BIOGRAPHICAL. MATHEW ANDERSON. Mathew Anderson. farmer and stock raiser, is a son of Robert Anderson, who was a native of Virginia. He came to Ohio in 1816, and settled on the waters of Buckskin Creek, in Ross County, where he remained but three years, when he removed to Fayette County, in 1819, soon after which he married Miss Sarah Rowe, daughter of Jesse Rowe, who was one of the pioneers of the county. They were the parents of four children, three sons and one daughter: Isaac married, and died; Jane married, and lives in the neighborhood; John was unmarried, and died at the age of twen- PERRY TOWNSHIP - 795 ty-two. The father died December 2, 1878, at the advanced age of more than eighty-four years. The mother died some six years previous. They lived together as husband and wife for more than fifty years, and were devoted Christians, both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mathew, our subject, was born October 23, 1821, and married Miss Mary A. Davids, October 28, 1847, with whom he lived six years, when she died, leaving no children. Mr. Anderson married for his second wife Mrs. Kaylor, daughter of William Merchant. One daughter was the fruit of this marriage, now the wife of John Rowe, living in the neighborhood. Mrs. Anderson lived but four years, when Mr. Anderson was again a widower. He married for his third wife Miss Sarah D. Adams, daughter of Albert Adams, Esq., residing near Greenfield, Ohio, and sister to Rev. Colonel Adams, of the 81st O. V. I., whose history appears elsewhere in this work. They have three children, two sons and one daughter. Isaac Newton, a very promising child, fell into the well and lost his life, when but eighteen months old. Nancy Ruth, a young woman of seventeen, is absent from home, attending school at Greenfield, Ohio. Albert Porter is but fifteen years of age, weighing one hundred and fifty-seven pounds. Mr. Anderson owns and lives on a most magnificent farm of a thousand acres, located on the Anderson pike, one mile west from the Washington and Martinsburg pike. e has been, all his life, a man of great energy and industry. But few men have performed so much hard labor on the farm, in the way of clearing up lands, raising large crops (sometimes five hundred acres of corn in a season), and feeding stock, as has Mr. Anderson. He has done a very large amount of business during the last twenty-five years, assuming great risks at times, and sometimes sustaining heavy losses; but by great energy and perseverance, and, as he puts it, the " blessing of a kind Providence," his latter days, financially, bid fair to be better than the past. He is a straightforward, Christian gentleman, assisted by a most estimable wife. GEORGE D. BORDEN. Anthony Borden settled in Greene County, Ohio, near Bellbrook, about the year 1803. He was a native of New Jersey. His children were Thomas, Enoch, Wesley, Asher, Margaret, and Sarah. 796 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. Enoch, the father of this subject, was a tailor by trade. His wife, Ellen Stoby, was a native of Scotland. Mr. Borden died in August, 1875; his wife died in September, 1879. They were the parents of seven sons and five daughters : Margaret, William, George D., Andrew, James, Mary Jane, Ann Amelia, Louisa, Christopher and John (twins), and Ida. William married Martha Ann Binegar; is a teacher, and lives in Green Township. Andrew married Amanda Mooney, and lives at Ada, Hardin County. John married Fanny A. Puckett. Ida married Russell Fishback. George D. Borden, the subject of this sketch, was born in Greene County, Ohio, November 19, 1844, and is a farmer by occupation. He was brought up to farm labor; and availing himself of common school advantages, attained a fair education. He enlisted in Company G, 73d 0. V. I., October 11, 1861, and shared in all the eventful battles and campaigns of that regiment, first in the Army of the Potomac, and afterward under Sherman, in his eventful campaigns. He was mustered out with his regiment, at Louisville, Kentucky, July 20, 1865, having made a proud record as a soldier of the Republic. The Borden family have resided in New Martinsburg since February 2, 1854. WILLIAM M. BREAKFIELD. John and Susan (Harmon) Breakfield, the grandparents of this subject, were natives of Virginia, but were of German stock. The husband died in Virginia, in 1820, and four years later his widow, with a large family of fatherless children, came to Ohio, and settled temporarily in Pickaway County. In 1827, the widow came to Fayette County, and purchased a tract of one hundred and forty-four acres of unimproved land in Perry Township, for which she paid four hundred and fifty dollars. John and Susan Breakfield had twelve children: George, Barbara, John, Katie, Peter, Henry, Jacob, Sallie, Elias, Susan, Eliza, and Mary Ann. Jacob Breakfield, the father of our subject, was born in Berkeley County, Virginia, in March, 1802. His wife was Lydia Miller. To them six children were born: Jeremiah, Susanna, Harriet, Sarah C., William M., and Joseph H. Our subject is the fifth child of the family, is a farmer and stock raiser, and was born October 31, 1842. He was married January PERRY TOWNSHIP - 797 16, 1869, to Olive Welsheimer, daughter of William H. and Mahala Welsheimer. Her father was a native of Virginia; her mother was born in Ross County, Ohio. Mrs. Breakfield was born January 4, 1847. Mr. and Mrs. Breakfield have had born to them two children : Harrold E., born May 18, 1870; Minnie M., born January 20, 1873. Our subject served during the late civil war, for a term of four months, in Company I, 168th 0. N. G., from May, 1864, till September, 1864. His company was commanded by Captain Lewis Painter. Mr. Breakfield has been farming on his own account since 1867. e owns a fine farm of one hundred and twenty-one acres, on Survey No. 660, Christian Febiger original proprietor. He built a fine house in 1879, at a cost of three thousand dollars, and now lives at his ease. A fine barn was also erected, and all the surroundings give evidence of taste and comfort. JOHN C. CAPPS. Dempsey Capps, the grandfather of this subject, came to Ohio from Virginia in an early day, settling first on the Ohio River, and afterward removing to Highland County, where he raised a large family. Among these were William, James, Elijah, Rhoda, and Elizabeth, besides sons and daughters whose names are lost. William and Margaret (Pope) Capps were married in Highland County, about the year 1812. They were the parents of the following named children: Sidney, Polly Ann, Elmira, John C., Elizabeth, Elijah, Cerilda, Curtis H., Jane, Adeline, Eliza, William, and James. John C. Capps was born in Highland County, Ohio, April 23, 1820, and is a farmer by occupation. He spent several years of his early life in Indiana and Illinois. He was married, May 28, 1847, to Jane Anderson, of Fayette County. She is the daughter of Robert and Sarah (Rowe) Anderson, and was born August 5, 1824. The Andersens and Howes were Virginians, but emigrated to Ohio early in the nineteenth century, settling on the Little Wabash, where some of their descendants still live. The children of Robert and Sarah Anderson were Isaac, Mathew, Jane, and John. Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Capps : Sarah E., born May 31, 1848; married Robert Todhunter, October 8, 1866; has 798 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. three children ; lives near Now Martinsburg. Margaret Elmira, born May 14, 1851 ; married Levi Bryan, October 13, 1870; husband died October 18, 1877; has two living children. Mary Jane, born January 25, 1853 ; married Henry Johnson, January 8, 1870; lives in Green Township. Robert William, born November 28, 1855; married Anna A. White in November, 1875; died February 24, 1881; was a favorite child, a promising young man, and much beloved; leaves one son, Virgil Leroy, born July 17, 1877. Mr. Capps came to Ohio from Illinois, in the year 1844, and in 1859 bought of John Merchant the farm on which he now resides. The farm comprises one hundred and forty-five acres, and shows signs of careful culture. His wife and himself are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and have been, from early life, consistent and useful Christians. Jesse Rowe, the grandfather of Mrs. Capps, was an exhorter in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was a power for good in his day and generation. He is said to have been the founder of the first society or class of Methodists on the