a day, and thereby obtain- MADISON TOWNSHIP - 957 ing the cash to buy her first calico dress, of six yards. She has gone to mill many a time, carrying the family grist on horseback. She has in her possession a dinner-pot, in which the venison was prepared for the antecedents of the Lindseys, a century ago. PETER LOHR. Peter Lohr, farmer and produce dealer, was born in Augusta County, Virginia, near Staunton, May 22, 1819. He came to Ohio, February 24, 1844, and, with his father's family, located near Bloomingburg, this county. Peter Lohr, the grandfather of this subject, was a native of Pennsylvania, but spent the greater part of his life in Virginia, in which state he died. He never resided in Ohio. His children were Susan, Peter, Polly, John, and Christian. The sons and daughters of Christian Lohr, were William, Julia Ann, Catharine, Mary Frances, Elizabeth, Margaret, Peter, Sarah, George, and Janet. Our subject was married, May 22, 1850, to Elizabeth Corson, fifth daughter, and eleventh child, of Richard and Mary (Baldwin) Corson, of Ohio. The Baldwins settled in Ohio about 1812. To this union were born eight children: Mary J., born February 2, 1853, died March 6,1853 ; Clara A., born March 2, 1855, married to Wilson Beale, October 14, 1875; Richard C., born October 24, 1857, died December 2, 1857; Martha A., born September 23, 1858, died October 11, 1858; John R., born April 12, 1860; Rosetta B., born March 3, 1865, died April 22, 1865; Ardessa M., born March 2, 1866. In 1862, he bought a farm of one hundred acres, near the village of White Oak, on the banks of Paint, where he now lives in comfort. Since 1867, he has been engaged in the produce business, keeping a wagon on the road at all favorable seasons, and exchanging goods for country produce. He has had great success, and holds a large trade. MADISON LOOFBOURROW. Madison Loofbourrow, farmer, is the only child of Laban H. Loofbourrow, of this township. (For his genealogy, see his father's biography.) He was born February 28, 1839, and spent the years 958 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. of his minority on the farm, with his father, obtaining a fair education by careful study at the common schools. He was married, September 1, 1864, to Elizabeth Ellen, only child of Benjamin F. and Hannah (Halsted) Alkire, of Pickaway County. The Halsteds were from New York. To this union have been born eight children: Frank Lee, born July 31, 1865; Laban Van, born February 15, 1867; Don Juan, born November 3, 1868; Nellie, born March 16, 1871; Lucy, born September 21, 1872; Charlie, born in 1874; infant son, deceased, born September 26, 1878; infant daughter, born March 16, 1881. Following their marriage, they located on the farm where they now reside, since which time they have given special attention to farming, and in this pursuit have prospered. For a number of years past, during the summer and fall seasons, he has been a great sufferer from hay fever, on account of which affliction, he has made frequent trips to the wilds of Michigan and the mountains of Virginia, during which time he gives himself up to the excitement of hunting, trapping, and fishing. He has in his possession many trophies of the chase, which he exhibits to visitors with evident delight, recounting his hair-breadth escapes and romantic experiences in the forest. At one time, while in northern Michigan, in company with an Indian hunter, called "Greasy Jim," the two were attacked by a large she bear, whose cub the party had wounded. The bear sprang upon the Indian, felled him to the ground, and was on the point of sending him to the " happy hunting-ground," when a well-directed shot from the rifle of Mr. Loofbourrow, laid her dead, and rescued the Indian. A moment later, a cub bear, a mate to the wounded one, made its appearance in the bushes, was pursued, captured, and brought home by Mr. Loofbourrow. It became a great pet, but after a few years, fearing it might become vicious, and do some one injury, it was killed. In the fall of 1879, while in Michigan, at Boardman's Swamps, he was trailing an old bear and her two cubs, and coming suddenly upon them, he shot and killed all of them with four shots, inside of a minute, using a Winchester rifle. He is not only a good hunter, but a skillful farmer, to which statement his well-tilled farm, of two hundred and fifteen acres, bears