(RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) 600 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. he was employed in jewelry work about eight months ; he was then employed at Newark, this state, about a year, and three months at Zanesville, then a year at Athens, after which he returned to Cambridge and took a position in the jewelry store owned by his mother, which had been established by his father about 1850. He remained in the store assisting his mother until about 1908, when he bought the store, which he has continued to conduct in a most satisfactory manner. It has never been out of the family since it was first started and is one of the best known and one of the most popular jewelry stores in Guernsey county, having a prestige second to none and drawing a trade from a vast territory. Here is always to be found a very large, modern and carefully selected stock of goods. The highest grade of repair work is also done promptly. Mr. Atkins was married in 1895 to Queen Markley, of Newark, Ohio, daughter of George and Ellen (Wilson) Markley, an excellent and influential family, and to this union two children have been born, Marian M. and Robert M. Mr. Atkins is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America and he and his wife belong to the Presbyterian church. He is a popular and highly esteemed young man and has ever sought to bear aloft the untarnished escutcheon of the family name, for the Atkinses have long been among the best known and most highly respected residents of Cambridge, both in busi- ness and social life. JOHN L. BRUNER. A member of as fine an old family as Guernsey county can boast, and a public spirited, progressive business man of strict integrity and high social standing is John L. Bruner, of Cambridge, who has spent his useful and very active life in his native locality and has played no inconspicuous role in the development of the same. He was born in this county, between Senecaville and Byesville, on January 12, 1844, and he is the son of John and Mary N, (McQuade) Bruner, both natives of Pennsylvania, the father born, it is believed, in Somerset county, in December, 1813, and the mother in Westmoreland county, January 5, 1815. They were married May 3, 1836, and came to Guernsey county in the following November, locating on the Alex. Loflin farm, where they lived for four years, then bought forty acres in what was called the "military land," of which a part was cleared and im- proved. They established a good home here and paid for the land by hard GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 601 work and economy, raising tobacco, wheat and hogs. They had a hard time getting a start and their first land paid for, but they prospered at length and finally added to their original purchase until the place consisted of two hundred acres. Their family consisted of ten children, of whom John L. of thiS review was the fifth in order of birth. The family continued to reside in that neighborhood until the children grew up and, in fact, that was the family home during the life-time of the parents, the father dying in October, 1894, when nearly eighty-one years of age. He was a Democrat, but no politician. He with his entire family belonged to the Presbyterian church. The mother remained on the farm after the father's death until she passed away, on February 23, 1907, having attained the remarkable age of ninety-two years, one month and eighteen days. John L. Bruner lived on the home place until he was over twenty years of age. He proved his patriotism during the Civil war by enlisting, on July 24, 1864, in Company K, Eighty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he faithfully served until honorably discharged, being mustered out on July 4, 1865. He returned home and remained there until twenty-four years of age. In 1872 he moved to Kansas, where he engaged in farming and cattle and horses, the latter business growing rapidly from a small beginning; he remained in the Sunflower state about fifteen months, when he returned to Guernsey county on a visit, expecting to go to Oregon, but while here he was married, in 1873, to Mary M. Rogers, daughter of Lawson Wesley and Alice Ann (McGaw) Rogers. The parents came from Hartford county, Maryland, about 1842 and located on the "military land" near where John L. Bruner was born. There her father followed farming nearly all his life, dying in 1883, his widow surviving until April 4, 1891, reaching the age of eighty-two years, five months and three days. After his marriage, John L. Bruner, in partnership with his brother, bought a farm, two and one-half miles southeast of Claysville, and on February 12, 1874, he and his brother, Valentine M., moved there. About two years later, Valentine M. sold his interest to a brother-in-law, and on July 12, 1876, John L. Bruner rented a farm about two and one-half miles southeast of Rix's Mills, and lived there about four years, then moved back to south of Byesville and lived there a short time. He bought a half interest in the mill at Byesville and moved there in the fall of 1880. Eight months and four days later he sold out and traded part of the farm for a one-third interest in the Cambridge mills. In the fall of 1885 he disposed of his interest in these mills and went to Belle Center, where he engaged in the milling business until 1895, having a one-third interest in the mill there, which he 602 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. traded on the last date mentioned for a farm in Logan county, but soon sold it and engaged successfully for a time in the insurance business, then moved to Belle fontaine and started his sons in a grocery, which was con- tinued about a year, when the store was sold and the family moved to Mechanicsburg and bought a half interest in a mill and lived there about two years, then moved to Kenton, Ohio, where they remained three years. While there Mr. Bruner bought an interest in a mill and elevator at Mt. Victory which they owned a little over two years ; Mr. Bruner had a large grain trade, shipping large quantities in car-load lots. He moved to Byesville again in August, 1903, after having been away twenty years. He bought a bakery there and ran the same about eighteen months. Selling it in the spring of 1905, he went to Cambridge and bought the City Bakery, which he still manages with much success, enjoying an extensive trade, both whole- sale and retail; he ships large quantities of bread to other towns. Mr. Bruner has never sought office, but while living in Cambridge the first time he was elected to the city council and was re-elected and served until he moved away. He and his family are members of the Presbyterian church. He is a Mason and a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. To Mr. and Mrs. Bruner six children were born, of whom four are living: Alma B.; Otho R., a traveling salesman ; Mary Alice; John L., of Bluefields, West Virginia, where he is in the employ of a milling supply company; Myrtle Ethel died at Mechanicsburg in July, 1900, when eighteen years of age; Grace died when five months old in Cambridge. The two living daughters are still at home. The parents of Mrs. Bruner were active and faithful members of the Methodist Protestant church. The father was born on September 18, 1804. The family settled in Jackson township, this county, in an early day. Mr. Bruner's father was a deacon in the Presbyterian church and his mother was for eighty-one years a member of the church. CHARLES S. SHEPPARD. As one of the younger class of lawyers at the Cambridge bar, the entire career of Charles S. Sheppard has been emphasized by persistent industry, strict attention to business, unswerving integrity, the closest application and study, and a degree of care, prudence and promptitude in the disposition of responsibilities intrusted to him, worthy of imitation. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 603 Mr. Sheppard was born December 1o, 1871, in Belmont county, Ohio (near Fairview). He is the son of Dr. Isaac H. and Harriet (Grimes) Sheppard. For many years the father was a successful and prominent practitioner in Guernsey, Noble and Belmont counties, and he and his wife are still living, making their home in Fairview, this county. Charles S. Sheppard received a good education in the public schools, later attending high school and finished with a course at Valparaiso College, Valparaiso, Indiana. He afterwards taught school for three years in Guernsey county, and later taught two years in a high school in Illinois. He was a very capable instructor and his services were in great demand, but he began the study of law early in life and left the school room for this profession, being admitted to the bar on October 14, 1897. For one year he practiced at the town of Fairview, then moved to Cambridge where he has since been very actively and successfully engaged in practice, building up a large and growing clientele. Mr. Sheppard is an ardent Republican and he never loses an opportunity to further the interests of his party. He has been a member of the Guernsey county election board for some time. In the summer of 1905 he was nominated by acclamation by the Republican county convention for the office of prosecuting attorney of Guernsey county, and he was elected at the polls in November following by a majority exceeding that given the regular party ticket, which is evidence of his general popularity among all classes. He made such a commendable record that in 1908 he was renominated by acclamation and again elected the following November by a like heavy vote, and he is now serving the last year of his second term, and he has made a most efficient and popular officer, standing boldly for law enforcement which he considers the essence of all good government. He is always faithful in the discharge of his duties. He has also a large general practice, so that he is always a very busy man, and he holds a very high rank as an attorney in all the courts of the county and the state. He is a broad-minded and prudent man, with a high sense of honor and integrity, and is worthy of the high esteem in which he is held by the citizens in all walks of life. He is a student of progress, well informed on the latest decisions and revised statutes and is profoundly versed in jurisprudence. He is a very careful investigator and is an eloquent pleader. He is influential in selecting good men for local offices, and he is regarded as a leader in political and civic affairs in Guernsey county. Mr. Sheppard was married on August 3, 1899, to Della Gardiner, daughter of John and Cecilia (Moore) Gardiner, the representative of an excellent family, and she herself a woman of education, tact and refinement. 604 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. Both Mr. and Mrs. Sheppard are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which Mr. Sheppard has been a trustee for a number of years, also a teacher of an advanced class in the Sunday school. He is a member of the Cambridge Country Club, and he enjoys an occasional game of golf for recreation. The family home is at No. 212 North Tenth street and is a neat and desirable residence and a place of genuine hospitality to the many friends of the family. Mr. Sheppard's suite of office rooms are on the second floor of the Central Bank Building and his large law library and accessories make them among the most attractive and well equipped law offices in all southeastern Ohio. OSCAR O. BELL. The enterprising citizen whose name heads this article has been for some time identified in a prominent way with the industrial life of the city of Cambridge, and he has manifested an abiding interest in the public welfare of Guernsey county. By a life consistent in motive and action with correct ethics, he has won and retained the confidence of all who have had dealings with him in any way. Oscar O. Bell was born in Liberty township, Guernsey county, Novem- ber 23, 1873, and he is the son of George and Mary (Milligan) Bell. The father also was born in Liberty township, and was the son of Hamilton and Nancy (Bell) Bell. The family lived in Indiana before they came here, having emigrated to Guernsey county about 1830 and located in Liberty township. Hamilton Bell opened up a very extensive salt works there and for many years carried on a very satisfactory business. He was a prominent man in this locality in those early days. George Bell was born in Liberty township in 1836 and during his younger years did a great deal of farm work, and also hauled salt for his father from the works to the surrounding cities and towns and the country districts roundabout. During the Civil war he was a soldier in the Union army, having enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Twenty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and saw some hard service, being in nineteen noted battles. He was in Sherman's Death Valley campaign. Before his career in the army he was married, in 1858, to Mary Milligan, daughter of Alexander Neally Milligan and wife. She was born in Liberty township and lived there until her marriage. After the war George Bell continued at the salt works and also followed farming. He owned a good farm, on which he spent the major part of his mature life. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 605 His family consisted of twelve children, an equal number of boys and girls, all of whom are living, namely: Hamilton L. lives in Oklahoma on a farm; Ellen Jane, wife of Lafayette Hamilton, lives in south central Kansas; Amanda married Leslie Adams and lives in Liberty township, near Tyner ; Margaret married John McKahan and lives in Jefferson township, this county; Della married Lincoln Hellar and lives in south central KansaS; John M. lives in Cambridge and is a mill worker ; James M. lives at Uhrichsville, Ohio ; Harriet married J. P. Lanning and lives in Center township, this county; Oscar 0., of this review; Robert F. is married and lives in Washington county, Pennsylvania ; George W. lives in Cambridge and is timekeeper in the Inter-State Iron & Steel Company; Mary is the wife of Parker Carson, a civil engineer, of Yampa, Colorado. The mother of these children passed to her rest in Liberty township, on August 6, 1898. She and her husband belonged to the United Presbyterian church, and the father was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. This family is noted for its robust health; all the large family of children are now married and have children of their own with two exceptions. Oscar O. Bell grew to maturity on the home farm in Liberty township where he was put to work in the fields when young and he attended the neighboring schools during the winter months. When only fifteen years of age he was given a teacher's certificate, and he began teaching school before he was seventeen years of age and, following that vocation with singular success for eleven years, he became widely known as an educator of a high order of ability. His services were in great demand and he taught in various parts of this county. He attended the normal schools both at Byesville and Kimbolton, also attended Muskingum College. After leaving college, he resumed teaching, which he continued with his usual satisfaction until 1901, when he abandoned the school room and moved to Cambridge where he became engaged in the bar mill of the Inter-State Iron & Steel Company. After working at general work for eight months, he became shipping clerk and has held that position, while the mill was owned by three different companies, which is an evidence of his ability, faithfulness and trustworthiness. In July, 1910, he was promoted to the responsible position of works auditor of the local plant, which he is filling with his usual ability and satisfaction. Mr. Bell was married in 1895 to Mattie R. Porter, daughter of Harrison and Margaret (McCullough) Porter. She was born and reared in Liberty township and lived there until her marriage. Her father was born at Kimbolton. Her mother was the daughter of David and Anna McCullough, and she was born in Liberty township. David and Anna McCullough were old 606 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. residents of this county. Mrs. Bell's father was a soldier in the Civil war, having been in the service about three years. Mr. and Mrs. Bell are the parents of four children, named as follows : Howard Earl died in infancy ; Lula May, Oscar Ray and Harry Edgar are members of the home circle. Mr. Bell is a loyal Republican, as were his ancestors. He takes an inter- est in party affairs and is ready to assist his friends. He and his wife belong to the First United Presbyterian church in Cambridge. Personally, Mr. Bell is a genial, unassuming, companionable gentleman, highly educated, well informed on current topics of the day, frank, straightfor- ward and scrupulously honest, and he is a man who makes friends readily and has no trouble in retaining them. PHILIP W. EATON. One of the highly honored and respected citizens of Guernsey county, who is now living in the city of Cambridge, but who is still engaged in agri- cultural pursuits on his excellent and well improved farm, is Philip W. Eaton, who was born in Belmont county, Ohio, in 1839, the son of John and Harriet (Hunt) Eaton. In 1851 the family moved to Guernsey county, Ohio, and located a mile east of Cambridge on the old National road, where the father bought a farm which has been the family home ever since. Philip W. Eaton was one of a family of five children, three boys and two girls. Of these, one brother, James, was killed on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad while it was being built in 1853 ; Mrs. Lydia Ann Jones, the eldest sister, died in Arkansas ; those living are, Philip W., of this review ; Mrs. Adeline Lowry, of Knox township, this county ; Joel, of Bloomington, Indiana. Philip W. Eaton grew to maturity on the home farm east of Cambridge and assisted with the general work about the place when he was a boy. He attended the district schools during the winter months, and he has made this place his home nearly all his life, his efforts as a farmer having been rewarded with a reasonable degree of success. Mr. Eaton was married in 1858 to Maria Donaldson, daughter of Joshua and Maria Donaldson, and this union resulted in the birth of six children, namely : James Edwin, whose sketch appears on another page of this work; Anna, who died at the age of seven years; Dora Eunetta is the wife of Alex. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 607 Rankin, of McKeesport, Pennsylvania ; William also lives in that city ; Hattie is at home with her parents; Charles lives near the old farm and is employed in the grocery business in Cambridge. Philip W. Eaton continued to make his residence on the old homestead until about 1900, engaging in general farming and stock raising and making a very comfortable living and laying by a competency for his old age. He purchased a home in Cambridge about ten years ago and has since lived here, but he has continued farming, as already indicated. He has a very pleasant home in this city and he has a host of warm personal friends throughout the county. Although now somewhat advanced in years, he is still hale and hearty and he has lived a life of which he has nothing to regret or to be ashamed. Mr. Eaton's father passed away in 1853, and the mother subsequently married James Cullens and resided in Knox township, in the northwestern portion of this county, until her death about 1888. The Eaton family is one of the old and highly honored ones of Guernsey county. JAMES ROSS McBURNEY. A well known business man and progressive citizen of Guernsey county is James Ross McBurney, who was born in Cambridge, Ohio, on June 13, 1866. He is the son of Prof. John McBurney, a prominent educator who is given proper mention in another part of this volume. He grew to maturity in the city of Cambridge and attended the local schools, later taking a course in Muskingum College, from which institution he was graduated in 1891. He then entered Duff's College at Pittsburg where he taught for more than a year. He returned to Cambridge in 1893 and identified himself with the Cambridge Roofing Company as bookkeeper. In 1897 he was made secretary, which position he has continued to hold to the present time. He is a director and vice-president of the Guernsey Building & Loan Association. On October 14, 1904, occurred the marriage of Mr. McBurney to Minnie E. Nash, the daughter of Rev. J. H. Nash and wife, whose biographical records are given in a separate sketch in this work. The union of Mr. and Mrs. McBurney has been blessed by the birth of one son, John Dorman McBurney. Mr. and Mrs. McBurney are members of the United Presbyterian church. 608 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. HOWARD W. ARNDT, M. D. The gentleman to whom the following tribute is paid embodies all the necessary pre-requisites and necessary qualifications, in a marked degree, to insure success in the medical profession, and by energy and application he is drawing to himself a large and remunerative practice, and at the same time is building up an enviable reputation, being recognized as one of the leading physicians of Guernsey county and a man of honor and integrity at all times. Dr. Howard W. Arndt, of Lore City, Ohio, was born April 12, 1872, near Senecaville, Guernsey county, but his paternal home was just over the county line in Noble county. He is the son of David and Elizabeth (Ward) Arndt. The father was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, while the mother is a native of Noble county, this state. The Arndts are of German descent, Grandfather Charles Arndt coming from Germany in 1818, first settling in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and he came to Noble county, in 1836. He was a cabinetmaker, being the first in the locality where he settled on the border line between Guernsey and Noble counties. His death occurred in 1861, after a useful and upright life. His son, David Arndt, the father of the Doctor, was a carpenter and followed that trade most of his active life. In an early day the Arndts bought land near Cambridge, and for many years the grandfather worked at his trade here; however, the family finally settled near Senecaville, where Charles Arndt spent the remainder of his life and he and his wife are buried in the cemetery there. When advanced in years, David Arndt gave up carpentering and devoted his attention to his farm near Senecaville, in Noble county. He is now living in retirement and with his wife lives at Senecaville, on the Guernsey county side, the town being on the dividing line between Guernsey and Noble counties. Mr. Arndt has reached the age of eighty years, while his wife is seventy-three. They have journeyed down life's pathway, through its sunshine and shadow, hand in hand, for a period of fifty-two years, this union having been a most fortunate and harmonious one. November 5, 1910, marked the fifty-second anniversary of their marriage. In their family were four daughters and one son : Howard W., of this review ; Allie, who married James Callow, of Platteville, Colorado; Texanna, who married George Black, of Columbus, Ohio; Ruth, who married Hugh Bergmer, of Senecaville; Bartha, who married Tecomseh McLaughlin, a farmer living on the old homestead. Howard W. Arndt spent his childhood and youth on the home farm and his early education was obtained in the district country schools, attending later, for a short time, Muskingum College at New Concord. In 1893 he GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 609 entered Starling Medical College at Columbus, Ohio, and, making an excellent record there, he was graduated from that institution on March 25, 1897. Two days later he located in Lore City and began the practice of his profession, and he has been here ever since, building up a very satisfactory patronage and taking a very high rank among the leading medical men of this locality. He is not only very successful as a general practitioner, but also as a surgeon, and he has the full confidence of the people in both lines of his practice. The Doctor was married on December 30, 1897, to Carrie Melick, daughter of John and Mary (Davis) Melick, of Malta, Morgan county, Ohio. Her father was formerly an undertaker in that city, but is now retired. His wife is also living; they were never residents of Guernsey county. Doctor Arndt has no children. In addition to his extensive practice Doctor Arndt is engaged in large farming operations, being the owner of two fine farms adjoining Lore City, mostly bottom lands in the Leatherwood valley. They are well improved, well kept and under a high state of cultivation. He engages in general farming and gives special attention to the raising of fine stock, cattle and horses, being an excellent judge of both. His cattle are regarded as of the best grade for grazing purposes, and when ready for the market always command top notch prices. He is a breeder of thoroughbred Percheron horses, which are always in demand. His residence is in Lore City and is one of the most attractive, modern and convenient in the vicinity. He is a member of the county, state and national medical societies, and he belongs to the Senecaville lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, having been allied with the same since he was twenty-one years of age. He also belongs to the Masonic order and holds affiliation with the Cambridge chapter of Royal Arch Masons, and the Cambridge commandery of Knights Templar. He and his wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal church, the latter being organist at the local church and interested in church and Sunday school work, being a teacher in the latter for years. She is a member of the Rebekah lodge at Lore City, and the Order of the Eastern Star of Quaker City. Doctor Arndt is an ardent advocate of outdoor sports and recreation, and he likes to spend a day occasionally with his dog and gun. Politically, he is a Republican and has long been active in the affairs of the party, and he has served as a member of the Republican county central committee and is a frequent delegate to county, district and state conventions, and he always makes his influence felt at such gatherings. He has never been an office seeker, being too busy with his large practice and his extensive farming and stock raising. He is always ready to aid in any cause looking to the general ad- 610 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. vancement of his community, is one of the leading citizens of Guernsey county in every respect, and the Arndt home is prominent in the social life of the community. SAMUEL CARTER. From one of the oldest and best families of this section of the national union comes Samuel Carter, one of the progressive farmers and honored citizens of Oxford township, Guernsey county, and he has always tried to live up to the high standard set by his progenitors, and has therefore won and retained the esteem of a wide circle of acquaintances and friends. Mr. Carter was born on June 8, 1855, in Monroe county, Ohio, and is the son of John and Mary (Scott) Carter, the father born in Maryland and the mother in Washington county, Pennsylvania. When twenty-four years old the father came to Fairview, Oxford township, Guernsey county, in 1827, and after a short time he went to Wheeling and established a grist-mill, which he operated for eight years. He then established the first steam grist- mill on the upper Ohio river at Pawhattan, on the West Virginia side of the river, and he operated this mill for ten years. Then he built a steam mill at Clarington, Monroe county, which he conducted for ten years, then bought a farm near St. Clairsville, in Belmont county. He farmed there until 1875 when he moved to Fairview, Guernsey county, and retired from active business, living at Fairview until his death, on November I, 1894, at the advanced age of nidety-two years ; his wife died in April, 1891, and both are buried at Fletcher's cemetery. He was a very successful business man and made good money out of his mills and farms, and he was a man of strong character. Grandfather Joel Carter was a miller on Rock Run, Maryland, on the Susquehanna river, and he taught his son John, father of Samuel, the milling business. During the war of 1812 his mills were destroyed and financial disaster visited the grandfather. In the evening up of business matters Joel Carter gave his son John two silver dollars with the statement that this would be the extent of his financial aid. But John Carter was a man who did not need aid, being strong in body and mind and of unswerving courage. He came west, as has been shown, and became a pioneer miller and amassed a fortune, also establishing for himself an envied reputation among all men with whom he came into contact in a business or social way. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 611 Samuel Carter, of this review, was taken to Belmont county by his parents when four years old and he received a good education in the country schools there. He grew to maturity in that county and made it his home until he was twenty years of age. He began life for himself there by teaching two terms of school. He then came to Oxford township, Guernsey county, and taught with pronounced success for a period of eight years, hiS services being in great demand. Mr. Carter was married on May 22, 1879, to Louisa Smith, daughter of John and Margaret (Temple) Smith. Mr. Smith was a farmer of Millwood township and he and his wife are both deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Carter three children have been born, namely : Etta L., deceased; Alfred N. is married and is living at home on the farm which he now works, but he was formerly a teacher for five years; Della Margaret is unmarried and is living at home. Mr. Carter has lived in Oxford township ever since coming to this county, and since 1881, when he gave up teaching, he has engaged in farming on a fine, well improved farm of two hundred and seventy-six acres which he bought at that time. It is as good land as the county can boast and he has been very successful as a general farmer and stock raiser. He has a modern, attractive and comfortable residence and good outbuildings. Of late he is giving most of his attention to live stock, of which he is a good judge. His farm is well adapted to raising sheep and he is especially interested in this branch of stock raising. Politically, Mr. Carter is a Democrat, but he has never been active in public matters, but always interested in whatever tends to the development of his community and county. He has served as township clerk for three years, trustee for two years, assessor for three years, and he is a member of the township board of education, having held this position for the past twenty-four years. As a public servant he has done a great deal of good to his community and has gained the esteem of all concerned. He and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and he has been a class leader for the past thirty-eight years, and he has been a trustee and steward for many years. His son succeeds him as class leader in the church. The family has long been active in church and Sunday school work. Mr. Carter was superintendent of the local Sunday school for a period of twenty-seven years, and he is yet a teacher of a Bible class for men. The Carter home has an atmosphere of refinement and culture and the family is prominent in the social life of the community. 612 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. JAMES EDWIN EATON. To a great extent the prosperity characterizing all industries of our country is due to the honest industry, the sturdy persistence, the unswerving perseverance and the wise economy which so prominently characterize the business element in the Buckeye state. Among this class should be mentioned James Edwin Eaton, of near Cambridge, Guernsey county, where he maintains a well improved place and a popular and up-to-date sanitary dairy. By years of indefatigable labor and honest effort he has not only acquired a well-merited material prosperity, but has also richly earned the highest esteem of all with whom he has associated. He is a retired merchant. Mr. Eaton was born a mile east of Cambridge, this county, in 1859, and he is the son of Philip and Maria (Donaldson) Eaton, a complete sketch of whom appears on another page of this work. Suffice it to say here that they were among the highly honored early families of this community, the father having come here when ten years of age from Belmont county, this state, his parents buying the farm where James E. Eaton was born. He was a member of a family of six children and he grew to maturity on the home farm, When fifteen years old he turned his attention to merchandising, finding employment in a grocery store in Cambridge, and for a period of thirty-three years he was engaged either as an employe or proprietor in the grocery business on one square in Cambridge, during which time he was very successful, enjoying an excellent trade and becoming acquainted with nearly everybody in the county. When he was about thirty-two years old, an old injury in his leg, received when a boy, began giving him trouble anew and became so aggravated that it incapacitated him for business, and he was thus disabled for two years and had three amputations performed on the member before the wound finally healed. He then bought a grocery in the same square where he had been employed so long and he continued in business until 1908, when he sold out and moved to his farm just east of the city, which he had bought while engaged in the grocery business. He had been very successful as a merchant because he had always sought to please his customers and was honest in all his dealings with his fellowmen. He and his wife have both been very diligent and no small part of the subject's success has been due to the faithful assistance and wise counsel 0f his wife. They now have a beautiful home east of Cambridge on a part of the farm on which he was born. He engages in fruit growing, raises poultry and has an excellent dairy of Jersey cattle. It is a pleasure to l0ok over his well kept place, his modern dairy and his attractive home and fine orchard. He GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 613 is eminently deserving of the large success he has attained, owing to his life of hard work and habits of fair dealing. In May, 1889, Mr. Eaton married Emma Wilson, daughter of George and Maria (Butler) Wilson. She was born in Coshocton county, near the Knox county line. Her mother died when she was about a year old and she was taken into the home of her sister in Newark and later into that of her aunt in Columbus, Ohio, and for five years prior to her marriage she lived at the home of J. 0. Mcllyar and clerked in his store until her marriage. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Eaton, Fred and Marie ; the former makes his home in Michigan, while the latter remains with her parents. Politically, Mr. Eaton is a Republican, and he takes considerable interest in local political affairs. He served for a period of twelve years as township treasurer and as city treasurer of Cambridge for six years. He made no special effort to get these offices, but they were literally "thrust upon him," owing to his peculiar fitness for the positions, and, useless to add, that he discharged his duties in a manner that reflected much credit upon himself and to the entire satisfaction of all concerned. He and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. JAMES D. ABELS. No more progressive or broad-minded citizen is to be found in the vicinity of Byesville than James D. Abels, and no more public spirited man in Guernsey county, consequently he is gladly given a place in this history. He was born near Middleton, Guernsey county, in 1834, and is the son of John, Jr., and Mary Ann (Seveard or Bevard) Abels. The paternal grandfather, John Abels, Sr., was the son of a pilot on an ocean vessel that plied between Holland and New York city and it is believed that he was born in Holland. His father, the pilot, brought him on a trip to New York when a small boy, prior to the year 1800 and on the voyage the father died, and the boy was left alone at New York. A stranger took him up-town and kept him over night, taking him to the market the following morning, and inquired if any one wanted a boy to raise. Thomas Thorne, a farmer living near the city, being pleased with the boy's appearance, took him and reared him, keeping him until he was married. Later he moved to Guernsey county, Ohio, and settled near Middleton, taking up land, being among the early settlers. 614 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. His son, John Abels, Sr., was born in 1808, and grew up in Guernsey county, and there married Mary Ann Bevard. Her parents came from Maryland and were pioneers in the locality lying between Middleton and Quaker City. Nine children were born to this union : Rachel, James D., Rebecca, Nancy, Margaret (who died when three years old), William, Sarah Jane, Phoebe and Susan M. About 1840 John Abels, Jr., entered land in Washington county and moved there, but his land lying in the midst of an almost impenetrable forest, he had to stop on his removal thereto several miles away until a road could be cut to it. On his trip he took his family and all his belongings in a wagon drawn by oxen. A short time before he came another settler had cut a road to his own new home, which was about two miles from that of Mr. Abels. This road was followed by the latter as far as it went, then he finished cutting a road to his land ; then went afoot until he found where he could get water. He then cut a road back to his wagon and brought the family on into the forest, cleared a little space, drove down stakes and piled brush over them for a shelter to live under until he could clear a larger space and build a log cabin. So dense and unbroken was the forest that the father got lost on his own farm, one evening, only two or three hundred yards from his home, but hearing a cow bell, followed his cows home. In due course of time he had a good farm cleared and improved, James D. taking his share of the work. The father made this his home until 1873, then sold out and moved to the southwest part of Jackson township where he bought a home, and there he and his wife spent the remainder of their days, dying there and they are both buried at Mt. Zion church cemetery, having been members of that church. The father had been a Baptist minister back in Washington county, also preached in adjoining counties, but he gave up active preaching when he moved to Guernsey county. although he still preached occasionally. James D. Abels grew to maturity on the farm in Washington county. After he grew into manhood he came over into Jackson township, this coun- ty, and worked about a year in the mines and on the farm, and here he met the woman he later married. Returning home, he remained there a year, then in April, 1858, returned to Jackson township and married Rebecca Delarue, daughter of John and Martha (Dennison) Delarue. She was born and reared in Guernsey county, her father having come to this country from France. He died in 1846, leaving a widow and large family to be supported on an eighty-acre farm which he owned. The mother died in r876. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. James D. Abels established their home in the western part of Jackson township, directly south of the court house in Cam- GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 615 bridge. When Mr. and Mrs. Abels were married he ran the farm for her, later bought more land adjoining and now has a fine farm of one hundred acres, which is well improved and under a high state of cultivation. Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Abels, one of whom is deceased. They are : John T., who lives on the home farm, married Alta Beach and his family consists of nine children, of whom six are living, Charlie, Harry, Thomas, Albert, Frank and Eva. William E., who is a general merchant in Byesville, married Mary Long and has had a family of five children : Virgie died in Iowa when four or five years old; James D., Jonathan, Roy and Dorothy. Mary M. married Alexander Newman, and their children, four of whom are living, are, Ethel, Ora, Otto and Homer; Mary, their other child, died in 19o7. Cora Abels married W. K. Booth, a grocer in Cambridge, and they became the parents of six children, only two of whom are now living : Vera and Freda. Elizabeth married Durward Williams; they live in Salesville and have two children, Bernetta and Cora. Mr. Abels was one of the loyal sons of the North who fought to defend the flag in the Civil war, having become a member of Company E, One Hundred and Seventy-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he served very faithfully, and he is now a member of the Grand Army of the Republic post at Cambridge. He and his wife belong to the Mt. Zion Baptist church near his old home in Jackson township. About 1903 he moved his family to Cambridge, with the expectation of buying a home there, but a year later decided to locate in Byesville, and they now have a beautiful and comfortable home there. ALEXANDER COCHRAN. The name of Alexander Cochran will never be forgotten by those who had the opportunity of knowing him, and although he can be seen by mortal eyes no longer, his influence is still active for good among his fellow men, and—thanks for the assurances of hope—upon the great ocean of eternity, his life, not in the embrace of sleep nor in the apparent selfishness of rest, but in activity of service in the courts of heaven, has burst into splendor. Mr. Cochran was born February 26, 1832, in Oxford township, this county, and he was the son of William and Martha (Henderson) Cochran. The Cochrans were of Scotch-Irish descent, and grandfather Alexander Cochran came to Guernsey county, Ohio, in the early days of the nineteenth century when the country was all a dense forest, inhabited by Indians and wild game. 616 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. The father, William Cochran, was a farmer and his son, Alexander, grew to maturity on the home place and assisted in clearing the land and tilling the soil. During the winter months he attended the neighboring schools, which were taught in log cabins. When he was nineteen years of age he went to California to seek his fortune in the gold fields, making the trip by way of the isthmus of Panama, and experienced the usual hardships. He remained in California about six years, spending his time in the mines north of Sacramento. He was very successful there and his experiences were of lasting benefit to him. Returning to Ohio, he engaged in various business enterprises, acquiring valuable lands, now Quaker City, when there were only a few crude houses along the one street, the town being started along the main road that passed through the settlement. He bought land in this locality from time to time and acquired a large acreage, and he changed the name of the place from Millwood to Quaker City, owing to the fact that the locality had been settled principally by Quakers. He engaged in all kinds of mercantile enterprises, and he encouraged young men to take up various lines of business, being in every way active in the development of the community. He built houses and sold them to individuals wanting homes. He was, in reality, the founder and builder of Quaker City. Later he became the proprietor of a large planing and saw-mill, which he continued to operate until his death and which is still operated by his family. He was a very successful business man and one of the leading citizens in every respect of this part of the county. Mr. Cochran was married on March 17, 1872, to Susan A. Gregg, daughter of John and Mary (Holcher) Gregg, a prominent family of Belmont, Belmont county, Ohio. To this union one daughter was born, Lena G., who married Rev. Charles H. Williams, a Congregational minister, of Gloucester. Massachusetts. Mrs. Williams is a highly educated woman, being a graduate of Oberlin College and the Boston Conservatory of Music. Mr. Cochran was a Republican in politics from the organization of the party, and he was always active in its affairs and deeply interested in all public matters. No man did more for Quaker City and vicinity than he, and his name is now a synonym for progress, success and right living, both in private and public life. In addition to his business interests in Quaker City, he was an extensive land owner and farmer and for several years he was an extensive and successful coal operator, being among the early pioneer coal operators in this part of the coal producing field. Mr. Cochran was a thirty-second-degree Mason and was prominent in the order. Mrs. Cochran is a member of the Presbyterian church, and Mr. Cochran's parents were members of the same denomination. While Mr. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 617 Cochran was not a member of the church, he was a strong advocate of churches and a liberal supporter of the same. The death of this excellent citizen, kind-hearted neighbor, valued friend and indulgent father and husband, occurred on August 14, 1904, meeting death in a tragic manner, having been killed in a railroad accident in Wheel- ing while attending to some business matters. His funeral was conducted by the Masonic order, of which he was so long a member, and delegations from lodges from many surrounding cities were in attendance, He was a man of sterling worth and character and no man occupied a higher place in the esti- mation of the people among whom he lived and labored to such goodly ends and his memory will always be revered by all classes here. MARTIN VAN BUREN McKIM. For seventy years a resident of Kimbolton and its vicinity, Martin VanBuren McKim is well acquainted with the history of the community, and has borne his share in its activities. He was born on September 10, 1840, on a farm in the round-log cabin home of his parents, two miles southeast of Kimbolton. His parents were Burr W. and Catherine (Hines) McKim. His father was of Scotch ancestry, and was born in Loudoun county, Virginia.; his mother was born of German ancestry in the same county. They were married in Loudoun county, and in 1835, shortly after their marriage, they came west over the mountains in a one-horse wagon with all their worldly possessions. Burr W. McKim was a man of good education for those days, a civil engineer, a school teacher, and also an expert weaver. After coming to Guernsey county he was extensively engaged in civil engineering, surveying most of the lands of Liberty township and laying out the village of Kimbolton, and also did much surveying in other parts of the county. He was also a skillful violin player and furnished music at many of the dances of the early settlers, and was welcome at all social functions. He also owned a farm, but did not give much time to farming. Being expert with tools, he made the first grain cradles that found their way into Liberty township. In politics he was a Democrat, and very active. Burr W. and Catherine McKim were the parents of ten children, namely : A son who died in infancy ; James, deceased, a soldier in the Civil war; John, deceased, also a soldier in the Civil war; Elizabeth, deceased; Rebecca, de- ceased; George, a soldier in the Civil war, now living in Lawrenceburg, Ten- 618 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. nessee; Martin VanBuren; Catherine, deceased; Hiram, four yearS a soldier, deceased; and William, also for four years a soldier. In all, six sons served in the Civil war, and not one was wounded or taken prisoner, though they served actively during almost the whole war. The mother of these children died in 1883. The father died in 1871, aged about seventy-two. Martin V. McKim grew up in the environment of his parents' activities, and attended the country district Schools when his services were not required in work. Until he enlisted in the army, in August, 1861, in Company B, Fifteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, he had worked on the farm and at other vocations. The first enlistment was for three months. In February, 1864, he enlisted again in the same company and regiment, and served to the close of the war as a private in General Sherman's army, participating in all the battles of that army, including the Atlanta campaign, but did not go with him to the sea, being transferred to Texas, where he served until the close of the war. On returning from the army he resumed farming, but soon gave that up for stone masonry, and in the years that followed did a great deal of work for the Columbus & Marietta railroad when it was in process of construction. He followed this until 1903, when, because of advancing years, he gave up his trade, and has since lived retired. He has always been a Republican, and while not particularly active, has been interested in public affairs, having served as a member of the school board and as constable and road supervisor. In 1906 he was elected mayor of the village of Kimbolton, and is now serving his second term. He is a member of Meagher Post No. 442, Grand Army of the Republic, and has filled the office of chaplain ever since becoming a member over twenty years ago. Mr. McKim was also a member of the local grange of the Patrons of Husbandry for several years, and was chaplain of that organization. Mr. McKim has been twice married, first on February I, 1865, to Hannah L. Carnes, the daughter of Henry and Maud (Ellis) Carnes, of Knox township. To this union thirteen children were born, two of whom died in infancy, the others being: Elmer E., of Kimbolton ; William, of Newcomers town ; Samuel, of Cambridge; Emma, the wife of E. T. Erickson, of Parkersburg, Iowa ; Joseph W., of Byesville, Ohio; James A., of Cambridge; Rachel, the wife of Frank Bashard, of Waterloo, Iowa ; Alva, of Liberty; Walter 0., of Pittsburg; Martha M., now Mrs. Harry Tarbell, of Cambridge. The wife and mother died in April, 1884, and Mr. McKim was married a second time on August 13, /885, to Mrs. Elmira Snyder, the widow of Samuel Snyder and a daughter of David and Jane (Reubencan) Snyder. By her first