450 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO.   day of September, were dedicated with appropriate ceremonies.   MILLS AND OTHER ENTERPRISES.   The first grist-mills erected in the eastern part of the county, were those of Matthew Taylor, sr., and John Sharp, located in this township, the former on Alum creek, near its mouth, and the later farther down, on Walnut creek, where the Lancaster pike now crosses it. They were built about the year 1806, or 1807, and not a vestige of them now remain. The Taylor mills were destroyed by fire. A saw and a grist-mill were built on Little Walnut, south of Winchester, at an early date, by Louis Kramer, and a like enterprise engaged in by John Rhoads, on Black lick, in the northeast part of the township. Besides the grist-mills mentioned in connection with the villages of Winchester and Groveport, are the large and excellent Empire mills, on the canal, west of Winchester. They were erected by Judge Chaney and son, 0. P. Chaney, in 1851-2, and were so constructed that whenever there should be an insufficiency of water, steam power could be employed. The Messrs. Chaney, a number Of years after, sold to Joseph Rosenfeld, sr., who subsequently failed, and the property was purchased, at assignee's sale, by Samuel Bartlit. The present owner of the mill is Charles B. Cowan, to whom they were given by his uncle, Mr. Bartlit.   A carding and fulling factory was built at lock number nineteen, on the canal, in 1833 by Isaac and George Cowden, and John B. Thompson. It consisted of two carding-machines and a fulling-mill. Judge Chaney bought the interest of the Cowdens, and John M. Shock bought Thompson's. In 1851 Mr. Shock sold to Judge Chaney, who moved the machinery down to lock twenty-one, where he erected another building and added to the machinery. The property continued in operation until within a year or two.   Thomas Rathmell, who moved in with the Rohrs in 1816, was one of the first blacksmiths in the township. He first kept his shop in the Rohr settlement, but a few years after, removed to the Groveport pike, where he carried on the business many years. Benjamin Rarey established a tannery on his farm, in section four, about 1820. Ezekiel Groom was the pioneer cooper of Madison, and was a useful mechanic to the infant settlement, manufacturing the necessary wooden articles so much in use in the early times.   The pioneer taverns of Madison were kept by Isaac Decker and Adam Rarey. Decker opened a tavern in his log house, in the old village of Middleton, at a very early date, and kept it for many years. Rarey built a log tavern, where Z. Vesey now lives. as early as 1812, and before the road was opened. He afterwards erected a brick tavern.   The early elections in the township were held at the old tavern of Adam Rarey, where the residence of Z. Vesey now stands. The first records have not been preserved, and the writer was unable to obtain the name of the first township officers elected. The present township officers are as follows: Clerk, C. Black, jr.; trustees, Moses Seymour, Elias Decker and William .Sims; treas urer, J. F. Kile; constables, William Shrock and B. C. Sims; justices of the peace, James B. Evans, of Canal Winchester, and Leonard Sarber.   About the year 1824 or '5 George H. Stevenson constructed a flat-boat on Big Walnut, which he loaded with flour and pork at Sharp's mill, and Daniel Ross and others took the cargo to New Orleans. Ross died there of yellow fever. This was the first and only trip of the kind made down Big Walnut.   VILLAGES.   In the year 1817, the now almost vanished town of Oregon was laid out by Isaac Decker. It was first called Middletown, but in 1830 or 1831, the name was changed to Oregon. The first post-office in the township was established there in 1829, with Dr. Thomas Hersey as postmaster. He held the office until 1833, when he resigned, and Isaac D. Decker, was appointed. • When the post-office at Groveport was established, in 1844, that at Oregon was discontinued.   Canal Winchester is a well-built, stirring little town, of about one thousand inhabitants, situated on the east line of the township. The town was laid out on the east side of High street, south of the canal, by Reuben Dove, in the year 1826, or 1827. A short time afterward, John Coleman laid out a number of lots on the opposite side of the street, and subsequently an addition was made on West street by David Dixon. Other additions have since been made. Henry Dove, the father of Reuben, was the original owner of the land on which the town is located, having entered a quarter section in 1806 or 1807. The town was originally named Winchester, after Winchester, Virginia, from the vicinity of which the Dove family had emigrated. The word "canal" was added to distinguish it from other places in the State of the name of Winchester. The village was embraced within the bounds of Fairfield county until 1851, when, by the annexation of six sections to the east side of Madison township, it was thrown into Franklin county.   The first store was opened by Jacob L. Vance, a contractor on the canal. He kept a small stock of goods, suitable for the demands of the laborers in his employ, in a log house south of the canal.   In 1832 Jacob Carty and Israel Julian started a store, which was afterwards continued by Carty alone for many years. David Dixon brought in a :stock of goods, and opened a store about 1832, and in 1839 John F. and Samuel Bartlit commenced in trade. Samuel Bartlit, after a few years, bought out 'his brother, and continued the business alone until the fall of 1856, when he sold to his nephew, Samuel Pond, who died in August, 1857. In the fall of that year, Christian and David Gayman established a store, and have continued in merchandise from that time to the present, with substantial success. The Gaymans, five brothers—Daniel, David, Christian, Israel, and Moses—came to Canal Winchester. in 1843, and they are all now residents of the town. Tallman, Allen & Co., afterwards Tallman, Speak & Co., was at one time a mercantile firm of Canal Winchester, and they erected, about 1852, the building now occupied by   JOHN McGUFFEY MRS. PAMALIA McGUFFEY.   was born in Madison township, Franklin county, Ohio, August 26, 1810. His father, John McGuffey, came to Madison township in 1803, from Limestone, Kentucky, and his mother, Elizabeth Sworden, from Virginia, in 1805. He is descended on his father's side from the McGuffeys and McDowells, who came out from Scotland in 1745-6, and settled in the mountains of Pennsylvania, and from there removed to Kentucky, immediately after the war of the Revolution. At the time of his birth, in 1810, there were but few families in the township, the Indians being more numerous than the whites, and all the wild animals that were common to the forest before the advent of the white man, were still abundant and troublesome. The streams were full of drifts, and no bridges or highways. Mills and other conveniences were scarce. The subject of this sketch endured all the privations and hardships that were the common lot of the children of poor people at that early day, and grew up in the midst of the wilds of the magnificent forests of that fertile region, with but little opportunity for obtaining the learning of the schools, but having the great book of nature about him, which he carefully studied, and which expanded and strengthened his naturally strong and vigorous mind. From the age of nine years he had to rely entirely upon himself for his support. Being strong, intelligent, and willing, he found abundant employment; and by the use of hickory bark, for a light at night, while others slept, he acquired sufficient knowledge of the common branches of education, so that at seventeen years of age he engaged during the winter season in teaching school. During the spring, summer, and autumn he would take jobs of clearing and work in the woods. At nineteen years of age he was married to Pamalia, daughter of Richard Courtright, esq. This was the great good fortune of his life. His young wife was one of the most beautiful, modest, industrious, and lovable of maidens, and two years his junior, and of a very superior family of Holland Dutch. The young couple at once engaged in farming leased lands, with great success. The husband spent his evenings and leisure hours in reading aloud to his wife from good books and papers, while the good wife busied her- , self with the household cares. They had born to them eleven children, eight of whom grew to man-and womanhood, and to whom they were enabled to give the advantages of academic and collegiate educations. By integrity, industry, and economy, from tenants they became owners of thousands of acres of land in Franklin and other counties in Ohio. They lived together, as man and wife, for nearly forty years, when on the thirteenth of September, 1869, the dear wife and mother passed to her last rest. Mr. McGuffey, now in his seventieth year, is a vigorous, intelligent, strong man. While he has acquired a large landed estate, he has not neglected the cultivation of his mind by the study of mathematics, astronomy, philosophy, chemistry, and other branches of natural science, and the careful study of ancient and modern history and current events. He is really, although a quiet farmer, one of the learned men of his time. He has given great attention to the subject of underdraining and the reclaiming of wet and low lands. Indeed, he is a pioneer in this mode of improvement, having commenced in 1839. He has given much thought and had large experience in both surface and underdraining. He has long advocated th it it is the duty of the State and local authorities to organize such a system of drainage as would prevent all water from becoming stagnant, thereby making all land productive, and thus removing all miasms, which have been man's greatest enemy, from our beautiful State.   From his childhood, until he arrived at the age of thirty years, he was intimately associated with grandparents who had taken a prominent and active part in all the stirring scenes, and had vivid recollections of all the incidents and hardships of pioneer life in Western Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and Ohio, from 1770. They were strong, brave, and hopeful people, knowing no fear, and shrinking from no difficulties. Descended from such parentage, and under such influences, he naturally sought great and difficult undertakings, and is best satisfied when he has on hand some enterprise taxing to his utmost extent his mental and physical abilities. His latest great enterprise was to deepen and widen the bed of the Scioto river, in Hardin county, Ohio, thereby reclaiming many thousands of acres of very rich soil, which, to be successful, his clear mind saw must be done by a slow and gradual process. For twenty years he has devoted his time, his thoughts, and large sums of money to his favorite undertaking, until now he can pasture five thousand head of cattle, and he confidently expects to see three hundred thousand bushels of corn produced annually upon his lands, and that in future generations that which he has reclaimed from the waste of waters shall make homes for and sustain five hundred families.   MR. AND MRS. JOHN BLACKWOOD.   THE BLACKWOOD FAMILY.   The estate of Hollywood, in county Down, near Belfast, Ireland, and known as the Blackwood estate, being an entailed property, fell to the eldest son of the family, and the youngest son, as is always the case where an estate is entailed, was left the alternative of becoming a clergyman in the established church, or of entering the military or naval service of the government. The younger son of the Blackwood family, in 1736, entered the English navy and embarked as an officer under Commodore Anson, in a voyage of discovery and conquest around the world. Previous to this he was married, and he left behind a wife and two sons, James and Robert, with no provision for their support other than his pay as an officer in the navy. The voyage was a successful one, and from his prize money, added to his pay, he was able to support his family. These prizes were taken from among the Spanish fleet and merchantmen, and from enforced contributions levied, as was then the custom, on seaports and cities captured. He again sailed, under Commodore Drake, and on the return of the ship from a seven years' voyage, as they were entering the port of Carrickfergus, Ireland, whence they sailed, he was struck from the bulwarks by the main boom, and sent to a watery grave.   The widow of this brave officer, with her sons, James and Robert Blackwood, were left almost destitute, while the son of the heir to the estate became a wealthy member of the Irish parliament, and on June 7, 1800, for his energy in supporting the Act of Union, was created a peer of the realm. The heir to the title and estate of Blackwood is now Lord Dufferin, late governor general of Canada.   The two sons of the naval officer, James and Robert Blackwood, were apprenticed to the linen manufacturing business, in which James became very expert in the making of fine work. Robert followed plain weaving, and after a time invented a machine for warping the linen, which worked to perfection. He took a farm and bought yarn at the markets. He also had seven looms in his house, and became quite an entensive linen manufacturer. After engaging in business he married Miss McCullen, by whom he had fourteen children. His wife died, and in the course of time he married Ellen Berry, by whom he had four children ; one died while young, and the others emigrated to the United States, where they now live. Jane married Neil Shannon, and with him settled in Canada in 1833, and in 1838 they came to Franklin county, and located in Lockbourne. James came to the United States in about 1865, bringing his wife at the same time. They settled near Eddyville, Iowa, on land given his wife by deed. John Blackwood was born in county Antrim, at Crossmary, in Ireland, June 27, 1815. His parents lived three miles from the sea-port of Carrickfergus, a walled city. He obtained a limited education at the free schools of the time, and when sixteen years of age, in company with a neighbor boy, Hugh Semple, influenced by the glowing accounts they heard of America, sailed for the land they wished to see and know. They left Belfast May 12, 1832, and arrived in Baltimore, Maryland, Jnly 3, of the same year. For some time they wandered the country over, making a temporary home at Pittsburgh. Their intention was to settle in Ohio, of which State they had heard glowing accounts before leaving their native country. During the winter of 1832-3 they worked on the construction of the National road, through the State, under the superintendence of General Scott, Commodore Stockton and Colonel Brewerton, the engineers. Mr. Blackwood was promoted to the place of a foreman in the work, at which he continued until the work was completed to Jefferson, and the work was suspended by the government in 1835.   After leaving his work for the government he secured a school in the neighborhood wherein he now lives. While teaching school he met, and married, Christine Smith, a daughter of Jacob Smith, who was a very early settler in Pickaway county. After marriage he taught school during the winter season, and worked at house-building and carpenter work during the summer, continuing the latter business for about forty years. In 1841 he bought a farm of one hundred and seven acres, part in the southeast corner of Madison township, Franklin county, and a part across the line in Fairfield county. They settled on this farm, where they have since lived, with the exception of five years spent in Lithopolis, Fairfield county. Mr. Blackwood invented a corn planter in 1855, and the time spent in Lithopolis was devoted to the manufacture of this machine, in connection with other agricultural implements, and conducting a blacksmith shop. Though never an apprentice to any trade, he has great ingenuity, and has applied it in many directions. Since he came to this country he has been a close student and observer, and has acquired a good understanding of all subjects that attract general attention.   The children of John and Christine Blackwood were: Reuben, born July 29, 1839, who married Jennie E. Welton, May 22, 1862, and now conducts a hardware and stove business in Lithopolis; James M., born February 6, 1841, who married Barbara Whaley, September 2, 1862, and who is now postmaster, and owns a grocery store in Lithopolis; Sarah A., born July 20, 1843, who married Henry M. Brown, June 23, 1863, and now lives in Iowa; Jacob Smith, born March 16, 1845, who married Maggie L. Glick, September 24, 1868, and they now live near Columbus, Indiana, where they were married; Mary Christine, born August 24, 1847, and who died June 12, 1848; Pauline, born May 28, 1849, who married Samuel W. Woods, near Montmouth, Illinois, February 6, 1868, and have since removed to Cass county, lowa, where they now live; Samuel W., born July 3o, .1851, who now lives at home; Henry Caleb, born July 4, 1853, who is now a salesman in Osborn's carpet store, in Columbus; Marion Elizabeth, born September 5, 1855, who married John L. Green, August 31, 1876, and who now lives in Lithopolis.   HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO - 451   the dry goods store of Spielman Bros., who began here under the name of Weisman & Spielman, in the spring of 1872.   A Post-office was established in the year 1841, and James B. Evans, the present mayor and justice of the peace of the village, was appointed the first postmaster. The office was kept in a frame building on Waterloo street, which is now used for a dwelling. Mr. Evans held the office nine years when he resigned, and removed from the town. His successors have been Dr. J. B. Potter, Peter Koag, David Gayman, and the present incumbent, J. K. Miller. Mayor Evans was the first justice of the peace in Canal Winchester, and he has been identified with the town in some official capacity, almost continuously, since his location here in 1832.   The first tavern in the village was opened in a two-story frame building on what is now Columbus street, near the site of the present residence of John H. Spielman. It was opened by Peter C. Benadum, soon after the town was laid out. 'Fhe next tavern was kept in the frame building, just south of the canal, by Samuel Taylor. A tavern, part frame and part log, was built on the lot now owned by the corporation, of which Ira Mason was the first proprietor. The Commercial hotel, now conducted by J. M. Schoch, was erected about the year 1852, by Peter Koag. The Merchants hotel was built in 1871, by Isaac Ebright, and kept by him some three years, when he sold to Jonathan Boyer, who leased it to Aaron Feustermaker. L. W. Boyer, the present proprietor, purchased the property in 1877. In 1876 Mr. F. Leonard made considerable additions to his one-story frame dwelling, and in February, 1879, opened it as a hotel. It is known as the Leonard house.   Canal Winchester has always been an important point with respect to its grain business. The first warehouse erected was a log structure, built in 1833 or 1834, just north of the' basin. In 1837, Hathaway & Glendening put up a frame warehouse, east of the basin, and in 1847 or 1848, Samuel Bartlit erected a large building, near the site of the old log warehouse.. These buildings, then belonging to 0. P. Chaney, were destroyed by fire, June 2, 1878. This was the most extensive fire the village has ever sustained. As early as 1834 or 1835, Carty & Rogers built a frame warehouse, where the large elevator now stands, just west of the bridge, which said elevator was erected about the year 1841. The present grist-mill of Whitehurst, Lehman & Carty was built in 1868, and the large and excellent elevators of 0. P. Chaney in 1878.   A prominent early business man. of the village was Hiel Brockway, who ran a daily line of packets from Lock-bourn to Cleveland, with his headquarters at Canal Winchester. He erected the old yellow warehouse, south of the canal. Brockway finally removed to Brockport, New York, where he died. A large portion of his property here was subsequently purchased by Mr. Bartlit.   SCHOOLS.   The first school in the village was held in a frame building, which stood on the site of the present residence, formerly a school-house, of J. S. Stevenson. The frame building was replaced, about 1848, by a one-story brick school-house, which was used until 1862, when it was sold, and afterwards converted into a dwelling. It is now occupied by Mr. Stevenson, as before stated.   The town constituted the eighteenth school district of Madison township, until April, 1868, when a school was organized under the Union school law. The first school board elected was composed of the following members: James H. Somerville, and James B. Evans, elected for three years; Dr. A. A. Short, and Christian Gayman, for two years; C. P. Rees, and M. Allen, for one year. Somerville was chosen president of the board; Evans, secretary, and Gayman, treasurer. The present school building was erected in 1861, but has since been remodeled and additions made. The cost, with the grounds, was about eight thousand dollars. The successive principals of the school have been as follows: D. T. Clover, one year; G. W. Buck, one year; J. W. Rutledge, one year; James Haley, two years; Frank M. Kumler, two years; L. R. Powell, one year; J. F. Maxwell, one week; W. C. Campbell, two terms; David O. Brien, the unexpired term of that year, 1876; and P. R. Mills, the present principal, who was employed in 1877. The school, in the various departments contains, at present writing, two hundred and fifty pupils. The present members of the school board are: John Help-man, president; A. Starr, clerk ; W. T. Conklin, treasurer; 0. P. Chancy, J. K. Miller, and A. A. Short.   PHYSICIANS.   The oldest physician in the village is Dr. J. B. Potter, who located here in 1838, and has continued in practice until the present, with the exception of the years from 1861 to 1865, during which he was in the army. Dr. A. A. Shalt has been engaged in the practice of his profession in Canal Winchester since 1856. He came from Vermont, to Ohio, in 1849, and was subsequently connected with the infirmary hospital, in Columbus, for two years. After practicing alone in this village for three years, he formed, in 1859, a partnership with Dr. Potter, which continued until 1874, except during the four years that Dr. Potter was in the army. The other physicians of the village, at the present time, are Dr. A. Starr and Dr. V. A. Valentine. Among the doctors who have, at one time or another, been located here, we have the names of Drs. Chapin, S. H. Potter, Titus, L. A. Pierce, J. B. Pierce, Langworthy, Blake, and Clemens.   INCORPORATION.   At the session of 1865-6 the town was incorporated,, and at the first borough election a corporate government was organized as follows: James B. Evans, mayor; C. W. Speak, recorder; John Chaney, sr., R. Trine, John Helpman, E. B. Decker, and M. C. Whitehurst, trustees. John Helpman was, at this time, justice of the peace. The present officers of the village are the following : James B. Evans, mayor; T. F. Ungemach, clerk; W. M. Game, I. L. Decker, John W. Griffith, John R. Clement, H. H. Dibble, trustees; and John Gehm, treasurer. Mayor Evans has been at the head of the village govern-   452 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO.   ment since his first election in 1866, with the exception of four years, during which John Helpman, J. S. Stevenson, and Charles B. Cowan, successively filled the position.   SOCIETIES.   LEE LODGE,   No. 386, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Winchester, was chartered May 14, 1867. The charter members were C. W. Speaks, C. P. Kees, J. W. Griffith, J. B. Evans, J. D. Potter, Jesse Brandt, R. H. Mason, and J. H. Cannon. The first officers were: C. P. Rees, N. G.; J. W. Griffith, V. G.; J. B. Potter, secretary; and James B. Evans, treasurer. The present officers are: S. C. Swonger, N. G.; J. E. Smith, V. G.; Philip Game, R. S.; J. W. Griffith, P. S.; and J. B. Evans, treasurer. For a time the upper story of the present post-office building was rented as a lodge hall. In 1868, the lodge built a second story to the store room of C. P. Rees, and fitted it for permanent use as a lodge hall. There are, at this time, about seventy-five members of the order belonging to this lodge.   FRANKLIN ENCAMPMENT,   No. 142, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, was chartered May 3, 1871, and was instituted June 14th, of the same year. The charter members were J. B. Potter, C. P. Rees, J. B. Evans, J. W. Hische, J. W. Griffith, P. E. Ehrenhart, and R. H. Mason. The first officers were: J. B. Evans, H. P.; J. B. Potter, C. P.; C. P. Rees, S. W.; J. W. Griffith, J. W. The encampment meets in the Odd Fellows' hall. Present officers (1879) are: J. B. Evans, H. P.; William Game, C. P.; J. E. Smith, S. W.; Adam Weber, J. W.; John Griffith, secretary; Peter Ehrenhart, treasurer.   