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HARRISON COUNTY HON. JOHN A. BINGHAM is a native of Mercer, Pa., and was born January 21, 1815. After studying at an academy he spent two years in a printing office, and then entered Franklin College, Ohio, but poor health prevented him from advancing to graduation. He entered upon the study of law in 1838, at Mercer, Penn., under Hon. J. J. Pearson and Hon. William Stewart, and at the end of two years he was admitted by the courts of Mercer County, Penn., to the bar, in March, 1840, and in 1841 to the bar of the several courts of Ohio. He diligently and successfully practiced the profession. In 1854 he was elected as a Republican represent-ative to the XXXIVth Congress, from the Twenty-first Ohio District, and was a member of every subsequent Congress, from the Twenty-first and the Sixteenth Ohio Districts, except the XXXVIIIth Congress, until March 4, 1873. In politics he was originally a Whig, and took part in the campaign that led to the election of the log-cabin and hard-cider candidate, William Henry Harrison, the hero of Tippecanoe, and grandfather of the present chief executive of the United States, Gen. Benjamin Harrison. Later he became a delegate to the National Whig Convention in Philadelphia in 1848, and there in declared that we should have " in the United States no more slave Territories; no conquest of foreign territory, and would demand the maintenance of freedom, and the protection of American industry." In 1864 Mr. Bingham was appointed a judge-advocate in the army, serving six months in that capacity, which he resigned by reason of his appointment by Presi-dent Lincoln to be solicitor for the United States Court of Claims, which latter office he resigned March 4, 1865, when he became a member of the XXXIXth Congress from the Sixteenth Ohio District. Mr. Bingham served as special judge-advocate rn the great trial of the con-spirators who were tried for the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, etc. Immense labor devolved upon him during this difficult and protracted trial, and for eight weeks his arduous duties allowed him but brief intervals of rest. He occupied nine hours in the delivery of the clos-ing arguments, in which he ably elucidated the law and the testimony in the case, and con-clusively proved the guilt of the conspirators. Mr, Bingham's success in this great trial at-tracted general attention, and awakened a wide-spread curiosity to know his history. Soon after the close of the trial, a correspondent of the Philadelphia Press, having expressed the deep interest he had felt in arriving at a well-founded conclusion as to " the guilt of the pris-oners and the constitutionality of the court," proceeded as follows: 10 - HARRISON COUNTY "Grant me space in your columns to give expression to my most unqualified admiration of the great arguments, on these two main points, presented to the court by the special judge ad-vocate, Gen. John A. Bingham. In the entire range of my reading, I have known of no pro-ductions that have so literally led me captive. For careful analysis, logical argumentation, pro-found and most extensive research; for over-whelming unravelment of complications that would have involved an ordinary mind only with inextricable bewilderment, and for a literal rend-ing to tatters of all the metaphysical subtleties of the array of legal talent engaged on the other side, I know of no two productions in the English language superior to these. They are liter-ally as the spear of Ithuriel, dissolving the hardest substances at their touch; as the thread of Daedalus, leading out of labyrinths of error, no matter how thick and mazy. Not Locke or Bacon were more profound; not Daniel Webster was clearer and more penetrating; not Chilling-worth was more logical. I feel sure that the author of these two unrivaled papers must pos-sess a legal mind unrivaled in America, and must be, too, one of our rising statesmen. But who is John A. Bingham, who, by his industry and learning displayed on this wonderful trial, has placed the country under such a heavy debt of obligation? He may be well known to others moving in a public sphere like yourself, but to me, so absorbed in a different line of duty, he has appeared so suddenly, and yet with such viv-idness, that I long to know some, at least, of his antecedents." Upon which the editor remarked: " The question of our esteemed correspondent is nat-ural to one who has not, probably, watched the individual actors on the great stage of. public affairs with the interest of the historical and political student. We are not surprised that the arguments of Mr. Bingham before the mili-tary commission should have filled him with delight. It was worthy of the great subject confided to that accomplished statesman by the Government, and of his own fame. When the assassins of Mr. Lincoln were sent for trial be-fore the military court by President Johnson, the Government wisely left the whole management to Judge Holt and his eloquent associate, Mr. Bingham, and to the latter was committed the stupendous labor of sifting the mass of evidence, of replying to the corps of lawyers for the defense, of setting forth the guilt of the accused and of vindicating the policy and the duty of the executive in an exigency so novel and so full of tragic solemnity. The crime was so enormous, and the trial of those who committed it so important in all its issues, immediate, contingent and remote, as to waken an excitement that embraced all nations. The murder itself was almost forgotten by those who wished to screen the murderers, and the most wicked theories were broached and sown broadcast by men, who, under cloak of reverence for what they called the law, toiled with herculean energy to weaken the arm of the Government, extended in time of war to save the servants of the people from be ing slaughtered by assassins in public places, and tracked even to their firesides by the agents and friends of slavery. These poisons of plausibility, blunting the sharpest horrors of any age, and sanctifying the most hellish offenses, re-quired an antidote as swift to cure. Mr. Bingham's two great arguments, alluded to by our correspondent, have supplied the remedy. They are monuments of reflection, research and argu-mentation; and they are presented in the language of a scholar and with the fervor of an orator. In the great volume of proof and counter-proof, rhetoric and controversy that forever preserves the record of this great trial, the ef-forts of Mr. Bingham will ever remain to be first studied with an eager and admiring interest. That they came, after all that has and can be said against the Government, is rather an in-ducement to their more satisfactory and critical consideration. For from that study the American student and citizen must, more than ever, realize how irresistible is Truth when in conflict with Falsehood, and how poor and puerile are all the professional tricks of the lawyer HARRISON COUNTY - 11 when opposed to the moral power of the patriot." In Congress Mr. Bingham has had a distin-guished career, marked by important services to the country. In the XXXVIIth Congress he was earnest and successful in advocating many important measures to promote the vigor-ous prosecution of the war, which had just begun. Returning to Congress in 1865, after an absence of two years, he at once took a prominent position. Upon the formation of the joint committee on Reconstruction, December 14, 1865, he was appointed one of the nine members on the part of the House. He was active in advocating the great measures of Reconstruction, which were proposed and passed in the XXXIXth and XLth Congresses. The House of Representatives having resolved that Andrew Johnson should be impeached for " high crimes and misdemeanors," Mr. Bingham was appointed on the committee to which was entrusted the important duty of drawing up the Articles of Impeachment. This work having been done to the satisfaction of the House, Mr. Bingham was elected chairman of the managers to conduct the impeachment of the President before the Senate. On him devolved the duty of making the closing argument. His speech on this occasion ranks among the greatest forensic efforts of any age. He began the delivery of his argument on Monday, May 4, and occupied the attention of the Senate and a vast auditory on the floor and in the galleries during three successive days. At the close of his argument, the immense audience in the galleries, wrought up to the highest pitch of enthusiasm, gave vent to such an unanimous and continued outburst of applause as bad never before been heard in the capitol. Ladies and gentlemen, who could not have been induced deliberately to trespass on the decorum of the Senate, by whose courtesy they were admitted to the galleries, overcome by their feelings, joined in the utterance of ap-plause, knowing that for so doing the sergeant-at-arms would be required to expel them from the galleries. The history of the country records no similar tribute to the oratorical efforts of the ablest advocates or statesmen. From so long and well-sustained an argument it is impossible to select particular passages which would give an adequate idea of the whole. The following historical argument for the supremacy of the law will always be read with interest, whether as an extract or in its original setting: " Is it not in vain, I ask you, Senators, that the people have thus vindicated by battle the supremacy of their own constitution and laws, if, after all, their president is permitted to sus-pend their laws and dispense with the execution thereof at pleasure and defy the power of the people to bring him to trial and judgment before the only tribunal authorized by the Consti-tution to try him ? That is the issue that is presented before the Senate for decision by these Articles of Impeachment. By such acts of usurpation on the part of the ruler of a people, I need not say to the Senate, the peace of nations is broken, as it is only by obedience to law that the peace of nations is maintained and their existence perpetuated. Law is the voice of God and the harmony of the world. It doth preserve the stars from wrong, Through it the eternal heavens are fresh and strong. " All history is but philosophy teaching by example. God is in history, and through it teaches to men and nations the profoundest les-sons which they learn. It does not surprise me, Senators, that the learned counsel for the accused asked the Senate, in the consideration of this question, to close that volume of instruction, not to look into the past, not to listen to its voices. Senators, from that day when the inscription was written upon the graves of the heroes of Thermo-pylae: Stranger, go tell the Lacedemonians that we lie here in obedience to their laws,' to this hour no profounder lesson has come down to us than this: that through obedience to law comes the strength of nations and the safety of men. No more fatal provision ever found its way into the constitutions of States than that contended for in this defense, which recognizes the right of a single despot or of the many to discriminate 12 - HARRISON COUNTY. in the administration of justice between the ruler and the citizen, between the strong and the weak. It was by this unjust discrimination that Aristides was banished, because he was just. It was by this unjust discrimination that Socrates, the wonder of the Pagan world, was doomed to drink the hemlock because of his transcendent virtues. It was in honorable protest against this unjust discrimination that the great Roman Senator, father of his country, declared that the force of law consists in its being made for the whole community. " Senators, it is the pride and boast of that great people from whom we are descended. as it is the pride and boast of every American, that the law is the supreme power of the State, and is for the protection of each by the combined power of all. By the constitution of England the hereditary monarch is no more above the law than the humblest subject, and by the Constitution of the United States the President is no more above the law than the poorest and most friendless beggar in your streets. The usurpations of Charles I. inflicted untold injuries upon the people of England, and finally cost the usurper his life. The subsequent usurpation of James II. —and I only refer to it because there is between his official conduct and that of this accused President the most remarkable parallel that I have ever read in history—filled the brain and heart of England with the conviction that new securities must be taken to restrain the prerogatives asserted by the crown, if they would maintain their ancient constitution and perpetuate their liberties. It is well said by Hallam, that the usurpations of James swept away the solemn ordinances of the legislature. Out of those usurpations came the great revolution of 1688, which resulted in the dethronement and banishment of James, in the elevation of William and Mary, in the immortal declaration of right. " I ask the Senate to notice that these charges against James are substantially the charges presented against this accused President and confessed here of record, that he has suspended the laws and dispensed with the execution of the laws, and in order to do this has usurped authority as the executive of the na-tion, declaring himself entitled, under the Con-stitution, to suspend the laws and dispense with their execution. He has further, like James, issued a commission contrary to law. He has further, like James, attempted to control the, appropriated money of the people contrary to law. And he has further, like James, although it is not alleged against him in the Articles of Impeachment, it is confessed in his answer, at-tempted to cause the question of his responsi-bility to the people to be tried, not in the King's Bench, but in the Supreme Court, when that question is alone cognizable in the Senate of the United States. Surely, Senators, if these usurpations, if these endeavors on the part of James thus to subvert the liberties of the people of England, cost him his crown and kingdom, the like offenses committed by Andrew Johnson ought to cost him his office, and subject him to that perpetual disability pronounced by the people through the constitution upon him for high crimes and misdemeanors. * * * I ask you, Senators, how long men would deliber-ate upon the question whether a private citizen, arraigned at the bar of one of your tribunals of justice for a criminal violation of the law, should be permitted to interpose a plea in justification of his criminal act that his only purpose was to interpret the Constitution and laws for himself, that he violated the law in the exercise of his prerogative to test its validity thereafter at such day as might suit his own convenience in the courts of justice. Surely it is as competent for the private citizen to interpose such justification in answer to crime in one of your tribunals of justice as it is for the President of the United States to interpose it, and for the simple reason that the Constitution is no respecter of persons, and vests neither in the President nor in the private citizen judicial power. Can it be that by your decree you are at last to make this discrimination between the ruler of the people and the private-citizen, and allow him to interpose his assumed HARRISON COUNTY - 13 right to interpret judicially your Constitution and laws ? Are you solemnly to proclaim by your decree: Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks; Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw doth pierce it? " I put away the possibility that the Senate of the United States, equal in dignity to any tribunal in the world, is capable of recording any such decision, even upon the petition and prayer of this accused and guilty President. Can it be that by reason of his great office the President is to be protected in his high crimes and misdemeanors, violative alike of his oath, of the Constitution, and of the express letter of your written law enacted by the legislative department of the Government? I ask you, Senators, to consider that I speak before you this day in behalf of the violated law of a free people who commission. me; I ask you to remember that I speak this day under the obligations of my oath; I ask you to consider that I am not insen-sible to the significance of the words of which mention was made by the learned council from New York; justice, duty, law, oath. I ask you to remember that the great principles of consti-tutional liberty for which I this day speak have been taught to men and nations by all the trials and triumphs, by all the agonies and martyrdoms of the past; that they are the instruction of the centuries, uttered by the elect of the human race. " I ask you to consider that we stand this day pleading for the violated majesty of the law, by the graves of a half million of martyred hero-patriots who sacrificed themselves for their country, the Constitution and the laws, and who, by their sublime example, have taught us that all must obey the law; that none are above the law; that no man lives for himself alone, but each for all; that some must die that the State may live; that the citizen is, at best, but for to-day, while the commonwealth is for all time; and that position, however high, patronage, however powerful, can not be permitted to shelter crime to the peril of the Republic." [Copied verba- tim from " The Fortieth Congress of the United States" by William H. Barnes.] In 1864 Mr. Bingham declined to accept