marriage Mrs. McKim has four children : Joseph F., deceased; Da- GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 619 vid M., of Cambridge; Samuel E., of Oregon; Hattie M., now Mrs. E. M. Britton, of St. Joseph, Missouri. By the second marriage Mr. and Mrs. Mc- Kim have no children. Mrs. McKim's parents came from Beaver county, Pennsylvania, to Guernsey county about 1830. Mr. Snyder was a blacksmith by trade, and both he and his wife died about fifteen years ago. Mr. and Mrs. McKim are members of the Methodist church, Mr. McKim since 1867, and he is a class leader, a member of the official board and Sunday school superintendent. He is a strong temperance advocate and a worker in the cause. A man of strong convictions and high principles, he firmly adheres to these in the conduct of his life, and is a true Christian. WILLIAM H. GIBSON. Prominent among the representative farmers of his community is William H. Gibson, who has spent his entire life near Kimbolton and is descended from a family of old settlers. He was born on December 30, 1837, on a farm near Kimbolton, Guernsey county, Ohio, the son of James and Matilda (Morrison) Gibson. James Gibson was born in St. Clairsville, Belmont county, Ohio, and his wife in Virginia, near Wheeling. Great-grandfather Gibson came from Ireland about 1768, and settled in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and his son William, the grandfather of William H., was born there and came to Belmont county, Ohio, in 1802. He remained in Belmont county for five years, and then, in 1807, came to Cambridge, Guernsey county, carrying his goods on pack horses and driving his cattle and sheep. The family came down Wills creek to Cambridge in canoes, driving their stock to the land near what is now Kimbolton, where they settled. William Gibson had come the year before and entered several hundred acres of land, and then returned to St. Clair county for his family. A log cabin house was erected by driving forks in the ground, putting up cross poles, and covering the same with bark. This constituted the family house until the following February, when a more pretentious cabin home was erected, which stood until very recent years. William Gibson was a prosperous man and active in all matters look- ing to the good of the community. He lived to the age of seventy-five, dying in 1849. His wife, Nancy (Larison) Gibson, lived to be ninety-eight years. old, being born on February 23, 1776, and dying in 1873. Their son James, the father of William H., the subject of this sketch, was born on November 620 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. 15, 1804, and when the family came to this county was but about four years of age. He followed farming, became a large land owner, and was a man active in public affairs, and a devout member of the United Presbyterian church. He died on September 4, 1895, in his ninety-second year. His wife died on April 26, 1900. They were the parents of eleven children, eight sons and three daughters, whose names and the dates of whose births are: Angelina, born September 7, 1834,. died on September 6, 1892; Leroy, born February 8, 1836, died on September 4, 1837; William H., born December 8, 1837; Naphtali L., born January 7, 1842, died on April 13, 1886; Porter W., born January 7, 1844; Anderson, born November 21, 1843, died November 19, 1853; Nancy M., born February 19, 1845; Thomas D., born January 19, 1848, died on November 27, 1848; Margaret J., born November 14, 1849; James M., born February 18, 1852; Milton, born April 11, 1854. William H. Gibson grew up on his father's farm and attended the district schools. He remained with his parents until his enlistment, in September, 1862, as a member of Company B, Fifteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteers, and served until the close of the war, being discharged in May, 1865. His regiment was in the armies of the Ohio and the Cumberland, a part of General Thomas" corps, and was in the Atlanta campaign, and saw hard service. Mr. Gibson was never wounded or taken prisoner, and has a splendid war record, always being faithful to his duty, and was often detailed for special services. After leaving the army Mr. Gibson worked on the farm with his father until 1870, when he went to Monmouth, Illinois, and engaged in farm work. He also spent some time in Kansas. In 1873 he returned to Ohio, and again engaged in farming with his father, remaining with him until his marriage, in May, 1889, to Mary Seward, the daughter of Isaac and Mariah (Marquand) Seward. Mr. Seward was a prominent citizen of Kimbolton, serving for many years as postmaster and justice of the peace. The Marquands were one of the families who came originally from the island of Guernsey, from whom the county takes its name. Mr. and Mrs. Seward died some years ago. Mr. Gibson has always been a farmer and actively engaged until recent years, when he retired. He has always taken a full share of interest in the affairs of the community. In politics he is a Republican, and has always been active in party work. He has served as county assessor, and in 1910 was real estate appraiser for the village of Kimbolton. He has also been a member of the village council, and is now one of the county board of supervisors of the blind. A member of Meaghan Post of the Grand Army of the Republic, he has filled the position of quartermaster almost continu- GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 621 ously since the organization of the post. He and his wife are members of the United Presbyterian church. Both are highly esteemed and respected in their community. WILLIAM L. SIMPSON. The gentleman whose name heads this review is one of the leading farmers in his community in Guernsey county, having long maintained his home in Adams township; he is also known as a public official of high character. Tireless energy and honesty of purpose are the chief characteristics of the man. William L. Simpson was born on June 8, 1835, in Brooke county, West Virginia, and he is the son of Robert and Margaret (Lyons) Simpson. The father was also born in Brooke county, West Virginia, of Scotch parentage; the mother was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania. These parents came to Tuscarawas county, Ohio, in 1837 and engaged in farming, and in 1851 they moved to Guernsey county to a farm where their son, William L., of this review, now resides, and where he has since lived. The father owned one hundred and sixty acres. He was a member of the United Presbyterian church, which was organized in 1858 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, between the old Associate church and Associate Reformed, he being an elder in the Associate Reformed church, and a lay delegate to the general assembly in 1858 when the two churches united. He was a devout churchman and a citizen of high character. The death of the elder Simpson occurred in March, 1894, and that of his wife on February 17, 1874. They are buried in the Lebanon ceme- tery. They were the parents of two children, a son and a daughter, the latter, Elizabeth, dying in her twenty-fifth year ; the Son, William L., of this review, is now the only survivor. William L. Simpson grew to maturity on the home farm, on which he worked during the summer and attended the neighboring schools in the win- ter time. He later attended Madison College at Antrim, Guernsey county, after which he engaged in farming, which he has made his life work and at which he has been very successful. He was married on June 22, 1864, to Mary McGonagle, daughter of James and Margaret (Turner) McGonagle, who lived on a farm in the same neighborhood in Adams township, this county. Her parents were good people, members of the United Presbyterian church; they are both now deceased and are buried in the Lebanon cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Simpson have no children. After his marriage Mr. Simpson continued to live on the old home place 622 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. and engaged in farming, his farm of well improved and well tilled land now consisting of one hundred and sixty acres, on which he carries on general farming and stock raising. He has a very comfortable and well located home.   Mr. Simpson is a Democrat in politics, and although the county gave George H. Nash, Republican candidate for governor in 1899, a large majority, Mr. Simpson, who was a candidate for the Legislature on the Democratic ticket, was elected by a majority of over six hundred, which was certainly evidence of his universal good standing and a high compliment to his popu- larity with all classes, irrespective of party alignment. He made such a com- mendable record in that important body that he was re-elected to this office in igoi, thus serving four years as a member of the seventy-fourth and seventy-fifth General Assemblies. He made his influence felt for the good of his constituents and proved to be a well informed man on current issues of the day and one deeply interested in the welfare of the public. He has also served as treasurer of Adams township, and he has been a member of the township school board for a period of thirty-five years, having always been deeply interested in educational matters and he has done much to promote local educational standards. He and his wife, who is a woman of many estimable traits, are members and faithful supporters of the Lebanon congregation of the United Presbyterian church, the church of his fathers, and, like them, he, too, is an elder and has frequently been a lay delegate to the general assemblies of his church. He is a man of fine mind and splendid attain- ments, and is always an influence for good in the church, Sunday school and in fact everything that pertains to the general good of his community, county and state, and is deserving of the high rank he holds as a leading citizen of Guernsey county.   JOHN W. FROST.   Industry and honesty, coupled with ambition and good common sense, seldom if ever fail to win the goal sought. With no great aid from any one, John NV. Frost, of Fairview, Oxford township, Guernsey county, has won a comfortable competence and can look forward to an old age of ease and quiet.   Mr. Frost was born on April 7, 1859, in Fairview, Ohio, the son of William H. and Mary (Flynn) Frost. The father was a native of Virginia and the mother was born in Ireland, coming to America with friends when fourteen years of age, her parents having died in Ireland. John W. Frost and   GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 623   Mary Flynn were married in Fairview, Ohio. The father, who was a tanner by trade, died on September 11, 1872, and his wife died September 10, 1904. They were the parents of two daughters and one son, the subject of this sketch, upon whom the support of the family devolved after their father's death. He was then only a mere lad, but he undertook and continued to make a home for his mother, until her death. One daughter, Martha E., died some years ago; another daughter, Catherine W., is now Mrs. James M. Carter, of Steubenville, Ohio.   The son, John W., gained a limited education in the public schools of Fairview, but most of his time was employed in making a living for the family. He worked at whatever he could find to do in the stone quarries, in the mines, in the fields, in fact at whatever his hands could find to do, always maintaining his home with his mother in Fairview. He had never learned a trade and the locality of Fairview being a great tobacco producing section, he decided to learn the trade of a cigarmaker. This he did and in 1890 established a business in Fairview, which he yet continues, making high-grade cigars and stogies, which are all taken by prominent jobbers. He has built up a prosperous business and is also a tobacco grower and packer of considerable proportions. Mr. Frost has prospered as he has deserved to do, for he is a man of industry, energy and sterling integrity. While a very busy man with his own affairs, Mr. Frost is always a booster and ever ready to say something and do something for the good of the community. It was in Mr. Frost's mind that a practical plan for building a railroad to Fairview and the rich coal fields of that locality took definite shape. He studied the field, went over different routes, had prints made showing coal deposits and the different routes, had lines run, and at last, with the assistance of a few others whom he had gotten enthused, succeeded in getting the matter to the attention of railroad promoters and builders. This effort resulted in the organization of the Marietta & Lake Railroad Company, and the proposed road from the river to the lake, touching Fairview and lapping the adjacent rich coal field. Four miles of the road is now completed and in operation from Lore City to Washington and further work on the right of way is progressing favorably. When all this is completed it will stand as a monument to the perception, perseverance and never-tiring energy of John W. Frost, of Fairview.   Mr. Frost is a Republican in. politics and while not active in party affairs, is always a voter. Though never an office Seeker, he served as mayor of Fairview, as a member of the town council and the board of education.   Mr. Frost married, on October 8, 189o, Lillian R. Jones, daughter of James E. and Mary E. (Stackhouse) Jones, Mr. Jones being an attorney of   624 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO.   Monroe county, Ohio. To Mr. and Mrs. Frost have been born five children, namely : Herman E., Mary E., Clyde W. McKinley, Beulah U. and John W., Jr. Mr. Frost and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and liberal supporters of the church and Sunday school. Mr. Frost is a splendid citizen and the family home is a new, modern structure and one of the most attractive in Fairview. A most excellent man and most estimable family.   WILLARD B. JOHNSTON.   The life of Willard B. Johnston, an honored citizen of Cambridge, Guernsey county, has indeed been a busy and successful one and the record is eminently worthy of perusal by the student who would learn the intrinsic essence of individuality and its influence in molding public opinion and in giving character and stability to a community.   Mr. Johnston was born September I, 1860, in Monroe township, Guernsey county, and he is the son of John A. and Jane B. (Smith) Johnston, both natives of Guernsey county ; thus this family has been well known here since the pioneer days. The father was a prosperous farmer and a man of excellent character. His death occurred in May, 1901 ; his widow is still living.   Willard B. Johnston grew to maturity on his father's farm and engaged in the general work about the place during his youth. He attended the com- mon schools during the winter months in Monroe township. He remained with his father until he was twenty-one years of age, when, like many another young man of an ambitious bent, he went to the far West to seek his fortune, and located in the state of Washington, later went to Oregon and other points, prospecting, and he remained in that country for three years, and upon his re- turn he again became a partner with his father in agricultural pursuits.     Mr. Johnston was married in January, 1884, to Clara C. Campbell, daughter of John S. and Elizabeth (Oldham) Campbell, of Cambridge town- ship. Her father was a well-to-do farmer and a highly respected citizen. Both are now deceased, Mr. Campbell dying about sixteen years ago, and Mrs. Campbell dying October 20, 1910. To Mr. and Mrs. Johnston one daugh- ter has been born, Mary L., who is still a member of the family circle.   After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Johnston continued farming in Mon- roe township until 1893, when they moved to Cambridge, and since then Mr. Johnston has been engaged in the iron mills of this city. For a time he conducted a dairy.   GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 625   Mr. Johnston has long been prominent in political circles and is a loyal Republican. He has frequently been a delegate to county, district and state conventions, 'where he has made his influence felt for the good of the ticket. He served as trustee of Monroe township and resigned the office when he left the township and for many years he was a member of the township school board. In 1908 he was nominated by his party for the responsible office of county commissioner and was elected the fall of the same year, and during the year 1910 he was re-nominated and elected. He has made a splendid record in this office, and he stands high in the estimation of all parties, always very ably and faithfully performing his every duty. He is well qualified in every respect for a public official. He and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and he is an active worker and liberal supporter of the same. He takes a deep interest in all movements looking to the general good of his township and county and is a man whose record is without stain.   