testimony. His wife is an excellent shot, and can bring the head off a chicken, off-hand, with ease. MADISON TOWNSHIP - 959 LABAN H. LOOFBOURROW. John Wade Loofbourrow, the grandfather of Laban H., was a Virginian, a minister of the Baptist Church, born April 28, 1748. He married Mary Haff, September 10, 1767. Their children were: Abigail, Jacob, Sarah, Rebecca, Mary, David. Sohn, Benjamin, Wade, Ebenezer, Thomas, and Nathan. Nathan, the youngest son and father of Laban H, was born in Virginia, December 22, 1794, and when a small boy came to Ohio. He married Hannah Pancoast, of this county, April 13, 1815, and became the father of Laban H., Lemuel P., Sophronia, Amanda, Naomi, Pamelia and Cecelia (twins), and Mary. Laban Hag, our subject, was born at the site of Washington C. H., July 27, 1816, and in 1835 moved with his father's family to Madison County, near Mount Sterling. He married Elizabeth Alkire, September 16, 1837. She was the first daughter of Jacob and Polly (Phebus) Alkire, of Madison County, To this marriage was born one son, Madison, February 28, 1839. Mrs. Loofa bourrow died January 5, 1879. Mr. Loofbourrow married his second wife, Christina Beatty, December 25, 1879. She was the seventh daughter and youngest child of Elijah and Anna (Miller) Beatty, who were natives of Virginia. She was born in Ohio, June 20, 1837. Her grandfather, Charles Beatty, was a Baptist minister, and came to Ohio in 1818. He died in 1852. Mr. Loofbourrow has been very successful as a farmer and trader. Besides being the owner of a fine farm of two hundred and fifty-five acres on the Deer Creek pike, he owns some valuable lands adjoining Mt. Sterling, and is a large stockholder in the Farmers Bank of Mt. Sterling. LEMUEL P. LOOFBOURROW. Lemuel Pancoast Loofbourrow was born in Franklin County, Ohio, May 14, 1818. He is the second son of Nathan and Hannah (Pancoast) Loofbourrow, who were natives of Virginia and Pennsylvania, respectively. Our subject was married November 21, 1839, to Elizabeth Graham, first daughter of John and Lydia (Alkire) Graham, of Kentucky. She was born in Madison County, Ohio, December 25, 960 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. 1814. They have had ten children born to them, five sons and five daughters : Annetta, born August 30, 1840 ; Loretta, born . January 20, 1841; Malvina, born July 13, 1843 ; John Graham, born October 27, 1845 ; Nathan, born September 23, 1847 ; Alvan Eugene, born June 4, 1849; Sophronia, born January 23, 1851, and died at the age of fifteen months; Solon, born April 23, 1853; Helen M., born November 10, 1855, and died June 7, 1861 ; Lemuel Harrison, born January 31, 1861. Annette married, October, 1859. Her husband, Joseph Parker, was a member of Company G, 113th 0. V. I., and was killed at Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, June 27, 1864. His widow re-married, October, 1869, to Dr. J. B. F. Morgan,, of Ross County. Albert Ross Parker, son of Joseph Parker; before named, has been a part of his grandfather's family from infancy. Malvina married Otho W. Loofbourrow, November 19, 1865. He was a member of Company G, 113th O. V. I., second brigade, second division, fourteenth army corps. He is the son of Thomas and the grandson of James G. Loofbourrow, and resides in Madison County. They have had six children, three of whom are living; Rena Helen, Milton F., and Bessie; Minnie, Ralph T., and Nathan, are deceased. John G. was married May 19, 1875, to Huldah Kauffelt, of Mt. Sterling, and has three children. He is cashier of the Farmers Bank of Mt. Sterling. Alvan married Mary Neff, March 23, 1876, and carries on the home farm, in Madison Township. Loretta, Nathan, Solon, and Harrison, are unmarried. The father and mother of this interesting family still live, and spend much of their time with their children. Mr. Loofbourrow has acquired considerable wealth, and himself and his excellent wife are free from many of the cares of this life. JOSEPH OTT. Joseph Ott, deceased, was a native of Virginia, and was born, October 10, 1806. He was the oldest of a family of eleven children, seven sons and four daughters: Joseph, Jacob, Benjamin, William, Emanuel, John, George, Mary and Olive (twins), Augusta, and Elizabeth. Mr. Ott was married at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, September 12, MADISON TOWNSHIP - 961 1833, to Ann, only