DAUGHTERS OF REBECKAH.   A charter was granted for the institution of a lodge of the Daughters of Rebeckah, in connection with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, May 15, 1879. The lodge is Bethel Lodge, No. 117. The officers are: J. B. Evans, N. G.; Mrs. P. Game, V. G.; Mrs. James Haley, F. S.; Miss Mary Hische, R. S.; Mrs. Peter Ehrenhart, treasurer. Meetings are held at Odd Fellows' hall.   MADISON GRANGE,   No.194, was chartered in November, 1873. The charter members were G. W. Miller, J. P. Kalb, John Beggs, John Lehman, John Courtright, George Rusche, B. Stemen, John Bishop, and others. The first officers were J. P. Kalb, M.; John Lehman, O.; John Begg, L.; John Bishop, secretary; Isaac Lehman, treasurer. The first meetings were held in S. Bartlit's building, south of the canal, where the organization was perfected. In 1874 a two-story building was erected near the railroad, the upper portion of which is now used as a grange hall, and the lower as a paint shop. The lower part, was for some two years, used as an armory, by the Winchester guards. The present officers of the grange are James Kalb, M.; John Lehman, 0.; R. J. Tussing, L.; Elijah Kramer, S.; 0. R. Miller, A. S.; A. Baughman, C.; Isaac Lehman, treasurer; Daniel Detwiler, secretary; Benjamin Shoemaker, G.   MILITARY ORGANIZATION.   A company of militia was organized under the laws authorizing the formation of the Ohio National Guard, March 2, 1878. It was, at first, known as the Winchester guards, and was assigned as Company N, 14th O. N. G. The officers elected on the organization of the company, were Philip Game, captain; Brice Taylor, first lieutenant; William Schrock, second lieutenant; all of whom hold their commissions at this time. While in camp in 1879, the name of the company was changed from the Winchester Guards to the Potter Light Guards.   In 1869 the first train of cars ran through Winchester, over the Hocking Valley road. The town had, however, as early as 1849, a telegraph line, extending from Columbus to Lancaster, the first operator of the office here being Squire Evans.   The town has a weekly paper—the Winchester Times —which made its first appearance March 16, 1871, as a prohibition paper, with Major J. W. Stinchcomb as editor. In the summer of 1872 it was purchased by C. M. Gould, who published it as a Democratic paper until November, 1876, when it passed into the hands of J. Heffley, one of its present proprietors. It is now published by Heffley & Gayman, as an independent paper, and has a good patronage.   In addition to the enterprises already referred to, the village contains three churches (spoken of more fully under the head of churches), and the various business places common to a place of its size and prosperity. What the town, at present, particularly needs is a good bank.   GROVEPORT.   The beginning of Groveport dates back to 1833. In that year Jacob B. West came and leased some land on the canal from Adam Rarey, and erected the old warehouse, still standing, near the bridge, and also a store building at the west end, in which, in the spring of 1834, he opened a stock of goods. In September, 1843, he laid out that part of the town lying west of the street runing past the Methodist church, and named his town " Wert's Grove." Subsequently, in February, 1844, that portion of the town lying east of said street was laid out by William H. Rarey, to which he gave the name of " Rarey's Port." Messrs. Wert and Rarey were each ambitious of perpetuating his own name, in connection with the town. In 1844, Mr. Wert secured the establishment of a post-office, under the name of Wert's Grove, with himself as postmaster, but Mr. Rarey was a prominent business man in the town, and the name of Rarey's Port was perhaps more extensively known than that of Wert's Grove. Letters were frequently received through the post-office thus directed. The desirability of a common name soon became manifest to the citizens, and a public meeting was finally held for the purpose of making a choice, when a compromise was effected by discarding the personal part of the two names and retaining the latter part of both, and hence the town came to be called Groveport. Mr. Wert continued in business until 1847, or 1848, and did much toward building up the town which he had founded. He was engaged in merchan-   H. L. CHANEY, M. D.   By Dr. R. M. DENIG.   There is nothing, perhaps, which so clearly indicates the character and intelligence of a community as its ability to discriminate between charlatanry and pretension in the medical profession and solid, real merit. Nor is there anything which tends more to strengthen and develop the native resources of a physician, and prompt him to arm and equip himself with the vast resources of his profession than this confidence of which we speak, when extended to him by the thinking and influential part of the community, in which he has chosen to practice his ministration.   In this respect Dr. H. L. Chaney has been singularly fortunate. It has fallen to the lot of few physicians, in rural districts, to enjoy a more unbounded and entire confidence than has been granted him by his extensive and intelligent clientele. Nor has this confidence been misplaced, or without its effect upon its worthy recipient ; it has stimulated him to ceaseless activity, to intense and exhaustive study, and unrelaxing exertions to meet the severe demand made on his time and services.   We offer, then, no apology for giving in the records and history of this county a brief notice of one who has responded so nobly to the claims of an arduous and honorable profession, and ever exerted an elevating influence in social life. The history of a county or State is made up of the history of its individual members, and none are more worthy of a notice in its pages than the high-toned, honorable physician, who has attained a well-merited and extensive reputation.   Dr. H. L. Charley, son of John and Mary Chaney, was born August 2o, 182o, in Fairfield county, Ohio. He assisted his father on the farm during the summer, and in the winter he enjoyed the advantages and privileges of the district school. This, with a subsequent two and a half years spent at the academy of Greenfield—supplemented by one year as teacher in the district school, embraces all the facilities he enjoyed for acquiring a preliminary education. Limited, however, as were these opportunities, the doctor entered upon his professional studies with as much preparation as the ordinary run of medical students, and with an ardent love for, sad enthusiastic devotion to, the calling he had chosen.   His preceptor was the amiable and accomplished Dr. George E. Eels, late of Lithopolis, whose urbanity of manner, widely extended knowledge, as well as ability and skill, will long be remembered both by his professional brethren and the community in which he resided.   During the three years spent in the office of Dr. Eels, part of which time he was able to take a considerable share in the practice, Dr. Chaney attended two full and two preliminary courses of lectures at Ohio Medical college, Cincinnati, and graduated with honor in February, 1847.   In the summer of the same year, he commenced practice in Lockbourne, Franklin county, and in March, 1848, he was married to Miss Mary Mook, daughter of Thomas Mook, esq., of New York city, and shortly after, removed to his present place of residence, Groveport.   This was the doctor's second marriage—his first wife, Miss Maly Cunningham, to whom he was wedded before commencing the study of medicine, having died during the first year of their wedded life, and leaving no children. Four of his second wife's children are living.   In politics, as in medicine, the doctor's position has always been sharply defined—Democratic to the core. In 1858 he was chosen a member of the State legislature, and served two sessions. Although his constituents would have had no difficulty in again returning him as a member, or giving him any office in the county he may have desired, his political aspirations seem to have culminated, and he returned to his first love—his profession, resuming its duties with increased energy and zeal.   Dr. Chaney was a member of the old State Medical convention, when the present State Medical society which grew out of it, was organized, and has been an active member of the latter ever since. He is also a member of the Columbus Academy of Medicine, and of the Columbus Pathological society.   For the past two or three years the doctor's impaired health has greatly impeded his performance of active duty, and yet under all his afflictions, and knowing but too well the gravity of his troubles, his mind has always been clear, and his judgment sound, and even with his wasted strength, his indomitable will has enabled him to perform an amount of active labor, from which many a sound and healthy city doctor would shrink.   CHARLES PONTIUS   MRS. E. PONTIUS.   THE PONTIUS FAMILY.   Frederick Pontius was born April 4, 1759, in Buffalo valley, Northumberland county (now Union county), Pennsylvania, where in course of time he married, and raised a family of four children, as follows: John, born December TO, 1782, who died February 27, 1837; Philip, born January 24, 1784, who died May 28, 1845; Catharine, who married Adam Rarey, in Ross county, and in 1808 settled in Madison township, Franklin county; Elizabeth, who married Henry Bunn, in Ross county, and settled in Madison township, near her sister, where she died in August, 1860. The wife of Frederic Pontius died in their home in Pennsylvania, and he afterwards married Catharine Reedy. In 18o7 the family emigrated to Ross county, Ohio, arriving in July of that year, and immediately settling on a large tract of land purchased the preceding year by Frederick Pontius, who came to Ohio for that purpose.   Philip Pontius was twenty-two years of age when he came with the family to Ohio. He had obtained a limited education in the German language in the schools of his Pennsylvania home, but possessed no knowledge of the English language, which, however, he learned to speak fluently during his later years. He was married, in 18o9, to Catharine Rarey, who was born in Virginia, December 25, 1778. Her father, Charles Rarey, was of German birth, and emigrated to Virginia in a very early day, whence he came to Ross -county very early, and from there to Madison township in 1806. On his first arrival in America he was sold as a servant to serve until able to pay the sum required as passage money. This he earned in a short time, besides accumulating enough to enable him to make a visit to his native land. After his return to this country he was married to Margaret Wolf, by whom he had ten children, Catharine being the second. Immediately after marriage Philip Pontius and wife came to Madison township, Franklin county, in the winter or spring of 18o7, where they settled on a lot of eighty acres, in section thirty-two. They lived on this lot several years when it was exchanged for other land on the northwest quarter of section nine, on which they located in about 1811. Here he built a hewed log house of one room, and entered upon the labor of making a permanent home in the forest, and here, with the help of the children born to him, he cleared during his lifetime, one hundred and sixty acres of land. During the early part of the war of 1812 he teamed supplies to headquarters of the army at Franklinton, and while thus engaged was free from the draft which called out most of the able bodied settlers. His life was spent in redeeming a naturally fertile soil from the vast forest which covered it, and truly did he and his wife perform pioneer labors in the wilderness, often working at burning brush and log-heaps until far into the night in order to prepare ground where they could raise grain and vegetables for the sustenance of themselves and their little ones. Their house was the home of itinerant Metheodist preachers, who visited every section of the country, and no one; however humble or degraded, was turned from their door. Both early became identified with the Methodist Episcopal church, and both exemplified the true teachings of christianity in their lives and work. Mr. Pontius died May 28, 1845. His wife died November 2, 1854.   The children of Philip and Catharine Pontius were : Christine, born November 27, 1809, who married Abraham S. Rainier, and settled with him on the line of Franklin and Pickaway counties, their home being in the latter. He died leaving two children, and she married Josiah Hulva, whom she also survived, and died in Lockbourne, June 2, 1842. Charles, who was born April 19, 1812, passed his youthful days at the usual avocations of the time, and aided much in the labor of clearing the land and cultivating the crops. His education was obtained at the subscription schools, at that time the only place for obtaining an education. He was married, September 19, 1833, to Elizabeth Sharp, a daughter of John Sharp, who settled in Madison township in 1808. She was born August 1, 1811. Her father, John Sharp, was born in Heidelberg township, Berks county, Pennsylvania, April 28, 1781, and was married January 31, 1808, to Mary Elizabeth Harbine, who was born in Barn township, the same county, May 3, 1782. They raised a family of nine children, as follows: Mary C., Elizabeth, Samuel, Joseph, John, Ann, Catharine, Abraham, and Huldah, three of whom are now living-Elizabeth (Mrs. Charles Pontius), Samuel, and Abraham. The other children of Philip Pontius were: Elizabeth, born in 1814, who married Dr. B. F. Guard and settled in Pickaway county, near Lockbourne, where she died, and John, born in 1816, who died from injuries, caused by a runaway team, when but eleven years of age. Charles Pontius became a member of Hopewell Methodist Episcopal church in 1834. His wife had joined the Truro Presbyterian church in 1831, previous to their marriage, and retained that connection a number of years. She then joined Hopewell church, of which both have remained consistent, useful and efficient members to the present time. Mr. Pontius has for the past forty years been leader of one of the two classes in the church, and before that time was one of the stewards about two years. He has always been a liberal supporter of the church, and has ever been ready to assist a needy congregation in the effort to built a church home. In his business habits he has been careful and methodical, and, assisted by his wife, by economy and hard labor, has secured a comfortable competence for their declining years. The children born to Charles and Elizabeth Pontius were: Franklin G., born June 8, 1836, who married Mary E. Rainier, and lives on the southwest quarter of section five; Philip, born March 27, 1840, who married Anna A. Perrill, and lives on the farm adjoining his brother, Franklin; John, born August 14, 1842, and died November 12, 1842; Charles L., born May 1, 1845, who married Fannie C. Perrill, and lives at the old Pontius homestead.   HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO - 453   dising, grain, and largely in pork-packing. One year he killed thirty-five thousand head of hogs. He died at Groveport in the spring of 1850, and left to his family a fine property. William H. Rarey and James Cooken established the second store in the village, in the building in which Mr. Wert first opened his. They carried on business together for a number of years, finally taking into the firm John Courtright. Cooken subsequently sold to his partners, and removed to Columbus. The Eberlys (now of Columbus), with A. C. Headley, and William and Salem Darnell were among the early and leading merchants of Groveport for several years. After Mr. Wert, the successive postmasters have been the following named gentlemen, viz: Edward Garres, A. C. Headley, Samuel Sharp, John L. Champ, Henry Long, and Cornelius Black, jr., (the present incumbent), appointed in 1878. The first tavern in Groveport was the Campbell hotel, built by John Campbell in 1838-9, and kept by him as a public .house for twelve years. The present dwelling of Mrs. William Peer was built for, and opened as, a hotel by Alexander Fleming, about the year 1845.   The Railroad House, of M. Corbett, was built in 1869.   Rarey's grist-mill was erected, in 1871, by Rosenfield, Seymour & Co., and the old saw-mill, on the canal, was built by Moses Zinn, about 1848 or 1849.   The village was incorporated at the session of 1846-7, and the following village officers were elected in the spring of 1847, viz:- A. Shoemaker, mayor; Samuel Sharp, E. M. Dutton, J. F. Bywaters, C. J. Stevenson, and William Mitchell, councilmen; A. Clark, recorder, and William James, marshal. Since, Mr. Shoemaker, Henry Long, Z. P. Thompson, E. W. Edwards, Jeremiah White, Z. P. Thompson, N. Steel, L. Sarber, W. W. Kile, Henry Long, George Adel, F. M. Senter, and Robert A. Shaw, (present incumbent), have officiated as mayors, in the order named.   THE PHYSICIANS   of Groveport, at the present writing, are: Drs. Cheney, Smith, Saylor, Morden, and McCollom. The oldest of these, in point of practice, is the first named—Dr. Hugh L. Cheney. Dr. Cheney read medicine with the well-known Dr. George E. Eels, of Lithopolis, and graduated at the Ohio medical college, Cincinnati, in 1847. He practiced in Lockbourn ten months, and, in 1848, settled in Groveport, where he has since followed his profession with signal success. Dr. Smith and Dr. Saylor have also been residents of Groveport for many years, and have built up a good practice. Of the physicians who formerly resided in this village, we have the names of Drs. Abel Clark, Joseph Bywaters, and — Bolen.   SOCIETIES.   GORDIAN LODGE,   No. 205, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Groveport, was chartered in 1851. The applicants for the charter were, George McCormick, Edmund Garres, Jacob Lowe, G. L. Smith, and G. P. Champ. The first officers were: George McCormick, N. G.; Jacob Lowe, V. G.; E. Garres, P. S.; E. L. Smith, R. S.; G. P. Champ, treasurer. In 1864, many of the members having removed to other places, the charter was surrendered. Application was made for a new charter in 1873, which was granted, with the same name and number as the first. The meetings of the first lodge were held in the west end of the Union school building, in the second story. After receiving the new charter, meetings were held in an old frame building, in the lower end of town, until 1876, when the township and village built a hall in the village. The Odd Fellows and Masons, together, built a third story to the building, which gives each a good hall, costing about eleven hundred dollars. The officers under the new charter, were: S. M. Bright, N. G.; S. A. Peters, V. G.; J. P. Arnold, R. S.; C. F. Needels, P. S.; G. L. Smith, treasurer. The officers for 1879, are: A. M. Rarey, N. G.; Albert Young, V. G.; J. P. Arnold, P. S.; C. Black, treasurer; 0. R. Mansfield, R. S.; John F. Kile, C. F. Needels, and Benjamin Rees, trustees.   GROVEPORT LODGE,   No. 240, Free and Accepted Masons, received its charter May 4, 1853. The charter members were C. J. Stevenson, A. Clark, Charles Pontius, J. White, D. Sarber, Jonathan Watson, D. C. Shockley, and S. A. Darnell. The following were appointed officers: C. J. Stevenson, master; A. Clark, S. W.; Charles Pontius, J. W. The first meetings were held in the Union school-house, and after a time in an upper room of a building opposite the present hall. Meetings were afterwards held over Limbert's grocery. In 1876, the members of the fraternity completed a fine hall in the third story of the town hall, at a cost of about eleven hundred dollars, and now own their lodge room, it being fully paid for. They have been working as best they could until this debt could be paid, and now that they are clear, they will furnish and fit up their hall in good order. The officers in 1879, are: P. C. Tussing, W. M.; J. P. Arnold, S. W.; A. L. Brooke, J. W.; J. C. Hannum, treasurer; F. S. Rarey, secretary; William Simms, S. D.; C. P. Long, J. D.; M. Codner, tyler.   Groveport has now a population of about seven hundred, but the town is not thriving; in fact, for many years, it has been on the decline. This is due, principally, to the failure, years ago, of some of its principal business men. Merchandising, pork packing, the produce and grain business were formerly largely carried on, in which a great deal of capital was employed, and the aggregate liabilities of the failures were enormous for a little town to sustain. The town is pleasantly situated, and contains many pleasant dwellings.   454 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO.   BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.   SAMUEL BARTLIT,   grain dealer and substantial business man of Canal Winchester, is the son of Elihu and Betsey Bartlit, and was born in Jay, Essex county, New York, November 16, 1811. His parents died when he was young-his mother in 1816, and his father in 1824. He lived with his oldest brother, John F., until he was twenty-one years of age, when he went to Keesville, in. Essex county, and attended school. A short time afterward he was elected constable, and subsequently was appointed deputy sheriff of the county.- Next we find him a clerk in a hotel in Albany, for about a year, when he joined his brother, John F., and family, in 1837, on their way to Ohio. They located in Kirkersville, Licking county, Ohio, where the brothers opened a store, which they continued about a year, removing thence to Reynoldsburg, Franklin county, Ohio, then a growing little town. They remained in trade there, however, only a few 'months, when they sold their goods and came, in the spring of 1839, to Canal Winchester. They immediately afterward opened, with a miscellaneous stock of goods, in a one-story frame building, on the site of the present dry goods store of the Messrs. Gayman. They soon afterward changed their location to the tow-path side of the canal, in order to catch the boat trade, occupying the small, red building which used to stand where the Commercial hotel now does. Merchan dizing was carried on, in those days, almost entirely by barter and trade, and the Bartlit brothers exchanged their goods with the farmers for Produce, pork, butter, eggs, etc., which, in turn, they sold to the boatmen for the same price in cash. Samuel would sleep in the rear part of the store, and when the boatman came along, as he did, in the night, he would arouse him by tapping on the window, and receive whatever of produce had been taken into the store during the day. The brothers continued in trade together until 1844, when John F. sold his interest to his brother, and removed to Waterloo, and subsequently to Columbus, where he was engaged in banking. In I850 Samuel Bartlit erected the building now occupied by the Gayman brothers, and continued there in trade until September, 1856, when he sold out to his nephew, Samuel Pond. During all this time Mr. Bartlit was engaged in the grain and produce business, which gradually grew in proportions, and he erected, in 1847, a large warehouse (since burned down) on the north side of the canal.   Mr. Bartlit has given but little attention to outside speculation, but the result of the few ventures he has made in this direction, attests the soundness of his judgment. In 1856 he purchased some real estate in the eastern part of Columbus, and the same year a tract of land of nine hundred acres on Big Darby, in this county, for seven thousand seven hundred dollars. At the time of this purchase he had not seen the land, but the investment proved highly profitable, as did the other also.   Mr. Bartlit was largely instrumental in securing, in 1851, the annexation to Madison township of one tier of sections in Fairfield county, by which the village of Canal Winchester was thrown into Franklin county.   In 1853 he was the candidate of the Democratic party for State senator from Franklin and Pickaway counties. He was nominated, as he himself says, not because of any special merit or qualifications, but rather because of his availability. His election over so strong an opponent as P. B. Wilcox, the Whig candidate, and overcoming an adverse majority, was a handsome compliment to his personal popularity and strength. His two years' term in the senate was alike creditable to himself and to his constituents.   Mr. Bartlit was a pronounced Union man during the war of the rebellion, but he continued to act with the Democratic party until the nomination of Vallandigham for governor, in 1863, when he left it, voted for Brough, and has since been a staunch Republican.   As a successful business man, Mr. Bartlit's career furnishes an instructive lesson. With little to begin with, save a liberal capital of pluck and energy, he has, by industry and the observance of sound business principles, amassed a fine property and established an honorable reputation.