WASHINGTON. Washington lies east of Circleville, and along the eastern line of the county, with Walnut .township adjoining on the north, and Pickaway on the south. Its surface is quite rolling, except in the southern part, where it is comparatively level. The principal water course is Hargus 'creek, which rises in the northeast part of the township, flows southwest, and unites with the Scioto, west of Circleville. Scippo creek flows through a part of sections twenty-five and thirty-six. Besides these, there are several other smaller streams, of not sufficient importance to require description. The soil of Washington is principally a mixture of gravel and sand, with a smaller proportion' of low, or good corn lands, than are found in some of the other townships of the county. The native varieties of timber did not differ materially from those of neighboring townships, being chiefly oak, of all kinds, ash, beech, maple, hard and soft, walnut, hickory, butternut, hackberry and elm. The township is highly improved, the farms being generally smaller than those of other townships, and containing, in most cases, good dwellings and barns. SETTLEMENT. We date the settlement of the township from the arrival of John Anderson, in 1797. He came from Pennsylvania, accompanied by his wife and ten children. John, his son, came out before, and selected a location on Hargus creek, in section ten, and when the land was opened for entry, took up about six hundred and forty acres, in, sections ten and three. When the family came, they settled where John had located.. The descendants of the family are now widely scattered, with the exception of the children of Bethuel, one of the sons of the pioneer An: derson, most of whom. reside in this county. Bethuel Anderson was born June 6, 1790, and married Mary Moore, whose parents were among the earliest pioneers of Deer Creek township, Fairfield 'county. For eleven -years after his marriage, Bethuel Anderson occupied the 'farm of his wife's father, in Deer Creek,, when he moved to the old homestead, on Hargus creek. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, serving as sergeant; and was afterwards a lieutenant in the State militia. 'He died, October 1, 1858, and his wife August 17, 1869. They had a family of four sons and seven daughters. Milton was killed in Washington Territory, December, 1863, by a water-spout, which swept away the custom house, of which he was an officer, and John was murdered at his residence, in Missouri, August 25, 1875, by three desperadoes, whose object was robbery. The surviving children are: Elizabeth,. widow of Levi Johnson, residing in Indiana; Maria, widow of Joseph Heise, in this township; Zeruia, wife of John N. Anderson, in Iowa; Isabel, wife of Martin Wells, (300) and Mary A., widow of Joel Huzzy in this township; Joanna, wife of Joseph Myers, in Perry county, Ohio; Louisa, wife of John Albright, in Walnut township, this county, and Harvey K., in Kansas. David Culberson, a stepson of John Anderson, came out with the family, and subsequently married Margaret Rush and settled where the widow Parker now lives. He was a Methodist local preacher, and some of the earliest religious meetings were held at his cabin; he officiated at many of the pioneer funerals in this and other townships in the county; he finally removed to the Raccoon hills. A man by the name of. Zeimmer, a native of Germany, came, with his family, from Maryland to this township, in 1799, and entered one-half of section twenty-seven, on which they settled.. The family consisted of the parents and seven children. In 1812 the parents, one daughter, and youngest son, Philip, removed to Richland county, where, a short time afterward; the father„ mother, and daughter, were massacred by the Indians. An account of their terrible fate is given in Howe's "Ohio Historical Collections," as follows, the name, however, being given as anglicized---Seymour: " In September, 1812, shortly after -the breaking out of the late war with Great Britain, two block-houses were built in Mansfield : one stood about six rods west of the site of the court house ; and the other a rod or two north. The first was built by a company commanded by Captain Shaeffer, from Fairfield county, and the other by the company of Colonel Charles Williams, of Coshocton. A garrison was stationed at the place until 'after the battle of the Thames. At the commencement of hostilities there was a settlement of friendly Indians, of the Delaware tribe, at a place called Greentown, about twelve miles southeast of Mansfield, within the present township of Green. It was a village. consisting of some sixty cabins, with a council house about sixty feet long, twenty-five wide, one story in height, and built of posts and clap-boarded. The village contained several hundred persons. As a measure of safety they were collected, in August, 1812, and sent to some place in the western part of the State, under protection of the government. They were first brought to Mansfield and placed under guard, near where the tanyard now is, on the run. " While there, a young Indian and squaw came up to the blockhouse, with a request to the chaplain, Rev. James Smith, of Mount Vernon, to marry them after the manner of the whites. In the absence of the guard, who had come up to witness the ceremony, an old Indian and his daughter, aged about twelve years, who were from Indiana, took advantage of the circumstance and escaped. Two spies from Coshocton, named Morrison and McCulloch, met them near the run, about a mile northwest of Mansfield, on what is now the farm of E. P. Sturges. As the commanding office, Colonel Kratzer, had given orders to shoot all Indians found out of the bounds of the place, under an impression that all such must he hostile, Morrison, on discovering them, shot the father through the breast. He fell, mortally wounded; then springing up, ran about two hundred yards, and fell to rise no more. The girl escaped. The men returned and gave the information. A party of twelve men were ordered out, half of whom were under Sergeant John C. Gilkinson, now of Mansfield. The men flanked on each side of the run. As Gilkinson came up he found the fallen Indian on the north north side of the run, and at every breath he drew, blood flowed through the bullet. hole in his chest. Morrison next came np, and called to McCulloch to come and take revenge. Gilkison then asked HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO - 301 the Indian who he was. He replied, 'A friend.' Mcul01h, who, by this time, had joined them, exclaimed, as he drew-his. tomahawk, D—n you! I'll make a friend of you!' and aimed a blow at his head, but it glanced and was not mortal. At this he placed one foot on the neck of the prostrate Indian, and, drawing out his tomahawk, with an other blow buried it in his brains. The poor fellow gave one quiver, and then all was over. Gilkison had in vain endeavored to prevent this inhuman deed, and now requested McCulloch to bury the Indian. D—n him; no!' was the answer; 'they killed two or three brothers of mine, and never buried them.' The second day following the Indian was buried; but it was so slightly done that his ribs were seen projecting above ground for two or three years after. "This McCulloch continued an Indian fighter until his death. He made it a rule to kill every Indian he met, whether friend or foe. Mr. Gilkison saw him some time after, on his way to Sandusky, dressed like an Indian. To his question, ' Where are you going?' he replied, ' To get more revenge !' "There was living at this time on the Black fork of te Mohican, about half a mile west of where Petersburgh now is, a Mr. Martin Ruffner. Having removed his family for safety, no person was with him in his cabin, excepting a bound boy. About two miles southeast, stood the cabin of the Seymours. This family consisted of the parents—both very old people,—a maiden daughter, Catharine, and her brother, people—aho was a bachelor. "One evening Mr. Ruffner sent out the lad to the creek bottom to bring home the cows, when he discovered two Indians. They called to him, saying. that they would not harm him, but wished to speak to him. Having ascertained from him that the Seymours were at home, they left, and he hurried back and told Ruffner of the circumstance, upon which he took down his rifle, and started for Seymour's. He arrived there, and was advising young Seymour to go to the cabin of a Mr. Copus, and get old Mr. Copus and his son to come up and help to take the Indians prisoners, when the latter were seen approaching. Upon this young Seymour passed out of the back door and hurried to Copus', while the Indians entered the front door, with their rifles in their hand. The Seymours received them with an apparent cordiality, and the daughter spread the table for them. The Indians, however,. did not appear to be inclined to eat, but soon arose and commenced the attack. Ruffner, who was a powerful man, made a desperate resistance. He clubbed his rifle, and broke the stock to pieces ; but he fell before superior numbers, and was afterwards found dead and scalped, in the yard, with two rifle .ballS through him, and several fingers cut off by a tomahawk. The old people and daughter were found tomahawked, and scalped, in the house. In an hour or so. after dark, young Seymour returned with Mr. Copus and son, making their way through the woods by the light of a hickory bark torch. Approaching the cabin, they found all dark and silent within. Young Seymour. attempted to open the door, when it flew back. Reaching forward,. he touched the corpse of the old man, and exclaimed,' in tones, of anguish, Here is the blood of my. poor father !' Before they reached the place, they heard the Indians whistling on their powder chargers, upon which they put out the light, and were not molested." The sons, George, Henry, Frederick, and Abraham, all settled in this county, and George and Abraham remained here until their death. Jacob, son of Abraham Zeiminer, now lives in Walnut township, aged nearly sevZeimmer. John Rager, who first located on the Pickaway plains,came to Washington about 1 800. Subsequently, he entered, in connection with hi son-in-law, Nicholas Miller, and a man by the name of Valentine, three-fourths of section thirty-three. Rager was a great hunter, and was in the forest, with his gun, almost constantly. He killed a number of bear, and a great many deer and wild turkeys. It is said he would kill, sometimes in a single day, five or six deer. It was his custom to keep from two to three hundred hogs, which derived their subsistence from the abundant mast which the forest furnished. He never raised any grain for them, and one winter, which was unusually severe, about one-half of them died. The rest he wintered through on venison. His son, John, would follow him with a horse and sled, and take home the deer as his father killed them. Rager finally, when. eighty years old, went to Vinton county, where game was more plenty. He lived to be nearly one hundred years old. Jacob Greenough, one of the earliest settlers in the township, was also a squatter on the plains, in Pickaway township. From thence he moved to Fairfield county, but the land on which he located being entered soon after, he came to Washington and entered the southeast quarter of section twenty-three, which he occupied until his death. Three. of his children are known to be living, to-wit: Jacob, at Stoutsville, Fairfield county, aged nearly ninety; Andrew, in Indiana, and Philip, in Illinois. Nicholas Miller was an early settler where the residence of the late Jacob Hitler now stands. He was a blacksmith, and had a shop there. Mrs. Miller was a daughter of John Rager. Four of their children are now living, one of whom is Mrs. George Try, of Circleville. Nicholas Miller's estate was the first administered upon in Pickaway county. David Liest came to Washington as early as 1805, and entered the southwest quarter of section twenty-three, which, a year afterwards, he sold to hi's brother, Andrew, on his arrival from Pennsylvania,hisid then locating a mile further west. John D. Liest, his son, is a resident of the township. George Pontius, sr., his wife, Catharine, and five of their seven children, together with their son-in-law, Peter Row, and his family, came from Center county, Pennsylvania, in the spring of 1808, They came_by wagon, and were four weeks on the road during came by it-rained every day, except three. Mr. Pontius located it rainedrthwest quarter of section twenty-two, where Rufus Brobst now lives, and gave each of his children a quarter section of land. On the twenty-fifth of August, 181o, his wife died, and about two years afterward he' married again-, his second wife surviving him. His children, who were all bo: n of his first wife, are as follows, named in the order of their age: Conrad, Betsey, George, Samuel, Daniel, Catharine. and Margaret. Conrad came into the township at a very early'date, making the journey on foot; he remained twoearly datearding with the family of John Anderson, and returned to Pennsylvania. In 18o6, two years before the rest of the family came, he and his brother George, with their wives, came out with a four-horse team and_wagon. Culverson gave George Pontius the use of a cand wagonl he could build one, which he did shortly afterward, on the location now occupied by Daniel Haas. Afterwards, he built, on the same site, a brick house, which was the first in the township. David, his son, now resides about a mile south of the old homestead'. Conrad settled where Ezekiel Morris now resides, his farm adjoining that of his brother George. Many years after, he removed to Piqua, Ohio, where he died. Betsey was the wife of Peter Row. Samuel settled where John Knight now lives. Daniel occupied, until his death, the old homestead: His son, Daniel, is a well-known citizen of Circleville township. Catharine married Adam Martin, and first located on the place now occupied by Amos Groce, and, afterwards, where Samuel Bowman resides. 302 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO. He died there in T 849. Mrs. Martin, aged eighty-six, No: vember 5, 1879, now resides in Walnut, with her Son, Jacob. She is the only surviving member of the family. Margaret became the wife of Hector Curts. Peter Row located on the northeast quarter of section twenty-two. He kept a cabin or the accommodation of immigrants, and many of them found in it a place of temporary shelter; Mr. Row was a potter by trade, and followed it the ,greater part of his life. By selling pork, corn, and other necessaries, together with his trade, he got his start in the new country; he received for pork only from one cent to a cent and a half per pound, and a proportionate price for grain. Mt. Row died in 1849, and six of his children are now living, of whom Mrs. Andrew Leist, Samuel, and George, reside in this township. Mrs. Myers and Mrs. Rainbow live in Illinois, and David, the oldest brother, in Union county, Ohio. THE FIRST ROAD opened in the township was the old Lancaster road, or Westfall road, as it was originally called. Along this road most of the early settlers located. One of the first was Christopher Earnest, who settled on the southwest. quarter of section fourteen, in 1806. The farm is now owned by Jacob J. Stout. George Hoffman and his wife Mary (Harpster) came from Union county, Pennsylvania, the same year, and. settled on the southeast quarter of the same section. Their ten children were born after their settlement. Four—Peter, John, George, and Mrs. Samuel Winstead—live in this township, and the rest in the west. Peter, now in his seventy-first year, married Elizabeth Leist, and first settled where their son, Jacob, now lives. He removed to his present location in 1855. John located where. he now lives in 1835. His wife, Mary Ann Easter, died in 1861. George, who occupies the homestead, married, for his first wife, a daughter of Abraham Neff, formerly of Fairfield county. She died many year ago, and he subsequently married Elizabeth, daughter of Andrew Leist, with whom he now lives. John Harmon 'came from Pennsylvania in 1806, with his family, consisting of his wife—Dorothy Gift—and five children. He settled on section twenty-five, where he died about 1834, his wife surviving him a few years. Their children were: John, who was an early settler in Salt Creek township; Catharine, who married Abraham Martz; Jacob, Samuel, and George, former residents of this township.. Samuel was killed in 1819, at the raising of the log house of George Leist—a log rolling on him. George Harmon, who occupied the homestead after the death of his. father, married Elizabeth Surface. He died in May, -1853, aged sixty-three years; and his wife in April, 1876, eighty years of age. They had but two children—twin daughters—who are still living, viz.: Mary, widow of Joseph Mills, in Williams county, and Elizabeth, widow of Obediah Gessells, who died July 15, 1874. Mrs. Gessells occupies the place on which her grandfather settled in 1806. Andrew Leist moved into the township about this time, and purchased of his brother, David, the southwest quar ter of section twenty-three, which David had entered the year before. Andrew died here in 1851. He was the father of twelve children, three of whom died young. Four are now living. John A. and Amos A: are among the leading farmers of this township, and the other two live in Wyandot county. William Bowman and family arrived from Shenandoah county, Virginia, in 1810, and lived for five years in the northwest part of Fairfield county. At the expiration of that time he came to Pickaway county and purchased, in Washington township, the farm now occupied by Ezekiel Morris, then occupied by Conrad Pontius. He died here, October 16, 1823. He was the father of fourteen children, six of whom are living. Joseph, who lives in Walnut, aged seventy-six, made a trip to New Orleans, from Circleville, in 1823, on a flat-boat. The boat was fourteen feet wide and about seventy feet long, and was in charge of Barnard Prebble. Henry Dreisbach came from Pennsylvania with his brothers in 1811, being then seventeen years old, and made his home with his brother Martin, in Ross county. He learned the carpenter's trade of Joseph Foust. 