Little Wabash, and was the builder of " Rowe's Chapel," one of the first houses of worship in Perry Township. He used to tell, in his eccentric way, that "all the swarms came from his hive." He established a Sabbath-school in his barn, about the year 1826. Who can tell the value of one good man in a community ? JAMES COCKERILL. James Cockerill, farmer, was born in this county, June 7, 1828. Till within the last five years, he lived on the farm on which he was born, four miles northeast of Martinsburg. In 1876, he moved to his present home, one and one-half miles northeast of Martinsburg. He owns one hundred and twelve acres, well improved, ninety acres of which is in a high state of cultivation. Mr. Cockerill enlisted as a private in the 168th O. V. I., and was captured with his regiment at Cynthiana Kentucky, and paroled. In politics, he is proud to be called a Republican. On the 3d day of September, 1862, Mr. Cockerill was married to Mary V. Hadley, whose father, James Hadley, migrated from North Carolina, to this state, in 1807, being four years old, and who now resides in Dublin, Wayne County, Indiana. Her mother died, in March, 1865, in her fifty-fifth year. Mrs. Cockerill was PERRY TOWNSHIP - 799 educated at Earlham College, and at the S. W. Normal Institute. Prior to her marriage, she was a prominent teacher, who never failed to get a certificate. In all, she taught sixteen terms. Mr. and Mrs. Cockerill are the parents of five children: Ina Bell, William J., Freddy, who died in infancy, Nellie S., and Walter R. Mr. Cockerill is a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Cockerill is a member of the Friends, by birthright, and is connected with Walnut Creek Preparative, Hopewell Monthly, Fairfield Quarterly, and Indiana yearly meetings. THOMAS G. COCKERELL. Thomas G. Cockerell, farmer and stock raiser,. is a son of William S. and Anna Cockerell, who were natives of Virginia. They emigrated to this state, in 1812, and settled near where the Hocking River empties into the Ohio, but a short distance below Marietta. In 1821 they removed to this county, and settled on the waters of the Wabash ; where in about one year Mrs. Cockerell died. They were the parents of nine children, five sons and four daughters : Elizabeth, married and now is deceased ; William, married and now is deceased; Milly, married and now is deceased; Samuel, married and lives in Iowa ; Eldridge, died when quite young; three died in infancy. Mr. Cockerell married for his second wife Phoebe Mooney, by whom he had nine children, two sons and seven daughters : Mary A., married but is deceased ; James, married and lives in the neighborhood; Lydia J., married and lives in the neighborhood; Harmanus, married and is deceased; Amanda, married and lives in the vicinity; Eliza, married but is now a widow, living near Washington ; Hannah, married and is deceased ; two died in infancy. In 1855, Mrs. Cockerell died. After remaining a widower for two years. Mr. Cockerell married for his third wife, Eliza Mooney, sister to his second wife; she lived but five years, and died. Mr. Cockerell remained single for two years, when he married Mrs. Poster, a widow lady of the neighborhood for his fourth wife; she lived nine years and died. Mr. Cockerell died December. 19, 1879, having lived more than ninety years. Thomas G., our subject, was born in 1812, consequently was by the first wife, and was married September 29, 1831, to Miss Silvitha 800 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. Cochran, daughter of Barnabas and Charlotte Cochran, who were of the pioneers of this state, coming to this county from New Jersey in 1806. Mr. and Mrs. Cochran have long since died; honored and respected by all who knew them. Mr. and Mrs. Cockerell have nine children, seven sons and two daughters : William Newton, married and lives on his grandfather's old homestead ; Martha J., now a widow, living in the county; Edward Estell, (named after Rev. Edward Estell,) married and lives in the neighborhood; Jacob, married and lives near his father; Thomas, married and lives on the home farm ; Samuel S., married and lives near Jeffersonville, this county; James W., married and lives on the old homestead.; Amelia O., single and remain at home; Eldridge W., single and remains at home. Four of the sons were in the army during the late war, two serving three full years. Four of the sons removed west and remained awhile, and then returned back to this county. Mr. Cockerell and wife feel that they have been highly favored in life. They have seen their family of nine children grow up to manhood and womanhood ; one son and daughter remaining at home with them. Seven of their children are married, and have families, all well to do in life, and living in the same county with their parents. Mr. Cockerell owns and lives on a fine farm of four hundred and fifty acres, situated on the pike leading from Washington to Martinsburg. SAMUEL DEVOSS. Among the skillful mechanics of this county, we take pleasure in mentioning Samuel Devoss, who carries on his business of carriage making and general repair shop, in New Martinsburg, in the shop formerly occupied by Jesse W. Barrett. He was born in Adams County, this state, September 5, 1840. The Devoss family came from Kentucky and settled first in Ross County, 1815. Jonas Pettit, the maternal grandfather of our subject, died in southern Ohio before the year 1840. The parents of our subject, David and Rachel (Pettit) Devoss, had eight children : Arrietta, Samuel, John, William, James, George, Frank and Mary. The oldest daughter, Arrietta, is a graduate of Granville Female Seminary, and lives in Missouri, PERRY TOWNSHIP - 801 near Fulton; John works at the blacksmith business, in Scioto County ; William resides in. Fulton, Missouri; .James works at wagon making, in Scioto County, and George works at blacksmithing in the same county; John served in the late war, on the side of the Union. Our subject learned his trade at Portsmouth, with C. Moffitt, and in 1858 began business for himself, at Rockville, Adams County, this state. In June, 1861, he enlisted in Company G, 22d regiment O. V. I. After his discharge, and a brief taste of civil life, he again enlisted, this time in Company F, 81st O. V. I., in which he served till 1864, serving three years; afterwards he re-enlisted in the same regiment as a recruit, serving in Company D. His total term of service, was but sixteen days less than four years, and during the whole time he never spent a day in the hospital on account of sickness. His regiment participated at Pittsburg Landing, Iuka, Corinth, Kenesaw Mountains, and many other hard fought battles of the war. Our subject married Margaret Ellen Ellis, in June, 1871; to this union, one child, Setta Jane, was born, and died at seventeen months of age. Mrs. Devoss died, October 4, 1873, aged twenty-two years. For his second wife, he married Nancy Terrell, daughter of Thomas Terrell, of Perry Township. The fruits of this union have been born : Flora, Bertha and David Garfield. Mr. Devoss began business in New Martinsburg, in 1870, and his workmanship and attention to business, give him a steady trade year after year. George Colven, the great-grandfather of our subject, died in 1864, at the age of ninety-eight years. He was a pioneer mail carrier on the frontier in his youth, and transported the United States mail in a canoe on the Ohio River. He was attacked on one occasion by Indians, and, though wounded seven times, he made his escape by strategy. Mr. Devoss is a Republican of the ardent order and an honest man, deserving of success in his business. ELIJAH ELLIS. Of the descendants of the early pioneers of Perry Township, none is more deserving of mention than Elijah Ellis. He was 802 - HISTORY OF OF FAYETTE COUNTY. born near the site of New Martinsburg, this county, October 1, 1817, and is the oldest son of David and Hannah Ellis, who settled in Perry Township, in 1799, near where Elijah now lives. The house in which he was born was destroyed by fire, in the year 1877. The parents of our subject were of Quaker stock, and their son is piously devoted to the doctrines and usages of that society of Christians. The Ellises came from Tennessee in the year above named, actuated by a desire to live in a country free from the curse of slavery. Our subject was married, in May, 1844, to Jane Jury, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Fisher) .Jury. To this marriage, five children were born: David William, born