•   Mr. Bartlit has never married. On the death of David M. Cowan, the husband of his half-sister, Amanda, in 1850, Mr. Bartlit brought the mother and her two children, Charles and David-the youngest less than a year old-to his home. The mother married again, in 1868, but the boys have always remained with their uncle, who has been to them all that a father could be to his children. Charles was given a collegiate education, graduating at Kenyon college, Gambier, Ohio, in   1868. He is proprietor of the Empire mills, near Winchester, and has practical supervision of his uncle's business.   In the following sketch of Mrs. Pollay, sister of Mr. Bartlit, is given a genealogy of the family, so far as it can be ascertained.   MRS. ELIZABETH B. POLLAY.   GENEALOGICAL NOTES.   Elihu Bartlit, son of Rev. Moses and Lydia Bartlit, of Middletown, Connecticut, was born March 6, 1743. He graduated at Yale college in 1764, and married, August 7, 1771, Statira, daughter of Deacon Timothy and Mary Meigs, who was born September 14, 1741. They were the parents of three children, namely: Lydia, Elihu, and Miner. Elihu, the father of the subject of the present notice and of Samuel Bartlit-a sketch of whom appears above-was born on Sunday, March 26, 1775, and married, in 1801, Betsey Foot, and died June 1, 1824. Betsey Foot, who was born in Arlington, Vermont, December 25, 1778, and died May 4, 1816, was the second of eleven children of John Foot and Ruth Searl. They were born, respectively, July 14, 1754, and October 9, 1756; were joined in wedlock in 1775; and died respectively, June i6, 1826, and January 29, 1846. John Foot was the son of George Foot, of Stratford, Connecticut, who was born in 1721; the son of Jehiel Foot, of Stratford, Connecticut, who was born in 1687; the son of Daniel Foot, of Stratford, Connecticut, who was born in 1652; the son of Nathaniel Foot, of Wethersfield, Connecticut, who was born in 1620-the eldest child of Nathaniel Foot, "the settler," who emigrated from England in the year 1633, and settled in Connecticut.   Elizabeth Bartlit, the subject of this sketch, was born in Jay, Essex county, New York, December x, 58o6. She possessed a naturally strong inclination for the attainment of an education, which was gratified by the study of such branches as the common and public schools of the time afforded. When only sixteen years of age, she began teaching in the public schools of Greenwich, New York. She subsequently taught at various places in her native State, and, at intervals, attended several institutions of learning, spending one term, in 1834, at a seminary in Clinton, New York. The following year she went to Michigan, and engaged at teaching in the public schools of the town of Branch, then the county seat of Branch county, of that State. In 1838- March 1st-she was united in marriage to Lewis Pollay, of Branch, Michigan, who died, November 22d, of the same year. After her husband's death, Mrs. Pollay returned to her former avocation, teaching in Coldwater, Michigan, from 1841 to 1851, when she came to Ohio and took up her residence with her brother, Samuel Bartlit, in Canal Winchester. In 1853 she was appointed matron of the Central lunatic asylum, of Columbus, Ohio, in which position she served with efficiency two years. Returning to Canal Winchester, she taught in the schools of that place one year, when she permanently retired from the discharge of public duties.   Mrs. Pollay is a lady of unusual energy of character and vigor of mind, and is honored and respected for her moral worth by a wide circle of friends. She has been a member of Westminster Presbyterian church since 1853. Mrs. Pollay is the mother of one child-Eliza Maria-born December 6, 1838, who was married, October 1, 1863, to Charles H. Town, colonel of the First Michigan cavalry, and died October 26, 1873. Colonel Town died in May, 1865. Mrs. Town was a lady of .thorough scholarship, and was the first principal of the female department in the high school of Detroit, Michigan.   GEORGE NEEDELS.   The subject of this sketch was born in Kent county, Delaware, October 26, 1806. His grandparents, Thomas and Rebecca (Cubbidge) Needels, came from England, and settled in the above named county and State. They had a large family of children, of whom Cubbidge, the father of the subject of this notice, was the fifth son. He was born in 1785, and married, in Delaware, Rebecca Cook, and emigrated to Ohio in 1810. His wife died a few weeks after their settlement in Madison township, and about two years afterward he was married to Sarah Harris, and, in 1821, removed to Plain township. He died in 1840. By his first marriage he had three children-two sons, and a daughter who died when eighteen months or two years old. Thomas, the elder of the two sons, born September 21, 1805, married his cousin, Rache1   HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO - 455   Needels, and died February 25, 186r. I its widow is still living, and is now seventy-six years of age.   George Needels the younger son, and the subject of this sketch, remained on the farm with his father until he was twenty-one, when he went to Morrow county, and hired to a farmer, whom he assisted in clearing up a farm, remaining one year. He then returned to this county, and worked a farm, in connection with his brother, in Madison township, for about a year, when he concluded to engage in some other pursuit. He had no means, but he believed he .could do something that would be more remunerative than to work by the month, for eight dollars per month—the wages usually received by farm laborers at that time. He went to Cincinnati, and engaged in selling books, keeping a stand on the river, and selling to passengers on the boats, and to others, the popular books of the day. He was quite successful in this venture, and during the three years that he was engaged in it (when he left the city on account of the prevalence of cholera), he accumulated enough money to buy eighty acres of land in Madison township, this county. Since then Mr. Needels has been engaged in farming, in which, also, he has met with complete success. He has, at various times, added to his original purchase, and now owns a large amount of first-rate and well-improved land. His life has been an actively industrious one, attending strictly to his chosen occupation, the results of which are of the most substantial and desirable character.   While not a member of any church, he is liberal with his means in the support of religious societies, and was one of the largest contributors to the erection of Asbury chapel. Mr. Needels is unmarried.   FREDERICK BUNN.   CHARLOTTE BUNN   THE BUNN FAMILY.   Henry and Elizabeth A. Bunn were married in Ross county, where they settled in 1807. He was originally from Virginia, and his wife from Pennsylvania. Their first child, Frederick A. Bunn, was born in Ross county, November 12, 1812. When he was two or three years of age, his parents removed to Franklin cbunty, and settled on the northwest corner of section six, in Madison township, where they remained two or three years, after which they bought one hundred and sixty acres of land on the west bank of Walnut creek, in section eight of the same township. The farm on which they settled is at this time owned by Nelson H. Bunn.   Frederick Bunn obtained a fair education at the schools then taught in the neighborhood, and passed his boyhood and youth in the usual avocations of the sons of the early pioneers—chopping and deadening timber, clearing the land, and planting the crops in their season.   On May 30, 1841, he was united in marriage to Charlotte Rarey, a daughter of Benjamin Rarey, who was an early settler in Madison township, where he located in 18o8. She was born November 27, 1817. After marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Bunn settled in the house occupied by his parents, who moved into the house next south of their original home. Henry Bunn died there in May, 1848, and after his death his widow came to live with her son, Frederick, where she died in August, 1860.   To Frederick and Charlotte Bunn were born eight children, as follows: Louis; born July 19, 1842, who married Sarah Jones, and lives on the west bank of the Scioto river, in Jackson township—a representation of his home appears in connection with the history of that township; Mary, born September 12, 1843, who married Joseph Wright, and died December 10, 1868; Jefferson L., born June 5, 1848, who lives on the bank of Walnut creek, in Madison township; Nelson H., born November TO, 1851, who married Sarah Pauline Culp, and lives on the old homestead; Elizabeth, born May 7, 1854, who married William Moore, and lives in Pickaway county; an infant was born March 7, 1858, and died soon after birth; Sarah, born August 31, 1859, who died October 6, 1859; and Catharine, born July 5, 186r, who lives at home with her mother and brother, Jefferson L., on the west hank of Walnut creek.   Frederick Bunn died October 27, 1871, aged nearly fifty-nine years. He was a good farmer and a careful business man. Besides attending to his farm work he dealt quite extensively in stock, and during his life accumulated quite a property, which he disposed of by will before his death. To his sons he gave his landed property, and to his wife and daughters an equivalent in money.   Henry Bunn, the father of Frederick Bunn, was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was taken prisoner at the time of Hull's surrender of Detroit. When the prisoners were exchanged, by some mishap, he was left on board one of the enemy's vessels, but being possessed of a good voice and strong lungs, he managed to make the fact known, and a boat returned after him.   Portraits of Frederick Bunn, and Charlotte Bunn, his wife, appear in connection with this sketch of the family.   JEREMIAH KALB,   son of George and Mary (Kiefer) Kalb, was the eighth child in a family of eleven, and was born in Madison township, Franklin county, Ohio, only a short distance from where he now lives, April 4, 1811. His parents, and his grandfather, John Kalb, came to Madison township from Frederick county, Maryland, in the year 1805, and made a settlement in section fourteen, on the farm now owned by George Kalb, jr. His father died there in 5836, and his mother in 1846.   The subject of this brief biography remained upon the farm until he was twenty-one years of age, when his father, giving Min two hundred dollars with which to purchase land, he walked all the way to Hancock county, and entered one hundred and sixty acres. He subsequently made a number of trips out to his purchase and back, and always went on foot. His father finally persuaded him to buy a farm at home. On the tenth day of April, 1836, he was united in marriage to Mahala,   456 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO.   daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth Shoemaker, born December 18, 1809. Her parents removed to Madison township from New Jersey, in 1811, and settled on the farm where Jacob Baughman now lives. Her mother died there, but her father afterward removed to Hancock county, Ohio, and was subsequently married three times. He died in 1858.   The subject of this sketch, after his marriage, located where he has ever since resided. His wife (lied April 26, 1876, leaving to him two daughters, to wit: Mary Jane, born May 3o, 1837, who married Thomas Begg, and now resides in Putnam county, Ohio; and Sarah Elizabeth, born August 1, 1839, who is the wife of Jacob L. Bowman, of Madison township.   Mr. Kalb is a prominent member of the Asbury Methodist Episcopal church of Madison, and contributed liberally to the erection of the new church. He has been a trustee of the church ever since his first connection with it-a period of about thirty years.   SAMUEL HEMPY.   Peter and Rebecca Hempy, the parents of the subject of this sketch, were natives of Maryland, whence they emigrated to Lancaster, Fairfield county, Ohio, in the year 1808. The father, although he resided on a farm, was a millwright by trade. He died in the year 1840, and the mother about ten years afterward.   Samuel was born during the residence of his parents on a farm near Lancaster, on the first day of January, 1817. He remained on the farm until he was old enough to tend the saw- and grist-mill of his father, when he was thus employed until he was about twenty-one years of age, at which time his father sold the mills (which ale located on Hock-hocking river, west of Lancaster), and removed, in 1838, to a farm in the northwestern part of Fairfield county. He there commenced the erection of a mill, but shortly afterward Samuel rented his father's farm for two years, during which he married Catharine, daughter of Jacob and Susan Feasel, of Fairfield county, who was born December 24, 1323. lie lived for two years more on another farm which he rented in Cie same county, when he purchased a farm in Mercer county, Ohio, to which he removed, and which he occupied something over two years, when he returned to Franklin county and rented, of Henry Dildine, farm about a mile west of where he now lives. This place he occupied about four years, when, in 1851, he bought the farm on which he now resides. Soon after the death of his wife, which occurred August 24, 1853, he sold the farm and bought a small place, but about a year afterward he bought back the farm, and has continued to occupy it until the present.   August 13, 1855, he married Elizabeth Deal, daughter of Elias and Rebecca Deal, of Violet township, Fairfield county, Ohio, who was born December 7, 1838.   By his first wife Mr. Hempy has had six children, as follows: Infant ion, born July 4, 1841, who died soon afterward; William Henry, born August 5, 1842, who died in the army at Nashville, July r6, 1862; Samantha Jane, born December 12, 1844, who died August 24, 1845; Oliver P., born September 7, 1846, who died April 3, 1864; Sarah Ann, born October 2, 1848, who married G. W. Burman, and died in Hardin county, Ohio, December 28, 1867; and Minerva J., born October 1851, who is the wife of William Ororark, and resides in Hardin county.   The children of the second marriage are as follows: John C. F., born September 10, 1856; Mary C., born February 22, 1858, who is the wife of Uriah Francisco, and resides on a portion of the farm; George L., born April 22, 1859; Samuel A., horn December 35, 186o; Ida B., born October 2, 1862; Lilly F., born February 2, r865, who died March 9th, of the same year; Frank E., born February 9, 1866; Maggie Luella, born March 15, 1868, Olive Rebecca, born March 28, 187o; and Nora May, born August 3, 1874   Mr. Hempy has followed the business of milling, with more or less regularity, until within the last two years. He run a mill in Hardin county two years, and has been engaged in milling in the vicinity in which he lives for over twenty years.   S. O. HENDREN.   The father of Samuel O. Hendren was William D. Hendren, born March 21, 1776, in Shenandoah county (now Warren county), Virginia. He was of Irish descent, his father having been a native of the north of Ireland, who emigrated to the United States, and, during the Revolutionary war, espoused the cause of American independence, and served as an officer in the Continental army. William D. Hendren passed his early life in Virginia, where he married. His first wife died, as did the only child they had, and, on January 12, 1805, he married Mrs. Nancy Booker, a widow with one daughter. The maiden name of his second wife was Nancy Cloud, the daughter of a wealthy farmer, who owned several plantations on the Shenandoah river, in Shenandoah county. She was born January 15, 1787. A short time after her marriage with Mr. Hendren, they removed to Ohio, arriving in r8o6, and here they settled on land given her by her father, in Madison township, Franklin county. They located on section thirty-five, where they built a log cabin, and entered upon pioneer life in the woods. Both were hard workers, and in time they had a good farm cleared and under cultivation. As they prospered, other purchases of land were made, until they were possessed of some five hundred acres. In this home, in the woods, were born ten children, eight of whom grew to manhood and womanhood, while two died in infancy. Those who lived were: Thomas, Daniel, Samuel O., William, Robert, Louisa, Sarah Ann, and Rebecca.   William D. Hendren died February 3, 1826. His wife survived him, and died in January, 1849.   Samuel O. Hendren, the third son of William D. and Nancy Hendren, was horn in Madison township Franklin county, September 29, 1812. The early part of his life was spent with his father and brothers in cultivating the farm and clearing the land. During his boyhood he obtained an ordinary education in the common schools of the day, and when he arrived at manhood's estate, having a thirst for more knowledge than could be obtained in his immediate vicinity, he attended Granville college for some time, but did not pursue a collegiate course. He afterwards studied at Blendon academy, and in Columbus. Though not a graduate from any collegiate institution, by close application and a lifetime spent in acquiring information on various subjects, he is possessed of a more than ordinary education, and is conversant with most subjects of general interest. He has never been a politician or place-seeker, hut has enjoyed the confidence and e. teem of his friends and neighbors, who have elected him to a place on the township school hoard, on which he has served many years. When quite a young man, and during the time when teachers were examined by a local school hoard, he was appointed one of the examiners, as one well qualified for the position. He became one of the original stockholders in the Groveport and Lancaster turnpike, and held the office of director many years, and also for a considerable length of time served as president of the company.   His brother, William Hendren, studied medicine, and became a very skilful and distinguished physician. He practiced his profession in Delaware many years, and was elected to the State legislature from that county, in which he served during the years 1853 and 1854. He afterwards moved to Arkansas, where he built up an extensive practice. He was a graduate of one of the Cincinnati medical colleges.   After the death of William D. Hendren, sr., in 1826, his estate was placed in the hands of an administrator, who managed it until the death of his widow, in 1849, when a deed of partition was granted, and the property was divided among the heirs. Soon after the division, Samuel 0. Hendren purchased the rights of the other heirs, and became sole owner of the homestead.   He was married, July 9, 1846. to Helen Morris, who was born in Hamilton county, New York, May 8, 1816. To them were horn five children, but one of whom-W. A. Hendren-grew to manhood. He remains at the old home with his father.   Mrs. Hendren died February 23, 1876, aged nearly sixty years. A portrait of Samuel 0. Hendren, now in the sixty-eighth year of his age, appearsin connection with this sketch of his life.   GEORGE W. NEEDELS.   Thomas and Rachel Needels, the parents of the subject of this notice, were natives of the State of Delaware, and were among the early pioneers of Madison, as noted elsewhere in the history of the township. He was born September 21, 1805, and died February 25, 1861. She was born April 16, 1803, and is still living in the same vicinity, in Madison, where she settled with her parents so many years ago.   The subject of this sketch was the third in a family of seven children, and was born February 14, 1832. He was brought up on the farm, and enjoyed such advantages for the acquirement of education as the common schools of his neighborhood afforded, until he was about fourteen years of age, when he attended Central college, in Blendon township. He was married, January 10, 1854, to Miss Eliza A. Gray, daughter of   HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO - 457   Thomas and Mary Gray, who was born in Truro township, this county, March 20, 1832. Mr. Needels located on the farm where his family now reside, which he received from his father, and by his industry and enterprise was making it one of the most desirable farms in the township, when his life was cut short by accident. On the twelfth day of February, 1874, while attempting to dismount from a horse, his foot caught in the stirrup, the animal became frightened, and, running, dragged Mr. Needels around the barnyard and kicked him in the side and breast. Two of his ribs were broken, one of which penetrated his right lung. The accident occurred on Monday evening, and he died Wednesday morning, February 14th. His untimely death was deplored by the entire community in which he resided, as he was a valued citizen, and enjoyed the confidence and respect of all who knew him.   The children of George W. and Eliza Needels are three in number, as follows: Mary Bell, born July 4, 1857, who is now the wife of Benjamin Bowman, of Madison; Laura Alice, born December 17, 1859; and Thomas Stanton, born August 9, 1862.   JOHN ROHR, JR.,   son of John and Margaret Rohr, was born in Madison township, Franklin county, Ohio, April 2, 1818. His parents emigrated to Ohio from Bucks county, Pennsylvania, in the summer of 1816, with a family of two children-Jacob and Charles. The father died March 1, 1831. While at work in a sugar grove, a short distance southwest of Canal Winchester, a storm came up towards evening, and he started for his home. He had not proceeded far when a tree was blown down by the storm, directly in his path, one of the limbs striking him on the head and fracturing his skull. He succeeding in reaching the house, but died the same night. Mrs. Rohr died in August, 1839. Their children were: Jacob, Charles, John, Samuel, Michael, two sons who died in infancy, and Sarah. The first four are the only survivors.   After the death of his father, the subject of this sketch lived with his uncle, George Rohr, until he was of age, and subsequently worked out. He rented a farm for four years, and, in 1854, he purchased, in Darby township, Pickaway county, a farm of one hundred and eight acres, which he occupied until 1870, when he sold and moved to Columbus, where he resided one year. He then, in March, 1871, purchased and moved to the farm he now occupies, comprising about one hundred and twenty-six acres.   Mr. Rohr was married March 3o, 1851, to Elizabeth, daughter of Michael and Catharine Stimmel, who was born December 26, 1820. Her parents were among the pioneers of Hamilton township. They emigrated from Hampshire connty, Virginia, in 1810, making the journey on a couple of pack horses, with two children, one of whom was only about a year old.   To Mr. and Mrs. Rohr have been born the following children: Huldah Catharine, born May 2, 1853; Clarinda Elizabeth, born September 21, 1855; and Floretta, born April 11, 186o. Clarinda married Joseph S. Lehman, and now resides in Putnam county. She has three children: Huldah 0., John R., and Clauda E., aged respectively, six, four, and three years.   JAMES SANDY.   James Sandy, sr., the son of William and Ermine Sandy, was born in Westmoreland county, Virginia, April z6, 1788, his parents being of Scotch descent. Here he was raised, and soon after the declaration of war with Great Britain, in 1812, he joined the "Virginia Blues," and while a member of that organization, was quartered, during one winter, in the town of Franklinton. At that time the ground now occupied by the State house was covered with its native forest. After his return to Virginia, sometime in the year of 1813, he was married to Miss Delilah Dulin, daughter of William and Charlotte Dulin, who was born February I, 1797. To them were born eight sons and four daughters.   In 1821 he moved, with his family, to Ohio, and in 1825 settled in Washington township, Franklin county, where he resided until 1862, since which time, and until his death, October 20, 1864, he has lived with his children in Madison township. His wife died November 15, 1837, at the age of forty years.   Mr. Sandy was an ardent lover of his country, a true patriot, and a faithful soldier. He felt, and often expressed, the most earnest solicitude for the success of the war for the preservation of our government during the late Rebellion. For many years he was a member of the Christian church, and at his death was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. The last few years of his life were mostly devoted to the reading of the holy scriptures, in which he took great delight.   