HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICK AWAY COUNTIES, OHIO - 375 Alarms that the Indians were on the war path, and were butchering the families of the settlers, sometimes caused the latter to retreat from their homes to some common point, where defense could be made, but no Indian massacre ever occurred here. About the time of the war of 1812, an alarm was circulated that the Indians were coming. It was caused by a young woman, Susan Sells, who was staying at Mr. King's, on Indian run. She asked Jacob Ebey to load a gun for her, as she wished to learn to shoot. It was near evening, and Mrs. Samuel Sells heard the report of a gun, and was sure the Indians were murdering King's people. She sent her step-son, Daniel Sells, to spread the alarm, while she hurried her family toward a place of safety. The alarm spread rapidly, and the settlers started toward Franklinton. Jacbb Ebey soon came from King's, with the team he had been using in plowing, and explained the cause of the alarm, and, as soon as possible, dissipated the fears of the settlers, and induced them to return to their homes. PERRY. This township is composed of two fractionally surveyed townships, in range nineteen, and is bounded on the west by the Scioto river, and on the east by Sharon township. It is ten miles in length from north to south, and from one to three miles in width, varying with the course of the river. It was originally a part of Liberty township; afterwards apart of Washington ; then a portion of it was attached to Norwich. It was organized with its present boundaries in 1820, and received the name Perry. There is no village in the township, and there was no post-office until after the completion of the Toledo and Columbus railroad. In 1878 a post-office was established at Olen- tangy station, and called Olentangy post-office. Previous to this time, the inhabitants procured their mail from the most convenient post-office, some going to Columbus, others to Worthington, and still others to Dublin. In 1808 a tract of five hundred acres of land in the north part of this township was given by the government to Thaddeus Kosciusko, in consideration for his services to the colonies during the Revolutionary war. He attempted to assign the patent to the land, to parties who desired to obtain it, but was unable to convey a good title, and the lands were afterwards claimed by his heirs. The first section, in the northeastern part of the township, was for many years owned, in whole or in part, by parties in Baltimore, Maryland, and very little of it was settled until after 183o. This section was first run off by Mr. Schenck, who reserved three hundred acres in the eastern part of the section, for his services in surveying, but never occupied the land himself. The portion belonging to the Baltimore parties was placed in the hands of Flavel and Homer Tuller, as agents. They surveyed it into one hundred acre lots and sold to settlers. There was also a tract of land in the south part of the township, near the present property of James Kenney, and known as the Dunn tract, that was for many years unsettled. About 1813 and 1814, Thomas Backus erected flouring-mills on the Scioto river, which proved of great benefit to the inhabitants of the vicinity. These mills were long known by his name. They finally passed out of his hands, and were many years known as McCoy's mills. They were still later known as Matere's mills, and Marble Cliff mills. The township received its name at the hands of John Davis, Chandler Rogers, Benjamin Gale, Mr. 'Fuller, and Uriah Clark. It was named Perry in honor of Commodore Oliver H. Perry, at the time it was organized as an independent township, in 182o. For many years elections were held alternately at school-houses number two and number five. In 1854, the township erected a small building for election purposes, and such Other uses as the township needed, on a lot leased from Joseph Henderson, near the center of the township. SCHOOLS. Perry is a township about ten miles long, and has a large territory for schools, of which there are eleven. A part of them are used by both Sharon and Perry townships, as at some seasons it is impossible for scholars to cross the Olentangy river to attend school, and the territory belonging to Sharon, west of the river, is not large enough to sustain independent schools. Early schools were started in a few places along the river, but no definite dates can be obtained. SETTLEMENT. The first settlement of Perry township began on the eastern side, which had an attraction to the early comers, from the fact that a community of a good class had early settled at Worthington, in the adjoining township of Sharon. Following closely on this was the settlement on the Scioto river, near the present town of Dublin. The first settlers on the east were Ezekiel and Morris 376 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO. Brown, who located near the present Elmwood station. They made improvements on the land, and in 1806, Ezekiel sold his. land to Bela M. Tuller, who occupied it, and made his home there in 1807. He was located on the main road leading from Franklinton to the army headquarters, near Urbanna, and during the war of 1812, he found a ready sale for a large amount of stock and provisions for the use of the troops, and of travelers along the road. Morris Brown sold his property some years later to Chandler Rogers. Robert Boyd came to Perry about 1804, and settled on fractional section fifteen, which he bought with a tax title. He improved the land, and, in 1834, sold it and moved to Winchester, Illinois, where he died. His first wife was a Kepler, the daughter of an early settler in Delaware county; his second wife was Electa Beal. After her death, he married a Miss Kilpatrick. Peter Millington came from New York, in 1804, and settled on lot fourteen, in the fourth quarter. He cleared the land, and raised a family there. Paul Dearduff settled in Perry township, very early, and bought lots one, two, eleven, and thirteen, making his home on lot eleven. He had a family, consisting of: Peter, Anthony, Isaac, Susan, and Amy. He died before 1816. Samuel S. Shattuc came from Groton, Massachusetts, to Ohio, in 1811, and first settled in Columbus, where he worked at the carpenter trade two years. In 1813 he came to Perry, and bought two hundred acres in section four of township one, half a mile below the present location of Olentangy station. He first built a cabin in the woods, and commenced improving and clearing his land. In a short time he built a frame house, where he died, in 1875. He was the father of ten children, all but four of whom died young. But two of the children are now living, Rebecca and Harriet. Rebecca married Jonathan Tipton, and, with her husband and mother, occupies the old homestead. Harriet married B. F. Jaquith. Harding Pearse came about the same time as Mr. Shattuc, and bought ftfty acres, adjoining. Together, they sold some land for village lots, but were never able to build up a village. The balance of his land, he sold to J. S. Fogle. Pearse was a carpenter by trade, and while living here married and raised a family. His wife died, and a short time after he died at James Kenney's. Amaziah Hutchison came from New York to Ohio, in 1812, and remained at Marietta one year after his arrival. In 1813 he came up to Perry township, where, with his brother, Daniel, he purchased one hundred acres of land, two and a half miles below Dublin bridge. There was a small cabin on the land, but no clearing. In 1818 he married Mary Ebey, who came with her father's family to Washington township, in 1806. He cleared his farm, and among the first things he did was to plant an orchard. They raised eight children, and lost one when three years of age. Of their children, Laura married Daniel W. Thomas; Almira married John M. Thomas, who lives a mile south of the Dublin and Worthington pike, where he has a farm of two hundred acres; Betsey Ann married Jacob H. Withey, and lives in Illinois; Mary Jane married Peyton Hoard ; Susan Ruth married Daniel Matheny. The sons were O. S., Charles A., and George M. William Walcott came from Virginia to Ohio in 1814, accompanied by his son, Robert. He was a Revolutionary soldier, and served throughout the war. By trade he was a shoemaker, and after his settlement he followed that business. Their journey through the woods was made on horseback, but to an old soldier this was but pastime. They settled below Columbus, where they remained several years. In 1819 Robert Walcott married Susan Legg, and in 1828 moved to Perry township with his father and his wife, and bought two hundred and ten acres of land in the same tract as that of Thomas Legg. Here William Walcott died in 1835. Robert Walcott and his wife raised a family of eleven children in their new home. He improved and cleared his land, and left a good property. Several of their children are deceased. Those now living are: Absalom, John, James, Robert, William, Tabitha, and Amelia. One lives in Delaware county, and the others in this vicinity. The home farm is now owned by Robert Walcott. John Davis came to Ohio in 1816, from Montgomery county, Maryland, and remained in Delaware county two years. In 1818 he settled in what is now Perry township, on lot thirteen, in the third quarter. The land was surveyed in 1807, by a man named Spencer, who laid it off into lots of one hundred acres each. When Mr. Davis came, there was no improvement of any As soon as possible after his arrival he built a hewn log house, before bringing on his family. His wife was Ann Simpson, who was a cousin of the mother of General Grant. They raised eight children to maturity, as follows: Ann, William, John, Nancy, Joshua, Samuel, Joseph, and Elizabeth. A son died when quite small. Three of the family are now living. John Davis, sr., was a soldier of the Revolutionary war. His son, John, died in 1878, aged nearly ninety. Elizabeth lives in Shelbyville,. Illinois; Samuel S. married Mrs. Matilda Sells Kilbourn, and lives on the north half of lot thirteen; Joshua married Edith A. DeFord, and died, leaving four children—Mary Ann, John W., William, and Joshua E. She then married Joseph Davis, a brother of her first husband. They raised six children, the youngest of whom lives on the old homestead and cares for his father in his declining years. Mrs. Davis died in 1874. Francis Davis, the oldest son of Joseph Davis, raised a company in Iowa during the war, and served with it nearly through the war, until his health failed and he was obliged to resign. The other children were: Martha Jane, Lucinda, Jacob, Elizabeth, and Joseph W., the latter of whom remains at home. Uriah Clark came about 1816, and bought the Dear-duff land. He had a family and lived there some years, until his death. Three of his sons lived near there, and a daughter lives in Dublin. Chandler Rogers settled near the Dublin and Worthington pike, where Elmwood station is now located, when the country was a wilderness. He owned two hundred acres or more, which he cleared and improved, and where SAMUEL S. DAVIS AND MATILDA DAVIS John Davis and wife, with their children, William, Samuel S., Joshua, and Joseph, emigrated from Montgomery county, Maryland, and settled in Ohio, in 1816. While on their journey, and after they had arrived at Zanesville, they met Joseph Eaton, who had control of a large tract of land in Delaware county, and were persuaded by him to go to his home, in Berlin township, that county, and settle on his land. They accordingly proceeded there, where they remained two years, but did not like the location, and made no purchase. In 1817, Samuel and Joseph came to Perry township, Franklin county, where they built a hewed log house, into which the family moved in 1819. Mr. Davis bought four hundred acres here, in the survey known as township two, the third quarter. Here John Davis died, in 1832, at the age of seventy-one years; his wife died in 1851, aged eighty-six years. Samuel S. Davis was born in Montgomery county, Maryland, September 13, 1798, and settled in Perry township, in 1818, where he made a home on his father's land. June 16, 1825, he married Matilda Sells, a daughter of John Sells, who settled in Dublin, on the west bank of the Scioto river, in 1808. Mrs. Matilda Davis was born in Kentucky, June 11, 1799. Before his marriage, Mr. Davis built a frame house on land he had bought from his father, by the hard labor of his own hands. Into this home he brought his bride, and here they entered upon the stern duties of life. To Samuel S. Davis and his wife were born eight children, but three of whom lived to maturity. With the joys they found in a home of their own, they also found sorrows in the loss of their children. Those who survived were: Charles, Matilda, and Marilla. Charles, the eldest, married Catharine Davis, and lives on the east part of the home farm. Matilda married Abraham Arts, and lives in Dublin. Manilla remains at home, and cares for her aged father. Mrs. Matilda Davis, the wife of S. S. Davis, and mother of his children, died March 8, 1869, aged sixty-nine years. Samuel S. Davis was elected as justice of the peace, in Perry township, in the spring of 1825, and served in this capacity twelve years. In 1841, and again in 1844, he was elected county commissioner, and, with the other commissioners, had charge of the funds of the county received from the general government, which amounted to a considerable sum. The control of this fund was afterwards taken in charge by the State. The house now ocpied by Mr. Davis and his family, was built in 1825, and has since been in constant use. It is located on the east bank of the Scioto river, about a mile south of Dublin bridge, and is a well-preserved and commodious home. Mr. Davis is now in the eighty-second year of his age, and is able to attend to all matters connected with his property, of which he has amassed a comfortable competence. HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO - 377 he died. His family are all dead or removed to other parts.   John Bickett came from Pennsylvania in 1819. He bought one hundred and sixty acres of  land in township one, section one, range nineteen, and afterwards bought an additional one hundred and thirty acres. When he came he was accompanied by his wife. He improved the land and built a frame house. His wife died and he remarried, but had no children. He died in 1866, leaving no will, and his wife inherited the property, which she rents, making her home in North Columbus.   A man named Lord owned a large tract of land near where the Backus mill was built. He died on this land before 1816. One of his daughters married Thomas Backus.   Benjamin Gale came to Perry township very early, some time before 1816. He settled on section four, in township two, in the north part of the section. He was a prominent man, and an early trustee of the township. After remaining here for a number of years, he sold his land, and with one of his sons moved to Missouri, where he died. Another of his sons was the first settler in White Pigeon, Michigan. He also sold out, and moved to Missouri.   Frederick Wiser came from Pennsylvania in 1812, and bought one hundred acres of land a little south of Olen-tangy station. He had a wife, but never had a family. He died about 1857, and his wife died in 1878. The property was willed to John Barnett, a nephew.   Mr. Morris settled on the fractional section south of John Davis, very early. This fractional section is very small, containing not more than one hundred acres, and lies along the bank of the Scioto river. His children were Stanton, William, Benjamin, John, Sally, Bethuel, Ellery, Hannah, and Lucinda. All went farther west many years ago. The land is now owned by George Mathews.   Captain Daniel Mickey came from Kentucky, in 1801, and settled a mile and a half below Dublin bridge, on the fourth quarter of the township, lot ten, in 1804. He was a soldier during the Revolutionary war, and served six years. His eldest son, Thomas, was a captain in the war of 1812. He was killed by a fall from a bridge near his home. Captain Daniel Mickey had several sons and daughters. They were named Thomas, Daniel, John, William, Betsey, Anna, Nancy, Polly, and Sally. Daniel died when about twenty years of age; John never married—was crippled in one leg, caused by a white swelling; William married, and went to Illinois, where he died; Betsey died in Illinois; Anna married, raised a family, and died in Washington township ; Nancy married, and moved to Mechanicsburg, where she died; Polly married John Thomas, and lived in Perry township many years; they finally went to Illinois, and from there to St. Joseph, Missouri, where both died; Sally married Griffith Thomas, and settled in Perry township. He died in 1859. They raised four children—Daniel, James, John, and Eliza. Mrs. Thomas lives with her son, James, on the pike, east of Dublin; her son, Daniel, lives near Dublin bridge, and John lives south of Dublin tollgate; Eliza married James Jimison, and lives on the Dublin and Worthington pike.   John Shepard came from Washington county, Maryland, in 1816, and located, with his family, consisting of a wife and two children, in Perry township, where he bought one hundred acres of land, in fractional section number one, of township one, and range nineteen. This was located near the Scioto river, on the upland, and five miles south of Dublin bridge. There was a cabin on the premises when he purchased, that had been built by Jacob Gray, a Canadian, who left his home there, on the breaking out of the war of 1812, preferring to cast his lot on the side of freedom. He had purchased three hundred acres of this tract, and had partly girdled the timber on the bottoms, and cut away the pawpaw and thorn bushes. After selling, he moved to Madison county, where he died. Mr. Shepard improved and cleared the land, and built a frame house above a spring of excellent water. 'They had two children, when they first settled, and two more were born in their new home. Mr. Shepard was thrown from his horse, in 1826, and in the fall struck against a log, instantly killing him. His wife died in 1868. Their children were: Alexander, who married Elizabeth Adams, in Hamilton township, and now resides at the old homestead; Sarah, his sister, who remains single, and lives with him;. Ruhamah, who married Nathan House, of Licking county, and, while visiting her brother, in 1869, died suddenly; Jane, the third child, lives single, in Dublin.   Anthony Courtright settled on the Kosciusko lands in 1819. He bought a tract of this land at the tax sales, and cleared and improved it. There was no timber cut when he came on the land. He raised a family here.   Joseph Smith emigrated from Ovid, Seneca county, New York, in 1816, with his wife and seven children. They journeyed by the way of Marietta, coming from that place through Columbus by wagons. He bought a tract of three hundred acres of land from John Sells. There was a small log cabin on the land, but no clearing. He improved the land, with the help of his children, and after a time bought five hundred acres in the Kosciusko tract, at tax sale. The purchasers of this tract had to stand a great deal of litigation, as parties claiming to be heirs to the land presented their claims to it, but were eventually unable to establish a title. The land is now owned under tax deeds which is considered a good title. Mr. Smith sold his purchase after owning it a short time.   David Smith came to Perry about 1816, and located east of the Scioto river, and about a mile north of Dublin, where he improved a farm. He had four sons and four daughters. One daughter, Mrs. Matilda Bethard, still lives in the township.   Eleazur Piper settled on lot eight, in 1818. He also owned lot nine, but did not clear it. The lot on which he lived, he cleared and improved, and there he died about 1832. Mr. Piper was a good scholar and a surveyor. The property was bought, about 1843, by three brothers, named Mathews.   Daniel Bowers came to Ohio, from New York State, in 1816, and first settled on the Pickaway plains, where   48   378 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO.   he remained about eleven years. In 1827, he moved to Perry township, with his family, and settled nor far from the present location of Olentangy station. His children were: Daniel, Allen, Wheeler, Eleazur, Lyman, Clark, William, Polly, Julia, and Philena. All are now dead.   The early settlers on the Kosciusko tract were the Marshs, Smiths, and Courtrights, all of whom bought the land at tax sale.   Benjamin Marsh came from the east, and settled at Marietta, at an early day. From that place he moved to Franklinton, and then to the Kosciusko lands, where he settled before 1816. He brought a family of four sons and four daughters. They were: Josiah, Joel, Esther, Patsy, Lucinda, and three others. None of the family are living in this county. Josiah lives in Union county.   John Smith, son of Joseph Smith, settled on lot four, near the Scioto river, in the north part of the township. He improved this land, which he then sold, and settled on a part of his father's farm. He again sold, and this time moved to Allen county, where he died.   