ARTHUR J. BENNETT.   Arthur J. Bennett, the popular and well known president of the Cambridge Glass Company and one of the representative citizens of Guernsey county, has, notwithstanding the somewhat limited theater of his operations, achieved a reputation which places him among the county's eminent business men.   Mr. Bennett is the scion of a sterling old English family, he himself having been born in Middlesex county, England, where he first saw the light of day on January 18, 1866. He is the son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Crocker) Bennett. The father Was a general merchant and the son grew up in this environment. These parents never came to America. They gave their son, Arthur J., the advantages of a liberal education in the schools of London, and he entered the business world early in life, his first employment being a clerk in a book and stationery store, and he subsequently served an apprenticeship in the china and glass business in one of the largest stores in London. Believing that the United States held peculiar advantages for one of his bent of mind, he came to Boston, Massachusetts, in the year 1886 and remained in the Hub city for a period of four and one-half years as a salesman for a well established Boston house. For the next five years he was foreign buyer for a large department store in that city. In 1896 he went to New York City and was a partner in a large china importing house. In 1902 he   626 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO.   came to Cambridge, Ohio, and accepted the responsible position as president and general manager of the Cambridge Glass Company, which was at that time owned by the National Glass Company and operated as an independent company, the National being a holding company. The first piece of glass was made May 8, I902, Mr. Bennett having come here and finished the construction of the plant prior to that date. In November, 1907, the company became separated from the National people and Mr. Bennett purchased the stock of the company and has since conducted the same as an operating company. and he has met with a large degree of success. Here is manufactured a fine grade of near-cut tableware, druggists' sundries and an excellent specialty line covered by patents. The business has grown immensely, the plant never having been shut down for lack of business, but has always run to its utmost capacity, having been shut down only during brief periods for repairs. During the panic of 1907 it was the only plant of this character that continued to run full capacity, and during that year, and, in fact, throughout the financial depression, the payroll of this company was thirty thousand dollars greater than during any previous year. The business has outgrown the Cambridge factory and in April, 1910, the factory at Byesville, making the same line of goods, was added under the same management and supervision. The gross business of the combined plants will reach seven hundred thousand dollars annually and there are more unfilled orders on the books now than ever in the history of the company, notwithstanding the fact that both plants are running full capacity and full time. They are both equipped with the most modern machinery and up-to-date equipment obtainable and are models of their kind in every respect, sanitary, convenient, managed under a superb system and would be a credit to any community.   The immense and rapidly growing trade of this large concern covers the entire United States, with an export trade to all European countries and South America. This trade is reached through local representatives and jobbers. Mr. Bennett's very wide and favorable acquaintance with the trade everywhere has been responsible for bringing fully fifty per cent. of the trade to this concern. The goods are sold on their merits and one order always brings another. The products are high grade of their kind in every particular and are eagerly sought for owing to their superior quality. Only first-class artisans are employed and the very best workmanship turned out.   Mr. Bennett's domestic life began on October 13, 1892, when he led to the hymeneal altar Martha C. Locke, a lady of talent, culture and refinement, and the daughter of a prominent family. her parents being Everett S. and Ella (Goddard) Locke, of Lexington, Massachusetts, where Mr. Locke was a   GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 627   former well-known business man. He and his wife are still living, enjoying the esteem of a wide circle of friends and acquaintances.   One daughter, Marjorie, has graced the union of Mr. and Mrs. Bennett, also one son, Arthur, the latter deceased. The family home is on North Seventh street, Cambridge, in the best and most desirable residence district of the city, and it is a beautiful, commodious and modern structure from an architectural viewpoint, and is known as a place of hospitality and good cheer to the many friends of the Bennetts.   Mr. Bennett is a member of the Masonic order, also the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of Cambridge, and he and his wife affiliate with the Presbyterian church and are prominent in the best social circles of Cambridge. He is president of the Cambridge Country Club, and plays golf for recreation, and he is a great lover of horticulture and rose culture and his lawn at home during the spring and summer months is truly a bower of beauty, and indicates the good taste of this practical man of affairs. All outdoor sports appeal to him, but business necessarily occupies most of his time. Personally, he is a genial and companionable gentleman, and the high regard in which he is held indicates the possession of characteristics that entitle him to the esteem and confidence of his fellow men.     JOSEPH BENSON DOLLISON.   One of Cambridge's successful business men and public spirited citizens is Joseph Benson Dollison, who, by his life of consecutive and consistent endeavor, has won and retained the utmost confidence and the undivided esteem of all classes and both as a business and public official his reputation has been that of a fair-minded, energetic and conscientious man of affairs. Mr. Dollison was born on March 9, 1860, in Richland township, Guernsey county, Ohio, on a farm near Senecaville. He is the son of Harvey C. and Johanna C. (Lindsay) Dollison. The father was a native of this county., while the mother was born in Virginia. The Dollison family originally came from Maryland in the early pioneer days ; the Lindsay family also came from Virginia when Mrs. Dollison was but a child. Mr. Dollison was a farmer and for many years a justice of the peace in both Richland and Spencer townships, where he lived. He was the legal advisor for the entire neighborhood, drawing up deeds and legal papers of all kinds, being an oracle among the people. He was always active in the affairs of the Republican party and a   628 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO.   valued advisor in political matters. He and his wife and family were members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and he was a devout churchman. The death of the elder Dollison occurred in February, 1887, his widow sur- viving him nearly a quarter of a century, having passed to her rest in March, igi0. She was a most estimable woman, and they are both buried in the cemetery at Senecaville. Nine children were born to them, six of whom are living, namely: Lucinda married James F. Culver, of Cumberland, Guern- sey county ; Minerva J. married William Jeffrey, of Claysville ; the last two named are widows ; Benjamin F., 0f Zanesville, Ohio; Dorothy A., now Mrs. Harvey Dennis, of Cambridge; John T., deceased ; Joseph B., 0f this review ; Mary F. became Mrs. Marion Nelson, deceased ; Justin L., of Cambridge; William A. and Robert Madison, twins, the latter being deceased and the former lives in Denver, Colorado.   Joseph B. Dollison grew to maturity on his father's farm, which he worked when but a small boy, and he attended the public schools during the winter time. He later took the teacher's course at the Valparaiso (Indiana) Normal School, after which he taught in the district schools of Spencer town- ship for five years. He then went into the general merchandise business in Claysville, in which he continued successfully for five years. As a teacher he was progressive and popular and had he continued in that line of endeavor he would have no doubt become one of the leading educators in this part of the state. In 1895 he left Claysville and moved to a farm in Adams town- ship and engaged in the implement and vehicle business in Cambridge and had a good trade from the first. He always took a great deal of interest in the affairs of the Republican party, and, recognizing his worth and appre- ciating his efforts in this connection, his party, in the fall of 1898, elected him sheriff of Guernsey county, and he took office on January 1, 1899, when he moved to Cambridge. He made such a creditable record the first term that he was re-elected for a second, thus serving four years in a manner that won the hearty approval of all concerned, being an efficient and popular officer. He has never lost an opportunity to foster the principles of the Republican party. While living in Westland township he served as a member of the township board and the board of education and was township clerk for several terms. After coming to Cambridge he served as chairman of the Republican county executive committee for two years and was regarded as a very suc- cessful manager and one of the principal local leaders. He is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Lodge No. 448, of Cambridge. Mr. Dollison was married in 1882 to Mary Steele, an orphan girl whose father was killed in battle during the Civil war. To this union nine children     GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 629   have been born, all of whom are living, namely : Cretie ; Chloe, now Mrs. Paul Ralstone, of Cambridge; Gertrude, now Mrs. Charles C. McCracken, of Akron; Ralph H., who is in the office of the American Sheet and Steel Company at Cambridge; Emma, Virginia, Mildred, Helen and Bernadine.   After leaving the sheriff's office in 1903, Mr. Dollison again engaged in the implement and vehicle business, which he has continued with his usual success to the present time. He carries a very carefully selected stock and enjoys a large and rapidly growing trade. He is an agreeable companion and a good mixer and is popular with all classes. He and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and are active in church and Sunday school work. The family home, which is a pleasant one, is located at No. 1149 East Gomber street. It is a fine, modern residence, elegant in all its appointments and neatly kept, and Mr. and Mrs. Dollison are devoted to their home and family and find great enjoyment and diversion in the family circle, maintaining a model home.   JOSEPH B. FERGUSON.   The name of Joseph B. Ferguson is one that the people of Guernsey county is familiar with and one that all delight to honor, for his life has been led along lines of high endeavor and he has been faithful in discharging his duties in every respect. He was born August 15, 1844, in Cambridge, and is the son of Col. John and Eliza (Bute) Ferguson. The father was born in Cambridge and the mother near Uniontown, Pennsylvania. The great-grandfather, John Ferguson, came to America from Ireland in the early years of the nineteenth century and he first settled near Steubenville, Jefferson county, Ohio. Later he moved his family to Cambridge when only a few houses constituted the village and he became active and influential in the pioneer life here and he and his family were prominent here, as have been his descendants. His son, William, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, formerly owned a farm of three hundred and twenty acres, one mile north of Cambridge, and he was a man of wide influence and prominent in the affairs of the early settlers. His son. Col. John Ferguson, father of Joseph B., of this review, was thoroughly educated and became a man of great prominence. After leaving college he took up the ostudy of law and in due course of time became one of the leading lawyers of this section of the state, becoming prominent in legal affairs, not only in Guernsey county but all over the state. He was a man of striking appearance and a fine horseman, and he never failed   630 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO.   to attract a great deal of attention when astride his favorite charger. At the breaking out of the Civil war he became active in recruiting soldiers, aid- ing in the organization of several companies, before recruiting Company F of the Twenty-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, of which company he went out as captain. This regiment first served in the Army of West Virginia and later joined the Army of the Cumberland and was conspicuous in the service of that army, participating in most of the hard-fought battles in which that noted army took part. For gallant and meritorious service he rose to the rank of colonel and was placed in command of the Sixty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Later he recruited the One Hundred and Seventy-sec- ond Ohio Volunteer Infantry for three months' service and he was colonel of that regiment during its service and with this he terminated his service in the army, having made a record of which his descendants may be justly proud. After the war he resumed the practice of law, which he continued with great success until shortly before his death, which occurred on October 5, 1886. Prior to the war he was a Democrat and served in the Ohio state Senate and he was also prosecuting attorney of Guernsey county in early life, filling these offices in a manner that reflected credit upon himself and to the satisfaction of his constituents. He was held in high esteem by men in all walks of life. His widow, a woman of many sterling characteristics, survived him until November 19, 1901, and both are buried in the Cambridge cemetery.   Joseph B. Ferguson, of this review, was educated in the public schools of Cambridge, at Madison College and at Muskingum College, at New Con- cord, Ohio, being a student in the latter when the war between the states began. He proved his patriotism by serving through this war in a manner befitting a true American soldier. He rose t0 the rank of captain and, ac- cording to his comrades, he was very faithful in the discharge of his duties, although but a boy. After the war he joined the regular army and served as a commissioned officer for a period of seventeen years on the plains and in the West, participating in the Indian wars. After his career in the army he returned to Cambridge, took up the study of law with his father and was admitted to practice in September, 1:878, and he has continued to practice in the Guernsey county courts ever since, also practicing in the district, Ohio supreme and United States courts. As a lawyer he is prompt, faithful and industrious in the preparation of his cases, courteous and dignified in his intercourse with bench and bar, and has so borne himself in his professional career as to command the respect and esteem, and often the admiration of his brethren in the profession. He is known to be an industrious, honest lawyer, his integrity unquestioned and his trustworthiness conceded. He is, in every respect, a worthy son of a worthy sire.   GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 631   Mr. Ferguson was married on April 8, 1891, to Ella M. Welsh, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Patrick Welsh, of Loudonville, Ashland county, N9,. To, this union one child was born, who died in infancy.   Captain Ferguson is and has always been a Republican in politics and for many years he was an active factor in party affairs; but he has never sought office, even repelling any overtures in that direction. Yet few men are better informed or more interested in public matters. He and his wife are members of the First Baptist church of Cambridge and are active in church and Sunday school work. Both Captain Ferguson and his wife are fond of the company of their friends and they are most admirable hosts, especially enjoying the society of young people. The Captain is a very companionable man and one whom it is a pleasure to know. He has a pleasant and attractive home at No. 520 North Tenth street, Cambridge.   