May 17, 1845 ; Joseph R., born June 9, 1846; Cyrenius, born November 10, 1848; Margaret E., born April 25, 1850, married Samuel Devoss, since died ; Isaac L., born November 17, 1852, died June 11, 1857. Mrs. Ellis died, December 5, 1852, aged twenty-six years. On the 6th of January, 1859, Mr. Ellis was again married, to Mrs. Eliza B. Ogborn, widow of the late Samuel F. Ogborn, of New Jersey. She is the daughter of Abel and Rhoda (Johnson) Thornberry. Her grandfather, John Johnson, was an early settler in the State of Indiana. He erected the first court house in Indianapolis, and his residence there was the first brick building erected in the city. He was a member of the Society of Friends, and for years kept a temperance hotel in the same city. Mrs. Ellis, by her first marriage, became the mother of two sons: Henry M. and Isaac F. Henry M. served in the 73d 0. V. V. I. during the war of the rebellion, and Isaac F. was a lieutenant in an infantry regiment of Indiana volunteers. He was captured by the enemy at Richmond, Kentucky, in the fall of 1862, paroled and exchanged. Mr. and Mrs. Thorn berry were the parents of the following named children : Lydia J., Eliza B., Mary Ann (died an infant), Mary Ann, Rachel B., Susan J., William J., and John Thomas. Lydia J., Eliza B., Mary A., and William J., still live. The latter is a minister of the Society of Friends. The father of Mrs. Ellis came to this state in 1799, and was a soldier in the war of 1812. In the prime of life he traveled from New Orleans to Leesburg, this state, on foot. He served as a member of the Legislature of Indiana, in the years 1833 and 1834, from Wayne County, and was also a member of the city council of PERRY TOWNSHIP - 803 Richmond, Indiana, several successive years. He erected several mills in and near Richmond, Indiana, and one or more in Michigan. He was a man of remarkable qualities, a mathematician of some note. e embraced religion in the latter years of his life, and died a glorious and peaceable death at the age of seventy-five years. Mrs. Ellis has in her possession a photograph group representing five generations of the family : Abel Thornberry, Eliza B. Ellis, Henry M. Ogborn, Ella D. Reese and Clara Reese. At the birth of Henry Thorn berry, the great-grandmother of Mrs. Ellis could have said : " Arise, my son, and go to thy daughter, for thy daughter's daughter has a son." Eliza B. Ellis was a great-grandmother at the age of fifty-eight, and now has two great-grandchildren, who have a great-great-great-great-great-aunt. The oldest of this line ,is Ann Nordyke, aged eighty-two ; the youngest, Laura Grace Reese, aged one year. Thomas Bales, the great-grandfather of Eliza B. Ellis, was the first white preacher who crossed the Alleghanies. He was suspicioned, and taken by the British as a spy, during his ministry among the Indians. His real character becoming known, he was released and permitted to preach unmolested. At his death, in 1801, he was buried in a rude coffin hewn out of a butternut log, in compliance with his own request. THOMAS ELLIS. The Ellis ancestry were from Wales. They came to America in the latter part of the sixteenth century, settling in Pennsylvania. Later, some of the stock moved to Virginia, and afterwards to Tennessee. Thomas, the son of Enos Ellis, was born in Pennsylvania, but came to Ohio from Tennessee about the year 1799, and settled in Fayette County, on the present site of New Martinsburg, when the surrounding country was an unbroken wilderness. He was the father of Phoebe, Thomas, Elizabeth, Margaret, Reese, David, Mary Ann, and Rebecca. David and Hannah Ellis were the parents of our subject. Their children were: Mary Ann, Elizabeth, Elijah; Sophia, Thomas, Morris R., Levi, James, David, jr., Lydia M, and Hannah E. Our subject was born near New Martinsburg, Ohio, December 6, 804 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. 1820. He was married to Mary Ellen Bennett, in the year 1848. Mrs. Ellis was born May 5, 1830, and died January 19, 1864. To this union five children were born : Martha Jane, born June 9, 1851, died December 28, 1875; Hannah Armilda, born March 28, 1853, died November 22, 1876 ; Rebecca Ellen, born February 12, 1855, died April 22, 1869; Mary Ann, born October 21, 1859, died February 19, 1880. Mr. Ellis was married to his present wife—Mrs. Mary Levey, nee Arthur—on the 20th of October, 1870. She was born in Kentucky, November 30, 1826. By her first husband she is the mother of five children, two of whom are deceased. The early life of Thomas Ellis was given to hard labor. The death of his father occurring when Thomas was yet a lad, the care of the family devolved upon himself and his brother Elijah. As a consequence, the education of Thomas was much neglected. He has had a painful experience in the loss of a family of promising children. In early manhood he spent much time on the road as a teamster, and before the days of railroads has wagoned farm products to Cincinnati, Chillicothe, and other markets. Mr. Ellis is a member of the Friends' Society, worshiping at Walnut Creek. His people are nearly all members of the Society of Friends, and the descendants of his ancestry number several score in Perry Township. Dates of births in the Ellis family : Thomas Ellis, March 2, 1772; Lydia Ellis, December 19, 1774; Martha, February 26, 1794; Hannah, .June 6, 1795; John, February 25, 1799; James, January 21, 1801; Rachel, October 28, 1802 ; Levi, May 9, 1804 ; Margaret, June 1, 1806; Thomas, March 5, 1808; Solomon, February 28, 1810; William, September 30, 1814; Reese, April 30, 1816. On the farm where Mr. Ellis lives are a number of apple trees which grew from sprouts planted by Grandfather Thomas Ellis in 1799. The fruit is called the " Tennessee Apple," and was brought from Tennessee. ROBERT S. EYRE. The Eyre ancestry were from England. John Eyre, the grandfather of this subject, was a Virginian. His children were Robert, Hannah, Samuel, Nancy, and William. William Eyre was the youngest of his father's family, and was born in Virginia in 1802. PERRY TOWNSHIP - 805 The family came to Ohio in 1804, settling at the falls of Paint Creek, in Ross County. After John Eyre's death, his widow married Judge James Mooney. Soon after this the family settled in Perry Township, this county. Robert S. Eyre, the fourth son and seventh child of William and Jemima (Smith) Eyre, was born April 24, 1845. The children of William and Jemima Eyre were John, William H., Nancy A., Eliza C., Joseph M., Hannah E., Robert S., and Sarah E. By a former marriage to Leah Job, Mr. Eyre had two daughters—Mary J., and Minerva. Our subject was married, November 16, 1871, to Mary J. Chalfant, second daughter of Nathan H. and Adaline (Harris) Chalfant, of Highland County. Mrs. Eyre was born September 4, 1847. To this union four children have been born : Vertie E., born June 23, 1873; William N., born May 1, 1876; Lulu M., born March 23, 1879 ; Joseph C., born January 22, 1881. Mr. Eyre has a creditable record as a soldier in the late civil war, serving as a private in Company G, 73d O. V. V. I., 3d brigade, 3d division, 20th army corps. His regiment campaigned with Sherman, and made itself illustrious in many hard fought battles, and was mustered out at the close of the war. Mr. Eyre became an Odd-fellow, January 5, 1876, and is an active member of Wilstach Lodge No. 368, at New Martinsburg. He is Master of Forest Shade Grange No. 368. His politics is of the staunch Republican order. ALBERT FISHBACK. Albert Fishback, blacksmith, was born in Highland County, near East Monroe, June 18, 1837. His parents, Thomas and Martha (Roberts) Fishback, were natives of Madison Court House, Virginia. They were married February 15, 1820. Mrs. Fishback was born September 1, 1804. They united with the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1823. About the year 1836 they came to Ohio, locating first in Highland County. They came to New Martinsburg in 1837. The mother died July 2, 1872, and her husband died nine days later. Both were ripe, earnest Christians, and active members of the church. Their children were :, Benjamin F., Francis E., Charles H., Hugh W., Matilda A., Martha J., John W., Albert, James H., and Richard E. The three younger 806 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. children were born in Ohio. The father of our subject was by trade a wheelwright, and for many years carried on his occupation at New Martinsburg. He also built and operated a carding-mill in