child of James and Mary (Brooks) Burke, of Loudon County, Virginia. The Burkes were of Scotch-Irish descent. Mrs. Ott was born, June 1, 1812. To their union was born ten children: Mary, born 1835; Clara, born 1837; James C., born 1839 ; Ann, born 1842, died 1875; Joseph H., born 1845 ; Francis A., born 1848 ; William R., born 1849 ; Loysious K., born 1852 ; Margaret E., born 1854, died 1857 ; Byron E., born 1858. Mr. Ott filled a responsible position in the United States Armory at Harper's Ferry, for more than twenty-five years. He came to OhiO in 1849, but returned to Virginia in 1850. He again came to Ohio the same year. He spent three years at Bloomingburg, and in 1853 bought one hundred and fifty-three acres of land, at White Oak, where the family now reside. Here he died, September 13, 1878, aged seventy-two years. He was a man of integrity, and his death was much lamented. Jacob Ott, the father of this subject, was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, July 10, 1783, and died at Bloomingburg, this county, June 12, 1865. His wife, Elizabeth, died, March 29, 1865, aged eighty years. SHREVE PANCOAST. Shreve Pancoast, the subject of this sketch, was born in New Jersey, December 23, 1788, and was the oldest of a family of ten children : Shreve, Polly, Samuel, Hannah, Shetlock, Hope, Jerusha, Isaiah, Eliza, and Ruhamma. The parents, Isaiah and Lettice (Gaskill) Pancoast, came to Ohio in 1810. Our subject was married, August 23, 1812, to Polly Myers, first child of Samuel and Elizabeth (Smith) Myers, of Pennsylvania. Polly was born in Virginia, in 1795, and in 1808 came to Ohio, riding on a packhorse. Eleven children were. born to them: Alethea, Samuel, Ruhamma, Elizabeth, Jonathan, Jerusha, Isaiah, and Lettice (twins), Adeline, Benjamin F., and Shreve, jr. Isaiah, the father of this subject, founded the village of Waterloo, in the year 1814. During the war of 1812, Shreve Pancoast served as a corporal of Captain S. Hynes' company of Ohio militia. Mr. Pancoast gave his life to farming, and in this pursuit was successful. He died, August 20, 1866, aged seventy-seven years. His aged widow, " Aunt Polly" and his youngest daughter, Adeline, have a comfortable home in the village of Waterloo. 962 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. GEORGE B. PARRETT. George B. Parrett is one of the most enterprising and industrious farmers of this county. He was born in this county, on the 19th of January, 1834, and is the youngest of a family of eight sons and one daughter. His parents, Joseph J. and Rebecca (Fansher) Parrett, were natives of Tennessee, coming to Ohio from Coke County, immediately following the close of the war of 1812. Mr. Parrett was in the war of 1812, and among other sufferings, he subsisted three days on a half pint of meal. Joseph J. and Rebecca were the parents of nine children: Isaac, Pleasant, Jackson, David, Frederick, Benjamin, Minerva, Russell, and George B. Isaac Fansher, the maternal grandfather of this subject, served in the Revolutionary War. The Fanshers and Parretts came to Ohio the same year. The former emigrated to Iowa, and the latter became permanent residents of this county. Our subject was married, August 21, 1856, to Amelia A., oldest daughter of Daniel and Mary E. (Webster) Bush, of this county. Mrs. Parrett was born, September 10, 1835. The Bush ancestry were from South Carolina, and their descendants are numerous in Union Township. Brice Webster, the grandfather of Mrs. Parrett, was an early merchant and physician of Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Parrett have had born to them twelve children, all of whom are living : Euphemie Estaline, born 1857, married Harry S. Crow, 1878; Edward Ankney, born 1858, married to Frances Taylor, 1880 ; Ella Gazelle, born 1860, married Dr. Jasper N. Clark, 1876; Florence Jane, born 1861 ; Ada Verrell, born 1863; Warren Webster, born 1864; Erie Harlan, born 1866; Alice Gertrude, born 1868; Noyes Marvin, born 1871; Dio Ladell, born 1873 ; George Clyde, born 1877 ; Annie Blanche, born 1881. In 1859 Mr. Parrett bought two hundred and seventy-three acres of land on the North Fork of Paint, where he now resides. He is a prudent, temperate liver, and his family are full of health and intelligence. During a term of thirteen years past his doctor bill amounted to only two dollars. Mr. Parrett is an ardent