(RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) 650 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. mayor of Fairview and justice of the peace of Oxford township, which office he is now filling. Mr. Brown was married October 4, 1898, to Augusta Rodocker, daughter of Capt. M. D. and Mary (Plattenburg) Rodocker, of Fairview. The Brown home is one of the most pretentious in the town of Fairview and is prominent in the social life of the community. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and active in church and Sunday school work. Mr. Brown is also a member of the Modern Woodmen of America and venerable consul of the Fairview camp. Mr. Brown may also be very properly termed a farmer, as in recent years he has conducted his father's home farm, and is engaged in general farming and stock raising, and in addition to his profession and official duties is a thoroughly competent and up-to-date farmer. CHARLES M. AULT. Success has been worthily attained by Charles M. Ault, of Fairview, Guernsey county, for his methods have ever been those of the man of the hour and while laboring for his own advancement he has not been unmindful of his obligations to his neighbors and fellow citizens and has done much for the promotion of those movements looking to the general good. Mr. Ault was born on September 19, 1864, in Fairview, Ohio, the son of Daniel and Mary (Cranson) Ault ; the father was born in Belmont county, near St. Clairsville, and the mother was born in Oxford township. The Aults are of German extraction and grandfather John Ault came with his family to Ohio in the early pioneer days. Daniel Ault came to Oxford township, Guernsey county, in 1841, from the home and farm of his parents, to begin life for himself. He learned the trade of a tanner, then an important industry, and soon engaged in the business for himself, operated a large tannery and was very successful. In later years he engaged in the mercantile business in Fairview, then a most unimportant commercial point on the National road, and also engaged extensively in the saw-mill and lumber business, in all of which he was successful. On the completion of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad he was also one of the very foremost promoters' of building at Quaker City, building a planing and saw-mill and other enterprises. He was decidedly a man of great activity and his interests were many and widely GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 651 diversified and invariably successful. It was said of him that his enterprises and holdings covered more ground with roof than any other man's in Guernsey county at that time, operating extensively in Oxford and Millwood townships. Later in life he gave up these activities and devoted most of his time by looking after his farm interests, always maintaining his residence in Fairview. His home was a large and pretentious brick residence for its time and it yet remains one of the most conspicuous residences of the town. He was a Democrat in politics and very active in public matters, believing this to be the duty of all good citizens. He filled various offices and was a justice of the peace for many years. He was a member of the Evangelical Lutheran church and liberal in the support of Pisgah congregation, near Fairview, to which he belonged. He was three times married, his first two wives being sisters named Bratton. By his first marriage there were five children, and by the second marriage one child. From his third marriage to Mary Crauson three children were born, of whom Charles M., the subject of this sketch, is the only one living. Of the children of the two former marriages there are living, John W., of Fairview ; George W., of Marion, Ohio, and Ella, now Mrs. R. E. Cowgill, of Belmont county, Ohio. The son, Charles M. Ault, of this review, was born and spent his entire life in Fairview and obtained his education in the Fairview public schools. He has been and is yet engaged in farming, his farm being in Oxford township. He has engaged in the livery business in Fairview for twenty-five years, and for eighteen years in the undertaking business, all of which he still continues. He has other interests, too, that require considerable attention, and Mr. Ault is a very busy man. He is always a booster and with his time and his means he is always willing and ready to assist in every worthy effort that has for its object the development of the locality and benefiting the people. He was one of the moving spirits that conceived a way for getting a railroad to tap the rich, undeveloped coal fields of the locality. A Careful estimate of the field was made and the matter was presented to persons connected with railroad building and extension. There were many disappointments in this effort, but he persisted and the results Were the organization of the Marietta & Lake Railroad Company, with a contemplated road from the river to the lake., with Fairview and the adjacent coal lands on the line. ' Four miles of this road -is now built, from Lore City to Washington, and the necessary preliminary activity is going on all along the line, and much of this effort and the work already accomplished is due to the perception and foresight of Mr. Ault, to whom' much credit is given. Mr. Ault is a Democrat in politics and an active party member,—in fact, 652 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. it is impossible for him to be a drone in any organization with which he is connected. He is a member of the Democratic county central committee and has served in the capacity of delegate to county, district and state conventions. He has filled various township offices, including justice of the peace and treasurer, most of the village offices and member of the board of education. He is a member of the Masons, Barnesville Lodge, and was made a Mason the night he was twenty-one years old. He is also a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. Mr. Ault was married February 8, 1887, to Mary L. Stevens, daughter of John and Mary (Coltrap) Stevens, a prominent family of Oxford township. To this union one daughter was born, Ann G., now Mrs. Thomas R. Reed, who resides with Mr. and Mrs. Ault, and there has been a little granddaughter born, named Lillian L. Reed. Mr. Ault and family occupy the old Ault home in Fairview and are prominent in the social life of the community. Mr. Ault has for many years been one of the boosters of the Pennyroyal Reunion, a member of the executive committee and secretary of the organization. He retains his membership in the Evangelical Lutheran church and was a member of Pisgah congregation until the congregation was dissolved. Mrs. Ault is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and Sunday school, and is an active worker in both, as is Mr. Ault a liberal supporter. ISAAC E. STUBBS. The name of Isaac E. Stubbs carries a great deal of weight in legal, political and civic circles of Guernsey county. He is one of the most popular citizens of Quaker City, being known as a careful, cautious, painStaking lawyer in his office work, and in his trial of causes in court he devotes his entire energies to his claims in the contention, and with all his power and forces in a deliberate, firm, conscientious way seeks to maintain them. He is deserving of a great deal of credit for what he has accomplished, for he started in life as a poor boy, coming up from the soil, and he haS worked his way through the world unaided, proving himself a young man of exceptional ability, and best of all, he has proven himself to be possessed of a Sterling character. Mr. Stubbs is the scion of an excellent old Belmont county family, and he was born on September 26, 1870, in that county, on a farm, east of Barnesville. He is the son of James and Elmina (Wood) Stubbs, both having been GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 653 born and reared in Belmont county. The father was a farmer and during the Civil war he proved his patriotism by enlisting in Company F, Thirtieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for three years, and later he re-enlisted and served until the close of the war in a very faithful and gallant manner. His three years' service was with the Western army and the Army of the Cumberland. He was present when Col. E. E. Ellsworth was killed at Fredericksburg during the early months of the war and he was with Grant at Vicksburg, was through the Chattanooga campaign and was in the battle of Atlanta, being wounded in the last named engagement, and was thus prevented from going with Sherman on his march to the sea. He returned home after the war and followed farming the rest of his life, his death occurring in 1907. His widow is now living in Quaker City. Like her husband, she has always been admired for her kind, noble traits of character. Isaac E. Stubbs spent his youth on the home farm and participated in the general farm work during the crop seasons, attending the country schoolS in the wintertime, graduating from the Barnesville high school in 1892. He was an ambitious lad and studied hard, laying a broad foundation for higher learning in later years, He began life aS a school teacher, and for several years he taught successfully in the common schools, studying law between terms, for early in life he was actuated by a laudable ambition to be a lawyer. He studied law with C. J. Howard, of Barnesville, and later attended the law department of the Ohio State University at Columbus, and was admitted to the bar with high honors in March, 1898. In the fall of that year he opened an office in Quaker City, where he has since remained, having enjoyed a very liberal patronage from the first. He practices in the courts of Guernsey, Noble and Belmont counties, in fact, he practices in all the state courts and has a large and rapidly growing clientele. Politically, Mr. Stubbs is a Republican and active and influential in the councils of the party, and has served as a member of the party advisory committee. He was mayor of Quaker City for one term and he administered the affairs of the office in a manner that won the hearty approval of all concerned. He is now, and has been for some time, a member of the Quaker City school board, of which he is clerk, and he is an active advocate of advanced education. He is a man of literary tastes and a lover, of books and he is familiar with the world's best literature. His office is located in the Quaker City National Bank building, and he has an admirably appointed suite of rooms, his office being well equipped with law books, and he keeps in touch with modern decisions and progress of general jurisprudence. He now practices alone, but formerly he was in partnership with F. B. Doudna, under the 654 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. firm name of Doudna & Stubbs. In 1910 he was a candidate for prosecuting attorney of Guernsey county, and his candidacy was looked very favorably upon from the first announcement, owing to hiS universal popularity. Mr. Stubbs was married September 26, 1901, to Inice Gregg, daughter of Lindley and Mary M. (Lingo) Gregg, of Belmont county. She is a woman of fine attributes and comes of an excellent family. This union has been graced by the birth of four children, namely : Ellsworth G., Mildred M., Theodore J. and Ruth E. Mr. and Mrs. StubbS are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and Mr. StubbS is assistant superintendent of the Sunday school and a teacher in the same. WILLIAM N. BRADFORD, M. D. It is interesting to note from the beginning the growth and development of a community, to note the lines along which progress has been made and to take cognizance of those whose industry and leadership in the work of advancement have rendered possible the present prosperity of the locality under consideration. One of the citizens of Cambridge who deserves specific mention along this line is Dr. William N. Bradford, who holds high rank among the leading medical men of eastern Ohio and who is one of the representative citizens of Guernsey county. He was born February 14, 1867, in Highland township, Muskingum county, Ohio. He is the son of Harvey N. and Eliza Jane (Noble) Bradford. The father was a native of Muskingum county and the mother was born in Ireland, from which country she came to America with her parents when only four years of age, settling first in Canada, and a few years later, in 1848, they came to Muskingum county, Ohio, and here the parents spent the remainder of their lives. Henry Noble waS a shoemaker and a most worthy citizen, who established a good home and was successful in his business life. Grandfather John Bradford came with his parents from Virginia about 1804 and settled in the woods when the Indians were still inhabitants of Highland township, Muskingum county, Ohio, and he became well known among the pioneers there. The great-grandfather, also named John Bradford, entered government land and cleared it for agricultural purposes, becoming prosperous and influential in the early pioneer days. The Bradfords trace their ancestry back to William Bradford, one of the "Mayflower" Pilgrims, coming from a distinguished English family. Harvey N. Bradford was a farmer in Highland township, Muskingum county, this state, GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 655 all his life being spent there. He was a man of quiet disposition, deeply interested and informed in public matters but taking no active part in public affairs, preferring to devote his time to his farm ; he was one of the estimable gentlemen of the old school and was highly respected by all who knew him. He was a Democrat in politics, and for many years he and his wife were devout members of the Methodist Episcopal church. His death occurred in August, 1903, and his wife died on May 3o, 1887; they are buried in the Bethel church cemetery in Highland township, Muskingum county. They were the parents of eight children, five sons and three daughterS, namely : Dr. Andrew A., a practicing physician at Bremen, Ohio ; Henry H. is a lawyer in Columbus, Ohio; William N., of this review ; Etta May, deceased ; Clara M. is single and is living in Columbus, Ohio; Amaziah B. is farming in Edgar county, Illinois; Calvin R. is an iron worker in Zanesville, Ohio; Mattie C. married Edgar H. Baker, an attorney of Zanesville. William N, Bradford, of this review, was reared on the home farm and he attended the district schools. When fourteen years of age he began work as a farm hand for a neighbor at four dollars per month and board and worked thus for six months in the summer and attended school during the winter. He later spent two years at McKorkle College at Bloomfield, Muskingum county, and when only eighteen years of age he obtained a certificate to teach school, but did not do so. After leaving college, he was married, on January I, 1891, to Mary L. Hutcheson, daughter of William and Eunice (Ramsey) Hutcheson, of Knox township, Guernsey county, Ohio. The father was a farmer and this family were pioneers here, well known and well established. Both parents are now deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Bradford one child, Winona J., has been born, and is a student in the Cambridge public schools. After his marriage Mr. Bradford farmed in Knox township, this county, for two years, during which time he began the study of medicine with Dr. J. Ira Bradford, of Otsego, Muskingum county, this state, these gentlemen being cousinS. After two years of farming and study, the subject entered Columbus Medical College at Columbus, Ohio, and the following year he entered the medical department of the University of Louisville, Kentucky, and was graduated therefrom in 1893 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Thus well equipped for his life work, he immediately began practice in Otsego with his preceptor, Dr. J. Ira Bradford, and he remained there one year, then went to Indian Camp, in Guernsey county, where he remained two years, coming to Cambridge in 1896 and he has practiced here ever since, building tip a large and lucrative practice and taking rank among the leading medical men of the county. In 1904 he took a post-graduate course in surgery in the 656 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. University of Louisville, and he has been unusually successful as a Surgeon in connection with his regular general practice. Politically, the Doctor is a Democrat and while always interested he has never been in any sense an office seeker. In 1905 he was nominated against his wishes as the Democratic candidate