James Sandy, jr., the subject of this sketch, was the fourth son of James and Delilah Sandy, and was born in Norwich township, Franklin county, December 16; 1826. He remained on the farm with his father until he was eighteen years of age, and then went to Pickaway county, where he worked on a farm a year, after which he went to Ross county, where he also remained a year. He then returned to Grove-port, in this county, where he learned the carpenter's trade, at which he worked eleven years. He then moved on a farm east of Groveport, where he has since resided, engaged in agricultural pursuits.   He was married in Groveport, February 28, 1848, to Sarah Shoemaker, who was born November 5, 1831. The result of this union was one son, William Henry, born February 1, 1849. Mrs. Sandy died June 6, 1850, aged nineteen years.   He married, for his second wife, Sarah Ditzler, March 4, 1851. She was born March 6, 1829. To them have been born two children: Seabury, born April 7, 1852, who died October 20, 1853; and Genora, born May 10, 1854, who died December 14, 1856.   William Henry, the eldest son of James Sandy, married Annie Hare, September 9, 1869. Their children are: Luada, born April 19, V, and Hattie, born December 8, 1877, in Osage county, Kansas.   During the war of the Rebellion Mr. Sandy became a member of the National Guard, and when Governor Brough issued his call for forty thousand troops to take the field, he accompanied his regiment, And served in the Virginia campaign under General Butler, in 1864.   Mr. Sandy is a man with strong convictions of right, of perseverance, energy, and of strict integrity. He is one of the leading Republicans of his township, and joins the lead in all public enterprises for the benefit of the township. He became a member of the Methodist Episcopal church in 1857, and has since lived a consistent christian life.   HENRY C. SWISHER.   In the year 1805, John Swisher and family, of Sussex county, New Jersey, emigrated to Ohio, and in 1807 settled in Madison township, Franklin county. His wife, who, before marriage, was Mary Peterson, died in 1836, and he again married, a Mrs. Shepherd, of Washington township, and lived near Dublin until his death.   Jacob, the oldest child of John and Mary Swisher, was born in Sussex county, New Jersey, July 5, 1803. He married, for his first wife, Eliza Scothorn, and resided on the school section until her death, which occurred about a year after her marriage. A few years subsequently he was again married, to Anah, daughter of Philemon Needels, when he settled on the farm where he now lives, and resided there until 1842. He then removed to the place now occupied by John Anderson, which farm he cleared up and improved. He finally, after a short residence in Groveport, moved back to the farm he had previously occupied, and on which he now resides. Besides that of farming, Mr. Swisher's principal occupation has been the buying and selling of live stock. At an early period of his business career he commenced buying hogs, which he would fatten and drive to the eastern markets. He has walked to Baltimore and back on such trips a number of times, and for several years made an annual journey. In 1840 or 1841 he combined with his live stock business that of pork packing, in connection with other gentlemen, in Groveport. This branch of the business, however, proving unprofitable, it was afterward abandoned.   His second wife died in September, 1862. They had a family of nine children, of whom Henry C., the subject of this sketch, is the oldest. He was born in Madison township, Franklin county, Ohio, January 8, 1837, and married, December 18, 1866, Jennie Nau, daughter of Jacob and Mary Arch Nau, of Madison township. She was born October 15, 1844, in Hancock county, Ohio. Her mother died in 1856, and her father is still living on a portion of the Swisher farm. The subject of this sketch has been engaged principally in agricultural pursuits, and is among the energetic and successful farmers of his township. For seven years he cultivated a farm in the school section, taking a lease for nine years. He purchased the farm on which he now lives, and to which he has recently added, in the spring of 1866, and built his residence, a view of which is given elsewhere, about five years since. Mr. Swisher has also been to a considerable extent engaged in the shipment of live stock to the east, which he has uniformly found a profitable business.   To Mr. and Mrs. Swisher have been born the following named children: Ella M., born November 2, 1867, in Crawford county, Ohio, where the parents resided the first year after their marriage; Charles C., born February 19, 1869; Walter, born December 25, 1870, who died January 9, 1871; Edgar A., born January 23, 1872; Anah A., born December 16, 1873; and Florence, born December 13, 1878.   58   458 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO.   THE ARNOLD FAMILY.   The ancestry of this family is traced back to Stephen Arnold, who was born in 1695, and his wife Rachel, who was horn in 170o. They moved from New England, where they resided at the time of their marriage, to Morristown, New Jersey, in 1729.   Samuel, son of Stephen and Rachel Arnold, was born November 5, 1727, and was married to Phebe Ford in 1748. They located in Washington valley, where six children were born to them, as follows: Jacob, John, Hannah, Samuel, Phebe, and Anna.   Jacob Arnold was born December 14, 1749, and on the breaking out of the war of the Revolution, entered with spirit into the contest for the cause of freedom. He became captain of a light-horse company, and was frequently detailed as escort to Governor Livingston and his privy council in the journeys they were often forced to make from place to place, as the approach of the enemy compelled retreat to safer quarters. In January, 1777, after the battles of Trenton and Princeton, General Washington led his army to Morristown for winter quarters. His own headquarters were at what was sometimes called "Freeman's tavern," and at others, "Arnold's tavern." Captain Arnold was its proprietor, and Washington was his guest from early in January until into June. The troops were quartered in Madison, Chatham, Hanover, Whippany, and other places near Morristown. This old tavern was standing until within a few years, when it was destroyed by fire.   Captain Jacob Arnold received an honorable discharge from service, at the close of the war, from General Washington, and was afterwards made lieutenant-colonel of the province of New Jersey, in 1793. Previous to this, in 1783, he was elected sheriff of Morris county, and served three successive terms. He was married to Elizabeth Tuttle, in 1771, and by her had nine children-Hannah, Samuel, Sarah, Gertrude, Jacob, Abraham, Jacob (second), Charles, and Eliza Maria.. His wife died, and, in 1807, he married Sarah H. Nixon, by whom he had seven children.   Charles Arnold, son of Jacob and Elizabeth Arnold, was born September 29, 1788. He married Elizabeth Wolf, daughter of Thomas Wolf, who was born August 20, 1788, and about the year r818 emigrated, with their small family to the then wilderness of Ohio. The box of the wagon in which they traveled was made their home until a cabin could be built. With good health, but with no capital, other than his hands, with which to gain a Hein; for himself and family, he entered upon the hardships and privations of a pioneer's life, under which the feeble constitution of his wife sank until she died, April 2, 1823, leaving behind her eight children, the youngest but fifteen months old. These children were: Jane H., Abraham B., Margaret, Charles, Stephen, Jacob, Harriet, and Victor. With untiring energy and industry, Mr. Arnold was enabled to provide for his family and keep them together after the death of his wife, and, in 1824, he was a second time married, to Mrs. Elizabeth Farber. He was an active member of the Presbyterian church, and died in the arms of his youngest son, at Galena, Ohio, in 185r, at the age of sixty-three years.   Jacob Arnold, son of Charles Arnold, was horn in Licking county, April 21, 1818. He was married to Orrilla Smith, daughter of Alexander Smith, September 8, 1840, and the following year moved to Franklin county. To them were born five children, of whom but two are now living-John M. and James P. John is unmarried and lives in Kansas.   James P. Arnold was born November 10, 1844, and was married to Corella S. Goodrich, daughter of Emerson Goodrich, September 3, 1869. They have two children-Horace G., born October is, 1871, and Amy F., born November 13, 1872. He is now living with his family, on the farm bequeathed him by his father, by will, January 1, 1870. He has a beautiful home, situated about a mile and a half west of the village of Groveport, in Madison township, Franklin county. Jacob Arnold, his father, died March 19, 1870.   JOSEPH B. POTTER, M. D.,   of Canal Winchester, Ohio, son of John B. and Nancy (Morse) Potter, was born in Courtlandville, Courtland county, New York, November 12, 1815. His mother died when he was three years of age, and his father, who was a Baptist minister, in 1835. When eleven or twelve years of age, young Potter was sent to school at an academy in Canandaigua, New York, where he remained for six years. He then attended an academy at Rochester, New York, where he continued three years, His health having at that time become somewhat impaired, he went South, with a view to restoring it, and remained some three or four years. He then returned North, and was subsequently, for about a year, employed in the construction of the Michigan Central railroad. In 1838 he came to Canal Winchester, where his uncle, Stephen H. Potter, was engaged in the practice of medicine. Having, as opportunity offered, previously read medicine, he formed a copartnership with his uncle, which continued until 1840. He afterward practiced in partnership with Dr. James Langworthy until 1843, and then alone for a year or two. He then attended lectures at the medical department of the Western Reserve college, Cleveland, and was graduated in 1845 or 1846. He resumed his practice in Canal Winchester, and was afterward in partnership, successively, with Dr. Isaac H. 'Titus, Dr. Robert G. McLane, and Dr. A. A. Short, until 1861, when he went into the army. Dr. Potter entered the service as surgeon of the Thirtieth Ohio volunteer infantry, the original commander of which was Colonel Hugh Ewing. The regiment was in West Virginia until 1862, and afterwards with Pope in East Virginia, taking part in the second battle of Bull Run. The history of this gallant regiment need not be repeated here. Suffice it to say, that in nearly all of the great battles of the war-South Mountain, Antietam, Vicksburg, Mission Ridge-it took a conspicuous part, and was with Sherman in his illustrious march to the sea. At the siege of Vicksburg, Dr. Potter was on the operating staff for a few months, and then in charge of the field hospital of the Second division of the Fifteenth army corps. While at Black river, Mississippi, he was ordered to take charge of the Second division of the Fifteenth corps, as surgeon-in-chief of the division, in which position he continued until May, 1865, when he was made acting medical director of the Fifteenth army corps. This position he held until August, 1865, when he was mustered out of the service.   At the close of his army service, Dr. Potter returned to Canal Winchester, and resumed the practice of his profession, in partnership with Dr. Short, until 1874, and since then alone. He has always held a prominent place among the medical profession of Franklin county, and has an extensive and lucrative practice.   November 11, 1840, he was married to Emily D. Holly, of Canal Winchester, formerly of Vermont.   Z. VESEY,   son of John and Elizabeth Vesey, was born in Pickaway township, Pickaway county, Ohio, November 30, 1823. His parents emigrated from Sussex county, Delaware, and settled on the lower plains of the above named township, and died there-the mother in 1831, and the father in 1836. After the death of his parents, the subject of this sketch went to live with his uncle, Gideon Vesey, in Fayette county, Ohio, with whom he remained about three years. He then removed to Illinois, with his brother-in-law, Hamilton Waples, but remained only about a year, when he returned to his native township, and commenced working for Abraham Swisher, whose daughter--then Mrs. Catharine Frame-he married, August 11, 1842. He resided in Pickaway about a year after his marriage, when he removed to Franklin county, and located on a farm in Truro township. He soon, however, returned to Pickaway, and remained two years, when he again settled in Truro, on the same firm on which he had previously located, and resided there for sixteen or seventeen years. During the war he resided in Columbus, after which he returned to Truro, where lie carried on farming, extensively, for some seven years. In the fall of 1`874 he purchased, for twenty-four thousand dollars, the farm and elegant mansion, at Groveport, of John S. Rarey, the famous horse tamer, to which he removed in the spring of 1`875, and where he now resides.   Mr. Vesey's life has been one of unusual activity. He started in business for himself with the fixed purpose of "doing something," to use his own words, and not, Micawber-like, of waiting for something to "turn up." He had but sixty-five dollars in money, but he possessed what was much more valuable and indispensable to his success-a clear head and an ample stock of what may be termed clear grit. He 'received potential aid from his father-in-law, who helped him, with his name, to obtain whatever credit he desired; but by promptly meeting every obligation contracted, he was soon enabled to dispense with such assistance. During the first four years of his business career he was unable to accumulate any property, but during the next ten years his gains aggregated over forty thousand dollars. From that time forward, until within the last four years, his accumulation of property was rapid. He owned, at one time, thirteen hundred acres of land, besides a great deal of other property. During the period mentioned, however-years   HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO - 459   of general business disaster—Mr. Vesey, like almost every man who has been engaged in business on a large scale, has suffered an occasional reverse of fortune. His principal occupation has been that of fanning, although he hats also dealt extensively in live stock.   Mr. Vesey was a large stockholder in the old Central bank, of Columbus (now Fourth National), and was elected vice-president of the institution in December, 1875. On the death of Captain Nathaniel Merion, in 1877, he was elected his successor, as president of the bank, which position he filled until April 1, 1879, when the bank was reorganized as the Fourth National.   His wife died January 15, 1878, and on September 3d, of the same year, he married Mrs. Lizzie Mason, of Fairfield county, immediately after which they visited the Pacific coast, spending several weeks in California. Mrs. Vesey is the daughter of Henry and Nancy Cosgrove, and was born in Cosgrove Hall, Pennsylvania (a village of which her father was the proprietor), April 9, 1843. She came to Ohio with her parents when five years of age, and after she was nine years old, was raised by her sister, Mrs. John Coal, of Columbus. In 1866 she was united in marriage to Elijah E. Mason, who died on his farm, near Lancaster, Ohio, January 19, 1876. Mrs. Vesey has two children—Frank and Johnnie---aged, respectively, twelve and eight years.   Mr. Vesey is the father of five children, all by his first marriage, viz.: Mary (now Mrs. Carson), living in Truro township; Abigail (Mrs. Sharp), in Woodson county, Kansas;' Irene, at home; Snyder A., and Laura (Mrs. Thompson), in Truro.   HON. JOHN CHANEY, SR.   Few men have occupied more public stations, or have filled them with more satisfaction to the public, than has the subject of this sketch. In remarkable health and vigor, for one of his advanced age, Judge John Chaney bids fair to fill a century—an age so uncommon that the psalmist allotted but seventy years as the limit of man on earth.   Judge Chaney was born in Washington county, Maryland, January 12, 1790. When he was but four years old, his father removed, with his family, to Bedford county, Pennsylvania. When the father died, John was fourteen years of age. His only brother (lied soon after, leaving the mother and two sisters to be supported. His father, like all the family, was of a truthful and kind nature. Becoming security for friends, the fine farm of the family, together with the stock, etc., was sold to pay debts not his own. For six years the support of the family devolved upon John, who was scarcely yet in his teens, and he sustained the burden ungrudgingly and manfully. The marriage of his sisters took it from his shoulders, and, in 1810--nearly seventy years ago—young Chaney came West, and, for a time, worked on the land situated on the Ohio canal, in Fairfield county, now the village of Waterloo. Thence he went to Pickaway county, where he labored for nearly two years, when his health failed, and he returned to the old home in Pennsylvania. In 1813, with recruited health, he returned to Fairfield county, and settled in Bloom township, where he has made his home ever since, near what is now Canal Winchester. Afterwards, in order to straighten the lines between Fairfield and Franklin counties, a strip of land, including a tier of sections, was taken from Fairfield and attached to Franklin, which brought Judge Chaney within the latter, his farm being upon one of the sections transferred.   In 1816 Judge Chaney was united in marriage to Miss Mary Ann Lafere, and built, fora residence, a log cabin, fifteen feet square, with puncheon floor, clapboard roof, mud chimney, and other characteristics of the primitive dwellings of that period. Here the honeymoon of the newly-married couple was passed. When not at work upon his clearing, the young settler toiled for others, splitting rails or chopping cordwood. For the former he got fifty cents a hundred; and for the latter, twenty-five cents a cord, or one bushel of wheat, or two bushels of corn, then reckoned at twenty-five cents—the value of a full day's work by a good hand. Soon after his marriage, he brought his mother west, to live with him. Subsequently, while on a visit to her daughters in Pennsylvania, she died. His life was similar to that of all early settlers in Ohio, until the State began her works of internal improvement. Not long after his marriage, he became the purchaser of a small grist-mill. In 1821; he was dubbed " 'Squire Chaney," on account of his election as justice of the peace for Bloom township, in which office, by successive re-elections, he served nine years. He also served, continuously, as township trustee, for twenty-three years. In the fall of 1828 he was chosen to the house of representatives in the Ohio legislature, and was re-elected in each of the next two years. For a time he held the posi tion of paymaster in the State militia, and became, successively, majot and colonel of a regiment. In the spring of 1835 he was elected, by the legislature, associate judge for Fairfield county. The next year he was place on the Jackson electoral ticket, and cast his vote in favor of the hero of New Orleans for his second term in the presidency.   The member of congress for the Fairfield district, in 1828, was elected as a Jackson man, and re-elected in 1830, During his second term, however, he favored the United States bank, voting to pass a bill, desired by the bank, over Jackson's veto. The Jackson men refused him a renomination, and Judge Chaney was made the Democratic nominee. The bank men nominated, as their candidate, the late member, whom they had bitterly opposed at two successive elections. Judge Chaney was elected, and served faithfully, for three successive terms, declining a renomination for a fourth term. During his third canvass, he was challenged to a public discussion in Morgan county—the district consisted of Fairfield, Hocking, Perry, and Morgan counties —but won so triumphant a victory as to largely increase his vote in that county, and he was never afterward challenged to a public discussion. His good common sense, his knowledge of facts, and the plain, sensible manner in which he tore his opponent's charges to pieces, made him a host of true friends. The reputation of Judge Chaney in congress, was that of an excellent member. He enjoyed the love and confidence of his political friends, and likewise, the entire respect of his political adversaries. Among the great questions upon which he was called to act while in congress, was the repeal of the celebrated "specie circular," issued by General Jackson. The bankers were buying up, for speculative purposes, vast tracts of the public lands, and paying for them in notes of their own bank, such notes, in many cases, being taken to the land office in sheets, signed there, and paid to the receiver as money. The treasury was thus being filled with notes of a doubtful character; and the circular was issued to prevent anything but specie being received for the lands of the United States. The panic among the bankers was terrible, and every effort possible was made to induce congress to have the circular rescinded. Many members elected as Jacksonians yielded to the clamor, and the bill was only defeated by a few votes. Judge Chaney, faithful among the faithless, stood firm. The circular was not repealed; so when the banks failed the treasury had but few of their worthless rags on hand, and many of those who voted at the dictation of the bankers, felt as if they would gladly repent in sackcloth and ashes, to atone for their folly.   Another question, deemed at the time of momentous importance, not only in congress, but by the people of all the States, was settled while Judge Chaney was a member; in its settlement he bore a leading part. The Cherokees held a large reservation in Georgia; they adopted a tribal organization, with their own code of laws. The State government rebelled at this, claiming that Georgia laws alone should prevail on the reservation. The commisson of a murder in the Cherokee country brought matters to a crises. The State authorities seized the offender, and tried him in the State courts, where he was sentenced to death. The case was brought before the United States court, and a writ of habeas corpus was issued; but the Executive of Georgia refused to produce the prisoner, and ordered the decision of the State court to he enforced. The man was hanged, to remove the cause of complaint, and settle the vexed question of jurisdiction. A treaty was made by the United States with the Cherokees, in which, for a certain sum of money and lands west of the Mississippi river, the reservation was ceded to the general government. Georgia claimed the land. It was not only valuable, but had been much improved ; there were on it fine farms and residences, school-houses, etc., hence the struggle to get it. The question had to be settled by congress. After a short debate, it was referred to the House committee on judiciary affairs, of which Judge Chaney was a member, and Hon. John Bell, of Tennessee, was chairman, the former was absent, by reason of sickness in his family, when the committee met, and as the six remaining members were equally divided in opinion, no report could he made. He had, however, carefully examined the question, and on his return was ready to act, voting in the committee with those who held that the treaty was right and valid. His views prevailed there and in the House, where a bill was introduced authorizing the government to sell the lands, and, after some bluster and threats, all parties acquiesced, and the lands were sold, and the great Cherokee question was settled at once and forever.   A finer specimen of a man than Judge Chaney, in his younger days, was hard to find. There was a good-natured rivalry at Washington, between the New York delegation, and that from Ohio, on this subject, the New Yorkers claiming the palm for the Hon. Francis Granger, of that State, while the western members, one and all, asserted that in this particular the Empire State could not compare with the west. A Wash-   460 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO.   ington newspaper had an editorial on the subject, in which the statement was made that, while men might differ, to a woman the softer sex would vote for Judge Chaney.   Leaving congress at the close of the session, in 1839, Judge Chaney claimed retirement as his just due; but his old neighbors and friends, in 1842, elected him once more to the lower house of the Ohio legislature, over which body he was called to preside as speaker. Two years afterwards he was chosen to the State senate, and was again a member of the house in 1855. In the convention which drafted the preseni State constitution, he was an active and honored member. He has held more different public offices, probably, than any other man in Ohio, and filled them well. And yet it is a fact, borne out by the united testimony of his friends and neighbors, that he never asked a single office at the hands of his party or his friends. Yet, when office was tendered him, he felt that he could not decline. He had more honest pride in the good opinion of his neighbors and constituents than in office-holding; and, in all the heated contests through which he passed, his integrity, his word, and honor, were never impugned. His private character was pure beyond reproach; his public character had no taint of corruption in it, and as he has lived, so will he die: an honest, God-loving man, fearing to do evil, and striving to do good.   