Prohibitionist, and preaches and practices the same doctrine. He and his wife and other members of the family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Parrett is a working member of Madison Grange, gives especial MADISON TOWNSHIP - 963 attention to his own business, has few equals in the township for raising good crops, and breeding stock. EDWARD A. PEASLEY. The subject of this sketch was born in Boston, Mass., August 2, 1823. He is the son of Aaron M. and Louis (Woodward) Peasley, of that state. Aaron Peasley came to Ohio about the year 1826, and was for years a skillful engraver and die-sinker of Dayton, Ohio. Before coming west, he invented a reed attachment to organs, and some valuable improvements in calico printing. He died in Dayton, Ohio, April 6, 1836. His children were Albert, William, Theodore, Edward A., and Angeline. Our subject was married, July 30, 1873, to Margaret Pliley, of Ross County. During the war of the rebellion, Mr. Peasley served on the side of the Union, enlisting September 2, 1861, in the fifteenth regiment of United States troops, and spent much of his term of service on recruiting duty at Buffalo, New York, Reading, Pennsylvania, and other points. He was with his commander at the memorable battle of Mission Ridge, November 1863, at which place he was seriously wounded in his left arm, from the effects of which he is permanently disabled. He, however, served to the end of his term, and was honorably discharged. He afterwards re-enlisted as a substitute in Company K, 65th 0. V. I., serving the latter part of his term in Company D, Veteran Reserve Corps. He was in the service four years, during which time he served in many positions of trust and responsibility. Mr. Peasley's ingenuity and inventive genius are prominent features of his character. He learned the trade of a blacksmith in his minority, and afterwards the profession of dentistry. In the last named profession, he excels in practical skill, and has given sixteen years to its practice in this and adjoining counties. Mr. Peasley gives much time and thought to mechanical experiments, as a result of which he has perfected a farm gate of rare merit, and a cant-hook, which possesses many valuable points. Since 1867, he has been selling goods in Waterloo, with some success. His family consists of himself and wife. WILLIAM. H. RIGGIN. William H. Riggin is a quiet, honest citizen, of Madison Town- 964 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. ship, and occupies a comfortable home on the White Oak road, near Mount Sterling, and on the lands of M. S. Cook, sen. Harry, as he is everywhere called, is tire second son and third child of Isaac C. and Lucinda (Baker) Riggin, of Pickaway County, and was born, February 2, 1840. He was of a family of five children: James L., Maria Jane, William, H., John W., and Benjamin F. Harry and his brother James E. were both members of Company G, 113th O. V. I. James E. died while in the service, at Nashville, Tennessee, June 1863. Harry bears honorable scars received in the conflict, and has a proud record as a soldier, having fought with Thomas, and marched with Sherman from the mountains to the sea. John W. died, December 23, 1874, leaving three children. Mr. Riggin married Mary E., oldest daughter of Levi and Rachel (Heath) Southard, of Pickaway County, Ohio. To them have been born, November 7, 1878, one son, Charlie. Mr. Riggin enjoys the esteem and confidence of a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. JEREMIAH J. RIGGIN. Jeremiah J. Riggin is the fifth child, and second son, of William C. and Ester M. (Low) Riggin, both of Delaware, in which state this son was born December 1, 1816. There were four sons and seven daughters of his father's family: Isaac C., Jane, Emeline, Elizabeth, Jeremiah J., Charles P., Deborah, Ellen, William and Levin. The grandfather of this subject, Isaac Riggin, was of English descent. The Riggins came to this state in 1833, and settled in Pickaway County, near Deer Creek, where in 1835, the mother died. The father, William C., died in the year 1870. But four of his children yet survive : Isaac, Emeline, J. J., and Charles. Jeremiah's first wife was the daughter of George and Catherine (Porter) Richey, of Pickaway County, this state, to whom he was married April 7, 1842. She died in 1844, leaving no children. On the 17th of February, 