for mayor of Cambridge, and, although the city is overwhelmingly Republican, he was elected and assumed the office January I, 1906, So successful was his administration that he was renominated for a second term, in 1907, and again elected, serving with the utmost satisfaction to all concerned until January I, 191o, having refused to be a candidate for a third term. He was mayor in fact as well as in name and his administration stands indorsed by good citizens of all parties. It was a strong administration for good government and law enforcement. The Doctor is a member of the Masonic order and also belongs to the Cambridge Commandery ; he belongs to Cambridge Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Encampment ; he is a member of Cambridge Lodge No. 448, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He and his wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal church. Mrs. Bradford is a most estimable woman, devoted to her family and home. The Bradford residence, an attractive and neatly kept one, is located at No. 132 East Eighth street, and the Doctor's office is at No. 123 West Eighth street. JUDGE HOWARD W. LUCCOCK. In every community there are to be found men whose names are preeminently and unmistakably identified with that community's material growth and development, and who are always to be found associated with every movement which seems to promise an addition to that community's wealth, resources and enterprise, and to enhance the importance of its location and surroundings. Such men are seldom obtrusive, though always on the alert, and always to be found when called upon, The masses feel their presence, though it is not thrust upon them, and almost insensibly, but no less surely, do they leave their impress upon the character, institutions and developments of that community. Such a man is Judge Howard W. Luccock, whose name is a familiar one, not only to the citizens of Cambridge, but to the people of Guernsey and adjoining counties, for he has held high rank at the local bar for many years and is a public spirited citizen and successful business maxi. He was born on GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 657 March 8, 1859, in Kimbolton, Liberty township, Guernsey county, Ohio, and he is the son of Samuel W. and Elizabeth W. (Day) Luccock. The father was born in Coshocton, Ohio. The paternal grandfather, Naphtali Luccock, came to Ohio in 1829, and later to Kimbolton, the family being originally from Kimbolton, England. The father was a prominent factor in the affairs of the locality where he lived in this county, as was his father before him, both having been engaged in the mercantile business there for many years, also having large land interests. The parents of the Judge are still living, having been retired for many years, though the father has continued to look after the farming interests. He haS a cozy and well furnished home in Cambridge, and he and his faithful life companion are held in high esteem by a host of friends in this community. Howard W. Luccock, of this review, spent his youth in the family home at Kimbolton and he was educated in the public school there. Later he attended the University of Wooster, from which he was graduated in the class of 1880, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He had long entertained a laudable ambition to take up the legal profession, and after leaving college he entered the law office of Judge James W. Campbell as a law student, and, making rapid progress, he was admitted to practice in 1883. Thus well equipped for his life work, he opened an office in Coshocton, Ohio, where he soon had a very satisfactory practice and where he remained until 1890, when he returned to Cambridge and opened an office for the practice of his profession. For a time he was in partnership with Hon. David Okey, an attorney whose prominence was state wide. Mr. Luccock, while engaged actively in the practice, ranked among the best counselorS of the local bar, being profoundly versed in jurisprudence, persistent, painstaking and an eloquent advocate before a jury. He is, and always has been, an active Republican, and in 1896 he was elected mayor of Cambridge and served in this capacity for four years in a manner that reflected much credit upon himself and to the satisfaction of all concerned, irrespective of party alignment, during which time he did a great many things for the permanent good of this city. From 1900 to 1906 he resumed the active practice of law, and it was during those years that he was associated with Mr. Okey. In 1906 he was elected probate judge of Guernsey county, and he is now serving his second term in this important office, giving his usual satisfactory service and very faithfully discharging his every duty, being regarded by everyone as a well qualified and popular public official. In addition to his official duties, Judge Luccock is president of the Guernsey National Bank, one of the popular and sound banking houses 658 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. in eastern Ohio. He also haS farming interests that demand some of his time. He makes his home with his aged parentS, to whom he is a most devoted son. The Judge has never married. Fraternally he is a member of the Cambridge lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Protected Home Circle, and he also belongs to the Cambridge Country Club. He is a member of the Presbyterian church and an elder in the same. He is regarded by all classes as a most exemplary man, possessing the highest integrity aS a citizen, business man and public official, a broad minded, genial, public spirited citizen, having continually in mind the bettering of local conditions and the uplift of all classes, consequently the high esteem in which he is held iS richly deserved. SILAS W. CONNER. Having earned the right by years of indefatigable industry, rightly directed, to rank in the van of the army of Guernsey county's progressive men, Silas W. Conner, of Byesville, is eminently entitled to representation in this volume. He is descended from a sterling ancestry and many of their winning traits have outcropped in him, for he has let nothing discourage him in his efforts to forge to the front and benefit alike himself and family and the community in which he lives. Mr. Conner was born in September, 1863, in Seneca township, Noble county, Ohio, and he is the son of John and Elizabeth (McLaughlin) Conner, the father a fine old Southerner, born near Richmond, Virginia, a genteel gentleman, whom to know was to admire and respect. The mother grew to maturity and was educated in Noble county, Ohio ; however, she was born in Ireland and when quite small emigrated with her parents to this country. The Conners were of Dutch ancestry and of the thrifty, honest type. Silas W. Conner spent his youth on the home farm in Noble county and attended the neighboring schools during the winter months, remaining under his parental roof-tree until he was twenty-one years of age, at which time he came to Byesville, Guernsey county, and started life for himself by entering the restaurant business, in which he met with a very satisfactory degree of success. In 1888 he was married to Lizzie Wilson, daughter of Henry H. Wilson, a highly respected family, which is given proper mention on another page in this volume. She waS born, reared and educated in the vicinity of ByeSville, where her father owned a good farm; she was grad- GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 659 uated from the high school at Byesville, where she made a splendid record, and at the early age of sixteen was licensed to teach. After his marriage Mr. Conner farmed near Byesville about four years and got a good start. About 1892 he left the farm and he, John Thomas and George Winilcer built a roller-process mill at Byesville, the first one of the kind in that part of the county, the old water mill having fallen to decay and had been out of commission for some time. Contining in the milling business two or three years, Mr. Conner sold his interest to Chads Chalfont, father of Rev. W. A. Chalfont, who had previously bought out the other two partners. Then he dealt in buggies about a year, after which he ran a livery business, each with characteristic success, for Mr. Conner had always a happy faculty of concentrating hiS entire attention on whatever be had in hand and making it successful. He bought out the furniture and undertaking business of James Smith, an undertaker of the old school, and increased the stock and inaugurated modern methods throughout and he has continued to operate the same with large and increasing success. In 1906 he erected the large, substantial and attractive business block which he now occupies. He and hiS Son, Earl D., also his wife, are all licensed embalmers and do a very satisfactory business. A large, well selected and choice stock of furniture, carpets, rugs, etc., are carried. Mr. Conner is deserving of a high rank among Byesville's leading business men and public spirited citizens. He is a member of the Free and Accepted MaSons and the Knights of Pythias, and he and his wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal church, They have four interesting children, two sons and two daughters, Earl Dwight, Audree Lura, Edra Wilson and Winnie Clyde. CLYDE R. McILYAR. As superintendent of the American Sheet & Tin Plate Company, of Cambridge, Guernsey county, Clyde R. Mcllyar has shown what a man of sound business judgment, correct principles and rightly applied energy can accomplish and, having been the architect of his own fortunes, he is eminently worthy of the conspicuous position which he can claim in the industral world and of the high esteem which is accorded him by his fellow men, for his course has ever been that of a genteel gentleman and public spirited citizen. Mr. Mcllyar was born February 5, 1868, in Cambridge, the son of 660 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. William H. H. and Mary C. (Richardson) Mcllyar, of Cambridge. Both parents were nativeS of Ohio, and ever after their marriage lived in Cambridge. The father died in October, 1908; his widow still survives him. The father was a prominent dry goodS merchant of Cambridge for many years and a man highly respected. He was a Democrat in politics and was an active member of the party organization and always active in public affairs. He was twice postmaster of Cambridge, first for four years, from 1884 to 1889, and from 1893 to 1897, during both terms of President Cleveland'S administration. He ^,vas a member of the MethodiSt Episcopal church. Mr. Mcllyar was also appointed a member of the board of trustees of the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home at Xenia, Ohio, by Governor Hoadley in 1884. He was a man of high Standing in the community and always active for the best interestS of Cambridge. He had a family of two Sons, and one daughter, who died in infancy. The two sons are Clyde R., the subject of this sketch, and Fred P., of Cambridge. Clyde R. Mcllyar spent his childhood and youth in Cambridge and has always lived here, and was educated in the Cambridge public schoolS. HiS first business experience was as a clerk in the Cambridge post-office while his father was postmaster during his first term and one year or more with hiS father's successor in 1891. When about twenty-five yearS of age, he engaged with the Cambridge Iron & Steel Company as a clerk in the office and has been with that company and its successors ever since. The Cambridge Iron & Steel Company sold out to the American Sheet Steel Company in 1900, and Mr. Mcllyar went with this company as superintendent of the plant, having been superintendent under the former ownership since 1898. In 1903, the American Sheet Steel Company was succeeded by the American Sheet & Tin Plate Company, and with that change Mr. Mcllyar was continued as superintendent, and since the 1st of January, 1910, Mr. McIlyar has been manager of the Cambridge plant. He is a thoroughly competent man and stands high not only with the company, but with the men in the mill as well. He is a fine specimen of physical manhood and every inch a man. His entire time and attention is given to the mill and its interests. He is a director in the Central National Bank of Cambridge and decidedly a man of affairs. He also has various other financial interests. Mr. McIlyar was married September 4, 1894, to Gertrude D. Veitch, daughter of Henry H. and Alvarette (Orme) Veitch, a prominent Cambridge family. To this union two sons have been born : William V. and James 0., two bright lads of fifteen and eleven years respectively. Mr. McIlyar is a Republican in politics, but not active in political mat- GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 661 ters, though always interested in public affairs. He is not an office seeker and has never held an office, but has always been a voter. He is a Master Mason and a member of the chapter, also belongs to Cambridge Lodge of Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. The Mcllyar home is at No. 220 North Seventh street, and is one of the most desirable residence localities of the city. Mrs. Mcllyar is a refined and cultured woman, devoted to her home and family. The home is well supplied with good standard and current literature and a private library. Mr. Mcllyar is a well informed man on many subjects and a man whom it is a pleasure to know. JOHN REYNOLDS. The little country of Wales has not sent a very large quota of her population to the United States, compared with Germany, the Scandinavian peninsula and other European countries, but those who have favored us with their citizenship have proved to be most welcome owing to their habits of industry, patriotism and honesty. They, as a rule, succeed at whatever they attempt and, soon after coming to this land of ours, they find themselves in possession of a good property and have good homes. One of this thrifty class who iS deserving of mention in a history of Guernsey county's best citizens is John Reynolds, of Cambridge. His birth occurred on October 10, 1863, in Cardigan, South Wales, and he is the son of William and Nellie (Thomas) Reynolds. The father was a farmer; neither he nor his wife ever came to America. John Reynolds spent his boyhood upon the farm, and he obtained his education in the public schools of his native land. Later in life his father sold the home farm and entered the steel mills of Swansea and became an iron worker. This was in 1872, and in 1876 the son entered the Landore Tin Plate Company'S mills as a "scrap" boy, and he remained there until 1892, filling every position in these mills as catcher, heater, doubler and roller. Leaving this mill, he came to America in 1892 and found employment in the Irondale Tin Mill in Jefferson county, Ohio, working in the same capacity as he worked in the mills of the old country. He remained there two years, then came to Cambridge and was employed in the Morton Tin Plate Company's mills at this place. He was one of the first men in this mill, employed as a heater. In December, 1894, and in March, 1895, he was given a doubling position, and the following June he was given a rolling position and 662 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. placed in charge of a crew of men and he has very ably held this position ever since and is considered an expert man in his line. He has seen Cambridge grow from what seemed to be a plowed field to a prosperous city in fifteen years. Politically, Mr. Reynolds is a Republican, and he has always voted and is interested in politics and public matters. He is well informed on public questions and well qualified to discuss public issues. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America and the Protected Home Circle. In Wales he was a member of Glantawe Lodge, Ancient Shepherds, also a member of the Loyal George Lodge of Alfreds. Mr. Reynolds was married March 15, 1883, to Anna Griffith, daughter of William and Anna Griffith, of Swansea, Wales. Her father was a prominent contractor ; he and his wife remained in that country. Eight children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds, two of whom are deceased; those living are, Anna married David J. Thomas, a roller in the copper mills of Pittsburg; William is a tin roller in the same mill with his father and he is an expert ; David J., Nellie, Thomas and John G., all 0f Cambridge. These children all received good educations in the Cambridge public schools. Mr. Reynolds and family are members of the Baptist church and faithful supporters of the same. While Mr. Reynolds and wife had few advantages in the way of education, they have been students and readers of good books and their home library is well supplied with the writings of the best standard authors. This is a splendid family, intelligent, industrious and frugal. Mrs. Reynolds is devoted to her family and home and keeps her dwelling neat and attractive. Mr. Reynolds owns a modern home at No. 322 Woodlawn avenue, which is entirely paid for. In July, 1906, Mr. Reynolds visited the Scenes of his childhood and youth in Wales, and was absent about ten weeks. He is fond of his adopted country and he and his family are now thoroughly Americanized. SAMUEL A. CRAIG. The name of Craig is an honored one in Guernsey county, because of the high character and the prominence of many who have borne it. Samuel A. Craig, a leading merchant of the city, was born on August 8, 1850, in Cambridge, Guernsey county, Ohio, of Scotch-Irish parents, in the house at the corner of Wheeling avenue and Eighth street, long the home of his parents, Samuel and Margaret (McFadden) Craig. His parents came to Cam- GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 663 bridge, from Washington, Guernsey county, in 1847, Samuel Craig having been engaged in mercantile business there for Some years. On coming to Cambridge Samuel Craig, Sr., bought property at the corner of Wheeling avenue and Eighth Street, where he engaged in the drygoodS business, and where his family also resided. The Craig store became one of the best known and busiest concerns of the city, and at this same location Mr. Craig continued to carry on business and to reside until his death, on March 8, 1891. His widow died on January 21, 1895, at the age of seventy-two, having been born in Ireland on August 15, 1818. Both parents are buried in the South Side cemetery. Samuel Craig, Sr., was a man of high character and sterling worth, active and progressive in business, liberal in charity, and strong in his advocacy of obedience to the teachings of the Golden Rule in the affairS of everyday life. Mr. Craig was an Abolitionist at a time when it required courage to be such, and he was one of these anti-slavery advocates who was actively connected with the operations of the "Underground Railway," assisting in the secreting and forwarding on their way to freedom many a runaway slave. With the birth of the Republican party he became a member, and continued a loyal adherent until his death. Always intensely interested in public affairS, he was never an office seeker. He did, however, serve for a number of years as a member of the Cambridge board of education, and was always interested in educational matters as pertaining to the public schools. The beautiful grounds and stately shade trees surrounding the Park school building are a lasting monument to his interest and activity along these lines. He was a member of the first board of trustees of South Side cemetery, and the beauty of its landscapes and arrangement are largely due to hiS efforts. Greatly interested in the education of the colored people, he was constantly striving by his personal efforts and financial assistance to provide ways and means for their betterment. Mr. Craig waS also greatly interested in agriculture and horticulture, and was the promoter of the first county fair held in Guernsey county. The life of Mr. Craig was one of activity, and he was closely identified with the growth and development of Cambridge. Liberal in his charity, he gave without ostentation money, clothing, food and fuel, never denying the needy. To Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Craig, Sr., were born five sons and three daughters, namely : George H., deceased ; Lydia, now the widow of Judge Frederick W. Wood ; Martha, now the widow of David D. Taylor, of Cambridge; Cyrus F., of Cambridge; Samuel A.; William, deceased; William Alfred, deceased; Mary, deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Craig were members of the 664 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. United PreSbyterian church from its formation, in 1858, until their death; prior to 1858 they were members of the Associated church. They held their membership in the First United Presbyterian church of Cambridge, and for many years Mr. Craig was an elder and prominent in church affairs. Mrs. Craig was also active in the church and Sabbath school, and was the organizer and the first president of the Woman's Missionary Society. In such an environment their family was reared. Samuel A. Craig was born in Cambridge, and has there spent his childhood, youth, and his business career, remaining in the same location which his parents purchased on coming to Cambridge. After attending the schools of Cambridge he spent some time at Ohio University at Athens, and then entered the Store of his father, who was then in partnership with a Mr. Bryant, under the firm name of Craig & Bryant. On November 13, 1873, Mr. Craig was married to Ella Gregg, the daughter of Joshua and Elizabeth (Broomhall) Gregg. Both the Greggs and Broomhalls were Quaker families of Belmont county, Ohio. Joshua Gregg was a merchant for some years at McConnellsville, Ohio, and was later in the milling buSiness in Cumberland, Guernsey county. He was an ardent Republican, and in 1861 was elected treasurer of Guernsey county, and served four years. During his term as treasurer Gen. John Morgan and his band of Confederate raiders passed through the county, and to protect the county'S money Mr. Gregg carried it to the woods and buried it. For some time after leaving this office he resided in Cambridge, then removed to Greenville, Darke county, where he engaged in business, and later removing to Columbus, there engaged in building and the improving of real estate. He did much for the development of the communities in which he resided. He died in 1905, his wife in 1900, and their bodies rest in the cemetery at Belmont, in Belmont county, the old family burying ground. Mr. Gregg was a man of broad views, a great reader, and a devout Presbyterian. His family consisted of three sons and one daughter : Rodney E., of Columbus, Ohio; Allen B., a farmer of Licking county, Ohio ; Lewis, of Cincinnati, and Ella. To Mr. and Mrs. Craig have been born four children. Frederick G., who was born on February 16, 1875, married Gretchen Eckley, of Carrollton, and is connected with his father in business. Mary Margaret, who was born on March 13, 1877, married Joseph Pender, an attorney of Denver, Colorado. Samuel A., Jr., was born on December 16, 1878, and married Ruth Westfall, of Delaware, Ohio, and is now associated in business with his father. Elizabeth 0. was born on October 15, 1884, and married Samuel C. Carnes, an attorney of Cambridge. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 665 After his marriage Mr. Craig continued to clerk for the firm of Craig & Bryant for several years, when the interest of Mr. Bryant was purchased, and Mr. Craig entered partnership with his father, which arrangement continued until the father'S death, when the son succeeded to the entire business, which he has since conducted with the assistance of his brother, Cyrus F., and his sons. Mr. Craig is progressive, and in 1904 erected upon the site so long occupied a fine four-story business and apartment block. The immense Craig drygoods business occupies the entire first floor, the basement, and the larger part of the second floor, while the remainder of the fine building is occupied by residence suites. Mr. Craig has spent his entire home and business life in this location. He is recognized as one of the most substantial business men of Cambridge, always interested in the city's progress. A lifelong Republican, he has never sought office, but has loyally supported the party principles. He has served as a member of the city council, and is a wide awake and progressive citizen. Mr. and Mrs. Craig and the members of their family have always been members of the First United Presbyterian church, and active in the work of the church and Sabbath school. Mrs. Craig is a refined, intelligent and cultured woman, and takes her share in the work of the church societies, and contributes largely to charity. WILLIAM C. SUITT. The achievements of William C. Suitt, well known manufacturer of Cambridge, represent the result of honest endeavor along lines where mature judgment has opened the way. He possesses a weight of character, a native sagacity, a discriminating judgment and a sense of honor that command the approval and the respect of all who have occasion to know him well, and he is deserving of the high rank he holds in industrial, social and civic circles of Guernsey county. Mr. Suitt was born February 22, 1869, in Bern, Noble county, Ohio, and he is the son of Nathaniel and Ella A. (Collins) Suitt. The father was born and brought up in Palmyra, Marion county, Missouri, and the mother was born and reared in Noble county, Ohio, to which state the father came in 1867 and he was soon afterwardS married to Ella A. Collins. He was a farmer by profession and in October, 1884, he became a resident of Cambridge, Guernsey county, and he here engaged in the dairy business, which 666 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. he continued for ten years when he retired from active business life. He is now living in Muskogee, Oklahoma. HiS wife died in May, 1901. Nathaniel Suitt has been a lifelong Democrat, but never active. He and his wife Were Baptists and devout church people. They became the parents of five children, three sons and two daughters, all living, namely : William C., of this review, is the oldest ; Wallace W. iS a member of the manufacturing firm of Suitt Brothers, of Cambridge, Ohio; Howard L. lives in Muskogee, Oklahoma ; Mary B. married W. C. Clough, of Chicago ; Martha married Edward Mercer, of Granite City, Illinois. William C. Suitt, of this review, was educated in the public schools of Noble county and the Cambridge public schools and he was graduated from the Cambridge Commercial School. He was first employed with the Altman Taylor Company, of Mansfield, as bookkeeper at Ft. Wayne, Indiana, and remained with that company two years. He then came to the Cambridge Chair Company in 1902, as bookkeeper, and, after a short time in that office, he was given a position as traveling salesman for this concern, and he continued thus very successfully until 1903. He then formed a partnership with his brother, Wallace W., in the manufacture of chairs, which they continued until 1906, enjoying a very liberal patronage, then they succeeded to the Cambridge Chair Company's business and organized the Suitt Brothers Manufacturing Company, which has had a rapid development and has attained a great prestige in the manufacturing world. They make all kinds of chairs, including rockers of a high grade of workmanship, and owing to the superior quality and finish they are eagerly sought for by the wholesale and retail trade. Under judicious management their business has grown to mammoth proportions from a small beginning. Their annual business will now aggregate about two hundred thousand dollars, and their products are shipped to almost every state in the union. The plant is equipped with modern and the latest approved machinery and appliances for the rapid and economic production of their various grades of chairs, and only skilled artisans are employed. A large number of employes are kept busy at all seasons. The Suitt brothers are regarded' as among Cambridge's most enterprising and aggressive manufacturers and have done much to spread abroad the name and fame of this city as a manufacturing center. Mr. Suitt was married on July 25, 1905, to Hallie F. Forsythe, daughter of John O. and Martha (Frame) Forsythe, of Millwood township, Guernsey county, Ohio, and they are now residents of Cambridge ; they enjoy a wide acquaintance and warm friendship throughout the county. To Mr. and Mrs. Suitt two children have been born, Paul H. and William M. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 667 Politically; Mr. Suitt is a Republican and he is always found on the firing line for his friends and the party's principles, but he is, not an office seeker. He has served the city as a member of the board of public Safety. He and his family affiliate with the Methodist Episcopal church and he is a liberal supporter of church work. Although a very busy man, he devotes much of his spare time to familiarizing himself with the world's best literature, and he has a well selected and extensive private library in his home. He is a very interesting and intelligent conversationalist on current and general topics, and, being an unassuming and genial man, he is a very agreeable companion and inspires the respect and good will of every one. HiS home, is modern, attractive sand he and Mrs, Suitt are ideal hosts and are prominent in the social life of the city. Their home is at No. 226 North Tenth street, in one of the hest. residence sections of the city. Mr. Suitt is a man of high ideals, both in private and public life, and he stands for what is best in all movements. He has long been an ardent and efficient worker in the cause of temperance, yet he is charitable to all who hold opposite views on any question, meeting opposition with argument and not abuse. He merits in every way the confidence and high esteem that are reposed in him by all classes.. ARTHUR G., RINGER. M. D. The professional success which: the legitimate reward of a persistency of purpose and determination has attended the efforts of Dr. Arthur G. Ringer, one of the best known and popular of the younger. medical practitioners of Guernsey county, who, judging from the splendid record he has made in the past, has a brilliant future awaiting him. Me has thoroughly prepared himself for his life work and has ever sought to keep fully abreast of the time in all matters pertaining to his line of endeavor. Doctor Ringer was born in Cambridge, Ohio, November 30, 1880. the scion of a prominent old family, being the son of Dr.. John W. and Mary Ann (Bliss) Ringer, both representatives of honored pioneer families of this county. The mother was a daughter of Washington Bliss, long a prominent citizen here, and a sister of John A. Bliss. a noted educator in Guernsey county for many years. Dr. John W Ringer, father of the subject, was for many decades a well known and successful physician in this county, having first located at Byesville in 1885, and he was active in pro- 668 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. rooting the industries of that town. The family came to Cambridge in 1902 and the' father was active in the practice of his profession and was also engaged in the drug business until his death, in December, 1909. He was prominent in public affairs and filled many of the municipal offices, in Byesville and was a member of the city council of Cambridge. HiS family consisted of Seven children: Maggie B., now Mrs. T. D. Lee, of Cambridge; Arthur G., of this review; Alpheus, deceased; an infant deceased; J. Code, a resident of Cambridge; Nellie B., at home.. The mother of these children is still living, and the family is prominent in the professional, commercial and social life of the city. Dr. Arthur G. Ringer, of this review, was, educated in the Byesville public schools and the Ohio Northern University at Ada, Ohio, from which institution he was graduated in 1898, having completed the commercial course. He then attended the Western University of Pennsylvania and later attended the Ohio Medical College at Columbus,. Ohio. and was graduated from the same in 1904., having made an excellent record for scholarship there. In June of that year he began the practice of his profeSSion with his father in. Cambridge and has been succesSfully engaged in the practice ever since, taking a high rank among his profeSSional brethren in thiS section of the state and enjoying a rapidly growing patronage. The Doctor is a member of the county, state and national medical associations, and for a time he was secretary of the county society. He is a progressive and successful practitioner, as was his father, and is in every respect a worthy son of a worthy sire. In the fall of 1908 he was elected coroner of Guernsey county, and he made such a very creditable record that he was re-elected in the fall of 1910 for a second term of two years, having filled this important position in a manner that reflected much credit upon his ability and to the entire satisfaction of all concerned.. Like his father before him, he is active in local politics and all public movements. He is an unswerving Republican. He belongs to the Alpha Kappa Kappa medical fraternity. He was reared in the MethodiSt Episcopal church, of which his parents were members, and he and the reSt of the family also affiliate with the same. Doctor Ringer was married on August 28, 1909, to Florence Rowland, a young lady of talent and refinement, and the representative of a prominent family, being the daughter of Samuel and Madeline (Riggins) Rowland, of London, Ohio. Both her parents are deceased. She is active in church and social life, and their cozy and attractive home at No. 1025 GaSton avenue is the scene of many delightful social functions. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 669 ISAAC J. OLDHAM. Isaac J. Oldham, of Cambridge township, son of Marling and Isabelle (Marling) Oldham, was born September 7, 1857, on the old Oldham farm in the above township. He came of pioneer stock. His grandfather, Isaac Oldham, came first to Guernsey county in 1806 and took up one hundred and sixty acres of government land. After this he went back to his home in Pennsylvania, but returned to Guernsey county and settled permanently, in 1808, on the farm where his grandson now lives, and where he reared a family of twelve children. All of these are now dead. The son, Marling, father of Isaac J., who was born where the latter now lives, was a prosperour farmer and accumulated a large estate in the beautiful Wills creek valley. He had a family of two daughters and one son, Elizabeth, now the widow of John S. Campbell, of Cambridge township, died in October, 191o; Ellen, now Mrs. David Linn, of Westland township, and Isaac J. The father, first a Whig and then a Republican, cast his presidential vote for William Henry Harrison in 1840 and for Benjamin Harrison in 1888. Though never an Office seeker, he was always active in public affairs and in movements for the general good. He and his family were members of the old Seceder church prior to 1858, but with the organization, at that time, of the United Presbyterian church they joined the latter. He died March 18, 1894, and his widow March 9, 1896, and both are buried in Cambridge cemetery. Isaac J, Oldham, the subject of the present sketch, grew up on the old home farm and was educated at the district school of the neighborhood. He was married May 4, 1881, to Margaret E. Ford, daughter of Robert K. and Margaret (Workman) Ford, of Cambridge township. The Fords were a pioneer family that came from Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1820. Mr. and Mrs. Oldham had six children: Merle, now Mrs. Oliver King, of Cambridge township ; Clare Ethel, at home ; James Paul, married and now living on an adjoining farm ; Chauncey M., a progressive teacher of the county; Ira F., at home, and Margaret E., at home. Mrs. Oldham died February 15, 1893, and is buried in the Cambridge cemetery. Mr. Oldham was married again June 13, 1895, to Esther Ford, a sister of his former wife. There are no children from this union. A lifelong farmer, Mr. Oldham now owns three hundred and sixty acres of fine Wills creek bottom land, under a high state of cultivation and well improved. This includes both of the old homesteads—the Oldham and the Ford. On the former still stands the original log barn, built in 1820 670 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. from trees that stood on the lot now occupied by the barn. It was quite large for those days, being thirty by sixty feet. A stone house, still standing and occupied as the Oldham home, was built in 1822 of stones taken from the top of an adjacent hill. This was the first house other than a log cabin that was built in the township. An apple tree standing in the yard was planted in 1808 by Grandmother Sarah Oldham, who came here that year with her parents, the Marlings. She had brought along as riding whips two apple sprouts cut from a tree at the Virginia home. After arriving here she planted these and, strange to say, both grew and bore apples for many years. One still lives and has an apple on it this year (1910) . Mr. Oldham is an active Republican, has served ten years as township trustee, and for several years has been a school director. He and his family are members of the First United Presbyterian church of Cambridge and take their part in church and Sunday school work. He is known as a man of character and integrity, and is influential in the community where he lives. JOHN W. BARNES. Prominent among the pioneers of Guernsey county were the forbears of John W. Barnes, who now resides near Cambridge. HiS mother's grandfather, Stephen Stiles, came with his family from Virginia early in the nineteenth century, and this was the first white family to settle in what is now Jefferson township. Two houses then stood where Cambridge City is; Indians and wild animals were plentiful in the dense forest that covered the country, and part of pioneer Stiles' task was to roll up and burn magnificent timber that, if now standing, would make his descendants rich. His son, Andrew Stiles, became a large land holder, owning at one time about one thousand two hundred acres, and he gave to each of his children, as they were married, 160 acres. The grandfather on the other side of the house, Abraham Barnes, was a land owner in Virginia and Pennsylvania. He was a big-hearted, liberal German. His son, Francis, the father of John W., owned land in Guernsey county and also owned and operated the Barnes grist mill, which was bought from the Oldhams. The Oldhams were the original settlers of Wills creek valley, and upon Wills creek this mill was built in 1828. From the Oldhams it passed through several hands until 1865, when it was bought by Francis Barnes and his brother Abraham, who operated it jointly until 1870, when Francis bought his brother's interest and GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 671 continued as owner and operator. It haS been known as Barnes' mill since 1865. Francis Barnes died in 1888, his widow died in February of 1892, and both are buried in Center cemetery. At the Settlement of the father's estate, in 1890, the sons, John W. and Francis A., became the owners of the mill, they having operated it from the time of the father's death. From 1828 to the present time this mill has been an important business center in the Wills creek valley. The first power mill in Guernsey county, it kept pace with the progress of the times. From the old-fashioned buhrstone it changed to the roller process, and in 1892 it was thoroughly renovated and modernized in all its departments. The original mill burned down in 1834. It was rebuilt in 1840, and this plant, after doing duty for sixty years, was succeeded in 1900 by another building on the opposite side of the creek, into which the old machinery was removed. The present mill has both water and steam power. It is as modern in its equipment as any in the county, and has a capacity of fifty barrels of flour and two hundred and fifty bushels of feed daily. The children of Francis and Mary A. (Stiles) Barnes are: Abraham A., of Cambridge ; Mary C., now Mrs. Thomas Moore, of Cambridge township ; John W., the subject of this sketch; Andrew S., of Cambridge ; Cora D. and Francis A. Those deceased were : Sarah I., Dolly, JoSeph W. and Alva A. John W. Barnes, the third of these children, was born July 3, 1855, in Jefferson township, Guernsey county, Ohio. His early childhood was spent on the farm, but when he was ten years old the family removed to the mill property, where he has since resided. He attended the district schools a few months each year until he was fifteen, after which his time and energy were all taken up with the mill work. On August 24, 1901, he was married to Ella A. Thomas, daughter of Jesse and Lavina G. (Tolbert) Thomas, of Guernsey county. No children have been born to them. Mr. Barnes is a Republican in politics. For many years he was an active party worker, and still retains a keen interest in public and party matters. He is a member of the Cambridge Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and both he and Mrs. Barnes are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. The Barnes brothers, John W. and Francis A., in addition to their milling interests, have a farm of one hundred and seventy acres in the Wills creek valley, near the mill. John W. has also landed interests of considerable importance in other states. The Wills creek valley about Barnes' mill is a beautiful stretch of country, and the locality with the old mill buildings as a center have many interesting traditions of the early life. Both the brothers are excellent business men and both stand high in the estimation of the community. 672 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. ALBERT R. CAIN, M. D. Among the physicians and surgeons of Guernsey county who have risen to eminence in their chosen field of endeavor is Dr. Albert R. Cain, of Cambridge, whose career has been that of a broad-minded, conscientious worker in the sphere to which his life and energies have been devoted, and whose profound knowledge of his profession has won for him a leading place among the most distinguished medical men of his day and generation in this locality. Doctor Cain was born November 9, 1850, at Carlisle, Noble county, Ohio, and he is the son of Doctor Richard and Adelia (Mallett) Cain. The father was born in Monroe county and was a member of a pioneer family ; the mother was born in Ohio county, West Virginia. The father was a physician in Noble county and well known there, practicing successfully until his death in 1855 ; his widow survived until April 24, 1884, dying at Senecaville, Guernsey county, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cain were the parents of three children, one son dying in infancy, namely : Dr. Albert R., of this review; Mary, who married W. M. Ogle, of Middleburg, Noble county, this state, now of Marietta, Ohio. Albert R. Cain was educated primarily in the public schools and the Caldwell high school, after which he taught for six years in Noble county. He entered Miami Medical College at Cincinnati, Ohio, in the fall of 1873, having read medicine two years prior to this with Dr. William Martin, of Harriettsville, Noble county, Ohio. After making a splendid record as a medical student he began practice at Carlisle, Noble county, and remained there two years, then moved to Senecaville, Guernsey county, where he successfully practiced for a period of sixteen years. In the fall of 1891 he entered Columbus Medical College, at Columbus, Ohio, from which institution he received his degree the following March, and then took up his practice in Cambridge and has remained here ever since, having built up a large and profitable practice. He also practices surgery in addition to his regular general practice, and he holds a very high rank among the eminent medical men of this part of the state, being well grounded in his profession and keeping abreast of the times in every respect, and he has the confidence and esteem of the masses. The Doctor is a member of the Guernsey County Medical Society in which he takes much interest, and of the American Historical Association. He was elected president of the Eighth Council District Medical Association at its seventh annual session, held at Zanesville, Ohio, November 25, 1910. This association is composed of the eight counties of Guernsey, Athens, Licking, Morgan, Muskingum, Noble, Perry and Washington. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 673 On April 24, 1880, Doctor Cain was married to Eliza M. Hatton, daughter of James and Jane (Thompson) Hatton, of Lore City, this county, representing a prominent pioneer family. Frank Hatton, who was postmaster general under President Garfield, was a cousin of Mrs. Cain. These parents are both deceased, they having moved to southern Illinois some years prior. To Doctor and Mrs. Cain three children have been born, one of whom died in infancy ; Laura and Mary are both at home. Doctor Cain is a Republican in politics and he has been active in public matters ; though never being an office seeker, he has always stood ready to support all just measures. His wife and daughters are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and are active church and Sunday school workers, and the Doctor is an attendant and liberal contributor. He has an attractive and pleasant home at No. 322 North Sixth street. The Doctor is an advocate of outdoor recreation and he and members of his family are accustomed to take an annual eastern trip and enjoy the sea coast for awhile. In addition to his general practice, the Doctor is assistant surgeon for the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, having charge of the Cambridge division. Personally, he is a genial, well rounded, likable gentleman, unassuming and a good mixer. He is an educated, cultured and entertaining conversationalist, and is in every way deserving of the large success that has attended his efforts as a medical practitioner and of the high esteem in which he is held. WILLIAM W. DOWDALL. Beginning life at practically the bottom of the ladder, William W. Dowdall, an enterprising citizen of Quaker City, Guernsey county, has climbed step by step to the top, with little other aid than that of a stout heart and willing hands and an intelligent brain, and he is a valuable example of what may be accomplished by thrift and perseverance, even under circumstances often discouraging. Mr. Dowdall was born on December 3, 1853, in Belmont county, Ohio, near Atlas, and is the son of James and Elizabeth (Custer) Dowdall, the father a native of Loudoun county, Virginia, and the mother born in Belmont county, Ohio. The father came to Belmont county as a young man and was married there. He was a tailor by trade and in his family were nine children, he having four children by a former marriage. In 188T, the family removed to Quaker City and have resided here ever since; both parents are 674 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. living. The son, William W., came to Quaker City in 1883, having gone to Emporia, Kansas, from Belmont county in 1878 where he worked at painting and paper hanging, having learned the trade in Belmont county. His childhood and early youth was spent in Boston, Belmont county, and where he obtained his education in the public schools. On returning to Quaker City he engaged in contracting, painting and paper hanging. He was married on September 3, 1891, to Mary Gibbons, daughter of John and Mary (Black) Gibbons, of Chester Hill, Morgan county, Ohio, and were never residents of Guernsey county. To this union have been born one son and one daughter, William J. and Eva A. Mr. Dowdall was engaged in the painting and paper hanging business until June 1, 1908, taking charge of the postoffice at Quaker City on that date. The office is doing a large business for a town of the size, having six rural routes and one star route. He is a popular and obliging official, a Republican in politics. and an active party worker and has been a frequent delegate to conventions. He was elected assessor of Millwood township for three successive years, and was health .officer of Quaker City for four years, being always an efficient and faithful public officer in whatever position he was placed, He is a member of Quaker Lodge of Masons. He and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and he is a member of the board of trustees. Mr. Dowdall is also a teacher in the Sunday school, and has been for many years. He is an honest, upright man and highly regarded by all who know him and have had dealings with him. His wife is assistant postmaster and his son, William J., is a clerk in the office, the business being admirably conducted. WILLIAM HAMILTON BELL. Among the agriculturists of Guernsey county whose efforts have been crowned with abundant success and who is deserving of the high esteem in which they are held is William Hamilton Bell, whose life has been so exemplary that it serves scarcely any purpose here to state that naught derogatory has ever been said against him by those who know him best. He was born on August 21, 1837, on the farm where he now lives, and he has done his full share in developing the community. He is the son of William and Mary (Glenn) Bell. The parents came to this county from Washington county, Pennsylvania, in the spring of 1837. Gabriel Glenn, a brother of Mrs. Bell, accompanied the family here and invested largely in wood land, GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 