'On August 30, 1817, he married Mary Stauffer, and settled where his son, Edward, now lives, in section twenty-four, Washington township. He died in 1875. Mrs. Dreisbach died in 1850. They had ten children, of whom four are living. Leonard Warner, from Berks county, Pennsylvania, settled where Silas Young now lives, northeast quarter of section fourteen, in 1812. About fifteen years after his settlement there, he died. There are six of the children now living: Jonathan and Andrew, in this township; Jacob and Henry, in Indiana, and Mrs. Christy and Mrs. Dumm, in Clear Creek township, Fairfield county. George Wertman came to Ohio from Pennsylvania, in 1814, with his step-father, Andrew Hines, and his family, who settled in Clear Creek, Fairfield county. Wertman was then a lad of some ten years of age. He learned the trade of potter, serving an apprenticeship of five years, but he never followed the business to any extent. The first purchase of land made by him was in Madison township. This he sold, two years afterward, and then came to Washington and rented, for a few years, the farm which he subsequently bought, and on which he still resides. In 1827, he married Susanna Leist, daughter of David Leist. She died in 1873. Mr. Wertman is now aged seventy-four. George Heise came from Pennsylvania, in 1818, driving the team of Mahlon Vetter and family, who settled where the late John Parks resided. Mr. Heise was then in his eighteenth year, and went to work by the month. In April, 1821, he married Betsey Hane, and continued to work around until 1833, when he purchased one hundred acres in the southeast quarter of section three, where he has since resided. His old log house, which he first began housekeeping in, on the banks of Hargus creek, is still standing. His first wife only lived about two years after their marriage, and he married, May 20, 1826, Sarah Smith, by whom he has .had twelve children, six boys and- six girls, of whom eight are living. Mr. HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO - 303 Heise is now in his seventy-ninth year, and Mrs. Heise in her seventy-fourth. Thomas Wells, a native of Maryland, came to Pickaway county, in 1818. In 1820 he was united in marriage to Margaret Fulk, and settled on a farm in the northeast part of the township, which still remans in the family. He died at the residence of Jonas Shellhammer, in East Ringgold, aged nearly eighty-eight. He had four children, three of whom are living. Martin Wells, who married a daughter of Bethuel Anderson, lives in Washington; and Isaac, and Mrs. Jonas Shellhammer, in Walnut township. This same year, George Myers and family emigrated to Ohio, from Berks county, Pennsylvania, and settled in Fairfield county. A daughter, Anna, became the wife of John Stout, who came to Fairfield with his parents at an early date. They were married in 1820, and after living for a short time in Fairfield, removed to Washington, where Mrs. Stout still lives. A portion of the log house into which they moved so long ago, is still standing near her present brick residence. Mr. Stout died in 1864. He was the father of thirteen children, of whom ten survive, but are widely scattered. John and his family live with his mother on the old homestead. Francis Dedo was the first settler where Peter Hoffman now lives. His cabin—a double log—stood on the hill near the road, just west of where Mr. Hoffman's residence now stands. He finally sold to Peter Moyer, and removed to Sandusky. John Clark was the first settler in section two, and his location was where R. Huffer now lives. Henry Sackreider was an early settler in section one, living near the county line. George Wise settled at an early date where the widow of Andrew Leist now lives, and finally removed from the township. A man by the name of Apple first lived where Isaac Stout now lives. John Gray, a native of Philadelphia, with his wife and one child, removed to Muskingum county, Ohio, in 1825. In 1829 he came to this county, settling in Walnut township, on one hundred and twelve acres, in the southwest part of the township. In 1847 he sold out, and purchased and settled in the northeast quarter of section two, Washington township. Mr. King and his wife now reside with their son-in-law, Daniel Haas. EARLY SCHOOLS. The first school attended by the children of the pioneers of Washington township, was kept in Clear Creek township, Fairfield county, by a teacher by the name of Hump. The school-house was a very rude structure, with stick chimney and fireplace, the back of which was made of hard-heads. The first school within the township was kept in the old cabin of George Hoffman, and Samuel Gensell was one of the earliest teachers. The cabin was afterwards moved about a mile and a half farther west, and fitted up for a school-house. A school was kept, at an early date, in a log house on the farm then owned by Jacob Greenough. A man by the name of Horn taught the first school. In 1835 or 1836 the township was divided into six school districts, the same that it now contains. RELIGIOUS INTERESTS. Religious meetings were held in the township several years before any church organization was effected. Meetings were held at an early date in the log barn of George Hoffman, in section fourteen. The first church organized was a German Reformed and Lutheran society, called Zion's church. It was formed in 1808 or 1809, by a preacher by the name of Foster. He continued to preach for some time, and was followed by Jacob Leist, who officiated as its minister for about fifty years. Since Mr. Leist, Revs. Messrs. Gost, Martin, Herring, and Schuman, have preached for the society. The first meeting house was built soon after the church was organized. It was a two-story log house, but was afterwards torn down and rebuilt as one-story. ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, of the Evangelical Association, was organized, as nearly as can be ascertained, about fifty years ago. They held their meetings at the house of John Moyer and at other dwellings, until the erection of a church building, in 1849 or 185o. It was a frame, and stood a little south of the present brick church, which was erected, in 187o, at a cost of something over thirty-one hundred dollars. Among the earliest preachers of the church were Charles Hammer and Joseph Long. The present pastor is C. M. Reineholt, and A. Evans, his assistant. The church has a Sabbath-school, under the superintendency of Edward Dreisbach. THE PONTIUS UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH was organized about the year 1830, at the house of Daniel Pontius, and the meetings were held there for a number of years. The church building was erected in 1848. The question of its location excited some interest among the members, who were about equally divided on two proposed sites, the one chosen, and one in the west part of the township, on the farm now owned by the widow Barnhart. The matter was decided by the vote of the chairman of the meeting called to consider it. The ground on which the church was built was donated by Daniel Pontius. Peter Johnson was the first class leader, which position is now filled by Wesley Leist. The membership is now about thirty. THE UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH, in the south part of the township, known as the Morris church, was organized in about 1842, with seventy-five members. The organization was the result of an extensive revival held in the church just before its completion, during the labors of Rev. William Fisher, who was then on the circuit. A class of about a dozen members, in another portion of the township, called the Arnhart class, soon after united with it. The church now numbers about forty members. Rev. George Devens is pastor, and John S. Morris, leader. BETHANY UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH. This class was first formed in 1838 or '39 at the house of John May, who then lived on the farm now owned by 304 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO. Jacob Martin, Rev. William McCabe officiating in its organization. The meetings were first held at Mr. May's, and subsequently at the Evangelical church, on the south line of Walnut township, until the erection of Bethany church, in the winter of 1874. The building cost about fourteen hundred dollars, and was dedicated by Bishop Weaver. The present membership of the society is about twenty-seven, with Jacob Markwood as leader. The pastor is Rev. Mr. Waggoner. BURIAL PLACES. The first burying ground in the township was the Zion's church graveyard, laid out as early as 1809. The first burial in it was that of a child of Andrew Leist. There are now four other cemeteries in the township, one in connection with each church. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, JACOB HITLER, who died at his residence in Washington township, Pickaway county, Ohio, August 11, 1879, had resided in the territory now constituting Pickaway county, for a period of eighty consecutive years. His parents, George and Susannah Hitler, were among the earliest pioneers of the county. His father was a native of Maryland, and was born May 15, 1763. When a boy, he came with his parents to Franklin county, Pennsylvania, and there subsequently found his wife in the person of Susannah Gay, daughter of John Gay, of London, England. He removed with his family, then consisting of his wife and two small children, to Somerset county, Pennsylvania, and located in what was called "the glades." In April 1799, he emigrated to Ohio. The mother and four children, with the household goods, came down the Ohio river on a flat-boat, to the mouth of the Scioto, where they were met by the father, who came through by land with a large number of horses. From Portsmouth the journey was made to this county by team and wagon, the goods being sent up the Scioto in a keel-boat. Mr. Hitler's first location was on the lower plains, in Pickaway township. In 1804, he entered one hundred and sixty acres in the west part of section thirty-three, Washington township, erecting his house in the southwest part, where he resided until his death, April 2, 1818. His wife survived him thirty years, dying September 6, 1848, at the age of nearly seventy-six. Jacob was the third child, and was born during the residence of his parents in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, December 5, 1796. His boyhood was spent, like that of most of the sons of the pioneers, in the hard work upon the farm, incident to a new country. Shortly after his father's death, he and his brother, George, bought of William Gougar a quarter section of land, adjoining on the north the farm now owned by Mrs. Abraham Hitler, for which they paid twenty-three dollars per acre. He there made the beginning of his successful and busy life. Wheat was then worth seventy-five cents per bushel, but it soon after commenced to decline in price, and went down to twenty-five cents. Having but a few hundred dollars apiece, the brothers found it impossible to pay for their farm by raising grain and selling it at the then current price, and so they concluded to manufacture it into flour and ship it to New Orleans. Then commenced their flat-boating experience to that city, which continued. for eleven years, the first trip being made by Jacob Hitler, in 1819. The enterprise proved a success, the flour bringing a price which amounted for the grain to more than double what it would have sold for at home. The boats were constructed to carry from four to five hundred barrels of flour. They cost about one hundred and twenty dollars apiece, and were disposed of at New Orleans for whatever they would bring—sometimes only a few dollars. Mr. Hitler made five trips to New Orleans, the first two in 1819 and 182o, and after that, alternating with his brother, George. The first trip he returned from New Orleans to this county on foot, making the journey in twenty-two days, .the same time required for a steamboat to come from New Orleans to Louisville. Mr. Hitler's prominent characteristics were strict integrity, unusual soundness of judgment and foresight, great industry and a fixedness of purpose which rendered successful everything he undertook. He acquired a fine property, owning at the time of his decease nearly two thousand acres of land, all of it lying in Pickaway county. He was elected a commissioner of this county in October, T 8 5 8, and served for the term of three years. He had, however, but little inclination for public office. In 1825 he was united in marriage to Sarah Gougar, who came to Pickaway county with her parents, in 1806. Mrs. Hitler died several years ago. To them were born the following children: George, September 28, 1825; Daniel, November 7, 1827; Susan, April, 1830; Nelson, January 24, 1833 ; Caroline, June 17, 1836 ; Jacob, no record; Ellen, February 4, 1843. George and Nelson occupy the homestead; Daniel lives in Pickaway township, this county; Susan is the wife of Lewis Lutz, and resides in Kansas; Caroline died young, and Jacob in infancy; Ellen is the wife of Evan Phillips, of Pick-away township. HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO - 305 EDWARD DRESBACH, of Washington township, Pickaway county, Ohio, is the second son and eighth descendant of Henry Dresbach and his wife, Mary Stauffer, who were, respectively, of Northumberland (now Union) and Berks counties, Pennsylvania. Henry Dreisbach was born November 22, 1794, and was a son of Jacob Dresbach and his wife Magdalene Buchs. Tracing the family farther back we see that Jacob was the eldest son of Martin Dresbach, who was born in 1717 in the earldom of Witgenstein, Germany, and marrying Anna Eve Hoffman, emigrated to this country and settled in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in 1746. Henry Dresbach, the father of the subject of this sketch, came to Ohio in 18 r 'rand after living one year in Ross county, removed to Salt Creek township, where he resided for a time with his brother George. At an early date he took up the farm in Washington township, where his son Edward now resides, and - there remained until his death. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and after his return from service entered actively into the labor incident to the life of a pioneer, cleared up his farm, and made upon it many valuable improvements. He began with little, had few advantages, but accomplished much. He was industrious, energetic, frugal, and, as a natural result, was successful. His farming was profitable, and his business affairs generally resulted favorably, so that, although not becoming a rich man, he yet accumulated more than a competency. Politically, he was a Democrat. Henry Dresbach was a man of sterling moral worth, and one of those citizens who, by labors and example, benefitted the neighborhood in which he passed his life. He was a religious man, too, in practice as well as in theory. In his earlier years he was a member of the church of the United Brethren, but afterwards became connected with the Evangelical Association. Mr. Dresbach and his wife, Mary Stauffer, were joined in wedlock March 30, 1817. The wife was born in 1796, and died in 1850. The husband survived her twenty-five years, and died June 9, 1875, upon the farm where he had, resided three score years. These pioneers were the parents of eight daughters and two sons, viz. : Esther, born January 13, 1818, now the wife of Joseph Meisse, of Fairfield county; Henry, born July 12, 1819, died July 13, the same year; Eliza, born December 25, 1820, died November 29, 1832; Mary, born March 23, 1829, married Abraham Miesse, and, afterward, Mr. Raudabaugh; died September 1 r, 1862; Elizabeth, born November r0, 1824, died August 29, 1850 ; Angeline (Mrs. Daniel Miesse), born December 19, 1826, died June 9, 1878 ; Josephine (wife of Dr. J. Weist, of Jay county, Indiana), born February 9, 1828; Edward, born September 17, 1829; Louisa, born May 29, 1833, wife of John Switzer, of Fairfield county; Joannah, born May 6, 1837, died February 1840. Edward Dresbach was brought up as a farmer, and had the limited advantages of the home schools. He is one of the representative men and substantial citizens of Washington township. On the twenty-eighth of February 1852, he was married to Eliza Ann, daughter of David and Lydia (Bear) Heffner, of Washington township, born, respectively, November 3, 1807, and July r r, 1810. Mrs. Dresbach was born April 19, 1832. Her grand-parents, Abraham and Catharine Heffner, came from Berks county, Pennsylvania, to Salt Creek township at an early date. Both she and Mr. Dresbach are members of the Evangelical Association, the wife having joined in 1849, and the husband in 1857. 39 MONROE. PHYSICAL FEATURES. This township is bounded on the north by the townships of Darby and Muhlenburg, south by Perry and Deer Creek, east by Muhlenburg and Jackson, and west by Pleasant, Madison, and Marion townships, of Fayette county. Its surface features are similar to those presented in the surrounding townships: generally level, except along the streams. The soil is varied. It is for the most part clay, and well adapted to the growing of wheat and corn. The township is traversed from north to south by several streams of water. Clark's run, in the west part, heads near the north line of the township, and flows in an almost due south direction. Van Buskirk and Mud runs flow a southeasterly direction, and both empty into Deer creek. These streams are not of importance, so far as water power is concerned. SETTLEMENT. The following sketches of pioneer settlers are prepared from personal interviews. The writer has been unable to ascertain to whom belongs the honor of having been the first, or pioneer, settler in Monroe township. The Hays family (for mention of whom see Perry township) were among the first settlers on Deer creek, in the southern part of the township. Peter Van Buskirk, who married Ruth Rhodes, removed from Maryland to Chillicothe, in 1799. Then but a few straggling log cabins occupied the site of that now populous city, and the red man held almost undisputed possession of the soil. After one year's residence in Ross county, Mr. Van Buskirk removed to what is now Pickaway county, locating on the bank of Deer creek, in Monroe township. By some he is regarded as the pioneer settler in Monroe township. The farm upon which he then made a commencement is now owned by Samuel Dunlap. Here Mr. Van Buskirk died, April 9, 1836, and his wife died on the tenth of November, 1841. Mr. Van Buskirk erected, in early times, a grist-mill and distillery. At the time of his death he was an extensive land owner. The family consisted of eight children, of whom only one is now living: Mary, who married Jacob Gayman, now lives in Delaware county, Indiana. The names of the dead (some of whom became prominent in the affairs of the church or State) are: Lewis, Isaac, Samuel, John, Daniel, Abigail, and Sally. Charles Longberry came from Pennsylvania, locating in Monroe township in 1800. He was of English birth, and his wife was Mary Van Buskirk. He died in 1837, and his wife in September, 1856. The family consisted of twelve children, but two of whom are now living—Margaret, who married Seth Hatfield, and Anthony, who married Leah Littleton, all residents of Monroe township at this time. Christopher Cardiff came from Maryland to Deer Creek township in 1806. His wife's name was M. Gordey. He eventually located in Monroe township, where he passed the remaining years of his life. There were several children in the family, two of whom (Noah and Christopher) now live in Monroe township. Noah, who has been four times married, now occupies the old homestead. Christopher has been twice married; his present wife was Anna Bolen. Benjamin Hill was a native of Maryland, and came from Carroll's Manor, in that State, to near Chillicothe, in 1807. There were numerous children in the family, but one of whom located in Pickaway county. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. He married Kitura Voadley, and, in 1822, settled some two miles southeast of New Holland village, in Perry township, where he died on September 6, 1842, and his wife in November, 1855. The children were: William, who died in the United States' army, in 1843; Sarah A., Elizabeth, Samuel, Mahala, and John F. Samuel only lives in Monroe township. He married Ally Ann Porter, has a grocery store, and is postmaster, having been appointed when the office was established, in 1855. Sebastian Southward came to Ohio from Winchester, Virginia, in the fall of 1808, and during the winter he remained in Ross county. The subsequent spring he located permanently in Pike county, where he died in the year 1835. The wife died in 1864. Her maiden name was Mary Guy. There were six children in the family, only two of whom are now living—Henry, who married Catharine Nickson, and lives in Wyandot county, Ohio, and Pleasant, who located in Pickaway county in 1823. He has been thrice married. His present wife was Abigail Adkins. David Maddux married Elizabeth Lingo, and came from Maryland to Ohio in 1809, and located in Ross county. Mrs. Maddux died in 1852, and her husband in 1859. Of the ten children composing this family but three are now alive—William, who resides in Ross county; David M., who married Tomsy Ann Wilson, and lives in Illinois; and Collins, whose present wife was Miss Rachel Dunham ; he lives in Monroe township, where he has served as justice of the peace for many years. John D. Hatfield lived on the north shore of Maryland, and came to Ross county in 1810, where he remained until 1829, when he settled permanently in Monroe township. Mrs. Hatfield died December 14, 1825, and Mr. Hatfield married Maria Baker. He died April 15, 1845, and his widow still survives. Eight children were borne (306) HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO - 307 by the first wife, two of whom only are now living in Monroe township—Seth, who married Margaret Longberry; and John W., who married Susanna Frazier. The children of the second marriage numbered nine, none of whom live in Pickaway county. In about 1811, three brothers, Jeremiah, Josiah, and John Thomas, came from near Harper's Ferry, Virgina, to Ohio, and located near. Chillicothe. In 1815 they settled in 'Monroe township. Jeremiah married Eleanor Norris. His farm was on Deer Creek, and is still owned by his heirs. The children were: William, who married Elizabeth Norris (two sons, Jackson and William H., live in Monroe); John, Leonard, and Richard. (For a more extended sketch of the Thomas family see the history of Perry township.) Benjamin Norris and family came from the same point and at the same period as the above. They located eventually in Monroe township. John Merrell married Milly Short in Delaware, and came to Ohio early in the settlement of the central counties. He first located in Fayette county, and after a time removed to near Dayton, Ohio, where he died of cholera in 1831; age, fifty-five years. The wife died soon after ; age, fifty-two. There were five sons and two daughters of the family; these but one lives in Monroe township, Jacob, whose present wife was Sarah Adkins, and who has ten children living. Samuel R. Dawson was born in Virginia, but removed to Kentucky with his parents when but a lad. His father was killed, it is thought, by the Indians. Samuel R. married I)orotha Alkire, and in 1814 located in Monroe township, on land now owned by Isaac Collins and John McCafferty. Here he died, June 12, 1846. His widow died March 31, 1876. The children numbered nine, five of whom are now living. James and Perry (the latter of whom married Mary M. Humphry,) live in Monroe township; Mary, who married B. F. Parker, and Caroline, who married Major C. Long, live in Nebraska. Olivia, who married E. S. McClintock lives in Kansas. Stanton Adkins, a single man, came from Wycomico county, Maryland, to Ross county, in 186. He married Anna Timmons, by whom fourteen children were born. After some eighteen years' residence in Ross county a removal was made and a permanent settlement effected in Darby township, Pickaway county. Here the wife died, and Mr. Adkins married Rachel Ann Grindle, who is still living. The date of Mr. Adkins' decease was June 5, 1879. Eight children by the first and four by the second marriage are now living: George, who married Louisa Walston; Sarah, who married Jacob Merrill ; Miranda, who married Jacob Williams; Theodocia, Roxana, Ezra and Mahala who live in Monroe township; Rodney, who married Lovena Eskridge; Stanton, who married Lucy Glewer; and Elizabeth, who married Henry Bailey, and live in Illinois; Mary A., who married Van Cressup, and lives in Wyandot county, Ohio. David was a soldier in the Forty-fifth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry. He was prisoner for thirteen months in Libby, Danville, and the Court of Death, at Andersonville. He returned home at the close of the war, broken in health, and soon died. George Rowe was a soldier of the war in 1812, and in 1816 came to the then wilderness of Pickaway county. He purchased nearly one thousand acres of land in Monroe and Muhlenburg townships. His wife was Nancy Coleman. Mr. Rowe died July 20, 1850. Mrs. Rowe died December 8, 1868. The children born prior to coming to Ohio were: Silas A., Absolom, and John, who are deceased; and Lydia, who married Joseph Ingland and lives near Pontiac, Michigan. Of the children born subsequent to removing to Ohio: Mahala, married William Francis and lives a widow on the old farm; and Matilda, is deceased. John Porter, George Richey and John Foster, with families, came from Pennsylvania to Monroe township in about 1817. They located in the southwest part of the township. Of the Porter family but one child remains: Aly, now the wife of Samuel Hill. The Richey family are represented by a son: Andrew, who lives near the old homestead. None of the Foster family now reside in the township. Milburn Smith was an early settler. John R. Robison, a native of South Carolina, came to Clark county, married there, Mariette Edmiston, and in 1828, settled in Madison county, Ohio, where he died, December 26, 1876. Mrs. Robison died, April 22, 1848. Of the nine children composing the family, one only lives in Pickaway county—Thomas P., who married Ellen Sawyer, and resides in Monroe township. He is the owner of a large amount of real estate, and is one of the public men of the township. William Brooks, of Jefferson county, Virginia, settled in Deer Creek township, in 1830, and died there. One of the children lives in Monroe township—Absalom, who married Martha J. Francis. John G. Grindle, of Maryland, located in Monroe township, in 1831. His wife was Ellen Wheeler. After a residence of several years in Pickaway county, the family removed to Union county, Ohio, where the mother died in 1858. Mr. Grindle died August 22, 1862. The children, who were all born prior to locating in Ohio, numbered ten ; but two now live in Pickaway county—Louisa, who married Benjamin Henman, andlives in Muhlenburgh ; and Rachel Ann, the widow of Stanton Adkins, who lives in Monroe. William Riggin located in Monroe township, on the farm now occupied by Joseph Hays, in 1832. He was from Delaware. His wife was Esther Ann Lowe. She died in the fall of 1834, and Mr. Riggin returned east, and again married. He eventually removed to Illinois, where he died in 1874. Of the eight children which composed. this family, four are now alive—Isaac, whose present wife was Corlinda Maddux, lives in Columbus ; Jeremiah J., who has been twice, married, lives in Madison township, Fayette county, Ohio (present wife, Mary J. Davis) ; Charles and Emeline are both married, and now live in Illinois. Wilson Murphy and family, then consisting of a wife (Nancy) and seven children, came from Maryland, about 1830, and settled on Paint creek, in Ross county, where he resided until 1835, when he located, permanently, in Monroe township, where he died November 15, 1872. 308 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO. Of the children, we learn that James, William, Wilson, jr., and J. W., now reside in Illinois; Thomas lives in Monroe township ; Rachel A., died, soon after settlement in Monroe; and Mary (Mrs. Timmons) resides in Kansas; Martha J. (Mrs. Justice), who was born in Ohio, now lives in the State of Indiana.   William C. Williams, whose father was one of the pioneers in Ross county, located in Monroe township, in 1836, and still resides there. His wife was Hetty Davis, by whom three children were born. The eldest, Mary, is deceased; Andrew G. and Cornelius W., now live in Monroe township.   Rev. James Marshall, who was a native of Virginia, came from Pennsylvania to Muhlenburg township, in 1843. Five years later he came to Monroe township, where he died, April 9, 1871. Mrs. Marshall died on March 3, 1879. There were eight children, three only of whom are now living in the county—E. M., who is married, and lives in Darby township ; as does Mary (Mrs. John Mitchell); David H., who married Margaret Busick, and lives in Monroe township.   CHURCHES.   THE HEBRON METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH,   situated in the southwest part of the township, was formed soon after the settlement, which was in the twilight of the present century, and was composed, in part, of the following persons: John Porter and wife, Severen Maddux and wife, Mrs. John Foster, Mrs. Catharine Richey, Mrs. Eleanor Thomas, several of the Hays and Reeves families, and others, whose names are forgotten. Meetings were held in the log dwellings of the settlers for a time, and subsequently, in the little log school-house, near Foster's. Revs. Joseph Hays and William Morrow were perhaps the -first circuit preachers on this charge, which was attached to Deer Creek circuit. For a list of ministers see sketch of Methodist Episcopal church at Williamsport, in another part of this volume.   A Sunday-school was formed in the old log schoolhouse, and this is still kept up during the summer season. The present meeting-house was built as early as 1838, and is, without doubt, the first church edifice built in Monroe township.   CLARK'S RUN CHRISTIAN CHAPEL.   This religious society was formed early. In 1822, meetings were held in a small log building, put up for school purposes, and standing on the site of the cabin now occupied by Mrs. Marion Van Buskirk. In 1844, a hewed-log meeting-house was erected. This stood on the site of the present church, on lands donated for the purpose by Claris Hornbeck. In this log structure, such rapid advancement was made, that a larger building became necessary, and in 1868, the present substantial and commodious church edifice was erected. Among the early members were John and Sophia Van Buskirk, and numerous children; Benjamin Corkwell and wife; John and Abigail Thomas, and several children; the Rowlens, and many others. For complete list of pastors, see the Christian church in Williamsport, which was the first organized in this part of Ohio.   The church at Clark's run had, in its prosperous day, over one hundred members, with a respectable Sabbath-school, but, owing largely to deaths and removals, it has now lost its former prestige. Regular services were long since discontinued.   GREENLAND (FORMERLY TIMMONS) METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.   The first class was formed here under the ministry of Revs. Philip Nation and Joshua Boucher, of the London circuit, in about 1834. Meetings were held in private houses until the erection of the log church, called, by common consent, the "Timmons meeting-house." In 1853 a framed meeting-house was constructed, and the present name substituted. Among the members of the first class were: Benjamin Maddux (who was first leader), wife and several children, Jesse Pritchard and wife, Wilson Murphy and wife, Kendall Long and wife, Elijah Hatfield and wife, John Barker and wife, Joshua Leasonbee, and Mrs. Elizabeth Timmons, who donated the land upon which the first meeting-house was erected. Among the names of ministers, the following are remembered: E. Webster, William Morrow, N. Hugh, John W. Still, George Fait, M. Wolfe, C. B. Warrington, T. Hurd, S. Maddux, T. Hall, W. Browning, J. Young, D. Smith, J. Martin, J. Q. Lakin, F. F. Lewis, J. Laws, A. M. Alexander, S. Rankin, D. Mann, and A. R. Miller, who is the present incumbent. In the division of the circuit, this charge was assigned to Mt. Sterling. The present membership is seventy-two. The class-leaders are Leaving Corkwell and Arthur Hatfield. Isaac Clifton, Thomas Wheeler, George Corkwell, Asa Crabb, Jackson Dick, Millard Davis, and John W. Hatfield are the trustees. A Sunday-school was organized about 1860. This has now some one hundred children in attendance. Abner Morton is its superintendent.   PLEASANT GROVE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.   In 1849, Rev. James Marshall held meetings at the house of John C. Berry, where a class was formed, composed, in part, of the following persons: John C. Berry, wife, and daughter, Rebecca, John Hines and wife, James Steele and wife, Mrs. Mary Thrasher, Allen Larry, H. M. Thrasher, and Mary Cardiff. During the season of 1852, a meeting-house was erected here, near the school house, at a cost of eight hundred dollars. In the fall of 1871 this was removed to near the "Four Points," where it has materially increased its membership. It was formerly attached to London, but is now a part of Mt. Sterling circuit. Soon after its formation, a Sunday-school was formed. This still continues, with H. J. Ingman as superintendent, who also leads the class. The present trustees are: G. W. Adkins, R. A. Busick, J. M. and Robert Abernethy, and Samuel Winfaugh.   THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH,   near Pleasant Southward's, was formed by Rev. Caleb Morse, in 1864, and was composed of the following persons: Pleasant Southward and wife, John Southward and wife, James Forest and wife, and Fleming Cardiff Meetings were held at the houses of Pleasant and John Southward. In 1866 the present church edifice was com-   STANTON ADKINS MRS. STANTON ADKINS.   was born January 24, 1789, in Wyconico county, Maryland, from whence he emigrated to Ohio in 186. He first settled in Ross county, where he was married, June 0, 1819, to Anna Timmons. She was born June 3, 1804. Soon after marriage they moved into Darby township, where Mrs. Adkins died, leaving children as follows: Elijah, horn August 25, 1820; Garrison, born April 14, 1822; Elizabeth, born October 6, 1823; Rhodney, born August 24, 1825; Sarah, born February 17, 1827; Mary Ann, born November 19, 1828; Stanton, born June 8, 1830; Charlotte, born March 5, 1832; Miranda P., born January 13, 1834; George W., born October 31, 1835; David C., born January 21, 1839.   After the death of his first wife, Mr. Adkins married Rachel Ann Grindle, in 1847. They had: Noah W., born August 6, 1847; Cannon, born January 19, 1849; Harriet, born November 9, 1850; Youdoshe, born December 13, 1852; Roxana, born July 16, 1855; Mahala, born April 17, 1859; Ezra, born April I, 1861.   Mr. Adkins was the father of twenty-one children, of whom, at this time, eight by his first wife, and four by his second are living. Four of his sons served as soldiers during the war of the Rebellion—David in the Forty-fifth Ohio infantry; he was taken prisoner and confined at Danville and Andersonville, where he was finally exchanged in 1864, and died at Annapolis, Maryland, when on his way home. Noah was also in the Forty-fifth infantry, where he served three years. He enlisted before he was fifteen years of age, and during his term of service contracted disease from which he died March 5, 1869, at the age of twenty-two years. Stanton and Rhodney enlisted in Illinois regiments, and both lived to return to their families, after three years of hard service, in which Rhodney received honorable scars.   When Stanton Adkins came to Ohio he was a poor man, but by dint of hard labor and judicious management he accumulated a considerable property, owning, at his death, over seven hundred acres of land in Darby and Monroe townships. He was a worthy member of the Methodist church in Darby township, as is his wife, who survives him, and several other members of his family. He was always true to his pledged word, no matter what sacrifice might be required. For the last ten years of his life he had very poor health. His death occurred June 5, 1879, at the age of ninety years, four months and ten days.   HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO - 309   pleted, and cost thirteen hundred dollars. A Sunday-school was organized contemporaneous with the church, and now holds its sessions regularly during the summer months. P. Clairage is its present superintendent. The present church membership is seventy. Among the names of ministers, the following are mentioned: Revs. Powers, Caleb Thomas, R. L. Harvey, Shelt, and Riley, John Southward, Benjamin Briley, S. Stone, and Benjamin Sievers. The church is attached to Deer Creek conference.   EARLY EVENTS.   The pioneer post-office of Monroe township was established at the Five Points in the year 1851, with John Long postmaster. The successors to the position are: John Fissel, G. W. Bodwell, E. S. McClintock, William H. Rowlen, and John H. Beeson, the latter being the present incumbent. William Leach, in 1849, became the founder, and sole owner, of the first store in the township. He opened a small stock of general merchandise, in the building now occupied by John H. Beeson for the same purpose. Some few years later, M. Timmons opened another store, at the same point, in the building now occupied .by C. Clifton. The classic spot known as the "Five Points," has not been blessed with hotels, mills, manufactories, physicians or lawyers, and the dwellers therein should assuredly be healthful and peaceful, as they doubtless are.   INDUSTRIAL PURSUITS.   In the early settlement, Peter Van Buskirk constructed, upon the small stream now bearing his name, a saw-mill, and one run of stone, for grindingcorn, was soon added. All traces of these pioneer enterprises have long since disappeared. John H. Maddux erected a horse-mill, for grinding corn, on the turnpike, near where Jackson Thomas now lives.   John Parker and Kendall Long built a saw-mill, also, on Van Buskirk's run, quite early. This was subsequently purchased by James and Perry Dawson, and rebuit by them. It has, at the present writing, entirely vanished.   ORGANIZATION.   The records of the various townships of Pickaway county have been very imperfectly kept, or at least great negligence shown in their preservation, so that it is now quite impossible to give accurate dates of organization, or names of early officers; consequently, the writer is unable to ascertain the date when Monroe became a separate township. The officers for 1879 are: Alfred Crawford, M. J. Tootle, Henry Dennis, trustees ; John H. Beeson, clerk; D. D. Hewitt, treasurer; A. B. Hughes, assessor; J. F. Robinson and William J. Porter, constables; C. Maddux and D. H. Marshall, justices of the peace. Mr. Marshall is also attorney-at-law.   The present board of education is: Samuel W. Dunlap, B. Adkins, James Larrey, Joseph Willoughby, S. P. Merrill, J. M. O'Neal, D. Robison, A. A. Hatfield, Samuel Winfaugh, Jackson Thomas, and W. H. Fulton. We have endeavored to have the orthography of the names correct, and trust they will be found so.   BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH,   REV. JOHN VAN BUSKIRK.   