UNION TOWNSHIP - 583 BIOGRAPHICAL. DR. O. A. ALLEN. Dr. O. A. Allen, druggist, Washington, was born in New Jersey, July 1, 1825, and is a son of John P. and Jane (Adams) Allen, both natives of New Jersey. The family,consisting of five sons and three daughters, immigrated to this state in 1831. Our subject was married in March, 1852, to Jane Jenkins, of this county. Two children have been born to them : Lucy, now Mrs. E. A. Ramsey, and William J. The doctor is a member of Temple Lodge No. 227, I. O. O. F., and also a member of the Baptist Church, being at present clerk of the organization. At one time he was clerk of the village of Washington. He studied at Granville College, and completed his medical education at the Cleveland Medical College, graduating in 1854, and commencing practice in the spring of that year. He has continued as a druggist and physician to this day. JOEL BARRETT. Joel Barrett, painter and paper-hanger, Washington, was born April 14, 1843, at Newmarket, Highland County, Ohio, and is a son of Thomas and Sarah Barrett. His father is a native of Pennsylvania, and his mother of New Jersey. Their family consisted of four children. Joel, our subject, was married June 26, 1866, to Miss Mary E. Johnston, daughter of Samuel B. and Rebecca Johnston, of Highland County. They are blessed with seven children: Lizzie, Ellen, Nettie, Jennie, Ralph, and Ida, living, and John, who died some years ago. Our subject enlisted in Company B, 60th 0. V. I., and served one year, when the whole regiment was captured at Harper's Ferry, and subsequently paroled, when he re-enlisted Company B, 2d Ohio Heavy Artillery, and remained with them until the close of the war. He was mustered out in 1865, came home, and engaged in painting and paper-hanging alone until 1880, when he formed a co-partnership with Mr. Curtis; and since that time, under the firm name of Curtis & Barrett, they have been doing an extensive business. He is an Odd-fellow, and a member of the Presbyterian Church. Received his education in Highland County, 584 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. where his life was spent up to the time of entering the service of his country. GEORGE J. BAILEY. George J. Bailey, liveryman, Washington, was born in Newport, Rhode Island, December 8, 1848. He is a son of James E. and 'Harriet Bailey, natives of Rhode Island, where they still reside. They have two children : Joseph H. and George, our subject, who was married October 2, 1873, to Miss Elizabeth Hathaway, daughter of John and Ann Hathaway, of Clarke County. They have two children: Joseph P. and Charles S. Mr. Bailey served one summer's cruise on board a government steamer, under the command of Lieutenant Miller. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He received his education in his native place, leaving there at the age of thirteen years, and clerked in Boston and New York City for three years, when he came West and engaged in the livery business, which he has followed since. CHARLES C. BLAKEMORE. Charles C. Blakemore, sewing machine agent, Washington, is a sou of William H. Blakemore, who was a native of Virginia, but came to Ohio about the year 1824, and bought and settled on a farm in this township, where the village of Culpepper now stands. He married Miss Ann Millikan, daughter of Captain John Millikan, who died at Chillicothe, of cold plague, during the year 1812. They were the parents of ten children, five sons and five daughters, three of whom di l in infancy. Frank L. and Wyatt D. both went West at the close of the war, being single at the time, but married and settled in Taylor County, Iowa, and are engaged in farming, occupying positions of honor and respect in their county. Keziah C. is the wife of Colonel H. B. Maynard, whose biography appears in this work. Amanda J., married to C. A. Beery, of Chillicothe; Emma, married to W. E. Bonfoy, of East Walnut Hills, Cincinnati; Anna M., married to Nathan Snyder, who is now deceased. She remains a widow, and lives in Xenia. Charles C. Blakemore, our subject, was born in 1839, and is a native of this county. He spent his first years with his parents on the farm, but removed with them into Washington at the age of-. UNION TOWNSHIP - 585 ten, and has been a resident of the town ever since. For more than twenty years Mr. Blakemore has been engaged in the sewing machine business—indeed, he is the pioneer sewing machine agent in the county. He married his first wife, Miss Jenny Cox, daughter of Isaac Cox, of Hamilton County, in 1865, with whom he lived nine years, when she died. Mr. Blakemore remained single three years, when he married Mrs. Phoebe J. Haus, daughter of John Mallow, Esq., of Ross County. They are residing in Washington, on Main Street, in a nice residence of their own, and are without children. Mr. Blakemore has been quite successful in the selection of amiable wives. He is a man of some peculiar traits of character, possessing an inherent love for fine horses, which seems to have been a trait of character possessed to a great degree by his father. Few men in the county are so fond of a good horse as is he, and but few men are capable of handling one so skillfully. He is a straightforward, honest, upright man. In politics, he is a Republican; in religion, a Methodist. His father served the county as coronor and sheriff, and died July 20, 1870. His mother died May 3, 1874, at the house of Colonel H. B. Maynard, in Washington. The Blakemores are regarded as one of the prominent families of the county. JOHN SARGENT BURNETT. John Sargent Burnett, farmer and stock-raiser, Seldon, is a son of Robert and Susanna Burnett, who were natives of Virginia, came to Ohio in 1810, and settled for the winter on the waters of Herod's Creek, in Ross County, here they remained until the spring of 1811, when he removed to this county, and settled about half' a mile east of Sugar Creek, where Henry Bush now lives, on the south side of the Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley Railroad, remaining here for some two years, when he removed to a farm about one mile northwest from Jasper Station, where he remained until his death, which event occurred December 9, 1878, in the ninety-first year of his age. His wire died in 1839. He married his second wife, Catharine Caylor, in 1844, who died in 1876. By his first wife he had eleven children, six sons and five daughters. Sidney died when a young woman; Harry married, and lives in Clinton County, near Sabina; Rebecca is the wife of Jacob Mark, Esq., living near Jasper Mills; Naoma was married, but is now 586 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. dead; Thomas married, lived in Washington, and died in 1870, and his widow and children still remain in the same place; Catharine, wife of Joseph Plum, lives in Washington ; Elihu married and removed to the State of Iowa a few years ago; Absalom married, and lives in Peru, Indiana ; Susanna married, moved to Allen County, and died; Jesse was a twin brother to John S., and died in infancy. The subject of our sketch was born October 21, 1817, and married Sarilda Feagins in February, 1846. She is the daughter of Richard Feagins, who is one of the pioneers of the county, being in his eighty-fifth year. He lives with Mr. and Mrs. Burnett, who now own and occupy the old homestead, where Mr. Feagins has lived for so many years. Mr. Feagins has been much of a man in his day, but now is becoming quite feeble, both in body and mind. Mr. and Mrs. Burnett are the parents of three children, two daughters and one son. Mary Catharine married David Toops, and is a widow. They had but one child, Oliver Edwin, a sprightly lad, eleven years old, living with Mr. and Mrs. Burnett, who are much delighted with him. Richard Henry married, and lives on his father's farm, and is without children. Susanna married Barton L. Stevenson. They live in the house with Mr. and Mrs. Burnett, and have one son, Alonzo Edgar, four years of age, a child of superior intellectual development for one of his years. In 1849, Mr. Burnett was elected to the office of county surveyor, in which official capacity he served for fifteen years. He was elected justice of the peace for Jasper Township in 1846, and served for three years. He taught school for a number of his earlier years. Was educated at Athens, in this state, and is an intelligent, well-informed man, being more than an average in this respect with the men of his age. He owned and lived on a farm but a few miles north of Jasper Mills most of his married life. In the year 1876 he disposed of it, and purchased his father-in-law's farm, on the east bank of Sugar Creek, in Union Township, a little north from the Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley Railroad. This farm contains one hundred and twenty-one acres of choice land. The family moved here in the spring of 1876. Mr. Burnett is a Republican in politics, a Christian gentleman, kind and affable, and much interested in the Sundayschool, education, etc. UNION TOWNSHIP - 587 ABRAHAM BUSH. Abram Bush, farmer and ex-county commissioner, was born in Fayette County, Ohio, November 10, 1816, and is a son of Abraham and Phoeba Bush, both natives of Virginia, who immigrated to Ohio, in the year 1810. He came to Fayette County, in 1811, and cut the road through the wilderness from Washington Court House to Sugar Creek, and the original farm still remains in the Bush family; they had a family of seven children. Abraham the subject of our remarks was married, in 1839, to Miss Catharine Bush, daughter of Daniel and Susannah Bush, of Fayette County. They have four children : Annetta, Gilbert L., Charles F., and Serepta. He was elected county commissioner, in 1871, and held the office six years, and was, also, township clerk for eighteen years of Jefferson Township, and two years a trustee. He is now farming three hundred and fourteen acres of land, in Jefferson Township, and raises a great many cattle and hogs. He received his education in Fayette County, where he has lived from his birth. CISMORE CARR. Cismore Carr, farmer and stock raiser, Washington. His parents were Joshua and Susy Carr, who came from Virginia, to this county, in 1814. They are both dead. Mrs. Carr survived her husband many years. They were the parents of four children : two girls and two boys. Jason M., married and moved to the State of Missouri, and died there. Mary Susy was married to Captain E. Henkle, and died some years since. Their biography appears in this work. Mary Jane was married to Henry Baugh!), and lives in the neighborhood. Cismore, the subject of this sketch, was born October 28, 1818, on the very spot of ground where he now resides. He spent his earlier years in the vicinity of his residence. Mr. Carr remained unmarried until February 23, 1870, when he married Miss Margaret Jane Isgrig, daughter of Madison Isgrig of Missouri. They were married in Missouri, but came to his home in this county at once. They have four children : Christine Jane, Mary Susy, Wilber Jason and Harman. Mr. Carr owns and lives on a number one farm, containing three hundred and ten acres, situated three miles west from Washington, midway between the 588 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. Wilmington and Plymouth pike. His house is built oil a hill or elevation one hundred or more feet above the town of Washington. This is one of the most beautiful locations for building purposes in the county, being on the divide between the waters of Paint and Sugar creeks. Mr. Carr, all his life, has been a very active, energetic industrious man ; but few men in the county have performed so much hard labor as Mr. Carr: For a number of years past, he has devoted much time and energy in the late fall and early winter in the purchasing and shipment of hogs on commission for Cincinnati parties and elsewhere. Mr. Carr, for years, has had certain interests which has called him west. He has been west thirty-eight times. All of these trips may not have been very remunerative; but some of them most assuredly proved very profitable, for it was thus that Mr. Carr secured a most estimable wife, which certainly is no small thing, especially for an old bachelor to do. In politics he is a Republican. JACOB CARR. Jacob Carr, farmer and stock raiser, Washington, is a son of Joab and Elizabeth Carr, natives of Virginia. They immigrated to Ohio, on horseback, in 1815; came to Fayette County and settled where the subject of this sketch now lives, in 1818 ; where the father died in 1824, and the mother in 1832. They were the parents of four children—three sons and one daughter : George, married, and living in Clinton County; Joab, married, and living in White County, Indiana; Mary Susan, died in 1832. Jacob, our subject, was born October 7, 1817, on the spot where he now lives. January 22, 1842, he married Miss Polly Herrod; daughter of Samuel Herrod, of Madison County, Ohio, who raised a large family, all of whom, including the father and mother, are now dead, except Mrs. Carr and one sister. Mr. and Mrs. Carr have had nine children—four sons and five daughters—born unto them: Matilda A., wife of William Thornton, of Madison, County ; Salathiel H., married, and living on the home farm; Elijah Scott, married, and living in Millidgeville, this county. Ellen A., married to Elam Thornton, and living in the neighborhood ; David M., married, and living in the vicinity of his father; Amanda Jane, married, and living in Clinton County; Angeletta, married, and living in the neighborhood, and Susan and UNION TOWNSHIP - 589 Jesse Sherman, who are single, and remain at home with their parents. June 2, 1881, the entire family, consisting of father, mother, and nine children, appeared before an artist in Washington, and had their negatives taken for a family picture. Mr. Carr owns and lives on a most excellent farm, containing one hundred and thirty-one acres, located two miles west of Washington, between the Wilmington and Palmer or Jamestown pikes. Here he has lived all his life, raised his family, and expects to remain the balance of his days. Mr. Carr has never had a law suit, and has never paid a dollar as fees to a lawyer. Was elected assessor of his township in 1855, and has assessed the township fifteen times, and assisted to do the same work five times. Sold pork in the early part of his farm life at one cent per pound, and delivered corn in Washington at ten cents per bushel. In politics he is a Republican, and is a straightforward, honest, truthful man. The family are well-to-do, and much respected by all who have to do with them. REV. GEORGE CARPENTER. Rev. George Carpenter, pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Washington, was born May 9, 1826, near " Carpenter's Mills" on the Olentangy River, Delaware County. His father, Nathan Carpenter, was born in New York, but in 1801, when eleven years of age, the family immigrated to this state, and settled in Delaware County. In 1811, he was married to Miss Electa Case, whose father's family came originally from New Haven Connecticut, with the " Worthington colony," in 1803. They had eleven children, three sons and eight daughters. When the subject of this sketch was eleven years old, his father removed to a farm near Worthington, Franklin County, and his youth was spent in alternately working the farm and attending school. He graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan University, in 1851, and in his theological course at Cincinnati, in 1853. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Columbus at Kingstown, Ross County, in the same church where he afterwards ministered as pastor. He served for several months the churches of Tarlton and Amanda; but being laid aside by sickness for a year, afterwards accepted a 590 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. call to Kingston, where he was ordained and installed pastor October, 1855 ; he remained there twelve years, when he received and accepted an invitation to Washington where he is still pastor. Mr. Carpenter was married August 10, 1852, to Matilda, daughter of Rev. James Gilruth of Davenport, Iowa ; but formerly a pioneer in this state of the Methodist Church. They have seven children, of whom two daughters—the oldest and the youngest—have been called to their rest : Hattie Gilruth, aged twenty-one, and baby Maud, only five months. The eldest son, Willard Bryant, is married and is a practicing physician in Columbus, Ohio. Two sons, George Haywood and Charles Kynett, and two daughters, Mary, Lisle and Alice Boone are still at home. Mr. Carpenter has always been prominent in Christian and temperance work. His wife was one of the leaders in the memorable " crusade" against the rumseller. ALBERT W. CLOUSER. Albert W. Clouser, clerk in grocery, was born September 14, 1852, in Ross County, and is a son of David and Eliza Clouser, both natives of this state. They had a family of four children, two sous and two daughters. Albert, the subject of our sketch, was married the 26th clay of November, 1879, to Miss Ida May Stingle, daughter of Robert Stingle, of Washington. He received his education at country schools. His youth was spent in this county, and has lived on a farm all his life until two years ago, since which he has followed civil engineering until about four months ago, when he went into Mr. Millikan's grocery as clerk. In politics is a Republican. L. C. COFFMAN. L. C. Coffman, lumber dealer, son of Nathan and Sarah Coffman. Born in this county, January 25, 1840. His parents were natives of this state. They had a family of eight children. Our subject was married April 4, 1861, to Miss Alsina, daughter of Jackson and Nancy Rodgen, who lived near Good Hope, this county. Mr. Coffman has a family of six children : Elmira B., Nathen J., Grant, Elwert, Alberta and Lewis C. He be UNION TOWNSHIP - 591 longs to lodge No. 107, F. A. M. He received his education in Delaware, Ohio, and Washington. He was reared in this county, and when nineteen years of age taught school. At the end of two years he went on his farm and remained there some ten or twelve years, then came to Washington to engage in the pork business. After being in that business for three years he went into the lumber business, in which he still continues successfully. Politically he is a Republican. DR. HENRY C. COFFMAN. Dr. Henry C. Coffman, druggist and physician, was born in Ripley, Brown County, Ohio, on the 4th day of August, 1823, and is a son of Henry and Margaret Coffman. His father is a native Kentucky, and his mother of Pennsylvania. They came to this state about the year 1800, with a family of seven children, four sons and three daughters. Henry, the subject of our remarks, was married in 1846, to Miss Mary J. Harlow, daughter of Jonas and Nancy Harlow, of Dublin, Franklin County, Ohio, and have been blessed with a family of eight children, six of whom are living: Jeanette, Marilla, Virogua, Tasso, Harry and Charles, and the two deceased are Angeline and Margaret. He is a member of Temple Lodge, No. 107, F. A. M., and also of Fayette Lodge, No 227, Odd-fellows, and has been a practicing physician some thirty-five years, twenty-five of which has been at Washington, and is extensively engaged in the drug business, and one of the finest in the country. He graduated at Columbus, in the year 1850, at the Starling Medical College. He first commenced the practice of medicine at Good Hope, Ohio, without horse; saddle or bridle, with but twenty-five cents in his pocket; and through his indomitable perseverance and hard work he made some thirty-five thousand dollars, and in one swoop had it all taken from him; but being a man of perseverance and an iron will, has again gained enough of this world's goods to be easy in life, and today does not owe a dollar of personal debts, and is now doing a business both in his store and practice second to none in the county. JAMES F. COOK. James F. Cook, sheriff of Fayette County, was born in this 592 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. county, October 19, 1854. He is a son of Isaac and Betsey Cook, the former a native of Ohio, and the latter of Virginia. They had a family of nine children—six sons and three daughters. James, the subject of our remarks, was married in 1864 to Miss Mary A. Myers, (laughter of John L. and Catherine Myers, of this county. They have a family of five children : Katie M., Lizzie L., Isaac T., James F., and John W. Mr. Cook enlisted, July, 1861, in the three months service, and went to Camp Chase, where the command was disbanded. In 1862 he enlisted in Company K, 90th O. V. I., and was commissioned first lieutenant. n 1864 he was promoted to captain, and in 1865 was commissioned as major. Was mustered out of the service, June 13, 1865, at Camp Harker, Tennessee. He was at the battles of Stone River, Chickamauga, and all the engagements of the Atlanta campaign. He then came back with General Thomas, and was engaged in the battles of Franklin and Nashville. He returned home and engaged in farming, until 1880, when he was elected sheriff of the county, which office he still holds. He is a member of Mount Sterling Lodge No. 269, I. O. O. F. e received his education in Madison Township, where he was born and raised. His father came to Fayette County in 1814, where he remained until his death, in 1876. ELI CRAIG. Eli Craig, county treasurer, Washington, was born in Wayne Township, Ohio, January 10, 1833. He is a son of David and Sarah Craig, the former a native of New Jersey, and coming to Ohio about the year 1814 and the latter a native of this state. They were blessed with ten children, six of whom are living. Eli, our subject, was married June 17, 1858, to Miss May Ann Burnett, daughter of Thomas Burnett, of this county. They have two children, Thomas H. and David S., both grown to manhood. Mr. Craig is a member of Temple Lodge No. 227, I. O. O. F., and also of the Methodist Church. He received a common school education, and may be classed among the selfmade men of our county. He commenced in the mercantile business when but a boy, remaining with his father (who was a cripple) until 1869, since which time, in connection with his brother, he has carried on business very extensively in the I. 0. 0. F. building, on Court UNION TOWNSHIP - 593 Street. He was appointed treasurer in 1872, to fill the unexpired term of John Sayers, and in 1877 was elected to the same office, and re-elected in 1879. His youth, with the exception of some five years, was spent in this county. ANDREW DEWITT. Andrew DeWitt, raiser of fine stock, Washington, was born in Fayette County, August 23, 1813. He is a son of john and Polly DeWitt, the former a native of Kentucky, and the latter of Pennsylvania. The father came to Ohio about the year 1808, and the mother about the same time. They had a family of twelve children, ten of whom are living. Andrew, our subject, was married April 19, 1842, to Miss Elizabeth Hire, daughter of George and Catharine Hire, of' Ross County, this state. Twelve children, all living, is the result of this union: Mary C., Samantha, Thomas H., Harvey, Elizabeth E., Joan, John, Hannah B., Martin L., Jennie, Almeda, and George C. Mr. DeWitt is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He received his education in Washington and in Ross County, and has spent his whole life in this county. For thirty-five years he has been engaged in raising the Rose of Sharon, Young Mary's, Filicies, Jantha's, and Flora stock of cattle. He is the owner of the horse that produced Ben Hamilton. He is from Alexander Norman and a Denmark mare. Mr. DeWitt's farm consists of eight hundred and fifty-six acres, and he is one of the most extensive stock raisers in Ohio. In the pioneer days many wild animals, especially the black bear, inhabited the forests, and on one occasion when on his way home from the Rock Mills, in August, 1822, Mr. DeWitt treed two bears in one tree. C. L. CURTIS. C. L. Curtis, painter and paper-hanger, Washington, was born July 15, 1846, and is a son of Charles and Rachel Curtis, natives of Pennsylvania, who came to Ohio about the year 1800. They had a family of four children, two sons and two daughters. Our subject was married, in 1874, to Miss S. J. Kern, daughter of Jeremiah Kern, of Franklin County. They have one child, John Clyde. 594 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. Our subject enlisted in Company A, 3d O. V. I., in 1861, when only fifteen years of age, and remained with it a few weeks, when he was wounded in the hand, on the 6th of April, 1862, at Pittsburgh Landing, and went home on a furlough. When his hand got well he returned to his regiment, and remained until the close of the war. He then went to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and worked at his trade for about six years, when he came to Washington, where he is now permanently located with a partner, doing business under the firm name of Curtis & Barrett. They are both first-class workmen, and command a large share of the work in the county. Ile received his education in Pittsburgh, graduated at Duff's Commercial College, and his life was principally spent in the coal city. SOLOMON WALKER ELY. Solomon Walker Ely, gardener, Washington, was born in Ross County, October 1, 1825; was married August 23, 1849, to Miss Mary Cory, daughter of Israel Cory, near Frankfort, Ross County; lived in Ross County nineteen years; moved to Washington in 1857, and has remained here until the present time. They were the parents of six children, two of whom died in infancy, and two sons and two daughters living—Joseph N. married, and lives in Missouri; Anson I., whereabouts not known, most probably in Alaska Territory; Sarah E., single; Nora, married. His wife died in 1863, and he married for his second wife Mrs. H. A. Atkinson, of Madison County. They have by this marriage one son, twelve years of age, a sprightly lad. Mr. Ely is a man of intelligence, and possesses a well-stored mind. He has read and thought much. n politics, he is a Republican ; in religion, a Baptist. He owns and lives on a lovely little farm, containing four acres, on the Palmer pike, but a short distance from Washington. FRED C. FOSTER. Fred C. Foster, books and stationery, Washington, was born in Butler County, December 29, 1845, and is a son of Adam and Hannah Foster. His father is a native of Germany, and his mother of Ohio. They had a family of nine children, four sons and five UNION TOWNSHIP - 595 daughters. Fred C. was married July 15, 1875, to Miss Francis A. Greene, daughter of Patrick Greene, of Hocking County. They have two children : Mabel C. and Dane D. e and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He received a common school education in Butler County, where his life was spent until he was twenty-one years of age, when he came to Washington, where he embarked in several different kinds of business, until he finally settled-down tothe hook and stationery business, in which, with all his opposition, he is doing a flourishing and profitable trade. His place of business is just below the post office, on Court Street. JOHN S. FOSTER. John S. Foster, liveryman, born in Clermont County, Ohio, on the 16th day of June, 1822, and is a son of Thomas and Sarah Foster. His father is a native of Virginia, and his mother of Pennsylvania. They immigrated to this state, in the year 1800, with a family of eight children, two sons and six daughters. John S., our subject, was married in 1848, to Miss Margaret C. Thompson, daughter of Edward and Susan Thompson, of Thompson's Mills, Brown County, Ohio. They have a family of six children, five of whom are living : Susan T., Sarah B., Kate J., Mollie V., and John K., and one dead, Edward T. Our subject enlisted as a captain of Fourth Ohio independent Cavalry, and stood highest of any volunteer cavalry captain in the United States service. He has thirty-two regular battles inscribed on his banner; and his company was body guard of General McPherson for nearly two years, until his death, and in all his battles never witnessed a single defeat. He was mustered out and received an honorable discharge on the 22d of July, 1864. He is a member of Georgetown Lodge, No. 172, F. A. M., also a member of the Methodist Church, and was elected sheriff of Brown County, Ohio, in 1854, and served two years; received his education in Clermont County and at Granville, Ohio. He is now engaged in the livery and sale business at Washington, and has followed auctioneering some twenty years of his life, making a widespread reputation and a host of friends, as may be seen from the very extensive business he is engaged in. 596 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. J. S. GOLDTRAP. J. S. Goldtrap, supervising agent Singer Manufacturing Company, was born in Clermont County, Ohio, July 13, 1844, and is a son of Thomas and Mary M. Goldtrap, both natives of this state, and who had a family of twelve children, all of whom are living but two. John S., our subject, was educated in Clermont County, where his youth was spent. e was married, February 22, 1873, to Miss Emma B. White, daughter of Dr. R. P. White, of Cincinnati; she was born May 22, 1854. They have had one child, Bessie May, born April 29, 1878. Mr. Goldtrap is a member of Temple Lodge, No. 227, I. O. O. F. At present, he is engaged as supervising agent for the Singer Manufacturing Company, with his office on Court Street, opposite the Arlington House, where he is doing an extensive business; his sales amounting to fifteen hundred dollars per month. He handles only the genuine Singer Machine, whose merits are well known all over the world. The sales of the company which he represents, during the year 1880, amounted to 538,609, being two thirds of all the machines sold in the United States, and an increase over their sales of the previous year of 107,442. Mr. Goldtrap keeps a full line of machine attachments, needles, etc., at his office. REDICK THOMAS GOODSON. Redick Thomas Goodson, farmer and stock-raiser, Washington, is a son of James Goodson, who was a native of North Carolina, but came to Clinton County, Ohio, and settled on a farm a short distance