Robert McCoy came from Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, in 1815, accompanied by his wife and five children, and first settled above Columbus, where he remained three years. In 1818, he removed to Perry, where he bought one hundred acres of land, on the hills above the Scioto river, and some five miles below Dublin bridge. He afterward added one hundred acres to his original purchase. The land was originally owned by Dr. Ball, of Franklinton. John Hiner had a lease on the tract, and sold to Samuel James; he selling to McCoy. Hiner had a cabin and small clearing when McCoy came. There were many hogs running wild in the woods, fattening on mast and turkey peas, a root which was abundant in the forest. On his arrival, Mr. McCoy planted a field of corn, and was successful in raising enough to supply the needs of his family for the first season. He cleared and improved his land, and here two of his children were born, the names of all betng: James, Hugh P., Mary Ann, Nancy, Eliza, Rebecca, and Sally. James married Zippora Richards, and lives with his children, on the home farm. None of his brothers or sisters live in the State. Some emigrated to Indiana, while that State was yet a territory, and have since died there.   Abraham Preston came from Otsego county, New York, in 1817, and settled, for a year, in Columbus. He then lived two years in Mifflin township. In 1823 he moved to Perry township and bought a small tract of land near Olentangy station, where he built a cabin and made an improvement. He had four children—Lora M., Lovisa, Ira A., and Mary Ann. Laura M. married Allen Bowers, who died in 1868, and she lives near Olentangy station; Ira lives in Iowa; Lovisa married a brother of Allen Bowers, and lives in Clinton; Mary Ann married Hiram Case, and lives in Perry.   Joseph Ferris came to Ohio in May, 1818, when a young man, and stayed a few weeks in Chillicothe, where he worked at his trade, that of a carpenter. From there he came on to Circleville, and worked about six months. He then came to Perry township, where he married Sarah Smith, in May, 1819, and settled on a part of her father's farm, about a mile north of Dublin, where they now live. He has always worked at his trade, and never farmed but little. They had four children—Sherman, Leroy, Catharine, and Joseph. Sherman died in New Orleans; Leroy lives in McLean county, Illinois; Joseph is dead; and Catharine married Edward Wright, and lives near her parents, and farther up the river. When a young man, Mr. Ferris helped make a corduroy road between Dublin and Worthington, his pay being eighteen cents a rod. These corduroy roads were made by laying logs and brush across the track and covering with dirt.   John Kenney came from Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, to Ohio, in 1819, arriving in October of that year. He settled in township one, section four, now included in Perry township, the southern part. There he bought three hundred and thirty acres of land in the Johnson tract, which he cleared and improved, and where he eventually built a fine brick house. With him came his wife and two children. Two more children were born after their settlement. Their names are: Benjamin Chriswell, James, Hannah, and Eliza Jane. James is the only one of the family now living, and occupies and owns the old homestead; Hannah married William Fairfield, and went with him to Illinois, where she died; Eliza Jane died of lung disease when twenty-four years of age.   Samuel Harper came to Ohio about 1819, and settled on section one township one, northwest from the farm of John Kenney. He cleared and improved this land, after which he sold it, and moved to Illinois, where he died.   Reuben Skeels came to Ohio about 182o, and settled on the Thomas Johnson tract of land, where he purchased seventy-five acres of John. Kenney. This he partially cleared, and sold back to Kenney. He then moved, with his family, to Illinois, where he died, and where, also, most of his family have died. None now live in this vicinity. They went west at the same time as did Samuel Harper and family.   Elijah Legg emigrated to Ohio in 1815, coming over the mountains with a large wagon, drawn by a five-horse team, and settled, with his family, near Chillicothe, on the north fork of Paint creek, where he remained some four years, and then removed to Highland 'county. After living there three years, he again moved, in 1822, this time locating tn Perry township, where he bought fifty acres of land in township one, section one, and erected a log cabin, with shingle roof. When he purchased the land, not a stick of timber had been cut. He cleared and improved the land, and died in 1852; his wife died in 1847. The place is now owned by James Walcott.   Thomas Legg came at the same time as his father, with whom he remained several years, then living on the north fork of Paint creek, about eleven miles distant from Chillicothe, and near Old Town, or Frankfort. While living there, in 182o, he married Amelia Lane. They raised three sons and five daughters. In 1828 they moved on the McCoy farm, near the mill in Perry township, and on the Scioto river. There they remained one year, when they moved to the place he now owns. He bought land, and commenced the hard work of hewing a home   HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO - 379   out of the forest. Not a stick of timber had been cut. The first work was to provide a shelter for the wife and five children. A place had first to be cleared on which to erect a cabin, which was done as quickly as possible. The nearest neighbors were more than a mile distant, and when informed of his determination to make a home in that location, they discouraged him as much as they could, by saying that he and his family would starve before he could provide food for them there. He was possessed of an indomitable energy, and was determined to succeed. The prospect certainly looked dark to a most sanguine temperament, as he had no money, and was two hundred dollars in debt for his land. But perseverance and hard work conquered every obstacle. The first year he cleared and deadened ten acres, which he planted in corn. The work of clearing was continued until late in the night, and often twelve o'clock saw him busy, burning brush and log heaps. The second year he had twenty acres under cultivation, and the very neighbors who had told him he would starve, were glad to come to him for a portion of the grain he had raised. Thus he continued at his work, until he has secured a good home and many broad acres. As his children grew, they were of great assistance to him in his labors; and now, that he is unable to do hard labor, he has the satisfaction of having secured a competence, and the right to a quiet old age. He has provided homes for several of his children, and still has a good farm, on which he resides. The wife of his younger days gave him eight children, and then passed away, August r 5, 1852. In 1854, he married Hannah Wetherbee, his present wife. All of his children were by his first wife, and are as follows: Nancy, Elizabeth, John Lucinda, Elias, Louis, Amelia, Ann, and Minerva. All but one are married, and all live so near him that he can visit them in one day. He is now in the eighty-fourth year of his age.   Jacob Slyh came from Virginia to Franklin county, Ohio, in 1828, and bought one hundred and fifty acres of land from B. Hess, paying therefor one thousand dollars. There was a good house and an orchard on the place when he bought tt. He had eight children, five of whom are now living. D. M. married Roselpha Griswold, and lives in Perry township, where he has a farm and a stone quarry; Jacob E. married Louisa Walcott, and lives in Clinton ; Mrs. Rebecca I. Walcott, a daughter, lives, a widow, in Franklin township; Mary E. married E. M. Walcott, and lives in Perry township, near Olen-tangy station.   Samuel Billingsly came from Maryland to Ohio, in 1830, and purchased ninety-two and one-half acres of land on what is called the saw-mill road, in the north part of the township. There was a cabin on the land, which had been built by a man named Thorp, but there was no clearing. He improved the land, and died at this place in 1864. Two sons and one daughter live in the county.   Jacob Pawpaw owned the adjoining land. He came some years previous to Billingsly, and had quite a clearing in 183o. He remained there quite a number of years and further improved the land, which he afterwards sold. After disposing of his land he moved to Delaware county, where he died. None of his descendants now remain in this vicinity.   Pleasant Litchford came to Ohio from Virginia in 1831. He was formerly a slave, and bought his freedom from his master, who was also his father, by money he saved from extra work, paying therefor fourteen hundred dollars. He then worked until he had obtained the means to purchase the freedom of his mother, an old woman, for whom he paid five hundred and fifty dollars. When he came to Ohio he bought two hundred and twenty-six acres of land, on which he built a cabin. He brought his wife and children with him, and raised them on free soil, his own land. He cleared and improved his place, and died there tn 1879, leaving eight children, who now occupy the property.   J. S. Fogle came from Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in 1836, with his family, consisting of a wife and three children. He bought sixty-eight acres of land a short distance south of the present Olentangy station, on which was a small frame building and a clearing of fifteen acres. In 1859 he built a substantial brick house, and has his farm well cleared and improved. Three children were born before their settlement, and three since, who are living. Their names are: Savina, Leah, Rebecca, Sarah Jane, John Adam, and Rachel. All are married, and three live in the township.   R. H. Armstrong moved into Franklin county in 1856, and settled in Brown township, wher he remained twenty-three years. He now lives in the north part of Perry township, near the Scioto river.   Thomas Johnston came from Virginia to Ohio in 1805, and settled about five miles below Columbus, in Hamilton township, where he brought a large tract of land. His wife also had a tract of six hundred acres in Perry township, which was divided between two sons, Edwin and Thomas. In 1837, both settled on their land, which they cleared and improved. A small clearing had been made when they came on the land. Thomas Johnston married Eliza Brobeck, and died in Perry township. His widow lives with her daughter on the property. A son, H. F. Johnston, lives in the north part of Washington township.   James Bickett settled in Perry in 1832 or 1833. He bought a piece of land just north of Kenney's, which he improved. He died on the place. His wife and daughter reside in Delaware, and a son, Dr. W. W. Bickett, practices medicine at Worthington.   Rudolph Pheneger and wife came from Pennsylvania to Ohio in 1837. He bought land in the south part of Perry township, about two years after he came to Ohio. When he bought the land there was no clearing, and no road. The two years following his arrival he lived in Mr. Bickett's house, who boarded him, working a part of the time on Bickett's farm. He was a carpenter by trade, and followed that business until hts health was such that he was obliged to give it up. He cleared and cultivated his land, and has had a good farm and home. He was married in 1836 to Elizabeth Galbraith, and has six children. The oldest son is in Kansas ; one is in   380 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO.   California; two live in the north part of Perry township, and two are at home.   Samuel Galbraith came from Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in 1838.. Immediately after his arrival, he and Rudolph Pheneger bought a small tract of land, which, at that time, had no improvement on it. He built a cabin, and cleared and improved the land. When he came he brought his wife and family of ten children, most of whom are now living in the county. One is in California, and one in Indiana. The old home is occupied by Samuel Galbraith, jr. William, another son, read medicine with Dr. Goble, of Worthington, and graduated from the Columbus medical college. He is now practicing in Perry township, and lives north of the old home. He married Georgiana Umbaugh, by whom he has two children living.   John and Ezekiel Wilson, brothers, together bought one hundred acres of land in the Linn tract, which is located in the north part of the township, about 1838. They cleared the land, or a portion of it, and sold it. One of the brothers went to Iowa, where he now lives. The whereabouts of the other is not known. The land has since changed owners many times.   Henry Armstrong bought one hundred acres near the Wilson settlement, in 1847. No clearing had been made on this lot. He built a cabin and improved the land, and now has a comfortable home.   Joseph Wethrill settled on the east line of the township, and well toward the southern part, near the present Union church, which is located in Clinton township, in 1840. He made a clearing there, and afterwards sold his farm, and moved, with his family, to Putnam county.   George Umbaugh came from Pennsylvania, in 1840, and bought a tract of land owned by Samuel Harper, on which a clearing had been made and building erected. He still. owns this property, which he has further improved. Georgiana, his daughter, married Dr. William Galbraith, and lives near by.   John K. Delashmutt came from Frederick county, Maryland, to Ohio, in 1802, when a young man. He married Sarah Worthington, in Hamilton township, and after marriage, established a hat shop in, Franklinton, where he continued in business until 1812, when he went on a farm in Madison county, where he died in about 1824. His wife died about the same time. They had seven children, three of whom died in infancy. The four who survived were: William, Harriet C., Porter B., and Van B. William married Lois Smith, and farmed in Hamilton township two years. In 1844 they moved .to Perry, and bought wild land, to which he was obliged to cut a road that he might reach it. As soon as possible, he built a small framed house, and commenced clearing his land. From time to time he made additions to his house, until he now has a comfortable home, and a good farm of seventy-five acres. They have raised four children, and lost one in infancy. All but one of the children are married. One lives in Auglaize county; the others are near home.   John Stewart settled in Franklinton very early. He entered section number one, township one, on an officer's warrant, that he had purchased, but never lived on the land. After his death, which occurred about 1812, the property was apportioned among his children. One daughter, Mary, married Robert C. Henderson, and settled in Hamilton township, in 1819, where she died. She inherited five hundred and forty acres of land, in Perry, from her father's estate, and, on her death, the property in Perry fell to her two sons, Joseph and John S. Joseph settled on the east half of the land, in 1851. It was all a forest of heavy ttmber at that time. John S. had the west half of the land. Both improved and cleared, and, in 1859, Joseph Henderson built a fine brick dwelling on his land. He married Martha S. Robertson, and has ten children. John S. married Mary E. Johnson, and has two children living.   JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.   The following is a list of the justices of the peace in Perry township from the date of the first election held as an independent township, in 1820: 1820, Asaph Allen, elected; 1821, Chandler Rogers and Uriah Clark, elected; 1822, Robert Boyd, in place of Allen; 1824, Chandler Rogers, re-elected; 1825, Amaziah Hutchison and Samuel S; Davis, in place of Clark and Boyd; 1827, Chandler Rogers, re-elected; 1828, Amaziah Hutchison, re-elected, and Daniel Beard in place of Davis; 1830, Jacob Leaf, in place of Rogers; 1831, Amaziah Hutchison, reelected, and Samuel S. Davis in place of Beard; 1832, Richard Gale, jr., in place of Hutchison, who neglected to qualify; 1833, John Hutchison, in place of Leaf; 1834, Samuel S. Davis, re-elected; 1835, Chandler Rogers, in place of Gale; 1836, Amaziah Hutchison, elected; 1837, Daniel Beard in place of Davis; 1838, William Mitchell, elected, and C. Rogers, re-elected; 1839, Allen Bowers, elected; 1841, C. Rogers and John Swisher; 1842, William Mitchell and Allen Bowers; 1844, C. Rogers and John Swisher, re-elected; 1845, William Mitchell, reelected; 1846, Jacob Popaw, in place of Mitchell; 1847, John Swisher and David Rogers; 1849, Jacob Popaw, re-elected; 1850, John Swisher and David Rogers, reelected; 1852, Jacob Popaw, re-elected; 1853, John Swisher and David Rogers, re-elected; 1855, Barzillia Billingsly, in place of Popaw; 1856, John Swisher and David Rogers, re-elected; 1858, Isaac Davidson, in place of Billingsly; 1859, John L. Walcott and David Rogers; 1861, W. B. Hays, elected; 1862, Jacob Miller, elected; 1865, Jacob Miller, re-elected; 1867, John L. Walcott, elected; 1868, John Starrett, elected; 1871, John Starrett, re-elected; 1873, H. C. Tipton, elected; 1874, John Starrett, re-elected, and C. R. Seeley, elected; 1878, Hiram J. Cox and J. W. Davis, elected; 1879, Wilmer Wolcott and H. C. Tipton, elected.   BUSINESS ENTERPRISES.   A brewery was started half a mile below the present Olentangy station, soon after 1830, by John McCoy, who run it several years. The building was afterward fitted up and used as a dwelling-house, and finally caught fire and was burned to the ground.   A distillery was started near the brewery about the same time, by Simon Shattuck. The works were in a   HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO - 381   log building, but it was not continued in operation very long. The still was removed, and the building was afterwards used, for a time, as a place of meeting by a Methodist class. It was finally torn down, and the timber used in building a barn.   A mill was built on the Scioto river about 1813 or 1814, by Thomas Backus, which has always borne a good reputation for general and custom work. It was long known as Backus' mills, afterward as McCoy's mills, then as Matere's mills, and later, as Marble Cliff mills. This mill is well toward the southern extremity of the township.   Another mill was built a mile above Dublin bridge, about 1850, and is run at present by Norris Corbin.   A man named Brubeck started a distillery a little above Marble Cliff mills, at an early day. It was an old building in 1832, and has long since been torn down.   Below Marble Cliff mtlls is a large stone quarry, which has been worked for many years. The cliffs along the river at this point abounded in rattlesnakes at an early day, they finding a refuge in the seams of the rocks. One of their dens was closed by some of the early settlers, and many years later, when the stone was removed, a large number of bones of the reptiles were found. They have been long since entirely exterminated.   About 1850 Simon Shattuck laid off a part of his farm into small lots, and brought a number of families into close proximity. The place has since been known as Shattucksburg, though it has never been called a town, nor was it intended as such.   In 1878, after the Columbus and Toledo railroad was built through the township north and south, a station was built two miles west of Worthington, and called Elmwood. A small grocery is kept at this place. A station was also built two miles or more south of this, and called Olentangy. A post-office was established -here the same year, and a small grocery. The first postmaster was Jerry O. Jewett. The present -postmaster ,is George Runner.   CHURCHES.   ASBURY CHURCH.   A Methodist class was formed near Marble Cliff mills at some time previous to 1840. It met for time in a log cabin, until 1840, when Rev. Uriah Heath organized a church, and proceeded to build the present stone edifice, near the mill, on the bank of the Scioto river. Some of the early members were Louis Lane and wife, and James Adams and wife. Services are kept up at the church, but the membership is small. A Sabbath-school is also maintained by the congregation.   FLETCHER CHURCH   was also organized by Rev. Uriah Heath, about the same time as Asbury church. A class had been organized some years previously, and meetings were held in an old school-house. A Sunday-school was first started at this place, by members of the Presbyterian society. The early members of the church were: Mary Wright and twc daughters, Mary Mathews, Mr. Toy and wife, Johr Mathews, wife and two daughters, William Gray and Wife; Amos Belford and wife, and others. A stone church was built about 1848, near the residence of Mr. Wright, on the Scioto river.   BETHEL METHODIST CHURCH   was organized about 1840, by Rev. Uriah Heath, in the east part of Perry township, and near the present location of Olentangy station. The church was first organized as a Methodist class, at Simon Shattuck's, half a mile south of its present site. Meetings were for a time held in a building that was formerly used as a distillery. The present church is a frame building, and was erected about 1848. Regular services are held here, and a Sunday-school is sustained.   A PREDESTINARIAN BAPTIST CHURCH   was organized in Perry township, a little south of Olen-tangy station, in June, 1827, by Elder Adam Miller. The first members were : Adam Miller and wife, Abraham Preston and wife, Aaron Bowers and wife, Daniel Heath and wife, Alpheus Toll and wife, and several others. Services were held in a school-house, which is now used as a dwelling house. Elder Miller preached here some four years, and was succeeded by Elder Mahlon Peters. A few- years later the organization was given up, a part of the members joining the Methodist church.   ANCIENT WORKS.   