ALEXANDER ROBERT MURRAY   Prominently connected with the business affairs of Cambridge is Alexander Robert Murray, of the National Bank of Cambridge.. He was born on February 28, 1843, in Pictou county, Nova Scotia, the son of James and Isabella (Reid) Murray, The parents of James Murray were James and Isabella (Shepherd) Murray, and his wife was the daughter of James and Anna (Taylor) Reid. Both families were of Scotch parentage, originally of Bauff county, Scotland. Grandfather James Murray was a Baptist minister, and after coming to Cambridge preached in the old Baptist church. The Murrays were formerly Presbyterians, and one of the Murray great-grandfathers was a delegate to the Presbyterian Reformation convention. The Shepherds were farmers in Scotland and held one farm for over two hundred and fifty years, the record being broken by Henry Shepherd, about 1890. Great-grandfather Shepherd was what they called a progressive farmer and tried to keep up with the advanced spirit of the times. He was the first man to introduce what was called the "bobtailed thresher" in his section of the country, a greatly improved piece of machinery of its time for threshing grain. The Taylors were merchants and professional men, and are today prominent in the legal profession and in politics.   James Murray, the father of Alexander Robert, was a ship-builder and ship launcher of prominence, and came to Nova Scotia with his family about 1830, where he was engaged in his work. While launching a large vessel he   632 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO.   was seriously injured, from which he never recovered and which incapacitated him for his work. The family left Nova Scotia in 185o, and came to Lcwe11, Massachusetts, where the son, Alexander Robert, first attended school at Drakct schoolhouse, where Gen. Benjamin F. Butler once taught. In 1851 they came to Cambridge, Ohio, coming by lake to Cleveland, from Cleveland to Newcomerstown by canal, and from Newcomerstown to Cambridge by wagon. They arrived at Cambridge after dark on a cold and snowy day in November, cold and hungry, and stopped at the Needham house, which was located on the south side of Wheeling, between Eighth and Ninth streets, where the Orme and Hoge buildings now stand. With the family came the grandfather, Rev, James Murray, the grandmother having died before the family left Scotland. In about 1840 three brothers of the father, William, Alexander and Robert, with their families, had come to Guernsey county, and were farmers and carpenters. The father died on February 1, 1852, as a result of the injuries sustained 'when launching a vessel in Nova Scotia. Both the paternal and maternal ancestry were noted for their longevity, many of them living to be past eighty and ninety years of age.   James and Isabella (Reid) Murray were the parents of six children : Anna, who married Samuel W. Moore; James, of Los Angeles, California ; Marv, who married George W. Gibbs, and, after his death, John McKennie; John R., a brave soldier during the Civil war, who married Susan White; Alexander Robert ; and Isabella, who is the wife of Jedediah Williams, of Cambridge.   Alexander Robert Murray for almost a year following the arrival of the family in Cambridge was kept at home by a severe sickness, following which he attended the Cambridge public schools. When about fifteen years of age he entered the general store of William Ramsay, as a clerk, and was there employed for about ten years, when he was offered an interest in the com- mission house of Robbins & Company, of Baltimore, Maryland, which he accepted, and spent about nine years in that business. In 1889 he returned to Cambridge, and was tendered the cashiership of the First National Bank of Cambridge, which he accepted. In 1883 the bank was reorganized and took charter as the Old National Bank, which expired in 1903. The bank was then reorganized as the National Bank of Cambridge, and Mr. Murray was elected vice-president, which position he yet holds, and is recognized as a thorough banker and a high-minded gentleman.   Mr. Murray has always been a Republican, but not a politician, yet always manifesting a keen interest in public matters and always a thoroughly informed and intelligent voter, In December, 1891, because of his well known   GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 633   business qualifications and high character, he was tendered unsolicited by William T. Cope, who was about to assume the duties of state treasurer, to which position he had been elected, the position of cashier in the state treasurer's office at Columbus. This, because of other business duties, Mr. Murray was obliged to decline.   On November 5, 1890, Mr. Murray was married to Lila Morton, the daughter of Hon. Isaac Morton, a prominent citizen of Guernsey county, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this work. Mrs. Murray is a refined and home-loving woman, and is active in many good works for the betterment of the community in which she and her husband are such prominent factors.   Mr. Murray is a public spirited citizen, and actively interested in all movements having for their purpose the improvement of conditions. He served for a time as treasurer of the town of Cambridge. He is a thirty- second-degree Mason, and affiliates with the Methodist church, of which his wife has been an active member since girlhood. Mr. Murray is a man whom it is a pleasure to know. High minded, intelligent and agreeable, he is a most companionable gentleman, one in whom the public have confidence, and for whom all have the highest regard.   Mr. Murray's mother was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, on October 31, 1815, and emigrated with her parents to Nova Scotia in early childhood. She was married to James Murray on June 30, 1833, who died in 1852, at the age of forty-seven, Left a widow, to fight the battle of life alone with her little flock, she right bravely performed the duty. A devoted mother and a genuinely Christian woman, she lived and died in the full faith of her God, honoring the memory of her departed helpmate with love and devotion to her children. She was a member of the Baptist church, and continued always faithful and contributed liberally of her time and means to the support of the gospel—a most lovable character.   HON. ISAAC MORTON.   Few names are better known or more highly honored in Cambridge than that of the Hon. Isaac Morton, who was lately one of her prominent citizens. He was born at Marlborough, a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on June 22, 1810, and died at his home in Columbus, Ohio, on January 5, 1893.   The infancy of Isaac Morton was spent among the steady-going Quakers of Pennsylvania, whose spirit he early imbibed and from whose faith he never   634 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO.   departed. He was the next to the youngest of nine children who came to Middleton, Guernsey county, in 1816, and after his father's death, in 1818, he went to Chester county, Pennsylvania, from whence, at the age of eighteen, he went to Philadelphia. He there learned the trade of a carpenter and builder and became one of the master mechanics of that city. As a con- tractor he built some of the finest structures on Arch street prior to 1838. He returned to Middleton and made his home with his brother, Jacob G. Morton, until February 14, 1840, when he Was married to Rebecca Carlisle. He then engaged in farming until 1849, when they removed to their farm near Cambridge, where he took up milling and other business. Mrs. Morton died in 1876. Of the six children born of this union, Clarissa died in 1845, in childhood, at Middleton ; Clara died in 1886, at Cambridge; Mary is the wife of Charles L. Campbell, who was assistant cashier of the Guernsey National Bank ; Lelia is the wife of A. R. Murray, the vice-president of the National Bank of Cambridge; John C. is deceased, and Llewellyn lives in Chicago.   Mr. Morton was identified with different business enterprises, conspicuous among which was a connection with the building of the Cleveland & Marietta railroad, and without his efforts Cambridge might not today be enjoying the advantage of competing railway transportation, which gave the town its first permanent growth and development. Having been a trustee of the Cleveland & Marietta railroad with Cyrus W. Field and John Peyton, he assisted General Warner as receiver, and was afterward president and treas- urer of the company until December, 1883, when in an accident in New York city he had both legs broken and was compelled to give up active business. It was after his marriage to Keturah Cogswell that he removed to Columbus, Ohio, in 1884, where he enjoyed a prominence and popularity allotted to but few men. Though he never held any great official or military stations, he was esteemed above many men who were so honored, and such titles as "Colonel" and "Governor" were affectionately bestowed upon him by those most familiar with his high social and intellectual qualities. He was prominent in connection with the affairs of all communities in which he lived, and active in the politics of his county and state.   Mr. Morton was a delegate to the Republican national convention of 1864, and, with his cool judgment and keen foresight, opposed the turning from Hannibal Hamlin and the substitution of Andrew Johnson as the candidate for vice-president. He was the Republican candidate for Congress in 1878 in a district in which the gerrymander of the state placed Guernsey, Muskingum and Licking county with a large Democratic majority, yet he   GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 635   gave Hon. Gibson Atherton, his opponent on the Democratic ticket, a sharp combat and pressed him hard for the goal. He was a man highly regarded wherever known. A man of large intellect, with a well disciplined mind, fully informed on all leading questions of the day, of broad comprehension and liberal views, great executive ability and foresight, especially upon industrial and financial questions, he was distinguished for his sturdy common sense and practical administrative ability. He was esteemed above the many, at home and abroad, by his political associates and opponents alike, and his was no mediocre mind. Honest and upright in all business transactions, true to his friends and fair to his opponents, devoted to his home and family, his was truly a noble character. His body lies in the cemetery at Cambridge.   LYNN S. REASONER.   From an old and prominent family is descended Lynn S. Reasoner, one of Cambridge's most representative men of affairs and one of the honored and public-spirited citizens of Guernsey county, having always striven to bear aloft the untarnished escutcheon of his influential and worthy progenitors.   Mr. Reasoner was born on April 24, 1851, in Adams township, Guernsey county, Ohio, the son of Thomas H. and Nancy Ann (Lynn) Reasoner. The Reasoners were French victims of religious persecution, escaping to Germany and from Germany to America, and first settled in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. Peter Reasoner was the father of Benjamin, Joseph, John, Peter, Spears and Nathan, six sons and the following daughters : Nancy, Sarah and Catherine. John was the first of the Reasoners that came to Guernsey county, in the year 1802, and found his location. He returned to Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, and brought his family and located near what is now New C0ncord on the line dividing Muskingum and Guernsey counties. His family landed in their new home July 4, 1803, and at a later date the father of John, Peter Reasoner, came to the same location from Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, with four of his brothers, his wife being dead and his family grown, but his four brothers all brought families; these brothers were John, Solomon, Benjamin and William. These with their families all settled in the vicinity of what is now New Concord, and within the boundaries of what is now Muskingum and Guernsey counties.   Catherine, the (laughter of John Reasoner, 'who first came to Ohio, was the first white child born within the boundaries of what is now Guernsey   636 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO.   county. She married John Connor, and for many years lived in the vicinity of Claysville, living to the age of ninety-seven years. John Reasoner's wife, the mother of Catherine, was the seventh woman living within the boundaries of Guernsey county at the time of the arrival of the family, and she lived to be ninety-six years of age. Her husband, John Reasoner, died a number of years prior. John Reasoner built on his farm the first horse mill, for grind- ing grain, the horse being the motive power and the grain came from the mill simply ground, without any separation of the meal and flour from the bran. A man by the name of Arnold afterwards built a grist mill, of water power, on the same site of the old horse mill.   The Reasoners, of which Lynn S. Reasoner is the direct descendant, represent six generations in Guernsey county, first Peter, the father of John, the father of Benjamin, the father of Thomas H., the father of Lynn S., the father of Jay A. All have lived in what is now Adams township, of Guernsey county, except Jay A., who was born in Byesville, Jackson town- ship, Guernsey county.   Thomas H., the father of the subject of this sketch, the representative of the fourth generation, was a farmer, as were all his ancestry, and a man prominent in the affairs of Adams township. His family consisted of seven children : Anna, deceased; Lynn S., the subject of this sketch ; Margaret, deceased ; Benjamin, deceased ; McFarland, deceased ; Jennie, who is now Mrs. Warren Young, of Muskingum county, Ohio; Celina C., now Mrs. Elmer E. Lorimer, of Zanesville, Ohio. The father died September 16, 1864, in the hospital at Rome, Georgia, being a member of Company H of the Seventy-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in the Civil war. His widow died at the age of eighty years in April, 1904. Mrs. Reasoner's ancestral line in Guernsey county is as follows : Hugh Lynn, the father of Samuel, the father of Nancy, the mother of Lynn S. Reasoner, the father of Jay A. Hugh Lynn came from Pennsylvania and located in Adams township, Guernsey county, Ohio, some years after the Reasoners came. Hugh Lynn was a wealthy man in Pennsylvania and dis posed of his property, receiving in payment Continental money. He deposited the money in the bank and came to Ohio to seek a new location, found it and returned to Pennsylvania to get his money to pay for the new land. The banker would only give him Continental money such as he had deposited and in the interim between the deposit and the demand for his money again Continental money had become not worth a continental, and he was transformed from a very wealthy man to a very poor one, and he never recovered the reverse in fortune.   GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 637   Lynn S. Reasoner, the subject of this sketch, was born on a farm and spent his childhood and youth after his father's death as a farm hand. He obtained his education in the country district schools and for a few terms in the schools of New Concord. He afterwards taught school for five years in Muskingum county, Ohio, and from school teaching he entered the mercantile business at Creighton in Knox township, Guernsey county. He remained in Creighton two and one-half years, when he went to Wakatonika, Coshocton county, Ohio, for two years and a half, where he engaged in the mercantile business. From there he came to Byesville, Guernsey county, in 1884, and engaged in the mercantile business there for seventeen years. In 1901 he sold out this business in Byesville and came to Cambridge and engaged in the real estate business and has continued ever since.   Mr. Reasoner was married August 4, 1880, to Catherine M. Houseman, daughter of Johnson and Nancy (Gregory) Houseman. Mr. Houseman was a farmer of near New Concord, Muskingum county, Ohio. The Housemans were prosperous farmers. Both the parents of Mrs. Reasoner are now deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Reasoner were born two children, one son and one daughter, Jay A. and Ethel. Both are graduates of the Cambridge high school and Jay A., who is also a graduate of the law department of the Ohio State University, has been admitted to the bar and is now practicing law in Coshocton, Ohio. The daughter, Ethel, is a graduate from the Cambridge high school, taking both the classical and scientific courses, either of which requires four years for completion, and, combined, the two require six years for completion, but she cornpleted the combined courses in four years and on graduation received two diplomas, a feat accomplished by no other girl stu- dent in the Cambridge schools up to this date. She is now a member of the class of 1913 in the art college at the State University at Columbus.   