north of Sabina, where he lived and died. e was the father of five children, four sons and one daughter: Ozias, married and moved to Missouri; Elizabeth, twice married, and lives in Greene County; Belshazzar, married, and lives in Highland County ; Everett, died at the age of twelve. The subject of this sketch was born October 3, 1818, and married Sela Sharp, daughter of John Sharp, who resides near Sabina, Clinton County. Eleven children have been born to them, three sons and eight daughters: Martha Jane, married, and lives in Indiana; John, married, and lives on the home farm; Dicy A., unmarried, and died at the age of twenty-five; Mary, married, and UNION TOWNSHIP - 597 deceased; Keziah, married, and lives in the neighborhood; Belle, married, and lives near her father's residence; Lydia, Rebecca, Moab, and Rosetta, single, and remain at home with their parents. Mr. Goodson owned and lived kin a farm in Clinton County for some twenty-five years, situated two miles south from Sabina, on the Greenfield pike. Nine years ago he disposed of that farm, and purchased the one where he now resides, known as the Fultz farm, being three miles west from Washington, on the south side of the Plymouth pike. This farm contains one hundred and nineteen acres, in a good state of cultivation, and is one of the many excellent farms of this township. He paid eighty dollars per acre for this farm, and considers it a bargain at that price. In politics he is a Republican, and in religion a Methodist. A well-to-do and much-respected family. He is without an early education, but a man of sense and excellent judgment. THOMAS F. GARDNER. Thomas F. Gardner, editor, Washington, was born in Newmarket, Ohio, February 18, 1832, and is a son of Seth and Elma S. Gardner, natives of Ohio, who had a family of three sons: George B., Mills, and Thomas F., our subject, who was married August 4, 1852, to Miss Susan Evans, daughter of Richard and Isabella Evans, of Washington. They have three children : Nannie B. and Charles F., living, and one who died in infancy. Our subject enlisted in the 1st Ohio Cavalry, and after getting his hand broken was discharged, and afterward re-enlisted in a company of sharpshooters in the 60th Regiment, in front of Petersburg, where be remained until the close, of the war, then he received an honorable discharge at Cleveland, in 1865, when the general discharge was made. In 1849, he and his brother published a paper, the present Register, and when he was away he left his brother in charge of it. He afterward sold out to Pierce, who died, when the paper went into the hands of Samuel Pike, and he sold to W. G. Gould, and he to Beesley & Simmons, when Beesley died, and the administrator sold it to H. V. Kerr, who has since departed this life, and the paper is still continued by his son. Our subject commenced his present paper September 17, 1879. He has filled the office of mayor and justice of the peace, which he 598 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. resigned on going into the army. After returning home he engaged in different kinds of mercantile business, until he started the paper of which he is now the editor. e is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Received his education while working at his trade, not having the advantages of the schools, and stands today among our self-made men, an honor to any one. His youth was spent at Newmarket. In politics he is a staunch Republican. ACE GREGG. Ace Gregg, judge common pleas court, Washington, was born October 4, 1845, in Jefferson Township, and is a son of John F. and Mary J. Gregg, both natives of Ohio, who have a family of six children, three sons and three daughters. Ace, the subject of our sketch, was married, in the year 1871, to Miss Amelia J. Jones, daughter of Reuben and Matilda Jones, of Bloomingburg. He is a member of Temple Lodge No. 227, I. O. O. F., Washington, and also a member of the Royal Arcanum. He received his education in the Normal School at Lebanon, and his law lectures at Ann Arbor, Michigan University. Read law at Washington, with Hon. M. J. Williams, and commenced practice in the year 1870, under the firm name of Gregg & Corcoran, until 1880. During his practice he was prosecuting attorney for six years. He was elected judge of the common pleas court in the fall of 1880, and went on the bench on the first Monday in November, 1880, where he now presides. O. M. GRUBBS. O. M. Grubbs, blacksmith, Washington, was born August 30, 1823, in this county. He is a son of Stephen and Diana Grubbs, —both natives of Ohio,—who were the parents of eight children, seven of whom are living: Sarah, Oliver, Lorena, Harriet, Eliza, Manford, Louis, and Thomas, deceased. Oliver, our subject, was married May 14, 1856, to Mary Jane, daughter of Arthur and Elizabeth Patton, of this county, who has borne him three children : Henry, Percival, and Jessie R. Mr. Grubbs received his education in this county, lived on the old home farm until seven years of age, and at eighteen commenc- UNION TOWNSHIP - 599 ed blacksmithing, which he has successfully followed to the present. Politically he is a Republican. M. B. GRUBBS. M. B. Grubbs, contractor and builder, Washington, son of Stephen and Diana Grubbs, was born in Washington C. H., February 21, 1838. His father was. a native of Virginia, and his mother of Ohio. They had a family of eight children. Manford, our subject, was married, July 31, 1860, to Miss Ella D., daughter of Moses and Rebecca Adams of New Holland, Pickaway County. Five children are the fruits of this union : Werter, Charles, Stephen, Bessie, and Mamie. Mr. Grubbs was reared in this county, and taught school for ten or twelve years. In politics he is a Republican. HORACE L. HADLEY. Horace L. Hadley, attorney at law, Washington, was born in Sandwich, N. H His father and mother, Withrop and Sybil Hadley, were natives of New Hampshire, where they still reside. They had a family of ten children, eight of whom are living. Horace L., the subject of our remarks, was married September 1, 1868, to Miss S. Lizzie Emmerson, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Emmerson, of Massachusetts. They have one child, Olivia B. H. L. On the 26th of August, 1862, Mr. Hadley enlisted in Company C, 5th Massachusetts, Col. Pearson commanding, and was mustered into the service on the 16th of October, following. This was a nine months regiment, but they were in the service nearly a year before they were mustered out, which was in the middle of July, 1863. He read law with the Hon. Sidney C. Bancroft, until he went into the army, and after his discharge he went to Salem, Massachusetts, and finished his studies with Perry and Endicut. Mr. Endicut is now Supreme Judge of Massachusetts, and Mr. Perry, author of the celebrated law book, " Perry on Trust," is now dead. Mr. Hadley was admitted to the bar on the 16th of September, 1863, the year following his enlistment, at Newburyport, Massachusetts. He first located and commenced practice, November, 1863, 600 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. at Danfers, Massachusetts, where he continued until April 1, 1870. He then came to Ohio, and since October 1, 1874, he has been practicing in Washington, under the firm name of Maynard & Hadley, a firm well known in Fayette and surrounding counties as one which stands at the head of the profession. In 1881, was elected representative from Fayette County. E. C. HAMILTON. E. C. Hamilton, dentist, was born in Springfield, Ohio, December 23, 1836, and is a son of Henry A., and Sarah A. Hamilton, of Greene County, Ohio, who had a family of six children, and were natives of Maryland. E. C. Hamilton, the subject of these remarks, was married in 1862, to Miss Amanda Wright, daughter of G. W. Wright., of Xenia, Ohio. She died in December, 1864, leaving one child, George E. e was again married, in 1869, to Miss Lucy E. Stoddard, of Wooster University, by whom he had four children : Mary L., Grace M., Stodard C., and Karl M. Our subject enlisted in the 154th 0. V. I., Company B. He served some five months and was honorably discharged, September, 1863. He then went to Cincinnati where he remained practicing dentistry until 1865, when he came to Washington where he has remained. He has been a practicing dentist for twenty-three years, enough to speak for his proficiency in the business. He is a member of Temple Lodge No. 227, I. O. O. F., also of the Presbyterian Church. WILLIAM H. HAMMER. William H. Hammer, carpenter, a son of George and Mary Hammer, natives of Virginia, was born October 12, 1840, and is one of a family of twelve. He was married January 19, 1871, to Miss Mellie, daughter of James G., and Telithe Jolly, of Lomberton, Clinton County, Ohio. Mr. Hammer is the father of five children : Howard R., Pearl B., Leota, Georgianna, and Claud H. He enlisted in the 25th Northern Virginia Regiment,, C. S. A., under Generals Lee and Jackson, and was engaged in thirty-two battles; some of the most important, of which, were Ridge Moun- UNION TOWNSHIP - 601 tain, Alleghany Mountain, Winchester, etc. At Spottsylvania C. H., Virginia, after having been three years in the confederate army, he was taken prisoner, and was confined at Point Lookout three months, and Elmyra, New York, twelve months. Ile was never wounded or sick while in the army. He is a member of the Masonic Order, and of the Presbyterian Church. He was reared and educated in Virginia, where he lived until his removal to Ohio, March 20, 1867. JOSEPH S. HARRIS. Joseph S. Harris, Washington, was born in Clinton County, March 11, 1849. His father, James Harris, is a native of Ohio, and is now living with his second wife, in Clarke County. He had eight children by his first wife, two of whom died in infancy: Aman J., married, and lives in Yellow Springs, Greene County ; Anna, married, and lives in Clinton County; George IL, single, and lives on a farm in Missouri; Arthur W., single, living near Yellow Springs. The subject of this sketch was married to Miss Lucinda Wright, daughter of Merritt Wright, of Xenia, September 28, 1871, and soon after their marriage commenced housekeeping in Xenia. They have three children, two sons and one daughter : Edgar W., John McCling, and Clara A. At the age of sixteen Mr. Harris commenced to learn the marble and monument business with Mr. Dodds, of Yellow Springs, in the year 1863. n 1864 Mr. Dodds moved to Xenia, where he opened up a more extensive business. Mr. Harris remained in his employ until 1866, when he enlisted in the regular army for three years, served out his time, and was honorably discharged. He at once returned home, and resumed his place with Mr. Dodds in the monument business, continuing with him until 1876, when he set up in business for himself at Xenia, and continued until March, 1880, when he returned to Washington, and opened a marble and granite establishment, which has steadily increased until the present time. D. M. HAYS. D. M. Hays, agriculturist, Washington, was born in Ross County, August 1, 1824, and is a son of James, jr., and Margaret Hays, and grandson of James Hays, sen., who was grandfather to President 602 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. Hayes. Grandfather James jr's father was a native of Kentucky, and his mother of Ohio. They had a family of ten children, seven sons and three daughters, all living. The subject of our sketch is the eldest of the family, and was married, in 1848, to Miss Rebecca Mann, daughter of David and Harriet Mann, of this state. They have a family of six children living: Harriet E., Joseph A., Addison N., Margaret M., John B., and Alice D.; and six dead: James D., John W., George W., and two who died in infancy. Mr. Hays is a member of Bloomingburg Lodge No. 449, F. & A. M., and also a member of the Grange, No. 599; he is also a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His wife was called from him by death last August, after living together for thirty-three years. He now owns a farm of one hundred and twenty-four acres in this township, well cultivated, and is one of the thorough-going and enterprising farmers of the county. He received his education in Pike County, where his youth was principally spent. He is now extensively engaged in the agricultural implement business, and is doing his full share of the business in Washington. BOMEN HESS. Bomen Hess, undertaker, Washington, was born in Clinton County, August 20, 1838, and is a sou of Fuller and Mary Hess, natives of Pennsylvania, who immigrated to Ohio in the year 1833, with a family of one child, Bothell, our subject, who was married in January, 1860, to Miss Sarah C. Cochran, daughter of Robert and Sarah Cochran, of Adams County. They are blessed with three children : Mary, Robert, and Elvira. Mr. Hess is a member of Temple Lodge No. 227, I. O. O. F., and of Fayette Lodge No. 107, F. & A. M. He received his education in Washington, where the principal portion of his youth was spent. He has for the past six years been engaged in the business of undertaker at Washington, and is doing the principal portion of the business. He is a man generally known and well beloved by all who know him, hence his extensive business. EPHRAIM HENKLE. Ephraim Henkle, farmer and stockraiser, Washington. His UNION TOWNSHIP - 603 parents were natives of Virginia. They came to Ohio in an early day, and located on the waters of main Paint Creek, one mile and a half above Washington. Here the subject of this sketch was born, April 23, 1818. At the age of ten his mother died, and from that time up to the present, Mr. Henkle has had to care for himself (the father abandoning the family). He married Miss Mary S. Carr, daughter of Joshua Carr, March 12, 1840. In 1848 he bought seventy-eight acres of land in this township, some three miles west from the town of Washington, paying eight dollars per acre for the same. He at once removed to this farm, and has remained there until the present time. Mrs. Henkle died March 4, 1871. They were the parents of ten children, five sons and five daughters: Ellen, died when a young woman, in the twenty-second year of her age; Mary Jane, married James A. Bush, and lives on her father's farm; William L., married, and lives on his farm in the neighborhood; Jason F., is thirty-four years of age, married to his second wife, and living in the town of Jasper. He is an ordained minister of the gospel in the Methodist Protestant Church, has been in the regular pastoral work for nearly six years, and is now serving his church in that relation at home, where he was born and raised. Noah S. is single, remaining at home with his father, and cultivating a portion of the home farm. Joel E. is married, and lives on his own farm in the neighborhood. Jesse C. is married, and lives in Madison County. Catharine J. is married, and lives in Jasper Township. Amanda S. is married, and lives in Bainbridge, Ross County. Almeda Lorena is single, and keeps house for her father. Probably no man in the county has been more successful in the raising of a good family of children an Mr. Henkle. He has seen them all grown up to manhood and womanhood, kind, honest, industrious, religious (all being members of the Methodist Protestant Church). He. has always been a public-spirited man, a man of enterprise and activity. For many years he served the county as infirmary director, giving the most perfect satisfaction, and for four years acted as assessor of the township. Although over age, yet at the earnest request of his many friends, he served as captain in the hundred days' service, and was taken prisoner at Cynthiana, Kentucky. He owns a most excellent farm of one hundred and sixty . acres, where he resides, paying as high as one hundred dollars per acre, without any buildings, for a portion 'of it. This is one of the best farms of its size in the county. 