an appointment by President Lincoln to be United States judge for the Southern District of Florida. In May, 1873, Mr. Bingham was appointed, by President Grant, envoy extraordinary and min-ister plenipotentiary to Japan, which responsi-ble position he held for twelve years, and the result of his beneficial mission is well known to the public. MELFORD J. BROWN, president of the Farmers & Mechanics National Bank, Cadiz, is a native of the town of Brownsville, Penn., born January 16, 1832, of English extraction, his grandfather, Basil Brown, having come from England to Pennsylvania. Basil Brown, father of Melford J., was also a native of Brownsville, where he grew to manhood and married Nancy Johnson, a member of an old Pennsylvania family, and by her had seven children, all of whom, save one, are liv-ing. In 1844 the family moved to Cambridge, Ohio, where the father carried on a hotel until 1851, in which year he was killed by an accident at the age of fifty years. His widow, after his death, continued the hotel business up to the time of her decease,. which occurred in 1888, when she was aged seventy-nine years. Melford J. Brown, the subject of these lines, is the only one of his father's family living in Harrison County. His boyhood and early youth were spent under the parental roof, his education being obtained at the common schools. At the age of eighteen he moved to Zanesville, Ohio, where he learned the silversmith's trade, and for three years followed the same. This occupation, however, not agreeing with his health, he, in 1851, entered a dry-goods store at Moorefield, Ohio, and there remained until 1852, when he proceeded to Washington, same State, where he followed the same business until 1853, in which year he came to Cadiz, 14 - HARRISON COUNTY. entering the dry-goods house of William Hogg. In 1855 Mr. Brown accepted a position in the Harrison branch of the State Bank of Ohio as teller and book-keeper, gradually rising to the position of cashier, and at the organization of the Harrison National Bank was appointed its cash-ier. Here he remained sixteen years, at the end of which time he established the Farmers & Mechanics Savings & Loan Association, which was afterward, in 1880, organized into the Farmers & Mechanics National Bank, of which he is the worthy president. In 1865, while an officer of the Harrison National Bank, that in-stitution was robbed, he and his wife and four children being gagged, and the keys of the vault, etc., obtained. In 1856 Mr. Brown was united in marriage with Martha, daughter of John Robinson, of Harrison County, her parents having come here at an early day from Pennsylvania. To this union four children were born, all sons, viz.: Charles O. F., cashier of the Farmers & Me-chanics National Bank; C. D., a medical prac-titioner in Arkansas City, Kas. ; C. E., proprie-tor of a gents' furnishing store in Cadiz; and M. R., at home. Mr. Brown is at present presi-dent of the Berea Grit Oil & Gas Company of Cadiz, and of the Peoples Building & Loan Association; he is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and has for twenty-five years been treasurer of same; is also a member of the K. of P. at Cadiz, and he is a Republican. JAMES MOORE, mayor of Cadiz, was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, February 17, 1843, a son of John and Ellen (Campbell) Moore, both descendants of Scotch ancestry, who moved to the north of Ireland at an early day. The father, who was a farmer and land owner, sold his place and came to America, in 1848, with his wife and three children, viz. : James, Mary W. (now the wife of Abram Howell, residing in the west part of Nottingham Township, Harrison County), and Jane Moore (who died in Buffalo while the family were en route to their new home). The father died at Warren, Trumbull Co., Ohio, while they were on their way to Harrison County. After his death the rest of the family in their affliction proceeded onward to Harrison County, and here commenced to make a home for themselves in Nottingham Township. The widowed mother, now seventy-five years of age, resides with her son, who with true filial piety has never left her. The subject of our sketch grew to manhood on the farm, attending the common schools, and in August, 1862, he enlisted in Company C, Ninety-eighth O. V. I., under Capt. John A. Norris, serving till June 10, 1865, He partici-pated in the engagements at Perryville, Chick-amauga, Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge, was in the Atlanta campaign, and at the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, after which he was laid up sick at Vining Station, Ga., in army hos-pital, this being his only absence during his term of service. He was also' in the battles of Resaca and Jonesboro (near Atlanta), besides many other minor engagements; was present in the " march to the sea," and was through the Carolinas. In his first battle Mr. Moore had his gun shot out of his hands by a minnie-ball going through the butt. During his entire term of serv-ice (except while sick, as mentioned) he did not have his clothes once off a single night. Receiv-ing an honorable discharge, he returned to Cadiz, June 10, 1865, and, being desirous of improving his education, he entered the college at Hope-dale in September, same year, and subsequently he taught school. In 1869 he entered the arena of politics, and being nominated for sheriff on the Democratic ticket, he was elected by a ma-jority of 166. In this office he served with honor for two years, then began reading law under Judge Pierce, and September 12, 1876, he was adulated to the bar, since when he has been recognized as one of the leading lawyers of Cadiz. In 1885 he was nominated on the Democratic ticket for representative of the State. He was justice of the peace three years; is one of the soldiers' relief commissioners for Harrison County, appointed by the court. In HARRISON COUNTY - 15 1885 he changed his side of politics, becoming a Republican on the pension question. In 1888 he was elected mayor of the city, and is still in office, proving one of the most popular mayors Cadiz has ever had. W. H. ARNOLD, editor and proprietor of the Cadiz Sentinel, is a descendant of one of the pioneer families of Harrison County, Ohio. In 1810 Comfort Arnold, a widow with two sons and four daugh-ters, came from Pennsylvania and settled north of Cadiz in the woods, but died in Archer Town-ship in 1856, at the age of ninety-eight, the mother of the following named children: Will-iam, born in 1798; Comfort, wife of Jonathan West; Aneka, wife of James Mehollen; Frances, married to Charles Conaway; — wife of — Ross, of Richland. William Arnold, father of our subject, was about twelve years of age when brought from Pennsylvania by his mother, and when fourteen years old engaged in the manu-facture of gunpowder for the soldiers in the War of 1812, making 500 to 600 pounds each winter, which he conveyed by night to Steubenville. He cared for the farm while his brother and brothers-in-law were in the army, he being too young to serve. He received his education in the log school-house of his day, but was an apt scholar and for thirty-six years after reaching maturity served as justice of the peace; he also became colonel of the State militia, as well as quartermaster-general, and was very popular in his section. In 1833 or 1834 he chose for his wife Miss Jane C. Hoyt, a daughter of Jesse and Sarah Hoyt, and a native of New York. The Hoyts trace their ancestry to Simon Hoyt, who came from England to Massachusetts in 1638. The death of William Arnold took place in 1874, in Cadiz, at the age of seventy-six years, he hav-ing been preceded by his faithful wife in 1872, at the age of sixty-six years. To this couple have been born seven children, viz. : John Hoyt, who died in Kansas in 1855, while in the employ of the Government as a surveyor; Mary A., wife of John W. Simmons; Sarah, who married James Knox, of Cadiz, and died in 1869, in Washing-ton, Guernsey County; Jesse, employed in the second auditor's office at Washington, D. C. ; William H., the subject of this sketch; George, at Columbus, and Jennie, a public school teacher in Portland, Oregon. The following sketch is from the pen of Maj. H. B. Lacey, a prominent citizen of the county: " WILLIAM ARNOLD. The subject of this paper was born in Fayette County, Penn., in 1798. Early in the present century his father died, and the widowed mother, in 1810, removed with her children to Ohio, and settled about one mile north of Cadiz. When war with England began in 1812, the elder sons of Mrs. Arnold entered the Army, leaving William, now fourteen years of age, her main dependence. While the war lasted he was busied with farm work during the season suitable for the same, but in the winter engaged in making powder which he disposed of to the Government. A few years later his brother, Rezin Arnold, was elected sheriff of Harrison County, and William became his deputy; he served also in the same capacity with some of Rezin's successors. With his deputyship, under his brother Rezin, began his residence in Cadiz, which continued to the date of his death. He died in 1874. " It was while thus acting as deputy sheriff he acquired his extensive and exact topographical knowledge of this county, and laid the founda-tion of that knowledge of the law in the admin-istering of which he afterward gained honor-able distinction. He was elected justice of the peace for Cadiz Township, and continuously re-elected till he had served thirty-three consecu-tive years. " His genial and courteous demeanor seemed especially attractive to those seeking union through the marriage ceremony, and it is proba-ble he united in wedlock a greater number of persons than were so united by any other person resident of the county. " He owed his chief distinction to his numer-ous legal decisions. So well was his legal acu- 16 - HARRISON COUNTY. men known and favorably recognized, that it was but seldom an action was commenced in the Common Pleas Court, when the cause of action came within his jurisdiction. Thomas L. Jew-ett, known in his time as one of the ablest law-yers of Eastern Ohio, declared that the legal decisions of Justice Arnold, so far as they pertained to his office, could not be bettered by- one of the highest attainments in the law. This high position he attained by cool, unbiased judg-ment and conscientious recognition of the de-mands of law and justice. His decisions were rendered without fear or favor. Official re-straints removed, however, he became the benevolent, obliging, public-spirited citizen. " No measure proposed for the benefit of Har-rison County or the town of his residence was too insignificant to gain from him a respectful hearing, and having examined and approved it, thenceforth it had his active and valuable support. " No man ever came to him for advice, and they were many who came, who did not get the benefit of his best judgment. The legal opinions he rendered officially for the statutory fees were not a tithe of the equally valuable ones he freely gave without reward. He was not a cap-italist, but capital, whether in real or personal estate, was always indebted to his wise counsel and public spirit." William H. Arnold was born in Cadiz, Ohio, and was educated in the common school. While yet a boy he entered the office of the Sentinel, then owned by Charles N. Allen, and served an apprenticeship at the printing busi-ness. At the age of twenty-two he became as-sociate editor of the paper, and three years later, in 1865, bought the Journal, of which he has since been the main owner and editor, hav-ing largely increased its; circulation and in-fluence. In 1866 Mr. Arnold married Lydia, daugh-ter of Hon. Joseph R. Hunter, of Cadiz. The Hunters came to Cadiz about 1830, and here they died. Mrs. Lydia Arnold passed away February 28, 1886, leaving four children, viz. : Hunter, a student at the National -University, Washington, D. C. ; Mary, a student at the University of Pennsylvania; Grace, who died at the age of four months, and Louise, attending school in Cadiz. In 1888 Mr. Arnold took, for his second wife, Caroline, daughter of James Thompson, and to this union has been born one child, Edwin. I. CRAIG MOORE, cashier of the First National Bank of Cadiz, was born two miles east of that city July 24, 1854, and collies of an early settled family of Harrison County, his grandfather. a farmer, having come here as early as 1800. William Moore married Sarah Cory, and died in 1848. His son, John, the father of our subject, was born in this coun-ty, was reared a farmer, and in 1836 married Elizabeth McCullough, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Lyons) McCullough, who shared his life trials and life pleasures until 1856, when she departed this life at the early age of thirty-six years, the mother of nine children, as fol-lows: Sarah; David O., M. D., in Bloomington, Ill. ; William A., boot and shoe merchant; Beat-ty, a druggist; Mary, wife of Thomson Craig; Alice, now Mrs. R. W. Barricklow; Nannie, now Mrs. A. N. Hammond; Joseph, M. D., in Omaha, and I. C., our subject. The father died February 2, 1883, at the age of sixty-nine and. one-half years; after the death of his first wife he had been twice married, his second wife being a sister of his first, and named Sarah J. ; she died June 14, 1874. The third wife, Phebe (Gray), still survives. Mr. Moore was for sev-eral years township trustee, and for forty-three years was an elder in the Presbyterian Church, of which church the mother of our subject was also a devout member. Beatty Moore was a soldier in the One Hundred and -Twenty-sixth O. V. I., was in many battles, but came out at the close of the war uninjured. I. C. Moore, the subject proper of this sketch, came to Cadiz with his father in 1868, and here was educated at the high school, graduating there HARRISON COUNTY - 17 with first honors in 1871, then he entered Frank-lin College, in which he remained until, three months of graduation, when he went into business in 1873. In 1874 he entered the private bank of Rezin Welch & Co., which, in 1884, was consolidated with the First National, of which Mr. Moore became cashier. He is also treasurer of the Building & Loan Association of Cadiz, and vice-president of the Library Association. On November 14, 1878, Mr. Moore married Miss Anna E., daughter of D. B. and Martha C. Welch, and one son has come to brighten their fireside, Barclay Welch Moore. Politically Mr. Moore is a Republican, and in religion he is a Presbyterian. Socially he stands in the front rank of the community in which he lives, and as a business man is unexcelled in Harrison County. GEORGE A. CREW, auditor of Harrison County, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, April 5, 1838. His father, Ferris Crew, was a native of Virginia, born of French extraction, his ancestors having come to America at an early date. Ferris Crew followed the vocation of farming, and in Caroline County, Va., married Miss Eliza A. Terrell, daughter of Samuel Terrell, a descendant of one of the oldest settled families in the State. Soon after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Ferris Crew came to Ohio, first locating in Jefferson County whence they moved to Belmont County, and finally came to Harrison County, in March, 1839. A short time after arriving here Ferris Crew died at the early age of thirty-five years. His widow remained on the homestead until 1848, when she was married to Ezekial Hanna, of Harrison County. On February 17, 1882, when aged seventy-four years, she died in Hopedale, Harrison County, at the home of her son, George A. She was the mother of five children by her first marriage, of whom two only survive: George A. (our subject) and Mary Ann (wife of Z. Z. Courtright, of Freeport Township, Harrison County). No children came to bless her second marriage. George A.. Crew received his preliminary education in the district schools, but at the age of twenty-one years sold his interest in the homestead and entered Hopedale College, Har-rison County, where he studied some two years, and then began teaching. After a short time, however, he relinquished this profession and entered mercantile business as a clerk, but in a short time, resolving to do business on his own account, he bought out his employer; he then carried on a general store for about five years at Hopedale, and about eight years at Cadiz Junction, at which latter place he was appointed postmaster. In 1877 he returned to Hopedale, where were better facilities for the education of his children, of whom mention will be' made further on. At Hopedale Mr. Crew continued in the general merchandise business until 1884, when he was elected auditor of Harrison Coun-ty; he then removed to Cadiz, the county seat, with his family. While serving his first term as auditor, a change in the law extended his term almost one year, and in 1887 Mr. Crew was re-elected, and is still holding the position. He has always been a Republican, and in addi-tion to the office of auditor has been honored by his party with several minor positions. This statement completes the history of Mr. Crew's political career, and it now becomes necessary to briefly give his military record. In 1864, at the last call for troops to aid in the suppression of the Rebellion, Mr. Crew closed his store and entered the one-hundred-days' service, in Company H, One Hundred and Seventieth O. N. G., and was appointed orderly sergeant. The regiment was stationed for a time at Washington City, then was sent to Harper's Ferry, and then to the Shenandoah Valley. In September, 1864, Mr. Crew was mustered out and returned to Hopedale and resumed business. The marriage of Mr. Crew took place June 5, 1862, at Hopedale, with Miss Sarah J. Hanna, daughter of John M. and Louisa (Perry) Hanna, and born near Beech Spring, Harrison County. Her 18 - HARRISON COUNTY. parents were life-long residents of the county, the father having been born in the same house in which his daughter Sarah first saw the light, and his grandparents having been among the pioneers. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Crew was blessed with four children, viz. : Ferris T., of Cadiz; Ada Louise, now Mrs. Dr. P. M. Sharp, of Cadiz; Anna Virginia; John A., who died in 1880, in his thirteenth year. Mr. Crew stands to-day one of the best known citi-zens of the county, and Most highly respected in Cadiz. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and of the G. A. R., and with his wife, of the Presbyterian Church. He is a self-made man, as far as financial success is con-cerned, and his course through life is worthy of the emulation of the rising generation. M. J. McCOY, clerk of the courts of Harrison County, was born in Athens Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, November 25, 1850. His father, John McCoy, was also a native of that county, but his grand-father, Thomas McCoy, was a Virginian, who immigrated to Ohio while it was yet in a comparatively wild state, and in Athens Township, Harrison County, both he and his wife passed from earth. John McCoy, was born on the farm where he now resides. In 1816 he mar-ried Miss Eliza Walker, daughter of John and Eliza Walker, and a native of Harrison County, Ohio. She bore him twelve children, of whom nine still survive, all living in Harrison County, except one, Vincent W., who is engaged in the practice of medicine in Morgan County, Ohio. M. J. McCoy remained at home until twenty years of age, and received his education at Franklin College, spending his vacations and leisure time on the farm. At twenty years of age be began teaching, and continued in that profession for several years, two of them being spent in Belmont County, Ohio. Politically Mr. McCoy is a Republican, and in the fall of 1887 he was elected clerk of the courts of Harrison County, entering upon the duties of said office in February, 1888, his term expiring in February, 1891; was re-elected to the office November 4, 1890, term expiring February, 1894. In 1878, in Smithfield, Jefferson County, he was united in marriage with Isabella De Armond, daughter of David and Isabella Armond, formerly of said county, now deceased, and to this union five children have been born, viz. : Launa B., Iva May, Lela, Hortzell Raymond and Harold J. Mr. McCoy is now a resi-dent of the town of Cadiz, Harrison County. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias. J. D. WORTMAN, M. D., a popular physician of Cadiz, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, in 1824, a son of Lot and Margaret (Metzlar) Wortman, the former of whom was a native of New Jersey, and by occupation a farmer; the latter a native of West-moreland County, Penn., born of German ances-try. In 1808 the parents came to Muskingum County, where they made a home in the forest. Here they lived till 1839, when the father joined the "silent majority," at the age of sixty years, the mother following him in 1860, having ever since her husband's death remained on the home place. They were the parents of twelve children, only three of whom are living: J. D., in Harrison County; J. W., a dentist in Zanes-ville, Ohio, and John, a farmer in Kansas. J. D. Wortman remained at home until fif-teen years of age, attending the academy and other educational institutions, and then became a teacher, which profession he followed for some time in Ohio, Kentucky, Alabama and Missouri. While thus employed he took up the study of medicine, which he zealously prosecuted, finally taking a course at the Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio, where in the class of 1852, he graduated. For six years he practiced in Washington County, Penn., and in 1858 he came to Cadiz, where he has since been successfully engaged in the practice of his chosen profession. The Doctor made a trip to the gold fields of California in 1850, crossing the Isthmus of Pan- HARRISON COUNTY - 19 ama on foot, both going and returning, for after mining in the " New Eldorado " for, a short time, failing health compelled him to retrace his steps homeward. While coming up the Missis-sippi, the boat on which he was a passenger struck a snag one night, causing her to split and sink, whereby 140 people were drowned. The Doctor clung to the wreck, and two or three hours later he was rescued. In 1885, his health having become impaired, he made another trip to California (Southern), returning the fol-lowing year much benefited by the change. Dur-ing the War of the Rebellion he joined as assist-ant surgeon, August 21, 1862, the Seventy-eighth Regiment, O. V. I., serving until February, 1863, when he resigned on account of disability, and returned home. In 1860, at Cadiz, Dr. Wortman was married to Miss J. P. Jamison, a native of Harrison County, a daughter of Barkley and Margaret Jamison, who came to the county in early days. By this union three children were born: George B., Mary and Emma R., all at home. WILLIAM T. SHARP, M. D., of Cadiz, Harrison County. Every profession has its prominent men; some made such by long membership, and others by their proficiency in their calling. The sub-ject of this sketch is made conspicuous among Harrison County's physicians, both by the length of time devoted to the calling and by the eminent success he has made of it. Many a man mistakes his life's work, yet by earnest ap-plication makes a partial success; but it is only when natural tact is coupled with an ambition to succeed that anything like eminence is reached in any vocation. Dr.. W. T. Sharp is one of those men who may be said to have chosen well. Possessed of a kind and sympathetic nature, a keen sense of discrimination, a natural taste for the various branches of the medical profession, he has by years of study and practice risen to the honored rank he now holds. Such men are a credit to any community, and it is a pleasure to pen the following brief sketch of himself and family: The Sharp family are of English extraction, the grandfather of our subject. William Sharp, by occupation a farmer, coming to America at an early date—probably as far back as the Revolutionary times. Of his children, John Sharp, was the father of our subject, and he, too, followed agricultural pursuits. He was among the pioneers who came to Harrison County, Ohio, where he married Miss Catherine, daughter of David Thompson, of Cadiz Town-ship. In 1834 John Sharp and his wife removed to Holmes County, Ohio, where, at the advanced ages of eighty-two and seventy-nine, respectively, they now reside. They are parents of nine children, as follows: William T., our subject; David, now a farmer of Holmes County, Ohio; John, in Millersburg, Ohio; James, a minister of the United Presbyterian, faith, located at Sidney, Ohio; George, an attorney at law, at Millersburg, Ohio; Samuel, M. D., of Oregon; Martha (Mrs. John T. Maxwell, of Millersburg, Ohio; Mary, Margaret and Joseph, on the old home place in Holmes County. Dr. W. T. Sharp spent his early years on a farm, and like many of the young men of that age had his first schooling in one of the old log cabins then so common, being the excuse for a school-house. When seventeen years of age he entered Franklin College, New Athens, Ohio, and later graduated at a college in Guernsey County. He then began the study of medicine under the guidance of Dr. John McBean, of Cadiz, and after some time spent in preliminary reading, he entered Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, from which he graduated in March, 1859. He at once returned to Cadiz, where he formed a partnership with his old preceptor, which continued until December, 1864, when Dr. Sharp began for himself, open-ing a drug store in connection with his practice. Prior to the dissolution of his partnership with Dr. McBean, in 1862, as assistant surgeon of the Ninety-eighth Regiment, O. V. I., he went 20 - HARRISON COUNTY to the South, where he spent thirteen months in the field service in Kentucky and Tennessee, and then returned to his home, where he has since devoted his entire time to his profession, being the longest practitioner in the city of Cadiz. On October 12, 1859, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Carnahan, of Harrison County, and to this union six . children have been born, viz.: John Clarence, M. D., in New York City; William Lee. a farmer in Harrison County; Preston McCready, one of the well-known dentists of Cadiz; Caroline Martha, Mrs. C. A. McCann; Mary Belle (Mrs. W. H. Brinkerhoff), and George Cunningham, at home. The Doctor is a member of McCready Post, G. A. R. He united with the United Presby-terian Congregation of Cadiz, Ohio, while Dr. W. T. Meloy was the pastor, and is now an elder in that congregation. MARGARET McCREADY, widow of Rev. Jonathan Sharp McCready, was born near New Athens, Harrison Co., Ohio, a daughter of William McFarland, who native of Ireland, and was only nine months old when brought to this country by his parents. Robert McFarland, grandfather of Mrs. McCready, also a native of Ireland, of Scotch extraction. married Elizabeth Ferguson, and together they came to Taylorstown, Penn., in 1794, and some years later to Ohio. Three children were born to this pioneer couple, viz. : One that died in infancy; Mary who died in Harrison County, in her eighty-seventh year, and William. The last named, in 1824, purchased of the historic Joseph Huff a piece of land near New Athens, Ohio, whereon he lived the rest of his life. In 1823 he married, in Belmont County, Elizabeth, daughter of Andrew and Martha Henderson, and a native of Pennsylvania, to which State her parents came at an early date. Of this union ten children were born—four sons and six daughters—all but two of whom are living: Andrew, Mary, Martha and Elizabeth (twins, both deceased), James, William, Margaret, Robert, Nancy and Sarah. In 1876 the mother passed from earth at the age of seventy-six years, followed in 1878 by the father when eighty-three years old. He had led a busy life. Beginning a poor boy, but endowed with a great desire to learn, he persevered and improved every opportunity, so much so that at the early age of thirteen he became teacher, a profession at which he made a marked success. His ability not being passed unnoticed by his fellow-citizens, he was sent to the State Legislature to represent his district. He did not seek political preferment, and never asked a vote; was associate judge for a long period, and for years was a director in the Harrison National Bank of Cadiz. In 1856 Margaret McFarland was married at New Athens, Ohio, to Rev. Jonathan Sharp McCready, and they then settled in Cadiz. He was born near New Galilee, Beaver Co., Penn., April 15, 1828, a son of Hugh McCready, who was a farmer and died in Pennsylvania. Jona-than S. McCready attended an academy at Darlington, Penn., and later Franklin College, New Athens, Ohio, where he finished his classical course. He had determined upon the ministry for his life work, and finished his education for the same, at Cannonsburg, Penn., in 1855. He was first a minister in the Seceder Church, and later in the United Presbyterian. In 1856, immediately after his marriage, he took charge of the congregation at Cadiz, in which charge he remained until August 14, 1862, when he enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth O. V. I., and served under Gen. McClellan. He was made captain of his com-pany, and at the battle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864, he was wounded in the arm by a rifle ball, which rendered amputation necessary. He died, however, while on his way home on Sep-tember 7, his wife, from the time she could reach him, being present with him to the end. He was buried at Cadiz, having devotedly given his life for his country at the early age of thirty-six years. Since his death his widow has re-sided on Main Street, Cadiz. HARRISON COUNTY - 21 H. S. McFADDEN, deceased. One of the most prominent families of Harrison County is the one now under consideration. From the early coming to the county of its first representative to the present date, the name McFadden has been inseparably combined with the various enterprises of the county, and few, if any, have so largely con-tributed to its progress and upbuilding. A more respected citizen than Henry S. McFadden probably never lived in Harrison Coun-ty. His influence was felt on every hand, his death universally regretted. On the morning of July 4, 1888, at the age of seventy-five years, the summons came, and a kind and loving heart was stilled forever. His aged father and mother had preceded him to the grave, the former in 1861, at the age of eighty-two years, and in 1866 the latter, who for many years had been totally blind, followed her husband. The fol-lowing obituary appeared in the Steubenville Gazette soon after the funeral of Mr. McFadden: "Born in County Cavan, Ireland, the son of Samuel and Lydia (Stafford) McFadden in 1813, he came with his father's family to America when only seven years of age, settling in Philadelphia, where his boyhood days were spent. Like many of the Scotch-Irish immi-grants of that day, the elder McFadden was poor, but with the characteristic energy of his race he set to work to build up for himself a position then always awaiting the energetic man in the new world, beginning as a peddler and extending his trade until it reached by wagon team to the western borders of Pennsyl-vania, and became very profitable. In this he was assisted by his sons, George and Henry, the former dead just twenty years, the latter the subject of this sketch, who has now entered into rest. But before this Henry had the business education of a factory boy, and that any other schooling was necessarily limited is evinced by the fact that when but sixteen years of age he drove and conducted the business of a four-horse peddling wagon through the mountains and wilds of central and western Pennsylvania, a region whose topography became so impressed upon his mind that to his last days he referred to it as to the highways of Harrison County. " In 1831 Samuel McFadden came to Cadiz, bringing Henry with him, and there opened a general store, leaving the son in charge while he returned to Philadelphia and brought out the remainder of the family in 1832. This estab-lishment continued in the McFadden name un-til 1875, a period of forty-four years, during most of which time the subject of this sketch was the active business spirit, entering into partnership with his father previous to 1840, and forming the head of the firm in subsequent partnerships after the death of his father, in 1861, until, with his son, H. H. McFadden, now of the Steubenville Gazette, he permanently withdrew, and, as above noted, finally retired from the mercantile business in 1875, leaving it to the remaining partners, Messrs. Kinsey & Mansfield. Without detracting from the de-serts of others, it is but the truth to state that, during his lifetime Mr. McFadden did a more extensive general trade than any other man in the history of Harrison County, the transactions in which he was engaged in a strictly legitimate business way amounting to millions of dollars, his house being for many years the heaviest wool-buying and pork-packing establishment in the county, in addition to its extensive general mercantile business, in which it also took the lead . During this almost half century the McFad-den house earned a most enviable reputation for business integrity, that time can not efface until the generation that dealt with it has completely passed away. In all those years, though there were times of trouble and disaster, for such are sure to come with all who embark in trade, never once was the McFadden name dishonored until at last it was a synonym for promptness and upright business honor and honesty through all the region where the trade of the house extended; no man has a better heritage than this. From the start of the Harrison Branch of the State Bank of Ohio Mr. McFadden was one of its main stays, and for years was a director, re- 22 - HARRISON COUNTY. taining his position in the directory when it was reorganized in 1864 as the Harrison National Bank, an institution whose phenomenal success has for years been the subject of comment in the n.ewspaper and business world. He con-tinued as a director up to the time of his death, being re-elected during his last illness, and for the past dozen years was vice-president of the bank, where his ripe business experience was recognized as a decided factor in its success. " Mr. McFadden was married December 6, 1842, to Frances Isabella, daughter of Charles M. and Elizabeth (Karg) Poore, a native of York County, Penn., where she resided at the time of her father's death, in 1832, the widow subsequently removing with her family to McConnellsville, Ohio, where the marriage took place. On that occasion Hon. John A. Bing-ham, then a young attorney of Cadiz, acted as groomsman, and the friendship of the long ago between the two young men has since so grown and strengthened with the passing years that latterly they were almost inseparable until the rude hand of sickness and death now has snapped the cord in two. This union, which proved a long and happy one, the forty-fifth an-niversary having been celebrated last