the village, supplying the motive power by means of a tread-wheel horsepower. In later years he erected the sawmill now owned by Levi Ellis. He was also a merchant, and sold goods in the village for a time. Our subject learned the blacksmith trade with William Wasson, serving three years as an apprentice, beginning at the age of sixteen. Since 1860 he has carried on for himself, working for twenty-one years past in the same shop. He was married February 3, 1859, to Lydia M. Ellis, daughter of David and Hannah Ellis, this county. (The Ellises were from Tennessee.) The fruits of this union have been three children : Russell, born November 12, 1859 ; Alwilda, born October 18, 1861; Starkey, born September 5, 1863. SAMUEL HAINES. Joseph Haines, the grandfather of Samuel Haines, was a native of Warren County, Virginia,. He was the father of Nathan, Joseph, Vinson, Ebenezer, and Samuel. Ebenezer married Rebecca Berry, of Virginia, and to this union twelve children, including this subject, were born. Their marriage took place February, 1799. Their children were born as follows : Mary, 1800 ; Ann, 1801; Elizabeth, 1802 ; Susanna, 1805 ; Rebecca, 1807 ; Sidney, 1809 ; Joseph, 1811 ; Nathan, 1813 ; Sarah, 1816; James, 1818; Beulah, 1820 ; and Samuel, November 18, 1822. Ebenezer settled in Perry Township, about the year 1816, and on the same lands now occupied by his son Samuel. e paid $6 an acre for it at that time. Ebenezer died September 13, 1850, aged eighty years; his wife died February, 1846, aged sixty-five years. Francis Berry, the maternal grandfather of our subject, served in the war of the revolution, and died in Kentucky. The early education of Mr. Haines was more a matter of muscle than of brains, and much more of his time was given to clearing away the forest than to storing the mind with book knowledge. With all these disadvantages our subject obtained a rudimentary PERRY TOWNSHIP - 807 education. He mentions John Moon, Colby Chew, and Isaac Woodward as his early teachers. He was married December 27, 1849, to Maria Smith, second daughter of Francis and Charlotte (Cochran) Smith, natives of Virginia and New Jersey respectively, but residents of Ohio. The Smiths came to Ohio from Virginia in 1820. Francis and Charlotte Smith had seven children, born as follows: Sarah, 1826;-Maria, 1827; Anderson, 1830; Harriet, 1832; Charlotte, 1835; Henry, 1837 ; Elizabeth, 1839; John, 1840. Mrs. Haines (Maria Smith) was born February 27, 1827. To Samuel and Maria Haines nine children have been born : Albert Berry, born November 15, 1850; married Worthington, and lives in Perry Township. Martha Ella, born November 13, 1852. Henry Lewis, born January 1, 1855 ; married Etta Belle Borum, of Clinton County, October 4, 1877. Francis Marion, born June 17, 1857; married Alvaretta Jones, of Green Township, August 10, 1881. James Edward, born June 30, 1860 ; married Nancy C. Worthington, of Green Township, August 10, 1881. William Addison, born July 23, 1863. Belle Ann, born August 9, 1865. Charles Milton, born February 21, 1869. Mary Eva, born September 19, 1871. The father and all his children were born in the same house in which the family now resides. Mr. Haines has accumulated a competency by honest, hard labor, and well directed, legitimate trade. He owns five hundred and thirty acres of land in Perry Township, and has all in a good state of cultivation. e votes with the Republican party, but is not a politician. His daughter, Martha Ellen, has attained distinction as a teacher. ANDERSON R. IRION. John Irion, the father of this subject, came to Fayette County from Brown. Robert Irion, the grandfather of Anderson R., settled on Sugar Creek about the year 1816. His wife was Nancy Ballentine. The Ballentines were from Ireland. Robert was a soldier in the war of 1812. The children of Robert and Nancy Irion were John, Eichlas, George, Frances, Anderson, Hinson, Nancy, Silas, Harvey, Milton, and Mary. John was the eldest son, and the father of this subject. His wife was Catharine Hawk. The Hawks were of Brown Coun- 808 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. ty, Ohio. To John and Catharine Irion thirteen children were born : Lucinda, Nancy, Anderson R., Milton, William, Susan, Angeline, Frances, Ellen, Calvin, Mary, Hinson, and Jane. Lucinda died young. Nancy married Nathan Pine. Milton married Eliza J. Stookey, and lives in Fayette County. William married Sarah Scott. He was a member of the 168th O. N. G. He was wounded in an engagement at Cynthiana, Kentucky, in June, 1864, and died from the effects of his wound. His remains rest at Sugar Grove. Susan married Benjamin Burnett. Angeline married William _Milligan. Frances married Eli Post, and is a resident of Fayette County. Ellen married George Pine. Calvin died in his youth. Mary married James King. Hinson married .Jane Sturgeon. Jane married Edward Updegrove. Our subject was born on the 16th of January, 1824, in Brown County, Ohio, and came to Fayette in 1827, with his father's family. He was married August 3, 1853, to Susan Elizabeth Jones, second daughter of Amos and Eliza E. (Hilliard) Jones, of Virginia. Mrs. Irion was born April 22, 1829. To this union two children were born : Eliza Arabella, born May 23, 1854; married James Todhunter, of Fayette County, and is a resident of Perry Township. Jonathan Albertus, born November 11, 1855; lives with his father. In 1865, Mr. Irion bought the farm on which he now resides. It consists of two hundred and forty-six acres of choice land, and is in a high state of cultivation. e also deals in stock. The residence, and most of the out-buildings, were built by Mr. Irion, and are tasty and substantial. Both Mr. and Mrs. Irion are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. e is a member of Forest Shade Grange, at New Martinsburg. Has served Perry Township as trustee for some years past. His politics are of the Republican stamp. ISAAC M. JOHNSON. Isaac M. Johnson, farmer and stock raiser, is a son of William and Jane B. Johnson, who came in an early day from Virginia, and settled in Heller's Bottom, on Paint Creek, Ross County, Ohio, where they remained for twenty-seven years, when they removed .to Fayette County, and settled on the old Jesse Rowe farm, on the waters of the Wabash, where he died about 1833. Mrs. Johnson PERRY TOWNSHIP - 809 died in March, 1880, being in her ninetieth year. They were the parents of the following children: Thomas G., married, and lives in Green Township, near Buena Vista; Sarah, married, and lives in Iowa; William, married, moved to Indiana, and died; John, married, and died at the age of twenty-two; George, married, and lives in Iowa; Sophia, wife of Martin Rowe, whose biography appears in this work; Otho, married, went to Illinois, and was killed by a railroad accident at Toleno Junction; Hinton, married, moved to Illinois, and is dead; Eliza, wife of John Mitchner, lives in Staunton ; Caleb H., married, and lives in Concord Township; Mary A., married to Eli Johnson (no kin), and lives in Leesburg, Highland County, Ohio; Anna, married to William Pavey, but is dead; Isaac M., the subject of this sketch. Our subject was born in Fayette County, September 9, 1823, and was married to Miss Casander Dick, daughter of John Dick, October 8, 1846. They were the parents of four children, two sons and two daughters : Jane Josephine, married, and lives in this county; Mary Lorena, married, and lives in Staunton; Scott, died when but two years of age; Benson D., single, and at home on the farm with his father. Mrs. Johnson died in the fall of 1855, and about one year afterward Mr. Johnson married for his second wife Leann Clauson, daughter of William Clauson, residing near New Holland. They are without children. Mrs. Johnson is a most excellent woman, but does not enjoy first-class health. Mr. Johnson purchased what was known as the Jenkins farm, in the spring of 1849, and soon settled on the same, where he still remains. His farm contains three hundred and seventy-eight acres, situated on the pike leading from Washington to Greenfield, about midway between the towns. They live in a magnificent brick house, with a lovely yard and surroundings, on the south side of the pike. Mr. Johnson is one of the well todo farmers of Fayette County. He was out in the army for four months, and was taken prisoner by Morgan's forces at Cynthiana, Kentucky, but was soon released. In politics he is a life-long Republican; in religion, a Methodist. Some eight years ago a very interesting