Judge Chaney was thrice married. His first wife, Mary Ann Lapere, died in February, 1823, leaving four children. In November, 1824, he was remarried, this time being united to Miss Elizabeth Miller, who died in January, 1836, leaving five sons and two daughters. In December, 186o, he married Mrs. Mary Stephenson, who is still living. Most of his children survive—his daughters well married; his sons fine business men. Among the latter, are 0. P. Chaney, a grain merchant, doing an extensive business at Canal Winchester, and Dr. H. L. Chaney, an excellent physician, in large practice, at Groveport.   MR. AND MRS. DANIEL LEIGH.   THE LEIGH FAMILY   Daniel Leigh, a native of New Jersey, born in 1756, emigrated to Madison township, Pickaway county, Ohio, in 1823, where he died a few years after his settlement. He was a soldier of the Revolutionary war. He was the father of six children: Zebulon S., Charles, Watrous, Elisha, Sarah, and Eliza—all now deceased except Watrous, a wealthy farmer now living in Lynn county, Iowa, aged about eighty-six years. Charles died in Madison township, Pickaway county, soon after the death of his father. Elisha died in Illinois. Sarah, wife of Samuel Savage, remained in New Jersey. Eliza became the wife of Captain Buzzenbarger, and settled in Indiana.   Zebulon Stout Leigh, the oldest of the family, was born in Allentown, New Jersey,. in the year 1790. He learned the saddler's trade of his father, but not .liking it, he chose the life of a farmer, which he afterward followed. He married, in New jersey, Amy Laning, and removed to Madison township, Pickaway county, Ohio, in 1818.. His wife was the daughter of Samuel Reed Laning, who emigrated to the same township from Trenton, New Jersey, with his family in 1819. 'They were five weeks in making the journey from Philadelphia to Decker's mill, on Little Walnut creek, where they permanently settled.   Mr. Laning died about two years after his arrival. His wife, whose maiden name was Huldah Pierson, survived him some eighteen years.   Zebulon Leigh settled on Walnut creek, in the Decker neighborhood, where he lived several years; then moved to Madison township, Franklin county, Ohio, and located on the farm of John Welton, where he died in 1841. His widow is yet living, and is one of the oldest inhabitants of the township, being nearly eighty-eight years of age. They were the parents of nine children, to wit: Samuel, Phebe (afterwards Mrs. English), Mary Ann, Matilda, Huldah, Louisa, Charles, John S., and Daniel. All are now dead except Samuel, Huldah, and Daniel, who reside in Madison township, Franklin county.   Daniel, whose portrait appears, with that of his wife, herewith, was born March r, 1834, and married, December 29, 1867, Margaret E. Copland, daughter of Joseph and Mary Ann (English) Copland, of Auglaiz county, Ohio. She was born October 6, 1841. To them have been born three children, namely: Joseph S., born November 1, 1870; Mary Amanda, born April 14, 1873; and Olin Copland, born February 25, 1876.   TRURO.   The surface of this township is generally level. The principal stream is Big Walnut creek, or, more properly, Gahanna river, which flows southwardly, through the central portion of the township. Black lick creek, a branch of the Gahanna, runs in a southeasterly direction through the eastern part.   SETTLEMENT.*   The first settlements in the township were made in the year 1805. Among those who moved into the Truro woods, in that year, were John and Charles Medford, from Pennsylvania, and Thomas Palmer, from Maine. The Medfords settled in the southwest corner of the township, on Alum creek. They subsequently sold out to Daniel Ross. Thomas Palmer was the owner of the land on which John Edgar and family located in 1806--- on Black lick creek, a short distance north of Reynolds-burg. Palmer was then a single man, but afterwards he married, and lived in the township until his death.   John Edgar, of whom mention has been made, came .from Pennsylvania. His eldest son is now a resident of Jefferson township.   In 1806, John Lynch, originally from Pennsylvania, removed to this township from Lancaster, Ohio, where, with his wife, Mercy, he had settled in 1799 or 1800. He settled at the north end of what is called Sprague's. Hill. He served a few months in the war of 1812. He was the father of six children, namely: Jonathan, John, Cornelius, Daniel, William, and Mercy. Daniel lived and died in Sandusky. Cornelius removed to Indiana, and William to Illinois. Mercy married a Mr. Boyd, and now lives in Illinois. Jonathan is supposed to have lost his life in the Seminole Indian war, as he was never heard from after he entered the service. John, about the year 1820, married Nancy Scott, and resided in the township until 1850, when he went to California, where he died, in 1863. His son, John H. Lynch, is now living in Reynoldsburg, where he is engaged in the marble business. He is also a justice of the peace of the village, in which position he has served for several years.   The same year Benjamin Cornell moved in from Virginia. They located just east of Walnut creek, on the National road. Benjamin sold out to Captain John Hanson, in 1812 or '13, and removed to Urbana. The widow of William Cornell still resides in the township.   Matthew Long, from Nova Scotia, also joined the settlement in 1806. He located in section twenty-two, and subsequently erected a saw-mill and a grist-mill, which he operated until 1825, when he died. He left a   * For the facts concerning many of the early settlers herein mentioned, the writer has relied upon the recollections of Mr. David Taylor, now of Columbus, but one of the earliest pioneers of Truro township.   wife and four sons. Robert, Edward, and George were raised by David Taylor, and Henry by A. Vinton Taylor. Henry Long is now engaged in business in Groveport, and Edward and George reside in Portland, Oregon. Robert is deceased. John Long, a brother of Matthew, was also a pioneer of Truro.   Prominent among the pioneers of the township were the Taylors. Robert. Taylor, of Truro, Nova Sciotia, having entered or purchased lands in this township, removed with his family in the fall of 1806, to Chillicothe. He resided there until the spring Of 1809, when he came and settled on Walnut creek, having, the previous summer, erected his dwelling—the first framed house in the township. The old structure is still standing, and is in a pretty good state of preservation. Robert Taylor died in 1828. His children were Abiather Vinton, Elizabeth, and Margaret (both of whom married into the Long family), Lydia (who married her cousin,Matthew), Jane (afterward Mrs. Thompson), James W., David, and Susan, who married Gilbert.Green. The only survivors are David and Mrs. Green, the. former residing in Columbus, and the latter, who is now .a widow in Truro.   William McIntire, now living a short distance from Reynoldsburg, has been a resident of the township since 1808 or 1809. His father came from Virginia: with his. family, in the above year, and settled on the old Hebron road, where William Ashton now lives. He had a large family of children, of whom eight are yet living. William, the oldest, married, for his first wife, Mary Frazer, who died, of cholera, in 1834. In 1840 he was again married, to Sarah Longshore, who died in the year 1857. He has three surviving children, and two deceased. Mr. McIntire purchased the first lot in Reynoldsburg alter the town was laid out.   In 1810 or 1811, Zachariah Paul removed to this township, from Virginia, and located on Walnut creek, about a mile and a half south of the National road, where he resided until his death. Two sons and a daughter (Mrs. Stigler, in Mifflin township), are now living. The oldest son, John, died, in 1879, on the homestead. His widow now resides in Columbus.   About this time William Thompson came from Pennsylvania, and settled just below Paul. In 1820 he sold to William McComb, of Washington county, Pennsylvania, and removed to Indiana.   Capt. John Hanson came to Ohio, from Virginia, with his wife and two children, about the year 1806. In 1812 he bought out Benjamin Cornell, on the National road, just east of Walnut creek. Capt. Hanson was born, in Virginia, in 1799, and died, in Reynoldsburg, in 1861. His widow—second wife—now lives in that village.   (461)   462 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO.   In 1812 Daniel Ross and his sons, James, Alexander, Hugh, Daniel, Fulton, and Edward, removed to this township, from Nova Scotia. The father died in Truro, but the sons finally moved out of the county.   Richard Rhoads, with his family, which consisted of his wife and three children, came to Ohio from Pennsylvania in 1807. He remained four years in Bloomfield, Pickaway county, when, in 1811, he moved to Truro, and settled on the place on which his son, Lambert, now lives. He died in 1851, at the age of seventy years. His wife died in 1870, at the age of ninety-three. They raised nine children, as follows: Margaret (Mrs. Johnson), and Philip, who live in Reynoldsburg; Lambert P., who married Sarah Cornell, and lives on the old homestead; Elizabeth, who remains unmarried, and lives with her brother, Lambert; Isaac, deceased; John, who was killed on the railroad at Pataskla. Licking county, in 1873; Richard, who also resides in Reynoldsburg; Mary (Mrs. Doren), who lives in Iowa; and Matthew H., deceased. The family is remarkable for longevity—the ages of the six surviving children agregate four hundred and twenty-four years, or an average of nearly seventy-one years.   David and Nancy Graham, of Reynoldsburg, are among the oldest residents of the township—being aged, respectively, seventy-nine and seventy-six—and were also among its early pioneers. Mrs. Graham came with her parents, James and Margaret Graham, from Washington county, New York, in 1811. Her father bought from John Logan one hundred acres of land, just east of where Reynoldsburg now stands, and resided there until his death, August 7, 1835, the mother having died previously. Mr. Graham came to Truro when seventeen years of age, in the year 1817. His father, George Graham, settled about a mile north Of where Reynoldsburg now is, and died there some twenty years ago. His wife survived him, and attained the age of eighty-five. Mr. and Mrs. Graham have now eight children (two having died), fifty-one grandchildren, and eighty great-grandchildren. Mr. Graham was engaged in merchandising in Reynoldsburg, for twenty-five years.   In 1812 John Cambridge moved in from Pennsylvania, and, in 1814, Elias Chester and Jeremiah Nay, from New York.   George Powell, and family, earlier settlers in the adjoining township of Madison, settled in this township together with his brother, Archibald and family, in the year 1815. They erected a cabin, on the place now occupied by James N. Peters, and the two families occupied it, together, for about a year, when Archibald built where his son, Joseph. B. Powell, now lives. He died there, ih 1868, at the age of nearly eighty five. His wife survived him about ten years, and was nearly the same age at her death. Six of the family are now living—William and Jacob, who live in Missouri; Mrs. Alford Gray, who lives in Madison township, this county; Joseph B., who lives on the homestead, in Truro; and James N. Peters, who lives in the same neighborhood.   In 1815 or '16 David Pugh, a native of Wales, moved into the township from Delaware county, and located on the place now occupied by the Enlows. He kept a tavern there for many years. His wife, before marriage, was Jane Murphy, whom he married in Delaware county. They had a family of seven children, the youngest of whom is Judge Pugh, of Columbus. David, the eldest son, was born in 1814, and died in 1877. He married, first, Elizabeth Whetsel, and after her death, Hannah Phillips, his cousin, in 1861, who still survives. He lived, during the greater part of his life, on the farm now occupied by his sons, David S. and John M. The other children of David Pugh, sr., are Mrs. Robert Shields, of Columbus, Mrs. Jane Hudson (widow), in Truro, Andrew, who lives in the west, and Margaret and Isabel (twins), deceased.   Thomas Enlows came from Baltimore, Maryland, in 1816 or 1817, and purchased one hundred acres on the east side of Big Walnut. He sold to David Taylor, and died shortly afterwards. He was the father of three daughters and one son, James, who was raised by Mr. Taylor. He married Jane Wolf, and settled on Broadway, a mile west of Big Walnut, where he raised his family. He finally purchased the farm now occupied by his family—five unmarried children. He was in the war of the Rebellion, and died at Vicksburg in October, 1863. His body was brought back to Truro, and buried in the same grave with that of his father on the Hanson place. Mr. Enlows was one Of the best as well as one of the most influential citizens of the county.   Daniel Whetsel, a native of Pennsylvania, was one of the early pioneers of Pickaway county, settling in the old Indian town of Westfall, Wayne township. In 1823 he moved to Franklin county, and located on the land now owned by his daughter, Huldah. He died December, 1868, at the advanced age of eighty-seven years, his wife preceding him many years. There are now seven of the family living, four of whom reside in the west. Of the remainder, Huldah, unmarried, occupies the homestead; Elisha M. is a resident of Columbus, and Mrs. Martha Taylor, in Blendon township.   Jacob Wolf and family came to this county from Hardy county, Virginia, in 1831. Mr. Wolf settled in the Powell settlement, where he lived about six years, when he bought the David Pugh place, on Broadway, which he made his permanent residence. Four of the family are yet living, viz.: Mrs. Staley, in the adjoining township of Jefferson; John, who married Ann Cornell, near Reynoldsburg; Mrs. Shull, in Mifflin township; and Levi, in Hibernia.   Benjamin V. Lunn came from Bucks county, Pennsylvania, in 1833, and located on the National road, near where Dr. Lunn now lives. He died the next year after his arrival, and was the first person buried in the Baptist church burying-ground. His widow is still living in the township, and is now aged seventy-three. Josiah R. Lunn, and Benjamin V. Lunn, her only children, also reside in this township. The former married a daughter of David and Nancy Graham.   William E. Bullen emigrated from England, in 1832, and remained in Canada until 1836, when he bought one hundred acres of land in Truro township. He had a   HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO - 463   family of six children, five of whom settled in the immediate vicinity. Two sons now live in the township—John, and William. John married Mary Wallace, in 1843, and has had eight children, six of whom are now living. He has worked hard in grubbing out the tough beech roots and clearing his place, and by industry and economy has secured a comfortable home. William E. Bullen, his father, died in 1844.   Basil Batchelor, originally from near Syracuse, New York, moved in from Licking county, Ohio, in 1846, and located on Broadway, about four miles from the city, in Truro township. He died in 1870. His wife, Nancy Batchelor, is still living. A son, Lemuel, resides in Bluffton, Indiana, and is county treasurer; another son, Basil, is a resident of Delaware county; Alonzo, and Rhoda, reside in Union county; Lucy married Elias Chrysler, now deceased,.and lives in Mifflin township, this county.   FIRST SCHOOL.   The first school in this township, as now remembered by Mr. Taylor, was kept in a log cabin on the east bank of Big Walnut, just south of where the Livingston road now crosses it. The first teacher was a man by the name of McAfferty, who taught about the year 1820. There was an earlier school on Alum, creek, in Montgomery township, taught by Helen Tappan, which the children. of Truro attended.   CHURCHES.   THE UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,   in Reynoldsburg, was constituted about the year 1818. The organization took place at the house of James Graham, the Rev. Mr. Armstrong, from near Xenia, officiating. The original members of the society are as follows : James Graham and wife, Matthew Crawford and wife, William Crawford and wife, Isaac, Crawford and wife, David Crawford, John Frazier and wife, John French and wife, John Livingston and wife, William Graham and wife, Robert Taylor and wife, George Graham and wife, and a few others, whose names cannot now be remembered. Before, the erection of a meeting house, the society usually met for worship at the dwelling of James Graham. Frequently, in the summer season, they would hold meetings in some barn, which occasion would bring out a large attendance. This practice, however, was common to nearly all religious societies in that day. The church erected a frame house, at the Lancaster, and Hebron cross roads, which was used some thirty years, when the present building, in the village, was built. Rev. Mr. Donaldson was the first pastor, and after him, in the order named, Revs. Messrs. McLane, Lindsey, Forrester. McNary, McArthur, and Park, whose term of service has not yet expired. The membershipis now about one hundred. David Graham, Robert Boyd, William Johnson, and Alexander W. Livingston, are the elders.   BAPTIST CHURCH.   This church, called Friendship church, was organized by Elder Hanover, at the house of John Coons, September 13, 1823. The membership consisted of the following named persons, viz.: Thomas Torance, Thomas Torance, jr., Mary Torance, Daniel Whetsel, John Coons, Catharine Coons, and Mary Dean. Daniel Whetsel was elected church clerk, and John Coons deacon. The society held their meetings at the dwellings of the members—generally at Mr. Coons' or Mr. Whetsel's—until 1834, when the brick church, since rebuilt, was erected. The pastors of this church have been as follows, officiating in the order named, to-wit: Elders Hanover, Nadden, Wayne Taylor, Hendron, George Tusing, Samuel Williams, John A. Thompson, Thomas Cole, and Ephraim Barker.   THE METHODIST CHURCH   in Reynoldsburg was first organized as a class, about 1835, by a Mr. Lee, who was the first class leader. The early members of the class were : John Hughes and several sons, Harvey and Walter Miller, John Fell, Mrs. Schoonover, Mr. Lee and wife, David Oakley, and others. Meetings were held in the old school-house, south of town, for about a year, when a frame meeting-house was built, on the northwest corner of the present school-house lot. This house was used by the society until 1871, when the present brick church was erected. Rev. Mr. Donahue was on the circuit in 1839. The circuit was then called Pickerington, and it still retains that name, although it has since been divided. The present membership is about one hundred, and Rev. J. Kemper is pastor. A Sabbath-school has been in existence for many years, and now numbers about one hundred and forty pupils. The superintendent is D. J. Snyder.   THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH   of Reynoldsburg was formed August 6, 1836, the Rev. James Hoge, Rev. H. Vandeman, and Elder John Long, of the Truro Presbyterian church, officiating in its organization. It was organized with ten members, viz: John W. Thompson, Mary Thompson, Archibald Cooper, Margaret A. Cooper, John Henthorn, Ruth C. Henthorn, James M. Robertson, Maria Robertson, Jane Bronson, and Leah Anderson. John W. Thompson, James M. Robertson and Archibald Cooper were chosen ruling elders. Early meetings were held in the old Methodist church. The first meetinghouse was erected by the society in 1840. It was destroyed by fire in 1861, arid the present house which stands on the same lot, was built the same year. Rev. Elias Vandeman was the first pastor. Since Mr. Vandeman the following named clergymen have been employed by the society, viz: Jonathan Cable, John Court, William H. Rogers, James Harrison, Elijah Kuhus, H. C. McBride, Thomas Downey, Homer McVay, Lewis E. Jones, William E. Mack, and Samuel D. Smith. Rev. Messrs. Vandeman, McVay, Mack, and Smith have officiated as pastors of the church, the rest as stated supplies. Rev. Mr. Smith is still in charge. The membership is now fifty. The ruling elders are A. T. Graham, Jacob Henderlick, William Williams, and Abraham Hare.   THE UNIVERSALIST CHURCH.   July 22, 1848, at a meeting in the village school-house a large number of those interested present, there was organized what was then termed the First Universalist Society of Reynoldsburg, now called the First   464 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO.   Universalist church of Reynoldsburg and vicinity. The organization was effected by the election of the following officers: Jonathan Looker, president; John Miller, clerk ; Tobias Broomback, treasurer; E. P. Bull, Vincent Hutson and John Miller, trustees.   A constitution for the government of the society was drawn up and signed by about forty members, the original signatures or those of first members, being: John Miller, E. P. Bull, Joathan Looker, Vincent Hudson, T. Broomback, John Wright, John T. Cookus, Noah Powers, Amanda Miller, E. S. Miller, Eliza Cookus, Elizabeth Scott, Martha Looker, Reuben Schofied, Isaac Powers, Jacob Schaffer, A. J. Moore, J. M. Allen, N. C. Mason, 1). C. Vandugyn, Lot Davis, C. Keiser, and George Taylor. The church building was erected in 1849, at a cost of about one thousand five hundred dollars, and upon a lot donated for the purpose- by John Ricketts. The first regular pastor employed was the Rev. Henry Gifford. Varying degrees of prosperity have been passed through by the church, but it has been during most of the years of its existence, in a very flourishing condition. It has at present about forty members. The present pastor is the Rev. W. B. Woodbury; and the trustees of the church are: Charles G. Hutson, M. M. Mason, and Samuel Parkerson.   POWELL CHAPEL.   This society was formed by the Rev. James Hooper, at the Powell school-house, in the year 1850. The constituent members, were: Archibald Powell and wife, Edward Long and wife, Jacob Powell and wife, Amon Algive and wife, and Mrs. Elizabeth Peters. Edward Long was the first class leader. In 1851 the meetinghouse was erected, and services have been regularly held in it by the society until the present time. It has been recently extensively repaired. A class was organized at White hall about the year 1845, and a small frame building erected, which is still standing. The society has ceased to exist, and no meetings have been held in the house for a number of years.   THE DESCIPLE CHURCH   was organized April, 1861, by Elder Basalman, with a membership of fifteen, as follows: Austin Sprague, W. P. Sprague, William R. Sprague, Harvey Sprague, Polly Sprague, Mary Sprague, Levi Sprague, Eliza Sprague, Leroy Sprague, Georgia Sprague, Addie Sprague, J. T. Smith, John Reynolds, Phinneas Tucker, and James Flinn. W. P. Flinn, and James Flinn, were chosen elders. The church was completed in 1870, prior to which the meetings of the society were held in the Universalist church, and subsequently in the hall over the drug store. The regular preachers, had been Elders Taylor and T. D. Garden, of Columbus. The church now numbers about one hundred and thirty members.   MILLS.   There is, at the present time, no grist-mill in Truro township,, and but one saw-mill—that of Henry Krum, in the northwest corner of the township. Among the mills which had an existence within the township, was the grist-and saw-mill of Matthew Long, on Big Walnut, below Hibernia, who operated them until his death, in 1824 or '25. In 1833 or '34, Sylvanus Baldwin moved into the township, and bought one hundred acres of land, with a saw-mill, where the Livingston road crosses the Big Walnut, and afterwards erected a grist-mill there. A steam grist-mill was erected by General Reynolds, on Black lick, in the south part of Reynoldsburg, and a saw-mill was built at an early date, on the same stream, a short distance below the village, by Joseph McIntyre, which continued in operation for many years.   