604 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. MICHAEL HERBERT. Michael Herbert, banker, Washington, was born near the city of Limerick, Ireland, September 25, 1829. As regards his genealogy, he has learned sufficient to know that it is considerably mixed, composed of various fonts, consisting of German-English and Spanish-French blood. On his father's side the former prevails; on his mother's, the latter. He received his school education in the "Emerald Isle." With his father's family he emigrated to Canada in 1840. He was early " thrown upon his own resources." He commenced the study of the printing business at London, Canada West, in 1842. In May, 1850, he left Canada, and migrated to Cincinnati, where he remained, pursuing his studies of "the art preservative," until November, 1855. He then came to Washington, this county, and accepted the foremanship of the office of the Washington Register. He had previously, during his sojourn in Cincinnati, become intimately acquainted with the editor of that paper, Mr. Elgar B. Pearce, they having " set 'em up" on various journals during their stay in the Queen City, and at case they did labor together. In April, 1861, he dropped "the stick and rule," and " fought, bled, and died for his country" during the three months' "sojer" campaign, as many great heroes have done in cases of similar " unpleasantness," and long afterward partook of regular rations! At the close of that ever-to-be-remembered, though brief campaign, owing to physical disability under which he then labored, he abandoned "the profession of arms," and again resumed the duties of his position on the Register. During his connection with that journal in the capacity mentioned, he performed considerable duty in the chair editorial,—wrote for and contributed largely to its columns. In January, 1866, he commenced to act as clerk (bookkeeper) in the First National Bank of Washington (which corporation became a private banking institution, styled and known as the Peoples and Drovers Bank, in April, 1878). In 1868 he was appointed teller of the bank, and at present writing (September, 1881,) still officiates in that position. He states that though he has handled millions of cash, he yet finds dollars of 1804 very scarce ! January 20, 1870, a very important episode transpired in the life of Mr. Herbert. He married! took unto himself as wife a most UNION TOWNSHIP - 605 estimable lady, Mrs. Virginia B. Pearce, widow of his langsyne friend, Mr. E. B. Pearce. As a voyager on life's stormy sea, Mr. Herbert " pursues the even tenor of his way" in the endeavor to discharge, as best he can, and as seems to him right and proper, the various duties devolving upon him, feeling that "Time will make all things right," e'en though "There's many a change on Folly's bells Quite equals mud and oyster shells." THOMAS HILDENBRAND. Thomas Hildenbrand, farmer, Washington, was born in Jackson County, Ohio, March 13, 1847. He is a son of George and Rachel Hildenbrand, both natives of this state. They had a family of ten children, all living but three. Thomas, the subject of our sketch, enlisted in September, 1864, in Company E, 179th O. V. I., and was mustered out June 17,1865, at Columbus. He came here from Jackson County, in the year 1879, and is now living on his farm some three miles north of Washington. JOSEPH HIDY. Joseph Hidy, attorney-at-law, Washington, was born in this county, August 23,1854. He is a son of Urban and Mary A. Hidy, natives of Ohio, who reared a family of five children, two dead and three living. Joseph, the subject of our sketch, is a member of the Jeffersonville lodge of Freemasons. He received his education at the common school, and then took a philosophical course, receiving the degree of bachelor of philosophy at Buehtel College, Akron, this state. He then went to Ann Arbor, Michigan, and took a collegiate course, graduating in the spring of 1878. He was admitted to the bar in April, 1878, and commenced practice the following May, under the firm name of Savage and Hidy. W. J. HORNEY. W. J. Horney, county commissioner and farmer, was born in Jefferson Township, this county, on the 20th of February, 1831, county, on the 20th of February, 1831, 606 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. and is a son of Jeffrey and Catherine Horner. He was a native of North Carolina, and immigrated to this county, in 1805, she of Virginia, and came here in 1815. The family consisted of nine children. W. J. Homey, our subject, was married, in 1853, to Sallie A. McMillen, daughter of John and Martha McMillen, of this county. The Marriage has been blessed with four children: Edwin E., Ida F., Eugene W., and Mary C., all living, two others dying in infancy. He, during the "late unpleasantness," assisted in driving Morgan back to Kentucky. He was first lieutenant of Company G, 168th O. V. I., and is a member of Pleasant View Baptist Church. He received his education in this county, where his youth was spent, and is now serving his second term as county commissioner, and owns three hundred and twenty-five acres of land near Jeffersonville. (See Jefferson Township.) R. C. HUNT. R. C. Hunt, civil engineer, was born, December 1, 1851, in Warren County, Kentucky, and is a son of Weldon and Nancy Hunt.. His father is a native of North Carolina, his mother of Kentucky. They had a family of nine children. R. C. Hunt was married, the 16th of February, 1881, to Miss Lida Saxton, a daughter of George Saxton, of Washington. He has been a civil engineer for ten years, and still holds that position. He received his education at Cave Springs Academy, in Logan County, Kentucky ; studying civil engineering at the same place. His office is located on Court Street, Washington. GEORGE C. JENKINS. George C. Jenkins, grocer, was born in Franklin, Ross County, Ohio, November 13, 1842, and is a son of James M. and Sarah Jenkins. His father is a native of Ohio, and his mother of Pennsylvania; they had a family of four children. Our subject, the only son, was married December 14, 1869, to Miss Mary E. McLean, daughter of Joseph McLean, of this county; they have four children : Mertie M., Dio L., Lucy D., and Harvey all living. Our subject enlisted the 19th of May, 1861, in Company B, in UNION TOWNSHIP - 607 the 21st Illinois Infantry, and served with this regiment some two months, and then was attached to the 2d Illinois Light Artillery, where he served two and a half years; when he was promoted to second lieutenant in 1st Alabama cavalry, U. S. V., and was again promoted to captain ; when on the 10th of March, 1865, he was wounded, in the battle of Monroe's cross roads, in the left arm and right instep, which kept him off duty some three months ; when he returned to his command on the 3d of July, 1865. This was the last regular engagement he was in, and after serving four years, five mouths and one day, he was, on the 20th of October, 1865, honorably discharged. He was in twenty-seven regular engagements, besides hundreds of minor battles. He is a member of the Methodist Church, also of the Grand Army of the Republic. He received his education at Washington, where his youth was spent. He is now engaged in the grocery business, of which he has his full share of patronage. SOLOMON F. JOHNSON. Solomon F. Johnson, coal dealer and farmer, is the son of Thomas T. and Mary Johnson, who were natives of Virginia; but came with their parents to this state, in an early day, when they were quite young. His father first settled in Greene County, and his mother in Warren County. After their marriage they removed to Springfield Illinois, where they remained some three years ; when they removed to the State of Indiana and remained a short time, then they returned to Ohio and settled in Fayette County, where the mother died, at the age of seventy-two, and the father at the advanced age of eighth, They were the parents of seven children, four daughters and three sons. Anna, married to Simeon Creamer, now deceased. She remains a widow and lives near the line of Clinton and Fayette counties. Rachel died at the age of twelve. Amos Thornburg, married and lives in Jacksonville, Oregon. Martha was unmarried, and died in Springfield, Illinois, at the age of eighteen. Lydia married for her first husband Wesley Creamer, and after his decease, she married Mathias Sheeley for her second husband. She is a resident of this county. William Todd married and moved to the State of Iowa some years ago. Solomon F., the subject of this sketch, was born near Paintersville, Greene County, Ohio, December 31, 1824. He married Miss 608 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. Mary Creamer, July 19, 1846, daughter of Simeon and Elizabeth Creamer of this county. The mother died in 1842, and the father in 1865. Mrs. Johnson descends from a most excellent family. Mr. Johnson was engaged in the mercantile business in Jamestown, Greene County, Ohio, from 1846 to 1849, when he sold out his mercantile business and moved to this county, where he has continuously resided until the present time. Mr. Johnson spent several years, after his removal to this county, in farming, and selling goods and groceries in Jeffersonville and West Lancaster. In 1857, he moved to Washington, and was engaged in the grain and grocery business until April, 1858, when he became deputy sheriff of the county, which office consumed his time up to August, 1860, when on the third day of that month, he was appointed station agent for the the town of Washington, by the Cincinnati, Wilmington and Zanesville Railroad Company, now known as the Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley Railroad. In a very short time after his appointment as railroad agent, he was appointed agent of the Adams Express Company, which position he held for some fourteen years. Mr. Johnson held the position of railroad agent, at Washington, for seventeen years ; resigning August 3, 1877. In 1862, he commenced the selling of coal in Washington, and has continued in the business up to the present time. For many years he was the only dealer in coal in the town, and few men here handled so large an amount of coal as has Mr. Johnson. The year previous to Mr Johnson's commencing the coal business, only forty five car loads of coal were required to supply the trade of the town. Mr. Johnson has seen such an increase in the coal demand, that more than one thousand car loads have been disposed of in a single year. Mr. Johnson has always been considered a safe, honest and reliable business man ; giving strict attention to business, and as a result, has accumulated quite an amount of valuable property. He owns a fine farm of one hundred and fifty acres adjoining the town, west, on the C. & M. V. Railroad. Also, a very fine new brick residence, where he resides, on North Street, between Court and East streets ; also, quite a number of valuable pieces of property in the town ; as well as some fifty-nine hundred dollars of bank stock, in the Peoples and Drovers Bank of the town. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are the parents of nine children, five of UNION TOWNSHIP - 609 whom are deceased: Theresa and Willie died in infancy, Clara Bell at the age of twelve, Laura at the age of fifteen, and Nellie at the age of twelve. Theodore Frank is a young man of much promise. He remains single and takes good care not to leave his mother's bed and board. He has been connected with the Peoples and Drovers Bank of Washington for a number of years, and is regarded as a safe, upright business young man. Ile received his education in the schools of the town. Lucy May and Emma Cary, are young ladies, both single and at home with their parents; both being graduates of the high school of the town, and much respected by all. Charley Card is a lad of eighteen, attending school, and during vacation assisting his father in the coal business. In politics Mr. Johnson is a Republican. In religion, a Quaker. He is a Freemason, being a member of Lodge No. 107, of this town. Mrs. Johnson is a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church. FELIX H. KNOTT. Felix H. Knott, physician and surgeon, Washington; was born in Fayette County, February 21, 1851. He is a son of Ananias and Mary Knott, natives of Pennsylvania, who came to Ohio about the year 1845, with a family of five children, two sons and three daughters. Felix, our subject, was married in 1871, to Miss Samantha DeWitt, daughter of Anderson and Elizabeth DeWitt, of this county. They have a family of two children, Lulu and Wallace. Mr. Knott received his education in Cincinnati, at the Eclectic Medical College, where he graduated in 1871. He commenced practicing in 1869, and practiced at Monticello, Illinois, for some three years and a half. After this he settled in Washington, where he has since resided. He commenced reading medicine at the age of twelve, with his father, who was also a physician, at Monticello, Illinois. He had accumulated quite a nice property, and had money upon which to live comfortably, but upon account of his wife's health was compelled to leave there at considerable of a sacrifice. At one time he lost $7,000, going security. By faithfulness to business he has gained a practice and reputation second to none. 610 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. SHEP. LOGAN. Shep. Logan, deputy clerk, Washington, was born in Washington, October 21, 1853. He is a son of Wilson B. and Mary V. Logan, both natives of this state. They had a family of four children, three sons and one daughter: James W., Sina V., Clayton C., and Shep. Shep., our subject, has been deputy county clerk some four years, and now fills that position. He received his education in Washington, where the principal portion of his life has been spent. His father was captain of Company D, 175th O. V. I., and was killed at the battle of Franklin, Tennessee, on the 30th of November, 1864, after passing through all the hard-fought and bloody battles up to that time. MARTHA E. LONG. Mrs. Martha E. Long, daughter of George and Mary Bohrer (whose biographies appear in the history of Marion Township), was born May 1, 1821. Her father, when she was three years of age, removed to Washington, where the family resided until 1828. They then removed to New Holland, Pickaway County, where