December, was blessed with eight children, all of whom reached adult age, and seven of whom, with their 'pother, survive, the only break heretofore in the family being the death of Charles Poore, the oldest child, October 7, 1866, aged about twenty-three years. And in the years when this family was being reared there was no happier nor more pleasant home anywhere, nor one where the parents more exerted themselves to please and gratify without over-indulging their children, a home full of bright recollections that nothing can ever efface. The surviving children are Henry H., of Steubenville; Fannie, wife of J. J. Hanna. of Kansas City; Belle, wife of C. W. Kinsey, of Oakland, Cal. ; John F., of Columbus; George E., of Fresno, Cal., and Lizzie T. and Sam F., unmarried and at home. Two sisters survive Mr. McFadden: Mrs. Jane Johnson, of Marion, and Mrs. Margaret Craig, of Cambridge. Two others have passed away in recent years: Mrs. W. L. Sharp, of Steu-benville, and Mrs. J. R. Hunter, of Cadiz. "His was a nature that reached out with a warm grasp and took in all generous and good that came in its way; hence his friendships were many and warm, and his place will be hard to fill in many hearts, not only in his own home circle, but wherever his way was cast. Benev-olent in spirit and generous to a fault, he took pleasure in giving all his life to those things that appealed to his ever open heart as worthy; yet seldom did be err in judgment, and he ex-perienced in full the blessing. of going aright, though measured by the world's standard it was with too lavish a band. Yet in all those years he never felt a want that he had not the means to fill, and in his last days had a competence for himself and household, and he has filled a meas-ure of usefulness that would not have been, had he suffered his open nature to become obscured by the hardening spirit of the world. Though his early- advantages for schooling were few, the general knowledge he possessed was remarkable, his mind being a veritable storehouse of valuable information, and there was scarcely any subject broached, however abstruse, that he could not discuss intelligently. Frocrt his earli-est to his latest years he was a persistent reader, and what he read he never forgot, though seemingly making no effort to memorize. In this he was remarkable, and it has been truly said that had it not been for his childlike mod-esty, peculiar to himself, he would have pushed to the front in political life, his interest in pol-itics always being great, in the old days as a Whig and since the dissolution of that party as a Democrat. Another remarkable trait of char-acter was his forgiving spirit; though at times wounded sorely by business or political friends, and no one felt such thrusts more than he, he never held resentment and was always ready to forgive and forget, even going so far as to quietly protest when the gauge was taken up in his behalf on such occasions. And now that he is gone, it must be admitted his plan was HARRISON COUNTY - 23 right; he leaves a community where he lived more than a half century, and all his neighbors mourn, while not an enemy or one who wished him harm is among the number. It is good so to die when a man full of years and fitted as he for the sickle of the grim destroyer. Uniting with the Presbyterian Church early in life, he has for many years been one of its most stead-fast supporters, though his religious charity was so great it acknowledged the good of all de-nominations. His Christianity was not so much advertised as some, but it was none the less real, for it was the Christianity of a long life nobly spent in the daily service of God and duty to men. Five years past the Psalmist's limit, the Lord has taken him to that full fount-ain of restful happiness which the Christian knows has been prepared for the people of God." The following resolutions were adopted July 17, 1888, by the board of directors of the Har-rison National Bank, Cadiz, Ohio, on the death of Henry S. McFadden, vice-president of the bank: WHEREAS, It has pleased the Supreme Ruler in His all-wise providence to remove from us our associate and vice-president of this bank, Henry S. McFadden, who was a director in the Harrison branch of the State Bank of Ohio from January 1. 1855, until its re-organization as the Harrison National Bank in 1865, and had since continually occupied the position of director in the new organization until the day of his death, the 4th day of July, A. D. 1888, Therefore, resolved, That while we bow submis-sively to the decree of Him who doeth all things well, yet we feel that in his death we have lost an associate and friend on whose wise counsel it was always safe to act, one who, while strict in the enforcement of every rule of business, surrounded the driest details of our routine work with the sparkle of friendly inter-course. His Christian forbearance embraced not only the errors and shortcomings of his associates and friends, but his mantle of charity was broad enough to cover all mankind. Resolved, That in the death of Mr. McFadden the community has lost its foremost citizen. His natural intellect coupled with a business experience of fifty years, had so expanded his mind that he was enabled to comprehend instantly the wants of the community, and his enlightened public spirit induced him to re-spond liberally in the furtherance of all public and charitable enterprises. Resolved, That we tender the widow and family of the deceased in their great bereavement our deepest sympathy, and can say by way of consolation that, while they are called to live in the shadow of their sor-row, they will still have the bright and living example of the dead husband and father to point them the way and light their darkened path. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be pre-sented to the family of the deceased, and spread on the minutes of the Board of Directors. The Poore family traces its ancestry to the twelfth century, the time of William Rufus, and came to America from England in 1635, set-tling in Newburyport, Mass. This first comer was John Poore, a Puritan. The next descendant of this family, of whom we have any knowledge, was John Poore, the grandfather of Mrs. McFadden, who established in Philadelphia the first female seminary in America, and, perhaps, the first in the world. He was a graduate of Harvard University, a church worker, and. the leader of one of the first Sunday-schools estab-lished in Philadelphia, in 1791. Charles Merrill Poore, the father of Mrs. McFadden, resided in York County, Penn., where he was engaged in mercantile pursuits until 1832, when, in Baltimore, Md., he died of cholera. He was a man of marked piety, and the founder of the first Sunday-school at York, Penn. He married Elizabeth Karg, whose parents had come from Brunswick on the Rhine. She died in Harrisburg, Penn., in March, 1858. Mrs. H. S. McFadden was born December 29, 1820, and was some seventeen years of age when, with her widowed mother, she came to Ohio and made a home at McConnellsville. The old McFadden homestead in Cadiz, which was built in 1862, still shelters Mrs. McFadden and her daughter and son, Lizzie T. and Samuel F. The family are prominent in religious circles, being members of the Presbyterian Church, Miss Lizzie being also a member of the W. C. T. U. and W. F. M. S., and is one of the officers of the W. F. M. Society of St. Clairsville Presbytery. Samuel Fleming McFadden is now engaged in the grocery trade at the old stand where his father did business. He has spent a number of years in the West engaged in the printing busi-ness, which he had learned partly in Cadiz and partly with his brothel', Henry H., in Steuben-ville. In 1886 he returned to his home in Cadiz, where he has since resided. 24 - HARRISON COUNTY. ROBERT LYONS, deceased. The beauti-ful town of Cadiz has a just right to be proud of her financial institutions, of which none stands higher in the confi-dence of the public than the present banking firm of J. B. & R. Lyons, founded in 1855 by their father, the late Robert Lyons, whose prestige as a successful financier gained for him a wide celebrity and an honored name. He was in his lifetime one of the best known business men of Harrison County, in every respect self-made, having commenced life with barely a dollar, but by indomitable perseverance and scrupulous integrity he became one of the lead-ing citizens, financially and socially, in the county. Mr. Lyons was a native of Pennsyl-vania, born December 14, 1803, and when a lad of some fifteen summers he came to Cadiz, where he entered the arena of commercial life as a clerk, in the employ of his half brother, the Hon. Daniel Kilgore. After several years of service as such, a copartnership was formed with Mr. Kilgore, under the name of Kilgore & Lyons, doing a general merchandise business, which firm continued till 1847. In this year was organized the first bank of Harrison County, the Harrison branch of the State Bank of Ohio, and Mr. Lyons was chosen cashier of this insti-tution, being the first cashier in the county, remaining as such till 1855. Being an exceed-ingly active man, Mr. Lyons rapidly expanded his business, and in 1855 he established the banking concern now carried on by his sons. In 1832 Mr. Lyons became united in marriage with Miss Ann Bowland, who bore him five chil-dren, three of whom are yet living, residents of Cadiz, viz. : J. B., Richard and Mrs. D. B. Welch. The mother of these children dying in 1844, Mr. Lyons chose for his second wife, Mrs. Anne W. Allison, of Washington County, Penn., who some years later departed this life leaving no children. In August, 1887, Mr. Lyons followed her to the grave at the patri-archal age of eighty-four years. Politically he was a Republican, and in religion a member of the Presbyterian Church. RICHARD LYONS, junior member of the banking firm of J. B. & R. Lyons, Ca-diz, is the second son of Robert Lyons, born in that town August 21, 1840, and has, therefore, been identified with the place throughout his entire life. He was educated here, and while yet a young man entered his father's bank, where he early acquired the habits and knowledge of business which became the foundation of his present prosperous standing in. the world of finance. He has risen by his own individual efforts, by his characteristic probity, and by his well-known ability to the position of one of the most successful business men in Cadiz. Socially he is universally re-spected and remarkably popular, and no other citizen of Cadiz has a wider circle of friends and acquaintances. Mr. Lyons still enjoys an Arcadian life of celibacy, and makes his home with his brother-in-law, Mr. D. B. Welch. Politically he is a Republican, and in religion is a Presbyterian. DAVID CUNNINGHAM was born in Har-rison County, Ohio, March 1, 1837. His grandparents were among the early settlers of the county, coming from Pennsylvania in 1813, and bringing with them their son John, the father of our subject. They set-tled near Cassville, and here it was he grew to manhood, and here, also, he married Miss Nancy Sharp. David Cunningham, after passing through the common schools in the country took a classical course at Franklin College, New Athens, Ohio, graduating therefrom in 1857. He then began fitting himself for the profession of law, studying under Hon. John A. Bingham; in 1859 he was admitted to the bar, and has since been a member of the legal fraternity of Cadiz. In 1861 he enlisted in Company B, Thirtieth O. V. I., and was soon after chosen captain, in which capacity be served until 1863, when he was promoted to the rank of major. He participated in the battles of South Mountain, Antietam and Second Manassas, also at the sieges HARRISON COUNTY - 27 of Jackson and Vicksburg. In the latter siege his regiment led the famous charge, in which in three hours 45,000 rounds of ammunition were fired, and fully one third of the regiment fell. In October, 1863, he was honorably discharged, on account of failing health, and returned to Cadiz, where, in 1865, he was elected to the office of prosecuting attorney, and was re elected. In 1871 he was elected to the Lower House of the State Legislature, in which he served one term. His practice as a lawyer has been a most successful one, and it now extends to the supreme courts. In 1865 he was chosen a director of the Harri-son National Bank of Cadiz, and is now presi-dent of said institution. On May 1, 1866, the Harrison National Bank of Cadiz was robbed of some $250,000. Maj. Cunningham, on this occasion, led the pursuing party, which, in Jef-ferson County, captured the robbers and returned the larger part of the money. In 1859 Maj. Cunningham married Miss Laura Phillips, who has borne him six children. WILLIAM THOMAS WOOD, one of the best known business men of Cadiz, Harrison County, was born in Shropshire, England, in October, 1848, and when three or four years of age was brought to America by his parents, who first located in Media, Conn., from which point they moved to Pittsburgh, whence they came to Harrison County, Ohio, when our subject was about thir-teen years old. William T. was educated in the common schools of Cadiz. He learned the trade of tin and coppersmith, which vocation he followed about four years, and then went into the grocery business, as a clerk for S. F. Fergu-son, with whom he remained nine years. In 1879 he entered into partnership with Reese Firby, in which he continued about three years, when the firm name was changed to Wood & Moore. About the month of March, 1884, the firm was dissolved, and Mr. Wood entered into business on his sole account, in which he has met with the most gratifying success. 2 In February, 1875, Mr. Wood married Miss Amanda W. Laizure, a native of Harrison County, daughter of Elijah Laizure, and this union has been blessed with four children: Fred, Edith, Robert and Ralph. The Laizure family are highly respected, and Elijah was the pioneer blacksmith of Harrison County. His death took place in 1884, and that of his widow some four years later. Mrs. Wood has a sister married to Michael Conoway, of Stock Town-ship, Harrison County ; another sister is the wife of Dr. Scott, of Philadelphia, and still another sister is the wife of Capt. Heddington, in Frankfort, Kas. Two brothers of Mrs. Wood, Charles and Willliam, reside in Fargo, Dak. In 1887 Mr. Wood built his present substantial and pleasant residence on Main Street, Cadiz, and this home is a model one. JOHN CONWELL, one of the best known and most worthy of the citizens of Cadiz, Harrison County, is a native of the town, born in 1827. His father, Hiram Conwell, was a Virginian, descended of Scotch people, who immigrated to America in the days of Cromwell. By trade Hiram was a brickmaker, and the brick of which Harrison County Courthouse is constructed were made by him. In or about the year 1830 he descended the Mississippi to New Orleans, but as he never returned, it is believed he died of the cholera, which was prevalent about that time. He had married, in Ohio, Miss Mary Cady, who bore him some seven or eight children, of whom two, John and a brother residing in Ottawa, Kas., are the only survivors. Some years after her husband's disappearance Mrs. Conwell married Joseph Forker, and spent the remainder of her life in Harrison County, dying in Cadiz, July 8, 1865, at the age of seventy-five years. By her second marriage she became the mother of three children, two of whom, Isabella Belinda Forker (married to John Shauff over thirty years ago) and Henry CT. Forker (unmarried) reside in Cadiz; the third child, Mary Jane Forker, was 28 - HARRISON COUNTY. married to Dr. C. Thomas, twenty-six years ago, and resides in Des Moines, Iowa. Her mother, Mrs. Margaret Cady, died in Cadiz in May, 1864, aged one hundred and three years; she had resided for many years in Harrison County, coming here when 3/Irs. Conwell was a small child, and being one of the first settlers of Har-rison County. John Conwell, whose name appears at the head of this sketch, being but a boy of four years when his father left for New Orleans, made his home with his mother until 1841, when his stepfather, Joseph Forker, died, and one year later our subject became bound as an apprentice to the trade of tailor. He had just about com-pleted his apprenticeship when the Mexican War broke out, and he responded to the call for vol-unteers by enlisting in a company formed at Cadiz, but being rejected he entered the regular army and proceeded to the scene of the conflict. He served until the close of the campaign, tak-ing part in all the battles and in the advance on the City of Mexico, in one engagement receiving a slight flesh wound in the leg; he was promoted to sergeant of Company C, Fifth Regiment, U. S. Infantry. On his return to Cadiz Mr. Con-well resumed his trade until 1849, in which year he joined a company which was en route over-land to California, but fever and ague compelled his return, after gold mining for a short time. In 1851 he found himself once more in his native town, and, having recovered from his indisposi-tion, he again embarked in tailoring. Before going to Mexico he had been betrothed to Mary J. Gordon, a native of Ireland, who came to America when ten or twelve years of age, and in October, 1848, they were married. Seven children were born to them. viz. : Jessie L., in Cadiz; Fannie May, deceased; William Henry, who died at the age of five years; Charles Em-mett, in Cadiz; Minnesota, now Mrs. Holmes, in Harrison County; Caroline, now Mrs. Kennedy, and Ella, now Mrs. Pierce, both in Cadiz. In November, 1886, the mother passed