The stone quarry of William A. Forrester, near Reynoldsburg, was opened, by Henry Bessey, about fifty years ago. The stone was first quarried for bridging purposes, on the National road. The quarry was purchased of Bessey about 1840, but was not developed to any extent until some six years since, when Mr. Forrester erected a mill, and commenced sawing. The stone is of the free-stone quality, and is from twenty inches to two and a half feet in thickness when quarried. It is used largely for building purposes and flagging, going mostly to Columbus, Newark, and Zanesville. The dip is to the south-east, along a little stream, and the supply is, apparently, inexhaustible.   The tile factory, at Reynoldsburg, was established by Hiram Dysart & Co.; in 1874. It is now owned and operated by the firm of Dysart & Henderlick.   REYNOLDSBURG   was laid out in the fall of 1831, by John French, who owned the land on which the village is located, and the place was first called Frenchtown. Soon after the town was laid out, James C. Reynolds, afterwards General Reynolds, then a young man, from Zanesville, came and opened a store with a small stock of miscellaneous goods, suitable for the wants of the laborers upon the National road, then in process of construction, and the name of the village, not being entirely satisfactory to the inhabitants, it was changed, at a public meeting of the citizens, to that which it now bears. Reynolds had, at that time, no interest in the project of building up a town, except the 'increase in his business which would naturally follow. He subsequently married in, and became identified with the place that bore his name, and was one of its leading citizens, and most prosperous business men. He resided there for a number of years, was once appointed postmaster, built a steam mill, and was generally active in public as well as private affairs, but finally removed to Carroll, Fairfield county, where he died.   The town had, for a few years, quite a rapid growth, during which time it attained to nearly its present size. Its greatest prosperity was probably attained in about 1846 or 1847, and it continued to hold considerable importance as a place of trade until the Baltimore & Ohio railroad was built, in 1853, when the stages were discontinued upon the National road, and the village ceased to have that element of support. Then, too, the little station village of Black Lick was developed upon the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, and to it was diverted a portion of the patronage that formerly sustained Reynoldsburg, in its best days. The village still retained, however, a   JOSEPH B. POWELL AND MRS. M. S. POWELL   THE POWELL FAMILY.   Joseph Powell was born and married to a daughter of Archibald McCoy, in the State of Maryland, removing thence to Bedford county, Pennsylvania, in 1794, where he remained until his death. The children born to this couple were: Mary, born August 3, 1781; George, born February 19, 1783; Archibald, born December 1, .1784; Joseph, born December 7, 1786; Sarah, born February 2, 1789; Elizabeth, born March 10, 1791; Thomas, born February 2, 1793; Mary (second), born November 17, 1798; Rachel, born December 27, 1799; John, born September 3, 18o1 ; Jonathan. born March 23, 1803; William, born July r, 1805; Robert, born September 15, 1807; Susannah, born March 5, 1809; Nancy, born November 6, 1810; and David, born January 6, 1813.   Archibald Powell, the third child in this family, married Elizabeth Adams, in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, January 29, 1808, and in 1815, accompanied by his family, removed to Ohio, and settled in Truro township, Franklin county. The year after their arrival they built a cabin on the farm now owned by J. B. Powell. Their children were ; William, born August 5, 1809 ; Mary, born December 5, 1810; Jacob, born June 2, 1813; George, born January 25, 1815; Malinda A., and Rachel M. (twins), born December 7, 1818; Joseph B., born March 27, 1822; Elizabeth J., born October 30, 1824; and Clarissa A., born November 19, 1828. Archibald Powell died September 3, 1868. His .wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Powell, lived until nearly eighty-six years of age, and died April 29, 1878. Before her death she had one hundred and sixty-three descendants, as follows: Nine children, sixty-eight grand children, and eighty-six great-grandchildren.   Joseph B. Powell, son of Archibald and Elizabeth Powell, was married to Lucinda 'I'. French, August 12, 1863. She was born April 3, 1842. To them were born three children: Clement M., born June 3, 1864; William A., born September 21, 1866; and Andrew J., born May 12, 1869. Mrs. Powell died October 6, 1870, and on the twenty-fifth of January, 1876, he was again married, to Mary S. Fancher, who was born September, 26, 1852. They have one child: Gerda M., born May 7, 1878. Mr. Powell has passed his life on the home farm, with the exception of two years and three months spent in the gold mines of California, during the years 1850, 1851, and 1852. He was able to bring home a quantity of gold from the mines, but has found a more profitable and pleasant business and home on his farm, where he has since remained. A representation of his home accompanies this sketch.   THE FANCHER FAMILY.   William Fancher was born July 6, 1764, and was married in Pennsylvania, where he had a family of nine children, as follows; Henry, born January .25, 1786; Nancy, born May 5, 1790; Samuel, born February 16, 1792; William, born November 8, 1793; Amy, born in 1798; Polly, born April 25, 1800; Nehemiah, born May 7, 1804; David, born July 16, 1806; Rebecca, born October, 1809. The family came to Plain township, Franklin county, in an early day, and after their arrival, William, Henry, and Samuel, served in the war of 1812.   William Fancher, jr., was married, in 1815, to Selina Cook, by whom he had three children: David, born October 15, 1816; James, December 10, 1817; William, November, 16, 1819. Mrs. Fancher died, and he married Eveline Brown, who was born April 22, 1825. Their children were: George, born October 26, 1847; Joseph, May 7, 1849; John, December x r, 1850; Mary Selina, September 26, 1852; Josephine, July 26, 1854; William C., March 13, x856; Isaac, May 5, 1858; Samuel, September 15, 1860; Henry, September 13, 1862; Ulysses Grant, October 27, 1864; Lorenzo Dow, November 29, 1868.   HISTORY OF FRANKLIN ANT) PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO - 465   considerable portion of its prestige, and has done so to the present.   As has heretofore been stated, Mr. Reynolds had the first store in the village in fact, had one upon the site before there was a village there. The building was a hewed log house, which stood where the United Presbyterian church now is. The second store was occupied by B. B. Bronson. Next in order, after Mr. Bronson, came the store of Rhoads & Clendenning, and their successors, Metier & Clendenning. Then came Rhoads & Hutson, and then Elias Weaver. The first hotel was that now known as the Central house, built by Michael Demorest, in 1832. He sold to Benjamin Sills, who conducted the little tavern for some time. In 1833, Mr. Demorest built what is now the McEwen house, and of which Louis Sells, a nephew of the proprietor of the other house, was landlord. Emanuel Rhoads, in 1835, built the third hotel, which is also still standing, but not in use.   THE POST-OFFICE   of Reynoldsburg was established in 1833, and James C. Reynolds was the first postmaster. He was succeeded, in 1840, by Hiram Sibel, and he, in 1841, by E. G. Hardesty. Mr. Reynolds was reappointed in 1842, and served four years, when he gave place to John Miller. Lewis Sells succeeded him in 1847, and, in 1849, was himself succeeded by L. P. Rhoads. In 1853, R. R. Johnston obtained a commission, arid, in 1855, John Cookus. John Wright was the postmaster in 1856, and those who have followed him, down to the present time, have been John Lynch, R. R. Johnston, Richard Roe, Vincent Hutson, and Mr. Mason.   PHYSICIANS.   The following list will be found to contain the names of all of the physicians who have lived in Reynoldsburg long enough to be identified with its people: Dr. Robertson was the first practitioner, and came at the time the village was established. He remained a long time, had a large practice, and was much liked. Those who followed him, and remained for greater or less length of time, were Doctors Cowden, Fulton, John McCullough, Thomas Sturgeon, M. R. Ewing, Carroll, Gravenna, George, Foregraves, Anderson, James Langworthy & Son, William Goldrick, Samuel Mathews, Aljo, Fisher, J. D. Nourse, and M. D. Brock, the last two of whom were particularly prominent and able physicians. Dr. Jacob Schaffer and Dr. D. S. Waddell were each, for many years, residents of Truro township, but not of Reynoldsburg, though each had a large practice there. The present physicians of Reynoldsburg are L. 'I'. Lunn, H. A. Rodebaugh, F. G. Taylor, and T. W. Alberry. Dr. Lunn came to Ohio from Penntylvania, with his father-Thomas Lunn, in the year 1833. He read medicine with Dr. Langworthy, of Reynoldsburg, and subsequently, in 1857, graduated at Jefferson medical college, Philadelphia. Immediately afterward, he established himself in Reynoldsburg, where he has continued, with success, until the present. Dr. Rodebaugh studied with Dr. Kinsman, of Columbus, and, in 1874, graduated from Starling medical college, that city. He then bought out Dr. Brock, of Reynoldsburg, and has since built up a good practice in the village and surrounding country. Dr. Taylor derived his medical education at the Eclectic medical college, Cincinnati, in 1875, and subsequently practiced in Pickerington, Fairfield county, three years, when he located at Reynoldsburg. Dr. Alberry graduated at Columbus medical college, in 1876, and afterward located in this village.   INCORPORATION.   Reynoldsburg came into being, municipally, in 1839, being then chartered by the legislature, and its corporation government was organized in 1840, Abraham Johnston being at that time elected mayor, with the following board of trustees: D. K. Wood, Samuel Garres, John W. Thompson, Mark Evans, James O'Kane, and Archibald Cooper. Beginning with Johnston, the mayors elected fro'. 1840, to the present, have been as follows: 1841, Daniel Taft, re-elected in 1842 and 1843 ; 1844, Robert Shield; 1845, Archibald Cooper; 1846, James O'Kane; 1847, R. Shield; no elections were held from this time to 1853, when R. Shield was again chosen; 1854, J. B. West; 1856, Richard Rhoads; 1857, J.. B. West ; 1858, M. H. Rhoads; 1862, J. H. Miller; 1866, Robert Trimble; 1867, John Schoonover; 1869, A. J. Graham; 1872, H. Wilson, and W. W. Johnson (to fill vacancy); 1873, W. W. Johnson, regularly elected; 1876, John H. Lynch; 1878, J. B. West, the present incumbent. The other officers now in position, are: Harvey Nichols, clerk.; C. J. Huston, F. W. Norris, J. P. German, T. W. Alberry, Samuel Chandler, William Rhoads, councilmen; J. A. Frazier, marshal.   SOCIETIES.   MASONIC.   Reynoldsburg Lodge, No. 340, Free and Accepted Masons, was instituted October 21, 1862, with the following charter members: M. D. Brock, John Dickey, John E. Beckwith, L. W. Babbitt, G. M. Tusing, Jonathan Choes, James Taylor, R. R. Johnston, and Hiram Cooper. The first officers, appointed by the State lodge were: M. D. Brock, W. M.; John Dickey, S. W.; L. W. Babbitt, J. W. The lodge has now seventy-three members, and is officered as follows: Tunis McNaughten, W. M.; H. A. Rodebaugh, S. W.; D. J. Snyder, J. W.; Walter Burton, treasurer; John G. May, secretary; William Ashton, L. D.; John H. Lynch, tyler.   INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS.   Truro Lodge, No. 411, was instituted June 1, 1869, and the following ware its charter members: John D. Nourse, R. A. Rhoads, George Shanks, Norman Woodruff, C. W. Nicely, Morris Evans, Lewis Painter, Gilbert Green, James Layton, J. A. Frost, John H. Middleton, Philip Straull, William Hunt, Vincent Hutson, Harrison Outcult. This lodge has now eighty-two members. Its officers are G. T. Smith, N. G.; William Middleton, V. G.; J. H. Long, P. S.; W. E. Ashton, R. S.; F. W. Norris, treasurer; George Holliday, S. W.; C. S. West, conductor.   REYNOLDSBURG ENCAMPMENT   was instituted June 1, 1875, and was originally composed of the following members : John D. Nourse, William   59   466 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO   Rhoads, O. F. Coons, Jacob Pickering, W. E. Ashton, William Hunt, C. S. West, George Stoner, Charles Fishbaugh, David Pugh, P. W. Strahl.   Soon after the village of Reynoldsburg was laid out, Thomas Armstrong sold a few lots, where the National road crosses Big Walnut. These were improved and formed the nucleus of the little hamlet, called Hibernia. The place was not platted, nor did the proprietor intend it for a village. A post-office, however, was established there in 1849, and William F. Armstrong, appointed postmaster, who continued to hold the office until 1857, when he resigned, and the office was discontinued.   TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION.   Truro was organized as a township in 1810. It originally formed a part of the old township of Liberty. The first election for township officers was held at the residence of the Taylor family, who had the honor of giving the township its name. That of "Truro" was selected, after a township of that name in Nova Scotia, in which they had formerly lived.   The township records not having been preserved, we are unable to give the names of the first township officers elected, except the justice of the peace, who was Ebenezer Richards. Township officers, in those times, served without compensation, and such was The practice until about the year 1850.   By an act of the legislature, passed the 27th of January, 1857, nine half sections were detached from the south-west corner of Licking county, and annexed to Franklin, which caused the jog in the south-east corner of Truro township, as shown by the county map.   The present township officers are as follows: William Rhoads, clerk; J. R. Lunn, J. B. Powell, and John Townsend, trustees; W. W. Johnson, treasurer; Wm. Swonger, assesor, and John H. Lynch and James Taylor, justices of the peace.   BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES,   JAMES ENLOWS.   Thomas Enlows, the father of James Enlows, was born September 16, 1792, and was married March 29, 1818, to Sarah Bull, who was born August 5, 1791. To them were born six children: Prudence R., Sarah P., Elizabeth B., James, Thomas, and Rachel. Soon after their marriage, they emigrated to Ohio, and located in Truro township, Franklin county, where both parents died, and their little family became scattered.   James Enlows, the subject of this sketch, was born November 4, 1825, and, after the death of his parents, was received into the family of David Taylor, where he remained until he became of age. He was married, November 30, 1852, to Mary A. E. Wolf, a daughter of Jacob Wolf, who settled in the township, in 1832. They commenced housekeeping, on a tract of two hundred and twenty-seven acres of land, situated in the west part of Truro township, which he had previously purchased. There was a small clearing on the place, which he extended and improved, and where they lived some twelve years, when he bought one hUndred acres on the pike, west of Walnut creek. This land was very well cleared and here they made their home and raised their family. To them were born six children, as follows: Thomas, J. J., Rebecca J., Margaret E., Mary A., and Sarah P. The latter died in infancy.   James Enlows, the husband and father, enlisted as a soldier in the war of the Rebellion, and served in the Ninety-fifth Ohio infantry. He participated, with his regiment, in the siege of Vicksburg, and soon after the army left that place, was taken sick and died, October 8, 1863. His wife survived him fifteen years, and died at her home, in Truro township, June 9, 1878. Their children, two sons, and three daughters, still occupy the home place.   GILBERT GREEN.   The subject of this sketch, Gilbert Green, was born in Sussex county, New York, November 27, 1804. His father was Gilbert Green, sr., and his mother, Susan Green. When but a few years of age, his parents removed to New Jersey, where he passed his early life, and where he was married, October 3, 1826, to Melinda Harrison. Three children Were born to them in New Jersey, and in 1831, the family came to Ohio. Mr. Green bought one hundred and eighteen acres of land in sections ten and eleven, Truro township, Franklin county, and a short time later bought two hundred acres adjoining his first purchase, on the east. Mrs. Melinda Green died about a year after their settlement, and on the ninth of September, 1833, he was united in marriage to Susan Taylor, who was born in Chillicothe, September 21, 1808. Her father, Robert Taylor, settled on section fifteen, in Truro township, in about 58̊9.   To Gilbert and Susan Green were born seven children-Robert, Gilbert, Sarah, Mary B., John Covert, Elizabeth Jane, and Gilbert Merwin. Three of these, Robert, Gilbert, and Sarah, died in infancy. Mary B. was born July 1, 1837; married Valverda Ware, May 29, 186o, and lives at the old homestead. John C. was born November 30, `844; married Sarah Jane Parkison, and lives on the eastern part of the home farm. Elizabeth J. was born December 3, 1848; she has remained single, and is now residing in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Gilbert Merwin was born December 20, 1851; married Elizabeth Marshall, and lives in Columbus. The children of Gilbert Green, by his first wife, were: Aaron H., who was born July 10, 1827; married Cornelia Lucy Ware, and now lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee. William H. was born November 1, 1829; married Julia Ware, and died, leaving three children. The third child was Mary 0., who is long since deceased.   Mr. Green was a hard working man, and cleared and improved his farm. For many years he had very poor health, caused by a severe cold taken while returning from New Jersey, with his brother, and from which he never fully recovered. His death occurred January 25, 1878, at the age of seventy-three years and a few months. His widow survives him, and lives with her daughter, Mrs. Mary Ware, and her husband, at the old homestead, which she has occupied for forty-five years. She has now twenty-four grandchildren.   Mr. Green became a member of the Presbyterian church while a resident in New Jersey, and after his settlement in Truro united with the Presbyterian church, at Reynoldsburg, of which he became an elder. He lived the life of a christian, and was prepared to meet a christian's death.   Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Green appear elsewhere.   THE WOLF FAMILY.   Jacob Wolf, sr., was born in Virginia, January 28, 1788, whence his parents came from Germany.. As a child he learned the German language, and when but eight years old his mother died. His father soon afterward married an English woman, and, from-disuse of the language of his parents, he lost the German and acquired the English language. He was married while in Virginia, to Margaret Cornell, in about 1811, and by her had ten children: Jane, John, Joseph, Christine, Isaac, Jacob, Mary, Rebecca, Archibald, and Levi, of whom but four are now living. Levi lives in Hibernia, Truro township. Jane married Miles Hanson, and, after his death, married Mr. Staley. They now live in Jefferson township. Rebecca married Abraham Shull, and lives in Mifflin township.   John Wolf, the second child of Jacob Wolf, was born in Hardy county, Virginia, March 2, 1815. When a little more than fifteen years of age, he accompanied his parents to Ohio, and settled, with them, in Truro township, Franklin county, in 1831. The following year they bought one hundred and ninety acres of land in section twenty-   HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO - 467   six, where they lived some five years. They then rented a farm in Jefferson township one year, after which a farm was purchased on the north line of Truro township, which land is now owned by the Enlows heirs. Mr. Wolf, sr., died July 14, 1869, in the eighty-second year of his age. His wife died September 2, 1872, aged eighty years.   John Wolf was married February 14, 1837, to Ann Cornell, who was born September 17, 1819. Her parents were William and Permelia Cornell, who were among the pioneer settlers of Truro township. Mr. Cornell died in the spring of 1835; his wife survives him, and remains at their old home.   Mr. and Mrs. Wolf have always resided in the county, and, since 1869, have lived at their home, just west of Reynoldsburg. Their children were three in number: Margaret J., born February 21, 1840, who married Cyrus Eberly, March 18, 1862, and lives in Columbus; Permelia A., born November 15, 1841, who died August 8, 1863; Jacob S., born October 25, 1848, who married Miss C. J. Hickman, December 24, 1872, and lives on the farm adjoining his parents', on the west.   Mr. Wolf owns one hundred and forty-three acres of land in Truro township, besides a small farm in Licking county. They are blessed with two children, now living, and three grandchildren. Their home is a pleasant and well-appointed one, and is situated in a fine location. Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Wolf appear on the opposite page.   THE LUNN FAMILY.   William Lunn, the first member of the family to emigrate to America, left England under very peculiar circumstances, in about the year 170o. Some friends of his were about to sail for America, and he accompanied them on board the ship to bid them a last farewell. When he had taken his leave of them he found, to his surprise, that the vessel had started on her voyage, and was bearing him, an unwilling passenger, to a foreign country, with no preparation for such a journey, and without even a coat on his back. But he made the best of the circumstances, and when they arrived at their destination, proceeded to Berks county, Pennsylvania, where he settled, and married, and raised a family.   Josiah Lunn, son of William Lunn, when a young man, married and raised a family, consisting of six sons and one daughter. His son, Josiah Lunn, was born May 7, 1759. He married Mary Vastine, whose father, Benjamin Vastine, came from Holland. To them were born six sons and three daughters. Their son, Penjamin Vastine Lunn, was born February 3, 1803. He married Elizabeth Ride, whose mother came from Scotland. After marriage, in company with his mother, three brothers, and two sisters, they came to Franklin county, Ohio, arriving May 22, 1833. In the fall of the same year, they bought a farm on the bank of Black Lick, in Truro township, two and a half miles north of Reynoldsburg. On this land was a saw- and grist-mill, but he was not long able to manage them, as he sickened with lung fever, and died the following winter, leaving a widow and one son-Josiah R., born September 17, 1831. Another son-Benjamin Vastine Lunn-was born February 10, 1834. Thus, in his early manhood, was the husband and father called hence, leaving his family in a new country, and on property illy suited to their circumstances.   His son, Josiah R. Lunn, was married, October 9, 1856, to Margaret Graham.   THE GRAHAM FAMILY.   About the year 1774, John and William. Graham, with their families, left County Down, Ireland, near Belfast, and undertook the journey to America. A long and tedious voyage of sixteen weeks intervened between the time they left the shores of their native country and their arrival in New York city. They made a settlement in Washington county, New York, near the present village of Shushan, at that time called Sodom. Here they joined what is known as the Seceders' church, of Which William Graham was made elder. John Graham had one son, also named John, and two daughters, all of whom settled in western New York.   William Graham and his wife, whose maiden name was Mary Mc-Burney, lost several of their children during their long voyage, and after settling in America they had four more born to them--John, George, Nancy, and Jane. In 1817, the entire family emigrated to Ohio, and made a settlement in Truro township, where William Graham and his son soon died.   Their son, George, married Anna Cowden, of Cambridge, New York, in December, 1799. He was born June 2, 1777, in Salem, Washington county, New York, and his wife, June 3o, 1779, in Pelham, Massachusetts. To them were born twelve children, as follows: William G., James, John, Sarah, Susan, Mary, Ann, Levi, Isaac, Nancy, and Amos. His wife's sister, Margaret Cowden, accompanied them in their journey. to Ohio, in 1817. They traveled eight weeks, in a two-horse wagon, before reaching their destination, in Truro township, Franklin county, where Mr. Graham bought two hundred and seven acres of land, located a mile and a quarter northeast of Reynoldsburg. They suffered many privations and hardships in the new country, where there were few roads except corduroy, no bridges, mills far distant and poor at that, fevers and ague very prevalent, and doctors few and far between. Houses were made of logs, with a hewed puncheon floor, the roof covered with clapboards, and barely a nail used in their construction.   