675 this being the farthest point west that the family thought they could penetrate with their wagons and families. This country at that time was all timbered with the finest quality of trees. There were only two children in the family of Mr. and Mrs. William Bell, a son and a daughter, the latter, Agnes Jane, being deceased many years; she was married to Hugh P. Morrison, dying soon after her wedding. The father's death occurred on May 30, 1869, his widow surviving until March 14, 1882. Both are buried in the cemetery at Lebanon, Guernsey county, as is also the daughter, Mrs. Morrison. The father was a farmer and large land owner, and he was induced to come to Guernsey county on account of the cheaper land. He paid for his land with money he saved through hard work as a "flailer," having flailed grain for one-tenth of the grain, threshed for the farmers of Washington county, Pennsylvania, and thus his start toward his acquisition of large land interests in Guernsey county. These parents were devoted Presbyterians and active in the establishment of the church in the new country. The father was an upright man in all his dealings, and in politics he was a Whig and later a Republican and a strong advocate of good government and right living, and he filled various township offices. He was an elder in the United Presbyterian church from its organization here until his death. His life was devoted very largely to his home and family and his land interests. William Hamilton Bell, of this review, grew to maturity on the home farm and was educated in the district schools, in a school house located on his father's farm. His was a sturdy, industrious boyhood, and he has always devoted his life to farming and stock raising. He has been twice married, first to Jane Clark, daughter of William H. and Margaret Clark, of Knox township, this county, and to this union two children were born, Nancy Jane and William C., the former being deceased and the latter living on the farm with his father. Mrs. Bell passed to her rest in June, 1871. His second marriage was solemnized on April 18, 1872, to Maggie Mason, daughter of Henry and Catherine Mason, of Knox township, this county. Both these parents came to this country from county Down, Ireland, in 1846, and settled in Guernsey county, Ohio. A sketch of this prominent old family appears elsewhere in this work. To Mr. Bellls second union four children were born, one dying in infancy ; Mary C. is deceased; Jessie 0. and Annie May are at home with their. parents. This family has spent their lives on the farm where they now live and which was first settled by their ancestors. Mr. Bell is the owner of an excellent farm of two hundred and twelve acres, and he has kept it well improved and carefully tilled, 676 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. being a progressive farmer. He is an uncompromising Republican and has long taken much interest in political matters. He and his family are members of the United Presbyterian church, and for many years he was a deacon in the church and has always been active in church affairs and Sunday school work. REV. ISAAC N. WHITE, D. D. The good that a high-minded, whole-souled man like Rev. Isaac N. White does in this practical, worldly-minded age, cannot be measured in metes and bounds, and such an one should receive our heartiest commendations; but a man of such pure ideals does not court the admiring plaudits of men, merely striving to do his Master's will. Rev. I. N. White, of Fairview, Oxford township, Guernsey county, was born August 17, 1835, at Hickory, Washington county, Pennsylvania, the son of Nicholas and Ann (Edgar) White, the father born in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, and the mother in Westmoreland county, the same state. The parents spent their entire married life at Hickory, Washington county, Pennsylvania, where they died many years ago, and where they are buried. The father was a farmer and a devout member of the Associate church, and died a member of that church in 1851. Isaac N. White spent his youth on the farm, assisting in the general work, and his early education was obtained in the village schools of Hickory. He later attended Jefferson College at Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, graduating in 1855. He then taught school in Natchez, Mississippi, for one year and in the fall of 1856 entered the theological seminary at Xenia, Ohio, preparatory to entering the ministry. He graduated from the seminary in 1859 and the same year was licensed to preach the gospel and was first called to the congregation at Hebron, in Washington county, New York, where he remained about three years. He then came to the Steubenville presbytery, Ohio, and was placed in charge of the United Presbyterian congregations of Lebanon and Glade Run, in Columbiana and Carroll counties, and was with this charge for ten years. He then came to Guernsey county, in the Muskingum presbytery, and was placed in charge of Fairview, Washington and Sandhill congregations. In serving these congregations he was to give Fairview one Sabbath and Washington the next Sabbath, and at the Sandhill church on the evening of his Fairview service, riding seven miles through all kinds of weather and bad roads to fill this appointment. He remained serving these GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 677 three congregations for thirty years, resigning the charge on December 1, 1904, and since that time he has not been engaged in active ministry. During all those years he was active not only in his own church affairs, but in all movements for the betterment of the local conditions, and was foremost in all work for the uplift of the people of all classes. Reverend White has been twice married, first on October 28, 1865, to Mary Miller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Miller, of Hickory, Washington county, Pennsylvania. Two children were born to this union, Alice M., at home, and John C., in business at Cleveland, Ohio. The wife and mother died in April, 1870, and his second marriage was in December, 1871, to Margaret McGowan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David McGowan, of Steubenville; no children were born to this marriage. In 1902 Muskingum College, at New Concord, Ohio, conferred on Reverend White the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity. He has been a Republican in politics since the birth of the party in 1856, voting for John C. Fremont for President; has always been interested in educational matters and has served as a member of the board of education. After his well spent years he is now living a retired life in Fairview where he has since spent so many active and useful years. His ministerial labors and influence covered a greater portion of the eastern half of Guernsey county and his services were in constant demand in performing marriage ceremonies and conducting funerals of persons both in. and outside of the church membership. The daughter, Alice M. White, is a highly educated and cultured woman, being a graduate of Washington Seminary at Washington, Pennsylvania, and has been a teacher in the Western Pennsylvania Institute for the Deaf about ten years. During the summer of 1910 she made a tour of European countries, visiting most of the cities and points of interest. BENJAMIN OBURN POTTS. Success has been achieved by Benjamin Oburn Potts, one of the enterprising business men of Lore City, Guernsey county, because he has worked for it along legitimate lines and has not depended upon the assistance or advice of others, preferring, like all true Americans, to go it alone. Mr. Potts was born on August 27, 1870, in Richland township, this county, on a farm two miles east of Senecaville. He is the son of Joseph W. and Sarah (Ward) Potts, both natives of Guernsey county. The paternal grand- 678 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. father, Joseph Potts, came to Guernsey county from Pennsylvania with the early pioneers; the Wards were also a pioneer family here, coming from the state of Pennsylvania, and they were all active and influential in the affairs of the early days here. Both the grandfather and father of the subject were farmers of modest means, but they were honest, hard-working people and had good, comfortable homes. The parents of Benjamin O. Potts are now residents of Lore City. The subject spent his childhood and youth on the farm in Richland township, until he was twenty-eight years of age; he attended the country district schools during the winter months, working on the farm during the crop season, and there acquired habits of industry and developed a rugged constitution. On June 20, 1901, he was married to Eva Todd, a daughter of Joseph and Ruth (Garvis) Todd, of Lore City. Her father came from England when a boy, locating in Guernsey county, and here he engaged in mining, which he continued to follow during the years of his activity. His wife died a few years ago. To Mr. and Mrs. Potts four children have been born, Harold V., Earl R. (deceased), Hershel R. and Ruth E. On February J0, 1898, Mr. Potts came to Lore City and engaged in the meat business, which he has continued ever since, building up a very satisfactory and constantly growing trade, and maintaining one of the neatest, best equipped and popular meat markets in the county. He does his own killing and dressing of meats and there is great demand for his products. He has been very successful, and owns his place of business and a good residence adjoining, which are on the principal business and residence street of the town, and he is in the very front rank of the town's business and progressive men of affairs. Politically, Mr. Potts is a Republican and has long been deeply interested in public matters, and has ever stood ready to aid in any way possible the development of his community, believing it to he the duty of all good citizens to take part in the public life of his locality and help push forward the wheels of progress; however, he is in no sense an office seeker, preferring to give his entire attention to his business. He is a member of the Lore City board of education and takes a great interest in educational affairs and he is regarded as one of the most active and influential of the town's residents. He is a member of the Junior Order of American Mechanics, and the Lore City Lodge of Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was one of the twenty-three charter members who transferred their membership from Senecaville to the Lore City Lodge on July 29, 1904, and he is active in lodge work. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, both being active in GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 679 church and Sunday school work. He is well informed on public questions and is always able to defend his position on public questions and issues. He is popular in the community and a citizen of high repute, and he and Mrs. Potts have a wide circle of warm and admiring friends throughout the county, being prominent in the local social life. REV. ALEXANDER GORDON EAGLESON, D. D. Well known and highly esteemed among the residents of Guernsey county is the Rev. Alexander Gordon Eagleson, who has, in many ways, served his fellowmen and his God. He was born October 8, 1844, at Upper Buffalo, Washington county, Pennsylvania, the son of Rev. John Eagleson, D. D., pastor of the Upper Buffalo Presbyterian church for over forty years, and Mary (Gordon) Eagleson, a daughter of Alexander Gordon, Esq., and Eve (Fisher) Gordon, her father being a prominent farmer of Washington county. His mother was a full cousin of Major-Gen. George A. Custer, who served on General Grant's staff during the war of the Rebellion and was later killed in battle with the Indians. The place where he fell is marked by an imposing monument erected by order of Congress. Both the Eaglesons and the Gordons were Scotch people, the Eaglesons coming originally from Normandy about the time of William the Conqueror. An uncle, Rev. George Gordon, an eminent Presbyterian minister, a prominent educator and an active anti-slavery advocate, suffered severe persecutions for abolition views and activities. Another uncle, Rev. Joseph Gordon, was a graduate of Washington College, Washington county, Pennsylvania, in the same class with the Hon. James G. Blaine and a native of the same town, and with him shared, equally, the first honor of their class, and continued warm personal friends through life. His intense anti-slavery views subjected him to severe discipline by the church, from which he withdrew in 1846 and, with the aid of some others of like views, formed the Free Presbyterian church, as a protest against American slavery, and which continued till after the close of the war of the Rebellion, when slavery was abolished, when it dissolved itself, the object for which it had been organized having been accomplished, and its adherents, mostly, reunited with the Presbyterian church. Both the Gordons, George and Joseph, died comparatively young men, but left their stamp upon the affairs of the community in which they lived and were active, and to this day many, among the older people, hold them in 680 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. high esteem. Rev. Joseph Gordon edited The Free Presbyterian. George was president of Iberia College and gained a national reputation. The father of Alexander G. Eagleson, the Rev. John Eagleson, D. D., died on January 23, 1873, at Buffalo, Washington county, Pennsylvania, where he had so long served the people of his church. He graduated from Jefferson College, at Canonsburg, Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1829, at the age of twenty, and was the honor man of his class, an accomplished linguist, and received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Jefferson College, his Alma Mater, in 1859. Custom required the honor man to treat his class to the best of good rye whisky, But Doctor Eagleson, even at that early time, was so much of a temperance man that he declined to treat his class to whisky, but did buy them six gallons of the best wine, for which his class, in which there were many men who afterwards became eminent, held him in ideal respect. His family consisted of eight children, six sons and two daughters : Hon. Andrew S., of Washington, Pennsylvania, who served his country through the Civil war, and is prominent in the affairs of Washington county, Pennsylvania ; David- S., a physician, is now deceased; Rev. William S., D. D., lives in Columbus, Ohio; Alexander was the fourth in the order of birth ; Henry G. lives in Washington county, Pennsylvania ; Jane, deceased, was the wife of Samuel Blayney, of Washington county, Pennsylvania ; Hannah G. is unmarried, and lives in Clinton, West Virginia ; George G. lives in Clinton, West Virginia. All of the family are graduates of classical institutions and are men and women prominent in their different localities. The father was a Whig and later a Republican in politics, and active in public affairs. A man of great intelligence and learning, he wielded a wide influence, both in church and state affairs. He was twice married, his first wife being Mary Stewart, the daughter of David and Mary (Byers) Stewart, of Dallas, West Virginia. She died in 1842 and was the mother of Andrew S., David S. and William S. His second wife was Mary Gordon, who was the mother of the subject. She survived her husband, dying in May, 1891, and both are buried at Upper Buffalo, Washington county, Pennsylvania, which was so long the scene of Dr. Eagleson's labors. Alexander G. Eagleson was educated at Jefferson College and later at Iberia College, from which he graduated in the class of 1867, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts and later was given the degree of Master of Arts. He studied theology at the Western Theological Seminary, at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and was given the degree of Doctor of Divinity by Richmond College in 1906. In 1869 he entered the ministry at Bucyrus, Ohio, in the presbytery of Marion and was ordained in 1870 by the same presbytery, in serv- GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 681 ices held at Delaware, Ohio. His first ministerial work was at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, where he organized the First Presbyterian church of that city, the congregation having grown large and wealthy, and now possesses the finest church building in all the Northwest. From 1873 to 1875 he was pastor of the Third Presbyterian