from earth, at the age of fifty-eight years, and December 15, 1888, Mr. Conwell married, for his second wife, Mrs. Elizabeth McConnell, of Cadiz, Ohio. At the breaking out of the War of the Rebellion our subject enlisted in Company I, Thirteenth O. V. I., to serve his country for the sec-ond time in his life. The regiment was ordered to West Virginia, where it was sent in pursuit of Gen. Garnet's forces, Confederate Army, which were in retreat after the battle of Roaring Run and Carrick's Ford, to Greenland Gap. On that march Mr. Conwell received an injury from which he has never fully recovered. For some time he lay- in hospital at Parkersburg, W. Va., and on sufficiently improving in health, he re-turned to the army where he remained about two years more. He then re-enlisted, this time in the One Hundred and Seventieth O. V. I., One-hundred-days men, and was encamped near Washington, taking part in the various battles of the Shenandoah Valley, including those of Snicker's Gap, Kernstown and Winchester, and then retreated to Maryland Heights, in which retreat Mr. Conwell narrowly escaped capture: During part of this military experience he was on detached service, and in the latter enlistment he was quartermaster of the Seventieth Regi-ment, serving for a time as captain. On his re-turn home from the seat of war, he once more took up his old vocation of tailoring, which he still carries on in connection with farming, being the owner of a fine property located about a mile from Cadiz. He is one of the proprietors of the Cadiz Gas Works, of which he is president; is also president. of the glass works, which he helped to build, and he put up the opera house in connection with Mr. M. J. Brown, of the Farmers & Mechanics National Bank at Cadiz, Mr. Conwell overseeing the work. Ile is a member of the G. A. R., and in 1888 he was appointed at Columbus, Ohio, on the staff of Gen. John P. Rea, commander-in-chief of the G. A. R., resigning in 1880; is also a member of the I. O. O. F. ; politically he is a stanch Demo-crat. His elegant home in the town is located on Lincoln Avenue, and the many capacious rooms are very ornate, having been decorated by HARRISON COUNTY - 29 his talented daughters in both oil painting and crayon work. His youngest daughter, Mrs. Ella Pierce, is a graduate of the Cincinnati College of Music. CHARLES S. McCOY, postmaster at Cadiz, Harrison County, was born in Harrison County, Ohio, January 1, 1858, and is a son of "William H. and Margaret A. (Welling) McCoy. William H. McCoy was a son of William and Jane McCoy, born in Cannonsburg, Washington Co., Penn., August 22, 1832, and when young came with his parents to Carroll County, Ohio, where the latter ended their days. In 1857 William H. removed to Harrison County, where for a short time he worked on a farm. Being a man of good education and a collegian, he for a number of years taught school, chiefly in Harrison County. On August 8, 1862, he enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth O. V. I., and was commissioned second lieutenant; he was wounded in action, and for years subsequently suffered from an injured eye. Having received his discharge March 14, 1864, on account of his disability, he returned to Cadiz, Harrison County, and was twice elected county auditor. Under President Grant he was appointed postmaster at Cadiz, but, his health failing from the fatigues and hardships of war, he fell a victim to that fell disease, consumption, and on September 19, 1884, he passed from earth, aged fifty-two years. He had been very active in the Republican party, and for years served as county school commissioner and township trustee, and was also for some time a member of the city council of Cadiz. In all of his various positions he was very efficient, and met with universal approbation. He was a Knight Templar, a member of the I. O. O. F. and the G. A. R., and of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The marriage of William H. McCoy took place on March 24, 1857, with Margaret A. Welling, a native of New Bumley, Harrison Co., Ohio, and a daughter of William and Margaret Welling, the former now a resident of West Carlisle, Coshocton Co., Ohio, and the latter deceased. To the marriage of William H. and Margaret A. McCoy were born six children, viz.: Charles S., William J., W. Raleigh, Harry, Mary, and Edward (the last named being now deceased). Mrs. Margaret A. McCoy is still a resident of Cadiz. Charles S. McCoy received his education in the schools of Cadiz, and on quitting school became a clerk in a book store at Cadiz, where he remained several years, and then became assistant postmaster Under his father, which position he held until the latter's death. On October 1, 1884, under the administration of President Arthur, he was appointed postmaster; he served through the Democratic administration of Grover Cleveland, and March 21, 1889, under President Harrison was re-appointed. Of course it will be easily seen that Mr. McCoy has always been, what he is now, a stanch Republican. The marriage of Mr. McCoy took place May 20, 1880, at Cadiz, with Miss Cora J. Houser, daughter of Wilson and Nancy J. Houser, of Cadiz, and one child was born to this union, but which died while yet in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. McCoy are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Cadiz; he is a member of the K. of P., S. O. V. and I. O. O. F. Mr. McCoy is recognized as a first-class business man, and has proven himself to be an efficient official. He has gained and retains the respect of a host of friends, and stands a promi-nent figure in the social circles of Cadiz. MRS. MARGARET WELSH, the subject of this sketch, was born in Archer Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, in January, 1816. Her father, Francis Gilmore, was a native of Ireland, and while yet a single man came to America, where he met and married Miss Sarah McBride, who at that time was a resident of what is now Harrison County, Ohio. She was also a native of Ireland, and had accompanied her parents to the New World, 30 - HARRISON COUNTY. settling in the aforementioned county. Her parents, soon after the marriage of their daugh-ter, removed to the place where they died. Francis Gilmore and his young wife made their home on the farm, and here they shared life's joys and sorrows until March 30, 1840, when the wife closed her eyes to earth, aged almost fifty years. She was the mother of seven children, of some of whom the following is a brief record: William is deceased; Mar-garet is the subject of this sketch; John is in Oskaloosa, Iowa; Thomas and Samuel are also in Iowa. Throughout his busy life Mr. Gil-more was a farmer and stock-dealer, and one who by hard work and continual effort had to make his own success. Margaret Gilmore remained at home until 1833, when she was united in marriage with John Welsh, a son of Samuel and Catherine Welsh, and born November 20, 1808, in Penn-sylvania. His parents came from Ireland to America, making their home in Pennsylvania, and when John was yet a mere boy they moved to what is now Archer Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, where he grew to manhood, inured to the hardships of a pioneer life. After their mar-riage Mr. and Mrs. Welsh settled near the old home place, where they remained seven years, and thence removed to another place on which they re-sided until 1874, when, desiring to rest from the arduous labors of the farm, they came to the town of Cadiz, and built the pretty little cottage where Mrs. Welsh continues to reside, and from within whose walls his spirit returned to its Giver, No-vember 10, 1881. Politically he was a Demo-crat, but not a strict partisan, always letting his better judgment dictate the casting of his ballot, and. for many years he was a member of the Presbyterian Church. He was a progressive man, and a good citizen, one possessing a large circle of friends. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church at Cadiz, as is his widow. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Welsh are as follows: Samuel, now in Missouri; Jason, in Iowa; Sarah Jane, widow of John Adams, liv-ing in Archer Township, and Amanda, wife of Samuel F. Ross, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church at New Philadelphia, Ohio. DAVID B. MOORE, dealer in boots and shoes, Cadiz, Harrison County, was born in Carroll County, Ohio, December 9, 1834, a son of Thomas L. and Mary (Barnett) Moore, the former a native of Wash-ington County, Penn., born December 9, 1800, and the latter born in Ireland in 1796, coming with her parents to America. Thomas Moore, grandfather of our subject, also a native of Ire-land, came to America soon after the Revolu-tion; his son, Thomas L., who was a farmer, came to Carroll County, Ohio, in about the year 1820. To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Moore were born nine children, of whom six are living, three in Harrison County, viz. : Keziah, wife of Isaac A. Lawrence, in Cadiz Township; Ann, wife of Capt. Andrew Smith, in Cadiz; and David B. The mother of these children dying, the father took for his second wife Mrs. Jane Palmer, a widow, by which union one child, now dead, was born. Mr. Moore moved from Carroll County to Guernsey County, and thence, in 1879, to Harrison, where he resided on a farm in Cadiz Township until his death, which occurred in 1882, when he was aged eighty-two years. He was a prominent abolitionist and a Republican, and a member of the United Presbyterian Church. The subject proper of this biographical record received a common-school education, and remained at home until his marriage in 1860 with Miss Miranda, daughter of Benjamin and Nancy Price, of Carroll County, Ohio, by which union were born two children: Carrie G., wife of Dr. Jesse Osborn, of Mount Pleasant, Jefferson Co., Ohio; and Mira L., who died in infancy. The mother of these children de-parted this life July 8, 1887, at the age of forty-six years; she was a most estimable woman, be-loved by all; was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Cadiz, and had been for several years leader of the choir in a church at Hagerstown, HARRISON COUNTY - 31 Ohio. After his marriage Mr. Moore remained on the farm for some years, and in 1881 removed into the city of Cadiz, where he opened a boot and shoe store, which he carried on up to the time of his wife's death, when he sold the busi-ness, but in the following December reopened, doing now an excellent trade in the same line. Mr. Moore has made a success of life, and is highly honored for his upright principles. He is an elder in the Presbyterian Church; in pol-itics a Republican. C. R. TIPTON, one of the well-known citizens of Cadiz, was born in Green Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, August 19, 1846, and is a son of John M. and Jane Tipton, born in Harrison County, Ohio. His paternal grandfather, Edmund Tipton, was a captain under Commodore Perry, the hero of Lake Erie, and was one of the founders of the first Methodist Episcopal Church in his section. About 1813 or 1814 he came to Harrison County, Ohio, and bought a half section of land in Green Township, and from him the Tiptons, of Harrison County, are descended. On November 12, 1867, Mr. Tipton married Miss Mary Swan, eldest daughter of Thomas and Nancy Swan, of Cadiz, and to this union have been born six children, three of whom are living and three deceased. The living are Bertha, John and Frank, at home. The deceased are Claude, the eldest, who died in August, 1886, at the age of seventeen; Carrie, who died aged about three years; the third died in infancy. In April, 1864, Mr. Tipton enlisted in the One Hundred and Seventieth Ohio National Guards and took part in the battle of Snicker's Gap, and stood beside Harvey Haverfield, when that young comrade was shot in the temple by a minie-ball and killed. On one occasion he heroically rescued Maj. Judkins from drowning, that officer having sunk twice while in the Shenandoah River, which the troops were cross-ing after a repulse. Mr. Tipton is a member of McCready Post, G. A. R., and makes his home in Cadiz, where he enjoys the respect of a large circle of acquaintances. C. R. Tipton, from boyhood, has been a lover of horses, and early began breaking, buy-ing and selling, and soon turned his attention to training trotters. He was the first to import into Harrison County fine stock from Kentucky, and has developed some very fast animals, in-cluding Belle Brasfield (2:20), Kate Campbell (2:25), Harry Robertson (2:20), Captain Douds (2:26 3/4), Hi Wilkes (2:20), Charlie Tip-ton (2:27 3/4), and many others. Mr. Tipton is still in the business, and is now also engaged with Clark's Horse Review, traveling all the time in its interest, his extensive acquaintance with breeders and trainers enabling him to do good and extensive work, which is enhanced by his familiarity with the pedigree of all the better families of blooded stock throughout the United States. JAMES THOMPSON. This well-known I citizen of Cadiz, Harrison County, well represents the first quarter of the nineteenth century in his section. He was born in Cadiz Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, March 3, 1818. His father, David Thompson, was a native of County Tyrone, Ireland, whence, when a lad of nineteen, he came to America in 1792, settling near Chambersburg, Penn., where he became a farmer. In his native land he had learned the trade of a weaver, but this he entirely discarded for the more pleasant pursuits of agriculture. He soon met, loved and married Miss Martha Gift, a native of Pennsylvania, of German parentage, and some time after his marriage he was chosen keeper of the Franklin County Infirmary, which position he held some five years. In the meantime his aged father, Joseph Thompson, who had come with him to America, died in Pennsylvania, and David and his wife removed, in 1814, to what is now Harrison County, Ohio, where he purchased, at six dollars per acre, 260 acres of land situated about one mile north of the town of Cadiz. The place 32 - HARRISON COUNTY. was but partly improved, and much hard labor did they expend upon it to bring it to the high state of cultivation, in which they left it at their death. In 1843. having reached the« age of sixty-five years, the faithful wife closed her eyes for the last time on earth. She had borne ten children, named as follows: Joseph, deceased; Elizabeth, Mrs. William McFadden, residing in Iowa; Mary, Mrs. Joseph McFadden, in Cadiz Township; David, deceased; John, who died in Washington County, Iowa; Katherine, Mrs. John Sharp, of Holmes County, Ohio; Martha, deceased wife of Adam Dunlap; Rachel, Mrs. S. Atkinson, in Holmes County, Ohio; James, our subject, and Sophia, Mrs. John Hitchcock, deceased. After the death of his wife Mr. Thompson made his home with his son James, until his own summons came in 1868, when, at the extreme age of ninety-six years, he too was called from earth. Himself and wife had been many years members of the Union Reformed Church. James Thompson, a farmer's son as he was, had early in life to bear the yoke of labor, aid-ing to improve and build up the farm. His opportunities for a school education were lim-ited to the meager facilities afforded by the old log school-house. In 1848 he married Miss Margaret, daughter of William and Mary (Crabb) Croskey, of Harrison County, the for-mer of whom had come to the county when a lad of seven years. His father, Robert Croskey, moved to Ohio from Washington County, Penn., in 1812, and settled in the woods of what is now Green Township, Harrison County, and there "not a stick of timber had been cut by white men within five miles." Robert was an Irishman by birth, and had come to make a home in the New World, landing at Williams-port, Md., on the day of the celebrated "Boston Tea Party," which led so directly to the Revo-lutionary War. In Jefferson County, Ohio, William Croskey married Mary Crabb. In 1873, at the age of seventy-eight years, he died, and since then the widowed mother has made her home with her son, John, on the old farm, and although crippled some fifteen years ago by a fall, and now eighty-nine years of age, she enjoys comparatively good health. She is the mother of nine children, viz. : Robert, deceased; Margaret, Mrs. James Thompson; Henry, in McLean County, Ill. ; Anna, Mrs. John Clifford, in Green Township, Harrison County; Mary, Mrs. George McFadden; Sarah, Mrs. Thomas Groves, of Jefferson County; John; one that died in infancy, and William. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Thomp-son made their home in Cadiz Township, on the old Thompson homestead, until 1889, when, feeling that younger hands should guide the plow and perform the labor of the farm, they came to the town of Cadiz, where they pur-chased and improved a beautiful home, situated not far from the Presbyterian Church, of which they are both members. The record of their children is as follows: Mary Emma died at the age of sixteen years; Martha Elizabeth is now Mrs. A. W. McDonald, of Pittsburgh, Penn. ; Anna Caroline is Mrs. W. H. Arnold, in Cadiz; David is deceased. This aged couple, re-spected by all, loved by many, having for more than forty years sailed together on life's ocean, are now patiently awaiting the time when the all-seeing Pilot shall guide their bark into the harbor of rest, whose waters wash the shores of Eternity. THE JAMISON FAMILY. Mrs. Mary Jamison, widow of Walter Jamison was born in what is now Green Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, September 7, 1808, a daughter of Martin Snyder, who was a native of Lancaster County, Penn., where he grew to manhood. Martin Snyder, grandfather of Mrs. Mary Jamison, was a native of Germany, and when a young man came to America many years ago. In Pennsylvania he married Catherine Amon, who bore him the following named children, all now passed away; Mary, Eve, Henry, John, Betsy, Marklena, Kate, Adam, and Martin HARRISON COUNTY - 33 (father of Mrs. Jamison). Martin Snyder, Sr. came with his wife and family, in 1802, to the then new State of Ohio, and settled in the woods, on a section of land where is now Green Town-ship, Harrison County, and they had to blaze the trees to mark their path. At that time, even where Cadiz now stands, the country was a vast forest wilderness, and this stalwart pio-neer family experienced all the adventures, dangers and hardships incident to those times. The grandfather died here in 1810, at the age of ninety years, and the grandmother in 1821, aged seventy years. Martin Snyder, father of Mrs. Jamison, was born about the year 1775, and in 1802 came with his parents to this section of the country. In the following year he was married to Ruth, daughter of Samuel and Nancy Tipton, and born, in 1779, twelve miles from Baltimore, Md. The mother died in that State, and the father and his family came, in 1802, to Jefferson County, Ohio, where be carried on farming, and died at an advanced age. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Snyder settled on a part of the old homestead, where a section of land, two miles west has been entered by his father. Here they reared their family and cared for his aged parents. His father he saw carried to the grave, and he himself followed him April 12, 1819, at the early age of forty-four years, his death be-ing the result of a fall from his wagon. He was a strong Adams Whig in his political convictions. A hard-working man, he was much missed in the little community in which he had lived, where his knowledge of veterinary surgery was of much service. After his death his widow carried on the farm, and cared for the aged mother (Mrs. Snyder, Sr.) until she was called from earth in 1821, at the age of about seventy years. The mother of Mrs. Jamison still continued to remain on the farm until March, 1850, when she, teo, was summoned to " the better land," at the age of seventy-one years. She was the mother of eight children, as follows: Catherine and Martin, deceased; Mary (Mrs. Jamison); Samuel, deceased; Amon and Jacob in Green Township, Harrison County; Nancy and Zachariah, deceased. A cemetery had been laid out on a part of the old homestead, which the grand-father settled, and he was the first to be buried therein. He and his family were members of the Lutheran Church, and it was his intention to put up a church building on his place, but death intervened. His son, Martin, the father of Mrs. Jamison, was also a Lutheran, as were all his children save one, who joined the Methodist Episcopal Society. On July 13, 1837, Mary Snyder was married to Walter Jamison, and they then at once came to Cadiz Township, to the farm, where are still residing Mrs. Jamison and her son, William Walter. Until the following December they lived in an old house which bad been built by a man named Furney, and they then occupied a new one which they had in the meantime erected, the one still standing. The first habitation in the vicinity was erected by one Henderson, a squatter, guide, etc., who arrived in the latter part of the eighteenth century. In 1802 John Jamison (father of Walter) came to Ohio to enter land, and stayed with Henderson, of whom he some time later purchased the land of which he (Henderson) was then possessor. On the death of John Jamison (who at one time was owner of 650 acres), this property passed into the hands of his son Walter, who here died, July 1, 1883, at the age of eighty-three years, having been born February 24, 1801. His remains lie buried in the cemetery at Cadiz. Mr. Jamison was for many years a member of the Presbyterian Church; in politics he was a stanch Democrat, was a member of the Board of Equalization, was frequently trustee, and had served his county as coroner. His widow is now four-score years old, and in the enjoyment of good health. They were the parents of four children, viz. : Martin S., in Cadiz, Harrison County; Jane A., now Mrs. G. W. Glover, of Columbus, Ohio; Ruth Ellen, who died at the age of five and a half years, and William Walter. WILLIAM WALTER JAMISON was born in 1849, in Cadiz Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, and 34 - HARRISON COUNTY. received his education at the common schools, be-ing brought up to farm life. He is an uncompro-mising Democrat, and has been frequently hon-ored with positions of trust. He is a director of the Harrison County Agricultural Society, of which he was president three years, declining re-election, and several times he was judge of election. He is now owner of the old home-stead farm of 130 acres, part of which lies within the corporation of the town of Cadiz, and here, with filial affection, he cares for his hon-ored widowed mother. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church. THE PORTER FAMILY. About three miles south of the town of Cadiz, reside two brothers, Samuel T. and Robert Porter, who are the representatives of one of the old pioneer families of Harrison County. Their father, James T. Porter, was born in Washington County, Penn., near Cannonsburg, and was a son of Robert Porter, of Scotch-Irish descent. Robert Porter served through the Revolutionary War, and his son, John, served through the War of 1812, also volunteered and went to Canada, where he par-ticipated in several severe battles. The maternal grandfather of our subjects was Samuel Porter, a native of Pennsylvania, who came to Harrison County, Ohio, in 1802, and in partnership with his brother James, bought a section of wild land, where Samuel made a home in the woods. At that time Cadiz consisted of a blacksmith shop only, and the nearest settlements, comprising a few log cabins, were about three miles off. Samuel lived to see many of the remarkable changes which have since taken place in the county, having lived to the remarkable age of one hundred and five years. In Pennsylvania he had married Sarah Burns, who was born August 15, 1786, and who died in 1830, the mother of the following named children: John, James, Smiley, David, Samuel, Jane, Polly, Elizabeth (the mother of Samuel T. and Robert Porter), all now deceased; Nancy, who died in infancy, and Irwin and Sarah, who are still living and have never married. The last two named own and reside on the home-stead farm, which is considered one of the best in the county. They have led industrious lives, and their industry and economy have accumu-lated considerable wealth; have always lived in peace and friendship with every one, and are highly esteemed throughout the entire vicinity. They are members of the Presbyterian Church. Samuel Porter, who had early learned saddle and collar making, was the only person following that vocation in the county, and of course found patrons from miles around. In politics he was a Democrat. His death took place August 2, 1869. James T. Porter passed his early days in Washington County, Penn., and there learned to be a tanner. He came to Harrison County, Ohio, in the early part of the present century and located on a farm not far from the present residence of his sons, Samuel T. and Robert. On March 31, 1812, be married here Miss Elizabeth Porter, who was born in Pennsylvania, April 1, 1794, and who was a daughter of Samuel and Sarah Porter. This union was blessed with ten children, named as follows: Polly, Sally, Elizabeth and Samuel, all of whom are deceased, and Samuel T. and Robert, of whom this sketch has chiefly to treat; Elizabeth (the second), Jane and Rebecca, deceased, and Margaret (still living). The father of these children passed to the grave, February 24, 1836, at the age of fifty years, and the mother followed May 4, 1863, at the age of sixty-nine years one month and four days. In politics James T. Porter was an Old-line Whig, of the Adams School. SAMUEL T. PORTER learned from his father the tanner's trade, which he followed until a short time after his father's death, when he gave it up. His brother, Robert, was reared to farming and managed the home place. He in later years, in partnership with his nephew, John Christy, engaged in the business of rais- HARRISON COUNTY - 35 ing and dealing in Spanish sheep, having fre-quently bought and sold sheep at from twenty to one hundred dollars each. In 1868 Samuel T. and Robert came to their present place, where they have ever since resided, their home being cared for by a niece, Maggie Morris, who has been with them since she was seven months old. They are both Democrats, and for nine years Samuel T. was school director of his dis-trict. The family belong to the Presbyterian Church, and are most widely known and highly esteemed in the county. They may well be classed among those who by hard work and en-terprise have greatly advanced the prosperity of Harrison County. IRWIN PORTER, uncle of Samuel T. and Robert, was born March 8, 1814, on the farm where he still resides, and from this place both his parents were borne to the grave. He is one of the wealthiest men in the county, and is noted for his honesty, uprightness and benevo-lence. He gave to the Presbyterian Church of Cadiz two thousand dollars, to build a parson-age, and also two hundred dollars to the United Presbyterian Church of Cadiz, toward the erec-tion of a parsonage. In politics he has been a life-long Democrat. ANDREW J. REA. Within a few years of a century ago there was born in what is now Harrison County one of its most prosperous and influential citizens, by name Joseph Rea, father of Andrew J. Rea, the subject proper of this sketch. John Rea, the father of Joseph. was one of the pioneer ministers of the Presbyterian faith in this county, and it was he who organized the churches of that denomination in Cadiz, Beech Spring, Crab Apple and Nottingham, all of which are still in a prosperous condition. He was forty-five years pastor of Beech Spring Church. Mr. Rea was a native of Ireland, hav-ing been born in Tullow, County Carlow, to Jo-seph and Isabella Rea. At the age of nineteen years he came to America, where his education was mainly obtained, and in 1793 he married Elizabeth Christie, of Westmoreland County, Penn., who bore him nine children—seven sons and two daughters. He died in what is now Green Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, where for years he had lived and labored, passing from earth at the patriarchal age of eighty-four years. Joseph Rea, son of the above, was, as above narrated, a native of what is now Harrison County, born in that portion now known as Green Township, September 20, 1796. He re-mained at home until of age, when he married, near New Athens, Miss Jane, daughter of John and Mary McConnell, and also a native of Harrison County, of which her father was one of the early settlers. For the first five years after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rea re-mained in Green Township, and then moved to Moorefield Township, locating, in 1824, on the farm now owned by William Pickering, remain-ing there six years, thence moving to the farm in Cadiz Township, on which the Widow Kidwell now resides, and, in 1837, came to the farm which he purchased from Joseph Shotwell, and there spent the remaining days of his life. They were the parents of seven children, viz. : Elizabeth, widow of John Lafferty, residing in Cadiz Township; Mary, Mrs. Samuel Dunlap, in Nottingham Township; John, in Kansas; An-drew Jackson; Martha, on the old home place; and William and Joseph (both deceased). In 1859 the mother died, at the age of fifty-nine years, and in April, 1862, the father followed her to the grave. He was one of the prominent and most active Democrats in Harrison County, and served his district in the House of Repre-sentatives two terms—from 1832 to 1838. He and his wife were both members of the Presby-terian Church. Andrew J. Rea, the subject proper of this biographical sketch, was born in Moorefield Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, in November, 182(3, and spent his boyhood days on the farm, sharing in its general duties. His school ad-vantages were very meager, being limited to instruction received in the old log school-house 36 - HARRISON COUNTY. of his day. In March, 1856, he was married to Miss Mary, daughter of John and Elsie (John-son) Moore, and a native of the same township as her husband. The Moore family were de-scended from Irish ancestry, and came to this county early in the present century. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Rea came to Cadiz Township and settled on the farm where their home has since been made, and where were reared their children, whose record is as follows: Martha Elizabeth is now the wife of George Hol-liday, of Moorefield Township; Elsie J. is living at home; Joseph died at the age of fourteen years; Lenora resides at home; John M. is be-ing educated at Franklin College. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Rea is on the " Clay Pike," four and a half miles west of the county seat. They have for many years been members of the Presbyterian Church of Nottingham; politically Mr. Rea is a Democrat, zealous in the interests of his party, and, although he resides in a strong Republican district, has held the office of county commissioner. Socially the Rea fam-ily rank high, and of them all speak in compli-mentary terms. Mr. Rea is a progressive citi-zen and a pleasant companion, one whose record has never been tarnished. GEORGE McFADDEN. Harrison County abounds in prominent families whose 1 records may well be perused by those to 3 come, who therein can not fail to find splendid examples of thrift, progress and honesty well worthy of emulation. To the citizens of southeastern Ohio the mere mention of the name McFadden suggests, almost invariably, the idea of respectability, intelligence, enterprise and hospitality, for all of which they are noted, it being a marked exception to the general rule when aught else is the case with this family. Within the confines of the county now under consideration, are found quite a large number of families bearing the aforementioned name, all, more or less, directly or indirectly, connected by ties of consanguinity, and all tracing their lineage to the little Emerald Isle, from whose green shores so many of America's best citizens have come. The subject of this sketch is the grandson of one John McFadden, who was born in the city of Dublin, Ireland. where he remained until nineteen years of age, when he sought a home in the New World, settling in the State of Penn-sylvania, and a few years later he was united in marriage with Miss Sharpe, daughter of Col. George Sharpe of the United States Army. In the year 1800, in company with the Jamison family, he entered one-half of Section 4, in what is now Cadiz Township, and began at once to make preparations for the reception of his family, whom he had left temporarily in Penn-sylvania, and for whom he soon after returned, coming with them back to Ohio in 1801. It is needless to repeat the story of their settlement; how their primitive home was but an old log cabin, around which at night the ferocious wolves did prowl, with their oft-repeated fiend-like bowls, seeming to protest against the inva-sion of their forest home; or how, gradually before the sturdy woodman's ax, the clearing grew larger and larger, and the waving wheat or the swaying corn took the place of the giant trees, whose ashes now enrich the soil from which they sprung. Years came, went and brought their changes; sons and daughters were born to the pioneers and grew to maturity, and at last, upon the same farm, where their first Ohio home was made, the aged father and mother closed their eyes to earth after a life well spent. Their children were Samuel, George, John, Joseph, Mary (Mrs. James Sharp, of Cadiz Township) and Margaret (Mrs. Edward Lafferty, of Athens Township), all of whom have in their turn followed to the grave. Of these children John was born in Pennsylva-nia in the year 1788, and, consequently, was some thirteen years of age when he came with his parents to Harrison County, and grew to manhood a pioneer boy, frequently being lost in the woods, into whose solitudes he would often wander too far. Upon reaching manhood he HARRISON COUNTY - 37 chose, as a wife, Miss Mary Dunlap, the daugh-ter of Adam and Rebecca Dunlap, of Harrison County, her family also being pioneers who had come to said county from Maryland. After their marriage they purchased a farm of one hundred acres of one Samuel Gilmore, who had entered the land, and, removing thereon at once, never moved from it until they passed from earth. In 1857 the father laid down life's cares at the age of sixty-nine, and one year later the mother closed her eyes to earth, also aged sixty-nine. To their union twelve children were born, viz. : Adam, deceased; John J. and Samuel R., in Athens Township; George, our subject, in Cadiz Township; Margaret, widow of John McFadden, in Cadiz; Rebecca, deceased; Mary, Mrs. William Hamilton, in Cadiz; Sarah, deceased wife of John Porterfield, of St. Clairsville; Jennie, deceased; Esther, Mrs. Phillips, of Nebraska; Rachel, Mrs. William Hamilton, of Belmont County, and Elizabeth, who died at eleven years of age. Both father and mother were members of the Union Church. George McFadden, the subject proper of this memoir, in his boyhood attended