Rev. Jobn Van Buskirk was born in Alleghany county, Maryland, November 19, 1795. His father, Peter Van Buskirk, emigrated to Ohio about 1799, bringing his family with him. They remained in Chillicothe one year, at which time he purchased land near Williamsport, and conducted a milling business at that place.   John Van Buskirk, as a boy, had no opportunities for obtaining a school education, but learned to read while at home. He was married, February 8, 1821, to Sophia Seward, who was born in Virginia, July 8, 1799. Soon after marriage he was converted, and though he did not immediately unite with a church, he preached the gospel as he found it in the Bible, throughout the neighborhood, in private houses, and where ever opportunity was offered. His conversion occurred under the preaching of Rev. Matthew Gardner, and he joined the Christian church at Williamsport, August 8, 1823. At his conversion he was strongly opposed by his father, who had no sympathy with the christian religion; but by prayer he was enabled to come off conqueror.   After his marriage he attended school one term, which was the extent of his school education. He was a man of strong common sense, and he applied this to every thing in life, making himself what he was--a self-made man. His desire was to do all the good in the world that he could, and he followed out this desire throughout his life. Though never a salaried pastor, he was ordained a regular minister in the Christian church, and was always zealous in the cause of christianity, laboring earnestly for the conversion of sinners. His church was the broad field of the world, and he preached in private houses and in school-houses, always producing a powerful impression on the minds of his hearers.   Mrs. Van Buskirk was a woman of strong convictions, but never had the benefit of an education. She filled a useful sphere, however, and was beloved by all with whom she came in contact for the fine qualities of her mind and heart. She was a true and consistent christian woman, a kind and loving mother, and a good wife to the husband of her choice. She always cherished the welfare of the church, and was very benevolent, giving to the needy as they required, and assisting in the building of the chapel in Monroe township to the amount of one hundred and seventy dollars. Rev. John Van Buskirk gave three hundred and fifty dollars to the same object. He died September 15, 1874, aged nearly seventy-nine years. Mrs. Van Buskirk died January 10, 1868, aged sixty-nine years, six months, and ten days.   Their children were: Caroline, born June 18, 1822, who married John Wood, July 5, 1840, and now lives in Iowa; Diantha, born October 12, 1824, who was married, August 23, 1846, to Samuel Rowlen, and died in Monroe township, January 20, 1849; Peter, born May 15, 1826, who married Rebecca Wood, December 15, 1847,   310 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO.   and died in Monroe, October 15, 1873; Rhoda, born June 2, 1831, who married William Bennett in August, 1845, and died in Monroe, March 2 2, 187,4; Sarah, born August 28, 1833, who married Hiram Russell, February 3, 1857, and now lives. in Delaware county, Indiana; Orlando, born June 6, 1829, who was married in August,. 1856, to Elizabeth Betts, and died in Clarksburg, Pickaway county, January I I, 1858; Francis Marion, born September 25, 1838, who married Diana T. Hedges, and died, September 27, 1865, in Monroe township ; Mary, born March 26, 1836, who was married, September 20, 1868, to Adam a. C. Bailey, and now lives in Mt. Sterling, Madison county; and. William H. H., born May 3, 1842, who died November 2, 1865.   PERRY.   In the collection of data for the following history, the writer has labored under many disadvantages, not the least of which was an utter indifference on the part of many to aid in the matter. The writer has gleaned, from apparently reliable sources, and if errors occur, he cannot be responsible for them. Perry township is situated in the southwest corner of Pickaway county, and is bounded as follows: North, by Monroe township; south, by the townships of Concord and Deerfield, Ross county; east, by Deer Creek township ; and west, by Marion and Wayne townships, Fayette county.   The surface features are in the main, level, the only exception being in the extreme northern part. Flowing from west to east, along, and in fact, forming, the northern boundary, is Deer creek, the only stream of any considerable -dimensions in the township. Immediately adjacent to this the surface is broken, and traversed by numerous ravines. The bottom lands in this locality are quite extensive, and extremely fertile, producing great quantities of grain, especially corn. The soil in other portions of the township is a black loam, better adapted to the growing of corn than any other grains. The other streams are Hay run, and its tributaries, in the southeast part of the township, and Hamilton run, which flows through the village of New Holland, and thence from the township, near the southwest corner.   SETTLEMENT.   It is said that the pioneer settler in Perry township was James Wilson, who came from Kentucky, locating upon the farm now owned by Elias Ater. The date. was prior to the dawning of the present century. His family consisted of a wife and nine children. The duration of his stay in the township was brief. He removed westward.   Benjamin Evans, of Maryland, married Mary Lewis, and. in the year 1798, emigrated to Ohio. His location was in Deerfield township, Ross county. Here he passed, the remaining years of his life, engaged in farming. His death. occurred July 5, 1846. Mrs. Evans deceased in March, 1857. There were twelve children in the family, three only of whom are now living—Ephraim, who married Catharine Cochran ; John, who has been twice married (his present wife was Amanda Leby), resides in Perry. township; Sarah, who married Cornelius Ecord, and now has a home in Kansas.   John Hoskins was a native of Virginia. His wife was Elizabeth Davis. He located in Ross county before the beginning of the present century. A few years later he settled in Perry township, on the farm now owned by a grandson (Samuel Hoskins), and here he died; not, however, until he had brought the farm to a profitable state of cultivation. The children were: William, who married Mary Knight, and lives at present in Illinois; Thomas, who married Eliza Wilson, died in Perry (Samuel, a son, married Martha Tarbille, and also lives in Perry); Job R., John, Seth, .Adam, Nancy, Susan, and Mary A.; are deceased ; Joseph, who married Sarah McKnight, lives in Missouri; and Caroline, who married John Welsh, and lives in Illinois.   Holmes Tarbille was among the first settlers in this portion of the township.. He died many years since. One son only lives, at this time, in the township. James, who married Frances Tanquarry, and lives on Hay run.   Peter Mouser was one of the first settlers in the north part of the township. He came from Rumley, Virginia, as early as 1800, and lived in Ross county, on Deer creek until 1804, when he settled in Perry township. Here he acquired an extensive estate, owning, at his death in 1872, over two thousand acres of land. The children were: John, who married Margaret Porter, (deceased), a son of whom lives in Perry; Elizabeth (deceased); Jacob (deceased); William, who married Nancy Mace; he is the only one now living in the township; Catharine, who married Peter Carder, and now lives in Fayette county, Ohio; and Mary and Eliza, who are deceased.   John Timmons came from Virginia at the same date of Mr. Mouser, and settled near him. He had a number of children, none of whom are now living here. Levi Hays, who became prominent in the public affairs of   HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO - 311   Pickaway county, and who has many descendants now living in both Perry and Monroe townships, was a native of Montgomery county, Maryland. He there married Eleanor Harris in 1806. He removed with his family, then consisting of a wife and nine children, to Ohio; for perhaps one year he remained in Hocking county, and then located permanently in Monroe township, this county, where he passed the remaining years of his life. The children were: Joseph, who became a minister, of the Methodist Episcopal church, and who married Mariam Walker; Charles, who married Margaret Harris; Norris, who married Sarah Hurst; Samuel, who married Jemima Rittenhouse; Jesse, who married Elizabeth Hurst; Nancy, who married Samuel Reeves; Mary, who married Thomas Edmondson; Rachel, who married Isaac Davis; and Eleanor, who married George Wilcox, not one of whom are now living. Levi Hays died possessed of nearly thirteen hundred acres of land, which is now occupied by descendants.   Josiah Reeves, who lived on the James river, in Culpepper county, Virginia, where he married Elizabeth Davis, came to Ohio in 1806, locating just over in Ross county. Here they died. The children of this couple are: Pensey, who married John Blue; Anna, who was twice married; Samuel, who married Ann W. Hays (a son, Owen T., still lives in Perry); Thomas, who was twice married ; Jane, 'Owen T., Mary, Josias, Jared, and James M., all deceased.   Owen T. Reeves, the grandson above referred to, has been twice married, his present wife is Tacy Amanda Hall.   Zadoc Lewis came from Worcester county, Maryland, to Ohio in the spring of 1806. He lived some seven years near Clarksburg, in Ross county, and then removed to Perry township, locating upon the farm now owned by Milton Lewis. Here he died, February 28, 1835. Mrs. Lewis died August 3, 1846. The children were: Solomon, who married Nancy Gray; Peter, who married Hettie Evans; Milley, who married John Cole; Zadoc, who married Mary. Webb, are deceased; Walter, who married Mary Lewis, lives at Atlanta; Noah, who married Mary Hopkins, now lives at New Holland, and with him an aged sister, Margaret (Aunt Peggy).   John Thomas and wife (Melinda Smith) were born near Harper's Ferry, Virginia; the former in 1781, and the latter in 1782. In the fall of 1807, Mr. Thomas located near Chillicothe, Ross county, where he resided until 1810, when he removed to Pickaway county, and, in connection with a brother, Jeremiah, purchased a tract of land near where is now situated the Clark's run schoolhouse, now occupied by Mrs. Sarah Timmons. The family resided here until the fall of 1852. The wife having died previously [May 19, 1850] Mr. Thomas came to live with a son, Samuel P., in Perry township, where he died, May 5, 1855. The children born of this couple numbered twelve : Mary Ann, Jeremiah, Ann, Joseph, William, Eliza, Julia Ann, Samuel P., Melinda, Maria, Harriet S., and Harrison. Only one now lives in Perry township: Samuel P., who married Sarah E. Hays. She died April 10, 1839, leaving two children: Miriam H. (Mrs. Joseph Hays), and Sarah E. (deceased). Mr. Thomas' present wife was Elizabeth Dick, by whom seven children were born: Charles H., James A., Zilpha A., William M., Samuel M. (deceased), Elizabeth A., and Vienna J. Samuel P. Thomas was a Whig, and is now a staunch Republican, possessed of those sterling qualities which are considered essential to promotion to places of trust or emolument. Since 1855 he has been, almost continuously, a justice of the peace.   Jesse Britton, whose place of nativity was Reading, Pennsylvania, came to Ohio from Richmond, Virginia, in 1807, locating in Perry township. His 'first wife was Anna Gibson, by whom five children were born: Joseph, Letitia, Jesse, Abigail, and Elizabeth (Mrs. Dunlap). Mr. Britton's second wife was Susan Nolin. The following named children were born of this marriage: Louisa, Nancy, Hiram, Margaret, Susan, Cynthia, Harrison, Amanda, and Clarence. Jesse Britton died* about the year 1838, and his wife some two years later. The children are nearly all deceased.   William Porter married Margaret McClintock, in Ireland, and emigrated to America near the beginning of the present century. He first located in Pennsylvania, where several children were born. In 1810, he removed to Ohio, locating in Perry township, where his wife died in August, 1846, and he some years later. Of the children, Noble was the only one who passed his days here. This son married Elizabeth Hale, by whom eleven children were born. Of these, Margaret J., Mary A., Permena C., John M., Joseph H., David R., and Charles W., are now living. Noble, another son, died for the flag, in the Union army, in the late rebellion. David R. 'and Charles W. were also in the army. Noble Porter, sr., was a prominent man in his township. He died, May 29, 1876, and his aged widow survives him.   William Sawyer, of Irish birth, married Elizabeth Smith, who lived near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In the year 1810 he settled in Fayette county, where he died, September 23, 1852. Mrs. Sawyer is still living in Perry township, at the advanced age of ninety-five years. The children numbered eleven, but one of whom lives in Pickaway county: Sarah, who married David T. English, and now resides near Hay run.   John English was twice married, the second time to Nancy Donaldson, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He came to Ohio before the war of 1812, and purchased six hundred acres of land in the southern portion of Perry township, upon which he settled. His was a numerous family, only two of whom now live in the township : David T., who married Sarah Sawyer, and Mary (Mrs. J. R. Hoskins).   John Bennett, of Delaware, in 1812, settled in Perry township, his first purchase being a piece of land now owned by Jesse Withcott. To this he added, until, at the time of his death, he was the owner of five hundred acres. Mr. Bennett died in 1860, and his wife, August 17, 1877. The children are: Nancy (deceased), Mary (Mrs. Timmons), Samuel (deceased), Caleb, who lives in Madison county, Ohio, Jane (Mrs. Rosaboam), John W., who married Joanna Carney, and lives in Perry township, and William, whose present wife was Mary Maddux, and   312 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO.   who lives in Madison county. This family now owns a large amount of land, and are extensive farmers.   Hezekiah Brown, from near Winchester, Virginia, came to Ohio, a single man, in 1812.. He remained one year in Perry township, and then returned to Virginia. Some five years later he settled permanently in Fayette county, Ohio, where he married Mary Williams, who is still living. Mr. Brown died January 28, 1875. There were eleven. children in the family, six of whom are now living, and one, William, who married Juliet Ann Timmons, lives in Perry township.   Mrs. Margaret Wahn came to Pickaway county in 1830. Mrs. William Brown is her only living child.   Jonathan Taylor, of Washington county, Pennsylvania, came to Ohio, in 1814, where he remained, perhaps, one year, and then returned to Pennsylvania, where he resided until 1841, in the fall of which year he located in Monroe township, where he yet resides. Mrs. Taylor died, December 31, 1869. Of the children, one lives in Perry township, Francis Marion, who married Ellen King. The remainder are: Phillip, Sarah, Caleb, Jonathan (who married Mary A. Bennett, and lives in Monroe township), and Ann, who married Abraham Longerbone; both live in Monroe township.   John Hale married Mary Hays, and lived near Harper's Ferry, Virginia, where the following children were born: Shepard, Margaret, Sarah, John, Elizabeth (Mrs. Noble Porter), Mary, Thomas, and Nancy. At, or near, the close of the war of 1812, the family settled in Deer Creek township, Ross county, where the parents died, the mother May 15, 1833, and the father some few years later.   James Dunlap, grandfather of Robert B., Jesse, and Mrs. Dr. Wilson, who now reside near New Holland village, was of Irish birth, and came to America prior to the war of the Revolution. He settled at Richmond, Virginia, where he married Rebecca Blackburn, and where were born a numerous family. Early in the present century the family removed to Ohio, locating near Chillicothe, then a mere hamlet of, perhaps, half a dozen cabins. John Dunlap, son of the above, married Elizabeth Britton, and, in 1818, located in Perry township. Here Mrs. Dunlap died, April 13, 1854, and her husband, May 21, 1857. Their children were : Abigail, who married James Brown, is now widowed, and lives principally in Perry township; Robert B. has been twice married present wife was Mary McCrea; Elizabeth, who married William Mahoffiin, deceased; James, who married Mary Wilson, was killed in a well; Letitia, married Dr. James F. Wilson ; Harriet, who married Noble Hubbell, deceased; Lorana, who married Alexander McCoy, and lives in Ross county; Joseph, who married Anna Turner, deceased; Jesse, who married Harriet J. McComb, and John, who married Hattie Brown, now resides in Woodhull, Illinois.   Isaac Gray, Josiah Lewis, and Barzilla Costin Atkin, all of Worcester county, Maryland, came to Ohio, locating in Perry township, in May, 1818. Mr. Gray settled on land now occupied by Joseph Kirkpatrick, and died on the farm now owned by his son Jesse, in about 1859. Mrs. Gray died in 1864. The children were: Benjamin (now deceased); Jesse, who married Nancy Beekman, and lives in Perry; they have ten children living—one died in the army; Nancy, Unettie, and Percy, who are deceased; Elizabeth, who married George W. Gooley, and now lives in New Holland.   Joseph Collins, a native of Delaware, settled in Ross county, in about 1790, where he died in about 186. His wife was Clara Timmons. John M., son of the above-named, married Eunice Timmons, and located in Perry township, in March, 1819, upon the farm now occupied by his son, Joshua H. Joshua located in Monroe township, as did Elizabeth, who married Joseph Timmons. Isaac settled in Monroe. Andrew, who married Elizabeth Timmons, lives at Atlanta; and Hester, who married Salathel Timmons, lives in Perry township.   Isaac Brown, of Virginia, came to Perry early in its settlement, and with him came a widowed mother and brothers and sisters. He married Lavina Michaels, by whom two children were borne—Eleanor, (Mrs. J. H. Collins), and Thomas, now deceased.   Philip Michael was another early settler.   Jacob Gooley, who was originally from London county, Virginia, settled in Perry township in 1827. His wife was Margaret Shively. Two of the children now reside in the township—Catharine (Mrs. Daniel Lewis), and George W., who lives in New Holland village.   Moses Konns came from Virginia to Ohio in 1836, and tarried, for perhaps one year, in Ross county, and then removed to Perry township and purchased the property he now occupies. His first wife was Lucretia Timmons, who died November 18, 1856, and his present wife, whom he married December 3, 1870, was Comfort Wapels. His children are: Millie A., Mary E., Virginia (deceased), Sarah, Stephen, Lafayette, Wesley, and Moses.   Elias Ater, who is a descendant of William Ater, of Deer Creek township, married Permelia Davis, by whom were borne the following children: Mary, who married Harrison Plummer; Gideon, who married Miss Hoskins; Catharine, who married Samuel Gayer; Allen, and Stephen D.   Many names of early settlers are recalled: Reuben Lloyd, Jacob and Samuel Hasselton, Joseph McClintock, Isaac Vincent, James Cochran, William Penniwell, Reuben Simpson, Frederick Funk, John Struvey, James and Abram Kirkpatrick, George Tollman, and Abraham Tanquarry.   