Mr. Bohrer died. August 5, 1846, she was married to Alexander Long, of Chillicothe, (born January 26, 1818) and soon after began housekeeping at New Holland, where her husband followed his trade of harness-making for twenty years. They afterward kept hotel at that place for several years. They were blessed with four children: Alice, born January 18, 1848; George A., born July 25, 1850; Sallie L., born December 8, 1854; and Lucy J., born October 11, 1860. Alice died April 24, 1849, at the age of fifteen months. Sallie L. died January 1, 1878. In 1863 Mrs. Long had the misfortune of losing her husband, who died of consumption August 12th of that year. After her husband's death, Mrs. Long remained in New Holland five years, when she removed to Warsaw, Indiana, where she engaged in the hotel business. She remained in that state till 1870, and then returned to Ohio, and again opened a private boarding-house, which she still continues on West Court Street. UNION TOWNSHIP - 611 Mrs. Long is widely known throughout the county as an exemplary lady, and her generosity has become proverbial. No weary, destitute traveler goes from her door unfed; and, although having a family of her own to provide for, yet thirteen homeless children have found an asylum beneath her hospitable roof; several of whom have grown to maturity and married. Mrs. Long's latter (lays have been saddened by the death of her son George, who departed this life February 7, 1881. He was educated at New Holland and Bloomingburg, and afterwards followed the trade of blacksmithing, and later that of sign painting. He belonged to Company B, 6th regiment Ohio National Guards, and was a member of the I. O. O. F., by which order he was buried, We append the resolutions of respect to his memory from both of these orders, with an obituary notice from the Fayette County Republican, which show the esteem in which he was held by those who knew him best : " DEATH OF GEORGE LONG." "On Monday morning George Long breathed his last, after suffering long with consumption. George was a good-hearted young man, who possessed many excellent qualities, and while his health permitted was industrious to a great degree. And could he have lived in the enjoyment of good health, his genius would have secured for him a reputation as an artist to which but few attain. George was in the thirty-first year of his age, and until the last three or four years his prospects for a long life were as flattering as those of any young man in our city. George had many warm friends, and was universally respected by our citizens. He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd-fellows, and by which order he was buried, in the family cemetery at New Holland, Pickaway County, Thursday afternoon." RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT. At the meeting of the committee appointed from Company B, 6th regiment O. N. G., to prepare resolutions relative to the death of Corporal George Long, the following were offered by Orderly Sergeant Maynard, and adopted : WHEREAS, Death has taken another name from our company roster, and another comrade in early manhood from our ranks; therefore, Resolved, That this command has learned with deep regret the 612 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. death of Corporal George Long, in the prime of manhood and usefulness. Resolved, That in Corporal Long this command loses an earnest and devoted fellow soldier—prompt, willing, and disciplined. Resolved, That an escort of a non-commissioned officer and twelve privates—as prescribed by regulations—be sent with the remains of the deceased. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be given to the Washington C. H. papers for publication, and a copy of the same transmitted to. the family of the deceased. First Lieutenant J. L. Millikan, orderly sergeant H. B. Maynard, privates M. Barclay, Willis M. Pine, Frank Edwards. I. O. O. F. RESOLUTIONS ON THE DEATH OF GEORGE A. LONG. WHEREAS, It has pleased Almighty God in his providence to remove from earth our friend and Brother, George A. Long, at Washington C. H., February 7, 1881, aged thirty years; therefore, be it Resolved, That while we humbly bow to the will of our eternal Father, we deeply deplore the loss of our beloved brother. Resolved, By his death society has lost a good citizen, this lodge a worthy member, and his mother and sister a kind son and brother. Resolved, That we tender to the mother and sister of the deceased our heartfelt sympathy in their hour of deep affliction. Resolved That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the mother and sister of the deceased, and the same be published in the county papers. By order of Temple Lodge No. 227, I. O. O. F. S. L. Hooker, O. Saxton, H. Shook, committee. JOSHUA MAHAN. Joshua Mahan, county commissioner, was born in Ross County, Ohio, December 18, 1836, and a son of Joshua and Sophia Mahan. His father is a native of Virginia, and his mother of Maryland. They came to this state about the year 1813, with a family of three children, one son and two daughters. The subject of our sketch was married, September, 1858, to Miss Margaret Plyley, daughter of Joseph and Margaret Plyley, of Ross UNION TOWNSHIP - 613 County. They have a family of five children : John C., Spencer, Mary B., Rosco L., Dilla May, and three who died in infancy. He is a member of Bloomingburg Lodge, No. 449, F. A. M., and also a Granger. He received his education in Ross County, where his youth was spent. He was elected county commissioner last fall two years ago, and still fills that office. He has one of the many fine farms in Madison Township, and is one of the best and most enterprising farmers in the county. He is a very social, pleasant man, and one who is well qualified to fill the responsible position he now holds. (See Madison Township.) C. H. MARK. C. H. Mark, principal of the high school, was born in this county, November 13, 1852. He is a son of Thomas H. and Sina Mark, natives of this state, who have a family of three children. C. H. Mark, the subject of our sketch, was married, October 7, 1875, to Miss Mary E. Guthrie, a step-daughter of Dr. McAfee, of Staunton, this county. They have one child, Ernest G. Our subject is a member of the Methodist Church. He received his education in country schools, but attended the National Normal School at Lebanon two years, in 1872 and 1873. When but sixteen years of age he commenced teaching school, and is now the principal of the high schools of Washington. He is a self-made man, and by his genial disposition has endeared himself to all who know him. HENRY MARK. Henry Mark, farmer and stock raiser, is a son of Henry and Naoma Mark, who came from Pennsylvania, in 1815, and settled on the west bank of Sugar Creek. They were the parents of eight children, three sons and five daughters. Cynthia A., married and lives in Leesburg, Highland County, this state. Anthony W., married and lives in Edgar County, Illinois. Mary, married to Stephen Stafford and lives near Staunton. Harriet, married but is dead. Lewis H., married and resides in the neighborhood. Hulda Jane, married and lives with her father. Rachel, married to John Conner and lives in the neighborhood. The mother died some years since. The father, now more than 614 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. eighty years of age, is living on Leesburg pike, near Sugar Creek, being one of the oldest residents of the township. Henry, our subject, was born November 29, 1834, and married Amanda A. Rone, daughter of Martin and Sophia Rone, (whose biography appears in this book,) April 15, 1857. Soon after their marriage, they commenced housekeeping on the farm, located on the east side of Sugar Creek, where they have continuously resided until the present time. They have had ten children born unto them, three sons and seven daughters: Alice, Joseph E., Eliza J., Ada S., Annie, died in infancy; Naoma J., Charles E., Miriam, died in infancy; Frederick M., and Mary E. The children living are all at home with their parents except Joseph E., temporarily absent, attending school at the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio. Mr. Marks owns a very valuable farm of one hundred and fifty-one acres where he lives. A short time since, he erected a residence, which he occupies, at a cost of more than four thousand dollars. e owns a valuable farm of one hundred and twenty-six acres, on the south side of the Wilmington pike, about one mile west from Sugar Creek, in Concord Township. Also, another farm of eighty-one acres on Sugar Creek. Our subject has been remarkably successful in all his efforts of life. He has attended to his one legitimate business, that of farming and stock raising, through high and low prices, used good judgment and practiced economy. This is a Christian family, members of the Methodist Church, ascribing their success in life to the blessing of God in a very great degree. HORATIO B. MAYNARD. Horatio B. Maynard, attorney at law, Washington, was born in Holden, Massachusetts, October 12, 1826. He is a son of John P. Maynard, born in Westborough, Massachusetts, 1792, (his father, Benjamin, was born in 1761,) and Roxy, born in Holland, Massachusetts, 1798. They had a family of five children, and still live in their native state. Our subject was married at Washington, in 1856, to Miss Kesiah Blakemore, daughter of William H. and Ann W.. Blakemore. They have a family of seven children : Hulbert B., John P., Wal- UNION TOWNSHIP - 615 ter, May, Anna, Augusta F., Horatio B., who are living, and one, Cleora, died in infancy. In August, 1862, Mr. Maynard enlisted in the 114th O. V. I., and resigned in February, 1863. He was in the battles of Chickasaw Bluffs, Arkansas Post, etc. He was prosecuting attorney of Fayette County in 1868-9, and is now a member of the legal profession under the firm-name of Maynard & Hadley. He was educated in Ludlow, Vermont, and passed his youth in New Hampshire. Was for two years assistant superintendent of the Black River Academy, of Vermont. THOMAS M'ELWAIN. Thomes McElwain, attorney-at-law, is the son of William and Maria C. McElwain, nee Nye, who were born in Kentucky. Our subject was born July 24, 1843, in Washington. He attended the public schools of that place until the war broke out, when he volunteered as a private in Company A, 1st Ohio Cavalry, served three years, and was honorably discharged. After his return home, he was married to Miss Lydia K. Davis, in 1867, since which be has continued in the practice of law in the place of his nativity. JOSEPH M'LEAN. Joseph McLean, farmer, Washington, was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, June 21, 1803, and came to Ohio in 1806, locating in Ross County with the family, where they remained till February, 1810, when they came to this county and township, where he has since lived, save three years, when he served an apprenticeship with a cabinet-maker. He was married, March 5, 1829, to Lucinda Shobe, who has borne him five sons and three daughters. Four of the sons have passed to a better land. Mr. McLean was a cabinet-maker until seventeen years after his marriage, when he removed to his farm. Re has served as fund commissioner, infirmary director, township trustee, clerk, and treasurer. His official career was honest, upright, and public-spirited. He was reared in the Presbyterian faith, being a member of that denomination until 1849, when he joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, with which he has since been associated. He was a member of the Sons of Temperance during the existence of that organ- 616 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. ization. He is one of Fayette's pioneers, and has many warm friends and a respected family. Mr. McLean has contributed largely to this work, for which he will be held in grateful remembrance by the compilers and patrons. JUDGE DANIEL M'LEAN. Judge Daniel McLean, banker, Washington, is a son of Duncan and Elizabeth (McGarraugh) McLean, and was born October 3, 1805. His father is a native of Scotland, his mother of Pennsylvania. They came to Ohio in 1805, accompanied by three children, Ile died when Daniel was but three years of age. On the 20th of November, 1829, our subject married Helena Boyd, daughter of John and Macy Boyd, of Highland County. The family consists of four children : John, Duncan, Joseph M., and Mary; Elizabeth, Sarah, and Mary J., deceased. He is a member of Fayette Lodge No. 107, and Chapter 103, F. & A. M., and Ely Commandery No. 28. He received his education in a log school house. Was appointed associate judge by the governor, and afterward by the legislature. He was regarded as an honest and upright judge, and his decisions gave general satisfaction. He was county surveyor for a period of ten years, and has filled other offices of public trust. He is now president of the Peoples and Drovers Bank (formerly First National Bank), and can generally be found in the bank during banking hours. The judge is a self-made man, closely identified with the progress made by the community, and beloved and esteemed by all who know him. To the generous contributions of Judge McLean, his uniform courtesy, and vast fund of information, which under all circumstances he was ever ready to give, we are indebted for the greater part of the pioneer history of this county. HON. JOHN L. MYERS. Hon. John L. Myers, farmer, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois, was born in Botetourt County, Virginia, on the 7th of August, 1803, being a son of Samuel and Elizabeth S. Myers. His father was a native of Pennsylvania, and was born June 11, 1776, just twenty-two days prior to the Declaration of Independence. His mother was born in Shepherdstown, Virginia, in the Shenandoah UNION TOWNSHIP - 617 Valley. In 1807 they immigrated to Ohio, accompanied by five children, four sons and one daughter, (three more were added after their arrival in the Buckeye State,) and settled in this county in the same year—three prior to the organization of the same. Our subject was united in marriage with Catharine Vance, daughter of General William and Mary (Scott) Vance, of this county, November 11, 1828. The union was blessed with nine children, of whom seven survive: Lucy C., Mary A., John J., Martha J., Matthew T. S., Catharine M., Adaline V. Those deceased are : James V., and Elizabeth S. Mr. Myers has engaged extensively in importing and raising superior cattle for the Scioto Importing Company, of Chillicothe. Through his indefatigable efforts the country has been stocked with a very fine grade of cattle, many of which have taken premiums at the various fairs. In 1874-5, during the administration of Governor Allen, he served his county in the legislature, to the satisfaction of his constituents. He is now living in Homer, Champaign County, Illinois. His first wife died in 1867, and he again married, Mrs. Custer, nee Miss Ocheltree, who still survives. In politics he is a Republican, but was originally a Whig. e was an intimate friend of General Batteal Harrison, and in 1828 took a trip with him to Missouri. Here they purchased three hundred head of cattle, which they drove to Ohio, thence to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Mr. Myers is an amiable gentleman, and though nearly four score years of age, retains much of his youthful vigor. The compilers of this work acknowledge the many courtesies extended them by him while on a recent visit to his old home. JOHN MILLIKAN. John Millikan, grocer, Washington, was born in this county, December 15, 1828. He is a son of Jesse and Lydia Millikan. His father is a native of North Carolina, and his mother of Virginia. They immigrated to Ohio in the year 1796, with a family of ten children. John, the subject of our remarks, was married, in 1851, to Miss Ann F. Dawson, daughter of Abraham and Eva Dawson, of Virginia, who came to Ohio in 1831. They have a family of four children : Anna M., Jessie B., Lillie K., and Louis Frank, all living. 