1847, he married Mary Jane, only daughter of James and Mary J. (Vandoler) Davis. She was born in 1828. Six children have been born to them : William J., born May 7, 1848: George V., born May 31, 1850 ; John O., born February 14, 1853; Lawson D., born May 19, 1857; Eber A., born March 14, MADISON TOWNSHIP - 965 1860 ; Charles M., born November 7, 1862, died September 1, 1863. Mr. Riggin has always been a hard worker, and by his indomitable energy, has triumphed over many difficulties. His farm of one hundred and twenty-three acres is in a good state of cultivation. During the late war, he made a proud record as a soldier, serving with more than ordinary distinction as a member of Company G, 113th Regiment O. V. I., 2d brigade, 2d division, 14th A. C. He was made a sergeant of company, in September, 1863, for gallant and meritorious conduct on the field of Chickamauga. He located where he now lives in 1848; has a well deserved reputation for honesty, and is at peace with all men. THOMAS J. SMITH. Joseph P. Smith, the father of Thomas J. Smith, was born near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August 17, 1797, and came to this state in the year 1812. He was by trade a shoemaker. He was married, in 1822, to Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Junk, one of the first settlers of Scioto Valley, where the city of Chillicothe now stands. Mr. Junk helped to raise the first house in Chillicothe. After his marriage, Mr. Smith and his young wife moved to Delaware County, this state, where for seven years he carried on a small farm, during which time three children were born to them. In the year 1829, they removed to Ross County, where he bought and improved one hundred acres of land, on which he lived eighteen years, during which time four children were born to them, three of whom died. The remainder of their children, one daughter and three sons, grew to mature years. Finally; he purchased a farm of one hundred and nineteen acres in Madison Township, this county, where they closed their days. Thomas J., the subject of this sketch, was born in Delaware County, this state, February 27, 1825. He was married, October 18, 1849, to Angeline, daughter of Noah Cory, of Ross County. Mr. Smith rented a small farm and remained a resident of Ross County till 1853, when he bought sixty-seven acres of land, in Madison Township, in this county, upon which the family located permanently. At this time the surrounding woods abounded with wild game, and wild turkeys in great numbers frequently came among the domestic fowls about their humble abode. Vermin of various kinds prowled by night, and annoyed by day. Here Mr. 966 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. and Mrs. Smith fought life's battles and achieved its victories through many tribulations. The chills and fever was a great affliction ; wet seasons spoiled the fruits of their toil, and the frosts often swept off the labors of a season: but through all they triumphed, and now in the ripeness of their declining years, they enjoy a comfortable home of two hundred and thirty-six acres of well improved lands. They had born to them nine children : Apphiah, born July 22, 1851 ; Lucretia Elizabeth, born August 6, 1852 ; Joseph Noah, born August 3, 1855 ; Mary Jane, born November 22, 1857 ; John Ellsworth, born September 15,1861; Ida Angeline Louisa, born July 27, 1866; Eddie Cory, and Eva Cary, (twins,) born July 14, 1868; Calvin Emery, born July 1, 1872. Nathan Cory, Mrs. Smith's grandfather, came to this state, in 1797, from Kentucky. Previous to this date he had resided in Virginia, and in emigrating to Kentucky, had descended the Ohio River in a pirogue sixty feet long. This was probably in 1790. Several families, twenty-seven persons in all, comprised the party. The men of the party traveled overland and suffered much for lack of food. They succeeded in killing a huge buffalo bull, from the flesh of which their hungry needs were supplied. His first location in this state, was near the site of Chillicothe. He afterwards located near Oldtown, where he passed the rest of his eventful life. When he reached his destination, in this state, his effects consisted of a wife and six children, a pony and a dollar in cash. The money was expended for a pack of salt. He was by trade a hair-sieve maker, but gave much of his time to other pursuits. He