On the banks of the Scioto river, in Perry township, are remains of ancient works, which have the appearance of fortifications, and were undoubtedly used as such by some earlier inhabitants of this country, of whom all trace, further than these forts and mounds, is lost. On the farm of Joseph Ferris, a mile north of Dublin bridge, are to be seen, in a good state of preservation, the outlines and embankments of three forts. One of these is within a few feet of his house, and is, perhaps, eighty feet in diameter inside, with an entrance at the east side. The ditch and embankment are well defined. A short distance northeast of this spot, and within arrow shot of it, is a larger fort, in a square form, and enclosing nearly or quite half an acre of ground. Although the tramping of cattle for many years has worn down the embankments, they are several feet high, and the ditch, which is inside the works, is now some six feet deep. When the country was first settled, this ditch was ftlled with water, and was a bed of mire, a pole thrust into the ground to a depth of ten feet finding no solid ground beneath. This would tend to show that originally this was a strong place, and that the ditch was quite deep. Time has filled it with dead leaves, and refuse matter has assisted in obliterating this work. It is situated on a hill that commands a view of the country for a considerable distance in either direction. At a little lower point, and nearer the river, is a small mound. There was also a small mound in the center of the larger fort, which was opened many years since, and found to contain the bones of a large man. These crumbled in pieces soon after being exposed to the air. It is possible that by uncovering the ditch of this fort, some relics of the extinct race that built these works might be obtained. Search of this kind has generally been turned toward the mounds, in-   382 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO.   stead of the inner ditches of the fort, where probably was the habitation of the builders. A short distance from this larger fort is a smaller one than that first described. There have been several old works of this kind along the bank of the river, between these works and Columbus, but they are mostly obliterated by the cultivation of the' land on which they stood.   GENERAL.   The north part of Perry township, as well as several large tracts of land in other parts, was not settled until within the past twenty or thirty years, the land being owned mostly by non-residents and their heirs, who did not see fit to place it on the market until quite recently. The timber was white oak, burr oak, elm, beech, maple, ash, hickory, and walnut, along the river and runs. There has never been a regular cemetery in Perry, although there are many private burial grounds.   PRAIRIE.   This township presents, to stranger eyes, few distinctive features. Its surface is level, its soil varied, and generally well adapted to the growing of wheat and corn. Its streams are: Darby creek, which, flows along a portion of the western boundary; Darby run, flowing from north to south, in nearly a direct course, about central in the township, and Scioto run, which rises in the eastern portion of the township, and flows eastward to the Scioto river, into which its waters are discharged. None of these streams are now of much importance, so far as concerns water power, they being dry, or nearly so, during the summer- months. The geographical situation of Prairie township is as follows: Bounded on the north by Brown and Norwich townships; south by Pleasant township; east by Franklin and Jackson townships, and west by the township of Jefferson, Madison county.   SETTLEMENT.   The writer has been unable to ascertain to whom belongs the honor of having been the first settler in Prairie township..   William T. Martin says, in his history of Franklin county: "Amongst the early settlers in this township were : Samuel- Higgins and family, Shadrick Postle and family, and William Mannon and family." Numerous representatives of the Postle family are still residents of the township, and are an industrious and thrifty family.   The Clover family, who were conspicuous among the early settlers, were natives of Virginia. The parents were Henry and Catharine Clover. Early in the present century, they settled in Ross county. A family, numbering twelve came with them. In 1813, they located in Prairie, in the northern portion of the township, forming the nucleus of what is still known as the "Clover settlement." The parents died there, though not until. they had seen the happy fruition of their labors and hardships, for, indeed, had they made their wilderness home to "blossom as the rose." Of the children-----whose names were: Peter, Joshua, Jacob, Solomon, Henry, Samuel, Philip, John William, Aaron, and two sisters—Margaret, who married Joshua Cole, and now resides at Fort Wayne, Indiana, is the only one now living, though numerous descendants yet reside in Franklin county. It is said of Solomon, that he was a great hunter, and killed more wolves, bears, and deer, with which the country then abounded, than any of his competitors. Samuel was also proficient in hunting.   Joseph Hickman, a native of Virginia, and a soldier of the Revolution, came to Ohio in the year 1806. His wife was Jane Butcher, by whom eight children were born prior to removing to Ohio. The place of his settlement was Franklinton, now a part of the city of Columbus, and here America, relict of Christopher Davis, who now lives in Prairie township, was born, November 25, 1807. To this lady the writer is indebted for many items of interest in this history. Mr. Hickman, who was a farmer, died in about 1821, and his wife some three years later. The children, who are all deceased except Mr. Davis, were: Tacey, Townsend, Effie, John, Sarah Ann, Elan, Susannah, and Joseph Shelton.   James Gardner came from Harper's _Ferry, Virginia, to Ross county, Ohio, at the beginning of the present century, and, for a few years, lived on the north fork of Paint creek. Eventually, he located at Georgesville, Pleasant township, where he became prominently connected with the industries of that place. The first business he engaged in was milling, erecting the first gristmill of anything like respectable proportions at that point. He also built a distillery. These flourished for a time, but eventually they went to decay, and now no trace of these pioneer improvements remains. Mr. Gardner's first wife was a Miss Oldham, who died after giving birth to three children. Of these, but one is living: William, who married Miss Merritt, and resides in Fairfield township. Nathaniel, now deceased, married Mahala Walker. A son of Joseph C. lives in Prairie township. James Gardner contracted a second marriage, the fruits of which were six children, the following of whom are   383 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICK AWAY COUNTIES, OHIO.   living: Michael ; James, who married Susan. Martin; Joseph, who married Catharine Melvin; Mary, wife of Dr. Martin; Nancy, now Mrs. Samuel Bradfield. Nearly all these live in the State of Illinois. James Gardner died in about 1857, and his wife some years previous.   Cade Young located in Franklin county, quite early in its settlement, with a family consisting of a wife and three children. Two of these now live in Prairie township: DeWitt Clinton, who married Mary Clover, and Jasper, who married Mary Elliott. Both have fine farms on or near the National road.   Thomas Graham, who married Jemima Cockrell, lived in Loudoun county, Virginia, and came to Franklinton in 1827. Two years later he located in Prairie township, where he died. There were eight children in the family, only two of whom live in Prairie: Thomas and Sarah (Mrs. William Clover). John lives in Columbus, and has been quite prominent in the public affairs of the county.   Daniel Harrington, of Kentucky, located in Franklin-ton in its infancy, and, it is said, helped to build some of the first log cabins in that village. He married Catharine Stiarwalt, and, in 1818, located in Jackson township, and lived there until 1824, when he settled in Prairie township, on a farm now comprised in the Gatton estate. He died about 1847, and his widow removed to Kansas, where she died, in 1865. Of the five children comprising this family, but two are now alive : Peter, who married Mary Ann Robinson, is the village shoemaker at Alton, and Nicholas, who married Delilah Winecoop, lives in Kansas. The father, mother, brothers, and sisters of Daniel Harrington were butchered, upon the "dark and bloody ground" of Kentucky, by the Indians.   William D. Mason emigrated from Scotland to America, in about 1845, going direct to Cincinnati, where he soon after married Isabelle Neave, also a native of Scot land, and, four years later, removed to Franklin county, locating on the farm now occupied by the family, who have now over three hundred acres of land. Mr. Mason died August 19, 1866. Of the seven children who were the fruits of this union, five are now living: Lizzie, William D., and Lucretia, live at home; Mary, who married R. F. Elliott, lives in the county, and Belle, who married A. J. Snow, lives in Collinwood, Cuyahoga county, Ohio.   Among other early settlers, we have the names of S. S. Hunter, Edward Hopper, James Daugherty, and there are doubtless many others who might be, with equal propriety, mentioned in this connection.   ORGANIZATION.   Prairie township was erected as such in 1819. It was formed from Franklin, and included much of the territory now known as Brown township. An election for township officers was held soon after, but the writer is unable to give the first officers. The present (1879) township officers are: Benjamin Elliott, Zadoc Postle, and James Cummins, trustees; Coonrad Grainer, clerk; Franklin Postle, treasurer; George Postle, assessor; Henry Alton and William Sparksman, constables. There; are nine supervisors of roads. Following is a list of those who have served as justices of the peace for Prairie township, from its formation to the present time: 1820, Peter Clever, Francis Downing; 1823, James Boyd; 1826, Israel P. Brown, William Stiarwalt; 1829, Peter Clover; 1832, George Richey, John G. Neff; 1835, William Starwalt, Russell N. Grinold; 1837, Reuben Golliday; 1839; Thomas O'Harra, David Howard; 1845, Thomas J. Moorman; 1848, John Gantz; 1851, David P. Cole, Samuel Kell; 1857, Andrew W. Shearer, Smith Postle; ,186o, Samuel Kell, A. W. Shearer; 1872, Horton Howard, J. F. Colburn; 1875, F. A. McCormick; 1878, 'I'. B. Norris and J. F. Colburn, who are the present incumbents.   EARLY EVENTS.   The first post-office in the township was established in the summer of 1836, and John Graham was commissioned postmaster. Following is the succession to this office until the present: Mervin Stiarwalt, David P. Cole, Solomon Putman, Goodhue McGill, A. W. Shearer, Peter Harrington, William Brentlinger, and William Lambert, who is the present incumbent. The office is now located. at the railroad station. Another post-office was established at Galloway station, a few years since. Milton Demorest is postmaster.   The first physician to locate in Prairie township was George Richey. This was early in the settlement—perhaps 182o. .Dr. Richey was a skillful practitioner, and a valuable man in the community. He practiced many years. The.present . medical staff of the township is composed of L. Woodruff, T. B. Norris (who located at Alton in 1871), and William Pinkerton, all of good ability, we learn.   A hotel was opened in Alton, soon after that hamlet came into being. The Alton house, at this point, is now under. the management of Thomas Thompson.   SCHOOLS.   The first school in Prairie township was taught by Peter Clover in a little log building standing on his farm. The date was early, perhaps in 1817 or 1818. Catharine, Betsey, and several of the Clover family, America Htckman (Mrs. Davis), and other children, to the number of twenty, composed the school. A log house was next built, near where Benjamin Elliot now lives. This was occupied for both school and church purposes for many years.   CHURCHES.   The first meetings in the township were held at the house of Henry Clover, early in the settlement, by ministers of the Methodist faith. Revs. John Solomon and George Nealy are remembered as among the first preachers. Soon after religious services were held at the house of Shadrack Postle, and at both these points classes were formed, which in time grew to be flourishing congregations, with substantial church edifices, Sabbath-schools, etc. Another class was formed and a meeting-house erected on the Harrisburg and Galloway turnpike, near the southern line of the township.   384 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND. PICK AWAY COUNTIES, OHIO.   VILLAGES.   After the construction of the National road, in the spring of 1836, the town of Alton was laid out. This was by Thomas Graham. At this point there is now a church, school, drug-store and grocery, and a tavern. About the same date, James Bryden and Adam Brotherlin surveyed another town, on the pike, something over two miles east of Alton; this they named Rome. Its . classic name did not, however, draw any considerable number to dwell therein, and whatever glory may have gathered about this point has assuredly departed from it. Job Postle laid out another town which he named Lafayetteville. It was a nice town, on paper, but never existed in fact. At Galloway station quite a flourishing village is being built. There is a goodly degree of thrift manifested here, and several fine buildings, a store for general merchandise, blacksmith and wagon shops, etc. This point has excellent prospects, and may the future historian, who seeks for data, from which to prepare a history of Prairie township and its improvements, meet with better success than has this writer.   JACKSON.   The surface of this township presents an almost perfectly level appearance. The settlement advanced slowly, owing to the general wet nature of the soil. In fact, the only lands really considered available for culture, were those skirting the Scioto river; but, by a .judicious system of under-draining, the greater part of the farm lands have been rendered arable, and now compare favorably with the sister townships in Franklin county, for productiveness.   Jackson township is situated in the extreme southern part of the county, adjoining Pickaway county. It is bounded on the north by Franklin township; east, by Hamilton; west, by Pleasant and Prairie townships, and south by Scioto township, in the above county.   The streams found within the limits of this township are all tributary to the Scioto river, which flows from north to south along the eastern line of the township. Commencing on the south we find, first, Turkey, and immediately north, Plum run, flowing eastward, and forming a junction a short distance from the river. Grant run comes next, northward, so named from the fact that, in the winter of 1806 and 1807, the father of Hugh Grant was killed while engaged in cutting a bee-tree, standing on its bank. The next stream, to the northward, is Republican run, and north of this, near the township line, is Brown's run, so named, doubtless, in honor of a family by that name, who early located on its bank, and whose descendants yet live along its course. Wild game of all kinds abounded in great plenty in Jackson township at the time its wooded fastnesses were ftrst invaded by the sturdy backwoodsmen. Indians were also numerous. They were not, however, usually troublesome, and had it not been for the constant fear their presence engendered, would not have been disagreeable neighbors.   SETTLEMENT.   Hugh Grant, who was a native of Maryland, removed to Pittsburgh, and there married Catharine Barr. In 1804, he came with his family, then numbering five, to Ohio, locating first in Ross county. While there he purchased some four hundred and fifty acres of land, in Jackson township, and, in the spring of 1805, he removed to this township, but, not knowing the exact location of his purchase, he " squatted" on land near the river, where he was killed not long afterwards, and his widow eventually located on the land above mentioned, where she passed the remainder of her life, dying August 17, 1836. Mr. Grant was a great hunter, and it is said that he killed eighty-two deer during one fall. The children were: Alexander, who married Lucy Parish, and eventually located in Hancock county, Ohio, where he died; Jacob, who became a soldier in the war of 1812, contracted a disease, then known as the " cold plague," came home, and died; Isabella, who became the wife of Benjamin Wood, lived the greater part of her life in Jackson township, and is now deceased; Nancy, who remained single, and died in Jackson township a few years since; Mary, who was twice married, and died in Kansas, and Hugh, who was the youngest child (born June 3o, 1807), and the only one now living, still lives upon the farm; he has been twice married—first to Leah Diemer, by whom he had eleven children; next to Mary J. Scott, by whom he had three children. Mr. Grant is, without doubt, the oldest person now living in the township, who was born here.   Jonas Orders was, by birth, a Virginian. He was one of General Wayne's Indian fighters, and, receiving his discharge at Detroit, was on his way home, when, reaching Franklinton, then but a small collection of log huts, he was taken sick. While here, he became acquainted   HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO - 385   with Sarah Ford, whom he subsequently married. For a time he lived on what is now the Fullerton farm, in Jackson township. In 1829 or 1830, he bought the farm now owned by his son, Michael, where he died in January, 1863 ; his wife died many years previous. Of the sixteen children composing this family, but three are now living: Allen, who married Mary Gallion ; Michael, who married Phebe Lowe, and Joshua, who married Fanny O'Neal. They are all prominent farmers, and live in Jackson township.   John Curry, who was of English extraction, first saw the light of day upon the broad bosom of the Atlantic ocean, while his parents were en route for America. His mother dying before reaching land, the child was adopted by an aunt (Mrs. McGath), and came to live in Deer Creek township, Pickaway county, in about 1801. There he grew to manhood, and married Sarah Smith, with whom he eventually settled in Brown township. Both he and his wife are now dead. The children were: Aaron, who lives in Indiana; James, who married Catharine Shultz, and lives in Jackson township, the owner of nearly nine hundred acres of land; Owen T., and Elizabeth, who are dead; Amos, who married Elizabeth Studebaker, and lives in Wells county, Indiana; and John, who married Nancy Ballard, and lives near Harrisburg, in this township.   Samuel Breckenridge came from the State of Pennsylvania to Franklin county, in about i800. His wife was Margaret Starrett. The family settled in Hamilton township, and there the parents died. The children were: Robert, Alexander, Samuel, John, William, Elizabeth, Mary, and Nancy, none of whom are now living.   Percival Adams, also a native of Pennsylvania, settled in Hamilton township, about 1800. His wife was Margaret Breckenridge. The date of his death was September, 1865. One of his sons, Thomas, settled in Jackson township, and married Elizabeth Barbee. He died August 7, 1872, and his wife March 30, 1866. Of his children, T. J. Adams, esq., is the only one living in the township. Franklin B., another son, was a member of company B, Fifty-fourth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry, and was killed at Pittsburg Landing, April 6, 1862.   William C. Duff was a native of the Emerald Isle, from whence he emigrated, to this land of freedom, in the year 1800. In Pennsylvania he married Catharine Dun-. gan, who lived at Norristown, and, in 1806, he reached Ohio, locating on the farm now owned by John Brown, in Jackson township. He was a wheelright by occupation. He died in 1827, and his widow became the wife of Dennis Queen, and died in 1851. The children numbered six, only two of whom now live in their native township: William B., whose present wife was Mrs. Jane Lazalier, and Margaret, now the wife of W. Preston. Two others, John and Nancy (Mrs. M. Parish), live in Indiana.   James Seeds, having purchased one thousand acres of land in Daniel Morgan's survey, number one thousand, two hundred and ninety six, moved thereon with nearly his entire family, at an early date. The children were: Robert, who married Catharine Hornbaker; James, who married a lady in Fairfield county; Aaron, who married a Miss Miller; John, who married Elizabeth Roler ; William, who married Margaret Hoover; Moses, who moved to St. Louis, when single, and married there. Robert, John, William, and Aaron settled on the old homestead, and are deceased, as are the entire family of children. James Seeds was a sort of "stand by" in the settlement, and for years furnished the pioneer families with salt, which he brought, by aid of pack-horses, along a blazed path, from Zanesville. In the general exodus of the family to Ohio, we learn, a daughter, Martha, who had become the wife of William Seeds, remained in Pennsylvania. In the spring of 1820, this family arrived in Jackson township, and made settlement also on the old homestead. The children of this couple were: James, John, Elizabeth, William W., Robert, Henry, Isabella, Harvey, Samuel, Mary A., and Cyrus. Two of these now live in Jackson township: William W., who married Mary Seeds, and Cyrus, who married Isabella M. Beckett. Harvey, who married Mary A. Hatton, lives in Iowa.   