orphan girl was placed in the family of Mr. Johnson (Miss Ellen Brown, daughter of the late Dr. Brown, of Martinsburg,) by her grandfather, who requested Mr. and Mrs. Johnson to take charge of her, and raise her to womanhood. She was but seven years old at the time. She proved 810 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. to be a very interesting girl; so amiable and sweet-spirited that Mr. Johnson and family became very greatly attached to her—indeed, they loved her as though she was a member of the family by blood, and especially was this the case with Mrs. Johnson. Some two years ago Ellen died a triumphant death, believing, with all her heart, in the Lord Jesus Christ. Such was Mrs. Johnson's love and affection for this dear orphan girl, that she weeps, as only a pure woman can weep, when she talks of Ellen Brown's life and death. JOSEPH S. JONES. Joseph S. Jones, physician and surgeon, New Martinsburg, Ohio, is the son of Robert 1'. and Nancy (Smith) Jones, natives of Berkeley County, Virginia, but reared in Ohio. Robert Jones, the grandfather of this subject, came to Ohio in the year 1809, bringing a family of two sons and eight daughters. He settled permanently near Bainbridge, Ross County. His sons, Wells and Robert, became permanent and prominent citizens of that section. Robert, the father of our subject, still lives on the homestead farm in Ross County. Wells died in 1863, leaving one sou and five daughters. Robert is the father of six sons and two daughters, all of whom grew to mature years. Mary married Jeffrey Higgins. Wells married Lizzie Kincaid. Nancy married James Smith. Robert married Margaret Moon. William married Mary Core. James married Sarah Greenfield. John married Sarah Hamilton. Robert and Mary are deceased. Joseph S. Jones was born in Ross County, Ohio, August 1, 1827. He gave the greater part of his early years to farm labor, and endured a full share of the trials and difficulties of the early times. His school advantages were such as were offered by the district schools of the neighborhood. He however applied himself with more than ordinary diligence, fitting himself for the vocation of' a teacher. In the year 1850, he began reading medicine with Drs. Bittler and Little, of Cynthiana, Ohio, and attended lecture courses, in 1851-2, at Starling Medical College, Columbus, and in June, 1852, began the practice of his profession in New Martinsburg, where, with the exception of the years from 1855 to 1861, he has since been ministering to the afflicted of this locality. During the years excepted he was located at Jasper, Pike County. PERRY TOWNSHIP - 811 He was married, October 11, 1855, to Eliza J., daughter of Richard L. and Melinda (Turnipseed) Williams, of Ross County. Mrs. Jones was born April 20, 1835. Her father's people came from Virginia, and settled near Chillicothe some years previous to her birth. Mr. Williams was a skillful stonecutter, and in his early life helped construct the locks on the Ohio Canal. In later years he sold goods in New Martinsburg, from 1845 to 1878. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Jones nine children have been born : William H., Mary E., Charles, Wells S., Robert R., Laura M., Joseph S. jr., Alonzo N., and Lizzie, all of whom are living. Dr. Jones has had remarkable success in his profession, having had twenty-nine years of constant practice, which is extensive and substantial. In politics he adheres to the Republican party, and has missed but one election since he became a voter. He is a member of Wilstach Lodge No. 368, I. O. O. F., of New Martinsburg, and has filled, at various times, each of its several offices. WILLIAM A. KING. William A. King, farmer and stock raiser, is the son of Rev. John King, who came. from Virginia to Ohio, and settled in Ross County, in the year 1808, where he remained until 1816, when he removed to Fayette County, and settled on the waters of Sugar Creek, where he remained until his death, which occurred in February, 1866. He was born April 12, 1786. He married for his first wife, Miss Rachel Hixon, who died December, 1843. Married for his second wife, Alcina Cherry, in April, 1845. She survived her husband some ten years. He had ten children by his first wife, seven sons and three daughters: Bennett M. married, and lives in Holt County, Missouri. Sarah married, and lives in Missouri.' Timothy H. is married to his second wife, and lives in Allen County, Ohio. Reuben is practicing medicine in Oregon, Holt County, Missouri. Wesley is married, and lives in Wyoming City, Illinois. Elizabeth married Alfred Todhunter, and lives near Martinsburg, this county. Rachel married Levi Hopkins, and lives near Madison Mills, this county. John married, moved west, and died at the age of sixty-one, being the first death in this family of children. James C. married Miss Irons, and died in May, 1878, at Washington C. H. Mr King was licensed as a local preacher in the Methodist Epis- 812 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. copal Church in 1829, ordained deacon by Bishop Soule in 1833, and ordained elder by the same bishop in 1843. He was a very active and useful minister of the gospel in his day, visiting the sick, preaching funerals, and administering the sacraments to the sick and dying. Probably no one man has performed so many marriage ceremonies in the county as has Mr. King. He was one of the pioneers of the county, most widely and favorably known, respected and honored by all who knew him. After serving the church for fifty years as a minister of the gospel, he died in great peace at the advanced age of seventy. William A. King, the subject of this sketch, was born in Fayette County, June 18, 1824. He married Harriet Painter, daughter of Jonathan Painter, who was a native of Pennsylvania, but came to Ohio in an early day, and still lives near Good Hope, this county, November 9, 1847. They have eleven children, eight sons and three daughters: Osman L. is married, and lives on his father's farm. Emmett D. married a daughter of Adam Neighborgall, and lives near Good Hope. Asa L. and Marion U. are single, and both remain at home. Charles Trimble is also single; is attending the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, Ohio; and will soon graduate; has been licensed to preach two years, and expects to devote his life to the ministry ; a promising son. Edgar L. is single, and at home. Ada remains at home, and is teaching school in her father's district. Alcina E. is a Miss of sixteen, and is organist at Sugar Grove Church. John W., Bennett, and James H., remain at home. Mr. King was elected justice of the peace for Perry Township in 1861, and still holds the office, having been elected seven times. He was licensed to preach in the Methodist Episcopal Church, in 1852, and ordained deacon, in 1862, by Bishop Morris. The King family are all members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and much devoted to the cause of. God. For fifteen years after his marriage Mr. King taught school, and thus got his start in life. He now owns and lives on a farm of three hundred and sixty-five acres of good land, situated on the south side of Sugar Creek, on the Washington and Hillsboro pike. A family well to do, much respected, useful, and happy. PERRY TOWNSHIP - 813 HARRISON LIMES. Harmon Limes, the grandfather of this subject, was an Englishman, and his wife, Nancy Campbell, was a native of Ireland. They were married in England, and coming to America, before the revolution, settled in Maryland. They had four children : William, Henry, Harmon, jr., and Margaret. William, the oldest of the family, was born October 2, 1778. He married Atha Doster, of Virginia, and became a resident of this state in 1810. Their children were: Henry, Harmon, Harriet, Harvey, Hester, Harrison, Huldah, Henrietta, and Heresa. Harrison Limes is the fourth son and sixth child of William and Athalia (Doster) Limes, and was born July 20, 1816. He was meagerly educated in the common schools of the pioneer days of his time; but by application has added to his scanty store of book knowledge much valuable learning, which classes him among the intelligent men of his township. He was married April 7, 1841, to Eliza, first daughter of Mathew and Hannah (Kinley) Aber, of Highland County, this state; she was born December 15, 1823. The fruits of their union have been four sons and three daughters: William H., born February 16, 1842; Harvey E. E., born May 20, 1843; Harriet Ann, born August 