EARLY EVENTS.   The writer collected a number of items for this section, but as he is unable to satisfy himself in relation to their reliability they are for the most part omitted. The first house in New Holland village was built by a man named Fleming, and stood near the site of the present flouring mill of Messrs. Hanley & Bro. George W. Gooley says the first brick block in the village was built by George Bohrer, and stood where is now the McCafferty block. The date of its erection was not far from 1840. Andrew Motter constructed a log house on the site of the present Union house, at an early date. Mot-   THE THOMAS FAMILY.   John Thomas was born near Harper's Ferry, Virginia, in 1781. In 1799 he was married to Melinda Smith, of the same place. They emigrated to Ohio in the fall of 1807, and settled in Ross county, about four miles from Chillicothe, on land at that time owned by Nathaniel Willis. Here they remained until March, 1810, when they removed to Monroe township, Pickaway county. He bought one hundred and sixty acres of land on Clark's Run, and built a log cabin before bringing his family. This log cabin was their home until 1818, when he built a hewed log cabin, which, in 1834, he weather boarded. Here they lived and died; he on May 5, 1855, and his wife in L. March, 1850. Their children were, Mary Ann, born August 4, 1800. She married John Hornbeck. He died, and she married Rev. Mr. Adkinson, who also died. She died in August, 1866. Jeremiah was born December 6, 1801. He married Nancy Leach, and died in Madison county, in the winter of 1 8 62. Ann was born October 24, 1803. She died when about three years of age. Joseph was born June 17, 1805. He married Elizabeth Kemp, and died in 1871. William was born April 7, 1807. He married Eliza Goddard, and lives in Tippecanoe county, Indiana. Eliza was born March 1, 1809. She married Robert Leach, and died in 1877 Julia Ann was born April 5, 1812. She married Joseph Young, and died in Illinois. Samuel P. was born February 14, 1814 He married Sarah Hays January 19, 1836. She died April 10, 1839, and he married Elizabeth Dick November i r, 1844. He lives in Perry township. Melinda was born March 25, 1816. She married Oliver Bostwick, and lives in Madison county. Maria was born May, 28, 1819. She married Jesse Reeves, and died in Illinois. Harriet was born February 9, 1823. She married John Harrison, and lives in Clinton county, Ohio. Harrison was born March 25, 1826, and married Ann Reeves. She died in Moultrie county, Illinois, and he moved to Lafayette county, Indiana, and married Mrs. Henderson. Samuel P. Thomas was first married to Sarah Hays in 1836. By her he had two children, Miriam H., born November 13, 1836. She married Joseph Hays, in June, 1857, and now lives in the south part of Monroe township. Sarah E. was born November 23, 1838. She married Alexander Gillinwaters, and died in Fayette county, in August, 1870. Mrs. Thomas died April 10, 1839, and Mr. Thomas married Elizabeth Dick on November 11, 1841. She is the mother of seven children. Charles Harrison, born January 7, 1843, married Josie Derbyshire, October 1, 1873. He lives in Perry township, near Conover's mills. He served in the army three- years. James Austin, born March 8, 1845, is a merchant in New Holland. William M., born November i 1, 1851, married Carrie Bundy in October, 1874, and lives in New Holland. Samuel Millard, born September 29, 1854, died April 21, 1877. Elizabeth A., born December 22, 1856, married William A. Welsh, December 25, 1878, who lives in New Holland, where he pratices law. Vienna J., born June 17, 1859, remains at home with her father and mother. Mrs. Thomas, his present wife, is an invalid, having been prostrated with a stroke of paralysis in January, 1879, since which time she has been confined to the house. Squire Thomas lived in Monroe township, where he was born, until after the death of his first wife, when he bought property in Darby township, and lived there until 1850. He then sold and bought property in Perry township, where he has since lived. He was elected justice of the peace in 1855, and served with perfect satisfaction until 1870, when he was obliged to decline a nomination on account of the sickness of his son. In 1875 he was again elected to the same office, which he still retains. He ran on the Republican ticket for probate judge in the fall of 1878, without hope of election, in a strong. Democratic county. His name was presented at the Republican county convention of 1877, as a candidate for State representation, but he refused to allow his name to be used. He is a prominent man in his township, and of careful business habits. That he has held the office of justice for nearly twenty years is proof that the people have confidence in him, and are satisfied with his administration of the office.   HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO - 313   ter was a tailor, and after a few years sold the property, when it was converted into a hotel. The first postmaster was, undoubtedly, N. R. Ferguson ; the present is Milton Bartholomew. At the railroad station, called Atlanta, a post-office is kept by O. Donnohoe. This is of recent date. Charles Green was, doubtless, the pioneer merchant in New Holland, and his place of business was on the corner now occupied by Evans Shipley. Green sold groceries and whiskey, and entertained travelers. The building was subsequently burned. George Bohrer also opened a store here on an opposite corner.   ORGANIZATION.   The territory as at present embraced within the boundary lines of Perry township, was originally a part of the township of Deer Creek. It was detached, and created a separate township, between the years 1818 and 1828, but the writer has been unable to ascertain the date, either in the records of the township, or of the county.   The officers for 1879, are : Elias Ater, Andrew Harrison, and Daniel Lewis, trustees (the last of whom has been an incumbent of the office, without intermission, for twenty years); W. A. Welsh, elerk; Daniel R. Porter, treasurer; J. G. A. Donnohoe, assessor; Samuel McGath, and H. M. Williams, constables: S. P. Thomas, and Benjamin Tanquary, juatices of the peace. There are seven supervisors of roads and highways, and six school districts, aside from the village district. Following is the township board of education: David Gray, William J. Grimes, Jefferson Brooks, J. W. Kirkpatrick, Ezra Shaeffer, and Allen Mouser. The notaries public are; Thomas C. Bennett, J. W. Marl-, and W. A. Welsh, who is also an attorney at law.   CHURCHES.   This department is mainly written from personal interviews with early settlers. Possibly, in some cases, memory was treacherous as relates to dates, but the writer believes the sketches are, as a whole, correct.   CEDAR GROVE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.   Early in the settlement of this portion of the township a class was formed here composed of the following persons: John Bennett and wife, Isaac Jones and wife, John and Peter Cook and their wives, William Bailey and wife, William Loveland and wife, George Graham and wife, and Jonathan Motter and wife. Meetings were held at the dwellings of John Cook and other early settlers, until about 1814, when a small log meeting house was built. This stood on, or near, the site now occupied by the framed church edifice of the society, which was dedicated January 8, 1849. We were unable to ascertain its cost, or definite data regarding it. The membership at present is seventy-nine. The attendance at Sunday-school is an average of sixty children. Riley Collins is superintendent. Of the church management, Edward Harriman is class-leader, and William Grimes, J. H. Noble, J. W. Bennett, G. W. May, D. I,. I)unden, and Jesse Withcott, trustees. For list of ministers, see New Holland Methodist Episcopal church.   THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF NEW HOLLAND   was organized, as we are informed, by George W. Gooley, as early as the year 1825. No early records can be found. Samuel Hosselton and wife' (Mary), Jacob Hosselton and wife, George Bohrer, wife and daughter Lorana, Andrew Motter and wife, Mrs. Lindsay and daughter Nancy, and others, to the number of perhaps twelve, composed the first class, of which Samuel Hosselton was leader. Services, prior to 1825, were held by Rev. F. A. Wilson, at the houses of George Bohrer and others, and next in the little log building, then standing where is now the school-building in the village. In about 1827, a small framed church was constructed upon the site of the present Methodist church edifice. This did duty until 1867, when the present building was erected. Its cost was twenty-five hundred dollars. The trustees at that time were: Smith' Chaffin, Jacob Hosselton, Samuel Hosselton, J. Lewis, and George W. Gooley. The present ones are: D. A. Whiteside, R. B. Dunlap, B. F. Timmons, H. T. Gooley, Smith Chaffin, Frank M. Grimes, and T. M. Withcott. The parsonage trustees are: David Tarbille, J. W. Kirkpatrick, W. J., F. M., and J. W. Grimes. The present membership is one hundred and twenty-four. The leaders of this class are J. Wesley Grimes and T. M. Withcott. J. W. Evans, John W., and J. Wesley Grimes, stewards; T. M. Withcott, superintendent of Sunday-school, at which there is an attendance of one hundred scholars.   The ministers who have presided over the numerous churches of New Holland circuit, since the year 1808, are given in connection with Williamsport church, in Deer Creek township. In the year 1866, a division was made, since when the following divines have presided: 1868, Rev. J. Y. Rusk; 1870, W. W. Martin; 1872, N. L. Jones; 1873, A. C. Kelley; 1877, George W. Burns, and 1878, J. D. Wakefield, the present efficient pastor, whose gentlemanly courtesy the writer wishes to acknowledge.   HAY RUN CHURCH   was formed in 1835 (so says Samuel Hoskins). Among its first members were : John Hoskins and wife, John I)evoss and wife, Abram Tarbille and wife, James Tarbille and wife, Mattie and Mary Tarbille, 'Thomas Hoskins and wife, Job R. Hoskins and wife, Josiah Hoskins and wife, John English and wife, John Snider and wife, and Zadoc Lewis and wife. The house of John English was occupied for religious worship until the building of the old meeting-house, which occurred a few years later. This rude log structure served the uses of the congregation until 1852, when the present meeting-house was erected. It occupies the site of the first one, and cost nearly seven hundred dollars. It was dedicated October 9, 1852. The trustees were: Alexander Reed, George Hosselton, James and David Tarbille, Alfred Houser, John Shipley, Thomas, Job R., and Samuel Hoskins. The present trustees are : Samuel Hoskins, James and David Tarbille, John F. Barrett; O. Donnehoe, leader; S. Hoskins and O. Donnehoe, stewards. A Sunday-school was formed soon after the organization of the church, and has now   314 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO.   an attendance of some fifty scholars. Charles Hughes is its present superintendent. The church membership now numbers forty-five. [See sketch of New Holland Methodist Episcopal church for pastors' names].   LOCUST GROVE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.   This class was organized, in 1841, at the house of Noble Porter, and was composed, in part, of the following persons: Ephraim Evans and wife, Mary Leby, Thomas Vincent and wife, Peter Ecord and wife, Noble Porter and wife, John Evans and wife, Jacob Gooley and wife, and Mrs. Margaret Porter. Noble Porter was appointed leader of this class, and the subsequent growth of this charge was due, mainly, to his efforts. The ground upon which stands the church edifice of the society, erected in 1842, was donated by him. This charge has been attached to New Holland circuit from its formation. There are at present seventy-three members in regular connection, and ninety on probation. The Sabbath-school is under the superintendency of David .R. Porter, and has an enrollment of one hundred and ten scholars. The present church officers are: John W. Kirkpatrick, leader; J. M. Porter, Daniel Lewis, J. W. and A. W. Kirkpatrick, William Darby, and F. M. Vincent, trustees.   DUBLIN HILL METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.   In the year 1858, a class of Protestant Methodists was formed at this point, and regular preaching conducted for a few years. Eventually, however, meetings ceased, and the church went out of existence. In November, 1874, Rev. John L. Reeder, of the Methodist Episcopal denomination, began a series of meetings at the schoolhouse, the result of which was the formation of a class, composed of the following persons: Owen T. Reeves and wife, Peter Lewis and wife, George and Bruce Hays, William and Isaac Hamilton, Mary, Alma, and Roxanna Bostwick, and others. Owen T. Reeves was chosen leader, and Peter Lewis, assistant. A Sunday-school was formed at that time, of which Peter Lewis was elected superintendent, and who still continues as such. There are, at present, fifty children in attendance. During the season of 1878, the present church edifice was constructed. It is a neat brick building, in size thirty-six by forty-eight feet, and cost- complete sixteen hundred and eighty dollars. It was dedicated by Rev. I. F. King, of Columbus, January 15, 1879. The present membership of this church is twenty-six. The trustees are: Owen T. Reeves, Peter Lewis, Harrison Plummer, Wesley and Wesley W. Hays, William Bostwick, and Ezra Shafer. Stewards: Wesley Hays, and Harrison Plummer.   THE DISCIPLE CHURCH OF NEW HOLLAND.   The first preaching at this place by ministers of this denomination, was in the fall of 1854, by evangelists, who labored under the supervision of the missionary society of the southwestern district. The first public profession of faith was made in March following, but it was not until the spring of 1857, that a church was formally organized. This consisted of the following persons: G. C. Gamble, John Highland, A. G. Wood, Roxalene Johnson (Mrs. R. Cook), Sarah A. Johnson (Mrs. S. A. Bates), W. Elizabeth Johnson, S. D. Johnson, Abigail Wood, Matilda Highland, John Leasure, Sally Leasure, James Leasure, Bettie Wood, Sarah Johnson, Henry Bryant, Maria Bryant, Melinda Matthews, Margaret Matthews, Eliza Matthews, Jane Matthews, Samuel Matthews, and Mary A. Hess. The church organization was completed by appointing S. Matthews, elder; John Highland, A. G. Wood, and Silas D. Johnson, deacons. Services were held at the house at F. Hess, for a time. The present church edifice of this society was built in 1853. The ministers who have resided here permanently, are: Revs. Messrs Samuel Matthews, J. C. Irvin, and George Van Pelt, who is the present pastor. The membership of the church numbers one hundred and eighty. The church officers are: J. A. Highland, Henry Bryant, and George H. Matson, elders; S. D. Johnson, B. Holcomb, J. C. Vlerebome, and E. Parker, deacons ; J. T. Johnson, clerk; J. H. Highland and G. H. Matson, are superintendents of Sabbath-school, on which the attendance is seventy-five.   THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF NEW HOLLAND   was formed May 12, 1863. The following were the constituent members: Mrs. Dr. Wilson, Alexander McCoy, wife, and three daughters, Mrs. Thomas Cook, James Wallace and wife, Isaac Beecher, Samuel Collins and wife, S. S. Miller and wife, George Vlerebome; Nathaniel Timmons, Thomas Bennett, Mrs. Burnham, and Maria McCrea. A subscription was immediately circulated by the pastor in charge, Rev. Samuel Cruthers, with a view to raising funds with which to provide a church edifice. The old Methodist Episcopal meeting-house was purchased, removed to its present site, which was donated by John Boggs, and refitted. It was completed in 1867, The officers were: Alexander McCoy, elder; N. Timmons, George Vlerebome, and James Wallace, trustees. The ministers of this church were: Rev. Samuel Cruthers, S. S. Miller, and H. W. Guthrie, who remained some four years. When he left the charge there was a membership of thirty. Since then only occasional preaching has been had.   SCHOOLS.   In this department the writer has been unable to ascertain where or by whom the first school in the township was taught. A term of school was taught at or near Locust Grove church, as early as 1818, by Andrew Bascom. It commenced in a little log building standing on land now owned by Joseph Porter. Among the scholars at this school were Noble, Joseph, and Clinton Porter, and several sisters; Walter and Noah Lewis, and many others. It was quite numerously attended. William Clark taught a second term in the same building soon after. George W. Gooley remembers a school that was taught in New Holland village by Rev. F. A. Wilson as early as 1828. Among the families represented were Kirkpatricks, Bohrers, Greens, and Lindseys.   New Holland village school district was organized contemporaneous with the incorporation of the villiage itself. No early records can now be found, and the following is furnished by George W. Gooley from memory: The first school subsequent to 1835 was held in a build-   HISTORY OF FRANK LIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO - 315   ing occupying the site of the present Methodist Episcopal church. In about 1848 a school-building was constructed on the Ferguson property, south of the town. The present building was erected during the seasons of 1854 and 1855, at a cost of fifteen hundred dollars. The school comprises two departments, primary and grammar. The board of education for 1879 are: N. R. Timmons, B. F. Timmons, John W. Grimes, George A. Haney, George H. Matson, and Dr. John B. May, who is clerk.   NEW HOLLAND.   The plat of this village, which is recorded in book B. of Picaway county records, was acknowledged before Alexander Rowen, justice of the peace, on September 2, 1818. The following is the description:   " Flemingsburgh, situated in Deer Creek township, on the east bank of Hamilton's run, a branch of the north fork of Paint creek, on land of Reese Young, the northerly part of Gods ill Levely's survey of two hundred acres, No. 4138 ; on land of Levin Ross, easterly part of a survey of Codwallader Wallace, No. -; and on land of Wilkins Ogburn, surveyed for him on a military warrant, No. 3057 ; on the right hand fork of the north fork of Paint creek."   What induced the changing of the name to the one the village now bears, or the 'date when it took place, is not now known.   The act of incorporation was passed March 9, 1835, and section one reads :      * * * * That so much of the township of Perry, in the county of Pickaway, as is included within the bounds of the town plat of the town of New Holland, in the said county of Pickaway, as the said town plat now stands on record in the office of the recorder of said county, and eighty rods east, west, north and south of said town plat, and such plats of additions to said town as may hereafter be recorded, be, and the same are hereby created into, and constituted a town corporate, by the name of the town of New Holland,"   The village records show that early in the year 1836, the following were the village officials: Rev. F. A. Wilson, mayor; D. Blue, Jacob Hosselton, Reuben Lloyd, Alexander Cochran. trustees. The officers for 1879 are: E. W. Timmons, mayor; J. B. Parker, recorder; J. W. Mark, treasurer; Eden Parker, T. M. Withcott, George Meyer, J. D. McCoy, Lewis Benz, and Theodore Mark, council. This village has no public buildings, or fire department, and no natural advantages. It is a shipping point for large quantities of grain.   