John Hoover, a native of Pennsylvania, and a soldier of the Revolution, married Margaret Smith, who lived near Hummilstown, and removed to Kentucky prior to the admission of that State into the Union. In that State he remained until the legalizing, by the constitution, of human slavery. This measure being contrary to his convictions, he emigrated to a free State—Ohioarriving in March, 1807. He purchased some two hundred acres of land in Jackson township, and here, in the improvement of his wilderness home, he passed the remnant of his days. In 1840, he died, aged nearly one hundred years. His wife died in, perhaps, 1833. There were nine children in the family, only one of whom now lives in the township: Margaret, widow of William Seeds. The remainder of the family were: Elizabeth, Catharine, Peter (who was a soldier in the war of 1812, and died at Franklinton, soon after the close of the war, of disease contracted in the service), Polly, Abraham, Nicholas, and George. The last named married Catharine Kious, and died on the old farm, March 17, 1872. His wife died June 29, 1875. Three children yet live in the township: George W., Polly (Mrs. Wm. Neiswender), and Margaret (Mrs. J. Smith).   William Brown and wife, Harriet (Thomas) Brown, were natives of Ireland, he having been born there in 1732. Early in the present century they emigrated to America, and for a time lived at Clillicothe. In 1809, the family located in the northern part of Jackson township, on the stream now known as Brown's run. The brick house built by Mr. Brown is now occupied by a son. In the war of 1812, Mr. Brown became a soldier for a short time. He died on September 27, 1830. Mrs. Brown survived him many years, dying April 5, 1876. The children were: Mary Ann, who married Jesse Courtright, and who now lives in Prairie township; William C., who married Rachel Holton, lives in Indiana; John, who has been twice married—his present wife was Elizabeth Ricketts--occupies part of the old homestead ; Martha J., who married I). L. Holton; and Samuel, who married Margaret J. Holtou, lives in the house where he was born. He has in his possession a double gun, which   49   386 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO.   his father brought with him from the land of his birth.   In the year 1810, William Miller, Joseph Bennett, and John Keyes, came with their families, from Hardy county, Virginia, and made a settlement in the southeastern portion of Jackson township. None of the Bennett family now live in the township, and but two of the Millers, who are grandchildren—Wesley P., and Mary F. (Mrs. T. J. Adams). John Keyes, jr., lives on Holton run, in this township, and is among the prominent farmers in the township.   Jacob and Magdalene Borror, of Hardy county, Virginia, were the parents of the following children : Martin, Jacob, Solomon, Isaac, Absalom, Christina, and Myomi. In 1804 the father died, and seven years later, his widow came, with her entire family, to Ohio, and made a settlement in Jackson township. A rude log cabin was rolled up in the dense wood, and at no great distance from where now stands the substantial brick mansion now owned by Absalom, the last survivor of the children. At this time all was a wild wilderness for miles around, there being but one log cabin nearer than Franklinton, nearly ten miles away. But strong arms and determined hearts were equal to the occasion; little by little the forest disappeared, until now in its stead are farms, whose broad acres, with their wealth of waving wheat or rustling corn, bear witness to the success of those hardy pioneer sons of toil. The Mother lived to see this happy consummation. The children settled as follows: Martin, who married Anna Bennett, located in southern Indiana; Jacob, who married Catharine Coonrod, died near where the family first began improvements—his son, Jacob, occupies the old homestead; Solomon, who married Catharine Clark, also located near the old homestead—this farm is occupied by a son, Ichabod; Isaac, who married Olive Babcock, occupied the farm now owned by Jonathan Swagler, and many of his descendants still live in the township; Absalom, who has been twice married, lives on the home farm. His present wife was Margaret Badger. The writer would express his thanks to this gentleman for many items of interest. Christina, who married P. Morris; and Myomi, who became the wife of S. Brunk, located in the west.   Henry Baumgartner came from Virginia to Jackson township, early in its settlement. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. Here he married Hannah Haughn. His farm is now occupied by Jackson Hardy. He died December 24, 1868. His wife died March 27, 1877. There were nine children in the family, three only are now living and these all reside in their native township: Catharine, who married J. Borror; Levi, whose present wife was Elizabeth McGroom; and Henry, who married Christina Miller.   John G. Neff was among the early settlers in Prairie township. He was twice married. He amassed a great amount of real estate. Eventually, he lived in Jackson township, where he died, and where his numerous offspring still reside, among whom are: Scott, John, Leonard, McDowell, a daughter, Elizabeth (Mrs. S. Kell), who lives in Prairie township, and another, Clarissa, who lives in Illinois.   John Mitchell was also an early settler in Jackson township. His wife was Elizabeth Brubaker. He purchased a piece of wild land, which he improved; this is now owned by Solomon Swagler. Of his children but one, Joseph B., now lives in the township.   Hawes Barbee was married in Virginia, and in 1818 removed to Ohio. He lived for a time near Shadeville, in Hamilton township, and after a few years removed to Jackson township, locating permanently on the farm now owned by Augustus Bear, and here he died. One child, William, lives in Jackson, and another, Hawes, resides in Columbus.   Valentine F. Shover and Elizabeth, his wife, were natives of Virginia. They came to Ohio in 1820, but did not locate in Jackson township until 1844. The lands he purchased at that time are still occupied by the heirs. Mr. Shover died in May, 1847, and his aged widow still lives in the township. Three of the children also live here; they are: Henry, who married Caroline Miller; Harriet (Mrs. Abraham Miller); and George W., who married Jane Forst. The remainder of the family are : John, who lives in Indiana; Sidner J., who lives in Chicago, Illinois; Ashford and Eli, who live in Ohio.   Abraham Miller and his wife, Sarah, were natives of Virginia. They came to Ohio in about 1811, locating in Madison county. In 1828 a permanent settlement was made in Jackson township. Mr. Miller died April 20, 1844. His wife survived him several years. Of the ten children who composed the family only three are now living, they are:. Cynthia A. (Mrs. J. B. Mitchell); Abraham, who married Harriet Shover, and lives in Jackson township upon the old homestead; Catharine, who became the wife of William C. Mitchell, and lives in Illinois.   In 1830, Andrew Gantz, a native of the State of Pennsylvania, purchased a tract of land in Jackson township, and about one year later, two sons, Adam and John, settled thereon. A few years subsequently, another son, Jonathan, arrived, who yet lives on the pike west of Grove City. Adam, who married Catharine Pinnex, died in Jackson township in December, 1877; his wife died in May, 1875. The children of this couple numbered fourteen. Six now live in the township: Elizabeth G. (Mrs. W. P. White), Lydia (Mrs. J. W. Welch), .Nancy, (Mrs. William Watts), George W., Adeline (Mrs. 1', Barbee), and Albert, who lives on the home farm. Others of the children live in the county. John Gantz, who married Mahala Shafer, now lives in Iowa. His settlement in Jackson, above referred to, was of short duration.   John Haines, a native of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, married Susan Jarvis, and, in the spring of 1831 located in Jackson township. He was a farmer, and improved the farm now owned by Messrs. Miller & Shover. After some years' residence here, he removed to Allen county, Ohio, where he died, April 18, 1864. His wife died many years previous, and he remarried. The children by the first wife were: Amos, William, John, Robert, Levi, Joel, Joseph, Samuel, and Jacob, one only of whom now lives in Jackson township--Robert, who married Nancy Mills, and now resides near the old homestead, in the south part of the township.   ZACHARIAH H. MARSH.   The subject of this sketch was horn in Baltimore, Maryland, on the seventeenth day of August 1788, and in 1815 came to Belmont county, Ohio, accompanied by his father and mother, John and Catharine Marsh. His parents remained in Belmont county until their death. On the fourth day of June, 1817, Zachariah H. Marsh was married, in Belmont county, to Rachel Miller, daughter of George and Hannah Miller, who settled in that county in 1812 or 1813. They remained there twenty-two years, and there were born to them seven children—one son and six daughters. In 1839 they removed to Ohio, where Mr. Marsh bought a farm in the north part of Jackson township, Franklin county, and where the family has since resided. Mrs. Marsh died in 1853, at the age of about sixty-two years. He still lives on the place, a hale and hearty man of ninety-one years. In his early life he was a hard worker, but in life's declining day he lives in quietude, cared for by the loving hands of his children. Of these, four are married and three remain single. All are living near home.   HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO - 387   Wesley Preston, whose father was a pioneer in Washington county, Ohio, married Margaret C. Duff, and, in the spring of 1832, came to Franklin county, locating temporarily on Big run, in Franklin township. Nine years later, he purchased the land, upon which he still resides, near the center of Jackson township. The children are: James H., whose present wife was Rosanna Smith; Catharine A. (Mrs. John S. Moler), who lives in Iowa; William H. (decased); John D., who lives in Illinois, and has been twice married; Ezra C., who married Mattie Adams; Solomon C., who married Clara Reynolds, and lives in Illinois; David L.; George W., who married Jennie E. Swisher, and lives on the home farm; Martin L. (deceased), and Wesley H., by profession a teacher, who yet remains at home.   John Martino came from the State of New York, at an early period, and remained for a time in Pickaway county. There he married Catharine Woolery, and, in 1833, removed to Jackson township, locating on the farm now owned by Scott Neff. Here he dted, September 23, 1869. His wife died January 4, 1856. The children were nine in number, several of whom live in the county. We have the record of only one—Joseph--who married Margaret Peoples. He located on the farm still occupied by his heirs. His death occurred November 26, 1871.   John Houghn came from near Winchester, Virginia, in 1838. He reached Jackson township on January 2d of that year. His lands were situated in the west central portion of the township, and were in a perfect state of nature—low and wet. They are now as productive as any in the township. John Houghn and wife, who was Rachel Clippert, have been dead many years, he dying first. Five of the twelve children composing this family now live in the township: Henry, who married Abigail Holmes; Elizabeth (Mrs. F. Shover); Abraham, who married Margaret Borrer; Philip, who married Elizabeth Coonrod; and Frances (Mrs. I. Miller).   Zachariah Marsh, who is the oldest man in the township, was born in the city of Baltimore, in the year 1787. During the war of 1812 he came to Belmont county Ohio. There he married Rachel Miller. He located in Jackson township in 1838. His wife died September I I, 1853. His children are: Catharine, Rebecca, Hannah, John, Drusella, and Elizabeth.   EARLY EVENTS.   The first white child born in the northwest part of the township was Nancy, a child of William C. and Catharine Duff, born in 1806. She eventually became the wife of M. Parish, and now lives in Indiana. Hugh Grant was the first chtld born near the vicinity of Grove City; the date being June 3o, 1807. He is yet living there, hale and hearty. Among the first adult deaths in the 'township was that of Hugh Grant, sr., already referred to.   The first brick house in the township was erected by William Brown, as early as 1814. It is now occupied by a son, Samuel. The first and only post-office in Jackson township was at Grove City, some twenty-five years since. William F. Breck was the. first postmaster, and the office was located at his store. The present postmaster is A. G. Grant, the office being kept at the store of R. D. Grant, who is deputy postmaster.   The pioneer mercantile establishment in the township was opened at Grove City, by William F. Breck, about 1852. Mr. Breck showed a fair stock of general merchandise. The present stores at this point are: R. D. Grant and Hiram V. Malott, who each keep a general stock. At Borrer's corners there is a grocery, and these comprise the mercantile interests in the township.   The pioneer hotel was established at Grove City, by a man named Blackburn. The same building is at present occupied for a like purpose by William Voelkel.   INDUSTRIAL PURSUITS.   The first saw-mill in the township, now remembered, was built by Robert Seeds, on Turkey run, some forty years since. This was carried away by the floods some three years later. He afterwards built one on Grant's run.   In about 1850, William F. Breck erected a steam sawmill at Grove City. Stone, for grinding purposes, were subsequently added. This mill is now being torn down, and near it George H. Grant has in process of erection a brick building, to be occupied for a grist-mill. This will be propelled by steam, and is to be a first-class mill in every respect.   There are a wagon manufactory and several blacksmith-shops at Grove Ctty; also, two of the last-named at Borrer's Corners. George Vanceiver, S. J. Hughes, and E. E. Miller, have drain tile manufactories in the township. The first-named is near Grove City.   ORGANIZATION.   Jackson township, which was originally a part of Franklin, was organized under its present name in the year 1815, but no records are now extant showing who were first elected its township officials. Following is a list of justices of the peace, as given in Martin's History of Franklin county, with additions by T. J. Adams, esq.: 1815, William Brown, William Badger, Woolery Coon-rod, William C. Duff, William Seeds, Jacob B. Deimer, John Gantz, Joshua Glanville, Robert Seeds, Isaac Miller, H. S. Mitchell, Isaac White, E. C. Brett, Henry Andrews, A. C. Borror, G. W. Hoover, W. P. White, J. B. Mttchell, H. C. Darnell, J. White, sr., and T. J. Adams and John S. Borror, who are the present incumbents. The township officers for 1879 are : H. Patzer, J. C. White, R. C. Alkire, trustees; T. J. Adams, clerk ; Levi Baumgartner, treasurer; J. E. Goldsmith, assessor; J. T. Brink, S. P. Houghn, constables. There are nine supervisors of highways. The board of education are: James Crabb (president), I. B. Borror, John Keys, G. W. Huffman, George H. Gantz, Hiram Borror, J. C. White, George H. Allen, John Linebaugh, and J. W. Woolum.   GROVE CITY.   The lands comprised in this hamlet, as originally laid out, were owned by John Smith. In the summer of 1852; a son-in-law, William F. Breck, caused the lands to be platted, and to this embryo village he gave the   388 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO.   name it now bears. Its growth, for years, was a slow one, but recently a new interest has sprung up, and substantial buildings are now in process of erection. -It is pleasantly situated on the Harrisburgh pike, and seven miles from Columbus. The first election under the act of corporation, was held on May 10, 1866, at which time the following persons were elected: Dr. Joseph Bullen, mayor; R. Higgy, recorder; William Sibray, Anton Pilger, jr., H. Anderson, J. L. Smith, L. Buckhaltz, trustees. Following are the names of the mayors to the present: 1869, W. P. Mench; 187o, William Nichols; 1872, Joseph Pence; 1874, William Sibray; 1878, M. L. Harst, who still retains the office. The remaining officers are: Dr. L. S. Hoover, treasurer; Thomas Sample, clerk; Dr. Francis Hoy, Henry Funk, and William Bodel, coulcilmen.   CHURCHES.   The following sketches of churches are prepared from data collected by personal interviews with members of the different organizations represented :   SCIOTO CHAPEL.   The denomination who worship here are of the Christian faith. As early as 1812, meetings were held at the house of William Miller, by ministers of this faith, and some two years later a church organization was effected, composed, in part, of the following persons: William Miller and wife, Joseph Bennett and wife, Jacob Strader and wife, Martin Boots and wife, James Seeds and wife, Robert Seeds and wife, and Mrs. Magdalena Miller. Jacob Strader and William Miller were elected deacons. A few years later, a log meeting house was erected upon land of Christopher Strader, and this was occupied until the church grew to be a strong organization. In about 185o, the present church edifice was built. This stands on land donated for the purpose by Absalom Borror. The trustees were: Solomon, Levi, Hiram, and Absalom Borror, and Robert Seeds. The present church membership is sixty. Rev. Samson M. Stone is the present minister.   JACKSON CHAPEL.   Early in the settlement, meetings were held at the house of William Breckenridge, by Rev. James Rose, of the Methodist faith, and soon a class was formed. It was composed of the following: Rev. John Solomon and wife, William Breckenridge and wife, James Butler and wife, Jacob Diemer and wife, Fortune and wife, and, possibly, a few others, whose names are forgotten. Meetings were held at the house of Mr. Breckenridge until the erection of the school-house in district number three (Hopewell), when they were transferred there. In about 1859, the neat church building, known as "Jackson chapel," was erected. This stands upon land donated for the purpose by William Breckenridge. Its cost was one thousand dollars. The trustees, at its building; were: Andrew Dimpsey, Isaiah Price, John Huffman, Henry King, and William Breckenridge. Among early ministers, the names of Hathaway, Lewis, and Doughty are remembered. The pastor is Rev. Stephen Frampton, who lives at Grove City. George W. Huffman is the present class leader. The trustees are: Isaac Breckenridge, George W. Huffman, J. B. Mitchell, John Polling, and Henry Smith-. A Sunday-school was formed early, and is now in a flourishing condition. I. Breckenridge is its present superintendent.   METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH AT GROVE CITY.   The first meetings at or near Grove City, were held in about 1844, and this year a log meeting-house was erected. It was on the union plan—all the settlers in the vicinity contributing toward its erection. The plan was not a success. The first sermon delivered within its walls was by Rev. R. K. Davis, of the Protestant Methodist church, and a church organization was soon after effected. This was a feeble affair, and was only in being some five years. Divers denominations were accommodated within the rough hewn walls of this primitive house of God, which is now converted into a barn, and is owned by A. G. Grant.   In 1859, a small class of the Methodist Episcopal church was formed, and shortly after, the church edifice at Grove City, at present occupied. by this denomination, was erected. Its cost was one thousand five hundred dollars. The membership of this church now numbers about forty. Charles Harper and Cornelius Harst are the leaders; Hugh Grant, Emanuel M. White, W. R. Mench, George Allen, and Charles Harper, are the trustees. A Sabbath-school was early organized, and has grown to goodly proportions. Dr. Myers is the superintendent. The attendance averages one hundred.   CONCORD CHAPEL.   As early as 1847, a class was formed at this point, composed of Isaac Miller, wife, and daughter, Amanda ; Mrs. Sarah Miller, Jacob Spillman and wife, William C. Duff and wife, and Jacob Dove and wife. No other names are remembered. Meetings were held at this time at the house of Absalom Miller, and subsequently in the school-house, in the Houghn settlement, known as the Hickory seminary. Among the early ministers were Revs. William Sutton, John W. White, now of Worthington, and David Smith. In 1847, a log meeting-house was erected near the site of the present chapel, and in this services were held until, perhaps, 1859, when Concord chapel was erected. Its cost was one thousand eight hundred dollars. The trustees were: John and Henry Linebaugh, Isaac Miller, Solomon Swigler, Abraham Miller, Jacob Spillman, and William C. Duff. The present membership is seventy-five. The class leaders were E. E. Miller, Solomon Swigler, and G. W. Shover. A Sabbath-school was formed soon after the church organization was effected. It has an attendance of sixty-five. E. E. Miller is its present superintendent. Rev. Mr. Callahan, of Darbyville, is the present pastor, the church being attached to that circuit.   SALEM METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH,   which is situated on the line between this township and Pleasant, was formed about the same time as that at Concord chapel. It is attached to Harrisburgh circuit. Its membership is large, and in connection, there is a flourishing Sabbath-school.   HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICK AWAY COUNTIES, OHIO - 389   THE GERMAN LUTHERAN CHURCH   was formed at Grove City, as early as 1855, and soon after occurred the erection of their first meeting-housea large log building. This was occupied for a few years, when the congregation became so large that greater accommodations were needed, and the present frame building was erected. This church has the largest membership of any at Grove City, and the writer regrets that he was unable to secure data sufficient for a full history of it.   THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH   at Grove City was formed in about 1861, or at least permanently organized at that time. The meeting-house, the construction of which is largely due to the efforts of William F. Breck, was built the same year, and cost one thousand dollars. Among the constituent members of this church were: Daniel Smith and wife, Adam Gantz and wife, George Weggandt, wife and family, Mrs. William F. Breck, and perhaps a few others, whose names are not remembered. This church has quite a numerous membership. It has also a flourishing Sabbath-school in connection, of which Michael Smith is the present superintendent. The present pastor is Rev. Samuel D. Smith, whose residence is at Reynoldsburgh.   ZION CHAPEL   This organization is composed of members from Scioto chapel, who, in the year 1869, erected the present substantial brick church ediftce, which cost three thousand five hundred dollars. In about 1872, the following were formally organized as a church: G. W. Gordon and wife, Henry Clark and wife, J. Smith and wife, Mrs. Rachel Adams, James, William, George and Henry Houghn and their wives, and L. A. Lewis and wife. The officers on organization were: G. W. Gordon and Henry Clark, deacons; George and James Houghn and W. P. White, trustees, who remain the same at present. A Sabbath-school was formed at the same date with the church. Henry Clark is its present superintendent. The average attendance of children is fifty-two. The present church membership numbers seventy. Rev. Samson M. Stone, who assumed charge of the circuit in 1870, is its pastor. The writer desires to thank this gentleman for data furnished, relating to church matters.   SCHOOLS.   The first school of which the writer has any data was held in the Borror settlement, as early as 1815. A little log school-house was erected on the corner of Solomon Borror's farm, and in this building, during the winter of 1815, Asa Davis taught a term of school. This was supported by subscription, and the greater part of the children composing it were from 'the families of the Borrors, Millers, Seeds, Fishels, and Fitzgeralds, and numbered, perhaps, twenty. Schools were taught in this building until the erection of a brick school-house, in the same locality. In 1840, the old log building in the Houghn settlement, afterward christened the "Hickory seminary," was erected. This did duty for many years, as a school-house, and also as a place for religious worship, but it is now going to decay. The first school-   house at Grove City is of recent date. It was a framed building, and stood on the site of the present school-building. There are now ten school-houses in the township.   PHYSICIANS.   The first of these valued members of every community who located permanently in the township, was Dr. Joseph Bullen. The date of his arrival was about 18.52. Dr. Bullen was a successful and popular practitioner, and he soon acquired an immense practice, by which he amassed a fine competence. He died on December 17, 1878. Other members of the medical profession have made short stays in the township, but they always sought "new fields and pastures rare," after a brief sojourn here. The present medical staff numbers five, and they are all, it is said, having a fair practice. Their names are : L. S. Hoover, Francis Hoy, T. W. Taylor, Charles McGiven, and — Myers. Their history is left for a future historian to record. May it be a successful and honorable one.   Of societies, the writer finds nothing to record, save that the farmer's order, the Patrons of Husbandry, once flourished in the towhship, as have, also, temperance societies. Neither are now in operation.   BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES,   JOHN LINEBAUGH.   The father and mother of the subject of this sketch, Abraham Linebaugh and Elizabeth Wickel, were born in York county, Pennsylvania, where they were married in 1805. Immediately after marriage they removed to Union county, Pennsylvania, where they lived until his death, in 1823. His widow, with her children, consisting of six sons and one daughter, then returned to York county, where she died in 1862. The children were: Mary, Daniel, Abraham, Jesse, John, William, and Henry. Abraham died in 1877, at the age of sixty-six. The others are all living, and all but two in Pennsylvania. John and Henry live in Jackson township, Franklin county.   John Linebaugh was born in Union county, Pennsylvania, August 26, 1815. He obtained a limited education in the subscription schools of the day, .and when nineteen years of age, apprenticed himself to .learn the trade of a carpenter, at which he served two years. By the terms of his contract, he was to receive his board and a pair of shoes worth one dollar and twenty-five cents, instead of serving three years, with a little larger pay. After faithfully serving his time, he was able to obtain but seven dollars a month besides his expenses, and little work to do at any price. He then came to Ohio, arriving in Columbus May 10, 1837, where he found employment, and worked at his trade until 1864. Being economical and saving, he was able to accumulate considerable property, and some time before giving up working at his trade, he was able to purchase a good farm in the southwest part of Jackson township, where he now lives. He owns six hundred and ninety-five acres of land, the result of his own unaided efforts, and is comfortably situated in life. From choice, he has always remained single, and at present boards in his own house, with his nephew, Abraham L. Linebaugh, who manages his farm.   Mr. Linebaugh has never worked much at farming, and is possessed of a sufficiency of this world's goods to allow him a comfortable livelihood without having recourse to hard labor.   390 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO.   THE BORROR FAMILY.   The members of the Borror family, consisting of Mrs. Magdalene Borror and seven children, emigrated from Virginia, in 18o9, and settled in the south part of Jackson township, Franklin county, on a tract of two hundred and fifty acres of land, given Mrs. Borror by her father, Christopher Strader, who had been a soldier in the Revolutionary war, from Virginia. Her husband, Jacob Borror, also served as a soldier in the war for independence, and in the faithful discharge of his duties to his country, suffered untold hardships, which undermined a naturally strong constitution, and planted the seeds of disease which caused his death, in 1804. The members of the family were: the mother, Mrs. Magdalene Borror, and her children—Martin, Christine, Jacob, Solomon, Isaac, Myomi, and Absalom. The settlement and marriage of each will be found in the history of Jackson township.   Absalom Borror was the youngest of seven children, and was born in Hardy county, Virginia, December 21, 1804. Some years after their settlement in Ohio, he married Elizabeth Seeds, by whom he had six children: Hiram, Louis, John S., Harriet, Ephraim, and Elizabeth: Mrs. Borror died in about 1833, and, in February, x834, he married Margaret Badger, who was born December 27, 1814. They have had four children: William Martin, Catharine, Martha Jane, and Christine. Hiram, the eldest child of Absalom Borror, married Harriet Brunk, and lives on the farm adjoining, on the southeast; Louis. married Elizabeth Watts, and died at Borror's corners, where his widow now lives; John married Angeline Seeds, and lives at Borror's corners, where he has a farm; he also owns a store building on his land; Harriet died, when a young wom m; Ephraim married Susan Beckett, and died on his farm, north of the "corners," where his widow now lives; Elizabeth married A. E. Brown, and lives west of Commercial Point, in Pickaway county; Will:. inn Martin died in infancy; Catharine married Jonathan Swagler, and died at his home, north of the " corner,;" Martha Jane married Hiram V. Malott, and lives in Grove City; Christine married John Haines, and lives on the home farm.   In this connection appears views of the residences of Absalom Borror. John Haines, John S. Borror, Ephraim Borror, Louis Borror, Hiram Borror and H. V. Malott, the latter of Grove City.   HAMILTON.   Hamilton township is within the, so-called, Congress lands, and is bounded on the north by Marion township, on the south by Pickaway county, and on the east by the Scioto river. In the original division of Franklin county into townships, Hamilton was embraced in Liberty and Harrison townships. The township was organized under its present name in 1807. It then contained within its limits the territory now constituting Madison township. In the formation of the township of Marion in 1873, the two northern tiers of sections in Hamilton were detached and included in the new township.   SURFACE, SOIL AND STREAMS.   The township, for the most part, is quite level, the most rolling land lying in the western part, along the Chillicothe pike. In the quality of its soil, the township is probably not equaled by any other in the county, the soil being largely of a limestone nature, except in the vicinity of the Scioto river, where there is bottom land.   The principal and only stream, worthy of description, within the township, is the Gahanna river, commonly called Big Walnut creek, a large eastern branch' of the Scioto. It rises in the northeastern part of Delaware county, and after running a southern course for about forty miles, into the southeast part of Eranklin county, receives a stream from the east called Black lick, and just below Alum creek from the west. It enters Hamilton and Madison townships, in section twenty-four, flows a very tortuous course through the township, leaving it in the southwest corner.   ANCIENT REMAINS.   The township contains a number of mounds, or earthworks the only records of the existence of a former race. On the west bank of Gahanna river, in section thirty-four, on an elevated piece of land, are the remains of an ancient fort, or ditch, which has been almost completely obliterated by the cultivation of the soil. Nearly a mile east of' this, on the farm of Thomas M. Clark, are two mounds, situated about a quarter of a mile apart, the larger of which is round in shape, and the smaller oblong. These mounds have been dug into to some extent, and implements and human bones were found. There are several other mounds, in different portions of the township, but they do not essentially differ from those already mentioned.     A BEAR HUNT.   All kinds of wild animals were very plentiful in the early settlement of the township, .although bears may be said to have been scarce ; sufficiently so to make their hunt exciting. About the year 1818, an old bear was seen, by Jacob Hamler, preparing to make a meal of one of George Rohor's hogs, a short distance from his house. Hamlet ran over to Mr. Rohor's, where there were several men at the time, and informed him of the circumstance. Armed with guns and axes, and accompanied by a couple of dogs, the men started in pursuit of the animal, which the dogs soon overtook, and a running fight ensued, for about a mile, when old bruin ran up a large black oak tree. By the time the men arrived it had become too dark to shoot accurately, and, at length, a bonfire was built up, by the light of which the hunters poured a volley of bullets into the animal. The tree was cut down, after firing a number of times, when the bear was found to be dead, having lodged in the fork of the tree, with sixteen bullet holes in his body. He was taken home, and a barbecue made of him the next day.   DR. JEREMIAH CLARK.   Hamilton received a valuable accession to its settlement, in 1826, in the arrival of its pioneer physician, Dr. Jeremiah Clark. Dr. Clark was the son of John and Mary Clark, and was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, on the fourth day of June, 1804. When he was fourteen years of age his parents removed to Ohio, and settled in Medina county, where some of the family had located before them, and in a local history of that county we find the following reference to their arrival :   "In April, 18i8, Dr. Bela B. Clark, a brother of Ransom and John L. Clark, arrived and informed them that their father, John Clark, was coming, and they left their chopping and cut the logs for a shanty for the family, and had got it up and three-fourths of the roof on when their father's team appeared in sight. They soon finished the roof, and the family crossed the river on flood-wood (the stream being so high they could not then cross with their teams), and carried their bedticks-filled with straw and leaves-and such other articles as they could, lodged in their cabin in real pioneer style, and like others of their neighbors before them, fared as best they could. They were forty days on their journey from Bridgewater, Connecticut."   While yet a young man, Dr. Clark was offered, by his father, a farm in Wakeman, Huron county, Ohio, where he had two brothers then living, if he would locate on the land and clear it up. The offer was promptly accepted, but the young man soon became convinced that the occupation of a farmer was one for which he was not adapted, and in which he would never achieve success. He gave up the farm and decided to study medicine, and it is a somewhat singular fact that no less than five sons of this family were members of the medical profession. His brother, Harmon M. Clark, was an early and well-known physician in Huron county, Ohio, and we find him prominently mentioned in a history of that county. In 1824, the subject of our notice commenced the study of medicine with his brother, Dr. Bela B. Clark, of Medina county, and subsequently attended lectures at the Medical Society of the Nineteenth Medical District of the State of Ohio, located at Cleveland, where he graduated October 25, 1825. He first settled in Green Castle, Fairfield county, but only remained a short time, when he came to Franklin county and established himself in practice in Hamilton township.   October 4, 1826, he was married to Jane C., daughter of Thomas Morris, who was one of the earliest, as he was one of the most prominent, of the pioneers of Hamilton township. After his marriage Dr. Clark. located on the farm of his father-in-law, and with his practice combined agricultural pursuits. His wife died February 8, 1831, at the age of twenty-eight years, six months and nine days. September 3, 5833, he was again married, to Julia Ann- Fox, of Madison township, Pickaway county, Ohio, originally from Hampshire county, Virginia, where she was born, July 29, 1805.   Dr. Clark continued in the active discharge of his professional duties until 1846, at which time his health had become somewhat impaired, and he thereafter led a more retired life. In the fall of 5845 he was elected to the legislature, as a Whig, from Franklin county, and served for one year-the period for which members of that body were chosen under the old State constitution.   Dr. Clark was a man of many admirable traits of character, of unassailable integrity, liberal and kind hearted. He was for years one of the leading members of the Walnut Hill Methodist Episcopal church, and contributed most liberally to its support. He was a man of strong convictions and when his judgment was once formed it could not be easily shaken. But he was not hasty in his conclusions and, as a consequence, was generally in the right. In his manner he was dignified, yet courteous and affable to all.   After a life of great activity and usefulness he died, at his residence, in Hamilton, on the fifth day of March, 1865, leaving to his family the priceless inheritance of a good name.   Dr. Clark was the father of nine children, born of his second wife, as follows: Ann Eliza, born June 20, 1834, and died in September of the same year; Mary Munson, born August so, 1835, and married John C. Platter, August 28, 186o; Thomas M., born March 9, 1837, and married December 11, 1860, Sarah Jane Frank, who died September 16, 1867; married, second, Ellen Hickman, October 24, 5877; John D., born December 27, 1838, and died July 6, 5842; William F., born August 26, 1840, and married, March 15, 1866, Malinda N. German; Henry G., born October 8, 1842, and married Anna H. Millar, September 26, 1867; Herman J., born September 27, 1844, died February 26, 1865; John F., born December 16, 1846, and married Eliza Elliott, in February, 1868; Sarah Ann, born February 16, 1849, and became the wife of Frank B. Herr, December 12, 1867.   Mrs. Clark, who is still living, and is now in her seventy-fifth year, resides on the homestead with her daughter, Mrs. Herr.   WILLIAM ROHR.   Among the few pioneers of Franklin county who still remain to enjoy the fruits of their early toil, privations and hardships is the subject of this sketch, William Rohr. Born in Haycock township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, September 20, 1810, he emigrated, when six years of age (in i 8r 6), with his parents to Ohio. On the 5th day of July, of that year, a little company consisting of seventeen persons, and facetiously called Rohr's emigration company, started on their journey to the west. The emigrants were Michael Rohr and wife; George Rohr, his wife and two sons, John and William; John Rohr, wife and sons, Jacob and Charles; John Smith, wife and daughter; Thomas Rathmell, wife and infant daughter, and a man by the name of Peter Wisel. After a journey of six weeks made with three wagons, one four-horse wagon and two two-horse wagons, and the most of the way over mountains and hills, the travelers arrived in Madison township, Franklin county, Ohio, on the sixteenth day of August. Michael Rohr purchased section number six, in Madison township, on which a small clearing had been made by Henry Bunn, and resided upon it until his death. He was born in 1756, and died in 1818. His son, George Rohr, the father of the subject of this sketch, was a native of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, and was born in 1785. He married Elizabeth Catharine Funk, who was born in Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, in 1784. He died on the homestead, in Madison township, -, 1862, and she, January 14, 1854. They were the parents of four children, two of whom died when young. John is still living in Madison township, aged about seventy-one.   William Rohe was married, in 1831, to Elizabeth Wolf, daughter of Matthias Wolf, an early settler in Madison township, afterward in the east part of Hamilton. She was born in Pendleton county, Virginia, June 21, 1811, and was about a year old when her father emigrated to Ohio. After his marriage Mr. Rohr remained for over a year in the house of his father-in-law, and they together put up a saw-mill on Big Walnut creek, not far from where the residence of W. T. Rees now is. In 1833 he located on the opposite side of the road from his present residence, and subsequently purchased and settled on the farm on which he now lives. For about twelve years Mr. Rohr followed the trade of wagon-making, which he had learned from his father, and carried on the business in the little shop which is still standing near his residence. His principal occupation, during his life, however, has been that of farming, in which he has been more successful than falls to the lot of the majority of agriculturists. In former years Mr. Rohr was extremely fond of the sport of fishing. The streams abounded in salmon, pike, white perch and other varieties, now nearly extinct, and no one in the settlement was a more enthusiastic and successful angler than he. His wife died February 8, 1868, and some three or four years afterward he made a division of his property, consisting of eight hundred acres of land, among his children, retaining a life lease upon the whole.   Mr. Rohr has been a member of the Lutheran church in Hamilton, for upwards of fifty years, and has filled the various offices in its gift. In politics he is a Republican.   Mr. Rohr is the father of eleven children, as follows : George, born March 7, 183; and died August 7, 1833; Matthias, born November 4, 1833, and died January 30, 1835; Mary Ann, born November 6, 1835, now wife of Joseph Shoaf, and resides in Hamilton; Eliza Jane, born December 7, 1837, now widow of John B. Young, and lives in Hamilton; Absalom, born January 19, 1838, now a resident of Madison township; Lewis; born August 28, 1841, 'and died July 27, 1842 ; William Henry, born April 24, 1844, and resides on the home place with his father; Sarah Elizabeth, born August 21, 1846, was the wife of Dimmick Harris, and died November 30, 1876; Rachel Catharine, born February 2, 1849, is now the wife of William Strickler, and occupies the old Matthias Wolf farm ; Louisa Ellen, _born July 29, 1851, wife of Peter N. Hudson, and lives south of the home farm in Hamilton; and an unnamed child, born December I, 1853, who died the twelfth of the same month.   HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO - 391   A man by the name of Gordon killed, just over the river, in Jackson township, three bears in one day—an old she bear and two cubs.   SETTLEMENT.   The first settler was, probably, John Dill, who came from York county, Pennsylvania, about the year 1800, and entered twelve hundred acres of land in the northwest part of the township, residing first in Franklinton, where he was one of the first settlers. He soon afterwards sold the half of the tract to Michael Fisher. He lived on the bank of the river, and his old log house is yet standing, and is now occupied by Edward Fisher. Dill was an early justice of the township. His life was cut short by accident. While riding, in company with Judge Flannagan, he was thrown from his horse by a mis-step of the animal, and sustained an injury to his head, which caused his death a few hours after. His wife survived him. They were both buried in the old Franklinton graveyard, but there is nothing to mark their resting place. They had no children.   