church of Wheeling, West Virginia. In 1875 he came to Washington, Guernsey county, Ohio, as pastor of the Presbyterian church of that place, when that town and congregation were prosperous, and remained there four and a half years. In 1882 he became pastor of the Presbyterian church at Dallas, West Virginia. Following his pastorate at Washington, he spent two years upon his farm, three miles north of Washington, He remained at Dallas four years and went from Dallas to Freeport, Ohio, as pastor of the Presbyterian church at that place, and remained there two years, when, in the spring of 1888, he accepted a call to become pastor of the church at Hagerstown, Ohio, which he accepted, on account of the academy of that place furnishing a school in which he could educate his children. He retained this pastorate until 1892, when he returned to his farm where he has since resided. He has, however, been active in church work. Earnest in his advocacy of good roads, he has preached that doctrine, until his spirit has grown and much good has been accomplished. Mr. Eagleson is also a skilled civil engineer and since coming to his farm has done a great deal of work along this line. His chief work, for twenty years, has been evangelistic, in which he has been very successful, and he has given the most of his time to evangelistic work in all the states of the middle West. Mr. Eagleson was married on September 4, 1867, to Laura Finney, the daughter of David and Hannah (Butler) Finney, of Holmes county, Ohio. Hannah Butler was the first white child born in Wayne county, Ohio. Both the Finneys and the Butlers were prominent families, cultured and refined, coming to Ohio from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. To Mr. and Mrs. Eagleson have been born eleven children, nine of whom are living : Mary Eva, born September 4, 1870, died On December 4, 1878; Walter F. is the pastor of the Second Presbyterian church of Findlay, Ohio ; John P. is in the commissary department of the United States Army at Chicago; William H. is in Minneapolis, Minnesota ; David H. is in St. Louis, Missouri; James E. died November 3o, 1903; Dwight A. is in Oilcentre, California ; Laura Mable married Lewis Blundon, of Washington, D. C. ; George I. is a student in the Carnegie Technical Schools of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; Lillian M. is a student in Findlay College, Findlay, Ohio ; Hodge M. is in the high school at Washington, this county, and is the only one at home. 682 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. The Reverend Doctor Eagleson is a Republican in politics and has always been active in public affairs, taking an intense interest in civil affairs, although he has never been an office holder. He has been an extensive contributor to the public press and is the author of several published sermons, among which are the "Biographical Discourses of Rev. H. C. Foulk," at one time pastor of the Presbyterian church of Cumberland, this county, and that of Rev. Samuel Patterson, D. D., for fifty years pastor of Deersville, Harrison county, Ohio. An article written and published in 1907, in opposition to the taxation of church property, when bills proposing such taxation were pending in twenty-two of the state legislatures, was extensively copied into the religious and secular press all over the country, and is believed to have been the cause of killing the proposition in all these states. He is well informed, thoroughly educated, high-minded, and a true Christian and friend to his brother man in every sense of these words. JACOB H. HAYMAN. The name of Jacob H. Hayman has long been associated with the industrial, civic and social life of Lore City and Richland township, and Guernsey county can boast of no more loyal or honored citizen, for he has always sought to bear himself in a manner becoming a true American and a gentleman of correct habits. Mr. Hayman was born July 12, 1858, in Shenandoah county, Virginia, the son of Daniel and Lydia (Pence) Hayman. The father was a farmer, a man of small means and had twelve children. The son was born and grew up amid such environment as was usual with the Virginia farmer of that day. As he grew up there was little time for aught but work and all the members of the family had a portion to perform. The son's educational opportunities were meager—in fact, prior to growing to young manhood he had never attended school. During three months of three winters he attended the country district schools of Licking county, after he came to Ohio in 1875. His father died in 1870, and then the widow and the family, except this son, came to Licking county, Ohio, where the mother died in 1895. Jacob H. Hayman worked on a farm in Virginia for his board and clothes until he was sixteen years of age, when he came to Ohio in 1875, joining his mother and other members of the family in Licking county, Ohio. He assisted his mother in the care of the family and assisted in caring for his mother until her death. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 683 In 1883 the son left Licking county, coming to Washington, Guernsey county, and engaged in work connected with the lumber business, which he followed for two years, having saved some money and buying one team and borrowed money enough to buy another. While teaming with the first team he ever owned, his team was killed on the railroad tracks while in the pasture, and he was compelled to go to work again as a driver, until he had saved enough money to buy another team. This accident befell him in. Licking county, prior to his coming to Guernsey. He had nerve and perseverance, however, and kept at it. In 1885, after these various experiences, he went in business for himself in the timber business. He bought a piece of timber near Gibson Station, on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, and, with his brother, cut and hewed the railroad ties and then hauled them to the station. This was his first experience in business for himself. He made money on this deal, then he bought more timber lands and had a like experience and made some more money and again added to his facilities and equipment. He continued in this way of adding to his capital as he cleaned up a piece of timber and in 1890 he bought a threshing machine and operated it for one season, when he traded the machine for a saw-mill, on the pike west of Washington and began operating the mill for himself. He continued the saw-mill business successfully until 1901. During these years he had accumulated money and in 1892 bought a farm in Richland township, two miles west of Lore City, containing eighty- eight acres. On December 22, 1887, he was married to Mahetable Rich, daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth (Millhone) Rich., a farmer of Center township, one mile west of Lore City. Her father is still living, but her mother is dead. To Mr. and Mrs. Hayman have been born five children : Orville K., Abraham Roy, Paul (deceased), and Howard and Hubert, twins. Mr. and Mrs. Hayman first began housekeeping in Lore City and in the spring of 1888 moved to the farm known as the Wesley Gibson farm, two miles west of Lore City, and in the spring of 1889 he moved to what was known as the Alexander Laughlin farm in Richland township, near Lore City. He lived here three years and in 1892 he bought the old Hugh Brown farm of eighty-eight acres, one and a half miles west of Lore City, in Richland township, where he lived for nine years, engaged in farming and also extensively engaged in the timber business, also operating a saw-mill, working almost night and day. His mill was located near Hopewell, in Madison township, a long distance from where lie lived, making it impossible for him to get home at night, his wife attending the stock. He was operating several mills along the line of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, from Spencer, eighteen miles east of Cambridge, to New 684 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. Concord, Muskingum county, eight miles west of Cambridge. In 'g00 he built a fine modern home on the old Brown farm, and the following year, 1901, he sold this farm and bought the John B. Laughlin farm in Richland township, one-half mile west of Lore City, containing one hundred thirty-three and a half acres, where he still resides. It is a fine farm, splendidly improved. A substantial brick residence was on the farm when he bought it and this has been improved and modernized in every way. He built a fine, large bank barn in 1905 and other farm buildings. The place, which was naturally a fine farm, was badly run down, but he went to work to rejuvenate the same, with seven carloads of tile draining and refencing and fertilizing, The farm is now a fine producer. He now cuts about one hundred twenty- five tons of hay every year, whereas when he bought the same it was yielding almost nothing. Such has been the reward of industry and intelligent farming. His farm is mostly in grass, still always raising some grain. In addition to his fine farm and stock interests, he is still in the timber business, handling the product of two saw-mills, and handling a great many railroad ties for the various railroad companies; also a large quantity of mine ties and also lumber for building and other purposes. He is also a breeder of fine stock, in cattle, sheep, hogs and thoroughbred Percheron horses, one fine imported stallion costing twenty-five thousand dollars. All of his stock is first- class in every particular. He is also extensively engaged as a chicken raiser, and his flocks of fine fowls number several hundred. He is a Republican in politics, not an office seeker, but always a voter, and has served seven years as trustee of Richland township. He has also served a number of years as a member of the Lore City school board. He affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal church, of which his wife is a member, and is a liberal supporter of the church and all movements calculated to advance the best interests of the people. He favors public improvement along the line of good roads and good schools. In addition to the farm where he lives, Mr. Hayman has a farm of one hundred thirty-eight acres in Center township, one-half mile north of Lore City. The Hayman home, a large, substantial brick structure, large, airy rooms, all comfortably furnished, surrounded by a large, well-kept lawn, and standing on an elevation overlooking the broad acres of the fertile Leatherwood Valley, makes an ideal country home. Everything about the house and farm buildings and every corner of the farm indicates an intelligent care and attention. Everything is in perfect order and every nook and corner is free from accumulation of rubbish so often found on the farms. Mr. Hayman is an example of what industry and honesty combined with economy can accomplish. Starting at young manhood penniless, with no education, GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 685 he has acquired more than a comfortable fortune, has gained an education equal to most men of much more superior opportunities, and has a character and reputation for honest and thorough reliability, a fine citizen, a splendid neighbor and 4 stanch friend. JOHN H. BOND. A successful business man of Lore City, Guernsey county, who believes in employing modern, twentieth-century methods, is John H. Bond, who, by his enterprise and wise discrimination, has not only labored greatly to his own advantage but also the community at large. Mr. Bond was born on July 4, 1857, in Londonderry township, Guernsey county, Ohio, the son of Joshua Hood and Mary Elizabeth (Huffman) Bond, the father a native of Guernsey county and the mother of Monroe county. Grandfather Bond came from Ireland direct to Guernsey county in the early pioneer days ; two brothers, Larkin and Charles Bond, came with the grandfather and all settled in Guernsey county and became farmers, and all reared families. All three of the brothers are dead. Joshua Hood Bond was one of a family of twelve children, all of whom are now dead. The father died December 3, 1904, and his wife died in May, 1878. and both are buried in McCoys’ cemetery in Londonderry township. Joshua H. Bond was a prosperous farmer and a large land owner. He was a Republican in politics and active in the public affairs. He filled several of the most important offices of the township and was a man always prominent in public matters. In addition to farming, he bought and sold horses extensively. He and his family were members of the Methodist Episcopal church and he was a devout Christian for many years. John H. Bond spent his childhood and youth on his fatherls farm and assisted in the general farm work, and his education was obtained in the country district schools.' His parents' family consisted of four sons and three daughters : Cornelius H., of Exter Park, Colorado ; John H., the subject of this sketch ; Charles H., deceased ; Elizabeth A., now MrS. James Wilkey, a pioneer of Harrison county, Ohio; Jeremiah, deceased; Mary Belle and Maude, both live in Scio, Ohio, the latter being a teacher in the Scio College. John H. Bond has been married three times, his first wife being Sarah Margaret Smith, of Londonderry township, whom he married on February 12, 1878. To this union seven children were born: Emma F., now Mrs. 686 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. Ralph B. Sproat, of Cambridge; Albert A., of Iowa; Vernon B., of Cambridge; Roney V., of Lore City ; Robert Austin, of Lore City; Wilbur R., of Lore City ; Zula M., at home. The wife and mother died March t0, 1896. His second marriage took place on July 22, 1898, to Margaret J. Todd, of Belmont county, Ohio, and one son was born to this union, Leonard, who died one year after birth. Mrs. Margaret Bond died on April 18, 1900, and on June 12, 1902, Mr. Bond was married to Sarah M. Warne, daughter of Jacob and Mary J. Warne, of Center township, Guernsey county, Ohio. No children have been born to this union. Mr. Bond engaged in farming in Londonderry township and he followed that pursuit until April, 1900, when he sold his farm and moved to Lore City, where he bought property and engaged in the livery business, in which he has been engaged ever since. He is also engaged in the sale of farm machinery during a part of the year, and has established quite a business. He owns several pieces of property in Lore City besides business property and equipment. He is a Republican in politics and has been active and filled various local offices while living in Londonderry township, among which was that of land appraiser, which position he filled in 1900. In 1908 he was nominated by the Republicans of Guernsey county as a candidate for infirmary director and was elected for a second term in 1910. He was vice-president of the board during the first term and president during the second. He and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Lore City.. He is a public spirited citizen, always active in whatever pertains to the public good, a man who stands high in the estimation of his fellows, and an honest and efficient public official. Public spirited, he occupies a prominent place in the affairs of the community in which he lives. EDWIN M. NELSON. Among the old and representative citizens of Center township, Guernsey county, Ohio, none enjoys a higher meed of respect and esteem than the gentleman whose name appears at the head of this sketch. A life characterized by the strictest integrity of word and deed and absolute faithfulness to every trust reposed in him, has earned for him a reputation of greater value to his family than could have been earned by the possession of great wealth or high political honor. Edwin M. Nelson was born November 14, 1836, in Allegheny county, GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 687 Pennsylvania, and is the son of Samuel and Susanna (Paden) Nelson. Both of these parents were born and reared in York county, Pennsylvania, and made the rough and tiresome trip over the mountains to Allegheny county in 1835. Samuel Nelson was a man of splendid educational attainments, being a fine Latin scholar, which language he taught in York county in his younger days. His father was a native of Ireland and after his death, Samuel Nelson gave up teaching and took charge of the paternal farm. When the family first came to America they settled in the Carolinas, but, because of Indian troubles, they came North, settling in York county, where they engaged in farming. After locating in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, Samuel