was for many years a deacon in the Baptist Church, and was afterwards ordained an elder. He was married three times ; but his family of ten sons and two daughters were all children of the first wife. The children of Noah and Lucretia (Shoots) Cory, were Sally, Ann, Hannah Jane, Solomon, Thompson, Joseph Benjamin, Angeline, John Nathan, Mary Ellen, Elizabeth, Nancy Louisa, Julian Lucretia, William Noah, Landy Shoots, and Oliver Anson. CYRUS P. WEST. John West, the grandfather of Cyrus P. West, was a native of Virginia, coming to Ohio in about A. D. 1800. His wife was Barbara Plotter. They settled on Haller's Bottom, near Chillicothe, MADISON TOWNSHIP - 967 on Paint Creek. The Plotters were Pennsylvanians. John and Barbara West were the parents of Sallie, George, Isaac, Huldah, Allen P., John, Amos, Catherine, and Andrew P. The Wests are noted for being tall and heavily built, and, with one exception, are Republican in their politics. Cyrus P. West is the oldest child of Allen and Isabel (Patterson) West, of Ohio. They were the parents of four children : Cyrus P., Robert, Sarah J., and Mary Josephine. The Pattersons were Pennsylvanians, and Moses Patterson, the maternal grandfather of our subject, was in the war of 1812. Robert and Sarah Patterson were the parents of Isabel, Margaret, Sarah, Ellen, and Josephine. Our subject was born, November 9, 1845. His early life was spent in Highland County, near Hillsboro. He was married, December 25, 1877, to Lida, third daughter, and fourth child of Frederick L. and Sarah Smith, of this county. Mrs. West was born, March 20, 1847. The children of Frederick L. and Sarah Smith were: Samuel M., Mary A., Margaret, Lida, Sarah A., Franklin P., Leonora, Catherine, Ida, Isadora, and Belle. Mrs. West died, January 3, 1879. His widow is still living, and is a resident of Madison Township. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. West two children have been born : Imogene, born November 5, 1878, and Stella, born May 26, 1880. Mrs. West had several years' experience as a school teacher. Mr. West owns a farm of six hundred and eighty-two acres of good land on the Columbus road, near Madison Mills. He located here in 1870, giving his time since then to the improvement of his farm, and to legitimate trading and farming. He gives much attention to thoroughbred cattle. His herd of thoroughbreds is the best in the township. WILLIAM D. WOOD. William Doddridge Wood is the oldest child of Daniel and Tabitha (Leach) Wood, and was born in this county on the 27th of February, 1841. The genealogy of the Wood family appears in connection with the biography of Daniel Wood. Our subject was fairly educated in the common schools of his neighborhood, and acquired studious habits, which he still retains. He gave the years of his minority to hard work on his father's farm. He was married, February 27, 1866, to Mary Parker, sec- 968 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. and daughter of Elder Joseph Parker, of Warren County, Ohio. She bore one son, John F., born January 19, 1867 ; died April 27, 1875. Mrs. Wood was born, May 17, 1843, and died July 15, 1871. Mr. Wood married his present wife, May 2, 1872. She is the fifth child of Thomas and Rebecca (Lefever) Swope, of Fairfield County, Ohio. Her father came to Ohio from Pennsylvania, in 1801, when Thomas was one year old. Mrs. Wood was born, August 31, 1834. They have two sons: Thomas A., born March 23, 1874, and Arly R., born November 13, 1879. Mrs. Wood's uncles and aunts, on the father's side, were : Lawrence, John, David, Rachel, Ann, Mary, and Louisa. Mr. Wood has a fine record as a soldier. He enlisted in Company A, of the fifty-fourth Ohio Infantry, in September 1861, and served faithfully until August, 1865. The fifty-fourth marched during its term of service a distance of three thousand, six hundred and eighty-two miles, participated in four sieges, nine severe skirmishes, fifteen general engagements, and sustained a loss of five hundred and six men killed, wounded and missing. Mr. Wood gives his attention to farming, and in this pursuit is successful. He owns a well improved farm in Madison Township, and carries on a tile factory near by. He is a member of the Old School Predestinarian Baptist Church, and has in his possession a copy of the Bible, printed in 1599. DANIEL WOOD. The Wood family are of English