The business interests here are as follows: dry goods, Charles McCafferty, C. B. Eggleston, and Jones & O'Conner; drugs and notions, J. W. Marks, N. H. Jones; groceries and hardware, H. T. Gooley & Bro., Vlerebome & Co.; clothing, boots and shoes, James A. Thomas; furniture and undertaking, Holcomb & Kennedy ; millinery, E. A. Burnham; harness, J. Atkins; wagon manufacture, George E. Meyers; hotel, J. Al. Miller.   SOCIETIES.   Numerous societies in the interest of temperance have, from time to time, had an existence in New Holland village, and their need is, to a stranger, painfully apparent now. A lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows was instituted here some years since, and flourished for a time. This, too, has ceased its work.   NEW HOLLAND LODGE, NO. 392, F. AND A. M.,   was formed in 1867, its charter having been issued in June, of that year. Following are the constituent members: M. V. Rawlins, J. H. Yeoman, Abram Vlerebome, B. Timmons, W. J. Cochran, A. S. Holloway, J. D. Ora-hood, J. G. W. Donohoe, G. W. Gooley, Dr. J. F. Wilson, J. H. Folks, Samuel Hughs, and E. H. Dixon. The first officers were: M. V. Rawlins, W. M.; J. H. Yeoman, S. W.; A. Vlerebome, J. W.; B. Timmons, treasurer; W. J. Cochran, secretary; A. S. Holloway, S. D.; J. D. Orahood, J. D.; J. G. W. Donohoe, tyler. The regular communications of this body are on the Thursday evening of each month previous to the full moon. The present membership [July, 1879] is sixty-seven. Financially, the lodge is in a highly prosperous condition. The officers for 1879 are: Dr. John W. May, W. M.; J. C. Brown, S. W.; Marion Strope, J. W.; J. C. McCrea, secretary ; T. J. Cook, treasurer; S. McGath, S. D.; G. H. Hughs, J. D.; J. D. Sampson, tyler.   PHYSICIANS.   James F. Wilson, was the first physician who located permanently in Perry township. He was born in Buckskin township, Ross county, Ohio, October 5, 1808 ; read medicine with Dr. Robbins, of Greenfield, and was granted a diploma by the county society. In 1832, he located in New Holland village, and, five years later, married Miss Letitia Dunlap. In 1841, he attended lectures, and graduated at the Ohio medical college, of Cincinnati. Returning to New Holland, he soon acquired an extensive practice, which was continned until his death, January 21, 1875. Dr. Wilson was a prominent member of the Masonic order, having attained the higher de. grees. His funeral obsequies were conducted under the auspices of the fraternity. His widow is still living near New Holland village. But one child blessed their union, John Milton, late United States consul to Germany, who is now traveling ih Europe, and, on his return home, goes to Panama, as consul.   The second physician was Aaron Harriman, who had previously practiced at Williamsport. The date of his coming was not far from 1840, and his death occurred in 1850.   Henry Timmons read medicine with Dr. Wilson, graduated at the Sixth street medical college, Cincinnati, and located in New Holland, where he married Miss Sarah Ferguson, and continued the practice of his profession until his death, August 22, 1855. His widow contracted a second marriage, and now resides in Kansas. Of the children, who numbered seven, but two, Edward W. and Nathaniel R., now remain in the township.   Henry Judy, graduated at the Cincinnati Eclectic medical college, March 6, 1850, locating in New Holland the following July, where he still continues in practice. His wife was Susan Carder. Newton Reeves located in New Holland in the fall of 1850. He married Sarah Daugherty, and, after her death, married Mary Houser. He continued to practice here for some years. Dr. Reeves was a graduate of the Ohio medical college. He is now deceased.   316 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO.   Benjamin R. Davis, graduated at the Cincinnatti Eclectic college in 1859, and located in New Holland, July 9th, of the following year, and is still practicing here. In September, 1860, he married Miss Margaret Elder.   John B. May graduated at the Cincinnati college of medicine and surgery, in 1872. He married Mary M. Holter, and in March, 1874, located in New Holland, where he yet resides.   John W. May, was born in Rockingham county, North Carolina, and read law with Dr. James H. May, graduating in Jefferson medical college, Pennsylvania. Elizabeth Wilson, his first wife, died in March,. 1867, and the following summer he removed to Bourneville, Ohio. March 13, 1876, he located in New Holland. His present wife was Mary F. Jaggers. Dr. May is prominent in Masonry.   INDUSTRIAL PURSUITS.   In the infancy of the settlement along Deer creek, as early as 1805 (it is thought by William Mouser), a rude grist-mill was constructed by Isaiah Pancost. This was located in the northwest corner of Perry township. It was a small affair, yet sufficient for the needs of. the then sparsely settled region. In after years it was rebuilt, and still later, converted into a woolen factory by a son of the original builder, Samuel Pancost. This property is now owned by A. S. Mowry. As early as 1812 a man named Baker built a second grist-mill on Deer creek, and also a saw-mill near it. These mills have been several times rebuilt, and are now owned Sy H. Crownover. John D. Penniwell had a carding mill on Hamilton run quite early in the settlement of New Holland. The steam.grist-mill in New Holland village was built by N. R. Ferguson, in 1853, at a cost of fourteen thousand five hundred dollars. It has three run of stones, which are propelled by a double engine of seventy-five horse power. The present firm — Messrs. George A. Haney & Bro. — came in possession of the property in the spring of 1874, having purchased the same for seven thousand dollars. These gentlemen have since constructed an elevator, and made other needed improvements. The whole amount invested at this time is ten thousand dollars. The mill does both custom and merchant grinding. In relation to the grain interest, during nine months of 1878 this firm shelled and shipped seventy-two thousand bushels of corn. The present season, to August 1st, the shipments of wheat alone aggregate thirty-two thousand bushels. Vlerebome & Co. constructed the first grain elevator at New Holland, in 1876. Previous to this, however, the firm were quite extensive operators in grain, the senior partner having engaged in the grain trade at this point in the year 1863. During the year 1878 this firm shipped an aggregate of three hundred thousand bushels of grain. The shipments during the present season, to August 1st, are one hundred and thirty-five thousand bushels. Mr. Vlerebome is also the owner of a coal mine in Muskingum county, and is an extensive dealer in that useful article.   The second elevator at New Holland was that of the Haney brothers, already mentioned. The next, and by far the largest elevator here, built by Charles McCafferty, in the spring of 1878. Its cost, with real estate, was four thousand dollars, and its shelling and loading capacity is four hundred bushels per hour. The shipments for the year 1878 were one hundred and twenty-five thousand bushels; and to August r, 1879, seventy-five thousand bushels. To show the importance of New Holland as a shipping point, we give the totals: 1878, four hundred and ninety-seven thousand bushels; to August I, 1879, two hundred and forty-two thousand bushels.   New Holland village did not arrive to the dignity of having a newspaper mail 1877, in August of which year, A. M. Vaughn issued the first number of the New Holland Review. This was an eight-page five-column sheet, published on the patent plan, and was independent in politics. The paper ceased publication in May, 1879, and the editor has removed to "other fields and pastures rare," we trust.   BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES,   THE HAYS FAMILY.   Levi Hays was born in Maryland, October r, 1752. In December, 1778, he was married to Eleanor Harris. In 1805 they emigrated to Ohio, and settled on Rush creek, in Fairfield county, where they remained one year. In 1806, they removed to Perry township, Mr. Hays making a purchase of thirteen hundred acres of land of the Fitzgerald survey, in Perry and Monroe townships. They had five sons and four daughters: Joseph, Charles, Nor-   HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO - 317   ris, Samuel, Jesse, Nancy, Mary, Rachel, and Ellen. The land owned by him was divided, in as equitable a manner as possible, among his children. His death occurred on the tenth of February, 1825.   Jesse Hays was born in Montgomery county, Maryland, April 9, 1791, and came to Ohio with his father's family, eventually settling in Perry township, in 1806. He received from his father one hundred and seventy-seven acres of land in Perry and Monroe townships, on both sides of Deer creek. July 27, 1820, he married Betsey Hurst. She was born in Dorchester county, Maryland, November 17, 1801. They had children, as follows: Ann W., born June 27, 1821. She has been married several times, and lives a widow in Illinois. Eleanor R. A., born April 15, 1823, married James Carney, and lives in Ross county. Levi, born December 20, 1824-died in 1825. Joseph H. was born June 15, 1826, and married Miriam H. Thomas, June 18, 1857. They live on a part of his father's farm, in Monroe township. Miriam W. was born March 1, 1825, and died July 9, 1841. Sarah was born February 5, 1830. She married Richard W. Betts, and now lives in Moultrie county, Illinois. Elizabeth was born December 13, 1831, and died on the old homestead, about 1847. Jessie Lee was born August 22, 1835, and died October 2, 1835. Martha Ann was born September 27; 1836. She married John E. Bradley, and now lives in Moultrie county, Illinois. Wesley H. was born August 4, 1838, and married Mary F. Gephart. She died, April 6, 1874, and he married Hannah W. Hays, January 19, 1876. By his first wife he had three children-Emma Alice, Charles W., and Mary F. ---and by his second wife, has Jesse Mcllvain and Cynthia Kirk. Joseph H. and Mariam H. Hays have had eleven children: Samuel, Jesse, Lee, Brunette, Charles W., Zilpha Ann, George W., and Cora. Three died in infancy.   Jesse Hays, sr., and his wife were both constituent members of the Methodist church from their early life. Soon after he was twenty-one, he became an exhorter, and continued as such until his death, September 17, 1872. His wife died December 11, 1841. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and marched to the relief of Fort Meigs.   Wesley H. Hays was in the Seventy-third Ohio infantry four years. At the expiration of his first term of service, he re-enlisted in the field, and was wounded at the second Bull Run battle, and again at Resaca, Georgia.   THE MOUSER FAMILY.   Peter Mouser was born in Virginia, where he married Christine Huffman. They emigrated to Ohio, in 1798. and settled below Chillicothe, where they. remained one year. They then moved to the south part of Deer Creek township, and settled on Deer creek, where they remained two years, when they again moved to Perry township, and located on land ROW owned by his son, William Mouser. Peter Mouser died in r872, aged ninety-three years. His wife died about 1855, aged seventy-five years.   Their children were: John, who married Margaret Por ter; she died in Ross county, and he went to Illinois, to live with his children, and died there; Elizabeth, who married Rezon King, and died in Monroe township ; Jacob P., who married Mary Ann Beatty, and moved to Illinois, where he died; William, who married Nancy Mace, and lives in Perry township; Catharine, who married Peter Carter, and lives in Fayette county, a widow; Mary, who married Owen T. Reeves, and died in Perry township; Eliza, who married Josiah Reeves, and died in Perry township.   William Mouser was born October 1, 1807, and was married October 1, 1844, to Nancy Mace, who was born September 26, 1819. After marriage they lived on his father's place one year, when they moved to the farm they now occupy. Mr. Mouser had a start in life from his father's estate, receiving two hundred acres of land. By hard work and economy he added to it, until he now owns five hundred and fifty acres of land. In 1875 they built their present substantial and comfortable home, a representation of which, accompanied by portraits of himself and wife, are inserted in connection with this sketch.   JAMES F. WILSON, M. D.   A long, honorable and useful career was that of the late Dr. James F. Wilson, of New Holland, Perry township, Pickaway county, and his name is revered by a wide circle of friends. His face was familiar to almost every inhabitant of the western part of Pickaway, and the eastern part of Fayette counties, and there are thousands who can testify to his professional thoroughness and ability, and to his intrinsic worth as a man. His was a character that won universal respect by its simple dignity, earnestness, firmness and unvarying integrity. Not a member of any church, he was yet strongly imbued with the faith of christianity, and his daily life put in practice those principles which are its teachings. He was a liberal supporter of the church, too, and noted for the charity he bestowed on other objects in many directions, being a kind friend to the poor and distressed. One of the most noble of his acts of charity, and one of the strongest indications of his large-hearted patriotism, was during the war. Many of the men who enlisted in the companies, which where afterward assigned to the Ninetieth and One Hundred and Fourteenth regiments Ohio volunteer infantry, were indebted to him for professional services. To all such he gave receipted bills, and to all of the members of these two companies, and to other soldiers who went into the war from the vicinity of his home, the doctor made promises which he faith-fully fulfilled-to give their families his services free of charge.   James F. Wilson was the son of John and Mary Wilson, who emigrated from Kentucky to Ross county, Ohio, about the year 1802. He was born near Chillicothe, October 5, 1808, and his early years were spent upon the home farm. At the age of twenty-one years he went to Greenfield, Highland county, and there began the study of medicine, under the direction of Dr. Daniel Robbins.   318 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO.   He was, finally, after long and careful reading, granted a diploma by the medical society of the.district, and upon thus being authorized to practice his profession, immediately removed to New Holland, of which place he was the first resident physician. Although possessing a fair medical education, he was not satisfied, and so after four years' practice, during which time he saved from his accumulated means the sum nesessary to pay his expenses, he entered the Ohio medical college, of Cincinnati. He graduated from this institution with a good record, and returned to New Holland, 'resuming his practice, and following it all the rest of his life. His ride was a large one, and his practice as successful and lucrative as the county could bestow. His professional reputation be--Came firmly established early in his career, and he took rank with the best physicians in the county, and was frequently called upon to spare time from his professional duties in the immediate neighborhood, to attend councils of physicians in localities at a considerable distance. Dr. Wilson had an enviable 'reputation as a surgeon, as well as a physician, being regarded as one of the best in this part of the state. He was for a time during the war located at camp Chase, and in his capacity as surgeon, his services were of great value.   He bought, in 1850, a fine farm, just over the line in Fayette county, and in the western part of New Holland village, which was cleared and improved under his direction, and transformed from wild woodland into a beautiful agricultural tract. In 1868 he.removed to the house he had provided upon this farm—-the tasteful home where his widow yet resides. Dr. Wilson was for the last twenty years of his life afflicted with heart disease, and he died of this malady January 21, 1875, leaving a wife and one son. Mrs. Wilson's maiden name was Letitia Dunlap, and she was the daughter of James and Elizabeth Dunlap, of Ross' county. She was born May 24, 186, and married August 31, 1837.   The only son and child of James F. and Letitia Wilson is John M., one of Ohio's men of ability and distinction. He was born September 19, 1838. In his sixteenth year he attended .Antioch college, and remained there four years under the instruction of the famous Horace Mann. After President Mann's death, young Wilson entered Union college, at Schenectady, New York, where he graduated with the class of 1862. He read law at Columbus with the Hon. Chauncey., N. Olds, and was admitted to the bar of the supreme court of Ohio in 1864, and commenced the practice of his profession the same year at Cincinnati, as the senior member of the firm of Wilson & Champion. He represented Hamilton county two years—in 1871, -and in 1873—in the legislature, and in the latter year, at the expiration of his term, was appointed by Pesident Grant as consul to Bremen.   He remained there, as the representative of the United States, two and one half years, and was then appointed to the consulship at Hamburgh, where he remained until July t, 1879. He is at present consul general to the Columbian States of South America, and is located at Panama.   He married December, 25, 1866, Carrie R. Turpin, of Newton; Hamilton county, Ohio.   WAYNE.   Wayne is one of the original townships in Pickaway county. Its.lands are of the class known as " Virginia military," and its location is as follows: Bounded on the the north by the township of Jackson, south by Deerfield and Union townships, Ross county, east by Pickaway and Circleville, and west by Deer Creek.   The surface is generally of a level character, except along the course of the streams, where it is rolling. The soil is variable, consisting of sand, gravel, and clay, and, for the most part, well adapted to the raising of wheat and grass. Quite a proportion of the lands are held in large tracts, by a few owners, which greatly retards the growth of the township in population.   The area of Wayne township is nearly seven miles, north and south, and frond three to six miles east and west, containing nearly twenty-six square miles of territory. It was named after the celebrated Indian fighter, General Anthony. Wayne.   STREAMS.   The largest and most important .of these is the Scioto river, which flows' along the. township line; dividing it from Pickaway and Circleville townships, and forming its eastern boundary. Plum creek, next in size, enters the township from the north, about one mile from the northwest corner, and flowing a general southeasterly direction, empties its waters into the Scioto river at West-fall. Yellow Bud creek flows across the southwest corner of the township, while Wolf creek has its rise at, or near, the southwest corner.   