the com-mon schools of the county and aided in the gen-eral duties of the farm. In 1860 he chose as life's partner Miss Mary, daughter of William and Mary Croskey, of Green Township, Harri-son County, they having come as pioneers to said township (the father, William Croskey, died there, the mother, now a woman of eighty-nine years, survives). The father and mother of our subject being dead, and there being no one save a brother to share in the duties of the farm, the newly wedded pair came at once to the place, and thereon have since made their home and reared their children, of whom they have had four, by name William, Mary Eliza-beth and Emma, all still at the home of their parents, and an infant, unnamed, deceased. On July 17, 1873, the brother Adam, who had never married or left the home place, died at the age of fifty-eight years. The house in which our subject now lives was erected by him in 1880, and is the third dwelling built on the place, which consists of 227 acres situated some two miles from the town of Cadiz, on the Cadiz and Athens pike. Mr. and Mrs. McFadden are members of the Presbyterian Church of Cadiz; politically Mr. McFadden is identified with the Democratic party. HENRY BARRICKLOW, a prosperous farmer of Cadiz Township, Harrison County, was born in Fayette County, Penn., March 10, 1829. His grand-father, Henry Barricklow, came to America from Holland, and first settled in New Jersey, where his son, Frederick, was born and married to Miss Nancy Dugan, a native of Fayette Coun-ty, Penn. After their marriage they came to Harrison County, to make a home, and here they passed the remainder of their lives. They had a family of five children (of whom four are now living), viz. : John D. and Henry, in Cadiz Township, Harrison County; Alexander, in Athens Township; Margaret A., deceased, and George, also in Athens Township. The father died on the farm in Cadiz Township; the mother died in 1881, at the advanced age of eighty years. Henry Barricklow grew to manhood on his father's farm, sharing in its general improve-ment, and upon reaching manhood went to the Far West, where, in the State of Missouri, he entered for himself and brothers two sections of land. Returning to Cadiz he settled, in 1871, on the farm where he now resides, and on which part of the improvements, which are ample and good, are his own making. In October, 1878, he married Miss Mary Henderson, of Jefferson County, Ohio, but no children have been born to them. Mr. Barricklow's farm lies about three miles northwest of Cadiz, near the County Infirmary Farm, and consists of 182 acres. Po-litically he is a Democrat, and in religion is associated with the United Presbyterian Church at Cadiz. Our subject is a business man, wide-ly known and esteemed. 38 - HARRISON COUNTY. JOHN D. BARRICKLOW, one of the well-known and prosperous farmers of Harrison County, was born in Fayette County, Penn., November 6, 1828. His grandfather, Henry Barricklow, and his father, Frederick Barricklow, were both natives of New Jersey, whither the ancestry had come from Germany. Frederick Barricklow was a young man when he moved to Pennsylvania, and here he remained until coming to Harrison County. In 1826 he was wedded to Nancy, daughter of John and Catherine (McClelland) Dugan. Mr. Dugan was a native of Ireland, from which country he came at an early age; his wife was of German extrac-tion. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Barricklow located in Fayette County, Penn., and in 1832 they came to Ohio, where they purchased the farm now occupied by J. D. Barricklow. Here they reared their family, and enjoyed the blessings of life, the respect and esteem of their acquaintances, and the mutual blessings flowing from married life till 1858, when the father died, at the age of sixty-three years. He had always carried on agricultural pursuits, and was regarded as one of the successful followers and devotees of Ceres. Politically he was a life-long Democrat, taking a lively interest in the affairs of his party. Mrs. Barricklow survived him till October 17, 1881, when she, too, joined the "silent majority," at the age of eighty-one. She was the mother of five children, viz.: John D., our subject; Henry, in Cadiz; Alexander, in Athens Township; Margaret A., deceased, and George W., in Athens. John D. Barricklow grew to manhood on the parental farm, having the advantages of common schools of his county. He being the eldest in the family was placed in charge of the duties of the farm. which he discharged in a most satis-factory manner. In 1859 he took a prospecting tour through the West, visiting the principal cities and States, remaining absent until 1863, when he returned to Cadiz Township, where he has since resided. Soon after his return he was married to Mary, daughter of Adam and Martha (Thompson) Dunlap. For the first dec- ade after their marriage, they lived in Athens Township, and here Mr. Barricklow took an active part in the recruiting of troops and sup-porting the principles of the North. In 1871 he removed to the home place, where he has since resided, and which, by hard work, coupled with judgment and shrewd business sagacity, he has increased from a farm of 167 acres to one comprising about 400. The children born to our subject and wife were as follows: Nancy Ellen, Mrs. John Ross, in Athens Township; John A. and Maggie A., at home; Martha E., deceased; Frederick H.; Carrie G. ; David T. ; Mary E. and Frank J., all at home. In politics Mr. Barricklow has always been a Democrat, and has been honored by his town-ship with many offices of trust, the duties of which he always discharged with perfect satis-faction to the people. After his removal to Cadiz Township he was nominated for land appraiser, but as the party was in the minority, he was de-feated. Himself and family are members of the Presbyterian Church at Nottingham, in which they take a prominent and active part. Mr. Barricklow is widely and prominently known, being one of the pleasantest and most entertain-ing of hosts. The family are among those earliest identified with the advancement of the county, and the present generation are fully maintaining the high record of their ancestors. W. S. HAVERFIELD was born October 2, 1838, in Cadiz Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, on the farm where he now resides, a son of John and Nancy (Richey) Haverfield, both natives of Harrison County, former born on the same place as his son. James Haverfield, great-grandfather of our subject, is supposed to have been born in Penn-sylvania of English extraction, and in 1798 he came to Harrison County, where in time he passed from earth. His son, William, grandfather of W. S., was a native of Huntingdon County, Penn., where he remained until 1798, HARRISON COUNTY - 39 in which year he came with his parents to Ohio, and here purchased the farm where W. S. was born and still lives. In Pennsylvania William Haverfield married Elizabeth Stitt, a native of the same State, and they then came to Ohio, where both died, he in 1858, at the age of eighty-four years. They were the parents of ten chil-dren, only one of whom is now living. William Haverfield was a soldier in the War of 1812. He was remarkably strong in his convictions of right and wrong, and is said to have been the first one in his neighborhood to banish whisky from the harvest field. In those early days the beverage was considered indispensable in farm labor, and many refused to work without it, but Mr. Haverfield was firm in his determination, and came off victorious, for ere long his neighbors, appreciating at last his idea of right, one by one followed his example. For many years he was a justice of the peace. John Haverfield, son of William, in his boyhood experienced all the hardships incident to pioneer life, and shared in the arduous duties of the farm. In 1836 he was married to Nancy, daughter of Thomas Richey, a resident of this county, whither he and his wife had come from Ireland. To Mr. and Mrs. John Haverfield were born seven children, as follows: W. S., Eliza Jane (Mrs. R. A. McCormick, in Cadiz, Ohio), Alvin, an unnamed infant, and John (all three deceased), Mary (now living with her aged mother) and Jessie (Mrs. John S. Thompson, in Carroll County, Ohio). On May 9, 1873, the father died at the age of sixty-two years; his life had been a busy one, and in the political struggles of his country he was particularly act-ive. He was an earnest advocate of freedom, and during the " underground railroad " system of ante-bellum days he was a strong worker; in fact many poor colored fugitives feasted and slept at his house. During the Civil War he aided largely in the raising of money and sup-plies for the " boys in blue," and in the recruit-ing of troops. He was a man of progressive ideas, one who made his influence felt 'in his community, and having a wide circle of acquaintances he left many friends and will long be remembered. His widow, now seventy-three years of age, hale and well-preserved, makes her home on the old farm with her daughter Mary. W. S. Haverfield, the subject proper of this biographical sketch, grew to manhood on the farm in Cadiz Township, his education being received at the common schools of his county. In 1865 he was united in marriage with Miss Mary, daughter of Alexander Haverfield, who died in Harrison County, and to this union were born four children, as follows: Clara A., Fred E., John A. and George C., all living on the home farm, which is situated one mile west of the town of Cadiz. In 1864, responding to his country's call for aid to suppress the Rebellion, Mr. Haverfield enlisted in the One Hundred and Seventieth O. N. G., serving 100 days in the forts near Washington and in the Shenandoah Valley, after which he returned home. He is a worthy representative of a worthy pio-neer family, of whom all speak in the highest terms. Mr. Haverfield is a Republican. DAVID OGLEVEE, one of the prosperous, retired agriculturists of Cadiz Township, Harrison County, was born in Moorefield Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, May 10, 1837. The paternal grandfather came to the county from Pennsylvania in an early day, and his son William, father of David, was born in Athens Township in 1810. When a boy he (William) moved with his parents to Moorefield Township, where he was reared on a farm, attending the common schools of the district. In 1830 he was married to Susanna, daughter of John Price, of Big Stillwater, Belmont Co., Ohio, whither her parents, who were by birth English, had come in an early day. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. William Oglevee settled in Moorefield Township, and reared their family of eleven children, of whom the following is a brief record: John lives in Morgan County, Ohio; George is deceased; Agnes is the wife of 40 - HARRISON COUNTY. Archibald Hammond, of New Athens, Harrison County; David is the subject proper of' these lines; Hugh is in New Athens; Elizabeth is the wife of D. S. Lantz, of Belmont County, Ohio; Jane died in Kansas; James is deceased; B. Frank lives in Cadiz Township; Annie is de-ceased; Sadie is the wife of O. R. McFadden, in Athens Township, Harrison County. The mother died in 1878, at the age of sixty-eight years, and the father August 1, 1884, when aged seventy-six years. He was in all respects a self-made man, having commenced life poor, making his success entirely by his own individual efforts, and at his death he was in a position to leave each of his surviving children a good farm. Politically he was first a Whig, and afterward a Republican, and he and wife were members of the Presbyterian Church in Nottingham Township. David Oglevee, whose name appears at the opening of this biographical sketch, received a good common-school education. and shared in the general arduous duties of the home farm. In October, 1866, he was married to Miss Jennie, daughter of William and Mary Ramsey-, of Har-rison County, who carried on farming in Not-tingham Township, but later came to the town of Cadiz to live retired. John Ramsey, father of William, was among the early settlers of Harrison County, coming from Pennsylvania. William Ramsey was a young man when he came to the county, and here married Miss Mary, daughter of John Hines, another of the early comers to the county. After marriage our sub-ject and wife remained on the farm in Moore-field Township until April 1, 1889, when they purchased a home on Grant Street, Cadiz, and are here now living in peaceful retirement. No children blessed this union, but their home has been cheered by the presence of a niece, Sadie O. Lantz, who brightens and gladdens their path in life. Politically Mr. Oglevee is a Republican, but has been no office seeker. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, and are much esteemed far and wide. His farm of 101 acres of prime land is situated some five miles east of Moorefield. JOHN CRAWFORD was born in Archer Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, November 29, 1816. His father, Edward Crawford, was a Virginian by birth, grew to man-hood in Brooke County, W. Va., and married Mary Wiggins, daughter of Edward and Charity Wiggins. The maternal grandfather, Alexander Wiggins, was of Irish parentage, his parents having come to America, where be was born; he died in Virginia. For a number of years Edward Crawford and wife remained in Virginia, and in 1806 came to Ohio, settling, March 9, on a farm of one-quarter section of wild land, which he had entered, and which has since con-tinually remained in the family's possession. At first they were obliged to " camp out " in the woods, as the log house was but partly finished. From this place they never moved, and in 1830 or 1831 death called the father, when he was aged seventy years. The mother survived many years, and it was not until she had reached the advanced age of ninety-four years that she passed from earth. She was the mother of twelve children, viz. : Ellen, deceased wife of James Hagerty; Mary, deceased wife of James Harper; Alexander, who died in Carroll County; Thomas, of Archer Township, Harrison County; Isabella, deceased wife of William Welch; Charlotta and Josiah, both deceased; Nancy, widow of William Lewis, Holmes County, Ohio; Margaret, deceased; Elizabeth, widow of Joseph McGonigal; John, in Cadiz Township, Harrison County; Harriet, widow of Mathew McCoy, of Archer Township, Harrison County. John Crawford grew to manhood very much as do other pioneer boys, and in 1849 chose, as life's partner, Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel and Prudy Hedges, and they then set-tled on the old home place, where they remained until the aged father and mother were carried to the grave. It was in 1877 that death claimed the mother, who at the age of about fifty years laid down life's burdens. She bad borne six children, namely: Mary, deceased wife of Ham-ilton Lisle, of Archer Township, Harrison Coun-ty; Samuel E., in Cadiz Township, Harrison HARRISON COUNTY - 41 County; Alexander, on the home place; Harriet, who died in 1878; Matti̊, Mrs. John Holland, of Cadiz, and Maggie, still at home, unmarried. In November, 1882, leaving the farm of 330 acres in the charge of his son, Mr. Crawford purchased his present place, situated about one mile from the city of Cadiz, where, with his daughter, Maggie, he now resides, his home having been cared for by her since the death of the wife and mother. Politically Mr. Crawford is a Democrat, but has never held office of any kind, preferring to give his undivided attention to his home and farm. He is a well-known and esteemed member of the Presbyterian Church of Cadiz, Harrison County. Now a man of seven-ty-four years, and well-preserved for his age, he is widely known and respected throughout Harrison County. JOSHUA DICKERSON. Here and there, scattered through the townships of Harrison County, may still be found a few of its pioneers, once stalwart men, but now fast faltering under the weight of years, only waiting to enter the " valley of the shadow." Such a one is the subject of this brief sketch, whose life has been chiefly spent in Harrison County, within whose borders he first saw the light November 9, 1808. His grandfather, Thomas Dickerson, had been one of the early comers to what is now Harrison County, arriving on Christmas day, 1800, and settling on land now included in Cadiz Township, near where the Dickerson Church now stands. He cleared a portion of this, and in the spring planted a field of corn. As soon as the land was thrown open for a settlement, he " entered " a section of it, and remained thereon to build a home, working at his trade, that of blacksmith. Having been born in Fayette County, Yenra., he there grew to manhood, and married Miss Mary Curry, who came with him to Ohio, to share the trials of a forest home. She became the mother of ten. children, all of whom have passed away. The parents were spared to reach an advanced age, the father being called first, at the age of ninety-five; the mother for a few years had been totally blind, and some two years after her husband's decease, she followed to the grave, being then over ninety years of age. Barrick Dickerson, one of their sons, was born in Pennsylvania, and was brought by his parents to Harrison County. He learned of his father blacksmithing, at which he worked or a number of years. In Harrison County he married Miss Elizabeth, daughter of William Holmes, and a native of West Virginia, born near Wellsburg. Her brother had come to Cadiz Township some years previously, and was learning blacksmithing of Thomas Dickerson, when, being seized