14, 1845 ; Charles W., born September 17, 1850; Hannah R., born January 9, 1849; Winfield S., born January 22, 1855 ; Atha Eliza J., born November 22, 1860. Mr. Limes has served Perry Township as clerk for several successive years, and is at present serving as justice of the peace, on his fourth term of three years each. His reputation as a magistrate is an excellent one. He practices veterinary surgery extensively throughout the country. WILLIAM MERCHANT. William Merchant was born in Virginia, June 13, 1800. His parents, Abraham and Sarah (Bull) Merchant, were natives of. Berkeley County, Virginia, and came to this state, in 1814, bringing with them their children : Joel, Lydia, Jonah, Rebecca, Abraham, jr., William, Fanny, Nathan, Isaac and Sarah. Joel served as a soldier in the war of 1812, and died years later in one of the Southern States; Lydia married Reese Morgan; Jonah married 814 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. Sarah Brown; Rebecca married David Dunn; Abraham married Elizabeth Brown; Fanny married Mark Thurman; Nathan married Mary Davis; Isaac married Jane Todhunter; Sarah married Elias Simmons. William Merchant was married May 18, 1822, to Elizabeth Smith; ten children were born to them, nine of whom grew to mature years: Isaac, William, John W., Sarah, Jonah, Rebecca, Nancy, Abraham, Elizabeth, and Nahum. Isaac married Nancy Caylor; William married Sarah A. Breakfield; John W. married Eleanor Breakfield ; Sarah married Jacob Caylor ; Jonah married Maria Johnson; Rebecca married Hugh Snyder; Nancy married Charles Fishback ; Elizabeth died July 1, 1842, aged fifteen months ; Abraham married Catherine Limes. He served in the Union Army during the civil war of 1861 and 1865, and was a member of the Second California Cavalry. He died, during his term of service, December 2, 1861, and is buried in " Lone Mountain Cemetery," near San Francisco, California. Nahum, the youngest of the family, was born December 23, 1843, and was married September 8, 1866, to Eliza Priddy. To this union three children were born : Otis, Clara and Lida Belie. Mrs. Merchant died, May 2, 1870. He married his present wife, Emily A. DePoy, September 12, 1871. They have one son, born September 1, 1877. Nahum served in the late war as a member of Company G, 2d California Cavalry, campaigning against the Indians in California, Arizona and Nevada. He was mustered out of service, at San Francisco, in October, 1864, and returning to this state he engaged in farming the home place the next season, and ever since has given his attention to agriculture and legitimate trade. e has had some success, and is well known for his good judgment and business activity. e is a staunch Republican. It can be said of William Merchant, that nothing could divert him from the path of rectitude. He lived a correct life and died a peaceable death. He had been an active and useful member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for forty-four years preceding his death, and the light and powers of his Christian example outlasts his fleeting breath. He died December 27, 1878, in his seventy-ninth year. PERRY TOWNSHIP - 815 JOHN ORR. John Orr, farmer and stock raiser, is a son of John Orr, who was a native of Virginia, and came to Ohio in 1818, settling on the waters of main Paint Creek, in Marion Township. After remaining there two years, he removed to a farm on. the north side of Sugar Creek, where he remained until his death, which occurred in 1856. His wife was a Miss Vance, of Kentucky, who preceded him to the grave. They were the parents of seven children, four sons and three daughters: Sophia, married, and died in Kentucky; Samuel, married, moved to Indiana, and died; Eleanor A., married, and (lied in this county ; William P., married, moved to Johnson County, Iowa, and has his second wife; Elizabeth, married, moved to Indiana, and died; Andrew J., died unmarried; John, subject of this sketch. John Orr, our subject, was born in Kentucky, in 1811. Came with his parents to Fayette County, in 1818. . Married Eliza Snyder, (laughter of Henry and Elizabeth Snyder, in November, 1831. In the spring of 1832 they commenced keeping house on the farm on which they have resided all their married life, and which he still owns, located on the waters of Sugar Creek, on the Washington and Hillsboro pike, some four and a half miles from Washington C. H. Here Mrs. Orr died, after ten days' sickness, November 2, 1880, aged seventy years. She was a most estimable Christian lady. They were the parents of eight children, five sons and three daughters: Henry S., married, moved to Kansas, and died quite recently, in the forty-ninth year of his age; Andrew V., married, and lives near Washington C. H.; Nancy A., married to Christian Grove, and lives near Washington C. H.; William H., married, and lives on the original homestead, now owned by his father; Elizabeth J., married, and lives in Iowa; Samuel 0., unmarried, and died in the army; John S., married; and lives in his father's old homestead house; Emma A., married, and lives in Concord Township. Mr. Orr sold goods, from 1841 to 1857, in a room just across the road from his house, which proved a financial success. He owns a most excellent farm of one hundred and sixty acres. In consequence of the death of his wife, he made a public sale of stock, farming implements, etc., in April, 1881, and ceased housekeeping, after a married life of nearly fifty years on the same spot of ground 816 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. where he commenced. They have been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church for many years, and have seen all their children grown up to manhood and womanhood, a respectable, honored, well-to-do family. CHARLES PAINTER. Henry Painter and Elizabeth, his wife, were Pennsylvanians, coming to this state about the year 1822, and settling on the Woodson Survey, east of New Martinsburg, in Perry Township, this county. They were the grandparents of Charles Painter. Their children were John, Peter, Henry, Sally, Jonathan and Jacob (twins). Jonathan, the father of our subject, was born August 22, 1804, and in later years, settled with his father as above mentioned. His wife, Ada]] Smith, was from Pennsylvania. They were parents of six children : Jackson, Harriet K:, Eliza. Ellen Smith, Charles, Jonathan, and Lewis. Jackson, the oldest son, died in California.. The father still lives near Good Hope, this county, and has been an active Christian and member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for a great many years. Henry, the grandfather of our subject, was a soldier in the war of the revolution. Lewis and Jonathan both served in the late civil war, and fought for the Union. Our subject served in the 168th O. N. G. under Captain Lewis Painter. The regiment campaigned in this state and Kentucky. Charles Painter was married January 10, 1860, to Cynthia Ann, Roberts, daughter of Moses and Elizabeth (Perry) Roberts, of Highland County. Her father's family consisted of nine children Eliza, Jesse, Jane, Susan, Hannah, James, William, Cynthia Ann, and George H. Mr. Roberts, by a former marriage in Virginia, was the father of nine children. Mr. and Mrs. Painter have had born to them twelve children : Edward Estell, born January 9, 1861; Jesse Fremont, born August 1, 1863, died February 13, 1874 ; William Carey, born September 22, 1864 ; James Morris, born December 1, 1865 ; Harley Smith, born February 22, 1867; John Wesley, born December 25, 1868 ; Frederick J., born November 15, 1870, died December 18, 1874 ; Charles Eskridge, born October 15, 1872 ; Eldridge B., born April 1, 1876 ; Mary Olive, born March 11, 1879 ; infant son, born June 3, 1881. PERRY TOWNSHIP - 817 Mr. Painter and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which denomination Mr. Painter is a class-leader. They have occupied their present home since 1860. They are comfortably fixed, and their children are healthy and intelligent. Mr. Painter is a Republican, and for years past has served his township as trustee. JAMES PRIDDY. The grandparents of James Priddy—James and Martha (Rowe) Priddy—were natives of Virginia, and came to this state in 1816, settling in Perry Township. They were the parents of William, Elias, Andrew, George, and Lucy. Elias, the father of James, was born in Virginia, in 1796, and came to this state with his father's family, and in later years married Rebecca, daughter of Ebenezer Haines. His children were