The Ohio canal, once an important line of transportation, passes through Wayne township, along the shore Of the Scioto river.   HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO - 319   SETTLEMENT.   Wayne township began settlement in the summer of 1798. By far the greater number of these pioneers, or their descendants, are no longer here. We have, by personal interviews, obtained the names of the settlers, and; where possible, sketches, in brief, of their lives.. Much of the data is from William Fleming, esq. Following are the names: William King, Andrew Dueks (who removed with his family to Sandusky, Erie county, several years since), William Oliphant, Thomas McDonald (who was a minister, of the Methodist faith), Balithe Lynch, Huldah Smith, James. Quick, John McFadden, Cloudesbury Warren, Daniel and Powell. Lane, Abraham Leonard, James and William Curry,' John Crull, David Evans, Derickson Waples, Fielding and William Atchison, Isaac Williams, John and George M. Peters, Josiah Bivens, Isaac, John, and Joseph Pancake, Daniel Whitsell, John Chipman, Philip McNemar, John Bond, Samuel Orison, Isaac Bowen, John Hubbard, Pritchard Mills, Stephen and Arterbridge Horsey, Abraham Stipp (who owned the John Jordon survey), Thomas and Henry Bowdell, Jacob Thorp (who was a Baptist minister), Samuel Smith, James, David and John Lisle, Robert and William Campbell, Aaron Sullevan, William Foresman, Prentiss Park, Dr. Potts, Theophilus Williams.   William King was a native of Pennsylvania, and early in life emigrated to Bourbon county, Kentucky, where he married Sarah Green, with whom he. came to Ohio, in November, 1798, locating at Westfall, among the Indians, who, at that time, were congregated in this locality to the number of many thousands. Mr. King and wife were of Quaker ancestry, and had no difficulty with their red-skinned neighbors. In after years, when public convenience required it, he established a ferry at Westfall. Mrs. King died in 1833, and he some three years later. They were both buried in the graveyard at Westfall, these being the first interments in Wayne township.   There were five children in the family: George, Jemima, Caleb, Sarah, and Abram. The first of these married, and located at Joliet, Illinois. Subsequently he started to join a son in California, but died before reaching there, and was buried at sea. Jemima became" the wife of Titus Dungan, and resided in Wayne township during the remainder of her life. Mr. Dungan died February 23, 1855, and his widow died June 23, 1875, and both sleep upon the farm their labor cultivated. Of their children, who numbered nine, but two are now living: Elizabeth M. (Mrs. Wilson), and George, at present clerk and justice of the peace of Wayne township. Caleb King located in Fountain county, Indiana, and is now deceased. Sarah, who located at the same place, is also deceased, and Abram died, single, in Wayne.   John Dungan, who was born near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, removed to Loudon county, Virginia. He married Mary Titus, and removed to Wayne township in the fall of the year 1802, locating on Yellow Bud creek, on the farm still occupied by his descendants. Here he died, March 21, 1834. Mrs. Dungan died August 13, 1855. The children of this couple were: William, Rebecca, John, Margaret, Titus, and Patterson, all now de ceased. James Thompson located in Wayne township, about the same date with Mrs. Dungan. He was from Hampton county, Virginia. After coming. to Ohio he married Margaret Kirkendall, and soon after bought the farm still occupied by his son, Jacob W. James Thompson was fortunate in life and acquired a large quantity of land, owning at his death some twenty-two hundred acres. His first wife died May 11, 1820., and he married Martha Hall; both are now deceased. Their children numbered three: Mary Ann, Jacob W., and Betsey.   Fergus Moor, by birth an Irishman, came to America prior to the war of the Revolution, and immediately enlisted with the Americans. He fought some five years. After the close of the war he located in Pennsylvania, where he married, and removed to Bourbon county, Kentucky. In 1798 he located in Chillicothe. It is said that he laid the first shingle roof in that now stirring little city, using wood pins to fasten the shingles in place. While here he purchased some hundred acres of land in Wayne township, at and surrounding the village of Westfall, and in 1802 moved on to the property. He built a hewed log house on the old. road leading from Franklinton to Chillicothe, and for many years kept a private house of entertainment. He died April 20, 1816, aged 55 years. His wife died January 22, 1825. The children were six in number. Elizabeth, the youngest, beeame the wife of John Fleming.   John Metzger came from Pennsylvania to Ohio soon after 1800. He located in Washington township, Pickaway county, on the farm now owned by the heirs of Mr. Richardson. He remained here a few years, eventually removing to Allen county, Indiana, where he and his wife died. The children were: Salome, Benjamin (the descendants of this son are all who now remain in the county), Leaih, Elizabeth, and Andrew.   Henry Kirkendall, of South Branch, Virginia, came into the Scioto valley in 1798 or 1799, locating on Evans prairie, here his wife died and he married Mrs. Elizabeth Homer. He died in Deerfield township, Ross county, in November, 1818. His wife died in 1857. There were twelve children in the family, all of whom are now deceased, except John, who lives in Wayne township, where he owns about two thousand acres of land ; Archibald, who lives in Indiana; and Polly, who married Jacob Blocker, and resides in Jackson township.   William Owens, of Montgomery county, Maryland, married Mary Ann McAter; and emigrated to Ohio. He arrived in Jackson township, December 24, 1815, and located on the farm now owned by the heirs of Nelson Franklin. Here he lived until about 1830, when he removed to the farm in Wayne township now occupied by his son, Samuel. The father died here in July, 1833, and Mrs. Owens about twelve years later. The family consisted of but two children—Samuel M., born August 8, 1808, who married Eliza Sullivan, and Mary A., who married Samuel Campbell, and is now deceased.   Jacob McCollister, who was originally from Maryland, came to Pickaway county in the spring of 1817, locating in Jackson township, near the Hall mills, on Darby creek. The greater portion of the remaining years of his life   320 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN ANT) PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO.   were spent there. He died in April, 1839, and his wife in August, 1857. The children of this couple were: Anna (Mrs. Henry Sly), John, Eliza, Polly, who died in infancy; William, who married Nancy Smith, and who lives in Circleville; Nelson, who married Elizabeth Thompson, and lives in Wayne township; Sarah (deceased); Margaret (Mrs. James Sapp); Maria (Mrs. Jacob C. Murphy), and Robert, who married Mary Griffey and lives in Jackson township.   John Fleming, who was a soldier of the war of 1812, came from Berkeley county, Virginia, to Wayne township, at an early date. He was then unmarried, and came in company with an elder brother (Henry) and family. Henry located in Champaign county, while John remained at Westfall. February 22, 1808, he married Elizabeth Moor, and settled on a portion of the Moor estate. This was added to until, at his death, which occurred July 24, 1844, he owned about six hundred •acres of land. Mrs. Fleming died May t, 1866. The family consisted of William, who married Elizabeth Sullivan, and now resides near the old farm; Alexander, Fergus, Hannah, Mary, Elizabeth, Sarah, John, Cynthia, Minerva, and Robert.   Thomas Wiggins located in Wayne township. in 1812, where he died in 1825. His wife afterward became the wife of James Rose, and died, December 23, 1849. The children were five in number, three of whom were born in Wayne township.   Francis and Catharine (Gross) May, descendants of whom now reside in' Wayne township, were natives of Maryland, and it was in that State that Francis May died. Of the children — Charles, Magdalena, John, Mary, Michael, George, and Elizabeth—we learn as follows : Michael came to Circleville as early as 1818, from Loudon county, 'Virginia. He was a carpenter, and pursued his vocation in the village about four years, then returned to Maryland. In 1827 he returned, with his mother and several brothers and sisters, to Circleville, where he married Lydia Raymond, and passed the remainder of his life. Mary married George Fink, and located in Muskingum county, in 1823 or 1824, where Fink died, and his widow lives in Illinois. Charles and John located in Walnut township. Magdalena lives in Topeka, Kansas. Catharine died in Hancock county, this State. George married Jane Boyd, and has resided in Circleville until this .time. He is now engaged in merchandising. Elizabeth married and moved to Hancock county, where she died.   J. W. Brown, a native of Hampshire county, Virginia, came to Ohio in 1826, locating first in Perry county, and from thence going to Ross county, where he remained until the spring of 1862, when he removed to Wayne township, Pickaway . county, where he is extensively engaged in farming. His wife was Sarah Coleman, an Ohio woman. Seven children of this marriage are yet living.   John Darby came from Delaware to Ross county, in 1845. He married Martha J. Williams, and now lives on o Yellow Bud creek, in Wayne township.   Clement Thomas, of Dorchester county, Maryland, located in Belmont county, Ohio, in 1829. In 1838 he removed to Ross county, and in the fall of 1839 settled permanently in Wayne township, where he died in April, 1845. There were nine children in the family, one only of whom lives in Wayne: Josiah, who married Julia Maddux, and lives two miles north of Yellow Bud creek, on the Columbus and Chillicothe road.   Christopher Warner, of German birth, settled in Chillicothe in 1834. David, a son, married Rachel Merritt, and now lives in Wayne township.   George Barthelmess, a native of Germany, emigrated to America, in 1851. For the first ten years he worked in different localities in Pickaway county. In 1861 he married Barbara Bach, and in 1877. purchased the farm of two hundred and thirty-five acres, now occupied by his widow. He died March 24, 1879, aged forty-four, leaving the following children: William, Charley, Sarah, Rosie, Jacob, and George—all living at home.   ORGANIZATION.   Wayne township was formed prior to the erection of Pickaway county. The early records, as recorded by the township clerk, were, a few years since, destroyed by fire. The writer was fortunate in procuring what appears to be the first book used by the township treasurer: It bears date July 9, 1805. During a period of five years subsequent to this date the names of the following persons appear: John Fleming, Philden Atchison and Isaac Dumonds, trustees; James Moor, Clerk; Thomas White, treasurer; John Renick and William Seabourn, overseers of the poor; and Philip McNemar, constable. It is said that William King was the first justice of the peace in the township. The officers for 1879 are as follows: William Foresman, Andrew Metzger, and Samuel Eymon, trustees; George Dungan, clerk; William Fleming, treasurer (he was elected to this office April 3, 1843, and has held the position continuously until the present); W. A. Hall, assessor; A. T. Tootle and George Dungan; justices of the peace; J. B. Reynolds and W. A. Hall, constables, and five supervisors of roads and highways.   FIRST EVENTS.   The first white child born in Wayne township, was a son to William and Sarah Green King. Caleb, who grew to manhood, married, and removed to Fountain county, Indiana. He became one of the leading citizens of that county, and died a few years since. The first death was that of Thompson. This occurred early in the settlement at Westfall, and his body was interred in the burying-ground near there. The first brick building in the township was. erected by Samuel Smith. Its location was near the present residence of Mrs. S. C. Huffman. Gersham M. Peters was the pioneer merchant, he having opened a small stock of goods at West-fall, quite early in the settlement. It does not appear this was a profitable investment; at least he soon went out of business. Two or three small stores have since then had a brief existence at the same point. In about 1820 or '21, General John Morgan opened a hotel at Westfall. It was of short duration. Wayne' township was without a post-office until the establishment of mail service on the C. & M. V. division of the P., C. & St. L.   HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO - 321   railroad, when Dr. George W. Hurst was commissioned postmaster. The office was called Wayne station. It was discontinued in 1858, since which time the township has been without an office.   CHURCHES.   The first religious worship conducted in Wayne township was at the house of John Hubbard, at an early date, by ministers of the Methodist denomination, among whom were Revs. Samuel Parker, Henry B. Bascom, and Charles Wattle. A class was formed here, which was composed in part of the following persons; Pritchard Mills, who was its leader; Mary Mills, his wife; John Hubbard and wife, Anna, Thomas White and his wife, Amy ; Thomas Wiggins, and Lucinda, his wife; and Thomas Bondell. In 1830, a frame building, in size some thirty by fifty feet, was built for church purposes. Its location was on the farm of John Hubbard, now owned by Mrs. Samuel Eymon, and in this meetings were held until the completion of the Union chapel, in 1860.   The Union society was organized May 6, 1855. It was under the pastorate of Rev. Zachariah Wharton, of the Williamsport circuit. Following are the names of the members comprising this class: David and Elizabeth Terwilliger, William, Sarah, and Julia Knowles, Jacob H. and Elizabeth Schryver, Mary A., Tacy A., Mary E., Amelia, and Edward L. Hall, Margaret and Elizabeth McCollister, and Dr. George W. and Catharine Hurst. David Terwilliger was chosen leader of the class, and has continued to occupy this office until the present time. The society met in the William Hall school-house until the building of the present church edifice, on the fourteenth of January, 1859. The following were trustees: William Knowles, David Terwilliger, M. J. Alkire, J. H. Schryver, and E. L. Hall, who went to work, energetically, to raise money and build a house of worship. The result is the beautiful edifice known as the Union chapel, which was completed, and dedicated to the service of God, by Rev. Mr. Felton, on the first of January, 1860. The land upon which it stands was donated for the purpose by William Knowles. This edifice is, in size, thirty-six by forty-six feet, and cost, entire, sixteen hundred dollars.   This class now numbers thirty members. The leaders are David Terwilliger and Robert Thompson. The superintendent of the Sabbath-school is T. C. Lisk, at which there is an average attendance of fifty scholars. The date of its formation is prior to that of the church. The ministers who have had charge of this flock are given in connection with the Williamsport church.   A Baptist society was formed at the school-house in district number three, by Rev. Mr. Drake and Jacob Thorp, in 1818. Prior to this, meetings were held at the house of Andrew Dueks, who, with Mary Morris, Daniel Whit-sell, and others, whose names are forgotten, formed this society. Meetings were kept up several years.   SCHOOLS.   The first school in Wayne township was taught in the summer of 1814, by an individual named Hunt. It was held in a five cornered log building, standing on the farm now owned by William Fleming, esq. This seat of learning was without a floor; the children using for seats the timbers intended for the support of the floor. If a back was desired to the seat it was furnished by the occupant. The following list of the pupils at this school is furnished by William Fleming, esq., who is the only one of all the number now living in the township: William Fleming, Lydia and Henry Mills, Thomas and Mary Hubbard, Thomas Kitchen, Vine James, John Berry, Perry, Thomas, and Jane Oliphant, Polly and Thomas Moor, Daniel and George Williams, John and Edward Park, John and Samuel Whitsell, Nancy and Elizabeth Horsey, William and Frank Layton, and Thomas Bivens.   In the spring of the year 1817, the matter of building a school-house assumed tangible shape; a sufficient sum was subscribed, and the subsequent summer witnessed the erection of the pioneer school-house. This was a frame structure, the "siding" of which was split into the proper thickness, and shaved smooth. This house when completed was quite a commodious and comfortable affair, and was occupied until 1860, when having become unsafe by the action of time, it was torn down and the present brick school building, known as the Westfall in district number three, erected on the site. The township is now divided into five school districts, four of which are now provided with substantial brick school-houses.   PHYSICIANS.   The pioneer disciple of Esculapius, in this township, was Dr. Potts; the date of whose coming was as early as 1800. He located at Westfall, and is spoken of as a practitioner of more than average ability and- success. Dr. Potts died after several years, and his successor was Prentiss Park, who came in about 1820. He died soon after settlement, and Wayne township has since been without a resident physician.   INDUSTRIAL PURSUITS.   The earliest manufactory in Wayne township, of which we have accurate information, was a distillery. It was of logs, and was located on the Horsey farm, now owned by the heirs of C. Barthelmess. Abraham Stipp, then an extensive land owner in this section, was the owner and operator, and the date of its construction was very early. This ceased operations, and in 1808 Stephen Horsey purchased the building, and converted it to other uses. In about 1810, a man named Hamilton, put in operation a second distillery. This, like its predecessor, was short lived. John Fleming built the third distillery in Wayne. This was in 1828. It location was on the farm now owned by John Kirkendall. It was in being perhaps fifteen years. Not a vestage of either of these "institutions" now remains. In 1867, Messrs. Steeley & Morris erected a large brick building, on the Renick farm, adjoining the canal, and commenced the manufacture of whiskey. It was a losing undertaking from the beginning, and three years later ceased operations. In 1827 or '28, a man named Sanford, from Chillicothe, erected and put in operation a small carding establishment, on the canal, near the present residence of John Kirkendall. A few years later William Fleming purchased the prop-   41   322 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO.   erty. He put in looms and other machinery necessary for the manufacture of cloth. Not long afterwards it was destroyed by fire. The first grist-mill of which we have knowledge, was built at a very early date. It was situated on the Chillicothe road, and was primitive indeed; the motive power being horses, and its labors were confined to the grinding of coarse feed. In 1817 or '18, Henry Nevill built a large flouring mill on the Scioto, near where the State dam now is. This was quite an extensive establishment, having four run of stone, and quite complete machinery for that day. It was discontinued at the date the State constructed its works here. The flouring-mill now owned by William Foresman & Brother, is one of the oldest in the county. It has-been greatly improved by the present owners, who have erected a grain elevator in connection. This firm deals largely in grain.   