with fever, he sent for his sister Elizabeth to come and care for him. Thus was brought about the meeting which resulted in the marriage as related. Some time afterward they rented land in Coshocton County, same State, and a few years later they removed from there to the northern part of the State. Not pleased with this, however, Mr. Dickerson re-turned to Harrison County, and there spent a year in the milling business. His land in Co-shocton County, which he had retained, he now traded for the farm on which his son Joshua re-sides. In 1822 he was elected sheriff of Har-rison County, and consequently had to remove into the town of Cadiz, leaving the farm in the care of his son Joshua and a cousin, who worked it. While he was filling the position of sheriff, a notorious gang of horse thieves and counter-feiters were infesting the country from Wheel-ing, Va., to the lakes. Several suspects had been arrested, and Sheriff Dickerson, having been sent to the northern portion of the State to take depositions, while there contr acted fever, from which he died. His home had been cheered by the birth of nine children, viz. : Joshua; Susannah deceased, wife of Edward Lafferty; Polly, died in infancy; Thomas, de-ceased; Polly (second), now Mrs. Harrison Shot-well, of Glenville, Ohio; Jane, Mrs. Ira Crum-ley, in Washington Township, Harrison County; 42 - HARRISON COUNTY. William Wilson, in Athens Township; Eliza-beth, deceased wife of Daniel Clemens; and Baruch, who died in infancy. In political faith Barrick Dickerson was a Whig, and besides be-ing elected sheriff, be was nominated for com-missioner in opposition to William Henderson. He was a marksman of considerable ability, and was captain of the first rifle company the county. His widow survived until 1830, when, at the age of sixty years, she also died. Joshua Dickerson was sixteen years old when his father died, and about one year later he went to the home of his uncle, Aaron Mercer, in Short Creek Township, Harrison County, to work in a woolen factory, and here spent four summers, the winters being occupied in a flour-ing mill. From this mill, which was an old-fashioned one, containing but one run of buhrs, in one winter were produced some 1,300 bar-rels of flour, which was retailed to the families of the surrounding country. In 1834 Mr. Dickerson married Miss Elizabeth Crumley, whose parents had come to Harrison County from Virginia, but some five years afterward she died, leaving no children; for his second wife our subject married Mary Elliott, who was born December 10, 1820, and who still survives. Her parents were Samuel and Nancy (Grimes) Elliott, both of whom died in Belmont County, Ohio, the father when she was eight years old, and the mother two years later. Joshua Dickerson and his wife, after their marriage, came to an old log house on the farm where they have since lived. The old house is still partly standing, although long years ago they moved from it. To them eight children were born, whose record is as follows: Aaron died of consumption at the age of thirty years. Barrick died in 1864 when aged eighteen, the result of exposure in the 100-days' service; Thomas resides near Flushing, Ohio; Sarah Elizabeth and Theodore live at home; Samuel died when three years old; Hiram resides near Athens, Ohio; Charles is in Colorado. Polit-ically Joshua Dickerson was originally a Whig, casting his first presidential vote for John Q. Adams, and upon the forming of the Repub-lican party he identified himself therewith. He has creditably filled various township offices, and was supervisor for four years. Theodore Dickerson, his son, now thirty-two years of age, is overseeing the home farm, which he has never left. Sarah E., the daughter, has also clung to home and parents, and now cares for the general household. CHAUNCEY DEWEY* was born near Norwich, Conn., March 27, 1796, and died at his home in Cadiz, Ohio, February 15, 1880. He was of New England parentage, being the son of Eliphalet and Rachel (Hyde) Dewey, natives of Connecticut, who removed from that State to Otsego County, N. Y., in 1798, and thence, in 1836, to Cadiz, Ohio. The father of our subject was a farmer by occupation, and a participant in the struggle for colonial independence. He died at Cadiz in 1837, his wife surviving him. This lady was a lineal descendant of Chancellor Hyde, of Eng-land, and was remarkable for her many virtues and accomplishments. She died in 1847. Up to his eighteenth year the subject of this sketch divided his time between the claims of the home farm and the modest country school, which the neighborhood afforded, working in summer and attending school in winter. At this period in Mr. Dewey's life the hardships in pioneer life in New York State had not by any moans ended. The country was in a rude and unculti-vated state, and attention was absorbed in subduing its rough features and preparing it for the plow. The country had not made sufficient progress to warrant much attention to polite learning, and hence it is not surprising that when Chauncey Dewey aspired to a classical course, he should meet the disapproval of his father—a disapproval, however, which could not successfully combat the earnest determination of * Taken in part from sketch in Historical and Biographical Cyclopedia of State of Ohio.—Western Biographical Pub. Co.. Cin. HARRISON COUNTY - 47 the son. To recite the early experience of Mr. Dewey would be to repeat a story familiar to American ears, and which forms a part of the history of every self-made man of our times. But from this time he was perhaps more literally the carver of his own fortune, since the means with which he prosecuted his studies, preliminary to entering college, were acquired by a vigorous use of the ax, cutting and selling wood off the home place. By this means he completed his academic course at Hartwick Academy, in Otsego County, N. Y., and at length matriculated at Union College, Schenectady, graduating in 1820. After quitting college he commenced his preparation for the bar, under the auspices of Samuel Starkweather, Esq., a prominent practitioner at the bar of Cooperstown, N. Y. Believing that the West afforded better opportunities to young men than could be obtained in the East, he accordingly made his way to the young State of Ohio, finally locating in the village of Cadiz. There he completed his law studies under the supervision of Gen. W. B. Beebe. He was at length admitted to the bar, where his legal acquirements and natural adapta-tion to the profession soon placed him at the head of the bar of his county. For a short time Mr. Dewey was professionally associated with Hon. Benjamin Tappan, who resided in Steubenville. In 1836 he formed relations with Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, the great war secretary under Lincoln's administration. The firm of Dewey & Stanton lasted until 1842, when the firm was dissolved, and Mr. Stuart B. Shotwell became his partner, and continued to bear this relation until, 1849. When the partnership between Mr. Dewey and Mr. Stanton was formed, the latter was a very young man, and it was while under the direc-tion of Mr. Dewey that he inculcated the habits of industry which formed so great an element in his subsequent success as a lawyer and public man. There is no question that Mr. Stanton placed a high value on the association with Mr. Dewey, and when he became secretary of war he ofttimes sought the advice of his intimate 3 friend and former partner on many state ques-tions of great importance. Mr. Dewey was most active at the bar between the years 1830 and 1840. He had been gradually withdrawing from practice since 1840, and when elected presi-dent of the Harrison Branch of the State Bank of Ohio, in 1849, he had practically withdrawn from the practice of law. Mr. Dewey and the Hon. Daniel Kilgore were the pioneers of the banking business in Cadiz, and their success was so pronounced as to excite a spirit of emulation among the business men of that town. The consequence was the establishment, from time to time, of banks in Cadiz, so that at the period of Mr. Dewey's death there were no fewer than five banking in-stitutions in the town. This circumstance con-ferred upon Cadiz the distinction of being the greatest banking town of its size in the United States. He was continued as president of the Harrison Branch of the State Bank until its business was wound up in 1865, when he super-intended its conversion into the Harrison Na-tional Bank of Cadiz, of which he was elected president, and filled the position until his death. In the latter years of his life Mr. Dewey was interested as a shareholder and director in the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railroad, and was particularly active in pushing the con-struction of that portion of the road known as the Steubenville & Indiana Railroad, and was one of the first directors of the same. The construction of the Cadiz Branch was mainly due to his efforts. Mr. Dewey was a member of the Jefferson Fire Insurance Company of Steu-benville, of the Franklin Insurance Company of Wheeling, and of the Amazon Insurance Com-pany of Cincinnati. He was also originator of and interested in the iron works at Wheeling, W. Va., formerly known as Dewey, Vance & Co , and at the present time the Riverside Iron and Steel Works. Prior to the organization of the Republican party Mr. Dewey acted with the Whig party generally, but was never in any sense a partisan, and this liberal spirit distinguished his en- 48 - HARRISON COUNTY. tire connection with the Republican party up to the time of his death. While he cherished party principles and consistently voted for them, he often exercised a judicious discrimination in favor of personal merit. Mr. Dewey was never a candidate for political preferment, except on one occasion, in 1841, when he was chosen to the State Senate by the Belmont-Harrison District. He resigned before the close of his term. His resignation was caused by a sensitive feel-ing over the result of the intervening guberna-torial contest between Wilson Shannon and Tom Corwin. Mr. Dewey was not in sympathy with the popular sentiment as expressed in that elec-tion, and found it consistent to resign. He took an active interest in the presidential campaign of 1840. The principal issue involved was the celebrated Van Buren sub-treasury project, a measure which Mr. Dewey decidedly opposed. His strong feelings on this question led him into an active participation in the canvass for William Henry Harrison. He made speeches through out southeastern Ohio, which, it is said, had much to do with influencing popular sentiment in that part of the State. For a period of forty years Mr. Dewey oc-cupied a position in his community which was as remarkable as it was unique, and which could be sustained in the person of a single in-dividual only by the most remarkable combination of qualities. As president of the Harri-son Branch of the State Bank of Ohio, and sub-sequently of the Harrison National Bank, he established a State reputation as a financier, and made the bank one of the leading fiduciary institutions in the State. His standing in this particular rendered him the most compe-tent adviser in financial transactions in that part of the State. There was, perhaps, not a single enterprise of any considerable magnitude established in Harrison County that the advice and counsel of Mr. Dewey was not first sought. Mr. Dewey stood confessedly at the head of all philanthropic and charita ble movements in Cadiz, and dispensed with an unstinted. hand a large portion of the ample means, which a long and successful busi-ness career had enabled him to amass. While Mr. Dewey was not one of the earliest settlers in Harrison County, he was pre-eminently one of the pioneers and promoters of its business in-terests. In this regard, however, it is impossi-ble to separate him from his contemporary, Hon. Daniel Kilgore. Mr. Dewey married, in 1823, Miss Nancy Pritchard, daughter of John Pritchard, one of the pioneer settlers of Harrison County, and had issue ten children, of whom the following is a re-cord: Eliphalet (who resided in Texas), Harriet E., Henry and John Henry are all deceased; Orville C. resides in Wheeling, W. Va. ; Mrs. Mary P. Moffett and Martha are both deceased; Clara is the wife of C. M. Hogg, of Cadiz, Ohio; Charles P. and Albert are both real estate dealers, in Chicago, Ill. Mr. Dewey's home was a very pleasant and happy one, and all, both old and young, rich and poor, delighted to visit it. Mr. Dewey was a very benevolent, Chris-tian man, a member of the Presbyterian Church. An incident in Mr. Dewey's life, not mentioned in the above biographical memoir, is the accident he received, whereby he was badly lamed, and from which he never fully recovered. He was en route, on one occasion, to Steuben-ville, to deposit money in the bank there, when he was thrown from his buggy and dragged a considerable distance, which accident nearly cost him his life, he being confined to the house and obliged to use crutches for two months. On another occasion he slipped on the ice, injuring the ligament of the hip bone, which accident also necessitated the use of crutches in walking. The confinement to the house, owing to these accidents, kept him weak, and was naturally very distressing to a man of his active, thorough business habits. Mrs. Nancy Dewey, widow of Hon. Chauncey Dewey, was born near Uniontown, Penn., October 27, 1804. John Pritchard, her father, was a native of Maryland, and of Welsh descent. Her paternal grandfather was also a native of Wales, and died there when his son John was a HARRISON COUNTY - 49 mere child. The latter was yet but a lad when his mother died, and he was then taken and reared by his uncle, Charles King. His brother was taken by friends to the West Indies, and his sister married one John Rice. John Pritch-ard, upon reaching manhood, became a blacksmith in Pennsylvania, and in 1798 married Sarah Bromfield, a daughter of Benjamin and Sarah Bromfield, of Pennsylvania, the former of whom was an extensive farmer. In 1807 the couple, coming to Harrison County, Ohio, set-tled on a wild piece of land near Cadiz, which at this time contained but a few houses, and around which the wolves, panthers and other wild animals of the early days were still plentiful. Many a poor farmer, who could but illy afford to lose stock, bad his cattle, sheep or other domestic animals carried off by these ferocious denizens of the forest. The Indians were also numerous, and would come in parties to trade with the white pioneers, bringing many beautifully-worked articles, such as moccasins, ornamented with many colored beads and porcupine quills, and belts made of snakeskin, all painted and woven together, and profusely decorated with beads, etc. The squaws would have their papooses strapped on boards, and carried on their backs, and when tired, would stand papoose, board and all against some con-venient tree. Baskets the Indians used to bring in for trade in large quantities, tied onto their ponies in such numbers that it was difficult to decide whether ponies or baskets were walking along the road! Some time later Mr. Pritchard removed with his family into a large brick building, sup-posed to have been the first in the township, which stood where is now the Harrison Na-tional Bank building. Here the family kept hotel, and here it was that in 1823 Nancy Pritchard was united in marriage with Chauncey Dewey, who at this time was a young lawyer, struggling to make his mark in life and rise in his profession. Mr. Dewey had come to Cadiz in 1820 or 1821, and one year later was ad-mitted to the bar. In 1840 the couple removed to the home, in the beautiful suburb of the town, where they shared life's joys and sorrows until death separated them, and where the widow now resides. Mrs. Dewey's father was a soldier in the War of 1812, while in the West; he was a blacksmith by trade, a hotel keeper, a merchant and a private gentleman. Her eldest sister, Mary, was the first wife of Hon. Daniel Kilgore. JOHN M. RICHEY. As the woodman in clearing his land leaves here and there some stalwart elm or oak, which long years after stands alone in the midst of some green and fertile field, a solitary representative of the past; so the relentless reaper, Death, in his grim harvest of men, has spared here and there a pioneer who forms a connecting link between the past and the present. The subject of this sketch is one of the very few remaining native pioneers of Harrison County, his life running back to the first decade of the century, having been born in what is now Cadiz Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, November 2, 1808. His father, Thomas Richey, was born in Ireland, where he married Mary Clifford, and together they came to America about the year 1795. For ten years they made their home in New York City, and then in 1805 came to what is now Harrison County, Ohio, where for a time they lived upon a piece of land be-longing to an Irishman, who in their native country, bad been a neighbor, and by whom they had been induced to come to Ohio. Shortly afterward, however, they secured for themselves a one-quarter section of wild land, and moved thereon, cutting away the trees and brush that they might erect a log cabin. Some time afterward Mr. Richey built a saw-mill on the place, and turned his attention to the man-ufacturing of lumber, which at that time was very much in demand by the new settlers who were now constantly coming into the county. In 1823, at the age of fifty-three years, the mother died, having borne ten children, as fol-