descent, but nothing definite is known as to the date of their immigration to America. Grandfather Isaac Wood, and Rachel, his wife, are the oldest of the name of whom anything is known. They were, perhaps, natives of Pendleton County, Virginia. He was born December 25, 1729, and died April 21, 1803; his wife was born March 1, 1747, and died August 29, 1822. Their children were James, Elizabeth, Susanna, John, Daniel, Ann, Joel, William, Isaac, and Jacob. Some of the family became residents of the western states. Joel, Jacob, William, and their mother, ended their days in Ohio. Jacob Wood, the father of Daniel, was born in Virginia, and at the age of fifteen, went to Kentucky on a visit, where he was married, about the year 1808, to Rachel, daughter of Daniel Ramey. They had two children born to them in Kentucky, and in Decem- MADISON TOWNSHIP - 969 ber, 1811, they immigrated to Ohio, on packhorses, bringing a few household goods, and located in Union Township, this county. In 1833, he bought a farm on Rattlesnake, in Jasper Township. Here his wife died. He married his second wife about 1844, by whom he had no children. He died at the age of seventy-nine, and is buried at Waterloo. Daniel Wood, the subject of this sketch, was the second child, and first son, of his father's family, and was born in Kentucky, August 10, 1811, coming to Ohio with his parents at four months of age. He was married, September 10, 1838, to Tabitha, second daughter of Walter and Elizabeth (Francis) Leach, of Brown County. She died, July 12, 1878, aged seventy-two years. To them were born three sons and one daughter: William D., born February 27, 1841; Cordelia A., born June 25, 1843; Roma F., born May 1, 1845, died September 27, 1849; Marcellus T., born November 2, 1846, enlisted as a soldier, and died at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, May 7, 1865, aged eighteen years. William married for his first wife, Mary Parker, February 27 1866, she dying; for his second wife, he married Rebecca Swoup, May 2, 1872. Cordelia married General Stephen B. Yeoman, in 1865, and lives in Washington. Our subject was married to his second wife, Mrs. Susan Adkins, widow of William Adkins, February 4, 1880. She is the third daughter of John and Frances (Randall) Yocom, of Pickaway County. By her first marriage, she had two sons: James Vincent, and William H., both of whom reside with their mother and step-father. Mr. Wood became a member of the Baptist Church, at nineteen years of age, since which time his life has been that of a consistent Christian. He has cheerfully borne the burdens incident to the support of the ministry, and the building of houses of worship. In politics he is a decided Republican. By close attention to farming, and legitimate business, he has gained a competency. WARFORD YOUNG. Warford Young, farmer, was born in Highland County, Ohio, December 12, 1820, and is the third child and second son of Job and Elizabeth (Creviston) Young. His grandfather, Jacob Young, was a native of Virginia. Job and Elizabeth Young were parents 970 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. of Lucinda, John, Warford, Fannie, and James, all of whom are yet alive. John Creviston, the grandfather of this subject, was a soldier in the war of 1812. Mr. Young's parents died when this son was but a small boy, and at the age of thirteen, he learned the trade of a tailor with Moses Stitt, of Bloomingburg. He practiced his trade for some years, and was regarded as a good workman. He was married, May 1, 1846, to Elizabeth, daughter of Shrieve and Cynthia Gaskill, of Waterloo. Five children have been born to them : Balco G., Cynthia, Walter H. (died September 8, 1872, aged twenty-two years), Irvin C., and Charles V. During the early years of his married life, Mr. Young was en-gaged in selling goods and farming, alternately, but in 1877 he bought the farm on which he now lives, three miles south of Mt. Sterling, and twelve miles from Washington. He is not what is known as a hard-working man, but has always planned carefully to attend to his own business, and in so doing, has won the esteem of a large circle of acquaintances throughout the county, and else where. Having been sparingly educated in his youth, he has given much of his later years to books, and is well informed on matters of history. He is a sturdy Republican in his politics.