George, Evaline, Strawther, Martha, Jane, Lucy, James, Emily, Mary Amanda, Elizabeth, and Eliza. Strawther married Mrs. Ellen (Brown) Wheatley ; Martha married James Smith ; Lucy married Fletcher Zimmerman ; Emily married Elby Wilson ; Mary married Jonathan Painter; Amanda married Joseph Doster ; Elizabeth married W. F. Bryan ; and Eliza married Nahum Merchant. James Priddy was born in this county and state, February 27, 1839, and was married December 18, 1866, to Mary E. Todhunter, daughter of John P. and Martha J. (Binegar) Todhunter, of the same township. Mrs. Priddy was born May 10, 1844. The fruits of this marriage have been six children : Aurora Grace, born October 21, 1867; Myrta G., born October 11, 1870; Florence Luetta, born January 11, 1873 ; Leota Blanche, born August 12, 1875; Arthur Esto, born June 27, 1878 ; and Ethel Alma, born November 16, 1880. Mr. Priddy has a creditable record as a soldier, and did service during the late civil war as a member of Company A, 1st Ohio Cavalry. His company was commanded by Captain John Robinson, of Washington, and served on special duty as escort to some of the distinguished commanders of the Union forces ; among them, Kilpatrick, Meade, Pope and Shields. The field of travel embraced Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania., South Carolina, and Tennessee. 818 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. Our subject now occupies what is known as the " old Crothers farm," composed of one hundred acres of good farm land. He is the head of an interesting family, deals squarely and prospers continually. His wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. HARRISON REES. Solomon Rees, the grandfather of Harrison Rees, came to this county, in 1806, and built and operated a brewery on the lot now owned by John Kneedler, in the suburbs of New Martinsburg. This was long before the town was thought of. Sampson, Hiram, and Owen, were his sons. The first two were born in Virginia, and Owen was born on the way from Virginia to this state, and on that account was afterwards known as "Owen Rees the traveler." Hiram and Mary (McVeigh) Rees, the parents of this subject had ten children : Sarah, Harrison, Isaac, Mary Ann, Noah, Ruth, John, Martha J., Rebecca, and Emily. Hiram first settled on Rattlesnake. e afterwards followed coopering and farming. Our subject was born at the present site of New Martinsburg, November 13, 1816, and attended school in the pioneer school house, of round logs, puncheon floors and slab benches. Among his teachers, were Zena Wilcox, William Jury, and Jacob Todhunter. He was married December 25, 1838, to Margaret, daughter of Rees and Mary (Madden) Ellis. This marriage ended in the death of the wife, nearly thirty years later, November 1, 1868. Mrs. Rees was a woman of remarkable piety, and was much devoted to a prayerful study of the Bible. She died childless. Mr. Rees, was again married, on the 13th of October, 1869, to Mrs. Ann (Dill) Daugherty, relict of Joseph Daugherty, who died in the army, a member of Company C, 114th O. V. I. They had six children born to them : Noah A., Joseph H., William H., Mary M., Alice H., and Anna May. By her marriage to Mr. Daugherty, Mrs. Rees is the mother of three children : Eliza E., Libbie, and Nancy J. Our subject spent a brief time in Champaign County, in 1844 and 1845; but with this exception, his life of sixty-five years has been spent in the. vicinity of the village of New Martinsburg. He began his business of shoe making in 1848, and has ever since given his main attention to that trade. PERRY TOWNSHIP - 819 In the year 1849, he was elected constable of his township, and with the exception of two years, he has been successfully re-elected to that office. He has also assessed the chattels of Perry Township every year, save three, since 1854. Mr. Rees has been an Odd-fellow for the past sixteen years. He is widely known in the county, and much esteemed for honesty and integrity. His wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. WOODSON SMITH. Peter Smith, the grandfather of Woodson Smith, was a native of Germany. He came to America near the close of the Revolution, settling for the first five years in Virginia. He then removed to Kentucky, and during his residence there, became personally acquainted with Daniel Boone of historic fame. Adam Smith, the father of Woodson, was born in Virginia, five years previous to the removal of the family to Kentucky. His wife was Ann Woodson, daughter of Judge John Woodson, of Kentucky. The Woodsons are of French descent. To Adam and Ann Smith. were born two sons and two daughters, Woodson, Maria, Wesley, and Betsey Ann. e came to Ohio in 1821, and settled on the " Woodson Survey," near where his descendants now reside. The land in that section was then valued at $1.50 to $2 per acre. Adam Smith died in Iowa in 1860; his wife died in 1832. Our subject was born in Ohio, February 11,1821, and was educated in the pioneer school-house, with puncheon benches for seats and greased paper for window-glass. He was married August 16, 1843, to Henrietta Limes, daughter of William and Athalia (Doster) Limes, who were settlers east of New Martinsburg as early as 1811. Mrs. Smith was born in 1823. To their union was born two sons, Harvey, born July 8, 1844, and Leander, born October 4, 1846. Harvey married Levina Irvin and is a resident of Fayette County. He is the father of one son, Tucker, and one daughter, Lulu. Leander married Mrs. Henrietta Cox, nee Bennett. She died April 2, 1876, aged 31. To Leander and his wife two daughters were born, Della, born February 11, 1870; Ella, born May 3, 1875. Leander is a member of the I. O. O. F., and served with credit in the war as a member of Company " I," 168th O. V. I., under Captain Lewis Painter. Our subject was one of the throng of adventurous spirits who sought the gold fields of California when 820 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. the precious ore was discovered there. He left Ohio in March 1852, spent more than five years in the trip from first to last, and returned to his home in August, 1857. He recounts many thrilling stories of his experience in the cities of Mexico, Acapulco, Vera Cruz, and other important places visited by him and his party. He is a member of the F. & A. M. at Greenfield. Mr. S. built his present brick residence in 1876, at a cost of $5,000. He is the owner of a fine farm of two hundred and twenty-five acres of land on the Buena Vista pike, two miles east of New Martinsburg. ISAAC SMITH. Isaac Smith is a sturdy blacksmith of New Martinsburg, and plies his trade diligently, year after year. He was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, January 28, 1822 ; he is a son of Anthony Smith, a native of New Jersey, who came to Ohio soon after it was admitted into the Union. Our subject learned his trade with William Gold, of Tarlton, Ohio, and on the 19th of April, 1846, he was married to Mary Smith, daughter of S. Smith of New Jersey. The fruits of this union were six children : Melissa J., Elizabeth Ellen, Ann Maria, Clara Adelia, Alice, and Orpha. Previous to his residence in New Martinsburg he spent a number of years in Pickaway County, and seven years in Vinton County. He located in New Martinsburg in 1862, and has since then given his trade his principal attention. ROBERT R. TEMPLETON. Robert Templeton, the subject of this sketch, was born May 14, 1794, in Washington County, Pa., and came with his parents to Ross County, Ohio, in 1812, settling near the site of the town of Kingston. He was married to Miss Jane, daughter of John Beaty, of New Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, on the 23d of November, 1820. Mrs Templeton died in 1872. Mr. T. is the father of eight children, Mary Ann, Eliza J., Agnes T., David W., Margaret, John B., Robert A., and J. Caruthers. Of these Mary Ann and Margaret are dead. Mr. Templeton came to Perry Township, (then a part of Wayne and Green) in April, 1822. He here lived on a farm ten miles south of Washington and three miles east of Martinsburg, until the death of his wife, when he sold his home farm and has PERRY TOWNSHIP - 821 lived with his son John on the farm adjoined to the one he sold, until recently. His son Carnther's wife dying, the father, sympathizing with his son in his great loss, and wishing to minister to him in his affliction, went to reside with the stricken one. Mr. Templeton has been an elder in the Presbyterian Church at Greenfield for over forty years. In