David Graham, the first child of George and Anna Graham, was born February 17, 1801, at their old home, in New York. When a young man, in 1819, he taught school on his father's farm. On the twentieth of December, 1821, he was married to Nancy Graham, of Truro township, and settled on a lot of fifty acres, given him by his father. This land he cleared and occupied until 1854, when he engaged in business at Taylor's station, on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. Later, he bought a dry goods stole at Reynoldsburg, and associated his son with him, where he remained twenty-one years. He dow lives on a small farm near the village. To David and Nancy Graham were born ten children, as follows: Matildi D., Maria, Samuel James McLean, William B., Sarah J., David L., Margaret, George McB., and Anna M.   Margaret Graham was born August 9, 1837, and was married to Josiah R. Lunn, October 9, 1856. To them have been born seven children-Benjamin V., Nancy I., Elizabeth E., Alice, Estella, David J., and DeWitt B., all of whom are living at their home.   WILLIAMS NOE.   The father of Williams Noe, Daniel M. Noe, was the descendant of an old Huguenot family from France, whence his father, Abraham Noe, came to America during the Revolutionary war. Daniel M. Noe was married in New Jersey, January 1, 1809, to Mary Williams. Three children were born to them in that State, and in 18x6, with his small family, he emigrated to Ohio, settling in Plain township, Franklin county, where he made a purchase of one hundred acres of land. But few settlers were located in this vicinity, the .nearest neighbor being Joseph Scott, half a mile distant, while the country was a wilderness, with no roads, other than paths and blazed trees to mark the course of the hardy pioneers. Here he made a clearing, and improved a farm, on which he lived until 1869, when he died, aged eighty-two years, one month and nineteen days. His wife survived him, and died January 2, 1879, aged eighty-four years, five months and four days.   To them were born eleven children, who lived to maturity. Williams Noe, the subject of this sketch, was born in Plain township, September I?, 1817, and here he passed his early life, occupied in assisting his father in clearing and improving the farm, and raising the grain and crops necessary for their subsistence. He obtained a limited education at the subscription schools of that day, and on the third of April, 1842, was married to Isabella Pugh, who was born April 24, 1820. Her father was David Pugh, who was one of the early settlers of Truro. Her brother, John M. Pugh, became• probate judge of Franklin county, and is a prominent lawyer of Columbus.   After marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Noe settled in Truro, where they ever after lived. Mrs. Noe died at their home, January 11, 1850. She was the mother of six children, all sons, (two pair of twins), three of whom died in infancy. Of those who survived, was David Pugh Noe, who was born January 3, 1843. During the war of the Rebellion he enlisted in the Forty-sixth Ohio infantry, and participated in the battle of Shiloh, at which he was wounded. He received his discharge, for disability, August 30, 1862. Daniel M. Noe, who was horn November 4, 1844, also entered the service of his country, in the same regiment, and was also wounded at Shiloh, from the effects of which he died in the hospi tal, at Cincinnati, April 6, 1862. Andrew J. Noe, who was born February 4, 1847, was patriotic, like his brothers, but not of an age to enlist as a soldier in the early part of the war, but entered the service in 1864, and served three months, at the end of which time he was honorably mustered out with his regiment.   Some time after the death of his wife, Williams Noe came into possession of property from her father, which was deeded to his three sons,   468 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO.   two of whom are now living and still own it, but reside on another farm, which they have since purchased, on the northeast quarter of section ten. Mr. Noe, sr., was married a second time, in the fall of 1852. to Permelia Hanson, a daughter of Captain John Hanson, who setteld in Truro in 18o9. She was never blessed with any children, and died April 2, 1869. Mr. Noe was one of the original abolitionists, in the county, and as such was obliged to suffer much persecution for his opinions' sake, but stood nobly by the cause he believed just, until in the end it triumphed. He was also a strong advocate of the temperance cause, at that time also extremely unpopular. A great reader, with a very retentive memory, he was able to recall dates and events with astonishing accuracy. His reputation among his neighbors was that of a strictly honest man, a good citizen, and a friend to all humanity. His death occurred May 21, 1869.   BLENDON.   Blendon is one of the regularly surveyed townships of the United States military lands, and five "miles square. It is township number two, in range seventeen. It was originally connected with Sharon township, for civil and judicial purposes, but was stricken off on the sixth day of March, 1815.   PHYSICAL FEATURES.   The surface is nearly level, except where broken by the streams, which have high banks. Alum creek enters the township boundaries at the northwest corner, and flows in a generally southerly direction, but bearing off to the east, somewhat. The proper name of this stream is Alum, and not Elm, as some have contended. It was not named after the species of timber found in the county, through which it meanders, but called Alum in consequence of the substance which exudes, in some places, from its slate banks. Big Walnut creek flows southerly, through the eastern half of the township. Big run rises in the northern and central part of the township, flows south and empties into Alum, near the crossing of the Granville and Worthington road.   THE PIONEERS AND EARLY SETTLERS.   Blendon township was settled in the year 1806. The families of Edward Phelps and Isaac Griswold, accompanied by Ethan Palmer, came in that year from Connecticut, and made their way into the unbroken forest, settling where their descendants now reside. The native place of these pioneers was Windsor, Hartford county. They were just two months upon the road, leaving home June 24th, and arrived at the place of their destination August 24th. They were three days making their way from Granville to the spot where they settled, in Blendon. The party did not come wholly ignorant of the nature of the country that was to be their home, but, nevertheless, it was in a great measure, to them, terra incognita. They knew but little of the resources, or the dangers, and disadvantages of the wilderness that was to be their home. Edward Phelps, sr., and Isaac Griswold, had made, in 1805, a brief visit to Ohio, and it was the favorable report that they carried back to New England that led the families to determine on emigration. On arriving in Blendon, the little colony first encamped on the elevation east of Alum creek, and on the site of the Granville road, immediately east of the Phelps farm. After making there permanent locations, each family began preparations for the provision of those things necessary and convenient. The Phelps made a clearing of about seven acres, and the Griswolds one of about half that extent—the difference, perhaps, being caused by the fact that the former family included more boys than the latter. But, however this may have been, it had little to do with future success—that was gained by both families of pioneers. The small beginning, in each case, led to large success, and permanent prosperity.   The Phelps family consisted, upon its arrival in Blendon, of Edward Phelps and his wife, Azubah (Moore), and six children—Edward, jr., Abram, William, Azubah, Lucinda, and Chloe. Homer M. Phelps was born in Blendon, February 9, 1812. He is a resident of Blendon, and located upon the old homestead, on the Granville road, just east of what has, for more than half a century, been known as "Blendon corners." He married Elizabeth G., daughter of Edward Connelly, who came from Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in 1833, and has three children: Fredonia A. (Mrs. F. B. Dean, of Mifflin), Henry W., and Clinton E. But to return to the original settlers: Edward Phelps, sr., was born August 27, 1757; his wife February 13, 1765. He died August to, 1840, at the age of eighty-one years and eleven months; she, October 18, 1849. Edward Phelps, sr., was son of Timothy, who was the son of Cornelius, the son of Timothy, the son of William, who was one of the first settlers in Windsor, Connecticut. The dates of births and deaths of the children of this couple were as follows: Edward, born May to, 1790, died October 22, 1845; Abram, born August 16, 1791, died August 18, 1834; William, born September 16, 1802, died June 1, 1847; Azubah, born May 19, 1794, died April 14, 1860; Lucinda, born January 28, 1797, died November 25, 1873; Chloe, born May 3o, 1799, died October 9, 1865. Edward Phelps married Betsey Jamison, a native of Virginia, who is still living in the township. Their children   JOHN CALVIN McDANNALD,   one of the oldest residents and most prominent citizens of Blendon township, is a native of that region, having been born near the present site of Westerville, March 12, 1818. He was the son of Samuel and Bell (Craig) McDannald, who had emigrated from Bath county, Virginia, five years before, and were among the very first settlers in the north part of Franklin county. The family traditions, as well as their experiences here, were much identified with pioneer and wild life. Mr. McDannald's paternal grandmother, with her sister, both little girls, were carried off, sometime in the last century, by the Indians, from the mountains of Virginia, and kept in captivity for seven years. During the wanderings of her savage captors, she was taken repeatedly through the picturesque country in Ohio, where her descendants long afterwards made their home, and recognized it with delight, at once upon revisiting it, although by that time white settlement had somewhat changed it. When the elder McDannald settled in his wilderness home, the danger from Indians had passed; but the usual hardships and privations of pioneer life, with some perils from wild beasts, and more from the prevalent diseases of the early day, were still their lot, The family is of Scotch-Irish and Presbyterian descent, to which is due much of their 'sturdy vigor of mind and body, and their high religious and moral character. When John was but five weeks old, his father removed to a new place, three or four miles distant, to the site of the elegant mansion and extensive farm now occupied by the subject of this sketch. He was educated in such district schools as the country then afforded, and spent some time in the Blendon institute, a private classical school, opened near his home, about 1834, by the Rev. Ebenezer Washburne, which has since become Central college. His father died in March, 1844 (his mother dying nearly ten years before), and he took possession of the old homestead, buying out the remaining heirs. Here he has continuously resided since, living a quiet, unostentatious, uneventful, but, withal, happy and prosperous life. He took a hearty interest in the founding of Central college, gave liberally to the new building for a ladies' hall, and is now a trustee of the institution. He is also trustee in the College Presbyterian church, of which he is a member, and has served eight years as township trustee. He is otherwise occupied wholly in the management of his large estate, numbering two hundred and fifty-two acres, and is passing into a serene old age, held in boundless honor and respect. by his neighbors and a host of friends far and near.   Mr. McDannald long remained unmarried, but had an efficient housekeeper and counselor in the person of a maiden sister, Miss Lila McDannald, who still resides with him. By them were mainly reared two nephews, Dr. Augustin Starr and Samuel Craig Starr, sons of a deceased sister, the latter of whom was a soldier in the late war, served honorably three years, and was then mortally wounded, and died inside the rebel lines. January 3, 1866, Mr. McDannald was married, in Westerville, to Miss Ada M. Cook, formerly of Ross county. They have no children. A brother of his, Mr. Alexander McDannald, the only remaining member of the family, is an extensive farmer upon a place immediately adjoining the old home.   HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO - 469   were Gustavus, William, Perry, Harriet, Chauncey, Margaret, Timothy, Homer, and Lauretta. William and Timothy are both well-to-do farmers in Blendon. Margaret married J. C. Vance, and also lives in the township, as does Lauretta, who became the wife of U. C. Vincent. Edward Phelps, jr., was a captain of militia. Abram was a colonel, and served several terms as justice of the peace. Homer M. Phelps has been elected justice of the peace three terms.   Ethan Palmer, who came with the Phelps family, married Loretta Olmsted.   The Griswold family consisted of Isaac Griswold and his wife, Ursilla (Clark), who was a native of Windsor, Connecticut; two sons, Isaac Mortimer and Edwin both of whom have been dead for many years; Oliver Clark, a brother of Mrs. Griswold; and a sister of Mr. Griswold—Salina. Four children were born after the arrival o the family in Blendon: Christiana, born in the year 1808, who married Thomas Schrock, of Mifflin ; Fredus N., born May 6, 1811, who was, for many years, a helpless invalid; Cicero P., born December 6, 1815; and Mindwell, born December 19, 1822, who is the widow of the late George B. Clark. The three last named are residents of.Blendon.   Simeon Moore, sr., and Simeon Moore, jr., arrived in the township June 8, 1807, from Hartford county, Connecticut. They lived, the first few weeks, with their friends and relatives, the Phelps family, until they could build a cabin upon the land, five hundred acres, which the elder Moore had bought in the south-east section of Blendon. They moved to their own home early in the fall, beginning their pioneer life. Simeon Moore, jr., made buckets, and sold them in Chillicothe for corn, getting for each one as much as it would hold of the precious food supply. Their nearest neighbors were three miles away. Game was abundant, and the best of meat to be had for the effort of an hour's hunt. Like the other pioneers, they used the skins of the deer, and other animals, for their clothing, and also the linsey-woolsey woven by the women. The next season after their arrival, the families were brought to the home in the wilderness. Simeon Moore, sr.,'was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and fought at the battle of Bunker Hill. He died, at Blendon, in 1825. Simeon Moore, jr., died in 1853. His first wife died in 1829, and he then married, as his second wife, Laura Patterson, who is still living in Blendon township. Virgil D., oldest son of Simeon Moore, is now living in Mifflin township. The other descendants, Emmerette, Horace, Harriet, Alfred M., Simeon, and Roxanna, are all dead, except Simeon, who is now in Texas. Laura Ann (Mrs. G. W. Williams), is in Hamilton township, and Cordelia and Wallace, children by his second wife, are respectively located in Mifflin and Blendon.   John and William Cooper came in 1808 or 1809, from Virginia, and located in section two, near Alum creek. William Cooper and his wife, Phebe, both long since dead, had four children, who now live in the township. William Calvin, upon the old place, Hannah (Mrs. J. Watt), Abram and Melinda, in Westerville. The chil dren of John and Polly Cooper are : Eliza, Rachel (Walling), Mary Ann, and William, who lives upon the old homestead farm, which his father bought of James Kilbourne. John Cooper was an admirable character. He combined many good traits, was a good hunter, a neat farmer, and a very useful citizen.   Colonel George Osborne, and Francis Olmsted and his wife, Chloe (Case), came in 1808. They were from Hartford county, Connecticut.   Samuel McDannald and his wife, Bella (Craig), came from Bath county, Virginia, in the fall of 1813, with a four-horse team, being five weeks upon the road. They located upon the west bank of Alum creek, opposite the present village of Westerville, where they remained four years, and then removed to the present site of John C. McDannald's home, and built upon the ground where his house now stands, a small log cabin. Mrs. McDannald died in 1834, and her husband in 1849. They had six children, viz: Lila J., Margaret Cartmill (Watson), Martha Crawford (Starr), John Calvin, Alexander C., and Rebecca E. Long. Margaret, Martha and Rebecca are dead, and the other three reside in the township. John Calvin married Ada M. Cook, and Alexander C. married Parthenia Toll.   Samuel Puntney came to Blendon in 1813, and located near the Moore's.   In the same year as the above, Isaac Harrison, also of Virginia, located near the center of the township. He was a farmer and mechanic, and deacon in the first church organized in the township.   John Yovel and family came in 1809, from Rockbridge, Virginia, and settled in section two, west of Alum. Mr. Yovel bought one hundred acres of land near the present site of Westerville. built a cabin upon it, and cleared off the timber. Yovel's children were Elizabeth, Ellen, William, Permelia, James, Mary, Jane, John, Erastus, Loranna, Ebenezer, and Ann Eliza. William is the only one of the children now living. He resides in Worthington.   Cruger Wright located on the Dr. Blair farm in section two. He came from Connecticut, and his wife was a daughter of Mr. Goodrich who owned one quarter of the township. Wright served several years as justice of the peace. One of his daughters, Mrs. Orris Loomis, lives in the township.   Reuben Carpenter, of Vermont, brought his family in 1809, and located in section two, west of Alum. All removed fsom the township. Henry Hone, of Pennsylvania, located, about the same time, on Walnut creek, in section four, and built a mill there. He lived in the township until 1821 or '22.   John Matoon and his wife, Thankful, from Chelsea, Vermont, emigrated to Worthington in 1806, and came into Blendon two years later, locating in section two. Mr. Matoon died in 1843. His children were Calvin Stebbins, Willis, and Edwin. Willis married Ora Caroline Johnson, a native of Connecticut, who is now living upon the old homestead.   Garrit Sharp and his wife, Anna, came to the township from Genesee county, New York, in 1810. Andrew   470 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO.   Sharp, brother of Garrit, emigrated to Licking county, Ohio, where he married Clara Webster, but eventually moved into Blendon, and died there. Garrit Sharp lived, the first year, with Youel, but after that, upon his own land, in section two. He had, at first, one hundred and eighteen acres, but added to that until he was the owner of over four hundred and fifty acres. He had eight children, who came to maturity. William lives upon the old homestead in the northern part of Westerville ; Stephen is in Delaware county, as is also Marybee (Mrs. S. Scott), Sarah (Mrs. Allen Hickok), is in Union county, Ohio, arid John Wesley, in Franklin county, Iowa.   Levi and Bela Goodrich came to Blendon about the same time, but did not long remain.   Robert McCutcheon, and his wife, Mary (McKnight), both of Irish descent, the two families having come from Ireland at the same time, and settled in the same place, came to Blendon in 1811, from Augusta county, Virginia. They had eight children at that time, and one was born after their arrival. Their names were John William, James, Ellen, Samuel, Elizabeth, Margaret, Robert, Reed, and Hodge. The only one living is Ellen, wife of James Lawson. Robert McCutcheon originally owned the property upon which Otterbein university now stands, and afterwards the farm now owned by Stephen Cook.   Menzes Gillespie came into the township about 1816, from Hartford county, Connecticut, and settled first in the eastern part of the township, but afterwards on section two. He was an orderly sergeant in Captain Symon's company, Scott's brigade, in the war of 1812. In 1817, Mr. Gillespie married Chloe, daughter of Edward Phelps, by whom he had six children—Mary (Mrs. E. McClary), in Harrison county; William, Marcus, and Abram, in Whitley county, Indiana; Alma (Mrs. M. Dickey), in Blendon township; Menzes, Chloe (Mrs. D. C. Grinnell), in Illinois; and Walter, who died in infancy. Menzes Gillespie, jr., married Harriet Eblen, and resides in Blendon township, west of Alum. His father died in 1854.   Israel Baldwin came from Delaware county, New York, and settled west of Alum, in 1814, and lived there until his death. His children—Levi, Roxanna, Hannah, Clark, Lucy, and William, are all dead. The last named was a soldier in the Mexican war. Thomas Ingalls, of Vermont, came about the same time as Baldwin, and located in the same part of the township. He died in 1876.   Squire Timothy Lee, originally from Massachusetts, moved with his father into New York, when a boy, and from there came to Ohio, settling in Blendon, on Big Walnut, soon after the war of 1812. He married Rhoda Taylor, and lived in the township until his death, at an advanced age. He was one of the prominent men of the community, a fine scholar, very active and enterprising, and did much for the township. He kept it out of debt, which was an important thing in early days, when money was scarce. He held many offices, and was generally looked up to as a superior man. Probably he was most widely and favorably known as the founder of Central college, an institution of which the history is given elsewhere in this chapter. It has been said of him by one who knew him well (M. C. Howard, of Blendon, in an address delivered July 4, i876): " Educated in.the practical theory of economy, in New England, he came here, bold, decisive, and independent. His ideas of justice admitted of no qualifications. Had he been a king upon his throne, and his own son a rebel, he would have signed his death warrant with the utmost composure." He erected a distillery at an early date, at which the surplus grain of the surrounding country was made up into whiskey, but subsequently abandoned the business because of conscientious scruples, and became a warm and strong advocate of temperance. He also built the first mill in the township, and established a woolen factory on quite an extensive scale.   William Watt and family were early settlers on section three, coming from Pennsylvania. The children are now all dead, and the family is represented by a grandson.   C. P. Hempsted, from Windsor, Connecticut, was noted as a school teacher, and was also township clerk for a number of years.   Gideon W. Hart was a prominent early settler. He and his wife, Nancy (Langton), came from Hartford county, Connecticut. Mr. Hart first arrived in the township in 1816, and kept bachelor's-hall one winter, with Squire Timothy Lee. He made his permanent settlement, a year later, on Big run, in section one, taking up four hundred acres of the land surveyed by the government, which fell short twenty acres. He was a surveyor by profession, and a man of great force and true nobility of character. He was elected a colonel of the militia, and served many years as a justice of the peace. He died in 1859, and his wife in 1875: They were the parents of five children, who are: Mary P., deceased, Caroline (Mrs. William Phelps), Candace S., Sarah L., deceased, and Henry C., who, with his sister, Candace, lives at the old place.   Robert Jamison, with his wife and a large family, came from Virginia in 1816, and located in section two. He was a tanner by trade; a man of great industry, and a good citizen. His son, James W., lives on the old farm; and a daughter, Elizabeth, who married Edward Phelps, also lives in the township.   John Bishop and his wife, Sarah (Van Braman), came from Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1818, and stopped the first season with Aaron Phillips, who was located just on the line, in Sharon township. He afterward bought and cleared one hundred acres of land, which is now dotted with the houses of the south part of Westerville. The family, consisting of father and mother, and eight children, came from their New York home with two teams, and crossed the Ohio river on the fourth of July. Only three of the children are now living; they are: Hester A. (wife of Rev. D. Bonebrake), who lives in Westerville; Elizabeth (Mrs. J. B. Ingalls), who lives in Gevnea township, Delaware county; and Sarah (Mrs. John Hart). John Bishop died in 1854, and his wife in 1850.   Ezra Sammis came' in about the year 18'6. A son,   HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO - 471   Selah R. Sammis, now resides in the township of Blendon.   