WEST FALL.   The settlement of Wayne township was begun at this point, and but two other townships, within the limits of Pickaway county, were settled at an earlier date. The lands here, and adjacent, having fallen into the hands of Abel Westfall, he caused a town to be laid out, and gave it his name. This territory was then within the limits of Hamilton county, and the plat of the village was recorded at Cincinnati. Westfall was, for some time, considered the. rival of Chillicothe, but the location proving to be unhealthy, its growth was stinted, and, little by little, the town went to decay. It was here that the celebrated Mingo chief, Logan, sought refuge, with his tribe, when,, in 1774, he was driven from his home in western Virginia, by the troops of Lord Dunmore. The village was then called Chil-i-coth-e, the Indian name for town. It was here that Logan delivered to the messenger of Dunmore that celebrated speech, rendered immortal in Jefferson's "Notes on Virginia." Dunmore was encamped, with his troops, at Camp Charlotte, on Scippo creek, some seven miles east of Westfall. This messenger was sent to invite the chiefs to his camp, to negotiate terms of peace. Logan refused to go, but sent the speech instead. [See general history.] A treaty was. concluded, at this time, however, which terminated Lord Dunmore's war, and his troops made no further advances. At this time there were vast numbers of Indians settled in and about West-fall, and on Pickaway plains. Of Westfall, nothing is left to mark the hallowed spot, once famous as the home of Logan, "the friend of the white man," and the very theater of the act which has imparted imperishable renown. The very desolation which now broods over the place, seems to "mourn for Logan." What food for contemplation does this historic spot afford ! Who that visits it does not recall the events, so thrilling in interest, that marked the career of the justly celebrated Logan?—Logan, who was the white man's best friend, but who, in obedience to the voice of causative revenge, became the white man's deadliest foe.   A short distance south of Westfall, another village was platted. This was named Montgomery, but we are unable to learn that any considerable settlement was made there.   BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.   S. M. OWENS.   William Owens emigrated' from Montgomery county, Maryland, to Ohio, in 1815, and Settled in Jackson township, about three and a half miles north of Circleville. He did not become a land owner until some five or six years after his settlement, when he purchased a small tract of land, which he improved. He was married in Maryland, to Massy Ann McAtee, and had two children when he came to Ohio. They were S. M. Owens and Mary A. Owens. William Owens died in 1832. His widow survived him, living -until 1841.   S. M. Owens was born in Montgomery county, Maryland, August 21, 18o8, and came to Ohio with his father and mother in 1815. His boy:- hood life was filled with no startling incidents, but he did his share of pioneer work, and suffered the same privations and hardships that all had to undergo hi that early day. His school education was necessarily very limited, and was obtained by walking five miles through the wilderness to the nearest school-house, often frightened by the wild animals that frequented the forests. As he became old enough to do the hard work of the pioneer, he labored where he could obtain work and pay, Which was but small in those days.   In 1831 he was married in Wayne township, to Miss Eliza Sullivan, and made his home with his father until his death, in 1832, when he took sole charge of his farm -of one hundred and thirty-seven acres, of which his sister inherited one-half. He purchased her interest, both himself and wife laboring hard to improve and add to their little farm in raising grain and stock. They gradually accumulated property—slowly at first, but surely—until, at the present time, he has a large landed estate of more than one thousand acres.   In due time children were born to them, which added to their cares, as well as their comforts. They had thirteen children, ten of whom lived to maturity, and all but one of whom married. Death has thinned their number, but they have loving remembrance in the grand-children they have left behind them. On his seventy-first birthday, he had thirty-eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren, a .large number of whom gathered around. him at this anniversary, in August, 1879. Of his children, all but one—a daughter, who lives in Butler county, Kansas—settled in Pickaway county. Mrs. Owens died April 6, 1876, at the age of sixty-eight years. She proved to him a faithful and loving sharer in all the hardShips, cares and trials of life, administering the .affairs of the household, and caring for the children who were 'born to them, in such a loving and gentle manner that they rise and call her memory blessed. She was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and her life proved to all about her that she lived up to the profession she had made. .Words alone cannot do justice to the memory of this most estimable, kind and loving wife and mother, and the true and faithful friend of all with whom she came in contact.   THE DUNGAN FAMILY.   John Dungan was a native of Ireland. He came to this country when quite small, and lived in Loudoun county, Virginia, where he married Mary Titus, by whom he had eight children. In 1802 he emigrated to Ohio, and settled on a tract of one thousand acres in the southern part of Wayne township, on Yellow Bud creek. For this tract he exchanged one hundred acres of land in Virginia. The family came in wagons and with pack-horses. The children were : William, Titus, Rebecca, Margaret, John, Jane, Nancy, and Patterson. Mr. Dungan divided his farm among his children, after they became of age and married, giving to each one hundred acres: To Titus lie gave the homestead, consisting of one hundred and thirty-six acres, on condition that he should care for his mother during her lifetime.   Titus Dungan married Jemima King, a daughter of William King, who settled in Wayne township, at Westfall, in 1798, and was the first justice of the peace in the township. She was born in 1796. After marriage they occupied the old homestead, until his death, which occurred in February, 1855, at the age of sixty years. During his lifetime he held the office of township trustee nearly twenty years, and was often solicited to accept a nomination on the county ticket, but invariably declined, believing his duty to be at his home. Their children were: William King, who was born October 3, 1817 ; he married, and lived in the township until his death, October 17, 1847; Mary Ann was born August 27,   HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO - 323   1819; she married John Kirkendallnd died April 5, 1864; John was born September 27, 1821, died May 2, 1841; Sarah J. was born February 10, 1824, married Dr. Lewis Clarke, and died September 28, 1845, leaving one child; Francis was born July 2, 1826, and died August 6, 1828; Samuel Jefferson was born January 10, 1829, and died June 28, 1854; Harriet was horn March 3, 1831, married Henry Gearhart, and died October 16, 1853; Elizabeth Nancy was born December 27, 1833, married Jacob Wilson, and lives in the township, a widow; George was born September 6, 1839, was married to Hannah Ettie Grove, March Ix, 1862. She died December 28, 1864, leaving one child, Mary Florence. He married Harriet Blackburn, September 3, 1867, by whom he has had five children, three of whom are living. Hannah Ettie, John Titus, Jemima King, George Francis, and William Allen, were the fruit of the second union. John T. and George F. died when quite small.   George Dungan has two hundred and thirty-two acres in the farm on which he lives, which is located near Yellow Bud station, on the Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley railroad. He has three hundred and thirty-six acres in the home farm, located in the south part of the township. He has held the offices of infirmary director, township trustee, clerk and justice of the peace.   An engraving, representing his present place of residence, as well as the old homestead, accompanies this sketch of the Dungan family.   SCIOTO.   At the time of the organization of Pickaway county, January 12, 1810, Scioto township formed a part of Franklin county, extending west and south to Darby creek, and bounded on the east by the Scioto river. At a later date Jackson township was formed, Scioto contributing a portion of its territory. In 1830. another considerable portion was appropriated to it from Muhlenberg.   This township is now about seven miles long and from four to seven miles broad, and contains about forty-two. square miles. In 1830 it had four hundred and sixty-two inhabitants, and in 1870 it had one thousand five hundred and forty-five. Having no prairie land, and being covered with a heavy growth of timber, and its territory mostly owned in large tracts by non-residents for many years, its settlement has been tardy. A few settlers came in at an early date and located along the Scioto river, where some of the land has been under cultivation many years. In later years these large tracts of land have been divided and cut into farms of moderate size. Its early settlers were mostly from Virginia and western Pennsylvania.   On October 14, 1878, the western boundary of Scioto was extended to Darby creek, so as to include all the territory north of Muhlenberg to the Franklin county line and east of Darby creek. This makes Scioto one of the largest, if not the largest, township in the county.   The officers for 1879 are : M. V. Beavers, L. Gochenour, Cyrus Pursell, trustees; William C. Lerch, clerk; Eli Harsh, treasurer; James W. Durrett, Thomas Beavers, James M. Johnson, justices of the peace; John H. Robison and Stephen Boyd, constables; Jacob Pursell, assesor.   In 1856 a building was purchased by the township for use as a town house for the purpose of holding elections, and for any other uses needed. This was used several years. In 1871 the township and corporation bought a lot and erected a substantial brick building at Commercial Point, for township and corporation purposes. The first story was built by them, and the second was built by the Masonic fraternity, for use as a lodge hall. In 1874 the lower hall was rented, at certain stated times, to the Good Templars' society, for use in holding their meeting.   ANCIENT WORKS.   There are still to be found in Scioto many evidences of the work of the ancient and lost race called the Mound Builders. On the bluffs above the river are still to be traced earthworks, built in such a form and position as would indicate that they were used as places of defence. Some have been obliterated by the work of the settlers of the country, who have plowed them down and dug them away in building roads. Besides these earthworks, there are still to be seen a number of mounds built by this strange people, for what purpose the people of to-day know not. The record of their works is lost, yet no one can look on these monuments without feelings of awe, and regret that more cannot be known concerning their construction and purpose.   EARLY EVENTS.   In 1807 or 1808 a ferry was established near the Bloomfield bridge, for the convenience of persons who were obliged to cross to the mill at that point. Cramp-ton built a mill on the east bank of the Scioto about 1808. Nathan Rawlins was one of the first justices of the peace. He lived on the Franklinton pike, in the northeast part of the township, and kept his docket on a hewed log in his house, below the joist on which the upper floor was laid. Perkins, McGinnis, and Jack ..Stinson were among the early school teachers.. William Herbert taught school about 1814, in a log school-house on the Edward Williams' tract. Dr.' Hoge preached in the neighborhood about 1814. He was a Presbyterian minister. The first blacksmith was Jacob Fishel, who was working in about 1811, on the Franklinton pike, near Edward Williams' land. The first brick-kiln was burned by Robert Seeds, for the purpose of building a house, about 1815 or 1816. In 1829 William Harlor came, and has burned many kilns since that time. Dr. Revnaugh was the first settled physician in Scioto. He came to Genoa about 1842.     324 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO.   Dr. Jaynes came about the same time, and taught school for a few years, when he commenced the practice of medicine. The first store was started by Wiley H. Beckett, in 1844, in Genoa. The first saw-mill was built on a run on the Edward Williams' farm, quite early, probably about 1868. A still house was built by William Hartman, about 1830, near Bloomfield bridge: One was built at an earlier date on Edward Williams? land, but at what 'date and by whom cannot now be ascertained. Dr. Burrell, of Bloomfield, was an early physician, and was employed by all in that vicinity: Previous to his settlement Drs. Turney and Parsons came from Columbus, when called. The early grist mills were Gundy's, on the Scioto, and Thompson's and Kepler's.; on Darby creek.   SETTLEMENT.   The settlers of this township, from the earliest date until within the past twenty years, came to a heavily wooded . country, and while to the first settlers belongs the credit of being the bearers of the heaviest burdens in cleaning and preparing homes in the wilderness, in the face of discouragement and sickness, those who followed them had an almost equal share in the privations of a frontier life. Those who came later could profit by the experience of their predecessors, and had the consolation of knowing that they were not entirely alone in the boundless forest, surrounded by howling woolves, screaming panthers, and the less dangerous denizens of the forest. Though their nearest neighbors were perhaps a mile or two distant, there was a feeling almost of kinship existing between them. The class distinctions that now exist between the rich and poor, in many parts of the county, were then unknown. The poor settler in the meanest cabin, was on an equality with his neighbor who owned hundreds of acres, and the kindest feelings existed everywhere. Among the very earliest settlers of Scioto townships, were Captain Eleazer Williamson, John and Thomas Thompson, William Ballard, the Fitzgeralds, Wests, Williams, Widener, and others. Captain Eleazer Williamson was a soldier during the Revolutionary war. Before that time he accompanied General Braddock in his campaign against the French and Indians, and was a participant in the battle in which Braddock was defeated and killed. He commanded a company under Colonel Crawford in his campaign against the Indians in 1782. When the attack was made-he was ordered to retreat with the rest of the command, but instead of doing so, with his company held the ground until evening, when he withdrew. He has the credit of being the only officer who-brought his company out of the battle. He came to near Chillicothe about 1800, and moved to Scioto about 1808, and bought a farm a short distance below the present village of Commercial Point, then an unbroken wilderness.' His purchase was a part of the Taggart & McLaughlin survey. He married Miss McConnell before coming to Ohio. By her he raised ten children: David, Joseph, Eleazer, John, William, Mary, Lydia, Martha, Ruhamah, and Margaret. David went to Illinois; John to Indiana; Eleazer died in Preble county ; John died at Dayton; William went to Iowa; Mary married Robert Steele, of Ross county; Lydia married John May ; Martha married Thomas Fitzgerald, and went to Iowa; Ruhama married Robert Gibson, and died on the old homestead, in 1876; Margaret married Thomas Cummings, and lives in Missouri. She is the only one of the children now living. Captain Williamson died in 1838, aged eighty-five. His wife died about 1825.   Thomas Thompson came to Chillicothe some time before the year 1800. Some time before he came his father was killed in Pennsylvania by an Indian: When in Chillicothe, the same Indian, while drunken, boasted of the deed, and taunted young Thompson with a description of the scalping of. his father. Thompson became so enraged that he seized a handspike and dashed the Indian's brains out at a blow. He was arrested and placed under guard to prevent his falling into the hands of the remaining Indians, but watched his opportunity, and escaped from the guard, who fired several shots at him, being careful not to hit him. He was secreted by friends for several weeks, until it was safe to leave the country, when he returned to Pennsylvania, where he married Martha Myers. In 1800 he returned to Ohio, and settled in Scioto township, on the McMahon survey, now owned by B. F. Walker, near the farm now owned by E. W. Gibson. One child was born to them before coming to Ohio, and afterwards the family increased to eleyen children. Four of them are now living in this vicinity. -Thomas has a farm of one hundred and ninety-two acres, near the Bloomfield bridge; William lives on the Blake farm, half a mile north of Thomas; James lives three miles north of Commercial Point; Margaret (now Mrs. James Welsh), lives about three miles north of Commercial Point. Mr. Thompson died April 6, 1852, aged, eighty-five years. His wife died September 3, 1854, aged sixty-nine years.   John Thompson came at the same time as his brother, Thomas, in 1800. He was also a .soldier of the Revolutionary war. His father was murdered by an Indian, and he became so much embittered against the red men that he lost no opportunity to shoot one. He never boasted of his deeds, but it is tradition that many fell before his unerring rifle. One cold morning, in the late fall, he was watching for deer at a lick, half a mile west of Commercial Point. His neighbor, William Ballard, was -also hunting at the same place, and suffering from the cold, built a fire. While stooping over the blaze Thompson saw him, and drew a bead' on him, with his finger resting on the trigger of his gun, when Ballard raised his tall form, and was recognized by Thompson, just in time to save his life, he having been mistaken for an Indian. He was once chased by an Indian, and escaped by jumping across a narrow ravine. He was twice married; first, to Mrs. Mires, and afterward to Mrs. Carson,. He helped raise their children, but had none of his own. He was a justice of the peace in 1812. He became a prominent member of the Presbyterian church here.   William Ballard came to Ohio in 1800, and settled on Darby creek. In 1801 he came to Scioto, and bought one hundred acres. of land, now owned by B. F. Walker,