Mr. Reasoner is a member of the Masonic order, Cambridge Lodge, also a member of Red prince Lodge No. 250, Knights of Pythias, at Byes ville. He is a Republican in politics, his ancestors being Republicans from the birth of the party in 1856. He has been active in public matters, was mayor of Byesville for four years and a trustee of Jackson township, and a member of the Byesville board of education for some years and has always been active in educational matters. In 1910 Mr. Reasoner was appointed justice of the peace. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and Mr. Reasoner is a Christian Scientist, being a member of the mother church at Boston. The Reasoner home is at No. 230 North Sixth street, and is prominent in the social life of Cambridge.   638 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO.   HENRY H. WILSON.   The name of Henry H, Wilson is too well known about Byesville and generally throughout Guernsey county to need any special laudation on the part of the biographer, for his career, which has been a busy and upright one, is familiar to our readers, none of whom, we are sure, could or would say aught disparagingly against him.   Mr. Wilson was born two miles from Byesville, in May, 1847, and he is the son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Witten) Wilson, the former born in Pennsylvania, near Peyton's Monument, about 1804. His father, Samuel Wilson, Sr., and his mother, Eliza (Dickinson) Wilson, came here from Pennsylvania very early in the nineteenth century, prior to 1804, and located near Middleton. The Indians acted somewhat hostile at their intrusion and the mother went back to Pennsylvania for safety and while there Thomas Wilson was born. She made the entire return trip to Ohio on horseback, carrying her six-weeks-old baby. Here the grandparents spent the rest of their days. Their family consisted of five children : Henry; Samuel; Jane is the wife of Philip Shpff ; Zachariah died when twenty years old, and Thomas. When the last named child was two years old, he was stolen away by squaws, when his father was absent from home and endeavored to induce the mother to come into the woods after him, but she pretended as though she thought they were playing and remained within doors, and the Indians finally returned the baby to the house before the arrival of the father. Following is an incident 'illustrative of the rough pioneer life as given by Grandfather Wilson : A bully visited his cabin early one morning, determined to fight, for no reason other than to prove who the best man was. Mr. Wilson wanted to talk the matter over, but the intruder wanted to have it out at once. Grandmother Wilson encouraged her husband to "wade into him," and seized a butcher's knife and cut off his hair, which was worn long as was the custom of those days, so that the visitor could not pull it out and thus have the advantage. Needless to add, the bully was bested in the melee. Samuel Wilson was in the war of 1812 and, in company with a friendly Indian, acted as a spy three months during that 'war and rendered valuable service, making many perilous trips, during which, at times, they were nearly starved, following trails with no food. After the close of that war the old man and his good wife spent the balance of their days in Guernsey county.   Thomas Wilson, father of the subject, grew up in this county and entered several pieces of land from the government. Taking a fancy to one particular tract, which was wanted by others, and, having no money,, he rode sixty-     GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 639   five miles to the home of a relative down on the Ohio river and got the money, rode home, changed horses here and then rode to Zanesville, securing the land. He followed farming near Byesville all his life. He was also a fore- man on the famous National pike east of Cambridge. He was a man of a great deal of natural ability and tact, although having scarcely any schooling. He dealt extensively in livestock, trading a great deal and could mentally figure what amount of money was due, before others could make the calcula- tion on paper. He lived to be about eighty years old, dying June 14, 1884, his wife having preceded him to the "narrow house" two years before. They were a grand old couple and highly respected by all.   Henry H. Wilson, of this review, was one of a family of thirteen children, of whom five lived to maturity, namely : Mrs. Rachael Riddle, now living about a mile from Byesville; Mrs. Sarah Selby, deceased; Mrs. Lizzie Crowe, deceased, who formerly lived at Glenwood, Noble county; Ohio ; Mrs. Malinda J. Forbes, of Byesville, and Henry H., of this review.   The subject grew to manhood on the farm near Byesville. Toward the close of the Civil war he enlisted in the one-hundred-day service ; being then, however, only a boy, his father took him out of the service. He has devoted his life to agricultural pursuits and has been very successful. In December, 1865, he married Amanda Orr, the daughter of Josiah Parker Orr and Sarah (Burt) Orr. Her father was born in New York city, February 19, 1823, and there grew to manhood. He was the son of Watson and Lavina (Wheeler) Orr. Watson Orr was born on February 27, 1780, and his wife on January 7, 1788. Josiah P. Orr came to Jackson township, this county, in an early day and on October 12, 1847, married Sarah Ann Burt, daughter of Daniel Burt. Joseph P. Orr located at the northwest corner of what is now Byesville when it was all a wilderness. There he made his home and reared his family of five children, of whom Mrs. Wilson was the first in order of birth.   Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Wilson : Lizzie married Silas Conner, of Byesville ; Lennie married Edwin Finley, cashier of the First National Bank of Byesville; she passed to her rest on July 5, 1907.   Most of Mr. Wilson's life was spent on the old homestead south of Byesville. About 1885 he moved into Byesville, where he now resides in a comfortable and neatly kept home ; however, he has retained his farm, which is highly improved and is a very desirable property. He is a stockholder in the First National Bank of Byesville and has been financially successful in his life work, having been a very good manager and industrious. Politically, he is a Republican, as was his father, and he has held various township offices. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Protestant church. He is one   640 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO.   of the best known and most substantial and highly respected of Byesville's citizens. He, his parents and grandparents, consecutively, have made this vicinity their home for more than a century, during which time they have done much for the general upbuilding of the locality and have borne untarnished reputations. The same land has been owned by this family for nearly one hundred years.   D. DILLON MARSH.   One of the representative citizens of Byesville, D. Dillon Marsh, has won definite success in life because he has persevered in the pursuit of a worthy purpose, gaining thereby a satisfactory reward. He has never been found wanting in the support of such measures as were calculated to make for the general good in his locality and he bears a reputation for square dealing among his fellow men.   Mr. Marsh was born on August 31, 1850, on the farm of Daniel Bichard, four miles north of Cambridge, Ohio. He is the son of Abraham and Mary A. V. (Bichard) Marsh ; the father, it is believed, was born in Belmont county, Ohio, and the marriage of these parents occurred on May 13, 1847. Abraham Marsh was the son of Jonathan and Lavina ( Jones) Marsh. The latter was of Welsh descent, while the Marshes are of Irish descent, the father of Jonathan Marsh having come to America from near Dublin, Ireland. His father, Jonathan's grandfather, was an extensive land owner near Dublin. He had a large number of men working for him, one of whom imposed on him and in the melee Marsh injured him so severely that the bully was apparently dead. Fearing so, Mr. Marsh fled to America to escape answering to the charge of murder ; though the man recovered, Mr. Marsh remained in America. Dillon Marsh, an uncle of the subject, died in 1909 at Logansport, Indiana, and it was for him that the subject 'was named. Abraham Marsh was a farmer and shoemaker and he won quite a reputation as a skilled maker of boots and shoes. In 186o he moved to Cambridge, where he followed his trade until his death, on March 26, 1893. The death of his wife occurred on February 25, 1910, at the advanced age of eighty years; she had been making her home with her daughter, Maggie, wife of George Sarchet, at Byesville. Mary A. V. Bichard was the daughter of Daniel and Mary (Ferbrache) Bichard. The father was born in the isle of Guernsey, in 1798, was left an orphan and when about six years of age was brought to this country by the Sarchet family. Mary Ferbrache was f0ur years old at that time and she was brought over on the same ship on which sailed her future husband, hav-   GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 641   ing accompanied her parents to the United States. She was the daughter of Daniel and Judith (Sarchet) Ferbrache, and was one of five children, born on the isle of Guernsey, in the English channel. The family came to America about 1806; they were of French Huguenot descent and natives of the isle of Guernsey. Three children were born to them after they came to America, one of whom was Dr. David Ferbrache.   Daniel Bichard grew to maturity in the Sarchet family and his one hundred and sixty acres of land four miles north of Cambridge was bought from the government at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre. He was a justice of the peace for a number of years, and he farmed on the place mentioned above until his death, on May 4, 1872, at the age of seventy-four years ; his wife died on February 9, 1879, when seventy-six years old. Mary A. V. Bichard grew to maturity on her father's farm and lived there until after her marriage. Grandfather Richard was a very religious man, a class leader in the Methodist church. His wife, who was known as a splendid cook and a good woman, delighted in waiting on the subject when he was a boy and he spent much of his time at the home of his grandparents. The subject's par- ents were members of the Methodist Protestant church, the father being a trustee in the same.   With the exception of two or three years Dillon Marsh has lived in Guernsey county all his life. He attended high school at Cambridge. In 1874 he was married to Matilda Randles, of Jackson township, and this union resulted in the birth of two children, William A. and Rosa L.; the former resides in Cambridge, and the latter, who married Joseph Creighton, deceased, is also living in Cambridge, and has one son, Byron. Mr. Marsh was again mar- ried to Emma A. Bonnell, of Adams township, this county, who died without issue about two years after her marriage. The third marriage of Mr. Marsh was to Mrs. Maranda J. (Dugan) Dawson, of Wheeling township, in July, 1889. She was the daughter of William and Hannah Dugan. Her grandfather, Francis Dugan, was a pioneer in this county, as was also her mother's father, David Wolgamott. Francis and Nancy Dugan were natives of Ireland and there they were married, emigrating to America in an early day and taking up government land on Bird's Run, this county. David Wolgamott was born in Germany and he came to Wheeling township, where he entered land and had a good farm. Mrs, Marsh's first husband was Thomas D. Dawson, whose death occurred about 1887, leaving three daughters : Sarah, wife of Roy Dallas, of Cambridge ; Emma, wife of Oscar Wigfield, lives in Tuscarawas county ; Bertha E. is the wife of George Hilderbrand and lives in Byesville.   642 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO.   While a young man Mr. Marsh Worked on the railroad at civil engineer- ing under Charles Gould and later under William Carlisle. While working in the engineering corps he took up the study of civil engineering and followed the railroad branch of it. Later he took up the study of mine engineering for the coal mines near Byesville and for fifteen years was with the Cambridge Fuel Company, also their successors, the Wills Creek Coal Company, and he also worked for a number of other coal companies, continuing with much suc- cess in that line of endeavor until 1907 when failing health compelled him to retire. He has also done a great deal of surveying, especially laying off towns and additions to cities. He has surveyed a very large portion of the additions of Byesville.   In his younger days Mr. Marsh was an ardent Republican, but in late years he is more inclined to be independent. He was mayor of Byesville for two years and gave the city a most praiseworthy administration. Since be- coming a mining engineer he has accumulated considerable property in Byesville, business and residence, also coal lands. Fraternally, he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and he and his wife belong to the Methodist Protestant church, as do his daughters, Sadie and Bertha. He has served as superintendent of the Sunday school. He takes an abiding inter- est in the material, moral, educational and religious progress of the community and county and lends his aid to all worthy movements. He is quiet, unassuming, but friendly and generous, so is well liked by all who know him.   SAMUEL M. JOHNSON.   We admire a man like Samuel M. Johnson, of Fairview, Ohio, for he has shown what honest, earnest, hard work can accomplish, although com- pelled to hew his own fortune from the obstacles that beset his way, finding pleasure in mounting the ladder of success round by round to the summit.   Mr. Johnson was born October 22, 1864, on a farm one and one-half miles south of Fairview, the son of Fred and Provy J. (Campbell) Johnson. The father and mother were bOth born in Belmont county, Ohio, near the Guernsey county line, and were married while residents of Belmont county. The father had been a farmer and grain dealer in Barnesville and on the old home in Oxford township, where he operated a flouring mill for many years. He was always an active business man and did an extensive grain business at Barnesville in addition to his farming interests and was a successful business   GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 643   man, He is a Democrat in politics, but not active, though always a voter and interested in public matters. In the fall of 1907 the parents left the farm and removed to Fairview, where Mr. Johnson now lives a retired life. In his parents' family are eight children, seven sons and one daughter, namely : William E. is on a farm in Oxford township; Samuel M., the subject of this sketch; George W. is captain of police. o i the.Grafton division of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, located at Grafton; Fred H. is a farmer in Oxford township; Frank, of Wheeling; Herman, in Cambridge; Thomas E., of Colorado Springs, Colorado; Alma E., now Mrs. William E. Slasor, of Avalon, Pennsylvania.   The son, Samuel M., spent his childhood and youth on the farm and his early education was obtained in the country district schools, and later attended Muskingum College at New Concord, Ohio, during his vacations teaching school. He was a popular teacher in the sch0ols of Guernsey and Belmont counties for six years. In March, 1889, he was appointed deputy county auditor and served nearly six years. He began a course of reading law, while teaching and while deputy county auditor, he completed his law studies with Judge Justus H. Mackey, of Cambridge, and was admitted to the bar in October, 1891. He began the practice in Cambridge and remained there for a number of years, but failing health necessitated his giving up the practice. In the fall of 1896 he established the Cambridge Daily. Sun and published the daily and weekly editions, which he continued for eighteen months, when he sold out on account of ill health and returned to the country and has since lived in Fairview practicing law, and temporarily has been interested in various business enterprises. He is a Democrat in politics and has always been active in party affairs. Being a Democrat in a strong Republican county, he has never held any office. In 1893 he was the Democratic candidate for mayor of Cambridge and was only defeated by ten votes in a city giving nine hundred Republican majority. He has been a solicitor of the village of Fairview for several years and in 1910 was land appraiser for Fairiew corporations, He is now and has been for a number of years a member of the Fairview board of education.   