early life he was a Whig; in later years a Republican. He is decidedly anti-secret society in his sentiments, and on the subject of temperance and the use of tobacco, he gives forth no uncertain sound. Commencing life a poor man, he has amassed a fortune, so that he can give to each of his children a handsome start in life. J. B. TEMPLETON. This gentleman is a native of Perry Township ; was born February 28, 1833, and is the son of Robert R. Templeton. He served in the 168th O. N. G. in the rebellion, and, with his regiment, was captured at Cynthiana, Kentucky, and paroled, after which he was kept on duty in Cincinnati. October 8, 1856, he married Catharine Lucas, whose father, Ezra Lucas, was born at Marietta, Ohio, April 16, 1789. It is thought that Mr. Lucas was the first white male child born in Ohio. He was a lineal descendant of the Puritans of Plymouth. His parents came to Marietta in 1788 with the first immigrants, and remained two years, then went to Washington County, Pa., on account of the depredations of the Indians. Ezra Lucas came thence to Ohio, probably in 1810, and was married to Isabel McKinzey, April 2, 1811, and settled in Ross County. To then were born twelve children, of whom Mrs. Templeton is the youngest. Mr. Lucas died in September, 1861. Mr. Templeton, as well as his wife, is a member of the Presbyterian Church at Greenfield, of which he has been a deacon eight or ten years, and has recently been elected elder. He has three hundred and nine acres of excellent land, well improved. His family consists of six children : Melva J., Albertus L., Annie I., John C., Robert E., and Katie E. LEVI TRACY. Wornel, Solomon and William Tracy, sons of John Tracy, of the 822 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. State of Maryland, came to Ohio about the year 1805, and settled first in Jefferson County, and each took a part in the war of 1812. John, the father, resided thirty miles from Baltimore, and it is said of him that he rolled into the city the first hogshead of tobacco ever offered to the market. Wornel, the father of our subject, married his first wife, Lemmons, in Maryland. She died in that state, leaving three children, Sallie, John, and Tempy. After coming to Ohio he married a Babb, by whom he had nine children, Rebecca, Jasper, William, Levi, Elizabeth, Hannah, Joseph, Nancy, and Mary. The Tracys were of Scotch descent ; the Babbs were from Switzerland. Our subject was born near New Martinsburg, Fayette County, Ohio, May 4, 1811. His education was of the pioneer kind, and was obtained in light closes, in attending the old-fashioned log school house. More attention was given to clearing up the farm than storing the mind with knowledge. He was married May 17, 1832, to Catherine Smith, daughter of Peter Smith, native of Kentucky. She died September 16, 1864, having borne eight children : Harriet, Martha, Lydia, Wesley, Asbury, Maria, Miranda, and Lawson. Mr. Tracy married his present wife, January 23, 1866. She was Mrs. Lydia Branch, nee Brown, daughter of Lemuel G. and Anna (Trowbridge) Brown. The Browns were among the early settlers of Marietta, Ohio. She was born May 19, 1826. By her first marriage she had five children : Henry, Charles, Lemuel E., John, and Lucy. Two daughters have been the fruits of her marriage to Mr. Tracy. Our subject located where he now lives in the year 1832, having partially cleared the tract some years previous. e is thoroughly versed in the usages and customs of the early clays, and never tires in reciting the thrilling incidents of his backwoods experience. At his first marriage, he began the erection of a house in which to move, and, without assistance, had it ready for occupation in thirty days. He was converted and joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, February 25, 1846, and has ever since been found in his place, bearing a large share of the burdens of the Cochran society, in which he held, for many years, the position of leader. He has lived to see the wilderness of his boyhood blossom and bear rich fruit as the results of honest toil on the part of the hardy pioneer and his successor. PERRY TOWNSHIP - 823 ALFRED TODHUNTER. Alfred Todhunter, farmer and stock raiser, was born on the farm which he now occupies, one and a half miles southeast of Martinsburg, on the 22d of July, 1819. On the 28th of May, 1846, he married Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. John King. To them have been born five children : John T., Sarah P., Robert M., James R., and Rachel M. Of these, Sarah is dead; John, Robert, and James are married, and reside in this township; and Rachel lives with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Todhunter are consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He belongs to the Odd-fellows, having regularly passed all the chairs in a creditable manner. Though they commenced life poor, by industry and economy they have amassed a competence, and own one hundred and twenty acres of good land, well improved, and beautifully located. In addition to this, they have one hundred and thirty-eight acres near Martinsburg, on which his sons live, and one hundred acres in Kansas. Being out. of debt, Mr. Todhunter is contented and happy. Mr. Todhunter's father, Richard Todhunter, a native of Virginia, came to Ohio probably in 1810, and died in 1867, ninety years old. His mother survived her husband a few years. AUGUSTUS WEST. Mr. West was born in Madison County, Virginia, March 20, 1814. His father being a slave, he took the name of his mother, a free colored woman, Dilcie West, who supported her family by selling cakes and other pastry which she baked. She was the mother of sixteen children. Mr. West came to Ohio in 1837, and settled in Highland County, three and a half miles from Hillsborough, where he resided three years; thence he moved to a farm on Falls Creek, and remained three years. Moving from there he came to Fayette County, and bought fifty acres of land, on which he lived fifteen years. Selling this land, he purchased one hundred and seventy-seven acres, eleven miles south of Washington, where he has resided for twenty-two years, surrounded by many comforts. 824 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. He married Harriet Payton, in Culpepper County, Virginia, by whom he had eleven children. She died in 1873. He married his second wife, Mary Ootes, in 1877. Mr. West is a member of the Baptist Church, and a Republican. His wife is a Methodist. Two of his sons served in the army in the late war. Andrew was a member of the 27th Michigan Infantry, and was killed at Honey Hill, North Carolina, in 1863. William was wounded in the battle of the wilderness. JAMES WILSON. James Wilson, farmer and teamster, is the second son of William and Sarah (Santee) Wilson, natives of Ohio. e was born October 3, 1825. His father's family consisted of ten children : Eli, James, Sarah, William, John, George, Joseph, Cynthia, Sophia, and Margaret. The parents died in Highland County, near Centerfield. George Santee, the maternal grandfather of this subject, served in the war of 1812, and died near Petersburg, Highland County, at an advanced age. Our subject was married, May 11, 1854, to Mrs. Elizabeth (Dowden) Wilson. She was a native of Ohio, and was born April 5, .1823. By a previous marriage she is the mother of two children : Margaret J., born February 11, 1844; William O., born May 5, 1847. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are the parents of six children: Sarah F. A., born January 28, 1855; married John Cooper. Thomas L., born September 17, 1856; Samuel A., born June 21, 1859; John E., born February 3, 1862; Samantha F., born January 2, 1864; Alwilda E., born July 20, 1866. JAMES ZIMMARMON. The parents of Mr. Zimmarmon came from Virginia to Ohio at an early date, and settled in Wayne Township. After staying there some time, they moved to the western part of Perry Township, where they died. Mr. Zimmarmon was born September 26, 1826, and on the 19th of July, 1849, he married Elizabeth Wain. Mrs. Zimmarmon was born March 27, 1833. To these parents have been born ten children: Sarah E., Mary Frances, Joseph H., Jacob W., Clara Ann, PERRY TOWNSHIP - 825 Eli Wesley, James Sherman, Grant, Irena, Mary, Aldo Layton, Alonzo, and Almeda. The last two are dead. Mr. Zimmarmon owns two hundred acres of land, favorably located, and well improved. Stock-water is in abundance. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics he is a Republican.