Michael Fisher settled in the same vicinity soon after John Dill. He was a native of Hardy county, Virginia, and was born September 15, 1767. After his marriage to Sarah Petty, he resided in Kentucky one year, when he moved to Ohio, some time prior to 1800. He purchased a military claim of about eight hundred acres, just west of the river, in Franklin and Jackson townships, .and located in the bend of the river. He lived there a year or two, and then sold a part of his land, and bought six hundred acres of John Dill, and moved into this township. He built on the bank of the river, on the -Chillicothe road, as it then run. He had a saw-mill there at an early day, which was demolished when the canal was built. Mr. Fisher was also an early justice of the peace in Hamilton. He died in this township, January 15, 1824, and his wife January 2, 1843.   Thomas Morris settled in Hamilton, in 1803 or 1804. He had been in this section with a surveying party, in 1799. He was a native of New York city, and was born September I, 1767. At the age of nineteen he went to Kentucky, and in the fall of 1802 came to Ohio, and with others located on the Scioto river, at what was called "high banks," south of Chillicothe. A year or two afterwards he removed to this township, and entered section twenty-seven, than which there is no better section of land in Franklin county. The old patent, therefor, issued October 23, 1805, and signed by Thomas Jefferson, president, and James Madison, secretary of State, is now in possession of Thomas M. Clark. Mr. Morris located where widow Clark now lives, and resided there until his death, July 16, 1853. He was a man of energy, of character, and of strict integrity, and every object looking to the moral well-being of society, found in him a warm supporter. He was largely instrumental in the establishment of the Walnut hill church, formerly called the Morris church, to which he made a donation of land, and at his death bequeathed the income of one thousand dollars for its support, and that of the burying-ground located there. He, too, served as a justice of the peace in an early day, in this township. He was married twice, and had two daughters, one of whom (Jane) was the first wife of Dr. Jeremiah Clark.   A family by the name Stewart were early settlers in Ha Tilton, just south of where the starch factory now stands. A son, William, married Betsey Fisher, and occupied the place after his father's death.   John Stambaugh and family, consisting of his wife and four children, moved in from Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in 1804. He lived where the widow of his son, Frederick, now resides (now Marion township), taking up the west half of section three. He had two sons and four daughters, all now dead but one daughter—Mrs. David Mooberry, who lives in Illinois. Frederick, who occupied the homestead up to the day of his death, in 1861, was born there, in 1811; he married Elizabeth Baylor, who is sttll living on the same property.   Percival Adams, about this time, settled on a part of the southwest quarter of section twenty-seven.   David Spangler, one of the earliest settlers of the township, emigrated, with his family, from Rockingham county, Virginia, and settled where his grandson, W. T. Spangler, now lives. He built the old brick house there, about sixty-ftve years ago. He had a large family, but only two sons are living—one in the northern part of the State, and the other in Illinois. David, his son (now deceased), married Julia Holmes, who is still living, near South Bloomfield, Pickaway county. David Spangler, sr., died July 26, 1841, aged nearly seventy-six.   The Ramseys—Samuel, James, and Robert—were among the early pioneers of the" county. Samueli and James settling in the west part of Madison township,. and Robert in this, on the east line of the township, on Big Walnut, where the bridge now is. His sons run a ferry -across the creek as early as 1814 or 1815. Their boat was flat-bottomed and was capable of carrying a loaded wagon and team of six horses at a single time, and frequently ferried across wagons loaded with merchandise from the east.   Ferguson Morehead, originally from Pennsylvania, came to Ohio from Kentucky with his mother and a brother. In 1806 he married Jane Williams, and settled on the Scioto river south of David Spangler's. He died there about the year 1846, and his wife in 1825. Mrs. Maria Holmes, now living in this township with her son, Isaac Holmes, was their oldest child. She was born October I, 1807, in the cabin on the bank of the river, and was rocked in a sap-trough for a cradle. She married Isaac Holmes September 6, 1827, and spent her married life in Harrison township, Pickaway county.   George W. Williams came from Maryland in the spring of 1805, and located in Franklinton. A year afterward he moved into Hamilton, and settled where his son, David, now lives, section eleven, now Marion township. He opened a tavern on the Groveport road, in 1812, which at the time was the principal stopping place between Middletown, now Oregon, in Madison township, and Franklinton. Mr. Williams kept tavern there until his death, in 1829. His wife survived him many years, and died at the age of over eighty. They were the parents of twelve children, four of whom survive, viz.:   392 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO.   George W. Williams, living in this township; Eli, in Mifflin; Mrs. Mary Earhart, in Columbus; and David, in Marion township. The first named was born in Hamilton, in 1809, and is, without doubt, the oldest inhabitant of Hamilton, who was born in the township. He married Laura Ann Moore, whose father, Simeon Moore, jr., was an early pioneer of Blendon township.   John Weatherington came into the township in 1805, with his son-in-law, George W. Williams. He entered a part of section seventeen, and resided there until his death. His sons, Isaac, John, and William, all settled in the township. His daughter, Rebecca, was the wife of Mr. Williams, and two other daughters—Margaret and Comfort, married, respectively, John and Josiah Williams, brothers of George W., sr.   James and Andrew Culbertson joined the settlement about this time; also, Robert Shannon, and his sons, Samuel, Hugh, James, John, Joseph, and William.   John Huff came in with Emmer Cox (who settled in Madison township), in the year 1807. He settled where Amos Culp now lives, in section twelve, and died on that place at an advanced age. He was a Revolutionary soldier.   Henry Hornbaker was an early settler, in the southeast quarter of section thirty-six, and Thomas Swan, in the northeast quarter of the same section. Swan sold out, in 1818, to Mathias Wolf, and went west.   The Sullivants—Thomas, William, and James—settled, at an early day, on a portion of section thirty-six. They bought no land, but took a lease, at the expiration of which, they moved out of the county.   Zebulon Gray came from Maryland, at an early day, and a family, by the name of German, came at the same time. Gray and George German moved to Indiana. Jesse German was a resident of Hamilton until his death, and some of his children now reside here.   William Thomas was an early occupant of section thirty-six, not far from where William Rohr now lives. He removed to Indiana, and died there.   The Lamberts settled, quite early, on the farm now owned and occupied by Thomas M. Clark, the northwest quarter of section thirty-five. The father and mother both died there. Two of the sons moved west.   Jacob Wolf was an early settler on the farm now occupied by his son-in-law, Timothy Sherman, and died, only a few years since, at the age of nearly ninety.   George Hays located, at an early date, in section twenty-four, and occupied, as a renter, the farm now owned by Harvey Lisle.   Levi Shinn was an early pioneer of Hamilton, and settled in section thirty-four.   In 1809, Samuel Pursel came to Ohio, from near Brownsville, Pennsylvania, a town on the Monongahela river. Shortly after coming, he was married to Nancy O'Harra, whose parents were pioneers of the old town of Franklinton, and located in Hamilton, a short distance south of where Rees' station now is. Subsequently, he settled in the west part of the township, on the Chillicothe road, where he lived until his death, which occurred in the year 1844. Mr. Pursel was a volunteer in the war of 1812, and assisted in building the blockhouses at Upper Sandusky. He was an expert hunter, and, during the early years of his settlement, killed a great many deer, wild turkeys, and smaller game, which, as was the custom among the pioneers, he divided with his neighbors. Ten children were born to him. Mrs. Harriet Stimmel, now residing in this township, was the eldest, and was born in this township, in March, 181 r. She became the wife of Yost. Stimmel (now deceased), son of -Michael Stimmel. Mrs. Stimmel has three children: Mrs. John R. Cook, in Columbus; John, in this township, and Smith Stimmel, an attorney-at-law in Cincinnati. She has buried four.   Asa Dunn, from New Jersey, was an early settler near where Shadville now stands, on the bank of the river. He had a distillery and a small corn-mill on the river.   Michael Stimmel, with his wife and two children, came from Hampshire county, Virginia, in 1810. They made the journey on horseback, the father carrying one of the children and the mother the other, who was then about a year old. Mr. Stimmel located first on the farm of William Renick, in Pickaway county, where he remained for a year or two, when he came to Franklin county, and settled in this township, on the farm now owned by the family of Thomas Johnson, jr. He was a blacksmith by trade, and kept a shop there. 'This farm he occupied about seven years, and then purchased and settled on the farm now owned and occupied by John Stimmel, his son, where he spent the remainder of his life, dying there in the spring of 1859. Peter, Daniel, and Jacob, brothers of Michael Stimmel, came out afterward, and married and settled in this county— Peter and Daniel in Hamilton, and Jacob in Franklin township. They are all now deceased.   John Shoaf, and family, consisting of his wife and ten children: John Plum, wife, and daughter, and Samuel Riley, moved in together from Hardy county, Virginia, on the south branch of the Potomac river, in the fall of 1812. Henry and Jacob Plum had arrived some time before this. Shoaf and family spent the following winter in a cabin of Andrew Culbertson, and in the spring located near the present site of Lockbourne. Some eighteen months afterward, he made a trip to Virginia, during which he contracted a cold, and died soon after returning to Ohio, in the spring of 1814. Of this large family, John, living in Hamilton, is the only survivor.   John Plum settled where William Riley now resides, in section fifteen. He purchased there two hundred acres of land, and also a farm in the vicinity of Lock-bourne. He lived but a few years after his settlement, but his wife lived until the age of ninety-five.   Samuel Riley was single when he came to Ohio, but afterwards he married Susan, daughter of John Plum, and occupied the place on which her parents settled.   David Williams came from near Morefield, Hardy county, Virginia, and in connection with his brother, Abraham, who lived in Chillicothe, located some seven hundred acres of land in the southwest part of the township. April 23, 1811, he married Margaret Kerns, and settled on the land he had purchased, first occupying a   JACOB STOUTZENBARGER,   one of Hamilton's substantial farmers, is the eldest of two children of John and Hannah (Rowe) Stoutzenbarger, and was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 26, 1810. His father died when he was three years of age, and when he was ten years old his mother also died. After her death he worked out for a living, and when he was fifteen years of age, hired to a farmer for four dollars per month. He was economical with his small earnings, and at the end of the year had saved twelve dollars. In this saving he laid the foundation of his successful business life. When his year on the farm expired, he learned the carpenter's trade, serving an apprenticeship of three years and a half, and subsequently worked at the trade, on his own account, for about three years. Having by this time accumulated a capital of about a thousand dollars, he opened a store in a small country town in Pennsylvania, called New Providence. He conducted the little store for six years, when he sold out for six thousand dollars. Having a eapital to invest, he was induced by his friend, Amor Rees, to come to Hamilton, and with him purchase a saw-mill. They afterwards built a distillery on Big Walnut creek, a short distance above the present residence of W. T. Rees. This they operated about four years, when Mr. Stoutzenbarger, sold his interest to his partner, the business not proving as profitable as he desired. He then went to Marion county, and erected a distillery at Caledonia, which he carried on some seven years, with success. He then disposed of the still, and concluding to engage at farming, he returned to Franklin county, and purchased the one hundred and sixty acres on which he now lives. He has since, at different times, added to his original purchase, until he now owns nearly one thousand acres in this county, besides a considerable landed interest in the west. Mr. Stoutzenbarger's extraordinary success in the accumulation of property, having never received any assistance whatever, has been due to his prudence and industry, combined with a large degree of sagacity. Un like many whose success in this direction is the result of questionable methods, Mr. Stoutzenbarger's honesty and integrity were never doubted, and he enjoys the confidence and respect of all who know him.   Mr. Stoutzenbarger was married March, 1843, to Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob and Julia Ann Frank (afterwards wife of Amor Rees), who was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in the year 1823. She became the mother of four children, and died in 1848. Three of the children died in infancy; the other, Susan, born June 28, 1844, married C. S. Herr, December 21, 1864, and resides with her husband on a farm of her father's, near Shadeville.   HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO - 393   cabin a short distance south of Mrs. Catharine Williams' present residence. He afterwards built a brick house on the same location. The frame house now occupied by Mrs. Williams, he erected fifty-four years ago, and occupied it until his death, in 1834. His wife died in May, 1840. They had nine children—Abraham, Mary, Abner K., David, Rebecca H., William, Benjamin, Isaac, and Sarah E., all now deceased, except Mary, wife of Felix Renick, of Pickaway county, and Rebecca, who married P. L. Howlett, and is now living near Springfield, Illinois. Abner K. lived in this township, where his son, David, now lives; and David, near Lockbourne, on the place occupied now by his family; William married Mrs. Nancy McKinley, and after her death, Mary Williams, widow of his brother, Abner K.; she now lives in Shadeville; Benjamin was married to Catharine Wright, of Missouri—she still occupies the old homestead of David Williams, sr.; Sarah E. was the wife of Seymour Renick.   Mathias Wolf and family moved into the township in 1812. He settled in section twenty-six, and lived there until his death, in March, 1849, aged fifty years. His wife survived him ten years. They had but one child —a daughter, who became the wife of William Rohr.   Frederick Stombaugh, with his wife and six children, came from Pennsylvania during the war of 1812. He settled on the place now occupied by Dr. Blish, on the Lancaster pike, and died there about 1849 or 1850. His wife died previous to that date.. They raised a family of six children, of whom there are living: Samuel, who' lives in Iowa; Frederick, who lives north of Columbus; and Elizabeth, widow of George W. McCloud, who lives in Marion township. Mrs. McCloud is now seventy years of age.   Jacob Shook came from Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, with his father, Philip Shook, in 1812. His father, with his family, settled in Madison township, Pick-away county, where Abraham Shook now lives, and resided there until his death. Jacob Shook, in 1817, married Judeth Glick, who came to Fairfield county with her parents in 1808. Mr. Shook settled about a mile north of his father, on forty acres of land, on the south part of the tract now owned by Z. H. Perrill. In 1822 he came into this township, but remained only two years, when he returned to his former place of residence, in Pickaway county. In 1828 he erected a saw-mill on Slate. run, in Madison township, Pickaway county, the race for which he was five years in completing. In the spring of 1849, he removed to this township, and located on the southeast quarter of section twelve, which had previously been purchased by his sons, Elias and Jeremiah. He died there in 186o, at the age of seventy years. His wife died in March, 1879, at the residence of her son, Elias Shook, at the age of nearly eighty-one. They had six children, of whom Elias is the only survivor. In 1859, the latter married Rebecca, daughter of Henry Allspaugh, and occupied the place on which his father had resided until about eighteen years ago, when he moved to the farm on which he now resides, at Lockbourne.   George Klickenger came from New Jersey about 1820. He stopped in Franklinton for about six months, when he purchased eighty acres in the northeast. quarter of section eleven. He died there some twenty years ago. He had nine children, all of whom were born in New Jersey, but the youngest, John B., living on the old homestead, and Mrs. Jasper Berger, in Iowa, are the only surviving members of the family.   Aldridge Watkins, a native of Massachusetts, came to Ohio from Ontario county, New York, arriving in this township July 4, 1822. He first located in section two, but subsequently moved to section twelve, where he lived for some time ; finally settling where his son Q. A. now resides. He died in March, 1849. Much of his life was spent in work at jobs on the roads, on the canal, and the streets of Columbus. He was the father of seven children, four of whom are now living, viz: Philo B. and Quincey A. who are among the substantial farmers of Marion township ; Madaline, widow of Capt. Morrison, in Columbus, and Emeline, wife of Philomel M. Gray, in Scioto township, Pickaway county. The mother, now in the seventy-eighth year of her age, lives with her son, Quincey A.   Alexander Harrison, then a boy twelve years of age, came with his parents to Ohio from near Winchester, Virginia, in 1802. They settled at Lancaster, Fairfteld county, where, January 6, 1813, he married Nancy Strode who came to the same vicinity from Berkeley county, Virginia, in 1806. Mr. Harrison came to Hamilton in 1829, and settled in the southwest quarter of section one. He was a carpenter by trade, and worked on the canal, in the construction of locks, for about three years. He died in this township December 6, 1853, aged eighty-three. His wife died November 24, 1857. There were three children: William H., the only one now living, married in 1846, Mary Kiger, who died about two years after marriage. Mr. Harrison has resided in the section where he now lives continuously since 1829. March 4, 1852, he married Susannah Gushart, with whom he now lives.   Alexander Harrison, sr., was a Revolutionary soldier, serving through almost the entire war, and was in several important engagements. He was a guard at Independence Hall, Philadelphia, when the Declaration of Independence was read.   Samuel Ranck has been a resident of this township about forty years. He was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in 1811, and emigrated to Ross county, Ohio, in 1834. The next year he came to Franklin county, and resided in Madison township nearly five years, when he moved to Hamilton.   Joshua Betts settled, where Shadeville now stands, in February, 1834. He married, in the spring of 1835, Catharine Lilley, and kept, for several years, a boarding house in a cabin that stood on the site of the present residence of Mrs. Seeds. He located, where he now lives, in 1844.   EARLY EVENTS.   The first birth in the township was that of Maximilla Fisher, daughter of Michael and Sarah Fisher, who was born September 20, I 800. When this event occurred, the parents were residing on the banks of the Scioto. Miss   394 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO.   Fisher became the wife of Arthur O'Harra. There were some very early burials in the Walnut Hill burying-ground, but the graves have now no mark to designate their location. The oldest inscription in the graveyard is that on the tombstone of John Hornbaker, who was buried there in February, 1811. In July, of the same year, his son, Henry, was also buried there. The same year, also, the wife of William Thomas was deposited there. The first road laid out in the township was the old Franklin and Chillicothe road, which then run a different course from that which the pike now does. On the old road, on the farm now occupied by Timothy Sherman, the first tavern in the township was kept by James Culbertson. The next tavern was that of George W. Williams, previously mentioned.   EARLY SCHOOLS.   The earliest schools were kept in private cabins, and were supported by subscription. The first school was kept in an unoccupied log cabin, on the farm of Thomas Johnson. John Lusk and Samuel Clark were among the earliest teachers. The first school-house in the township was erected in the Stombaugh neighborhood, on the back part of the Stewart farm. One of the first teachers here was a man by the name of Goodnough. Andrew Armstrong and Ellen Toppin were also early teachers. A school-house was built, at an early date, on the John Thompson farm. The first school-house at Lockbourne was a log building, and stood at the upper end of the town, nearly opposite the residence of William Many-penny. The first school in the vicinity of Shadeville was taught in a log school-house, near the present bridge at the intersection of the pike and canal.   RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.   THE LUTHERAN CHURCH.   In the year 1812, Rev. M. Foster, a minister of the Evangelical Lutheran denomination, was invited by members of the Reformed and Lutheran denomination, residing in Hamilton, to come and preach to them, which request was complied with, and Mr. Foster continued to preach for them for two years, holding meetings generally in dwelling houses. An organization was formed with the following membership: Philip Helsel, G. Kissinger, John Sharp, Jacob Plum, Michael Stimmel, Nicholas Young, Frederick Stombaugh, and others. Philip Helsel and G. Kissinger were chosen elders, and Michael Stimmel and Nicholas Young, wardens. The second minister was Charles Henkel, who began his labors in 1819, and remained six or seven years. In 1821 a log meeting-house was built, and the society incorporated under the name of "The German Lutheran and Reformed congregation of the township of Hamilton." Prof. William Smith, of the Columbus Lutheran seminary, succeeded Mr. Henkel, commencing in 1831, and continuing four years. Rev. Mr. Pence was the next pastor, and remained until the spring of 1842. He was followed by Philip Gast, under whom, in 1844, a new brick church was built. The successive pastors since Mr. Gast, are as follows: Rev. Mr. Speilman, Rev. Daniel Worley, Rev. Mr. Shultze, and Rev. E. Schmid, who is still in charge, having been pastor 'since 1863. The new church building was erected in 1873, costing about nine thousand dollars, and was dedicated June 7th, of the following year. The church consists of two divisions, constituting one congregation. The society is large and prosperous, the actual membership being three hundred in the English division, and seventy in the German. The pastor preaches one Sunday in English, and the other in German.   WALNUT HILL METHODIST CHURCH.   In 1804 the pioneer circuit rider, Rev. James Quinn, was appointed to the Hockhocking circuit. Soon after he made his way from Toby Town, near where Royalton now is, which was one of his regular appointments, to the cabin of William Harper, near where Lockbourne now stands, with Ezekiel Groom as his pilot through the wilderness. At Mr. Harper's was organized the first society on the waters of Walnut creek. The members of the class were: William and Anna Harper, Noah and Thankful Bishop, Ezekiel and Rhoda Groom. The class was afterward removed to widow Lambert's, and later to Walnut Hill. A frame meeting-house. was built there in 1833, the Presbyterians assisting in its erection. Thomas Morris donated two acres of land for the church and graveyard, and at his death left the society one thousand dollars, the interest on which he directed in his will to be used in keeping up the church and burying-ground. The brick church was erected in 1869, at a cost of six Thousand four hundred dollars. The membership is now about eighty. The class in Lockbourne held their earliest meetings in a log school-house, in the upper end of town. After the erection of the United Brethren church they held their services in that until 185o, when their present brick church was built. Among the membership composing the class at the time of its organization were: Josiah Hulva and wife, Thomas Bennett, and J.' M. Bennett. The first preacher for the society was a Rev. Mr. Martin. The membership of this church is now about forty-seven.   The Sunday-school of this church was organized in 1848, by Josiah Hulva and wife, assisted by William T. Smith, Abraham Smith, Samuel Rank, and others. The school was, at first, held in the United Brethren church, but, in 1851, was removed to the Methodist Episcopal church. Josiah Hulva was the first superintendent, and held that position until 1857, when he was succeeded by Wm. T. Smith. After Mr. Smith, the superintendents were, successively : Dr. J. N. Robinson, Joseph Brantner, John Stimmel, and John Rathmell.   THE METHODIST CHURCH   at Shadeville was organized in 1856, by Rev. Mr. Hooper. The members were Joshua Betts and wife, and Alban. Kaylor and wife. A frame meeting-house was erected the same year, and occupied about ten years, when it fell down. The present brick church was built some six or seven years ago.   ST. MATTHEW'S CHURCH (EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN),   at Lockbourne, was erected in 1875, and the society was formed about the same time. The church cost some-   ARTHUR O'HARRA.   The subject of this notice was of Scotch ancestry; his parents, Hugh and Mary O'Harra, were natives of Virginia, whence they emigrated to Ross county (now Pickaway), in 1800. There Arthur was born, February 6, 1801. He grew up to boyhood on the farm of his father, and, about 1819, came from Marion county (where his parents had previously removed), to Frankiin county, and for a time worked at brick-making in Columbus. Subsequently, he engaged in agricultural pursuits, in which he continued during his life; he was an intelligent tiller of the soil, with advanced views of agriculture. In 1826, he was united in marriage, by the Rev. Dr. Hoge, to Miss Maxamillia Fisher, daughter of Michael and Sarah Fisher, who were among the earliest settlers in the county. Mrs. O'Harra was born September 20, 1800, and the event is believed to have been the first of the kind in Hamilton township. Colonel O'Harra, as he was familiarly called, was a man of large stature, being six feet in height and possessing corresponding physical strength; he also possessed a naturally vigorous mind, and exerted a potent influence over those with whom he mingled. It was his custom to enforce upon his children a strict compliance with his serious religious views, and all his conduct was regulated from a christian standpoint. He was a prominent member of the Presbyterian church, and was an elder in the church for thirty-five years. Colonel O'Harra possessed, in an eminent degree, those sterling characteristics of the race of which he was a worthy descendant. He was frugal, industrious, persevering, thoroughly honorable and honest, and enjoyed the respect of all who knew him. He died in Hamilton township, Franklin county, March 6, 1875. Mrs. O'Harra died in 1864. They raised a family of eight children, seven of whom are now living. At the time of his death, Colonel O'Harra had, besides his children, ten grandchildren and one great-grandchild.   HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO - 395   thing over three thousand dollars, and is not yet fully completed. It is a neat and commodious structure,. and well furnished. The present pastor is William H. Brown, resident at St. Paul, Pickaway county.   HAMILTON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.   This society was organized, at an early date, by Rev. Dr. Hoge, of Columbus. They aided the Methodists in the erection of the church building at Walnut Hill, and held their meetings therein until the erection of the brick church south of Mr. Shoaf's. This church was built about 1841 or 1842. The organization has run down, and no meetings have been held for several years. The church is now used by the grange.   The United Brethren had a church organization at Lockbourne for many years until within the last few years. The class was formed at the former dwelling of Samuel Ranck, about the year 1842, by William K. McCabe, the first circuit preacher. There has been, prior to this time, local preaching in the neighborhood by Rev. Louis Kramer and others of the denomination, for several years. Preaching was held at Mr. Ranck's on the Dresbach place, in Madison township, this county, as early as 1837. The earliest members of the class were Samuel Ranck and wife, Daniel Dresbach and wife, Henry Hammond and wife, and H. P. Jeffers and wife. Meetings were held regularly at Mr. Ranck's every two weeks, until the building of the frame meeting house in Lockbourne, which was commenced in 1843, and completed and occupied in I844.• Local preaching had been held before this in the school house in Lockbourne. The society in its infancy met with opposition, and even persecution, from a class of individuals who had no regard for religious teaching, and the school house was finally locked against them. The church of the society was open to all orthodox denominations, and the Methodists and the Lutherans also occupied it for a time. The church numbered at one time about fifty members, but it was substantially broken up a number of years ago, and no meetings have been held at the church for three years ; and a year ago it was sold to the village of Lockbourne for a town hall.   Mr. Ranck was the leader of the class, and the leading member of the church for many years.   MILLS.   The date of the construction of several mills in the township, that have long since gone down, we are unable to give. The first mill was probably the saw-mill of Michael Fisher, before mentioned. It was erected on the Scioto river, in the northwest part of the township, and was in operation until the canal was built, when it was torn down. Joseph Murray and Isaac Weatherington erected a sawmill at an early date on Gahanna river, on the land now owned by W. 1'. Rees. John Herr and Francis Johnston had a saw-mill and grist-mill, and also a distillery, on the same. stream, about a mile east of Shadeville. Oliver Hartwell erected a mill at the four-mile locks, isoon after the completion of the canal. After running a number of years; it was burned down. A saw-mill was built at Shadeville, by John and Cornelius McCarthy, in 1834. They run it until 1837, when they sold out to James and John Dalzell, who subsequently took A. G. Hibbs in as partner.   THE COTTAGE MILLS,   located at Shadeville, were erected by James and John Dalzell and A. G. Hibbs, in the year 1841. They operated them some ten years, when the Dalzells sold their interest to Hibbs, who made some additions to the building. The mill is now owned by C. & J. W. Seeds.   PHYSICIANS.   The first physician who settled in the township was Dr. Jeremiah Clark. Graduating at Cleveland in 1825, he soon after came to Hamilton, where he practiced medicine up to 1846. He resided on the farm still occupied by his widow, and died in 1865. Dr. Holbrook is said to have been the earliest physician at Lockbourne. About 1833, he came there from New York; remained a few years, and then moved to Allen county, Ohio. Dr. A. N. Boales settled there soon after Dr. Holbrook, removing from Circleville, where he had been a former student of the well-known Dr. Luckey. He continued in practice in Lockbourne until his death. Dr. Carl located in Lockbourne about the year 1846, but remained only two or three years. Dr. Marshall, now of Blendon township, was a physician of Lockbourne a number of years, and was afterwards a representative in the legislature. Dr. H. L. Cheney, now of Groveport, practiced medicine in Lockbourne eleven months, leaving in 1848. Dr. Carney was there at the same time. The latter afterwards went to New Mexico. Dr. R. G. McLane located at Lockbourne soon after Dr. Carney left, and practiced a number of years, when he sold out to Dr. I. N. Robinson and removed to Michigan. He returned a year or two afterward, and, buying Robinson out, continued in practice for three or four years, when he discontinued it, to accept an appointment as supervisor at the distillery. He died at Lockbourne. The present physicians there are Dr. H. C. Blake and Dr. M. A. Boner. The former obtained his medical education at the Columbus medical college, Columbus, Ohio, where he graduated in March, 1876. In April, of the same year, he commenced practice at Lockbourne, where he has since continued with success, Dr. Boner is a physician of the eclecttc school, and began practice in Lockbourne in February, 1879.   Dr. Davis was the first physician in Shadeville, where he settled about 185o or 1851. He was a student of Dr. Guard, of Harrison township, Pickaway county. After remaining about two years, he sold to William Williams the property now occupied by his widow, and removed to Indian Territory. Before Dr. Davis left, Dr. W. J. Scott came in, and located where Dr. Blake now lives. Dr. Scott remained a number of years, and was a successful practitioner. He removed to Cleveland, and is now professor of theory and practice in the medical department of Wooster university, in that city. Dr. 0. P. Brinker derived his medical education at Ohio medical college, Cincinnati, where he graduated, in 1864. He began practice in South Bloomfield, Pickaway county, in the spring of that year, and the next fall came to Shade-   396 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO   ville, where he has since practiced, with the exception of one year, in Circleville. Dr. M. M. Stimmel resided in Shadeville for a year or two, engaged in the practice of his profession, a part of the time in partnership with Dr. Brinker. He removed from there to Kenton, Ohio. Dr. W. H. Blake, of Shadeville, settled there in 187o, and has since built up a fine practice. He is a graduate of Starling medical college, Columbus, receiving his diploma in the spring of 1870.   GRANGE SOCIETIES.   Hamilton Grange, No. 436, was chartered in 1874, the applicants for the charter being Eli Shook, Christian Kortzholtz, T. M. Huddle, J. C. Platter, Job Rohr, J. J. Rohr, Rebecca Shook, G. L. Thompson, Elizabeth Thompson, R. M. Williams, A. C. Finks and others. The first officers were Eli Shook, M.; Christian Kortzholtz, O.; T. M. Huddle, chaplain ; A. P. Sawyer, L; J. C. Platter, secretary. The grange was organized in the school-house at Lockbourne, where a few of the first meetings were held. It then met for a short time at the house of Eli Shook, after which the lower hall in the masonic building was rented, and since May, 1874, has been used as a grange hall. The officers for 1879 are Eli Shook, M.; R. M. Williams, O.; W. H. Roberts, L.; Joseph Bradner, chaplain; Absalom Rohr, secretary. The present membership is about thirty.   HAMILTON CHURCH GRANGE, NO. 557,   was organized February 16, 1874, with the following officers : H. C. Jones, master ; John Stimmel, overseer; Jacob Reab, secretary; John Helsel, lecturer ; Jacob H. Evans, chaplain; John R. Shoaf, steward; H. G. Clark, assistant steward; William Williams, treasurer; F. M. Stimmel, gate-keeper; Mrs. L. W. Simpson, ceres; Mrs. Mary Stimmel, flora; Mrs. Mary Reab, pomono; Mrs. Lizzie Stimmel, lady assistant steward.   The present officers are as follows : John Stimmel, master ; H. G. Clark, overseer; Mary Reab, secretary; Mrs. M. J. Stimmel, lecturer; Lemon Meeker, chaplain; G. W. Shoaf, steward; H. E. Jones, assistant steward; John Lisle, treasurer; John Strickler, gate-keeper; Emma Shoaf, ceres; Ida Lisle, flora; Mattie Boalse, pomono; Anna Clark, lady assistant stewart.   MASONIC SOCIETY.   The Lockbourne Lodge, No. 232, F. and A. M., was organized November 18, 1852, with the following officers: Dr. A. N. Boalse, W. M.; R. G. McLean, S. W.; Josiah Hulva, J. W.; Harvey Gould, S. D.; Jacob Louis, J. D.; P. Adams, secretary; A. G. Hibbs, treasurer; John M. Yates, tyler.   Upon the death of W. M. Boalse in 1853, the G. M. appointed as officer the following named : R. G. McLean, W. M.; Josiah Hulva, S. W.; Jasper Berger, J. W.   The society was granted a charter October 20, 1853. At the ftrst election under the charter the following officers were chosen: R. G. McLean, W. M.; 0. B. Keene, S. W.; Joseph Loehr, J. W.; J. N. Kocher, secretary; J. A. Sarber, treasurer; Joseph Brantner, S. D.; J. B. Walford, J. I)., and 0. Caldwell, tyler. At the present writing the following are the officers : M. D. Brantner, W. M.; William Wright, S. W.; H. C. Blake, J. W.; Joseph Brantner, treasurer; Lewis R. Young, secretary; Absalom Rohr, S D.; Charles S. Walford, J. D.; M, Clark and W. H. Blake, stewards; J. H. Haire, tyler.   There are two :small villages in Hamilton, namely : Lockbourne, and Shadeville. The former, situated in the south part of the township, on Gahanna river, was laid out in the fall of 1831, by Colonel Kilbourne, as agent for Joel Buttles, Demas Adams, and others. The first syllable of the name of the village is dertved from the circumstance of a number of locks in the canal at that point, to which the proprietor added the last syllable of his own name.   The first store in the village was kept by George Reed, in a frame building which stood near the present site of William Manypenny's residence. About three years before the town was laid out, however, the Granville company, who constructed the canal through Lockbourne, established a store there, principally for their own convenience in the construction of the canal, and that of the men in their employ. They erected the building in which Reed afterwards opened, and conttnued in trade until the completion of the canal. Two brothers, by the name of Coats, had, at the same time, a store at the lower end of town. John H. Stage started a store after that of Reed, in a part of the old warehouse, on the canal. He afterward built and occupied the building now occupied by Peter Palmer. Stage finally removed to Columbus, where he continued in trade. Other stores have been established at Lockbourne, too numerous to specify.   A post-office was established at Lockbourne; in 1837, with Nathan G. Smith as postmaster. His successors have been: Zebulon Marcy, appointed in 1838; John H. Stage, in 1839'; C. M. Porter, in 1849; Dr. A. N. Boalse, in 1851; Dr. J. R. Marshall, in 1853: John A Sarber, in 1854; John H. Haire, in 1856; Peter Palmer, the present incumbent, in April, 1875.   The distillery of William Manypenny was established by Daniel Kellogg, in 1839. The original building was a frame, and stood a short distance below the present one. The brick building was destroyed by ftre in 1853, and was rebuilt by A. H. Elliott.   Lockbourne now contains about three hundred inhabitants, two stores, two churches, a post-office, a schoolhouse, two or three mechanic shops, one distillery, two saloons, and two physicians.   Shadeville, situated on the Chillicothe pike, two miles north of the south line of the township, was laid out, by A. G. Hibbs, in the spring of 1853, and named for his wife, whose maiden name was Shade. Joshua Betts sold the ftrst goods in Shadeville, about the year 1838. He kept his store in a part of Hibbs' saw-mill, just below the present grist-mill. A few months afterward, he erected a building just south of the grist-mill, in which he kept store for some four years, when, deciding to discontinue business, he removed the goods to his dwelling, and closed them out. The next store was started by Huffman & Dresbach, in the building which they also erected, now occupied by D. S. Evans. They continued several years, and then sold to James Cory, who, two years after-   WILLIAM H. BLAKE, M. D.   Samuel L. Blake, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, emigrated to Ohio from Middletown, Connecticut, in the year 1816, and settled in Alexander township, Athens county. He was born in 1777, and died in 1859. His son, Samuel B., born in Alexander township in 1817, and married in 1845, Polly Camp, who was born in the same township January 15, 1825. Polly Camp was a daughter of John Camp, and Lois French who were early settlers in the township before mentioned, removing also from Connecticut.   The parents of the subject of this biography are still living in their native township, and have a family of six children, as follows: William H., born February 23, 1846 ; Henry C., born October 23, '1847, a practicing physician in Lockbourne, Franklin county, Ohio, and married January 1, 1879, Miss Fannie P. Vause; Hattie, who married Clark A. Potter, of Athens, and now living in Texas, born October 6, 1850 ; Mary E., who married in 1877, Charles F. Tedrow, was born August 2o, 1855, and now living in Athens county; John C., born September 3o, 1862, and Charles F., born December 13, 1865, living at home.   Dr. Blake read medicine with Drs. Earhart and McClure, of Albany, Athens county, Ohio, and was graduated at Starling Medical college, Columbus, Ohio, in the spring of 187o. Between his two terms at college, he practiced in Doddridge county, Virginia, and after receiving his diploma, he established himself at the little. village of Shadeville, Franklin county, Ohio, which he found a favorable location for a physician, possessing the requisite energy and qualifications for success. Dr. Blake soon built up a fine business, and now has a large and lucrative practice, his field comprising this township and adjacent territory within the county and .h northern part of Pickaway county. Having a larger practice than he could attend to, he induced his brother, Dr. H. C. Blake, to locate in Lockbourne in the spring of 1876, to whom he resigned his practice in that vicinity.   Dr. Blake was married November 28, 1873, to Ellen, daughter of David and Charlotte (Dulen) Williams, of Lockbourne, born October 28, 1855. Two children are the result of this union-Ola, born August 31, 1874, and Samuel D., born September 16, 1877.   Dr. Blake has two honorable discharges from the late war, having served six months as a member of the Fourth Independent battalion, Ohio volunteer cavalry, and afterwards in the One Hundred and Eighty-first regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry, from the date of its organization until the close of the war.   