Nelson engaged in farming until about 1842, when he took transportation down the Ohio river to Wheeling, West Virginia, from which point he transported his family and household goods to the farm in Guernsey county where his son, the subject of this sketch, now lives, the place containing one hundred acres, along the National road. James Paden, father of Mrs. Samuel Nelson, came to Center township, Guernsey county, about 1820, and lived here until hiS death, in 1841, at which time his farm descended to his daughter, Mrs. Nelson, by inheritance. Samuel Nelson was a man of modest demeanor, but intelligent and high minded, and stood high in the esteem of all who knew him. Politically he was a stanch Democrat, and a Presbyterian in his religious faith. To him and his wife were born nine children, five sons and four daughters, namely : Elizabeth, Rebecca, James, Robert, Margaret, Samuel H., - Susanna, Joseph and Edwin M., all being now deceased excepting the last named. The father of these children died in January, 1851, and was survived a number of years by his widow, who died in 1865, both being buried in the cemetery at Washington, where the daughters and one son, James, are also buried. In 1807, and again in 1811, while a resident of York county, Pennsylvania, Samuel Nelson was commissioned a captain in the state militia. Edwin M. Nelson has spent his entire life, since January, 1842, on the old family homestead, where he now lives. His youth was devoted to farm work as soon as old enough and his education was secured in the district schools of the home neighborhood. He was married, on November 3, 1863, to Margaret Work, the daughter of James and Ann (Cunningham) Work, of Center township, The Work family came from Harrison county, Ohio, in the spring of 1861 and here Mr. Work became a prosperous farmer. He died in 1869 and his widow in 1886, both being interred in the cemetery at Cambridge. Mr. Work was a Republican in politics and a Presbyterian in his religious belief. To Mr. and Mrs. Nelson have been born seven children, two of whom died in infancy. Those living are as follows : Flora, the wife 688 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. of James Norris; Ella, the wife of James Tedrick, of Center township; Ida, the wife of George Hanson, of the state of Montana ; Mary, the wife of Joseph W. Dyson, who is represented elsewhere in this work ; Everett, of Center township. Edwin M. Nelson has devoted his mature years to farming and stock raising, in both of which lines he has met with a gratifying degree of success. He is a Democrat in his political affiliations and has taken an active interest in party affairs. Although his party is in the minority in Center township, he has been elected to office almost continuously, this standing in unmistakable evidence of his personal popularity and eminent fitness for the positions to which he has been chosen. He has served as justice of the peace for thirty- five years, and there was but one break in this long period of service. He also served as land appraiser of Center township in 1880 and 1900. He was township clerk for nine years, township treasurer one year, township assessor, and for many years a member of the school board. He rendered efficient service as a member of the Democratic county central committee and has been frequently a delegate to party conventions. Religiously, Mr. Nelson and his family are members of the Presbyterian church, to which they give an earnest support. In recent years Mr. Nelson has not done much active work on the farm and is living practically retired. He holds broad and intelligent views on public questions and exerts a large influence in the community where he lives and where for many years he has been a prominent factor: His father before him was also a man of wide repute, as during the days of much travel over the National road he kept a tavern for the accommodation of the traveling public, his place being a popular hostelry in the early days. Edwin Nelson enjoys a wide acquaintance over Guernsey county and his friends are in number as his acquaintances. WILLIAM H. DAVIS. The Nestor of the mining industry in the Guernsey valley and the man to whom, more than any other individual, was due the extensive mining developments in that section, was William H. Davis. Mr. Davis was born in the south part of Wales, June 14, 1851, and was the son of Robert and Maria Augusta Davis. The father was Welsh, the mother English. When he was thirteen years old his parents brought him to America and located at Youngstown, Ohio. At the age of twenty he married Mary A. Cook, of, Hubbard, Ohio, who died in 1881, and on September 21, 1886, he was united to Mary A. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 689 Morton, of Sherman, Ohio. Miss Morton was a daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Scott) Morton. She was born in the north part of England and when eight years old was brought to America by her parents, who located first in Pennsylvania, then came to Sherman, Ohio. Her mother died about 1884 and her father about 1888. Mr. Davis's whole life, virtually, was devoted to the mining industry, as he entered the mines in Wales when but a child of seven years and from that on was connected with the business in some capacity. In 1888 he came from Sherman, where, for six or seven years, he had been in the employ of Mr. Barrett, and on the Toth of May of that year began opening up the Pioneer mine at Byesville, owned by Mr. Barrett. There were then only two mines of any consequence at Byesville and since there was built up, largely through the energy and skill of Mr. Davis, an important coaling business. After the Pioneer mine was exhausted he went with B. F. Berry, who then bought the Farmer mine, just south of Byesville. Later on other mines were added, with Mr. Davis in charge of them, until there were ten under his supervision with a force of nearly three thousand men and a payroll of considerable over a hundred thousand dollars a month. About 1907 the properties were taken over by the Cambridge Collieries Company, with headquarters at Byesville. Mr. Davis retained his position as general superintendent until about May 1, 1909, when he resigned because of failing health. His ailment was cancer of the spleen, which could not be operated upon, and from its effects he died July II, 1909. When about nineteen years old Mr. Davis made a public confession of his faith in Christ and joined the Welsh Baptist church, but for many years he had no actual church connections, although he always manifested a kindly spirit in this direction, contributing freely of his means and encouraging his family in their religious relations. During his later days much of his time was spent in prayer and he professed his trust in God and his faith in salvation. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Elks. He is buried in Norwood cemetery, at Cambridge. Mr. Davis was prominently identified with the First National Bank, of Byesville, where, by reason of his wide knowledge of men and affairs and his sound judgment, he was an efficient and valued officer. According to one who knew him best, no one else, perhaps, was so popular with the men in the mines as was wholehearted, genial "Billy" Davis, by which name he was affectionately called alike by his business associates and the men who worked under him. Throughout the Guernsey valley he was known as an upright honest Christian gentleman, and no one was esteemed more highly by all 690 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. classes. He was a man very fond of his home and family, and he left his business troubles outside the gate, presenting his most cheery aspect in the domestic circle. He was fond of music and delighted in singing with his family. A man of close application to his business, he allowed himself but one vacation a year and that of but few days' duration. A man of no schooling, he yet acquired a great deal by home study and became well educated. Mr. Davis was the father of six children, Three by the first wife were: Hiram, now of Byesville: Mrs. David Morse, deceased, and William H. Davis, Jr., of Byesville. Hiram is superintendent of the Little Run Trail mine. He is married and has two children. William H. is electrician for the Cambridge Collieries Company, and is also married. The children by the second wife are, George Henry, Louia Augusta and Elizabeth, all of whom now reside with their mother at their present little home farm adjoining Bvesville. George Henry is a jeweler at Byesville. Louia Augusta is bookkeeper for the Byesville Coal Company, and Elizabeth will soon graduate at the Byesville high school. JAMES HODGE McCREARY, D. D. S. Though young in years, Dr. James Hodge McCreary, of Byesville, one of the best known of the younger dentists of Guernsey county, has shown what energy, high purpose and proper training can accomplish when coupled with sound judgment and an altruistic impulse. He comes of an excellent old family whose honored name he has worthily upheld. He was born in Center township, this county, September 20, 1878, and he is the son of Hugh and Martha (McKelvy) McCreary. For a more complete record of the Doctor's parents and ancestry the reader is referred to the sketch of his brother, John L. McCreary, appearing herein. Doctor McCreary grew to maturity on the home farm and there built up a robust constitution by outdoor work, which has stood him in good stead during his subsequent battle of life. He attended the district schools in the wintertime and later went to the normal school. He studied dentistry at the Ohio Medical University, now Starling Medical College, where he made an excellent record and from which he was graduated in 1903, after which he began the practice of his profession in Byesville where he has remained ever since, enjoying a very liberal patronage, which is constantly growing, for his reputation as a careful, painstaking and thoroughly equipped dentist has be- GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 691 come well established and he has kept abreast of the times in everything pertaining to his profession. Doctor McCreary was married on December 28, 1905, to Mabel Frame, daughter of Roland S. Frame, Sr., a highly respected and influential family. To the Doctor and wife one son, Roland Alexander, haS been born. Besides his practice, Doctor McCreary is interested in the C. L, Frame Dental Supply Company at Chicago. He also owns various properties in Byesville. Fraternally, he is a member of the Masonic order, having attained the Knight Templar degree. He also belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He and his wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal church at Byesville, and they stand high in church and social circles. CLINTON D. WARNE. Among the sterling citizens of Center township and the representative farmers of Guernsey county, Clinton D. Warne is deserving of conspicuous mention, having worked long and hard to achieve the ample competence that is today his, and while he has labored for his own advancement, as is right and proper, he has never neglected his duties of citizenship, but has always stood ready to aid his neighbors and the promotion of the general good in this.. county. Mr. Warne was born on September 25, 1868, on the farm on which he now resides, being the son of an old and highly honored family, Jonathan and Ann (Smith) Warne. The father was also born on this farm, while the motherls birth occurred in Licking county, Ohio. Grandfather Jonathan Warne came from New Jersey. with his family when the country was very new and began life here in typical pioneer fashion, making their home in the woods. He cleared the land and built a cabin which was their residence for some time, thus this family has been known in Guernsey county for many generations and the reputation it has borne has been second to none. Jonathan Warne, Jr., father of Clinton D., was a farmer all his life, and he reared a family of seven daughters and two sons, all living with the exception of two daughters. The father's death occurred on August 6, 1903, and he was followed to the "narrow house" only a few days later, August 11th, by his faithful life companion, and they are buried in the Pleasant Hill cemetery. Clinton D. Warne spent his childhood and youth with his parents and obtained his education in the district schools, working on the farm the mean- 692 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. while. He was married on April 7, 1897, to Lena Gardner, daughter of Park and Cynthia (Hagan) Gardner, of Quaker City ; both parents are living on a farm. To Mr. and Mrs. Warne one son has been born, Clinton D., Jr., also one daughter, Rettie. Mr. Warne has always lived on the farm where he was born or on an adjoining farm. He has been very successful and is now the owner of a splendid farm of three hundred and fifty-six acres of good land and he is also extensively interested in the saw-mill business, which he has operated for fourteen years. By the judicious management of his farm and mill he has laid by quite a competence and is now prosperous, as he deserves, for he has been a persistent worker and has forged ahead without the assistance of anyone. Politically, Mr. Warne is a Republican and has always been loyal to the principles of this party, as was his father. He has been township trustee for three years and is now serving his second term. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and liberal supporters of the same. He is decidedly a man of affairs, and great business capacity and untiring energy, and he stands high among his fellow men in all the relations of life. JOHN WESLEY SHRIVER. The Shriver family has been for several generations identified with the life and interests of the community of Jackson township, and the gentleman whose name heads this sketch is one of the representative men of his township, an able farmer, well known citizen, who has taken his part in the development of the common good, and a friend esteemed and loved by those who know him best. John Wesley Shriver was born in section 19, Jackson township, Guernsey county, Ohio, on August 30, 1868. He is the son of Mark Gordon and Caroline (Camp) Shriver, whose record precedes this. He grew up on the home place, and has followed farming practically all his life, though he has been engaged in mining for a small portion of the time. His farm is well cultivated, and shows to the passer that its owner is an up-to-date farmer. Mr. Shriver was married on August 25, 1906, to Mildred Moorhead, the daughter of Frank and Sarah L. (Pilcher) Moorhead. She was born and reared at Senecaville, where her mother still resides. Her father was the son of Jonathan and Mary Ann (McElwee) Moorhead, and the Moorhead family have been residents of the county from early times, while Mary Ann Mc- GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 693 Elwee was one of the first children to be born at Hartford, Jackson township. Frank Moorhead was a wholesale tobacco merchant, and died at Senecaville on November 19, 1908. His wife is a native of Vinton county, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Shriver are the parents of two children, Consuelo Marie and Adam Gordon. After the death of his father John W. Shriver continued to live on the old home farm, before mentioned. He owns one hundred and ninety-four acres of land. He is not a politician, but has accepted some minor offices, such as that of school director, from a sense of civic duty, and votes with the Democratic party. Both he and his wife are members of Mt. Zion Baptist church. Mr. Shriver is a man of strong and consistent Christian character, and a devoted husband and father, highly esteeming his wife and children, and the pleasures of his home. BENJAMIN TRENNER. Another of the old soldiers and loyal defenders of the National Union during the greatest civil strife in the history of the world, a man who deserves the highest praise for his unselfish sacrifices in giving up the pleasures and comforts of home, the opportunities of business and the peaceful pursuits of life and offering his services and his life, if need he, on the fields of carnage in the southland in order that "this government might not perish from the earth:' in the language of the great emancipator whom he loved—our first President martyr—is Benjamin Trenner, a well known citizen of Jackson township, who, through a long and useful life, has seen this locality forge to the front. Mr. Trenner was born in the northwestern part of Valley township, Guernsey county, Ohio, on September 19, 1830. He is the son of Henry and Sarah (Frye) Trenner. Henry Trenner came from Virginia, probably from Loudoun county, when about twenty-five years old. Henry Trenner's father (probably also named Henry) came to America from Germany during the American Revolution, and he fought for the colonies. His people in the old country had been wealthy and influential, but he dare not go back after having joined the American colonists. After the Revolution he settled in Virginia. His son Henry came to this county in a very early day and bought a farm in Valley township, when very little land had been cleared. After Henry came, then his father, the old Revolutionary soldier, came too, and lived with him until his death. 