618 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. He is a member of Fayette Lodge No. 107, F. & A. M., and also of Temple Lodge No. 227, I. O. O. F. In the latter lodge he has filled all the chairs, and served as junior warden in the former. He is also a member of Fayette Chapter No. 103, and of Ely Commandery No. 28. He filled the office of coroner from 1870 to 1872, and was elected sheriff of the county for four years, and a railroader two years, after which he entered into the grocery business, which he still follows. In 1849, he crossed the plains to California, where he spent two years in mining, which was very remunerative. He has been considerable of a wanderer, having been through nearly all the states in the Union, and some of the territories, before he was of age. His father was one of the first settlers of Fayette County, the first county surveyor, and the first postmaster, in the county; also, the first county clerk. He died in August, 1835. Our subject received his education in Fayette County, where his life has been spent, with the exception of the time he was traveling, and in California. WILLIAM W. MILLIKAN. William W. Millikan, editor Fayette County Herald, Washington, was born in South Bend, Indiana, on the 24th of July, 1845. He is a son of William and Emma Millikan. His father is a native of Ohio, and his mother of New York. They have a family of eight children, five of whom are living. William W., the subject of this sketch, was married in December, 1874, to Miss Anna Smith, daughter of L. W. and Lydia Smith, of Indiana. They are blessed with one child, Susie May. Mr. Millikan received his education in Fayette County. His youth was spent principally in Laporte, Indiana. He has been in Washington some twenty-two years, engaged in the printing business, and has been doing business with his father some twelve years. His father is the present representative of Fayette County, a position he filled four years ago, and has been editor over fifty years. R. C. MILLER. R. C. Miller, attorney-at-law, Washington, was born in this county, January 23, 1853. He is a son of Robert and Maria Miller, natives of Ohio, and his grandparents were natives of Virginia. UNION TOWNSHIP - 619 His parents had but one child, our subject, who was married March 29, 1881, to Miss Eva J. Parrett, daughter of Benjamin and Nancy Parrett, of this county. He received his education in Washington, and studied law under Gregg & Creamer of that place. He was admitted to the bar December 7, 1880, and commenced practice in April, 1881. In politics he is a Republican. When only eighteen years of age he engaged in the livery business, which he followed for some three years, when he sold out and went West, where he remained about three years, returned, and commenced the study of law, and has remained here until the present time. JOHN H. PARRETT. John H. Parrett, farmer, and member of the State Board of Equalization, was born in Ross County, October 11, 1821, and is a son of Joseph F. and Sarah Barrett, natives of Virginia, who came to Ohio in September, 1814, with a family of ten children. John H., our subject, was married on the 25th day of December, 1850, to Miss Sarah A. Harper, daughter of Caleb and Mary Harper, of Ross County. They have a family of four children: Caleb H., Joseph, Mollie, and Sallie. Mr. Parrett is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Ile was county commissioner and justice of the peace of Wayne Township for some three years. He has a farm of two hundred and fifty acres seven miles south of Washington, adjoining the village of Good Hope, where he makes his home. Ile is one of the most enterprising farmers of the county, and a man of influence wherever he is known. J. H. PATTON. J. H. Patton, attorney-at-law, Washington, was born in Fayette County, September 6, 1849, and is a son of James and Ellen Patton, natives of Ohio, who have a family of four children, two sons and two daughters. The subject of our remarks was married, December 3, 1870, to Miss S. E. Darnell, daughter of William Durnell. They are blessed with three children: Glenn, Daisy, and Nellie. He received his education at Lebanon, at the South Salem Academy, and commenced the study of law with the Hon. M. J. Williams, of Washington, and when twenty years of age commenced practice, which 620 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. was in 1869. His youth was principally spent in Fayette County. ISAAC PAVEY. Isaac Pavey, farmer, Memphis. The nativity of the original Pavey family is unknown. Among the earliest settlers on Lee's Creek, in Highland County, was Isaac Pavey, the grandfather of this subject. He was from Kentucky, and was a preacher of the Methodist Church and a farmer. He was born in Maryland. His children were Charles, Elizabeth, William, Nancy Peggy, Sally, John and Thomas. Charles married Lucinda Bocock, Elizabeth married John Barger, Nancy married Warner Mann, Peggy married Thomas Andrew, Sally married Isaac McKay, John married Betsey West, and Thomas married Sally Johnson. William, the second son of the family, and father of our subject, married Anna Johnson, daughter of William and Jane (Bowden) Johnson, of Fayette County. He died in 1862, his wife in 1851. They were parents of Jane, Isaac, William, Mary, George, John, Henry, Sophia, Elizabeth, James and Eliza. By a second marriage, to Mrs. Jerdina Kirby, (Johnson,) he was the father of three sons and one daughter: Charles, Thomas A., Keturah and Gilbert A. Isaac, our subject, was born in Green Township, near the Clinton County line, March 15, 1831. He was brought up to hard work. His education was of the ordinary kind. On the 18th day of August, 1852, he was married to Margaret E., daughter of Jacob and Susan (Heller) Heidwohl; they were of Dutch descent, and natives of Virginia. They came to this state about the year 1837. Mrs. Pavey was born in Jefferson County, Virginia, April 25,1834. She is the only surviving member of the family. To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Pavey, the following named children have been born : Alice Jane, born May 13, 1855, married Robert Todhunter, October, 1879. Elmira A., born May 3, 1858, married Cornelius McCoy, November 12, 1880. Junius, born March 4, 1861 ; Darius, born February 14, 1862 ; William H., born April 6, 1863, died August 1, 1864 ; Charles Edward, born January 16, 1868, died September 29, 1875 ; Elva, born December 26, 1869, died October 6, 1875 ; John F., born April 11, 1872, died July 31, 1872. Mr. Pavey lived a short time in Hardin County, this state, and located where he now lives, in the year 1867. He owns and cultivates nearly four hundred acres of choice land near Lee's Creek, UNION TOWNSHIP - 621 and twelve miles from Washington. Mrs. Pavey has been connected with the Methodist Church since 1850. Our subject is an ardent Republican, and an energetic farmer. His brothers, James and Henry, served in the Union army during the late war. The last named was for a time a prisoner of war. T. K. PERDUE. T. K. Perdue, county surveyor, Washington, was born in this county, July 30, 1838, and is a son of Gershorn and Abigail Perdue. He is a native of Virginia, she of New Jersey. The father came to this state in 1813, and the mother some time later ; the marriage resulted in seven children. T. K., the youngest, was married April 30, 1868, to Jane M. Smith, daughter of Isaac and Mary Smith, of this county, which marriage resulted in six children : Whittier, Mira, Edith, Alice, Norton and Homer; all living. He served as infirmary director for six years, and has been in the nursery business since attaining his majority, which was also the means of supporting his father—the nursery was started in 1815. In the fall of 1880, he was elected county surveyor, and is now serving in that capacity. Himself and wife are members of the Society of Friends. The business of the nursery is conducted under the firm name of M. P. & T. K. Perdue. HENRY ROBINSON. Henry Robinson, clothier, Washington, was born in Washington, in the year 1819, in the public square and in the jail house ; his father being the sheriff of the county at the time. He is a son of Robert and Sarah Robinson. His father was a native of Pennsylvania, and held the office of sheriff' four years, and was also representative of the county, and one of its oldest pioneers. He had a family of twelve children. Henry, the subject of our remarks, was married in the year 1847, to Miss Maria L. Dawson, daughter of Abraham and Anna Dawson, of Virginia. She was living at Mr. Robert Robinson's house at the time. She died in 1852, leaving a loving husband and two children to mourn her loss—Mary, one of the children,. having since died, and Emma L. who still survives. 622 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. He was again married, in 1872, to Miss Phoeba A. Albaugh, daughter of Jacob and Sarah Albaugh, of this state. He filled the office of county auditor from 1850 to 1859. He has been a member of the Odd-fellows for a number of years, and was one of the charter members of the encampment. Our subject is now extensively engaged in the clothing business at Washington. M. S. SAGER. M. S. Sager, wholesale and retail tinware, Washington, was born in Mount Vernon, Ohio, December 25, 1831, and is a son of Charles and Jane (Smith) Sager. His father was a Dane and his mother a Virginian. His father came to this county when he was but sixteen years of age, and his mother many years ago. They had a family of seven children. Mr. Sager, the subject of our sketch, was married, in 1859, to Miss Ellen McMaster, daughter of John 0. and Mary McMaster, of this county. They have two children living: Henry P. and Adolphus W., and Emma, who died some seventeen years ago. Our subject is a self-made man, never having the advantages of an education ; but from his untiring energy, he has become master of his business, and at one time had amassed a fortune; but by his good nature was induced to go on paper until it swept nearly all he had. He has now some fifteen thousand dollars worth of machinery lying idle for the want of means, and which if put in motion would soon regain his lost fortune. He is a man of too much energy to lie still, and with half a chance he will come out all right. DR. S. S. SALISBURY. Dr. S. S. Salisbury, physician, Washington, was born in Georgetown, Brown County, this state, January 29, 1848, and is a son of John and Mary Salisbury. His father is a native of Pennsylvania, and his mother of Virginia. They had a family of nine children, and came to this state about the year 1810. Mr. Salisbury was married, in 1875, in Hillsboro, this state, to Miss Anna B. Brown, daughter of S. R. and Sarah Brown, of Hillsboro. UNION TOWNSHIP - 623 He is a member of Fayette Lodge No. 107, F. & A. M., and is Master of the same. Also a member of Fayette Chapter No. 103, and of Ely Commandry No. 28. Also of Temple Lodge No. 227, I. 0. 0. F. He and his wife are both members of the Presbyterian Church. He received his education at Lebanon, this state, and at Peru, Illinois. He studied medicine with Dr. W. H. McGrauaghan of Maysville, Kentucky. Attended medical lectures, in Philadelphia, at Hahnemann Medical College, and there graduated, March 10, 1873. He commenced practice at Washington, May 10, 1873, and has continued to the present time. WILLIAM SCOTT. William Scott, agent for Adams Express Company, Washington, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, August 29, 1858. He is a son of William and Mary Ann Scott, natives of Ireland, who emigrated from there about the year 1840, with a family of five children, three sous and two daughters. William, our subject, was married October 8, 1878, to Miss Laura Crawford, daughter of Charles and Susan Crawford, of Zanesville, Ohio. They have one child, Mary Ella. Mr. Scott is a member of Temple Lodge No. 227, I. O. O. F., and also a member of the First Presbyterian Church, of Zanesville. Since 1877 he has been agent of the Adams Express Company, at Washington. He received his education in Zanesville, where the principal portion of his life was passed. OSWELL SMITH. Oswell Smith; merchant tailor, Washington, was born in that city in 1850, and is a son of James J. and Hannah Smith. His father is a native of Virginia, and came to Fayette County in 1832, and immediately afterward married the mother of our subject, who was a native of this county. The result of this union was six children, five sons and one daughter. Oswell was married to Laura E., daughter of Rev. Richard and Hannah Pitzer, of Washington. They are blessed with one son, Jesse, seven years of age, and one daughter, Chloe, eighteen months old. Mr. Smith was sheriff of the county from January 1, 1877, to 624 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. January 1, 1881, inclusive. He is at present a member of the city council. Is also a member of the Odd-fellows, Knights of Pythias, and Royal Arcanum. His education was received in Washington, where his life, with the exception of three years, has been passed. He is now engaged in the merchant tailoring business, with Mr. Howat, under the firm-name of Smith & Howat. They occupy the "white hall" on Court Street, Washington, and are meeting with the success they merit. S. M. STEEN. S. M. Steen, music dealer, Washington, was born in Adams County, Ohio, December 14, 1849. He is a son of Alexander B. and Nancy J. Steen—the former a native of Kentucky, and the latter of Ohio—who had a family of eight children, all living but two. S. M., our subject, was married, May 6, 1873, to Miss Ettie Foster, (born February 7, 1850,) daughter of Archibald and Harriet Foster, of Worthington. By her he has had two children : Dwight, born July 22, 1875, and Carl, born June 16, 1879. He is a member of Temple Lodge No. 227, I. O. O. F., Fayette Lodge No. 107, and Chapter No. 103, F. &. A. M., and Ely Commandery No. 28. He is now acting as a general agent for the house of Baldwin & Co., of Cincinnati, for the sale of pianos, organs, and musical instruments generally. Having had some ten years experience with this house, he has become master of his profession, and well knows how to suit his customers. His place of business is on Court Street, opposite the Arlington House, where he is doing an extensive business, amounting to $45,000 per year. He handles nothing but first-class goods, among which are Steinway & Sons, Decker Bro's, Haines Bro's, J. & C. Fischer's, and other standard pianos, and Estey and Shoninger organs, with a full line of smaller musical instruments, and a complete line of musical merchandise. ROBERT S. SUTHERLAND. Robert S. Sutherland, county commissioner, Washington, was born in Ross County, Ohio, July 14, 1825. Ile is a son of Robert and Hannah Sutherland, natives of Pennsylvania, who immigrated UNION TOWNSHIP - 625 to Ohio about the year 1814, with a family of seven children, two sons and five daughters. Robert S., our subject, was married in the year 1850, to Miss Hannah Parrett, daughter of Frederick Parrett, of Ross County. They had one child, Frederick R., who died in 1851. Mr. Sutherland was elected county commissioner in 1873, and has filled the office since that time. He received his education in this county, where he has passed the principal portion of his life. He now resides on a farm of one hundred and eight acres, situated three miles north of Washington, in Union Township. AMOS THORNTON. Amos Thornton, coal dealer, Washington, was born in Union Township, this county, November 27, 1833. He is a son of Thomas and Mahala Thornton. His father was a native of Ohio, and his mother of Virginia. They had a family of eight sons, all of whom are living, except one. Amos, our subject, was married January 5, 1857, to Miss Arty Allen, daughter of James and Elizabeth Allen, of this county. They are blessed with two sons, James A. and Charles L. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company A, 1st Ohio Cavalry, and was in the battles of Gettysburg, second Bull Run, cavalry fight at Brandy Station, and many others. He was discharged May 4, 1865. He is a member of Fayette Lodge No. 107, F. & A. M. Received his education in this county where the principal part of his youth has been passed. He went to California in 1852, and returned in 1856 with a good share of the yellow dust. He is now engaged in the sale of black diamonds, in Washington, or, in other words, is extensively engaged in the coal business. THOMAS BRADLEY THORNTON. Thomas Bradley Thornton, farmer and stock-raiser. His parents, Thomas and Leva Thornton, were natives of Norfolk, Virginia. They came to Ohio in 1809, and settled in the town of Franklington (now included in the city of Columbus), where, two years after, the father died. Mrs. Thornton remained a widow some three years, when she married, for her second husband, James Coil, with 626 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. whom she lived some seven years, when she died. There were two children by the first marriage. James Thornton, at the age of twenty, left home, and his whereabouts since that time are unknown. Thomas B. was born after the death of his father. There were three children by the second marriage, two sons and one daughter. William H. married, and died early. Elizabeth married, moved to Mercer County, and is now a widow. Perry married and moved to Missouri many years ago. Thomas B., our subject, was born December 11, 1812. Being left without father, mother, or kinfolks, to care for him, he was compelled to care for himself as best he could. He found a good home in the family of Peter Fultz, with whom he remained until twenty-one years of age, learning the cabinet business. In 1834 he married Mahala Harper, daughter of Jacob C. Harper. Soon after their marriage they commenced housekeeping in the woods, on the same spot of ground where they now reside. They are the parents of eight sons. Amos, the oldest, married, and has a family living in Washington. James is married, and lives at Baxter Springs, Kansas. Anderson is married, and lives on his own farm near Washington. William H. is married, and lives near Solon, Madison County. Austin married, and died at the age of twenty-four. His widow is the daughter of Adam Glaze, and she remains single. Elan is married, and lives in the neighborhood. Thomas married, owns, and lives on the old George Miller farm, near Washington. Noah owns and lives on a farm near Jeffersonville, in this county. But few parents have been permitted to see so large a family of sons all grown up to manhood, married, and so well to do in life, as have Mr. and Mrs Thornton. Seven out of the eight sons are now living, each in good circumstances, an honor to their parents, with bright prospects before them. Mr. Thornton commenced life very poor, without money or kindred influences. He determined, early in life, to pursue a straight-forward, honest, truthful, industrious course, which he has carried out thus far, and it has proved to be a great success. He is one of the solid, wealthy men of Fayette County. He has dealt largely in real estate in his own county and elsewhere, which in the main has been a financial success. He was one of the originators of the Peoples and Drovers Bank of Washington, and has been one of its directors and principal stockholders to the present time. He has UNION TOWNSHIP - 627 served his county as one of its commissioners and infirmary directors for a number of years, and though nearly seventy years of age, is one of the most active, energetic, enterprising business men of the county. Mr. Thornton lives on a five-hundred-acre farm, some four and a half miles west from Washington, situated between the Jeffersonville and Jamestown pikes. He and his amiable wife commenced their married life on this farm more than forty-seven years ago, when all was a wilderness. They had the milk sickness, serpents, and all the difficulties incident to this new country, to contend with ; but these forty-seven years of earnest, honest toil, have brought grand results to this noble couple. JOHN N. VAN DEMAN. John N. Van Deman, lawyer (firm of Van Deman & Russell), Washington; son of John L. and R. P. (Wilson) Van Deman; born January 5, 1845, at Washington; lived there, and attended village school, until February, 1858; then removed with his father to Frankfort, Ross County. They lived there two years, and then returned to Washington, where they have since resided. At the age of twelve he began to assist his father (who was a merchant) in the. store, and very early acquired a taste for the mercantile business. At the age of seventeen he attended and graduated at Duff's Commercial College, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the following year went to Miami University, where he remained until twenty, then left college, in the middle of his senior year, to accept the offer from his father of a one-third interest in his dry-goods business ; and he then began business for himself, March 1, 1865, becoming at once the buyer for the new firm. The business was rapidly extended, and a wholesale trade established, until their annual sales (which had been about $25,000) were increased to $85,000. In 1872, he began to read law in his leisure hours, not then with the intention to practice, but for information. He had also received a course of lectures on commercial law while at Duff's College. As he advanced in the study it became more and more attractive, until, in 1876, he decided to, and did, quit the dry-goods business to enter the profession, and was admitted by the supreme court of the state to practice law, in about three months after leaving his mercantile pursuits. He immediately opened an office in 628 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. Washington, and at once acquired a good business; and has since that time been actively and successfully engaged in the practice. In 1873-4, he was a member of the city council. Is a Republican in politics, a member of the Presbyterian Church, and has been for years a worker in the Sunday-school, and in the temperance cause. Is also an active member of the order of Odd-fellows, in which he is prominently and favorably known throughout the state. He was married, May 14, 1867, to Lizzie Nash, daughter of William and M. G. Nash, of Clermont County, who was born September 12, 1847, and who died March 15, 1881. She was the mother of six children, who survive her. SAMUEL N. YEOMAN. Samuel N. Yeoman, merchant and railroad builder, Washington. The name was originally Youmans, being of English extraction. Two brothers, thus spelling their names, came from England to New York in an early day, the one going to New Jersey, the other to the South ; the celebrated Professor Youmans, of New York, being a descendant of the southern brother, our subject being a descendant of the brother who went to New Jersey. The grandfather came to Ohio, and settled on the waters of Paint Creek, in Wayne Township, Fayette County, about 1811, where he erected, probably, the first grist-mill ever built in the county. This mill was erected where the Rock Mills now stand. Here the pioneer remained until his death. Samuel T. Yeoman, his son, was serving in the war of 1812 when his father came to Ohio, but immediately after its close he also came to Knox County, Ohio, where he married Miss Nye, daughter of Ichabod Nye, the first sheriff of Knox County. In 1815, they removed to Fayette County, and settled on a farm near the town of Good Hope, in Wayne Township, and remained on this farm until 1829, when he removed to Springfield, and remained one year; thence, to Lebanon, and remained there one year. He then returned to Fayette County, and settled in Washington. In 1833, he was elected as a member of the General Assembly of Ohio. In 1836, or 1837, he engaged in the mercantile business, associated with Joseph and Amasa Olds as partners. In 1851, he retired from active business, and died in 1856. He served, with credit to himself as associate judge, postmaster, and justice of the peace, in his UNION TOWNSHIP - 629 county, and was one of the active leading politicians of his day. Mrs. Yeoman died in Washington, in 1872, in the seventy-fourth year of her age. They were the parents of twelve children, six sons and six daughters. Stephen D. died while a young man, unmarried. Bethiah L. married, but she and her husband are dead. Gilbert L. M. died when a young man, unmarried. James L. died in infancy. Eusebia N. died at the age of thirteen. Jane M. was married to Theodore Ogle, who is now dead. She lives in Washington. Josephine M. married Van M. Ogle, and lives on a farm in Green County, Indiana. Sarah died in infancy. Ascent also died in infancy. Joseph Amasa Olds is married and practicing law in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Samuel N., our subject was horn in Wayne Township, Fayette County, Ohio, in 1828. In the spring of 1849, he organized a company of ten persons, all boys but one, and went to California in search of gold. This was probably the first company that went from this part of the state to California. The entire company reached there, and all but one of the number returned. This enterprise proved to be a financial success to Mr. Yeoman, and after remaining there two years and some months, they returned to Fayette County. Soon after his return, he purchased his father's stock of goods, and commenced the mercantile business, continuing the same until the fall of 1853, when he sold out, and engaged in the real estate business until 1858. In 1857, he organized a company, and built the first respectable hotel in the town, now known as the "Arlington Hotel." The same year Mr. Yeoman again entered the mercantile business, associating with him F. A. Nitterhouse and D. Ogle. They purchased the stock of goods owned by Zebedee Harper. He also established, the same year, a branch store in connection with Theodore and V. M. Ogle, in New Lexington, Perry County, and in that year retired from this establishment. In the spring of 1861, Mr. Yeoman was appointed by the governor of Ohio chairman of the military committee of the county, and was soon afterward ordered to West Virginia, to look after the interest of the soldiers of his county. In June, 1862, while holding this position, he applied to the governor for an appointment as major, for recruiting for the 90th O. V. I., and entered on the recruiting business June 21, 1862. In thirty days he recruited two full companies (C and K), and assisted to recruit two more companies, which were assigned to the 114th Regiment. 630 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. August 1, 1862, he resigned his chairmanship, and reported, with his companies, at Camp Circleville, and in less than three days thereafter was ordered to Kentucky without arms or equipments, and reached Lexington by rail in great haste. Received arms next morning, and was ordered at once to assist in covering the retreat at Richmond, Kentucky. He participated in the battles of Perryville, Stone River, Seige of Chattanooga. Was commissioned lieutenant-colonel after the battle of Stone River, and colonel of the 90th after the seige of Chattanooga, Colonel Rippey having resigned. The colonel remained with the regiment, participating in the battles of Jonesborough, Atlanta, Champaign, etc., and was mustered out of service, after having served three years, June 21, 1865. e had in all some thirteen hundred men under his command, but only had about three hundred and twenty-seven when mustered out. Mr. Yeoman was a brave, patriotic man, working faithfully and honestly to put down the rebellion and save the Union. e left his mercantile interests to the care of his partners, devoting his entire time and energies to his country's welfare. But few officers have been more devoted to the country's welfare than has Colonel Yeoman. In 1866, Mr. Yeoman projected and started the Columbus and Washington turnpike ; it being the first enterprise of the kind in the county under the " Free turnpike Act," which enterprise inaugurated a system of free turnpikes all over the county, which has resulted in a spirit of general improvement, that now makes the county one of the leading counties of the state. Mr. Yeoman was elected state senator from his district, composed of Greene, Clinton and Fayette counties, in 1867, serving two years, with marked ability. He was elected by the same district, to the senate of this state, in 1873, and again served the full term. In 1869, he organized the Columbus and Maysville Railroad, (known as the blue grass road), became its president, surveyed and located the same; but because of Hillsboro being interested in another railroad enterprise, and not sympathising with this movement, it failed. In 1875, the colonel took up the old Dayton, Xenia and Belpre Railroad, and organized the Dayton and Southeastern Narrow Gauge Road. e became its president, overseeing and giving it his entire attention ; and although the enterprise met with many UNION TOWNSHIP - 631 reverses, he succeeded in its completion from Dayton to its intersection with the Marietta road at Musselman's. He also assisted in the building of the branch road from Allentown to Waynesville. In 