Mr. Johnson was married on March 8, 1888, to Letta I. Smith, daughter of Thomas and Mary G. (Gracey) Smith, a prominent family of Fairview. To this union have been born three sons and three daughters : Carl M., a clerk in the auditor's office of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company at Pittsburg ; Martha G., Marion C., Claire A., Theodore S. and Thomas F.   Mr. Johnson is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. He and his family are members of the Methodist church; Mr. Johnson is presi-   644 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO.   dent of the board of trustees and he and his wife are active in church and Sunday school work. Mr. Johnson is also chorister of the church choir. Mrs. Johnson is active in the work of the different church societies and the Johnson home is prominent in the social life of the community.   GEORGE S, TRENNER.   Persistently applied energy and concentration of purpose rarely fail of success in the accomplishment of any task, however great, and in tracing the useful and interesting career of George S. Trenner, the able and popular president of the First National Bank of Byesville, and one of the most influential citizens in financial, civic and social circles in Guernsey county, it is plainly seen that these and other commendable attributes have been the secrets of his rise to a position of prominence and respectability. Being a public spirited citizen, he withholds his support from no movement intended to pro- mote public improvement. What he has accomplished in life proves the force of his character and illustrates the steadfastness of his purpose, his secure position of credit and honor in the business circles of this locality being the direct outcome of his own worthy labors ; however, he is plain and unassum- ing, and is therefore esteemed by all who know him.   Mr. Trenner was born in Valley township, this county, in 1845, being the representative of an excellent and prominent old pioneer family, the son of John F. arid Mary (Sallady) Trenner, the father also born in Guernsey county on the old Trenner homestead in Valley township. He was the son of Henry and Sarah (Frye) Trenner, who came from near Winchester, in the Shenandoah valley, taking up their abode here about the close of the war of 1812, he having served as a soldier a short time in that war, and his brother also fought in that struggle. Henry Trenner's father emigrated to America from Germany during the Revolutionary war to fight for the British, but after reaching this country he decided to cast his lot in with the Americans and joined the patriot army and he lost part of a foot by being wounded in that conflict. He made his home in Virginia, finally moving with his son, Henry, to Guernsey county, Ohio, where he soon afterward died. They en- tered about two hundred and sixty acres from the government, of which the greater part is still in the possession of the Trenner family, having never been in other hands. Thus members of this sterling family have been well known in the various walks of life in this county from the days of the earliest settler,   GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 645   and useless to add here that they have performed well their roles in the drama of local civilization.   When George S. Trenner, of this review, was five years of age his father and family moved to Blackford county, Indiana, and lived there four years, then returned to Guernsey county, making their home in Valley town- ship until 1865. In that year they bought a farm on the north side of Byes- ville, the north line of the city touching the same, and there the subject grew to manhood and his parents spent the balance of their days, the father dying in 1906 and the mother in 1894. John F. Trenner was a man of many praise- worthy characteristics and was a man of influence in his community, his sense of honor and integrity being above reproach and he was widely known and highly respected. He devoted his life to agricultural pursuits. He and his wife belonged to the Lutheran church.   George S. Trenner received a good education in the local schools and after he grew to maturity he followed farming and when about thirty years of age became the owner of a good farm of his own and at one time owned about two hundred acres of valuable land ; but notwithstanding the fact that he was successful as a farmer, his inclination seemed to lean strongly to business and he launched out as a hardware merchant in Byesville, about 1890, and successfully maintained a store for seven years, having bought out the store owned by Burt & Hoopman. Part of the time he and John Bliss were partners, but two or three years later he purchased the interest of Mr. Bliss and conducted the business alone, selling out about 1897 to L. S. Reas oner, of Cambridge. He then devoted his attention to his extensive farming interests and dealt some in real estate. He assisted in the organization of the First National Bank of Byesville, which began business on February 4, 1901, and from its organization to the present time he has performed in a most faithful and able manner the duties of president, giving the utmost satisfaction to stockholder and patrons, and, by his indomitable energy, business sagacity and keen foresight, has built up one of the most popular and sound institutions of its kind in this section of the state, whose standing and general prestige in the world of industry is second to none. The other officers of the bank are : John A. Thompson, vice-president ; E. P. Finley, cashier ; W. A. Thompson, assistant cashier; directors, H. H. Wilson, George S. Trenner, John A. Thompson, John W. Thompson, W. H. Wilson and E. P. Finley. Following is a partial statement of the condition of this bank on June 30, 1wo: Loans and discounts, $114,986.81; banking house, furniture and fixtures, $5,50o; total resources due from various banks, notes, checks, United States bonds, specie, currency, etc., $223,681.26. Liabilities, capital   646 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO.   stock, paid in, $25,000; surplus fund, $14,000; undivided profits, $456.42; national bank notes outstanding, $7,500; individual deposits subject to check, $153,949.39; demand certificates of deposit, $22,275.45; bonds borrowed, $500; total, $223,681.26.   In the month of November, 1874, Mr. Trenner was married to Lucinda Jane Grant, who was born in Hartford county, Maryland, and she was the daughter of a fine old family, William M. and Catherine (Rogers) Grant, and she herself a lady of culture and talent. Her family emigrated to Guernsey county about 1856, and located at Byesville, where Mr. Grant maintained a store until his death, and where also occurred the death of Mrs. Grant. The father was of Irish descent, although born in America, while Mrs. Grant was of Scotch descent. Mr. Grant maintained in Byesville a general store, going into business soon after coming here and was actively engaged for twenty years, having had a place for distributing the mails in connection with his store. He spent the last few years of his life in retirement ; he was very successful in his vocation and became a man of influence and held a number of public positions, having been township treasurer for many years, also school director of the township, and he and his wife belonged to the Methodist Protestant church of Trail Run. The death of this excellent citizen occurred in 1885, having been preceded to the grave by his wife on March 18, 1878, when she was sixty years of age. She was an active and faithful church worker, a model wife and mother, whose presence created an atmosphere of moral healthiness and social joy.   The real estate owned by the subject lies in and about the city of Byesville and is valuable and desirable property, well kept and admirably located, his farm land being near the city and in a location that is almost sure to be covered by the city in future years. He has been one of the most important factors in the development of this city, having lived to see it grow from a hamlet of six houses to its present thriving condition. He remembers well when there was to be found only a mill, a blacksmith shop and a small store or two. He has always been an untiring worker for the general upbuilding of the place.   Mr. Trenner is an unswerving Democrat, and although his party is in the Minority, he has been township trustee several. times, also school director of. Byesville. Fraternally, he belongs to the Knights of Pythias, and he and his wife are Members of the Methodist Protestant church, being earnest and faithful members and liberal supporters of the same. He was one of the leaders in the building of the present splendid edifice of this denomination here, having been, in fact,' one of the heaviest contributors and a member of   GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 647   the building committee. Personally, he is a man whom it is a pleasure to meet, friendly, kindhearted, generous and unostentatious, and one of the solid and substantial men of his county, and his modern, commodious and attrac- tive home is a place of hospitable welcome to the many friends of the family, and the friends of both Mr. and Mrs. Trenner are limited only by the circle of their acquaintances.   JAMES A. SKINNER.   The prominence of James A. Skinner, publisher of the Byesville Enter- prise, in the journalistic field of southeastern Ohio is such that he is recog- nized as one of the leading editors and citizens of Guernsey county, being progressive and public spirited in all that these terms imply. The apparent ease with which he has mounted to his present commanding position in the public eye, marks him as the possessor of talents and a close and critical student of men and affairs, so he experiences no difficulty in maintaining the high reputation he has gained in all circles.   Mr. Skinner was born at Marietta, Ohio, 0n December 20, 1858, and he is the son of Samuel and Adeline (Legett) Skinner, the father being the son of William Skinner and wife. The Skinner family is an old and honored one, and came to the Buckeye state from Maryland, being among the very earliest settlers of the Northwest Territory, braving the dangers incident to pioneer life, in the days of the hostile red man, and settled near Marietta, Ohio.   James A. Skinner spent the major part of his boyhood on the farm which Ile worked when old enough, near Marietta, and during the winter months Ile attended the common schools there. About 1890 he bought the New Matamoras Mail, having turned his attention to the journalistic field early in life, having been endowed by nature with marked talents in this direction. He successfully operated his paper at New Matamoras for a period of five years. The following five years he maintained a job office in Marietta and built up a very satisfactory business. In 'g00 he came to Byesville. Guernsey county, and purchased the Byesville Enterprise, which was then owned by D. S. Burt. He built the paper up and had a good patronage from the first ; and in 1905 he sold out, but fourteen months later he bought it back and has since managed it continuously. It is one of the best papers of its type in this section of the state, being a newsy, entertaining and well edited paper, its editorials strong, trenchant and convincing, its mechanical appearance second   648 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO.   to none, and it has been rendered very valuable to advertising patrons, its circulation having rapidly increased.   The plant has always been kept abreast the times, being operated by a gas engine, and has all modern equipment, including a junior linotype typesetting and casting machine.   From 1878 to 1883 Mr. Skinner was a soldier in the United States army, a private in Company F, Fourth Infantry. Most of the time he was stationed at Fort Russell, Wyoming, also Forts Sanders and Bridger; he also spent ten months at Camp Meeker, Colorado, following an Indian massacre there. The town of Meeker is now located at that point. While in the army he received a splendid education in the military schools which, together with his varied experiences, were of inestimable value to him. According to his commanding officers, he made a very faithful and efficient soldier. Mr. Skinner is a member of the Knights of Pythias in his fraternal relations.   On January 13, 1884, Mr. Skinner was united in marriage with Adelia L. Cooper, who was born and reared at Woodsfield, Ohio. She is the daughter of highly respected parents, William and Mahala (Steed) Cooper. The mother, a woman of remarkable vitality, Christian fortitude and generosity, is still living, being nearly ninety years of age, and is still doing her house work.   Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Skinner, namely : Leon B., who has followed in the footsteps of his father in a business way, is now employed on the Enterprise; Bessie is the wife of Fred Schumaker, of Cleveland, Ohio; Jim, the youngest son, is at home with his parents.   WILLIAM H. BROWN.   When an individual applies himself to his chosen vocation with the fidelity that has characterized the labors of William H. Brown, well known citizen of Fairview and Oxford township, Guernsey county, he is eminently deserving of the large success that he can today claim his own, for it seems to be a law of nature that success comes to the deserving.   Mr. Brown was born August 6, 1867, on a farm in Wills township, Guernsey county, Ohio, the son of James H. and Josephine (Wilkin) Brown. Both parents were born in Guernsey county, and the mother is still living on their farm in Belmont county, Ohio, near Fairview and the Guernsey county line. The Brown ancestry are of Scotch-Irish descent, the great-grandfather, George Brown, coming to America in 1810 and entered land in Ox-   GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 649   ford township, Guernsey county. His son, Joseph, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was then only eight years of age. The Browns were farmers in those early pioneer days, when neighbors were few and the for- ests filled with all kinds of wild animals and game and the Indians were even yet disputing the title to the lands, and when heroic characters were neces sary. These pioneers possessed all the necessary characteristics of the early frontiersmen. James H. Brown, the father of the subject of this sketch, after growing to young manhood on the farm, engaged in the mercantile business in Middleton, six miles west of Fairview on the National pike, and at that time a busy commercial point. During this time he was married and soon after the Civil war opened he enlisted in the army as a member of Com- pany A, Ninety-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving through the war in the Army of the Cumberland, his regiment participating in most of the battles of that army. Twice he was wounded and his wife obtained permission from the government to go to the army hospital and nurse her husband, and where she remained for some time doing general hospital work.   After returning from the army Mr. Brown returned to Oxford township and engaged in farming, where he remained until 1882, when he sold his farm in Oxford township and purchased his present farm in Belmont county, adjoining Fairview, and where he died October 30, tw0, an honored and respected citizen. He and his wife have two sons and three daughters as follows: Hattie; William H., the subject of this sketch ; Kearney B., who has served in the regular army and seen service in the Philippines, and who is now located in St. Louis, Missouri ; Mary M., now Mrs. F. A. Kupfer, of Scio, Ohio; and Myrta I., an elocution teacher in the Statesville Female College at Statesville, North Carolina.   William H. Brown spent his childhood and youth on the home farm, assisting in the general farm work and attended the country Schools. He later attended Ohio University at Athens. Leaving college, he read law in the office of Hon. Charles Townsend, an eminent attorney of Athens, and was admitted to the bar March 4, 1894. He began the practice, maintaining for a time offices both in Fairview and Cambridge, but in 1900 he was appointed deputy probate judge of Guernsey county, and after two years in the probate office, returned to the practice, maintaining his office in Fairview. He is a Republican in politics, as were all his ancestry, and an active participant in party affairs. He has served and is now a member of the Republican county central committee and has served as a delegate to county, district and state conventions, and also as a member of the county election board. Has been