694 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. Henry Trenner married Sarah Frye, who was born in Virginia, and she came to Ohio with her parents while she was a girl. Benjamin Trenner was one of eight children, all boys. One died in infancy, seven grew to manhood, namely : Noah, John and Isaiah are dead, William and Henry are living in the west ; Caleb lives on the old homestead in Guernsey county ; Benjamin is the subject of this sketch. Henry Trenner, the father, first bought one hundred and sixty acres of land, to which he later added eight more acres. It was during the war of 1812 that Henry Trenner settled in Valley township. He intended to go to the war, but an attack of the measles prevented his doing so, so he hired a substitute. The family grew up in pioneer conditions. Roads were very few. The Clay pike was laid out, but it was by no means a good road. Cambridge was a very small place. When the settlers wanted shoes they killed a beef and took the hide to a tanner at Cambridge, who took half of the hide for the tanning. Then they had the shoemaker come to the house and make shoes for the family. Boots did not come into use until the subject was fifteen years old. Later boots became the only footwear of the men. They raised their own flax and wool and worked it up for clothes. The subject never had an overcoat until after he was twenty-one years old. He wore woolen flannel shirts. In October, 1851, Benjamin Trenner married Barbara Spaid, daughter of William Spaid and wife. William Spaid came from Virginia about as early as the Trenner family. After his marriage Mr. Trenner rented a farm on the Clay pike and made a business of keeping overnight the great droves of stock that were constantly passing along on the road to eastern cities in those days. Two years later he bought an eighty-acre farm in the north part of Valley township and lived there three years, then sold that and bought another near by, but lived there only a short time. About 1856 he bought the farm where he has lived ever since, in the south part of Jackson township. He has one hundred and thirty-two acres well improved and he has been very successful as a farmer. During the Civil war he was in Company E. One Hundred Seventy-second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and saw some of the hardest service. After the war he returned to his farm. He has followed farming all of his life. He has very valuable coal deposits on his farm, which are now being worked, and he is comfortably fixed in his declining years. Mr. Trenner and his wife had four children, namely : William Leander married Elizabeth Grant and lived in Zanesville. He died about 1908, when GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 695 about fifty-one years old, leaving three boys and two girls, besides one child that died in infancy. Sarah Alice Trenner married Justice Thompson and lived at Hartford, this county. Mary Ann married A. R. Gabin and lives in Cambridge and she has one daughter. Henry M. Trenner married Harriett Brown, of Cambridge. He is in the shoe business in that city. He and his wife have two children. Mr. Trenner was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, at Byes= ville, until it surrendered its charter. He and his wife are members of the Lutheran church. They are a grand old couple and have enjoyed almost sixty years of wedded life, and both are fairly well preserved for their years. Their house is a large white structure, a handsome home, with well kept grounds. Mr. Trenner is one of the few old pioneers and he has lived a life that has resulted in much good to the community, and is in every way deserving of the high esteem in which he is held by all who know him. GEORGE S. KAHO. The name of George S. Kaho has been so intimately associated with the material and civic interests of Senecaville, Guernsey county, where he has long resided, as to reflect great credit upon the town and vicinity, at the same time gaining the undivided respect of all who know him for his well directed life, which has been along paths of honor and uprightness. Mr. Kaho was born on July 9, 1849, in Baltimore county, Maryland, the son of Daniel and Eliza (Armstrong) Kaho, both natives of the state of Maryland, the father born in Baltimore county and the mother in Hartford county. The family emigrated to Senecaville, Richland township, Guernsey county, Ohio, in 1857. The father was a tinner by trade, but upon coming to this place he engaged in the grocery business, which he continued until his death. He was very well known in commercial circles of this locality. His widow survived him many years, dying in Quaker City about 1900. Daniel Kaho was a Democrat up to 1861, when he became a Republican. He was interested in public matters, and he served as treasurer of Richland township. He was also treasurer of the town of Senecaville for a period of twenty-four years. He was a man of fine character and high standing. He was a member of the village council and held other public positions. He belonged to the Presbyterian church and was an elder in the same for many years, being a devoted churchman. His father, Daniel Kaho, was from Tipperary, Ireland, 696 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. and the Armstrongs were Scotch-Irish, having come to America in the early years of the last century. The family of Daniel and Eliza Kaho consisted of eight children, six sons and two daughters, namely : Alexander, deceased; James, deceased ; George S. Hezekiah, of Linton, Indiana; Sylvester, deceased; Susan L., now Mrs. Frank Stevens, of Senecaville; Catherine M., a teacher in the Senecaville schools ; John D., of Cleveland, Ohio, is a minister in the Methodist Episcopal church. George S, Kaho spent his childhood and youth in Senecaville and he was educated in the public schools here. On December 6, 1872, he was married to Anna Dennison, daughter of and Rachel (Finley) Dennison, a family of Senecaville. The father of Mrs. Kaho was a member of the vast tide of emigrants to the California gold fields, and while en route overland he took sick and died. As a young man Mr. Kaho learned the watchmaking business in Senecaville and at the time of his marriage he was located in business in Summerfield, Noble county, remaining there about three years. In 1874 he went to Portland City and engaged in the jewelry business for more than a year. In April, 1875, he returned to Senecaville and engaged in business as a painter and contractor, working at the wagonmaking trade during the winter months. He has continued these lines of endeavor and has been very successful. All his life he has been a very busy man. Politically, Mr. Kaho is a Republican and has long been active in the affairs of his party, serving it in an advisory way, with the county Republican central committee and as a delegate to party conventions. He has served as a member of the Senecaville board of education for three years, during which time he succeeded in introducing some needed reforms necessary for the advancement of the schools. In July, 1910, Mr. Kaho was appointed postmaster at Senecaville and on August 24th the following he assumed the duties of the same, and is giving the best of service in this capacity. He is a member of the Junior Order of American Mechanics and is presiding officer in the local council. He and his family are members of the Presbyterian church and he is a deacon in the same. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Kaho : Howard F. is married and resides in Salida, Colorado; Lulu H., now Mrs. William T. Strausthon, of Senecaville ; Estella, now Mrs. Grant Trott, of Cumberland, this county ; Helen, now Mrs. Mark E. Sayer, of Portersville, California. This family is prominent in church and Sunday school work, and the Kaho home is prominent in the social life of this community. It is one of the cozy and attractive cottages of Senecaville. GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 697 ANTON E. DRUESEDOW. Success has been worthily attained by Anton E. Druesedow, the well known and popular photographer of Cambridge, who has always believed in doing well whatever was worth doing at all, and as a result of his painstaking efforts in his chosen calling he ranks second to none in his line in eastern Ohio. He was born January 14, 1872, in Wheeling, West Virginia. He is the son of Albert and Amelia (Hoy) Druesedow, both natives of Germany, from which country they came to America when young and were married after coming here. The father was a stationary engineer, but he was never a resident of Guernsey county. John Hoy, the maternal grandfather of the subject, was for many years a resident of Guernsey county, but later moved to Nebraska where he spent the remainder of his life. He was a carriage- maker in Germany and followed this trade after locating at Winterset, Guernsey county, Ohio. The parents of the subject are both deceased, the father being buried at Washington, Pennsylvania, and the mother is buried at Steubenville, Ohio. They were people of the most sterling attributes. Anton E. Druesedow was educated in the public schools of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and Cambridge, Ohio. The family moved to Pittsburg when he was young, and after the mother's death, the son came to Cambridge and attended school and here he has resided ever since. His first employment was in the Cambridge Chair Factory, when he was sixteen years of age and he remained there three years. He then found employment in the freight office of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad at Cambridge, in which he remained about three years. He always had an eye for the beautiful and on many occasions his esthetic nature asserted itself and he was always apt with brush and pencil, and after leaving the Baltimore & Ohio road he took up fresco work and interior decorating, which he followed at different cities, but only for one season. He was then employed by the Standard Oil Company at Pittsburg for six months. During all these years be had been studying photography with a view of engaging in the business and in 1902 he opened a studio on North Sixth street where he operated successfully for about three years, then he moved to his present quarters in the Guernsey Bank building, the studio formerly occupied by W. T. Dollison, an old established studio. He has always been very successful in this line, being recognized as an artist of rare skill and artistic ability, his work being excellently done in all lines of photographic work. He has a finely equipped studio and his work has won him wide notoriety and patrons come to him from remote localities. Mr. Druesedow is a member of the National Association of Photograph- 698 - GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO. ers and he attends their annual meetings and takes an active interest in them. He is greatly interested in his work. He belongs to the Methodist Protestant church, and politically he is a Democrat, but he is not active in the party, though well informed on public questions. Until recently he gave a great deal of attention to music and for some time he was a member of Cambridge's famous band, but the press of business compelled him to give up this avocation and he now merely plays a little occasionally as a sort of diversion from his work. Mr. Druesedow was married October 26, 1910, to Mary E. Hommer, daughter of David and Rachael (Keller) Hommer, of Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, a well known and prominent family of that city. MICHAEL E. SHRIVER, M. D. The relief of actual, gnawing pain, and life-destroying sickness, the prolongation of the days of man's sojourn on this earth, sometimes accomplished by snatching him from the very portals of death—these are some of the achievements which bring the physician close to his brother man, and render him more tangibly than the member of any other profession a servant of humanity. For he heals material disease, apparent and real ; the lawyer and the minister prescribe for intangible troubles of mind and soul, not outwardly apparent. And in no profession is there need of higher qualities of mind and heart than in the physician's, nor in no other is there such complete abnegation of self to the demands of others. Truly in these days you will find in the ranks of the practitioners of medicine much of the old spirit which animated the martyrs. The present sketch is concerned with the life of a young man who was born and reared in Guernsey county, the descendant of a well known family, and who has so strongly felt the call to the practice of medicine that he entered upon it at a later period of life than most men care to take up a new profession. Michael E. Shriver was born on March i 1, 1874, on his father's farm in Jackson township, Guernsey county, Ohio. He is a son of Mark Gordon and Caroline (Camp) Shriver, whose record appears in a preceding sketch. His boyhood was spent on the farm, and in attending the district schools. At the age of nineteen he went to Illinois, and there farmed and taught school for several years. He then in 1899 went to Council Bluffs, Iowa, and was there for four years in the employ of a grain dealer. In the autumn of 1903 he GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO - 699 began the study of medicine in the medical department of Creighton University, at Omaha, Nebraska, and graduated from that institution in the class of 1907, on May 14 of that year. At once he began the practice of medicine at McClelland, Nebraska, which was his location until October, 1909, when he moved to his present home at Calloway, Nebraska, where he is now practicing, and is meeting with success. He is much devoted to his profession, and keeps abreast of the latest developments in the medical realm, and his varied experience in life is of great aid in his beginning practice. Doctor Shriver was married on October 24, 1909, to Blanch Fox, of Council Bluffs, Iowa. MARK GORDON SHRIVER. In the present article is recorded much of the history of a family which from pioneer times to the present day has been prominently identified with the activities and interests of Jackson township, the members of which have been men and women of solid worth and substantial virtues, fulfilling their duty in every situation in which they were placed—men and women who have caused the name of Shriver to be honored and respected in their community. Mark Gordon Shriver was born about a mile and a half southwest of Byesville, Jackson township, Guernsey county, Ohio. He was the son of Adam, Jr., and Delilah (Gordon) Shriver, who were pioneers of that locality. Adam Shriver, Jr., was the son of Adam Shriver, Sr., and was born in Maryland ; Delilah Gordon was born in Monongahela county, Virginia, in 1790. Adam Shriver, Sr., was a soldier in the Revolution, and was the father of four sons, Adam, Jacob, Elijah and Michael, and with his family lived for some time in Greene county, Pennsylvania, near Jollytown. In 1808 he came to Guernsey county, Ohio, and entered a large amount of land south of Byesville, then returned to Pennsylvania. In 1809 his son, Adam Shriver, Jr., and his wife set out for the new country, where his father had made his entries from the government. They came on foot and horseback, he walking and she riding, and they led a colt that carried a bed and other possessions necessary to pioneer life when necessities were few and simple. Adam Shriver, Jr., came to this country at such an early day that wild turkeys, deer and hears were still seen, the former in abundance. He once met a bear on his farm coming toward him and shot it, but as the bear kept coming he ran ; however, the bear fell dead from its wound before it could reach him. He also killed deer near his house. All the land about was a