1877 and 1878, he built a part of the Danville, Olney and Ohio Railroad in Illinois. He also built the Indianapolis, Delphos & Chicago Railroad, and at this time is superintendent of the Indiana, Chicago & Northern Railroad. In 1873 Col. Yeoman, in connection of Mr. F. A. Nitterhouse, commenced the building of a magnificent store-room, opera-house, etc., in Washington. e completed the storeroom in 1874, but on account of the panic, and the stringency of the money market, the operahouse remains unfinished. Col. Yeoman was the originator of the Washington Cemetery, and was its first president. He organized and planned its layout. Probably no one man has done more for the improvement of the town of Washington, and the County of Fayette, than Col. Yeoman. In June 1853, Mr. Yeoman married Miss Susan M. Comly, of New Lexington, Perry County, Ohio. She is a most excellent women. They are without children. In politics the colonel is a staunch Republican. Mrs. Yeoman is a member of the Baptist Church. GENERAL STEPHEN B. YEOMAN. General Stephen B. Yeoman, attorney at law, Washington, was born in Washington, this county, on the 1st day of December, 1836, and is a son of Alvah and Elizabeth Yeoman. His father was a native of New York, and his mother of Virginia. His father came to this state about the year 1806, and his mother about 1815. They had a family of eight children, four of whom are living. Stephen, the subject of our sketch, at the age of fifteen, shipped as a sailor; visited New Zealand and different points in South America, Asia, and Africa. After enjoying many adventures, and undergoing many hardships, finally returned to the United States. His great grandfather served with credit as a captain in the evolution, and his grandfather as a first lieutenant in the war of 1812. When the late war broke out Stephen B. immediately volunteered. Was under General Rosencrans, with whom he continu- 632 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. ed as a private in the 22d O. V. I., Company F, and was afterwards in West Virginia, until his regiment was discharged by reason of expiration of term of service. At home he immediately commenced recruiting, and returned to the field again, September 15, 1861, as captain of Company A, 54th O. V. I. e was then ordered, by General Sherman, to take ten picked men and penetrate the rebel lines, in order to ascertain their forces. While gallantly in discharge of duty, he received the following wounds Shiloh, April 6th and 7th, slight wounds in breast ; battle of Russell House, June, 1862, in left leg, also, in arm and abdomen ; January 10th and 11th, 1863, wounded in right arm, entirely severing the arm below the elbow, which was amputated. For his distinguished services he was promoted to major of his regiment, and on account of his serious loss, and not being able to return to his regiment, he resigned. He was appointed captain in the Veteran Reserve Corps, commanding Company C, 2d Battalion, on duty at Cincinnati. In May, 1864, he received from the President of the United States, the appointment of colonel of this regiment, and was detailed by War Department to Camp Caley, Virginia, as superintendant of recruiting service and chief mustering officer, of the northeast district of Virginia. November 29, 1864, he rejoined his regiment, and led this command in all the actions after that date. He has also been commanding officer of 3d Brigade, 1st Division, 25th Corps, and was promoted by the President of the United States, to Brevet Brigadier General of Volunteers, for his gallant services during the war; to rank as such from the 15th day of March, 1865. He was married, in 1863, to Miss Cordelia A. Wood, daughter of Daniel and Tabitha Wood, of this county. They have five children living : Minuette, Ida C., Burton, Nellie and Grace, and one dead, Willard. In 1866 he was elected probate judge of the county, which office he filled three years, and is now practicing law in Washington. He is a man beloved by all who know him, and is competent and well worthy of filling any office in the gift of the people. ELMER W. WELSHEIMER. Elmer W. Welsheimer, clerk of the court, Washington, was born UNION TOWNSHIP - 633 in Ross County, Ohio, October 4, 1843. He is a son of William H. and Mahala Welsheimer—the former a native of Virginia, and the latter of Ohio. They have a family of five children, two sons and three daughters, all living but Oscar, who departed this life in 1869. Elmer W., the subject of this sketch, was married in 1867 to Miss Sarah A. Zimerman, daughter of Samuel Zimerman, of this county. Our subject enlisted in. Company G, Captain Irions, 73d O. V. I., Colonel O. Smith. He remained with his regiment until he was wounded, which occurred in Hooker's midnight charge on Raccoon Ridge, a branch of Lookout Mountain. The wound was in the left leg, and the foot was amputated. This was on the 28th clay of October, 1863, near Chattanooga. He was also in the battles of Gettysburg and Chancellorsville, under Gens. Meade and Hooker. After his wound he was removed to three different hospitals, where he remained three months. He was then sent home, and received his honorable discharge at Columbus. After his return home he attended school for two years, and then engaged in the mercantile business at Martinsburg, Ohio, where he remained for eight years. e was then ejected Clerk of the Courts of Fayette County, and still retains that position. He is a member of Wilstah Lodge No. 360, I. O. O. F., of New Martinsburg, and also a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He received his education in Ohio, and has passed the principal part of his life in this county. e has three children, one son and two daughters : Ottis O., Olive, and Lulu, all living. MANFRED WILLARD. Manfred Willard was born in the village of Washington, Fayette County, Ohio, September 18, 1839, and is a son of Lockhart D. and Mary Jane Willard. L. D. Willard, a native of Massachusetts, removed to this county in 1832, and was one of a family of three children. His wife, whose maiden name was Doron, was a native of Pennsylvania. Her parents removed with her to this county at an early date. She was one of a family of seven children. The marriage of L. D. Willard and Mary J. Doron was solemnized on the 5th day of December, 1838. They raised a family of seven children, of whom the subject of this sketch is the eldest. 634 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. Our subject was educated in the common schools of Massachusetts, to which place his father removed about the year 1852. His youth was principally spent on the farm in this county At the age of sixteen he commenced land surveying, and continued in that business until 1860, when he removed to Mercer County, Illinois, and remained there in the business of farming until August 1, 1861, when he enlisted in the " Rangers," an independent company, raised and commanded by Captain Graham. This company successfully ran the blockade established by the governor of Illinois, and succeeded in joining the army of the West, at Fort Leavenworth, about the 5th of August. From this point Captain Graham's command was at once sent to Lexington, Missouri, where they remained in active duty until that place was surrendered, in September of the same year, by Colonel Mulligan, to the rebel General Price. In the seige that preceded the surrender, Willard was slightly wounded by a rifle ball removing the skin from the top of his head as it passed over. As soon as exchanged, and in the winter of 1861-2, he raised a company (H) in the 60th O. V. I., commanded by Colonel William H. Trimble (than whom no braver man ever lived), which regiment participated throughout the campaign of Major-General John C. Fremont, resulting in driving Jackson out of the Shenandoah Valley. In September, 1862, through the treachery or imbecility of Colonel Miles, in command of the Union forces at Harper's Ferry, to which point Colonel Trimble and his regiment had been ordered, with other troops, Willard was again a prisoner to the rebel foe. Previous to the surrender, however, he was severely wounded in the left arm. Soon after this, he was honorably discharged at Camp Douglas, Illinois. Returning home a mere skeleton, weighing less than one hundred pounds, he was elected probate judge of Fayette County at the same election that gave Governor Brough one hundred thousand majority over Clement L. Vallandigham. After the expiration of his term of office, he became cashier of the Fayette County National Bank, which position he held until that institution closed up its business in October, 1875. In May, 1869, he passed an examination, and was admitted to the bar in his native town, and since the closing of the bank he has given his whole time and attention to the practice of his profession. UNION TOWNSHIP - 635 On the 7th day of April, 1863, he married Verselle S. Worley (formerly Knight) a daughter of Salathiel and Jane Knight, and granddaughter of Colonel Joseph Bell. Mrs. Willard has one brother, Joseph Knight, now a resident of Fayette County, and one sister, Elizabeth V., who is now the wife of M. Herbert, Esq., teller in the Peoples and Drovers Bank of Washington. There have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Willard three children : Jane B., born on the 8th day of September, 1864; Laura A., born on the 17th day of February, 1867; and Herbert A., born on the 31st day of October, 1872. MARSHALL J. WILLIAMS. Marshall J. Williams, attorney-at-law, Washington, is a son of Dr. Charles M. Williams and Margaret Jane Williams, nee Mark, and was born February 22, 1836. From childhood he has been a close student, and at the age of nineteen graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, and soon after began his legal studies at Washington, with Nelson Rush. e completed his legal course at the age of twenty-one, and shortly after opened an office at Sigourney, Iowa, where he remained about one year. Becoming displeased with his location, he returned to Washington, and at once entered into a lucrative practice. He married Bertha Taylor, . a lady of Clermont County, but no children followed the union. In 1870, he was elected to the Ohio Legislature, as representative from Fayette County, and took a prominent part in many of the debates of that session. In 1872, he was returned to the legislature, and served through both sessions of that body with distinction. At present he stands at the head of his profession, and is recognized as one of the leading lawyers of southern Ohio, and has accumulated a fortune by his practice. JACOB WHITESEL. Jacob Whitesel, butcher, Washington, was born in Pickaway County, December 12, 1832, and is a son of George and Mary Whitesel; his father a native of Virginia, and his mother of Pickaway County, Ohio. They were married January 10, 1822, his wife being Miss Mary Sidener. His grandparents were Nicholas Whitesel, born in Germany, February, 1755, and Elizabeth West, born in 636 - HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY. Pennsylvania, in 1754. George and Mary had a family of twelve children; six sons and six daughters, all living but the two youngest. Jacob, the subject of our sketch, was married June 1, 1865, to Miss Sarah A. King, daughter of Henry and Mary King, of Baltimore, Ohio. They have one child, Minnie Bell. Mr. Whitesel is a member of Ringgold Lodge No. 90, I. 0. O. F., of Greenfield, Ohio; is also a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He received his education in Pickaway County, where he lived until he was thirty-two .years of age, when he removed to near Lancaster, Ohio, and engaged in pike making some six mouths. He then engaged in the drug and grocery business, at Rushville, for about two years; and then went to Highland County, bought a farm, and worked it some eight years, when he sold out and came to Washington, where he engaged in butchering, which he still follows. JOHN L. WILSON. John L. Wilson, carpenter, Washington, was born September 18, 1835, and is a son of James N. and Maria Wilson. His father is a native of North Carolina, and his mother of Ross County, Ohio. The former came to Ohio in 1823, the latter in 1827. They had six children. Our subject was married January 21, 1867, to Anna, daughter of James G. and Tabitha Jolly, of Clinton County, Ohio, who bore him two children : James G. and 'Leda B. e is a member of Fayette Lodge No. 107, and Chapter No. 103, F. & A. M. e received his education in Washington, where his youth was spent. In politics he is a Republican. DR. C. M. WILSON. Dr. C. M. Wilson, physician, Washington, was born in Northampton, Pennsylvania, September 28, 1845, and is a son of Charles and Catharine Wilson, of Hillsboro, Ohio. They had a family of five children, two sons and three daughters. Our subject was married, March 2, 1871, to Miss Mary L. Pricer, daughter of David H. and Amanda Pricer, of South Salem, Ohio. They have two children: Minnie and Amy C. The doctor enlisted in August, 1864, in Company A, 175th O. V. I. He was wounded in the first engagement at Franklin, Tennessee, and November 30, UNION TOWNSHIP - 637 1864, had the second finger of his right hand shot off, and also received a flesh wound in his thigh. After being wounded he was taken to Nashville, and one week afterward was removed to Louisville, and from thence to Cincinnati, where he lay in West End Hospital, from which he received his discharge from the service on the 20th day of May, 1865. The following fall he entered South Salem Academy, where he remained until the fall of 1868, when he began his medical studies under Dr. Looker, of Cincinnati, graduating in Miami Medical College, in March, 1871, and commenced a practice which has continued up to the present time, with the exception of six months spent in the college and hospital in New York City. e and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. His residence and office are on Court Street, where he has been since June, 1875. MILLS GARDNER. Mills Gardner, attorney-at-law, Washington, was born at Russellville, Brown County, Ohio, January 30, 1830, and is a son of Seth and Elma S. (Barrere) Gardner. His father was a native of New York, and his mother of Ohio. They had a family of three children. Our subject was married, October 9, 1851, to Miss Margaret A. Morrow, daughter of John Morrow, of Highland County. They have two children-Gertrude and Hortense. Mr. Gardner has always lived in this state, and has resided in Fayette County since 1854. He received a common school education, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1855, and has followed the profession since. He was prosecuting attorney of Fayette County for four years; was a member of the state senate in 1862–64; was a presidential elector on the Lincoln ticket, in 1864; was a member of the state house of representatives in 1866–68; was a member of the state constitutional convention of Ohio, in 1873; and was elected to the forty-fifth congress, as a Republican, receiving 16,549 votes against 16,098 votes for John S. Savage, Democrat.