Dr. Blake, ever since he entered his profession, has given to the practice and study of medicine his whole attention and energy, refusing to accept positions of official trust, but seeking to attain the highest rank as a skilful physician and surgeon, following in the footsteps of his illustrious great grandfather (Jesse Camp) who settled in Athens county, Ohio, in 1814, from New Haven county, Connecticut, and was a noted surgeon in his day.   REV. ELIAS GOODRICH   who was born in Berlin, Connecticut, in 1767, was married to Hannah Baily, and to them were born three children: Horace, Sarah and Hannah. Horace Goodrich was born at Berlin, Connecticut, June 13, 1791, and was married to Martha Winchell, daughter of Salmon Winchell, March 10, 1814. He resided in Berlin until 1838, when he moved to Tuscarawas county, Ohio. To them were born two children: Emerson and Lucy H. Emerson married Mary, daughter of Aaron and Susan Schenk, at New Comerstown, Ohio, February 28, 1841, by whom he has had four children: Lucy, Jane, Corella and Aaron ; (Lucy and Aaron died in infancy). Emerson's wife died May 22, 1849, and he married for his second wife, Mary Winchell, daughter of Hezekiah and Nancy Winchell, of New Haven, Connecticut, July io, 1851. They have one daughter, Ida May.   E. Goodrich received an academical education, and in 1835 engaged in the mercantile business at the south. He was obliged to leave in the fall of 1837, on account of ill health, when he moved to Tuscarawas county, Ohio, and engaged in manufacturing. In 1852 he was elected clerk of the common pleas and district court of said county, in which position he served three years. In 1855 he became one-third owner of the New Philadelphia machine works, to which business he devoted his whole time until the breaking out of the Rebellion in 1861, when he accepted a commission as captain in the Eightieth Ohio volunteer infantry, and served until 1863, since which time he has held a position in the war department at Washington.   Lucy H. Goodrich was born at Berlin, Connecticut, September 12, 1823, and was married to George R. Little,- esq., October 23, 1842, at New Comerstown, Ohio, since which time Mr. Little has been extensively engaged in manufacturing and mercantile pursuits.   Jane, daughter of Emerson Goodrich, was married to Major Charles E. Mitchener, editor and publisher of the Guernsey Jeffersonian, Cambridge, Ohio. They are the parents of three children: Mary, Martha and Jennie.   Corella Goodrich was born October 27, 1846, and was married to J. P. Arnold September 3, 1869. They have two children.   HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO - 397   ward, sold to Simpson & Stimmel. They continued in business about two years, when they were succeeded by D. S. & C. W. Evans. The latter withdrew from the firm in 1876, and since then the business has been carried on by D. S. Evans. The Shadeville house was erected by A. G. Hibbs, in 185o or 1851, and was ftrst kept by Jonathan Hibbs. It has since been kept, successively, by A. G. Hibbs, Joshua Hertzell, and Jacob Reab, the present proprietor, who purchased the property in 1868. A post-office was established at Shadeville, in 1853. A. G. Hibbs was the first postmaster, and served until 1858, when Joshua Hertzell was appointed. He kept the office some ten years, until his death, when his widow was appointed, and served one year. She was succeeded, in 1869, by Jacob Reab, the present incumbent.   Shadeville now contains some twenty-five or thirty families, a post-office, a store, a hotel and saloon, a grist-mill, a shop or two, a church, a school-house, and two physicians.. These villages are not thriving.   BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES,   THE LISLE FAMILY,   of which John Lisle, of Hamilton township, is the oldest living representative, was among the first that settled in Franklin county. The grandfather, John Lisle, was a native of Ireland, but when a young man, emigrated to the United States with an older brother. He married, in Pennsylvania, Rachel Irwin, and remained in that State a few years, when he removed to Kentucky. He purchased there a military claim, but subsequently lost it, the title proving invalid. In 1798 he emigrated, with his family, consisting of his wife and eight children, to Ohio, and settled in Franklinton.' He remained there about a year, during which he cultivated a piece of land belonging to Lucas Sullivant, when he removed three miles farther north, and settled in Clinton township, taking up two hundred acres, and making his location on the place now- owned by J. 0. Lisle. He died there in 1810. His wife survived him a number of years, and died at Lancaster.. The children of John and Rachel Lisle wof ere: Robert, Margaret, Elizabeth, James, Rebecca, Jane, John, and Rachel, all now deceased. Margaret was the wife of James McElvain, one of the early pioneers of Franklin county, but finally removing with his family to Indiana; Elizabeth was the wife of Luther Powers, and also removed to Indiana; James married Mary Golliford, and was a resident of Hamilton township until his death; Rebecca married Joseph Young, and resided in Fairfield county; Jane became the wife of Samuel Maynard, lived in Clinton a number of years, and then removed to Sandusky; John married Thankful Maynard, and soon afterward removed to Indiana; Rachel married William Sackett, first settled in Fairfield county, but eventually moved to Putnam county.   Robert, the oldest of the family, and the father of John Lisle, whose portrait appears on another page, was born September 18, 1785; married in Fairfield county, in 1810, Abigail McIntyre, and settled in Clinton township, where he lived four years; then moved into Hamilton, and located on the farm now occupied by his son, Harvey. He died March 31, 1862, and his wife April 17th, of the same year. They were the parents of twelve children, of whom John was the oldest. He was born in Clinton township, Franklin county, Ohio, December 19, 1810. He remained at home, at work upon the farm of his father, until twenty-three years of age, when he was married, on the anniversary of his birth - December 19, 1833 - to Eliza Breckenridge, daughter of Robert and Luce Breckenrige, who was born in Franklinton, July 23, 1810. Her father was a native of Pennsylvania, and her mother (Lucy Foley) of Virginia. They both came to Franklin county, Ohio, with their respective parents, when children, and were married in 1808 or 1809. They resided for many years in Hamilton township, but finally moved into Franklin township, locating on the river, where Mr. Breckenridge died a few years afterwards. Mrs. Breckenridge survived her husband several years, and died a few years in Columbus. Mrs. Lisle is the oldest of eleven children, of whom, besides herself, one son and four daughters are living. After their marriage, Mr and Mrs Lisle remained on his father’s farm, in Clinton, some seven or eight years, when they removed to Hamilton, and settled on the farm on which they now live. They are the parents of four children, as follows; Robert B., born January 30, 1835, died June 18, 1860; Samuel Harvey, born November 15, 1836, married Eliza Jane Johnston (who is now deceased), and died July 9, 1868; George W., born October 21, 1838, married Demeris Helsel, and now resides in Madison township; and Louisa Jane, born October 29, 1842.   Mr. Lisle has always been engaged in farming; has given strict attention to his chosen occupation; and has lived a quiet, unostentations, but useful life. He has held various official trusts in his township, and for three years was director of the county infirmary. He has one sister and one brother now living, namely; Rachel, now Mrs. Jacob Low, residing in Union county, Ohio; and Harvey, on the homestead in Hamilton. He married Priscilla Moore.   THE STOMBAUGH FAMILY   John and Elizabeth (Baker) Stombaugh were natives of York county, Pennsylvania, where they resided until the year 1808, when they removed, with their family, to Ohio. Mr. Stombaugh, the year previous, had visited Ohio-then the "far West "-and had entered the west half of section number three, of township number four, in range twenty-two (Hamilton), and on this piece of land the family commenced pioneer life in the western wilderness. The patent for this land is still in possession of the family, and shows the purchase price to have been two dollars and fifty cents per acre.   Mrs. Stombaugh died in the early years of their settlement, and Mr. Stombaugh subsequently married again, his second wife being Susan Lindsey, of Hamilton. He was the father of .six children, all by his first wife. Mary, the eldest, was the wife of John Shannon, and resided in Hamilton several years, when she removed to Peoria, Illinois, where she afterwards died; Margaret is the wife of David Mooberry, and is now living in Peoria, Illinois; Ann and Catharine (now deceased) both lived in Peoria, Ann being unmarried, and Catharine being the wife of David Martin; John Stombaugh married Nancy Adams, daughter of Percival Adams, one of the pioneers of Hamilton, and died in Woodford county, Illinois.   Frederick Stombaugh, whose portrait appears in connection with this sketch, was the youngest of the family. He was born on the homestead, in Hamilton, on the first day of June, 1811. On January II, 1838, he was united in marriage to Elizabeth, daughter of John and Catharine Baylor (born July 28, 1817), who came to this county from York county, Pennsylvania, in [825, and settled on the Lancaster road, not far from where the toll gate now is. The father died at the age of forty, and the mother some three years since, at the age of eighty-three.   Mr. Stombaugh resided on the farm on which he was born, until the day of his death-September 22, 1861. He was a man of much energy and activity; industrious, prudent, and successful, leaving to his family, as a result of his labor and foresight, a fine property. The children of Frederick and Elizabeth Stombaugh (who is still living on the homestead) are as follows: Eveline, born December 29, 1839, is unmarried; Mary C., born October 14, 1840, was married, April 12, 1866, to Jacob Wright, of Logan county, Ohio, who died August 31, 1868, and Mrs. Wright now lives on the farm with her mother; Elizabeth, born January 15, 1843, married, April 4, 1865, S. K. Jones, and lives on a portion of the homestead; John, born January 28, 1847, married, October 19, 187o, Louisa Jane Klickenger, and also occupies a portion of the home farm; Caroline, born May ix, 1850, married, October 20, 1870, Cyracus Wolfe], and resides in Columbus; Sarah, born February 25, 1853, is unmarried; and Martha, born May 11, 1857, married T. J. Moore, December 12, 1873, and is now living in Marion township.   JEFFERSON.   Jefferson township was originally known as township number one, in range sixteen, of the United States military lands. It is just five miles square, and is bounded upon the north by Plain township, east by Licking county, south by Truro, and west by Mifflin. Its surface is, for the most part, level, being broken only by the streams Black lick and Rocky fork, which flow through it. The soil is, in some places, clay, and in others sandy, and very rich on the bottoms. The only physical features that are particularly noticable are the outcroppings of sandstone, and the occurrence of a fine sulphur spring, which is an object of much interest to the people of the vicinity and to strangers. It is upon the lands of A. Souder, upon Rocky fork. The water is said, by competent judges, to be as valuable, medicinally, as that of the famous Delaware springs.   PIONEERS AND PROMINENT SETTLERS.   Jefferson was largely settled by pioneers from New Jersey, a portton of the lands being bought in a body by a citizen of that State. The first settlers came into the township as early as 1802, or the following year, and located along Black lick. Among the first were: Daniel Dagoe, Moses Ogden, Peter Francisco, William Headley, Michael and Abraham Stagg, Jacob Tharp, Jacob and John H. Smith, Jonathan Whitehead, and Isaac Baldwin. Later than these pioneers, but still at an early date, arrived Joseph Edgar, Michael Neiswender, Shuah Maun, John Kelso, Richard Rhodes, Isaac Painter, John Inks, Joseph Compton, John Davenport, William Havens, William Armstrong, and others.   The township contained, by the time of the war of. 8882, about twenty settlers, some of whom, however, remained but a short time. Comparatively few of the early pioneers are represented by descendants at present in the township, and those who do remain, as the descendants of the first settlers, are able to give but little definite information in regard to them. Of those who came prior to 812, Jacob Tharp was one of the most active, useful, and prominent. He and his wife, Nancy Havens, settled where D. Headley now lives, in section one. He built the ftrst mill on Black lick, and operated it for several years, in addition to performing the various labors of a pioneer life. Mr. Tharp was from New Jersey, and ultimately returned to that State, having become a preacher, of the Baptist denomination.   Peter Francisco settled, also, in the first section, on the Black Lick road, and remained in the township until his death.   Abraham Stagg and his nephew, Michael, came in from New Jersey, and settled where George and David, the sons of the former, now reside, in section two, near the Black lick road.   Henry Huffman and his wife, Susan Dague, settled near the north line of the township in 1807 or 1808. They came from Washington county, Pennsylvania.   John and Esther Edgar, originally from Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, came into the township prior to 1812, and settled upon ninety-acres of land, where J. C. Lennox now lives, near the southern line of the township, and near the west line of section four. They removed to the township, directly, from Fairfield county, where they were pioneers as early as 1798. Their descendants were: Joseph, James, William, John, Silas, Jeannette, Margaret, and Esther. Of this large family, all are dead, except the eldest, Joseph, and he is still a resident of the township. He married Abigail, daughter of Moses Ogden, by whom he had a large family of children, viz.: Louis and Calvin, deceased; Margaret Lunn, George, William, Joseph (deceased), Albert (deceased), Harvey, Frank (deceased), and Martha. Margaret, George, William, and Harvey, are residents of Jefferson. Joseph Edgar has been bed-ridden for several years, but retains his faculties in a remarkable degree. He has been a resident of the township all his life, and has seen it developed from an almost uninhabited wilderness to its present state. An evidence of the high estimation in which he has been held, is afforded by the fact that he has been, for more than thirty-five consecutive years, elected township trustee.   Isaac Baldwin, of New Jersey, came in prior to (or in) the year 1812, and settled just east of Havens' corners. Richard Rhoads came about the same time. Richard and Philip, his sons, now live in Reynoldsburg, and Lambert in Truro township.   William Armstrong, who was one of the first settlers in Franklinton, and originally of New York State, came into Jefferson with his wife, Elvira Dean, tn 1812, and remained there until his death. His wife is still living. They had a family of six children: S. R., who married Alice Kidd, and resides upon the old homestead; J. S. in Prairie-du-Chien, Wisconsin; S. L., who lives in Kansas; Sarah, who resides in Perry township; Isabella, who now lives in Licking county, Ohio; and Mary, deceased.   William Headley came to Jefferson, soon after 1812, and settled at the locality now known as Headley's corners. He married Mary Havens, and lived in the township until his death, in a late year. William and David, his sons, are residents in the township.   John Davenport, as was also Mr. Headley, was a New Jersey emigrant. In 1813, he settled upon the place adjoining William Havens. A son, Louis, now lives in   (398)   HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO - 399   the township, and is the only representative of the family remaining.   Christian Strait came from New Jersey about the same time as Davenport.   John H., and his son, Jacob Smith, came from New Jersey, in 1813, and settled on the Black Lick road, in section one. Jacob Smith still lives in the township, but his father, who married Susan Havens, died many years ago.   John Kelso came in 1814, and from that time until his death, was a resident of Jefferson. He rented various pieces of property, but never purchased.   In the same year came Isaac Painter, John Inks, and Joseph Compton, all of them from Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. Isaac Painter located at the crossing of the Black Lick road and Broadway pike, where J. Milburn now lives. A son, Lewis Painter, is in the township, and is one of its large farmers, and representative men.   Also, in 1814, came Jonathan Whitehead, who located on what is now the B. Sanger farm, in section two. He was a tanner by trade, and the first who practiced that industry in the township.   Daniel Dague came in about this time, and settled near the north line of the township, in section two. He was from Berkshire or Lancaster county, Pennsylvania.   William and Elizabeth Havens, of New Jersey, arrived in the fall of 1815, and located on section one, where their son, William, now resides, and where they owned one hundred and fifty acres of land. Mr. Havens had but little experience of pioneer life, dying in 182o, five years after his settlement. His wife survived him many years. They were the parents of eight children, viz.: Mary Headley, and Susan Smith, both now deceased; Thomas, who located in Illinois; John, Martha Fancher, and Henry, deceased; Sarah Fancher, in Illinois; and William, who married for his ftrst wife Rhoda Ann Alberry, and resides upon the old place. His present wife is Sarah J.; was originally a Doren.   Moses Ogden, of New Jersey, settled where William Havens, jr., resides, and was one of the best men the township numbered among its early residents. He built the first frame house in the township, and it is still standing.   Among the settlers who followed closely those already mentioned, were Michael Neiswender, Andrew Allison, George Beals, A. Favel, and others.   Michael and Barbara Neiswender came in 1818, from Berks county, Pennsylvania. Their sons, Samuel, and Godfrey, still live in the township.   Still later, came Jesse and Margaret Lunn, who settled in Truro township, in 1832, but soon after removed to Jefferson, where they both died, in 1856. They were from Berks county, Pennsylvania. The place of their habitation in the township, was the farm just south of Black Lick station, where their son, Josiah C., now lives. The other children of this couple are located as follows: John, William, and Elizabeth, in Truro township; Joseph, Sarah Wolf, and Rachel Coonze, in Iowa; and Mary Krumm, in Mifflin.   Stephen and Sarah Stoel (or Stowel) came from Essex county, New York, in i834, having purchased a piece of land from Peter Mills, the owner of a large tract, and settled on what is now the Noah Geiger farm. Stephen Stoel died in 187o, and his wife is still living in the township, as are also their children—Burnham, Sally Sandford, and Mary Compton.   Shuah Mann came in 1835, from New Jersey, and remained all his life in the township. His son, by the same name, is now a resident. About the same time, came John and Lucinda Rochelle, also from New Jersey. Mr. Rochelle died in 1876, and Mrs. Rochelle is still living. There are six children living of this family, viz: Scott, in Jefferson township; William, in Cincinnati; Martin, in Kansas ; Susan Chrysler and Phebe Alberry, in Gahanna ; and Mary Ann Hickman, in Reynoldsburgh.   Brace Woodruff came to Ohio in 1822, from Vermont, located in Fairfield county, and in 1838, removed to Jefferson township, and took up the farm upon which he at present resides in section four, and which has been almost entirely cleared by himself. He is the father of nine children, four of whom are living in the township, viz: Hiram, Norman, Lina Whitehead and Emily Donovan.   Edward Ricketts, the son of Jeremiah and Elizabeth Ricketts, pioneers of the year 1800, from Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, to Fairfield county, Ohio, came into Jefferson in 1852, and purchased the property, where he now lives. He married his first wife, Catharine Phillips, in Fairfield county, and his present, Salina Bell, in this township.   John Morrison and family may, perhaps, be called the representative Irish family of the township. They came to this country in 1849, from the north of Ireland, and settled in Knox county, where they remained until they sought their present location, in 1853. The children are: Andrew, Samuel, Isabella (Bean), William, Ann, and Jane. The two oldest sons, as well as the father, have each good farms in the township, the results of their own industry, and are among the substantial.men of the township.   Abram Sagar, a resident of section one, came into the township in 1850, and is a representative man among the German citizens. He is the son of John and Christina Sagar, who settled in Plain township in 1830, and later, moved into Blendon.   ORGANIZATION.   Jefferson, which had originally been a portion of the township of Liberty, and afterwards attached, for civil purposes, to Plain, in common with Blendon and Mifflin, was established and organized under its present boundaries, on the sixth of September, 1816. Unfortunately, the early records have not been preserved, and hence we are unable to give the list of first officers. Jacob Smith and William Dean were elected justices of the peace in 1817, and Henderson Crabb the same year, John Inks in 1818, Jacob Smith in 182o, Isaac Painter M 1821, Smith re-elected in 1823, and Andrew Allison in 1824. The present township officers are: S. H. Kidd, E. Ricketts, George Shanks, trustees; F. B. Stowell,