Thomas Folland was for many years a resident of the township. He lived, at first, with Squire Carpenter, whose daughter, Sophia, he married. Artemas Cutler came previous to 1818, from Vermont. He was a farmer, a builder and a miller. Among the other callings, that his versatility led him into, was that of an exhorter. He was particularly loud-voiced in this vocation, and attained quite a notoriety. Mr. Cutler was •a very good man, but, unfortunately, had a habit of exaggerating, beyond all measure of probability, or posibil- I ity, in the stories he told, and in every day conversation. This was a serious offence to the matter-of-fact people who surrounded him, and was regarded as particularly unbecoming in an exhorter. It was once made the subject of a kind of half-official reprimand, at a meeting of the Methodists (to which denomination Cutler belonged), and he arose from his seat and made a characteristic response. " Brethren," said he, " I know that is my infirmity, and I have striven to overcome the evil member, but it is too strong for me. It has caused me much pain to think of it, and often I have lain awake in my bed at nights., meditating upon the matter, and have shed barrels and barrels of tears."   The Westervelts made an important addition to the settlement, in 1818. They were from Duchess county, New York. Peter, William, and Matthew Westervelt were among the leading men of early times in Blendon. They were active, not alone in their own business affairs, but in the promotion of all public improvements, and the interests of the community in which they dwelt.   Peter Westervelt was born in 1791, and died in 1869. His wife, Hannah Lemington, was born in 1796, and is still living—a resident of Westerville. They were the parents of eleven children: Anna Maria (Mrs. J. B. Ingalls), who died in 1845; Sarah (Mrs. N: E. Sammis), who lives in Iowa; Rebecca (Mrs. L. R. Goodspeed), who lives in Westerville; Hannah (wife of Rev. G. G. West), who lives in Westerville; Cornelius L., who died in 1859; Balinda, who died in 1834; Matthew, who died in 1857; Angeline (Mrs. Theron Westervelt), who lives in Iowa; Martha, who died in 1834; Mary (Mrs. Dr. A. Andrus), who lives in Westerville; Antonette (Mrs. Dr. 0. G. Blair), who lives in Westerville.   William Westervelt was born in 1792, and died in 1878. He was married, in 1814, to Sally Bishop, who died in 1877. They lived together the remarkably long period of sixty-three years. Beside one son, who died in infancy, they had twelve children: Jane (Mrs. D. Head-- ington) and Lovina (Mrs. S. Budd), both of whom live in Westerville; W. Bishop, who died in 1844; Hannah (Mrs. M. V. B. Burris), who lives in Wisconsin; James, who resides in Westerville; Caleb, who died in 1865; Helen (Mrs. M. Tall), who lives in Iowa; Sarah (Mrs. J. T. Price), who 'lives in Westerville; Ira G., who lives in Shebause, Illinois; Rebecca, who lives in Westerville; Catharine. (Mrs. H. Penigle), who lives in Richwood, Ohio, and Celia (Mrs. N. W. Grinnell), who lives in Kankakee, Illinois.   Matthew Westervelt married Mary Lemington, and, after her death, Abiah Leonard. His children by his first wife were: William, now in Missouri; Edgar, in Galena, Ohio; Emeline (Mrs. Wm. Connally), deceased; Melissa (Mrs. J. B. Connally), in Colorado; and James, in Illinois. The children by his second wife were : Alfred, Edwin, Mary Ann (Mrs. M. Wells), Emery, and Louisa—all deceased except Emery.   Oliver Clark located in section two. He came from Connecticut about the year 1821; married Mrs. Jemima Bartlett, and lived in the township until her death, when he removed to Athens.   Origin Rugg and Aaron Philips came a year later than Clark, the former from Connecticut, and the latter from New York. A son of Mr. Rugg—Dayton—now lives in the township.     Jonathan Noble came in 1823, or the year following, from Litchfield county, Connecticut, and settled on what is now known as the Torrence farm. A daughter, Eliza (Cook), lives at present in Blendon.   Peter P. Lawson, and his wife, Jane (Van Bruner), both of them of Holland Dutch descent, came into Blendon from New. York State, Duchess county, in 1822. They located near the present site of Westerville, but after two years, removed to Columbus, where they lived eight years. At the expiration of that time Mr. Lawson bought a farm in Sharon township. Peter P. Lawson was a captain in the ware of 1812. He died in 1854, and his wife in 1843. They had twelve children—John, Helen, Catharine, David, Peter, Eliza, James, Seeley Ann, Julia Ann, Susan, Francis, and Jane. The only one living is James, familiarly known as "Uncle" Jimmy Lawson—a man of sterling worth, though eccentric in some particulars. He has led a checkered career. He was brought up a farmer, but early in life adopted other 'callings. He drove, in 1825, the first post coach in Franklin county, and followed waggoning for a number of years, after he had given up staging. Then his father and himself bought two hundred acres of land. He married, and raised a large family; went into the stock business, and was at one time worth froth one hundred thousand to one hundred and twenty thousand dollars, but his partner made away with a considerable sum of money in 1854, and he was obliged to sacrifice his property to satisfy creditors, and he has since been a comparatively poor man. He was the first man_ who shipped stock by rail from Westerville to the New York market. He and his wife (Ellen McCutcheon) have lived together over fifty years. They have four children remaining of the eleven born to them—John, in Illinois; Irvin, in Westerville; Julia, in St. Louis; and Eliza, in Columbus.   Joseph Clapham, and his wife, Sarah, came to the township in 1823, and remained there until their deaths, which occurred, respectively, in 1874, and 1872. Mr. Clapham was an Englishman by birth, and came to America in 1818, settling first in Pennsylvania. They had seven children, four of whom are still living--Joseph is in Geneva township, Delaware county; George, Mary Ann, and Sarah Jane, in Blendon township. The last named married James Goldsmith.   472 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO.   Grove Pinney came from Connecticut, in the year 1825. Steven Brinkerhoff, and Daniel Landon in 1826, the former from New York, and the latter from Pennsylvania.   Squire Randal R. Arnold came into the State, in 1812, and into the county in 1825. He was one of a colony, formed on Lake Champlain, and emigrated to Ohio by wagons. The party passed through Buffalo the night before it was burned by the British. They followed the lake shore road from Buffalo to Cleveland, and thence came into the central part of the State by the way of Wooster, passing through the "forty-mile woods." It was there that they met General Harrison, traveling on foot, leading a pack-horse, and with no escort, save one aide. The general mounted a boulder, by the side of the trail, and made a fine speech, encouraging the emigrants, and, afterwards, giving them provisions. Most of the colonists settled in Delaware county, and the vicinity of Worthington, Franklin county. Randal R. Arnold, on coming into Blendon, in 1825, hired out to a Mr. Cutler, a mill-wright, but later became a carpenter and builder, and a very good one, too. He built many of the houses in Blendon township, and the adjacent country. At the beginning of the Mexican war, he was one of the leaders in forming a company for the service. He was one of the surveyors of the Westerville town plot, in 1839; was elected justice, in 1835, and has served in that capacity ever since, with the exception of two or three terms. His position has always been that of a leader in the affairs of the community.   Elias Cornell was a settler of 1825. He was from Duchess county, New York. He settled on a farm, west of Alum creek, and lived there until his death, in 1849. Mrs. Angeline C. Cornell, who was a daughter a John Bishop, the pioneer, lived until 1870. Four of the children of this couple are now living. John B. is a farmer, and resides on the Columbus pike, just south of Westerville. He married Lucinda L., daughter of Benj. Merriss, of Norwich township. John D. Cornell, a brother of Elias, came to the county a little later than he did, but removed to the south.   Ebenezer Washburn, one of the best known of the settlers of this part of the county, came into Genoa township, Delaware county, in 1816, and was identified with Blendon, more or less, from that time, though he did not become one of its residents until 1829. He was noted as a preacher. Many residents of the township remember how he used to take his family in an ox-cart from Central college, where he lived, to the Sunday meetings, at the old hewed log school-house. His widow now resides in Cleveland.   Samuel Loomis and family came from Connecticut in 1827, and located in section three. He was a school teacher of much ability. He had several sons, and one of them, Horace, who married Jannette Wright, is now a resident of the township.   Nicholas Budd and his wife, Catharine, came from Duchess county, New York, to Harlem township, Delaware county, and moved from there into Blendon, in 1829. A son, Sylvanus, is in business in the town of Westerville, and John Budd is an extensive farmer.   Horace Spring, a native of Massachusetts, but raised in New York State, came to Ohio in 1830, and located in Blendon, upon Alum creek. He removed to Sharon township, where he lived three and a half years, and then returning to this township, took up and cleared the farm on which he, at present, resides, lot four, section one. He married, in Connecticut, Minerva Fish, by whom he had six children, five of whom are now living. Frederick, Charles, Elizabeth, and Homer are in Blendon, and Ralph, in Marion, Ohio.   George W., William, and Thomas Schrock came from Romney, Virginia, in 1832, and settled upon the lands still occupied by them or their heirs. They have been among the most useful citizens of the township. George W., and his wife, Rachel V., are both dead; the former departed this life in 1878, and the latter, in 1879. They raised a large family of children, most of whom live in the township. Their names are. James, Sarah Jane (in Iowa), William, George W., Mary Ann, Meliessa C., Vause, Melinda C., Clara C., and Alfred T. William Schrock, brother of George W., died in 1876; his widow, who was A. Gulick, lives in Westerville. Thomas married Miss Griswold, and lives in Mifflin township.   Edward Connelly and his son, Jacob B. came from Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in 1833. Jacob B. now lives in Columbus. Elizabeth G. married Homer Phelps, and lives in Blendon. Mary Ann (Westervelt), Harriet (Gravina), and Caroline (Westervelt) all live in Fairbury, Illinois. In the year 1834 or '35, Stephen Good, Edward Nutt, Welch Richey, John Judy, and John Hagar made their settlements. A son of the latter, Luther P., lives in Westerville.   Edward D. Howard, of Franklin county, Massachusetts, arrived in 1837. He married, in Delaware county, Ohio, Nancy L., daughter of Satchel Clark. Mr. Howard established the manufacture of brooms at the time he came into the township, and the business is continued by his son, Mitchell C., who resides on the old farm in section one, near the north line of the township.   Joseph Dickey, of Washington county, New York, came into the township in 1838, and died seven years later. His wife, Lovina (Taggart), died in 1854. Their settlement was upon Big Walnut. They had five sons who are living: James H. is in Greene county, Ohio; Moses T., Joseph L., and Albert F., in Blendon, are among the representative men of the township. Court-land M., the youngest, is in Greene county.   John Beal came into the county in 1838, locating at Columbus, and came to Blendon in 1846. H. T. Henderson came from Ross county in 1841, and located in Pleasant township, but removed to Blendon in 1866. Edwin Gravina came into the township in 1838. He was a native of England. G. S. Duesenbury came in from Granville, Licking county, in 1849, and since that time, has been the business in Westerville. Nathan S. Vincent was one of the later arrivals; but a man who was of great value to the township. His death was carried by the accidental discharge of a gun, in the summer of   HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO - 473   1879. Mr. Vincent was united in marriage to Lauretta Phelps.   Abner Park came in, in 1842, from Warren county, New Jersey, and located upon the north line, of the township, bringing a family of eight children.   FIRST EVENTS.   The first child born was Benjamin Moore, son of Simeon and Roxanna Moore. He was born in the Phelps cabin, during the second year of the settlement — 1807. The first marriage was that of Ethan Palmer and Lovilla Olmsted. The first death was that of Eliza F. Palmer, aged eighteen months, in 1817. Ethan Palmer died March 30, 1818. The first cabin was built by Isaac Griswold. Edward Phelps built one a few days after. Both were built a few days after the two families' came into the wilderness, in 1806. Phelps built the first frame barn, in 1811. The first wheat was sown in the summer of 1806, by the Phelps and Griswold families. Edward Phelps planted the first orchard, in 1808, and some of the trees are still standing, immediately opposite the residence of Squire Homer M. Phelps. The trees were brought, on horseback, from Granville. The first brick house was built, by Col. George Osborne, about 1821. The first frame house was built by Squire Lee or Olmsted. Edward Phelps and Simeon Moore both built the same year-1821. Edward Phelps and Abram Phelps cut the first tree for the purpose of improvement, on the bottom east of Blendon corners. The first tavern in the township was opened about the year 182r. It was a small frame house, located at Blendon corners, and its landlord was Francis C. Olmsted. The first saw-and grist-mill was erected by Squire Timothy Lee, near Central college, on the Big Walnut, about 1814. The stream was then known as the Gahanna, or Big Belly, the latter being the. name of an Indian well known in the country. Soon after the Lee mill was put in operation Dr. Pickett established a saw-mill near the site of Westerville, and, about the same time, Squire Gideon Hart put up one on Big run. The first burial place was the cemetery near J. W. Jamison's, on the Columbus pike. The lot was donated by Robert Jamison. The first road was what is now known as the Granville and Worthington road, the line of which was run through, in 1805, by Colonel Kilbourne, of Worthington. The timber was cut later. The mails were carried through on this road, on horse-back, in early years, from Zanesville to Urbana.   THE FIRST SCHOOLS.   Salina Griswold taught the first school in Blendon township. She was a sister of Isaac Griswold's, and had, as her only pupils, her little nieces and nephews, and the children of Mr. Phelps' family. A barn, built by Edward Phelps, in ][811, and still standing, just a few rods east of Squire Homer Phelps' residence, served as the schoolhouse. Other schools were held not long after the above, in shops or barns, which belonged to Francis Olmsted and Ethan Palmer. The first school-house was, probably, the one erected in 1814, in the north-east corner of what is now known_ as the Jamison graveyard. There was another school-house, built of logs, just south of Mr. Griswold's. A singing school was conducted as early as 1818, by Squire Congar. Wright.   CIVIL HISTORY OF THE TOWNSHIP.   The records of the township have been preserved, and from them we take several important and interesting items of early civil history. Blendon township was originally organized in 1815, by the name of Harrison, the old township known by that name, having been in the territory which, in 1810, was set apart to Pickaway county.   The first page of the old book of township records shows that, on March 6, 1815, on the petition of Elisha Bidwell, John Matoon, John Cooper, and others, it was ordered that the second township in the seventeenth range of the United States military district, be erected into a township, to be called and known by the name of Harrison, and it was further ordered that the first election should be held at the house of Conger Wright, on the first Monday in April, 1815. The election was held agreeably to the commissioners' order, and the following officers elected: Robert McCutcheon, town clerk ; Isaac Harrison, George Osborne, and Garrit Sharp, trustees; John Cooper, treasurer; Edward Phelps, lister and appraiser; John Yovel, appraiser ; Oliver Clark, and John D. Coe, constables; Reuben Carpenter, and Edward Phelps, overseers of the poor; Simeon Moore, and Samuel McDannald, fence viewers; John Yovel, Francis Olmsted, Christian Smothers, and Elisha Bidwell, supervisors; Conger Wright, and Isaac Griswold, justices of the peace.   "The honorable trustees of Harrison township met on the 23d of December, 1815, and laid the following town tax, which is as follows, to-wit: To each stud-horse, twenty-five cents; to each gelding and mare, twelve and a half cents; to each cow, and neat cattle, six and a fourth cents; for the purpose of paying all necessary expenses against the township; amounting to fourteen dollars and twelve and a half cents.   The treasurer's report, made April 1, 1816, showed that the amount of the tax imposed was fourteen dollars and twelve and a half cents. The expenses amounted to seven dollars and ninety cents.   The name of the township was changed to Blendon on the 8th of December, 1824, by order of the county commissioners.   Previous to separate organization, Blendon township was attached, for civil purposes, to Sharon. It includes just twenty-five square miles, and is in the same shape as originally laid out.   The present township officers are the following: William Sharp, H. Ridenour, and A. Wright, trustees ; L. R. Goodspeed, treasurer; H. T. Sibel, clerk; R. R. Arnold, Ezekiel Dubois, justices of the peace ; Geo. Watt, (president), L. Schott, J. N. Miller, S. Kahler, Chas. Holt, A. J. Gantz, D. C. Lane, and E. Matthile, board of education.   PRESBYTERIANISM.   The old Presbyterian church of Blendon was made up of the two elements of this denomination, from the two tides of immigration which met and mingled into Franklin county—the New Englanders and the Virginians. Those of the latter current of population who were members of the church, were mostly the descendants of   474 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO.   the Scotch-Irish Presbyterians. The earliest of the pioneers had no religious meetings, but in 1812 those of the denomination of which we here give the history, had preaching in their neighborhood. The famous Rev. James Hoge came to Blendon occasionally in the year mentioned.. His first sermon and, no doubt, the first Presbyterian service held in the township, was at the residence of Robert McCutcheon, a log cabin, standing about in the middle of what is now State street, in the village of Westerville. Services were afterward held, every six weeks, at the residence of John Cooper. The first regular place for holding religious meetings was a log school-house standing in the northeast corner of what is now known as the Jamison grave-yard, built about 1814. It was not long before this school-house was found inadequate for the accommodation of the congregations that assembled to hear Mr. Hoge preach, and in 1820 an addition was built. The Rev. Mr. Ebenezer Washburn came into the vicinity in the winter of 1816-17. He began missionary work in Blendon in 1818, and it was largely through his efforts, a sufficient number of people being converted and made anxious for that result, that a church was organized in the township. The Presbyterian church of Blendon came into being in 1820, and was called Lebanon church, after Lebanon, Virginia. The original members of the church who brought their letters from Worthington, were John Cooper and Mrs. Polly Cooper, Samuel McDannald and Mrs. Belle McDannald, Robert McCutcheon and Mrs. Mary McCutcheon, John Yovel and Mrs. Jennie Harrison, William Watt and Mrs. Bell. Isaac Harrison joined, at the same time, by profession of faith. Soon after, the following persons became members : Mrs. Rachel Curtiss, Katy Curtiss, Ralph Smith, William Hall, and Alexander Smith. The number of members, at or after the time of organization, was fifteen. The first elders were Isaac Harrison and John Yovel. When there was no preaching, the people were accustomed to assemble and listen to the reading of a sermon. The readers were usually Squire Timothy Lee, Deacon Harrison or Captain Peter Lawson. A singing class was organized among the young people by Squire Cruger Wright, as early as 1818. Ebenezer Washburn was the regular preacher. About 1826 he removed from Genoa to Worthington, but continued to preach to the Blendon church. The project of building a house of worship began to be discussed in the same year. At first there was some disagreement between the members living on Alum creek and those on Big Walnut, as to the location, but the matter was compromised by fixing the location between the two streams, and in the geographical center of the township. Squire Timothy Lee donated a piece of ground for the purpose, and a substantial and, for those times, a tasteful and commodious house was erected and dedicated. in the autumn of 1829: It stood near the center of the present grave-yard, and just across the road from the present old building. A protracted meeting was held here the week after the opening of the house, in which Mr. Washburn was assisted by Rev. Ahab Jenks, a Congregational minister, who came to Ohio in 1822. Many converts were made, among them Squire Timothy Lee. On the night of the Sunday following, the church was burned. It was, doubtless, the work of an incendiary. Most of the members had gone to Worthington, to be present at sacramental services. The ruins of the building which had cost them so much toil and expense, confronted them . on their return. They gathered around the still glowing embers,, and held a prayer-meeting. Though cast-down, they were not discouraged. The next year they erected, the edifice, which is still standing, upon land donated by Edward Phelps. The building was not completed at first, but was used for two years in an unfinished state, with temporary seats and pulpit. In 1833 it was finished and formally dedicated. At the same time Ebenezer Washburn was installed as pastor. In 1830 those members of the Blendon church--sixteen in number—who lived in Delaware county, were set off by the Presbytery, and constituted the First Presbyterian church of Genoa. The years following the dedication of the church at Blendon, were years of healthy growth and prosperity. The year 1840 was marked by a powerful revival. Mr. Washburn retained the position of pastor until 1858. The field remained vacant, with temporary supplies, until 1860, when Rev. J. C. Tidball was installed. He preached for a number of years, and was succeeded by Rev. R. G. Adams. He gave place to Key. Reuben Holm, and he to William E. Mock in 1874.   About the year 1860, the question of removing the church to Westerville began to be agitated. The Central College church, which had been organized in the mean time, had drawn off those members who lived in the eastern part of the township, and the church edifice, growing old and needing repairs, was found to be entirely on one side of the congregation. Wisdom dictated a removal. In the removal of 1863, a subscription paper was circulated, and preparations, began for the erection of a Presbyterian house of worship in Westerville. In 1864 the substantial brick edifice, now in use, was completed and dedicated, and the old house abandoned. Prominent in this movement was Elder G. L. Houghton, a man of great energy, foresight, and enterprise. The first years of the church in its new home were marked by progress and increase in members and influence. A Sabbath-school was organized, which grew rapidly under the superintendence of Elder L. B. Keeler. The Rev. Mr. Tidball closed his labors with the Blendon church in 1869, removing to Columbus to assume the pastorate of the Hoge church-. After that, the pulpit was temporarily filled by Prof. Garst, of Otterbein college, and the Rev. C. C. B. Duncan, until Rev. H. M. Robertson became pastor. He was succeeded, in the spring of 1877, by the Rev. Alex. U. Carson, the present pastor. The officers of the church, at present, are as follows:. J. W. Jamison, J. McChan, Humphrey Bard, T. Ward, and S. Timmons, elders ; G. A. Brewer, William Beal, and S. Timmons, trustees; S. Timmons, treasurer; T. Ward, Sabbath-school superintendent.   THE CENTRAL COLLEGE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH   was indirectly an offshoot of the original Presbyterian church of Blendon, though it came into organic being